Caitlin Walsh Coming to Santa Barbara from Australia

Caitlin trained with the UCSB swim team during the 2008-2009 school year when she attended UCSB as an exchange student. Although she never competed for the Gauchos, she brought the Aussie spice into the UCSB swim team and helped the team succeed last season. She is definitely missed and we love having her Stevie (stuffed animal in the team room) with us to remember the "good" times.

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First Dual Meet in 2010

Presido Sports Article on the USC Meet
Gaucho men and women hosted a dual meet against USC as the first dual meet in 2010. Both teams were coming off of a hard training camps, and the meet was all about racing people next to you.

Men's 200-yard freestyle relay
Gauchos 1:21.97
Trojans 1:22.21

Gaucho Athletics Videos on YouTube

Video on Living Scholar Program

Featuring Head Coach Gregg Wilson

The Best of 2009

10. Technical rubber suits sure made a difference in our sport but damaged everyone financially during this difficult economy period. Why do we pay for more seconds to be dropped? Isn't this a sport that the success is from all the hard work? Gauchos set 12 new school records last season. However, Jessica Schwalb already added a new school record in the 400 IM this season so far.
9. Only 2 injuries were from non-swimming related activities.
8. New logo has 5 colors = more cost to make team gears and attires. Help!
7. Women's team had the highest GPA in the UCSB athletic department for the 5 consecutive terms.
6. Anne Marie May became the first swimmer in the Gregg Wilson's era to be ranked first in the country.
5. Winning the men's and women's Big West Conference Championships.
4. Earning 2 All-American honors. (5 NCAA qualifiers)
3. Katy Freeman making the 2009-2010 USA National team (competed at Duel in the Pool).
2. Establishing 16 NCAA consideration times in December for the 2009-2010 season.
1. Finishing the year with the 0-1-2 set. Thank you, Danny for your help. Racing in practice and helping each other on were so fun!

Winter Training Pre X-mas

Duel in the Pool

Link to the entire meet video

Women's 200-meter Breaststroke
Katy Freeman in Lane 1

Women's 100-meter Breaststroke
Katy Freeman in Lane 1