2009-10 University of Idaho Swimming & Diving Yearbook

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TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS PROGRAM Roster and Team Breakdown ...............................................................page 3 Mission statement/2009-10 schedule .................................................page 4 School records ....................................................................................page 5 Head Coach Tom Jager ........................................................................page 6 Assistant Coaches ................................................................................page 7 Life with the Vandals ...................................................................... pages 8-9 Season in Review ..............................................................................page 10

Swimming Information Head coach .................................. Tom Jager Jager’s phone.........................208-885-0265 Assistant coach .................... Adriana Quirke Diving Coach ............................Niko Dalman Athletic trainer ........................Barrie Steele Idaho’s 2009-10 record...........................5-7 Home ............UI Swiming and Diving Center First year of women’s swimming ....... 2004*

THE VANDALS The 2009-10 University of Idaho swimming and diving team .....pages 11-22 Cortnee Hanson / Katherine Kubancik ............................................. page 11 Amanda Morrow / Amanda Nerbovig ............................................... page 12 Nicole Schuh / Mandy Stone ............................................................. page 13 Amanda Watson / Elizabeth Jagusch ................................................. page 14 Alyson O’Brien / Staci Stratton .......................................................... page 15 Savannah Bettis / Hannah Bliss ........................................................ page 16 Calleagh Brown / Samantha Hammerly .......................................... page 17 Katie Hendricks / Si Jia Pang ............................................................ .page 18 Chelsey Stanger / Sierra Grove... ....................................................... page 19 Rachel Klancher / Meaghan McCloskey ................................................page 20 Lindsay Orchard / Kaela Pettit ............................................................ page 21 Tresa Ringc / Kelsie Saxe ................................................................... page 22

TEAM HISTORY Western Athletic Conference / NCAA Qualifying Standards .............. page 23 Swimming and Diving History ........................................................... page 24 Vandal Athletic Hall of Fame ............................................................. page 25 All-time Roster ................................................................................... page 26 Top-10 Individual Performances ........................................................ page 27

FACILITIES/SUPPORT SERVICES/IDAHO University president Dr. Duane Nellis ................................................ page 28 Director of Athletics Dr. Rob Spear .................................................... page 29 The University of Idaho ..............................................................pages 30-33 University of Idaho Swimming and Diving Center ............................. page 34 Student-Athlete Services ................................................................. page 35 Moscow ...................................................................................................... 36 Idaho .......................................................................................................... 37

UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location ...............................Moscow, Idaho Founded .............................................. 1889 Enrollment ........................................ 11,636 Nickname ........................................Vandals Colors ...................... Silver and Vandal Gold Conference.................................Western Athletic President ...................... Dr. M. Duane Nellis Director of Athletics .............. Dr. Rob Spear SWA ....................................Maureen Regan Athletics Phone .....................208-885-0200 Athletics FAX ..........................208-885-2862 * 2004-05 was the first season of reinstatement of swimming at the University of Idaho. Swimming and diving previously existed at Idaho from 1973-1985.

WHY THE “VANDALS”?

One of the most unique handles in sports, “Vandals” has been the nickname for University of Idaho athletic teams for more than 80 years. Area sportswriters coined the name as they tried to describe the 10acity with which coach Hec Edmundson’s basketball teams played defense. It first was used in 1918 strictly for the men’s basketball team and officially adopted for all teams in 1921.

The sports editor of the school newspaper, Lloyd “Jazz” McCarty, along with the dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Edward Maslin Hulme, made the final push for the nickname to be adopted, both as a tribute to the intensity of the athletic teams and to the Norsemen of old.

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Credits The 2009-10 University of Idaho Women’s Swimming and Diving Media Guide was designed, edited and written

by Robert J. Taylor – Media Relations Assistant/Intern.

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2009 10 VANDALS NAME Savannah Bettis

YEAR So./1L

SPECIALTY Butterfly

HOMETOWN PREVIOUS SCHOOL Redondo Beach, Calif. Redondo Union High School

Hannah Bliss

So./1L

Sprint Freestyle

Mercer Island, Wash.

Mercer Island High School

Calleagh Brown

So./1L

Butterfly

Eugene, Ore.

South Eugene High School

Sierra Grove

Fr./HS

Sprints

New Castle, Colo.

Samantha Hammerly

So./1L

Breaststroke/IM

Denver, Colo.

Legacy High Schooll

Cortnee Hanson

Sr./3L

Distance Freestyle

Lebanon, Ore.

Lebanon High School

Katie Hendricks

So./1L

Sprint Freestyle

Sumner, Wash.

Sumner High School

Elizabeth Jagusch

Jr./2L

Breaststroke/Sprint Freestyle

Ketchikan, Alaska

Rachel Klancher

Fr./HS

Diving

Anchorage, Alaska

Katherine Kubancik

Sr./3L

Butterfly

Boulder, Colo.

Meaghan McCloskey

Fr./HS

Butterfly

Kenmore, Wash.

Amanda Morrow

Sr./1L

Diver

Clayton, Wash.

Deer Park High School

Amanda Nerbovig

Sr./3L

Distance Freestyle

Seattle, Wash.

Roosevelt High School

Alyson O’Brien

Jr./2L

Freestyle

Lake Oswego, Ore.

Lakeridge High School

Lindsay Orchard

Fr./HS

Breaststroke/IM

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Si Jia Pang

So./1L

Sprint Freestyle

Singapore

Kaela Pettitt

Fr./HS

Distance

Puyallup, Wash.

Rogers High School

Treasa Ring

Fr./HS

Sprints

Roseville, Minn.

Roseville Area High School

Kelsie Saxe

Fr./HS

Breaststroke/IM

Verong, Wis.James Madison Memorial High School

Nicole Schuh

Sr./3L

Breaststroke

Canby, Ore.

Chelsey Stanger

So./1S

Butterfly

Dayton, Wash.

Dayton High School

Mandy Stone

Sr../3L

Sprint Freestyle

Greeley, Colo.

Northridge High School

Staci Stratton

Jr./2L

Sprint Freestyle

Sequim, Wash.

Amanda Watson

Sr./3L

Backstroke/Freestyle

Cody, Wyo.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Calleagh Brown................................................

Tom/Becky Jager................................... JAY-gur Elizabeth Jagusch...................................Jog-ish Katherine Kubancik......................CUE-ban-sick Amanda Nerbovig........................... Ner-BO-vig Si Jia Pang ............................................ SEE-cha Kaela Pettitt .....................................................

Adriana Quirke ......................................KWIRK Nicole Schuh ............................................SHOE

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Coal Ridge High School

Ketchikan High School Service High School Fairview High School Bishop Blanchet High School

Pine Crest School Singapore Sports School

Canby High School

Sequim High School Cody High School

SQUAD BREAKDOWN

By State Washington ................................... 8 Oregon........................................... 4 Colorado ........................................ 4 Alaska ............................................ 2 Idaho ............................................. 1 Florida ........................................... 1 Wyoming ....................................... 1 California ....................................... 1 Minnesota ..................................... 1 Wisconsin ...................................... 1 Singapore....................................... 1

By Year Freshmen....................................... 7 Sophomores .................................. 8 Juniors ........................................... 3 Seniors ........................................... 7

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MISSION STATEMENT To CREATE a healthy team ENVIRONMENT where SWIMMERS want to COMPETE for and GRADUATE from the UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO.

2009 10 SWIMMING AND DIVING 2009-10 Schedule DATE Oct. 23/24 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 13 Dec. 5 Jan. 2 Jan. 9 Jan. 23 Jan. 30 Feb. 6 Feb. 24-27

EVENT Debbie Pipher Invitational San Diego/San Diego St./TCU San Diego Seattle University Nevada* New Mexico State* Northern Arizona* Boise State* Oregon State Washington State WAC Championships

LOCATION Pullman, Wash.

San Diego, Calif.

San Diego, Calif.

Seattle, Wash.

Moscow, Idaho Las Cruces, N.M. Flagsta, Ariz.

Boise, Idaho Moscow, Idaho Moscow, Idaho San Antonio, Texas

BOLD denotes home meet * denotes conference meet

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UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO SWIMMING AND DIVING RECORDS SWIMMING EVENT

TIME/SCORE

RECORD HOLDER

DATE

50 freestyle

23.68

Staci Stratton

2009

100 freestyle

51.22

Alyson O’Brien

2009

200 freestyle

1:51.35

Alyson O’Brien

2008

500 freestyle

4:57.50

Nancy Bechtholdt

1982

1,000 freestyle

10:24.31

Kaela Pettitt

Feb. 27, 2010

1,650 freestyle

17:03.91

Nancy Bechtholdt

1982

100 backstroke

56.18

Kacie Hogan

2007

200 backstroke

2:03.43

Kacie Hogan

2007

100 breaststroke

1:04.39

JoJo Miller

2007

200 breaststroke

2:20.11

JoJo Miller

2006

100 butterfly

55.89

Treasa Ring

2009

200 butterfly

2:07.85

Paige Lee

2007

200 individual medley

2:06.64

Kelsie Saxe

Feb. 24, 2010

400 individual medley

4:31.16

Cortnee Hanson

Feb. 27, 2010

200 medley relay

1:44.51 Staci Stratton, Elizabeth Jagusch, Anna Humphrey, Si Jia Pang

2009

400 medley relay

3:51.79 Staci Stratton, Nicole Schuh, Kelsie Saxe, Alyson O’Brien

200 freestyle relay

1:33.46 Staci Stratton, Alyson O’Brien, Katie Hendricks, Si Jia Pang

2009

400 freestyle relay

3:26.34 Alyson O’Brien, Katie Hendricks, Staci Stratton, Si Jia Pang

2009

800 freestyle relay

7:34.00 Kaela Pettitt, Amanda Watson, Alyson O’Brien, Cortnee Hanson

Feb. 27, 2010

Feb. 24, 2010

DIVING EVENT

TIME/SCORE

RECORD HOLDER

DATE

1-meter diving, 6 Dives

272.90

Amanda Morrow

Feb. 6, 2010

1-meter diving, 11 Dives

444.65

Jennifer Hunkele

1984

3-meter diving, 6 Dives

281.70

Jennifer Hunkele

1985

3-meter diving, 11 Dives

399.35

Jennifer Hunkele

1985

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HEAD COACH TOM JAGER

Tom Jager UCLA, 1987

University of Idaho swimming and diving coach Tom Jager calls himself a pretty simple person who doesn’t like to complicate things.

His formula for building a swimming and diving team at Idaho from the ground up is simple: honesty plus respect plus punctionality equals integrity.

Jager laid the foundation with these four values when he went to work to rebuild the program in 2004, which ended the sport’s 19-year dry spell at Idaho.

Jager’s number one goal for his student-athletes is graduation.

“Kids who swim for me for four years and graduate, they are prepared for challenges in everyday life,” Jager said. “If I can do that, I’m successful in what I do. We’re in higher education, I take that seriously. Graduation is

BY THE NUMBERS more important than winning.”

The first swimmer to Jager’s first recruitment class is proof of Jager’s break the 5 mph barrier commitment to academic success as 10 of the 11 swimmers in that class graduated in four years or less.

