TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Table of Contents Quick Facts Schedule
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COACHES
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Co-Head Coach David Geyer 28-29 Co-Head Coach Doug Shaffer 30-31 Assistant Coach Chris Ip 32 Assistant Coaches Jeana Fuccillo & Cory Chitwood 33
Women’s Records 70 Women’s All-Time Top 10 71 Men’s Records 72 Men’s All-Time Top 10 73 Olympians 74 Women’s All-Americans 75 Men’s All-Americans 76 NCAA First-Team All-America Finishes 77 Champions and Accolades 78 Post-Season Finishes and Coaches’ Records 79 Women’s Year-By-Year Results 80-81 Men’s Year-By-Year Results 82-83 Women’s Letterwinners 84 Men’s Letterwinners 85
THIS IS LSU Campus Life 4 Why LSU? 5 Academic Success 6-7 Cox Communications Center for Student-Athletes 8-9 Swimming and Diving in the Community 10-11 Athletic Training 12 Tiger Stadium Weight Room 13 LSU Natatorium 14-15 The City of Baton Rouge 16 The State of Louisiana 17 Tiger Stadium 18-19 LSU Greats 20-21 Prominent LSU Alumni 22-23 Mike the Tiger 24-25 Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics 26 LSU Administration 27
SEASON PREVIEW Women’s Season Preview Men’s Season Preview Opponent Information NCAA Qualifying Standards
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LADY TIGERS Roster Lady Tigers
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SEASON REVIEW 2011-12 Season Notebook NCAA Results Women’s SEC Results Men’s SEC Results Women’s Top Times/Scores Men’s Top Times/Scores
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UNIVERSITY FACTS
MAILING ADDRESS
Location:.................................................................................................................................................... Baton Rouge, La. Founded:............................................................................................................................................................................ 1860 Enrollment:....................................................................................................................................................................28,985 Nickname:...................................................................................................................................Tigers or Fighting Tigers Colors:.................................................................................................................Purple (PMS 268) and Gold (PMS 123) Mascot:....................................................................................................................................Mike VI (Live Bengal Tiger) Facility:......................................................................................................................................................... LSU Natatorium Year Opened:....................................................................................................................................................................1985 Length:......................................................................................................... 50 meters (splits to short-course yards) Capacity:.......................................................................................................................................................................... 2,200 Conference:................................................................................................................Southeastern (Western Division) Interim President/Chancellor:....................................................................Dr. William L. Jenkins (Pretoria, 1958) Faculty Athletics Representative.......................................................................Dr. Bill DeMastes (Georgia, 1979)
LSU Sports Information P.O. Box 25095 Baton Rouge, LA 70894
ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATION Vice Chancellor & Athletics Director:................................................................................ Joe Alleva (Lehigh, 1975) Sr. Associate AD:.................................................................................................................Verge Ausberry (LSU, 1990) Sr. Associate AD/Compliance & Planning:..........................................................................Bo Bahnsen (LSU, 1982) Sr. Associate AD/Business:..................................................................................................... Mark Ewing (LSU, 1978) Sr. Associate AD/Facility & Grounds:...................................................................... Ronnie Haliburton (LSU, 1990) Sr. Associate AD/Internal Affairs & Development:..................................................Eddie Nunez (Florida, 1998) Sr. Associate AD/Student Services & SWA:....................................................................Miriam Segar (LSU, 1994) Associate Vice Chancellor/Sr. Associate AD:..................................................................Herb Vincent (LSU, 1983) Assistant AD/Ticket Manager:......................................................................................Brian Broussard (LSU, 1993) Assistant AD/Marketing:..................................................................... Mathew Shanklin (UNC-Wilmington, 1988)
SWIMMING AND DIVING STAFF Co-Head Coach (Head Diving Coach):............................................................................ Doug Shaffer (UCLA, 1986) Year at School:....................................................................................................... Eleventh (Third as co-head coach) Co-Head Coach (Head Swimming Coach):......................................................David Geyer (Shippensburg, 1999) Year at School:............................................................................................................Eighth (Third as co-head coach) Assistant Coach:.................................................................................................... Chris Ip (East Stroudsburg, 1978) Year at School:................................................................................................................................................................. First Assistant Coach:..................................................................................................................Jeana Fuccilli (UCLA, 2007) Year at School.................................................................................................................................................................. First Assistant Coach:............................................................................................................Cory Chitwood (Arizona, 2012) Year at School:................................................................................................................................................................. First
WOMEN’S TEAM INFORMATION
OVERNIGHT/SHIPPING ADDRESS LSU Athletic Administration Building Fifth Floor Nicholson Dr. @ N. Stadium Dr. Baton Rouge, LA 70803
MEDIA INFORMATION The 2012-13 LSU swimming and diving media guide was written to provide members of the media with statistics and information needed to cover the LSU swimming and diving teams. If you need further information or wish to setup an interview with head swimming coach David Geyer, head diving coach Doug Shaffer, assistant coaches Chris Ip or Steve Mellor as well as any of the studentathletes, please contact Seth Medvin in the LSU Sports Information Department at (225) 578-8226/ smedvi1@lsu.edu. Team practices are open to the media, usually beginning at 2 p.m., and concluding around 4 p.m. Co-head coaches David Geyer and Doug Shaffer reserve the right to close practices at their discretion. Members of the media should contact Medvin at least one day in advance if they plan to attend practice. Members of the media with video cameras are only allowed to shoot practice in the grandstands on the east side of the natatorium (side closest to the tennis courts) or in the bleachers in front of the diving well near the west side entrance. Interviews are typically conducted following the conclusion of practice. Admission to all LSU home meets is free, and no credential access is needed. Members of the media are asked to enter through the front entrance and sit in the grandstands on the east side. Meet notes will be provided on a table near the front entrance. Post-meet interviews will normally be conducted following the meet in front of the press box and diving bleachers. Athletes will be available upon request but may be unavailable until the teams are finished warming down.
IMAGES Members of the media can obtain high resolution photos on all LSU coaches and studentathletes as well as official LSU logos on the Internet at http://media.lsusports.net. The site features head shots and action shots of all LSU athletes. To gain access to the database, contact Seth Medvin for a login name and password.
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2011-2012 Dual-Meet Record:........................................................................................................................................5-3 2011-2012 NCAA Finish.............................................................................................................................. 47th (2 points) 2011-2012 SEC Finish...............................................................................................................................5th (347 points) 2011-2012 All-Americans Returning/Lost:.................................................................................................................6/2 2011-2012 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.............................................................................................................. 20/3 Newcomers:...........................................................................................................................................................................12
MEN’S TEAM INFORMATION 2011-2012 Dual-Meet Record:.........................................................................................................................................1-4 2011-2012 NCAA Finish:........................................................................................................................T-31st (12 points) 2011-2012 SEC Finish:............................................................................................................................. 5th (426 points) 2011-2012 All-Americans Returning/Lost:.................................................................................................................2/0 2011-2012 Letterwinners Returning/Lost:...............................................................................................................19/8 Newcomers:.............................................................................................................................................................................8
MIRIAM SEGAR
JOSH LAWSON
BECCA HUBBARD
Sr. Associate AD/SWA
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Academic Advisor
ERIC SEHN
BEN IANNACCHOINE
BRANT FOX
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Athletic Trainer
SPORTS INFORMATION Associate AD/SID:..........................................................................................................Michael Bonnette (LSU, 1993) Sr. Associate SID:................................................................................................................... Bill Franques (LSU, 1985) Sr. Associate SID:..................................................................................................Kent Lowe (LSU-Shreveport, 1979) Associate SID:.......................................................................................................................Matt Dunaway (UCF, 2005) Associate SID:............................................................................................................................... Bill Martin (LSU, 2007) Associate SID:...........................................................................................................................Will Stafford (LSU, 2006) Associate SID:............................................................................................................................... Jake Terry (LSU, 2008) Publications Director:........................................................................................................Jason Feirman (LSU, 2000) Graphic Design Coordinator:......................................................................................... Krystal Bennett (LSU, 2006) Photographer: . ..........................................................................................................................Steve Franz (LSU, 1993) Administrative Specialist:............................................................................................................................ Pam LeBlanc
Graduate Assistant
Student Assistants: Seth Medvin, Caroline Downer, Brooke Hochstetler, Seth Landry, Palmer Black, Chris Parent, Hilary Scheinuk
CONTACT INFORMATION Swimming & Diving Media Contact:...........................................................................................................Seth Medvin Office Phone:..................................................................................................................................................225-578-8226 Cell Phone:.......................................................................................................................................................713-825-3680 Email Address:........................................................................................................................... smedvi1@tigers.lsu.edu Office Fax:.........................................................................................................................................................225-578-1861 Swimming and Diving Office:.................................................................................................................... 225-578-3947 LSU Natatorium:............................................................................................................................................ 225-578-8207 LSU Athletics Department:........................................................................................................................225-578-8001 Website:................................................................................................................................................www.LSUsports.net
TAYLOR SPYKER
JAMIE MASSCARI
DEAN TRIBOU
Athletic Trainer
Nutritionist
Equipment Manager
CREDITS Editor: Seth Medvin Editorial Assistance: Palmer Black, Seth Landry Layout & Design: Corey Schneider Covers: Corey Schneider Photography: Steve Franz, Chris Parent, Hillary Scheinuk
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2012-13 Schedule
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2012 -13 SWIMMING & DIVING SCHEDULE
LSU junior swimmer Torrey Bussey will look to qualify for her third consecutive NCAA Championships this season.
SEPTEMBER 22 Centenary College Shreveport, La. 28 LSU Purple vs Gold Intrasquad Baton Rouge, La. OCTOBER 10 at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. 20 at Auburn Auburn, Ala. 26 at Tulane New Orleans, La. 27 North Carolina State Baton Rouge, La. NOVEMBER 2 Alabama Baton Rouge, La. 15-17 at Houston Invitational Houston, Texas. DECEMBER 17-19 at Auburn Diving Invitational Auburn, Ala. JANUARY 3-5 at Tennessee Diving Invite Knoxville, Tenn. 5 Kentucky Baton Rouge, La. 12 at SMU Dallas, Texas 19 at Texas A&M College Station, Texas 25-26 Houston, Tulane, Rice Baton Rouge, La. FEBRUARY 19-23 SEC Swimming & Diving Championships College Station, Texas MARCH 2-3 Last Chance Meet Knoxville, Tenn. 11-13 NCAA Zone Regionals – Diving Houston, Texas 21-23 Women’s NCAA Championships Indianapolis, Ind. 28-30 Men’s NCAA Championships Indianapolis, Ind. Admission to all home meets is free. • Home meets are bold and held at the LSU Natatorium Meets are subject to change.
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“LSU laid the groundwork for me being a professional in the way the school is run and the professors. Off the field, I learned to be a good person. On the football field, it is the training, the hard work and the dedication. LSU teaches you everything you need to be successful.” - Andrew
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LSU’s Memorial Tower (top main photo) was one of the first structures completed on the present campus and sits east of the quadrangle (above, left). It represents the University as a memorial to those who gave their lives during World War I. Although it currently houses the LSU AngloAmerican Art Museum, plans are in process to return Memorial Tower to a military museum as originally intended. The University lakes (above, right) on the LSU campus give various recreational options.
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Location: Baton Rouge, La. Founded: January 2, 1860 Enrollment: 28,771 President: Dr. John V. Lombardi Major Fields for Bachelor’s Degrees: 72 Major Fields for Master’s Degrees: 76 Major Fields for Doctoral Degrees: 54
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College has, throughout its 147year history, served the people of Louisiana, the region, the nation, and the world. LSU is creating a revolution, one of pervasive change and advancement. For the past seven years, the focus of the LSU community has been an increased commitment to excellence. Our progress has been dramatic and shows no sign of stopping. Having witnessed many of yesterday’s possibilities become today’s tangible realities, the LSU community set forth to capitalize on its success. The goal was to improve our standing as a nationally competitive flagship university. Following intense discussions among the LSU Board of Supervisors, campus administrators, faculty, and student leaders, the objectives required to reach this status crystallized, providing the impetus for LSU’s National Flagship Agenda.
Why LSU?
Why LSU?
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Paige Brown Diver (2004-08) 2008 SEC Champion SEC McWhorter Finalist
“When I first set foot on the LSU campus, I loved the atmosphere. The campus was beautiful, and everyone from the coaches to the professors had really impressed me. I did have hesitations before I came on my initial visit, but as soon as I got here, I realized I belonged at LSU.” “It was really quite an honor to be able to play for LSU. Being from Lockport, everybody down there is a big LSU fan. Once I graduated from high school and had to make the decision where I was going to play, LSU was the obvious choice because I had grown up an LSU fan and it was a place where my family could watch me play. LSU really helped me grow both as a player and a person. I have nothing but fond memories of the place.”
“I was basically an in-state guy and had always thought about going to LSU for football and to get a good education. I made a lot of visits to different schools in my selection process, but everything always pointed toward LSU. My heart and my family guided me in that direction not just for the athletics, but for the academics as well. From top to bottom LSU has good people from the coaches on down the line.”
Tommy Hodson Quarterback (1986-89) All-SEC
Bradie James Linebacker (19992002) Dallas Cowboys
“LSU is my home. It was a place where I made my name and a place where I was able to come here and have fun. It was the best three years of my life. While you are here, have fun and become a master of time management. You need to do what you have to do to make it. Work hard. I have been blessed. Baton Rouge is the place that helped me become who I am. I will never forget this place.”
Shaquille O’Neal LSU Basketball Player (198992) Four-time NBA Champion
Did You Know? • In the 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges, LSU is ranked in the first tier for “Best National Universities.” • LSU is the only public university in Louisiana designated as having very high research activity (RU/VH) by the prestigious Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the highest ranking awarded to doctorate-granting institutions. • LSU was named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement, by the Corporation for National and Community Service. • LSU earned the prestigious Carnegie Community Engagement and Outreach classification in 2008, one of 68 public institutions nationally with this elective classification based on community engagement. • LSU is one of only a handful of universities in the nation having land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant status.
• LSU currently ranks among the top 30 public universities in total research awards. The University’s total federal funding -- from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Homeland Security -- has increased 86 percent or more than $90 million over the last five years.
• In 2009, the LSU Robert S. Reich School of Landscape Architecture was ranked among the top five schools in the nation by DesignIntelligence, the leading journal of the design professions. According to the results of the 2009 survey, LSU has the number two-ranked landscape architecture school in the United States.
• Newsweek magazine named LSU the “Most Diverse” school in the nation in the Sept. 3, 2003, issue. The enrollment consists of 24 percent minority students.
• The E. J. Ourso College of Business was ranked in the Top 50 of the internationally known “Top Business Schools” in 2009 by Eduniversal and was recognized during the inaugural Eduniversal World Convention.
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LSU diver Matt Vieke left the Tigers as arguably one of the top scholar-athletes in the program’s history. In 2011, he was named the Tiger Athletic Foundation Male ScholarAthlete of the Year and was a recipient of the Wally Pontiff Jr., Academic Excellence Award. Vieke was LSU’s male finalist for the SEC’s H. Boyd McWorter Scholar-Athlete Post Graduate Scholarship in 2012.
Miko Malberg, a 2008 All-American and Olympian, graduated from LSU in the winter of 2008.
Academic SUCCESS Academic Center & Student Affairs Staff
Kenneth Miles
Jade Bryan
James Chiarchiaro
Matthew Dahlke
Kydani Dover
Dr. Earnie Fingers
Mallory Froman
Walt Holliday
Becca Hubbard
Assistant Vice Chancellor and Executive Director
Assistant Director for Diversity, Inclusion and Civic Engagement
Associate Director
Academic Advisor
Manager for Student Learning/Learning Specialist
Learning Specialist
Learning Specialist
Director of Academic Affairs
Associate Director for Health and Wellness
Values
Dorothy Kemp
Ericka Lavender
Jonathan Levesque
Mike Mallet
Sarah Moran
Ashley Pregeant
Jason Shaw
Carole Walker
Tutorial Coodinator/ Learning Specialist
Assistant Director
Information Technology Manager
Director of Student Affairs
Assistant to the Executive Director
Learning Specialist
Academic Advisor
Associate Director
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JULIUS GLOECKNER, a three-time All-American in 2009, was also recognized as the Southeastern Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year for his achievements in the classroom.
Mandy Leach, a three-time All-American and 2000 Olympian, was LSU’s female nominee for the 2002 McWhorter PostGraduate-Scholarship.
15 SEC H. BOYD MCWHORTER Since 1986, LSU has nominated 15 men’s and women’s swimming and diving studentathletes for the SEC H. Boyd McWhorter PostGraduate Scholarship, the highest academic honor bestowed by the conference. Former men’s All-American Martin Nyberg was named the 1996 SEC McWhorter Scholar-
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Sixteen LSU swimmers and divers earned Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll recognition:
FALL 2011
Martin Jungfleisch Nick Kunkel Chris Mericas Sean Roddy Matt Vieke Laura Furr Parker Glass Samantha Goates Kyra Jones Amanda Kendall Audrey Lawson
Kaelee Mader Mikayda Mills Elle Schmidt Emily Schwabe Sally Wood
1989 – JENNIFER CAMPBELL 1993 – HELEN WALSH 1996 – MARTIN NYBERG 1997 – MARCELO KINGSTON 1997 – BECKY GIBBS 1999 – KRISTIN SCHLIPF 2001 – ERIK PETURSSON 2001 – CARLY FARRELL 2002 – MANDY LEACH 2003 – MICHELLE CORYELL 2003 – MARTIN LATZ 2007 – ANDREW KEANE 2007 – HALI SAUCIER 2008 – PAIGE BROWN 2010 – JANE TREPP 2011- MATT VIEKE
GRADUATES Jane Trepp- Psychology Hannes Heyl- Finance
SPRING 2012 Martin Jungfleisch – Finance Matt Vieke – Management Sarah Bedell – Petroleum Engineering Andrew Reynolds – Mechanical Engineering Samantha Goates – History Luis Gonzalez – International Studies James Meyers – Sociology * - Denotes post-graduate degree
Ali Sanford ranks eighth in program history in the 100 fly and competed for the Tigers from 2007-2011.
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COX COMMUNICATIONS
The 1,000-seat auditorium is used through the year as a classroom and lecture hall. Each seat in the auditorium has space for a laptop and a modem hookup, providing each student unlimited learning opportunities. The auditorium also contains a movie theatre size screen to aid professors with lectures and classroom activities.
Academic Center FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES
Study Area
Included in the 54,000 square feet of the Academic Center are individual study areas as well as 14 private computer rooms for student-athletes to work one-on-one with tutors or by themselves.
Amenities 4 54,000 square feet of working space 4 300 computer workstations 4 14 private computer rooms in a state-of-the-art computer lab 4 Additional study rooms and classrooms for private or group study 4 Electronic scheduling of tutoring sessions 4 A 1,000-seat auditorium for classes and lectures
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The Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is at the forefront of today’s educational technology. Since the spring of 2009, the academic center has upgraded over 170 computers, including both PC and Mac.
Media Training
The Library
The library provides a perfect setting for individual study, or with a tutor as a group.
LSU is one of the few schools where student-athletes go through media training to enhance their communication skills. Dr. Tommy Karam and Dr. Shirley White are two experts in the field who give training sessions to student-athletes here on campus. The Academic Center features a mock press conference setting to get student-athletes acclimated to giving interviews in front of both print and electronic media. Karam and White record the mock interviews on camera and then provide feedback, allowing student-athletes to become more comfortable and confident when doing actual interviews.
Academic Center
A $15 million renovation to the Gym Armory in 2002 not only made it among the nation’s premier academic centers, but put it at the forefront. Improvements to the existing center give LSU studentathletes the best opportunity for success by providing access to the latest technology, as well as an array of expanded services.
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LSU Swimmers visited a local hospital as part of their community service efforts. Front: All-SEC Community Service member Timmy Dasinger and Jana Ruimerman. Back: Amber Carter, Mikayda Milles, Sara Haley and Jennifer Reese.
SWIMMING & DIVING IN THE COMMUNIITY
LSU swimmer Kevin Mihic shows off his basketball skills at the “I’m A Good Kid Too” Youth Festival. The Tigers helped man the different stations and served as celebrity guests for the local kids
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LSU Swimming and Diving athletes provide advice for local kids at the “I’m A Good Kid Too” Youth Festival. This event was designed to encourage Baton Rouge youth to make good choices and say no to drugs.
Community OUTREACH
LSU swimmer Tyler Jusselin is joined by his teammates as they serve refreshments at Civitans Halloween Dance for mentally challenged adults.
LSU men’s swimmers and divers serve jambalaya at the Civitans Halloween Dance for mentally challenged adults. Members of swimming and diving helped decorate the hall, serve dinner to participants, and interacted and visited with the dancers.
Lady Tigers Laura Furr, Sally Wood, Audrey Lawson, Emily Schwabe and Kaelee Mader take time out of their day to spend time with children at a local hospital.
Members of the LSU Swimming and Diving team took part in the the Juvenile Diabetes Walk took place at the Old Front Nine on campus. They encouraged walkers participating in the event and helped organize games with the kids. At the end of the event, the student athletes were recognized on stage.
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Athletic trainers Jack Marucci, Andy Barker and Shelly Mullenix have over a combined 50 years of experience.
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Nutrition First LSU is one of the few schools nationally who maintain a state-of-the-art nutritional program for today’s student-athlete. Senior Associate Athletic Trainer Shelly Mullenix and Jamie Mascari, coordinator of sports nutrition, work hand-in-hand with LSU dining services to provide a balanced training table diet.
TRAINING Hydrotherapy Treatment
LSU boasts the largest and most complete athletic training facilities in all of collegiate athletics with both the Operations Center and the Broussard Center for Athletic Training in Tiger Stadium. Both are furnished with the latest in technology and equipment. The Operations Center training room features a full view of the practice fields, two hot/cold jacuzzis and an underwater treadmill. The Broussard Center includes an on-site x-ray room, an in-house pharmacy and a hydrotherapy pool. It is also one of the few collegiate training centers with a full-service pharmacy, vision center and dental center.
An integral part of rehabbing and developing LSU student-athletes is the operations center’s hot/cold jacuzzis and an underwater treadmill in a fully equipped Hydrotherapy room. The Broussard training center boasts the largest hydrotherapy pool in both collegiate and professional sports.
Broussard Athletic
TRAINING CENTER The two story, 22,000 square foot facility contains 20 treatment tables with the newest forms of modalities available, 14 taping stations, a 1,600 square foot rehabilitation area which contains the latest rehabilitation equipment including the Cybex Norm, Woodway treadmills and Body Master select rise equipment. LSU’s multi-million dollar athletic training facility is named in honor of Dr. Martin J. Broussard (left), the legendary athletic trainer whose career spanned over 40 years at LSU.
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The LSU strength and conditioning facility, located in Tiger Stadium, was built in 1997 and features the latest in both strength training and cardiovascular training equipment.
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Opened: Summer 1985 Length: 50 meters (splits to short-course length) Diving: One- and three-meter springboards, and five-, seven- and 10-meter platform Capacity: 2,200
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LSU Natatorium Opened in the summer 1985, the LSU Natatorium has served as the exclusive home of the swimming and diving teams for the past 26 seasons. The complex features a 50-meter pool, which can be converted into two 25-meter or 25-yard pools with the use of bulkheads. Furthermore, the facility houses a championship diving well, which was completely renovated in the summer 2003 with one- and three-meter springboards and five-, seven- and 10-meter platforms. The programs added new graphics and signage throughout the venue in the fall 2011 and upgraded the scoring system in the fall 2008, unveiling a pair of state-of-the-art videoboards. Refurbished locker rooms were also completed in
September 1998. The spacious locker rooms feature separate varsity lockers, both for men and women, and include public showers and locker areas. The facility has played host to several national competitions, including the 1985 National Sports Festival, the 1986 Men’s Southeastern Conference Championships, the 1987 NCAA Diving Regional and the U.S. Diving National Championships in the spring 1987. The Natatorium was also the host facility during the 1999 NCAA Regional Diving Championships. Last season both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving squads posted fifth place finishes at the SEC Championships. The second consecutive top-five finishes for both teams bodes well
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for the future of the program. LSU returns six women and two men who qualified for the NCAA Championships, including NCAA AllAmerican Honorable Mention divers Alex Bettridge and Daniel Helm and distance swimmer Craig Hamilton. In addition to a strong recruiting class, four athletes named to the All-SEC Freshman team return to solidify the team’s core. The landmark is located immediately north of the LSU Field House and can comfortably accommodate 2,200 spectators. Admission to all LSU swimming and diving meets is free.
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The state capitol building of Louisiana, located in the heart of downtown Baton Rouge, is the tallest capitol building in the nation at 34 stories and overlooks the Mississippi River.
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Distance Chart from Baton Rouge Atlanta, Ga. ......................7 hours Biloxi, Miss. . ....................2 hours Birmingham, Ala. ............6 hours Dallas, Texas ...................6 1/2 hours Houston, Texas . .............4 hours
Hospitality and comfort are a Southern tradition practiced to perfection around Baton Rouge. Minutes from the city, ancient moss-draped oaks, fragrant honeysuckle, formal gardens and the finest examples of Southern architecture await. Combine this with the excitement of the mighty Mississippi River, Cajun music and a gourmet meal that is topped with freshly brewed cafe-au-lait at one of Baton Rouge’s fine restaurants. So what does the future hold? Baton Rouge is now one of the fastest growing cities in the South -- a bustling Metropolis of cutting edge technology companies, high-powered law firms and forward thinking city leaders who passionately support the arts and promote the local economy. Old Man River just got an upgrade. Yes, this is one city that’s rolling on the river.
Proximity aton Rouge is just an hour away from the French B Quarter in New Orleans and even closer to the million-acre Atchafalaya Swamp, which is called one of the biggest fishing ponds in the country.
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(BASED ON 70 MPH SPEED):
Jackson, Miss. ................21/2 hours Jacksonville, Fla...............8 1/2 hours Little Rock, Ark................6 hours Mobile, Ala. . .....................3 hours Monroe, La.........................2 1/2 hours
New Orleans, La. . ...........1 hour Orlando, Fla. .....................10 hours Pensacola, Fla..................4 hours Shreveport, La. . ..............4 hours
The Pelican State features the hustle and bustle of downtown New Orleans. Contrast that with the finest hunting, fishing and boating opportunities in the country making Louisiana the “Sportsman’s Paradise”.
Louisiana THE PELICAN STATE L ouisiana, one of America’s most culturally and geographically diverse states, is located in the heart of the Deep South. Adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and dotted with hundreds of lakes and bayous, Louisiana is home to all types of terrain from swamps and marshes to lush forests and gentle hills.
3Unique Culture Louisiana is home to Mardi Gras, a two-week party that includes more than 60 parades and millions of visitors from around the world. All year long New Orleans Jazz, Creole culture, stately riverboats and some of the finest cuisine in the world is mixed into the diverse and renowned culture of Louisiana.
Cuisine4 Foods like boiled crawfish, jambalaya, shrimp etouffee and gumbo make the cajun and creole cuisine of Louisiana the envy of the nation.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S
ULTIMATE SETTING
Tiger STADIUM The Facts
Year Built: 1924 Capacity: 92,542 Largest Crowd: 93,129 vs. #1 Florida, 10/10/09 First Game: vs. Tulane, 11/25/24 First Night Game: vs. Spring Hill, 10/3/31
The Preservation of Tiger Stadium
In August 2010, LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva and the Tiger Athletic Foundation launched a campaign to preserve and restore the look of Tiger Stadium. The project included replacing all 428 windows on the North end of the stadium as well as creating new entrances on the North and West Stadium plazas. In the spring of 2012, plans were unveiled to expand the South End Zone, raising the stadium’s capacity to over 100,000. Construction on the South End Zone expansion will begin in the fall of 2012 and be completed prior to the 2014 season.
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“Tiger Stadium is one of the most iconic venues in all of college sports. Tiger fans have grown up there, made friends there, cheered there and cried there. The memories are endless. That is why the preservation of the home of the Tigers is so important.” - Joe Alleva, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics
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“THE SCARIEST PLACE TO PLAY IN AMERICA” ESPN.COM, OCT. 2007 ESPN COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE, MAY 2011
By the Numbers 221-60-4
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Consecutive wins over non-conference opponents dating back to 2002
385-143-18 All-time record
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Record in nonconference home games under Les Miles
30-1
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72 Times the crowd has exceeded 90,000
Straight home victories dating back to 2009
8 Trips by the ESPN College Gameday crew
5 Times named the toughest place in the nation to play a road game by a national media outlet
1,500 Old dorm rooms below the east and west stands
13 Undefeated home seasons, including three under Les Miles
93,129
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Years ranked in the top 10 in national attendance
89th Year of LSU Football in Tiger Stadium dating back to 1924
National Stadium Capacity 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Michigan Penn State Tennessee Ohio State Alabama Texas Georgia
8. LSU
Michigan Beaver Neyland Ohio Bryant-Denny Texas Memorial Sanford
109,901 107,282 102,455 102,329 101,821 100,119 92,756
Tiger
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LSU GREATS
The following nine individuals are the only athletes to have their jerseys retired by LSU. Men’s basketball has retired the No. 23 for Pete Maravich, No. 50 for Bob Pettit, Jr., No. 33 for Shaquille O’Neal and No. 40 for Rudy Macklin. Women’s basketball retired the No. 33 for Seimone Augustus. Football’s only two retired jerseys are the No. 20 worn by Billy Cannon and the No. 37 worn by Tommy Casanova. Baseball retired the No. 15 in honor of longtime coach and former athletics director Skip Bertman and the No. 20 for Ben McDonald. Casanova, Macklin and McDonald joined the prestigious list in May 2009. Augustus became the first woman in LSU Athletics history to have her jersey retired in January 2010.
WORLD-CLASS TIGERS Ashleigh Clare-Kearney • In 2009, became first LSU gymnast to capture two individual national titles
Glen “Big Baby” Davis • 2006 First-Team All-American • 2008 NBA World Champion
Sylvia Fowles • Three-time All-American • 2008 U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist • WNBA All-Star Game MVP
Susan Jackson • Three-time NCAA individual champion • 2009-10 SEC Female Athlete of the Year • 2010 NCAA Gymnast of the Year
Esther Jones • 21-time track All-American • 1992 Olympic Gold medalist
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50 Bob Pettit
Pettit led LSU to its first NCAA Final Four in 1953 and he later became the first player in NBA history to exceed the 20,000-plus point barrier. Pettit is a member of the NBA Hall of Fame, and in 1997, he was named as one of the top 50 players in NBA history.
23 Pete Maravich
“Pistol Pete,” Maravich still holds the NCAA record for career points with 3,667 and for career scoring average with 44.2 points a game. He was selected the National Player of the Year in 1970 after leading the Tigers to the NIT Final Four. He scored 50-plus points an amazing 28 times. He went on to a 10-year professional career and was selected as one of the NBA’s 50 greatest players in 1997.
20 Billy Cannon
One of the true legends of college football in the South, Cannon was the 1959 Heisman Trophy winner and helped the Tigers to the 1958 national title. Cannon’s most memorable performance came in 1959 against Ole Miss when No. 1 LSU trailed No. 3 Ole Miss 3-0 in the fourth quarter. He fielded a punt, broke seven tackles and returned it 89 yards for the 7-3 victory. He went on to a successful 11-year professional career.
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O’Neal was the first pick in the 1992 NBA Draft. He was named MVP of the league in 2000 and was a three-time NBA Finals MVP after leading the Los Angeles Lakers to three World Championships. At LSU, O’Neal averaged 21.6 points and 13.6 rebounds for his career, and in 1991, he was named the World’s Amateur Athlete of the Year as well as SEC Athlete of the Year and National Player of the Year. In 1997, he was named as one of the top 50 players in NBA history.
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A legend in the college baseball ranks, Bertman created a dynasty at LSU, guiding the Tigers to five national titles in a 10-year stretch from 1991-2000. He also coached the United States to a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and was an assistant on the gold medal-winning U.S. squad in Seoul, Korea, in 1988. Bertman retired from coaching following the 2001 season and served as LSU’s athletics director for seven years. Bertman was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
About LSU Retired Jerseys The retirement of the jerseys of Casanova, McDonald, Macklin and Augustus comes under a new provision of the LSU jersey retirement bylaws that says the retirement of an athlete’s jersey in a particular sport does not preclude a current student-athlete in that sport from wearing the jersey number in that or any other sport, subject to the discretion of the head coach. This provision applies only to jerseys retired after January 1, 2007, so the numbers worn by Maravich, Pettit, O’Neal, Cannon and Bertman may never again be worn by future student-athletes in their respective sports. To have a jersey retired at LSU, an athlete must have completed intercollegiate competition for LSU a minimum of five years prior to nomination. Athletes must have demonstrated truly unusual and outstanding accomplishments, exceeding and in addition to all criteria used for Hall of Fame selection. Nominees must have a unanimous vote of support from the Hall of Fame committee.
Rudy Macklin
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Rudy Macklin was a two-time basketball All-American selection during his Tiger career from 1976-81 during which time he became LSU’s all-time leading rebounder with 1,276 boards and the second-leading scorer in school history behind only the legendary Pete Maravich with 2,080 points. He led the Tigers to two Elite Eight appearances and the 1981 Final Four in Philadelphia. He still holds the school single game rebound record with 32, a mark like some of the great records in any sport that may never be broken.
Tommy Casanova
Muna Lee • 20-time track All-American • Two-time Olympian
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Tommy Casanova is the only three-time All-American in the history of LSU football and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. During his Tiger career from 1969-71, Casanova personified versatility for his myriad of talents as he played offense, defense, returned punts and kickoffs. One of just two three-time All-SEC performers at LSU, he played six seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL while earning his medical degree.
Ben McDonald
• Eight-time track All-American • 2008 Olympic Silver medalist
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Ben McDonald won the prestigious Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the nation’s most outstanding player, in 1989 and is a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. He led LSU to two College World Series appearances. In 1989, McDonald was named National Player of the Year by Baseball America, The Sporting News and Collegiate Baseball. He was selected by the Baltimore Orioles as the No. 1 pick in the major league draft in 1989 and went on to enjoy a 10-year major league career with the Orioles and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Seimone Augustus
• Two-time SEC Golfer of the Year • 2001 PGA Champion • 13-time PGA Tour winner
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Todd Walker • All-time College World Series team • Former Major Leaguer
Seimone Augustus is the only women’s basketball player in school history to earn State Farm Coaches Association AllAmerica honors three times: 2004, 2005 and 2006. Augustus became LSU’s first NCAA National Player of the Year and she claimed the honor twice in 2005 and 2006. A 2006 graduate of LSU, Augustus was the 2012 WNBA Finals MVP after winning a world title. She also lead the United States to a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Brian Wilson • Two-time Major League All-Star • 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants • 2010 MLB Saves Champion
Tommy Casanova (left), Seimone Augustus (middle) and Rudy Macklin (right) were the newest LSU greats to have their jerseys retired during the 2009-10 athletic year. 2012-13 SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE
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Shaquille O’Neal
Seimone Augustus
A four-time NBA champion and 15-time All-Star, Shaquille O’Neal was one of the most dominant centers in league history. O’Neal, one of the most quotable athletes on the planet, joined the long list of prominent LSU alumni when he earned his degree in general studies in December 2000. O’Neal announced his retirement from the NBA in June 2010 after a brilliant Hall of Fame career of 19 seasons.
