tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84419571750641847562011-08-03T21:37:56.556-07:00What are the Oxy Swimmers and Divers doing? Read on!Oxy Swimming & Divingnoreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441957175064184756.post-6238403979554574472010-09-30T12:40:00.000-07:002010-09-30T13:15:46.905-07:00

The following log is from Juliet Suess, a first-year from St. Charles, IL. Read on to see what life has held for Juliet in her first several weeks @ Oxy!So, this is the first Juliet entry, which I know is pretty late. But I guess nothing really has happened until the last week. I mean I guess I got to Oxy, started classes, got acclimated to college life, met some cool new people (including my

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Pictured from left to right:Jack Butcher '14, Claire Coddington '11, Miner Ross '11, Riley Kimball '12, and Tim Healy '14

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It's been a while since our last post...but what better way to update everyone with an account of the La Jolla swim from First-year Ian Mariani. Enjoy!Taylor Pool felt like a bathtub today compared to the 61 degree water of La Jolla, where 5 studly Tigers took on what seemed like the entire swimming population of Southern California (and even some from Arizona) at the La Jolla Rough Water Swim.

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While we were sad to see Claire miss the team's Championship season, she had the opportunity to have an experience of a lifetime in Thailand! Above is a picture as well as a little write-up of the group's experience.

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Team captain Jeven Dovey recently proved himself to be not only an outstanding swimmer, but also a star filmmaker at the 2010 Senior Film Comps.Jeven on site at Oxy Over 900 people showed up to watch the premiers in Thorne Hall, and the tiger swimmers proudly occupied an entire row in support of Jeven. Make sure to check out the trailer for Jeven's film below:

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(Raw! Raw! Raw!)Tiger swimmers Sara Damore, Austen Oliver, and Lauren Howarth lift their way to the top!

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This past week (April 8th) was Coach Kuhn's birthday. Since a funfetti cake and a funny card were to be expected, we decided that the only way to really show him we cared was to surprise him. And what better way to surprise our favorite coach than with an office full of balloons? We blew up ca. 200 balloons on Wednesday evening, snuck into his office (with the help of campus safety) late that

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On Friday, April 2, the team held its annual end of the season banquet! This year, with the help of the Athletic Trainers (thanks Kelly and Laura!), the team enjoyed a variety of desserts from Chocolate Mouse Pudding to a favorite of everyone's...Rice Krispie Treats!From a vote by team members, the following individuals were selected by their peers for the following awards:Most Valuable Player -

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It is true...they really enjoyed the desserts THAT MUCH! Miner after the picture finally let Budig breathe. Maybe the first picture we were able to get with everyone smiling an no one's eyes shut! You had to go mess that one up Tai... Definitely a Hall of Fame Picture Audrey! Way to support her Sara and Lauren! Next time this group is together and dressed this nicely...Graduation!

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Several of our swimmers (Sara Damore, Lauren Howarth, and Austen Oliver) took the time to take a road trip back to Arizona to meet friends and enjoy the ope road together. They also met someone very famous along the way...Lauren and Austen with Pro Bowl All-Star, Larry Fitzgerald

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More to Come...as I get them from the team!

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I know what you are saying...it's about time you got the last day up there! So what did the team do on the last day? Let's start off the highlight reel with Jeven Dovey's 200 Breaststroke. With the cheering of the Occidental Swimming & Diving program, Jeven swam at an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 2:07.92 and finished in 3rd place. His mark was even more impressive considering his

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How good was Day 2? It was so good...I didn't get up results from the Prelims! We had personal best, top ten school swims set, and the men's team moving up in the rankings. Whether you were a senior, first-year, male, female, diver, swimmer...you had a personal best!Congratulations first goes to the team's first NCAA B qualifying mark, which was earned by Sarah Sharpe on the 1m diving

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WOW! What an amazing first day of competition. After all was said and done, both the men and women stood in 5th place, each getting to their respective positions with different highlights. The team awarded Danielle Garcia as Oxy performer of the day as she took on a very challenging task of swimming both relays, plus swimming in the competitive 200 IM and 50 freestyle. She placed in each of

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Junior Sarah Sharpe is the SCIACs first winner as she scored 405.75 to win by over 30 points. Not only did Sharpe perform "oxy-some", Marisa took 3rd place to also earn All-Conference honors.

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This note comes to you live from the Belmont Plaza as the Oxy Swimming & Diving squad competes at the SCIAC Championships! After preliminary swims of the first day, how is the team doing? One Word - Amazing! Here are some of the highlights from the meet.- The 500 freestyle group dropped a combined 135 seconds!! Highlights include Zach Condon finaling with a time of 4:48.37, with Austrn Oliver

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Please check our blog out for your most up-to-date happenings of the Oxy Swimming & Diving Family at SCIAC's.In the mean time...just remember this cheer will be sung a lot this weekend!Io Triumphe! Io Triumphe!Haben Swaben, Rebeka le AnimorWhoopty Whoopty, Shelerdy VeridyBoomdy Raldy Idee-pahHoneka-heneka Whacka WhackaHobdob Boldebara-BoldebaraCom-slomidy Hob-Dob-Rah!O.C. Rah!

