MONTEREY PARK – The UCSB swimming and diving team finished second at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships, which concluded on Saturday night at East Los Angeles College.During the four-day affair, UCSB won 10 event titles, set five new meet records and broke six school records.UCSB captured its first win of the day in the 200 breaststroke. Katie Records beat out teammate Sophia Yamauchi for first place with a time of 2:13.41. Yamauchi finished second in 2:13.74 and … [Read more...]
Gauchos leave MPSF Championships with 6 school records
Filed Under: Swimming, UCSB Tagged With: Andrea Ward, Katie Records, UCSB swimming
UCSB captures three event titles, sets two more records at MPSF Championships
UC Santa Barbara had another fantastic day at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships as the Gauchos captured three more event titles and set two more school and meet records. With one more day of action to go, UCSB is still very much in the hunt for their first MPSF team title.Allie Knight opened the evening's finals in fine form for the Gauchos, touching first in the first event, the 400 individual medley. She captured a school and MPSF Championship meet record with her time … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Swimming, UCSB Tagged With: UCSB women's diving, UCSB women's swimming
UCSB wins three events, remains in driver’s seat after Day Two of MPSF Championships
The UCSB women's swimming and diving team won three of Thursday's five events at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships at East Los Angeles College and set its second school record. After two days of competition, the Gauchos continue to sit in first place.UCSB opened the morning's preliminaries in strong fashion as four Gauchos qualified for the championship final in the 500 freestyle. Andrea Ward emerged the victor during the evening swim, touching first in 4:50.41 to … [Read more...]
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Gauchos sweep first two events at MPSF Championships
The UCSB women's swimming team opened the 2012 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships with a bang on Wednesday night, sweeping the evening's two events: the 200 medley relay and the 800 freestyle relay.In the 200 medley relay, the UCSB team of Allie Knight, Sophia Yamauchi, Andrea Ward and Kendall Neely took first in a time of 1:39.63, which is a new MPSF Championships meet record and an NCAA 'B' cut.In the day's second and final event, the Gaucho 'A' 800 free relay team … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Swimming, UCSB Tagged With: Allie Knight, Andrea Ward, Kendall Neely, Sophia Yamauchi, UCSB women's swimming
UCSB swimmers look to repeat at MPSF Championships
UCSB's women swimmers will head south for the second Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship this Wednesday through Saturday. The 2012 Gaucho team consists of the core group that finished second last season with 629 points and won six total events, including two relays.Several Gauchos will be looking to defend their event titles this weekend.Andrea Ward won both the 500 free and the 100 fly at the 2011 Championships while Allie Knight is the reigning league title-holder in the … [Read more...]
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Gaucho seniors leave Campus Pool on high note
On yet another beautiful Saturday at Campus Pool, the UCSB swimming and diving teams closed out their 2011-12 dual meet schedule with a pair of wins over visiting Cal Poly.The men posted a 163-124 victory and improved their record to 6-0, marking the first undefeated dual season in program history. The women, meanwhile, won their fourth straight dual by way of a 169-129 score and finish the year with a 6-3 record. They also avenged their Nov. 5 loss at Cal Poly.Eleven Gaucho seniors, who … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Swimming, UCSB Tagged With: Chris Peterson, Kevin Ferguson, UCSB men's swimming, UCSB women's swimming
Knight, Yamauchi pace UCSB swimmers past Davis
The UCSB women's swimming and diving team captured its second dual win in as many days on Saturday as the Gauchos defeated UC Davis, 162-138, at the Aggies' Schaal Aquatics Center.UCSB won 10 of 16 events during the meet on its way to its third consecutive meet win. The Gauchos now hold a 5-3 dual record this season.The Gauchos got things off to a strong start in the 200 medley relay with Allie Knight, Sophia Yamauchi, Andrea Ward and Kendall Neely placing first in 1:43.69.Knight … [Read more...]
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UCSB swimmers sweep Pacific
The UCSB swim teams collected a pair of dual meet wins on Friday afternoon at Pacific. The women captured a 153-109 win while the men defeated the Tigers, 158-100.The men's 'A' 200 medley relay got the ball rolling for the Gauchos as Ryan Garcia, Kevin Ferguson, Wade Allen and Kevin Kuhn finished in 1:32.80, good for a comfortable first place finish.UCSB then went on to sweep the 1000 freestyle with Andrea Ward capturing first in a time of 10:21.42 and Andrew Barmann winning in 9:35.01. … [Read more...]
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UCSB swimmers sweep Rebels at Campus Pool
The UCSB swimming and diving teams defeated UNLV on Saturday in a dual at Campus Pool. The Gaucho women took down the visiting Rebels, 166-134, while the men posted a 134-122 victory.UCSB won a total of 17 events with five Gauchos capturing multiple individual event titles.The meet opened with both UCSB 'A' relays sweeping the 200 medley relay. The women's team of Allie Knight, Sophia Yamauchi, Andrea Ward and Kendall Neely touched in 1:45.17. On the men's side, Chris Peterson's come … [Read more...]
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UCSB swimming signs six to national letters of intent
Six student-athletes have committed to join the UC Santa Barbara swim teams for the 2012-13 season by signing National Letters of Intent it was announced by head coach Gregg Wilson.Kimmie Kruezberger (Sausalito, Calif./Marin Catholic HS) will join the women's team while Richard Davison (Corte Madera, Calif./Redwood HS), Josh Smith (Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison HS), Weston Landre (Loomis, Calif./Del Oro HS), Andy Castilleja (Bakersfield, Calif./Stockdale HS) and Mickey Mowry (Pasadena, … [Read more...]
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SPORTS FIGURE OF THE MONTH: Rich Hanna
New Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table president Rich Hanna has been awarded the Presidio Sports Sports Figure of the Month for October, 2011 for his stewardship of and commitment to the community’s expansive sports activities and programs.On the heels of again leading Semana Nautica – SB’s ever-growing, premier summer beach festival and athletic competitions over a two-week period, Hanna just dove headfirst into his new two-year SBART leadership post.It follows five years of … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Outdoors, People, Swimming Tagged With: Rich Hanna, Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table, Santa Barbara City Aquatics, semana nautica, Sports Figure of the Month
Ward caps Texas meet with her third school record
AUSTIN, Texas – Don't mess with Texas? More like 'don't mess with Andrea Ward.' The sophomore swimmer posted her third school record in as many days as the Gauchos closed out action at the Texas Hall of Fame Invitational on Saturday.Ward, who had previously set school records in the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle earlier this weekend, posted her third UCSB record in the 200 butterfly. During the morning's preliminaries, she touched the wall in 1:59.40, which was .04 seconds faster than … [Read more...]
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