COC NOTES: SWIM TEAM HAS IT ALL; WOMEN WIN WITH EASE OVER PIERCE.Byline: Rizza Yap Daily News Staff Writer The College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. women's 200-yard medley relay team recorded its best time this season, and Lady Cougars swimmers won five of nine events in an 81-40 Western State Conference victory against an outnumbered Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. team last Friday. Katie Eikrem won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle, Kerry Valentine won the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke, older sister Kelly Valentine won the 50 and 100 backstroke, Tiffany Roesler won the 50 breaststroke and 100 individual medley, and Amy Edmonds took first in the 100 butterfly. The winning medley relay team was Kelly Valentine (backstroke), Roesler (breaststroke), Edmonds (butterfly) and Eikrem (freestyle). Canyons coach Diana Stanich said this season's team is boosted by a larger-than-usual women's squad. (It has 18 members, as many as the men.) Both the men's and women's teams also benefit from a good-sized audience. ``Our crowds have been big this year, so that's nice,'' Stanich said. ``Most of the kids also know each other since many of them work at Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² and lifeguard around the area.'' The women, who lost a season-opening meet to Cuesta cuesta (kwĕs`tə), asymmetric ridge characterized by a short, steep escarpment on one side, and a long, gentle slope on the other. The steep side exposes the edge of erosion-resistant rock layers that form the cuestas. , are now 1-1. Meanwhile, the men's squad dropped to 0-2 after a tough 60-59 loss to Pierce. The Cougars led by six points until the last relay. For the men, Adam Wright Adam Wright (born in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league player for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice was fullback. He currently resides in Cordova, Tennessee. took first in the 200 backstroke, and Miguel Tyndall won the 200 butterfly. The 400 medley relay team, which featured Wright (backstroke), Tyndall (butterfly), Scott Lawson Scott Lawson (born 9 September 1981 in Lanark) is a Scottish rugby union player, who plays club rugby for Glasgow Warriors, and internationally for Scotland. He plays as a hooker. Lawson scored a try on his debut for Scotland in 2007, in a match against Romania. (breaststroke) and Steve Hines (freestyle), also came in first place with a time of 4:01.11. The men's and women's teams will go on the road today for a meet against Chaffey College History The school was first founded in Ontario in 1883, when city founders and brothers George and William Chaffey donated land and established an endowment for a private college. . On a roll:With seven of the Western State Conference's top 10 golfers, Canyons golf coach Gary Peterson said this year's team is well on its way to capture the school's seventh WSC WSC Winter Symposium on Chemometrics WSC Winter Simulation Conference WSC Wayne State College WSC Westfield State College (Westfield, MA) WSC Western State College (Colorado) title since 1990. Among 34 golfers from five WSC teams, Canyons has the top five: 1. Carlos Robledo, 2. Kyle Brandt, 3. Justin Rockey, 4. Alex Kuyumjian, 5. Brian Branesh. Following them are No. 8 Ben Krug and No. 10 Justin Solberg. ``I'm real confident that this is a year when we can win conference,'' Peterson said. The Cougars (15-1) have placed first in three conference matches and second in one. On Monday's WSC match at Saticoy Country Club, Ventura's home course, Canyons boasted the top finishers. Robledo, Brandt and Kuyumjian tied for first place by shooting 2-over-par 74. As a team the Cougars shot 376, Santa Barbara - last year's state champion - came in second with 398 and Ventura took third with 408. On Friday, the team travels to California Country Club in Whittier to compete in a 12-team invitational. Next Monday, Canyons will resume its WSC schedule at the Bakersfield Country Club. Jump start: A 5-0 victory against Glendale on Monday marked the beginning of WSC South Division play for the Canyons softball team and the end to a losing streak A Losing Streak is the third episode of series 2 of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was first broadcast on 4 November 1982. Synopsis Del Boy, Rodney, and Grandad are making some sort of cheap perfume just to earn money after Del has been losing most of at four games. The Lady Cougars (5-8, 1-0) collected eight hits and scored two runs in the fourth inning and three runs in the third to pick up their first conference win. Second baseman Lupe Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the had an RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in double, the game's only extra-base hit, and Stacy Champy, who pitched a three-hitter and struck out seven batters, improved to 5-7, 1-0. ``I told the girls (before our game on Monday) that our record is 0-0, and everyone's batting average is back to zero,'' coach Ray Whitten said. ``Everything we've done so far (before Glendale) doesn't mean a darn thing as far as getting to the regional playoffs.'' Canyons will travel to Pierce for a 3:30 p.m. game on Thursday and hosts Bakersfield next Tuesday. This season is the first time the WSC has split into north and south divisions for softball. The north contains five teams, the south six. Glendale is the newest member of the conference. Mission would have been the second, but the school decided to drop its athletic program last year. Whitten said the toughest competitor in the south is Bakersfield, which in 1997 shared the WSC title with Hancock. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1) Katie Eikrem won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle vs. Pierce and was on the winning medley relay team. David R. Crane/Daily News (2) ROBLEDO |
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