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4/20/09
The Chaffey Panthers hosted fellow South Coast Conference schools last weekend in the Annual SCC Championship Meet. The women placed 6th overall and the men 4th with each team boasting many top 8 finishes. Several Panthers will advance to the State Championships April 23rd-25th in Long Beach.
Men:
Bryant Jackson - 3rd 50 freestyle, 4th 100 breast, 3rd 200 breast
4/10/09
As of last week, the men’s swim team is in 2nd place in the South Coast Conference behind undefeated, local rival, Mt. SAC. The women are in 3rd place behind undefeated Cerritos and Mt. SAC. Both teams participated in the Pasadena Invitational last weekend which was the last meet before Regional Championship (April 10-11). The men placed 7th with 257 points. Chaffey was led by it's 800 freestyle relay team which took 1st place in a state qualifying time of 7:10.60. On the relay were sophomores Drew Fischer, Todd Johnson, Bryant Jackson and Freshman Adam Oaks. The 400 freestyle relay team, composed of the same four swimmers, also qualified for this year's state championships with a time of 3:18.39. Leading the team in individual points was Todd Johnson who placed in all five of his events. His highest place was 3rd in the 400 IM. The women placed 6th with 301 points. Top 8 finishes: Jamie Jackson- 50 Freestyle, 6th, 200 Freestyle 6th, Dianna Melancon- 50 Backstroke 6th, 100 Backstroke 4th, Richia Castro- 8th 50yd Breaststroke, 100 Breaststroke 8th, Caitlin McCurley- 100 Breaststroke 5th, Lisa Parker- 1m Diving 6th, 3m Diving 4th, Kristyn Affeldt 1m Diving 7th, 3m Diving 7th, 200 Free Relay 6th Place, 400 Medley Relay 6th Place and 200 Medley Relay 7th Place.
4/3/09
As of last week, the men’s swim team is in 2nd place in the South Coast Conference behind undefeated, local rival, Mt. SAC. The women are in 3rd place behind undefeated Cerritos and Mt. SAC. The teams travel to Pasadena this weekend for the Pasadena Invitational which is the last meet before Regional Championship (April 10-11).
3/19/09
The women traveled to Mt SAC last week, falling to the Mounties 51-80. Rio Hondo forfeited the competition.
3/10/09 Men: The Chaffey College Men's team ended in 4th place overall with 559 points. Winning this years competition was Grossmont College with 872 points with Riverside City and Mt San Antonio in 2nd & 3rd with 625 and 623 points respectively.
The Panthers were led by sophomore Todd Johnson who finaled in all 5 of his indiviudal events. He placed 1st in the 200 individual medley, 2nd in the 400 individual medley & 1650 freestyle, 3rd in the 500 free and 100 breaststroke.
Also finaling in their events were sophmore diver Henry Affeldt, sophmore Jesus Barrios, freshman Chris Borcherdt, sophmore Drew Fischer, sophmore Bryant Jackson and freshman Adam Oaks.
Women: Chaffey finished 7th with 164 pts. Lead by Divers, Lisa Parker 2nd on 3 meter and 5th and 1 meter, and Krystin Affeldt 3rd on both board. Caitlyn McCurley also took 3rd in the 1650 yd Freestyle.
3/3/09
The swim teams hosted Long Beach City College and El Camino today. The women won, 67-64 and 69-60. The men won, 91-40 and 71-56. The teams host the Annual Chaffey Invitational this Friday and Saturday.
2/24/09
The men’s swim team placed 7th overall and the women 11th at last weekend’s Mt. SAC Invitational. Todd Johnson, Jesus Barrios, Bryant Jackson and Caitlin McCurley each placed in the top 10 for individual events. The men's 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 200 medley, 400 medley and the women's 800 free relay also placed in the top 10 for the highly competitive invitational. Lisa Parker placed 6th in the 3 meter dive. The team will compete against El Camino and Long Beach at home on Friday in continued South Coast Conference action.