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Junior's Sarah Sharpe & Marisa Pulcrano finished 1-2 on the 3m and 1-3 on the 1m boards this past weekend! Each qualified for the Championship Final, which will be held at Belmont Plaza on Feb 21-22. You gotta check out the story from the first day (and the great pictures).http://www.oxyathletics.com/sports/sd/2009-10/021310wsd_DivingPrelims

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Austen Oliver running through the "Oxy Tunnel" Group Hug just before their "Io Triumphe" Cheer! From Left to Right, Sara Mendoza, Audrey Akcasu, Will Carlson, Adam Kantor, Jeven Dovey, and Austen Oliver.

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The Thursday before the team's dual meet versus Cal Lutheran, the team got together at Coach Kuhn's house for a pre-meet dinner of salad, chicken, penne & marinara sauce. A great time by everyone and a nice little break from getting back to studying! Check out some of the pictures below.

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How many people can we fit on Coach Kuhn's couch? Jeven is wondering where all the salad wentRiley appears to have eaten his fair share of penne!

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Winners of Occidental's Pumpkin Carving Contest!!

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CANCER SUCKS!!!That was the motto of the team on Tuesday, November 11th, for exactly 1 hour starting at 5pm, the team swam a straight relay, non-stop, to support cancer research at the Univ. of Chicago.Ted Mullin, a former Carleton swimmer, passed away in 2006 from synovial sarcoma, a rare form of soft tissue cancer. From coach's actually having met Ted, he was the true definition of the

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After a two-year hiatus, the Oxy Swimming & Diving Team brought back what is rightfully theirs...the 2009 Homcoming Car of the Year! More pictures to come, but all the credit goes to the "serious" group below...

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At Oxy, we stress that our program is on the cutting edge of training and we want to be a role model for other programs to follow. Well, meet our personal Yoga Coach, Victoria Geil! She will be working with our team members every week to increase flexibility, improve core balance, and create an understanding of body awareness. As a head coach, when she showed me the program, my first word was "

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Welcome to "A Day in the Life of a Swimmer". This being the first swimmer entry, I will hopefully not disappoint. I will confess that now swimming has started, my life pretty much revolves around swimming, eating, sleeping, and studying. In general, my highlights are meals and nighttime when I can sit around talking (and eating) with my friends. So far, I can say classes are tough, but

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Meet Izzy! Just before my class My lane partner and friend on both the water polo and swim team.

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There is no question we love our alumni to stay in touch. We love it even more when they continue to compete and swim beyond their college days. Two Alums (Mike Wade and Michael Wong) recently swam in the La Jolla Rough Water Swim. With over 350 competitors, both Mike's swam to impressive finishes.Mike Wade '09 (Left) swam both the 1 mile and 3 mile event. In the 1 mile, he place 7th overall and

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On Saturday, September 19th, the football team was not the only team working hard. Over 30 of the Oxy Swimmer and Divers worked the football concession stands. While raising funds was great, they really had fun hanging out with each other. Check out the pictures below!

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Amie is definitely the "Customer Service" expert.With the lighting, this was the best picture we could get of the stands...but they were full and pumped ready to cheer on their hometown Tigers.Even though Danielle may be confused, we are having a blast! Who wouldn't want to buy a Diet Coke from these two!

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In the words of captain Sara Mendoza...Beach day was a success! We all met at the Athletics building Sunday morning and drove to Manhattan beach. Don't blame me, but the car of upperclassmen (myself included) managed to get lost. Fortunately, we all made it there in one piece. It was a little chilly at first, , but the sky cleared up and it was gorgeous. Mostly everyone got tossed around in

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Look at them being excellent Oxy students!! Danielle clearly loves what she is reading.Exhausted from a tough day at the beach.Here's Riley strutting off the Oxy swimwear. Two of the captains who put the event together (Sara & Adam) "So which way is the beach"They found us!! "Cheese" Another captain, Jeven's close-up photo-shot. Clearly Lauren was the only one ready for this picture.(Pictures

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Everyone got together tonight for the first team "meeting", heck, we'll just call it what it was, a BBQ. The best news...Coach didn't burn any burgers or hot dogs.It was a great opportunity for the upperclassmen to welcome the rookies to the Oxy Swimming & Diving Family. This may be the only time of the year they are not stressing about academics, and with free food, there were smiles everyone.

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Enjoying a nice night at Dodgers Stadium...and only 4 miles from Oxy!

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It's that time of year where all first-years arrive for orientation. It has to be one of the most exciting times of the year with everyone coming from every part of the country. Here is a picture from orientation. We are having our first team BBQ at the coaches house tomorrow.

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I want to take this opportunity to introduce our new assistant coach, Sean Warlick. A midwesterner at heart, he comes all the way to California from Iowa, where he grew up and went to college. After countless hours of meetings already, he is going to be a great addition to the Oxy Swimming & Diving Family.

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Check back in the near future as we update you on the lives and happenings of the Oxy Swimming & Diving Family.In the mean time. If you haven't seen our pool...here it is! (It has a "Gladiator" feel to it)

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