M. Swimming: Falcons finish fourth at conference championships

Men's swimming drops pair of conference dual meets
Men's swimming drops pair of conference dual meets

The Cerritos College men's swimming team ended their season with a fourth place finish at the South Coast Conference Championships on Saturday. The Falcons compiled 393 team points over the three-day event that was held at East Los Angeles College.

Leading the team on the final day was Kobe Hurtado (Cerritos HS), who turned in a third place finish in the 200-yard butterfly. His time of 2:03.85 was just shy of the second place time of 2:03.53. He also swam the final leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay in the last event of the championships. Hurtado was joined by Silvestre Chavez (Downey HS), Richard Montanez (Baldwin Park HS) and Michael Reyes (Cerritos HS) for a fourth place time of 3:21.81.

Cerritos also saw Chavez place fifth in the 100-yard freestyle with his clocking of 49.26, while Joey Hurtado (Cerritos HS) made the championship round of the 200-yard breaststroke and turned in an eighth place time of 2:31.80.

Thomas Luther (Cerritos HS) wasn't able to make the championship finals in the 1650-yard freestyle, but he finished first in the consolation round for a ninth place finish overall with a time of 21:08.55. It was a 10th place finish in the 200-yard backstroke for Gaddiel Gil (Paramount HS), who posted a time of 2:26.76.