Loyola Marymount Swimming
The 2012-13 Season
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This is lmu SWIMMING. TABLE OF CONTENTS
2008 PCSC Champions 3 Conference Swimmers of the Year 2 All-MPSF Selections in 2012 13 MPSF All-Academic Selections in 2012
Table of Contents....................2 Quick Facts.............................3 2013 Roster...........................4 2013 Schedule........................4 Speed Chart............................5 The Team..................................6 The Coaches..........................33 Bonnie Adair....................33 Elaine Ferritto................34 Clay Evans......................35 Joanne Reierson..............36
LOOKING BACK.................. 37 2012 Review..........................37 2012 Awards & Honors.........38 The MPSF..............................39 2008 PCSC Championship.......40 2010 Hawai’i Trip...................41 All-Time Roster......................42 LMU Records/Top-10 Times.....43 Swimming Year-by-Year............44
Inside lmu........................ 45 See For Yourself...................46 A Personalized Learning Experience..47 A Solid Foundation................48 Where the Lions Live..............49 Student Life..........................50 Getting Involved....................51 Giving Back............................52 A Helping Hand......................53 A Promising Future................54 Building Champions................55 History of Champions.............56 Lion Leadership.....................57 Hub of Activity.......................58 Strengthening Champions.......59 The Dreier Center..................60 The Lions Athletic Center.......61 Burns Aquatics Center...........62 Where the Lions Play.............63 Feel the Roar........................64 Following the Lions...............65
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University information Location: Los Angeles, Calif. Founded: 1911 Enrollment: 9,234 (5,951 Undergrad) Nickname: Lions Colors - Primary/Secondary: Crimson & Navy/Gray & Marymount Blue Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Home Pool (Capacity): Burns Recreation and Aquatics Center (800) Inerim President: David W. Burcham Alma Mater: Occidental, ‘73; Long Beach St., ‘78; Loyola Law, ‘84 Athletic Director: Dr. William Husak Alma Mater: SUNY-Cortland, ‘72; Texas A&M, ‘76 Athletic Phone/Ticket Office: (310) 338-5404/(310) 338-LION
8 Insider Info: • 2013 Roster • 2013 Schedule • The MPSF • History/Records
men’s WATER POLO staff Head Coach: Alma Mater • Season: Assistant Coach: Alma Mater • Season: Assistant Coach: Alma Mater • Season: Director of Operations:
LMU Swimming
Bonnie Adair UCLA, ‘75, Loyola Law, ‘84 • 10th season Elaine Ferritoo Texas, ‘07 • first season Clay Evans UCLA, ‘76 • 14th season Joanne Reierson Dartmouth, ‘93 • ninth season
Team Facts 2011 Record - Overall (finish): 8-4 (5th) Starters Returning/Lost: 2/5 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 20/4 Newcomers: 5 CHAMPIONSHIP information League Championships (1): Conference Swimmers of the Year (3):
2008 Lauren Mathewson (‘07), Anne Scott (‘09, ‘10)
Media relations Media Relations Director (Swim Contact): Tyler Geivett Office Phone/Cell Phone: (310) 338-7638/(310) 345-6997 E-Mail: tgeivett@lmu.edu SID Office Fax: (310) 338-2703 Website: www.LMULions.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/LMULions Twitter: @LMULions
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Roster & Schedule Name Sofia Abrate Sophie Allen Kristen Brennand Isabel Casso Hailey Chisholm Kristen Clarno Meghan Cummings Rachel Dekar Kathleen Gore Hallie Hengels Stephanie Hess Camille Hopp Stephanie Horwitz Carly Johnson Kjirsten Magnuson Samantha Moody Elizabeth Murray Marlena Nip Angelina Prat Mary Kate Reid Katie Rick Diana Safa Lauren Saylor Stephanie Schuffels Mary Kate Short Maddie Vanderpoel Noelani Vargas
Ht Event 5-9 Backstroke/Breaststroke 6-0 Backstroke/Sprint Freestyle 5-5 Butterfly/IM/Sprint Freestyle 5-6 Mid-Distance Freestyle 5-7 Breaststroke/Individual Medley 5-5 Backstroke/IM/Sprint Freestyle 5-8 Butterfly/Sprint Freestyle 5-11 Breaststroke/Individual Medley 5-5 Sprint Freestyle/Butterfly 5-7 Breaststroke/Butterfly 5-5 Breaststroke/Freestyle 5-8 Breaststroke/Freestyle 5-9 Mid-Distance Freestyle 5-2 Sprint Freestyle 5-7 Sprint Freestyle/Backstroke 5-9 Butterfly/Sprint Freestyle 5-4 Butterfly/Mid-Distance Freestyle 5-6 Breaststroke/Individual Medley 5-9 Butterfly/Mid-Distance Freestyle 5-8 Breaststroke/IM/Sprint Freestyle 5-8 Breaststroke/IM/Sprint Freestyle 5-8 Freestyle 5-3 Sprint Freestyle 5-7 Butterfly/Breaststroke 5-4 Butterfly/Distance Freestyle/IM 5-8 Freestyle 5-5 Backstroke/Freestyle
HEAD COACH: ASSISTANT COACH: ASSISTANT COACH: DIRECTOR OF OPS:
Yr Hometown (Previous School) FR Peoria, Ariz./Xavier College Prep SR Boulder, Colo./University of Maryland FR Burlingame, Calif./Burlingame HS SO Los Angeles, Calif./Marlborough HS SO Capistrano Beach, Calif./JSerra HS FR Sunnyvale, Calif./Homestead HS FR Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie HS RS JR Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Pepperdine SO Fullerton, Calif./Mater Dei HS FR Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South HS SR Alamo, Calif./Carondelet HS SR Mission Viejo, Calif./Mission Viejo HS FR Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North HS FR Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral HS Coeur d’Alene, Idaho/Gonzaga Preparatory School SO RS SO Honolulu, Hawai’i/Arizona State JR Saratoga, Calif./Saratoga HS JR Alameda, Calif./Alameda HS JR Orangevale, Calif./Bella Vista HS FR Los Angeles, Calif./Notre Dame Academy JR Morgan Hill, Calif./Live Oak HS SO Thousand Oaks, Calif./Oaks Christian HS JR West Covina, Calif./Bishop Amat HS FR Seal Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos HS JR Reno, Nev./Reno HS SO Castle Rock, Colo./Rock Canyon HS SR Honolulu, Hawaii/Hawaii Preparatory Academy
Bonnie Adair (UCLA, ‘75, Loyola Law, ‘84) - 10th season Elaine Ferritto (Texas, ‘07) - first season Clay Evans (UCLA, ‘76) - 14th season Joanne Reierson (Dartmouth, ‘93) - ninth season
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Date Opponent Sep. 30 Alumni Relays Oct. 12 PCSC Relays/Diving Oct. 13 PCSC Pentathlon Oct. 21 Masters 5K Swimathon Oct. 26 Malibu Invitational Oct. 27 Malibu Invitational Nov. 3 UC Davis/USD * Nov. 15 Arena Invitational Nov. 16 Arena Invitational Nov. 17 Arena Invitational Nov. 29 Winter National Champs. Nov. 30 Winter National Champs. Dec. 1 Winter National Champs. Jan. 11 vs. Tulane Jan. 12 UCSD/CSUB Jan. 18 Beach Cup Jan. 19 Beach Cup Jan. 25 Cal Poly/Pacific * Jan. 26 CSUB/Cal Baptist Feb. 20 MPSF Championships * Feb. 21 MPSF Championships * Feb. 22 MPSF Championships * Feb. 23 MPSF Championships * Apr. 13 LMU Long Course Invite
Time 10:30 a.m 1:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m 2:00 p.m 10:00 a.m 9:30 a.m All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day All Day 12:00 p.m 12:00 p.m 1:30 p.m 10:00 a.m 1:00 p.m 12:00 p.m All Day All Day All Day All Day 10:30 a.m
Bold - Denotes Home Meet. * - MPSF Opponent ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC. ALL DATES, OPPONENTS, AND MEET TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
a 2013 Schedule/results
Speed chart Sofia Abrate Back/Breast • 5-9 • FR Peoria, Ariz.
Sophie Allen Back/Free • 6-0 • SR Boulder, Colo.
Kristen Brennand Fly/IM/Free • 5-5 • FR Burlingame, Calif.
Isabel Casso Free • 5-6 • SO Los Angeles, Calif.
Hailey Chisholm Breast/IM • 5-7 • SO Capistrano Beach, Calif.
Kristen Clarno Back/IM/Free • 5-5 • FR Sunnyvale, Calif.
Meghan Cummings Fly/Free • 5-8 • FR Eden Prairie, Minn.
Rachel Dekar Breast/IM • 5-10 • RS JR Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Kathleen Gore Free/Fly • 5-5 • SO Fullerton, Calif.
Hallie Hengels Breast/Fly • 5-7 • FR Glenview, Ill.
Stephanie Hess Breast/Free • 5-5 • SR Alamo, Calif.
Camille Hopp Breast/Free • 5-8 • SR Mission Viejo, Calif.
Stephanie Horwitz Free • 5-9 • FR Northbrook, Ill.
Carly Johnson Free • 5-2 • FR Scottsdale, Ariz.
Kjirsten Magnuson Free/Back • 5-7 • SO Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
Samantha Moody Fly/Free • 5-9 • RS SO Honolulu, Hawai’i
Elizabeth Murray Fly/Free • 5-4 • JR Saratoga, Calif.
Marlena Nip
Angelina Prat Fly/Free • 5-9 • JR Orangevale, Calif.
Mary Kate Reid Breast/IM/Free • 5-8 • FR Los Angeles, Calif.
Diana Safa Free • 5-8 • SO Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Lauren Saylor Free • 5-3 • JR West Covina, Calif.
Stephanie Schuffels
Breast/IM • 5-6 • JR Alameda, Calif.
Maddie Vanderpoel Free • 5-8 • SO Castle Rock, Colo.
