Hamilton Continues Attack on Record Book at State Championships

By Jesse Muñoz/COC Sports Information Director 

MONTEREY PARK — Alyssa Hamilton added another entry to her history-making weekend during day three of the CCCAA Swim & Dive State Championships on Saturday at East L.A. College.

Already the most accomplished female swimmer in COC swim & dive program history after the championship meet's first two days, on Saturday Hamilton was back in the water looking for more.

The freshman from Hart High School was clocked at 53.62 in the 100-yard freestyle event to finish seventh in the final standings. That time broke Hamilton's own school record established at the Western State Conference (WSC) Championships last month.

The lone entrant from College of the Canyons, Hamilton finished the three-day state championship meet with a combined 27 event points. That tied her for 38th in the individual event standings and placed Canyons 27th in the field of 35 competing women's programs.

Hamilton started the weekend by competing in the 50-yard freestyle event on Thursday, but narrowly missed advancing to the finals.  

She then swam to a fourth-place result in the 200-yard freestyle event with a time of 1:57.15 on Friday.

That performance represented the highest finish in a state championship event for a female swimmer in COC swim & dive program history. 

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—Photo by Sean Kakumu/COC swim & dive