04.25.09 - Natalie Peng finishes 2nd in the 100-yard butterfly
Cerritos College freshman swimmer Natalie Peng (Cerritos HS) saved her best performance in the 100-yard butterfly for the California Community College Swimming State Championships at Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach on Saturday. In addition to breaking her school record time with a 57.29 performance, Peng finished second in the state to help lead the Falcons to an 11th place finish as a team with 129 team points...[more]

04.24.09 - Cerritos in 11th place after second day
After the second day of the California Community College Athletic Association Women's Swimming Championships, the Cerritos College women's team is in 11th place with 89 team points. They earned their points thanks to three more school record they broke, while two swimmers placed fifth in their respective races. The final day of the state championships will take place at the Belmont Plaza Pool with the Falcons competing in three individual races and one relay race...[more]

04.23.09 - First day nets two school records
For the Cerritos College women's swimming team, the first day of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) State Championships at Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach didn't result in any team points. But in two of the three events that the Falcons were involved in, school records were broken. The team will look to get on the scoreboard on Friday, which is the second day of the three-day event...[more]

04.21.09 - Falcons advance three swimmers and four relay teams
The Cerritos College women's swimming team, champions of the South Coast Conference, have advanced three individual swimmers and four relay teams to the state championships, which will take place at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach on April 23-25. All three individuals will compete in three events each, while two of them will compete in all four relay races, while the third will swim in three of them...[more]

04.18.09 - Cerritos wins first conference championship
Riding the heels of the school's first water polo championship from earlier in the year, the Cerritos College women's swimming team captured their first South Coast Conference swimming championship on Saturday at Chaffey College. The Falcons, who went 7-0 in conference meets, compiled 666 team points and narrowly beat Mt. San Antonio College, who finished in second place with 655 points. Cerritos will be represented by a large contingent at the state championships, which will take place this Thursday through Saturday at Long Beach City College. The top 16 times in the state each event advance to the state championships...[more]

04.04.09 - Four records broken at Pasadena Invitational
The Cerritos College women's swimming team is tuning up for their toughest competition of the season and are responding by breaking records. The Falcons, who placed second in the 17-team Pasadena Invitational over the weekend by compiling 586.5 team points, broke four records along the way and were .01 second away from tying another. Over the course of the invitational, both freshmen Jenel Lopez (La Serna HS) and Natalie Peng (Cerritos HS) each broke two school records and won two events...[more]

03.27.09 - Falcons win 14 events at conference meet
With their 90-40 South Coast Conference win at Chaffey College on Friday afternoon, the Cerritos College women's swimming team concluded their conference season with a perfect 7-0 record. It marks the first time in the program's history that they went undefeated in SCC action. The team will now compete in the Pasadena Invitational this weekend starting on Friday...[more]

03.20.09 - Trio wins three events each in conference victory
The Cerritos College women's swimming team improved their South Coast Conference record to 6-0 after defeating host El Camino College (97-25) and Rio Hondo College (110-10) on Friday afternoon. The Falcons close out their conference regular season on Friday when they travel to Chaffey College for a 2:30 p.m. meet...[more]

03.13.09 - Cerritos takes another three-way conference meet
For the second week in a row, the Cerritos College women's swimming team swept a three-way South Coast Conference meet. The Falcons (4-0) defeated host Long Beach City College, 84-43 and Los Angeles Trade-Tech College, 110-12 on Friday. The team will now travel to El Camino College on Friday for another 2:30 p.m. conference meet against the host Warriors and Rio Hondo College...[more]

03.09.09 - Natalie Peng named state's Athlete of the Month
After the first three meets of the season, Cerritos College freshman swimmer Natalie Peng (Cerritos HS) has already been involved in breaking six school records. As an individual, she has obliterated the old school record in the 50-yard butterfly and in the 100-yard butterfly, which were both set by Tammy Ferris in 1982, while she has been a part of four relay teams that have set new records. As a result, Peng was named the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Female Athlete of the Month for February.

In the 50-yard butterfly, Peng has been beating the competition by at least three seconds and set the new school record of 26.61 at the Golden West Sprint Meet. She broke the 100-yard butterfly in the same meet, posting a time of 58.11, in which her closest competition was more than three seconds behind. In addition, Peng has been a part of record-breaking teams in the 200-yard freestyle (1:44.14), 400-yard freestyle (3:47.89), 200-yard medley relay (1:56.48) and 400-yard medley relay (4:17.50) races. Peng opened the season by winning the Waterman Pentathlon beating out 127 other swimmers based on cumulative time in five events (which she won two and came in second in another)...[more]

02.27.09 - Falcons sweep three-way meet
It wouldn't be a Cerritos College swimming meet without at least one record being broken. On Friday, the Falcons competed in a South Coast Conference three-way meet and recorded wins over host Pasadena City College (82-45) and Mt. San Antonio College, 80-50. Along the way, one more school record was broken, just two weeks after it was set. The Falcons will now compete in another conference three-way meet on Friday at 2:30 p.m. when they travel to Long Beach City College, with Los Angeles Trade-Tech College joining them...[more]

02.20.09 - More records broken at Golden West
Although the Cerritos College women's swimming team has competed in just two meets this season, eight records have already been broken, including two that were broken in the first meet of the season. The Falcons compiled 1435.5 team points in the 16 events at the Golden West Sprint Meet on Friday to win the competition, while five records were broken on the day. The team will now open South Coast Conference competition on Friday when they travel to Pasadena City College to face the Lancers and Mt. San Antonio College in a three-way meet...[more]

02.07.09 - Five school records fall in first meet
The Cerritos College women's swimming team opened the 2009 season by breaking five school records, as they won the Waterman Festival Relays at Palomar College over the weekend. Three of the records broken were individual races, while two were relay races. The Falcons won the event with 592 team points, while San Diego Mesa College came in second place with 557 points out of the seven teams involved. The team will now compete in the South Coast Conference Pentathlon on Friday at Chaffey College...[more]

05.20.08 - Two Falcons earn All-American honors
After qualifying for the state championships, a pair of Cerritos College women's swimmers have earned All-American honors for their efforts. Freshman Stephanie Rosero (Downey HS) and sophomore Salina Mesa (Montebello HS), who were the lone Falcons to qualify for the state championships, were both named Community College All-Americans. The top 16 times in the country in each swimming event among community college swimmers earned All-American status...[more]

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