Here is a catalogue of articles with photos attached from the spring of 2010-11. Click Here to return to main Photos page.SUMMER, 2011 August 28, 2011 - UCSB Men's Soccer wins season opener August 21, 2011 - McConnell's Endurance Races July 9, 2011 - Santa Barbara Beach Soccer Summer Slam July 9, 2011 - The Royal Couple at the Santa Barbara Polo Fields July 3, 2011 - CBVA Santa Barbara Men's Open June 21, 2011 - San Marcos' Warkentin Stadium groundbreaking June 10, 2011 … [Read more...]
Win a free pass to final Nite Moves of season
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Nite Moves has its last hurrah of 2011 on Wednesday night and Presidio Sports will be hooking up a couple of lucky readers with a free pass to the season-ender at Leadbetter Beach. Find the contest information below.The popular run-swim event is wrapping up its 23rd season, and race organizer Jake Clinton is looking to break the all-time record - set back in 1989 - of 711 competitors in the 5k run.Winners can pick up their passes tomorrow at the registration table starting at 5:30 … [Read more...]
Fernandez beats impressive pack of runners in 5k
Thursday, August 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dos Pueblos cross country standout Bryan Fernandez finished ahead of some big names in the local endurance sports community in Wednesday’s Nite Moves 5k run.Fernandez, who is entering his junior season for the Chargers, ran a personal best 15:22 and defeated Eric Forte (16:14), Ricky Ho (16:21) and Todd Booth (16:42).Andrea McLarty finished fifth and was the top woman with a time of 17:28.FULL RESULTSMany of the top local runners entered Wednesday to accumulate points in the … [Read more...]
Three swimmers go under 11 minutes in Nite Moves 1k
Thursday, August 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Olympian Mark Warkentin led three swimmers under 12 minutes in the 1k ocean swim at Wednesday’s Nite Moves Series at Leadbetter Beach.Warkentin, who swam in the 10k open-water swim at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, came in first Wednesday in a time of 11 minutes, 38 seconds. Cameron Whiting, 18, a standout prep swimmer from Renton, Wash., finished second in 11:48 and Santa Barbara’s Walker Bell, 14, placed third in 11:59.COMPLETE RESULTSThe top female finisher was local … [Read more...]
Braden records fastest aquathon time of season
Thursday, August 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Chris Braden completed the fastest Nite Moves aquathon of the season Wednesday night, finishing the 1k-swim and 5-k run in 32 minutes, 30 seconds at Leadbetter Beach.Braden, a Dos Pueblos graduate and a member of the University of Colorado triathlon team, covered the ocean swim in 13:40 and ran up and back down Shoreline Drive in 18:51.COMPLETE RESULTSThe previous fastest time of the season was 35:06 by Al Sladek and Kyle Visin.Ireland’s Donncha O’Siadhail finished behind … [Read more...]
Warkentin, Tierney blaze through water in Nite Moves swim
Thursday, August 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In one of the fastest Nite Moves of the season, U.S. Olympian and Santa Barbara local Mark Warkentin held off Australia’s Heydn Tierney in a blistering 1k ocean swim on Wednesday at Leadbetter Beach.Warkentin, who competed in the open-water swim at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, finished Wednesday’s race in 11 minutes, 55 seconds. Tierney, an ocean lifeguard and avid open-water swimmer in Australia, finished in 11:57.COMPLETE RESULTSThird place went to 11-time 2011 Nite Moves … [Read more...]
Hudson claims Nite Moves aquathon
Thursday, July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Santa Barbara triathlon veteran Taj Hudson won the aquathon at Wednesday night’s Nite Moves Series at Leadbetter Beach.Hudson, 40, covered the 1k ocean swim in 15:43 and the 5k run in 23:06 for a total time of 38:49. Jefferson Litten, 33, was second in 39:26 and Brian Roth, 36, third in 39:30.COMPLETE RESULTSThe top woman finisher was Lindsay Covington of Ventura in 39:43 (fourth overall).Walker Bell, 14, won his 11th 1k swim of the season in a time of 12:48. Zach Paris came in … [Read more...]
SB Swim Club members take top spots in Nite Moves 1k swim
Thursday, July 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Walker Bell went under 13 minutes for the second week in row and won his 10th Nite Moves 1-kilometer swim on Wednesday night at Leadbetter Beach.Walker came in at 12 minutes, 56 seconds, 23 seconds off his career best, which he did last week. The 14-year-old Santa Barbara Swim Club member has won every 1k swim he’s entered this season.COMPLETE RESULTSTriathlete Chris Braden came in second in 13:19 and San Marcos High water polo and swim coach Brian Roth finished third in … [Read more...]
Bell rings up fastest time in 9th Nite Moves victory
Thursday, July 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Walker Bell got under 13 minutes for the first time in winning his ninth Nite Moves 1-kilometer swim at Leadbetter Beach on Wednesday night.Taking advantage of smooth water, Bell finished in 12 minutes, 33 seconds, his fastest time ever. He was followed by local triathlete Chris Braden in 12:52 and Jessica Broderick in 13:12. Bell's previous fast time was 13:16.COMPLETE RESULTSIn the 5k run, Ronnie Buchanan, a former track star at Righetti High now living in Phoenix, Ariz., ran away … [Read more...]
Swim club members tear it up at Nite Moves
Thursday, June 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Walker Bell and his teammates from the Santa Barbara Swim Club were all over the place in Nite Moves No. 9 on Wednesday at Leadbetter Beach.Walker, who recently celebrated his 14th birthday, won his eighth 1k swim in a time of 13 minutes, 56 seconds. Former Auburn University swim star Adrienne Binder was second in 14:16 and Jim West was third in 14:29. The fifth-place finisher and second female was SBSC’s Olivia Smith, 13, in 14:58.COMPLETE RESULTSIn the 5k run, Cuyler … [Read more...]
Bell clocks fastest Nite Moves swim of the season
Thursday, June 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
With two elite triathletes pushing him, 13-year-old Walker Bell won his seventh Nite Moves 1k swim and posted his fastest time of the season on Wednesday night at Leadbetter Beach.Bell was timed in 13 minutes, 16 seconds in finishing ahead of Zack Paris, 22, (13:37) and Chris Braden, 20,(13:40). Kyle Visin, 27, another local triathlete, was fourth in 14:16.COMPLETE RESULTSThe first female finisher was Alexa Skorus-Neely, 12, of the Santa Clarita Swim Club, which entered a handful of … [Read more...]
