University of Redlands swimmer earns weekly honor

Junior swimmer Ellie Jaques of the University of Redlands has been named Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Female Athlete of the Week for her showing against Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday.

Jaques, a Glendora HS graduate, earned a pair of first-place times and a second-place showing. She won the 100 Breast (1:08.76), which was more than two seconds faster than the Sagehen runner-up.

She was second in the 100 free with a season best 55.12.

Finally, she capped off a solid day by winning the 200 breast with another season-best time to head up a podium sweep for the Bulldogs. She out-swam all competition with her time of 2:30.61.

Chapman University’s Cam Haslam of the basketball team received the nod for SCIAC Male Athlete of the Week.

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Leslie Whittemore back at helm of Redlands swim program

A familiar face is back at the helm of the University of Redlands swimming program as Leslie Whittemore has returned to head the men’s and women’s programs.

Whittemore first became the Bulldogs coach in 1996. While under her direction, the men’s program won seven SCIAC titles, the women’s program captured three SCIAC titles, and neither team ever finished lower than third place in the final conference standings. Her combined SCIAC dual-meet record over her first 14 seasons was 151–26.

Whittemore resigned in 2010, citing the desire to spend more time with her family which included two small children. They are now 6 and 9.

Whittemore’s husband Tom had been coaching both water polo teams when his wife resigned. Now he’s coaching just one.

“A lot has changed,” Leslie said, “The kids are older so they’re in school andTom is coaching only one sport so he is a little more flexible. It’s more manageable now. I’m excited about coming back and getting started again.”

Whittemore steps after Trevor Harp directed the program the five years she was away. Harp, one of her former swimmers at Redlands, resigned to accepted a teaching position in Riverside County.

Whittemore said she never really entertained the thought of coming back and didn’t know Harp planned on stepping down. But when he did she was ready to jump back in.

“I would have regretted not getting back in when I had the chance if I didn’t,” she said.

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