The Ventura College swimming teams finished with 14 swimmers on the two-year All-American team, seven men and seven women.

Freshman Henry Chung (100 backstroke, 50 and 100 freestyle) and sophomores Coleman Goode (400 individual medley), Tyler Kaslik (200 butterfly), Kevin Doria (100 butterfly) and Thomas Maires (1650 free) qualified as individuals, while sophomores Eric Donahoo and Spencer Lewis were also part of men's relays teams that made the lists.

Sophomore Shyla Motley (1650 free, 50 breaststroke, 100 breastroke) and freshmen Alicia Romero (50 breaststroke), Gaby Romero (50 fly, 100 fly), Christina Robledo (50 back, 100 back) and Abby Puczkowski (100 free, 200 free, 100 back) qualified as individuals, while freshmen Jessie Ball and Taylor Amstutz were also part of women's relay teams that made the lists.

The All-American teams consist of the Top 16 performances in the nation in each event. Chung finished with the second-best time in the country in the 100 backstroke (48.53 seconds) and the third-best time in the 50 freestyle (20.00) and 100 freestyle (44.44),
Of the 14, 11 of the student-athletes also carried a 3.2 GPA or better to earn Academic All-America honors.

Despite swimming in three qualifying events, 19-year-old Ventura College swimmer Henry Chung came up just short of qualifying for this summer's Olympics in London.

"He gave great efforts," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte of the Pirates' triple state champion. "It's tight. That's why it's the Olympics. It's fast."

Chung, who competed in the Irvine Grand Challenge, Santa Clara Grand Prix and Hong Kong Olympic trials, was within a second of reaching Olympic qualifying standards for the 50-meter freestyle and 100-meter backstroke.

"He's 19, he's very competitive and he has big goals," Baratte said of Chung. "He's got a bright, bright future

The Ventura College men's swimming team has finished in the Top 3 at the California Community College championships for seven straight years.

That streak is in jeopardy this weekend at East Los Angeles College after the Pirates qualified only eight swimmers last week while winning the Western State Conference title.

"We're a little hobbled," Ventura coach Larry Baratte said.

The big blow was sophomore Eric Donahoo, who, slowed for much of the season by what was discovered to be a torn meniscus, failed to qualify in his freestyle events.

"He's been hobbling around and he's been avoiding the doctor," Baratte said. "He's really turned everything over to the team."

Despite soreness, Donahoo, whose healthy times last year would have made him the top seed in the 200-yard freestyle this weekend, still plans to compete in relay events.

"I'm really proud of him," Baratte said. "He could have very easily have shrugged his shoulders and chucked it in."

With just eight men and seven women qualified, both the Ventura men's and women's teams are focused on Top 5 finishes.

Henry Chung is in position to complete a stellar freshman season. The sprinter is the top seed in all three of his individual events -- today's 50-yard freestyle (20.23 seconds), Friday's 100-yard backstroke (49.42) and Saturday's 100-yard freestyle (45.24)

"And I wish I could swim him in even more (events)," Baratte said.

On the women's side, sophomore Shyla Motley is the No. 3 seed in the 50-yard breast stroke (30.92 seconds), while freshmen Christina Robledo and Abby Puczkowski are the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in the 100-yard backstroke.

"They've just been solid all season long," Baratte said. "They're hard-working, good group with six freshmen and one sophomore.

"We're going to be right in the hunt. It'll be a great experience for the girls."

Ventura College freshman Henry Chung, attempting to qualify for this summer's London Olympics in his native country, broke the Hong Kong national record in the 100-meter backstroke Saturday at the 55th annual Hong Kong Olympic Time Trials.

Fighting the flu and fatigue from a delayed 16-hour flight from LAX, Chung swam the 100 backstroke in 57.49 seconds during the preliminaries, finishing less than a second short of the 56.59 mark needed to qualify for this summer's Games.

Chung missed the event finals with a fever, which prompted a trip to the hospital. But the 19-year-old return to swim a personal best 23.37 in the 50-meter freestyle, which is less than a half second short of both the national record and Olympic qualifying standard.

