Community college swimming: OCC’s Koppenaal grabs second in 100 fly

MISSION VIEJO - Orange Coast College freshman Tjarco Koppenaal

finished second in the 100-yard butterfly (51.22) as the Pirates are in

seventh place with one day remaining in the Orange Conference

Championships at Saddleback.

Sophomore Laurelle Rzeszewski swam to a third-place finish in the 200

freestyle (1:59.01), leading the OCC women’s team to sixth-place before

today’s final events.

Coast freshman Katie Sackett finished seventh, also in the 200 free

(2:05.36), while freshman Heather Pappas had a ninth-place finish in the

200 individual medley (2:34.08) and freshman Tia Montalvo came in 10th in

the 50 breaststroke (34.67).

Pirate freshman Jack Yarbrough took fourth in the 200 free (1:46.39),

while freshman Jeff Sample finished fifth in the 100 backstroke (58.36).

Freshman Jason Aigner came in fifth in the 200 IM (4:30.75) and Jeff

Pratt took sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.09).

Golden West leads in the men’s field with 523 points and the Rustlers’

women are ahead with 553 points in the three-day meet.