About the coach.....
JOHN MARSH- MEN’S WATER POLO AND MEN &WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
jmarsh@cuesta.edu
John became the second head coach for the Cuesta Aquatics program in December 2003 following the retirement of program founder Terry Bowen. He is well acquainted with the program as both an athlete and coach and was the natural choice to lead the program. He led the Cougars to Western State Conference titles in each of his first three seasons and in 2006 he also led them to third place at the State Championships; the school’s third best finish ever!
John has an extensive coaching career, which began with four years at Righetti High as an assistant water polo coach and head swimming coach. He then moved over to Santa Maria High as the head water polo and swimming coach and led that program to a 1991 CIF Title in water polo. After four years at Santa Maria, he left to spend more time in the farming and produce business, while establishing himself as one of the premier referees on the Central Coast. In 2001, the coaching bug again got a hold of John and he took over the Cal Poly SLO men and women’s water polo club teams. In his three seasons with the Mustangs, he led both teams to two National Collegiate Club Titles. After his first year at Cal Poly SLO, John also joined Terry Bowen’s staff as his top assistant in both water polo and swimming.
John began his academic career at Cuesta College and was a two-time All American in water polo. His 178 career goals in 1980-81 still rank third all time for the Cougars. After Cuesta, John transferred to UCLA and helped lead the Bruins to third place at the 1982 National Championships. He missed the 1983 season due to injury and moved back to the Central Coast to work in farming and begin his coaching career. John completed his Bachelor’s Degree and earned his Master’s in Kinesiology at Cal Poly SLO.
John lives with his wife, Debbie, in nearby Arroyo Grande. He has a daughter, Megan, and a son, Eric. Megan swam for the Cougars last spring.
Notes
CUESTA SWIMMING
Men
Cuesta 76, LA Valley 62
3M Diving: Tom Doran- NA
400 Medley Rly: Cuesta (Cue)- 3:57.86
1000 Free: Tim Cutter (Cue)- 11:00.94
200 Free: Mitch Brewer (Cue)- 1:48.22
50 Free: Ryan Baker (Cue)- :22.06
200 IM: Chris Bailey (Cue)- 2:11.34
200 Fly: Patrick Deckel (Cue)- 2:17.13
100 Free: Ryan Baker (Cue)- :48.37
200 Back: Bryan Buhagiar (Cue)- 2:06.52
500 Free: Tim Cutter (Cue)- 5:27.20
200 Breast: Mitch Brewer (Cue)- 2:26.38
400 Free Rly: Cuesta (Cue)- 3;22.48
1M Diving: Tom Doran (Cue)- NA
Women
Cuesta 92, LA Valley 85
1M Diving: Wright (LAV)- NA
200 Medley Rly: Cuesta (Cue)- 2:03.49
1000 Free: Mikaela Persson (Cue)- 11:31.73
200 Free: Heather Shaug (Cue)- 2:05.10
50 Free: Lauren Rose (Cue)- :27.31
200 IM: Mikaela Persson (Cue)- 2:34.35
3M Diving: Wright (LAV)- NA
100 Fly: Lauren Rose (Cue)- 1:05.85
100 Free: Heather Shaug (Cue)- :56.97
100 Back: Amanda Takahashi (Cue)- 1:05.97
500 Free: Tawny Snyder (Cue)- 6:01.46
100 Breast: Amanda Takahashi (Cue)- 1:15.34
200 Free Rly: Cuesta (Cue)-1:49.80
Notes- The Cuesta men and women both clinched second place in their Western State Conference dual meet season. The men beat LA Valley 76-62 and do not lose a single event. The women won 92-85, but lost the Monarchs were able to win both of the diving events. The Cougars, who are both 8-1, will compete for the overall WSC Championship in two weeks.