Seimone Augustus received her degree in 2005 after just three years at LSU and while earning NCAA Women’s Basketball National Player of the Year honors twice. She was the first pick of the 2006 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx and teamed with fellow LSU alum Sylvia Fowles to claim an Olympic gold medal for the United States in 2008.
Prominent LSU ALUMNI
Eduardo Aguirre, Jr. Named the first Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the Department of Homeland Security in 2003, Aguirre, Jr., was the U.S. Ambassador to Spain from 2005 until 2009.
James Carville Carville received both a bachelor’s degree and law degree from LSU and gained fame in the 1990s as the chief campaign strategist for Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Carville also penned a best-selling memoir titled “All’s Fair: Love, War and Running for President”.
Lod Cook Cook graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics in 1955 and then earned his Master’s degree in petro engineering in 1955. Cook served as CEO of ARCO for nine years.
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Carlos Roberto Flores The president of Honduras from 19972001, Flores helped the nation recover after Hurricane Mitch devastated the country in 1998. Flores is married to the former Mary Carol Flake, also an alumnus of LSU.
Jim Flores Flores graduated with two bachelor’s of science degrees; one in corporate finance in 1981 and the second in petroleum land management in 1982. Flores is currently Chairman, President and CEO of Plains Exploration &
Sylvia Fowles Sylvia Fowles was a two-time State Farm AllAmerican at LSU before going onto a career in the WNBA with the Chicago Sky. Fowles and Seimone Augustus became the first LSU basketball players to claim Olympic gold when they did so in 2008 for the United States.
Dr. Larry O. Arthur - AIDS researcher. Dr. Julian Bailes - expert in the field of Neurosurgery and also Chairman of the Brain Injury Institute John Ed Bradley - Sports Illustrated writer and
Rufus William (Bill) Harp - Television set decorator for series including “L.A. Law” and “Moonlighting” Pat Hewlett - CIO of Exxon Mobil.
LSU’s enrollment is more than 27,000 students, including more than 1,600 international students and nearly 5,000 graduate students.
Walter Hitesman - Former president, Reader’s
novelist, former LSU football player
Digest.
John Breaux - U.S. Senator (1987-2005) and U.S.
Hubert Humphrey - U.S. vice president (1965-69).
Congressman (1972-86) from Louisiana.
W. Vernon Jones - Senior Scientist for Suborbital Wil Calhoun - Executive Producer of television
Research, NASA headquarters.
sitcom “Friends”.
Catherine D. “Kitty” Kimball - In 2009, was Cassandra Chandler - One of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s highest ranking African-American women as special agent in charge of the Norfolk Fielf office.
sworn in as first female to serve as chief justice of Louisiana’s highest court
Delos “Kip” Knight - Vice president of marketing and brand management for eBay international.
“Lightning Joe” Lawton Collins - Chief of Staff for President Harry Truman.
Ray Marshall - Secretary of Labor under President Jimmy Carter.
Bill Conti - Oscar-winning composer who has written theme music for several well-known movies, including “Rocky” and its sequels.
James E. Maurin - Founding partner and CEO of
Eric Arturo Delvalle - President of Panama
Jake Lee Netterville - Chairman of the board of Postlethwaite and Netterville, the largest Louisianabased public accounting firm.
(1985-1988).
Dr. Alexander William “Alex” Dunlap -
Stirling Properties, a national real estate services firm.
Current chief veterinarian for NASA who is responsible for all NASA policies related to animal health and welfare
Edwin Newman - Longtime NBC News journalist
A. Wright Elliott - Retired executive vice
editor, National Geographic.
The starting centerfielder on LSU’s inaugural College World Series team in 1986, Mike Papajohn today is a prominent actor in Hollywood. Papajohn was the only actor to star in four $150 million movies in the same calendar year doing so in 2009. The LSU alumnus has appeared in blockbuster films: Spiderman, Terminator Salvation, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and For the Love of the Game.
and author.
Carolyn Bennett Patterson - Former senior president, Chase Manhattan Bank.
Mike Papajohn
David Suarez - Architect and preservationist who restored the Washington Monument, the National Archives Building and Louisiana’s Old State Capitol
J. Howard Rambin - Former CEO and Chairman of
Graves Erskine - U.S. Marine Corps General in WWII.
Maxime A. Faget - Designed Mercury and Gemini spacecrafts.
Mary Carol Flake Flores - Former first lady of Honduras.
the Board, Texaco.
Olympia Vernon – Award-winning author and
Rex Reed - Drama critic, syndicated columnist.
recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for her debut novel, Eden
Maj. Gen. Thomas Rhame - Led 1st Infantry
Rebeccca Wells - Author of the novel and film
Division against Iraq during Persian Gulf War.
“Devine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.’
Thomas O. Ryder - Chairman of the Board, The
Joanne Woodward - Academy Award-winning actress and wife of Paul Newman.
Reader’s Digest Association.
Murphy “Mike” Foster, Jr. - Former governor Kevin Griffin - Lead singer of the platinum-selling rock band “Better Than Ezra”
Frances Seghers - Senior VP of Sony Entertainment European Community Affairs, which includes Sony Music, Sony Pictures and Sony Playstation.
Paul Groves - Award-winning tenor with the
Dolores Spikes - Former President of the
of Louisiana (1996-2004).
Metropolitian Opera
Reinosuke Hara - Former president and CEO of
Seiko Instruments
Southern University System and the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore.
Ray Strother - Author, political consultant.
David Steiner A 1982 LSU graduate, Steiner has served as the CEO of Waste Management since 2004. The Houston-based company is finding new ways to create energy and they are ranked among the top 200 companies in America by Fortune Magazine.
Mary L. Landrieu
Dr. James Andrews A world-renowned orthopedic surgeon, Andrews is a 1963 graduate of LSU and a 1967 graduate of LSU Medical School. While at LSU, Andrews won the SEC indoor and outdoor titles in the pole vault.
Eddie J. Jones The former president of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins franchise, the 38-year veteran of the NFL is currently a Trustee of the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle Retirement and Disability Plan.
Suzanne Perron
Landrieu became the first woman from Louisiana elected to a full term in the United States Senate in 1997.
A 1991 LSU graduate, Suzanne Perron is a rising star in the design world having worked with top designers Vera Wang and Carolina Herrera. Perron has designed dresses for Hollywood stars Jennifer Lopez, Mariska Hargitay and Holly Hunter,
Harry J. Longwell
Marty Sixkiller
Longwell graduated from LSU in 1963 with a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering and retired in 2004 as the Executive Vice President and Director of ExxonMobil.
Senior Technical Director for PDI/ DreamWorks’ movies “Antz,” “Shrek,” “Shrek 2,” “Shrek the Third,” “Madagascar” and “Over the Hedge”.
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On the Prowl Mike the Tiger was recently ranked in the top three in a Bleacher Report poll of college football’s top live mascots. Mike’s habitat is one of the most visited attractions in the state of Louisiana located in the shadows of the north endzone of Tiger Stadium.
Mike THE TIGER History of Mike Few mascots in the country are as admired as Mike the Tiger. LSU’s live Bengal mascot serves as the graphic image of all LSU athletic teams. The school has had six mascots, with the most recent, Mike VI, taking over the reign prior to the 2007 national championship football season. LSU veterinarian Dr. David Baker began the search for the young tiger after his predecessor, Mike V, died in May 2007 of renal failure at the age of 17. The sevenyear-old Bengal/Siberian mix, formerly known as “Roscoe,” was donated to LSU by Great Cats of Indiana in Idaville, Ind., a nonprofit sanctuary and rescue facility for big cats and other large carnivores. Mike’s ride through Tiger Stadium before home games in a travel trailer topped by the LSU cheerleaders is a school tradition. Before entering the stadium, his trailer on wheels is parked next to the opponent’s locker room in the southeast end of the stadium. Opposing players must make their way past Mike’s trailer to reach their locker room. Tradition dictates that the Tigers will score a touchdown for every growl issued by Mike before a football game. For many years, Mike was prompted to roar by pounding on the cage. Objections of cruel punishment brought about the use of recorded growls
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1936-1956 Trainer and namesake Mike Chambers with Mike I housed in City Park Zoo. to play to the crowd before the games. That practice was discontinued shortly afterward and today Mike participates in the pregame tradition without provocation. In the mid-1980’s, pranksters cut the locks on Mike IV’s cage and freed him in the early-morning hours just days before the annual LSU-Tulane clash. Mike roamed free, playfully knocking down several small pine trees in the area, before being trapped in the Bernie Moore Track Stadium where police used tranquilizer guns to capture and return the Bengal Tiger to his home. The incident was reminiscent of a kidnapping of Mike I many years ago by Tulane students before a Tiger-Green Wave battle.
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Mike I
Prior to kickoff Mike VI and the LSU cheerleaders parade around the field of Tiger Stadium.
The original Mike was purchased from the Little Rock Zoo in 1936 for $750, with money contributed by the student body. Originally known as “Sheik” at the time of his purchase, his name was changed to Mike to honor Mike Chambers who served as LSU’s athletic trainer when the first mascot was purchased. The first Mike was housed in the Baton Rouge Zoo for one year before a permanent home was constructed near Tiger Stadium. Mike I reigned for 20 years before dying of pneumonia.
Mike’s Habitat In 2005, a new environment (above) was created for Mike that is 15,000 square feet in size with lush planting, a large live oak tree, a beautiful waterfall and a stream evolving from a rocky backdrop overflowing with plants and trees. The habitat has, as a backdrop, an Italianate tower - a campanile - that creates a visual bridge to the Italianate architectural vernacular that is the underpinning of the image of the entire beautiful LSU campus. This spectacular habitat features state-of-the-art technologies, research, conservation and husbandry programs, as well as educational, interpretive and recreational activities. It is, in essence, one of the largest and finest Tiger habitats in the United States.
Sneaux Day On Dec. 11, 2008, a winter storm blanketed Baton Rouge that hadn’t been seen in decades. The early white Christmas gave Mike VI, LSU’s live Bengal/Siberian tiger, a chance to relax and play in nearly two inches of accumulation.
1956-1958
1958-1976
1976‑1990
1990-2007
2007-present
Mike II
Mike III
Mike IV
Mike V
Mike VI
The second Mike served a brief reign, lasting only through the 1957 season before dying of pneumonia in the spring of 1958. He was born at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans and came to LSU on Sept. 28, 1956. The young tiger was held overnight in Tiger Stadium and unveiled Sept. 29, the opening day of the football season.
Just in time for the 1958 national championship season, Mike III was purchased from the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Wash., following a “national search” by then-athletic director Jim Corbett. The student body contributed $1,500 for the purchase of the tiger. Mike III served as mascot for 18 seasons, dying after the only losing season of his reign, as LSU posted a 5-6 record in 1975.
Mike IV reigned over Tiger athletics for 14 years after being donated to the school by August A. Busch III from the Dark Continent Amusement Park in Tampa, Fla, on Aug. 29, 1976. Born on May 15, 1974, Mike’s age and health were determining factors in his retirement to the Baton Rouge Zoo in 1990. Mike IV died of old age in March of 1995 at the age of 21.
Mike V was donated by Dr. Thomas and Caroline Atchison of the Animal House Zoological Park in Moulton, Ala. Dr. Sheldon Bivin of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine traveled to Alabama and brought the baby tiger back to Baton Rouge. Born Oct. 18, 1989, the new tiger was introduced to LSU fans at a basketball game against Alabama in February of 1990. He officially began his reign on April 30, 1990, when he was moved into the tiger habitat across from Tiger Stadium. Mike V died on May 18, 2007, at the age of 17.
Mike VI arrived in Baton Rouge on Aug. 25, 2007, thanks to the donation by Great Cats of Indiana. He was officially designated as the successor to Mike V on Sept. 8, when LSU played host to Virginia Tech. Six days later, on Sept. 14, 2007, a ceremony was held to honor Mike V and dedicate the habitat to Mike VI. The seven-year-old Bengal/Siberian mix, formerly known as “Roscoe,” reigned over a football national title in his first year and most recently, a 2011 Southeastern Conference championship and perfect regular season.
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Vice Chancellor & Director of Athletics Joe Alleva LSU Vice Chancellor/Director of Athletics Joe Alleva continues to bring unprecedented national recognition to LSU as Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics. Under Alleva’s leadership, LSU enjoys one of the country’s premier athletics programs with success on and off the field of competition. Now in his fifth year at LSU, Alleva is dedicated to athletic and academic excellence, and is committed to providing the opportunities and the resources necessary for studentathletes to excel in competition, in the classroom and in the community. LSU’s prominence was evident in the final 2011-12 Capital One Cup standings that recognize the nation’s best athletic programs. With a national championship and three Southeastern Conference titles during the year, the Tigers finished fourth in both the men’s and women’s Capital One Cup competition, one of only two schools in the country – and the only one in the SEC -- to rank in the top four in both categories.
Alleva joined the LSU family on April 4, 2008 after a highly successful tenure as director of athletics at Duke University for 10 years. Alleva’s role at LSU was further expanded in August of 2009 when vice chancellor was added to his title by the LSU Board of Supervisors. It is the first time in school history that the director of athletics has also held a vice chancellor position. Alleva is currently serving a fiveyear term on the prestigious NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee, reinforcing his position as one of the most respected athletic administrators in the country. Upon his arrival at LSU, Alleva unveiled a strategic master plan for the LSU athletics program -- “LSU: Thru and True” -- to ensure the advancement and future of LSU Athletics as an exemplary program. The central mission of the plan is to create an environment for student-athletes to reach their ultimate potential, prepare them to be champions in life and to set out goals and values for the entire athletics program. Alleva’s vision will keep LSU among the nation’s leaders in athletic facilities. He launched an aggressive fund-raising campaign to replace several hundred windows on Tiger Stadium that were in disrepair and a new coating to the façade of the structure is bringing the old stadium to new life. A renovated gating system on the west side of the stadium will debut in the fall of 2012 to include a plaza that celebrates LSU’s football national championships and recognition walls that honor Tiger AllAmericans. Also in the fall of 2012, LSU begins construction on an expansion of the South End Zone of the stadium -- a project that will add premium seating, general public seating and two stateof-the-art video boards -- continuing an effort to augment one of the most iconic venues in all of college sports. Under Alleva’s direction, LSU’s world-renowned track and field program received a state-of the-art running surface in 2010 when a new track was installed in Bernie Moore Stadium. Extensive renovations to the Tiger soccer facility were completed last fall, and future plans include a new gymnastics practice facility, a tennis complex and renovations to the Maravich Center and Carl Maddox Field House. Alleva directed a major renovation to the University Club golf course that was completed in September 2010 and allows the LSU men’s and women’s golf teams to compete on one of
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the most challenging courses in the country. The renovated course helped prepare Tiger golfers John Peterson and Austin Ernst, respectively, to win 2011 NCAA men’s and women’s individual championships, marking the first time both titles were claimed by players from the same school. The Lady Tiger golfers have finished third at the NCAA Championships two years in a row, marking the highest finishes in LSU history. LSU Athletics completed another highly successful year in 2011-12 as 18 of the Tigers’ 20 varsity sports participated in NCAA post-season competition. The year was highlighted by the football team’s undefeated regular season, an SEC championship and an appearance in the BCS National Championship Game. The Lady Tiger track and field team captured the SEC and NCAA outdoor championships while the LSU softball squad advanced to the Women’s College World Series. The Fighting Tiger baseball team won the 2012 SEC championship, and LSU led the nation in attendance for the 17th straight season. The 2011-12 season marked the first time in school history that LSU won both the SEC title in both football and baseball in the same athletic year. But the 2011-12 year was about more than just athletic success. Living up to Alleva’s mantra of “competition, classroom, community,” LSU studentathletes logged more than 3,700 hours in community service work across 20 sports through LSU’s Geaux Givers program. And 62 proud Tigers received their degrees from the university during LSU commencement ceremonies in May. Outstanding performances of the
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2010-11 athletic season included the exploits of the Fighting Tiger football squad that posted an 11-2 mark – including a Cotton Bowl victory – and finished the season ranked No. 8 in the nation. The year also featured Top 5 national finishes both indoors and outdoors by the men’s and women’s track and field teams. In 2008-09, all 20 LSU sports competed in NCAA postseason play for the first time in school history and the Tiger baseball team won the national championship. LSU ranked second among Southeastern Conference teams in the Learfield Director’s Cup All-Sports standings and finished in the Top 20 for the sixth year in a row. With a strong commitment to academics, Alleva ensures that the Cox Communications Academic Center for Student-Athletes is a first-class facility that provides student-athletes the resources necessary for success in the classroom and personal development. The facility was recently enhanced by the addition of a media training center that gives student-athletes valuable assistance in improving their communications skills. And with a strong emphasis on community service and outreach programs, the implementation under Alleva’s direction of the “Geaux Givers” program fosters a relationship between the local community and LSU studentathletes, who regularly participate in philanthropic events. In addition, Alleva has bolstered the department’s L-Club program to reach out and connect with former student-athletes. Alleva oversees a staff of outstanding coaches and he has made
critical additions to LSU’s coaching staff over the past two years. He hired former LSU guard Johnny Jones in April to breathe new life and enthusiasm into the men’s basketball program and recently added Julia Sell as the new women’s tennis coach. Last year, he lured the dynamic Nikki Caldwell to LSU to coach the Lady Tiger basketball team and then hired Beth Torina to direct the Tiger softball program, both of whom immediately returned their respective programs to NCAA post-season success. Alleva is an innovator with bold ideas that benefit not only LSU but all of Greater Baton Rouge. He has been instrumental in the planning of the Bayou Country Superfest, a two-day country music concert and festival held in Tiger Stadium each spring. The event attracts nearly 100,000 visitors to the LSU campus and makes a tremendous economic impact upon the local community. Alleva has served on numerous national committees throughout his career including the Football Bowl Certification Committee, the NCAA Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet and several Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference committees. He became director of athletics at Duke in 1998 and his impressive tenure there propelled the university into the ranks of America’s top allaround collegiate programs. Among his outstanding list of accomplishments includes the greatest 10-year period in Duke Athletics, winning more ACC and NCAA championships than in any other decade in school history. Alleva, whose hometown is Suffern, N.Y., majored in Finance at Lehigh University and received his bachelor’s degree in 1975. While at Lehigh, Alleva was the quarterback of the football team and team captain in 1974. Alleva also played on the Lehigh baseball team. He served as a graduate assistant football coach and earned an MBA in 1976. While at Duke, Alleva played a key role in Durham’s community sports scene. He started Little League Baseball in Durham over 20 years ago, and also began the American Legion baseball program. He is a member of the North Carolina American Legion Hall of Fame, Suffern High School Hall of Fame and the Rockland County Hall of Fame. Alleva and his wife, Annie, have three children, J.D., Jeff, and Jenny.
LSU Administration Dr. William L. Jenkins
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Interim President/ Interim Chancellor, LSU
Dr. William L. Jenkins is serving his second term as President of the Louisiana State University System, which has an annual budget of $3.4 billion and more than 54,000 students at 10 institutions, including four academic campuses, a law center, one of the world’s leading obesity research centers, a statewide AgCenter extension service, two health science centers and 10 public hospitals. Jenkins returned to his duties leading the LSU System as Interim President after serving until 2007 as the fifth system chief executive. In June, he was also named the Interim Chancellor of the Baton Rouge LSU campus. Prior to becoming System President, Dr. Jenkins, a veterinary scholar, held virtually every major administrative position at LSU, including provost and chancellor, since coming to the university as Dean of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in 1988. Jenkins’ tenure as System President was marked by unprecedented growth and challenges, including destruction at LSU institutions in New Orleans in the aftermath of hurricanes in the fall of 2005. Although faced with a fiscal crisis and deep budget cuts that disrupted academics and forced the furloughs and firings of thousands of LSU employees, Jenkins pressed for calm and reflexive responses to the calamities. A South Africa native, Dr. Jenkins received his veterinary medicine degree from the University of Pretoria in 1958 and specialist credentials in 1968. Following his graduation, he came to the United States where, in 1970, he received his Ph.D in veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri in Columbia. He returned to South Africa where he practiced veterinary medicine for four years before joining the faculty at the University of Pretoria, advancing through the ranks to become professor and head of the Department of Veterinary Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology. In 1978, Dr. Jenkins became a member of the faculty in the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology at Texas A&M University. He was appointed dean of the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in 1988 and was named LSU’s provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs in September 1993. Three years later in 1996, the LSU Board of Supervisors named him LSU’s fifth chancellor. As chancellor, Dr. Jenkins led the reorganization of the main campus administration to make it more efficient and lead the effort to produce a strategic plan, measures that were major factors in the crafting of LSU’s Flagship Agenda.
As a teacher and administrator, Dr. Jenkins has received numerous teaching and public service awards. In 1997, the Public Relations Association of Louisiana named him Communicator of the Year and the regional chapter of Toastmasters International presented him with its 1999 Communication and Leadership Award. Other honors include the Vision of Excellence Award 2000 by the New Orleans Regional Chamber of Commerce and the New Orleans Chapter of MetroVision. In addition, his alma mater, the University of Pretoria, bestowed an Honorary Doctorate on Dr. Jenkins in September of 2000. The Southern Economic Development Conference also presented him with the Volunteer of the Year Award in 2004. An active participant in national continuing education efforts, Dr. Jenkins has delivered more than 150 lectures and addresses to diverse groups in both the United States and abroad. The co-author of a textbook on veterinary pharmacology, Dr. Jenkins also has taught extensively at both the professional and graduate levels written more than 60 scientific articles and contributed 15 chapters to various collegiate textbooks. Dr. Jenkins has been active in numerous professional and civic organizations as well as select national committees. He served on the National Institute of Health’s Alcohol Abuse and Misuse on College Campuses Committee and on a special Steering Committee of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that reviewed accreditation criteria for colleges and universities. Dr. Jenkins also is a member of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges’ Committee on Food and Society and is a member of the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration and Conservation. In addition, he has served on a number of public boards such as the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, The Nature Conservancy of Louisiana, Teach for America South Louisiana, and the Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Jenkins and his wife, Peggy, have four children — Sharon, Gwynn, Anthea, and Warren — and nine grandchildren.
Dr. Bill DeMastes Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Bill DeMastes, a professor of English at LSU, is in his first year as Faculty Athletics Representative. Dr. Demastes earned his Ph.D in English in 1986 from the University of WisconsinMadison with a Field of Study of Drama as Genre and a speciailization in 20th-Century American and British Drama. He earned his masters in English in June 1979 from the Univeristy of Georgia in Athens where he specialized in 19th-Century American Literature.
Department of English from 1999-2001 and 2010-11. He has also served as Associate Chair of the Department of English (1998-99), Director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts Program (1996-2004) and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English (1992-94; 2006-06). He was honored with the LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award in 2000, and in 2002 won the LSU Distinguished Faculty Award. He was named in 2009 an LSU Rainmaker which is given to the top 100 LSU Faculty. In 2010, he was named the Tiger Athletic Foundation undergraduate Teaching Award University College and in the summer of 2011 was named the Harry Ransom Summer Fellowship recipient from the University of Texas.
Education At LSU, he served as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 2001-2004 and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the
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Co-Head Coach David Geyer
DAVID GEYER Co-Head Coach Head Swimming Coach Third Season as Co-Head Coach (Seventh at LSU)
When Dave Geyer was promoted to co-head coach of the LSU men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs alongside Doug Shaffer in April 2010, he envisioned a pair of teams that could consistently compete among the top 15 in the nation and top five in the Southeastern Conference. After back-to-back fifth place SEC finishes on both the men’s and women’s side, Geyer is well on his way to realizing his vision. Geyer, entering his third season as head swimming coach, put the men’s and women’s swimming teams back on the map -- both nationally and in the SEC -- in 2010-11, and increased success has continued to follow. The LSU men’s team finished the SEC Championships in the top-five in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 1998-99 and 199900 campaigns. Similarly, the women have enjoyed the finest two-year run within the conference since the 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons. In 2010-11 the LSU women’s team delivered its highest NCAA finish in 18 seasons, registering 14th at the 2011 NCAA Championships. Eight swimmers earned invitations to the national meet -- LSU’s highest qualifying contingent in more than 15 years -- and five athletes combined to claim 14 All-America honors. In 2011-12, seven women, including six underclassmen, and two men qualified for the national meet. The team collectively broke six additional records. Eight LSU swimmers and two newcomers competed at the 2012 US Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. Junior Craig Hamilton continued his vast improvement in his third season, resetting three LSU records. The two-time NCAA Honorable Mention All-American established himself as one of the nation’s top distance swimmers by dropping his mile time by over 15 seconds. The Edinburgh, Scotland native finished 10th at the NCAA National Championships in the 1650 free (14:45.94) and earned a bronze medal in the 1650 free (14:58.11) at the SEC Championships. Diver Daniel Helm joined Hamiltoin at NCAA’s. The duo earned 12 points and finished tied for 31st. On the women’s side, junior Sara Haley, sophomores Torrey Bussey and Rainey White, senior Samantha Goates and freshmen Amber Carter, Marlene Niemi and diver Alex Bettridge qualified for the NCAA Championships. Haley broke the school record in the 200 fly (1:56.67) for the second consecutive year and repeated as a bronze medalist in the 200 fly at the SEC Championships. The El Dorado Hills, Calif. native also qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season. Bussey built on the success of her freshman campaign with her second NCAA Championship appearance. The Cary, N.C. native notched three final performances at the SEC Championships. She emerged victorious in the 100 breast (1:01.00) consolation final at SEC’s with the second fastest mark in program history. Carter and Niemi battled for program supremacy in the sprint free competitions. Niemi earned SEC All-Freshman Honors after being the only freshman to qualify for the championship final of the 50 free with the program’s fifth fastest time of 22.66 at the SEC Championships. She ended her 50 free run at SEC’s in eighth place with a mark of 23.03. The Finnish swimmer also made improvements in the 100 breast with a career low mark of 1:04.08. Carter raced to a 13th place finish in the 50 free (22.95) after posting the program’s sixth fastest mark in the prelims (22.86) at the SEC Championships. The Houston, Texas native also made strides in the 100 fly and notched 15th place finish in the event (54.00), which was the eighth fastest in the program’s history, at the conference meet. At the SEC Championships, the men’s team jumped over 150 points from the previous year and scored 423 points behind stellar performances from Hamilton, Junior Andrei Tuomola and newcomers freshmen Frank Greeff and Michael Young and transfer junior Ricardo Alvarado Jimenez.
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Tuomola registered LSU’s third fastest all-time 100 breast time of 53.82 in a bronze medal finish at the SEC Championships. At the conference meet, he also posted the program’s fourth best 50 free mark of 19.68 after touching the wall first in the consolation final at SEC’s. Greeff immediately made his presence felt in his rookie campaign, leading the team in three individual events. He was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team after earning a bronze model in the 200 fly with program’s all-time second fastest mark of 1:45.03 at the SEC Championships. Young earned SEC All-Freshman Honors in the 100 back. The Australian posted the program’s fifth best all-time 100 backstroke (48.16) in a sixth place finish at the conference meet. Alvarado Jimenez swam three program top-10 all-time marks in his first season after transferring from Arizona. The Mexico native swam to fifth in the 100 breast with the program’s fifth fastest mark of 53.91, qualified for the ‘A’ final of the 200 breast after posting the program’s fifth fastest time of 1:58.27 in the prelims and registered the program’s ninth best 200 IM mark of 1:49.80 at the conference meet. In 2010-11, Jane Trepp became the first swimmer in program history to capture NCAA first-team All-America status in all three of her individual races in a single season with top-eight finishes in the 50 free, 100 fly and 100 breast. Amanda Kendall joined her teammate Trepp as a first-team All-American in the 100 fly, won the consolation final of the 100 free and also posted a top-16 finish in the 50 free. Prior to the accomplishments of Trepp and Kendall at NCAA’s, the LSU women’s program had not seen an individual swimming All-American since 1997, and both boasted top times ranked in the top 10 nationally in their three best races by the end of the season. Under Geyer’s guidance, Kendall exploded on the International scene after her performances at the 2011 ConocoPhillips US Nationals and the
Co-Head Coach David Geyer 2011 Pan American Games. Kendall achieved three Pan Am Games records in the 4x100-meter free (3:40.66), 4x200-meter free (8:01.18) and 4x100-meter medley (4:01.00) relay. She also earned a gold medal in the 100 free with a lifetime best of 54.75. Her 100 free mark was the seventh fastest time in the 100 free by an American in the 2011 cycle. Kendall qualified for the Pan Am Games after setting four lifetime bests and placing in four finals at the 2011 National Championships. She made the ‘A’ Final and finished seventh overall with a time of 55.08 in the 100m free and competed in the consolation finals of the 50m free (25.84), 100m butterfly (1:00.00) and 200m free (2:00.14). In addition to the duo, Goates added two more honorable mention All-America accolades as a member of the 200 free and 200 medley relays, while Kannon Betzen (200 free relay) and Jana Ruimerman (200 medley relay) became honorable mention All-Americans for the first time. On the men’s side, Hannes Heyl and Hamilton gave the Tigers a 26th-place finish at NCAA’s, their highest finish since 2005. Heyl proved to be one of the top 100 butterfly performers in the country, racing to a new program record of 45.77 in the NCAA prelims before collecting his first career first-team All-America accolade with a seventh-place finish in the championship final. Hamilton took 15th and aquired his first career honorable mention All-America honor in the 1650 free. In addition to their success at NCAA’s, the men’s and women’s teams burst onto the scene and turned some heads both nationally and in the conference with their stellar performances at the 2011 SEC Championships. The Lady Tigers and Tigers each placed fifth at SEC’s, marking the first time both teams posted top-five finishes at the conference championships in a single season since 2000. However, the squads stood out way beyond the team standings with a plethora of individual and relay accolades. At the conclusion of the four-day swimming competition, LSU swimmers combined to win an SEC individual championship, collect 14 medals and shatter an SEC record and 12 program marks, while four athletes earned All-SEC recognition and two made the SEC All-Freshmen team. No swimmer had a bigger impact than Trepp, who became the first Lady Tiger swimmer in 14 seasons to win an SEC title, and she did it in record-setting fashion, breaking the league mark with a blistering time of 58.94. The senior was just the ninth individual in U.S. Open history to reach the wall in under 59 seconds. Kendall raced to a pair of bronze medals in the 100 free and 100 fly and played a major role in helping the 200 medley and 200 free relays to medal finishes. Her 22.87 split on the fly leg of the 200 medley relay coupled with Trepp’s 26.57 breaststroke split spearheaded the squad of Ruimerman, Trepp, Kendall and Goates to second-place and an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:36.91. Haley was the bronze medal winner in the 200 fly with a then program-record 1:56.82 clocking. Haley went from 18th in the event as a freshman to third in the league in just one season under Geyer’s tutelage. Bussey, an SEC All-Freshmen Team performer and NCAA Qualifier, advanced to a pair of championship finals at the conference meet and broke program records in the 200 breast and 200 IM. Bussey was the Lady Tigers’ highest NCAA finisher in the 200 IM since 1997 and first swimmer to race in the 200 breast at the national competition since 2003. Heyl swam to a bronze medal in the 100 fly and reached the ‘A’ final of the 100 back with a personal best of 47.15, while Hamilton claimed his third program record at the conference meet with a 4:22.17 clocking in the 500 free. Tuomola also took a step forward in his second season, qualifying for the championship final of the 50 free and 100 breast at SEC’s and recording a new personal best and program top-10 time in the 50 free. Furthermore, Trepp was named LSU’s most decorated scholar-athlete as she was the school’s female nomination for the prestigious SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Postgraduate Scholarship, the highest academic honor bestowed by the conference each year. In addition to her phenomenal athletic accomplishments, the senior also sported a 3.8 cumulative grade point average in psychology. Prior to his promotion to co-head coach, Geyer spent five seasons as an assistant coach at LSU where he worked with all phases of the programs. He was instrumental in helping numerous athletes shatter program records and earn All-America honors while also playing a vital role in the recruitment of top-level international student-athletes. In 2008, Geyer trained former LSU standout and Olympian Miko Malberg prior to the Beijing Olympic Games where the former AllAmerican went on to set an Estonian national record in the 50-meter freestyle (22.37) and place 25th overall. He also traveled to Croatia for the 2008 European Short-Course Championships as a member of the Estonian National coaching staff
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where he guided Malberg to a pair of national records and helped an Estonian relay qualify for its first championship final at that competition. Geyer graduated from Shippensburg with a bachelor’s degree in psychology in 1999 before receiving his master’s degree in counseling in 2001. He is married to the former Lyndi Croft of State College, Pa. The couple has two daughters, Maddilyn (8) and Kayda (4).
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Born: March 15, 1977 in Pittsburgh, Pa. High School: Elizabeth Forward High School; Pittsburgh, Pa.; 1995 College: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; B.S. in Psychology, 1999; M.S. in Counseling, 2001 Wife: Lyndi Geyer Children: Maddilyn (8), Kayda (4)
RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AT LSU LSU Women’s Highest NCAA Finish Since 1993 LSU Men’s Highest NCAA Finish Since 2005 LSU Women’s Highest SEC Finish Since 2002 LSU Men’s Highest SEC Finish Since 2000 5 NCAA First-Team All-Americans 11 NCAA Honorable Mention All-Americans 9 NCAA Individual Qualifiers 1 SEC Champion 1 SEC Record 6 All-SEC Performers 2 SEC All-Freshmen Performers 1 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Postgraduate Scholarship Finalist 14 SEC Medalists 1 FINA World Championships Finalist 16 LSU Records Broken LSU Women’s Record for Dual-Meet Wins in a Season 19 SEC Academic Honor Roll Members 362.5 Hours of Community Service Hours Logged
David and Lyndi Geyer with their two daughters, Maddilyn and Kayda.