Jager is a three-time 2ger is a 1987 graduate of UCLA. He said graduating Olympian (‘84,’88,’94) from UCLA was harder than winning an Olympic gold number of gold medal. Jager would know. By the time he graduated, Olympic medals won he had won two Olympic gold medals in the 1984 Olympics and 12 NCAA championships, which number of years as includes five individual ones.

Idaho’s head coach Jager added to his Olympic medal count with Year Jager was Idaho’s two golds and one bronze in the 1988 Olympics Outstanding Employee and one gold and one bronze at the 1992 Games, to make him one of only two swimmers to swim in three Olympics. He won 11 U.S. national titles, was the number of years as the captain of the U.S. swim team and held the 50-yard freestyle world record for national team captain more than 16 years — which includes a 10-year span from 1989-2000. number of NCAA titles Moving from the water to the pool deck was a natural career move for won at UCLA Jager.

“I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I wasn’t at the pool from 3:30number of years as the 5:30, it’s all I’ve done my whole life,” he said. “world’s fastest man” In the sixth year of his first head coaching job, Jager said the hardest adjustment was learning to be accountable for 25 other people as opposed to just himself in the pool.

Jager said after being selfish in the pool his whole career, the selflessness needed to coach is a good balance.

Jager’s selflessness work hasn’t gone unnoticed.

“Tom continues to be a tremendous member of our athletic department,” Director of Athletics Rob Spear said. “I appreciate his approach to developing the ‘total student-athlete,’ by maintaining an academic focus, maximizing their athletic abilities and communicating the importance of their civic responsibilities.”

Just as Jager expects his athletes to succeed in and out of the pool, Jager himself has succeeded away from the pool deck at the University of Idaho. Jager was named Idaho’s Outstanding Employee in 2007 for his work ethic, leadership and the example he sets for the university.

Jager is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, the UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame and the USA Swim Team of the Century.

Jager and his wife, Becky, have two sons, Wyatt and Cy. Becky is a University of Idaho history instructor and a volunteer assistant coach for the swim team.

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ASSISTANT COACHES/DIVING COACH

Assistant Coach Adriana Quirke

University of Idaho, 2008

Third-year assistant coach Quirke is no stranger to the University of Idaho swimming and diving team or head coach Tom Jager.

As a girl, she had a poster of the seven-time Olympic medalist, who is now her boss, on her wall.

After a one-year stint at San Diego State University, Quirke transferred to Idaho where she was part of his initial recruiting class in 2004.

As a Vandal, Quirke set the school 200 IM record and 13 all-time top-10 marks in four events.

She won the team’s Vandal Zone Award as a senior, the team’s only award, which is given to the athlete who performs well in the pool, has a positive impact on the team, does well in school and conducts herself well in everyday life.

She left a mark on the program as an athlete she hopes to continue as the program’s first fulltime assistant coach.

“I believe she epitomized Vandal swimming as an athlete and will continue to do so as a coach,” Jager said.

Quirke was hired in 2007, shortly after graduating from Idaho with a bachelor’s degree in sports science.

Diving Coach Niko Dalman

Louisiana State, 2009

Niko Dalman joins Vandal Swimming and Diving as diving after concluding a hugely successful collegiate at LSU. Dalman is a record holder for the Tigers in one-meter and three-meter diving and twice being name an All-American honorable mention.

The Auburn, Wash. native was a high school standout in the northwest twice winning state championships in one-meter diving and was a six-time Junior Olympic National qualifier. Dalman’s expereince will be vital in establishing the diving program that was reestablished in 2008-09 “Niko loves diving, he wants to be a diving coach, his dad was a diving coach and he embodies everything we are about at the University of Idaho,” Jager said. “He understands the system and has had a positive impact on not only the divers but the swimmers as well.”

Volunteer Assistant Coach Dr. Becky Jager University of New Mexico, 1998

When University of Idaho athletic director Rob Spear hired Tom Jager to be the program’s first coach in 19 years, it was as if he was getting a two-for-one deal with the addition of Becky Jager as a volunteer assistant coach.

Jager, who holds a PhD. in history, stopped swimming competitively in high school when she chose to at10d college on an academic scholarship but has been coaching ever since.

She has coached every level of swimming, from beginners to five-time Olympic champion and husband of 24 years Tom Jager.

She said her husband coaches heart and toughness for races while she is the team’s stroke technician.

Head coach Jager calls her the team mom, a role she is proud to serve.

“I can have a big impact on people’s lives, that’s very rewarding,” she said.

The Jager’s have two sons, Wyatt and Cy. Becky also teaches history at the University of Idaho.

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2009-10 VANDALS TAKE A SHOT AT RECORD BOOKS, TOPPLE PAC-10 OPPONENT, SCORE IN THE CLASSROOM The University of Idaho swimming and had never beaten a Pac-10 school. diving team closed out the 2009-2010 season “It was the first time we had ever beaten 2010 with strong performances at the Western AthWashington State,” said Jager. “That was a fun MILESTONES letic Conference Championships Feb. 24-27. and exciting meet, and I am so proud of our It was a season filled with numerous highswimmers for pulling out the victory.”

ALL ACADEMIC lights and team accomplishments.

Two weeks later Idaho finished the year by Savannah Bettis So. “It was a great season in a lot of different competi ng at the WAC Championships in San Calleagh Brown So. ways, because it had its ups and downs,” said Antonio, Texas.

Samantha Hammerly So. coach Tom Jager.

“We swam well at the championships, but Cortnee Hanson Sr. The swimming and diving team, still a relawe disqualifi ed a relay and that made our Katie Hendricks So. tively new program at Idaho, opened eyes all WAC Championship less than what we were Elizabeth Jagusch Jr. season long with stellar performances in the expecti ng,” said Jager.

Katherine Kubancik Sr. pool and in the classroom.

Jager believes, despite not ending the seaAmanda Nerbovig Sr. The swimming and diving team set six son exactly the way he wanted, the inconsisAlyson O’Brien Jr. school records over the course of the season tency towards the end of the season will help Si Jia Pang So. with freshman Treasa Ring, freshman Kelsey the team in the future as they are able to Nicole Schuh Sr. Saxe, senior Cortnee Hanson all swimming benefi t from the experience and come back Staci Stratton Jr. faster than any Vandal ever has. even stronger next year.

Amanda Watson Sr. Senior Staci Stratton, senior Nicole Schuh, Idaho achieved more than accolades just freshman Kelsie Saxe and junior Alyson in the pool this season, as 13 members of the RECORDS O’Brien also set the 400 medley relay record swimming and diving team were named to 1,000 Freestyle of 3:51.79, which is a full second faster than the Western Athletic Conference All-AcademKaela Pettitt 10:24.31 the previous mark. ic team. This accomplishment means just as 200 Individual Medley Senior diver Amanda Morrow closed out much as swimming a fast time in the water.

Kelsie Saxe 2:06.64 her career at Idaho with a remarkable senior The Vandals lose seven seniors to gradu400 Individual Medley campaign and will go out holding school reati on, yet Jager views the high number of Cortnee Hanson 4:31.16 cords in both the 1-meter event. losses as a positive.

1-meter Diving In their first dual meet the Vandals tamed “This program will always lose a lot of Amanda Morrow 272.90 the San Diego Toreros, scoring 125 points to seniors because they enjoy participating, and 400 Medley Relay win the meet. Idaho continued its winning they graduated and finish what they start,” Staci Stratton 3:51.79 ways with impressive decisions over Seattle said Jager.

Nicole Schuh University and traditional WAC powerhouse Jager does not anticipate a down year for Kelsie Saxe Nevada. the team despite a loss of senior leadership.

Alyson O’Brien After losses to New Mexico State, Boise Underclassmen will be expected to step up, 800 Free Relay State, Northern Arizona, the Vandals returned and with new recruits coming in the Vandals Kaela Pettitt 7:34.00 home to face two tough Pac-10 schools. will once again be a force to be reckoned Amanda Watson In the first matchup with Oregon State, with.

Alyson O’Brien Idaho battled hard but fell to the Beavers by a Throughout the season the University Cortnee Hanson slim margin. of Idaho swimming and diving team turned The last home meet of the year featured heads and exceeded expectations. With Jager Idaho against rival Washington State. The at the helm surrounded by a talented group Vandals never had beaten the Cougars, but in the end Idaho of coaches and athletes, the future looks bright for the program. emerged victorious. This was the highlight of the year as Idaho - By Aaron Hoisington

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2009-10 SENIORS Cortnee HANSON

Katherine KUBANCIK

Distance Freestyle • SR • 4L Lebanon High School Lebanon, Oregon

Butterfly • SR • 4L Fairview High School Boulder, Colorado

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: Wrapped up her Vandal career with an Idaho school record in the 400 IM at the Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet ... her 4:31.16 to break the Idaho record was one of three personal bests for Hanson at the WAC meet ... all told, she had five personal-best swims during her senior season ... concludes her Idaho career with the second, fourth, ninth and 10th best 500 free times, the fifth best 1,000 free time, the sixth and seventh best 1,650 free times and, in addition to her school record, she has the fifth and ninth best 400 IM times.

2008-09: Turned in five all-time Idaho top-10 times ... icluding the third fastest time in the 500 freestyle of 5:05.76 at the WAC Championships ... time of 4:33.74 in the 400 IM at the WAC Championships ranks third all-time at Idaho.

2007-08: Turned in three performances that ranked in the all-time top 10 at Idaho … her career best time in the 1,650 freestyle (17:37.79) was the season best by a Vandal and ranked her fifth all-time ... times in the 500 freestyle (5:09.25) and 1,000 freestyle (10:39.13) placed her at sixth and eighth on the Idaho all-time lists.

2006-07: Saved her best performance of the season for the WAC Tournament as she swam career best times in the 200 freestyle (1:56.88), 500 freestyle (5:13.46) and the 1,650 freestyle (17:50.83) ... her best time in the 1650 freestyle ranks seventh all-time at Idaho.

High School: Hanson was a four-year MVP for the Warriors and the team captain for one season.

2009-10: Wrapped up her Vandal career with two of her best races ever at the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet ... had career bests in the 100 back (1:01.18) and 200 fly (2:10.66) at that meet ... also had a PR in the 200 IM (2:13.78) earlier in the month.

2008-09: Career best in the 400 IM (4:44.75) at the WAC Championships.

2007-08: Moved into Idaho’s top-10 all-time list with a career best in the 200 butterfly (2:11.81), which placed her at ninth on the list.

2006-07: Was an all-around performer for the team, swimming in nine events on the season ...at the WAC Tournament swam career-best races in the 100 butterfly (59.00), 200 butterfly (2:11.81) and in the 100 backstroke (1:01.92) ... holds two Idaho top-10 times in the 100 butterfly.

High School: Was recognized as an all-region and all-American swimmer for Fairview High School.

