CLU Regals Swimming and Diving Newshttp://www.callutheran.edu/sportsCalifornia Lutheran University is a diverse scholarly community dedicated to excellence in the liberal arts and professional studies. Founded in 1959, Cal Lutheran is part of a 500-year-old tradition of Lutheran higher education --a tradition that insists on wide-ranging, critical inquiry into matters of both faith and reason.Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:08:04 PSTen-us2012 California Lutheran UniversityHarbach Named Conference Female Athlete of the Weekhttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8333Cal Lutheran swimmer Mimi Harbach was voted the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Female Athlete of the Week, announced on Tuesday.

]]>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Cal Lutheran swimmer Mimi Harbach was voted the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Female Athlete of the Week, announced on Tuesday.

Release: Harbach Named SCIAC AOW

Harbach won three individual events during Cal Lutheran's 131.5-98.5 road conference dual meet on Saturday, Feb. 4, against Whittier. She was first to the wall in the 200 free (2:01.21) and 200 individual medley (2:16.38). She led a pair of 1-2 finishes in those events as teammates Brooke Hubbard and Kelli Miller followed close behind, respectively.

She later outdueled Whittier's Erin Bartholomew in the 500 free to win by nearly three seconds. Over the final 200 yards, Harbach widened her slim lead by over two seconds and won in a time of 5:16.06.

Harbach is the first CLU female swimmer to receive SCIAC Athlete of the Week honors since current assistant coach Christa Ratcliff from Nov. 13-19, 2007.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8333Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:00 PSTRegals Cap off Regular Season with Win Over Whittierhttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8327The Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team finished out the regular season by securing a 33-point conference road win over Whittier on Saturday. Mimi Harbach won three individual events, highlighted by a 500-yard freestyle victory over the defending conference champion.

]]>WHITTIER, Calif. - The Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team finished out the regular season by securing a 33-point conference road win over Whittier on Saturday. Mimi Harbach won three individual events, highlighted by a 500-yard freestyle victory over the defending conference champion.

Results: CLU 131.5, WC 98.5 - F

CLU built a comfortable lead early on as diver Sheyenne Machida won both the 1-meter (200.70) and 3-meter (188.65) diving competitions. Teammate Danielle Mooshagian completed a 1-2 finish on the 1-meter board.

Cal Lutheran won both relays to bookend the meet starting with the 400 medley relay. Shelby Brooks led off the squad providing over a two second lead following her leadoff backstroke leg. She later won the 200 back (2:14.62) by over four full seconds to secure one of the team's six individual event wins of the day.

Harbach was first to the wall in the 200 free (2:01.21) and 200 individual medley (2:16.38). She led a pair of 1-2 finishes in those events as teammates Brooke Hubbard and Kelli Miller followed close behind, respectively.

She later outdueled Whittier's Erin Bartholomew in the 500 free to win by nearly three seconds. Over the final 200 yards, Harbach widened her slim lead by over two seconds and won in a time of 5:16.06.

Cal Lutheran (3-4) will compete in the SCIAC Diving Prelims from Feb. 12-13, and the SCIAC Championships from Feb. 19-21.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8327Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:30:00 PSTCLU Honors Seniors in Home Finalehttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8301The Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team participated in its final home meet of the season on Saturday against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The Regals fell to the nine-time defending conference champions 140-82.

]]>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team participated in its final home meet of the season on Saturday against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The Regals fell to the nine-time defending conference champions 140-82.

Results: CMS 140, CLU 82 - F

Mimi Harbach won a pair of events to lead Cal Lutheran. She was victorious in the 400-yard individual medley (4:42.33) and 500 yard freestyle (5:15.15). Taylor Faust won the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:22.81) and Kelli Miller won the 100-yard breaststroke (1:10.82).

Cal Lutheran honored its four active seniors in Brooke Dacus, Danielle Mooshagian, Jenna Snyder, and Brittany Vientos.

The  3-meter diving competition was cancelled due to high winds.

Cal Lutheran (2-4 SCIAC) will head out to Whittier for its final regular season conference dual meet of the year on Saturday, Feb. 4.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8301Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:00:00 PSTCal Lutheran Falls to Redlandshttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8274Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving fell to Redlands 147-95 at the Samuelson Aquatics Center on Saturday afternoon. Regals freshman Mimi Harbach was the top performer winning three individual events against the Bulldogs.