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DOUG SHAFFER Co-Head Coach Head Diving Coach 11th Season Overall (Third as Co-Head Coach)
The LSU diving program is one of storied tradition, and no one has had a more profound impact in the Tigers’ recent success than Doug Shaffer. In his 11th overall season with LSU, Shaffer was promoted to co-head coach of the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs along with Dave Geyer in April 2010 and enters his third season as head diving coach. After two seasons, Shaffer and Geyer have LSU on the path to becoming one of the nation’s elite programs. The LSU men’s and women’s teams finished the SEC Championships in the top-five in consecutive seasons for the first time for the men since the 199899 and 1999-00 seasons and for the first time for the women since 1992-93 and 1993-94 seasons. Known for having an eye for talent, Shaffer scours the country for gifted divers who fit the program and molds them into some of LSU’s most successful student-athletes. In his previous ten years, Shaffer has produced 13 NCAA All-Americans, two Southeastern Conference champions, an SEC Diver of the Year and six SEC Freshman Divers of the Year. Freshman Alex Bettridge and sophomore Daniel Helm added their names to the prominent divers that have come through LSU. Both divers became NCAA Honorable-Mention All-Americans after scoring points at the NCAA Championships. Helm became LSU’s 13th NCAA All-American on the platform after diving to a 12th place finish with a total of 324.50 at NCAA’s. The Beaverton, Ore. native showed his diversity in different events after capturing a silver medal at the SEC Championships on the one-meter springboard with the program’s second highest all-time score of 376.55. His performance earned him All-SEC Second Team honors. Bettridge became Shaffer’s sixth SEC Freshman Diver of the Year and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. She set the program’s three-meter dive record (366.85) with a bronze medal performance at the SEC Championships. She also dove to sixth in the one-meter with a total of 302.60 at SEC’s, which is the seventh best in the program’s history. Bettridge placed 15th on the three-meter with a score of 306.30 at the NCAA Championships, earning NCAA Honorable Mention All American honors. The Austin, Texas native qualified for the NCAA Championships after scoring a 12-dive total of 578.20 in a fourth place finish on the one-meter at the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Regionals. During the 2011-12 campaign, any LSU diver had a chance at earning victory in every event. All six divers qualified for the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Regional. Senior Matt Vieke finished up his illustrious career with his best collegiate season. Following his senior season, Vieke possessed the program’s third best three-meter (388.20), fifth best one-meter (352.60) and fourth best platform (314.75) scores. He secured his first championship final at SEC Championships and posted a fifth place performance on the one-meter (352.60). Sophomore Kevin Leong registered the program’s fifth best platform score of 313.55 in a 13th place finish at the SEC Championships. The Alberta, Canada native also finished 15th on the one-meter springboard at the conference meet with a score of 304.65. Sophomores Sean McKinney and Jesse Lyman made strides in their second seasons as well. Both divers qualified for their second NCAA Zones. McKinney notched the highest three-meter dive score (337.50) in the event for the Tigers in an 11th place finish at the SEC Championships. On the women’s side, junior Elle Schmidt set two of her career bests on the three-meter (298.05) and the platform (229.35). She posted three top-16 performances at the SEC Championships as well.
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Moreover, Shaffer’s divers continue to shine academically as his athletes have been awarded LSU Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors four times, and numerous divers have received prestigious post-graduate scholarships. Vieke was named the Tiger Athletic Foundation Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a recipient of the Wally Pontiff Jr., Academic Excellence Award during his junior season. The Indianapolis, Ind. native was named a finalist for the prestigious SEC H. Boyd McWorther Post-Graduate Scholarship his senior year and graduated with a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average in management. The LSU diving corps embarked upon another successful season in 2010-11, helping both the men’s and women’s teams register topfive finishes at the SEC Championships for the first time since 2000. Furthermore, all six divers -- including four underclassmen -qualified and competed at the NCAA Zone Diving Regional, while Helm developed into one of the conference’s top newcomers. After a fine first-year campaign in which she garnered SEC Freshman Diver of the Year honors, St. Germain took her craft to another level, capturing a silver medal and breaking the program record in the one-meter springboard with a phenomenal performance at SEC’s. Helm emerged as yet another impact freshman performer for the LSU diving program, claiming fifth-place in the men’s three-meter at SEC’s and receiving SEC All-Freshmen Team recognition. Helm also posted program top-five scores in all three events and was named SEC Male Diver of the Week on two separate occasions during the regular season. In addition to St. Germain and Helm, Vieke barely missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships after his fine effort at the Zone ‘D’ Regional where he was tabbed the first alternate to NCAA’s, while junior Brian Gemberling, Schmidt and McKinney each contributed points at the conference meet with top-16 finishes. Vieke, McKinney and Schmidt also tallied career-best and program top-10 scores at different points in the season. When Shaffer was promoted to co-head coach of the programs along with Geyer, the duo sought to build a well-rounded program that not only emphasized athletic success but also excellence in the classroom and the community. This was evident in 2010-11 as 19 swimmers and divers were named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll, while the men’s and women’s programs logged 362.5 hours of community service, a 229-hour increase from the previous season and among LSU’s team leaders. 2011-12 numbers. Prior to his promotion, Shaffer served eight seasons as LSU’s diving coach where he maintained the program’s tradition of excellence. In 2009-10, St. Germain became the fifth LSU diver in six seasons to emerge as the SEC Freshman Diver of the Year and was named to the SEC All-Freshmen Team, while Gemberling proved to be one of the most improved divers in the SEC in his sophomore campaign. A native of Levittown, Pa., Gemberling placed sixth in both springboard events at the 2010 SEC Championships, broke the school record in the three-meter (393.07) in a dual-meet against Texas A&M and claimed program top-five marks in the one-meter and platform. In 2008-09, the Tigers’ diving coach helped one of his athletes earn an invitation to the NCAA Championships for the seventhconsecutive season as senior Niko Dalman competed at the national meet for the third time in his career. Dalman also added the school’s one-meter record to his collection and finished his career as the LSU record-holder in both the one- and three-meter springboard events. The 2007-08 season proved to be Shaffer’s finest season as the Tigers’ diving coach. Shaffer coached sophomore Rachel Ware to her third All-America accolade in two years with a 12th-place finish in
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Under Shaffer’s tutelage, the men’s side finished second in the points standings among diving teams at the conference meet, and a pair of Tiger divers reached the awards podium with record-shattering performances. Dalman took home a medal in the three-meter springboard, breaking a then-LSU record in the event with a score of 391.55 to place third. Freshman Michael Neubacher followed two days later with a runner-up finish in the platform competition, crushing the school record with a robust six-dive total of 431.55. Neubacher, the SEC’s highest scoring freshman, joined Ware, Dalman and Nathan Schreiber as the fourth-straight athlete in the Shaffer era to earn the distinction as the conference’s top freshman diver. Outside the pool, Brown truly exemplified the meaning of a studentathlete, joining a long list of former LSU divers who have excelled at the highest levels academically. The Zionsville, Ind., native, who graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in biological engineering, became the third LSU diver in two seasons to be named a finalist for the esteemed SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Post-graduate Scholarship. Former standouts Hali Saucier and Andrew Keane were nominated in 2007. She was also the first athlete in school history to earn a spot in the exclusive Tiger Twelve, which recognizes 12 graduating seniors who have shown great academic success and contributed significantly to the Baton Rouge community, and received the Wally Pontiff Jr. Academic Excellence Award, which goes to the school’s top scholarathletes. In addition, Brown registered the team’s highest grade point average and was selected to give the commencement speech at the engineering school’s graduation in 2008. Shaffer’s list of Tiger All-Americans began in 2002-03 upon his arrival. His guidance enabled three divers to earn five NCAA AllAmerican performances, including junior Jessica Wantz and seniors Barb Gorst and Kyle VanArsdall. Wantz finished fourth in the threemeter springboard. Both Gorst and VanArsdall scored in the top-16 in the platform. The following season Shaffer guided Wantz to a third-place finish overall in the three-meter at NCAA’s, which gave her first-team AllAmerica honors. A third career All-America finish followed in the onemeter. In 2004-05, Dalman entered his freshman season with little experience. Seven months later, he embarked on a 12th-place finish as an All-American in the one-meter. He also became the first diver in school history to be named SEC Freshman Diver of the Year. Dalman added to his accolades with a top-12 finish in the platform at the 2006 NCAA Championships. Shaffer was no stranger to leading a successful collegiate diving program before taking the job in Baton Rouge. He was the head coach at UCLA in 1988-89 and then at the University of Minnesota from 1989-96. Shaffer experienced a great deal of success at Minnesota as he was honored as Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year three times – twice on the women’s side and once for the men’s team. Shaffer coached 11 Big Ten champions, 29 All-Americans and two NCAA champions while at Minnesota. He was named NCAA Diving Coach of the Year in 1993. Shaffer also coached three Pac-10 champions and four All-Americans during his tenure at UCLA. He has coached the United States in numerous international competitions since 1989, including the U.S. National Diving teams in China, Sweden, Spain and the United States. Shaffer served as the assistant competition manager during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and was recruited to be the head diving coach at the Sheffield, England, High Performance Center. There, he coached five Olympians on the Lottery Funded World Class Performance Program but declined a four-year contract extension for the opportunity to coach at LSU. Shaffer graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a B.A. degree in history. He was an 11-time U.S. National champion, the 1986 NCAA Diver of the Year and the NCAA one-meter and three-meter champion in 1986 for the Bruins. One of the few divers to defeat the legendary Greg Louganis, Shaffer ousted the four-time Olympian five times in 1987, three of which were in U.S. National competition. Shaffer was a silver medalist in the three-meter at the 1987 Pan American Games and won a gold medal at the 1987 USA-USSR dual
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meet in the three-meter competition. An Olympic Trials finalist in 1984 and 1988, he retired from competition in 1988 and moved into the nation’s coaching ranks. Shaffer is a native of Canton, Ohio and is married to Dr. Tracy Stephenson Shaffer, an LSU associate professor in communication studies. The couple has a seven-year-old daughter, Sara Melissa.
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Born: July 8, 1963 in Baltimore, Md. Wife: Tracy Stephenson Shaffer Child: Sara Melissa (6) High School: Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, Calif. College: UCLA; B.A. in History, 1986
RECORDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS AT LSU 2008 SEC Women’s Diving Coach of the Year 1 SEC Diver of the Year 2 SEC Champions 7 All-SEC selections 13 NCAA All-Americans 6 SEC Freshman Divers of the Year 4 NCAA All-America honors collected by freshmen 5 NCAA All-Americans in his first season (2002-03) 4 SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-graduate Scholarship finalists 4 LSU Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients 5 Divers who recorded team-high grade point averages 2 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient 1 ESPN Academic All-American 1 Tiger Twelve Honoree
Doug and Tracy Shaffer with their daughter, Sara and their dog Shiloh.
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CHRIS IP Assistant Coach • First Season College- East Stroudsburg State; B.S. in Biology, 1978; Springfield College, M.S. in Exercise Psychology, 1984 Hometown: Swarthmore, Penn. Born: Sept. 9, 1956 Wife: Dr. Loreto Jackson
Christopher Ip enters his first year with LSU as an assistant coach after serving as the head swimming and diving coach at Clemson for 10 seasons. He brings with him a diverse array of expertise from his time at Clemson. Ip will work with all swimmers and focus on LSU’s sprinters. Ip produced 16 NCAA All-American and Honorable Mention AllAmerican performers, 24 ACC Champions and 35 All-ACC swimmers during his tenure in Clemson. Seventeen out of 24 of the men’s and women’s records for each team were broken during his tenure. Fourteen of his athletes became Olympic trial participants, domestically and internationally. In addition to in the pool excellence, Ip’s teams consistently boasted high academic marks and did extensive work in the community. His men and women’s teams averaged a cumulative GPA of 3.0 in 29 separate semesters of classes. Three of Ip’s athletes went on to earn the prestigious NCAA Post-graduate scholarship. “I am extremely excited and honored that Dave and Doug have given me the opportunity to work with this prestigious group of LSU swimmers and divers,” Ip said. “I look forward to blending my coaching experiences from the past with the coaching staffs’ philosophy and move this program up in the SEC and in the national rankings.” Ip served as the President and Coach of the Clemson Tiger Aquatic Camps, Inc. from 2005-2011. Ip also has considerable international coaching experience. He served as head coach of the Jamaican National Swim Team for the 1994 World Games in Rome, Italy. He also coached the same team at the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia that same year. In the spring of 1997 he was a member of the Venezuelan coaching staff for the FINA Short Course World Championships at Gothenburg, Sweden. Many of his athletes have gone on to success at the Olympic level. He had a total of 10 athletes represent their respective countries in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Ga. and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Prior to arriving at Clemson, Ip coached at Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce, Fla. for 13 seasons. Incredibly, the Swarthmore, Penn. native won the national championship in both men’s and women’s competition all 13 years he served as head coach at Indian River Community College, presently the most for any coach in NJCAA history. Ip has been honored as the National Coach of the Year at the junior college level for men’s swimming 10 times, including seven years in a row between 1992-98. He has been named the women’s National Coach of the Year four times and was named the National Coach of the Year in both the men’s and women’s swimming programs in 1998 and 2002. Before his career at Indian River, Ip served as the Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach at the University of Delaware. He led the men’s program to conference championships in each of his last two years (1988 and 1989). The Delaware women’s program won the East Coast Conference title in 1989. Overall, his swimmers combined to win 42 individual East Coast Conference championship titles in his five years leading the program. Twelve of his swimmers were USS Senior National qualifiers. Ip began his college coaching career as the men’s assistant coach at East Stroudsburg State in 1978, followed by two years as the assistant women’s coach at Springfield College before heading to Brown University in Rhode Island. The women’s program won the Ivy
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League Championship in 1984, his only season with the program. In terms of administration, Ip has served two terms as NJCAA Swim Coaches Association President, and served in the Florida Swimming Association. He held the rank of assistant professor for 10 years. He was named a Distinguished All-America swimmer twice at East Stroudsburg State. He will be enshrined in the Warriors Hall of Fame later this year. Ip earned a bachelor of arts degree in biology from East Stroudsburg State in 1978 and a masters of science degree in exercise physiology from Springfield College in 1984. Ip is married to Dr. Loreto Jackson and has recently moved to Baton Rouge.
Chris and wife Dr. Lreto Jackson
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JEANA FUCCILLO Assistant Coach • First Season College: UCLA, B.S. in Sociology, 2007; Northern Arizona, M.S. in Education Psychology and Human Relations, 2009 Hometown: Lebanon, Illinois Born: Jan. 16, 1985
Jeana Fuccillo enters her first year with LSU after serving as an assistant coach with the University of Northern Arizona for the past two seasons. Fuccillo will provide LSU with added expertise in recruiting and will work specifically with the breaststroke and individual medley swimmers. At NAU, Fuccillo’s swimmers posted 14 NCAA ‘B’ cuts and broke 14 school records. In addition, 28 program all-time top-five swims were registered. NAU posted two top-three finishes at the WAC Championships with Fuccillo as an assistant coach, including a second place finish in 2012. Four NAU swimmers were named CollegeSwimming.com MidMajor All-Americans during the 2011-12 season. The swimmers won five individual titles during the 2012 WAC Championships. During her time in Flagstaff, Fuccillo also worked with developing the training schedule and dry land programs, organizing recruiting logistics and coordinating alumni relations. Fuccillo was a four-year letterwinner at UCLA. She helped lead the Bruins to a pair of second-place finishes in the Pac-12 Conference during her career. She was a three-time top-eight finisher at the Pac12 Championships and served as team captain her senior season.
Following her collegiate swimming career, Fuccillo worked in the UCLA athletic department. Fuccillo mentored student-athletes and helped them succeed in the class room. Fuccillo worked as an academic graduate assistant in the NAU athletic department while pursuing her graduate studies in the college of education. As a graduate assistant, she helped the academic coordinators in eligibility and performance of studentathletes. While in Flagstaff, Fuccillo gained coaching experience working with the Flagstaff Peaks Aquatic Club. Prior to swimming at UCLA, Fuccillo was the Illinois High School Swimmer of the Year, a Junior National Champion, Olympic Trials qualifier (2000 and 2004), National Junior Team member and a US National Finalist. Fuccillo, a native of St. Louis, Mo., was an Athletic Director’s Honor Roll selection at UCLA and earned her undergraduate degree in sociology in 2007. She completed her master’s degree in educational psychology and human relations at NAU in December 2009.
CORY CHITWOOD Assistant Coach • First Season Hometown: Union, Ky. College: University of Arizona with a B.S. in Psychology Born: Feb. 28, 1989
Cory Chitwood joined LSU Swimming and Diving as an assistant coach on Nov. 1, 2012. Chitwood arrives at LSU with a spectacular track record as a collegiate swimmer at the University of Arizona, and comes highly recommended by USA Swimming National Team Director Frank Busch. “I’ve known Cory and his family a long time,” Busch said. “I’ve watched him develop and coached him for years at Arizona. His knowledge is second to none. He is one of those athletes who understood things immediately. He was really in tune with the sport, much more than your average college athlete.” LSU will be Chitwood’s first collegiate coaching experience. He served this past year as the Northern Kentucky Clippers club team’s Head Assistant Coach, specializing with the elite 11-12 and 13-14 year old age groups. On the international stage, Chitwood was a member of the United Sates Swimming National team and finished 10th in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:00.03 in the semifinals at the Olympic Trials. He posted his career low in the 200m back (1:57.41) at the 2012 US Open Swimming Championships. At the University of Arizona, Chitwood won three-consecutive
NCAA Championships in the 200-yard back. He posted his 200 back career low mark of 1:38.84 en route to his second individual championship. In addition, Chitwood was a 14-time collegiate All-American and was named to the Pac-10/12 All-Academic team on four occasions. He also served as men’s team captain during his junior and senior campaigns. He holds the second fastest 100 back, 200 back and 200 individual medley times in Arizona school history. Chitwood will provide LSU swimmers with an insight into what it takes to find success on the highest levels of competition. He will work predominately with the mid-distance and specialty stroke swimmers in his first season. Chitwood, a native of Union, Ky., earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology in May of 2012 from Arizona.
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Swimming Coach Dave Geyer and Diving Coach Doug Shaffer enter their third season as co-head coaches. The LSU women’s program finished in the top-five at the SEC Championships for the second consecutive season. The team returns six of seven NCAA Qualifiers from a year ago and welcomes 10 new freshmen to the program. The returnees are highlighted by NCAA Honorable-Mention All-American sophomore diver Alex Bettridge and NCAA Qualifiers senior Sara Haley, juniors Torrey Bussey and Rainey White and sophomores Amber Carter and Marlene Niemi.
SENIORS Sara Haley repeated as one of the top butterfly competitors in the conference. The El Dorado Hills, Calif. Native broke the school record in the 200 fly (1:56.67) when she registered her second consecutive bronze medal performance at the SEC Championships in the 200 fly. She also qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season. “I think the one thing that has been missing from her career is stepping up and performing at the NCAA level,” Geyer said. “That is a goal for her and for us as a program as well. It is just going to take a whole different line of commitment and structure for her to stay on a path this year to make that happen. There really can’t be any down days in our training for her to perform at that level. She needs to repeat the effort from SEC’s to NCAA’s”. Jana Ruimerman, who earned NCAA Honorable-Mention All-American status her sophomore year for her performances on the 10th place 200 medley relay, will look to qualify for NCAA’s her senior year after narrowly missing qualifying her junior year. Ruimerman swam in a pair of consolation finals in the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships. “Jana has a situation where she tends to fall ill right before our conference meet and NCAA’s,” Geyer said. “She had a great summer, qualified for Olympic Trials and swam faster at Olympic Trials. That was an oddity at that meet. She has the base to carry on in her final year.” Sally Wood made a huge leap her junior season in the individual medley events and the 200 breaststroke. She cranked out the program’s fourth fastest all-time 400 IM (4:14.29), fifth fastest 200 IM (1:59.51) and eighth fastest 200 breast (2:16.66) at the SEC Championships.
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“Sally fought through a lot of injuries last year and ironically enough she still performed really well,” Geyer said. “Our training room has been great over the summer to get her back to where she needs to be physically. We are looking for some great things from her. She has goals of school records and potentially both the 200 IM and 400 IM records.” Audrey Lawson pairs with Haley to form one of the conference’s top 200 fly duos. Lawson qualified for the championship final of the 200 fly and registered a career low and fifth best program time of 1:59.42 in a seventh place finish at the SEC Championships “She wants to qualify for NCAA’s this year,” Geyer said. “She gained some solid experience at the SEC meet by qualifying for the 200 fly. I don’t think that her performance in the finals was indicative of what she is capable of doing. We are working through the mental stuff to compete at the highest levels in all events. She has set her goals high.” Kaelee Mader put together her best collegiate season last year and swam to 14th in the 200 fly at the SEC Championships. She also competed in the individual medley events and set career lows in both events. “It has been fun to watch her progress over the past three years,” Geyer said. “We are looking forward to her developing in the individual medleys and are going to spend more time focusing on the 200 fly this year as well. We started to see a bit of light from that at the SEC meet last year. The change in meet structure sets up her days events to perform three really hard events spread out over four days. She is developing and looking to step up and finish things out on top.” Chelsea Griffiths rounds out the senior swimming class. She qualified for the SEC Championships and swam the 100 and 200 back. On the diving side, Elle Schmidt serves as the Tiger’s lone upperclassman diver. Schmidt set her career bests on the platform and the three-meter last season and qualified for NCAA Zone Regionals. “Elle has now been in the program for four years,” Shaffer said. “We have more support with a graduate assistant and the highest coach-athlete ratio than we have ever had. It allows us to give additional detail to each of the divers. Elle’s diving really comes down to what she wants to do. I believe that you are what you think. If she believes in herself, she has the opportunity to have her most successful season at LSU.”
JUNIORS Torrey Bussey, LSU’s record-holder in the 200 breast and 200 IM, repeated as an NCAA Qualifier and swam in three final events at the SEC Championships. At SEC’s, she captured eight place in the 200 IM with a season low 1:58.53 and emerged victorious in the 100 breast (1:01.00) consolation final with the second fastest mark in program history. “Torrey had a pretty tumultuous summer. She had a great summer training wise, but when we got back from Olympic Trials we had a situation where she had to have surgery,” Geyer
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said. “When I sat down with her in a goal meeting, I told her to set her standards low. For every progression that we have made and every step we take, we have to look at is as exciting. Already a month into the training season and I am already amazed how fast we have progressed through things. As far as her progression over the last month, we are obviously way ahead of where I thought she would be.” Rainey White emerged as one of the team’s top sprint freestylers and a valuable component on relays. She competed on the team’s 200 free relay at the NCAA Championships. She finished 10th in the 100 fly (54.08) at the SEC Championships as well. “She is like an assassin. That is the best way to put it,” Geyer said. “She is quiet, comes in, does her business and goes to work. She definitely has some pop. She had a good summer. She has made some improvements to where she is at. The want to be better than last year is certainly there.” Parker Glass swam the 500 free, 100 back and 200 back for LSU at the SEC Championships. She owned the team’s fastest 500 free for the season and also showed some growth in the 1000 free. “I look at her some days and tell her that she should be an SEC scorer,” Geyer said. “Then there is a day or two when you don’t see that. We have talked about that precisely. She had a pretty solid summer and made some strength gains on the land. We are looking forward to moving on with her developmental process.” Additionally, Laura Furr, Mikayda Milles, Kyra Jones, Jesi Kopcso and Emily Weaner round up the core of the team and will all look to qualify for the conference championships. “For those group of girls, they have been to the SEC meet and know the level of competition that it takes to be there,” Geyer said. “Having a deep squad will make things more competitive for the conference meet and SEC travel. I think when you have that environment in a training area it is going to make a lot of women push themselves harder to be a part of that. You want that competition daily in workouts and training moving forward.”
SOPHOMORES Alex Bettridge, the SEC’s Freshman Diver of the Year, will look to continue her
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prowess within the conference and further her status nationally. Bettridge showed her versatility on all boards when set the program’s three-meter dive record (366.85) with a bronze medal performance at the SEC Championships, placed 15th on the threemeter with a score of 306.30 at the NCAA Championships and dove to sixth in the one-meter with a total of 302.60 at SEC’s. “Alex’s goals are bigger and better. She wants to final in at least two events at the SEC Championship and win an event,” Shaffer said. “She wants to qualify and final for the NCAA’s. Her goals are a progression. She is still developing on platform. It could be a toss-up on whether she will score higher on the one-meter or the three-meter springboard. She is such a fierce competitor that she knows when and how to raise her game at the flick of a switch.” Amber Carter shined in her freshman campaign in the fly and freeevents. She Competed in the 50 free, 100 fly, 200 free relay and the 200 medley relay at NCAA’s. At SEC’s, she raced to a 13th place finish in the 50 free (22.95) after posting the program’s sixth fastest mark in the prelims (22.86) at the SEC Championships and notched a 15th place finish in the 100 fly (54.00), which was the eighth fastest in the program’s history. “I sensed that Amber had huge potential and it came true her freshman year,” Geyer said. “She had some phenomenal swims. I think she exceeded a lot of people’s expectations. Going into her sophomore year, those expectations are now on her shoulders a little bit. She needs to see how she can handle that.” Kaetlin Sepp utilized her talent to develop into one of the program’s top back and free swimmers. The Estonian finished 14th in the 200 back with the program’s fifth best mark (1:58.62) at the SEC Championships. “We had high expectations for her in the backstroke and we fell a little bit short,” Geyer said. “Physically she is a strong woman and can train well. She needs to become a more mentally focused competitor. If she does that I think there is a bright future for her in the backstroke events.” Jennifer Reese earned a spot on the team last season with her hard work and has come back to campus looking to qualify for the SEC Championships. “Sometimes you offer a spot for
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individuals to walk onto the program and they don’t really foresee the expectations ahead of them,” Geyer said. “She used the year to really grow and understand what it takes to compete at the SEC level. She went home this summer and really remolded herself into a new person. She is coming in at a whole new fitness level than she did freshman year. It is exciting to see her at this level for the first time.”
FRESHMEN The women’s freshmen class is littered with versatile talent in the diving and swimming ranks. Cassie Weil, the top ranked woman diver of the recruiting class, owns a ton of experience on the national level. “Cassie has been a Junior National Champion, a Senior National qualifier and a finalist and a US Olympic Trials participant on the three-meter and platform events,” Shaffer said. “She has a wealth of experience. We have been diving for about two weeks and if what we have seen is any indication of her work ethic, she will be really successful. She wants to final at SEC’s and qualify and score at NCAA’s in her first year.” Allie Alter joins her after owning a proven track record on the Junior National level. “Allie has been a tremendous trainer,” Shaffer said. “She has been a Junior National finalist, an AAU Champion and has been involved with the US Diving Circuit for years. Her strength is platform. She has the capability to go to the conference championship and do well her first year on platform. She can score on springboard as well.” Izzy Choquehuanca, who also competed on the Junior National level, rounds out the diving class. The swimming class welcomes seven new swimmers who will be counted on to score points this season. Megan Cox, Jesse James and Danielle Stirrat have the ability to make an impact individually and on relays. “When you look at those three girls a little bit, you have three swimmers who will compete for a spot in the 800 freestyle relay or all three of them could be on it,” Geyer said. “Megan and Jesse both have some individual medley experience. Megan is more of a middle distance freestyler. Jesse is a bit more of a distance freestyler. They both come down for the 200 and 400 IM. Throwing in Danielle as well as training partners moving forward is great. Danielle
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had a phenomenal summer. She swam ok at the British Trials, but she came back at a senior championship meet in Great Britain and really swam great.” Taryn MacKenzie is another talented international swimmer to keep an eye out for. “She comes from South Africa and is roommates with Danielle,” Geyer said. “It is good to have that international connection there. They both have high goals of qualifying for the 2016 Olympics. It is a discussion that I had with them. Those actions do not start in 2015 or 2016. Those actions started yesterday or two weeks ago. They get that and understand that, which is good. They have long term goals and their heads are focused on their goals.” Stacey Stanfield, Caley Oquist and Rebecca Werdine also will look to make their mark this season. “Caley is going to fly under the radar a little bit because she came from a high school only type setting in Minnesota,” Geyer said. “I think there is great deal of potential ahead of her now that training is a lot more structured, disciplined and serious. I look for some quick development from her. Stacey has had some ups and downs the past two years. She had a great high school state meet a year ago. Now she is getting back on track and will use this freshman year as an experience. Rebecca is a walk-on for the program and for her it is about understanding what this level is about.”
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2012-13 Men’s Season Preview CRAIG HAMILTON
Swimming Coach Dave Geyer and Diving Coach Doug Shaffer enter their third season as co-head coaches. The LSU men’s program finished in the top-five at the SEC Championships for the second consecutive season. The team scored over 150 points more than the season before and returns a talented core. The squad returns NCAA Honorable-Mention All-Americans in senior distance swimmer Craig Hamilton and junior diver Daniel Helm. The team also returns SEC Bronze Medalists senior Andrei Tuomola and sophomore Frank Greeff. Four freshman swimmers will add to the depth of the team.
SENIORS Craig Hamilton holds LSU’s all-time records in the 500 freestyle (4:19.12), 1000 free (8:57.90) and the 1650 free (14:45.14). He finished third in the mile at SEC’s and 10th in the mile at NCAA’s. He established himself as one of the nation’s top distance swimmers by dropping his mile time by over 15 seconds in the month between the SEC Championships to the NCAA Championships. “I am excited for his senior year. Every time he competes he gets faster,” Geyer said. “We have some lofty goals this year. He was about a second and a half off in the mile from being top-eight last year at NCAA’s. That is the positive. We weren’t too far off from being there already. We were right there last year. If he was in a different lane at NCAA’s, next to the guy who finished ninth, he might have been eighth overall with that push. They were in opposite sides of the pool in that race. It is certainly there.” Tuomola is a dual-competitor in the 100 breaststroke and in the sprint free events. He took bronze in the 100 breast (53.82) with the program’s third fastest all-time mark at the SEC Championships. “Andrei is always getting faster and has been a little bit short of qualifying for NCAA’s,” Geyer said. “There is a new selection process for the meet that will hopefully work in his favor. He is motivated and he knows this is it. His native country of Finland has started taking a notice of his again as far as National Team stuff, which is exciting to him. He wants to
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keep those dreams and goals alive for international competition as well.” Nick Kunkel registered his fastest season to date and will look to translate his success in his senior season. He finaled in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 individual medley at the conference championships. He finished sixth in the 200 back (1:45.36) at SEC’s. “Nick has set some big goals for SEC’s and wants to get a podium finish in the 200 back,” Geyer said. “He understands the work that needs to happen in the water and out of the water to make that happen. He is another senior that has developed from freshman year.” Zack Wepasnick notched his top competitive season last year and provides the Tigers with another multi-stroke competitor. He posted a pair of top-15 swims in the 100 breast and the 200 breast and swam the program’s eighth best 200 IM (1:49.72) at the SEC Championships. “Zack had some struggles his sophomore year in the water and out of the water. It set him back again, but once we got back on track and got his junior year under our belt with consistent training, he began swimming fast again,” Geyer said. “I firmly believe that it takes a full year of training underneath you before you really see the dividends. That is where he is at now. We have the full year and the improved strength in the weight room. His senior year should be the most successful that he has.” Raymond De Padua made an impact in his first season after transferring from the junior college ranks. He posted a top-20 swim in the 200 butterfly at the conference meet. Timmy Dasinger enters his final season as one of the program’s top student-athletes are being named to the SEC Community Service Team. In the water, he posted the team’s third fastest 200 free and 200 fly times for the season. “Timmy had a great summer. He had the goals of qualifying for Olympic Trials and put the commitment into that from the end of SEC’s on,” Geyer said. “It came into fruition and turned out well. It is an example for any athlete who puts their mind to it. Leadership from him is valuable to our team. He has experience and seen a lot. He has hit the lows competitively and hit the highs competitively. He understands the process which is really important for a young team to see.” Andrew Muller qualified for the SEC Championships and swam the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free. In his second season in the SEC, Muller will look to repeat and final at the conference meet. Jesse Lyman will look to return from his injury late in the season and make an impact. “Jesse has been historically unhealthy at the wrong times,”Shaffer said. “Every hiccup
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and break from training affects you because your competition is still training and moving forward. If Jesse can stay healthy and focused on his goals, he has the opportunity to do some great things.”
JUNIORS Daniel Helm will look to build on his 12th place finish on the platform at the NCAA Championships and his silver medal on the one-meter springboard at the SEC Championships. His diversity on all three surfaces provides Helm with an opportunity to score in all three events. “Daniel develops a little bit stronger every single day he is in the water and with his training,” Shaffer said. “He had a good training summer going into the Senior National Diving Circuit. He is coming into the year in better shape and stronger than he has ever been. We have set some really high goals. He wants to win a conference championship and final at the NCAA’s. He wants to do a full list off of the 10-meter tower. Those are all things within his realm of capability.” Sean McKiney finished 11th on the three-meter at SEC’s. Shaffer believes that McKinney is going to be one of the most improved athletes within the conference this season. “We learned some things about Sean last year, “Shaffer said. “I believe that this year will be Sean’s breakout year. We learned some things about his training and what makes him tick a bit more. A couple tweaks to the approach and to the mental side has already started to make some key improvements in his program. Sean wants to qualify at NCAA’s and final at SEC’s.” On the diving side, Kevin Leong posted a pair of top-15 finishes at the SEC Championships on the one-meter and the platform. “He has been a solid performer in dualmeet competition, but has yet to move into the realm of competing at an elite level at SEC’s and potentially qualifying for NCAA’s,”Shaffer said. “He can qualify for NCAA’s and can score there. That is where our goals are set. We are starting off with
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a hard training regime that is focused on our fundamentals to hopefully carry us a little bit further in the championship part of the season.” In swimming, Ricardo Alvarado Jimenez made a huge impact in his first season with the program. The Mexico native was the team’s top 200 breast performer, swam in the A final of the 100 breast and 200 breast and captured the B final of the 200 IM at the SEC Championships. “We expect him to be better than last year,” Geyer said. “He has that expectation. There were times last year where his training was not as consistent as where it needed to be. He realizes that and sees that. We are addressing that every day and ready to move forward.” Michael Saco appeared to show little signs of rust after missing the second half of his freshman year with an injury. Saco finished 11th in the 50 free at SEC’s and was a part of the team’s season bests in the 200 free relay, the 400 free relay and the 200 medley relay. “Michael was beat up pretty good his freshman year and got some things straightened out his sophomore year after getting some consistent training in,” Geyer said. “He had a pretty solid SEC’s and he carried that into the summer. He had a phenomenal 50 freestyle to qualify for Olympic Trails. With a consistent year under his belt, we are looking for some fast times.” Shane Coltharp with compete in free, back and IM events as he seeks a return to the SEC Championships.
