Swim and Dive

January 30, 2012

Men, Women Bring Home Wins

By Mark Salay

January 27, 2012

Swimming Faces Pacific, UC Davis

By Mark Salay

After convincing victories over UNLV in their last dual meet, the UCSB men’s and women’s swim and dive teams prepare to travel up north where both teams will face Pacific on Friday and the women’s team will go up a...

January 23, 2012

Gauchos Open 2012 With Dual Meet Victories Over UNLV Rebels

By Mark Salay

In their first meet of 2012, the UCSB men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams each captured victories in dual meets against UNLV Saturday at Campus Pool. With 17 total event victories, the men’s team was able t...

December 5, 2011

Gaucho Men and Women Take Seventh During Texas Invite

By Brent Pella

This weekend both the UCSB men and women’s swim and dive teams finished seventh overall at the Texas Invitational meet at the University of Texas. The meet serves as the last competition for both teams until Jan. 21, w...

December 4, 2011

UCSB Wraps Up 2011 Competition

By Brent Pella

‘Winter break’ will be more winter than break for the men’s and women’s swim and dive team this season. The squad will cease training for just 10 days during the holiday months, a stark contrast to the usual four...

March 1, 2011

Women Take Second Place at MPSF Championships

By Brent Pella

A new season in a new conference has come to an end for the UCSB women’s swimming and diving team, which took second place in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship this past weekend. The Gauchos finished ...

February 14, 2011

’Chos Split Dual Meet v. Cal Poly

By Brent Pella

A matchup of two conference rivals ended in a tie this weekend, when UCSB swimming and diving visited the Cal Poly Mustangs for a dual meet. The Gaucho men beat the Mustangs 116-114, while the women lost 142-99 in what w...

February 10, 2011

Swimming Heads to Cal Poly

By Brent Pella

UCSB will compete against a familiar opponent this weekend when the team travels north to San Luis Obispo for a duel meet against Cal Poly. The first meet between these two teams was held at Campus Pool in November when ...

January 31, 2011

Senior Women Take Wins Over Davis, Pacific in Final Home Meet

By Brent Pella

It was both a joyous celebration and a sad goodbye for the women’s swimming and diving team this weekend, as three seniors helped beat UC Davis and University of the Pacific in what was the final home meet of the seaso...

January 28, 2011

Swim and Dive Closes Season With Dual Meet

By Brent Pella

The first home meet of 2011 is also the last of the season for UCSB men and women’s swimming and diving, and will once again have UCSB race against a high level of competition. Last year’s Big West Conference champio...

January 23, 2011

UCSB Falls to Rival UNLV in Road Meet

By Brent Pella

Competing away from home is tough for any team, especially when traveling seven hours away on the road and more than 2,000 feet up in elevation. These factors were apparent during UCSB’s meet in Las Vegas, as both the ...

January 21, 2011

UCSB Swim And Dive Teams Head to Vegas to Face UNLV Rivals

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men and women’s swim and dive teams are looking to find their first victory of the New Year this weekend in an away meet against rival UNLV.

January 9, 2011

Swim and Dive Loses Dual Meets to Pair of Top-Ten Teams

By Brent Pella

The UCSB men and women’s swimming and diving teams each suffered losses this past weekend during separate meets at USC and UCLA. The Gaucho men’s swim team lost its doubleheader against the ninth-ranked Trojans 140-4...

January 2, 2011

Teams Close 2010 With Home Victory

By Brent Pella

Even without half of its squad, the UCSB men and women’s swimming and diving team still celebrated the New Year with a win against West Virginia at Campus Pool this past Friday.

November 22, 2010

Gaucho Men Take Sixth in Invitational

By Brent Pella

Juniors Kevin Ferguson and Chris Peterson posted career-best times in the 100-meter freestyle this weekend as the men’s swimming and diving team finished the Long Beach invitational meet in sixth place.