Aliso Viejo, Calif.- The Men's swim team traveled to Los Angeles, CA to compete in the Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Championships, a swim meet which features both NAIA and NCAA Division 2 competition.  The Firestorm set program records in two relays, and five individual events to rack up a total of 360.5 points and finish seventh overall in what was arguably the best team performance at the PCSC in program history.
 
The two relay records came in the 200 Freestyle, and the 400 Medley relays.  In the 200 Freestyle relay, Isaiah Porritt, Kadin van der Lingen, CJ Trettel, and Jackson Lee led the charge, while in the 400 Medley relay, Boaz Hering was able to join Van der Lingen, Porritt, and Lee in resetting the program record books.  
 
Individual records included Trettel setting a new program record in the 1000 Yard Freestyle, Porritt in the 50 Yard and 100 Yard Freestyle, and then recent PCSC Freshman of the Week award winner Jackson Lee reset his own program records in the 200 Yard Freestyle and 200 Yard Butterfly.
 
The team will now wait till Friday to find out who qualified for the NAIA National Championships in Elkhart, IN March 5-8.
 
Thoughts from Head Coach Brad Hering 
 "The Lord granted our charismatic men's swim team with 2 ACU team relay records and 5 ACU individual event records! Coach Rob and I experienced the best PCSC conference meet ever with so many personal best times!  National qualifiers officially will be announced Friday, and we should have 2-3 men going to Indiana for Nationals."
 
Event Details
?      Teams Scores:

1. UC Santa Cruz – 1605.5
2. Biola – 1425
3. Fresno Pacific – 1352
4. Concordia - 1196
5. The Master's – 787
6. OUAZ - 378
7. ACU – 360.5
8. Soka – 209

9. Simpson – 168

?      Location: East Los Angeles Indoor Pool (Los Angeles, CA)
 
Top 3 Finishes/ Top 3 Relay/ NAIA Cuts/ Team Records
?      1000 Freestyle – C.J. Trettel (9:58.22) *Program Record
?      200 Medley Relay – Van der Lingen, Porritt, Hering, Trettel (1:36.91)
?      50 Freestyle – Isaiah Porritt (20.65) *Program Record
?      100 Freestyle – Isaiah Porritt (46.72) *Program Record
?      800 Freestyle Relay – Lee, Trettell, Hering, Brady (7:27.79)
?      200 Freestyle Relay – Porritt, Van der Lingen, Trettel, Lee (1:26.72) *Program Record
?      200 Freestyle – Jackson Lee (1:43.06) *Program Record
?      400 Medley Relay – Van der Lingen, Porritt, Hering, Lee (3:28.11) *Program Record
?      500 Freestyle – C.J. Trettel (4:50.14)
?      100 Backstroke – Kadin Van der Lingen (53.39)
?      100 Breaststroke – Isaiah Porritt (57.15)
?      200 Butterfly – Jackson Lee (1:53.40) *Program Record
 
Next On the Schedule
Those who have qualified will prepare for the NAIA National Championships in Elkhart, IN March 5-8.
 
Roll Storm!