Author Archives: Matt Stevens

Three student athletes signed national letters of intent prior to winter break to join the UCLA women’s swim team in the fall of 2008. Those athletes are Bianca Casciari, Anna Stefanec and Jennifer Lamb.

Swimming fans from around the world swarmed on Sydney, paying hundreds of dollars just to snatch nosebleed seats at the 2000 Olympic final of the men’s 200 free.

Nine Bruins will join a field of more than 600 of the nation’s top women swimmers as they converge in Atlanta, Ga., today for the Short Course National Championships.

When senior breaststroke swimmer Nicolette Teo got out of the pool after her morning preliminary race, she had no idea that she had done something special.

After splitting last weekend’s dual meets in Arizona, the No. 14 UCLA women’s swim and dive team will begin the first of a series of invitational meets today that will stretch from now until Pac-10 play resumes in February.

With five Pac-10 schools currently ranked in the top 25 for women’s swimming and diving, the UCLA swimming team will open conference play today by traveling to the desert to square off against Arizona State and Arizona.

Juniors Marisa Samaniego and Tess Schofield jumpstarted the UCLA dive season with wins in two of the three events held at the USC Invitational over the weekend.