In their first competition of the season, the Cerritos College men's swimming team finished in third place in the South Coast Conference Pentathlon at El Camino College on Friday. The Falcons will send their divers to the SCC Diving Preview on Saturday at El Camino.

Leading the way in just about every event was sophomore Kobe Hurtado (Cerritos HS), who was a state qualifier in the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard butterfly last season. He took fourth place in the 200-yard IM with a clocking of 2:07.32, with sophomore teammate Silvestre Chavez (Downey HS) not far behind in seventh place at 2:08.40. In the 100-yard butterfly, Hurtado turned in a fifth place time with a time of 54.66, with Chavez posting a seventh place time of 56.79.

The versatile Hurtado recorded a fifth place time of 1:04.47 in the 100-yard breaststroke, while his 100-yard backstroke time of 58.37 put him in sixth place. Chavez led the Falcons in the 100-yard freestyle with a ninth place time of 51.74, with Hurtado right behind him at 52.12, good for 10th place.

Cerritos opened the day with a fifth place finish in the 200-yard medley relay with a quartet of Chavez, Richard Montanez (Baldwin Park HS), Hurtado and Matt Farias (Downey HS) with a time of 1:48.17.