EL CAMINO, CA - The Bakersfield College swim teams put on an impressive performance at the 2025 El Camino Invite, sweeping both the men's and women's team titles in a highly competitive field. The unique meet format challenged swimmers across three distances within their chosen category, with the fastest cumulative time determining the overall champion. The Renegades delivered dominant individual performances and strong relay finishes to secure the top spots.

Women's Team: 1st Place

The BC women's team left the meet with two overall category champions, two runner-up finishes, and a third-place finisher. The 200 Medley and 200 Free Relay teams also secured second-place finishes.

Top Women's Finishers:

Zoe Neri – Butterfly Champion
Brooklyn Palmer – Distance Freestyle Champion

Ava Steward – 2nd Overall, Individual Medley
Audrey Vickers – 2nd Overall, Distance Freestyle
Emily Ellis – 3rd Overall, Breaststroke

Relays:
200 Medley Relay (Palmer, Ellis, Steward, Champlin)
200 Free Relay (Palmer, Steward, Champlin, Vickers)

Men's Team: 1st Place

The BC men's team were unstoppable, claiming three individual category championships and setting multiple meet and pool records. The 200 Freestyle Relay team capped off the event with a historic swim, setting a new meet and pool record. Cody Hart was the standout performer, breaking records in all three of his individual events. Emi Ibarra also shattered the 100 Butterfly record and narrowly missed the 200 Butterfly mark.

Top Men's Finishers:

Cody Hart – Sprint Freestyle Champion (Meet & Pool Records in all 3 races)
Dawson Hoff – Backstroke Champion
Emi Ibarra – Butterfly Champion (Meet Record in 100 Butterfly)

Youssef Farouk – 2nd Overall, Individual Medley
Luke Butterworth – 2nd Overall, Breaststroke
Jaxon Willard – 3rd Overall, Breaststroke
William Horrisberger – 3rd Overall, Individual Medley

Relays:
200 Medley Relay Champions (Farouk, Hart, Ibarra, Hoff)
200 Free Relay Champions (Hart, Carballo, Ibarra, Hoff) – New Meet & Pool Record

The full meet results can be found here.

Up next, swimming will travel to the Western State Conference meet #1 at Cuesta College on Friday, February 21st.