Pirate men take third at PCC Invitational
PASADENA -- A solid team effort enabled the Orange Coast College men's swim team to a third-place finish at the 15th Annual PCC Invitational on Friday and Saturday, held at Pasadena City College.
With several top-three performances, the Pirates finished with 442 points, trailing only Golden West (767) and Diablo Valley (684) for the entire meet.
One of the top events for the Pirates came in the 400-yard freestyle relay, where the foursome of Derek Price, Josh Hayashi, Tyler Connors and Cory Nguyen claimed second place with a time of 3 minutes, 14.38 seconds, topped only by a meet-record time of 3:07.63 by the Rustlers.
In the 200 backstroke, Connors showed a solid individual effort and finished second with a time of 1:56.97, while Nguyen touched the wall third with a 1:58.33.
Connors also earned a top-three mark in the 100 back, taking third with a time of 53.81.
Coast also claimed three third-place times in three other events, the 200 free relay (1:27.40), the 400 medley relay (3:36.12) and the 200 medley relay (1:39.57).
The Pirates will return to action this weekend at the Southern California Diving Regionals at El Camino College. Coast will then compete at the Orange Empire Conference Championships, held at Riverside City College, on April 16-18.