]]>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving fell to Redlands 147-95 at the Samuelson Aquatics Center on Saturday afternoon. Regals freshman Mimi Harbach was the top performer winning three individual events against the Bulldogs.

Results: UR 147, CLU 95 - F

Harbach's Saturday schedule covered 2,550 yards in the water starting off with the mile. She led from start to finish finishing in a time of 18:28.91, over 40 seconds ahead of her nearest competition.

Another grueling event was next in the 400-yard individual medley. A strong start following the butterfly leg led the way to a comfortable 10 second margin of victory in a finishing time of 4:44.56. To close out the day she cleared the rest of the field by over 10 seconds in the 500 free (5:16.14) to complete her 3-for-3 effort.

Despite swirling winds Regals diver Sheyenne Machida came out ahead in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions. Machida and teammate Danielle Mooshagian went 1-2 on the 1-meter board with Machida scoring over 200 points for the first time this season (208.65). She outlasted a trio of Bulldogs to take the 3-meter competition (178.45) by nearly 10 points.

Jenna Snyder won the 100 fly (1:01.99) having to hold off Redlands' Margo Macready (1:02.10). Earlier in the meet Macready won the 200 free (1:58.53) as the only swimmer to completed the eight lengths in under two minutes.

UR's Chandra Lukes led her team with a pair of individual events wins. She won the 50 free (25.40) and 100 free (55.58), and teamed up with Shirin Sedaghat to finish 1-2 in both races.

Cal Lutheran (2-3 SCIAC) will host the nine-time defending SCIAC Champions in Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Saturday, Jan. 28. It will be the final home CLU home meet of the 2011-12 campaign.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8274Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:00:00 PSTRegals Roll Past Beavershttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8258Cal Lutheran evened its conference record following a 162-75 road victory over Caltech on Saturday. Mimi Harbach won three events and Sheyenne Machida swept the diving competitions to knock off the Beavers.

]]>PASADENA, Calif. - Cal Lutheran evened its conference record following a 162-75 road victory over Caltech on Saturday. Mimi Harbach won three events and Sheyenne Machida swept the diving competitions to knock off the Beavers.

Results: CLU 162, CIT 75 - F 

Machida won the 1-meter (174.30) and 3-meter (170.10) boards to put the Regals out front early on. Harbach came from behind to win the 200-yard freestyle (2:00.68), and completed her undefeated day with wins in the 200 individual medley (2:19.14) and 500 free (5:18.72).

Emily Riddle won the 1,000 free (11:49.51), Jenna Snyder led a sweep in the 100 free (58.31), and Shelby Brooks did likewise in the 100 back (1:03.34). Kelli Miller won the 100 breast in convincing fashion in a time of 1:12.94. 

Caltech's Caitlin Regan won the 50 free and 100 fly to avoid a CLU meet sweep.

Cal Lutheran (2-2 SCIAC) will host Redlands on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 10:30 a.m.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8258Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:00:00 PSTHarbach Going the Distance for CLU Swimminghttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8246Mimi Harbach wasn't very excited to learn the Cal Lutheran women's swimming team would be having a training camp during the holiday break.

]]>Mimi Harbach wasn't very excited to learn the Cal Lutheran women's swimming team would be having a training camp during the holiday break.

Although it's an annual tradition, Harbach would be experiencing the workouts for the first time.

Once the freshman arrived back on campus, her mind-set completely changed.

"I really like it. It is nice being here without school and to be able to focus on swimming," Harbach said. "I have been able to really get on track and get in better shape. It has really helped me toward that, and I can see myself getting into much better shape than the beginning of the season and even like a month ago."

Harbach displayed her progress last Saturday by winning the 500- and 1,000-yard freestyle events and finishing second in the 200 free in a meet against Pomona-Pitzer.

"I didn't really know how I would do swimming with older people in college, but I have found it going well for me," she said. "I like Division III swimming a lot and it's been a pretty good experience so far."

Harbach was drawn to the water at a young age.

After her family moved from Michigan to Chino Hills when she was in the fifth grade, Harbach began swimming more competitively.

