WINTERS, CA (MPG) – Competing in the final regular season swim meet at the Bobbie Greenwood Community Pool in Winters last Wednesday afternoon, the Pierce swim team continued to drop time in their events as their inaugural season draws to a close.
Coach Chloe Williams reported that her squad recorded “a total of 14 best times” at the event which also included athletes from Durham, Gridley, Orland, Paradise and Winters high schools.
Top finishers included senior Grace Szmurlo, who took fourth in the 50-yard backstroke as well as in the 50-yard freestyle with respective times of 38.93 and 29.84, freshman Owen Charter was third in the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 7:08.18 and fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke touching the wall in 1:29.63, while senior Gerardo Ambriz finished third in the 50-yard backstroke with a mark of 36.28.
This week Pierce was in Durham for the Sacramento Valley League championships on Oct. 21.