CUESTA SWIMMING & DIVING
MEN
Cuesta 57, Santa Monica 46
Cuesta 57, Canyons 32
Overall Men's winners
400 Medley Rly: Cuesta (Cue)
1000 Free: Tim Cutter (Cue)- 10:44.38
200 Free: Bishop (SMC)- 1:47.00
50 Free: Honayer (SMC)- :22.21
200 IM: Al-Burnazz (SMC)- 2:02
3M Diving: Tom Doran (Cue)- 163.88
200 Fly: Bishop (SMC)- 2:05
100 Free: Kris Peterson (Cue)- :50.28
200 Back: Bryan Buhagiar (Cue)- 2:05
500 Free: Tim Cutter (Cue)- 5:02.16
200 Breast: Chad Dugger (Cue)- 2:20.00
400 Free Rly: Cuesta (Cue)- 3;25.46
1M Diving: Tom Doran (Cue)- 172.2
Women
Cuesta 60.5, Santa Monica 45.5
Cuesta 61, Canyons 34
Overall women's winners
1M Diving: Ritz (SMC)- 163.74
200 Medley Rly: Cuesta (Cue)- 1:58.5
1000 Free: Ashley de Goede (Cue)- 12:35.25
200 Free: Lauren Rose (Cue)- 2:09.08
50 Free: Carter-Aaron (SMC)- :25.50
200 IM: Amanda Takahashi (Cue)- 2:22.78
3M Diving: Katie Emrick (Cue)- 94.45
100 Fly: Mikaela Persson (Cue)- 1:04.89
100 Free: Whitney Levicki (Cue)- 1:00.29
100 Back: Heather Shaug (Cue)1:06.40
500 Free: Mikaela Persson (Cue)- 5:34.43
100 Breast: Amanda Takahashi (Cue)- 1:11.77
200 Free Rly: Cuesta (Cue)-1:52.78
NOTES: The Cuesta men and women's swimming and diving teams both picked up a pair of wins in their Western State Conference double dual meet. All American Tim Cutter led the men with two overall wins in the pool and 2006 State Alternate Tom Doran added a couple of wins in diving to lead the men. Cutter won both the distance freestyle events with a time of 5:02.16 in the 500 and a time of 10:44.38 in the 1,000. Doran scored 163.88 points off the high dive and 172.2 off the one-meter plank. Swedish import Mikaela Persson and fellow freshman Amanda Takahashi both brought home a couple of overall wins to lead the women. Persson ground out wins in the 100 butterfly and 500 free, while the versatile Takahashi won the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke. Both the men and women's swim teams are 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the Western State Conference.
Next: The Cougars will host a triple dual meet against American River, Bakersfield and Ventura next Thursday. On Friday the Cougars will host the 30th Cuesta Swimming and Diving Invitational. It will run both Friday and Satruday.
Roster
|
| WOMEN [MEN] |
| Name |
Ht |
Event |
Yr |
Hometown/High School |
| Tammy Barksdale |
5-9 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Atascadero/ Atascadero |
| Meagan Bebb |
5-5 |
Backstroke |
Fr |
Victorville/ Granite Hills |
| Ashley de Goede |
5-9 |
Distance Free |
Fr |
Arroyo Grande/ AGHS |
| Katie Emrick |
5-10 |
Diving |
Fr |
Arroyo Grande/ AGHS |
| Penny Glass |
5-5 |
Sprint Free |
So |
Los Osos/ Morro Bay |
| Sara Inlow |
5-2 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Los Osos/ Morro Bay |
| Cheryl Kohlman |
5-5 |
Sprint Free |
So |
Jackson/ Argonaut |
| Whitney Levicki |
5-9 |
Sprint Free |
So |
Santa Cruz/ Soquel |
| Brenna Lucchesi |
5-5 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Ripon/ Ripon |
| Megan Marsh |
5-9 |
Backstroke |
So |
Arroyo Grande/ St Joseph |
| Sara Peacock |
5-8 |
Butterfly |
So |
Atascadero/ Atascadero |
| Mikaela Persson |
5-6 |
Butterfly |
Fr |
Eslor, Sweden/ Larsson Gym. |
| Lauren Rose |
5-4 |
Indiv. Medley |
Fr |
Arroyo Grande/ AGHS |
| Kendra Schapansky |
5-3 |
Butterfly |
So |
Reedley/ Reedley |
| Heather Shaug |
5-9 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
King City/ King City |
| Tawny Snyder |
5-9 |
Distance Free |
Fr |
San Luis Obispo/ SLO HS |
| Amanda Takahashi |
5-3 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Clovis/ Buchanan |
| Stephanie Weden |
5-7 |
Breaststroke |
So |
