UCSB was selected to repeat as Big West champions in women’s cross country in a preseason poll of the league's coaches. The Gaucho men's squad was tabbed to finish third behind Cal Poly and UC Davis.The UCSB women's team will be seeking its second consecutive league crown and their third title in the last four seasons. They return a solid core of runners including: Crystal Reed, Amanda Moreno, Breanne Strenkowski, Andrea Jacobs and Megan Petkovic. All five finished among the top 10 … [Read more...]
Martinez set to defend title in Tahiti
Santa Barbara's Bobby Martinez is in eighth place in the ASP World Title Rankings heading into the start of the Billabong Pro Tahiti, which Martinez won last year. It's the fifth stop on the World Tour, marking the half-way point of the season.Martinez started the year off with semifinal appearances in the first two events, followed by two consecutive equal-17ths in Brazil and South Africa. With six World Tour contests remaining, Martinez is still in the hunt for his first World Title but does … [Read more...]
Coaches rank UCSB 7th in water polo poll
UCSB is ranked seventh in the country in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Coaches Preseason Poll.The Gauchos, who return All-Americans Milos Golic and Zsombor Vincze, were picked to finish sixth in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.MPSF powers Cal, UCLA, Stanford, USC and Irvine were ranked first through fifth in the national and MPSF polls. Loyola Marymount is sixth.UCSB earned 71 points in the national poll, trailing LMU by three points and coming in three points ahead of … [Read more...]
DP’s Little resigns due to expecting first child
Danelle Little's family has been at the pool for the past nine years."The girls and the program have been my baby for a long time," said the coach of the 3-time defending CIF Champion Dos Pueblos girls water polo squad. But this time she's having a baby for real, as Little announced her resignation earlier this week. She and her husband are expecting their first child in early March, just a week after the CIF Finals take place."It's very exciting for my husband and I, but it's tough … [Read more...]
Takedas tight on two wheels
He probably didn’t realize it at the time, but Ron Takeda put the wheels in motion early in his son Reny’s life, sending him on the road to becoming a champion cyclist.It hasn’t taken long for Reny to pedal to the top of the podium. At the age of 9, in his second year of racing mountain bikes, he won the California State Series Championship for boys 10 and under.This year, at 11, he captured his second State title, winning in the 11-12 age group.Meanwhile, his father, a longtime … [Read more...]
WeissCrax: Running With Flavor
Kevin Young, Club West Run for Life & McConnell’s Ice Cream ‘dish it out’ for local kids“You scream... I scream…we all scream for ice cream!!”Remember that one as a kid?Yeah, me too…Well, Sunday was the perfect day and Goleta Beach, the perfect place – (WHOA!! EVEN THE SUN EVEN CAME OUT EARLY!!) - for screamin’ at the 32nd Annual McConnell’s Ice Cream of Santa Barbara Endurance Events – a 5K Run or Walk, 10K Run & Biathlon, Kids Mile Beach Run and Mile … [Read more...]
AFC Half-Marathon in the books for Booth
Most of you know by now my second passion is running. Don’t get me wrong… I’m not in the same class as these true runners…my ugly style and heavy feet would make most runners cringe. It’s my stubbornest not to give up and to accept the pain that brings me across the finish line.This year I focused on four big races which ranged in size from 6,000 to 50,000 runners. The 50,000 head count was May's Bay to Breakers 12k race in SF. This weekend's San Diego’s America’s Finest Cities … [Read more...]
Dockendorf wins butterfly title at Junior Olympics
Recent Dos Pueblos graduate Michelle Dockendorf won the 200 breaststroke at the Southern California Junior Olympics last week in a time of 2:34.44. Although official time standards have not been released yet, that time will likely qualify her for the 2012 Olympic Trials.Dockendorf then swam in an all-star competition against some of the top youth swimmers in North America as she represented Southern California Swimming in the North American Challenge Cup in Santa Clara. Swimming against Canada, … [Read more...]
Curren, Garland make trip to Billabong Azores Pro
Santa Barbara's Tom Curren is keeping the competitive torch aflame after competing in last week's U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. The 46-year-old former World Champion made the trip to Portugal's Azores Islands to compete in this week's Billabong Azores Islands Pro, where he surfed through to the second round on Wednesday.Curren, who was ousted in the first round in Huntington, placed second in his opening-round heat, securing a spot in the second round. Fifteen first-round heats … [Read more...]
SBWPC’s U16 girls take home JO title
The Santa Barbara Water Polo Club was a force to be reckoned with at the 2010 S&R Sport USA Junior Olympics in Los Angeles last week. The club hauled in a number of superb results, including a gold medal for the 16-and-under girls team.SBWPC's 16u girls "A" team, coached by Mark Walsh, went undefeated in the tournament over seven matches, culminated by a 7-5 victory in the championship match over San Diego Shores. Kodi Hill, a soon-to-be junior at Dos Pueblos High, was named the division's … [Read more...]
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