She did mostly sprint events at the outset, but eventually switched to distance events.

"One day my coaches put me in the 500 and I did way better in that than I ever did in the sprint stuff," she said. "Sometimes I still wish I could just do a fast 100 and get it over with, but I kind of like being able to hold a steady pace. I can't start off really fast, but I can stay at a good pace and hold a pretty fast pace for a long time, which is what I like about doing distance."

Harbach visited several small colleges before deciding CLU was the best all-around fit for her ambitions.

"I really liked watching CLU's practices and everything else about the school," said Harbach, who is majoring in communications and wants to work in marketing. "I really wanted to attend a Division III school too. I wanted to swim in college, but I didn't want to go Division I because academics is just as important to me as swimming and I wanted to be able to balance both."

Harbach's goal is to extend her freshman season as long as possible and reach the NCAA Championship meet in the 500 free and possibly the 400 individual medley.

"It's kind of snuck up on me how fast the season has gone already," she said. "It seems like only yesterday we were at the beginning of the season and it would go on forever. Now it's almost over. It's weird to think about that."

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8246Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:00:00 PSTRegals Drop Heartbreaker to Sagehenshttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8240Coming down to the final race of the afternoon the Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team fell to Pomona-Pitzer 122-117 on Saturday at the Samuelson Aquatics Center.

]]>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Coming down to the final race of the afternoon the Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team fell to Pomona-Pitzer 122-117 on Saturday at the Samuelson Aquatics Center.

Results: PP 122, CLU 117 - F

Mimi Harbach, Jenna Snyder and Sheyenne Machida each won a pair of individual events to lead the Regals. Shelby Brooks notched the other individual event victory in the 100-yard backstroke.

A pair of freshmen battled each other in the distance freestyle events with Harbach outlasting Pomona-Pitzer Vicky Gyorffy in both the 500 and 1,000-yard events. She narrowly missed out on a third as Pomona-Pitzer Alex Lincoln won the 200 free (1:58.35) by .19 seconds over Harbach.

Lincoln was the lone double-winner for Pomona-Pitzer as she also won the 100 free (55.13). She led a Sagehens 1-2-3 sweep in the event.

Snyder took the 50 free and 100 butterfly, and Machida won the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions.

The strong start gave Cal Lutheran a lead it would hold until the conclusion of the meet. CLU led 108-95 with two events remaining in the meet schedule. The 100-yard breaststroke was first with CLU sophomore Kelli Miller battling three Sagehen swimmers for the event win.

Miller led at the halfway point but Sarah Tuggy won in a time of 1:11.74. The Sagehens pulled to within four points after their swimmers finished first, third and fourth in the event to outscore the Regals 14-5.

It came down to 400-yard free relay with Miller leading off the team after having swam in the prior event. The Pomona-Pitzer team won the event and completed its comeback.

Cal Lutheran (1-2 SCIAC) showed a significant improvement compared to last year's result when the Regals fell to the Sagehens by 51 points.

The Regals will be on the road Saturday, Jan. 14, against Caltech.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8240Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:00:00 PSTCal Lutheran Hosts Annual Winter Invitehttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8229Cal Lutheran hosted its first competition of the 2011-12 season on Friday. The Samuelson Aquatics Center played host to the CLU Winter Invitational featuring a four-team field which included UC Santa Cruz, Pacific Lutheran, and Whitworth.

]]>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Cal Lutheran hosted its first competition of the 2011-12 season on Friday. The Samuelson Aquatics Center played host to the CLU Winter Invitational featuring a four-team field which included UC Santa Cruz, Pacific Lutheran, and Whitworth.

Women's Results: 3rd (457.5)
Men's Results: 2nd (699.5)

After competing in 30 events Whitworth took top honors on the men's side with 951.5 points while UC Santa Cruz earned the top spot for the women with 873.

The Kingsmen finished second to the Pirates while the Regals were third behind UCSC and Whitworth. PLU rounded out the field on both sides.

Mimi Harbach was the victor in the 500-yard free with a time of 5:21.80 for the Regals.

For the men, Conrad Sheffer was second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:02.45. CLU then went 2-3-4 in the 25 free with Chase Miller hitting the wall in 10.23 just ahead of Sheffer and Scott Beatty who tied in 10.27.