Noelani Vargas Back/Free • 5-5 • SR Honolulu, Hawai’i
Elaine Ferritto Assistant Coach First Season
Clay Evans Assistant Coach 14th Season
Joanne Reierson Director of Operations Ninth Season
Mary Kate Short Fly/Free/IM • 5-4 • JR Reno, Nev.
Katie Rick Breast/IM/Free • 5-8 • JR Morgan Hill, Calif.
Bonnie Adair Head Coach 10th Season
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Fly/Breast • 5-7 • FR Seal Beach, Calif.
Sofia Abrate
BACKSTROKE / BREASTSTROKE • 5-9 • FRESHMAN • PEORIA, ARIZ. • XAVIER COLLEGE PREP
BRIEFLY Sofia Abrate is in her first season with LMU swimming... HIGH SCHOOL A 2012 graduate of Xavier College Prep in Phoenix, Ariz... a four-year varsity letterwinner under coach Colleen Murphy... garnered Xavier Outstanding Senior Athlete award... voted most improved swimmer as a sophomore... helped her team to the State Championship all four years of high school... an AIA ScholarAthlete in each year of competition... also competed in track and field as a sophomore in high school... PERSONAL Sofia Belen Abrate was born on December 2, 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina... parents are Bibiana and Daniel Abrate... has one brother, Tomas... considered Seattle University, San Diego, UC San Diego and Saint Louis University, but chose LMU because of the sense of community she felt when on campus, its location and Jesuit affiliation... a film and television production major. a Click here for full bio
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Sophie Allen
Backstroke / Freestyle • 6-0 • SENIOR • Boulder, Colo. • University of maryland
BRIEFLY Sophie Allen is in her third season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 24.35 in the 50 yard freestyle at the 2011 CA OB Arena Invitational... swam a season best 55.05 in the 100 yard freestyle... swam a season best 56.83 in the 100 yard backstroke at the 2011 Texas Invitational... swam a season best 2:07.42 in the 200 yard backstroke at the 2012 CA OBS MPSF Swimming and Diving meet...MPSF All-Academic 2010-11... as a sophomore transfer from University of Maryland, made an instant impact in backstroke events for the Lions earning first team All-MPSF honors in the 100 backstroke with a second-place finish at the MPSF Championships in a personal-best time of 56.02, second-fastest in LMU history... set an LMU program record in the 200 backstroke with a 2:03.02, placing fifth in the conference final... also made it back to the finals in the 50 freestyle, placing 23rd with a 24.08, eighth-fastest in LMU history... a Click here for full bio
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Kristen Brennand
BUTTERFLY / IM / SPRINT FREESTYLE • 5-5 • FRESHMAN • BURLINGAME, CALIF. • BURLINGAME HS
BRIEFLY Kristen Brennand is in her first season with LMU swimming... HIGH SCHOOL A 2012 graduate of Burlingame High School in Burlingame, Calif... a four-year varsity letterwinner under coach Chris Culp... named team captain as a junior... garnered All-League recognition and named Team MVP in all four seasons... earned All-America honors in her final two years of competition... took home PAL Swimmer of the Meet as a freshman... PERSONAL Kristen Michele Brennand was born on December 1, 1993 in San Francisco, Calif... parents are Sandra and Christopher Brennand... has one brother, Chip, and one sister, Alexandra... considered University of Redlands and Whitman College, but chose LMU because it was the right fit for her academically and based on location... an English major. a Click here for full bio
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Isabel Casso
MID-DISTANCE FREESTYLE • 5-6 • SOPHOMORE • LOS ANGELES, CALIF. • MARLBOROUGH HS
BRIEFLY Isabel Casso is in her first season with LMU swimming...spent her first year of college at the Catholic University of America... AT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA Did not compete as a freshman... HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Marlborough School in Los Angeles, Calif... a three-year varsity letterwinner under coach Peter Lambert... was named Most Improved Swimmer and Team MVP as a junior... helped her team to a League and CIF Championship... three-time All-CIF and All-League selection... PERSONAL Isabel Olivia Casso was born on November 14, 1992 in Los Angeles, Calif... Cheryl Marino and Jesse Casso, Jr... has one brother, Lucas, and one sister, Liliana... chose LMU because it provided the perfect balance between academics and a Click here for full bio athletics... an art history major.
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Hailey Chisholm
BREASTSTROKE / INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY • 5-7 • SOPHOMORE • CAPISTRANO BEACH, CALIF. • JSERRA HS
Briefly Hailey Chisholm is in her second season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 27.03 in the 50 yard freestyle... swam a season best 58.86 in the 100 yard freestyle... swam a season best 1:10.85 in the 100 breaststroke... swam a season best 2:34.41 in the 200 breaststroke... swam a season best 2:16.42 in the 200 individual medley... HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif... a fouryear varsity letterwinner under coach Mary McLaughlin... two-time Lion Award recipient... League and CIF finalist all four years of competition... a Click here for full bio
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Kristen Clarno
BACKSTROKE / IM / SPRINT FREESTYLE • 5-5 • FRESHMAN • SUNNYVALE, CALIF. • HOMESTEAD HS
BRIEFLY Kristen Clarno is in her first season with LMU swimming... HIGH SCHOOL A 2012 graduate of Homestead High School in Cupertino, Calif... a four-year varsity letterwinner under coach Chris Michelmore... NJSCA All-American and team captain... also garnered USA Swimming Scholastic All-American recognition... a junior national qualifier and sectional finalist... also competed in water polo in high school... PERSONAL Kristen Michelle Clarno was born on September 27, 1993 in Palo Alto, Calif... parents are Kim and Jerry Clarno...mother was a gymnast at Stanford... has two brothers, Jordan and Jackson... considered San Diego State, San Jose State, UC Santa Barbara, Pacific and Vanderbilt, but chose LMU because the campus is beautiful, the friendly atmosphere and rising swim program - everything was a perfect fit... a health and human sciences major. a Click here for full bio
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Meghan Cummings
BUTTERFLY / SPRINT FREESTYLE • 5-8 • FRESHMAN • EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. • EDEN PRAIRIE HS
BRIEFLY Meghan Cummings is in her first season with LMU swimming... HIGH SCHOOL A 2012 graduate of Eden Prairie High School in Eden Prairie, Minn... a fouryear varsity letterwinner under coach Dan Tripps... a three-time All-Conference selection...named All-State and All-American in her final two years... earned a spot in the National Age Group Top-10 for the 100 butterfly in 2009 and was the State Champion in that race... PERSONAL Meghan Katharine Cummings was born on December 27, 1993 in Minneapolis, Minn... parents are Virginia and Michael Cummings... has one brother, Patrick, and one sister, Erin... considered UC Santa Barbara, Nebraska and St. Bonaventure, but chose LMU because she knew it was right for her as soon as she stepped foot on campus... a studio arts major. a Click here for full bio
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Rachel Dekar
breaststroke / im • 5-10 • RS JUNIOR • Bloomfield hills, mich. • pepperdine
BRIEFLY Rachel Dekar is in her third season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... Redshirted her true junior season... swam a season best 1:03.74 in the 100 breaststroke at the 2012 CA Older JOs... swam a season best 2:21.90 in the 200 breaststroke in the same event... 2010-11... as a sophomore transfer from Pepperdine University, made an instant impact in the breaststroke events for the Lions, earning second team AllMPSF honors in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events with a fourth and seventhplace finish at the MPSF Championships while establishing new LMU program record times of 1:02.81 and 2:16.57, respectively... also helped the Lions to a third-place finish and new LMU program record in the 400 medley relay, dropping over three seconds from the previous record... picked up three wins for the Lions in the 200 breaststroke in dual meets against Cal Poly, San Diego, and Pepperdine... a Click here for full bio
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Kathleen Gore
SPRINT FREESTYLE / BUTTERFLY • 5-5 • SOPHOMORE • FULLERTON, CALIF. • MATER DEI HS
BRIEFLY Kathleen Gore is in her second season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 24:94 in the 50 yard freestyle at the 2011 CA OB Arena Invitational... swam a season best 55.00 in the 100 yard freestyle in the 2011 CA OB Arena Invitational... swam a season best 59.86 in the 100 butterfly at the 2012 CA OBS MPSF Swimming and Diving Invitational... swam a season best 2:15.35 in the 200 butterfly at the same event... HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif... a four-year varsity letterwinner under coach Michael Collins... garnered Mater Dei Coaches Award... an All-America Interscholastic Swimming Team selection... CIF qualifier... a Click here for full bio
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Hallie Hengels
BREASTSTROKE / BUTTERFLY • 5-7 • FRESHMAN • GLENVIEW, ILL. • GLENBROOK SOUTH HS
BRIEFLY Hallie Hengels is in her first season with LMU swimming... HIGH SCHOOL A 2012 graduate of Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Ill... a fouryear varsity letterwinner under coach Kelly Timson... named team captain as a senior... All-Conference selection in her final year... took home All-CIF and All-State honors following each of her final two years...left high school as the record holder in the 100 breaststroke... garnered All-American recognition for her part in school’s 200 medley relay... also competed in water polo in high school... PERSONAL Hallie Marie Hengels was born on May 12, 1994 in Lake Forest, Ill... parents are Martha and Michael Hengels... has one brother, Ben... brother competed in swimming and water polo at Penn State... considered University of South Carolina - Columbia, but chose LMU because she loved the campus, the atmosphere of Southern California, and the girls on the swim team... a civil engineering a Click here for full bio major.