SOPHOMORES The sophomore class immediately made an impact in their rookie seasons. Frank Greeff led the team in three individual events and was a member of four of the team’s top relays. He earned a bronze medal at the SEC Championship with the program’s second fastest all-time 200 breast mark of 1:45.03, which earned him a spot on the All-SEC Freshman Team. Michael Young also was named to the
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All-SEC Freshman Team after swimming the fastest 100 back (48.16) posted by a freshman in a sixth place finish. He also finished 10th in the 200 back at SEC’s. Dillon Love added versatility with his ability to swim the 200 back and the 500 free. He qualified for the B final at the SEC Championships and cranked out the program’s all-time eighth fastest 200 back time of 1:46.72. “Dillon, Frank and Michael are three guys that had great performances at SEC’s and were able to score points,” Geyer said. “They have set the expectation upon themselves to raise that level again. For Dillon and Frank, it definitely is a team experience for them. They are looking at that 800 freestyle relay that was just off the school record looking last year and they want to demolish that record this year. More importantly, they have their eye on qualifying that relays for NCAA’s. Both of those guys are pivotal in getting that relay there.” Fellow sophomores Sam Jardine, Tyler Jusselin and Mathew Schaefer enjoyed their first tastes of SEC competition in their freshman seasons. “I think that for them they gained a lot of experience last year stepping into a higher realm of training and competition,” Geyer said. “They really got their eyes opened to what SEC swimming is all about. For Matt, Sam and Tyler it is about making adjustments now in the water that puts them in a more competitive position within our program and the SEC.”
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through the ranks of swimming because of the lack of opportunity and pools. To get him here, I think there is still a load of potential ahead of him. I have had the opportunity to watch him the past five or six years training within our facilities with the local club team. I think it is important for those two to help improve and increase the awareness of swimming in Louisiana.” Alexander Linge arrives on campus as someone who has a load of potential. He has competed for Sweden on the senior level and will predominately swim the 100 and 200 free and 100 and 200 fly. “I am excited about Alex,” Geyer said. “He came in recruiting wise a little bit under the radar. Sweden has taken a liking to him and has started taking a look at him for national events. What we’ve seen already is that he can probably drop down to the 50 free once he gets used to yards and nailing that turn a little bit. He can certainly compete in the 200 free and 200 fly.” Gabe Rooker is a US Olympic Trial participant who will challenge for the conference in the breaststroke events. “We are excited to have him. I feel the Pacific Northwest can be a hot bed in terms of recruiting,” Geyer said. “Last week at Centenary he threw down a 100 breast time slightly over 57 seconds, which is incredible because we have done minimal breaststroke work training wise. He trains really well and at a very high level. He can be phenomenal this year.”
FRESHMEN The freshmen class will see four swimmers looking to score points at the SEC Championships and boost the team’s relays. Baton Rouge natives Grant Grenfell and Colin Finnegan will attempt to make an impact early on. “It is always important when you have local talent to start to rise up to try to put the boundaries up and keep them in state,” Geyer said. “For Collin and Grant I think it was pretty easy to come to LSU. For Grant, this state doesn’t see a lot of talent rising 2012-13 SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE
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ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE Friday, November 2 LSU Natatorium Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Conference: Southeastern (Western Division) Complex: Alabama Aquatics Center Head Coach: Dennis Pursley Year at School: First Diving Coach: Pat Greenwell Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 29th Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 42nd Women’s 2011 Conference Finish: Media Contact: Roots Woodruff Phone: (205) 348-6084 Email: rwoodruff@ia.ua.edu www.RollTide.com
NORTH CAROLINA STATE WOLFPACK Saturday, October 27 (women) Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center Location: Raleigh, NC Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference Complex: Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center Head Coach: Braden Holloway Year at School: Second Diving Coach: Josh Karshen Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: N/A Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 34th Media Contact: Phone: Email: GoPack.com
AUBURN TIGERS Saturday, October 20 Monday, December 17 Tuesday, December 18 Wednesday, December 19 James E. Martin Aquatics Center Location: Auburn, Ala. Conference: Southeastern (Western Division) Complex: James E. Martin Aquatics Center Head Coach: Brett Hawke Year at School: Sixth (Fourth as Head Coach) Diving Coach: Jeff Shaffer Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 6th Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 7th Women’s 2011 Conference Finish: Media Contact: Wes Todd Phone: (334) 844-9182 Email: wlt0006@auburn.edu AuburnTigers.com
KENTUCKY WILDCATS Saturday, January 5 Lancaster Aquatic Center Location: Lexington, Kentucky Conference: Southeastern (eastern division) Complex: Lancaster Aquatic Center Head Coach: Gary Conelly Year at School: 21st Diving Coach: Ted Hautau Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: N/A Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: Media Contact: Chris Shoals Phone: (859) 257-3838 Email: cmsh223@uky.edu UKAthletics.com
CENTENARY COLLEGE Saturday, September 22 Haynes Fitness Center Location: Shreveport, LA Conference: Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Complex: Head Coach: Butch Jordan Year at School: 12th Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: N/A Women’s 2011 Conference Finish: Media Contact: Phone: Email: GoCentenary.com
HOUSTON COUGARS Thursday, November 15 Friday, November 16 Saturday, November 17 Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium Location: Houston, Texas Conference: Conference USA (West Division) Complex: Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium Head Coach: Augie Busch Year at School: Second Diving Coach: Jane Figueiredo Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: N/A Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: N/A Women’s 2011 Conference Finish: Media Contact: Phone: Email: UHCougars.com
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RICE OWLS Thursday, November 15 Friday, November 16 Saturday, November 17 Campus Recreation & Wellness Center Natatorium Location: Houston, Texas Conference: Conference USA (west division) Complex: Rice Aquatics Center Natatorium Head Coach: Seth Huston Year at School: 11th Diving Coach: Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: N/A Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: Media Contact: John Sullivan Phone: (713)-348-5636 Email: jsully@rice.edu RiceOwls.com
SMU MUSTANGS Saturday, January 12 (men) Perkins Natatorium Location: Dallas, Texas Conference: Conference USA (west division) Complex: Perkins Natatorium Head Coach: Eddie Sinnott Year at School: Diving Coach: Jim Stillson Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 32nd Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 16th Media Contact: Phone: Email: SMUMustangs.com
Opponent Information TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS Location: Knoxville, TN Complex: Allan Jones Aquatic Center Conference: Southeastern Head Coach: Matt Kredich Year at School: Seventh Diving Coach: Dave Parrington Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 12th Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 7th Media Contact: Amanda Pruitt Phone: (865) 974-1212 Email: akpruitt@utk.edu UTsports.com
TEXAS A&M AGGIES Location: College Station, Texas Conference: Southeastern (western division) Complex: Student Rec Center Natatorium Head Coach: Jay Holmes Year at School: 25th (seventh as head coach) Diving Coach: Jay Lerew Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 13th Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 6th Media Contact: Brad Marquardt Phone: (979) 862-5448 Email: bmarquardt@athletics.tamu.edu AggieAthletics.com
TULANE GREEN WAVE Friday, October 26 (women) Reily Student-Recreation Center Natatorium Location: New Orleans, La. Conference: Conference USA (west division) Complex: Reily Student-Recreation Center Natatorium Head Coach: T.J. Natal Year at School: Diving Coach: Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: N/A Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: N/A Media Contact: Richie Weaver Phone: 504-314-7232 Email: rweaver@tulane.edu TulaneGreenWave.com
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GEORGIA BULLDOGS Saturday, March 2 Sunday, March 3 Location: Athens, GA Conference: Southeastern (eastern division) Complex: Gabrielsen Natatorium Head Coach: Jack Bauerle Year at School: 30th Diving Coach: Dan Laak Men’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 10th Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: 2nd Media Contact: Steven Colquitt Phone: (706) 542-1621. Email: scolquitt@sports.uga.edu GeorgiaDogs.com SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS Tuesday, February 19 Wednesday, February 20 Thursday, February 21 Friday, February 22 Location: College Station, Texas Complex: Student Rec Center Natatorium Media Contact: Brad Marquardt Phone: (979) 862-5448 Email: bmarquardt@athletics.tamu.edu AggieAthletics.com WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday, March 21 Friday, March 22 Saturday, March 23 Location: Indianapolis, Ind. Complex: IU Center Natatorium and the IUPUI Sports Complex NCAA.com/swimming
MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Thursday, March 28 Friday, March 29 Saturday, March 30 Location: Indianapolis, Ind. Complex: IU Center Natatorium and the IUPUI Sports Complex NCAA.com/swimming
VANDERBILT COMMODORES Wednesday, October 10 (women) Location: Nashville, Tenn. Conference: Southeastern (eastern division) Complex: Centennial Sportsplex Head Coach: Jeremy Organ Year at School: Seventh Women’s 2011 NCAA Finish: N/A Media Contact: Weston Pletcher Phone: 615-875-1085 Email: weston.pletcher@vanderbilt.edu VUCommodores.com
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AMBER CARTER
NCAA QUALIFYING STANDARDS MEN’S SWIMMING STANDARDS
WOMEN’S SWIMMING STANDARDS
25-Yard Course
25-Yard Course
Event
A Standard
B Standard
Event
A Standard
B Standard
50 Freestyle
:19.30
:20.19
50 Freestyle
:22.05
:22.99
100 Freestyle
:42.45
:44.29
100 Freestyle
:48.03
:49.99
200 Freestyle
1:33.63
1:37.99
200 Freestyle
1:43.99
1:47.99
500 Freestyle
4:15.89
4:24.99
500 Freestyle
4:38.13
4:47.79
1,650 Freestyle
14:47.70
15:30.39
1,650 Freestyle
16:01.12
16:30.59
100 Butterfly
:45.94
:48.29
100 Butterfly
:52.11
:54.49
200 Butterfly
1:42.96
1:47.99
200 Butterfly
1:54.60
1:59.59
100 Backstroke
:46.02
:48.49
100 Backstroke
:52.13
:55.09
200 Backstroke
1:41.31
1:46.39
200 Backstroke
1:53.17
1:59.19
100 Breaststroke
:52.60
:55.39
100 Breaststroke
:59.51
1:02.49
200 Breaststroke
1:54.31
1:59.79
200 Breaststroke
2:08.70
2:15.99
200 Individual Medley 1:43.62
1:49.09
200 Individual Medley 1:55.96
2:01.59
400 Individual Medley 3:43.88
3:54.49
400 Individual Medley 4:05.98
4:19.39
MEN’S RELAY STANDARDS
WOMEN’S RELAY STANDARDS
25-Yard Course
25-Yard Course
Event
A Standard
B Standard
Event
A Standard
B Standard
200 Freestyle Relay
1:18.36
1:19.19
200 Freestyle Relay
1:29.80
1:30.62
400 Freestyle Relay
2:53.94
2:55.93
400 Freestyle Relay
3:17.27
3:19.49
800 Freestyle Relay
6:25.90
6:29.48
800 Freestyle Relay
7:07.89
7:12.59
200 Medley Relay
1:26.38
1:27.44
200 Medley Relay
1:38.42
1:39.14
400 Medley Relay
3:10.91
3:12.78
400 Medley Relay
3:35.39
3:37.56
MEN’S DIVING STANDARDS
WOMEN’S DIVING STANDARDS
*Qualifying point total in any 6 dive list with standard DD
*Qualifying point total in any 6 dive list with standard DD
SEAN McKINNEY
**Qualifying point total in any 5 dive list with standard DD
Event
Points
1-Meter Diving
300*
Event
Points
3-Meter Diving
320*
1-Meter Diving
265*
Platform Diving
300*
3-Meter Diving
280*
Platform Diving
225**
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Lady Tiger Roster
NAME
EVENT(S)
HT.
CL.
EXP.
Allie Alter Alex Bettridge Torrey Bussey Amber Carter Izzy Choquehuanca Megan Cox Laura Furr Parker Glass Chelsea Griffiths Sara Haley Jessie James Kyra Jones Jessica Kopcso Audrey Lawson Taryn MacKenzie Kaelee Mader Mikayda Mills Caley Oquist Jennifer Reese Jana Ruimerman Elle Schmidt Katlin Sepp Stacey Stanfield Danielle Stirrat Emily Weaner Sophie Weber Cassie Weil Rebecca Werdine Rainey White Sally Wood
Diving Diving Breast/IM Fly/Free Diving IM/Free Back/Free Back/Free Back/Free Fly/Free Free/IM Back/Free Breast/IM Fly/Free Breast IM/Fly/Free Sprint Free Back/IM Back Back/IM Diving Back/Free Sprint Free/Free Back/Free Fly/Back IM/Back/Free Diving Sprint free Sprint Free/Fly IM/Breast/Free
5-4 5-1 5-4 5-7 5-5 5-8 5-6 5-6 5-10 5-4 5-10 5-11 5-7 5-3 5-7 5-10 5-7 5-7 5-4 5-5 5-6 6-0 6-0 5-7 5-3 5-9 5-4 5-11 5-4 5-5
Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr.
HS 1L 2L 1L HS HS 1L 2L 3L 3L HS 2L 2L 3L HS 3L 2L HS 1L 3L 3L 1L HS HS 2L HS HS HS 2L 3L
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HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/PREVIOUS SCHOOL)
New Albany, Ohio (New Albany HS) Austin, Texas (Lake Travis HS) Cary, N.C. (Cary HS) Houston, Texas (Lamar HS) Laguna Nigel, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic HS) Phoenix, Ariz. (Chaparral HS) Baton Rouge, La. (University HS/Vanderbilt) Mobile, Ala. (St. Paul’s Episcopal HS) Canyon County, Calif. (William S. Hart HS) El Dorado Hills, Calif. (Oak Ridge HS) Albany, Ore. (West Albany HS) Katy, Texas (Seven Lakes HS) Abita Springs, La. (Fountainbleau HS) Erlanger, Ky. (Notre Dame Academy) Johannesbury, S. Africa (De La Salle Holy Cross College HS) Houston, Texas (Cypress Fairbanks HS) Las Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde HS) Monticello, Minn. (Monticello HS) The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands HS) Aurora, Colo. (Grandview HS) Mansfield, Ohio (St. Peters HS) Tallinn, Estonia (Gustav Adolph Grammar School) St. Johns, Fla. (The Bolles School) Llnahrey, Wales (Y Pant Comprehensive School) Gettysburg, Pa. (Gettysburg Area HS) Granite Bay, Calif. (Granite Bay HS) Hillsboro, Ore. (Jesuit HS) Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Preparatory School) Mountain Brook, Ala. (Mountain Brook HS) Edinburgh, Scotland (Trinity Academy)
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Women Athletes Allie Alter Fr. • 5’4” • HS New Albany, OH • New Albany High School Diver PRIOR TO LSU
ALEX’S TOP SCORES One-meter 302.60 Three-meter 366.85* Platform 229.95
* - program record
Diverse diver with a proven track record on the Junior National Level … 2008 Age Group National Champion on the threemeter dive … Qualified for the 2012 USA Olympic Trials in the synchronized platform event … 2011 Junior National Diving Championships participant … Seven-time Junior Nationalist Finalist. PERSONAL
Born Nov. 11, 1993 … Parents are Mitch and Linda Alter … competed with the Ohio State Diving Club … Plans on majoring in fashion merchandising.
Alex Bettridge So. • 5’1” • 1L Austin, TX • Lake Travis HS Diver • 2012 NCAA Honorable Mention All American • SEC Freshman Diver of the Year • 2012 NCAA Qualifier • 2012 All-SEC Freshmen Team • LSU Record-holder in the three-meter dive FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12)
Arrived at LSU and quickly became of the one top diver’s in the program’s storied history … Named the SEC Freshman Diver of the Year and to the 2012 All-SEC Freshman Team … Set the program’s three-meter dive record (366.85) with a bronze medal performance at the SEC Championships … Placed 15th on the three-meter with a score of 306.30 at the NCAA Championships, earning NCAA Honorable Mention All American honors … Dove to sixth in the one-meter with a total of 302.60 at SEC’s, which was the seventh best in the program annals … Qualified for the NCAA Championships after scoring a 12-dive total of 578.20 in a fourth place finish on the one-meter at the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Regionals … Besides postseason competition, dove at the Georgia Diving Invitational, the Tennessee Invitational and every dual meet … Posted the program’s fourth best platform score (229.55) in a fifth place finish at the Tennessee Invitational … Won the three-meter title (317.05) in a quad meet victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Temporarily broke the school record in the three-meter (344.40) against Texas A&M … Took first in the one-meter (258.60) in a victory over Alabama … Swept the one-meter and three-meter events in her collegiate debut in a victory over Tulane … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
One of the top divers in the state of Texas through out her high school career ... Finished third, fourth, fourth and second respectively in State Championship competitions from her freshman to senior year respectively ... Improved her scores each year at State Championships from 335.25 to 406.10 to 425.15 and finally 483.65 her senior season ... FirstTeam All-State Honors for 2008, 2009, 2010 ... Finalist in the USA Diving Nationals Synchro Platform competition and USA Diving Senior Zone Finalist in the 1-meter and 3-meter ... UIL Diving District Champion in 2008, 2009 and 2010 ... UIL District Diver of the Year 2008, 2009 and 2010 as well as UIL Region Diver of the Year in 2008 ... NISCA Diving All-American in 2009 and 2010 ... USA Diving Junior Zone Qualifier in the 1-meter and 3-meter in 2009 and 2010 ... USA Diving Age Group National Qualifier on Platform and 3-meter in 2009 ... PERSONAL Born June 8, 1993 ... High school coach was Darcy Smith ... Competed for Longhorn Aqautics under Club Coach Gabriel Chereches ... Also pole-vaulted during high school and won the Freshman District Championship ... Girl Scout Troop 1199 member from 1st to 11th grade ... Awarded the Gold Seal at the State of Texas Visual Arts Scholastic Event (VASE) in Painting, 2010 … Parents names are Jim and Kris … Has one sibling- Jay.
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Torrey Bussey Jr. • 5’4” • 2L Cary, N.C. • Cary HS Breaststroke/IM • LSU Record-holder in the 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley • 2012 NCAA Qualifier • 2011 NCAA Qualifier • 2011 All-SEC Freshmen Team SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12)
Built on the success of her freshman campaign with her second NCAA Championship appearance … Repeated as the program’s top 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley competitor … Posted LSU’s fastest 100 breast mark … Registered three final performances at the SEC Championships … Captured eight place at SEC’s in the 200 IM with a season low 1:58.53 … Emerged victorious in the 100 breast (1:01.00) consolation final at SEC’s with the second fastest mark in program history … Nabbed 13th in the 200 breast (2:12.27) at SEC’s … Cranked out the program’s second fastest 100 breast mark (1:00.71) in a 25th place finish at the NCAA Championships … Part of the program’s top 200 medley (1:38.37) and 400 medley (3:40.37) relays for the 2011-12 season … In addition to NCAA’s and SEC’s, competed in every dual meet, the Tennessee Invitational and the Georgia Last Chance Meet … Captured four victories in the 100 breast, 200 IM, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay in a quad meet against Houston, Tulane and Rice … Snagged first in the 100 breast and second in the 200 breast against Florida State … Emerged victories in the 200 IM at Florida … Earned two victories against Tulane in the 100 breast and the 200 IM … Received her second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11)
An All-SEC Freshmen Team performer who proved to be one of the top newcomers on the team … One of two freshmen to qualify for the NCAA Championships and break a program records at SEC’s … Held the team’s fastest times in the 200 breast and 200 IM and ranked second in the 100 breast … Set a new program record in the 200 breaststroke at NCAA’s with a 2:11.72 clocking to tie for 23rd … Also placed 25th in the 200 IM (1:59.21) and 28th in the 100 breast (1:01.38) at the national meet … Qualified for a pair of ‘A’ finals with school records in the 200 IM and 200 breast at SEC’s … Registered seventh in the 200 IM (1:58.90) after advancing with a program-record time of 1:28.23 … Posted seventh in the 200 breast (2:12.31) after reaching the final with a then-school record of 2:11.89 … Also earned a second swim in the 100 breast, taking 11th with a program top-five mark of 1:01.31 … Emerged victorious in the 200 breast at the Cougar Classic Invite (2:14.65), delivered runner-up honors in the 100 breast (1:01.67) and claimed fourth in the 200 IM … Swept her individual events in a win over Florida State with victories in the 100 and 200 breast and 400 IM (4:24.20) … Won the 100 breast and 200 IM in a road victory over Alabama … Posted the victory in the 200 IM at nationally-ranked Auburn and Notre Dame and raced to second in the 200 breast to open the season … Swam to victory in the 200 IM at the Florida International Invite and placed second in the 100 breast … Took runner-up honors in both the 200 IM and 100 breast in a tri-meet against Houston, Tulane and Rice … Seized runner-up honors in the 200 breast at nationally-ranked Texas A&M … Notched second in the 400 IM versus Incarnate Word and second in the 100 breast at the Florida Atlantic Invite … Recipient of the team’s Most Outstanding Newcomer Award at the programs’ annual banquet … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
One of the top breaststrokers at the high school level in the country … A four-time North Carolina state champion in the 100 breaststroke and two-time state champ in the 200 individual medley … A member of the CollegeSwimming.com Top 100 and a Swimming World Magazine five-star recruit … Also a 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials and 2009 World Championship Trials qualifier … Swam for a state runner-up squad in 2010 and also helped her team’s 200 medley relay win the state title … Also an accomplished high school pole vaulter …
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Women Athletes Boasts top times of 1:02.17, 2:14.18 and 2:00.55 in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 200 IM, respectively … Coached by Erin Stevens.
PERSONAL
PERSONAL
Full name is Torrey Francis Bussey … Born May 9, 1992, in Joliet, Ill. … Parents are Torin and Colleen Bussey … Has two older siblings – Teegan and Taylor … Currently undecided on major. TORREY’S TOP TIMES 100 breaststroke 1:00.71 200 breaststroke 2:11.72* 200 individual medley 1:58.23*
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Born on Oct. 24, 1994 … Goes by ‘Izzy’ … Coached by Ron Blanc … Dove with the Crown Valley Divers under the direction of Kurt Wilson … Parents are Anthony and Carol Choquehuanca … Has two older siblings –Rutger and Julien- who both played water polo collegiately … Plans on majoring in education.
Megan Cox Fr. • 5’8” • HS Phoenix, Ariz. • Chaparral High School IM/Free
2012 NCAA Championships 2011 NCAA Championships 2011 SEC Championships
* - program record
PRIOR TO LSU
True middle distance swimmer who will immediately step in for LSU in her freshman campaign … Two time state champion in the 200 IM … Part of three state championships in the 400 free relay from 2008-2010 … Earned All-America honors in the 200 IM and the 500 free … Helped guide her team to a pair of state championship in 2008 and 2009 … Named the Most Outstanding Senior Female Athlete at Chaparral High School… Named to the principal’s honor roll her junior and senior year.
Amber Carter So. • 5’7” • 1L Houston, Texas • Lamar HS Butterfly/Freestyle • 2012 NCAA Qualifier
PERSONAL FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12)
Shined in her freshman season in the butterfly and freestyle events … Raced to a 13th place finish in the 50 free (22.95) after posting the program’s sixth fastest mark in the prelims (22.86) at the SEC Championships … Notched a 15th place finish in the 100 fly (54.00), which was the eighth fastest in the program’s history, at the conference meet … Swam a career best 100 free time of 51.10 at SEC’s … Competed in the 50 free, 100 fly, 200 free relay and the 200 medley relay at NCAA’s … In addition to postseason events, competed in all but one dual meet and the Tennessee Invitational … Guided the Tigers to a trio of victories in the 200 medley relay (1:45.18), the 400 medley relay (3:49.17), the 400 free relay (3:28.96) and an individual title in the 100 fly (55.44) over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Snagged sixth in the 100 fly (54.85) and paced the 400 free relay (3:18.54) to first at the Tennessee Invitational … Won the 100 fly (57.28) in her collegiate debut against Tulane … Earned her first varsity letter.
Born Dec. 8, 1993 … Coached by Laura Windslow … Trained with the Scottsdale Aquatic Club … Parents are Jeff and Sue Cox … Has two older siblings- Lauren and Sarah … Plans on majoring in marketing … MEGAN’S TOP TIMES 500 freestyle 4:52.54 200 individual medley 2:03.19
Laura Furr Jr. • 5’6” • 1L Baton Rouge, La. • University HS/Vanderbilt Backstroke/Freestyle SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12)
PRIOR TO LSU
An All-America butterfly performer and team MVP at Lamar High School in Houston … Also a district champion from 2008-11 and a first-team all-state performer in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle who shattered her school record in the 100 fly … Brings in a top time of 55.91 in the 100 fly … Also a three-year letter winner in water polo … Coached by Stephen McDonald. PERSONAL
Born July 16, 1993, in Germany … Hometown is Houston, Texas … Parents are Marc and Roswitha Carter … Has one sister, Asasia … Plans to major in mass communication. AMBER’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 22.86 100 freestyle 51.10 100 butterfly 54.00
Sat out most of the season because of transfer rules, but still made strides late in the season … Competed in the SEC Championships, a quad meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane and against Texas A&M … Set her career low in the 100 backstroke (56.35) in a 23rd place finish at the SEC Championships … Posted her career bests in the 50 free (23.85) and the 100 free (51.57) at the conference meet … Took seventh in the 100 back (59.65) and sixth in the 100 free (53.22) in a quad meet victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU (2009-10 AT VANDERBILT)
Competed in several dual meets for Vanderbilt in backstroke, freestyle and relay events during the first half of the 2009-10 season before electing to transfer to LSU.
2012 SEC Championships 2012 SEC Championships 2012 SEC Championships
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Isabelle Choquehuanca Fr. • 5’5” • HS Laguna Nigel, Calif. • Santa Margarita Catholic High School Diver PRIOR TO LSU
Talented diver who is a rising talent with a bright future ahead of her … 2011 AAU National Champion in the one-meter event … Competed in nine Junior National Championships … Finished 10th in the three-meter dive at the 2011 Junior National Championships … Participated in Senior Zone Nationals on the one-meter and the three-meter … Named the Saint Margarita Catholic High School diver of the year in 2010 and 2011 … Holds the Trinity League record for 11 dives on the one-meter (549.40) … Member of the California Scholastic Federation.
Local product who was a four-time USS state champion and six-time LHSAA state champion for University High School and club team Tiger Aquatics … A key member of five LHSAA state championship teams and a state record-holder in multiple relays … Coached by current LSU head swimming coach Dave Geyer when he was head coach of Tiger Aquatics. LAURA’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 100 backstroke
23.85 51.57 56.35
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Parker Glass
… Earned her third varsity letter.
Jr. • 5’6” • 2L Mobile, Ala. • St. Paul’s Episcopal HS Backstroke/Freestyle
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
• 2012 SEC Honor Roll SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12)
Stepped up and consistently posted impressive performances during her sophomore season in the backstroke and mid-range freestyle events … Competed in the SEC Championships, the Tennessee Invitational and every dual meet … Notched the team’s second fastest 500 free mark of 4:59.60 and third fastest 200 back mark of 2:01.84 at SEC’s … Posted a season low 100 back mark of 57.31 at the conference meet … Raced to a fifth place finish in the 1000 free (10:35.33) against Florida State … Finished fourth in the 200 free (1:55.40) in a quad meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane … Raced in the ‘C’ final in the 100 back at the Tennessee Invitational … Earned her second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11)
Contributed to backstroke and freestyle events in her first season and recorded a program top-10 time in the 200 back … Ranked second on the team in the 500 free and 200 back … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Posted a career best of 2:00.52 in the 200 back, ninth in program history, to finish 23rd at SEC’s … Also swam to a career best of 57.23 in the 100 back to place 29th and took 31st in the 500 free … Raced to 10th in the 200 back at the Cougar Classic (2:04.60) and delivered top-16 finishes in the 200 free and 100 back … Also posted a career best of 4:57.01 in the 500 free … Swam to second in the 200 back in a win over Incarnate Word and claimed third in that event at nationally-ranked Texas A&M … Touched the wall in third-place in the 200 back in a road victory over Alabama and notched third in the 500 free at Tulane … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
Earned multiple Alabama state championships in the 200 and 500 freestyle and qualified for National’s … Also won several Southeastern Zone championships … Expected to contribute in backstroke events at LSU … Holds top times of 56.69 in the 100 back and 1:52.77 in the 200 free … A Scholastic All-American and member of the National Honors Society … Coached by Greg Davis. PERSONAL
Full name is Katherine Parker Glass … Goes by Parker … Born March 26, 1992, in Mobile, Ala. … Parents are Brooks and Emily Lyons … Has two younger siblings – Will and Ellis … Plans to major in philosophy and religious studies. PARKER’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 200 backstroke 500 freestyle 1000 freestyle
57.23 2:00.52 4:57.01 10:35.33
FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10)
A solid contributor in the backstroke races in her first season … Ranked third on the team in the 100 back … Competed in nine dual meets, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational and SEC Championships … Enjoyed her best meet at SEC’s, recording season bests in the backstroke races and 100 free … Barely missed the consolation final of the 100 back, swimming to a 17th-place finish with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 55.51 … That mark is sixth in school history … Registered a season best of 2:01.86 in the 200 back to take 28th and posted a time of 53.13 in the 100 free … Finished 12th in the 100 back at the Cougar Classic … Claimed a runner-up finish in the 100 back in a win over Tulane … Notched third in the 200 back at Florida State and third in the 100 free at UNO … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
Outstanding high school backstroker who comes in with a top time of 54.98 in the 100 back … A member of two southern California championship relay teams in 2008-09 … Also a four-time All-American, six-time junior national qualifier and multiple junior Olympic champion … Boasts top times of 51.87 and 2:02.07 in the 100 freestyle and 200 back, respectively … Coached by Steve Neale. PERSONAL
Born Dec. 23, 1990 in Los Angeles, Calif. … Parents are Gary and Joanie Griffiths … Plans to major in business. CHELSEA’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 55.42 200 backstroke 2:01.86 50 freestyle 24.08 100 freestyle 52.00
2011 SEC Championships 2011 SEC Championships 2010 Cougar Classic Invitational 2011 at Florida State
Chelsea Griffiths Sr. • 5’10” • 3L Canyon County, Calif. • William S. Hart HS Backstroke/Freestyle • 2010 USA Swimming National Championships Participant JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12)
Added depth to the backstroke and freestyle events in her third season with the Tigers … Competed in every dual meet, the Tennessee Invitational and the SEC Championships … Posted a 24th place finish in the 100 back with a season low 56.48 and a 25th place finish in the 200 back with a season low 2:02.96 at the conference meet … Registered a season best 100 free mark of 52.72 at SEC’s … Posted a 50 free time of 26.29 in a time trial at SEC’s … Cranked out a sixth place performance in the 100 back (59.03) in a quad meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane … Solidified a spot in the 100 back ‘B’ final at the Tennessee Invitational with a mark of 56.68 … Took third in the 100 back in a victory over Alabama … Lead off the first place 200 medley relay and grabbed second in the 100 back against Tulane
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Backstroke and freestyle contributor who improved her career bests in two events … Also ranked second on the team in the 100 back … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Raced to 20th in the 100 back at SEC’s with a career best of 55.42 … Also finished 29th in the 200 back with a season best of 2:01.95 and 42nd in the 100 free (52.97) … Posted a career-best of 52.00 in the 100 free, leading off the 400 free relay at the Cougar Classic … Also swam to third in the 100 back and sixth in the 200 back at that event … Emerged victorious in the 200 back in a road victory over Tulane … Swam to runner-up honors in the 100 back and third-place in the 50 free in a home win over Incarnate Word … Tied for third in the 100 back against nationally-ranked Auburn and Notre Dame to open the season … Registered third in the 100 back in a road win over Alabama … Earned her second varsity letter.
2011 SEC Championships 2010 SEC Championships 2011 SEC Championships 2010 Cougar Classic Invitational
Sara Haley Sr. • 5’4” • 3L El Dorado Hills, Calif. • Oakridge HS Butterfly/Freestyle/IM • LSU Record-holder in the 200 butterfly and 800 freestyle and 400 medley relays • 2012 NCAA Qualifier • 2011 NCAA Qualifier • 2010 USA Swimming National Championships Participant JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12)
Repeated as one of the top butterfly competitors in the conference and posted key swims in freestyle and relay events … Broke the school record in the 200 fly (1:56.67) for the second consecutive year … Registered her second bronze medal performance at the SEC Championships in the 200 fly … Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season … Finished 11th in the 100 fly with a season low 54.01 at the conference meet … Swam the ninth fastest 200 free (1:49.47) in LSU history against Florida and the sixth fastest 500 free (4:51.23) in LSU history at the Tennessee Invitational … Set the LSU Natatorium record in the 200 fly (1:57.11) against Alabama … Cranked out a 25th place finish in the 200 fly (1:57.48) and 41st in the 100 fly (54.14) at the national championships … Notched a 11th place finish in the 100 fly (54.32) and a 20th place finish in the 500
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Women Athletes free (4:54.34) at SEC’s … In addition to the SEC Championships and NCAA Championships, competed in four dual meets … Earned gold in the 200 fly (1:57.78) against Texas A&M … Captured fourth in the 200 fly (1:57.41), eighth in the 100 fly (55.20) and swam second leg of the third place 800 free relay at the Tennessee Invitational … Emerged victorious in the 500 free (4:54.88) against Alabama … Scored a pair of victories in the 200 free and 100 fly against Florida … Took first in the 200 fly against Florida State … Swam the second leg of the team’s season low 400 free relay (3:18.54) at the Tennessee Invitational and season low 800 free relay (7:13.24) at the conference meet … Earned her third varsity letter. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
Took her career to the next level after a solid freshman campaign … Emerged as one of the Lady Tigers’ top performers, breaking the school record in the 200 butterfly, earning an SEC bronze medal and qualifying for the NCAA Championships … Registered 19th in the 200 fly at NCAA’s (1:57.50) and 49th in the 100 fly (54.29) while helping LSU’s 400 medley relay break the program record (3:37.29) … Swam to third-place in the 200 fly at the SEC Championships with a program record of 1:56.82 … Recorded 10th in the 100 fly with a personal best and program top-five mark of 53.17 and raced to a personal-best ‘B’ cut of 4:52.09 and 21st-place in the 500 free … Also anchored the Lady Tigers’ program record-breaking 800 free relay (7:12.73), which placed fifth … Posted third-place finishes in the 200 fly (1:59.92) and 100 fly (54.75) at the Cougar Classic Invitational … Also took eighth in the 200 free … Touched the wall in first in both the 200 free and 100 fly in a home victory over Incarnate Word … Emerged victorious in the 200 fly at Alabama and delivered second in the 500 free … Won the 200 fly and notched second in the 100 fly in a home win over Florida State … Topped the field in the 200 fly in a home quadruple meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane … Opened the season with a runner-up finish in the 200 fly against nationally-ranked Auburn and Notre Dame … Earned a pair of runner-up finishes in butterfly races at the Florida Atlantic Invite … Claimed second in the 200 free at nationally-ranked Texas A&M … Received her second varsity letter.
Jessie James Fr. • 5-10 • HS Albany, Ore. • West Albany HS Free/IM PRIOR TO LSU
Bona fide distance swimmer who excels in both the 1000 and mile freestyle events … Also has shown development in the individual medley and the backstroke events … Named the 2011 Swimmer of the Meet at the Oregon State Championships … Guided her 2012 squad to a league championship … Holds team records in the 100, 200 and 500 free and the 200 IM … Also played golf in high school. PERSONAL
Born Sept. 10, 1993 … Coached by Rick Guenther and Babette Romancier … Parents are Mark and Kim James … Mark played baseball and Kim played volleyball at the University of Portland … Has two younger siblings- Corey and Mark … Plans on majoring in sports medicine … JESSIE’S TOP TIMES 500 freestyle 4:50.59 1000 freestyle 9:53.04 1650 freestyle 16:29.78
Kyra Jones Jr. • 5’11” • 2L Katy, Texas • Seven Lakes HS Backstroke/Freestyle
FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10)
Emerged as the Lady Tigers’ top 200-yard butterfly performer in her first season … Competed in every dual meet, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational and SEC Championships … Posted an 18th-place finish in the 200 fly at SEC’s (2:01.25) and finished 20th in the 100 fly with a season best of 55.05 … Earned third in the 200 fly at the Cougar Classic with a mark of 2:01.31 … Also took 10th in the 100 fly (56.32) … Swam to victory in the 200 fly five times during the dual-meet season … Registered the second-fastest mark in school history in the 200 fly, 1:58.81, to capture first in her Lady Tiger debut against nationally-ranked Tennessee … Claimed first-place in the 200 fly versus nationally-ranked Auburn in a time of 1:59.47 … Also topped the field in the 200 fly against Florida State and UNO and in a tri-meet versus Houston, Tulane and Rice … Recorded runner-up finishes in the 100 fly against UNO and the Houston tri-meet … Collected runner-up honors in the 200 fly versus nationally-ranked foes Texas A&M and Florida … Received her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
Proved to be one of the top 200-butterfly performers in the country … Competed at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200m fly after qualifying with a time of 2:14.04 … That mark was ranked in the top 150 in the world for the 2008 competition season … Also took part in the 2009 Conoco Phillips USA Swimming National Championships where she swam the 200m fly in 2:17.28 … Earned a five-star recruit ranking by Swimming World Magazine … Claims impressive top times of 54.95 and 1:59.85 in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly, respectively. PERSONAL
Born April 26, 1991 in Amherst, Ohio … Parents are Tim and Stephanie Haley … Has one brother, T.D. … Her mother, Stephanie swam collegiately at EMU … Plans to major in mass communication. SARA’S TOP TIMES 100 butterfly 200 butterfly 200 freestyle 500 freestyle * - program record
53.17 1:56.67* 1:49.47 4:51.23
2011 SEC Championships 2012 SEC Championships 2011 at Florida 2011 Tennessee Invitational
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• 2012 SEC Honor Roll SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
Bolstered the backstroke and freestyle lineups in her second season … Competed in every dual meet, the Tennessee Invitational and the SEC Championships … Registered a season low 100 back mark of 57.47 at SEC’s … Posted a career best 24.92 in the 50 free at the conference meet … Cranked out a season low 2:02.99 in the 200 back at the Tennessee Invitational … Finished ninth in the 100 back (1:00.13) in a quad meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane … Racked up a fourth place finish in the 200 back against Florida … Cranked out a fourth place finish in the 100 back in a win against Tulane … Earned her second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11)
Contributed to backstroke and freestyle races in her first season … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and as an exhibition swimmer at the SEC Championships … Posted season bests of 57.20 and 2:02.27 in the 100 and 200 back, respectively, at SEC’s … Recorded seventh in both backstroke races at the Cougar Classic … Part of a 1-2-3-4 Lady Tiger finish in the 100 back in a home victory over Incarnate Word … Placed fourth in the 200 back in a road win over Alabama … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
A two-time Texas state champion and state record-holder in the 100 backstroke … Played a significant role on the 2008 Texas 4A state runner-up squad and two regional and district championship teams … Also a Scholastic All-American … Brings in top times of 55.76 and 1:58.71 in the 100 and 200 back, respectively … Coached by Jordan Beck. PERSONAL
Born June 25, 1992, in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada … Parents are Brian and Deanna Jones … Has one younger sister, Rio … Plans to major in chemical engineering. KYRA’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 100 backstroke 200 backstroke
24.92 57.20 2:02.27
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Women Athletes Jessica Kopcso Jr. • 5’7” • 2L Abita Springs, La. • Fountainbleau HS Breaststroke/IM SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12)
Added strength to the breaststroke and individual medleys in her sophomore campaign … Competed in every dual meet, the Tennessee Invitational and the SEC Championships … Registered a season low 100 breasts time of 1:04.11 in a 25th place finish at the conference meet … Cranked out a season best 200 breast mark of 2:20.37 and a career best 200 IM mark of 2:08.16 at SEC’s … Earned silver in the 100 breast in a win against Tulane … Grabbed 10th in the 100 breast and 200 breast in a quad meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane … Finished fifth in the 100 breast against Texas A&M … Took fourth in the 100 breast with a mark of 1:04.46 in a victory over Alabama … Snagged fifth in the 100 breast at Florida … Earned her second varsity letter.
… Posted a seventh place finish in the 200 fly with a time of 1:59.69 at the Tennessee Invitational … Cranked out a second place finish in the 200 fly in a win over Tulane … Sliced her way to second place finishes in the 200 fly (2:00.46) and 500 free (5:04.08) in a victory over Alabama … Earned her third varsity letter. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
Made nice strides in her second year, becoming a conference scorer in the 200 butterfly … Ranked third on the team in the 200 fly … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Earned 12th in the 200 fly at SEC’s (2:00.71) after qualifying for the ‘B’ final with a program top-10 mark of 2:00.29 … Also placed 29th in the 500 free and 31st in the 100 fly with career bests of 4:59.95 and 56.33, respectively … Claimed fourth in the 200 fly at the Cougar Classic (2:02.46) and 13th in the 500 free … Spearheaded a 1-2-3 LSU finish in the 200 fly against Incarnate Word with a winning mark of 2:02.94 and emerged victorious in the 500 free … Won the 200 fly in a road win over Tulane … Notched runner-up honors in the 200 fly in wins over both Alabama and Florida State … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Received her second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10)
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A solid contributor in her first season who posted a program top-10 mark in the 100 breaststroke … One of four LSU swimmers to record an NCAA cut in the 100 breast … Competed in all but one dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Claimed 19th in the 100 breast at SEC’s with a personal-best ‘B’ cut of 1:02.89, sixth in program annals … Registered 24th in the 200 breast with a career best of 2:18.91 and 54th in the 200 individual medley (2:08.65) … Delivered sixth in the 200 breast (2:19.04) and eighth in the 100 breast (1:06.60) at the Cougar Classic … Swam to runner-up honors in the 100 breast in a home victory over Florida State … Part of a 1-2-3 Lady Tiger finish in the 100 breast at the Florida International Invite … Took third in both breaststroke races in a road victory over Alabama … Touched third in the 100 breast at Tulane … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
Won five individual Louisiana state championships and was a member of the 2009 state runner-up squad … Also a Scholastic All-American and an Honor Roll student … Talented breaststroker who holds top times of 1:11.73 and 2:34.29 in the 100- and 200-meter breast … Coached by Cary Stickles.
A butterfly and individual medley contributor in her first season … Competed in every dual meet, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational and SEC Championships … Swam to a 23rd-place finish in the 200 fly at SEC’s with the seventh-fastest time in program history, 2:02.80 … Also recorded season bests of 2:10.28 and 4:28.72 in the 200 and 400 IM, respectively … Took eighth in the 200 fly and 14th in the 400 IM at the Cougar Classic … Emerged victorious in the 200 fly in a win over Tulane (2:05.28) … Posted a third-place finish in the 200 fly against nationally-ranked Tennessee and placed third in the 100 fly in a win over Florida Atlantic … Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
A regional champion and four-year letterwinner at Notre Dame Academy who specialized in butterfly and freestyle events … Enjoyed a fine meet at the 2009 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, finishing 13th overall in the 200m butterfly … Recorded a blistering lifetime best of 2:13.88 in the prelims of that event … Also a key contributor on four district and regional championship teams … Brings in a top time of 1:59.83 in the 200 butterfly … A state finalist in the 500 free and 100 fly from 2006-08 … Coached by Emily Maier. PERSONAL
PERSONAL
Full name is Jessica Faye Kopcso … Goes by Jesi … Born Oct. 22, 1991, in Virginia Beach, Va. … Parents are Kenneth and Robin Kopcso … Has one younger sister, Kara … Plans to major in biology. JESSICA’S TOP TIMES 100 breaststroke 1:02.89 200 breaststroke 2:18.91 200 IM 2:08.16
2011 SEC Championships 2011 SEC Championships 2012 SEC Championships
Born Dec. 28, 1990 in Cincinnati, Ohio … Parents are James and Lisa Lawson … Has one sister, Natalie … Plans to major in kinesiology with a concentration in human movement science. AUDREY’S TOP TIMES 100 butterfly 55.05 200 butterfly 1:59.42 500 freestyle 4:59.95
Taryn MacKenzie
Audrey Lawson Sr. • 5’3” • 3L Erlanger, Ky. • Notre Dame Academy Butterfly/Freestyle • 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2010 USA Swimming National Championships Participant • 2010 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll • 2009 U.S. Open Participant JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12)
Teamed up with Sara Haley to compose one of the fiercest 200 butterfly duos in the SEC … Qualified for the championship final of the 200 fly and registered a career low and fifth best program time of 1:59.42 in a seventh place finish at the SEC Championships … Notched a career best 100 fly mark of 55.05 at SEC’s … Registered a season low 500 free time of 5:01.19 at the conference meet … Competed in every dual meet, the Tennessee Invitational and the SEC Championships … Finished first in the 200 fly (2:02.74) and fourth in the 100 fly (57.12) in a quad meet victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Took gold in the 200 fly (2:02.51) against Florida … Snagged bronze in the 200 fly (2:01.66) against Florida State
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2012 SEC Championships 2012 SEC Championships 2011 SEC Championships
Fr. • 5’7” • HS Johannesburg, South Africa • De La Salle Holy Cross College HS Breast PRIOR TO LSU
Immensely skilled breaststroke swimmer who will look to translate her success on the international level to the collegiate level … Crowned the 2010 South African National Champion in the 50 and 100 breast when she was only 16… Competed in the Junior Olympics in Singapore … Boasts recent long course meter bests and short course yard conversion bests of 1:03.37 (54.05) in the 100 meter breast, 2:15.28 (1:55.93) in the 200 meter breast, 2:02.43 (1:47.00) in the 200 meter free and 4:20.20 (4:49.34) in the 400 free … Named her high school’s Female Athlete of the Year her senior season. PERSONAL
Born May 3, 1993 … Coached by Peter Williams … Member of the Waterborn Swim Club … Parents are Rob and Lynne MacKenzie… Has one younger sibling- Conner … Plans on majoring in kinesiology with a focus in human movement sciences.
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Women Athletes TARYN’S TOP TIMES 100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke 200 freestyle 400 freestyle
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Mikayda Mills
1:03.37 2:15.28 2:02.43 4:20.20
Jr. • 5’7” • 1L Las Vegas, Nev. • Palo Verde HS Sprint Freestyle/Backstroke • 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll
Kaelee Mader
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12)
Sr. • 5’10” • 3L Houston, Texas • Cypress Fairbanks HS IM/Butterfly/Freestyle
Improved during her second year at LSU … Competed in every dual meet and the Tennessee Invitational … Raced to 10th in the 50 free (24.80) and 13th in the 100 free (53.85) in a victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Eighth in the 100 free (55.44) in a victory over Alabama … Grabbed fifth in the 50 free with a season best mark of 24.49 in a victory over Tulane … Earned her first varsity letter.
• 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2010 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll
FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11) JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12)
Put together her best collegiate season and reset two of her career best marks … Registered the program’s sixth best 200 individual medley (2:01.55) in a 20th place swim and the program’s ninth best 200 butterfly (2:01.76) in a 14th place swim at the SEC Championships … Cranked out a season low 400 IM time of 4:18.73 in an 18th place finish at SEC’s … Competed in every dual meet, the Tennessee Invitational nad the SEC Championships … Posted an eighth place run in the 400 IM and a ninth place run in the 1000 free in a quad meet victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Grabbed 12th in the 400 IM (4:22.02) and was part of the third place 800 free relay at the Tennessee Invitational … Raced to third in the 1000 free in a victory over Tulane … Earned her third varsity letter. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
Recorded a pair of top-10 program times as a butterfly and individual medley contributor … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Posted a personal best and program top-10 time of 2:02.55 in the 200 fly at SEC’s to take 25th … Also swam a program top-10 mark of 2:02.45 in the 200 IM to finish 29th … Raced to sixth in the 200 fly, eighth in the 200 IM and 10th in the 400 IM at the Cougar Classic … Placed fourth in both the 1000 free and 400 IM in a road victory over Tulane … Earned her second varsity letter.
Added quality depth to the sprint freestyle and butterfly corps … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Took fourth in the 50 free in a win over Incarnate Word … Swam to fifth in the 50 free in a road victory over Tulane … Recorded a season-best, lead-off split of 24.43 in the 50 free to help her 200 free relay squad earn second in a quadruple meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane … Also posted a season best of 53.21 in the 100 free at that meet. PRIOR TO LSU
A five-time individual Nevada state champion and a member of the 2009 state championship team and four regional champion squads … Also a Scholastic All-American, school Salutatorian and AP Scholar with distinction … Boasts a lifetime best of 23.65 in the 50 freestyle … Coached by Mike Polk. PERSONAL
Full name is Mikayda Ann Mills … Born April 17, 1992, in San Diego, Calif. … Parents are Mark and Kelly Mills … Plans to major in political science or economics. MIKAYDA’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 24.43 100 freestyle 53.21
2011 vs. Houston, Rice & Tulane 2011 vs. Houston, Rice & Tulane
FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10)
Caley Oquist
Came on strong in the second half of the season and emerged as the women’s top 400 individual medley performer … Competed in nine dual meets, Houston’s Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Enjoyed a fine conference meet where she scored for the Lady Tigers in the 400 IM and swam to personal bests in both individual medley races … Advanced to the consolation final of the 400 IM with a lifetime best of 4:18.54, which is fourth in program history … Placed 16th in that event with a mark of 4:21.99 … Finished 24th in the 200 IM with a personal best of 2:03.18 and 29th in the 200 fly (2:05.73) … Swam to an 11th-place finish in the 400 IM at the Cougar Classic … Registered the women’s fastest time of the season in the 1000 free at nationally-ranked Florida, 10:12.53, to take fourth … Notched third in both the 200 free and 200 back in a win over Tulane … Placed third in the 1000 free in a road win at Florida Atlantic … Named to the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll … Earned her first varsity letter.
Fr. • 5’7” • HS Monticello, Minn. • Monticello HS Back/IM PRIOR TO LSU
Arrives at LSU with a ton of potential to develop into a multiple stroke threat … Excels in the 100 back and 200 back and the 200 IM … Two-time state champion and record holder in the 100 back … State champion in the 200 IM her senior campaign … Guided her team to a pair of state championship runner up finishes … Broke four section records during her prep year … Named Athlete of the Year her junior season.
PRIOR TO LSU
Versatile swimmer who earned multiple All-State and All-America honors during her prep career … Held four school records at Cypress Fairbanks High School in Houston, Texas … Boasts top times of 2:04.66 in the 200 individual medley, 2:02.01 in the 200 butterfly, 2:04.13 in the 200 backstroke and 4:22.64 in the 400 IM … Coached by Robert Tidmore and Clayton Cagle. PERSONAL
Born July 24, 1991 in Houston, Texas … Parents are Bob and Sherri Mader … Has one brother, Kyle … Majoring in chemical engineering. KAELEE’S TOP TIMES 200 IM 400 IM 200 butterfly 1000 freestyle
2:01.55 4:18.54 2:01.76 10:12.53
PERSONAL
Born March 11, 1994 … Coached by Tom Cannon … Mother, the late Heidi Raasch, swam at LSU … Father is Mike and step-mother is Cindy Oquist … Has five siblings- Adam, Jake, Dede, Bubba and Shane. CALEY’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 200 backstroke 200 individual medley
55.35 2:06.45 2:03.65
2012 SEC Championships 2010 SEC Championships 2012 SEC Championships 2010 at Florida
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Women Athletes Jana Ruimerman Jr. • 5’5” • 3L Aurora, Colo. • Grandview HS Backstroke/IM
JANA’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 54.58 200 backstroke 1:57.14 400 IM 1000 freesryle 10:12.76
• 2011 NCAA Honorable Mention All-American • 2011 All-SEC Second Team • LSU Record-Holder in the 400 medley relay • 2010 USA Swimming National Championships
Elle Schmidt Sr. • 5’6” • 3L Mansfield, Ohio • St. Peters HS Diving
Participant JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12)
Showed her versatility in key roles and finished as the team’s top 200 backstroker … Registered a pair of consolation final performances at the SEC Championships in both back stroke events … Raced to 12th in the 200 back (1:58.41) and 14th in the 100 back (55.80) with season low swims at the conference meet … Cranked out a 20th place finish in the 400 IM (4:20.09) at SEC’s … Competed in the SEC Championships, every dual meet and the Tennessee Invitational … Posted a career best 4:18.74 in the 400 IM at the Tennessee Invitational … Finished first after leading off the 200 medley relay (1:45.18), first in the 200 back (2:02.41), second in the 400 IM (4:26.81), third in the 100 back (57.82) and fourth in the 200 IM (2:09.09) in a victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Notched a first place finish in the 1000 free with a career low 10:12.67 and second in the 200 back in a victory over Alabama … Too first in the 1000 free in a victory over Tulane … Earned her third varsity letter. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
Stepped up significantly to give LSU a solid backstroke leg on relays and saw her efforts rewarded with All-America and All-SEC recognition … Held the team’s fastest times in both backstroke events and recorded a pair of program top-five marks … Helped LSU’s 200 medley relay earn 10th and honorable mention All-America honors at NCAA’s … Also led off the women’s school-record 400 medley relay (3:37.29) in a personal best of 54.58 on the backstroke leg, swam to 38th in the 200 back (1:57.67) and notched 49th in the 100 back (55.13) … Led off the women’s silver-medal 200 medley relay, which posted an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:36.91, at SEC’s … Raced to 13th in the 200 back with a personal best and second-best mark in school history, 1:57.14, took 15th in the 100 back (54.96) and registered 23rd in the 400 individual medley with a program top-10 time of 4:19.91 … Recorded third in the 200 back (1:59.53), fourth in the 400 individual medley (4:22.42) and sixth in the 100 back (57.22) at the Cougar Classic Invitational … Swept the backstroke events in a quadruple meet versus Houston, Rice and Tulane … Won the 200 back and claimed second in the 100 back in a road win over Alabama … Topped the field in the 100 back at the Florida Atlantic Invite … Reached the wall first in the 100 back in a road win over Tulane … Secured runner-up honors in the 200 back at nationally-ranked Texas A&M … Finished second in both backstroke events in a home victory over Florida State … Delivered second in the 100 back at the Florida International Invite … Received her second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10)
Enjoyed a solid first season in the backstroke events … Competed in 11 dual meets, Houston’s Cougar Classic Invitational and the SEC Championships … Placed 26th in the 400 IM (4:25.85), 27th in the 200 back (2:01.77) and 28th in the 100 back (56.95) at SEC’s … Earned sixth in the 200 back at the Cougar Classic and posted a 15th-place finish in the 100 back … Swam to victory in the 200 back against nationally-ranked Auburn with a personal best of 1:59.07, fourth in school history … Shattered a pool record in a win at UNO in the 200 back (2:02.97) to take first-place and also claimed the victory in the 100 back in New Orleans … Recorded first-place in the 100 back at Florida Atlantic and took second in the 200 free … Registered second in the 200 back (2:00.73) at nationally-ranked Florida … Notched second in the 200 back versus Alabama … Received her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
An all-around swimmer who specialized in backstroke, middle-distance freestyle and individual medley races at Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo. … Holds the school record in the 500 free and was a member of a state runner-up 200 medley relay squad … Possesses top times of 2:01.38 and 4:28.11 in the 200 back and 400 IM, respectively … Coached by Kathy McDavid and Jenny Bailey. PERSONAL
Born Oct. 23, 1990 in Knoxville, Tenn. … Parents are Jim and Judi Ruimerman … Has one brother, Eric … Plans to major in civil engineering.
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2011 NCAA Championships 2011 SEC Championships 4:18.74 2011 Tennessee Invitational 2011 vs. Alabama
• 2010 SEC All-Freshmen Team • 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2010 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12)
Formed a dynamic duo with fellow diver Alex Bettridge that consistently scored points for the Lady Tigers … Set two of her career bests in the three-meter and platform dive … Posted three top-16 performances at the SEC Championships, qualified for Zone ‘D’ Diving Regionals and competed in every dual meet, the Georgia Diving Invitational and the Tennessee Invitational … Registered 13th on the platform with the program’s fifth best score of 229.35 at the SEC Championships … Dove to 10th on the one-meter with a score of 269.25 and 15th on the three-meter at SEC’s … Notched a career best three-meter score of 298.05 in a dual meet with Texas A&M … Cranked out a 14th place finish on the three-meter with a prelim total of 285.95 and a final total of 277.85 for a combined score of 585.05 at the NCAA Zone Diving Regionals ... Placed 16th on the platform (217.00) at Zones … Finished sixth on the platform (221.95) at the Tennessee Invitational … Took gold in the three-meter (277.73) in a victory over Alabama … Grabbed third on the platform (218.80), fourth on the one-meter (254.95) and fourth on the three-meter (273.45) in a quad meet victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Earned her third varsity letter. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
Put together a solid season in which she recorded career highs in all three diving events … Scored in two of three events at SEC’s and qualified for the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Regional … Dove to 15th in both the three-meter (263.55) and platform competitions at SEC’s with a new career high of 207.45 on platform … Also recorded 18th in the one-meter (249.10) … Registered 24th in the one-meter and 26th in the three-meter at Zone’s … Enjoyed her best outing of the season in a win over Incarnate Word, recording runner-up finishes and career highs of 295.35 and 293.40 in the one-meter and three-meter, respectively … Delivered 10th in the one-meter at the Tennessee Diving Invitational … Notched fifth in the platform and sixth in both springboard events at the LSU Diving Invite … Posted a fifth-place finish in the one-meter at the Cougar Classic Invite … Finished second in the three-meter in a road victory over Tulane … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Earned her second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10)
An NCAA Zone Regional qualifier and member of the SEC All-Freshmen Team in her first season … Competed in 11 dual meets, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational, Alabama’s Christmas Diving Classic, Georgia’s Diving Invitational, SEC Championships and NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Regional … Tallied 236.00 points to take 21st in the one-meter at Zone’s … Also posted a 29th-place finish in the three-meter … Registered 16th in the three-meter at SEC’s and 17th in both the one-meter and platform … Her mark of 197.40 in the platform was a career high and eighth in program history … Recorded third in the platform at the Cougar Classic … Advanced to the finals of the three-meter at the Christmas Diving Classic, placing seventh (257.25) … Also notched sixth in the platform (186.40) … Initially qualified for the NCAA Zone Regional with runner-up finishes and career best scores of 292.20 and 265.50 in the threemeter and one-meter, respectively, against Tulane … Delivered runner-up finishes in the three-meter versus nationally-ranked Florida and Tennessee … Named to the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
A two-time USA Diving Regional champion and an AAU All-American from the U.S. Elite Diving Academy in Columbus, Ohio … Also a four-time state finalist and three-time Speedo Junior Diving National qualifier … Earned All-Ohio honors on four occasions … Reached the finals of both springboard events at the 2008 USA Diving Age Group National Championships … Coached by Justin Sochor.
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… Parents are Scott and Karen Stanfield … Has three siblings- Steven, Summer and Sean … Plans on majoring in kinesiology.
PERSONAL
Born June, 5, 1991 in Mansfield, Ohio … Parents are Jim and Ann Schmidt … Has one sister, Meghan … Her father, Jim is a former collegiate diver … Plans to major in mass communication with a concentration in political communication. ELLE’S TOP SCORES One-meter Three-meter Platform
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295.35 298.05 229.35
STACEY’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 200 freestyle 500 freestyle
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Danielle Stirrat Fr. • 5’7” • HS Llanharry, Wales • Y Pant Comprehensive School Back/Free
Kaetlin Sepp So. • 6’0” • 1L Tallinn, Estonia • Gustav Adolf Grammar School Backstroke/Freestyle
PRIOR TO LSU
FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12)
Utilized her talent to develop into one of the program’s top backstroke and freestyle swimmers … Finished 14th in the 200 back with the program’s fifth best mark (1:58.62) at the SEC Championships … Narrowly missed qualifying for a final swim with a 17th place finish in the 100 back with a career best 55.95 at the conference meet … Set her career low in the 50 free (24.40) at SEC’s … Aside from SEC’s, competed in every dual meet and the Tennessee Invitational … Won the 100 back (57.40) and took third in the 200 back (2:04.24) in a quad meet victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Swam in a pair of ‘C’ final in the 100 back and 200 back at the Tennessee Invitational … Took second and third in the 100 back and 200 back, respectively, in a victory over Alabama … Posted a pair of third place finishes in the 100 back and 200 back against nationally ranked Florida … Notched a victory in the 100 back (57.66) in her collegiate debut against Tulane … Earned her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
A talented sprinter who carriers a vast amount of international experience in short course and long course meter competition… Voted best youth swimmer by the Estonian Swimming Federation two times… Set the Baltic record in the 100m back (1:01.13) in short course meters at the 2009 European Championships… Also Baltic record holder in the 200m back (2:11.73)… Estonian record holder in the 100m back… Fifteen-time Estonian National Champion in the 50m back (2008-2011), 100m back (2008-2011), 200m back (2008-2011), 50m fly (2010-2011) and 200m IM (2009)… Boasts lifetime best long course meter times of 1:03.87 in the 100m back and 2:16.95 in the 200m back
International talent who has the ability to make an impact early on in her collegiate career … Trained with the Welsh National Squad … Selected to the British Commonwealth Team … European junior champion … Boasts recent long course meter bests and short course yard conversion bests of 1:03.37 (54.05) in the 100 meter back, 2:15.28 (1:55.93) in the 200 meter back, 2:02.43 (1:47.00) in the 200 meter free and 4:20.20 (4:49.34) in the 400 free. PERSONAL
Born May 22, 1993 … Coached by Dave Hallar … Trained with City of Cardiff Swimming … Parents are Colin and Vanessa Stirrat … Has one sibling- Lucy … Plans on majoring in Psychology … DANIELLE’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke LCM 200 backstroke LCM 200 freestyle
1:03.37 2:15.28 LCM
2:02.43
Emily Weaner Jr. • 5’3” • 2L Gettysburg, Pa. • Gettysburg Area HS Butterfly/Backstroke SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12)
Two-stroke competitor who raised her game in her second season of competition … Competed in every dual meet, the Tennessee Invitational and the SEC Championships … Posted her career best 100 backstroke mark of 58.65 at the SEC Championships … Registered a season low 100 butterfly time of 56.08 at the SEC Championships … Swam the final leg of the second place 400 freestyle relay (3:28.96) and finished sixth in the 200 fly (2:09.91) in a quad meet victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Placed 22nd in the 200 fly (2:05.11) and 23rd in the 100 fly (56.58) at the Tennessee Invitational … Finished fourth in the 1000 free (10:31.34) and fourth in the 200 fly (2:07.84) in a victory over Alabama … Earned her second varsity letter.
PERSONAL
Born August 8, 1992… Parents are Triin and Ilmo Sepp… Has two sisters, Sigrid (13) and Johanna (4)… Sister Sigrid is also a swimmer… Coached by Heidi and Ain Kaasik… Plans to major in Psychology KAETLIN’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 24.40 100 backstroke 55.95 200 backstroke 1:58.62
23.72 50.57 1:49.45 4:57.68
2012 SEC Championships 2012 SEC Championships 2012 SEC Championships
FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11)
Butterfly and backstroke contributor in her first season … Competed in 14 dual meets and Cougar Classic Invitational … Delivered her best outing in a quadruple meet against Houston, Rice and Tulane, winning the 100 fly in a career best of 56.03 and taking second in the 200 fly with another career best of 2:02.87 … Registered 12th in the 100 fly at the Cougar Classic … Swam to runner-up honors in the 100 fly at the Florida International Invite … Raced to third in the 200 fly in a road win over Tulane … Part of a 1-2-3 LSU finish in the 200 fly in a home victory over Incarnate Word … Earned her first varsity letter.
Stacey Stanfield Fr. • 6’0” • HS St. Johns, Fla. • The Bolles School Sprint Free/Free PRIOR TO LSU
Specializes in freestyle events ranging from the 50 to the 500 free … Won her first state championship in the 100 free her freshman year of high school … Captured district, regional and state team championships in her junior and senior seasons … Earned podium finishes in all four years of high school … Member of the Best Buddies Club, the National Honor Society and the Hispanic Honor Society … Named a Scholastic All-American.
PRIOR TO LSU
A talented butterfly performer who was a part of a 2008 national championship squad … Earned runner-up honors in the 200 fly at the 2008 YMCA Long-course National Championships … Also finished third in the state in the 100 fly … Brings in top times of 55.90 and 2:04.55 in the 100 and 200 fly, respectively, and also holds a lifetime best of 2:18.53 in the 200m fly … Coached by Mike Gobrecht and Scott Zacharda.
PERSONAL
Born Jan. 25, 1994 … Coached by Sergio Lopez … Competed with the Bolles School Sharks
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Full name is Emily Patrick Weaner … Born May 16, 1992, in Hanover, Pa. … Parents are Robert and Sue Weaner … Has one sister, Tricia … Her sister, Tricia, is a former All-American swimmer at Tennessee … Currently undecided on major. EMILY’S TOP TIMES 100 butterfly 200 butterfly 100 backstroke
56.03 2:02.87 58.65
2011 vs. Houston, Rice & Tulane 2011 vs. Houston, Rice & Tulane 2012 SEC Championships
Born July 30, 1994 … Parents are Fred and Carrie … Both Fred and Carrie swam at the University of Tennessee … Has three siblings- Andrew, Amy and Kristin … Plans on majoring in finance and accounting. REBECCA’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 23.85 100 freestyle 51.53
Rainey White Jr. • 5’4” • 2L Hoover, Ala. • Mountain Brook HS Sprint Freestyle/Butterfly
Sophie Weber Fr. • 5’9” • HS Granite Bay, Calif. • Granite Bay HS IM/Back/Free
• 2012 NCAA Qualifier SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
PRIOR TO LSU
Has the potential and the resume to become one of the top freshmen swimmers in the country … Achieved an Olympic Trial cut in the 400-meter individual medley with a mark of 4:55.50 … Ten-time All-American and holder of seven school records … Captured the 200 IM section record in 2011 and the 4x100 free relay section record in 2009 … Member of Young Life and the Community Outreach Club … Organized a breast cancer awareness campaign in high school. PERSONAL
Born Sept. 8, 1994 … Trained with the Sierra Marlins Swim Club … Parents are Paul Weber and Sarah Candy … Paul swam collegiately at Texas A&M … Has two siblings- Dylan Weber and Catherine Candy … Plans on majoring in biology SOHPIE’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 55.34 200 individual medley 2:00.50 400 individual medley
Emerged as one of the Lady Tigers top sprinters and butterfly competitors and as one of the top relay contributors in her sophomore campaign … Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 200 freestyle relay … Posted the program’s seventh best 50 free mark of 22.92 in a 19th place finish and the program’s eighth best 100 fly mark of 54.08 in a 10th place finish at the SEC Championships … Set her personal best in the 100 free (50.99) in a 26th place swim at SEC’s … In addition to SEC’s and NCAA’s, competed in every dual meet and the Tennessee Invitational … Took second in the 100 fly (55.88) and fifth in the 100 free (53.20) in a quad meet victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Swam the final leg of the first place 400 medley relay (3:49.17), the third leg of the second place 200 free relay (1:36.18) and the third leg in the second place 400 free relay (3:28.96) against Houston, Rice and Tulane … Registered silver in the 100 fly (56.40) in a victory over Alabama … Earned her second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11)
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Cassie Weil Fr. • 5’4” • HS Hillsboro, Ore. • Jesuit High School Diver
Contributed to the sprint freestyle and butterfly ranks and served as a relay alternate at the NCAA Championships … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Recorded a career best of 55.15 in the 100 fly to take 20th and swam to a career best of 23.56 in the 50 free to place 32nd at SEC’s … Also finished 31st in the 100 free (51.94) … Won the consolation final of the 100 fly (56.05) at the Cougar Classic and posted a career best of 51.88 to register 13th in the 100 free … Swam to runner-up honors in the 100 fly in a quadruple meet versus Houston, Rice and Tulane … Notched second in the 100 free and third in the 100 fly in a home victory over Incarnate Word … Earned her first varsity letter.
PRIOR TO LSU
Steps in as one of the top female divers in the nation after enjoying tremendous success on the Junior and Senior national level … finished 8th and 10th respectively in the three-meter and platform at the 2011 AT&T National Diving Championships … USA Diving Olympic Trial Qualifier in the three-meter and the platform … Seventeen-time Junior National Finalist, four-time Senior National Qualifier and two-time Senior National Finalist.
PRIOR TO LSU
A talented freestyle sprinter and butterfly performer at the prep level … An Alabama state champion, two-time Southeastern Zone champion and Sectional qualifier since 2004 … Holds lifetime bests of 23.65 in the 50 free, 51.66 in the 100 free and 55.69 in the 100 fly … Coached by Rick Moulton. PERSONAL
PERSONAL
Born Sept. 30, 1993 … Trained with the Tualatin Hills Diving Club under the direction of Joe Lyons … Parents are Jay and Karen Weil … Has three siblings- Hannah, Jon and Jake … Plans on majoring in pre-medicine.
