Senior send off for swimmers at Taylor Pool
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2010) – It was a rainy, cloudy, gloomy day, but the pool deck was full of six happy, smiling senior Tigers as they were introduced at Taylor Pool for the final time of their respective collegiate careers prior to Occidental’s final Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference dual-meet of the season. Both Oxy teams fell to Pomona-Pitzer, but not without some notable performances.
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Three standout Occidental athletes have been named to the inaugural class of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Athletic Hall of Fame: Pat Henry Yeomans ’38 in tennis, Sammy Lee ’43 in diving, and Jack Kemp ’57 in football.
PASADENA, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2010) – Occidental College swimmers continue to improve as they surpass personal bests and record firsts as the men’s team defeated Caltech 151-88 on the road in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action today.
CLAREMONT, Calif. (Jan. 23, 2010) – Against the undefeated Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s and men’s swimming and diving teams, the Occidental College teams turned in a number of decent swims and earned a few first place finishes, but were out numbered and out scored by the Athenas and Stags, 169-68 and 176.5-58.5, respectively today on the road.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Jan. 16, 2010) – For the second time in as many Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference dual-meets, the Occidental College men’s swimming and diving team earned a slim victory today at Taylor Pool, defeating the Whittier College Poets 105-100.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Jan. 11, 2010) – Coming off a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory over the University of La Verne the Occidental College men’s swim team went on to defeat the visiting Lewis & Clark Pioneers 105-81 in non-conference action at Taylor Pool his afternoon.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Jan. 9, 2010) – Entering the swim meet this morning at Taylor Pool, the Occidental College men’s squad trailed by 26 points since they have no divers. The Tigers were not discouraged in the friendly confines of their home pool, though, posting seven first place finishes in nine individual events while sweeping the relays en route to a 117-107 win.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Dec. 4, 2009) – It was the season home opener and the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener today when the Occidental College swimming & diving teams hosted California Lutheran University at Taylor Pool. While the Tigers came up short to the Kingsmen, 70.5-139.5, the men’s team showed promise and earned a couple of first place finishes in the 26-event meet.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Oct. 1, 2009) – Under new leadership for the first time in nearly two decades, the Occidental College swimming and diving teams will look to rebuild a program that was once atop the conference standings. The 12-date winter schedule was released today by first-year head coach Alex Kuhn who joined the black and orange over the summer with a dual-role as the Aquatics Director.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (May 22, 2009) – Two years after taking the helm of the Sweet Briar College Swimming program, Alex Kuhn is switching coasts to take the reigns of the Occidental College men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs as the Head Coach of both programs as well as the Aquatics Director for the college.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Feb. 14, 2009) – For the third straight day swimmers packed the Belmont Plaza Pool where the eight Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams met for the 2009 Swimming and Diving Championships. Tonight there were three school records broken and one NCAA “B” cut time achieved as the Tiger women finished fourth and the men came in fifth.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Feb. 13, 2009) – After a morning full of noteworthy swims in the preliminaries, a pair of Occidental divers prepared for their 11-dive meet schedule as the top two seeds. Things were looking bright for both women, but quickly took a turn towards disaster for one.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Feb. 13, 2009) – In a day full of ups and downs for the Tiger swimmers and divers, Occidental concluded day two of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships with two more school records, one NCAA cut and a SCIAC Champion.
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Feb. 12, 2009) – Occidental College swimmers wasted no time in making a splash at the 2009 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championships being held at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool located in Long Beach, Calif.
