The Bakersfield College swim teams made a splash at the Western State Conference Championship meet with both teams setting a number of school records and winning some awards along the way.
The women’s swim team finished in first place, winning the Western State Conference title and also had several swimmers break school records.
Shelby Bayne broke the BC record for the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:57.85 and the 100-yard individual medley with a time of 1:01.60. She was also part of two relay teams that broke school records in the 200-yard medley relay.
Bayne along with Elizabeth Hargis, Alexis Zimmerman and Nancy Ramirez finished with a time of 1:52.62. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Bayne with Hargis, Clarissa Gardella and Ashley Foster finished in first while also breaking the school record with a time of 3:38.99.
In the 100-yard breaststroke, Zimmerman finished in fourth but set the school record with a time of 1:09.00.
The men’s swim team finished in third place but also had several swimmers set new school marks.
In the 500-yard free, Andrew Hargis finished in first place and also set the WSC meet record with a time of 4.34.61, winning the race by more than 12 seconds. Hargis also set a new BC record while finishing first in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:07.46.
Hargis also broke school marks in the 100-yard free and the 200-yard free.
The 400-yard free relay of Hargis, Spencer Kerwin, Casey Moehnke and Chance Marchini finished in second, but broke the school record with a time of 3:08.95.
The 200-yard free relay with Hargis, Marchini, Moehnke and Michael Fink finished in third with a time of 1:25.23, but still set a new school record. The 400-yard medley relay of Hargis, Kerwin, Marchini and Moehnke also set a new record with a time of 3:31.11.
Swim coach Matthew Moon was also named coach of the year and he credits the team for the award.
“It’s exciting to win but I did the easy part, the team puts in the hard work so it’s more like they made me coach of the year,” he said.
Moon is only in his second year and is the first swim coach to win the award for BC in over five years.
Next up the BC swim teams will compete in the California Community College State Championships on May 1-3.