Cougars Send Three To State Championship
Three College of the Canyons swim and dive team members - Philip Wong, Luke Wesselhoff and Peighton Hall - will compete at the 2014 California Community College Athletic Association Swim and Dive State Championship on May 1-3 at East Los Angeles College.
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Three College of the Canyons swim and dive team members - Philip Wong, Luke Wesselhoff and Peighton Hall - will compete at the 2014 California Community College Athletic Association Swim and Dive State Championship on May 1-3 at East Los Angeles College.
Wong will compete in the 100-yard butterfly, after narrowly coming in second place at the Western State Conference Championship last weekend. He is seeded with the fourth-best time, in a field of 44 swimmers, after posting a 50.98. He was also swim in the 200-yard butterfly, which has 37 swimmers.
Diver Hall topped the conference with her score of 162.85 in the 1-meter diving Southern California and Conference Championships on April 11-12 and will see action at the state meet. Wesselhoff will also compete in the state diving championships in the 3-meter dive, after coming in eighth in Southern California and second in the conference.
Hall and Wesselhoff will compete on Thursday, May 1 and Wong will race in the 100-yard butterfly on Friday, May 2 and the 200-yard butterfly on Saturday, May 3.