2/17/09
The SCC Pentathlon (held at Chaffey) was cancelled after the IM events Friday due to torrential rain. Chaffey's relay team (Chris Borcherdt, Bryant Jackson, Todd Johnson, Drew Fischer) placed first with a time of 1:44.52. Todd Johnson placed 3rd in the individual IM and Drew Fischer placed 9th. The team will compete this weekend in the Mt San Antonio Invitational at MT SAC.
5/12/08 SWIM FINISHES SEASON IN STATE TOP 15
The Panther men finished the state championships in 6th place and the women in 11th held at Saddleback College May 1-3. Representing Chaffey were:
Akbar Nasution placed 1st in the 200 yd breastroke with a time of 2:02.93 shaving off nearly 5 seconds from his prelim time!!!
Roxanne Garcera placed 2nd in the 100 yd butterfly with a time of 58.14!!!
Todd Johnson placed 11th in the 1650 freestyle with a time of 17:06.15.
Ryan Larson placed 8th in the 200 yd backstroke with a time of 1:58.12.
Jaclyn Levesque placed 5th in the 100 yd breastroke with a time of 1:10.05.
The women's 400 yd freestyle relay team of Lura, Tuttle, Lopez and Gray placed 14th with a time of 3:56.36.
The men's 400 yd freestyle team of Respati, Larson, Johnson and Nasution placed 4th with a time of 3:11.31.
Akbar Nasution (3:57.08) and Ryan Larson (4:05.79) placed 1st and 2nd in the 400 yd IM!!!
Roxanne Garcera placed 2nd in the 50 yd butterfly with a time of 26.32!!!
Jaclyn Levesque placed 14th in the 50 yd breaststroke with a time of 33.39.
Women's 800 yd freestyle team placed 10th (Turner, Tuttle, Dunham and Garcera) with a time of 8:19.35.
Men's 800 yd freestyle team placed 9th (Johnson, Respati, Jackson and Larson) with a time of 7:12.64.
200 yd IM team (Lura, Garcera, Levesque and Dunham) placed 10th with a time of 1:56.76.
The women’s 200 yd freestyle relay team (Garcera, Lopez, Dunham and Lura) placed 10th with a time of 1:45.06.
The men’s 200 yd freestyle relay team (Furuno, Respati, Jackson and Johnson) placed 14th with a time of 1:29.18.
Rachel Turner placed 16th in the women’s 500 yd freestyle with a time of 5:27.51.
Akbar Nasution placed 1st in the 500 yd freestyle with a time of 4:30.82.
Roxanne Garcera placed 3rd in the 100 yd IM with a time of 1:01.57.
Ryan Larson placed 3rd in the 200 yd IM with a time of 1:54.90.
The women’s 400 yd IM relay team (Turner, Garcera, Levesque and Lura) placed 7th with a time of 4:16.67.
The men’s 400 yd IM relay team (Larson, Nasution, Furuno and Johnson) placed 6th with a time of 3:34.71.
4/28/08
MEN -- Starting with the first event on Thursday, Chaffey College Men's Swimming Team won the 200 freestyle relay and never looked back as they went on to an impressive victory at this year's South Coast Conference Championships. Three days later, Chaffey found themselves on top with 791 points. 2nd thru 8th place went to Cerritos College (643), Long Beach City College (485), El Camino College (461), Mt San Antonio College (405), Pasadena City College (364), Rio Hondo College (125) and Los Angeles Trade Tech College (99).
For the second year in a row, Panther's Akbar Nasution was selected as Conference Swimmer of the Year. Nasution won his 3 individual events and was on 4 of Chaffey's winning relay teams. His victories came in the 500 freestyle (4:34.85), 200 freestyle (1:40.73) and the 200 breaststroke (2:02.23). All of these events met the state qualifying standards and his time in the 200 breaststroke broke his existing conference record set last year.
