Men's & Women's Swimming Continues Season at WSC #2

VALLEY GLEN, Calif. - The Allan Hancock College men's & women's swimming programs continued competition at the second Western State Conference meet of the season on Friday afternoon, hosted by LA Valley College. This marked the first competition for both teams in over a month after inclement weather forced the cancellation of the Cuesta Invitational earlier in March. | COMPLETE RESULTS

The men's team placed fourth in the field of nine after totaling 264 points on the day. Cuesta won the event with a final score of 410, followed by Santa Monica (323) and LA Valley (303). On the women's side, Santa Barbara was tops with 345 points while Santa Monica tallied 310 and Ventura totaled 307. The women's team for Hancock finished fifth out of 10 competing programs with a final tally of 194 points. 

The Bulldogs are scheduled to return to action on Thursday, March 23rd, for a three-day event in Santa Rosa at the Quinn Aquatics Center. 

TOP MEN'S PERFORMERS:

• Max Pecile: 500 Free (1st, 4:48.41); 200 Free (2nd, 1:46.99)
• Ryan Lacaste: 200 Back (1st, 2:02.30); 400 IM (3rd, 4:32.05)
• Jericho Orcino: 200 Breast (2nd, 2:17.28)
• Jarred Torres: 200 Free (3rd, 4:52.14); 500 Free (3rd, 5:06.98)
• Blake Cornelson: 200 Brest (3rd, 2:24.00)
• 400 Medley Relay - Pecile, Orcino, Lacaste, Torres - 1st, 3:39.33
• 400 Free Relay - Pecile, Cornelson, Lacaste, Torres - 2nd, 3:28.84

TOP WOMEN'S PERFORMERS:

• Emma Marsalek: 500 Free (1st, 5:28.01); 400 IM (2nd, 4:53.17)
• Julia Zimsen: 200 Breast (2nd, 2:47.80)
• Lizzie Hernandez: 200 Back (2nd, 2:25.24)
• 400 Medley Relay - Hernandez, Zimsen, Jada Brown, Marsalek - 3rd, 4:34.30