Swimming: Pirates hang tough

MISSION VIEJO - The Orange Coast College men’s and women’s swim

teams finished fourth and seventh, respectively, in the Orange Empire

Conference Championships, held Friday and Saturday at Saddleback College.

On the women’s side, Laurelle Rzeszewski was the Pirates’ top swimmer.

She placed second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 54.26.

On the men’s side, OCC’s Tjarco Koppenaal, took second in the 200

butterfly with a 1:57.55. His 1:59.08 in the preliminaries was the

fastest among all swimmers.

The Pirates’ men finished with a team score of 358, while the women

came in with a score of 269. Golden West won both the men’s and women’s

conference title.