Joining Akbar on the victory stand were teammates Ryan Larson and Todd Johnson. Larson, a sophomore from Alta Loma High School won the 200 and 400 yard individual medley races. His times of 1:54.76 and 4:10.67 also qualify him to compete in next weeks state championships. Johnson, a freshman from Alta Loma High School, victory came in the 1650 freestyle where his time of 16:56.11 for the 66 lap race qualified him also for next weeks state championships.
The victory stand got crowded with Chaffey winning all 5 relays at this year's championships. Winning the 200 freestyle relay in a time of 1:27.72 was Johnson, Chris Furuno, Bryant Jackson and Benny Respati. Winning the 400 medley relay was Larson, Nasution, Furuno and Respati in 3:35.00. The 200 medley relay was won by the same foursome in a time of 1:37.21. In the 800 freestyle relay, Johnson, Bryant Jackson, Larson and Nasution broke the school record in their winning time of 7:00.23. Finishing off the meet the way they started it, the Panthers won the 400 freestyle relay with a time of 3:10.78. Swimmers were Johnson, Respati, Larson and Nasution. All 5 relays met the state qualifying standards for next weeks championships to be held at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo.
In addition to already mentioned swimmers and events, Chaffey's Todd Johnson also qualified for the upcoming state championships with his 2nd place finishes in the 500 freestyle (4:47.79) and 400 individual medley (4:13.26). Ryan Larson also met the state standards with his 2nd place finish in the 200 butterfly (1:56.76).
Diving is an integral part of the overall swimming program and this year's diving corps was led by Henry Affeldt, a freshman who took 2nd place on both the 1 and 3 meter board with scores of 183.30 and 198.05. His finishes at the regional diving championships qualified him for next weeks state championships.
Swimmers must race as individuals but the team championship was won because many of the swimmers, although not winning their events, scored valuable points for placing in the championship and consolation finals. Scoring for the Panthers were Blake Jackson, Jimmy Schiller, Jesus Barrios (500 freestyle); Chris Furuno (200 individual medley); Bryant Jackson, Drew Fischer (50 freestyle); Jamie Higelin, Daniel Guererro, Luke Myers (3 meter diving); Chris Furuno, Wes Harms, Anthony Harbeck, Cory Olivera (400 individual medley); Drew Fischer, Jimmy Schiller (200 freestyle); Andre Tiebout, Bryant Jackson, Johnny Vieira, Anthony Harbeck (100 breaststroke); Benny Respati (100 backstroke); Jamie Higelin, Luke Myers, Daniel Guererro (1 meter diving); Jimmy Schiller, Johnny Vieira (1650 freestyle); Chris Furuno, Cory Olivera (200 backstroke); Benny Respati, Drew Fischer (100 freestyle); Bryant Jackson, Andre Tiebout, Johnny Vieira, Anthony Harbeck (200 breaststroke) and Blake Jackson, Jesus Barrios (200 butterfly).
Coach Mike Dickson was honored by his fellow coaches as Coach of the Year and said this was a particularly satisfying victory for the team. With double workouts Monday through Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning workouts, weight training and many missed social opportunities, the team showed spirit and unity as they went through the dual meet season undefeated and led from start to finish at the Conference Championships. The sophomores on the team will be missed but he is looking forward to working with those freshman returning to win a 2nd conference title.
The California State Swimming and Diving Championships will be hosted by Saddleback College in Mission Viejo beginning Thursday, May 1st through Saturday, May 3rd.
WOMEN -- After finishing the conference season undefeated, the women went into last weekend’s SCC Championships in good form. Leading the Panthers to victory was Jim Dopf who was named Women’s Coach of the Year for the South Coast Conference. The women travel to Saddleback this weekend for the state championships.
4/17/08
MEN -- The Chaffey College Men's Swimming team closed out the Pasadena City College Invitational in 2nd place with 636 points. Diablo Valley College took 1st place with 727 points and Orange Coast College finished 3rd with 574 points. All 3 teams will meet again in 3 weeks at the California Community College State Championships.
