Women’s volleyball at Mesa College is on a spike. In the spring, the Olympians won the state beach volleyball title after winning the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference title for a fourth straight year.
Psychology major Emerald Moreno is inspired by a passion for understanding and interpreting others, along with a deep faith that psychology is her calling. She plans to transfer to a university to earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology, minor in Spanish, and continue exploring a future in law.
After a major surgery and months of recovery, Tracey Kushner faced a decision that would reshape her future. In 2024, she returned to San Diego Mesa College determined to finish the degree she had started years earlier.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — San Diego Mesa College proudly celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2026 during its annual Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 29, 2026, honoring 1,958 graduates who earned more than 2,017 academic degrees and 414 certificates. A total of 727 graduates participated in the ceremony, joined by family, friends, faculty, staff, and community supporters.
December 13, 2016
San Diego Mesa College’s swim and diving teams for both men and women are recruiting for the Spring 2017 competitive season, starting Jan. 3 with a month of cardio conditioning during Winter Intersession.
Exercise Science 126A, Cardio Conditioning I can be taken by anyone, but it is used as a pre-season training course for women and men on the swimming and diving teams. The intersession course, which includes both in-pool and dry land training, can be signed up for online using the CRN 69658 in Reg-e under the “Spring 2017” semester.
The swim and dive teams officially starts training for the season on Jan. 17 at 1 p.m. The team doesn’t hold official tryouts, but interested students can come on that day to swim and get feedback on their performance. Coach Fegan said that as long as someone has a background in swimming they can be accepted on the team.
“All of our competitions are open, the only meet that you have to be fast enough to qualify for is the state championship,” Fegan said.
The teams practice for two hours every afternoon and two mornings every week. In addition to experienced competitive swimmers, women’s coach Jim Fegan said that some students may have transferrable skills that can be used in swimming and diving – such as gymnastics being used in diving.
“If you have a competitive background, it’s a great opportunity to keep swimming,” Fegan said of joining the team. “There’s also the fitness advantage of staying in shape, it’s fun and reports show that being involved in athletics improves your GPA and your transfer rate.”
Fegan said that the men’s swim team won the conference championship and won fifth place in the state championship last year, and the women’s team took second place at conference ninth place in the state championship.
Mesa swimmer Brandon Crabtree won first place in the men’s 50-yard Freestyle (20.09), set a state record winning first place in the 100-yard Freestyle (44.12) and won first place in the 100-yard Butterfly (47.95) races during last year’s championship meet, earning him the Swimmer of the Meet title.
Also in last year’s championship, Mesa swimmer Neil Franka set both a national and state record for the 200-yard Individual Medley with a time of 1:47.36, earning him the title of Men’s Co-performance of the year, according to the California Community College Athletic Association website.
For more information about the swimming and diving teams at Mesa College, contact women’s Coach Jim Fegan via email at [email protected] or via phone at (619) 388-2452, or men’s Coach Nathan Resch via email at [email protected] or via phone at (619) 388-2429.
Tags: Swimming, Athletics, Diving
Jennifer Nichols Kearns
Director of Communications
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(619) 388-2759
Jim Fegan
Head Coach, Women's Swimming & Diving
[email protected]
(619) 388-2452
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