Outswimming the Competition

The Corsairs blew the competition out of the water in this weekends swim competition.

Santa Monica College Corsair Reva Reignier swimming the Women's 200 Yard Backstroke during the second Western State Conference at Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsair James Cavanagh swimming the Men's 400 Yard Individual Medley during the second Western State Conference at Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsair Ema Kilmauskas swimming the Women's 200 Yard Butterfly during the second Western State Conference at Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Kilmauskas swam a time of 2:11.38. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsair Hiro Inoki swimming the Men's 200 Yard Butterfly during the second Western State Conference at Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsair Wilma Henriksson checking the leaderboard after swimming the Women's 100 Yard Freestyle during the second Western State Conference at Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsair Risa Akatsu exiting the pool after swimming the Women's 100 Yard Freestyle during the second Western State Conference at Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsair Leonardo Ortiz exiting the pool after swimming the Men's 100 Yard Freestyle during the second Western State Conference at Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsair Reva Reignier just before the buzzer goes off for the Women's 200 Yard Backstroke during the second Western State Conference at Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)

Santa Monica College Corsair James Cavanagh swimming the Men's 200 Yard Breaststroke during the second Western State Conference at Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, Calif., on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Caylo Seals | The Corsair)

The Santa Monica College (SMC) Corsairs swimming and diving teams competed in a 10-school Western State Conference (WSC) swim meet on Saturday, March 18. The competition began at 11 a.m. and featured all kinds of events from relays to individual events. SMC placed first in seven of the 24 events and had at least one swimmer or diver in the top three in 13 of the events.

The day began with the 400-yard medley relay. The women were disqualified and the men placed second with a time of 3:52:55. The 200 individual freestyle event followed the medley. Sophomore swimmer Risa Akatsu placed first with a time of 2:00:10. No one from SMC placed in the top three until the 50 free where freshman Emily Lester placed third with a time of 0:25:46. Sophomore Hiro Inoki placed first in the men’s 50 free with a time of 0:22:66.

In the women's 100 free event, SMC got the top three spots. Akatsu placed first with a time of 0:54:48. Freshman Reva Reigner followed with a time of 0:55:38 and Lester just came in third with a time of 0:55:48.

The 400 individual medley came after and freshman Emma Kilmauskas was the only person from SMC to place. She got first with a time of 4:52:75. Later during the meet Kilmauskas placed first again in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:11:88. Freshman Reva Reignier placed second for the women's 200 backstroke with a time of 2:14:87. Freshman Valerie Burchard was the only person to place in the middle distance event, the 500 free. She got second place with a time of 5:34:47.

Sophomore Wilma Henriksson was the only person to place in breaststroke for SMC. She got first place in the 200 breast with a time of 2:36:79. The final swim events were the 400 free relays. Both the men and women placed first for the event. The men got a time of 3:26:58 and the women got a time of 3:42:71.

For the one-meter diving event, freshman Wildan Levitt placed third place with a score of 149.35. Levitt placed third again in the three-meter dive event with a score of 129.

The Corsairs’ next meet will be on Friday, March 31 at 11 a.m. at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara.