Valencia, CA (Swimming) -- The Citrus College men's swimming team continued to impress yesterday as it picked up decisive dual meet wins over Canyons College and LA Pierce College on Wednesday afternoon, while their counterparts (the Lady Owls swim team), split with both schools just barely losing to Canyons 53.00-55.00.
On the women's side, Jenn Marshall turned in the lone first place finish in a swimming event of the day for Citrus. Marshall's time of 1:22.48 was a minute and forty seconds faster than her next closest competitor in the 100 Yard Breaststroke.
The Lady Owls were also bolstered by strong showings in the diving portion of the competition. Both Lisa Mooney and Victoria Geiger earned valuable points for Citrus on the 1 Meter Dive.
As for the men, they got strong performances across the board. Including the diving events, the Fighting Owls took 10 first places finishes in Wednesday's dual meet. Weston Locatell turned in two incredible performances for Citrus in the 200 Yard Freestyle and the 100 Yard Butterfly, taking first place in both events, winning by six seconds in the free (1:47.82), and four seconds in the butterfly (54.27).
The Smiley brothers also turned in good performances on Wednesday afternoon. Brian turned in first place finishes in the 50 Yard Freestyle (22.63) and the 100 Yard Freestyle (49.96), while his brother Peter took first in the 500 Yard Freestyle winning by nearly 12 seconds with a time of 5:08.99.
Ken Kalinisan rounded out the top Citrus finishes of the day taking first in the 200 Yard Breaststroke with a time of 2:18.03, and the 200 Yard Individual Medley (2:04.14). Along with all of those great individual performances, the four of them (Locatell, Kalinisan, and the Smiley's) teamed together to run away with the 400 Yard Medley Relay with a time of 3:50.37, nearly a minute faster than second place College of the Canyons.
Citrus will continue their conference meets this weekend as it travels to Santa Monica, CA for a meet with the Corsairs this Friday April 4th. The first event is slated for 2:30 PM.
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