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Stephanie Hess
BREASTSTROKE / Freestyle • 5-5 • SENIOR • ALAMO, CALIF. • CARONDELET HS
BRIEFLY Stephanie Hess is in her fourth season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 25.22 in the 50 yard freestyle... swam a season best 1:07.17 in the 100 breaststroke... swam a season best 2:26.55 in the 200 breaststroke... swam a season best 5:05.50 in the 400 individual medley... MPSF All-Academic... 2010-11... All-MPSF Scholar-Athlete and Academic Team selection... had a breakout year notching three personal-best times at the MPSF Championships, including a 20th-place finish in the 200 breaststroke and a 21st-place finish in the 100 breaststroke... 200 time of 2:24.11 ranks her as the fourth-fastest Lion in program history... 100 time of 1:06.64 ranks her as the fifth-fastest Lion... broke 25 seconds in the 50 freestyle as a lead off swimmer on 200 freestyle relay, clocking a 24.91... a Click here for full bio
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Camille Hopp
BREASTSTROKE / Freestyle • 5-8 • SENIOR • MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. • MISSION VIEJO HS
BRIEFLY Camille Hopp is in her fourth season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a career and LMU record best 23.24 in the 50 yard freestyle... swam a career best and eighth best in LMU history 51.97 in the 100 yard freestyle... swam a season best 1:03.94 in the 100 breaststroke... swam a season best 2:20.84 in the 200 breaststroke...Second-Team MPSF All Conference (50 Freestyle) and MPSF All-Academic... 2010-11... had another strong season after recovering from shoulder surgery in the spring, scoring in all three individual events at the MPSF Conference Championships... placed 13th and notched a personal-best in the 50 freestyle with a 23.70, making her the fifth-fastest sprinter in LMU history... also placed 11th in the 100 breaststroke and 12th in the 200 breaststroke... swam on LMU’s sprint freestyle relays at conference, helping the Lions to a third-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay and a fourth-place finish in the 400 free relay... a Click here for full bio
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Stephanie Horwitz
MID-DISTANCE FREESTYLE • 5-9 • FRESHMAN • northbrook, ILL. • GLENBROOK north HS
BRIEFLY Stephanie Horwitz is in her first season with LMU swimming... HIGH SCHOOL A 2012 graduate of Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Ill... a fouryear varsity letterwinner under coach Robin Walker... named team captain as a senior... four-time All-Conference selection... garnered All-League in her final two seasons... All-City and All-America selection as a senior... also competed in water polo in high school... PERSONAL Stephanie Marie Horwitz was born on March 31, 1994 in Evanston, Ill... parents are Joyce and Jeffery Horwitz... has one brother, Michael, and one sister, Natalie... considered Miami University, but chose LMU because of the great academics, close-knit team atmosphere and location... an athletic training major. a Click here for full bio
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Carly Johnson
sprint freestyle • 5-2 • FRESHMAN • scottsdale, ariz. • chaparral hs
BRIEFLY Carly Johnson is in her first season with LMU swimming... HIGH SCHOOL A 2012 graduate of Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Ariz... a four-year varsity letterwinner under coach Laura Winslow... garnered All-City as a sophomore and junior... a three-time All-American selection as a freshman, sophomore and junior... coaches award selection in her freshman and junior campaign... PERSONAL Carly Aiko Johnson was born on February 17, 1994 in Scottsdale, Ariz... parents are Christine and Randall Johnson... has one sister, Maria, and one brother, Cameron... considered University of Houston, University of Iowa, Boise State and South Carolina, but chose LMU because she loved the campus and the swim team and felt very comfortable and happy on campus... an entrepreneurship major. a Click here for full bio
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Kjirsten Magnuson
SPRINT FREESTYLE / BACKSTROKE • 5-7 • sophomore • COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO • GONZAGA PREP
BRIEFLY Kjirsten Magnuson is in her second season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 23.43 in the 50 freestyle... her time places her fifth in the top-10 in LMU history... same a season best 51.53 in the 100 freestyle... 51.53 is seventh best in LMU history... swam a season best 1:55.21 in the 200 freestyle... swam a season best 57.74 in the 100 backstroke... swam a season best 58.39 in the 100 butterfly... HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Gonzaga Preparatory School... a four-year varsity letterwinner under coach Bob Wood... named Team Captain as a junior and senior... set a state record with a mark of 23.47 in the 50 freestyle... also set the state record in the 100 freestyle, swimming a 51.28... a seven-time State Champion... named a Click here for full bio Scholastic All-American three times...
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Samantha Moody
butterfly / sprint freestyle • 5-9 • rs sophomore • honolulu, hawaii • arizona state
BRIEFLY Samantha Moody is in her first season with LMU swimming...spent the first two years of her collegiate career at Arizona State, but did not compete in her true sophomore season... AT ARIZONA STATE 2011-12... did not compete, utilizing a redshirt season... 2010-11... swam her true freshman year for the Sun Devils... competed and scored her best times at the Pac-10 Championship in the 50 free with time of 24.82, 100 free at 53.19 and 100 fly at 58.97... HIGH SCHOOL A 2010 graduate of La Pietra High School in Honolulu, Hawai’i... a three-year varsity letterwinner under coach Christie Nadzieja... garnered All-League recognition as a junior and senior... named All-State in her final year... IFH Swimmer of the Year as a senior while also being named La Pietra Athlete of the Year... also competed in water polo in high school... a Click here for full bio
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Elizabeth Murray
BUTTERFLY / MID-DISTANCE Freestyle • 5-4 • junior • SARATOGA, CALIF. • SARATOGA HS
BRIEFLY Elizabeth Murray is in her third season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 26.96 in the 50 freestyle... swam a season best 58.53 in the 100 buttterfly... swam a season best 2:13.09 in the 200 butterfly... 2010-11... made it back to the finals in both the 100 and 200 butterfly at the MPSF Championships, placing 20th in the 100 butterfly and 23rd in the 200 butterfly... 100 butterfly time of 58.02 was a personal-best and ranks ninth on LMU’s All-Time Top-10 list... also entered the Top-10 at sixth in the 200 butterfly with a 2:08.31, and seventh in the 500 freestyle with a 5:08.42... earned wins for the Lions in the 200 butterfly and 500 freestyle in a dual against Northern Colorado...
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Marlena Nip
BREASTSTROKE / IM • 5-6 • junior • Alameda, CALIF. • alameda HS
BRIEFLY Marlena Nip is in her third season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 25.76 in the 50 freestyle... swam a season best 2:00.42 in the 200 freestyle... swam a season best 1:11.32 in the 100 breaststroke... swam a season best 2:15.60 in the 200 individual medley... 2010-11... had a strong first season for the Lions, recording personal-best times in the 200 IM (2:14.07) and 200 freestyle (1:57.06) at the MPSF Championships... 200 IM time was a three-second drop and 200 freestyle was a two-second drop... HIGH SCHOOL A 2010 graduate of Alameda High School in Alameda, Calif... a four-year varsity letterwinner... served as team captain in her final season... named All-League as a senior... helped her team to the league championship all four years... selected as Team MVP in all four seasons... a Click here for full bio
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Angelina Prat
BUTTERFLY / MID-DISTANCE FREESTYLE • 5-9 • junior • orangevale, CALIF. • bella vista HS
BRIEFLY Angelina Prat is in her second season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 1:59.55 in the 200 freestyle... swam a season best 5:10.86 on the 500 freestyle... swam a season best 58.87 in the 100 butterfly... swam a season best 2:06.95 in the 200 butterfly... 2010-11... one of the top new butterfly swimmers for the Lions... made it back to the finals in both the 100 and 200 butterfly at the MPSF Championships, placing 16th in the 200 with a 2:06.76 and 21st in the 100 butterfly with a 58.18, a personal-best by over two seconds... 200 time ranks third on LMU’s All-Time list, while the 100 time is 10th overall... also swam in the bonus final at the MPSF Championships in the 500 freestyle, recording a 5:05.88, sixth in LMU history...
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Mary Kate Reid
breaststroke / im / sprint freestyle • 5-8 • freshman • los angeles, calif. • notre dame academy
BRIEFLY Mary Kate Reid is in her first season with LMU swimming... HIGH SCHOOL A 2012 graduate of Notre Dame Academy in Los Angeles, Calif... a four-year varsity letterwinner under coach Evan Maczka... named team captain as a junior and senior... garnered All-League in each of her final two years... named Most Valuable Swimmer as junior and Rookie of the Year as a freshman... also competed in basketball and cross country in high school... was named Player of the Year in basketball as a senior... PERSONAL Mary Katharine Reid was born on September 2, 1994 in Redwood City, Calif... parents are Clare and William Reid... has two brothers, Matthew and Thomas, and one sister, Jacqueline... considered Lewis and Clark College, but chose LMU for its devotion to educating the whole person as well as the amazing quality of people who attend LMU... an engineering major. a Click here for full bio
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Katie Rick
BREASTSTROKE / IM / Sprint freestyle • 5-8 • junior • morgan hill, CALIF. • live oak HS
BRIEFLY Katie Rick is in her third season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... notched career bests in the 50 (24.31) and 200 (1:55.80) freestyle, 100 (1:06.48) and 200 (2:25.72) breaststroke... swam a season best 24.31 in the 50 freestyle and 2:09.92 in the 200 IM... 2010-11... had a breakout year in swimming, notching personal-best times in six different events, including the 50 (24.63), 100 (53.44), and 200 freestyle (1:57.6r), the 100 (1:07.05) and 200 breaststroke (2:29.55), and the 200 IM (2:14.06)... 100 breaststroke time of 1:07.05 moved into LMU’s All-Time Top-10, placing sixth... also a member of LMU’s women’s water polo team during the 2011 campaign...
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Diana Safa
FREESTYLE • 5-8 • sophomore • THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. • OAKS CHRISTIAN HS
BRIEFLY Diana Safa is in her second season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 24.89 in the 50 freestyle... swam a season best 53.41 in the 100 freestyle... swam a season best 1:56.87 in the 200 freestyle... HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Oaks Christian High School in Thousand Oaks, Calif.... a four-year varsity letterwinner ... named Team Captain as a senior... named MVP of her team as a senior... also competed in tennis...
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Lauren Saylor
sprint freestyle • 5-3 • junior • west covina, calif. • bishop amat HS
BRIEFLY Lauren Saylor is in her third season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 25.31 in the 50 freestyle... swam a season best 54.85 in the 100 freestyle... swam a season best 2:01.91 in the 200 freestyle... 2010-11... had a breakout freshman year for the Lions, improving personalbest times in the 50 and 100 freestyle events with a 24.90 and 54.67, the latter a two-second drop in time... also swam the 200 freestyle event for the first time during the season, showing great improvement by dropping from a 2:11.45 in early season to a 2:00.58 at the Conference Championships...
