Dual Season Ends, Swim Continues With ELAC/PCC Invitational

PCC Swim sophomores Emily Padilla and Hazem Abdelaty with head coach Terry Stoddard were honored prior to Friday's meet  (photo by Richard Quinton).
PCC Swim sophomores Emily Padilla and Hazem Abdelaty with head coach Terry Stoddard were honored prior to Friday's meet (photo by Richard Quinton).

The Pasadena City College swim teams concluded the South Coast Conference dual meet portion of the schedule with a home meet at Pasadena Poly on Friday. The Lancers women lost v. El Camino, 157-52 and against East Los Angeles, 162-52. The men lost its solo dual to ECC, 189-41.

In the women's double dual, Emily Padilla won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 12:43.42 and the 200 butterfly (2:39.33) while placing second in the 500 freestyle.

Emily Wang scored third in the 200 breaststroke (3:14.62) and 200 individual medley (3:08.04). 

On the men's side, Hazem Abdelaty scored the win in the 1,000 freestyle in 11:31.99, placed second in the 500 freestyle (5:34.89), and took third in the 200 butterfly (2:29.19). Michael Petersen swam first in the 100 freestyle (50.12) and third in the 200 backstroke (2:29.10). 

The 400 freestyle relay squad of Petersen, Ethan Toro, Xerxes Carmen and Abdelaty was third in 4:03.81.

The PCC men finished 2-5 in SCC duals while the women were 0-7.

On April 4-6, the Lancers will co-host with East Los Angeles in the ELAC/Pasadena Invitational at East LA's Swim Stadium. On April 18-20, PCC participates in the SCC Championships at Mt. San Antonio College.