Swim takes first in competition Back to back victories keeps Brahmas on right track

Paula Barrantes Reporter @paulabarrantess

Brahmas had a solid overall performance at the first Western State Conference Invite held at home on Friday, March 4th. Pierce competed against Valley, Citrus, Bakersfield, and Allan Hancock. For the 1,000-meter freestyle swim the Pierce women ended in second place behind Valley College.

Freshman Kailey Bennett placed second followed by Shany Ninio in third. Ninio also competed in the 200-meter freestyle, where she placed second, followed by Melissa Velasco.

Pierce swimmer, Eryn Krouse coasted to first place in the women’s 200-meter individual medley. Krouse competed alongside with Jennifer Weiss, who was disqualified in her first event for doing a flip turn instead of touching the wall.

“Well I don’t want to do that again, I just need to prepare ahead of

Sports briefs

Pierce College

beats USC in cheer competition

Cheer and competition team takes first place in the Aloha International Spirit Championships at University of Southern California’s, Galen Center.

There were 19 members from the Pierce College team competing in the “College Advanced” division. Teams were required to do a number of routines including: pyramids and tossing, tumbling and routine composition, stunts, jumps and performances.

Based on how efficiently a team would do their

Tennis

Thursday, March 10 @ Gendale 2 p.m.

Tuesday, March 15 vs. Bakersfield 2 p.m.

Swim and Dive

No meets this week

Men's Volleyball

Wednesday, March 9 vs. Long Beach 6 p.m.

Friday, March 11 vs. Santa Monica 6 p.m.

Wednesday, March 16 @ Moorpark 6 p.m.

Baseball

Thursday, March 10 vs. SBCC 2 p.m.

Saturday March 12 @ SBCC 1 p.m.

Wednesday, March 16 @ Rio Hondo 2:30 p.m.

Women's Beach Volleyball

time,” Weiss said.“I wasn’t ready I didn’t realize I was next so I wasn’t mentally prepared.”

She would later place second in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke.“I feel good about that. It was one of my best races,” Weiss said.

In the women’s first heat of the 100-meter butterfly, swimmer Gerryleo Sarmiento had to exit the race due to exhaustion.

“I believe I was under the water for too long when I dove off so that kinda caused me a whole lot of my

Brahma

– Compiled by Mitch Nodelman routines, judges would reward points. A maximum of 100 points for all the categories could be given.

The price per admission for each competitor ranges from $50-60; however, competitors from Pierce received free admission to the event due to sponsorship.

“We’ve been lucky to get support from ASO

(Associated Students Organization), Kinesiology and hip-hop crew,” said Jenny Ghiglia, cheerleading coach.

Two competitors for Pierce were injured.

The competition team will compete in Las Vegas on April 9-10 and Bakersfield for the California Finale.

Week of the Eryn Krouse- Swimmer energy. I also didn’t warm up before I went in so I think that’s what cost me the race,” Sarmiento said.

Our Brahma of the week is Eryn Krouse. We were not able to get a hold of her for an interview or photo.

Krouse took fi rst place in the 200-meter freestyle which helped lead give the Pierce College swim team the win on Friday, March 4.

The next Western State Conference swim meet will take place on Saturday, March 19 at Santa Barbara City College at 10 a.m.

This was the first time Sarmiento had to exit a match. Women’s swim and dive head coach Judi Terhar was very proud of her team’s performance. “They did absolutely fantastic. They came together as a team, and we really didn’t anticipate that they would win against all of the teams,” Terhar said. “One of the reasons that we won against Allan Hancock is because of our diver, who got two first places and pushed us over the top to get us the win.”

Whether the team wins or not, Terhar’s goal is for the swimmers to improve. “I wasn’t disappointed in any race. It took every single person for us to win this. Usually our goal isn’t to win, our goal is basically for them to improve,” Terhar said. The second Western State Conference meet will be on Saturday, March 19 at Santa Barbara City College.

Friday, March 11 @ Rio Hondo, Palomar, and Mira Costa 10 a.m.