Swimming & Diving
VC swimming standouts Jaiden Monroe, Olivia Badaracco and Faith Marshall all earned individual 3C2A All-American accolades as published by the California Community College Swim & Dive Coaches Association. Monroe was named All-American in six individual events and as part of three relays while Badaracco earned All-American honors in five individual events and with four relays. Marshall is a two-event All-American individualy and in four relays.
VC's Jaiden Monroe claimed gold in the 100-yard backstroke on Friday and Olivia Badaracco bested her own school record in the 100-yard backstroke Friday as the Pirates competed in the 3C2A State Swimming and Diving Championships Thursday through Saturday at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa. Both the Ventura men's and women's teams placed 14th overall out of 31 scoring teams on each side.
Jaiden Monroe set three meet records and broke a pair of school standards in earning three gold medals and the conference male athlete of the year at the Western State Conference Championship at Thursday through Saturday. Faith Marshall set a pair of school records and one meet record with her two individual golds and Olivia Badaracco also set a meet standard and earned two firsts in the three-day event at Los Angeles Valley. Thomas Shea also added two individual gold medal performances for the Pirates.
Ventura's Thomas Shea and Daniel Anguita qualified for the 3C2A State Championships for the men and Alexandria Williams qualified for the Pirate women in bot the 1m and 3m diving events at the Western Satte Conference and Southern California Championships Friday at Cypress. Shea led the effort placing fourth in the 1m and third in the 3m dives in the region, respectively, while claiming the WSC title in both events.
The Ventura College men's and women's swimming and diving teams competed at the Pasadena Invitational hosted at East Los Angeles College Thursday through Saturday. The women's relays were dominant winning three of four races while Olivia Badaracco won a pair of golds. Meanwhile, the VC men won a pair of relays and Jaiden Monroe also earned two first place finishes.
Faith Marshall and Jaiden Monroe led the VC women's and men's swimming and diving teams, respectively, at the Western State Conference meet No. 3 Friday at Santa Monica. Mashall earned a pair of individual golds in the 200-yard breaststroke and 50-yard freestyle events while Monroe won three golds in the 200-yard backstroke and the 100- and 50-yard freestyle races. Olivia Badaracco and Thomas Shea also won events for the Pirates. The VC men won first and the women were second as a team out of five competing schools.
Jaiden Monroe won three events, two with meet records and Olivia Badaracco claimed a pair of gold medals over the weekend to lead the VC swimming and diving teams at the Bob Miyashiro Invitational at Santa Rosa Junior College. Faith Marshall won a pair of silver medals and set a new school record in the process. The Pirate men were eighth overall out of 13 competing teams and the VC women placed ninth as a team.
Pirate swimmer Jaiden Monroe won a pair of individual golds along with a silver, and anchored a winning relay team Saturday to help the VC men to a second place finish at the Western State Conference No. 2 meet at Los Angeles Valley. Thomas Shea won both diving events and was also on the gold medal-winning relay team. Olivia Badaracco won a pair of races to lead the Pirate women to a fourth place team finish of 10 teams.
The VC women's and men's swimming and diving teams placed eighth and 10th, respectively, in competition Friday and Saturday at the Mt. San Antonio Invitational in Wallnut. Olivia Badaracco and Faith Marshall led the women's team with gold medal performances while Jaiden Monroe again earned gold for the Pirate men in the 20-team, two-day meet.
The VC men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened their 2026 schedule Saturday hosting the Larry Baratte Invitational at the Ventura Aquatic Center. Gold medal performances from Jaiden Monroe and Thomas Shea led the Pirate men to a second place finish while Alex Williams earned a bronze to help the Ventura women to finish fourth place as a team.
Ventura College student athletes excelled once again in the classroom in 2024-25 with a total of 101 Pirates achieving a 3.5 GPA or higher, earning mention on the Dean's List, in the fall 2024 term while taking in 12 or more units of study, with 46 student athletes recording a perfect 4.0 GPA. In spring 2025, 99 VC student athletes were named on the Dean's List with 44 posting perfect GPA's.
Pirates Jaiden Monroe and Olivia Badaracco both had an outstanding weekend at the 3C2A State Championships in Santa Rosa. The pair each medalled in two individual races during the three-day event while each also earned team points in another. Additionally, they each swam legs on three men's or women's relay teams, respectively, that also scored for the Pirates in the championships. Badaracco highlighted her performance with two school records in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke races.
The VC men's and women's swimming and Diving teams each finished third at the Western State Conference Championships held Thursday through Saturday at Santa Monica. Jaiden Monroe won three individual golds for the Ventura men, including a record-setting performance in the 100-yard butterfly to earn WSC Male Athlete of the Year honors. Olivia Badaracco also won an individual gold with two silver medals for the Pirate women.
VC's Thomas Shea had an outstanding two day in Long Beach, qualifying for the 3C2A State Championships in both the 1m and 3m diving events at the Southern California Diving Championships. The freshman finished seventh overall in the 3m competition and 10th in the 1m event to make state. He also came in third and fourth, respectively, in the concurrent Western State Conference Championships. Meanwhile, Brayden Black also qualified for state with an eighth-place finish in the 1m diving event, good for third in the WSC.
Ventura College's men's and women's swimming and diving teams dominated the relays at the three-day Pasadena Invitational, wit the men running away with a first place finish and the women coming in a strong second in the team competition. Jaiden Monroe posted the fastest time this season in the state in winning the 100-yard backstroke and the men and women both won all five relays in their respective competitions.
The VC men's and women's swimming and diving teams each finished second Friday at the Western State Conference No. 3 meet at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria. Jaiden Monroe led the men with a apir of gold medals and a silver while Olivia Badaracco claimed three individual third-place finishes.