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Stephanie Schuffels
butterfly / breaststroke • 5-7 • freshman • seal beach, Calif. • los alamitos hs
BRIEFLY Stephanie Schuffels is in her first season with LMU swimming... HIGH SCHOOL A 2012 graduate of Los Alamitos High School in Los Alamitos, Calif... a four-year varsity letterwinner under coach Dave Carlson... garnered All-CIF recognition as a freshman, junior and senior... named team captain in her senior year... helped her squad to the Sunset League Championship in 2012... PERSONAL Stephanie Marie Schuffels was born on January 28, 1994 in Long Beach, Calif... parents are Shari and Barry Schuffels... considered UC Santa Barbara, San Diego, UC Riverside, Georgetown and UCLA, but chose LMU because of the academic curriculum offered, reputation of the school, professor-to-student ratio, and because the University was the best fit for her... a biochemistry major. a Click here for full bio
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Mary Kate Short
BUTTERFLY / distance freestyle / im • 5-4 • junior • reno, nev. • reno HS
BRIEFLY Mary Kate Short is in her third season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 1:57.98 in the 200 freestyle... swam a season best 5.05.83 in the 500 freestyle... swam a season best 17:32.88 in the 1650 freestyle... swam a season best 4.35.43 in the 400 IM... 2010-11... made an instant impact in distance events for LMU throughout the season, earning “Freshman of the Year” and “Most Improved” awards after dropping over 25 seconds in the 1650, 10 seconds in the 400 IM and eight seconds in 500 freestyle... qualified for the consolation finals at the MPSF Championships, finishing 14th in the 400 IM with a 4:32.89, fourth-fastest in LMU history and16th in the 1650 with the second-fastest time in LMU history (17:21.30)... was also 22nd in the 500 freestyle with a 5:04.61, fourth in LMU history... swam to lifetime-best times in the 100 and 200 butterfly, and 100 and 200 freestyle throughout the season... a Click here for full bio
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Maddie Vanderpoel
FREESTYLE • 5-8 • sophomore • CASTLE ROCK, COLO. • ROCK CANYON HS
BRIEFLY Maddie Vanderpoel is in her second season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 1:57.07 in the 200 freestyle... 500 freestyle time of 5:09.48 moved into LMU’s All-Time Top-10, placing ninth... swam a season best 2:14.80 in the 200 butterfly... HIGH SCHOOL A 2011 graduate of Rock Canyon High School in Highlands Ranch, Colo... a fouryear varsity letterwinner under coach Ruthie Milberg... finalist at State Championships all four years... placed second in the state in the 200 freestyle and third in the 500 freestyle in 2010... team captain as a senior... honorable mention All-Colorado High School Team selection in 2010... USA Swimming Scholastic All-American... guided her team to the 2009 Colorado 4A State Championship... a Click here for full bio
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Noelani Vargas
backstroke / Freestyle • 5-5 • senior • honolulu, hawaii. • hawaii preparatory academy
BRIEFLY Noelani Vargas is in her fourth season with LMU swimming... AT LMU 2011-12... swam a season best 24.18 in the 50 freestyle at both the 2011 UT Invite and 2012 CA OBS MPSF... swam a season best 53.15 in the 100 freestyle... swam career bests in both the 100 (58.61) and 200 (2:04.71) backstrokes... times in both 100 and 200 backstroke moved into LMU top-10, sixth overall... 2010-11... All-MPSF Scholar-Athlete and Academic Team selection... recorded personal-best times in the 100 and 200 backstroke in the bonus consolation at the MPSF Championships, placing 19th in the 100 with a 59.00 and 20th in the 200 backstroke with a 2:06.51, a three-second drop from previous personalbest... ranks fourth in the 100 and sixth in the 200 on LMU’s All-Time list... also swam a personal-best of 24.60 at the Conference Championships... a Click here for full bio
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Bonnie Adair
COACHING STAFF
head coach • 10th season
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fter becoming the first full-time women’s swimming coach at LMU, Bonnie Adair enters her 10th season with the Lions, having been named 2008 Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference Coach of the Year. Adair joined the LMU program in 2002-03 with a 35-year background in swimming. In her first season as a full-time head coach, Adair added 17 newcomers to the program’s roster, which doubled the team’s size and jump-started the new era of LMU swimming. Since her arrival, Adair has turned the LMU program into a contender at the Division I level, culminating in LMU’s first title in 2008. The Lions finished third in the conference in 2005 and set 16 of 19 school records in a historymaking season. LMU earned its first two conference event titles in 2005, winning both the 200 medley relay (Lauren Mathewson, Morgan Finley, Angela Samuels, Katie Hicks) and the 100 backstroke (Mathewson). The 2005-06 Lions added four more PCSC titles, winning the 200 medley relay (Mathewson, Sarah Hamilton, Samuels, Hicks), the 100 freestyle (Hicks), the 100 breaststroke (Hamilton) and the 100 backstroke (Mathewson). LMU posted a dual record of 9-5 in that season, marking the second straight winning season under Adair. Highlighted by 11 new school records and four PCSC event titles, Loyola Marymount finished second of 14 teams in the conference at the 2006-07 PCSC Championship. The team finished 7-5 in dual meets to extend Adair’s winningseason streak to three straight. PCSC Championship triple winner Mathewson,
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along with teammates Morgan Finley, Alex Wike, Trinity O’Neill, and Samuels were selected to the PCSC All-Conference team. Senior Amanda Luciano was named to the PCSC All-Academic team. Mathewson’s three event titles came in the 50 freestyle, 100 backstroke, and 200 backstroke, earning her PCSC Swimmer of the Year honors. She was also a member of the 200 medley relay, along with Finley, Samuels and Wike, which shattered the existing meet record by over a second en route to the Lion victory. In 2008, Adair made it four straight winning seasons, turning in a perfect 9-0 record in dual meets en route to her first PCSC Coach of the Year selection. The perfect record marked the first time in school history that a team had gone undefeated. Adair and the Lions capped the outstanding season with a first-place finish at the PCSC Championships, posting a school-record 11 swimmers on the All-Conference Team. Alex Wike claimed the top-spot in the 50 freestyle, Rebecca Plume won the 500 freestyle and Alicia Witter took home the individual title in the 100 freestyle event. 2009 proved to be another successful year for Adair and the Lions, as LMU finished second at the PCSC Championship, just 22 points short of another team title. Despite finishing second, LMU scored over 140 more points than the 2008 Championship team, and Lion swimmers won five individual and three relay events, by far the most in LMU history. In addition, Adair saw Anne Scott named PCSC Swimmer of the Year and her Lions set four new PCSC records and six LMU records.
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Clay Evans
COACHING STAFF
Assistant coach • 14th season
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lay Evans enters his 14th season as an assistant coach at LMU. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Lions’ program with his career as a competitive swimmer.
Evans appeared in the 1972 Munich Games, and won a silver medal in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He studied at UCLA, where he was a four-time All-American swimmer. He has broken over 40 Masters National and World Records. In 1979, Evans co-founded the Southern California Aquatics Masters (SCAQ) - the largest masters swim club in the United States. He was awarded the 1993 U.S. Masters Coach of the Year from the Masters Aquatic Association. In 30-plus years coaching together, it is estimated that Evans and LMU head coach Bonnie Adair have coached or instructed more than 20,000 Los Angeles-area swimmers. a Click here for full bio
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Elaine Ferritto
COACHING STAFF
Assistant coach • First season
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laine Ferritto enters her first year as an assistant coach for LMU in 2012. Ferritto has over 10 years of coaching experience, including working with various USA Swim Clubs in Ohio, Texas, and California. She has served as a head coach with the Royal Swim Team since 2010.
As an athlete, Elaine set multiple school and state records as well as a National Public High School record in the 200 Medley Relay swimming for Upper Arlington High School. Her efforts led her to a spot competing for the University of Texas from 2003-07 where she was an All-American, two-time Olympic Trial qualifier, Big XII Champion in the 200IM, and team captain. Ferritto graduated from Texas with a degree in communications (Radio-RV-Film) in 2007. She is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration at LMU. a Click here for full bio
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Joanne Reierson
COACHING STAFF
director of operations • ninth season
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oanne Reierson enters her ninth season at LMU working with the distance freestylers and breaststroke specialists.
Reierson grew up in Indianapolis, Ind., and started swimming breaststroke and IM in high school. Much to her dismay, her coach entered her in the 500 as a junior, and so began her distance freestyle specialty. Reierson swam at Dartmouth College, where she majored in economics and math, and was captain her senior year. After graduating in 1993, she moved to New York City, where she joined the Asphalt Green Masters team and met her husband, Lars. They lived in Singapore for three years before moving to L.A. in 1998 and joining the SCAQ Masters. There, Reierson met LMU coaches Adair and Evans. Reierson has competed at the Masters short course National Championships off and on for the last 15 years. Her national titles include the 50 breaststroke in 1994 and the 1000 freestyle in 2002 and 2004. The Reiersons have two sons, Nils, who was born in September of 2005, and Reese, who was born in June of 2008.
