2024-25 Swimming & Diving | Men's Schedule | Women's Schedule | Jan. 3 Notes (.pdf)
What 2 Watch 4
- The new year brings excitement and energy across the pools of The Big West.
Saturday sees a busy slate with both UCLA and Wisconsin taking on the likes of UC San Diego at Canyonview Aquatic Center to start the action in 2025. UC Santa Barara hits the road and competes against California and UNLV in another multi-school clash. Cal State Bakersfield and Cal Poly collide at noon for a Big West showdown to round out competition on Saturday.
Thursday sees a pair of Big West schools compete with CSUB participating in the CBU Diving Invite while Hawai’i welcomes both Arkansas and Harvard to Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.
Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara both swim on Friday, Jan 10 as the Mustangs host UC Santa Cruz at 1 p.m. while the Gauchos visit BYU at 3 p.m. Saturday sees both UCSD and UCSB on the road while the Gauchos go against both Utah and UCLA while the Tritons are also in Los Angeles but against USC.
Looking ahead, Hawai’i will hit the mainland and compete in the Cal Invitational in Berkeley, Cailf.
Houston, We Have A Championship!
- The Big West announced that the 2024-25 Big West Women's and Men's Swimming and Diving Championships will be held at the Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium at the University of Houston. The four-day event will be contested from Feb. 12-15, 2025.
The 1,000-seat CRWC Natatorium, which underwent facility renovations in the summer of 2015, holds 1.3 million gallons of water. Measured at 70 meters by 25 yards, the pool ranks among the longest in the state of Texas. In addition to the pool and two 1-meter and two 3-meter springboards, the facility features five platform diving boards at 1-, 3-, 5-, 7.5, and 10-meter heights.
Since opening in the spring of 2003, the facility has been host to several prestigious conference and national events including three iterations of the NCAA Zone D Diving meet and the 2007 NCAA Division III Championships. The Big West joins the Mountain West and WAC in hosting a championship event in the venue.
Big West Top Swims
Men's
- As of Dec. 21, 2024
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Big West Weekly Recognition
- Vili Sivec showed out once again for Cal State Bakersfield, this time in a pair of conference duals to secure The Big West's Men's Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week accolade for a league best fourth time this season (Oct. 15, Nov. 12, Dec. 10). The Zabok, Croatia native nabbed a trio of first places finishes during the 200 Fly (1:49.28; a 3-second victory), 100 Fly (48.91), and 100 Free (45.52) in conference competition versus UC Santa Barbara. Another Big West meet ensued on Saturday against UC San Diego where Sivec shaved time off all three events, en route to notching three more ivictories (1:47.35; 4-second victory / 48.44 / 45.18). Sivec also helped CSUB snag a win in the 400-Free Relay with a 45.33 leadoff leg.
- UC Santa Barbara's Samantha Banos boasts The Big West's Women's Swimming & Diving Athlete of the Week award for after an exceptional week. This is the first Big West honor of the junior's career. Banos helped UCSB take home the 200 medley (split: 24.62) while registering a first-place finish both in the 100 free (51.99) and 200 fly (55.82). The junior held down the 400 free relay at No. 1 (split: 25:13) and the 200 relay and took first, won the 200 free (1:49.01) and fly (1:58.92). The Los Alamitos, Calif. Native capped the week off with a win in the 500 free after posting a time of 4:52.17.
2023 Rewind
- Hawai'i swept the men's and women's swimming and diving championships with UC Santa Barbara as runners-up a year ago in competition in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF), where all six Big West member-institutions previously competed. Big West student-athletes and coaches claimed nine of the 10 MPSF individual awards in 2024. |
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