Pirates capture 13 first-place times at meet with Rustlers, Griffins
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College men's swim team ruled the pool on Friday as the Pirates hosted Golden West and Grossmont colleges in a three-team meet at the OCC Aquatics Pavilion.
In all, the Pirates earned the top time in 13 different events throughout the all-day meet. Listed below are the winning performances and times.
200 Freestyle Relay -- Mason Parker, Matthew Ray, Aiden Morris, Thomas Lemoncito -- 1:28.7.
50 Freestyle -- Ethan Smith -- 21.26
200 Medley Relay -- Keita Inoue, Grant Busta, Aiden Morris, Martin Verkuylen -- 1:41.01
400 Individual Medley -- Matthew Simpson -- 4:13.13
100 Butterfly -- Ethan Smith -- 49.64
200 Freestyle -- Brandon Samaniego -- 1:46.06
100 Breaststroke -- Roman Christenot -- 1:01.10
100 Backstroke -- Tatsuki Inoue -- 51.26
200 Backstroke -- Keita Inoue -- 1:58.03
100 Freestyle -- Dane Howell -- 47.01
200 Butterfly -- Ethan Smith -- 1:51.54
1,650 Freestyle -- Jacob Muller -- 17:16.43
400 Freestyle Relay -- Brandon Samaniego, Masamitsu Araki, Matthew Simpson, Dane Howell -- 3:12.55
Complete results from Friday's meet can be found HERE.
The OCC divers will return to action on Friday at the SoCal Regional Diving Championships, hosted by El Camino College. The rest of the team will now prepare for the Orange Empire Conference Championships, set for April 20-22 at Golden West College, beginning at 9:30 a.m. and at 3:30 p.m.
