Posted: Apr 23, 2022

Long Beach Captures First Women's Swim Title In 16 Years

Long Beach wins the 2022 SCC women's swim title.

(MONTEREY PARK)--Behind six event wins by South Coast Conference Co-Swimmers of the Year in Atiya Yuwana and Kaya Barrett, Long Beach City College captured its first SCC women's swimming and diving championship since 2006 on Saturday. The Vikings participated in the SCC Championships at East Los Angeles College's Swim Stadium April 21-23.

FINAL STANDINGS: 1. Long Beach 725, 2. Mt. San Antonio 663, 3. Cerritos 461, 4. El Camino 331, 5. Rio Hondo 249.5, 6. East Los Angeles 158.5, 7. Pasadena 147, 8. Chaffey 127.

COMPLETE RESULTS, click here for PDF

The Vikings won eight events overall, including the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. Long Beach snapped Mt. San Antonio's streak of four straight SCC titles (2016-2019) in the first competed swim title in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mt. SAC also won eight events, led by victories in three relays--the 200 and 400 medley and the 800 freestyle and two diving titles by Journey Baretto.

Pasadena City's Nickey Hale scored wins in the 500 freestyle and 400 individual medley while Chaffey's Jaylynn Rodriguez picked up first place in both the 100 and 200 butterfly.

SCC Co-Swimmers of the Year: Kaya Barrett, Long Beach, won the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle titles; Atiya Yuwana, Long Beach, won the 200 IM, and the 100/200 backstroke

SCC Coach of the Year: Bradley Adamson, Long Beach

SCC Diver of the Year: Journey Baretto, Mt. San Antonio, won both 1-meter and 3-meter board titles

SCC Diving Coach of the Year: Rob McClellan. Mt. San Antonio

Day 1, April 21
200 Freestyle Relay--Long Beach 1:41.87 (Rachel Westphal, Kaya Barrett, Sydney Brouwer, Atiya Yuwana).
500 Freestyle--Nickey Hale, Pasadena, 5:27.98
200 IM--Atiya Yuwana, Long Beach, 2:15.89
50 Freestyle--Kaya Barrett, Long Beach, 25.29
400 Medley Relay--Mt. San Antonio, 4:17.26 (Lexis Brittain, Melissa Chavez, Julia de la Garza, Isabell Ortega)
1-Meter Diving--Journey Barreto, Mt. San Antonio, 123.55 points

Day 2, April 22
200 Medley Relay--Mt. San Antonio, 1:55.91 (Brittain, Chavez, de la Garza, Ortega)
400 IM--Nickey Hale, Pasadena, 4:59.24
100 Butterfly--Jaylynn Rodriguez, Chaffey, 1:02.89
200 Freestyle--Kaya Barrett, Long Beach, 2:01.90
100 Breaststroke--Melissa Chavez, Mt. San Antonio, 1:11.89
100 Backstroke--Atiya Yuwana, Long Beach, 59.65
800 Freestyle Relay--Mt. San Antonio, 8:32.09 (Ortega, Parker Damaske, Laila Topinio, Brattain)
3-Meter Diving--Journey Barreto, Mt. San Antonio, 135 points

Day 3, April 23
1,650 Freestyle--Laila Topinio, Mt. San Antonio, 18:48.34
200 Backstroke--Atiya Yuwana, Long Beach, 2:12.01
100 Freestyle--Kaya Barrett, Long Beach, 55.28
200 Breaststroke--Melissa Chavez, Mt. San Antonio, 2:38.32
200 Butterfly--Jaylynn Rodriguez, Chaffey, 2:26.60
400 Freestyle Relay--Long Beach, 3:47.64 (Westphal, Yuwana, Daphne Wilder, Barrett)

Release by Robert Lewis, SCC SID