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2012 Season Review
2012 Review
MPSF Championships
LMU finished eighth at the 2012 MPSF Championship after a tough four-day competition held at East Los Angeles College. The team of Christina Cannata, Jill Dahle, Diana Safa and Katie Rick combined for a time of 7:40.09 in the 800 freestyle, while UCSB posted a time of 7:17.82 to win the race during the opening day of competition. LMU’s Sophie Allen, Camille Hopp, Yvonne Le and Noelani Vargas later teamed to post a mark of 1:45.28 in the 200 medley relay. The LMU swimming team wrapped up the second day of competition from the MPSF Championships on Thursday, sending swimmers into a pair of event finals, including Camille Hopp in the Championship Final of the 50 freestyle. Hopp reached the final after swimming a season-best 23.24 in the preliminaries. In the final, Hopp posted a mark of 23.40 to place sixth overall. Noelani Vargas also managed to reach a final in the 50 freestyle, posting a 24.18 in the preliminaries before swimming a 24.30 in the Bonus Final to place fifth in that race. LMU had two more swimmers reach the Bonus Final in the 200 individual medley, as Christina Cannata and Yvonne Le each posted a time of 2:09.45. Cannata had previously managed a time of 2:09.86 in the preliminaries, while Le touched in 2:10.29. The Lions last hit the water in the 400 medley relay as the team of Sophie Allen, Hopp, Le and Jill Dahle combined for a mark of 3:50.92. That time placed eighth overall as UC Santa Barbara stopped the clock at 3:39.89 to finish first. After a couple of tough days, Friday was far more productive for LMU. Senior Tammy Choy led the Lion charge by qualifying for the Championship final in the 100 backstroke with a personal-best time of 56.70, third-fastest in LMU history. The 200 freestyle relay was also a highlight, placing fourth out of 10 teams, in spite of having top sprinter, Kjirsten Magnuson, on the sidelines. Camille Hopp, who on Thursday tied Anne Scott’s program record in the individual event with a 23.21, led off the relay followed by junior Noelani Vargas, sophomore Katie Rick and senior Jillian Dahle. Dahle earlier qualified for the Consolation final in the 200 freestyle, dropping her personalbest time by almost a full second to a 1:51.99 and placing 13th overall. Hopp also scored points for the Lions by winning the Consolation final in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:03.94. Rick and junior Stephanie Hess also qualified to swim in the bonus consolation and placed 19th and 21st. Rick’s time in the preliminaries of 1:06.48 was also a lifetime-best time and sixth on LMU’s All-time Top-10 list. Vargas and Junior Sophie Allen joined Choy in the evening finals of the 100 backstroke, with Allen swimming in the Consolation final placing 12th and Vargas swimming in the bonus Consolation placing 18th with a lifetime-best time of 58.61. Friday’s finals began with the 400 individual medley which had two Lions, senior Christina Cannata and sophomore Mary Kate Short, swimming in the Bonus Consolation. They placed 22nd and 23rd, respectively. LMU swimmers had another good day to wrap up the 2012 MPSF Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday. The Lions started off the evening’s finals with three consecutive wins. Senior Tammy Choy and junior Noelani Vargas each won their 200 backstroke races, with Choy taking the Consolation final for ninth place in a 2:03.22 and Vargas the Bonus Consolation for 17th with a lifetime-best of 2:04.60. Choy is the current LMU record holder in the event and Vargas moves into the fifth spot on LMU’s All-Time Top Ten list. LMU’s other win came from senior Jill Dahle, who made a switch from the 1650 Freestyle event to the shorter 100 freestyle sprint and did herself proud by winning the Bonus Consolation for 17th place with a 52.17. That sliced almost a second off Dahle’s previous best time and makes her the seventh-fastest sprinter in LMU history. In addition, Dahle holds the number two spot in the 500 freestyle and number three spots in the 1000 and 1650 freestyle events. Both of the Lion `milers’ (1650 freestyle) posted strong swims. Sophomore Mary Kate Short turned in a 17:35.71, good for 22nd place and senior Terry Rinder ended her collegiate career on a strong note, breaking the 18:00 barrier with a 17:56.19. Short holds the second-fastest time in LMU history and Rinder the fifth. LMU had three breaststrokers in the 200 event, led by junior Camille Hopp who placed 14th in the evening finals with a 2:20.84. Junior Stephanie Hess and sophomore Katie Rick swam in the Bonus Consolation and placed 20th and 21st, respectively. Rick swam to a lifetime-best in the morning’s preliminaries with a 2:25.72 which ranks her seventh on the All-Time Top-10 list. Hopp is second on the list, and Hess is fourth. In the final individual event of the meet, the 200 butterfly, sophomore Angelina Prat turned in a season-best 2:06.95, good for 19th place while senior Yvonne Le ended her LMU career with a 8 Insider Info: 23rd place finish in the event. LMU’s 400 freestyle relay team of Hopp, Vargas, junior Sophie Allen, and Dahle wrapped up the 2012 Championship by placing seventh in the 400 freestyle relay in a very fast field. Hopp, who began the 2012 competition three days earlier by claiming the • 2012 News LMU program-record in the 50 freestyle, ended it with a stellar 51.97 in the lead-off position, a lifetime best and sixth-fastest in LMU history. • 2012 Results Vargas would swim next with a 53.39 split, followed by Allen in 51.71 and Dahle with a 51.65 split to end her collegiate career on a high note. A pair of LMU swimmers garnered All-Conference recognition from the MPSF after the MPSF Championships last weekend. Tammy Choy was named to the second team for her efforts in the 100 backstroke, while Camille Hopp earned a second team selection in the 50 freestyle. Choy registered a personal-best time of 57.27, while Hopp set the LMU program record with a mark of 23.40 in the 50.
• 2012 Roster • 2012 Media Guide
The MPSF selected a first and second team for each event. UC Santa Barbara swept the yearly awards as Andrea Ward was named Swimmer of the Year, Katie Records was named Freshman of the Year, and Gregg Wilson garnered Coach of the Year.
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2012 Honors/Awards Women’s Swimming 2012 Honors Head Coach: Bonnie Adair (Ninth Season) Eighth Place at MPSF Championship Sophie Allen................................................................................................. MPSF All-Academic Christina Cannata......................................................................................... MPSF All-Academic Tammy Choy..............................................Second-Team MPSF All-Conference (100 Backstroke) .................................................................................... MPSF Swimmer of the Week (October 12) ...................................................................................................................... MPSF All-Academic Jill Dahle............................................................................................ LMU Pride Award Honoree ...................................................................................................................... MPSF All-Academic Stephanie Hess............................................................................................. MPSF All-Academic Camille Hopp................................................... Second-Team MPSF All-Conference (50 Freestyle) ...................................................................................................................... MPSF All-Academic Michelle Horgan........................................................................................... MPSF All-Academic Yvonne Le..................................................................................................... MPSF All-Academic Kjirsten Magnuson......................................................MPSF Swimmer of the Week (Januray 18) Angelina Prat................................................................................................ MPSF All-Academic Terry Rinder............................................................................ LMU Community Service Honoree ...................................................................................................................... MPSF All-Academic Lauren Saylor............................................................................................... MPSF All-Academic Mary Kate Short........................................................................................... MPSF All-Academic Noelani Vargas............................................................................................. MPSF All-Academic National Scholar-Athlete.....Angelina Prat, Dempsey Haynosch, Diana Safa, Kjirsten Magnuson, .Noelani Vargas, Stephanie Hess, Morgan Bonk, Christina Cannata, Hailey Chisholm, Jillian Dahle, .................. Lauren Saylor, Madison Vanderpoel, Marlena Nip, Mary Kate Short, Michelle Horgan, ................................................ Rachel Dekar, Sophie Allen, Tammy Choy, Terry Rinder, Yvonne Le
8 Insider Info: • 2012 News • 2012 Results • 2012 Roster • 2012 Media Guide
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THE MSPF
Year Three ABOUT THE MPSF
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) was established during the 1992-1993 season to serve the competitive needs of member institutions from the Big West, Pacific-10 and Western Athletic Conferences, as well as other selected universities in the western United States; and to provide championships competition for Division I intercollegiate Olympic sports in a conference setting. The founding principles on which the MPSF was originally formed were to provide enhanced competition and championship opportunities for sports without conference affiliation; to contain the costs of competition; and to ensure the survival of sports impacted by Title IX and other fiscal pressures. The Federation has also served as an incubator for emerging women’s sports and as a safe harbor for sports impacted by conference realignments. Since its inaugural season the Federation has seen its primary conference membership grow by the addition of the Mountain West and West Coast Conferences and their respective member institutions, as well as the addition of women’s water polo, women’s gymnastics, women’s lacrosse and men’s and women’s swimming. As a testament to its viability, the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation continues to successfully navigate the ever-changing sea of college sports by fostering contraction and expansion of its sports portfolio to meet the dynamic needs of its members. As the MPSF begins its 21st season in 2012-2013 and continues its legacy of championship competition, it affirms the vision of its founders and the relevance of its three founding principles, particularly during today’s tumultuous economic times. In 2012-2013, the MPSF will sponsor competition in 13 intercollegiate Olympic sports, while serving approximately 1,800 student-athletes on 99 teams from 41 universities in 14 western states. All MPSF teams compete at the NCAA Division I level in men’s soccer, men’s and women’s water polo, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, men’s and women’s gymnastics, men’s and women’s swimming, women’s lacrosse and men’s volleyball. MPSF champions are eligible to compete in NCAA Championships with MPSF men’s soccer, men’s and women’s water polo, and men’s volleyball champions earning automatic qualification into NCAA championship events. Joining the Federation for the first time is Houston Baptist Men’s Soccer, Denver Men’s Swimming and Diving, Hawaii Women’s Swimming and Diving and Women’s Indoor Track and Field, USC Women’s Lacrosse, CSU Bakersfield Women’s Water Polo, and Cal Baptist Men’s Volleyball. a Click here for MORE INFORMATION ON THE MPSF
