Despite
not winning any events, the Cerritos College
men's swimming team used a strong team
effort to help them compile 515 team points
at the South Coast Conference Championships
at Chaffey College on Saturday and finished
in third place. Mt. San Antonio College won
the meet with 645 team points, with El
Camino College in second place with 594
points. The top 16 times in the state in
each event advance to the state
championships, which will be held at Long
Beach City College this Thursday through
Saturday.
As a team,
the Falcons finished in second place in one
event, three times in third, four times in
fourth and four times in fifth place. They
scored points in each of the events, which
helped them hold off fourth place Chaffey
College, who had 507 points.
Freshman
Berner Figueroa (Paramount
HS) was a third place finisher in the
200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.92,
while his clocking of 48.68 was good four
fourth place in the 100-yard freestyle.
Freshman
Ryan Leung (Wan Yan
College, China) finished 10th in the
100-yard freestyle. Figueroa also placed
fourth in the 200-yard IM with a time of
2:05.87, with sophomore
Alan Nevarez (Downey HS)
and freshman
Brian Cruz (Long Beach
Wilson HS) coming in seventh and 10th
place, respectively.
As for
freshman
Matt Mendoza (La Serna HS)
in the distance freestyle races, he placed
second in the 1650-yard freestyle
(17:24.27), while his time of 4:57.13 was
good for third in the 500-yard freestyle. He
was joined by freshman
Adam Arambula (Kennedy
HS) in the 1650, as he came in 11th place in
19:12.34. Mendoza also turned in a third
place performance in the 400-yard IM with a
time of 4:27.75, with sophomore teammate
Torrence Lee (Cerritos HS)
right behind in fourth place in 4:31.84.
Lee posted
a fifth place time of 2:12.08 in the
200-yard backstroke, while Leung placed
fourth in the 100-yard backstroke with a
clocking of 59.34. Freshman
Dennis Caggiano (Calvary
Chapel HS) swam well in the 100-yard
breaststroke and finished fifth in 1:02.69.
In the
diving competition from earlier in the week,
freshman
Edgar Villa (Gahr HS)
placed fifth in both the 1-meter and 3-meter
competition.
|
NAME |
EVENT |
TIME |
PLACE |
|
Pat Muniz |
50-Yard Freestyle |
23.43 |
7th Place |
| Berner
Figueroa |
100-Yard Freestyle |
48.68 |
4th Place |
|
Ryan Leung |
100-Yard Freestyle |
51.67 |
10th Place |
| Berner
Figueroa |
200-Yard Freestyle |
1:47.92 |
3rd Place |
|
Matt Mendoza |
500-Yard Freestyle |
4:57.13 |
3rd Place |
| Matt Mendoza |
1650-Yard Freestyle |
17:24.27 |
2nd Place |
|
Joe Joson |
100-Yard Butterfly |
58.19 |
10th Place |
| Brian Cruz |
200-Yard Butterfly |
2:16.95 |
9th Place |
|
Alex Rico |
200-Yard Butterfly |
2:21.86 |
10th Place |
| Ryan Leung |
100-Yard Backstroke |
59.34 |
4th Place |
|
Justin Moons |
100-Yard Backstroke |
1:04.56 |
10th Place |
| Torrence Lee |
200-Yard Backstroke |
2:12.08 |
5th Place |
|
Justin Moons |
200-Yard Backstroke |
2:26.19 |
9th Place |
| Dennis
Caggiano |
100-Yard Breaststroke |
1:02.69 |
5th Place |
|
Mark Diaz |
100-Yard Breaststroke |
1:07.95 |
10th Place |
| Dennis
Caggiano |
200-Yard Breaststroke |
2:21.38 |
7th Place |
|
Torrence lee |
200-Yard Breaststroke |
2:22.77 |
8th Place |
| Berner
Figueroa |
200-Yard IM |
2:05.87 |
4th Place |
|
Alan Nevarez |
200-Yard IM |
2:12.17 |
7th Place |
| Brian Cruz |
200-Yard IM |
2:13.53 |
10th Place |
|
Matt Mendoza |
400-Yard IM |
4:27.75 |
3rd Place |
| Torrence Lee |
400-Yard IM |
4:31.84 |
4th Place |
|
William Lansang |
1-Meter Diving |
146.40 Points |
5th Place |
| Edgar Villa |
1-Meter Diving |
136.65 Points |
6th Place |
| Edgar Villa |
3-Meter Diving |
160.05 Points |
5th Place |
|
William Lansang |
3-Meter Diving |
111.55 Points |
7th Place |
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