W. Swimming: Falcons close out conference duals with two wins

Cerritos women's swimming closed out conference action with two team wins
Cerritos women's swimming closed out conference action with two team wins

Taking part in their final South Coast Conference dual meet on Friday, the Cerritos College women's swimming team recorded wins over Rio Hondo College (121-59) and Chaffey College (97-94). The Falcons will swim in the Pasadena City Invitational next weekend.

Freshman Alexis Cummings (Mayfair HS) had the best day of her Falcon career, as she won three individual events and swam a leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay that posted a time of 4:57.43. They were the only team competing in the race and included, Cummings, Autumn Aragon (Whittier HS), Abigail Perez (Bell HS) and Hannah Gonzalez (Artesia HS). Cummings was also the only diver on the day, so her total of 128.70 points earned the team first place team points. She also won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:03.90, while her clocking of 3:16.85 was good enough to come in first place in the 200-yard breaststroke.

Perez won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:36.49, while Kylee McKenna (Home schooled) edged Rio Hondo College's Amera Elsayed by less than a second to win the 100-yard breaststroke. McKenna turned in a time of 1:40.16, with Elsayed touching up in 1:40.77. As for Aragon, she won the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 3:19.19, while she placed second in both the 200-yard freestyle (2:44.81) and 500-yard freestyle (7:28.53.

Photos by Daryl Peterson