The swimming and diving program was one of three Cal Lutheran programs to host an annual tournament or invitational on Friday. Both the men's and women's basketball programs hosted their respective events with each picking up a victory.

Cal Lutheran will be back in the pool and return to conference competition on Saturday, Jan. 7, when it hosts a SCIAC dual meet against Pomona-Pitzer.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8229Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:30:00 PSTRegals Wrap up Finis Collegiate Invitehttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8198The Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team placed fourth among an eight team field at the three-day Finis Collegiate Invite this past weekend. The Regals were the highest finishing SCIAC squad among four conference schools.

]]>SOUTH GATE, Calif. - The Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team placed fourth among an eight team field at the three-day Finis Collegiate Invite this past weekend. The Regals were the highest finishing SCIAC squad among four conference schools.

Results: Finis Collegiate Invite

Cal Lutheran got off to a strong start on Friday with a convincing win by newcomer Mimi Harbach. She won won the 1,000-yard free (18:06.25) by over 80 seconds against the rest of the field. Teammate Kelli Miller cruised to a victory in the 200 breaststroke (2:37.51)

Jenna Snyder trailed teammate Shelby Brooks with two lengths left in the 200 backstroke. Her steady pace and even splits led her to victory in a time of 2:16.71. She went on to win two individual events taking 200 fly (2:25.04) later in the day.

Snyder capped off perfect day by anchoring the winning 400 free relay team. Brooke Dacus, Brooke Hubbard and Harbach provided a comfortable cushion for Snyder to bring home the victory.

The Cal Poly San Luis Obispo team arrived on Saturday and went on to win the meet on both the men's and women's sides.

Cal Lutheran will host its first competition of the season when the CLU Winter Invitational gets underway on Friday, Dec. 30.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8198Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:00:00 PSTCal Lutheran Cruises to First SCIAC Winhttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8187Cal Lutheran won all but two events during a 164-68 conference road victory over La Verne on Saturday. Freshman Mimi Harbach won three individual events in leading the Regals to their first SCIAC win of the year.

]]>LA VERNE, Calif. - Cal Lutheran won all but two events during a 164-68 conference road victory over La Verne on Saturday. Freshman Mimi Harbach won three individual events in leading the Regals to their first SCIAC win of the year.

Results: CLU 164, ULV 68 - F

Harbach won all three of her individual races during a SCIAC road win over La Verne on Saturday. She won the 200-yard IM by over seven seconds, the 500 free by 15 seconds, and the 1,000 free by over 52 seconds.

Teammate Kelli Miller was the only swimmer to finish under a minute to take the 100-yard free (59.15). She won the final individual event of the meet by over two seconds in taking the 100 breaststroke (1:14.28).

Juliana Rios (200 free), Sheyenne Machida (one-meter diving), Jenna Snyder (100 fly) and Danielle Mooshagian (three-meter diving) each won individual events.

La Verne's Maddie Lovrensky provided both of her team's wins doing so in the 50 free (25.49) and 100 back (1:01.65).

Cal Lutheran (1-1) will take part in the three-day Finis Collegiate Invite at the South Gate Swim Stadium in South Gate, Calif. The meet begins on Friday, Dec. 9 and will feature a prelims and finals session during each of day of competition.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8187Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:00:00 PSTRegals Drop SCIAC Opener to Tigershttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8182The Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team dropped its conference opener on the road to Occidental, 134-96. Shelby Brooks and Mimi Harbach provided individual event wins for the Regals on Friday afternoon.

]]>LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Cal Lutheran women's swimming and diving team dropped its conference opener on the road to Occidental, 134-96. Shelby Brooks and Mimi Harbach provided individual event wins for the Regals on Friday afternoon.

Results: OXY 134, CLU 96 - F

Brooks won the 200-yard backstroke (2:19.44) after powering through the final 50 yards to overtake Occidental's Caroline Chang.

Harbach led a 1-2-3 sweep of the 500-yard freestyle winning in a time of 5:23.80. She won by nearly 20 seconds over teammate Juliana Rios. Fellow Regal Emily Riddle held on for third to earn the maximum 16 points in that event.

