2014 CCCAA Men's Swimming State Championship
The Golden West men won its second straight championship and 14th in school history over the weekend in East LA
2014 CCCAA State Championship- The Golden West men won its second straight championship and 14th in school history over the weekend in East LA. The Rustlers two international students Davit Sikharulidze and Gabriel Hernandez finshed the meet triple champions. As a team, Golden West would triumph in three relays after an unfortunate DQ in the opening relay of the meet on Thursday.
"The boys really bounced back after a really difficult start to the meet," said Golden West head coach Mark Schubert. "With Davit, we had a real experienced swimmer and leader. He comes all the way from Georgia (Eastern Europe country) and he swam in the World Championships earlier this year. Gabriel is from Venezuela and he's a guy we asked to do everything. He does the IM and butterfly, and then we even had him doing the backstroke in the medley relay. Every state title is special. Some years you win with depth, and others you win with quality. We had a little of both this year."
MEN TEAM STANDINGS:
1. Golden West 478
2. Mt. San Antonio 344
3.Santa Rosa 319
4. Orange Coast 282.5
5. Diablo Valley 259
6. Ventura 240
7.Cuesta 200
8. Riverside 200
9. West Valley 142
10. American River 137
Men's 100‐yard Freestyle Champion: Davit Sikharulidze, Golden West, 45.05
Sikharulidze became a triple men's winner, adding to his 500 and 200 free titles
with this win in the 100. He held off teammate Dylan Alba, who was second at 45.46,and third‐place Zach Selfridge of West Valley (45.96).
Men's 200‐yard ButterflyChampion: Gabriel Hernandez, Golden West, 1:47.45
Hernandez picked up his third title of the meet (200 IM, 400 IM) with a strong race buoyed by his fast 23.54 opening 50 and a solid 27.30 second 50.
Men's 400‐yard Freestyle Relay Champion: Golden West, 3:01.68
(Dylan Alba, Jeremy Grden, Loai Tashkandi, Davit Sikharulidze)
Fittingly, Golden West capped its state title by winning this relay, just missing a statemeet record by .47 of a second.
Release by Robert Lewis, CCCSIA, CCCAA Meet SID