"What he did in the 100 back was remarkable," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte, who coached Chung via text message from Ventura. "He'll have a few more opportunities (to qualify) in May and June and the conditions should be much more favorable."

Chung returned to Ventura Sunday to train for this weekend's Western State Conference championships and the California Community College championships later this month.

A swimmer's primary opponent is always the clock and his own body.

Ventura College freshman Henry Chung will be uniquely reminded of those confines this weekend, as he attempts to qualify for the Olympic team in his native Hong Kong.

For the opportunity, Chung will spend roughly the same amount of time aboard planes as he will on the ground in Hong Kong -- 32 hours.

"I'll do a little bit of stretching and walk around the plane to keep my body ready for the race," said Chung, who left LAX late Thursday, will arrive in Asia Saturday morning and will return Sunday. "I might have a little jet lag, but I still think I have an opportunity to quality."

To qualify for London, Chung, 19, needs to top 22.8 seconds in the 50-meter freestyle or 56.59 in the 100-meter backstroke. His bests this season at VC are inside a second of those benchmarks.

"He's rested up and ready to go," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte. "The challenge is the flights."

Chung joins Jeff Barrett, who participated in the U.S. Olympic trials in 2008, as VC swimmers to participate in Olympic trials. Although Barrett, who will be inducted into the VC Athletic Hall of Fame next month, did so he had completed his collegiate career.

If he qualifies, Chung would become VC's first international since Sally Tuttle competed in the 1975 Pan-Am Games.

Chung has already experienced the process last quadrennial, when he was just 15. If he comes up short this weekend, he'll have more opportunities to reach the qualifying standards in May and June.

"It'll be great if he's able to quality," said Baratte, "but we have other meets that we're pointing to, as well."

Whatever the result, Chung will return Sunday to prepare for the Western State Conference championships and the California Community College championships later this month.

The Ventura College men's swimming team next spring will feature its biggest group of returning All-Americans after eight freshmen earned the elite status this season.

"That's the most we've ever had," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte. "That's the exciting part for next year."

In total, 14 Ventura College swimmers, 12 men, two women -- plus six relay teams -- were unveiled as All-Americans earlier this month when the final performance list was compiled.

The All-American swimming teams feature the Top 16 performances nationally in each event.

The men's team included freshman Eric Donahoo in the 50 freestyle (21.08 seconds), 100 freestyle (45.76), and 200 freestyle (1:39.13); freshman Steven Tennant in the 100 freestyle (45..31), 200 freestyle (1:39.48), 100 backstroke (50.22) and 200 backstroke (1:54.47); sophomore Erik Rennspiess in the 200 freestyle (1:41.26) and 200 individual medley (1:55.27); sophomore Collin Baratte in the 500 freestyle (4:38.33), 100 backstroke (52.30) and 200 backstroke (1:52.00); sophomore Jordan Singleton in the 100 backstroke (51.15) and 200 backstroke (1:50.57); freshman Thomas Maires in the mile freestyle (16:30.88); freshman Brendan DeLear in the mile freestyle (16:51.92); sophomore Aaron Fukutomi in the mile freestyle (16:54.74); freshman Griffin Pool in the mile freestyle (16:57.15); freshman Coleman Goode in the 400 individual medley (4:08.58); freshman Tyler Kaslik in the 200 butterfly (1:54.44) and freshman Spencer Lewis in the 100 backstroke (52.71).

The women's team included Lisa Simmons in 1-meter (204.75 points) and 3-meter (199.55) diving. And Kayleigh Jeffrey in the 200 freestyle (1:56.77), 500 freestyle (5:15.15) and 800 freestyle relay, along with teammates Amber Bennett, Lori Anderson and Samantha Ebberson.

The men's All-American relays were the 200 freestyle (Spencer McGrath, Singleton, Donahoo and Tennant), the 400 freestyle (Tennant, Singleton, Rennspiess and Donahoo), the 800 freestyle (Donahoo, Rennspiess , Baratte, Tennant), the 200 medley (Baratte, Good, Singleton and Donahoo), and the 400 medley (Tennant, Good, Baratte,
Rennspiess).