Sarah Forsythe, Juliana Rios, Kelli Miller and Jenna Snyder teamed up to win the 200-yard free relay (1:48.22) to close out the meet. However the Tigers were able to build a sizeable lead throughout the duration of Friday's dual meet.

Swimmers Mallory Ryan and Juliet Suess, and diver Jessica Robson each won two events in the Tigers victory.

Cal Lutheran will remain on the road for its second conference meet in as many days. The Regals will take on La Verne at 10:30 a.m.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8182Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:00:00 PSTMachida and Brem Lead Cal Lutheran at Bulldog Diving Invitehttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8163Four members of the Cal Lutheran diving team competed at the Bulldog Diving Invite on Saturday, Nov. 19. Regal Sheyenne Machida took runner-up and Kingsman Ryan Brem fifth place on the one-meter board to lead the team.

]]>REDLANDS, Calif. - Four members of the Cal Lutheran diving team competed at the Bulldog Diving Invite on Saturday, Nov. 19. Regal Sheyenne Machida took runner-up and Kingsman Ryan Brem fifth place on the one-meter board to lead the team. 

Results: Bulldog Invite (Women)
Results: Bulldog Invite (Men)

Machida led by nearly 11 points heading into the final round after scoring 30 or more points on each of her first five dives. She provided the highest scoring dive of the one-meter competition in the second round scoring 42.90 points. 

Her closest competition came from Cal Baptist's Jamie Flynn. She scored nearly 41 points on her final dive to overtake Machida for the title.

Brem earned his top-five finish in the one-meter competition by the slimmest of margin outscoring James Stevick of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps by .05 points. Consistency paid off for Brem, who scored 30 or more points on five of his six dives, while Stevick missed on his first and scored only 20 on his fifth round dive. 

CMS' Stevick was the top Division III finisher in the three-meter board. Brem was on the short end of a close battle coming up .60 points shy of a fifth place finish. Teammate Drake Hunter had the highest scoring Cal Lutheran dive on the three-meter racking up 34.20 points on his third round attempt.

All members of the Cal Lutheran swimming and diving teams will return to action in the conference opener on Friday, Dec. 2, at 2 p.m. at Occidental. It is the first of back-to-back SCIAC road meets as CLU will face La Verne on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 10:30 a.m.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8163Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:00:00 PSTSwimmers Start Season Off at Malibu Invitehttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8037The swimmers of the Cal Lutheran swimming and diving team took to the pool on day two of the Malibu Invitational hosted by Pepperdine University. The meet schedule featured 50, 100, and 200-yard distances of each stroke in a non-scoring format.

]]>MALIBU, Calif. - The swimmers of the Cal Lutheran swimming and diving team took to the pool on day two of the Malibu Invitational hosted by Pepperdine University. The meet schedule featured 50, 100, and 200-yard distances of each stroke in a non-scoring format.

Results: Day Two (Women)
Results: Day Two (Men)

Saturday's field included competitors from the host Waves, CLU, Biola, Soka University, LMU and Azusa Pacific.

On the men's side it was a three-team meet between the Kingsmen, Biola and Soka. For the Kingsmen Garrett Naumann, Rafael Ingannamonte, Kyle Eckhart and Conrad Sheffer each won individual events on the day.

The Regals swam against LMU, APU, Biola and Pepperdine. Jenna Snyder finished ninth in the 50-yard fly (28.45) and Shelby Brooks eighth in the 50-yard back (30.04) to highlight CLU's individual performances.

The CLU divers return to action on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Bulldog Diving Invite hosted by Redlands. The entire Cal Lutheran squad resumes competition on Friday, Dec. 2, to face Occidental in the first of seven SCIAC dual meets.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8037Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:00:00 PSTCLU Dives into Winter Season Schedulehttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8033Five Cal Lutheran divers took to the boards on Friday afternoon during day one of the Malibu Invitational hosted by Pepperdine. Drake Hunter and Ryan Brem each won a competition and Sheyenne Machida took runner-up on the one-meter board for the Regals.

]]>MALIBU, Calif. - Five Cal Lutheran divers took to the boards on Friday afternoon during day one of the Malibu Invitational hosted by Pepperdine. Drake Hunter and Ryan Brem each won a competition and Sheyenne Machida took runner-up on the one-meter board for the Regals.

