Sean Lewis

May 27, 2005

W.Track: 2005 Track and Field Regional Championships Preview

By Sean Lewis

They've proven that they are the best in the Big West, but this weekend in Eugene, Ore., at the storied Hayward Field, nine Gauchos from the women's track and field team will try to prove that they are best in the entire...

May 27, 2005

M.Track: 2005 Track and Field Regional Championships Preview

By Sean Lewis

Every sport has a holy ground. Basketball has Duke, football has the Rose Bowl and track and field has Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., the site of this weekend's track and field NCAA Western Regional Tournament.

May 18, 2005

Intercollegiate Athletics Funding: Part II of IV

By Sean Lewis

It's hard enough to be competitive in a growing conference like Big West, but it's even harder to do so while being under-funded. Yet, that is exactly what the track and field team does every year.

May 16, 2005

Women’s Track and Field: Women Make History

By Sean Lewis

The members of the UCSB women's track and field team are pioneers in their sport: They are the first UCSB track and field team to ever take the Big West Conference Championship title home to Santa Barbara. The championsh...

May 16, 2005

Men’s Track and Field: SB Finishes Third

By Sean Lewis

Pete Dolan, UCSB track and field head coach, brought a third-place finish in the Big West Conference Track and Field Championships for the Gauchos along with him in his first year as coach in 1993 - and he's secured the ...

May 13, 2005

M.Track and Field: Tetlo Emmen, Ben Armel Bring One-Two Punch

By Sean Lewis

When it comes to running the 800-meter, the best in the Big West are UCSB's senior Ben Armel and junior Tetlo Emmen. The two have combined to finish one-two in a slew of races during the season and are the favorites to d...

May 13, 2005

W.Track and Field: Cosette Smith Leads UCSB Like a Captain

By Sean Lewis

There are no captains on UCSB's track and field team, but Cosette Smith is as much of a leader as a captain could be. The Gaucho senior is in her fifth year on the team, third year as an All-Conference distance runner an...

May 11, 2005

Track and Field: Big Gene Hammers Down Competition

By Sean Lewis

At UCSB it's hard enough to major in biology. It's even harder to do it with five hours of the day dedicated to training and practice, but that's exactly what junior thrower Eugene Bradley does day in and day out.

May 9, 2005

Track and Field: Gauchos Tune Up, Qualify for Big West

By Sean Lewis

For some members of UCSB track and field, Saturday was the last chance to qualify for next week's Big West Conference Championships. Some personal-best times were recorded and some long throwing distances were measured a...

May 6, 2005

Track and Field: Santa Barbara To Run Double Duty Again

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB track and field team has split its roster three times this season to send competitors to separate meets in separate cities. This Saturday it will do it for the second weekend in a row while it competes in the fi...

April 29, 2005

Track and Field: Santa Barbara Sends Elite Runners to Cardinal Invitational

By Sean Lewis

The UCSB track and field teams will take the divide-and-conquer approach this weekend as it splits up to compete in two separate meets. The majority of the track and field teams will head to San Luis Obispo to compete in...

April 25, 2005

Devereux Athletes Make a Splash

By Sean Lewis

Cheers from over 100 fans encouraged competitors Saturday at Campus Pool at a swim meet like no other; neither team lost. The third annual Splash Olympics featured UCSB swim team members as well as swimmers from the Deve...

April 22, 2005

Track and Field: Santa Barbara Treks to Fresno for Mellow Meet

By Sean Lewis

Like most things in Fresno, the Cal-Nevada Championships has become a lackluster spectacle, but the UCSB track and field team will be heading there this weekend to fine-tune its skills.

April 18, 2005

Track and Field: Tracksters Break Records

By Sean Lewis

It was a weekend of personal bests and school records when the Santa Barbara track and field team headed to Walnut, Calif., for the Mount San Antonio College (SAC) Invitational and to Pomona for the Pomona Invitational.

April 11, 2005

#1 UCLA Shows Gauchos Who’s the Boss in MPSF

By Sean Lewis

Top-ranked UCLA showed the #5 Santa Barbara men's volleyball team why it's the best in the country, blanking them 3-0 Saturday in Pauley Pavilion. Santa Barbara (14-12 overall, 12-8 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federa...

April 8, 2005

Irvine Bends SB Over Its Knee

By Sean Lewis

The #5 UCSB men's volleyball team looked less like one of the top teams in the nation, and more like a team struggling to make the playoffs when they lost 3-1 to #13 Irvine on Thursday night in Rob Gym.