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...]
Mullen & Henzell 3-Mile Ocean Swim Recap & Results
July 4, 2011 By
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 … [Read more...]
McGuire-Dykstra dominate, win Santa Barbara Open title
July 4, 2011 By
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...]
2011 CBVA Women’s Open Volleyball
July 2, 2011 By
By Barry Punzal, PresidioSports.com Kathrin Winkler and Tarin Keith, a pair of triple-A players, won their second California Beach Volleyball Association tournament title on Saturday, beating … [Read more...]
2011 Festival Overview
July 1, 2011 By
By Barry Punzal, PresidioSports.com Swimming, running, beach volleyball, softball and tennis — sports many Santa Barbarans love to do — will take center stage for the next two weekends as part of … [Read more...]
2010 6-mile swim results
May 27, 2011 By
Santa Barbara 6 mile Ocean Swim 2010 Results overall place name time 1 Stewart Reid—Santa Barbara 1:43.50 2 Chip McDaniel—Venice 1:50.08 3 Jim McConica—Ventura … [Read more...]
2010 Presidio Sports Beach Soccer Summer Slam
July 17, 2010 By
There were discussions over food and drink at Union Ale on Saturday night about how to bring permanent soccer courts to the sand of West Beach. That's how much fun the first-ever Beach Soccer … [Read more...]
Reid rules Reef and Run mile swim again
July 6, 2010 By
When Stewart Reid enters the Reef and Run Series 1-mile ocean swim, the chances are good that he’s going to come out on top. Competing in the 11th event of the series on Tuesday at East Beach, Reid … [Read more...]
Eacret wins four events at chaotic Semana Nautica meet
July 6, 2010 By
The traffic is always heavy downtown during the Fourth of July, but traffic in the water at Los Baños Pool was downright ridiculous for the 42nd Annual Semana Nautica Swim Meet. “It’s crazy, … [Read more...]
Warkentin works through winter-like 3-mile
July 4, 2010 By
Olympian Mark Warkentin made it a clean sweep in the Semana Nautica 1-mile and 3-mile open-water swims this weekend, finishing off the 3-mile in 58 minutes and six seconds on Sunday … [Read more...]
