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Feb 20 9:00 AM
M. Swim & Dive 2nd
at Golden West Invitational
Feb 27 9:30 AM
M. Swim & Dive 1st
at OEC Meet #1
@ Saddleback College
Mar 06 10:00 AM
M. Swim & Dive
at Riverside Invitational
@ Crafton Hills College
Mar 07 9:00 AM
M. Swim & Dive 1st
at Riverside Invitational
@ Crafton Hills College
Mar 20 9:30 AM
M. Swim & Dive 1st
at OEC Meet #2
@ Orange Coast College
Apr 03 10:00 AM
M. Swim & Dive 2nd
at Last Chance Invite
@ Mt. San Antonio College
Apr 10 TBA
M. Swim & Dive
at OEC Dive Championship
@ Long Beach City College
Apr 16 TBA
M. Swim & Dive
at OEC Championships
@ Orange Coast College
Apr 17 TBA
M. Swim & Dive
at OEC Championships
@ Orange Coast College
Apr 18 TBA
M. Swim & Dive 1st
at OEC Championships
@ Orange Coast College
Apr 30 TBA
M. Swim & Dive
at 3C2A State Championship Meet
@ Orange Coast College
May 01 TBA
at 3C2A State Championship Meet
@ Orange Coast College
May 02 TBA
M. Swim & Dive 4th
at 3C2A State Championship Meet
@ Orange Coast College
Swimmer flexes his muscle after finishing a race

RCC Grabs Fourth at 3C2A State Champions, Sees Multiple Individuals Crowned

Riverside City College closed out the 3C2A State Championship this weekend at Orange Coast College, taking fourth overall as a team and seeing multiple Tigers win championships.

Eli Martinez Spencer won the 500-yard free in a personal-best time of four minutes, 29.22 seconds, while Vincent Fierro took 12th overall with a time of 4:44.18. Martinez Spencer also posted the third-best time in the 100-yard backstroke, clocking in 50.41 seconds, and was runner-up in the 200-yard backstroke at 1:46.89, which was a new RCC record.

Jared Ladinez took an early lead in the 100-yard breaststroke and held on for the lead to win in 55.79 seconds. Ladinez also took fifth in the 200-yard breast with a time of 2:04.52, while Davis DeAnda grabbed eighth in 2:10.22 and Bryce Hitter finished 10th in 2:07.40.

Wyatt Miner won the 200-yard, boasting a full body-length lead on the field throughout most of the race, before finishing with a time of 1:50.49. Miner also finished runner-up in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:48.91 and took bronze in the 100-yard butterfly, posting a personal-best time of 49.37 seconds.

The Tigers' 400-yard medley relay team of Martinez Spencer, Ladinez, Miner, and Jeremiah Ireland took first after Ireland pulled away in the anchor to give RCC the winning time of 3:20.43.

Ireland took eighth overall in the 200-yard free, clocking in at 1:42.97. Ireland also took ninth in the 100-yard free with a personal-best time of 45.75 and finished 15th in the 50-yard free with a time of 21.30 seconds.

Zachary McDonald secured a top-eight finish on both diving boards, posting a 223.10 on the 1-meter to take fourth and a score of 171.25 on the 3-meter, which was good for seventh overall.

Fierro also grabbed 12th in the 1650-yard free, posting a time of 16:54.64.

Hitter finished 14th in the 200-yard IM with a time of 1:56.85 and took 16th in the 400 IM with a time of 4:16.69.

Aaron Ho finished 14th in the 100-yard IM, posting a time of 53.85 seconds.

RCC grabbed third in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:31.98, third in the 800-yard free relay at 6:47.59, and eighth in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:25.44.