8 Insider Info: • The MPSF • MPSF Swimming • NCAA Championships • NCAA History
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CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008: PCSC Champions LMU completed a fantastic four-day PCSC Championship run, culminating in the program’s first Conference Title in 2008. The Lions collected 1,212 total points over the course of the Championship, defeating their nearest opponent, Pepperdine, by 46 points. In addition, 11 Lion swimmers were named to the PCSC All-Conference team, three to the All-Academic team, and Head Coach Bonnie Adair was named PCSC Women’s Coach of the Year after the meet. Following the meet, the PCSC announced the names of All-Conference and All-Academic selections. After posting a then-LMU-record five swimmers on the All-Conference team in 2007, the Lions responded by more than doubling that total with an unbelievable 11 swimmers in 2008. Seniors Angela Samuels and Alex Wike, junior Rebecca Plume, sophomores Alexa Cook, Mallorie Lim, Kristen Lutjen, Trinity O’Neill, Megan Sawelson, Melanie Tansuwan and Alicia Witter, and freshman Carolyn Pasque were all named to the prestigious list. Wike was also named to the PCSC All-Academic team, an honor bestowed to junior and senior swimmers with a 3.5 GPA or better. Joining Wike on the list were senior Nicole Alvarado and junior Justine Elgas. First-Place Finishes at 2008 PCSC Championships: 200 Medley Relay Alicia Witter, Angela Samuels, Mallorie Lim, Alex Wike • 1:45.70
8 Insider Info: • 2008 Roster • 2008 Season Review • 2008 News/Results • 2008 Top Times
500 Freestyle Rebecca Plume • 4:56.59 50 Freestyle Alex Wike • 23.89 100 Freestyle Alicia Witter • 51.80
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2010 hawai’i trip
Aloha! LMU in Hawai’i Being a student-athlete at LMU comes with many perks, one of which is travel. The LMU swimming program spent a week in Hawai’i from January 10-16, 2010. The trip provided an allaround positive experience for the swimmers, teaming training and business with fun and shared experiences. The Lions also hit competitive water in Hawai’i, swimming against the University of Hawai’i in a dual meet on January 15. Head Coach Bonnie Adair asked each condo of swimmers to write one blog entry apiece over the course of the trip, which were then compiled and posted online so fans could follow the Lions while they were away. To read the blogs, please click the link below. a Click here for BLOGS FROM THE 2010 HAWAI’I TRIP
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Swimming History
All-Time Roster Sophie Allen Nicole Alvarado Alexa Ames Alana Austin Sarah Babiarz C. Bannerman Meredith Bellotti Melissa Bernal Cristin Bisbee Sarah Black Melissa Bommarito Nicole Boston Christina Bradberry Amy Brand Maggie Brophy Cailey Buck Jennifer Bullock Dominique Burson Stacey Butler Christina Cannata Sharon Carlson Katie Carmody Wendy Castillo Jennifer Caviglia Jessica Cheng Hailey Chisholm Tammy Choy Chiara Clemente Maeghan Cobbin Jessica Connor Alexa Cook Heather Coons Devon Courtney Jenna Cruzat Jill Dahle Kyla Dahlquist Diana DeCesare Rachel Dekar Mariah Derr Bayley Diamond Yvonne Diaz Kia Dobie Meghan Dunn Kelli Dyerly Colleen Eagleson Kate Egan Justine Elgas Megan Evans
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Erin Farley Kristina Fernandez Morgan Finley Casey Flacks Bridget Flynn Kristy Forsyth Bonnie Frankel Danielle Garcia Alyssa Geraghty Gillian Ghazal Lisa Gilette Christine Gore Kathleen Gore Annie Goshert C. Grannemann Caroline Guidi Teresa Guidi Ana Guttmann Elizabeth Hadden Julia Hall Sarah Hamilton Jennifer Hannon Ann Haswell Jennifer Hatfield Kathleen Hawkins Dempsey Haynosch Stephanie Hess Robyn Hessinger Katie Hicks Giselle Hiquera Camille Hopp Michelle Horgan Rachel Horn Juliet Horton Dana Hume Julie Johnson Malia Kaizuka Kristin Kelly Sarah Kizner Kelly Kramer Jamie Kroeze McKenzie Kruck Aja Kusao Monica LaBelle Yvonne Le Anna Leon Mallorie Lim Ashley Lindsay
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Adrienne Livoni Amanda Luciano Kristen Lutjen Amanda Lynch Kjirsten Magnuson Liz Magura Jenni Marcus Emily Maryatt Lindsey Mascheroni Lauren Mathewson Tiffany Matthews McKenna McCarville Kim McKay Jennifer McCoy Eileen McGrath Breanne Melconian Heather Miles Sierra Misquez Katie Mistry Kelly Mohr Miranda Mooers Katie Moran Barbara Morrisey Elizabeth Murray Angela Nakamura Marlena Nip Nocole Norris Christina O’Neill Kara O’Neill Trinity O’Neill Anne Park Carolyn Pasque Kathy Peterson Rebecca Peterson Analia Piccollo Olivia Plume Rebecca Plume Lauren Powers Angelina Prat Jeanelle Rabadam Christina Radvanyi Katie Rick Morgan Ridgeway Terry Rinder Lauren Roberts Erin Rosas Alicia Royal Lauren Ruberry
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Diana Safa Angela Samuels Rebecca Sanders Megan Sawelson Lauren Saylor Cindy Schapker Cara Schindler A. Schlichting Erin Schroeder B. Schuehardt Lauren Scoma Anne Scott Erika Shanahan Lauren Shaw Maureen Sheenan Mary Kate Short Aimee Shoukry Kira Shymanski Anne Smith Kim Sowards Karin Sponholz Lisa Stark Orla Stewart Julie Suggs Melanie Tansuwan Lori-Ann Tracy Alex Tungland Maddie Vanderpoel Noelani Vargas Kristin Vesnever Shelby Wagner Julia Wald Marie Walters Gina Ward Kadee Whipple Alex Wike Leigh Wilbur Lucy Windes Alicia Witter Danielle Worrill Tiffany Yates Jean Yasuhara Krista Zabor Isabella Zhang
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The all-time roster is a work-in-progress. If you have additions or corrections, please email them to Tyler Geivett at tgeivett@lmu.edu.
Swimming History
LMU Records / Top-10 Times
(as of 10/29/12)
50 Freestyle 1. C. Hopp 23.24 2. A. Scott 23.24 3. I. Zhang 23.34 4. C. Pasque 23.41 5. K Magnuson 23.43 6. K. Hicks 23.62 7. L. Mathewson 23.78 8. A. Wike 23.89 9. S. Allen 24.08 10. A. Cook 24.09
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1000 Freestyle R. Plume 10:25.16s 2008 M. Short 10:26.67s 2011 J. Dahle 10:38.2 2010 C. Cannata 10:39.00s 2009 M. Brophy 10:39.2 2005 T. O’Neill 10:42.0 2007 T. Rinder 10.43.82s 2009 J. Hall 10:50.3 2008 M. Vanderpoel 10:53.6 2011 L. Magura 10:57.2 2005
100 Breaststroke 1. R. Dekar 1:02.8 2. C. Hopp 1:03.9 3. S. Hamilton 1:04.8 4. L. Mascheroni 1:05.5 5. K. Rick 1:06.5 6. S. Hess 1:06.6 7. M. Finley 1:06.1 8. A. Samuels 1:06.8 9. K. Zabor 1:07.3 10. A. Luciano 1:08.4
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200 IM 1. T. O’Neill 2:05.2 2. T. Choy 2:06.4 3. Y. Le 2:08.4 4. K. Zabor 2:08.5 5. C. Cannata 2:08.8 6. R. Dekar 2:09.1 7. K. Dobie 2:09.1 8. M. Tansuwan 2:09.5 9. L. Magura 2:09.5 10. K. Rick 2:09.9
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100 Freestyle 1. A. Scott 50.06r 2. I. Zhang 50.47 3. K. Hicks 50.98 4. A. Witter 51.17 5. C. Pasque 51.28 6. K. Magnuson 51.53 7. C. Hopp 51.97r 8. J. Dahle 52.17 9. A. Wike 52.5 10. L. Mathewson 52.55r
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1650 Freestyle 1. R. Plume 17:16.1 2008 2. M. Short 17:21.3 2011 3. J. Dahle 17:36.6 2010 4. C. Cannata 17:38.7 2009 5. T. Rinder 17:47.7 2011 6. J. Hall 17:57.2 2009 7. J. Hatfield 18:10.8 1998 8. C. Flacks 18:11.9 2008 9. C. Gore 18:19.6 2008 10. S. Horwitz 18:26.1 2012
200 Breaststroke 1. R. Dekar 2:16.6 2. C. Hopp 2:19.6 3. M. Finley 2:23.5 4. S. Hess 2:24.1 5. K. Zabor 2:25.7 6. L. Mascheroni 2:25.7 7. K. Rick 2:25.7 8. T. Choy 2:26.3 9. A. Geraghty 2:27.7 10. L. Magura 2:28.2
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400 IM 1. T. Choy 4:26.1 2. K. Dobie 4:31.2 3. T. O’Neill 4:32.1 4. M. Short 4:32.7 5. K. Clarno 4:34.3 6. C. Cannata 4:34.4 7. Y. Le 4:34.9 8. K. Zabor 4:36.2 9. L. Magura 4:37.4 10. J. Cheng 4:39.6
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200 Freestyle 1. A. Scott 1:49.2 2. R. Plume 1:51.4 3. A. Witter 1:51.4 4. J. Dahle 1:52.0 5. I. Zhang 1:52.3 6. C. Pasque 1:52.3 7. K. Hicks 1:52.7 8. M. Sawelson 1:53.28r 9. M. Brophy 1:53.6 10. E. Murray 1:54.41r
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100 Backstroke 1. L. Mathewson 54.94 2007 2. S. Allen 56.02 2011 3. T. Choy 56.7 2012 4. K. Magnuson 57.74 2011 5. N. Vargas 58.61 2012 6. K. Hicks 59.26 2006 7. K. Dobie 59.36 2010 8. D. Haynosch 59.61 2011 9. J. Cruzat 59.86 2003 10. A. Witter 1:00.00r 2008
100 Butterfly 1. T. O’Neill 55.81 2. Y. Le 57.17 3. K. Carmody 57.35 4. A. Samuels 57.63 5. M. Lim 57.84 6. K. Zabor 57.94 7. T. Choy 57.98 8. O. Plume 58.01 9. E. Murray 58.02 10. K. Dobie 58.3
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500 Freestyle 1. R. Plume 4:56.6 2. J. Dahle 5:00.7 3. A. Witter 5:01.2 4. M. Short 5:04.6 5. M. Brophy 5:05.5 6. A. Prat 5:05.9 7. E. Murray 5:08.4 8. C. Cannata 5:09.1 9. M. Vanderpoel 5:09.5 10. O. Plume 5:11.1
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200 Backstroke 1. T. Choy 2:02.9 2. S. Allen 2:03.0 3. L. Mathewson 2:03.8 4. K. Dobie 2:04.3 5. N. Vargas 2:04.7 6. Y. Le 2:06.4 7. K Clarno 2:08.1 8. D. Haynosch 2:09.1 9. K. Lutjen 2:10.1 10. J. Cruzat 2:10.3
200 Butterfly 1. T. O’Neill 2:02.8 2. K. Carmody 2:05.7 3. A. Prat 2:06.8 4. J. Dahle 2:07.6 5. M. Tansuwan 2:07.6 6. Y. Le 2:07.9 7. E. Murray 2:08.3 8. A. Samuels 2:08.8 9. C. Cannata 2:10.2 10. A. Nakamura 2:10.8
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Swimming Year-by-Year
1991-1992 0-6 overall 10th at PCSC Championship Head Coach Doug Pitts
1997-1998 1-8 overall 10th at PCSC Championship Head Coach John Loughran
2003-2004 1-9 overall 8th at PCSC Championship Head Coach Bonnie Adair
2009-2010 3-3-1 overall 2nd at PCSC Championship Head Coach Bonnie Adair
