On Friday, the Cerritos College men's swimming team split their South Coast Conference meet, which was held at Rio Hondo College. Still serving as the host in a meet that was scheduled to be held at the Falcon Aquatic Center, the team defeated the Roadrunners, 175-87, but lost, 188.5-73.5 to Mt. San Antonio College. Scheduled to be the host of their next conference match, Cerritos will now compete at El Camino College on March 25 while the Falcon pool is still not in operation.

Although they didn't win any of the events on the day, Cerritos did record five second place finishes, along with seven third place finishes.

Silvestre Chavez was part of two second place finishes and two third place results for the Falcons. He just missed out on winning the 100-yard backstroke, but had to settle for a second place time of 1:02.16, which was less than a second behind the winner. He also joined teammate Kobe Hurtado to come in second and third place in the 100-yard butterfly. Hurtado turned in a second place time of 55.78, with Chavez right behind at 57.26. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Chavez opened the race, with Hurtado swimming the anchor to help the team post a second place time of 3:30.66. Abimael Anorve and Michael Reyes swam the second and third legs, respectively.

Hurtado also recorded a second place time in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.67), with Anorve tying for second place in the 100-yard freestyle at 54.07.

In the 200-yard medley relay, Chavez, Hurtado, Alejandro Velasco and Reyes were clocked in 1:48.63, which put them in third place. As for Velasco, he placed second in the 1000-yard freestyle at 11:33.18, while his times of 2:22.11 in the 200-yard butterfly and 5:31.58 in the 500-yard freestyle earned him a pair of third place finishes.

Also coming in third place in individual races were Estrada in the 50-yard freestyle (24.49) and Gaddiel Gil, who posted a time of 2:27.44 in the 200-yard backstroke.