It couldn't get much closer, but the Pasadena City College men's swim team kept its South Coast Conference dual meet winning streak going at 13 with a slim 139-132 win over El Camino while also defeating host Rio Hondo, 178-92, on Friday. The streak dates back to the 2017 season.
The Lancers (4-0 in SCC competitition this season) won eight events overall, including three each by Michael Humphrey and Harrison Tin.
Humphrey scored first place finishes in the 200-yard butterfly (season-best 2:02.11), 500 freestyle (5:07.69) and 200 individual medley (2:08.10). Tin recorded his wins in the 200 freestyle (1:52.67) and both the 100 breaststroke (1:01.17) and 200 breaststroke (2:16.36).
Mathew Bilaver captured the 50-freestyle in 22.84 while the 200 medley relay squad of Brandon Tu, Mario Castanon, Humphrey and Bilaver grabbed first with a time of 1:43.70.
With El Camino winning six events and diving points (PCC has no diver), Tu's second place finishes in the 1,000 freestyle (10:48.95) and 100 backstroke (59.68), and other runner-up touches by Castanon in the 100 (1:04.80) and 200 breaststrokes (2:23.71), Grayson Wade in the 200 butterfly (2:18.03), Bilaver in the 100 freestyle (50.53), and Jeffrey Kha in the 100 butterfly (57.50) all were instrumental in helping the team get by El Camino.
The Lancers will swim at their home pool--PCC Aquatic Center--for the first time this season when they host a SCC double dual against Cerritos and LA Trade Tech Colleges on Friday, March 22 at 12:30 p.m