Belmont/ Carlmont |
| MEN |
| Name |
Ht |
Wt |
Event |
Yr |
Hometown/High School |
| Chris Bailey |
6-5 |
238 |
Backstroke |
Fr |
Fresno/ Clovis West |
| Ryan Baker |
6-2 |
200 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Woodlake/ Woodlake |
| Mitch Brewer |
6-1 |
170 |
Sprint Free |
So |
Clovis/ Buchanan |
| Bryan Buhagiar |
6-2 |
185 |
Backstroke |
So |
Newport Beach/Corona Del Mar |
| Eric Cavanagh |
6-3 |
205 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Fresno/ Bullard |
| Dylan Cox |
6-2 |
165 |
Distance Free |
So |
Lodi/ Lodi |
| Tim Cutter |
6-2 |
190 |
Indiv. Medley |
So |
Placerville/ El Dorado |
| Patrick Deckel |
6-0 |
215 |
Distance Free |
So |
Clovis/ Clovis East |
| Tom Doran |
6-1 |
180 |
Diving |
So |
Dublin/ Dublin |
| Chad Dugger |
5-11 |
170 |
Breaststroke |
Fr |
Clovis/ Clovis West |
| Kevin Dyck |
6-0 |
170 |
Butterfly |
Fr |
Kingsburg/ Kingsburg |
| Craig Erickson |
6-1 |
190 |
Sprint Free |
So |
Poway/ Poway |
| Trevor Frimond |
5-11 |
165 |
Sprint Free |
So |
Laguna Beach/ LBHS |
| Niels Grether |
5-11 |
165 |
Diving |
Fr |
San Luis Obispo/ SLO HS |
| Tyler Hitter |
6-3 |
220 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Fresno/ Bullard |
| Ian Hagn |
6-1 |
175 |
Sprint Free |
So |
Carmel/ Carmel |
| Robert Jacobs |
6-5 |
185 |
Butterfly |
Fr |
Lemoore/ Lemoore |
| Stephen James |
6-1 |
172 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Oakhurst/ Yosemite |
| Terrence Kifer |
5-11 |
180 |
Diving |
So |
Tollhouse/ Sierra |
| Thomas Kukula |
6-3 |
200 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Canary Islands, ESP/ Brantley, FL |
| Brian Lima |
6-2 |
178 |
Backstroke |
So |
King City/ King City |
| Alex Nickerson |
6-0 |
165 |
Breaststroke |
Fr |
Fresno/ Bullard |
| Kris Peterson |
6-0 |
170 |
Sprint Free |
So |
Livermore/ Livermore |
| Kody Reed |
6-2 |
185 |
Distance Free |
Fr |
Monterey/ Monterey |
| Alex Reyna |
5-11 |
165 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Lompoc/ Cabrillo |
| Blake Richesin |
6-2 |
185 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
Clovis/ Buchanan |
| Dustin Schmidt |
6-1 |
185 |
Diving |
Fr |
Prather/ Sierra |
| Ian Starkie |
6-0 |
200 |
Backstroke |
So |
Arroyo Grande/ AGHS |
| Kevin Tatro |
5-10 |
165 |
Butterfly |
So |
Madera/ Buchanan |
| Riley Warner |
6-4 |
190 |
Breaststroke |
Fr |
Clovis/ Buchanan |
| Matt Weeks |
6-3 |
185 |
Sprint Free |
So |
Dixon/ Dixon |
| Chris Winans |
5-10 |
170 |
Sprint Free |
Fr |
La Quinta/ La Quinta |
Head Coach: John Marsh
Record/ Years, Men: 27-4/ 5th
Record/ Years, Women: 27-4/ 5th
Assistant: Shawn Tucker (2nd)
Assistant: Andrew Silva (1st)
Office Phone: (805) 546-3100 x2701
2007 Record, Men: 7-1
2007 WSC Finish, Men: 5-1/2nd
2007 State Finish, Men: 13th
2007 Record, Women: 7-1
2007 WSC Finish, Women: 5-1/2nd |
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Men and Women’s Swimming and Diving
Coach: John Marsh
Record/ Years, men: 27-4/ 5th
Record/ Years, women: 27-4/ 5th
Assistant: Shawn Tucker (2nd)
Assistant: Liana Moynier (2nd),
Assistant: Jennifer Vreeke (2nd)
Office Phone: (805) 546-3100 x2701
2007 Record, men: 7-1
2007 WSC Finish, men: 5-1/2nd
2007 State Finish, men: 13th
2007 Record, women: 7-1
2007 WSC Finish, women: 5-1/2nd
Sports Information Director: Pete Schuler (805) 546-3211
Athletic Trainer: Sue Gin/John Malinowski ( 805) 546-3225
Athletic Director: Bob Mariucci (805) 546-3100 ext.2709
The Marsh Swimming & Diving Record
M Swimming W Swimming
W L Conf State W L Conf State
2004 6 1 2nd 16th 5 2 2nd ----
2005 7 1 2nd 29th 7 1 2nd 24th
2006 7 1 2nd 17th 8 0 1st 15th
2007 7 1 2nd 13th 7 1 2nd ----
Total 27 4 0 0 27 4 1 0
