Montgomery, Casebeer take down CBVA Santa Barbara Open

Local boys Will Montgomery and Jeremy Casebeer won Sunday’s CBVA Santa Barbara Open at East Beach, coming from behind in the championship match to defeat Adam Cabbage and Andrew Fuller 12-21, 21-15, … [Read more...]

Morrison wins second distance swim of 2012 Semana Nautica

Evan Morrison was the distance champion of this year’s Semana Nautica ocean swim events. One week after taking the 3-mile swim in choppy water off East Beach, he captured the 6-mile swim from … [Read more...]

Dome wins 76th Santa Barbara Tennis Open

A twister blew through the 76th Santa Barbara Open. Top-seeded Andre Dome, unleashing a fierce, twisting, two-fisted forehand and backhand and a big serve, overpowered Cal Poly teammate Marco … [Read more...]

Sushchikh takes first at Semana Nautica 15k

Sergey Sushchikh won Wednesday morning's Semana Nautica 4th of July 15k race with a time of 48:57, winning the Semana Nautica 15k for the first time after two near misses. "It's just always been a … [Read more...]

Introducing the 2012 Festival Poster

Here is the fresh-off-the-presses 2012 Semana Nautica festival poster designed by Andrea Russell. Less than a month away, we're excited to be putting the final touches on what will be a great 75th … [Read more...]

A look back at the 74th Semana Nautica Festival

If they weren’t dripping wet with ocean or pool water, they were drenched in sweat from taking part in events at the 74th annual Semana Nautica summer sports festival. Participants were either … [Read more...]

O’Siadhail, Roy win in Semana Nautica biathlon debuts

Not even a wrong lef turn could keep Irishman Donncha O’Siadhail from winning the Semana Nautica 5-mile biathlon on Saturday. O’Siadhail was so dominant in the 1-mile swim of the race that he had … [Read more...]

Clark preps for his specialty at Reef and Run duathalon

Jon Clark tuned up to defend his Semana Nautica Biathlon title this weekend by winning Tuesday night’s Santa Barbara Reef and Run Series duathalon at East Beach. Tuesday's event was part of the … [Read more...]

Mullen & Henzell 1-Mile Ocean Swim Recap

By Barry Punzal, PresidioSports.com After a career of competing around the world, swimmer Mark Warkentin has become a homebody. That doesn’t bode well for competitors who aim to win events like … [Read more...]

McGuire-Dykstra dominate, win Santa Barbara Open title

By Barry Punzal, PresidioSports.com Andy McGuire, the senior libero on UCSB’s national runner-up men’s volleyball team, returned to Santa Barbara and brought some Gaucho magic with him. McGuire … [Read more...]