Cerritos College Athletics - 2009 Men's Swimming News: Men do very well at Pasadena Invitational

With 15 teams entered in the Pasadena Invitational over the weekend, the Cerritos College men's swimming team compiled 215 points to finish in ninth place. In five of the races, Falcon swimmers finished in the top 10, with four of those coming from freshman Matt Mendoza (La Serna HS). Cerritos will now send their two divers to the South Coast Conference Diving Championships, which will take place at El Camino College this weekend.

For Mendoza, his best finish was in the 400-yard IM, where he came in sixth place in a time of 4:28.47, while sophomore teammate Torrence Lee (Cerritos HS) finished in 14th place at 4:45.41. In the freestyle distance races, Mendoza turned in a pair of seventh place finishes. he posted a time of 4:59.19 in the 500-yard freestyle, while his time of 17:31.09 in the 1650-yard freestyle also landed him in seventh place. He was joined by sophomore teammates Ryan Leung (Wan Yan College, China) and Adam Arambula (Kennedy HS) in the 1650, with Leung placing 14th (19:12.46) and Arambula in 16th at 19:57.05. In the 200-yard backstroke, Mendoza placed eighth in a time of 2:10.07.

The best individual finish for the Falcons came from freshman Miguel Arcia (Downey HS), who placed fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:14.06. Freshman Berner Figueroa (Paramount HS) placed 12th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.62), 11th in the 200-yard butterfly (2:15.00) and 23rd in the 50-yard freestyle at 23.15.

Lee also swam well in the 200-yard IM, as he placed 18th in 2:07.73 and finished in 19th place in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:07.18. The team's two divers prepared for the conference championships with freshman Edgar Villa (Gahr HS) coming in 8th in the 1-meter and William Lansang (Gahr HS) finishing in 9th place.

NAME	EVENT	TIME	PLACE
Berner Figueroa	50-Yard Freestyle	23.15	23rd Place
Berner Figueroa	200-Yard Freestyle	1:53.62	12th Place
Matt Mendoza	500-Yard Freestyle	4:59.19	7th Place
Matt Mendoza	1650-Yard Freestyle	17:31.09	7th Place
Ryan Leung	1650-Yard Freestyle	19:12.46	14th Place
Adam Arambula	1650-Yard Freestyle	19:57.05	16th Place
Berner Figueroa	200-Yard Butterfly	2:15.00	11th Place
Brian Cruz	200-Yard Butterfly	2:25.23	16th Place
Alex Rico	200-Yard Butterfly	2:26.21	19th Place
Emerson Mendoza	200-Yard Butterfly	2:36.70	23rd Place
Ryan Leung	100-Yard Backstroke	1:02.79	19th Place
Matt Mendoza	200-Yard Backstroke	2:10.07	8th Place
Justin Moons	200-Yard Backstroke	2:36.88	25th Place
Dennis Caggiano	100-Yard Breaststroke	1:05.50	15th Place
Torrence Lee	100-Yard Breaststroke	1:07.18	19th Place
Miguel Arcia	200-Yard Breaststroke	2:14.06	5th Place
Dennis Caggiano	200-Yard Breaststroke	2:26.01	23rd Place
Torrence Lee	200-Yard IM	2:07.73	18th Place
Matt Mendoza	200-Yard IM	2:11.30	25th Place
Matt Mendoza	400-yard IM	4:28.47	6th Place
Torrence Lee	400-Yard IM	4:45.41	14th Place
Edgar Villa	1-Meter Diving	155.05 Points	8th Place
William Lansang	1-Meter Diving	148.60 Points	9th Place
Edgar Villa	3-Meter Diving	137.60 Points	8th Place
William Lansang	3-Meter Dibing	121.55 Points	10th Place