UC SANTA BARBARA VS CLAREMONT MCKENNA
- January 24, 2026
- Claremont, Calif.
- SCY (25 yards)
- Results
Courtesy: UCSB Athletics
CLAREMONT, CA – The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos Men’s and Women’s swim teams were both victorious today in the dual meet at Claremont McKenna College. The Women’s score finished: UCSB 185, Claremont McKenna: 76. The Men’s team secured the win over Claremont 167-93.
How It Happened
The Blue and Gold set the tone early on the road today; both the Men’s and Women’s 200 Yard Medley relay teams took first and second place to start the day. Aneesh Veeravatnam, Trent Stegina, Bryden Thienlenhaus, and Mason Wendler posted a first-place time of 1:30.08. Lucas Hubbard, Michael Peterson, Zachary Tamusaitis, and Elek Zettle were right behind them, clinching the one-two punch (1:30.57). CoCo Quill, Miranda Steven Stevenson, Caitlin Brown, and Alexi Zuckerman (1:42.23) followed up the Men’s win with a win of their own. Makena Leacox, Morgan Hoppe, Greta Callison, and Eugenie Lanilis finished second (1:42.63) to continue the Gauchos hot start.
The Gaucho domination is best described as consistent, as they have extended their dual-meet win streak to three straight. On the road today, the Blue and Gold rattled off 22 straight first-place finishes.
A Look Ahead
UC Santa Barbara will head back to the coast to host the UCSB Invitational next week. Fresno Pacific and Westmont will be in town to take on the Gauchos. (Jan 30 and Jan 31.)
Courtesy: CMS Athletics
CLAREMONT, Calif. – Revere Schmidt finished in first place in the 1650, and Sun Young Byun took first in the 200 free, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s swimming and diving team fell 185-76 to Division I UC Santa Barbara on Saturday at Axelrood Pool.
Schmidt won a close race to lead a 1-2-3 finish for CMS in the 1650, touching the wall in 17:32.03. Corley Smith nearly caught her on the finishing stretch, but came in a close second in 17:32.35, with Avalon Sanders taking third in 17:34.54.
Byun then earned an impressive win in the 200 free, clocking a time of 1:51.92, edging out Mai Kawahata of UC Santa Barbara in 1:52.64, with Mackenzie Mayfield earning third for the Athenas in 1:52.77, which moves her into eighth in CMS history.
Katy Shaw had a strong swim in the 500 free to take second place in 5:06.47, with Smith right behind in third in 5:08.12 and Louisa Lungershausen earning fourth. Madeleine Kan was also runner-up in the 100 fly in 56.01 for CMS.
Annika Sharma earned a third-place finish in the 100 back in 58.19, Elyse Newlands was third in the 100 breast in 1:04.76, and Caitlin Kuhlmann took third in the 200 back in 2:07.37.
CMS will be back in action next weekend for its final regular season home meet, when it takes on Redlands for a 10:30 meet, which will also serve as the program’s Senior Day.
CLAREMONT, Calif. – William Jones took first in the 1650 and Jasper Shue was the winner in the 200 free as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s swimming and diving team fell 167-93 to Division I UC Santa Barbara on Saturday afternoon at Axelrood Pool.
Jones finished the 1650 in 15:52.46, a win over almost 30 seconds over teammate Charlie Hill, with Henry Lyons coming in third. Jones was barely behind his time from December in the dual with Pomona-Pitzer, when he swam a 15:51.85. He later added a second-place finish in the 500 free in 4:38.04, with Hill coming in third.
Shue had an impressive effort in his win in the 200 free, touching the wall in 1:40.54, a win of almost a full second over Lucas Hubbard of the Gauchos.
Adam Lee came in second in the 100 back in 51.83, just a half second behind the winner, William Cussimanio of UC Santa Barbara. Steven Tran was the runner-up in the 200 breast in 2:05.63, with Lucas Williams behind him in third in 2:07.56. Pierce McShane added a runner-up finish in the 400 IM in 3:58.36.
Evan Deedy was third in the 100 breast in 56.45, Kenny Eckel earned third in the 50 free in 20.95, and Sean Su earned third in the 100 free in 45.31, and Dean Ko placed third in the 200 back in 1:57.89.
Su, Shue, Jayden Kadiman and Jack Beckman capped off the race with a second-place finish in the 200 free relay in 1:32.62.
CMS will be back in action on Saturday for its final regular season home meet against Redlands, which will also serve as the program’s Senior Day, beginning at 10:30 a.m.
