Swimming Splits Dual Meet Against Cerritos
TORRANCE, Calif. --- El Camino College split its South Coast Conference dual meet against visiting Cerritos on Friday morning at the ECC Aquatics Center.
On the women's side, the Warriors scored a 137-114 win over the Falcons while the men suffered a 144-125 loss.
Some of the highlights of the morning included Alex Yousefi improving on his 50-yard backstroke time during the men's victory in the 200-yard medley relay. Yousefi posted a time of 26.64, which is currently No. 8 on the ECC All-Time Performers list.
On the women's side, Mia Park continued to set records as she broke the ECC Aquatics Center pool record in the 1,000-yard freestyle (10:48.75) by almost a full minute. She also set the pool record in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:12.86, nearly nine seconds better than the old mark. She also improved on her own pool record in the 200 IM, finishing with a time of 2:12.64.
The Warriors scored numerous event victories on both sides which are listed below:
WOMEN
- 1000 Free (Park): 10:48.75 ^
- 100 Back (Diana Nguyen): 1:10.43
- 50 Free (Leiana Gonzales): 27.69
- 200 Back (Park): 2:12.86 ^
- 500 Free (Melissa Brill): 5:58.75
- 100 Fly (Nguyen): 1:12.10
- 200 IM (Park): 2:12.64 ^
- 400 Free Relay (Brill, Nguyen, Angelina Norris, Park): 4:07.43
^ - New Pool Record
MEN
- 200 Medley Relay (Yousefi, Gary Bellingham, Justin Rash, Myles Fourmy): 1:44.30
- 200 Free (Rash): 1:55.37
- 100 Breast (Steven Olsen): 1:04.70
- 50 Free (Yousefi): 23.07
- 100 Free (Rash): 50.44
- 200 Back (Bellingham): 2:30.12
- 200 IM (Olsen): 2:16.60
- 400 Free Relay (Bellingham, Yousefi, Fourmy, Olsen)
