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A look back at the 74th Semana Nautica Festival

July 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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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 sailing on the water or swimming in it; running along the beach or on the Santa Barbara streets; serving, passing, spiking and digging volleyballs at East Beach; hitting and snaring softballs at Elings Park; blasting passing shots at the Municipal Tennis Center and Tennis Club of Santa Barbara, or … [Read more...]

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Video Highlights (2011)

July 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Here are some videos from this year's Semana Nautica Sports Festival... If you have any video highlights from Semana Nautica that you would like posted on our site, please submit a link via our contact page. 4TH OF JULY 15k 6-MILE OCEAN SWIM 3-MILE OCEAN SWIM SANTA BARBARA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL OPEN SANTA BARBARA WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL OPEN SEMANA NAUTICA HIGHLIGHTS … [Read more...]

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Smith, Eacret fight through current, kelp to win Semana Nautica 6-mile swim

July 11, 2011 By 2 Comments

If swimming six miles in the ocean isn’t challenging enough, the competitors who took part in the annual Semana Nautica event also had to deal with a strong current and heavy kelp in their journey from the Goleta Beach Pier to Hendry’s Beach on Sunday morning. Those two factors reflected in the times. Seven swimmers last year finished under two hours, with winner Stewart Reid clocking 1:43.50. On Sunday, Ed Smith finished first in 2:29.14 and Valerie Eacret was the top woman in … [Read more...]

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O’Siadhail, Roy win in Semana Nautica biathlon debuts

July 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
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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 plenty of time to recover from a premature turn toward shore (about 150 yards before the finishing area) to win handily, beating perennial champion Jon Clark in the process. O’Siadhail, 33, a high school teacher in Ireland and a triathlete, won in 45 minutes, 26 seconds. Clark, 50, finished … [Read more...]

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Clark preps for his specialty at Reef and Run duathalon

July 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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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 Semana Nautica summer sports festival. Clark, 50, a multi-time winner of the biathlon, covered the 1k swim and 5k run in 38 minutes, 56 seconds. His swim time of 14:36 was the fastest of the evening. The top woman duathalon finisher was Whitney Bruice (7th overall) in 47:00. RESULTS The … [Read more...]

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UCLA distance coach takes first in Semana Nautica 15k

July 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Barry Punzal, PresidioSports.com In a battle between coach and athlete, the coach prevailed in the 57th annual 4th of July Semana Nautica 15-kilometer road race on Monday. Forest Braden, the distance running coach at UCLA, pulled away from his future athlete, Dos Pueblos grad Sergey Sushchikh at about the six-mile point and won in 48 minutes, 33 seconds. Sushchikh came in second in 49:20. The women’s winner was Mandy Grantz, a grad student at Cal Tech in Pasadena, in a 55:37 (10th … [Read more...]

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Santa Barbara Tennis Open Results

July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Kallim Stewart, pictured, will face Luis Perez for the Men's Open title.

Click Here for latest results from the 75th Santa Barbara Tennis Open. … [Read more...]

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Mullen & Henzell 1-Mile Ocean Swim Recap

July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Mark Warkentin was tops in the 2010 Semana Nautica 3-mile swim.

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 the Semana Nautica 1-mile ocean swim. Warkentin, a U.S. Olympian in open-water swimming, cruised past the record-field of 144 swimmers on Saturday to win the race along East Beach in 16 minutes, 49.53 seconds. Unlike the last two years, conditions were near perfect with water temperature … [Read more...]

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Mullen & Henzell 3-Mile Ocean Swim Recap & Results

July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment

By Barry Punzal, PresidioSports.com About the only thing missing at East Beach on Sunday morning was the chant, “Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi.” Australians Max Halson and Luane Rowe took the top honors in the Semana Nautica 3-mile open-water swim on an overcast morning. Halson, 18, was the overall winner in 57 minutes, 10 seconds, nipping Team Santa Monica teammate Jordan Wilimovsky (57:29). Rowe, 21, was the women’s champion (7th overall) in 1 hour, 3 minutes, 31 seconds. CLICK … [Read more...]

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McGuire-Dykstra dominate, win Santa Barbara Open title

July 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Will Montgomery, pictured, and Kevine Tillie finished in third.

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 was a force digging the ball and his partner, Joey Dykstra, controlled the net to frustrate 6-9 Andrew Fuller and Everett Matthews and win the championship of the Santa Barbara Men’s Open, 28-18, on Sunday at East Beach. The tournament was part of the Semana Nautica sports … [Read more...]

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