Women's Swimming Places First at Annual Larry Baratte Opener

By Jimmy Friery

VENTURA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara City College Women's Swimming team placed first at the annual season-opening Larry Baratte Invitational on Saturday. Their 526 points were ahead of second-place LA Valley's 461 points.

Six different Vaqueros earned first-place finishes beginning with the first event, the 200 Medley Relay. The Vaqueros 'A' team of Makena Quinones, May Guidoux, Trinity Link, and Leah Rummelhoff clocked in at 1:54.90. In the final event, Sienna Barelli, Morgan Rummelhoff, Guidoux, and Leah Rummelhoff ended the meet with a 200 Freestyle Relay win (1:44.33).

Link and Leah Rummelhoff each earned two individual top finishes, too. Link won the 100 Butterfly and 100 IM with times of 1:01.06 and 1:02.37, respectively. Rummelhoff won two sprints: the 50 Freestyle—her 25.11 was a touch ahead of Link's 25.19—and the 100 Freestyle (56.28).

Katie Strohl was close to making that list in the 200 Freestyle. Her 2:05.63 was .49 off the top spot, with Leah Rummelhoff behind her in third. Guidoux's 1:09.98 was similarly just .16 off first in the 100 Backstroke after she also finished second in the 200 IM with a time of 2:20.39.

In total, nine Vaqueros could boast podium finishes on the day. Pamela Hernandez was a member of the 200 Medley Relay 'B' team with Barelli, Morgan Rummelhoff, and Strohl who placed third. Max Kerr did the same with the 200 Freestyle 'B' team with Link, Quinones, and Strohl.

The Vaqueros have the weekend off before competing again at WSC #1 hosted by Cuesta on Friday, February 20.

1^st place finishes:

200 Medley Relay – Makena Quinones-May Guidoux-Trinity Link-Leah Rummelhoff (1:54.90)
50 Freestyle – Leah Rummelhoff (25.11)
100 Butterfly – Trinity Link (1:01.06)
100 Freestyle – Leah Rummelhoff (56.28)
100 IM – Trinity Link (1:02.37)
200 Freestyle Relay – Sienna Barelli-Morgan Rummelhoff-May Guidoux-Leah Rummelhoff (1:44.33)

2^nd place finishes:

200 Freestyle – Katie Strohl (2:05.63)
200 IM – May Guidoux (2:20.39)
50 Freestyle – Trinity Link (25.19)
100 Backstroke – May Guidoux (1:09.98)

3^rd place finishes:

200 Medley Relay – Sienna Barelli-Morgan Rummelhoff-Katie Strohl-Pamela Hernandez (2:02.88)
200 Freestyle – Leah Rummelhoff (2:11.22)
100 Butterfly – Katie Strohl (1:05.53)
100 Freestyle – Morgan Rummelhoff (56.69)
100 IM – Makena Quinones (1:09.47)
200 Freestyle Relay – Trinity Link-Max Kerr-Makena Quinones-Katie Strohl (1:47.21)