PCAC Championship Meet 4/21-4/23/16 - FINAL SCORE
1st) San Diego Mesa 922
2nd) Grossmont 761
3rd) Palomar 753
4th) Southwestern 301
PCAC Championship Meet Highlights
- SD Mesa wins Pacific Coast Athletic Conference swimming meet by 161 points!
- Mesa won 15 out of the 18 swimming events
- 8 Conference Meet Records
- 5 School Records
- First men's swimming & diving PCAC championship in school history
- Mesa Sophomore Neil Franka & Mesa Freshman Brandon Crabtree named co-swimmers of the meet (6 individual wins, 7 meet records and 5 school records combined)
- 13 individual event and 5 relay state qualifiers
- Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year: Nathan Resch
- 1-2-3 100 Freestyle Finish
Season Highlights:
- Back-to-Back dual meet PCAC Champions (8-0 over the past 2 seasons)
- Men's Aquatics posts first back-to-back Water Polo and Swimming & Diving PCAC Championships in the same academic year
Day 1
200 Freestyle Relay
1st) San Diego Mesa (Evangelista, Horne, Zapata, Crabtree) 1:25.71 ** School Record
500 Freestyle
1st) John Horne San Diego Mesa 4:50.55
200 IM
1st) Neil Franka San Diego Mesa 1:52.04 **New Conference Record
50 Free
1st) Brandon Crabtree San Diego Mesa 20.65 **New Conference Record
400 Medley Relay
1st) San Diego Mesa (Franka, Lao, Zapata, Crabtree) **New Conference & School Record
***Neil Franka leads off the relay with a new conference Record 100 Back 51.50
End of Day 1 scores:
SD Mesa 220
Grossmont 215
Palomar 169
Southwestern 123
Day 2
200 Medley Relay
1st) San Diego Mesa (Horne, Lao, Franka, Crabtree) 1:34.57 **New Conference & School Record
400 IM
1st) Christopher Evangelista San Diego Mesa 4:13.70
100 Fly
1st) Neil Franka San Diego Mesa 49.44 **New Conference Record
200 Free
1st) Brandon Crabtree San Diego Mesa 1:43.43
100 Breast
2nd) Chon Pong Lao San Diego Mesa 58.40
100 Back
1st) John Horne San Diego Mesa 54.15
800 Free Relay
1st) San Diego Mesa (Evangelista, Franka, Zapata, Horne) 7:08.99
End of Day 2 scores:
1st) San Diego Mesa 640
2nd) Grossmont 533
3rd) Palomar 505
4th) Southwestern 218
Day 3
Mile
2nd) Wyatt Schmidt San Diego Mesa 17:37.19
200 Back
1st) Neil Franka San Diego Mesa 1:52.10
100 Free
1st) Brandon Crabtree San Diego Mesa 45.14 **New Conference & School Record
2nd) Christopher Evangelista San Diego Mesa 47.96
3rd) Kevin Tunney San Diego Mesa 49.00
200 Breast
3rd) Chon Pong Lao San Diego Mesa 2:09.99
200 Fly
1st) Pablo Zapata San Diego Mesa 2:00.88
400 Free Relay
1st) San Diego Mesa (Franka, Horne, Evangelista, Crabtree) 3:06.20 **New Conference & School Record (from 1993)
Diving
1 Meter Diving
3rd) Jesse Vanderkolk San Diego Mesa 142.25
3 Meter Diving
3rd) Jesse Vanderkolk San Diego Mesa 132.45
FINAL SCORES
1st) San Diego Mesa 922
2nd) Grossmont 761
3rd) Palomar 753
4th) Southwestern 301