BESTS

Senior season 200 free 1:56.81 500 free 5:02.90 800 free 9:44.75 1000 free 10:32.08 1650 free 17:39.40 200 IM 2:13.64 400 IM 4:31.16 200 back 2:13.62

Nov. 13, 2009 Feb. 25, 2010 Jan. 9, 2010 Jan. 30, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Nov. 13, 2009 Feb. 27, 2010 Nov. 13, 2009

Career 200 free 1:56.81 500 free 5:08.50 1000 free 10:32.08 1650 free 17:32.01 100 fly 1:03.86 200 fly 2:16.17 200 back 2:13.62 200 breast 2:40.01 200 IM 2:13.64 400 IM 4:31.16

BESTS Senior season 100 free 57.86 100 back 1:01.18 200 back 2:15.77 100 fly 1:01.05 200 fly 2:10.66 200 IM 2:13.78

Nov. 13, 2009 Feb. 6, 2010 Jan. 30, 2010

Nov. 13, 2009 Feb. 26,2010 Oct. 24, 2009 Dec. 4, 2009 Feb. 27, 2010 Feb. 6, 2010

Career 50 free 100 free 500 free 1000 free 50 Fly: 100 fly 200 fly 100 back 200 back 200 IM 400 IM

26.31 56.66 5:32.19 11:25.40 28.22 59.00 2:10.36 1:01.18 2:15.77 2:13.78 4:44.75

Feb. 26,2010 Oct. 24, 2009 Feb. 6, 2010

FUN FACTS Nov. 13, 2009 Nov. 13, 2009 Feb. 27, 2010

FUN FACTS Major and why: Biology, it seemed interesting when I started it and it covers most pre-reqs for nursing school.

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Why Idaho Swimming: I wanted to continue swimming through college and Idaho seemed like a great place because of the small, quirky town, the girls on the team and Tom (Jager).

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2009-10 SENIORS Amanda MORROW Diver • SR.• 2L Deer Park High Deer Park/Clayton, Wash.

Amanda NERBOVIG Distance Freestyle • SR • 4L Roosevelt High School Seattle, Washington

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: Wrapped up her Idaho career with the school record in the one-meter diving event (272.90) ... she also completely rewrote the Vandal diving top 10 during her two-year career ... in addition to the one-meter record, she also has the second, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th best marks on that board ... she has the second, sixth, seventh and eighth best marks at three meters.

2008-09: Broke the 23-year-old school record for 1-meter diving against Nevada (233.50) ... made five of the top-10 all-time 1-meter dives at Idaho. ... made four of the top-10 all-time 3meter dives at Idaho.

High School: Competed in track and field for the Stags ...member of the Northwest Gymnastics Academy 2000-2005.

2009-10: Had personal best 200 free in final meet as a Vandal with a 1:57.40 at the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet ... finishes her Idaho career with a tie for ninth for the alltime best 1000 free and the eighth best 1650 free.

2008-09: Career bests in the 1,650 freestyle (18:00.02) and the 500 freestyle (5:11.11) 2007-08: Broke into the Vandal all-time top-10 performances in the 1,000 freestyle (10:39.02) in the fourth meet of the season against Washington State.....set five career bests in the 100 freestyle (58.37), 1,000 free (10:39.02), 1,650 free (17:56.32), 100 butterfly (1:02.55), 200 fly (2:13.43).

2006-07: Earned her first career victory by swimming a 10:54.99 in the 1000 freestyle against San Jose State.

High School: Was captain for the Roughriders and was voted “Most Inspirational” by her teammates.

BESTS Senior Season 1-meter diving 272.90 3-meter diving 267.75 Career 1-Meter Dive: 272.90 3-Meter Dive: 267.75

Feb. 6, 2010 Jan. 23, 2010

BESTS

Feb. 6, 2010 Jan. 23, 2010

200 free 400 free 500 free 1000 free 1650 free 200 fly

FUN FACTS

Senior season 1:57.40 4:46.59 5:14.97 11:05.37 18:23.93 2:14.28

Feb. 26, 2010 Jan. 9, 2010 Jan. 23, 2010 Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 13, 2009 Jan. 23, 2010

Career 100 free 200 free 400 free 500 free 1000 free 1650 free 400 IM 100 fly 200 fly

58.37

1:57.40 Feb. 26, 2010 4:46.59 5:11.11 10:39.02 17:56.32 4:54.76 1:02.55 2:11.28

Jan. 9, 2010 Jan. 23, 2010

Jan. 23, 2010

FUN FACTS

Best advice received Never let the sun set on tomorrow before the sun rises today.

Hidden talent When I walk on my hands and knees I can look like a lion.

One item cannot live without MY FAMILY, oh and music.

Why Idaho diving It chose me really and I figured I would try something new.

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Major and why: History because it is important to understand how we got to where we are today. And I couldn’t handle chemistry.

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2009-10 SENIORS Nicole SCHUH

Mandy STONE

Breaststroke • SR • 4L Canby High School Canby, Oregon

Sprint Freestyle • SR • 4L Northridge High School Greeley, Colorado

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: Wrapped up Vandal career with two of her best races ever with PRs in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 IM at the 2010 Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet ... her 2:21.64 breaststroke against Washington State in February 2010 is the third best in Idaho history.

2008-09: Turned in a career best time in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.09).

2007-08: Topped her career best in the 200 breaststroke that ranked 10th all-time at Idaho with a (2:24.61) but fell short of remaining in the top 10 ... turned in two other career best times in the 50 freestyle (28.47) and the 200 Individual Medley (2:18.59).

2006-07: Left her mark at Idaho in the 200 breaststroke by swimming a 2:25.74 (10th all-time at Idaho) at the WAC Tournament ... also swam a season best 1:08.33 in the 100 breaststroke at the WAC Tournament.

High School: Was a team captain for the Cougars as a senior.

2009-10: Had season-best outings last fall with a 24.56 in the 50 free and a 53.93 in the 100 free ... her 24.08 50 free in 2007 remains ninth best all-time at Idaho and her 24.09, also in 2007, ties for 10th best.

2008-09: Earned ninth place all-time at Idaho in the 50 freestyle (24.12) at the WAC Championships.

2007-08: Turned in a career best in the 100 butterfly (1:01.78) at the WAC Tournament ... was unable to match the speed of her freshman year in the freestyle, but still holds the second fastest all-time performance in the 50 freestyle (24.08).

2006-07: Was one of Idaho’s most successful freshmen ... swam a 24.08 (second all-time at Idaho) in the 50 freestyle at the WAC Tournament and placed 12th ... holds three of Idaho’s top-10 times in the 50 freestyle and Idaho’s seventh-best time in the 100 freestyle (52.79).

High School: Was selected to all-conference and all-state teams and was also a captain for the Grizzly swimming team.

BESTS Senior season 100 free 100 breast 200 breast 200 IM 400 IM

58.20 1:06.65 2:21.64 2:15.55 4:51.41

Nov. 13, 2009 Feb. 26, 2010 Feb. 6, 2010 Feb. 24, 2010 Oct. 24, 2009

Career 50 free 28.47 100 free 58.20 200 free 2:15.83 500 free 5:51.92 1000 free 11:59.06 50 breast 33.89 100 breast 1:06.65 200 breast 2:21.64 200 IM 2:17.01 400 IM 4:51.41

BESTS Nov. 13, 2009

Senior season 50 free 100 free

24.56 53.92

Feb. 26, 2010 Feb. 6, 2010

Oct. 24, 2009 Oct. 24, 2009

Career 50 free 100 free 200 free 500 free 100 back 100 fly

24.08 52.79 2:00.87 5:45.98 1:06.49 1:01.78

2007

FUN FACTS

FUN FACTS

Best advice received: The only way to feel comfortable around others is to become comfortable with yourself.

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Dream job: You know the guy in Office Space?.... Peter.

One item cannot live without: Cadbury Mini Eggs Hidden talent: BBQ’ing a MEAN burger.

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2009-10 SENIORS/JUNIORS Amanda WATSON

Elizabeth JAGUSCH

Backstroke/Freestyle • SR • 4L Cody High School Cody, Wyoming

Breast/Sprint free • JR • 3L Ketchikan High School Ketchikan, Alaska

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Career: Leaves Idaho with the sixth (2:05.80) and ninth (2:06.62) all-time bests in the 200 back and the seventh best time all-time in the 200 IM (2:11.66) as well as the fifth best 200 free time (1:53.20) ... she also is a member of the school record-holding 800 free relay team.

2009-10: Had two career bests in final meet of her Vandal career with 1:53.20 in the 200 free and 2:05.80 in the 200 back.

2008-09: Set the eighth-fastest time by a Vandal in the 200 backstroke (2:06.62) at the WAC Championships ... set the sixth-fastest time in the 200 IM by a Vandal (2:11.66) at the WAC Championships.

2007-08: Set five career bests, which includes a 2:08.05 performance in the 200 back that earned 14th at the WAC Tournament.

2006-07: Swam a career best 25.03 in the 50 freestyle at the WAC Tournament ... also swam career-best times at the WAC Tournament in the 100 backstroke (59.51) and the 200 backstroke (2:11.34).

High School: Was an all-conference and all-state swimmer at Cody High ... was also a team captain.

Career: Has the third, fourth, sixth, ninth and 10th best all-time times in the 100 breaststroke ...

2009-10: Had a career best last fall with a 2:19.59 in the 200 IM. 2008-09: Member of the school-record breaking 200 medley relay team (1:44.51) at the WAC Championships ... set a team season best in the 100 breaststroke in her first meet back from shoulder surgery ... earned ninth place (1:05.94) on the Idaho alltime list for the 100 breaststroke at the WAC Championships.

2007-08: Set the team season best in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.13) which ranks third all-time among Vandals .... placed 10th at the WAC Tournament in the 100 breaststroke ... holds four of the top-10 all-time Vandal performances in the 100 breaststroke.

High School: Twice won state championship in 100 breaststroke ... placed third at state in the 200 IM in 2006 ... was a recipient of the Academic Athlete Award ... participated on the Ketchikan Killer Whales club team and holds six club records.

BESTS Senior season 200 free 500 free 100 back 200 back

1:53.20 5:16.15 59.61 2:05.80

Feb. 27, 2010 Oct. 24, 2009 Feb. 26, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010

Career 50 free 100 free 200 free 500 free 100 fly 100 back 200 back 200 IM

25.03 54.50 1:53.20 5:16.15 1:05.37 59.51 2:05.80 2:11.66

BESTS Ssnior season 50 free 25.47 100 breast 1:07.39 200 breast 2:30.15 200 IM 2:19.59

Feb. 6, 2010 Jan. 23, 2010 Jan. 23, 2010 Oct. 24, 2009

Career 50 free 100 free 100 breast 200 breast 200 IM

25.09 55.64 1:05.31 2:27.46 2:19.59

2008 Oct. 24, 2009

Feb. 27, 2010

FUN FACTS Feb. 27, 2010 2008-09

FUN FACTS

Plans after college: Re-explore the Rocky Mountains and represent the Vandals down in Boise.

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Why Vandal Swimming: It was destiny.

Dream job: Training Shamu at Sea World.

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2009-10 JUNIORS Alyson O’BRIEN

Staci STRATTON

Freestyle • JR • 3L Lakeridge High School Lake Oswego, Oregon

Distance Freestyle • JR • 3L Sequim High School Sequim, Washington

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Career: Has top four 100 free times in school history in addition to all but one top 10 200 free time and the fourth,fifth and sixth best 50 free times and seventh best 500 free time.

