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At the PCC Swim Invitational where the swim team raised $3500 in their annual raffle, Lancer Cario Liu won first place on the men’s 200 Breaststroke.

 Eighteen colleges from all over California participated in the diving and relays competitions.

Stephen To, Mikela Velasquez, and Liu placed second in most of the relay competitions they were in.

One of PCC’s top swimmers, Liu won second place in the 200 IM with a time of 1:58.76.

To won second place in the 100 Butterfly with a time of 51.28.

Velasquez got second place in the women 100 Freestyle with a time of 55.48.

In the men 200 Freestyle, PCC’s team A got eighth place with a time of 1:31.59.

            In the women’s team ranking PCC came in fifth place and the men’s team in eighth place.

            Before the swim team started with their relay competitions, Assistant Coach of the swim team, Bianca Marquez helped the team with their warm-ups for about an hour.

“The PCC swim team practices every day and twice a day on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, to be in shape for the meets they have every weekend,” said Marquez.

Kathleen Little, marine biology, competed in three relays. “I love the swim team. They have taught me a lot about swimming,” said Little.

Paul Felix, criminal justice, joined the team this year, “it feels great being part of this team, it reminds me of my high school team,” said Felix.

The swim team also sold raffle tickets at the invitational and raffled off the prizes.

 

 “The money will be used for equipment needs that are not covered by the Aquatic budget, [and] we are raising money for next years’ teams,” said Swimming Equipment Attendant Dana Stoddard.

A total of 30 prizes were raffled off on Friday and Saturday at the twelfth annual PCC Swim Invitational. “There were a few winners present and they were very excited to win,” said Stoddard.

            The prizes included an iPad 2, a $200 gas card, and a $50 Visa gift card. All prizes were donated from either businesses near PCC or the swim team members themselves. The Starbuck’s on Colorado Boulevard donated bags of coffee, 4Seasons Swimwear donated swimming apparel and various gift cards came from the swimmers said Stoddard.

            “All if the swimmers did a great job selling tickets and brining in prizes,” said Stoddard.

Freshman Stephen To swims toward first place in the Men’s 200-yard Butterfly competitions at the 12th Pasadena Invitational at PCC’s Aquatic Center. To won the event with a time of 1 (Natalie Sehn Weber/Courier )

Sophomore Courtney Jensen strokes through the second leg of the Women’s 800-yard Freestyle relay at the 12th Pasadena Invitational at PCC’s Aquatic Center. The Lancers placed second in the relay. (Natalie Sehn Weber/Courier )

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