Lady Charger Kayleen Bretz Nearly Breaks Team Record during First Swim of the Season

The Cypress College Men's Swim Team wrapped up the Mt. San Antonio Invite with a 5^th place finish out of 20 teams that participated.  The team was led by freshman Brian Vo who racked up a team high 61 points, and four top-eight finishes.  Vo finished 3^rd in the 50-yard breaststroke (28.78), 6^th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.57), 7^th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:24.86) and 8^th in the 1650-yard freestyle (19:06.23).  Sophomore Mark Wyse found himself finishing four points behind teammate Vo with 57 points and three-top eight finishes.  Wyse who is the current Cypress College record holder in the 50-yard freestyle finished 3^rd in the 50-yard butterfly (24.99), 5^th in the 50-yard freestyle (22.45), and 8^th in the 100-yard butterfly (55.65). Freshman Brock Railey had a good performance as he finished with 27 points and two-top eight finishes. Railey finished 6^th in the 50-yard backstroke (26.76) and 7^th in the 50-yard butterfly (25.23). The Chargers also had a good showing in the relays as they finished 5^th in the 200-yard medley relay (Railey, Vo, Tim Efseaff, Wyse: 1:42.28), 7^th in the 400-freestyle relay (Vo, Nathan Panter, Railey, Wyse: 3:25.34), 7^th in the 400-medley relay (Railey, Vo, Efseaff, Wise: 3:52.22) and 6^th in the 200-freestlye relay (Vo, Panter, Railey, Wyse: 1:31.85).Freshman diver Ryan Napohaku had an amazing round of diving on the 1-meter (181.35 pts) and 3-meter diving boards (215.6 pts), finishing 2^nd on both.

 

The Charger Swimming team is now gearing up for their first Orange Empire Conference meet at Riverside Community College on Friday, March 3^rd.

 

LadyCharger Kayleen Bretz Nearly Breaks Team Record during First Swim of the Season

The Cypress College Chargers finish the Mt. San Antonio Invite with a 6^th place team finish out of 22 teams that participated.  The Lady Chargers were led by freshman diver Alejandra Gomez who cleaned up on the boards with a 1^st place finish on the 3-meter board (221.55 pts) and a 2^nd place finish on the 1-meter board (200.95 pts), racking up 37 points for her team.  Distance swimmer Kayleen Bretz scored 32 points to help-out her team.  Bretz is showing promise after her 3^rd place finish in the 1650-yard freestyle (19:10.71); only six seconds off the 2007 Cypress College team record.