2009-10: Continued to be a leader in the 50 and 100 free events ... had sixth best 50 free (23.99) in school history at 2010 Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet ... had second best 100 free (51.76) at WAC Meet.

2008-09: Topped her own school record in the 100 freestyle with a 51.22 seventh-place finish at the WAC Championships ... helped set school records in the 800 freestyle relay (7:39.29), 200 freestyle relay (1:33.46) and 400 freestyle relay (3:26.34) at the WAC Championships ... set five all-time Vandal top-10 times.

2007-08: Broke Nancy Bechtholdt’s 26-year-old school record and earned third place at the WAC Tournament with her swim in the 200 freestyle (1:51.35) ... broke the school record in the 100 freestyle and earned sixth place at the WAC Tournament with a time of 51.78 ... earned seventh place at the WAC Tournament in the 500 freestyle (5:09.60).

High School: Was Oregon’s state champion in the 50 freestyle in 2004 and 2005 ... her best time in the 50 freestyle in 2006 was an All-American time ... holds 20 individual school records and three relay records.

Career: Idaho record holder in 50 free (23.68) ... also has second and eighth best 50 free times as well as eighth-best 100 free and is a member of school-record holding 200 medley, 400 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay teams.

2009-10: Had four season – 50 and 100 free, and 100 and 200 back, and two career – 100 and 200 back, bests at Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet.

2008-09: Broke the Idaho record for the 50 freestyle in the prelims of the WAC Championships (23.78) and again in the finals (23.68 ) ... member of the school record-breaking 200 medley relay team at the WAC Championships ... member of the school record-breaking 400 freestyle relay team.

2007-08: Placed 14th at the WAC Tournament in the 50 freestyle while earning the sixth slot on the all-time Vandal top-10 (24.20) .... swam a career best in the 100 back (1:00.71) at the WAC Tournament.

High School: All-league and all-state for the Wolves ... member of the Port Angeles Swim Club.

BESTS Junior season 50 free 100 free 200 free 400 free 200 back

23.99 51.76 1:51.42 4:37.73 2:09.15

Feb. 24, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Jan. 9, 2010 Oct. 24, 2009

Career 50 free 100 free 200 free 500 free 100 fly 200 back

23.86 51.22 1:51.35 5:07.28 1:01.35 2:09.15

BESTS Junior season 50 free 100 free 100 back 200 back

24.07 52.55 58.94 2:14.14

Feb. 26, 2009 Feb. 28, 2009

Feb. 25, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Feb. 26, 2010 Feb. 6, 2010

Career 50 free 100 free 200 free 100 back 200 back

23.68 52.44 2:01.51 58.94 2:14.14

2009 2009 Feb. 26, 2010 Feb. 6, 2010

FUN FACTS

FUN FACTS

One item cannot live without: If water counts as an item, I would have to say water, whether it be swimming laps, playing in it or just being near it. My entire life involves being in and around water.

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Best advice received: “You can’t win, unless you learn how to lose.”

Dream job: To own a famous athletic club.

One item you cannot live without: A hair tie.

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2009-10 SOPHOMORES Hannah BLISS

Savannah BETTIS

Sprint Freestyle • SO • 2L Mercer Island High School Mercer Island, Washington

Butterfly • SO • 2L Redondo Union High School Redondo Beach, California

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: Showed tremendous improvement with career marks in every event in which she competed ... saved the best four last with career marks in the 100 and 200 fly and the 200 IM at the Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet in late February.

2008-09: Career best in the 100 butterfly (1:00.14) at the WAC Championships ... career best in the 200 butterfly (2:19.89) at the WAC Championships.

High School: Captain of swim and water polo teams for the Seahawks ... honor roll all four years.

2009-10: Had career best 100 free at Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet ... earlier in the season also had career marks in the 50 free and 100 and 200 back.

2008-09: Career best in the 100 freestyle (54.00) at the WAC Championship Meet.

High School: Captain of the Islanders team that earned second at state in 2007 ... on state champion 200 freestyle relay team.

BESTS Sophomore season 50 free 26.39 200 free 2:05.01 100 fly :59.05 200 fly 2:13.39 200 IM 2:17.69

Dec. 4, 2009 Jan. 23, 2010 Feb. 26,2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Feb. 24, 2010

Career 50 free 100 free 200 free 1650 free 100 fly 200 fly 200 IM 400 IM

26.39 58.68 2:05.01 19:44.91 1:00.39 2:15.85 2:17.69 5:03.37

Dec. 4, 2009 Jan. 23, 2010 Dec. 4, 2009 Feb. 27, 2010 Feb. 24, 2010

FUN FACTS Why Vandal Swimming: Because the team is AMAZING!!

Major and why: Exercise Science and Health because I want to go to graduate school to become a physical therapist.

Best advice received: A wise man once said, “It is what you make of it!”

Hidden talent: It’s not a talent but a hidden passion of mine is to sail around the world!

What is one item you cannot live without?

I can’t live without smiles and laughter!

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BESTS Sophomore season 50 free 24.90 100 free 55.74 100 back 1:05.37 200 back 2:22.73

Jan. 9, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Oct. 24, 2009 Oct. 24, 2009

Career 50 free 100 free 100 back 200 back

24.56 54.00 1:05.37 2:22.73

FUN FACTS Why Vandal Swimming: I swim for Idaho.

Major and why: English with teaching emphasis.

Plans after college: English teacher.

Dream job: To stay a kid forever.

Hidden talent: Trampolines.

One item cannot live without: Sandwiches.

Best advice received: “No excuses.”

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Jan. 9, 2010 Feb. 28, 2009

2009-10 SOPHOMORES Calleagh BROWN

Samantha HAMMERLY

Butterfly • SO • 2L South Eugene High School Eugene, Oregon

Breaststroke • SO • 2L Legacy High School Denver, Colorado

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: Continued to improve on freshman season with career bests in all events ... started the season with a victory in the 200 fly in the Vandals’ win over San Diego ... she followed with PR in 200 free in December and with a 50 free PR in January and 100 fly and 200 fly PRs at Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet in February.

2008-09: Swam a career best 100 butterfly (58.93) at the WAC Championships for 18th place at the meet.

High School: Team captain and MVP for the Axemen ... school record holder in 100-butterfly.

2009-10: Rewrote her personal records list with bests in eight events, which includes PRs in the 200 breast and 1650 free at the Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet in February ... also PR’ed in the 500, 800 and 1000 free, the 200 and 400 IM and the 100 breast during the course of the season.

2008-09: Set three career bests against the University of Washington ... turned in a career best 400 I.M. (4:37.12) for 13th at WAC the championships.

High School: Selected as all-conference swimmer as a member of the Legacy Lighting.

BESTS

BESTS

Sophomore season 50 free 25.23 200 free 1:59.42 100 fly :58.67 200 fly 2:09.67

Feb. 26, 2010 Dec. 4, 2009 Feb. 26, 2010 Feb. 26, 2010

Career 50 free 200 free 100 fly 200 fly

25.05 1:59.42 :58.67 2:09.67

Jan. 23, 2010 Dec. 4, 2009 Feb. 26, 2010 Feb. 26, 2010

FUN FACTS Why Vandal Swimming: I chose to be a Vandal because Tom is legit.

Major and why: Exercise science and health with a minor in business because I want to have a career in sports administration.

Plans after college: Go to grad school in Oregon for sports administration.

Best advice received: “Live in the moment.” – my Mom. Dream job: Football coach ... that’s why its called a “dream.”

What is one item you cannot live without? Ketchup

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Sophomore season 500 free 5:19.87 800 free 9:47.00 1000 free 10:54.43 1650 free 18:22.85 200 IM 2:16.09 400 IM 4:38.50 100 breast 1:08.92 200 breast 2:27.39

Nov. 7, 2009 Jan. 9, 2010 Jan. 9, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Jan. 2, 2010 Dec. 4, 2009 Oct. 24, 2009 Feb. 27, 2010

Career 200 free 2:01.91 500 free 5:19.87 Nov. 7, 2009 800 free 9:47.00 Jan. 9, 2010 1000 free 10:54.43 Jan. 9, 2010 1650 free 18:22.85 Feb. 27, 2010 100 back 1:09.68 100 breast 1:08.43 200 breast 2:27.39 Feb. 27, 2010 200 IM 2:14.09 400 IM 4:38.50 Dec. 4, 2009

FUN FACTS Why Vandal Swimming: I wanted to challenge myself and take part in something that most people don’t get the chance to do. I wanted to work harder than I ever have in my life and be around a great group of people who would motivate me to do my best.

One item cannot live without: My water bottle.

Best advice received: Practice as if you are the worst, race as if you are the best.

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2009-10 SOPHOMORES Si Jia PANG

Katie HENDRICKS

Sprint Freestyle • SO • 2L Singapore Sports School Singapore

Sprint Freestyle • SO • 2L Sumner High School Sumner, Washington

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Career: Has the seventh (24.03) and 10th (24.09) all-time best 50 free marks in school history as well as the seventh best mark in the 100 free (52.35) and the sixth best 200 fly time (2:09.51) ... member of the school record-holding 200 and 400 free relays.

2009-10: Turned in career best times in the 50 and 100 free at the Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet where she was clocked in 24.03 in the 50 free and 52.35 in the 100 free – both of which rank seventh all-time at Idaho ... also posted career bests during the regular season in the 1650 free, the 100 fly and the 100 back.

2008-09: Earned seventh place on the Idaho all-time best list for the 50 free with a time of 24.09 ... swam on the school-record 200, 400 and 800 free-relay teams at the WAC Championships.

High School: Two-year team captain ... four-year district and state swimmer ... four year MVP ... high school record-holder in 50 and 100 free.

Career: Member of school record-holding 200 medley, 200 free and 400 free relays.

2009-10: Had career bests in the 50 (24.25) and 100 (52.60) free at the Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet ... also had a career mark last fall in the 200 free (1:58.81).

2008-09: Turned in the ninth fastest swim all-time at Idaho in the 100 freestyle (52.60) ... set a season best in the 50 freestyle (24.13) at the WAC Championships.

High School: Made Singapore National Team ... swam 59.65 100-freestyle.

BESTS Sophomore season 50 free 100 free 200 free

24.25 52.60 1:58.81

Feb. 24, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Oct. 24, 2009

Career 50 Free 100 Free 200 free 100 fly

24.09 52.60 1:56.46 1:00.09

BESTS Sophomore season 50 free 24.03 100 free 52.35 200 free 1:59.88 1650 free 18:05.00 100 fly 59.02 200 fly 2:11.25 100 back 1:01.18

Feb. 25, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 13, 2009 Oct. 24, 2009 Oct. 24, 2009 Jan. 2, 2010

Career 50 free 100 free 200 free 1650 free 100 fly 200 fly 100 back

24.03 52.35 1:59.88 18:05.00 59.02 2:07.93 1:01.18

Feb. 25, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Nov. 7, 2009 Nov. 13, 2009 Oct. 24, 2009 February 2009 Jan. 2, 2010

FUN FACTS

FUN FACTS Dream job: A magician!