Results: Malibu Invite (Diving)

Hunter returned for Cal Lutheran with a strong performance on the three-meter board scoring 191.55 points for the victory. This season he is joined by two freshmen teammates in Ryan Brem and Kevin Schultz.

After finishing runner-up to Hunter on the higher board Brem was victorious on the one-meter board with a winning score of 211.55. Schultz finished second and Hunter third to complete the Kingsmen sweep.

Machida and teammate Juliet Campbell competed on the one-meter board finishing second and eighth, respectively. Machida scored 206.80 points and edged out Pepperdine's Kristin Scribner for second place by less than two points. Waves' Elle Wade won the competition with a score of 227.85.

The Cal Lutheran swimmers will see their first competitive action tomorrow on day two of the Malibu Invitational. The meet is scheduled to resume at 10 a.m.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8033Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:00:00 PSTWinter Sports Season Begins Fridayhttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8028The Cal Lutheran swimming and diving teams will officially start the 2011-12 winter season when taking to the pool on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Malibu Invitational hosted by Pepperdine.

]]>MALIBU, Calif. - The Cal Lutheran swimming and diving teams will officially start the 2011-12 winter season when taking to the pool on Friday, Oct. 21, at the Malibu Invitational hosted by Pepperdine.

The two-day meet will start at Noon on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22. The CLU divers will compete at the Bulldog Diving Invite hosted by Redlands on Nov. 19, while the swimmers will not compete again until early December.

Schedule: Swimming and Diving

The Kingsmen and Regals swimming and diving teams are only two of the four winter season varsity programs sponsored at CLU. Both the Cal Lutheran men's and women's basketball teams will play their first respective contests on Sunday, Nov. 6.

Schedule: Men's Basketball

The Kingsmen will play two exhibition contests with the first at home against the Afghanistan National Team. After another exhibition game on the road against Division I UC Riverside on Friday, Nov. 11, CLU will officially begin its season at La Sierra on Nov. 19.

Schedule: Women's Basketball

The Regals will face Division I Loyola Marymount in a road exhibition game before officially getting their season underway. Cal Lutheran will host Hope International on Tuesday, Nov. 15 at 7:30 p.m.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/8028Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:00:00 PSTCLU Hands Out End of Year Awardshttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/7610On Monday inside Gilbert Arena student-athletes representing each of Cal Lutheran's 19 programs were recognized for their achievements throughout the 2010-11 season at the annual end of the year gathering put together by members of both the CLU athletics department and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

]]>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - On Monday inside Gilbert Arena student-athletes representing each of Cal Lutheran's 19 programs were recognized for their achievements throughout the 2010-11 season at the annual end of the year gathering put together by members of both the CLU athletics department and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

The Cal Lutheran Senior Athletes of the Year were officially announced during the event with Allison Kerr of volleyball earning the honor for the women. Eric Flores and Andrew Giuffrida will share the honor for the men.

Seventy-two Cal Lutheran student-athletes are scheduled to graduate this month including the CLU Scholar-Athletes of the Year in Bobby Sanders of women's water polo and Ray Ostrander of men's cross country and track and field.

All student-athletes from this past season received a token of appreciation for their respective contributions this year with first year CLU members getting a CLU athletics department shirt, second year a sweatshirt, third year a letterman and fourth year a plaque.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/7610Mon, 09 May 2011 18:00:00 PSTCal Lutheran Athletes Making the Gradehttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/7608It started in a little room in the humanities building. It eventually moved to the Lundring Events Center, where everyone assumed it would remain for many years. But the numbers just kept increasing, so this year's Cal Lutheran Scholar-Athlete Society induction banquet had to be held in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center.

]]>It started in a little room in the humanities building. It eventually moved to the Lundring Events Center, where everyone assumed it would remain for many years. But the numbers just kept increasing, so this year's Cal Lutheran Scholar-Athlete Society induction banquet had to be held in the Gilbert Sports and Fitness Center.

A record-high 112 athletes were honored last Saturday for having a cumulative GPA of at least 3.4. The standard far exceeds the 2.0 needed to be eligible to compete in athletics.

"To me that is the whole Division III philosophy of being a student and a top athlete," CLU Athletic Director Dan Kuntz said. "Our mission is to help them do well in school and do well in their sport and give them an opportunity to carry those on to other things."