Chaffey was led by Invitational high point swimmer Akbar Nasution who continued his winning ways with victories in 3 more events bring his total to 5 first place wins. He won the 400 individual medley (3:59.4), 100 breaststroke (57.0) and 200 breaststroke (2:03.9). All three wins were also new meet and pool record swims.
In addition to individual scoring, Chaffey's relay teams also scored big points by placing 2nd in the 200 medley relay (1:37.7) Ryan Larson, Nasution, Chris Furuno, Kyle Kerrigan; 800 freestyle relay, 3rd (7:28.2) Blake Jackson, Bryant Jackson, Tood Johnson, Kerrigan and 400 freestyle relay, 3rd (3:13.3) Kerrigan, Benny Respati, Larson, Nasution.
WOMEN -- The Chaffey College Women's Swim Team took 5th out of 24 teams at the ninth annual Pasadena Swimming and Diving Invitational. The Lady Panthers were led by Roxanne Garcera who won the 100 Individual Medley,(1:01.65), the 100 Freestyle (54.82) and the 200 Freestyle 1:58.01. Rachel Turner finished 3rd in the 1650 yd Freestyle (18:51.22). The Panthers 7-0 in the South Coast Conference will compete in two weeks at the SCC Finals April 24, 25 and 26 at Pasadena City College.
Chaffey will now get ready for the South Coast Conference Championships in two weeks which will be held at the Pasadena City College Swim Stadium.
4/4/08
Chaffey College Men's Swimming increased their conference lead to 6 - 0 by defeating Pasadena City College and Rio Hondo College by scores of 81 to 49 and 118 to 11.
Chaffey was lead to victory by the following swimmers who took 1st place in their individual events: Chris Furuno, 1000 freestyle (11:11.0), 100 backstroke (58.3); Kyle Kerrigan, 200 freestyle (1:48.1); Ryan Larson, 200 butterfly (2:00.7), 200 backstroke (2:01.2); Henry Affeldt, diving (172.25); Jesus Barrios, 500 freestyle (5:35.1) and Akbar Nasution, 200 individual medley (1:56.3).
The Panther relays also took top honors by winning the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:20.6 with Benny Respati, Blake Jackson, Todd Johnson, and Larson. The 200 medley relay won in a time of 1:40.0 with Larson, Nasution, Jackson, and Johnson.
Chaffey will attempt to finish undefeated for the second year in a row when they take on Long Beach City College next Friday at Long Beach.
3/27/08
WOMEN -- Chaffey (4-0) swept all 14 events vs Mt. Sac (3-1) and LA Trade Tech (0-4) to take over sole passion of first place in the South Coast Conference. Leading the Panthers Friday were Erin Lura, Jaclyn Levesque, Roxanne Garcera, Melissa Dunham, Rachel Turner, Tracy Tuttle and Amber Gray.
MEN -- Chaffey College Men's Swimming Team extended their undefeated season by swimming past Mt San Antonio College 80 to 50 and Los Angeles Trade Tech 110 to 17. Chaffey was led by Akbar Nasution and Ryan Larson who each won 2 events. Akbar's victories came in the 50 freestyle (22.3) and 200 individual medley (1:58.4). Ryan victories came in the 1000 freestyle (10:16.7) and 200 breaststroke (2:13.9).
Additional first places honors for Chaffey were Todd Johnson, 200 freestyle (1:51.3); Andre Tiebout, 100 breaststroke (1:04.8); Blake Jackson, 200 butterfly (2:09.3); Henry Affeldt, 1 meter diving (85.00) and Bryant Jackson, 100 freestyle (51.0). The Panthers also took first in the 400 freestyle relay with Chris Furuno, Todd Johnson, Kyle Kerrigan, and Ryan Larson.
Chaffey's next contest is a double dual meet against Pasadena City College and Rio Hondo College at Pasadena on Friday, March 21st.