Rebecca Werdine Fr. • 5’11” • HS Tampa, Fla. • Tampa Preparatory School Sprint Free
Full name is Marshall Lorraine White … Goes by Rainey … Born Dec. 25, 1991, in Birmingham, Ala. … Father is Kit White and mother is Tracy Hayden … Has six younger siblings – Alex, Ryan, John, Keller, Beran and Jennings … Her great grandfather ran track at LSU … Plans to major in business administration. RAINEY’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 22.92 100 freestyle 50.99 100 butterfly 54.08
PRIOR TO LSU
A well-rounded athlete who will contribute in sprint events … A Junior National qualifier … Posted All-American seasons in 2009, 2011 and 2012 … Named the Tampa Preparatory HS Athlete of the Year and the Country Swimmer of the Year in 2011 … Earned AP Scholar with distinction honors and the Cornell Book Award. PERSONAL
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Sally Wood Sr. • 5’5” • 3L Edinburgh, Scotland • Trinity Academy IM/Breaststroke/Freestyle • 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll
JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12)
Drastically dropped time in her junior season in the individual medley and breaststroke events … Cranked the program’s fourth fastest 400 IM (4:14.29), fifth fastest 200 IM (1:59.51) and eighth fastest 200 breast (2:16.66) at the SEC Championships … Finished 11th in the 400 IM, 12th in the 200 IM and 23rd in the 200 breast with the above career highs at the conference meet … Besides the SEC Championships, also competed in every dual meet and the Tennessee Invitational … Posted a season best in the 200 free (1:51.96) against Texas A&M … Notched a pair of victories in the 200 IM (2:04.68) and the 400 IM (4:21.75) and swam the final leg of the first place 200 medley relay (1:45.18) in a quad meet victory over Houston, Rice and Tulane … Registered a fourth place swim in the 400 IM (4:17.16) and 15th place swim in the 200 breast (2:19.74) in a stacked field at the Tennessee Invitational … Earned her third varsity letter. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11)
Developed nicely into a solid individual medley, breaststroke and freestyle contributor … Posted personal bests, program top-10 times and NCAA ‘B’ cuts in both IM events … Competed in all but one dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Registered personal bests of 2:01.75 in the 200 IM and 4:19.08 in the 400 IM to finish 22nd in both at SEC’s … Also swam to a personal best of 2:20.52 in the 200 breast to place 25th … Notched eighth in the 400 IM and 12th in the 200 IM at the Cougar Classic … Emerged victorious in the 400 IM (4:26.59) and recorded runner-up honors in the 200 breast (2:24.54) in a home win over Incarnate Word … Raced to runner-up finishes in the 200 free and 400 IM in a road victory over Tulane … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Earned her second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10)
Versatile performer who contributed in several stroke disciplines in her first season … Ranked second on the team in the 400 individual medley and 200 breaststroke … Competed in 10 dual meets, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational and SEC Championships … Placed 21st in the 400 IM at SEC’s with the fifth-best time in program history, 4:20.08 … Also finished 21st in the 200 breast (2:22.12) and 29th in the 200 IM (2:04.46) … Recorded eighth in the 400 IM at the Cougar Classic and posted an 11th-place finish in the 500 free (4:59.76) … Swam to victory in the 400 IM in a tri-meet against Houston, Tulane and Rice (4:22.51) and also took runner-up honors in the 500 free … Earned victories in the 200 IM in wins over Tulane and UNO … Captured first in the 200 freestyle at Florida Atlantic … Registered second in the 400 IM versus nationally-ranked Texas A&M … Received her first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU
Superb international swimmer who qualified for Great Britain’s Olympic Trials in 2008 … Also a member of Scotland’s Tri-Nations team in 2009 … Posted a sixth-place finish in the 200 IM at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games … Ranked No. 10 overall in the CollegeSwimming. com recruit rankings of 2009 … Boasts top times of 4:54.22 and 2:19.63 in the 400m IM and 200m IM, respectively … Also played field hockey … Coached by Laurel Bailey. PERSONAL
Born May 5, 1990 in Edinburgh, Scotland … Parents are Keith and Norma Wood … Has one older brother, Jamie … Plans to major in kinesiology. SALLY’S TOP TIMES 200 individual medley 400 individual medley 200 breaststroke
1:59.51 4:14.29 2:16.66
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Shane Coltharp Free/IM/Back Timmy Dasinger Back/Free Raymond DePadua Back/Fly Colin Finnegan Breast/IM Frank Greeff Fly/Free/IM Grant Grenfell Back/IM Craig Hamilton Distance Free Daniel Helm Diving Samuel Jardine Distance Free Ricardo Alvarado Jimenez Breast/IM Tyler Jusselin Back/IM Nick Kunkel Back/IM Kevin Leong Diving Alexander Linge Free/Fly Walter Loop Breaststroke Dillon Love Back/Free Jesse Lyman Diving Sean McKinney Diving Chris Mericas Back/Fly Andrew Muller Free/Fly Gabe Rooker Breast/Free Michael Saco Sprint Free/Back Matthew Schaefer Distance Free Andrei Tuomola Sprint Free/Breast Zack Wepasnick Breast/IM Michael Young Backstroke
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Fort Mitchell, Ky. (Beechwood HS) Madison, Miss. (Madison Central HS) Orange Park, Fla. (Daytona State/Bishop John Snyder HS) Baton Rouge, La. (Catholic HS) Uitenhage, East Cape, South Africa (Die Brandwag) Baton Rouge, La. (Catholic HS) Edinburgh, Scotland (George Watson’s College) Beaverton, Ore. (Westview HS) Claremont, Calif. (Claremont HS) Veracruz, Mexico (Arizona/ Colegio Villa Rica) Shreveport, La. (Byrd HS) Fort Wright, Ky. (Covington Catholic HS) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Alberta HS) Linkoping, Sweden (Katedralskolan HS) Mandeville, La. (Mandeville HS) Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek HS) Cherry Hill, N.J. (Cherry Hill HS) Springfield, Va. (Annandale HS) Austin, Texas (McNeil HS) Glendale, Calif. (Hawaii/Loyola HS) Forrest Grove, Ore. (Forrest Grove HS) Miami, Fla. (Palmetto HS) Glenshaw, Pa. (Shaler Area HS) Haarajoki, Finland (Makelanrinteen Lukio) Brookeville, Md. (Our Lady of Good Counsel) Sydney, Australia (Mater Maria Catholic College)
Men Athletes Ricardo Alvarado Jimenez
the 400 IM and earned fourth in the 500 free … Won the 1000 free in a home victory over Incarnate Word (9:38.36) and took third in the 400 IM … Posted a third-place finish in the 500 free at Texas A&M … Received his first varsity letter.
Jr. • 5’9’’ • 1L Veracruz, Mexico • Colegio Villa Rica Breaststroke/IM SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12) Emerged as the Tiger’s top 200 breast swimmer and also excelled in the 100 breast and the individual medleys … Swam to fifth in the 100 breast with the program’s fifth fastest mark of 53.91 at the SEC Championships … Qualified for the ‘A’ final of the 200 breast after posting the program’s fifth fastest time of 1:58.27 in the prelims at SEC’s … Registered the program’s ninth best 200 IM mark of 1:49.80 at the conference meet … Besides SEC’s, competed in every dual meet, the Tennessee Invitational and the Bulldog Last Chance meet … Posted a first place finish in the 200 breast (2:00.79) and a 400 IM career low of 4:02.57 against Texas A&M … Swept the breaststroke events against Florida State … Took fourth in the 100 breast (55.26) and fourth in the 200 breast (1:59.74) at the Tennessee Invitational … Finished second in the 100 breast and the 200 breast against Auburn … Cranked out a first place swim in the 200 breast (2:03.17) and a second place swim in the 100 breast (55.64) against Florida … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU Competed at the University of Arizona prior to LSU and was coached by Frank Busch… Member of the Mexican Junior National Team and the Mexican National Team… Sport Athlete of the Year from his high school from 2005-2008… Swam the 100 and 200 breaststroke as well as the 200 and 400 IM… Boasts 100 breast time of 54.48 and 200 breast time of 2:00.87.
PRIOR TO LSU A versatile swimmer who swam to six Kentucky state championships … Also served as the captain of his swim team … Holds top times of 1:50.73 in the 200 individual medley, 1:50.97 in the 200 back, 1:51.46 in the 200 fly, 3:58.65 in the 400 IM and 51.04 in the 100 back. PERSONAL Born Feb. 16, 1992, in Cincinnati, Ohio … Parents are Fint and Martha Coltharp … Has one older sister, Kara … Plans to major in marketing. SHANE’S TOP TIMES 500 freestyle 4:33.56 400 individual medley 3:57.90 200 backstroke 1:49.86
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Timmy Dasinger Sr. • 5’11” • 3L Madison, Miss. • Madison Central HS Freestyle/Butterfly • SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll • 2011-12 SEC Community Service Team JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12) A model student-athlete in the community, the classroom and the pool … Named to the 201112 SEC Community Service Team for his efforts in the local Baton Rouge Community … Posted the team’s third fastest 200 freestyle time of 1:39.87 and third fastest 200 butterfly time of 1:49.37 this season at the SEC Championships … Narrowly missed a final swim in the 200 fly after a 17th place finish at SEC’s … Finished his 200 IM run with a season low of 1:51.10 at SEC’s … In addition to the conference meet, competed at the Tennessee Invitational and in every dual meet … Made two ‘C’ finals for the 200 free and 200 fly at the Tennessee Invitational … Scored a valuable point in the 200 free (1:41.86) in a two point victory over Alabama … Earned his third varsity letter.
PERSONAL Born June 28, 1990 in Minatilan, Veracruz… Parents are Sergio Alavarado Antonin and Veronica Jimenez Sanchez… Brother, 17, is named Jorge Alvarado Jimenez… Plans to major in marketing. RICARDO’S TOP TIMES 100 breaststroke 53.91 200 breaststroke 1:58.27 200 IM 1:49.80 400 IM 4:02.57
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Shane Coltharp Jr. • 6’2” • 2L Fort Mitchell, Ky. • Beechwood HS Freestyle/IM/Backstroke SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12) Added depth to a variety of areas, which allowed the coaches to create optimal lineups … Posted the team’s best 400 IM (3:57.90) and third best 1000 freestyle (9:32.63) this season … Competed at the SEC Championships, the Tennessee Invitational and every dual meet … Finished his 400 IM run in 18th place with a mark of 3:57.90 at the conference meet, which placed him in ninth in the program annals … Took 22nd in the 200 backstroke with a career low time of 1:49.86 at the SEC Championships … Registered a season low in the 500 free (4:35.24) at SEC’s … Finished fourth in the 1000 free (9:35.95) and scored two valuable points in a two point victory over Alabama … Swam his season low 1000 free mark (9:32.63) against Auburn … Earned his second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11) Freestyle, backstroke and individual medley contributor in his first collegiate season … Ranked third on the team in the 400 IM and 500 free … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships as an exhibition swimmer … Recorded season bests of 1:50.06, 4:33.56 and 3:59.54 in the 200 back, 500 free and 400 IM, respectively, at SEC’s … Captured runner-up honors in the 200 back at the Cougar Classic, finished third in
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11) Raced in butterfly and freestyle events and played a role in relay competition … Held the team’s second-fastest time in the 200 fly … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Registered 22nd in the 200 fly at SEC’s with a personal best and program top-10 time of 1:48.73, took 25th in the 200 free with a career best of 1:39.80 and placed 30th in the 500 free (4:35.00) … Also swam the third leg on the men’s eighth-place 800 free relay team (6:34.94) … Notched a pair of third-place finishes in the 200 free and 200 fly at the Cougar Classic and finished fifth in the 500 free … Claimed runner-up honors in the 1000 free in a victory over American … Earned his second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10) Contributed in the freestyle, backstroke and individual medley events as a freshman … Competed in every dual meet, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational and SEC Championships … Recorded season bests in all three of his races at SEC’s … Placed 24th in the 200 back (1:50.42), 25th in the 200 free (1:39.99) and 31st in the 500 free (4:34.47) … Delivered sixth in the 200 free at the Cougar Classic … Also won the consolation final of the 500 free, took 10th in the 400 IM and registered 12th in the 200 IM … Emerged victorious in the 500 free in a win over Florida Atlantic and recorded runner-up honors in the 200 free … Named to the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU A nine-time Mississippi state champion and two-time state record-holder who excelled in backstroke events … Named the state’s Most Outstanding Swimmer on nine occasions … Claims top times of 51.11 and 1:48.79 in the 100 and 200 back, respectively … Also possesses
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a mark of 1:40.20 in the 200 freestyle … Served as president of the student body at his high school and was a state finalist for the Wendy’s High School Heisman contest … Coached by Matt Benedict. PERSONAL Born Aug. 22, 1990 in St. Louis, Mo. … Parents are Daniel and Michele Dasinger … Has one older sister, Emily and two older brothers, Danny and John Henry … Plans to major in kinesiology. TIMMY’S TOP TIMES 200 freestyle 1:39.80 500 freestyle 4:34.47 200 backstroke 1:50.42 200 butterfly 1:48.73
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Raymond DePadua Sr. • 5’7” • 1L Orange Park, Fla. • Daytona State/Bishop John Snyder HS Backstroke/Butterfly JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12) Arrived at LSU from junior college and quickly made an impact in the butterfly and backstroke events … Competed at the SEC Championships, at the Tennessee Invitational and in every dual meet … Posted the season’s third best 100 fly mark of 49.56 against Florida … Finished 20th in the 200 fly (1:51.89) at the SEC Championships … Registered a 100 fly mark of 49.76 and 100 back mark of 50.58 at the conference meet, which were both season bests … Swam to an 11th place finish in the 200 fly (1:52.14) and a 12th place finish in the 100 fly (49.84) at the Tennessee Invitational … Captured a pair of victories in the 100 back and 100 fly against Florida … Earned silver in the 100 fly (49.97) against Auburn … Took second in the 100 back and 100 fly against Florida State … Led off the first place 200 medley relay (1:30.22) and gained 11 points in a two point dual meet victory over Alabama … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU A 2011 NJCAA national champion in the 200-yard butterfly at Daytona State … Clinched the NJCAA National Championship in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:51.42 … Participated six events at the NJCAA National including 100-yard breast and fly, 200-yard breast, fly and IM and 400-yard IM … First Team NJCAA All-American in 2010 … Pinch A Penny All-Area Swimming & Diving Team for Area 2 (Jacksonville) for 2008-2009 … First place finish in the 2008 FHSAA Class 1A District 2 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke … FHSAA 2007 Class 1A District 1 Champion in the 100-yard butterfly … PERSONAL Born July 5, 1991 in Hamilton, Canada… Parents are Francisco and Lani De Pauda… Posesses three passports: USA, Canada and Philippines… Currently a member of the Phillipines Junior National Team and participated in the National Age Group 400-meter individual medley … Grew up in Jacksonville, Florida and competed for Bolles Swim Team … Plans on majoring in advertising and minoring in music production RAYMOND’S TOP TIMES 200 butterfly 1:51.89 100 butterfly 49.56 100 backstroke 50.58
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Fr. • 5’11” • HS Baton Rouge, La. • Catholic HS Breast/IM PRIOR TO LSU Local product who looks to bolster the Tiger’s lineup across the board … Won a state championship in the 100 breast his senior season … Led the team to back-to-back state runner up finishes … Set the 200 medley relay team record … Posted third and fourth place finishes in the 200 IM and 100 breast, respectively, at the state championships his junior year. PERSONAL Born May 4, 1994 … Coached by Doug Logsdan … Parents are Joe and Lynn Finnegan … Sister Sarah attends LSU … Plans on majoring in mechanical engineering. COLIN’S TOP TIMES 100 breaststroke 58.44 200 breaststroke 2:08.15 200 individual medley 1:55.58
Frank Greeff So. • 6’2” • 1L Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa • Die Brandwag Butterfly/Freestyle/IM • 2011 SEC All-Freshmen Team FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12) Immediately made his presence felt in his rookie campaign and established himself as an athlete to watch … Led the team in three individual events and was a part of the team’s four fastest relays this season … Earned a bronze model in the 200 butterfly with program’s all-time second fastest mark of 1:45.03 at the SEC Championships … Named to the SEC AllFreshman Team for being the highest finishing freshman in the 200 fly … Swam to 11th in the 100 fly with a mark of 48.02 at the conference meet, which was the seventh fastest in the program’s annals … Narrowly missed a final swim with a 17th place finish in the 200 freestyle (1:38.53) at SEC’s … At SEC’s, swam in the season lows in the 200 free relay (1:19.33), the 400 free relay (2:56.20), the 800 free relay (6:28.75) and the 400 medley relay (3:11.83) … Also competed in the Tennessee Invitational, the Bulldog Last Chance Meet and every dual meet … Registered a second place finish in the 100 fly (48.37), a third place finish in the 200 fly (1:47.81) and a fifth place finish in the 200 free (1:39.66) at the Tennessee Invitational … Won the 200 fly (1:48.88) in a two-point victory over Alabama … Received his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU One of the top prep swimmers from South Africa … Ranked third in the country in the shortcourse 200m butterfly and seventh in the long-course 200m fly for the 2010-11 season … Also holds his age group’s top times in the short-course 50m and 100m freestyle and 200m fly … Versatile talent who boasts top times of 2:03.28 (LCM) and 2:00.75 (SCM) in the 200m fly, 1:54.37 (SCM) and 1:51.26 (SCM) in the 200 free and 2:11.02 (LCM) in the 200 individual medley … PERSONAL Born June 6, 1992 in Uitenhage, South Africa… Earned various academic leadership honors in high school… Played center for his local rugby team… Coached by Nenad Miles… Parents are Andre and Heila Greef. FRANK’S TOP TIMES 100 butterfly 48.02 200 butterfly 1:45.03 200 freestyle 1:37.45
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Word … Topped the field in the 500 free at the Florida Atlantic Invite … Won the 200 free in a win over American … Took runner-up honors in the 500 free in a road win at Alabama and in the mile versus nationally-ranked Florida … Received his second varsity letter.
Fr. • 5’8” • HS Baton Rouge, La. • Catholic HS Back/IM PRIOR TO LSU Home grown product who looks to take his career to the next level with LSU … Four-time All-American and three-time Academic All-American … Three-time state individual state champion … Broke multiple school records … Went undefeated individually during his senior season … Guided his squad to a 2011 State Championship … Member of the National Honors Society. PERSONAL Born July 14, 1994 … Competed with the local Tiger Aquatics Swim Club … Parents are John and Katherine Grenfell … Has two siblings- Brady and Ty … Plans on majoring in biology. GRANTS’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 50.25 200 backstroke 1:48.68 100 butterfly 49.95 200 butterfly 1:53.61
FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10) One of LSU’s top freshman performers who shattered two school records … Also qualified for the NCAA Championships … Competed in every dual meet, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational, SEC Championships and NCAA’s … Raced in the 1650 and 500 free at NCAA’s … Broke school records in the 1000 free (9:10.82) and 1650 free (15:08.28) to take sixth in the mile race at SEC’s … Posted a 16th-place finish in the 500 free (4:25.88) after advancing with an NCAA provisional mark of 4:25.34, third in school history … Also placed 34th in the 200 free … Emerged victorious in the 1650 free at the Cougar Classic (15:29.79) and captured runner-up finishes in the 200 and 500 free … Named SEC Freshman of the Week after sweeping the 500 and 1000 free against defending national champion Auburn … Delivered victories in the 500 and 1000 free versus nationally-ranked Tennessee … Claimed the win in both the 500 and 1000 free against Florida State … Also took first-place in the 1000 free on the road at UNO and Florida Atlantic and at home versus UNO … Finished second in the 1000 free against Alabama and Texas A&M … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU Proved to be one of the premier, young distance freestyle swimmers in all of Europe … One of seven swimmers to earn a spot on the prestigious British Gas Open Water team, which competed at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome … Placed 34th in the 10K race at that competition … Also a two-time gold medalist at the 2008 UK School Games and a member of the Scottish Senior squad … Boasts top times of 1:53.18, 3:56.51 and 15:37.07 in the 200m, 400m and 1500m free, respectively … His time in the 1500m free is the eighthfastest time for his age group in Europe for the 2009 competition season … Ranked No. 40 overall in the CollegeSwimming.com recruit rankings of 2009.
Craig Hamilton Sr. • 6’3” • 3L Edinburgh, Scotland • George Watson’s College Distance Freestyle
PERSONAL Born Dec. 11, 1991 in Edinburgh, Scotland … Parents are Douglas and Elaine Hamilton … Majoring in management.
• Two-time NCAA Honorable Mention AllAmerican • LSU Record-holder in the 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle • Three-time NCAA Qualifier • 2009 FINA World Championships Participant JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12) Established himself as one of the nation’s top distance swimmers by dropping his mile time by over 15 seconds … Reset LSU’s record in the 500 free, 1000 free and 1650 free at the NCAA Championships … Finished 10th at the NCAA National Championships in the 1650 free (14:45.94) … Earned a bronze medal in the 1650 free (14:58.11) at the SEC Championships … Swam a 500 free mark of 4:19.12 in a 22nd place finish at NCAA’s … Posted a sixth place finish in the 500 free (4:22.01) at SEC’s … Derived his program best 1000 free time of 8:57.90 from his mile swim at the national championships … Aside from postseason swims, competed at the Tennessee Invitational and every dual meet … Took silver in the 1650 free (15:16.80) after swimming the 1500-meter free in the morning long course session at the Tennessee Invitational … Notched his career best 200 free mark of 1:38.85 in the 800 free relay at the conference meet … Swept the distance events against Texas A&M … Touched the wall first in the 1000 free against Florida … Earned his third varsity letter. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11) LSU’s best distance swimmer who emerged as one of the top underclassmen milers in the country … Earned his first career All-America honors with an honorable mention finish in the 1650 free at the NCAA Championships … Also set three new program records … Raced to 15th in the 1650 free at NCAA’s with a new school record of 15:02.32 and placed 35th in the 500 free (4:23.14) … Qualified for the national meet with a then-school-record clocking of 15:02.64 at the Bulldog Invitational while also improving his record mark in the 1000 free (9:06.59) … Swam to ninth in the mile race at SEC’s (15:14.96) and claimed 12th in the 500 free with a program record of 4:22.17 … Also competed in the 200 free at SEC’s and swam the second leg of LSU’s eighth-place 800 free relay … Swept the 200, 500 and 1650 free at the Cougar Classic Invite and recorded a personal best of 1:39.52 in the 200 free … Delivered a sweep of the distance free events at nationally-ranked Auburn and in a home victory over Incarnate
CRAIG’S TOP TIMES 200 freestyle 1:38.85 500 freestyle 4:19.12* 1000 freestyle 8:57.90* 1650 freestyle 14:45.14*
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Daniel Helm Jr. • 5’11” • 2L Beaverton, Ore. • Westview HS Diving • 2012 NCAA All-American Honorable Mention • 2012 All-SEC Second Team • 2011 SEC All-Freshmen Team SOPHMORE SEASON (2011-12) Diverse diver who earned post-season accolades in multiple events … Became LSU’s 13th NCAA All-American on the platform after diving to a 12th place finish with a total of 324.50 … Captured a silver medal and earned All-SEC Second Team honors at the SEC Championships on the one-meter springboard with the program’s second highest all-time score of 376.55 … Posted a 22nd place finish on the one-meter (295.00) a 24th place finish on the three-meter (335.90) at NCAA’s … Finished sixth on the platform with the program’s third best all-time score of 339.90 at the conference meet …Registered a 12th place finish on the three-meter (337.00) at SEC’s … Besides NCAA’s and SEC’s, competed at the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Regional. Georgia Diving Invitational, the Tennessee Invitational and every dual meet … Qualified for the NCAA Championships with a one-meter 12-line total of 676.25 at the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Regional … Dove to his three-meter season high of 373.50 and finished in the top-6 in all
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three events at the Tennessee Invitational … Took fourth on the one-meter (356.95), fifth on the platform (320.00) and fifth on the one-meter (317.10) at the Georgia Diving Invitational … Earned his second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11) Proved to be the Tigers’ top freshman performer and one of the top newcomers in the conference … A member of the SEC All-Freshmen Team who was twice named SEC Diver of the Week … Also led the squad in two of three diving events … Recorded fifth in the threemeter competition at SEC’s with a career high of 380.70, fourth in school history … Also delivered 11th in the platform (291.00) and placed 17th in the one-meter (279.25) … Posted an eighth-place finish in the platform at the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Regional with a combined score of 571.00 … Tallied a two-round total of 618.50 to claim 10th in the one-meter and finished 12th in the three-meter (652.35) … Earned SEC Diver of the Week honors following his performance at the Cougar Classic Invitational where he won the platform with a program top-five score of 331.40 and dove to victory in the three-meter (369.10) … Emerged victorious in the threemeter versus nationally-ranked Florida and took runner-up honors in the one-meter en route to his first career SEC Diver of the Week accolade … Captured fourth in both the three-meter and platform in at the LSU Diving Invite … Notched seventh in the platform at the Tennessee Diving Invite (295.25) … Topped the field in the one-meter and secured second in the threemeter in a home win over Incarnate Word … Collected runner-up honors in the one-meter in a road victory over Alabama … Named the recipient of the Most Outstanding Newcomer Award at the programs’ annual Awards Banquet … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU Emerged as one of the elite diving prospects from the prep level in the country … Won the national championship in the three-meter at the 2010 USA Diving Spring Junior West Championships with a 10-dive score of 542.35 … Also captured third-place in the one-meter at that meet (432.35) … Reached the finals of the one-meter at the 2010 Speedo Junior National Championships … Also a Zone champion and Junior Olympic finalist … Coached by Joe Lyons. PERSONAL Full name is Daniel John Helm … Born April 17, 1992, in Portland, Ore. … Father is Floyd Helm and mother is Lisa Bates … Has four siblings – Kevin, Rachel, Adam and Cassidy … Plans to major in finance. DANIEL’S TOP SCORES One-meter 376.55 Three-meter 380.70 Platform 339.90
SAMUEL’S TOP TIMES 200 freestyle 1:43.54 500 freestyle 4:37.66 1650 freestyle 16:14.21
Tyler Jusselin So. • 5’8” • 1L Keithville, La. • Byrd HS Backstroke/IM FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12) Backstroke and individual medley competitor who showed signs of improvement through out the season … Competed in four dual meets and the Tennessee Invitational … Finished 12th in the 200 back (1:51.86) and 16th in the 200 IM with a career low 1:56.69 at the Tennessee Invitational … Posted his career best 200 back mark of 1:51.09 in a third place finish against Texas A&M … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU Backstroke and individual medley specialist from the Shreveport area who shattered multiple club records at the City of Shreveport Swim Team … Short-course state champion in the 100 and 200 back and 400 IM as a junior … Also won state titles in the 1000 free as a sophomore and 800-meter free as a freshman … A Junior National qualifier in both his senior and junior seasons … Butch Jordan and Dustin Myers. PERSONAL Born April 20, 1993, in Shreveport, La. … Parents are Mark and Susan Jusselin … Has one younger sister, Laura … Plans to major in biological sciences. TYLER’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 51.61 200 backstroke 1:51.09 200 individual medley 1:56.69
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Sr. • 6’0” • 3L Ft. Wright, Ky. • Covington Catholic HS Backstroke/Freestyle/IM
Samuel Jardine So. • 6’4” • 1L Claremont, Calif. • Claremont HS Distance Freestyle FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12) Displayed growth during his rookie campaign in distance freestyle events … Competed in every dual meet dual and in the Tennessee Invitational … Finished 11th in the 1650 free with a career best time of 16:14.21 at the Tennessee Invitational … Registered a 200 free career low mark of 1:43.54 and a 500 free career low mark of 4:37.66 against Texas A&M … Scored two points in the 500 free and 1000 free against Florida … Earned his first varsity letter.
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• 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll • 2010 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll
PRIOR TO LSU Gifted freestyler who swam for the Baseline League championship team in 2010 … League MVP who holds the league record in the 200 free and high school records in the 200 and 500 free … Also a Junior National qualifier … Brings in top times of 1:39.82, 4:32.01 and 16:12.48 in the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyle, respectively … Coached by Michael Wong.
JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12) Dropped time in both backstroke events and the individual medley en route to his best collegiate season thus far … Reset all of his career highs and moved up the ladder in the program’s annals in the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM … Notched a sixth place finish in the 200 back with the program’s sixth fastest mark of 1:45.36 at the SEC Championships … Finished his 100 back run in 10th place with the program’s eighth best all-time mark of 48.46 at the conference meet … Took 16th in the 200 IM (1:48.38) after notching the program’s fourth fastest mark of 1:48.32 in the prelims at SEC’s … Also competed in every dual meet and the Tennessee Invitational … Won the 200 back (1:49.90) against Texas A&M … Placed fifth in the 200 back (1:47.92) and sixth in the 100 back (49.64) at the Tennessee Invitational … Earned two valuable points in the 200 back (1:50.90) in a two-point victory over Alabama … Cranked out silver medal finishes in the backstroke events against Auburn … Earned his third varsity letter.
PERSONAL Born Dec. 8, 1992, in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand … Parents are Andrew Jardine and Jenny Darroch … Has one younger brother, Ben … Plans to major in petroleum engineering.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11) Solid backstroker who took a significant step forward in his second collegiate season … One of two LSU scorers in the 200 back at SEC’s and recorded program top-10 times in both
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in all three events and an Alberta Age Group Provincial record-holder in the three-meter (10 dives) and one-meter (9 dives) … Coached by Trevor Palmatier. PERSONAL Born Jan. 3, 1991, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada … Father is James Leong and mother is Chin Lim … Has two older siblings, Keith and Jessica … Plans to major in marketing. KEVIN’S TOP SCORES One-meter 328.80 Three-meter 374.25 Platform 313.55
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Alexander Linge Fr. • 6’3” • HS Linköping, Sweden • Katedralskolan HS Fly/Free
PRIOR TO LSU A multiple Kentucky state finalist who captured runner-up honors in the 100 back at the 2009 state championships … Also a five-time Regional champion … Specialized in backstroke and freestyle races … Claims top times of 50.97 and 1:50.46 in the 100 and 200 back, respectively … Coached by Richard Dickmann.
PRIOR TO LSU International swimmer who brings a wealth of experience form the international circuit to campus … Swam for Sweden in the European Championships … Competed extensively at the Swedish Senior Championships in 2010 and 2011 … Posted his country’s top 200 fly short course meter time at the 2011 Swedish Senior Championship … Earned gold medals at the Swedish Junior Championships in the 100 free and 200 fly … Owns short course meter times with short course yard conversions of 49.52 (44.32) in the 100 free, 1:49.85 (1:38.51) in the 200 free, 53.64 (48.06) in the 100 fly and 1:59.79 (1:47.33) in the 200 fly. PERSONAL Born Feb. 5, 1992 … Coached by Michael Holmertz … Parents are Maris and Ewa Linge … Has one sister- Jennifer … Plans on majoring in business.
PERSONAL Born Aug. 20, 1991 in Cincinnati, Ohio … Parents are Mark and Jenny Kunkel … Has two younger brothers, Nate and Jake … Majoring in finance. NICK’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 48.46 200 backstroke 1:45.36 200 individual medley 1:48.32
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ALEX’S TOP TIMES 100 freestyle SCM 49.52 200 freestyle SCM 1:49.85 100 butterfly SCM 53.64 200 butterfly SCM 1:59.79
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Walter Loop
Jr. • 5’7” • 1L Edmonton, Alberta, Canada • Alberta HS Diving
Jr. • 5’10” • 2L Mandeville, La. • Mandeville HS Breaststroke/IM
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12) Redshirt sophomore who proved to be in position to score points at every opportunity … Qualified for the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Regional … Registered the program’s fifth best platform score of 313.55 in a 13th place finish at the SEC Championships … Finished 15th on the one-meter springboard at the conference meet with a score of 304.65 … Besides SEC’s, competed at the Tennessee Invitational, at the Georgia Diving Invitational and in every dual meet … Posted the team’s season best and sixth highest all-time three-meter dive total of 374.25 and his one-meter career high (328.80) in a dual meet victory over Alabama … Dove to a three-meter 12-line total of 707.40 in a ninth place finish at the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Regional … Notched a ninth place finish on the three-meter (324.90) at the Georgia Diving Invitatinoal … Cranked out third place finishes on the onemeter and three-meter against Auburn … Earned his first varsity letter.
SOPHMORE SEASON (2011-12) Contributed in the breaststroke and individual medley events in his second season … Competed in four dual meets and in the Tennessee Invitational … Finished 14th in the 200 breast (2:05.63) and 22nd in the 100 breast (58.17) at the Tennessee Invitational … Posted his season lows in the 100 breast (57.28) and 200 breast (2:02.59) against Texas A&M … Earned his second varsity letter.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11) Sat out the season in order to meet eligibility requirements.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11) A breaststroke and individual medley contributor in his first season … Competed in nine dual meets, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Finished 21st in the 200 breast (2:05.72), 23rd in the 100 breast (58.48) and 40th in the 200 individual medley (1:57.08) at SEC’s … Swam to fourth in the 200 breast at the Cougar Classic and sixth in the 100 breast … Delivered runner-up honors in the 200 breast at Texas A&M with a personal best of 2:03.65 and also registered a career best of 58.03 in the 100 breast … Collected third in the 200 breast in a home victory over Incarnate Word … Earned his first varsity letter.
PRIOR TO LSU A 2003 member of the Canadian Junior National team and a gold-medal recipient at the Canada Games in the three-meter synchronized competition … Also a Provincial champion
PRIOR TO LSU Won multiple Louisiana state championships in the 100 and 200 breast … Also a Southern Zone champion and a Junior National qualifier … Brings in a top time of 58.00 in the 100
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breast and a lifetime best of 2:05.48 in the 200 breast … Coached by Robby Fritscher.
PERSONAL Full name is Walter Cantine Loop … Born Feb. 5, 1992, in New Orleans, La. … Parents are Walter and Ellen Loop … Has two younger siblings, Megan and Tyler … Currently undecided on major. WALTER’S TOP TIMES 100 breaststroke 58.03 200 breaststroke 2:03.65 200 individual medley 1:57.08
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Dillon Love So. • 5’11” • 1L Charlotte, N.C. • Mallard Creek HS Backstroke/Freestyle FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12) A key cog in middle distance freestyle and backstroke events in his rookie campaign … Placed 12th in the 200 back with the program’s eighth fastest all-time mark of 1:46.72 at the SEC Championships … Aside from SEC’s, competed in every dual meet and the Tennessee Invitational … Registered career lows in the 500 free (4:32.74), the 200 free (1:40.00) and the 100 back (50.64) at the Tennessee Invitational … Captured sixth in the 500 free (4:32.74) with the team’s second fastest time of the season, seventh in the 200 free (1:40.00) and ninth in the 200 back (1:48.63) at the Tennessee Invitational … Took bronze in the 200 free (1:42.28) against Florida State … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU Talented backstroke and freestyle performer who earned All-America honors as well as All-Conference accolades twice … High school record-holder in multiple events … Boasts impressive personal bests of 49.78 in the 100 back, 1:48.58 in the 200 back and 1:39.32 in the 200 free … Scholastic All-American and member of the National Honors Society who received the U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award from his school … Coached by Chris Webb. PERSONAL Born June 1, 1992, in Durham, N.C. … Parents are David and Jan Love … Plans to major in sport administration. DILLON’S TOP TIMES 200 freestyle 1:40.00 500 freestyle 4:32.74 100 backstroke 50.64 200 backstroke 1:46.72
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Jesse Lyman
FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10) An NCAA Zone Diving qualifier who came on strong toward the end of the dual-meet season … Competed in eight dual meets, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational, Alabama’s Christmas Diving Classic, Georgia’s Diving Invitational, SEC Championships and NCAA Zone ‘B’ Diving Regional … Placed 18th and 20th in the one-meter and three-meter, respectively, at Zones … Tallied points for the Tigers in all three events at SEC’s … Took 15th in the platform and earned 16th in both springboard events … Emerged victorious in the one-meter at home versus UNO with the 10th-best total in school history, 327.23 … Also captured second in the three-meter with a career-high score of 328.80 … Recorded a career high of 239.20 in the platform at the Georgia Diving Invite to finish 14th … Claimed third in the three-meter against Texas A&M … Delivered third in the one-meter on the road at UNO … Received his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU A talented athlete who lettered in both diving and wrestling at Cherry Hill High School in Cherry Hill, N.J. … Possesses raw diving talent … A key contributor on a conference championship team in 2009 and placed third at the state meet. PERSONAL Born Jan. 5, 1991 in Philadelphia, Pa. … Parents are Barry and Rita Lyman … Has one younger brother, Evan … Currently undecided on major. JESSE’S TOP SCORES One-meter 327.23 Three-meter 332.95 Platform 252.20
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Sean McKinney Jr. • 5’5” • 2L Springfield, Va. • Annandale HS Diving SOHPMORE SEASON (2011-12) Battled at every opportunity in all three dives to score points for the Tigers … Competed at the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Diving Regionals, the SEC Championships, the Tennessee Invitational, the Georgia Diving Invitational and every dual meet … Notched the highest three-meter dive (337.50) for the Tigers in an 11th place finish at the SEC Championships … Posted a platform mark of 271.70 and a one-meter springboard mark of 255.80 at SEC’s … Finished 13th on the three-meter with a 12-line total of 649.25 after scoring 317.85 in the prelims and 331.40 at the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Regionals … Registered 19th on the one-meter with a score of 275.50 at Zone’s … Recorded a mark of 274.35 on the three-meter at the Georgia Diving Invitational … Earned third and fourth place finishes on the three-meter with a season high 338.55 and on the one-meter with a season high 307.13, respectively, in a two-point victory over Alabama … Cranked out a fifth place finish on the three-meter (338.25) and a sixth place finish on the one-meter (289.40) in a meet against Texas A&M … Earned his second varsity letter.
JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12) Hampered by injury for most of the season but still managed to qualify for the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Regional … Competed in two dual meets, the Tennessee Invitational and the Georgia Diving Invitational … Scored a three-meter career high of 332.95 against Texas A&M to qualify him for the NCAA Zone ‘D’ Regional … Set his career high on the platform (252.20) at the Tennessee Invitational … Finished 20th on the platform (248.15) at the Georgia Diving Invitational … Earned his second varsity letter.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11) Made solid contributions to the diving ranks in his first season … Scored in two of three events at the SEC Championships and qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Regional … Dove to 10th in the three-meter at SEC’s with a 332.90 score and notched 16th in the one-meter (282.25) … Also placed 20th in the platform competition (235.80) … Recorded 10th in the platform at Zone’s with a two-round score of 539.95 and earned 11th in both springboard events … Registered runner-up finishes in the three-meter and platform at the Cougar Classic, tallying a program top-10 score in the three-meter (362.65) … Also recorded third in the one-meter (328.60) … Posted a third-place finish in the platform at the LSU Diving Invite with a career-high and program top-five score of 290.60 … Secured 12th in both springboard events at the Tennessee Diving Invite … Delivered a career-best performance (329.15) in the one-meter at Texas A&M to take third … Earned his first varsity letter.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11) Redshirted after sustaining a leg injury prior to the competition season.
PRIOR TO LSU A three-time All-American and 2006 AAU national champion … Also a 2009 Senior and Junior
Sr. • 5’5” • 2L Cherry Hill, N.J. • Cherry Hill HS Diving
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Gabe Rooker Fr. • 6’1” • HS Forest Grove, Ore. • Forest Grove HS Breast/Free
PERSONAL Full name is Sean Michael McKinney … Born April 30, 1991, in Jacksonville, N.C. … Parents are Robert and Jennie McKinney … Has one older sister, Stephanie … Plans to major in finance. SEAN’S TOP SCORES One-meter 329.15 Three-meter 362.65 Platform 290.60
PRIOR TO LSU Made strides on the senior national level and will be a significant factor immediately … Earned an Olympic Trial Cut with a mark of 2:20.32 in the 200-meter breast … Named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American his sophomore and junior seasons … Paced his team to two-state championships … USA Swimming Navy Seal Challenge winner … Owns his school’s record in the 100 breast, 200 IM, 200 free and the 500 free … Also ran cross country in high school
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PERSONAL Born March 30, 1994 … Coached by Paul Waterstreet… Compete with the Tualatin Hills Swim Club … Parents are Greg and Vangie Rooker … Has four siblings- Daniel, Jonathan, Sharon and Prudence … Plans on majoring in civil or petroleum engineering.
Chris Mericas Sr. • 6’3” • 2L Austin, Texas • McNeil HS Backstroke/Butterfly
GABE’S TOP TIMES 100 freestyle 46.28 200 freestyle 1:40.36 200 breaststroke 2:00.69
• 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll
JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12) Multi-stroke swimmer who competed in the Tennessee Invitational and three dual meets … Made the ‘B’ final of the 200 backstroke and placed 16th with a season low of 1:56.02 at the Tennessee Invitational … Part of top-16 swims in the 200 medley relay, the 400 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay at Tennessee Invitational … Exibitioned in the 100 back and swam a time of 53.68 against Auburn … Swam in the 200 medley relay and the 100 free against Florida State … Earned his second varsity letter.
Michael Saco Jr. • 6’0” • 2L Miami, Fla. • Palmetto HS Sprint Freestyle
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11) Backstroke and butterfly contributor who made significant strides toward the end of his second collegiate season … Posted personal-best times in his three best events … Competed in every dual meet and Cougar Classic Invitational … Enjoyed the finest meet of his young career at Texas A&M, winning the 200 back in a personal-best clocking of 1:49.07 and taking second in the 100 back with another lifetime best of 50.01 … Raced to fifth in the 200 back at the Cougar Classic (1:54.37), recorded seventh in the 100 back (52.81) and placed eighth in the 100 fly after swimming a career best of 52.29 in the prelims … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Earned his first varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10) Added depth to the backstroke events and medley relays … Competed in five dual meets and Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational … Swam to a fifth-place finish in the 100 back (53.59) in a win over UNO … Recorded a season best, lead-off split of 53.31 in the 100 back against Texas A&M in the 400 medley relay … Placed 13th in both backstroke races at the Cougar Classic … Registered personal bests of 51.67 and 51.50 in the 100 back and 100 butterfly, respectively, at a sectional meet. PRIOR TO LSU A key member and co-captain of his district champion high school squad in 2009 … Specializes in backstroke events and holds a top time of 52.70 in the 100 back … Also played hockey at the prep level … Coached by Johnny Foss. PERSONAL Born June 13, 1991 in Southlake, Texas … Parents are Alex and Caroline Mericas … Has one older sister, Liz … Majoring in mechanical engineering. CHRIS’ TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 50.01 200 backstroke 1:49.07 100 butterfly 52.29
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SOPHOMORE SEASON (2011-12) Returned to form in his sophomore campaign and established himself as one of the program’s top sprinters … Posted the program’s ninth fastest 50 freestyle mark (19.92) in an 11th place finish at the SEC Championships … Registered a season best 100 free time of 44.84 at SEC’s … Swam the second leg of the team’s season best 200 free relay and 400 free relay and the last leg of team’ best 200 medley relay at the conference meet … Also competed in the Tennessee Invitational and every dual meet … Touched the wall first in the 50 free (20.33) against Texas A&M … Took fifth in the 50 free (20.60) and 12th in the 100 free (45.70) at the Tennessee Invitational … Swam to silver and bronze in the 50 free (20.54) and in the 100 free (20.54) and swam the last leg of the first place 200 medley relay in a narrow victory over Alabama …Swam to second in the 50 free and the 100 free in consecutive meets against Florida and against Florida State… Named the Cox Communication Student Athlete of the Month for February … Earned his second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2010-11) Made solid contributions to the sprint freestyle ranks and relays in his first season … Competed in eight dual meets, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Registered a career best of 44.93 to take 19th in the 100 free at SEC’s and finished 24th in the 50 free with a career best of 20.35 … Raced to runner-up honors in the 50 free (20.56), third in the 100 free (45.63) and 10th in the 100 fly (53.24) at the Cougar Classic … Won the 50 free in a road victory over Alabama … Swam to second-place in the 50 free in a home win over Florida State … Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 50 free versus nationally-ranked Auburn … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU Outstanding freestyle sprinter who went undefeated in his senior season … Won three gold medals at the high school level as a junior and is the state record-holder in the 50 free … Played a significant role on a Florida state championship team … Placed fourth in the 100 free and fifth in the 50 free at the 2009 Speedo Short-course Junior National Championships … Boasts top times of 20.11 and 44.21 in the 50 and 100 free, respectively … Coached by Andy DeAngulo.
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PERSONAL Full name is Michael Brian Saco … Born April 11, 1992, in Miami, Fla. … Parents are Mike and Dacyl Saco … Has two sisters, Kelly and Michelle … His mother, Dacyl was an Olympic swimmer … Plans to major in kinesiology. MICHAEL’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 19.92 100 freestyle 44.84
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Matthew Schaefer Fr. • 6’1” • HS Glenshaw, Pa. • Shaler Area HS Distance Freestyle FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12) Emerged as the team’s second best distance swimmer in his rookie campaign … Competed in the Tennessee Invitational and every dual meet … Swam the ninth fastest mile in a career best swim of 16:02.33 at the Tennessee Invitational … Made the ‘B’ Final on the 500 free and swam a time of 4:43.89 at the Tennessee Invitational … Posted career low 500 free (4:35.06) and 1000 free (9:25.08) times against Texas A&M … Scored an essential point in the 1000 free (9:40.72) in a two-point victory over Alabama … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU Dynamic distance freestyle swimmer who holds multiple age group club records at PineRichland Aquatics in Gibsonia, Pa. … A Junior National qualifier who holds lifetime bests of 15:39.80 in the 1650 free, 4:33.10 in the 500 free and 1:42.62 in the 200 free PERSONAL Born Aug. 28, 1992, in Pittsburgh, Pa. … Parents are John and Melissa Schaefer … Has three siblings, Caitlin, Patrick and Emily … Currently undecided on major. MATHEW’S TOP TIMES 500 freestyle 4:35.06 1000 freestyle 9:25.08 1650 freestyle 16:02.33
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Andrei Tuomola Sr. • 6’5” • 3L Haarajoki, Finland • Makclanrinteen Luklo Sprint Freestyle/Breaststroke • Four-time NCAA Honorable Mention AllAmerican • LSU Record-holder in the 200 medley relay • 2010 SEC All-Freshmen Team • 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12) One of the conferences premier competitors who is primed for a huge senior season after being LSU’s leader in the sprint freestyle events and the 100 breaststroke … Cranked out NCAA ‘B’ cuts in all three of his races … Registered LSU’s third fastest all-time 100 breast time of 53.82 in a bronze medal finish at the SEC Championships … Posted the program’s fourth best 50 free mark of 19.68 after touching the wall first in the consolation final at SEC’s … Finished first in the consolation of the 100 free final with a season low time of 43.72 at the conference meet … Swam the leadoff leg in the 200 free and 400 free relays and the third leg of the 200 medley relay in the team’s season best relays at SEC’s … Also competed at the Tennessee Invitational, the Bulldog Last Chance Meet and in every dual meet … Took gold in the 50 free (19.94) and the 100 breast (53.99) and silver in the 100 free (43.78) at the Tennessee Invitational … Touched the wall first in the 50 free (20.24) and second in the 100 free (44.90) in a narrow victory over Alabama … Placed first in the 100 free (45.44) and second in the 50 free (20.85) against Florida … Earned his third varsity letter.
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SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11) Proved to be LSU’s fastest sprint freestyle and 100 breaststroke performer for the second straight season … Led the team in the two events, posted NCAA ‘B’ cuts in three races and played an integral role in relay competition … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Raced to sixth in the 100 breast (53.99) at the SEC Championships ... Delivered seventh in the 50 freestyle (19.83) after qualifying with a program top-10 mark of 19.71 and claimed 11th in the 100 free (43.88) … Also swam the breaststroke leg on a pair of top-five medley relays at the conference meet … Emerged as LSU’s top performer at the Cougar Classic with victories in the 50 free (19.92), 100 breast (54.19) and 100 free (44.34) … Swept the 50 and 100 free versus nationally-ranked Florida at home … Won the 100 breast and took second in the 100 free in a road victory over Alabama … Topped the field in the 100 free and swam to third in the 100 breast in a home victory over Florida State … Captured first-place in the 50 free in a win over American … Secured top honors in the 50 free and placed third in the 100 breast at the Florida Atlantic Invite … Earned runner-up honors in the 100 breast at Texas A&M … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Received his second varsity letter. FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10) LSU’s top freshman performer who earned four All-America honors in relay competition … Also a member of the SEC All-Freshmen team … Competed in every dual meet, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational, SEC and NCAA Championships … Swam the breaststroke legs on the team’s All-America 200 and 400 medley relays, which placed 14th and 15th, respectively … Led off the Tigers’ 15th-place 200 freestyle relay and held the second leg on the team’s 16th-place 400 free relay … Also raced individually in the 50 and 100 free and 100 breaststroke … Emerged as LSU’s top scoring swimmer at SEC’s with three top-16 finishes … Delivered sixth in the 100 breast (54.17) after advancing with the fourth-fastest clocking in school history, 53.93 … Registered 10th in the 100 free with a career best of 43.65, fourth in program annals … Tied for 10th in the 50 free with another program top-10 time of 19.90 … Also swam the breaststroke leg on the Tigers’ third-place 200 medley relay, which shattered the school record with a 1:26.00 mark … Captured runner up honors in the 100 breast at the Cougar Classic … Posted fourth in the 100 free, sixth in the 50 free and eighth in the 100 butterfly at the same competition … Named SEC Freshman of the Week after sweeping the 50 and 100 free against nationally-ranked Tennessee … Also earned SEC Freshman of the Week following his performance at UNO in which he won both the 100 breast and 100 free … Tallied victories in the 50 and 100 free at Alabama … Claimed first-place in the 100 breast versus nationally-ranked Florida … Recorded wins in the 100 free at home versus UNO and took first in the 100 fly at Florida Atlantic … Also notched five runner-up finishes in dual-meet competition … Recipient of the men’s Newcomer of the Year Award at the program’s annual banquet … Received his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU Phenomenal Finnish sprinter who emerged as arguably this year’s premier collegiate sprinting prospect from the international levels … A two-time Finnish National champion in the 50 and 100 free and the national record-holder in the 50 free … Competed at the 2009 European Short Course Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and came away with personal bests of 22.10 and 49.07 in the 50scm and 100scm free, respectively … Boasts a blistering lifetime best of 22.41 in the 50m free … That time is comparable to a 2009 NCAA automatic qualifying cut … Also holds a top time of 50.52 in the 100m free … Rated No. 23 overall in the CollegeSwimming.com recruit rankings of 2009 … Also a five-star prospect by Swimming World Magazine … Attended the same high school as fellow LSU signee Reijo Hyvenen … Coached by Mika Kekalainen. PERSONAL Born May 4, 1989 in Jarvenpaa, Finland … Parents are Pekka and Svetlana Tuomola … Has one older brother, Anton, and one older sister, Natalia … Majoring in sport administration. ANDREI’S TOP TIMES 50 freestyle 19.68 100 freestyle 43.65 100 breaststroke 53.85
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Men Athletes Zack Wepasnick Sr. • 6’1” • 2L Brookeville, Md. • Our Lady of Good Counsel HS Breaststroke/IM JUNIOR SEASON (2011-12) Capitalized on his talent and made strides at the SEC Championships, the Tennessee Invitational and in every dual meet … Swam the program’s eight fastest 200 individual medley (1:49.72) at the SEC Championships … Posted the program’s 10th fastest 200 breaststroke (2:00.47) mark in a 15th place finish at SEC’s … Finished 15th in the 100 breast with a career low 55.83 at the conference meet … Registered a 13th place swim in the 200 IM (1:52.97), 15th place swim in the 200 breast (2:05.72) and a 20th place swim in the 100 breast (57.77) at the Tennessee Invitational … Helped guide the men’s side to a second place finish in the 400 free relay, the final event of the meet, in a narrow two-point victory over Alabama …. Earned his second varsity letter. SOPHOMORE SEASON (2010-11) A part of the breaststroke and individual medley corps who competed in nine dual meets and Cougar Classic Invitational … Raced to third in the 200 IM (1:53.19), fifth in the 100 breast (58.40), sixth in the 400 IM (4:09.08) and sixth in the 200 breast (2:09.73) at the Cougar Classic … Swam to third-place in the 100 breast in a win over American … Registered fifth in the 200 IM at the Florida Atlantic Invite.
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200 back (1:45.99) in a 10th place finish at the conference meet … Also competed in the Tennessee Invitational and in every dual meet … Cranked out a third place swim in the 200 back (1:47.15), a fourth place swim in the 100 back (49.24) and an 11th place swim in the 200 individual medley (1:52.74) at the Tennessee Invitational … Touched the wall first in the 100 back (50.05) and second in the 200 back (1:50.09) in a victory over Alabama … Took first in the 200 back (1:50.02) and second in the 100 back (50.59) against Florida … Nailed a first place swim in the 200 back (1:50.45) against Florida … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU Outstanding prep backstroker who won multiple district and age group championships … Also broke multiple school records in backstroke and freestyle events at Mater Maria Catholic College ... Boasts top times of 55.55 and 1:59.62 in the short-course 100m and 200m back, respectively, while possessing marks of 57.46 and 2:04.82 in the long-course 100m and 200m back … Versatile and well-rounded student-athlete who also starred in rugby, was an Honor Roll student in the classroom and contributed significantly to community service. PERSONAL Born April 15, 1992, in Mona Vale, Sydney, Australia … Parents are Greg and Maxine Young … Has three brothers -- Matt, Chris and Ben … Currently undecided on major. MICHAEL’S TOP TIMES 100 backstroke 48.16 200 backstroke 1:45.99
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FRESHMAN SEASON (2009-10) A breaststroke and individual medley contributor in his first season … Competed in five dual meets, Houston’s Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Swam to a season best of 56.91 in the 100 breast to take 22nd at SEC’s … Also placed 20th in the 200 breast and 34th in the 200 IM … Emerged victorious in the 200 breast and 200 IM in a home win over UNO with personal bests of 2:02.73 and 1:51.32, respectively … Also won the 100 breast at that competition … Finished seventh in the 400 IM and eighth in the 200 breast at the Cougar Classic … Earned his first varsity letter. PRIOR TO LSU A talented breaststroker and multiple club record-holder from Brookeville, Md. … Boasts top times of 56.89 and 2:03.11 in the 100 and 200 breast, respectively … His mark in the 200 breast is ranked in the top 20 in the country for his age group … Also claims personal bests of 1:52.18 in the 200 IM and 3:58.77 in the 400 IM … Rated in the CollegeSwimming.com Top 150 recruits of 2009 … Coached by Bill Howard. PERSONAL Born Sept. 10, 1991 in Silver Springs, Md. … Parents are Bob and Denice Wepasnick … Has one sister, Ashley … Currently undecided on major. ZACK’S TOP TIMES 100 breaststroke 55.83 200 breaststroke 2:00.47 200 individual medley 1:49.72
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Michael Young So. • 6’0” • 1L Sydney, Australia • Mater Maria Catholic College Backstroke • 2012 SEC All-Freshmen Team FRESHMAN SEASON (2011-12) A skilled backstroker who made his mark in the conference in his freshman campaign … Earned SEC All-Freshman Honors … Posted the program’s fifth best all-time 100 backstroke (48.16) in a sixth place finish at the SEC Championships … Notched LSU’s sixth fastest
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2011-12 Season Notebook LSU WOMEN: 5-3 Record No. 23 CSCAA Final Ranking • NCAA Finish – 47th • SEC Finish – Fifth • One NCAA Honorable-Mention AllAmerican • Seven NCAA Championship Participants • Four Individual SEC Championship Medals • One SEC Freshman Diver of the Year • One All-SEC Second-Team Member • Two SEC All-Freshman Members Three School Records Shattered
LSU MEN: 1-4 Record No. 19 CSCAA Final Ranking • NCAA Finish – T-31st • SEC Finish – Fifth • Two Honorable-Mention AllAmerica Honors • Four SEC Medal Winners • One All-SEC Second-Team Member • Two SEC All-Freshman Team Members • One SEC Community Service Team Member • Three School Records Shattered
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free, junior Sara Haley’s impressive 200 fly and freshman Alex Bettridge’s three-meter dive.
• Both the LSU men’s and women’s squads finished the dual-meet season nationally-ranked in the College Swimming Coaches Association of America polls. The Tigers earned a spot in the men’s final poll for the fifth consecutive year as the team was tabbed No. 19, while the Lady Tigers were ranked No. 23 in the final women’s rankings. • Seven women and two males qualified for the NCAA Championships. Eight of the nine qualifiers return to LSU to this season. • The men and women collected three All-America honors at the NCAA Championships with freshman diver Alex Bettridge taking 15th on the three-meter dive, sophomore diver Daniel Helm finishing 12th on the platform dive and junior swimmer Craig Hamliton finishing 10th in the mile. • The men’s team finished the SEC Championships in the top-five in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 1998-99 and 199900 campaigns. The Tigers tallied 426 points during the competition. The men’s finish shattered last year’s composite score of 263.5. • The women have enjoyed the finest two-year run within the conference since the 1992-93 and 1993-94 season with its consecutive fifth place finish. The LSU women accumulated 347 points and they finished within 100 points of fourth-place Auburn. • The LSU men’s team broke three school records as Hamilton set new marks in the 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle. Hamilton dropped his mile time from 14:58.11 at the SEC Championships to 14:45.94 at the NCAA Championships. In addition, the women’s side set two swimming and one diving record behind junior Amanda Kendall’s 50
• Two members of the LSU swimming and diving teams were named All-Southeastern Conference performers following the conclusion of the SEC Championships, four freshmen earned SEC All-Freshman Team honors and Alex Bettridge was named the SEC Freshman Diver of the Year. Amanda Kendall claimed Women’s Second Team All-SEC honors, while Bettridge and Marlene Niemi were named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. Daniel Helm was named to the Men’s All-SEC Second-Team and freshmen Frank Greeff and Michael Young earned SEC All-Freshman honors. • Senior Diver Matt Vieke was named LSU’s male finalist for the SEC’s H. Boyd McWorter Scholar-Athlete Post Graduate Scholarships. • Amanda Kendall excelled on the international stage. She competed in three Pan Am Games gold medal relays and posted three Pan Am Games records. She achieved record setting Pan Am Games Times in the 4x100-meter free (3:40.66), 4x200-meter free (8:01.18) and 4x100-meter medley (4:01.00) relays. She also earned a gold medal in the 100 free with a lifetime best of 54.75 • Ten LSU swimmers attended the United State Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. Seniors Jana Ruimerman, Audrey Lawson, Sara Haley, Timmy Dasinger and Nick Kunkel, junior Michael Saco and sophomore Amber Carter represented LSU. Incoming freshmen Gabe Rocker represented the Tualatin Hills Swim Club and Sophie Weber represented the Sierra Marlins Swim Team.
RECORDS BROKEN LSU WOMEN’S RECORDS IN 2011-12 (3) EVENT
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50-yard Freestyle 200-yard Butterfly Three-meter Dive
Amanda Kendall Sara Haley Alex Bettridge
21.92 1:56.67 366.85
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500-yard Freestyle 1000-yard Freestyle 1650-yard Freestyle
Craig Hamilton Craig Hamilton Craig Hamilton
4:19.12 8:57.90 14:45.94
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March 17-19 • University of Texas’ Jamail Swimming Center • Austin, Texas
March 24-26 • University of Minnesota Aquatic Center • Minneapolis, Minnesota
LSU RESULTS 200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 19.
Amber Carter Marlene Niemi Rainey White Samantha Goates
LSU RESULTS 100-YARD FREESTYLE 1:29.97
23.
Torrey Bussey
22.
2:00.70
Marlene Niemi Samantha Goates Amber Carter
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23.04 23.05 23.44
Samantha Goates Torrey Bussey Amber Carter Marlene Niemi
Amber Carter Sara Haley
54.10 54.14
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE 25.
Torrey Bussey
1:00.71
3-METER DIVING 15.
Alexandra Bettridge
306.30
308.00
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE 38.
Torrey Bussey
2:12.79
200-YARD BUTTERFLY 25.
Sara Haley
1:57.48
PLATFORM DIVING 28.
Platform Diving 16. Daniel Helm
323.50
Alexandra Bettridge
195.10
WOMEN’S FINAL STANDINGS 1. California 412.5 2. Georgia 366 3. USC 325.5 4. Stanford 318 5. Arizona 299 6. Texas A&M 262 7. Auburn 249 7. Tennessee 249 9. Texas 201 10. Florida 160 11. Minnesota 131 12. Arizona State 123 13. Indiana 115 14. Missouri 98 15. Wisconsin 91 16. Southern Methodist 67 17. Virginia 60 18. Virginia Tech 51 19. North Carolina 44 20. Ohio State 34 21. George Mason 31 22. Notre Dame 30 22. Penn State 30 24. Louisville 23 25. Columbia 21 26. West Virginia 20 26. Miami (FL) 20
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MEN’S FINAL STANDINGS 1:40.86
100-YARD BUTTERFLY 40. 41.
295.00
280.90
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 21.
4:19.12
Daniel Helm
10.
Alexandra Bettridge
Craig Hamilton
1650-YARD FREESTYLE
1-METER DIVING 24.
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1-METER DIVING
50-YARD FREESTYLE 58. 59. 66.
43.39
500-YARD FREESTYLE
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 48.
Hannes Heyl
26. Indiana-Perdue Univ. 29. South Carolina 30. Florida State 31. Purdue 31. Michigan 33. Yale 34. North Carolina State 35. Northwestern 36. Maryland 37. UCLA 37. Wyoming 37. Toledo 37. Iowa 41. Arkansas 42. Alabama 43. UNLV 44. Liberty 45. San Diego State 45. Connecticut 47. LSU 47. Boise State 49. New Mexico 49. Richmond
1. California 2. Texas 3. Stanford 4. Arizona 5. Michigan 6. Auburn 7. USC 8. Florida 9. Louisville 10. Indiana 11. Georgia 12. Ohio State 13. Texas A&M 14. North Carolina 15. Virginia 16. Florida State 17. Penn State 18. Virginia Tech 19. Missouri 20. Arizona State
535.5 491 426.5 396 271 254.5 192 157 156 140 106.5 106 97 74.5 65 61 56 55 46 36
21. Kentucky 22. Tennessee 23. Princeton 24. Minnesota 25. Alabama 26. Iowa 27. Wisconsin 28. Notre Dame 29. Duke 30. Clemson 31. Eastern Michigan 31. Michigan State 31. LSU 34. Harvard 35. BYU 36. Penn 36. Old Dominion 38. Brown 39. Purdue
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Results at 2012 SEC Championships (Top Three and Highest LSU Finisher) 50-YARD FREESTYLE School 1. Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Auburn 2. Amanda Kendall LSU 3. Sarah Bateman Florida
Fastest Time
21.35 21.92 22.01
100-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Megan Romano 2. Amanda Kendall 3. Madeline Locus
Georgia LSU Georgia
47.65 47.97 48.51
200-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Megan Romano 2. Lindsay Gendron 3. Shannon Vreeland
Georgia Tennessee Georgia
1:43.03 1:44.51 1:44.57
500-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Amber McDermott 2. Lindsay Gendron 3. Shannon Vreeland 20. Sara Haley
Georgia Tennessee Georgia LSU
4:37.15 4:38.74 4:39.72 4:54.34
1650-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Wendy Trott 2. Lindsay Gendron 3. Katie Gardocki
Georgia Tennessee Auburn
15:47.04 16:01.38 16:06.14
100-YARD BACKSTROKE 1. Jenny Connolly 2. Megan Romano 3. Lauren Solernou 13. Samantha Goates
Tennessee Georgia Tennessee LSU
51.37 52.07 52.72 55.48
200-YARD BACKSTROKE 1. Elizabeth Beisel 2. Kristen Shickora 3. Teresa Crippen 12. Jana Ruimerman
Florida Georgia Florida LSU
1:49.82 1:53.41 1:53.87 1:58.41
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE 1. Molly Hannis 2. Michelle McKeehan 3. Hilda Luthersdottir 9. Torrey Bussey
Tennessee Georgia Florida LSU
59.60 1:00.21 1:00.49 1:01.00
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE 1. Michelle McKeehan 2. Amanda Rutqvist 3. Jana Mangimelli 12. Torrey Bussey
Georgia South Carolina Georgia LSU
2:08.73 2:09.48 2:09.95 2:12.27
100-YARD BUTTERFLY 1. Jenny Connolly 2. Olivia Scott 3. Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace 6. Amanda Kendall
Tennessee Auburn Auburn LSU
51.49 52.04 52.08 52.48
200-YARD BUTTERFLY 1. Kelsey Floyd 2. Teresa Crippen 3. Sara Haley
Tennessee Florida LSU
1:54.65 1:55.16 1:56.67
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1. Elizabeth Beisel 2. Melanie Margalis 3. Jana Mangimelli 8. Torrey Bussey
School
Fastest Time
Florida Georgia Georgia LSU
1:54.89 1:55.78 1:55.99 1:59.77
400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1. Elizabeth Beisel Florida 2. Melanie Margalis Georgia 3. Teresa Crippen Florida 11. Sally Wood LSU
3:58.35 4:05.88 4:06.42 4:14.29
ONE-METER DIVING 1. Vennie Dantin 2. Victoria Lamp 3. Courtney Forcucci 6. Alex Bettridge
332.40 326.25 324.20 302.60
Auburn Tennessee South Carolina LSU
WOMEN’S TEAM RESULTS
THREE-METER DIVING 1. Courtney Forcucci 2. Victoria Lamp 3. Alex Bettridge
South Carolina 392.40 Tennessee 381.85 LSU 366.85
PLATFORM DIVING 1. Victoria Lamp 2. Vennie Dantin 3. Gaby Trudeau 13. Elle Schmidt
Tennessee Auburn Tennessee LSU
335.50 328.50 289.10 229.35
Auburn
1:28.32
Georgia
1:28.80
Tennessee
1:28.86
200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1. Vanderpool-Wallace, Riordan Bos, Krakoski 2. Locus, Graber Harrington, Romano 3. Simmons, McNeilis Connolly, Gendron 4. Kendall, Niemi Carter, Goates 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1. Vanderpool-Wallace, Riordan Fonteno, Krakoski 2. Locus, Vreeland Margalis, Romano 3. Connolly, Floyd Simmons, Gendron 5. Kendall, Haley Niemi, Wood 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1. Vreeland, Margalis Mattern, Romano 2. Bohunicky, Beisel Crippen, Fung 3. Fraisier, Floyd McNeilis, Gendron 5. Kendall, Haley Wood, White
LSU
1:29.22
Auburn
3:12.85
Georgia
3:13.52
Tennessee
3:15.09
LSU
3:19.43
Georgia
6:57.09
Florida
7:00.32
Tennessee
7:03.63
LSU
7:13.24
2012 SEC HONORS
1. GEORGIA 2. TENNESSEE 3. FLORIDA 4. AUBURN 5. LSU 6. ARKANSAS 7. ALABAMA 8. SOUTH CAROLINA 9. KENTUCKY 10. VANDERBILT 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 1. Connolly, Hannis Floyd, Simmons 2. Bos, Norberg Scott, Vanderpool-Wallace 3. Beisel, Luthersdottir Zalewski, Bateman 6. White, Bussey Kendall, Goates 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 1. Connolly, Hannis Floyd, Gendron 2. Shickora, McKeehan Harrington, Romano 3. Beisel, Luthersdottir Bateman, Bohunicky 5. Goates, Bussey White, Carter
781 629.5 566 509.5 347 267 249 237 128 78 School
Fastest Time
Tennessee
1:35.33
Auburn
1:36.47
Florida
1:37.29
LSU
1:38.87
Tennessee
3:30.36
Georgia
3:33.28
Florida
3:34.02
LSU
3:40.37
ALEX BETTRIDGE
SEC WOMEN’S SWIMMING COACH OF THE YEAR:
Matt Kredich, Tennessee
SEC WOMEN’S DIVING COACH OF THE YEAR:
Dave Parrington, Tennessee
SEC COMMISSIONER’S TROPHY (High Point Scorer):
Elizabeth Beisel, Florida (60 points)
SEC WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE YEAR:
Elizabeth Beisel, Florida
SEC WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE YEAR:
Tori Lamp, Tennessee
SEC WOMEN’S FRESHMAN SWIMMER OF THE YEAR:
Amber McDermott, Georgia
SEC WOMEN’S FRESHMAN DIVER OF THE YEAR:
Alex Bettridge, LSU
SEC WOMEN’S CO-SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR:
Wendy Trott, Georgia
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REVIEW
JANA RUIMERMAN
AUDREY LAWSON
LSU RESULTS AT 2012 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 50-YARD FREESTYLE
PRELIMS
FINALS
2. 8. 11. 13. 19. 34. 38. --
22.17 22.66 22.84 22.86 22.92 23.85 24.40 24.92
21.92 23.03 22.81 22.95 -----
100-YARD FREESTYLE
PRELIMS
FINALS
2. 23. 26. 27. 28. 32. 40.
48.27 50.81 50.99 51.01 51.10 51.57 52.72
47.97 -------
Amanda Kendall Marre Niemi Samantha Goates Amber Carter Rainey White Laura Furr Kaetlin Sepp Kyra Jones Amanda Kendall Marre Niemi Rainey White Samantha Goates Amber Carter Laura Furr Chelsea Griffiths
23. Audrey Lawson 30. Emily Weaner
55.05 56.08
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200-YARD BUTTERFLY
PRELIMS
FINALS
3. 8. 14. 26.
1:57.42 1:59.42 2:02.28 2:06.96
1:56.67 2:01.29 2:01.76 --
Sara Haley Audrey Lawson Kaelee Mader Emily Weaner
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
PRELIMS
FINALS
8. 12. 20. 43. 50.
1:58.53 1:59.51 2:01.55 2:05.66 2:08.16
1:59.77 1:59.93 ---
Torrey Bussey Sally Wood Kaelee Mader Emily Schwabe Jessica Kopcso
400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
PRELIMS
FINALS
4:14.72 4:18.73 4:20.09
4:14.29 ---
500-YARD FREESTYLE
PRELIMS
FINALS
11. Sally Wood 18. Kaelee Mader 20. Jana Ruimerman
20. Sara Haley 28. Audrey Lawson Parker Glass
4:54.34 5:01.19 4:59.60
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ONE-METER DIVING
PRELIMS
FINALS
6. Alex Bettridge 10. Elle Schmidt
281.90 269.25
302.60 --
100-YARD BACKSTROKE
PRELIMS
FINALS
13. 14. 17. 22. 24. 34. -- --
55.77 55.80 55.95 56.35 56.48 58.65 57.31 57.47
55.48 55.80 -------
200-YARD BACKSTROKE
PRELIMS
FINALS
12. 13. 25. -- --
1:58.76 1:59.10 2:02.96 2:01.84 2:05.75
1:58.41 1:58.62 ----
Samantha Goates Jana Ruimerman Kaetlin Sepp Laura Furr Chelsea Griffiths Emily Weaner Parker Glass Kyra Jones Jana Ruimerman Kaetlin Sepp Chelsea Griffiths Parker Glass Kyra Jones
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE
PRELIMS
FINALS
9. 21. 24. 25.
