Santa Barbara Ladies and Ventura Males Declare But One other WSC Swim Crown

Santa Maria, CA - The Santa Barbara Metropolis School Ladies's Swim and Dive workforce claimed their third straight Western State Convention title over the weekend, whereas the Ventura School Males claimed their fourth straight title. It is the third title in 4 years of existence for Santa Barbara, whereas Ventura wins their 28th general swim championship.

 In one of many tightest races in current reminiscence, Santa Barbara Metropolis School held off the Ventura School Ladies 635 to 537 for the 2017 title. The Vaqueros picked up two relay wins within the 400 and 800 Free Relays, after which relied on 4 totally different particular person titles to win the crown. Diver Gina Jacobsen, who set two convention data for complete factors and was named the Diver of the Meet, gained each the 1M and 3M occasions with 225.10 and 250.05 factors respectively. Alex Humann in the meantime gained two occasions for the Vaqueros claiming the title within the 500 Free (5:19.80) and 200 Free (1:58.88) races. Reese Ellestad took residence the opposite title for the Vaqueros profitable the 100 Free with a time of 53.92. 

For the lads, Ventura ran away from the gang because of a constant effort throughout the board. The Pirates gained simply three particular person titles, however have been persistently within the Prime three in every occasion, accumulating 756.5 factors towards 509 factors from second place Santa Monica School. Along with the three particular person titles, the Pirates gained the 200 and 400 Free Relay occasions. Deon Crilly helped the Pirates out by profitable the 3M Diving title by simply 1.65 factors with 133.65 complete factors. Kaleb Rodarte would win the 400 IM (four:15.87), whereas Thomas Bunke gained the 1650 Free (16:50.12), and David Peterson took house the grueling 200 Fly crown (1:58.04).

Cuesta School's Lauren Davis was named the Feminine Swimmer of the Meet after profitable three meet occasions and setting a pair of convention data. LA Valley School's Timothy Hornyak and Santa Monica School's Zhen Teo have been identify Co-Male Swimmer's of the Meet after every gained three occasions. Ventura Males's Swim Coach Mary Giles was named the 2017 Male Coach of the Yr, whereas Santa Barbara Metropolis School's Brian "Chucky" Roth and Cuesta School's John Marsh cut up the Feminine Coach of the Yr award.