The men’s and women’s swimming and diving team successfully hosted the Coast Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.

There was a myriad of notable achievements, not the least of which was Lee making it as the Nor-Cal and Coast Conference champion for 2015 on the women’s 100-meter. Diana Lee is also the returning State Champion on the women’s 100-meter in 2014.

Thuy Phi became the Coast Conference Champion in the 200- and 400-meter individual medley and finished third in the 200-meter butterfly. She has also qualified for the State Championship in all three events and is seeded in the top five for all her events.

The De Anza College women relay team of Thuy Phi, Taylor Pratt, Stacey Ma, and Jackie Do were the Conference Champions in the 200-meter medley relay.

The De Anza men’s relay team of Brandon Conroy, Charlie Prochnow, Daniil Lyapin, and Jed Lee were conference runner-ups in the 200-meter medley relay.

More conference champions include Brandon Conroy in the 200-meter breaststroke and 100-meter butterfly and Chris Tracey in the 1,650-meter freestyle.

All Conference Swims (a top-three finish in conference) include: Stacey Ma in the 100 meter butterfly, Taylor Pratt in the 1650 meter freestyle, Charlie Prochnow in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle and 100 meter backstroke, Jed Lee in the 100 meter breast, and Jefferson Yau in the 200 meter breaststroke.

De Anza College had an outstanding CCCAA State Championship meet at East Los Angeles College this past week. The Dons finished 15th for the women and 16th for men overall out of 37 teams represented at the championships (and 83 programs state wide). De Anza qualified for men’s relays for the first time in over 15 years, as well as qualifying for various individual events for the meet.

The 200-meter medley relay (Conroy-backstroke, Lee-breaststroke, Lyapin-butterfly, Prochnow-freestyle) broke the De Anza College school record held since 1991.

Three of the four De Anza Relays qualified for the consolation finals and improved their standing. The 200-meter medley was ranked tenth, finished ninth; the 400-meter freestyle relay was seeded ninteenth and finished tenth, and the 400-meter medley was seeded 16th and finished 14th.

Each swimmer improved and many had personal best times. This is the largest presence the Dons have had as a team at the championships. The men’s swim and dive team finished third overall in conference and the women’s team finished fourth overall in conference.