Hidden talent: Making Bob’s cookies disappear.

One item cannot live without: My laptop.

Major and why: Accounting/Finance. I like numbers.

Plans after college: Travel around the world.

Hidden talent: If I told you it wouldn’t be a hidden talent!

Sheesh!

Major and why: Justice Studies and Psychology because I want to catch the bad guys and make sure we can prevent more bad guys from popping up. I want to know why people act the way they do.

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Feb. 27, 2010

2009-10 SOPHOMORES/FRESHMEN Chelsey STANGER

Sierra GROVE

Butterfly • SO • 1L Dayton High School Dayton, Washington

Sprints • FR • 1L Coal Ridge High School New Castle, Colo.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: Turned in career bests three times last season – in the 50 free, 200 back and 100 fly ... her marks in the 50 free and 100 fly were at the Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet.

2008-09: Set career bests in the 100 butterfly (1:00.92) and 200 butterfly (2:19.85).

High school: Team captain of swim team ... also played volleyball, basketball and softball for the Bulldogs.

2009-10: Competed in freestyle races and had season bests of 24.70 (50), 54.22 (100) and 1:59.59 (200).

High school: Four-time 100 free district champion ... captain of swim and varsity volleyball teams.

BESTS SOPHOMORE SEASON 50 free 25.68 Feb. 24, 2010 100 back 1:03.83 Feb. 26, 2010 200 back 2:25.09 Jan. 9, 2010 100 fly 59.93 Feb. 26, 2010

CAREER 50 free 200 free 1000 free 100 back 200 back 100 fly 200 fly

25.68 2:02.47 12:29.31 1:03.35 2:25.09 59.93 2:19.85

Feb. 24, 2010

Jan. 9, 2010 Feb. 26, 2010

FUN FACTS Best advice received: I was once told “In order to be old and wise, you must FIRST be young and stupid.”

BESTS CAREER 50 free 100 free 200 free

24.70 54.22 1:59.59

Oct. 24, 2009 Oct. 24, 2009 Feb. 6, 2010

FUN FACTS Why Vandal Swimming: I chose Vandal swimming because I loved the team when I met them on my visit. Also, I am excited to swim for Tom because he was an Olympic swimmer who swam my two favorite events, the 100 and 50 freestyle.

Dream job: Wildlife biologist.

Favorite quote: “Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete ... If you’re alive, it isn’t.” – Richard Bach

Dream job: Personal trainer Hidden talent: I’m really good at drawing smiley faces. They are unforgettable.

One item cannot live without: Hairspray Major and why: Exercise science and health because I love working out.

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2009-10 FRESHMEN Rachel KLANCHER Diver • FR • 1L Service High School Anchorage, Alaska

Meaghan McCLOSKEY Fly • FR • 1L Bishop Blanchet High School Kenmore, Wash.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: As a true freshman, had career bests in the one-meter of 206.32, which ranks sixth all-time at Idaho, and in the threemeter of 207.15, which ranks fourth all-time at Idaho.

High school: .....

2009-10: Competed in five events as a true freshman and had the best 200 IM and 200 fly of her young career at Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet with a 2:12.21 in the individual medley and a 2:09.06 in the butterfly.

High school: Three-time MVP ... captain of swim team senior year ... state qualifier for four years ... top eight at state as a junior (500 free) and senior (200 IM) ... won league championship in the 100 fly as a junior ... four-year varsity letterwinner.

BESTS CAREER 1-meter diving 206.32 3-meter diving 207.15

Feb. 6, 2010 Feb. 6, 2010

FUN FACTS Dream job: Since I was little, I wanted to be a police woman in space. But, right now, I am studying Architecture with a focus on urban development.

Hidden talent: I am the best big sister ever.

“I love my family, friends and music and I want to be forever young.”

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BESTS CAREER 500 free 1000 free 100 fly 200 fly 200 IM

5:19.98 11:00.37 1:02.50 2:19.06 2:12.21

Nov. 6, 2009 Nov. 7, 2009 Dec. 4, 2009 Feb. 27, 2010 Feb. 25, 2010

FUN FACTS Major and why: Marketing. I want to find a job with sports marketing.

Best advice received: The rough times are just callouses that make you tougher in the long run.

One item cannot live without: Probably my iPod or chocolate chip cookies.

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2009-10 FRESHMEN Lindsay ORCHARD Breast/IM • FR • 1L Pine Crest High School Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Kaela PETTITT Distance • FR • 1L Rogers High School Puyallup, Wash.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: Made an immediate impact on Vandal swimming by posting the fourth-best time in the 400 IM (4:33.51) in school history in the third meet of the season ... added the fifth best 200 IM (2:11.00) a week later.

High school: .....

2009-10: Assaulted the distance records immediately in her first year at Idaho ... has the school record in the 1000 free (10:24.31) as well as the Vandals’ second-best time all-time in the 1650 free (17:15.32) and the fifth-best time all-time in the 500 free (5:05.86) ... All of those top marks came at the Western Athletic Conference Championship Meet.

BESTS CAREER 200 IM 400 IM 100 breast 200 breast 100 back 200 back

2:11.00 4:33.51 1:11.94 2:26.47 1:02.28 2:11.26

Nov. 13, 2009 Nov. 7, 2009 Dec. 4, 2009 Feb. 27, 2010 Dec. 4, 2009 Nov. 13, 2009

FUN FACTS

BESTS CAREER 200 free 400 free 500 free 800 free 1000 free 1650 free

1:56.82 4:46.65 5:05.86 9:31.55 10:24.31 17:15.32

Feb. 26, 2010 Jan. 9, 2010 Feb. 25, 2010 Jan. 9, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010 Feb. 27, 2010

FUN FACTS Dream job: To be a neo-natal nurse.

Hidden talent: Singing.

One item cannot live without: My Minnie Mouse blanket.

Plans after college: To graduate with a degree in elementary education, fulfill a full-time teaching job, and eventually get married and start a family.

Why Vandal swimming: I chose Vandal swimming because it’s like a family and it is a great fit for me.

Plans after college: I hope to be a full time elementary teacher, get married and eventually start a family.

Why Vandal Swimming: I chose Vandal swimming and siving because it was a great fit! The girls on the team are like a family and the coaches are awesome.

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2009-10 FRESHMAN Treasa RING

Kelsie SAXE

Sprints • FR • 1L Roseville Area High School Roseville, Ore.

Breast/IM • FR • 1L James Madison Memorial HS West Linn, Ore.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

2009-10: As a true freshman, turned in a school record in the 100 fly with a 55.89 in her first collegiate meet and posted the second-fastest 200 fly time (2:8.97) in the fourth meet of the sason.

High school: .....

2009-10: Had the second fastest time in the 100 fly (56.53) in school history in her fourth collegiate meet.

BESTS CAREER 50 free 100 free 100 fly 200 fly

24.10 52.84 55.89 2:08.97

Dec. 4, 2009 Oct. 24, 2009 Oct. 24, 2009 Nov. 13, 2009

BESTS CAREER 100 fly 100 breast 200 breast 200 IM 400 IM

56.53 1:07.29 2:25.65 2:06.64 4:43.06

Feb. 25, 2010 Oct. 24, 2009 Jan. 9, 2010 Feb. 24, 2010 Dec. 4, 2009

FUN FACTS One Item cannot live without: Peanut butter.

Best advice received: Give 100 percent effort 100 percent of the time.

Hidden talent: I can make my toe pop over and over.

FUN FACTS Best advice received: My dad always tells me, “There are only two things you can control in life: your attitude and your effort.”

Major and why: Radio/TV/Digital Media Production because I love video editing.

Personnal: I have a brother – Danny, 22.

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WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE In its 47th year, the Western Athletic Conference continues to evolve and features some of the nation’s best intercollegiate competition. One thing that remains unchanged is the persis10t nature of the nine schools in the WAC to advance their programs to con10d at the top levels of the NCAA. The WAC provides its student-athletes the chance to travel to scenic destinations and gain exposure in some of the nation’s most diverse markets. In addition, the WAC’s student-athletes work to achieve the highest levels of success with the academic support of their respective institutions.

The WAC is the sixth oldest among the nation’s 11 Division I-A conferences. Its history traces back to July 27, 1962, when the original six-team league of Arizona, Arizona State, Brigham Young, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming began competition.

The first championship was held in November 1962, when Arizona won the men’s cross country title and New Mexico followed with the first WAC football title. Arizona finished second in the NCAA College World Series and, less than three years later,

Arizona State claimed the league’s first NCAA title when the Sun Devils won the College World Series trophy. Fresno State was the last WAC school to earn an NCAA team title when it won the College World Series in 2008.

The WAC has had just five commissioners in its history. Paul Brechler was named the first leader of the conference and held the position from 1962-1968. He was followed

by Wiles Hallock (1968-71), Stan Bates (1971-80), Dr. Joe Kearney (1980-94) and Karl Benson (1994-present).

Presently, the WAC crowns team and individual champions in 19 sports – eight men’s and 11 women’s. For the men, there are championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, 10nis, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field.

Championships for women are held in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, 10nis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and volleyball.

The WAC office has been located in the Denver area since the conference’s inception with the exception of a two-year stay in Phoenix from 1964-66.

NCAA QUALIFYING STANDARDS 25 YARD COURSE EVENT 50 Freestyle

A STANDARD 21.93

B STANDARD 23.02

25 YARD COURSE EVENT 200 Individual Medley

A STANDARD 1:56.13

B STANDARD 2:01.93

100 Freestyle

47.84

50.23

400 Individual Medley

4:07.33

4:19.69

200 Freestyle

1:44.02

1:49.22

200 Freestyle Relay

1:28.35

1:32.76

500 Freestyle

4:38.46

4:52.41

400 Freestyle Relay

3:14.93

3:24.67

15:53.38

16:41.04

800 Freestyle Relay

7:02.07

7:23.17

100 Butterfly

52.02

54.62

200 Medley Relay

1:37.81

1:42.70

200 Butterfly

1:54.95

2:00.69

400 Medley Relay

3:32.56

3:43.18

100 Backstroke

53.01

55.66

1-Meter Diving --- Dual 255 / 6 optionals format 265

200 Backstroke

1:53.37

1:59.24

3-Meter Diving --- Dual 270 / 6 optionals format 280

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SWIMMING AND DIVING HISTORY

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hen women’s swimming was reinstated at the University of Idaho in 2004, head coach Tom Jager took over a program that hadn’t seen the water for 19 years but wasn’t dry on tradition.

The original program, which lasted from 1973-1985, set the standard for women’s swimming at the University of Idaho.

At least one Vandal competed or qualified to participate at nationals every season during that period — a span that includes the year Idaho played host to the tournament in 1973.

Nancy Westermeyer Monroe was the first great Idaho swimmer. She came to Idaho in 1972 and practiced with the men’s team and competed in competitions around the Northwest. Monroe, a freestyle and butterfly competitor, was the first Vandal to qualify for the AIAW National Swimming and Diving Championships four years. Unfortunately, Monroe, and three teammates, were unable to compete in the 1975 championships because of funding issues.