Combine the individual and relay honors and Tennant was an eight-event All-American. Donahoo was a seven-event All-American. With five as a freshman and six as a sophomore, Baratte, who will swim next year at UC Santa Barbara, graduates as an 11-event All-American.

Rennspiess has committed to Massachusetts. Singleton will transfer to Cal Baptist. Jeffrey will decide between Cal State Northridge and Cal State Bakersfield.

Singleton, Donahoo, Kaslik, Maires, Pool, Anderson and Jeffrey were also honored on the National Community College Academic All-American team. The team's requirements include an All-American swimming performance with a 3.2 cumulative GPA.

The undefeated Ventura College swimming and diving teams host their lone Western State Conference home meet Saturday at 10 a.m.

The defending state champion Ventura men (3-0), in the midst of a ninth straight undefeated season, feature returning All-Americans Collin Baratte, Spencer McGrath, Erik Rennspiess and Jordan Singleton.

The Ventura women, the defending WSC champion for the 10th time in 12 seasons, feature All-American sophomore Kayleigh Jeffery and freshman diver Lisa Simmons.

The Ventura College men's swimming team once again proclaimed it will compete for statewide honors last weekend with a second-place finish at the Cuesta Invitational in San Luis Obispo.

The Pirates finished second, 85.5 points behind first-place Santa Rosa, 692.5-607, among 22 teams at the annual event.

Sophomore Collin Baratte finished second in the 100 backstroke (52.80 seconds), third in the 100 butterfly (52.74) and was part of teams that won the 400 medley relay (3:32.02, Jordan Singleton, Coleman Goode and Erik Rennspiess) and finished third in the 200 medley relay (1:37.73, along with Singleton, Goode and Steven Tennant).

Brendan DeLear and Thomas Maires finished second (4:50.37) and third (4:53.90) in the 500 freestyle. Rennspiess was also third in the 200 freestyle (1:45.60) and fifth in the 200 IM (2:01.71), Tennant was third in the 50 freestyle (21.72), and Goode was fifth in the 400 IM (4:20.26) and 100 breast stroke (1:01.06)

Sophomore Kayleigh Jeffrey won the 200 freestyle (1:59.06) and finished second in the 500 freestyle (5:22.20) to guide the VC women to a sixth-place finish.

Daniel Colvin won the 50-yard free style and quartets won the 200 and 400 medley relays as the Ventura College men's swimming team cruised to its second state championship by a 127.5-point deluge Saturday night at the Marie T. Mills Aquatic Facility at Mount San Antonio College.

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There may not have been an individual champion Saturday, but every member of the Ventura College men's swimming team drew closer to a state championship today by piling on the points on the second day of the California Community College championships.

The Pirates will bring a 102-point cushion into the final day of the meet today at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut.

"Today was our depth day," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte. "We scored over 200 points.

"They're fired up and excited about tomorrow."

Ventura leads second-place Orange Coast, 347-245, followed by Diablo Valley (241), Santa Rosa (202) and Sierra (174.5).

After a strong morning in the preliminaries, Ventura started the night session strong as Collin Baratte, Rafael Ingannamonte, Steven Edgar and Daniel Colvin combined to win the win the 200-yard medley relay in 1:33.03.

Ventura piled up 36 points in the men's 200 free as Eric Rennspiess finished third (1:42.69), Michael Craft was sixth (1:44.12), Evan Hedrick was 13th (1:45.56) and Spencer McGrath was 14th (1:45.91).

David Hine finished second in the 400 individual medley (4:05.03). Ingannamonte was sixth (58.57) in the 100 breast stroke.

Edgar finished second in the 100 butterfly in 49.94 seconds. Wade Federer was seventh (51.66) and Colvin was 12th (52.42).

In the 100 backstroke, Jordan Singleton was fourth (52.10), Baratte was seventh (53.34), and Michael Crowley was eighth (54.06).

