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2009 Women's Swimming News...

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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.
 
    Of the 16 events, the Falcons won 11 of them with the trio of freshmen Natalie Peng (Cerritos HS), Gina Kim (Sunny Hills HS) and Jenel Lopez (La Serna HS) all swimming on the four relay teams that won, while two of them broke school records. In the 200-yard freestyle relay, the trio were joined by freshman Andrea Garcia (Gahr HS) to post a time of 1:44.14, which eclipsed the old time of 1:58.15 set in 1985. The other relay school record was broken in the 400-yard medley relay, which comprised of the three freshmen, along with a fourth freshman, Bianca Garcia (Bravo HS), and they registered a time of 4:17.50. It beat the old school record of 4:21.20, which was set in 1980 and was three seconds faster than the second place team at the meet.
 
    Individually, Lopez broke two school records, including Peng's record in the 50-yard freestyle that she set in the first meet of the year. In that event, Lopez registered a time of 25.08, while Peng had the old record of 26.77. In the 200-yard freestyle, Lopez won the event with a time of 1:57.96, beating the old school record of 1:58.15, set in 1985. As for Peng, she improved on her school record time in he 100-yard butterfly with a time of 58.11, which was faster than her old record of 59.04.
 
    As a team, Cerritos also won two other relay races, which included Kim, Bianca Garcia, Peng and Lopez in the 200-medley relay race with a time of 1:57.89, while sophomore Hannah Llamas (Gahr HS) joined Kim, Peng and Lopez to capture the 400-yard freestyle race in a time of 3:51.37, which was seven seconds faster than the second place team in the race.
 
    In individual races, Lopez won three, while Peng and Kim finished in first in two events. Including her record in the 50-yard butterfly and 200-yard freestyle, Lopez also won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.53, while Kim picked up wins in the 200-yard individual medley (2:24.72) and the 50-yard backstroke in a time of 30.24.

05.11.10 - Four relays; three swimmers named All-American
05.01.10 - Jenel Lopez earns another fourth place
04.30.10 - Cerritos in 12th place with one day to go
04.29.10 - Falcons complete first day of state championships
04.26.10 - Cerritos to send five swimmers and five relays to state
04.24.10 - Falcons end up in second place
04.23.10 - Two first places and three second places keeps team in second
04.22.10 - Cerritos sets two school records on the first day
04.10.10 - Strong second day puts Falcons in second place
04.02.10 - Cerritos wins conference dual championship
03.26.10 - Team stays undefeated after conference sweep
03.19.10 - Falcons win 13 of 15 races at SCC meet
03.13.10 - Cerritos placed fourth at Chaffey Invitational
03.05.10 - Falcons win first meet in new pool
02.26.10 - Team wins seven races and places third at invitational
02.20.10 - Cerritos wins two events at SCC Pentathlon
02.06.10 - Falcons fare well in first meet
 

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