Cuesta Men's and Women's Swimming travels to Santa Monica this Thursday, Friday and Saturday for the 2025 Western State Conference Championships.  The men are eyeing their 5th straight title and 20th overall, while the women, who won 21 titles in their first three decades of competition (1979-2008), are chasing their first title since 2021.  

The men won four of their nine meets during the regular season and placed in the top three in each of the others.  The Aqua-Jocks were also undefeated against their Western State Conference foes and are poised to add another trophy to their championship haul.  Freshman Grant Huston and returning WSC Champion Conner Rocha lead the team into the championships.  Huston has enjoyed an unbelievable freshman season, while setting seven new school records and posting Cuesta Top 10 marks in 16 of the 18 individual events. Luckily, for the Cougars' opponents, he can only swim three individuals races at the meet.  He is seeded 1st in the 200-individual medley, as well as both the 100 and 200 freestyles.  Rocha is back to defend his title in the 200-butterfly and is also the top seed in the 100-butterfly and 3rd-seed in the 50-freestyle.  Freshman Beau Gendron is also poised for a visit to the top of the podium.  Gendron is the #1-seed in the 100-breaststroke and will also join Huston in the 100-freestyle.  This trio shall join nine other Cougars for a total of a dozen swimmers earning a total of 24 Top 5 seeds over a dozen events.

The women's team is led by Sophomore Madison Corrigan, who is seeded in the Top 5 in all three of her individual events.  She is Cuesta's highest seeded swimmer and poised to earn all-WSC honors in all of them. She is seeded 2nd in the 200-breaststroke, 4th in the 100-breaststroke and 5th in the 500-freestyle.  Her lanemates Annika Pauschek and Kailey Ardouin are also poised to take home all-Conference honors in multiple events.  Pauschek is seeded 3rd in the 100-backstroke and 4th in the 200-backstroke, while Ardouin shall join Corrigan as the 4th-seed in the 200-breaststroke and is also the 5th-seed in the 200-individual medley.   The Cougars also have Amelia Braun as the 4th-seed in the 100-butterfly and Marcella Fabre as the 5th-seed in the 100-individual medley.  

Note- Last weekend's regional diving scores have not been released but shall be added to the final scores at the conclusion of the WSC Championships.