For the second time this season the swim team has lost due to many swimmers being benched for missing too many practices, coach Corey Stanbury said.
Amanda Atkins finished in first place with a time of 11:47 at the Friday meet against Los Angeles Trade Tech and Chaffey at EC.
“My swim felt really strong so I am happy with it,” Atkins said.
The men’s team lost to Chaffey 73-54 but beat L.A. Trade Tech 115-12. The women’s team lost to L.A. Trade Tech 56-47 and to Chaffey 106-19.
“Despite the loss, we still got in a lot of good swims,” Stanbury said.
Vincent Fiamengo swam the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:28 and winning the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:16.
“I was happy with the breaststroke and it’s pretty close to my lifetime best,” Fiamengo said. “The 200 IM was a let down though. I have been training to swim the IM event at the championships though.”
The job for the swimmers now is to not miss practice and to be focused on the conferences in three weeks.
Creeping up in the last 25 yards of the 200-yard freestyle, Nicholas Timko won his heat with a time of 1:49.
“I feel that my time was slow in comparison to the best time I’ve ever gotten, but I am happy I won the event. I believe I have a chance to swim in finals,” Timko said.
Representing the diving team, Jose Bahena won and received his best ever score on the 3-meter diving board with a point total of 253.27.
“No other diver has come within 20 points of Bahena’s score,” Stanbury said. “He should do well at conferences because it is at our pool.”
Smacking the water on her third and fourth dive, Jacque Periaswamy excelled on her fifth dive and won for her first time on the 3-meter diving board with a score of 105.
“The swimmers will be swimming twice a day during spring break. If they choose to not show up, then they are off the team,” Stanbury said.