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| 04.30.11 -
CERRITOS SWIMMERS BREAK RECORDS AT STATE |
In
his final race as a member of the Cerritos College
men's swimming team, sophomore PJ Gabayeron
(Cerritos HS) not only rewrote the school record
book, he set a new state record. In the championship
finals of the 200-yard breaststroke at the California Community College
Athletic Association Men's Swimming Championships at
East Los Angeles College, Gabayeron established a
new state championship record with his time of
2:00.24. He broke the old state championship record
time of 2:00.57, set by Justin Nicholas of College
of Marin in 1988. Gabayeron, who won the
100-yard breaststroke on Friday, finishes his Falcon
career with five individual state championships, the
most ever in school history. Prior to Gabayeron
winning his five state titles,
Nikos Kostianis won four individual state
titles from 2007-08.
In the 200-yard breaststroke, Gabayeron finished fifth in the
prelims with a time of 2:06.03, but blew out all of
the competition with his amazing 2:00.24 time in the
championships. His closest competitor, Brett Lowe of
Diablo Valley College, came in second place in a
time of 2:03.20. The time posted in this year's
final broke his old school record of 2:01.96 that he
set at the state championships his freshman year.
For his career, Gabayeron won five individual state
championships, named All-American six times as an
individual swimmer and three other times as part of
a relay team, earned Swimmer of the Meet at the
state championships his freshman year, set four
individual school records and two relay records and
won eight South Coast Conference championships.
On the women's side, sophomore swimmer Mehgan Carbajal
(El Rancho HS) had been in search of
breaking the school record in the 100-yard
breaststroke all year long. On Saturday, in her
final attempt to break the record, she did just that
at the California Community College Athletic
Association State Championships at East Los Angeles
College. In the prelims, Carbajal posted a record
time of 1:09.28, eclipsing the old mark of 1:09.97
set by Ashley Badali in a 2007
conference meet.
The time was the second fastest in the prelims, with Carbajal
recording a time of 1:09.32 in the championships
finals to finish in fourth place at the state
championships. On Friday, Carbajal finished in 17th
place in the 50-yard breaststroke.
Sophomore
Jessie Ku (Cerritos HS) also
concluded her Falcon career on Saturday by coming in
15th place in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of
55.64. After coming in 16th place during the
prelims, she was the final swimmer to qualify to
swim in the consolation championships. Her 15th
place finish is also accompanied by a ninth place
finish in the 50-yard backstroke and an 11th place
finish in the 100-yard IM. |
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