Edgar, Hedrick, Craft and Reinspeiss were second (6:52.46) in the 800 freestyle relay.

"Most of it was just solid performances,' said Baratte. ""Everybody did their job. We're looking forward to (today), a good morning and we should be in good shape."

It all started in the morning for the Pirates Friday.

"It was great morning in which we just loaded up championship and consolation finals," said Baratte. "We got all the people we really needed back.

"It was the best prelims that we've had."

The Ventura women sat in eighth with 146 points, 13 behind sixth-place Modest. Orange Coast leads the meet with 362.

Shyla Motley finished second (30.12) in the women's 50 backstroke. In the 200 freestyle, Deanna Pickman was ninth (1:57.73) and Kayleigh Jeffrey was 12th (1:59.64).

Pickman, Jeffrey, Cristina Fung and Kelsey Michon were a strong fourth in the 800 freestyle relay.

"That was just a terrific swim," said Baratte.

Larry Baratte won't know if his Ventura College men's swimming team will be the favorite in this weekend's California Community College championships until today.

But it looks pretty close.

The Pirates look like they qualified a school-record 15 men and five women for the three-day meet at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut.

"I don't know for sure," said Baratte Sunday. "I'll know when I see the psych sheets.

"We'll see. I think we're in the conversation."

Nine men were unshaven when the Pirates won the WSC Championship Saturday by a record margin in Santa Claritate.

"I think that's pretty big," said Baratte. "That's a pretty good thing."

The Ventura College men's and women's swimming teams were lifted by championship performances Saturday at the Western State Conference championships at Santa Clarita Swim Center.

The men finished with a record setting 1,034 points, and easily distanced itself from the next closest finisher in Cuesta, which had 423 points to win their eighth straight conference championship.

In opening up the widest margin of victory in WSC history, Ventura surpassed 1,000 points for the first time.

"It's a dominating year," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte. "We had 26 guys that we took to the meet, I had to designate eight of them non-scorers... Of those eight, all of them would have scored points if they were at a different school."

The mile freestyle was the lone swimming event in the three-day, 18-event meet that the Pirates did not win.

The women earned the championship with 665.5 points, followed by Cuesta with 524 and Bakersfield with 522.

"We only won one really," said Baratte. "It wasn't neccesary because of our talent. It was the depth."

Steven Edgar earned swimmer of the year honors for the men's side and Shyla Motley did likewise for the women.

Motley won the 1,650-yard freestyle and, three events later, broke a 20-year-old record in the 100-meter breaststroke with a first place finish of 1:07.20.

"Big time," said Baratte. "She's pretty good."

For the men, Edgar won the 200 butterfly, Collin Baratte won the 200 backstroke, Daniel Colvin defended his title in the 100 freestyle, Rafael Ingannamonte won 200 breast stroke.

The Ventura College men's and women's swimming teams remained in front at the Western State Conference championships at Santa Clarita Swim Center.

Freshman Shyla Motley broke the conference record in the 50-yard breast stroke, winning in 31.42 seconds, and Kayleigh Jeffrey and Kelsey Michon finished 1-2 in the 200 freestyle as the women's team stayed atop the team standings, 448-377, over second-place Cuesta.

"The way it was seeded, we should be in second place after today," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte. "They're doing a great job."

Rafael Ingannamonte defended his 100 breast stroke title in 59.86 seconds and Collin Baratte (53.01) and Jordan Singleton (53.42) finished 1-2 in the 100 backstroke as the men opened up a 427-point lead on second-place Cuesta, 714-448.

The men swept the Top 4 in the 200 freestyle behind Erik Rennpiess (1:43.10), Evan Hedrick (1:44.51), Michael Craft (1:44.93) and Spencer McGrath (1:46.31); the Top 3 in the 400 individual medley behind Michael Fernandez (4:19.40), David Hine (4:21.70) and Tyler Payton (4:22.33) and the Top 3 in 100 butterfly behind Steven Edgar (51.11), Wade Federer (52.40) and Daniel Colvin (52.58).

The men's 200 medley and women's 800 free relays also set conference records.

