Polo Team Rides to Finals in New York

The Westmont Men's Polo Team won the U.S. Polo Association Western Regional Intercollegiate Tournament and will compete in the USPA Intercollegiate Polo Championships at Cornell University in New York on April 18-23. The Westmont Men’s Polo Team defeated Stanford 18-4 on April 2.

Westmont won the Western Regionals three years in a row from 2007-2009 and nearly won a national championship in 2007, losing 12-8 to Texas A&M in the finals.

This year’s team is headed by junior Wiley Uretz and first-year student Patrick Uretz of Malibu, first-year student David Samaniego of Rancho Santa Fe and first-year student Jacob Kimsey of Colorado Springs.

John Westley, owner of the Santa Barbara Polo School, coaches the team.

Polo became a club sport on campus 10 years ago, but students were unable to field a team until five years ago. The team practices with Westley at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club and plays games on weekends, riding horses on loan from the Santa Barbara Youth Polo Association.