SMC NEWS UPDATE - May 2, 2008
Tennis:
SMC had a very successful showing at the Ojai tournament one the most
successful all-around showing in school history, SMC finished in 5th
place in the team standings. In Ojai, a statewide tournament,
Natalie Kelley made it all the way to the quarterfinals.
Abbie Zaretsky and Alisa's Olinova finished 16th in doubles. Alisa
Olinova and Abbie Zaretsky play in the Southern California regionals
doubles event this week and Natlalie Kelley plays in the singles event.
Swimming:
Last week Santa Monica College men’s and women’s swim teams participated
in the Western State Conference Championships. The women placed
third and the men finished 4th. The qualifiers for State Championships
are Isabella Zhang (Conference Champion 50 and 100 free also setting a
new conference record with her time of 53.11 in the 100 free. She
was also second in the 50 butterfly. Also qualifying was
Conference champion Lysandra Carter-Aaron in the 50 butterfly and she
qualified for state in the 50 and 100 free as well. Joining
Isabella and Lysandra at the state championships will be the members of
the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams and the 200 and 400 medley relay
teams; Corey Duffy, Karen Nalasco, Vi Mababa and diver Sara Ritz.
The state qualifiers are Travis Bishop who was the conference champion
in one of the most exciting races of the meet winning the 200 freestyle
in a time of 1:44.93. Travis was also the conference champion in
the 200 Individual medley and was second in the 100 freestyle. He
will swim all three events at state. Joining Travis will be Azad Al-barazzi
qualifying by finishing 2nd in the 200 Individual medleys, 2nd in the
100 breaststroke, and finishing third in the 100 free. Joining
Travis and Azad at state to swim the 200 and 400 freestyle relays and
the 200 and 400 medley relays will be; Steve Homeyer, Tyler Contarsy,
and Tate Adams. Both teams swam extremely well as the athletes
achieved 98 % personal best times. The coaches expect more great
swimming at the California Community College State Championships held
this weekend May 1 -3 at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo
Men’s Track:
Eric White won the conference in the Pole Vault and Jose Reyes won
conference in the 400 Intermediate Hurdles
Several
members of the team qualified for the Southern California Regionals
4 X 400m Relay
The 4 X 100m Relay
Joseph Chavez
1500m
Dominic Jester
400m
Jose Reyes
400IH
Kasey Perkins
5000m
Tyler Grady
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