Swimming & Diving

Coaching college sports with no promise of a season

When sports were cancelled at Occidental last spring due to COVID-19, athletes headed home. That time has stretched to nearly six months, with Occidental...

Women’s Swimming and Diving Defeats Redlands after 15 Years

Author: Sharen Cervantes On Saturday, Jan. 22, the women's swimming and diving team made history by securing a 140.6-102.5 team victory over the Redlands Bulldogs for...

Swimming teams set for trip to Redlands Pentathlon

Author: Ryan Whalen Both the men's and women's Occidental swimming teams will jump into the pool for their first meet of the year next Saturday at...

Swim and dive places fifth in conference

Author: Donovan Dennis The Occidental men’s and women’s swim and dive teams wrapped up a historic season Sunday with the completion of the 2015 SCIAC Swimming...

van Deventer, Chang lead swim teams into SCIAC Championships

Author: Ryan Whalen The SCIAC Championships begin next Saturday for the Occidental swimming and diving teams, marking the end of a difficult training season for both...

Swimming and Diving Teams Begin SCIAC Schedule

Author: Oliver Field The Occidental swimming and diving teams look to improve with their new head coach and director of aquatics, Shea Manning. Manning comes to...

Robson, Chang, van Deventer defend SCIAC titles

Author: Stephen Nemeth The Occidental swimming and diving teams finished the four-day SCIAC Championships over the weekend with the women placing fifth and the men seventh...

Tigers swim team excels at Redlands Pentathlon

Author: Damian Mendieta After a month of preseason training, the Tigers swim teams finally blasted off the blocks in a multi-team, non-conference meet hosted by the...

Sports in Brief Issue 4

Author: Tim O'Donnell|Ryan Whalen Women's Water Polo (1-7 overall, 0-0 SCIAC) The Occidental women’s water polo team was back in action over the weekend, playing doubleheaders both...

Swim and Dive poised to begin SCIAC competition against Redlands

Author: Damian Mendieta Undaunted by the cold Aliso Viejo morning, the women’s swim team wasted no time off the blocks, cruising to a second-place finish Nov....

van Deventer defends 200 breaststroke title as Chang, Robson named All-Americans at Swim & Dive Nationals

Author: Tim O'Donnell Two’s a coincidence; three’s a trend. That’s why the Occidental swimming and diving program proved to the Division-III nation that qualifying three athletes for...

Women’s swim beats Redlands, men improve

Author: Ryan Graff The women’s 200-yard medley relay A team, comprised of Caroline Chang (junior), Emily Watkins (sophomore), Lizzy Kosin (first-year) and Lauren Ransom (senior) started...