1992-1993 1-12 overall 9th at PCSC Championship Head Coach Doug Pitts
1998-1999 0-9 overall 10th at PCSC Championship Head Coach John Loughran
2004-2005 3-2 overall 3rd at PCSC Championship Head Coach Bonnie Adair
2010-2011 8-4 overall 5th at MPSF Championship Head Coach Bonnie Adair
1993-1994 2-12 overall 9th at PCSC Championship Head Coach Dave Kintas
1999-2000 0-11 overall 11th at PCSC Championship Head Coach John Loughran
2005-2006 9-5 overall 4th at PCSC Championship Head Coach Bonnie Adair
2011-2012 3-3 overall 8th at MPSF Championship Head Coach Bonnie Adair
1994-1995 4-9 overall 11th at PCSC Championship Head Coach Dave Kintas
2000-2001 0-11 overall 10th at PCSC Championship Head Coach John Loughran
2006-2007 7-5 overall 2nd at PCSC Championship Head Coach Bonnie Adair
1995-1996 2-6 overall 12th at PCSC Championship Head Coach Dave Kintas
2001-2002 1-10 overall 7th at PCSC Championship Head Coach John Loughran
2007-2008 9-0 overall 1st at PCSC Championship Head Coach Bonnie Adair
1996-1997 3-8 overall 10th at PCSC Championship Head Coach Dave Kintas
2002-2003 0-11 overall 10th at PCSC Championship Head Coach John Loughran
2008-2009 5-5 overall 2nd at PCSC Championship Head Coach Bonnie Adair
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INSIDE LMU...................................................... 45 See For Yourself.........................................................................46 A Truly Personalized Learning Experience...................................47 A Solid Foundation....................................................................48 Where the Lions Live..................................................................49 Student Life...............................................................................50 Getting Involved........................................................................51 Giving Back................................................................................52 A Helping Hand.........................................................................53 A Promising Future....................................................................54
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Building Champions...................................................................55 History of Champions................................................................56 Lion Leadership..........................................................................57 Hub of Activity...........................................................................58 Strengthening Champions..........................................................59 The Dreier Center.......................................................................60 The Lions Athletic Center...........................................................61 Burns Aquatics Center................................................................62 Where the Lions Play..................................................................63 Feel the Roar..............................................................................64 Following the Lions....................................................................65
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ounded in 1911, LMU celebrated 100 years of history in becoming a premier Catholic university rooted in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions. A new era has begun as LMU begins its second century. And there is no better time to be a Lion than NOW. Our enrollment includes 5,951 undergraduate, 1,968 graduate and 1,315 law school students. Our 142-acre bluff-top campus is located in West Los Angeles and was recently included in “The Best 371 Colleges: 2011 Edition” Princeton Review, 2011. Minutes from the beach, high on the cliffs overlooking Los Angeles, stands Loyola Marymount University’s main campus, where 5,000 students study, live, work and play. With the Pacific Ocean to the west and the city skyline to the east, the LMU campus has unique views of the culture, traditions, and business taking place every day in Southern California. LMU enjoys one of the nation’s most beautiful campuses, combining a hilltop park environment with traditional and contemporary architecture. Sacred Heart Chapel creates a focal point on the Upper Campus with a commanding presence over Sunken Gardens and the Alumni Mall. Modern residence buildings and University Hall on the lower Leavey Campus push the campus toward the horizon.
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More than 500 faculty members 11:1 student-to-instructor ratio 6 dedicated schools and colleges Over 50 majors, 57 minors, and 15 credential programs Interdisciplinary Honors Program
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Spend a semester in China, hone your skills as a business leader, or help dig a well in Central America. Our mission to educate the whole person reaches beyond the classroom with exciting programs that elevate and enhance your learning experience. a a a a a
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The encouragement of learning The education of the whole person The service of faith and the promotion of justice The University is institutionally committed to Roman Catholicism and takes its fundamental inspiration from the combined heritage of the Jesuits, the Marymount Sisters, and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. This Catholic identity and religious heritage distinguish LMU from other universities and provide touchstones for understanding our threefold mission.
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rab your sunscreen and your towel, because LA has more than 50 miles of coastline and 33 public beaches, so you can always find a stretch of sand to snatch and plenty of waves to catch. But don’t forget your appetite, an extra suitcase and a sense of adventure, because LA’s coastal cities are more than just a bunch of pretty places. From the quiet enclaves of Playa del Rey and Marina del Rey just minutes from the LMU campus, to the funky ambience of Venice with its offbeat street performers, each of these waterfront wonders offers its own personality and its own take on dining, shopping, attractions and activities. Discover Los Angeles - The Los Angeles Convention & Visitors Bureau
A Better L.A. is Our Business - Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
The City of Los Angeles - Official website of the City of Los Angeles
California: Find Yourself Here - California Travel & Tourism Commission
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lubs. Sports. Student government. They’re not just extracurricular activities, they’re an integral part of your college experience. At LMU, we make it easy for you to get involved, make connections, and do what you love-whether it’s finance or field hockey, surfing or social justice. Clubs and Organizations With more than 140 active student clubs and organizations at LMU, there really is something for everyone! Clubs and Organizations | Student Government Greek Life | Leadership Institute FITNESS & Entertainment Our outstanding campus recreation programs include fitness classes, club sports, aquatics and more. And when you are not getting fit, watch a local band, watch the big game on a big screen TV, or meet up with friends in the Lion’s Den. There’s always something going on at LMU. Intramural Sports | Fitness Center The Loft Sports Lounge | Lion’s Den Corner Pocket Game Room Student Media LMU is home to an award-winning student newspaper, our own TV network, and one of the top college radio stations in the country. The Loyolan | KXLU + KLMU Radio Station ROAR TV Network
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Students who choose LMU for higher learning receive a world-class education on a campus known for its athletic excellence. The LMU Athletics Department is committed to assisting student-athletes achieve their full potential both academically and athletically. The Student-Athlete Services staff supports all student-athletes in their academic and personal development. The staff provides guidance to each LMU student-athlete in their transition from high school student to college student-athlete.
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According to the 2010 NCAA Graduation Rate, the LMU Athletics Department posted a rate of 89 percent for all student-athletes who exhausted their eligibility and a rate of 84 percent for those student-athletes who received athletics aid.
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Sherilyn Frazier Asst. Dir. of Academic Services sherilyn.frazier@lmu.edu
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GRADUATION RATES In the latest release by the NCAA, LMU’s GSR (Graduation Success Rate) is one of the best, not only in the West Coast Conference, but in the nation. The LMU men’s basketball team posted a GSR (for the 2004 cohort) of 92. As a whole, the Lions posted a GSR of 88 and a Federal Graduaton Rate of 79, which is the highest among the West Coast Conference institutions. The Rates: LMU Student-Athlete GSR........................... 88% NCAA Student-Athlete GSR......................... 82% National Federal Student GSR .................... 63% LMU Federal Student Federal Rate............. 78% LMU Student-Athlete Federal Rate............. 79% All Student-Athlete Federal Rate................ 65%
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Distinctions • Ranked fourth in “Best Universities with Master’s Programs in the West” U.S. News & World Report, 2012 • Top-ranked California private university in the number and percentage of Hispanic students earning bachelor’s degrees. Hispanic Outlook - 2011 • Part-time M.B.A. program ranked “13th best in the United States” Bloomberg Businessweek - 2011 • Loyola Law School ranks No. 7 in Best Professors, No. 7 for Best Environment for Minority Students and No. 9 for Best Classroom Experience - Princeton Review “Best 167 Law Schools” for 2012 • Sierra Club lists LMU in the top-100 on the 2011 list of “Coolest Schools” for environmental initiatives and practices
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he mission of the department is to provide an environment for student-athlete development that supports the pursuit of the highest level of success athletically and academically for the growth of the whole person in the tradition of the Jesuit and Marymount ideals. The purpose of the Intercollegiate Athletics Program at Loyola Marymount University is to support the overall mission, goals and objectives of the University by complimenting its primary academic pursuits with championship sports programs. Additionally, Loyola Marymount University Athletics supports “Pursuing Victory with Honor.”