Another Nancy soon joined the ranks as an elite Idaho swimmer, if not perhaps the greatest in the school’s history. Nancy Bechtholdt Koch swam for the Vandals from 1979-82. Koch not only qualified for nationals four times, she brought home eight individual national championships and set several national records.

She was a 24-time All-American, and was a member of a relay team with Kris Ablin, Linda DeMeyer, Nancy Rand and Kathy Schmahl that earned the school’s first All-American honors when she was a freshman.

Koch was chosen the Idaho Female Athlete of the Year for the 1979 season and still holds three Idaho school records.

Her 500-yard freestyle record is nearly eight seconds better than the school’s next best. Her 1,000-yard freestyle time is three seconds faster than anyone else has ever swam at Idaho and her 1,650yard freestyle school record is nearly 20 seconds faster than any other Vandal’s effort.

Koch still holds all-time top-10 times in the 100- and 200-yard freestyle.

From 1981-84, three other swimmers also qualified for nationals four years in a row. Anne Kincheloe breastroke, Kate Kemp, freestyle, and Sarah Osborne,

backstroke, accomplished the feat.

Idaho’s greatest success came from 1981-82, while the career of these swimmers overlapped Koch’s junior and senior seasons.

The team finished fifth in 1981 at nationals and seventh in 1982.

Koch led the way for the school’s highest national team finish by winning the 100- and 200-yard freestyle, placing second in the 500-yard freestyle and third in the 1,650-yard freestyle. She was on the 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished second and the 400-yard medley relay team that finished fourth.

Osborne finished 12th in the 50- and 200-yard backstroke events.

Koch won her fourth 200-yard freestyle title at the 1982 championship. She also won the 1,650-yard freestyle, was fourth in the 100-yard freestyle and placed on three relays. Kincheloe finished fifth in the 50-yard breaststroke, sixth in the 199yard breaststroke and eighth in the 200yard breaststroke.

The Vandals finished 22nd at nationals in 1985, the team’s last season of the 20th century. Four Vandals earned AllAmerican honors and two set school records at the meet. Charene Mitchell set the 400m individual medley school record and Jennifer Hunkele set the three-meter diving school record. Hunkele set all of Idaho’s diving records and still holds three out of four of them today.

The swimming team returned to competition during the 2004 season.

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Director of Athletics Rob Spear chose Jager, a five-time Olympic champion, to rebuild the program.

His swimmers quickly went to work rewriting the school’s record books as only nine names from the original era can now be found on Idaho’s all-time top-10 list and only Koch’s records still stand.

Idaho moved from the Big West to the Western Athletic Conference in the team’s second season.

In 2006, JoJo Miller won the school’s first WAC title in the 100-meter breaststroke.

Miller holds the school record in the event and every spot on Idaho’s all-time top-10 list for the 200 -meter breaststroke.

In 2008, a year ahead of schedule, Idaho completed the program’s resurrection with the addition of a diving program.

Idaho was the only team in the Western Athletic Conference without a diving team., which placed Idaho at a disadvantage in head-to-head meets and limited the team’s placing at the WAC tournament.

Jager hired Qiong Jie Huang, the 2005 NCAA one-meter spring board champion, as the school’s first diving coach. She recruited gymnasts already on campus to form the school’s new diving team and in just the third meet of the season, Amanda Morrow broke Hunkele’s one-meter springboard record.

With improved facilities, the addition of a diving team and Jager’s Olympic-sized work ethic, the current Vandals have the foundation set in place to match the greatness of former Idaho swimming and diving teams.

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VANDAL ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME When the Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame opened in 2007, Idaho swimming and diving was well represented as Idaho greats Nancy Westermeyer Monroe and Nancy Bechtholdt Koch were among the charter members. Together, Wesermeyer Monoe and Bechtholdt Koch set the standard for all future Vandals swimmers.

NANCY WESTERMEYER MONROE Nancy Monroe was a four-time AIAW national qualifier for the Idaho women’s swimming and diving team from 1971-75. She was the first fourtime AIAW qualifier in Idaho women’s swimming history.

She specialized in the freestyle and butterfly events and left the school holding team records in both. It was the success of Monroe and her early teammates that helped put Idaho on the map in women’s swimming in the Northwest and the nation and led to Idaho serving as host to the AIAW National Meet in 1973.

She was chosen the Vandals’ Most Inspirational Swimmer for four successive seasons – 1972-75, and was

the Most Outstanding Swimmer in 1972, 1974 and 1975.

She was in the first class of female student-athletes at the University of Idaho. She earned her first scholar-

ship in 1972. The total award – $175.

The student-athletes were encouraged to compete in more than one sport so she added volleyball to her repertoire.

NANCY BECHTHOLDT KOCH Nancy Bechtholdt Koch swam for the Vandals from 1979-1982. Koch not only qualified for nationals four times, she brought home eight individual national championships and set several national records.

She was a 24-time All-American,

Idaho’s Female Athlete of the Year for the 1979 season and still holds three Idaho school records.

Her 500-yard freestyle record is nearly eight seconds better than the school’s next best. Her 1,000-yard freestyle time is three seconds faster

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than anyone else has swam at Idaho and her 1,650-yard freestyle school record is nearly 20 seconds faster than any other Vandal’s effort.

Koch still holds all-time top-10 times in the 100 and 200-yard freestyle.

Behind Koch, Idaho finished fifth in 1981 at nationals and seventh in 1982.

Koch led the way for the school’s highest national team finish by winning the 100- and 200-yard freestyle, placing second in the 500yard freestyle and third in the 1,650yard freestyle. She was on the 800yard freestyle relay team that placed second and 400-yard medley relay team that finished fourth.

Koch won her fourth 200yard freestyle title at the 1982 championship. She also won the 1,650-yard freestyle, placed fourth in the 100-yard freestyle and placed on three relays.

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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS Kris Ablin** Sandi Arnold Laurie Austin Becky Beal Diane Becherer Nancy Bechtholdt**** Teri Bell* Savannah Bettis Linda Birkenberger Celeste Bithell Hannah Bliss Debbie Bock Sandy Bonnell Mary Brecka Calleagh Brown Helen Byrd Nancy Call** Cathy Carrow Joy Cheek Diane Chris10sen*** Arlene Clements Teresa Coffey Tricia Cole Linda Conger Terry Coon* Debra Courtemanche* Stephanie Cox Staci Dechambeau Linda DeMeyer** Lisa DeMeyer*** Gina Deide Cynthia Fieller Bonnie Flickinger*** Anne Ford Leslie Fryhling Kelly Gates Monica Gill** Sierra Grove Sara Hansen Cindi Hamblin Samantha Hammerly Theresa Hancock Cortnee Hanson Linda Hardin* Lisa Hazel* Becky Henderson Katie Hendricks Kacie Hogan Linda Holt* Jennifer Hunkele* Anna Humphrey Barb Jackson Elizabeth Jagusch Karen Jaquish* Ruth Jensen Mallory Kellogg Kate Kemp**** Anne Kincheloe**** Kathy Kirkland Rachel Klancher K.C. Knight* Katie Kolva Gina Korsgaard Katherine Kubancik Amy Laska Paige Lee Briana Loftus Whitney Lybeck Lois MacMillan* Barb Madsen** Beth Marcum* Jenny McAnaney

77-79 74-75 75-76 76-77 77-79 78-82 76-78 0883-84 82-83 0874-77 84-85 73-74 0880-81 72-75 75-76 84-85 73-77 83-84 83-84 82-83 80-84 73-74 76-77 08-09 79-80 77-80 80-83 84-85 76-77 80-84 80-82 84-85 80-81 79-81 0908-09 78-79 0876-77 06-10 74-76 77-78 82-83 0804-08 79-80 84-85 07-09 77-79 0774-77 04-05 04-08 80-84 80-84 73-77 0977-78 04-08 83-84 06-10 83-84 04-08 07-08 05-06 79-81 73-76 80-81 05-06

Boise, Idaho Seattle, Wash.

Ft. Wayne, Ind Tacoma, Wash.

Moscow, Idaho Redondo Beach, Calif.

Mentor, Ohio Boise, Idaho Mercer Island, Wash.

Burbank, Ill. Bartlesville, Okla.

Eugene, Ore. Reno, Nev. Moscow, Idaho Caldwell, Idaho Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Lincoln, Neb. Bellevue, Wash.

Central Point, Ore. Grangeville, Idaho Caldwell, Idaho Spokane, Wash.

Carson City, Nev. Boise, Idaho Olympia, Wash.

Olympia, Wash.

Caldwell, Idaho La Mesa, N.M. Minot, N.D. Loveland, Colo.

Moscow, Idaho

New Castle, Colo.

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Denver, Colo.

Idaho Falls, Idaho Lebanon, Ore. Carmichael, Calif.

Redmond, Wash.

Sumner, Wash.

Eugene, Ore. Minot, N.D. Portland, Ore. Caldwell, Idaho Ketchikan, Alaska Milwaukee, Wisc.

West Richland, Wash.

Spokane, Wash.

Juneau, Alaska Minot, N.D. Moscow, Idaho Anchorage, Alaska Boise, Idaho Newman Lake, Wash.

Renton, Wash.

Boulder, Colo.

Richardson, Texas Portland, Ore. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Chinook, Mont.

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Meaghan McCloskey 09Kenmore, Wash.

Jori McGuire 05-06 Yakima, Wash.

Andrea Miller 04-08 Missoula, Mont.

Portland, Ore. JoJo Miller 04-08 Kate Miller 04-07 McMinnville, Ore. Charene Mitchell** 83-85 San Jose, Calif.

Nancy Westermeyer Monroe**** 71-75 Santa Barbara, Calif.

Amanda Morrow 08-10 Clayton, Wash.

Ann Mor10son 79-80 Melanie Neff 06-08 Wenatchee, Wash.

Lyn Nelson 77-78 Amanda Nerbovig 06-10 Seattle, Wash.

Monica Newman 78-79 Tonya Nofziger** 83-85 Rainier, Ore. Jennifer Norton*** 81-85 Mill Valley, Calif.

Alyson O’Brien 07Lake Oswego, Ore. Julie Olson 76-77 Wallace, Idaho Lindsay Orchard 09Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Sarah Osborne**** 80-84 Reno, Nev. Debra Paisley 78-79 Si Jia Pang 08Singapore Lori Perrin 84-85 Williston, N.D. Brenna Peters 05-06 Laramie, Wyo. Sara Peterson 04-08 Longview, Wash.

Kaela Pettitt 09Puyallup, Wash.

Mary Beth Phelan* 74-75 Debbie Plymire 76-77 Ivy, Va. Adriana Quirke 04-08 Eugene, Ore. Nancy Rand** 78-80 Ann Rice 76-77 Great Falls, Mont.

Treasa Ring 09Roseville, Minn.

Maggie Rosandick 76-77 Ann Ryden 83-84 Richland, Wash.

Kelsie Saxe 09Verong, Wis. Justine Scaccia 06-07 Kalispell, Mont.

Kathy Schmahl** 78-80 Spokane, Wash.

