Ceres High's Gordon Brogdon refused to let a couple of injuries keep him out of the water in Ceres on Friday. The senior swimmer injured his right elbow and shoulder at practice and missed his team's first meet--a 108-66 loss to Golden Valley.

"I had to comeback," said Brogdon, who will be examined by a specialist this week. "I can't let my team down."

Brogdon placed first in two individual races and helped the Bulldogs win two relay events.

"Gordon is a fierce competitor," said Ceres coach Sue Garcia. "It killed him last week when he had to stand on the pool deck."

Brogdon didn't practice much during the week leading up to the CCC contest.

"I've been out of the water since last Friday," Brogdon said. "I had two days of practice."

Led by Brogdon, Eric Scudder, Jarrett Mills, J.C. Reed and Jason Weststeyn, Ceres defeated Downey 122-56.

The Bulldogs improved to 1-1 in the Central California Conference standings. The Knights fell to 0-2 in the CCC.

"This is a good starting point for us," Garcia said.

Ceres won eight of 11 races. The Bulldogs also had eight second-place finishes.

Brogdon took first in the 100 free in 52.44 seconds and 100 back in 59.88 seconds.

Scudder took first in the 100 fly in 1:00.05 and 500 free in 5:30.13.

Mills took first in the 50 free in 25.13 seconds.

Brogdon, , Scudder and Mills won the 200 medley relay in 1:51.22.

Weststeyn, Reed, Mills and Scudder won the 200 free relay in 1:42.19.

Dwight Braverman, Joseph Rossi, Weststeyn and Brogdon won the 400 free relay in 3:45.78.

Reed took second in the 50 free and 100 breast.

Weststeyn took second in the 200 free and 100 fly.

Mills took second in the 100 free.

Braverman took second in the 200 IM.

Rossi took second in the 500 free.

Rossi, Mike Polovin, Markus Richter and Dmitry Polovin took second in the 200 free relay. - By DALE BUTLER / Staff Reporter of The Ceres (Calif.) Courier