UC Santa Barbara will be represented by four swimmers at the USA Swimming Phillips 66 National Championships which will take place from Wednesday, Aug. 6-Sunday, Aug. 10 at the William Wollett, Jr., Aquatics Center, the home pool of Gaucho gold medalist Jason Lezak.
Matt Macedo, former head men's swimming and diving head coach at UC San Diego, has been hired as Assistant Coach for the men's and women's swimming and diving programs at UC Santa Barbara, head coach Gregg Wilson announced today.
A total of twenty-three student-athletes have committed to join the UC Santa Barbara Swimming and Diving teams for the 2014-15 season by signing National Letters of Intent, head coach Gregg Wilson announced Thursday.
UC Santa Barbara junior Wade Allen finished his time at the 2014 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships with his best showing, finishing 31st in the 100 yard freestyle on Saturday.
UC Santa Barbara junior Wade Allen completed his second day at the 2014 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships as he competed in the 100 yard butterfly prelims on Friday morning.
For the second consecutive season, junior Wade Allen has qualified for the NCAA Men’s Championships. In what has been a record-breaking season, Allen will look to continue his torrid swimming against the nation’s best.
On the final day of the Pac-12 Championships the Gauchos were able to hold off Cal Poly to stay in 7th place. Several swimmers swam NCAA consideration times.
The UCSB men's swimming team currently has 93 total points after day two of the Pac-12 Championships, good for 7th place. Wade Allen set a school record in the 50 free with a time of 19.45.
The UCSB men's swimming team will be competing in Federal Way, Wash. against the best of the Pac-12 in the conference championships scheduled for March 5-8.
UCSB will send one diver to the PAC-12 Diving Championships, scheduled for Wednesday, Feb.26. Freshman Lester Wright will be the lone Gaucho representative.
For the first time in many years, both the men's and women's swim teams are ranked in the top 50 across the nation in Division 1. They each come in at the 45th spot according to the Endless Pools/CollegeSwimming.com rankings.
The UCSB men's swimming and diving team fell to Stanford, 108-91. The meet took place at Campus Pool in a shortened dual meet format and was the final home meet of the year for the Gauchos.
The UCSB men's swimming and diving team will take on Stanford at Campus Pool on Friday at 2:00pm. This will conclude the regular season for the Gauchos as they prepare for Pac-12 Championships.
The UCSB men's and women's swimming teams completed their third and final day on Saturday in Las Vegas. The men's team came in 6th place overall with 261 points.
UCSB men's and women's swimming teams embark on a three-day meet at UNLV. Tough competition including the No.1 Cal women and No.5 Stanford men, will test the Gauchos.
UCSB hosts UC San Diego in a dual meet on Saturday, November 9 at the Campus Pool. Although the Tritons compete in Division-II, they are always solid competition for the Gauchos.