Nicole Schuh 06-10 Canby, Ore. Leah Schwisow 08-09 Melba, Idaho Marion Shawley 74-76 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Carol Siems 79-80 Robin Simineo 78-79 Caldwell, Idaho Mary Skidmore 07Memphis, 10n.

LaRene Smith* 79-83 Salt Lake City, Utah Linda Smith 77-78 Pocatello, Idaho Leia Spillman 04-06 Junction City, Ore. Bryn Spores 04-06 Fairbanks, Alaska Karen Stambaugh 75-77 Boise, Idaho Chelsey Stanger 08Dayton, Wash.

Debbie Stark 74-75 Moscow, Idaho Debbie Stockwell 76-78 Moscow, Idaho Leslie Stone 76-78 Vancouver, B.C. Mandy Stone 06-10 Greeley, Colo.

Staci Stratton 07Sequim, Wash.

Portland, Ore. Jodi Stratton 04-08 Crystal Streight 06-08 Las Vegas, Nev. Norra Stroh 08-09 Boise, Idaho Susie Swanson 74-75 Payette, Idaho Tracy Thomas*** 82-85 Federal Way, Wash.

Carol Thompson 77-78 Kim Uehland 78-79 Amanda Watson 06-10 Cody, Wyo. Jody Widrig Valley*** 80-83 Gig Harbor, Wash.

Kim Warren 84-85 Williston, N.D. Emily Weeks 04-06 Minot, N.D. Kirs10 Wight 04-07 Renton, Wash.

Sharon Wilson 84-85 Juneau, Alaska Glenda Woodall 84-85 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Jeanette Young 83-84 Twin Falls, Idaho Teresa Zimmer 79-80 Tracy Zimmer* 84-85 Redmond, Ore. Bold denotes current Vandal swimmer *Denotes the number of times the athlete qualified for Nationals

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Alyson O’Brien Alyson O’Brien Alyson O’Brien Nancy Bechtholdt Amanda Watson Alyson O’Brien Alyson O’Brien Alyson O’Brien Adriana Quirke Alyson O’Brien

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Nancy Bechtoldt Cortnee Hanson Paige Lee Cortnee Hanson Kaela Pettitt Paige Lee Alyson O’Brien Paige Lee Cortnee Hanson Cortnee Hanson

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1000 FREESTYLE Kaela Pettitt Nancy Bechtholdt Paige Lee Charene Mitchell Cortnee Hanson Paige Lee Paige Lee Paige Lee Paige Lee Amanda Nervobig

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100 BACKSTROKE Kacie Hogan Kacie Hogan Adriana Quirke Kacie Hogan Adriana Quirke Adriana Quirke Adriana Quirke Anna Humphrey Adriana Quirke Kacie Hogan

2007 2007 2008 2006 2008 2006 2008 2008 2008 2008

200 BACKSTROKE Kacie Hogan Kacie Hogan Kacie Hogan Kacie Hogan Kacie Hogan Amanda Watson Adriana Quirke Kacie Hogan Amanda Watson Justine Scaccia

2007 2007 2006 2007 2008 2009-10 2006 2008 2009 2007

100 BREASTSTROKE JoJo Miller JoJo Miller Elizabeth Jaugsch Elizabeth Jaugsch JoJo Miller Elizabeth Jagusch Jenny McAnaney JoJo Miller Elizabeth Jagusch Elizabeth Jagusch

2007 2007 2008 2008 2006 2008 2006 2008 2009 2008

200 BREASTSTROKE JoJo Miller JoJo Miller Nicole Schuh JoJo Miller JoJo Miller JoJo Miller JoJo Miller JoJo Miller JoJo Miller JoJo Miller

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Treasa Ring Kelsie Saxe Anna Humphrey Anna Humphrey Jori McGuire Kacie Hogan Kacie Hogan

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Paige Lee Treasa Ring Paige Lee Paige Lee Paige Lee Katie Hendricks Paige Lee Paige Lee Paige Lee JoJo Miller

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200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Adriana Quirke Anna Humphrey Adriana Quirke Katie Kolva Lindsay Orchard Katie Kolva Amanda Watson Crystal Streight Adriana Quirke Anna Humphrey

2008 2008 2008 2008 2009-10 2008 2009 2007 2005 2009

400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Cortnee Hanson JoJo Miller JoJo Miller Lindsay Orchard Cortnee Hanson Jodi Stratton JoJo Miller JoJo Miller Cortnee Hanson Jodi Stratton

2009-10 2007 2007 2009-10 2009* 2008 2006 2005 2009* 2008

1 METER DIVING Amanda Morrow Amanda Morrow Jennifer Hunkele Lori Perrin Stephanie Cox Rachel Klancher Amanda Morrow Amanda Morrow Amanda Morrow Amanda Morrow Jeanette Young

2009-10 2009 1985 1985 2009 2009-10 2009 2009 193.65 2009 1983

3 METER DIVING Jennifer Hunkele Amanda Morrow Lori Perrin Rachel Klancher Jeanette Young Amanda Morrow Amanda Morrow Amanda Morrow Teri Bell Barb Madsen

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UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT

DR. DUANE NELLIS “Athletics enriches the college experience.” ~ Dr. Duane Nellis Athletics, University of Idaho president Dr. Duane Nellis says, is an integral element of the college experience. It is a way to engage students and alumni, it enhances opportunities not only for student-athletes but for students, and is a way to gain widespread exposure for the University as a whole.

“It is the front porch of the University and a highly visible dimension of the University,” said Nellis, who became Idaho’s 17th president July 1, 2009. “It enriches the college experience. Many of our alums have warm memories not only of their university academic experience but also of the social dimensions that come through athletic programs.”

A native of nearby Spokane, Wash., Nellis earned his bachelor’s degree at Montana State University and his master’s and doctoral degrees at Oregon State University. He met his wife, Ruthie, at Montana State.

“It’s a thrill,” said Nellis at his introductory news conference. “I feel like I’m coming home. I have so much energy and passion for the work of land grant institutions and the special role they play in education. I just can’t wait to get started!”

Nellis comes to Idaho after five years as Provost and Senior Vice President at Kansas State University.

Prior to his time at Kansas State, he was the Dean of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University for seven years.

Previously, Nellis served as provost and senior vice president of Kansas State University, which has more than 23,000 students, 1,600 faculty, an annual budget of more than $730 million, and annual research funding that exceeds $215 million. He oversaw 12 deans and 10 other units, including the offices of the vice provost for information technology services and the vice president for research.

At Kansas State, he was responsible for strengthening its national leadership in selected strategic areas through targeted excellence investments, restructured and new programs that augmented student learning opportunities, and enhanced diversity and civic engagement among faculty, staff, and students.

At West Virginia University, he led a highly successful capital fundraising campaign, oversaw the planning and construction of a new $60 million Life Sciences Building, provided leadership that led to numerous college

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faculty and student successes – among which were the establishment of a National Geospatial Development Center, a Center for Writing Excellence, and a Math Learning Institute, a revitalized WVU Press. He also strengthened social justice and related diversity programs across the college and university.

In his professional role, he has served in various leadership positions as well. Nellis was on the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Academic Officers Executive Council and was the National Chair Elect until his hiring as Idaho’s president. He also served as president of the Association of American Geographers, one of the largest professional geography organizations in the world. He also is past president of the National Council for Geographic Education; past president of Gamma Theta Upsilon, the International Geographic Honor Society; past president of the Kansas Academy of Sciences, and he served as one of 10 members of “Certainly, having comthe National Council of Colleges petitive athletic programs of Arts and Sciences Research at the University enriches Universities Committee. the students’ opportuniNellis is recognized nationties, not only as studentally and internationally for his reathletes, but also for stusearch utilizing satellite data and dents who participate in geographic information systems the marching band and to analyze various dimensions go to the athletic events of the earth’s land surface. This and participate in those research has been funded by very exciting activities.” more than 50 grants (as principal investigator and co-principal investigator) totaling more than $3 million dollars from sources such as NASA, National Geographic Society, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He has been recognized internationally for his research and teaching through numerous awards, such as receiving national honors from the Association of American Geographers (AAG) in 2001, the AAG’s John Fraser Hart Award for Excellence in Research, and the Outstanding Contributions Award by the AAG’s Remote Sensing Specialty Group. In addition, Nellis received the Young Research Scholar Award by the Institute of British Geographers, and Kansas State’s University Outstanding Teaching Award and University Advisor of the Year Award, during his earlier tenure at Kansas State.

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DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

DR. ROB SPEAR GREAT FALLS (BS) • UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA (MBA) • UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (PhD) Rob Spear assumed the lead of the University of Idaho athletic department during a crucial juncture in its storied history.

The Vandals were seeking solidification of their conference status and their facilities were in need of modernization. They needed a leader with vision and passion. Spear fit the bill.

First was securing a home in the Western Athletic Conference, a league that preserves historic rivalries and offers the benefits of a Division I association. Next was rebuilding the Vandals’ home. He was on hand to oversee the final stages of the construction of the Iverson Speed and Strength Center. Next were the playing surfaces – inside and out. The Vandals now have a SprinTurf practice facility outdoors and RealGrass Pro inside the Kibbie Dome. The football, men’s and women’s basketball, and swimming locker rooms were renovated into modern, stylish facilities for the student-athletes.

Last fall, the athletic training and equipment rooms were renovated and state-of-the-art classrooms and meeting rooms came on line as part of a multi-million dollar facelift for the Kibbie Dome. When the Vandals kickoff against San Diego State in mid-September, the most visible piece of the remodel will be in place with translucent panels covering the west wall.

Facilities are but one area where Spear has moved the department forward. He added to the support services staff to enhance the student-athlete experience. Computer labs and academic support staff are cornerstones of a successful department and the additions and upgrades in those areas are paying dividends. In the fall of 2007, the Idaho Athletics Hall of Fame was established with 100 individuals and five teams being inducted over a two-year period as part of the inaugural class.

His involvement isn’t limited to the Idaho campus. He is in the midst of a two-year term as a member of the NCAA Legislative Council – one of two top-tier governing bodies in the organization.

“I am honored and excited to represent the Western Athletic Conference on this governing board,” Spear said at the time of his appointment. “It is a tremendous opportunity to make an impact on future NCAA legislation to ensure we continue to provide the best possible service to the student-athlete.”

Spear’s ties with athletics are life-long. He was a standout high school athlete in his native Butte, Mont., before moving on to letter four times at the University of Great Falls. Next was a two-year professional basketball career with the Montana Golden Nuggets, at the time coached by George Karl.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Great Falls in 1980 and his MBA from the University of Montana in 1983.

He accepted a position as an internal auditor with the University of Idaho in 1989. While working at Idaho, he also pursued his doctorate in education, which he completed in 1993.

Prior to his appointment as director of athletics in 2003, Spear was the interim assistant financial vice president. He also spent time at Idaho as the Assistant Vice President for Outreach in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and in grants contracts.

He and his wife, Sandy, have one daughter, Morgan – a sophomore at Idaho.

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THE

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO A LEGACY OF LEADING The University of Idaho opened its doors on Oct. 3, 1892, when it welcomed about 40 students and one professor, John Edwin Ostrander.

