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2015-16 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Michaela Paige

  • Position Freestyle
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lompoc, Calif.

Biography

2015-16 (SENIOR): Swam leg on all three relay teams to win WAC title for CSUB (400 free, 800 free, and 400 medley)…Helped ‘Runners reset school records in 400 free (3:20.55) and 400 medley (3:41.85) relays and posted second-best all-time mark in 800 free relay (7:18.33)…Reset CSUB record in 200 fly (2:00.15) to finish ninth in finals of WAC Championships…Earned WAC title in 200 free with NCAA B Cut and season-best time of 1:47.73…Posted season-best 4:55.46 in prelims of 500 free at WAC meet, finished sixth in finals to earn Second Team All-WAC.

2014-15 (JUNIOR): Won nine dual meet races…Posted season-best time in 100 fly (56.13) to finish 17th in finals at A3 Performance Invite…Finished 11th in final of 100 free at WAC Championships with season-best time of 52.03…Qualified second for 200 free finals at WAC meet with season-best time of 1:49.08 and eventually earned Second Team All-Conference honors with eighth-place finish……Placed 14th in 500 free finals at WAC meet with season-best time of 4:59.94…Posted season-best time of 2:04.58 in 200 fly…Helped 800 free relay team to a WAC title with second-best CSUB all-time performance (7:18.33).

2013-14 (SOPHOMORE): Claimed first-place finishes in fourteen dual meet races in the 100 and 200 fly, and the 100, 200 and 500 free…Reset her own school record in the 200 fly (2:00.47) in the preliminaries of the WAC Championship en route to claiming a third-place finish and 1st Team All-Conference honors in the final…Moved into fourth all-time at CSUB in the 100 free with a swim of 50.60…Swam the second fastest CSUB time in the 200 free (1:47.32) en route to winning the WAC title and an NCAA ‘B’ cut…Also won the WAC title in the 500 free and claimed the school record (4:48.90)...Swam a leg for the 400 medley (3:44.43), 400 free (3:21.03), and 800 free (7:16.08) relay teams which all broke school records while the latter two teams won WAC titles.

2012-13 (FRESHMAN): Reset the school record in the 200 butterfly on two separate occasions including a time of 2:03.05 during the preliminaries of the Arena Invitational...Reset the school mark in the 500 free (4:55.66) during the Arena finals...Won a total of 13 events among the 200 fly, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 200 IM, and 400 IM, in the 36 individual races she entered during the season...A part of the 400 free relay which reset the school record in the event during the WAC Championships...A member of the 800 free relay which lowered the school record at the Arena Invitational and again at the WAC Championships...Selected Academic All-Conference.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2012 graduate of Cabrillo High School...coach was Scott Alvarez...A 10-time All-League selection...named 2009 team MVP...Broke school record in the 100 free (53.12) and was a part of the 200 free relay that broke school record (1:42.01) in the event...Team won 2009 and 2010 Los Padres League Championships...Chosen All-League in water polo...A member of the Santa Maria Swim Club for coach Mike Ashmore and qualified for the 200m butterfly at the Junior Nationals...Earned 2011 Swimmer of the Year honors from SMSC.

PERSONAL:  Born July 24, 1994...Daughter of Troi and Karen Paige...A liberal studies major working on a minor in psychology…Plans to go to nursing school after her time at CSUB...Uncle Sean Russell played for the Oakland Raiders.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Freestyle
    5'6"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Freestyle
    5'6"
  • 2014-15Junior

    Freestyle
    5'6"
  • 2015-16Senior

    Freestyle
    5'6"
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