The team of Collin Baratte, Rafael Ingannamonte, Steven Edgar and Eric Rennspiess set a conference record in the 400-yard medley relay as the Ventura College men's swimming team left its opposition in its wake on the first day of the Western State Conference championships at Santa Clarita Swim Center.

Three freshmen and the sophomore Ingannamonte swam the four legs in 3:31.17 to better Ventura's year-old mark.

Ingannamonte swam the breast-stroke leg in years.

Colvin won the 50 freestyle in 21.32 seconds, Edgar won the 200 individual medley in 1:55.56 and freshman Jordan Singleton won the 500 freestyle in 4:46.46 as the Pirates, in search of their eighth straight WSC title, built a lead of nearly 200 points.

Ventura (323 points) is followed by Los Angeles Valley (139), Cuesta (135), Citrus (119), Pierce (107), Canyons (75), Bakersfield (70) and Santa Monica (64) in the team standings.

The Ventura women hold a 15.5-point edge on Cuesta after the first day of competition.
Sophomore Deanna Pickman defended her title in the 500 freestyle (5:14.73).
Ventura (197.5 points) is trailed by Cuesta (182), Bakersfield (158) and Santa Monica (141).

Sophomore Tyler McClure earned silver in the 100-yard backstroke Friday as the Ventura College men's swimming team stood in fourth place after the second of three days at the California Community College championships at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach.

The Royal High product finished in 51.62 seconds, less than a second behind the winner, Rex Learmouth of Golden West. Ventura's Michael Crowley followed in the 12th place (53.96).

The quartet of McClure, Rafael Ingannamonte, Daniel Colvin and Eric Anderssen finished fifth (1:34.75) in the 200 medley relay. The Pirates' team of Anderssen, Wade Federer, Michael Craft and Chris Baier were also fourth in the 800 freestyle relay.

The Ventura men are in fourth place with 193 points through 24 events. Orange Coast (409 points) leads the meet by 182 points.

The Ventura women will enter today's final day of competition in seventh place (123 points). Santa Rosa leads the meet with 384 points.

Deanna Pickman, Brooke Penney, Cristina Fung and Bonny Bordwell combined to finish sixth (8:02.04) in the 800 freestyle relay, while the quartet of Fung, Jacqueline O'Hagan, Kendall Avrea and Bordwell finished 15th (1:56.38) in the 200 medley relay.

Bordwell and Penney were seventh (1:58.25) and 14th (1:59.13) in the 200 freestyle. O'Hagan was 12th (2:16.92) in the 200 intermediate medley.

Baier was eighth (1:43.87) in the 200 freestyle, while teammates Anderssen and Craft followed in 14th (1:44.59) and 15th (1:44.89).

Colvin and Federer were 10th (51.22) and 11th (51.27) in the 50 butterfly. In the 100 breast stroke, Ingannamonte was 10th (1:00.57) and Juan Camero was 15th (1:01.65). Tyler Pool was 12th (4:18.61) in the 400 intermediate medley.

The Ventura College men's swimming team's first shot at state relay glory came up a second short Thursday night.

The quartet of Eric Anderssen, Michael Craft, Daniel Colvin and Tyler McClure finished second in the 200-yard freestyle in 1:23.15.

Orange Coast took both the relay (1:22.46) and the first-day team lead at the California Community College swimming and diving champions at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach. Ventura sits in fourth place with 100 points, 92 behind the leaders.

"It was a great race," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte. "We just came up a little short."

McClure, Rafael Ingannamonte, Wade Federer and Colvin finished fourth (3:28.75) in the 400 medley relay.

Behind a pair of fifth-place finishers, the Ventura women sit in seventh with 73 points, 53 behind leaders Sierra.

Brooke Penney finished fifth (24.32) in the 50 freestlye. Deanna Pickman and Bonny Bordwell finished fifth (5:13.17) and 12th (5:18.97) in the 500 freestyle.

Jacqueline O'Hagan finished 13th (1:02.90) in the 100 individual medley.