The Scholar-Athlete Society started in 2003 with only 36 athletes. Although the amount of teams at CLU has remained the same, the number of athletes honored has jumped exponentially.

This year's total represents nearly 30 percent of the athletes at CLU.

"They are competitive people, and if you let them know what the expectation is, they are going to go for it," Kuntz said. "Once it happens once and someone see it, they realize the opportunity is there for them and it becomes a road map for others to follow."

CLU distance runner Roy Ostrander and women's water polo player Bobby Sanders, who were recently named Cal Lutheran Senior Scholar-Athletes of the Year, have been members of the society all four years at CLU.

In front of a large gathering of relatives, coaches and administrators, each of the 116 honorees received certificates and other small tokens of reward.

"If they have the passion and commitment to their sport, it is a large chunk of their time they have to dedicate to play," Kuntz said. "It's asking a lot because they are not getting scholarship money or a private tutor or special trainer or registration just for them. They are doing this on their own because they want to."

Kuntz believes the environment at CLU is conducive for athletes to balance sports and academics successfully.

"The students have people around them and resources available if they need support, and I think a person tends to thrive more if they feel like they can do more," Kuntz said. "I think those things have really evolved at CLU the last several years and there has been a lot of work to ensure the infrastructure is in place."

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/7608Mon, 09 May 2011 15:45:00 PSTApril 6 is National Student-Athlete Dayhttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/7492On Wednesday, Apr. 6 institutions of higher learning will celebrate student-athletes across the country as part of National Student-Athlete Day. The program of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS), has been celebrated annually on this date since 1987.

]]>THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - On Wednesday, Apr. 6 institutions of higher learning will celebrate student-athletes across the country as part of National Student-Athlete Day. The program of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS), has been celebrated annually on this date since 1987.

Official Website: National Student-Athlete Day

"We are very proud to honor hundreds of student athletes competing at CLU in 19 Division III sports programs and soon to be 20 with the addition of women's golf in 2011," commented Cal Lutheran Athletics Director Dan Kuntz. "As Division III athletes our students embrace the philosophy that competing in sports is an educational experience where learning extends beyond the classroom."

Brett Halvaks, the current CLU SAAC President as well as the NCAA Division III SCIAC and Northwest Conference SAAC Representative is receiving and giving out recognition to fellow student-athletes.

"I believe this day provides a wonderful opportunity to recognize what CLU Student-Athletes have accomplished over this past year; both in their sport and in the classroom as well," said Cal Lutheran Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President Brett Halvaks.

The special day honors individuals at both the high school and collegiate levels. There are over 425,000 NCAA student-athletes with Cal Lutheran representing some of the more than 168,000 from Division III.

"It is remarkable to think that CLU, not to mention all Division III student-athletes in general are competing at such a high level while being provided minimal athletic aid," stated Halvaks who is a member of both the Kingsmen cross country and track and field teams.

Appropriately two of Cal Lutheran's eight spring teams will hold true to the student-athlete moniker with women's water polo hosting Redlands at 5 p.m. and baseball heading out to Chapman on a day that recognizes the student-athlete.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/7492Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:00:00 PSTTeams Hold Position Over Final Nighthttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/7333The Cal Lutheran swimming and diving teams conclude the 2011 SCIAC Championship meet on Tuesday evening with the Kingsmen finishing in fourth place and the Regals taking sixth. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps won both the men's and women's team title for the meet and the overall conference championship.

]]>LONG BEACH, Calif. - The Cal Lutheran swimming and diving teams conclude the 2011 SCIAC Championship meet on Tuesday evening with the Kingsmen finishing in fourth place and the Regals taking sixth. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps won both the men's and women's team title for the meet and the overall conference championship.

Results: Women's (Day Three)
Results: Men's (Day Three)

Regals Recap
The women's team had three different freshmen reach championship finals in three straight races on the final day of competition, finishing in the top-eight overall during the preliminary morning heats.

The first was Shelby Brooks who continued her solid swims as she qualified in the 200-yard backstroke. She finished fifth in the night session and set a new school record with her time of 2:08.61. Brooks was the only swimmer to break school records over the past three days doing so in both backstroke distances.