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rom the very beginning, LMU has established a history of champions. In the 1930s it was three straight ice hockey championships. In the 1940s the legendary Pete Newell played for the Lions and the rivalry with Pepperdine (1941) began. The 1950s saw Bob Boyd win the NCAA title in the 100-yard dash. The 1960s saw the Lions win their first basketball championship, and one of their first Olympians, rower Hugh Miller Foley (1964). In the 1970s, Loyola and Marymount colleges merged and saw women’s sports begin their dominate history, including a pair of tennis championships (1977, 78). LMU then exploded in the 1980s with more individual national champions (Therese Kozlowki in cross country) and more Olympians (Paul Sunderland men’s volleyball gold medal in 1984). The decade also included LMU’s trip to the College World Series (1986) and two women’s rowing Varsity Four National Titles (1981, 89). The 1990s started with one of the most memorable moments in sports history with the men’s basketball run to the NCAA Elite Eight in the 1989-90 season. Women’s volleyball became the first program to win three straight WCC titles (1994, 95, 96), thanks in part to Olympian and All-American Sarah Noriega. Baseball would end the 1990s with three straight titles, the final coming in 2000. Then came the past decade, as the Lions won more titles (36) than the previous 70 years combined and yet another Gold Medal (Reid Priddy 2008 men’s volleyball). Leading the way were the men and women’s water polo programs, winning a combined 17 titles in 12 years. The current decade includes men’s water polo winning four straight titles and men’s soccer claiming their first in 2010.
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n 2011-2012, Loyola Marymount University celebrated its Centennial, bringing to a close its first 100 years on the bluff. Leading the Lions into their second century is Dr. William S. Husak, who is in his 15th year as the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics in 2012-13 (hired in 1998). Since 1998, LMU has seen its most overall success in school history as the Lions have claimed 31 of its overall 44 conference championships (among sports currently sponsored by LMU within NCAA Division I competition) and 40 of its 62 NCAA postseason appearances. Off the field, the Lions continue to rank among the best in the West Coast Conference and in the west in the NCAA’s APR and Graduation Rate, including the WCC’s best Federal Graduation Rate. Husak attributes the success that has come on the field and classroom to the commitment to athletics from the University as a whole and people within it. And for Husak it is all about the people. He has been committed to developing a family of coaches, support staff and administrators who believe that LMU’s athletics program can be among the elite in the nation. His tenure has been marked by enhancing the support of the athletic teams through: • Staff: Growth of head coaches from 9 to 19 in 10 years • Facilities: $35 million in enhancements since 2000 • Operational: LionsFund support at record high • Endowments: Scholarships tops among WCC Husak is quick to acknowledge the success of athletics is due to a University committed to its programs. Leading this direction was the formation of the Athletic Director’s Council. For more on the direction of LMU Athletics: Capital Campaign LionsFund Development - ADC
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he busiest place per square foot on the campus of Loyola Marymount University is not what one would think. It is not LMU’s on-campus commons area, the Lair, University Hall or the LMU bookstore. It is the LMU Athletics Training Room.
Keith EllIson Asst. AD-Athletics Medicine (310) 338-2874 Sports: Men’s Basketball, Women’s Rowing, Men’s Golf, Cheer
Joe Gonzales Asst. Athletic Trainer (310) 338-2764 Sports: Women’s Basketball, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Tennis
Right around 1,000-square feet, the LMU training room at any given moment in season is what Assistant Athletics Director of Athletic Medicine Keith Ellison calls “organized and controlled chaos.” On a given day, the Athletics Training Room will see about half of the 450 student-athletes at LMU. A given day will include lots of paperwork, therapy for student-athletes recovering from injuries that keep them out of competition, appointments with doctors and pre- and postpractice needs. With more than 50 years of experience in the field, the Training Program provides services that include a philosophy that places a high value on health and wellness, a program that allows injured student-athletes to return to their sport as soon as medically safe and to substantially reduce the risk of athletic injury for those student-athletes.
Steven Cortez Asst. Athletic Trainer (310) 338-5220 Sports: Women’s Volleyball, Baseball, Men’s Crew
Colleen duff Asst. Athletic Trainer (310) 338-2340 Sports: Women’s Soccer, Men’s Tennis, Softball
The Training Room at LMU features state-of-the-art equipment in a 1,000-square foot athletic medicine complex. The equipment includes whirlpools, paraffin bath, ultrasound, muscle stimulation and hydrocollators.
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he newest addition to the family of facilities that are home to LMU Athletics is the Lions Athletic Center. The 16,000-square foot facility is located between Albert Gersten Pavilion and Sullivan Field, and brings much needed space to the more than 450 studentathletes who participate on one of the 22 varsity athletic teams at LMU. The main piece of the building is the new weight training facility. Named by the Chad and Ginni Dreier Family, the weight room is more than 4,000-square feet and is one of the top training facilities in the West Coast Conference. In addition to the weight room, there are locker room facilities for baseball, softball, women’s soccer and men’s soccer. Also within the building is a pair of executive conference rooms and office space for the strength and conditioning coaches and for the athletic facility operations staff. The ADG Fraternity has named the larger of the two conference rooms, which overlooks Sullivan Field. The building also houses the LMU Ticket Office, a new laundry room, and storage facilities.
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ince it opened in the fall of 2000 as the home of Loyola Marymount University aquatics, the Burns Recreation and Aquatics Center has become one of the premier facilities for aquatics in the nation. Its resume is impressive. The Burns Center has seen the Lions claim 17 championships, earn 185 wins and has been host to two NCAA championships in just 11 seasons.
The Burns Aquatics Center has helped the men’s and women’s water polo teams claim 16 conference titles and the women’s swim team their first title in 2008. In addition to hosting the two NCAA Men’s Water Polo National Championships in 2002 and 2006, LMU has also hosted four Western Water Polo Association Championships - two for the men (2001, 2005) and two for the women (2003, 2008). The Lions have won three of them, both for the men and then in 2003 for the women. The Burns Recreation Center pool is heated and features an advanced deck-level drainage system. There are separate locker rooms for home and visiting teams, as well as office space and meeting rooms for the LMU aquatics coaching staff. Adjacent to the pool is permanent bleacher seating with a normal capacity for 800 fans. Added to the facility in the fall of 2001 was a state-of-the-art scoreboard. The scoreboard from Colorado Timing Systems features scoring systems for both water polo and swimming, including touch-pad timing for nine swim lanes.
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The fully digital system was installed thanks to the donations of Albert Gersten. In addition, a new audio system was installed prior to the start of the 2002 swimming season, and the aquatic center now features a recreational lawn picnic area complete with berm seating.
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he athletics facilities at Loyola Marymount University have seen a little of everything in the almost 70 years while in its current Westchester location. From the 1984 Olympic games to LMU basketball to the World Cup and everything in between, the LMU athletics facilities have become home to the best and it continues to get better. Thanks to continued commitment by the University, the Athletics Complex over a three-year period will show lots of growth. It started in the summer of 2008 when the University allocated office and meeting space to Lion Athletics within the Dorothy and Thomas E. Leavey Center on the Westchester campus. The Leavey Center is home to 15 of the Lions’ 22 varsity programs in the newly remodeled and modern office complex and it continues today with the opening of the brand new Lions Athletic Center in April of 2011. Gersten Pavilion Lions Athletic Center Leavey Center Page Stadium Sullivan Field Burns Aquatics Center Smith Field LMU Tennis Center Higgins Short Game Center Jane Bove Browne Boathouse
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he mission of LMU as a whole is the development of the whole person, paying attention to the spirit of being a Lion. The center of that spirit is LMU Athletics and specifically the atmosphere of LMU gameday. From pregame hosted BBQs at LMU soccer, to chants from the grass knolls at softball to the pregame tailgate parties before LMU basketball games, there is a special buzz on LMU gamedays. And there are many ways to get involved, including involvement in TeamLMU. Check out LMU spirit at its finest. • Heart of a Lion • The Roar • LMU Cheer Team • LMU Pep Band • Tickets • Team LMU • Fight Song • Iggy • GameDay Central/Tailgating • Official Online Store • Summer Camps/Clinics
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his 2012-13 season, check out LMU athletics and all 22 programs online through LMULions.com and the Multimedia Page. Log on today for all the latest info on the Lions, including updated schedules, rosters, player bios, and more. Here is how LMU Multimedia brings the Lions right to you: • Follow the Lions where ever you might be through:
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• Lions’ All-Access The official video network of LMU Athletics. Lions’ All-Access will once again bring all non-televised home games for men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s volleyball as well as WCC games for baseball. In addition, Lions’ All-Access is home to feature interviews, highlights and more through “Inside the Lions.” The “ITL” presented by Muscle Milk is a special look into LMU Athletics and its student-athletes. The show will highlight student-athletes and give an inside look to why LMU is such a special place. • Lions’ Audio Network The broadcast home of LMU is the Lions’ Audio Network, providing FREE, live audio broadcasts on www. LMULions.com. More than 150 events will be broadcast live and games will be archived within 72 hours of their original airing. • Stats, Stats and More Stats Thanks to LMU’s partnership with CBS Interactive, fans can follow LMU sports as they happen thanks to GameTracker. GameTracker is the next generation in live stat presentation, powered solely by Flash and XML. In addition to GameTracker, LMU Athletics has partnered with StatBroadcast to provide StatMonitr and StatBroadcas. Statmonitr technology is the premier method of providing real-time statistical information to media and event staff in col-
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lege athletics. StatMonitr is available on wireless stat monitors or through any web browser. The StatBroadcast® Live system is a real-time live stats platform allows fans to access stats via mobile devices as well as integrate directly with web browsers, streaming video and social media. SUPPORTED SPORTS: Women’s Volleyball, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Baseball and Softball.
• Phone Apps/Live Updates to Your Wireless Get the latest information sent straight to your wireless device with LMU Mobile. Sign-up for this free service today to have scores, headlines and the latest in LMU Athletics at your finger tips whenever you want it. • Interactive Media Guides LMU Athletics now features all of the media guide online, and it isn’t just in PDF. Through ZMags.com, the LMU Athletic Media Guides make reading about the Lions even easier. From bios to every studentathlete to put on a Lion uniform, it can be found through LMU Media Guides online. • Lion Blog LMU is celebrating its Centennial in 2011-12 and we thought this would be a great opportunity for us to create a blog for multiple members of the Athletics Department to share their thoughts and feelings. As the year progresses, look for student-athletes to talk about their experiences. For Dr. William Husak, LMU Athletics Director, to give some thoughts. Look for special thoughts from Iggy. And lots more.