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04.18.09 - TEAM EFFORT HELPS FALCONS FINISH THIRD

    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

04.14.09 - Team effort helps Falcons finish third
04.04.09 - Men do very well at Pasadena Invitational
03.27.09 - Cerritos comes up short in conference meet
03.20.09 - Team defeats two conference opponents
03.13.09 - Falcons win six events in conference meet
02.27.09 - Cerritos splits three-way meet
02.20.09 - Falcons take fifth at Golden West meet
 

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