Day 1:
The men’s “fearless four” (Trent Williams, John Bing, Sean Malley, Nolan Stimple) defended but couldn’t break their 2011 state record in the 200-yard freestyle relay. They were within .35 seconds of their 2011 time and took first beating Palomar by over a minute.
Alexandria Holland was .08 seconds shy of breaking the state record for the 100-yard Individual Medley, finishing strong in her first of three wins.
The 10th event was the 400-yard Medley relay where the men dominated, winning both relays.
Male Diver of the Year, Nicolas Suissa and teammate Michael Kurrels took first and second place in the men’s 3-meter diving.
The men lead the meet at the end of the day with 213 points, a hefty margin over second place Palomar (129) and nearly tripling the points of last years champions Orange Coast (78). “That lead was almost surreal because from the beginning of the meet we were in control of our own destiny and the men’s team in the history of the program has never experienced what we were experiencing,” Malley said.
Day 2:
The “fearless four,” shattered a 14-year-old record in the 200-yard Medley Relay held by Golden West in 1998, by two seconds, setting the new state record at 1:29.99. “It was also amazing because our time would have beaten the University of North Carolina at NCAA’s so our relay was not just fast for the junior college level, but it was even fast on the NCAA level,” Malley said.
The following event, Holland won her second event of the meet in the 200-yard Individual Medley.
Only five events after breaking and setting a new state record, Williams finishes just four-tenths of a second before Orange Coast, picking up another win.
Suissa set a new state record in the men’s 1-Meter Diving with 286.60 points. This record breaker comes a year after American River’s Eddie Kollar established the 2011 record with 285.20 points.
By the end of day two, SRJC (451) men’s team was 155 points over Palomar (296). The 2012 CCCAA State Championship produced nine state meet records, most of them broken on day two.
Day 3:
Holland came back from behind OC and won the 100-yard Butterfly.
The ‘fearless four’ ended the championships by claiming the final relay, their fourth relay victory in three days.
On the final day, the men’s team dominated the other colleges with almost a 200 point lead over second place Palomar (408) and more than double the score of reigning champs Orange Coast (283) with 602 points. “Once we knew we had the meet won after the second day, Justin Lomas and myself, did the math and knew we could get 600 points and that became our new goal as a team because not many teams have ever gotten 600 points in the history of the meet,” Malley said.