On June 11, 1896, the university graduated its first class when four students marched across a stage to receive their diplomas. Two years later, the university awarded its first graduate degree. By 1899, a growing body of University of Idaho alumni formed the Idaho Alumni Association.

Alumni numbers weren’t all that grew in those early days.

Over the next few years, the University of Idaho established its College of Agriculture, dedicated Ridenbaugh Hall and established the Pacific Northwest’s first Department of Domestic Science (later to be called Home Economics).

The Administration Building fire in 1906 was a turning point in the university’s history. John Tourtellotte, a Boise architect who had designed the state’s capitol, designed a new Tudor Gothic structure to symbolize the university’s growth and maturity as a major institution of higher education.

A BRIEF HISTORY The Administration Building remains the centerpiece of campus.

The hiring in 1908 of the nation’s premier landscape architects,Olmsted Brothers of Massachusetts whose firm’s founding father designed New York’s Central Park, led to the small-town New England look of the campus.

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was the first U.S. president to visit the campus in 1911. He planted the first tree in Presidential Grove.

Through the next 50 years, the campus continued to grow in size and academic offerings. Among the additions were Forney Hall, the School of Education, Science Hall, Hays Hall, the Music Building, the Library, the Student

Union and outreach campus locations.

In 1976 the new ASUI-Kibbie Dome won a national engineering structural achievement award. Its sound structure has withstood roaring cheers of Vandal fans (as well as the groans

and wailings of rival teams) ever since.

Today, the university is home to nearly 12,000 students and nearly 1,300 faculty and staff. It continues to be a leading place of learning in Idaho and the West, because although it is ever-responsive to the changing needs of its students and society, it never forgets its roots and traditions.

Perhaps no better example of this distinct combination of rich history and innovative service

is the Associated Students of the University of Idaho (ASUI). Today as vibrant as ever, ASUI has been a force on campus for more than 100 years.

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UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO A LEGACY OF LEADING • The College of Law celebrates its centennial in 2009. A featured event was the March Bellwood Lecture presented by Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr. • Students from the College of Engineering consistently score well above the national average for passage of the Fundamentals of Engineering exam; in 2008 the College of Engineering’s overall pass rate was 94 percent compared to a national average of 79 percent.

• The University of Idaho’s PGA Golf Management (PGM) students took first place in the PGA Jones Cup against the 19 other PGM-certified schools in the U.S. The Idaho team rallied from a two-stroke, first-round deficit to grab the title with a two-day winning total of 615 in the 36-hole event.

• The University of Idaho Foundation distributed a record $8.1 million to the University to support scholarships and programs in fiscal year 2008.

The funds came from investment earnings on 1,290 endowments created by donors to support the University.

• Gold medal - Alumna Kristin Armstrong ‘95 won the gold medal for the women’s cycling time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympic in Beijing, China.

• The University of Idaho is included in the 2009 edition of Princeton Review’s “Best 368 Colleges.” Only about 15 percent of the nation’s colleges are included the in the ranking of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education.

• NASA interns - 12 University of Idaho students were selected as NASA interns for summer 2008 and will work and study at three NASA locations around the country.

• The Corporation for National and Community Service has named the University of Idaho to the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts. The Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement. This year 2,250 students at Idaho engaged in some 70,500 hours of service.

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• John Clayton, artistic director of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho, is a 2008 Grammy Award winner. Clayton was given the award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for his work as arranger on the song “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” from Queen Latifah’s “Trav’lin’ Light” recording.

• The University of Idaho’s Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George W. Bush. It is the highest national honor an individual or arts organization can receive. The University of Idaho is the first public university to be named a recipient of the award since it was created

by Congress in 1984.

• Sarah Heath Palin ’87 is the first woman to serve as Alaska’s governor. Palin was a candidate for vice president of the United States in the 2008 election. She earned a journalism degree from Idaho, and worked in media and the utilities industry before beginning her public service.

• Idaho Extension reaches out to more than 12,000 Idaho youth through the Junior Master Gardener program. The science-based gardening curriculum aims to ignite a passion for learning.

• The Operation Education Scholarship program is the first of its kind in the nation. The scholarship is available to veterans severely and permanently wounded as a result of service since Sept. 11, 2001. The spouses of wounded veterans also are eligible for the scholarship.

• The three mule clones born at Idaho are now five years old. Two of the mules, Idaho Gem and Idaho Star, are competing on the mule-racing circuit.

• Idaho ranks second in the Northwest for enrolling new National Merit Scholars. Fall 2008 enrollment included 26 new National Merit Finalist Scholars in the freshman class. There are now 67 National Merit Scholars enrolled at Idaho.

• Outside magazine listed UI 29th on its list of Top 40 colleges offering the best in outdoor adventure. The magazine rated UI’s Outdoor Program and the Student Recreation Center’s climbing wall as outstanding.

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ne of the advantages of starting a swimming and diving program at the University of Idaho was the school’s swimming facilities received instant upgrades.

Since the program was reinstated in 2004, the university has spent nearly $2.2 million renovating the University of Idaho Swim and Dive Center.

The Center features two 25yard pools. A four-lane shallow pool on the west end serves as an ideal warm-up pool and is used for community swimming lessons and university swimming courses.

An eight-lane all-deep water pool is directly to the side of the shallow one. The pool is all deep water and sits below the seating gallery.

The pool is the team’s primary practice and competition pool and accommodates both swimming and diving events at home meets.

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locker room has been completely remodeled.

Head coach Tom Jager calls the University of Idaho Swim and Dive Center, with a 550-seat capacity, one of the best home sites in the WAC. “It’s a great college venue,” Jager said. “It’s got great seating and it’s all deep water.”

The Center’s air and water filtration systems received massive upgrades prior to the team’s first season. The starting blocks were replaced during that renovation and in 2008, two diving boards were added to accommodate the team’s new diving program.

The locker rooms were renovated in 2009.

The Vandals aren’t the only ones to enjoy the Center’s recent upgrades.

The pool accomm-odates 1,200 users a week, including university students and employees and Moscow community members.

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ACADEMIC SUPPORT SERVICES MISSION The Vandal Academic Support Services office is dedicated to guiding student-athletes toward graduation with the collaboration of cross-campus resources to monitor and support studentathlete academic progress and NCAA eligibility. To fulfill this mission, we focus on nurturing study and social skills, and encouraging initiative, self-motivation and accountability. We strive to develop positive, meaningful relationships within the Vandal community and beyond to Director Ana Tuiaea-Ruud develop well-rounded, employable graduates.

ATHLETIC TRAINING MISSION The University of Idaho’s commitment to its student-athletes can be seen in the continuing enhancement and growth of its athletic training, and strength and conditioning services. With the number one goal being prevention, Idaho athlete services provides not only strength and conditioning, and preventative athletic training measures, but coordinates with sports nutritionists and sports psychologists for the overall well-being of Vandal student-athletes.

“We approach our jobs first from a prevention standpoint,” head athletic trainer Barrie Steele said. “But, injuries do occur in athletics and when they do we make sure our student-athletes receive the finest in immediate and follow-up care. When they return to competition, our goal is to have them in better condition than before the injury and with a reduced chance of re-injury.”

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lieve they’ve landed in Moscow is the perparadise. Since Mosfect example of the old cow is nestled between adage: Don’t judge a the rolling hills of the book by its cover.

Palouse on one side Small though it may and Moscow Mountain be, Moscow has plenty on the other, opportunito offer. ties abound for outdoor More than 130 years entertainment. Campafter it was settled, ing, skiing, snowmobilMoscow is a small yet ing, hunting and fishing locales can all be found within a few short vibrant community with a penchant for the arts and the University miles from town. of Idaho.

If you’re the sort who prefers Every year people come from more urban forms of entertainment around the world to take part in MOSCOW IS: Moscow offers a broad assortment events such as the Lionel Hampton • One of the top 100 Small Arts Towns of activities typical of a small town International Jazz Festival or the • Host of the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival influenced largely by its resident Renaissance Fair. So much so, the • Largest of the 27 Moscows in the United States university. Add to those, a variety of city was named one of the top 100 • A U.S. Small Arts Center theatrical presentations and concerts small art towns in America.

• A “Gem Community” on the Idaho campus, and just The city’s 22,000 residents about every choice of entertainare a bright and diverse group ment can be found. of people. The city offers many MOSCOW MISCELLANEOUS At 2,500 feet above sea level, of the advantages of a big city Located in Latah County Moscow has a mild climate while retaining its small town Settled in 1871 despite it being located in the friendliness. Crime in Moscow Elevation: 2,583 northern United States. Temis almost non-existent.

Land area: 6.2 square miles Nearest city with population of 100,000 or more: Spokane, Wash. peratures rarely drop below 24 For entertainment, choices (84 miles) degrees during the winter and abound whether they be indoor Nearest city with population of 1 million or more: Seattle, Wash.

(298 the summer months won’t get or out. miles) much hotter than 87 degrees for Outdoor lovers might bea pleasant year-round climate.

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Idaho Idaho was settled during the gold rush of the 1800s. Veins of silver and gold were found in the mountains of central Idaho and it wasn’t long before thousands of pioneers had settled all over the territory in an attempt to get rich. As the pioneers mined for gold, they happened upon a pleasant surprise. In addition to the silver and gold, Idaho was abundant in gems such as topaz and jade. Hence Idaho’s nickname: the Gem State.

Idaho is one of the most scenic states in the nation. It holds claim to numerous world famous sites. Here are just a few of the many wonders Idaho offers.

• Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in the U.S. – 8,000 feet deep at some points.

• Shoshone Falls (36 feet taller than Niagara falls) • Soda Springs (largest man-made geyser) • The Sawtooth Mountains in central Idaho • The world famous Lava Hot Springs • The “Craters of the Moon” in south-central Idaho • Sun Valley Resort, where the movie stars play • Coeur d’Alene, playground of the Pacific Northwest • Bruneau Dunes, the largest sand dunes in North America Geographically, Idaho is one of the most diverse in the country. From the rolling deserts of southern Idaho and the forested mountains of central Idaho to the rolling plains of the Palouse, this state has it all. If you’re into river rafting, Idaho has the Salmon River, nicknamed “The River of No Return.” If you like water sports, Idaho has more than 2,000 lakes with names, and many more without. One of the most famous is Pend Oreille, which is more than 1,100 feet deep in some parts. The Navy has tested some of its submarines at Lake Pend Oreille.

Idaho is an outdoorsman’s dream come true. The state offers thousands of miles of trails for backpackers. Hunting and fishing locales are abundant all over the state. Idaho is home to part of the famous Lewis and Clark Trail. You can learn first-hand how the expedition was saved from certain starvation by the Nez Pierce Indian tribe.

Idaho is the 13th largest state in the nation, but is sparsely populated with 1.3 million residents. The benefit of this is low crime rates and a healthy lifestyle.

Last but certainly not least, Idaho indeed does have great potatoes. In 1937, the Idaho Potato Commission was formed. The state-run agency’s responsibilities include researching and expanding the Idaho potato market.

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