The quartet of Brooke Penney, Cristina Fung, Deanna Pickman and Bonny Bordwell finished eighth (1:40.76) in the 200 freestyle relay. The quartet of Fung, O'Hagan, Kendall Avrea and Penney finished 10th (4:08.23) in the 400 medley relay.

The Ventura men had three of its four participants score in the 50-yard freestyle.

Eric Anderssen was fifth (21.13), while Daniel Colvin and Michael Craft followed in 11th (21.19) and 14th (21.68), respectively.

Chris Baier finished fifth (4:40.05) in the 500 freestyle.

Tyler Pool and Rafael Ingannamonte finished 16th (1:59.62) and 21st (2:00.85) in the 200 intermediate medley.

Along the way to its seventh straight conference championship Saturday in Bakersfield, the Ventura College men's swimming team made its argument as the strongest team in the 25-year history of Western State Conference swimming and diving.

Winning 15 of the 18 individual swimming events over the three-day meet, the Pirates set the record for points in a championship meet by amassing 982 points, surpassing by six points the previous mark owned by Ventura's 2007 edition.

The Pirates nearly doubled the total of second-place Citrus College, which finished with 492 points. Weston Locatell of Citrus was the only non-Ventura swimmer to win a men's swimming event, capturing the 200 intermediate medley and both butterfly events.

The Ventura College women's swimming team survived a strong push from upstart Santa Monica to win the conference championship for the ninth time in 11 years, 714 to 628.

Deanna Pickman won the 1650-yard freestyle in 18:21.80, with Megan Carter following in third (20:16.90).

The quartet of Brooke Penney, Kelsey Michon, Pickman and Bonny Bordwell won the 400 freestyle relay in 3:36.65.

Penney broke the school record in finishing second (52.96) in the 100 freestyle, while Bordwell was third (54.22). Jacqueline O'Hagan was second (1:09.90) in the 100 breast stroke. Kendall Avery was second (1:02.18) in the 100 butterfly. Cristina Fung was third (1:02.57) in the 100 backstroke.

On the men's side, freshman Daniel Colvin won the 100 freestyle in 45.50, breaking the four-year-old conference record of former Ventura star Cheyne O'Gorman. Eric Anderssen and Michael Craft followed in second (45.57) and third (46.72) for a Top 3 sweep.

Chris Baier and Mike Lee finished first (16:59.38) and second (17:08.15) in the 1650 freestyle.

Tyler McClure and Michael Crowley finished first (1:53.49) and second (1:58.63) in the 200 backstroke.

Rafael Ingannamonte won the 200 breast stroke in 2:11.65.

Wade Federer and Tyler Pool finished second (2:02.10) and third (2:02.70), respectively, in the 200 butterfly.

The 400 freestyle relay quartet of McClure, Colvin, Baier and Anderssen capped the weekend by obliterating the conference record in the final event. The time of 3:03.41 bettered the previous record by nearly four seconds.

The Ventura College swimming teams won conference titles in seven events Friday, the second day of the Western State Conference Championships in Bakersfield, where the Pirate men finished 1-2 in four different individual events.

Michael Craft and Eric Anderssen finished first (1:43.72) and second (1:43.86), respectively in the 200-yard freestyle. Rafael Ingannamonte and Juan Camero finished first (1:00.28) and second (1:00.86) in the 100 breastroke. Tyler Pool and Chris Baier finished first (4:17.30) and second (4:18.03) in the men's 400 intermediate medley.

Tyler McClure and Michael Crowley finished first (51.53) and second (53.55) in the 100 backstroke. McClure's mark set the school record.

"The men are just in a dominating position this year," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte. "Every school has some strong swimmers, but our depth just kills everybody."

With 700 points, the Ventura men's leads Cuesta (329) and Citrus (316) by a healthy margin going into the final day of competition.

The Ventura women used a strong performance in the 200 freestyle event to build a 33-point lead on Santa Monica, 482-449, with Cuesta (354) in third.

Bonny Bordwell (1:58.40), Brooke Penney (1:58.49), Deanna Pickman (2:01.96) and Kelsey Michon (2:02.81) swept the first four places in the 200 freestyle.

