Swim and Dive

February 4, 2013

UCSB Sweeps in Final Home Meet of Year

By Josh Fiacco

UCSB’s swim teams bounced back after a rough stretch by sweeping Saturday’s dual meets at Campus Pool against the University of the Pacific and Loyola Marymount. The return home proved fruitful, as the women’s swim...

February 1, 2013

Gauchos Seek Win in Final Home Meet

By Josh Fiacco

UCSB swim and dive will look to rebound from a recent rough patch with a return to their home pool this Saturday. Both the men and women will compete against the University of the Pacific, while the women will also compe...

January 25, 2013

Gauchos Travel to Take on UC Davis in Fresno

By Josh Fiacco

UCSB’s women’s swim and dive team will hit the road this weekend to compete against UC Davis on Saturday in Fresno. UC Davis will also compete against Fresno State, while the Gauchos will be matched exclusively agai...

January 21, 2013

UCSB Falls Short Against UNLV

By Josh Fiacco

The UCSB swim and dive team traveled to Las Vegas over the weekend for a matchup against UNLV Saturday. The Gauchos recovered from an early deficit but fell just short in a tightly contested match. UNLV won the first fiv...

November 30, 2012

UCSB to Compete Against Swimming Elite

By Mark Salay

Seven of the best swimmers on the UCSB swim and dive team will be competing in this weekend’s U.S. Swimming Winter Nationals in Austin, Texas. In the biggest swim meet since the Olympic Trials in summer, the invitation...

November 19, 2012

UCSB Places Sixth and Eighth at Invitational

By Mark Salay

For the second straight year, the UCSB swim team fell short of winning the Arena Invitational in Long Beach, as the men finished in sixth place with 599 points and the women placed eighth with 457 points. Missing several...

November 16, 2012

Gauchos Head South for Arena Invitational

By Mark Salay

Two weeks removed from one of its best performances of the year, the UCSB swim team will get a mid-season test as it travels to Long Beach for the Arena Invitational. The three-day event, which began yesterday, is hosted...

November 5, 2012

Gauchos Sweep Dual Meets at Campus Pool

By Mark Salay

A long layoff seemed to be exactly what the UCSB swim and dive team needed as they completed dual meet sweeps of UC San Diego and Cal Poly this past weekend at Campus Pool. Back in the pool for the first time in three we...

November 2, 2012

UCSB Hosts First Meet

By Web Editor

Returning to the pool for the first time in three weeks, the UCSB swim and dive team hosts its first home meets at Campus Pool this season against UC San Diego today and Cal Poly on Saturday. “It’ll be great if we ca...

April 25, 2012

Stud Sophomores Lead Bright UCSB Future

By Mark Salay

With one of the best seasons in the history of UCSB women’s swimming and diving already wrapped up, a pair of sophomore swimmers are geared to step onto center stage next season. Sophia Yamauchi and Andrea Ward broke o...

March 5, 2012

Gauchos Place Sixth at Pac-12 Championships for Second Consecutive Year

By Mark Salay

After four days of competition in the Pac-12 Swimming Championships held in Monterey Park, the UCSB men’s swim team was unable to improve on last year’s performance, finishing in sixth place again with 251.5 points, ...

February 29, 2012

Gauchos Ready for Pac-12 Championships

By Mark Salay

After an undefeated regular season in dual meets, the UCSB men’s swim team now heads into the Pac-12 Swimming Championships today at the East Los Angeles College Swim Center in Monterey Park. Coming in with 10 points e...

February 22, 2012

Men Prepare For Pac-12 Championships

By Mark Salay

The UCSB men’s swim and dive team begin their run at stopping Stanford’s 30 year reign as conference champions this Thursday, as the men’s diving competition gets underway at the Weyerhaeuser King Co. Aquatic Cente...

February 21, 2012

Women’s Swim & Dive Falls Just Short of MPSF Championship

By Mark Salay

After leading the first two days of the MPSF Swimming Championships held in East Los Angeles College, the UCSB women’s swim and dive season came to a disappointing end Saturday night, falling just short of taking home ...

February 15, 2012

Women Eye MPSF Championships

By Mark Salay

With the regular season now in the past, the UCSB women’s swim and dive team will begin its run at the MPSF Swimming Championships starting this Thursday at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park and concluding Feb....

February 7, 2012

Gauchos Take Dual Meet at Cal Poly

By Mark Salay

The UCSB men’s and women’s swim and dive teams celebrated their final dual meet of the season in winning fashion this past weekend with victories over visiting Cal Poly at Campus Pool on Saturday. The dual marked the...