UCLA’s Spieker Aquatics Center hosted the AT&T National Diving Championships Aug. 9-14.
Category Archives: Swim & Dive
UCLA divers compete in the Senior Zone D Championships
While most athletes use the summer to train for their upcoming season, junior Maggy Boyd, redshirt sophomore Michelle Vale and sophomore Paulina Guzman do not have the luxury of such a break.
Winn’s fourth-place finish at Zone E Championships not good enough for qualification to NCAA Swimming and Diving
Laura Winn’s UCLA career ended in Minneapolis, Minn., on Saturday, as the standout senior diver failed to qualify for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
Competing in the NCAA Zone E Championships at the Minnesota Aquatics Center, Winn placed fourth in platform ““ her specialty event ““ but needed to finish in the top two to advance.
Also representing UCLA was freshman Paulina Guzman, who finished 13th on 1-meter and 15th on 3-meter, and also did not qualify for the NCAAs.
The Bruins will send seven swimmers ““ Brittany Beauchan, Bianca Casciari, Cynthia Fascella, Lauren Hall, Yasi Jahanshahi, Alex Sullivan and Sam Vanden Berge ““ to the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, which start Friday in Austin, Texas.
Compiled by Ryan Menezes, Bruin Sports senior staff.
UCLA divers Laura Winn and Paulina Guzman to compete in qualifier for NCAA Tournament in Minneapolis
While the top competitors on the UCLA swim team are busy preparing for next week’s NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, the two divers who hope to advance must face one additional hurdle: the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships.
Six school records sunk by swim team in Pac-10 Championships
The weather may have been torrential outside the Pac-10 Championships, but UCLA records were falling even faster than the raindrops.
UCLA swim and dive team to face talented pool at Pac-10 Championships
The timers at Spieker Aquatics Center were reading times of fractions of a second during Monday’s swim practice, but it was no malfunction.
Karina Silva to leave the UCLA diving team
Karina Silva has been granted her release from the UCLA diving team by coach Tom Stebbins in a move made even more surprising by the looming prospect of this week’s Pac-10 Championships.