"That really helped us there," said Baratte. "It's puts us in a good position to win (the meet) now."

The Ventura men swept both relays. The quartet of Tyler McClure, Juan Camero, Wade Federer, Eric Anderssen captured the 200 medley relay in a conference record of 1:34.82. The quartet of Chris Baier, Daniel Colvin, Wade Federer and Micheal Craft won the 800 free relay in 7:01.58.

For the women, Cristina Fung, Kelsey Michon, Deanna Pickman, Bonny Bordwell took the 800 freestyle relay in 8:08.80, while Fung, Jackie O'Hagan, Kendall Avrea and Brooke Penney finished second (1:54.56) in the 200 medley relay.

Colvin, Federer and Crowley swept second (51.26), third (51.40) and fourth (51.98) in the men's 100 butterfly.

O'Hagan and Fung were third and fifth, respectively in the women's 200 intermediate medley. Kendall Avrea was fourth in the 50 butterfly. Aja Ming was third in the 50 backstroke.

In search of its seventh straight Western State Conference title, the Ventura College men's swimming team has already distanced itself at the WSC Championships in Bakersfield, piling up 321 points in the first day of competition Thursday.

Second-place Citrus sits 204 points back with 117.

Meanwhile, the Ventura women hold a three-point edge in its tight race with Santa Monica, 233-230

Ventura broke both conference records in the men's and women's 200-yard free relays.
The quartet of Heather Webster, Bonny Bordwell, Deanna Pickman and Brooke Penny finished in 1:39:67, snapping Ventura's 4-year-old mark by more than two seconds.

The quartet of Daniel Colvin, Eric Anderssen, Michael Craft and Tyler McClure finished in 1:22.90, breaking Ventura's 2-year-old mark by a second and a half.

Along the way to winning the men's 50 free, Daniel Colvin tied the conference record in 20.81. Eric Anderson (second, 21.09), Michael Craft (third, 21.22) and Tyler McClure (fourth, 21.51) gave the Pirates a Top 4 sweep in the event.

Brooke Penney set a school record while finishing second in the women's 50 free (24.31).
Chris Baier won the men's 500 free in 4:42.92, with Mike Lee (second, 4:53.20) and Wade Federer (fourth, 4:55.86) following. Pickman took the women's 500 free in 5:14.72, with Bonny Bordwell (5:18.92) following in third.

The team of Michael Crowley, Ingannamonte, Colvin and Craft took the men's 400 medley relay (3:31.89), while the group of Cristina Fung, Jackie O'Hagan, Kendall Avrea and Penney finished second (4:07.22) in the women's event.

Rafael Ingannamonte (1:59.79), Jude Kiesewetter (2:01.27) and Juan Camero (2:01.90) were second, third and fifth in the men's 200 intermediate medley. Jackie O'Hagan (1:02.46) and Cristina Fung (1:04.90) were second and fifth, respectively, in the women's 100 intermediate medley.

While the Ventura College men's swimming team is in a dominant position entering this weekend's Western State Conference championships in Bakersfield, the Ventura women have a race on their hands.

Santa Monica enters the women's meet a perfect 6-0 in dual meets, having defeated Ventura 61-50 on March 27, just the Pirates' second loss in 78 dual meets since 1998.

"It should be a close meet based upon the seeding," said Ventura coach Larry Baratte. "It should be real exciting."

Ventura (6-1) is led by returning All-Americans Brooke Penney, Jacqueline O'Hagan and Bonny Bordwell.

Returning All-Americans Chris Baier, Tyler McClure and Eric Anderssen have the Ventura men on the cusp of the program's seventh straight WSC title.

Freshmen Daniel Colvin, Rafael Ingannamonte, Michael Craft, Michael Crowley, Juan Cameron and Wade Federer will also be vying to qualify for next week's state championships in Long Beach.

"There are two goals," said Barrate. "To come away with a conference championship and as qualify as many swimmer as we can for the state meet.

"We want as many bullets in the gun as we can get."