Brahma of the Week

The women’s 50-yard freestyle saw Nina Farivar in eleventh and Jocelyn Lopez in fourteenth. For the men, Manuel Chavez came in at 27.09 and Juan Lopez finished with 30.77, eighth and ninth place.

"I was able to beat my time from the last meet,” Farivar said. “I feel good about placing third. I hope to get an even better time next meet."

Cecilia Hansen finished fifth in the women’s 200-yard individual medley at 2:29.71.

Thaddaeus Adams came in fourth at 2:00:12 and Howard Nguyen placed sixth with a time of 2:03.33 in the men’s 200-yard freestyle.

Nguyen took fifth place with a time of 5:18.03 in the men’s 400yard individual medley. In the men’s 200-yard butterfly, Adams finished second at 2:24.59.

"I feel accomplished that I placed second in the 200-yard butterfly," Adams said. "Swimming is all about the mindset. The main person you are racing is yourself. Now that I [have] beat my negative mindset, I feel energized."

Juan Lopez decided to swim despite having a strained rotator cuff.

“It's doing good. I went to the trainers’ room, and they gave me an ice pack and a few test runs,” Lopez said. “I just have a little strain cuff on my shoulder and also on my shoulder blade.”

Lopez began to experience difficulties with his shoulder on Tuesday. However, that did not stop him from competing.

“I don’t like to quit,” Lopez said. “I always like to finish no matter what, win or lose. It’s how you finish that matters.”

Coach Judi Terhar commended both teams for their exceptional

Women's 200 IM 2:29.71 (5th)

Women's 100 backstroke 1:10.71 (5th) performance.

I perform better."

At the end of the season how do you want your coaches and teammates to remember you? "Encouraging."

"They did absolutely fantastic," Terhar said. "Many of these swimmers have not been swimming on club teams. The improvement that we’ve seen from each one of them is astronomical."

In the diving competition, for the women’s one-meter, Stephanie Rodriguez finished second with a final score of 140.65.

For the men’s three-meter, Carlos Mier came in third at 125.50, Chase Raynor got fourth with a score of 123.45 and Ahmedjibreel Zavhar finished with 115.70.

Mier and Zavhar returned for the final event, which was the men’s one-meter. Mier placed fourth with 126.95 and Zavhar finished last with 115.60. The Brahmas women’s team placed in fifth place with 35 points. Meanwhile, the men took third with 83 points. The next meet is at Santa Monica College on Friday, March 31, at 11 a.m.

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