3/17/08
Women -- Sierra College (864 pts.) won the 2nd annual Chaffy College Swimming Invitational. Chaffey (652 pts) finished in 2nd, followed closely by Riverside (640 pts.) Chaffey was led by Rachel Turner (1st 1650yd freestyle 19:00.08), and Roxanne Garcera (1st 50yd Butterfly 26.87) both were Invitational records. Riverside’s Paloma Dinkel won the high point award for winning all 5 of her events.
Men -- Chaffey College Men's Swimming Team did not rest on their lead after the first day of the 2nd Annual Chaffey Invitational. They came in on Saturday and won 11 out of 14 events to win the meet with a score of 1,073 points over Grossmont (788), Riverside (630), Mt San Antonio (473), Palomar (288), Fullerton (247), San Diego Mesa (154), and Santa Ana (38).
Leading the Panthers was Akbar Nasution who won the Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet Award for winning all 5 of his individual events. In addition to his 2 victories on Friday, Akbar also won the 400 individual medley in a meet record time of 4:06.9, 200 backstroke in a meet record time of 2:00.9, and the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:00.4.
Other Panther victories were won by Todd Johnson in the 1650 freestyle, Ryan Larson in the 200 butterfly and 100 butterfly, Bryant Jackson in the 200 breaststroke, and Kyle Kerrigan in the 200 freestyle.
Chaffey was also victorious in the 200 medley relay, 400 freestyle relay, and 400 medley relay.
Chaffey goes on the road next week when they meet Mt Sac and LA Trade Tech and the LA Trade Tech pool on Friday, March 21st.
3/7/08
With 3 of the top 4 teams from last year state champonships competing at this years Mt Sac Invitational, Chaffey Colleges Men's team faced their tough competition to date. The Panthers placed 2nd behind the reigning state champions from Ventura. Ventura had 546 to Chaffeys 470 points. 3rd went to Orange Coast who finished with 436.
Ryan Larson earned high point honors by finaling in all 5 of his individual events. He won the 400 yard individual events and took 2nd in the 200 individual medley and 200 backstroke. Not to be outdone, Ryan's teammate Akbar Nasution was a triple winner by winning the 1650 freestyle, 200 individual medley, and 200 freestyle.
Chaffey also had 3 relays place in the top 3. Placing 2nd in the 800 freestyle relay (Todd Johnson, Kyle Kerrigan, Ryan Larson, Akbar Nasution) and 2nd in the 400 freestyle relay (Bryant Jackson, Todd Johnson, Kyle Kerrigan, Ryan Larson). The 400 medley relay (Ryan Larson, Akbar Nasution, Blake Jackson, Kyle Kerrigan) placed 3rd.
The Woman’s team was led by sophomore Roxanne Garcera who won the 200 IM (2:17.77), 100 yd butterfly (59.87), and the 50yd butterfly (27.35) to take 5th at the Mt. Sac Invitational. Other top 3 finishers were Rachel Turner 1650 yd Freestyle (19:20.32), 200 yd freestyle relay: Garcera, Erin Lura, Rebekah Lopez, and Melissa Dunham (1:46.23) The Panther out scored all the other South Coast Conference Team by a score of 321 to 292.
2/15/08
The men's and women's swim team started off the season by winning both the Palomar Pentathlon and the Waterman Relay's. The women were led by Roxanne Garcera who placed 1st in all five events on Friday the Panthers out scored the other 7 teams at the invitational. On Saturday Garcera won 4 of her 5 races followed by Jaclyn Levesque winning 3 of her events. Freshman Melissa Dunham, and Erin Lura each had two wins apiece. The final score for the women on Saturday was: Chaffey 657, RCC 590, Palomar 352, Fullerton 264, Grossmont 243, Mesa 206 and Southwestern 156. The men scored 727 points followed by RCC, Grossmont, Southwestern, Palomar, Fullerton and Mesa. The team has a 2 week break before the Swim/Dive Pentathlon on the 22-23.
Men's Swimming
