{"id":229570,"date":"2026-02-17T14:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=229570"},"modified":"2026-02-17T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T00:00:12","slug":"manoa-swim-dive-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/17\/manoa-swim-dive-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa men\u2019s, women\u2019s swim and dive sweep Big West Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams swept the Big West Championships on February 14, in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Warriors entered the day with a slim 25-point lead after re-taking first place on February 13. The ‘Bows continued to hold their lead throughout the day, but the championship hinged on the final event of the meet\u2014the 400 freestyle relay where UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa held off Grand Canyon by less than 3\/100th of a second to clinch the title. Overall, the Rainbow Warriors amassed 780 points and held off Grand Canyon by 62 points for the championship crown.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Wahine entered the final day with a 110-point lead, and finished with 798 points, more than 100 ahead of their closest opponent, UC<\/abbr> Davis.<\/p>\n

These are the first conference crowns under second-year head coach and UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa alumnus Steve Allnutt, who was a member of the 2011 Conference USA<\/abbr> title team. For the women, this marks their 11th conference crown overall, while the men have won eight conference titles.<\/p>\n

For a full breakdown of event winners, visit the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa athletics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rainbow Wahine and Rainbow Warriors secured their 11th and 8th conference titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":229569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,1564,9,550],"class_list":["post-229570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-swimming-and-diving","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t