NCAA qualifiers and Big West Champions

NCAA Automatic Cuts as of February 23
Women's 200 medley relay 1:38.64 school record
Katy Freeman 100 breast 1:00.75 school record
Katy Freeman 200 breast 2:10.89 school record
Anne Marie May 50 free 22.21 school record
Anne Marie May 100 free 49.34 school record
Sara Nicponski 100 breast 1:01.56
Sara Nicpoinski 200 breast 2:13.63

NCAA Consideration Cuts
Men's 200 free relay 1:19.06 school record
Men's 400 free relay 2:59.14
Men's 800 free relay 6:34.72
Men's 200 medley relay 1:27.63 school record
Men's 400 medley relay 3:16.03 school record
Matt Bartlett 200 IM 1:47.88
Matt Bartlett 200 free 1:36.41 school record
Matt Bartlett 200 fly 1:45.75
Brooks Felton 500 free 4:24.84
Brooks Felton 1650 free 15:30.82
Bradley Matsumoto 50 free 19.83
Bradley Matsumoto 100 free 43.89
Danny McClary 100 fly 48.17
Danny McClary 200 fly 1:47.30
Jeff Sudbury 100 breast 55.06
Scott Vogelgesang 100 free 44.28
Scott Vogelgesang 200 free 1:37.26
Chris Wiggin 1:46.72

Women's team:
4 relay events
14 individual events

Women's 200 free relay 1:31.46 school record
Women's 400 free relay 3:20.56 school record
Women's 800 free relay 7:21.43
Women's 400 medley relay 3:41.03
Courtney Bauer 50 free 23.29
Courtney Bauer 100 free 50.16
Courtney Bauer 200 free 1:49.09 school record
Brittany Borowitz 200 IM 2:02.98
Brittany Borowitz 400 IM 4:21.30
Jessica Cruzat 100 back 55.24
Jessica Cruzat 200 back 1:59.00
Katy Freeman 200 IM 2:01.52
Naomi Javanifard 100 back 55.25
Naomi Javanifard 100 fly 54.55
Katie Ure 100 fly 55.10
Liz Wagner 200 free 1:49.83
Erin Yamamoto 100 fly 54.61
Erin Yamamoto 200 fly 2:00.97

Big West Champions
Men's Team:
4 relay events
8 individual events
(1) Men's 1000 free Brooks Felton
(2) Men's 500 free Brooks Felton
(3) Men's 200 IM Matt Bartlett
(4) Men's 50 free Bradley Matsumoto
(5) Men's 200 free Matt Bartlett
(6) Men's 100 breast Jeff Sudbury
(7) Men's 100 back Chris Good
(8) Men's 100 free Bradley Matsumoto

Women's Team:
4 relay events
6 individual events
(1) Women's 200 IM Katy Freeman
(2) Women's 50 free Anne Marie May
(3) Women's 200 free Courtney Bauer
(4) Women's 100 breast Katy Freeman
(5) Women's 100 free Anne Marie May
(6) Women's 200 breast Katy Freeman

Big West Day4

will be added later

Big West Day3

Wow! The word would summarize the evening of the third night at the Big West Championships for the Gauchos. Starting with the 400 IM, one of our exhibition swimmer, Jon Garvey, swam the bonus heat with the time of 3:56.67 which would put him in the 4th place in the final heat. This guy can swim the 400 IM the way you exactly need to do. In the 100 butterfly, we were gaining points especially in the finals. Going into the 200 freestyle, we had 5 men and 5 women in the finals. It was almost like doing a get-out swim at UCSB Campus Pool. All they needed to do was to push each other like they do in practice. Courtney Bauer and Matt Bartlett ended up winning while Liz Wagner and Scott Vogelgesang got second. The men went 1-2-3 while women had a 1-2 finish. Our rookie, freshman Dan Morris (aka: DMO) finished strong going as fast as Bartlett in the last 50. I can honestly say that DMO's sprint workouts helped him to pull that fast 50 at the end. (j/k) Moving into the 100 breaststroke, if anyone besides Katy's mom knew that this was coming, you have the power to predict the future. Katy stormed to the finish and clocked 1:00!!! She was FAST! The Guachos also won the men's 100 breast with the strong 25 by Jeff Sudbury. In the 100 backstroke, we had strong showings by Jessica Cruzat, Naomi Javanifard, Katy Freeman, Bradley Matsumoto, and Curtis Bauer while our seniors Ben Malmolm and Bobbie Wilson had one of their best swims in their 4 years as a Gaucho.

In the last event of the night, the 200 free relay, the Gauchos were going for qualifying the relays for the NCAA's. We ended up going a little slower than we planned, but they both broke the school records. Tomorrow is a new day and it's the best day of the meet for the Gauchos. Almost everyone has their best event on Saturday, so ... watch out!

As the evening was very exciting, I didn't video tape the races, so no posting ... sorry:(

Now, going into the last day = probably the best day for the Gauchos, we have following event winners so far:
(1) Women's 200 medley relay
(2) Men's 200 medley relay
(3) Men's 1000 freestyle Brooks Felton
(4) Men's 800 free relay
(5) Men's 500 free Brooks Felton
(6) Women's 200 IM Katy Freeman
(7) Men's 200 IM Matt Bartlett
(8) Women's 50 free Anne Marie May
(9) Men's 50 free Bradley Matsumoto
(10) Women's 400 medley relay
(11) Men's 400 medley relay
(12) Women's 200 free Courtney Bauer
(13) Men's 200 free Matt Bartlett
(14) Women's 100 breaststroke Katy Freeman
(15) Men's 100 breaststroke Jeff Sudbury
(16) Women's 200 free relay
(17) Men's 200 free relay

Big West Day2

20 Questions with Scott Vogelgesang
A lot of excitement was happening on the second day of the Big West Championships. The Gauchos won 7 out of the 8 swimming events while breaking the men's and women's 50 freestyle meet records. In addition to the 7 winning events, the Gaucho men swept the men's 50 free: Jeff Sudbury 20.19 & Scott Vogelgesang 20.29
Winners of the night were:
Brooks Felton 500 free 4:24.84 NCAA Consideration Cut
Katy Freeman 200 IM 2:01.52 NCAA Consideration Cut
Matt Bartlett 200 IM 1:47.88 NCAA Consideration Cut
Anne Marie May 50 free 22.21 NCAA Automatic Cut & Meet Record
Bradley Matsumoto 50 free 19.83 NCAA Consideration Cut
Women's 400 medley relay (Jessica Cruzat, Sara Nicponski, Erin Yamamoto, Anne Marie May)
Men's 400 medley relay (Matt Bartlett, Jeff Sudbury, Danny McClary, Bradley Matsumoto)

Women's 50 free

Men's 50 free

Big West Day1

The Gauchos are off to a good start at the 2008 Big West Swimming and Diving Championships at Belmont Plaza in Long Beach, California. Although we are second in team standings, we are off to a good start achieving the NCAA automatic cut in the women's 200-yard medley relay, setting a school record in the men's 200-yard medley relay, and winning the men's 1000-yard freestyle. Here are some of the actions!!!

Backstroke: Naomi Javanifard (sophomore)
Breaststroke: Sara Nicponski (freshman)
Butterfly: Erin Yamamoto (junior)
Freestyle: Anne Marie May (sophomore)

Backstoke: Matt Bartlett
Breaststroke: Jeff Sudbury
Butterfly: Danny McClary
Freestyle: Bradley Matsumoto

Brook Felton's winning 1000-yard freestyle

Brett's hair is now gone!