There was no shortage of drama Friday as the El Camino men’s and women’s swim teams squared off against arguably their toughest rivals this season, Long Beach and Cerritos.

The men’s team defeated Long Beach by 40 points but beating Cerritos proved to be a much harder task.

The Warriors did not take the lead until the final event but managed to close it out against Cerritos with an eight point margin of victory.

“Cerritos was a huge challenge for us and a big win,” Coach Corey Stanbury said.

Jonathan Diaz won the 1,500 meter race and Hogan Inscore won the 200 individual medley as well as the 100 meter breaststroke.

“They’re swimming extraordinarily well despite my best efforts to make them as tired as I possibly can,” Stanbury said jokingly.

The two star swimmers also combined their efforts to win the 400 freestyle relay and put the finishing touches on their successful day.

“That was the thing that put us over the top,” Stanbury said.

The men’s team made an emphatic statement and is ready to for the state championships.

“They’re performing beyond expectations. This is probably the best men’s team we’ve ever had here. I expect some school records to fall,” Stanbury said.

As for the women’s team, they have been having a rough season so far after they were beaten pretty handedly in this last meet.

“They’re swimming pretty well, we just don’t have a lot of big, fast people. We have some good swimmers but the rest of the conference has people that can swim a lot faster,” Stanbury said regarding the women’s team.

The diving team also had a strong outing as Amy Tran won the women’s diving and Shane Guerrero won the men’s diving.

“I’m hoping there is a couple of schools that show up that we haven’t seen before. This will be good practice for us before the state finals if we make it that far,” Stanbury said.