Teammate Kelli Miller matched Brooks' effort on the ensuing event in the 200 breaststroke finishing in 2:28.94 and in fifth place. Completing the CLU trio is Laura Millet who finished eighth in the 200 butterfly (2:14.56).

Overall Cal Lutheran finished with 244 points, only 21.5 points behind fifth place Whittier. In the final SCIAC standings the two teams tied for fifth place. CMS was the runaway winner scoring 1,072.5 points and have now won nine straight conference titles. Redlands was the runner-up with 695 points.

CMS Freshman Michelle Kee was named SCIAC Female Swimmer of the Year.

Kingsmen Recap
To start the meet on the men's side junior Jake Kaija nearly earned a podium finish in the mile. During the race he broke his own school records with his split at the 1,000-yard mark (9:58.63) and his final time of 16:33.77, good enough for fourth place and less than two seconds away from third.

The 100 free featured four CLU swimmers making the final 16 with Grant East qualifying for the championship final. His prelims time of 47.05 would be his fastest of the night, a new school record and he held on to fifth in the finals. Teammate Jon Rye won the consolation final and teammates Kyle Eckhart and Will Kennedy finishing 12th and 13th, respectively.

Two more freshmen continued to score major points for the Kingsmen in Conrad Sheffer and Anthony Nguyen. After Nguyen broke Sheffer's record in the 100 distance the night prior, Sheffer took the 200 prelims out fast enough to break Nguyen's newly set record, and ended that race as the second seeded qualifier for the night session.

Sheffer held a steady race pace in the championship finals but ran out of water to catch up finishing in a time of 2:06.83 and in fourth place, just .42 seconds behind the runner-up. Nguyen went on to finish seventh overall.

Jordan Liebhardt was the lone senior on either side for Cal Lutheran and was recognized prior to the finals competition on Tuesday. He was the final CLU swimmer to be in the water for the meet anchoring the 400 free relay.

CLU finished in fourth overall scoring 401 points. CMS won the meet scoring 921 points and has won four straight conference titles. Redlands was the runner-up with 739 points, followed by Pomona-Pitzer scoring 479.

Tyler Harp, a junior from Redlands was named the SCIAC Male Swimmer of the Year. He has won the award the past three years.

]]>http://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/7333Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:00:00 PSTSCIAC Championships Day Two Recaphttp://www.clusports.com/womens_swimming_diving/news/7327Sheyenne Machida and Conrad Sheffer each earned runner-up finishes during the second day of the 2011 SCIAC Swimming and Diving Championships on Monday. Each set new school records and in total between the Kingsmen and Regals they racked up six more on the night.

]]>LONG BEACH, Calif. - Sheyenne Machida and Conrad Sheffer each earned runner-up finishes during the second day of the 2011 SCIAC Swimming and Diving Championships on Monday. Each set new school records and in total between the Kingsmen and Regals they racked up six more on the night.

Results: Monday Finals (Women)
Results: Monday Finals (Men)

Machida, a freshman diver for the Regals finished with 376.60 points in the one-meter diving competition, within eight points of the champion. Carmen Lundell of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps won with a score of 384.15.

Sheffer was the top qualifier following the preliminary heats of the 400-yard individual medley. He went stroke-for-stroke with the defending conference champion in the finals through the first 300 yards, but finished as the runner-up (4:06.39). Chris Depew of Redlands won the event pulling away over the final 100 yards and finished in a time of 4:02.54.

CLU school records on the men's side set Monday include the 200 free by Grant East (1:43.46), Anthony Nguyen in the 100 breast (59.76) who became the first swimmer in program history to break a minute in that event, along with the 800 free relay team of East, Jordan Liebhardt, Jake Kaija and Sheffer.

The Kingsmen currently stand in fourth place through two days of competition with 288 points. CMS currently leads with 612 points, followed by Redlands with 516.

Shelby Brooks on the women's side became the first woman to finish four lengths of backstroke in under a minute, finishing the 100 back in 59.86 and seventh in the finals.

The Regals are in sixth place through the first two days with 162 points. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps leads with 766.5 points, followed by Redlands with 438 points.

The SCIAC Championship meet will conclude on Tuesday, Feb. 22.

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