1:01.81 1:03.50 1:04.08 1:04.11
1:01.00 ----
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE
PRELIMS
FINALS
12. 23. 25. 31.
2:13.54 2:16.66 2:16.84 2:20.37
2:12.27 ----
Torrey Bussey Emily Schwabe Marre Niemi Jessica Kopcso Torrey Bussey Sally Wood Emily Schwabe Jessica Kopcso
100-YARD BUTTERFLY
PRELIMS
FINALS
6. 10. 11. 15.
52.64 54.44 54.01 54.00
52.48 54.08 54.32 54.43
Amanda Kendall Rainey White Sara Haley Amber Carter
THREE-METER DIVING
PRELIMS
FINALS
3. Alex Bettridge 15. Elle Schmidt
310.15 287.60
366.85 --
PLATFORM DIVING
PRELIMS
FINALS
13. Elle Schmidt 19. Alex Bettridge
229.35 212.60
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200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
(FINALS ONLY)
4.
1:29.22
Kendall, Niemi Carter, Goates
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
(FINALS ONLY)
5.
3:17.65
Trepp, Kendall, Blalock, Goates
800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
(FINALS ONLY)
5.
7:13.24
Kendall, Haley Wood, White
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
(FINALS ONLY)
6.
1:38.87
White, Bussey Kendall, Goates
400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
(FINALS ONLY)
5.
3:40.37
Goates, Bussey White, Carter
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REVIEW
Results at 2012 SEC Championships (Top Three and Highest LSU Finisher) 50-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Bradley deBorde 2. Drew Modrov 3. Karl Krug 9. Andrei Tuomola
School
Fastest Time
Florida Auburn Auburn LSU
19.29 19.32 19.38 19.75
100-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Marcelo Chierighini Auburn 42.45 2. BJ Hornikel Alabama 42.98 3. Drew Modrov Auburn 43.10 9. Andrei Tuomola LSU 43.72 200-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Marcin Cieslak Florida 1:34.49 2. BJ Hornikel Alabama 1:34.81 3. James Disney-May Auburn 1:35.03 17. Frank Greeff LSU 1:38.53 500-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Martin Grodzki Georgia 4:16.94 2. Jason Taylor Florida 4:18.99 3. Nicholas Caldwell Florida 4:20.11 6. Craig Hamilton LSU 4:22.01 1650-YARD FREESTYLE 1. Martin Grodzki Georgia 14:48.26 2. Zane Grothe Auburn 14:50.86 3. Craig Hamilton LSU 14:58.11 100-YARD BACKSTROKE 1. Kyle Owens Auburn 46.09 2. Samuel Rairden Tennessee 46.68 3. Max Murphy Auburn 47.17 6. Michael Young LSU 48.16 200-YARD BACKSTROKE 1. Kyle Owens Auburn 1:41.67 2. Max Murphy Auburn 1:42.59 3. Jared Markham Georgia 1:43.96 6. Nick Kunkel LSU 1:45.36 100-YARD BREASTSTROKE 1. Nicolas Fink 2. Stuart Ferguson 3. Andrei Tuomola 200-YARD BREASTSTROKE 1. Nicolas Fink 2. Eduardo Solaeche Gomez 3. Matthew Elliott 6. Sean Roddy
Georgia Auburn LSU Georgia Florida Florida LSU
52.81 53.08 53.85 1:55.01 1:55.54 1:55.75 1:58.31
100-YARD BUTTERFLY 1. Doug Reynolds Georgia 46.41 2. Michael Arnold Georgia 46.49 3. Lucas Gerotto Kentucky 47.00 11. Frank Greeff LSU 48.02
200-YARD BUTTERFLY 1. Marcin Cieslak 2. Dan Wallace 3. Frank Greeff 200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1. Marcin Cieslak 2. Kyle Owens 3. Nicolas Fink 12. Sean Roddy
School
Fastest Time
Florida Florida LSU
1:42.43 1:44.81 1:45.03
Florida Auburn Georgia LSU
1:43.01 1:43.30 1:44.86 1:47.82
400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1. Eduardo Solaeche Gomez Florida 2. Dan Wallace Florida 3. Connor Signorin Florida 18. Shane Coltharp LSU ONE-METER DIVING 1. Ryan Helms 2. Daniel Helm 3. Greg Ferrucci
School
Score
Tennessee LSU Kentucky
415.10 376.55 356.20
THREE-METER DIVING 1. Ryan Helms 2. Greg Ferrucci 3. Maurici Robles 11. Sean McKinney
School
Score
Tennessee Kentucky Tennessee LSU
446.20 427.30 412.90 337.50
PLATFORM DIVING 1. Maurici Robles 2. John Santeiu 3. Michael Lewark 6. Daniel Helm
School
Score
Tennessee Auburn Florida LSU
438.35 382.10 362.65 339.90
Auburn
1:16.38
Florida
1:17.86
Tennessee
1:19.05
LSU
1:19.33
200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1. Modrov, Krug Manning, Leon 2. deBorde, Norton Turner, Curby 3. Walsh, Rairden Thulin, Henahan 5. Tuomola, Saco Wepasnick, Greeff 400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1. Modrov, Disney-May Owens, Chierighini 2. deBorde, Norton Turner, Cieslak 3. Coci, Hornikel Ziegler, Caciuc 5. Tuomola, Saco Love, Greeff 800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1. Owens, Disney-May Browning, Grothe 2. Cieslak, Signorin Caldwell, Solaeche Gomez
Auburn
2:51.66
Florida
2:53.69
Alabama
2:54.11
LSU
2:56.20
Auburn
6:20.63
Florida
6:20.86
2012 SEC HONORS SEC MEN’S SWIMMING COACH OF THE YEAR: Brett Hawke, Auburn SEC MEN’S DIVING COACH OF THE YEAR: Dave Parrington, Tennessee SEC COMMISSIONER’S TROPHY (HIGH POINT SCORER): Marcin Cieslak, Florida (60 points) SEC MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: Marcin Cieslak, Florida SEC MEN’S DIVER OF THE YEAR: Ryan Helms, Tennessee SEC MEN’S FRESHMAN SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: Nic Fink, Georgia SEC MEN’S FRESHMAN DIVER OF THE YEAR: Mauricio Robles, Tennessee SEC MEN’S CO-SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Ryan Helms, Tennessee; Kyle Owens, Auburn
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
AUBURN FLORIDA GEORGIA TENNESSEE LSU ALABAMA KENTUCKY SOUTH CAROLINA
3. 4.
Hill, Markham Fink, Benner Greeff, Love Hamilton, Kunkel
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 1. Owens, Ferguson Chierighini, Krug 2. Arnold, Fink Reynolds, Simmons 3. Homer, Elliott Cieslak, deBorde 5. Young, Tuomola Jungfleisch, Saco 400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 1. Owens, Ferguson Chierighini, Disney-May 2. Markham, Fink Reynolds, Arnold 3. Martin, Elliott Cieslak, deBorde 4. Young, Alvarado Greeff, Tuomola
730.5 700 521 459 426 304 246.5 196
Georgia
6:25.35
LSU
6:28.85
Auburn
1:24.38
Georgia
1:26.16
Florida
1:26.28
LSU
1:26.97
Auburn
3:08.36
Georgia
3:10.27
Florida
3:10.45
LSU
3:11.83
Men’s SEC Results
REVIEW
MICHAEL SACO
DANIEL HELM
LSU RESULTS AT 2012 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 50-YARD FREESTYLE
PRELIMS
FINALS
200-Yard Butterfly
Prelims
Finals
9. 11. 37. 40. 42. --
19.82 19.93 21.28 21.34 21.35 21.06
19.75 19.92 -----
3. 11. 17. 20.
1:46.88 1:48.66 1:49.37 1:51.89
1:45.03 1:47.86 ---
200-Yard Individual Medley
Prelims
Finals
12. 16. 23. 25. 30. 34.
1:47.63 1:48.32 1:49.72 1:49.80 1:51.10 1:52.70
1:47.82 1:48.38 -----
400-Yard Individual Medley
Prelims
Finals
18.
3:57.90
--
One-Meter Diving
Prelims
Finals
2. 5. 15. 25.
335.00 342.20 304.65 255.80
376.55 352.60 ---
Three-Meter Diving
Prelims
Finals
11. 12. 13. 22.
337.50 337.00 328.40 287.10
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Platform Diving
Prelims
Finals
6. 13. 19. 22.
340.70 313.55 292.75 271.70
339.90 ----
Andrei Tuomola Michael Saco Martin Jungfleisch Simon Diefenthal Ben Decker Andrew Muller
100-Yard Freestyle
Prelims
Finals
9. 20.
44.03 44.84
43.72 --
200-Yard Freestyle
Prelims
Finals
17. 25. 26. -- --
1:38.53 1:39.87 1:41.08 1:40.21 DQ
------
Andrei Tuomola Michael Saco
Frank Greeff Timmy Dasinger Craig Hamilton Andrew Muller Dillon Love
500-Yard Freestyle
Prelims
Finals
6. 23. 24.
4:22.32 4:35.24 4:35.61
4:22.01 ---
Craig Hamilton Shane Coltharp Dillon Love
1650-Yard Freestyle
(Finals Only)
3.
14:58.11
Craig Hamilton
Frank Greeff Martin Jungfleisch Timmy Dasinger Raymond DePadua
Sean Roddy Nick Kunkel Zack Wepasnick Jimenez Alvarado Timmy Dasinger Michael Young
Shane Coltharp
Daniel Helm Matt Vieke Kevin Leong Sean McKinney
Sean McKinney Daniel Helm Matt Vieke Kevin Leong
100-Yard Backstroke
Prelims
Finals
6. 10. 13. 27.
48.34 48.54 48.69 50.58
48.16 48.46 48.87 --
200-Yard Backstroke
Prelims
Finals
6. 9. 10. 12. 22.
1:45.99 1:46.86 1:46.56 1:47.10 1:49.86
1:45.36 1:45.06 1:45.99 1:46.72 --
100-Yard Breaststroke
Prelims
Finals
3. 5. 7. 10. 15.
54.29 54.08 54.42 55.15 55.83
53.85 53.91 54.26 54.66 56.03
200-Yard Breaststroke
Prelims
Finals
200-Yard Medley Relay
(Finals Only)
6. 10. 15. --
1:59.18 1:59.54 2:01.15 1:58.27
1:58.31 1:58.71 2:00.47 DQ
5.
1:26.97
Michael Young Nick Kunkel Simon Diefenthal Raymond DePadua
Nick Kunkel Simon Diefenthal Michael Young Dillon Love Shane Coltharp
Andrei Tuomola Jimenez Alvarado Sean Roddy Ben Decker Zack Wepasnick
Sean Roddy Ben Decker Zack Wepasnick Jimenez Alvarado
100-Yard Butterfly
Prelims
Finals
11. 23. 29.
48.38 49.17 49.76
48.02 ---
Frank Greeff Martin Jungfleisch Raymond DePadua
Daniel Helm Kevin Leong Matt Vieke Sean McKinney
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
(Finals Only)
5.
1:19.33
Tuomola, Saco Wepasnick, Greeff
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
(Finals Only)
5.
2:56.20
Tuomola, Saco Love, Greeff
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
(Finals Only)
4.
6:28.85
Greeff, Love Hamilton, Kunkel
Young, Tuomola Jungfleisch, Saco
400-Yard Medley Relay
(Finals Only)
4.
3:11.83
Young, Alvarado Greeff, Tuomola
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Women’s Top Times/Scores
REVIEW
AUDREY LAWSON
EMILY WEAVER
50-YARD FREESTYLE 21,92 22.66 22.81
SA P P
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Amanda Kendall Marlene Niemi Samantha Goates
SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16)
Amanda Kendall Samantha Goates Marlene Niemi
SEC Championships (2/18) Tennessee Invitational (11/17) SEC Championships (2/18)
100-YARD FREESTYLE 47.97 P 49.79 P 50.81
1:58.53 P 1:59.51 P 2:01.55
Torrey Bussey Sally Wood Kaelee Mader
SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16)
400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 4:14.29 4:18.73 4:18.74
P P P
Sally Wood Kaelee Mader Jana Ruimerman
SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17) Tennessee Invitational (11/18)
ONE-METER DIVING 200-YARD FREESTYLE 1:44.97 P 1:49.47 1:51.96
Amanda Kendall Sara Haley Sally Wood
SEC Championships (2/17) at. Florida (10/15) vs. Texas A&M (1/21)
Sara Haley Parker Glass Audrey Lawson
Tennessee Invitational (11/16) SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16)
Z Z
Alex Bettridge Elle Schmidt
SEC Championships (2/15) SEC Championships (2/15)
Alex Bettridge Elle Schmidt
SEC Championships (2/16) vs. Texas A&M (1/21)
Alex Bettridge Elle Schmidt
Tennessee Invitational (11/18) SEC Championships (2/18)
Kendall, Niemi, Carter, Goates
SEC Championships (2/16)
Kendall, Haley, Carter, Goates
Tennessee Invitational (11/18)
THREE-METER DIVING 366.85 298.05
500-YARD FREESTYLE 4:51.23 4:59.60 5:01.19
302.60 269.25
SZ Z
PLATFORM DIVING 229.55 229.35
Z Z
1000-YARD FREESTYLE 10:12.67 10:25.71 10:29.50
Jana Ruimerman Kaelee Mader Sally Wood
vs. Alabama (11/4) vs. Alabama (11/4) at. Florida (10/15)
100-YARD BACKSTROKE 55.48 55.80 55.95
200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1:29.22 P
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY Samantha Goates Jana Ruimerman Kaetlin Sepp
SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17)
3:18.54 P
800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 200-YARD BACKSTROKE 1:58.41 P 1:58.62 P 2:01.84
Jana Ruimerman Kaetlin Sepp Parker Glass
SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18)
Kendall, Haley, Wood, White
SEC Championships (2/15)
White, Bussey, Kendall, Goates
SEC Championships (2/15))
3:40.37 P Goates, Bussey,
SEC Championships (2/17) White, Carter
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 1:38.87 P
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE 1:00.71 P 1:03.50 1:04.08
7:13.24 P
Torrey Bussey Emily Schwabe Marlene Niemi
NCAA Championships (3/16) SEC Championships (2/17) Tennessee Invitational (11/17)
Torrey Bussey Sally Wood Emily Schwabe
SEC Championships (2/18) Tennessee Invitational (11/18) SEC Championships (2/18)
400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE 2:12.27 P 2:16.66 2:16.84
100-YARD BUTTERFLY 52.48 54.00 54.01
P P P
Amanda Kendall Amber Carter Sara Haley
SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17)
Sara Haley Audrey Lawson Kaelee Mader
SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18)
200-YARD BUTTERFLY 1:56.67 SP 1:59.42 P 2:01.76
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Men’s Top Times/Scores 50-YARD FREESTYLE 19.68 P 19.92 P 21.06
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Andrei Tuomola Michael Saco Andrew Muller
SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16)
Andrei Tuomola Michael Saco Martin Jungfleisch
SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18)
Frank Greeff Craig Hamilton Timmy Dasinger
SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17)
100-YARD FREESTYLE 43.72 P 44.84 45.32
NCAA Championships (3/22) Tennessee Invitational (11/16) vs. Texas A&M (1/21)
Craig Hamilton Mathew Schaefer Shane Coltharp
NCAA Championships (3/24) vs. Texas A&M (1/21) vs Auburn (10/21)
3:57.90 4:02.57 4:13.36
Shane Coltharp SEC Championships (2/17) Ricardo Alvarado Jiminez vs. Texas A&M (1/21) Zack Wepasnick SEC Championships (2/17)
376.55 352.60 328.80
Z Z Z
Daniel Helm Matt Vieke Kevin Leong
SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16) vs. Alabama (11/4)
Craig Hamilton Mathew Schaefer Ricardo Duran
NCAA Championships (3/24) Tennessee Invitational (11/18) Tennessee Invitational (11/18)
374.25 373.50 371.48
Z Z Z
Kevin Leong Daniel Helm Matt Vieke
vs. Alabama (11/4) Tennessee Invitational (11/16) vs Auburn (10/21)
Daniel Helm Matt Vieke Kevin Leong
SEC Championships (2/17) Georgia Invitational (1/5) SEC Championships (2/17)
PLATFORM DIVING
1650-YARD FREESTYLE 14:45.94 SA 16:02.33 16:13.97
SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16) SEC Championships (2/16)
THREE-METER DIVING Craig Hamilton Dillon Love Mathew Schaefer
1000-YARD FREESTYLE 8:57.90 S 9:25.08 9:32.63
Sean Roddy Nick Kunkel Zack Wepasnick
ONE-METER DIVING
500-YARD FREESTYLE 4:19.12 SP 4:32.74 4:35.06
1:47.63 P 1:48.32 P 1:49.72
400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEy
200-YARD FREESTYLE 1:37.45 P 1:38.85 1:39.87
REVIEW
339.90 314.75 313.55
Z Z Z
200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1:19.33 P Tuomola, Saco,
SEC Championships (2/16) Wepasnick, Greeff
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 100-YARD BACKSTROKE 48.16 P 48.46 P 48.69
Michael Young Nick Kunkel Simon Diefenthal
SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17)
P P P
Simon Diefenthal Nick Kunkel Michael Young
SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18)
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE 53.85 53.91 54.26
P P P
Tuomola, Saco,
SEC Championships
Love, Greeff
800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
200-YARD BACKSTROKE 1:45.06 1:45:36 1:45.99
2:56.20 P (2/18)
Andrei Tuomola SEC Championships (2/17) Ricardo Alvarado Jiminez SEC Championships (2/17) Sean Roddy SEC Championships (2/17)
6:28.85 P
Greeff, Love, Hamilton, Kunkel
SEC Championships (2/15)
1:26.73 P Young, Tuomola,
SEC Championships (2/15) Jungfleisch, Saco
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 3:11.83 P
Young, Alvarado Jiminez,SEC Championships (2/17) Greeff, Tuomola
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE 1:58.27 1:58.31 1:58.71
P P P
Ricardo Alvarado JiminezSEC Championships (2/18) Sean Roddy SEC Championships (2/18) Ben Decker SEC Championships (2/18)
100-YARD BUTTERFLY 48.02 P 49.19 49.56
Frank Greeff Martin Jungfleish Raymond DePauda
SEC Championships (2/17) SEC Championships (2/17) at Florida (10/15)
Frank Greeff Martin Jungfleish Timmy Dasinger
SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18) SEC Championships (2/18)
SYMBOL KEY s – school record a – NCAA automatic qualifying standard p – NCAA provisional qualifying standard r – Lead-off split on relays z – NCAA Diving Zone Regional qualifying score
200-YARD BUTTERFLY 1:45.03 P 1:47.86 P 1:49.37
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Women’s Records
HISTORY LSU RECORDS EVENT
NCAA RECORDSNAME(S) EVENT
TIME/SCORE
50-yard Freestyle Jane Trepp 100-yard Freestyle Amanda Kendall 200-yard Freestyle Amanda Kendall 500-yard Freestyle Stephanie Smith 1000-yard Freestyle Stephanie Smith 1650-yard Freestyle Stephanie Smith 100-yard Backstroke Monica McJunkin 200-yard Backstroke Mary Beck 100-yard Breaststroke Jane Trepp 200-yard Breaststroke Torrey Bussey 100-yard Butterfly Jane Trepp 200-yard Butterfly Sara Haley 200-yard Individual Medley Torrey Bussey 400-yard Individual Medley Cari Blalock One-meter Diving (six dives) Rebecca St. Germain Three-meter Diving (six dives) Hali Saucier Platform Diving (five dives) Paige Brown 200-yard Freestyle Relay Trepp, Kendall, Betzen, Goates 400-yard Freestyle Relay Noland, Gilmore, Trepp, McJunkin 800-yard Freestyle Relay Kendall, Betzen, Blalock, Haley 200-yard Medley Relay McJunkin, Trepp, Gilmore, Noland 400-yard Medley Relay Ruimerman, Trepp, Haley, Kendall
21.97 2011 47.90 2011 1:44.95 2011 4:47.75 2002 9:50.51 2002 16:21.41 2002 53.07 2009 1:56.89 2010 58.94 2011 2:11.72 2011 52.11 2010 1:56.82 2011 1:58.23 2011 4:12.46 2011 331.15 2011 340.50 2006 300.30 2008 1:28.98 2011 3:15.56 2009 7:12.73 2011 1:36.88 2009 3:37.29 2011
50-yard Freestyle Lara Jackson, Arizona 100-yard Freestyle Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Auburn 200-yard Freestyle Dana Vollmer, California 500-yard Freestyle Allison Schmitt, Georgia 1000-yard Freestyle Janet Evans, Stanford 1650-yard Freestyle Janet Evans, Stanford 100-yard Backstroke Natalie Coughlin, California 200-yard Backstroke Gemma Spofforth, Florida 100-yard Breaststroke Annie Chandler, Arizona 200-yard Breaststroke Rebecca Soni, USC 100-yard Butterfly Natalie Coughlin, California 200-yard Butterfly Elaine Breeden, Stanford 200-yard Individual Medley Julia Smit, Stanford 400-yard Individual Medley Julia Smit, Stanford One-meter Diving (six dives) Cassidy Krug, Stanford Three-meter Diving (six dives) Christina Loukas, Indiana Platform Diving (five dives) Brittany Viola, Miami 200-yard Freestyle Relay Jackson, Kelly, Schluntz, Baughman; Arizona 400-yard Freestyle Relay Wilson, Jensen, Dagg, Vollmer; California 800-yard Freestyle Relay Isakovic, Wilson, Jensen, Vollmer; California 200-yard Medley Relay Tran, Leverenz, Fotsch, Jensen; California 400-yard Medley Relay Agy, Chandler, Jackson, Schluntz; Arizona
21.27 46.81 1:41.53 4:32.71 9:29.49 15:39.14 49.97 1:48.34 58.06 2:04.75 50.01 1:49.92 1:52.31 3:58.23 361.55^ 437.75^ 362.60^ 1:26.20 3:09.88 6:52.69 1:35.03 3:28.31
LSU NATATORIUM RECORDS EVENT NAME(S)
TIME/SCORE
AMERICAN RECORDS EVENT NAME(S)
TIME
50-yard Freestyle Jane Trepp, LSU 100-yard Freestyle Shelly Ripple, ES 200-yard Freestyle Shelly Ripple, ES 500-yard Freestyle Rachel Komisarz, Kentucky 1000-yard Freestyle Kelsey Ditto, Georgia 1650-yard Freestyle Micah Martindale, COSST 100-yard Backstroke Gemma Spofforth, Florida 200-yard Backstroke Gemma Spofforth, Florida 100-yard Breaststroke Buffy Nelson, ABT 200-yard Breaststroke Ashley Roby, Georgia 100-yard Butterfly Shelly Ripple, B.T.A.C. 200-yard Butterfly Shelly Ripple, B.T.A.C. 200-yard Individual Medley Maggie Bowen, SUN 400-yard Individual Medley Keegan Walkley, Georgia One-meter Diving (six dives) Anastasia Pozdniakova, Houston Three-meter Diving (six dives) Anastasia Pozdniakova, Houston 200-yard Freestyle Relay Noland, Gilmore, Trepp, McJunkin; LSU 400-yard Freestyle Relay Floyd, Perks, Connolly, King; Tennessee 800-yard Freestyle Relay Banda, Botting, Ricketts, Gibbs; LSU 200-yard Medley Relay Connolly, Saffer, Farrell, King; Tennessee 400-yard Medley Relay McJunkin, Betzen, Noland, Gilmore; LSU
22.69 49.75 1:47.65 4:48.12 9:49.91 16:38.67 53.84 1:57.26 1:01.92 2:13.64 53.18 1:58.13 1:59.59 4:13.15 337.70 364.80 1:30.74 3:23.46 7:31.15 1:42.53 3:44.69
50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle 500-yard Freestyle 1000-yard Freestyle 1650-yard Freestyle 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Butterfly 200-yard Individual Medley 400-yard Individual Medley 200-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay 800-yard Freestyle Relay 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Medley Relay
21.27 46.85 1:41.53 4:30.47 9:10.77 15:24.35 49.97 1:49.52 57.77 2:04.75 50.01 1:49.92 1:52.31 3:58.23 1:26.20 3:11.14 6:54.02 1:35.03 3:28.31
SEC RECORDS EVENT
NAME(S)
NAME(S)
TIME/SCORE
TIME/SCORE
50-yard Freestyle Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Auburn 21.34 100-yard Freestyle Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Auburn 46.81 200-yard Freestyle Morgan Scroggy, Georgia 1:42.46 500-yard Freestyle Caroline Burckle, Florida 4:34.87 1650-yard Freestyle Wendy Trott, Georgia 15:47.55 100-yard Backstroke Gemma Spofforth, Florida 50.53 200-yard Backstroke Gemma Spofforth, Florida 1:48.34 100-yard Breaststroke Jane Trepp, LSU 58.94 200-yard Breaststroke Amanda Rutqvist, South Carolina 2:08.56 100-yard Butterfly Christine Magnuson, Tennessee 51.00 200-yard Butterfly Jemma Lowe, Florida 1:52.53 200-yard Individual Medley Morgan Scroggy, Georgia 1:54.58 400-yard Individual Medley Elizabeth Beisel, Florida 4:00.83 One-meter Diving (six dives) Taryn Zack, South Carolina 336.55 Three-meter Diving (six dives) Monica Dodson, Florida 373.85 Platform Diving (five dives) Monica Dodson, Florida 325.20 200-yard Freestyle Relay Napier, Spofforth, Stafford, Bateman; Florida 1:28.15 400-yard Freestyle Relay Ohlgren, Vanderpool-Wallace, Marik, Geary; Auburn 3:12.00 800-yard Freestyle Relay Scroggy, Nauta, Margalis, Schmitt; Georgia 6:53.58 200-yard Medley Relay Bos, Norberg, Scott, Vanderpool-Wallace; Auburn 1:36.11 400-yard Medley Relay Connolly, Moravcikova, Floyd, Gendron; Tennessee 3:30.90
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YEAR
2011 2004 2004 1999 2007 2004 2008 2008 1992 2001 1998 1993 1998 1997 2009 2009 2009 2009 1997 2009 2007
YEAR
2011 2011 2011 2008 2010 2009 2009 2011 2011 2008 2009 2011 2011 2011 2011 2011 2009 2009 2011 2011 2011
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U.S. OPEN RECORDS EVENT NAME(S)
TIME
50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle 500-yard Freestyle 1000-yard Freestyle 1650-yard Freestyle 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Butterfly 200-yard Individual Medley 400-yard Individual Medley 200-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay 800-yard Freestyle Relay 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Medley Relay
21.27 46.81 1:41.53 4:30.47 9:10.77 15:24.35 49.97 1:48.34 57.77 2:04.75 50.01 1:49.92 1:52.31 3:58.23 1:26.20 3:09.88 6:52.69 1:35.03 3:28.31
Lara Jackson, Arizona Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Auburn Dana Vollmer, California Katie Hoff, North Baltimore Katie Hoff, North Baltimore Katie Hoff, North Baltimore Natalie Coughlin, California Gemma Spofforth, Florida Tara Kirk, Palo Alto Stanford Rebecca Soni, USC Natalie Coughlin, California Elaine Breeden, Stanford Julia Smit, Stanford Julia Smit, Stanford Jackson, Kelly, Schluntz, Baughman; Arizona Wilson, Jensen, Dagg, Vollmer; California Isakovic, Wilson, Jensen, Vollmer; California Tran, Leverenz, Fotsch, Jensen; California Agy, Chandler, Jackson, Schluntz; Arizona
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YEAR
2009 2011 2009 2011 1990 1990 2002 2009 2010 2009 2002 2009 2010 2010 2007 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2011 2009
YEAR
2009 2007 2009 2007 2007 2008 2002 2002 2006 2009 2002 2009 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2011 2009
YEAR
2009 2011 2009 2007 2007 2008 2002 2009 2006 2009 2002 2009 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2011 2009
Women’s All-Time Top 10
TORREY BUSSEY
HISTORY
SALLY WOOD
RAINEY WHITE
50-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
200-Yard IM
Time
Year
100-Yard Backstroke
Time
Year
1. Amanda Kendall 2. Jane Trepp 3. Samantha Goates 4. Katie Gilmore 5. Marlene Niemi 6. Amber Carter 7. Rainey White t8. Katherine Noland t8. Monica McJunkin t8. Colleen Bertirotti
21.92 21.97 22.55 22.57 22.66 22.86 22.92 23.00 23.00 23.00
2012 2011 2011 2009 2012 2012 2012 2008 2009 2007
1. Torrey Bussey 2. Mary Beck 3. Cari Blalock 4. Lucy Findlay 5. Sally Wood 6. Kaelee Mader 7. Kannon Betzen 8. Vanessa Duenas 9. Julie McLaughlin 10. Jennifer Banda
1:58.23 1:58.74 1:58.79 1:59.44 1:59.51 2:01.55 2:01.67 2:01.79 2:02.46 2:02.79
2011 2009 2011 1995 2012 2012 2010 2009 1996 1997
1. Monica McJunkin 2. Mary Beck 3. Morgan McGee 4. Jana Ruimerman 5. Lindsay Staak 6. Chelsea Griffiths 7. Samantha Goates 8. Katie Gilmore 9. Lucy Findlay 10. Berit Aljand
53.07 53.73 54.46 54.58 55.25 55.42 55.43 56.01 56.05 56.19
2009 2010 2009 2011 2003 2011 2008 2007 1995 2009
100-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
400-Yard IM
Time
Year
200-Yard Backstroke
Time
Year
1. Amanda Kendall 2. Jane Trepp 3. Katherine Noland 4. Mandy Leach 5. Katie Gilmore 6. Monica McJunkin 7. Samantha Goates 8. Mary Beck 9. Colleen Bertirotti 10. Heather Hageman
47.90 48.52 49.00 49.65 49.74 49.78 49.79 50.00 50.17 50.25
2011 2011 2009 2001 2009 2009 2011 2010 2007 1991
1. Cari Blalock 2. Lucy Findlay 3. Vanessa Duenas 4. Sally Wood 5. Julie McLaughlin 6. Kaelee Mader 7. Jana Ruimerman 8. Jennifer Banda 9. Jennifer Campbell 10. Barbi Brochu
4:12.46 4:12.60 4:14.24 4:14.29 4:16.52 4:18.54 4:19.91 4:20.34 4:20.69 4:21.53
2011 1997 2009 2012 1996 2010 2011 1997 1987 1996
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Mary Beck Jana Ruimerman Samantha Goates Morgan McGee Kaetlin Sepp Berit Aljand Ali Peterson Julie McLaughlin Julie Ricketts Parker Glass
1:56.89 1:57.14 1:57.52 1:57.81 1:58.62 1:59.75 1:59.80 1:59.85 1:59.87 2:00.52
2010 2011 2008 2008 2012 2008 1999 1996 1997 2011
200-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
100-Yard Butterfly
Time
Year
1-Meter Diving (6 dives)
Score
Year
1. Amanda Kendall 2. Mandy Leach 3. Buffy Krieger 4. Lauren Grandy 5. Katherine Noland 6. Mary Beck 7. Becky Gibbs 8. Lauren Harvey 9. Sara Haley 10. Julie Ricketts
1:44.95 1:46.94 1:47.68 1:47.78 1:48.03 1:48.05 1:48.95 1:49.39 1:49.47 1:49.57
2011 2002 1987 2010 2008 2009 1997 2005 2011 1997
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
52.11 52.14 53.17 53.36 53.49 53.58 53.77 54.00 54.08 54.11
2010 2011 2010 2009 2001 2009 2011 2012 2012 2011
1. Rebecca St. Germain 2. Kelli Hill 3. Rachel Ware 4. Hali Saucier 5. Jessica Wantz 6. Ashley Culpepper 7. Alex Bettridge 8. Jamie Watkins 9. Alison Maisch 10. Barb Gorst
331.15 325.50 323.90 321.37 318.08 307.20 302.60 301.70 300.15 296.62
2011 1992 2007 2007 2005 2000 2012 2001 1988 1998
500-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
200-Yard Butterfly
Time
Year
3-Meter Diving (6 dives)
Score
Year
1. Stephanie Smith 2. Buffy Krieger 3. Lauren Grandy 4. Mandy Leach 5. Mary Jo Dressman 6. Sara Haley 7. Megan Crawford 8. Donna Leslie 9. Denise Gereghty 10. Julie McLaughlin
4:47.75 4:48.40 4:48.99 4:50.45 4:51.05 4:51.23 4:52.12 4:53.03 4:53.06 4:53.08
2002 1987 2010 2000 1981 2011 1994 2000 1987 1995
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1:56.67 1:57.30 1:58.15 1:59.10 1:59.42 1:59.99 2:00.65 2:01.11 2:01.76 2:02.06
2012 2011 2009 1986 2012 2000 2003 1990 2012 2011
1. Alex Bettridge 2. Hali Saucier 3. Ashley Culpepper 4. Jessica Wantz 5. Rachel Ware 6. Rebecca St. Germain 7. Jamie Watkins 8. Barb Gorst 9. Kathy Carboy 10. Kim Dornburg
366.85 340.50 337.65 330.68 328.85 328.75 321.83 321.38 321.22 312.00
2012 2006 1998 2005 2008 2011 2001 2002 1995 1989
1000-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
100-Yard Breaststroke
Time
Year
Platform Diving (5 dives)
Score
Year
1. Stephanie Smith 2. Mary Jo Dressman 3. Julie McLaughlin 4. Melissa Knox 5. Laurie Jacobson 6. Brooke Barnett 7. Lauren Simons 8. Denise Gereghty 9. Carol Atchison 10. Hanya Chmera
9:50.51 9:53.60 10:01.88 10:03.22 10:03.83 10:07.47 10:09.58 10:10.27 10:10.35 10:11.50
2002 1981 1995 2000 1989 2008 2009 1987 1991 1987
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
58.94* 1:00.71 1:01.76 1:02.59 1:02.69 1:02.89 1:03.14 1:03.41 1:03.57 1:03.65
2011 2012 2009 1994 1996 2011 2009 2011 2005 1999
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
300.30 294.30 280.20 229.55 229.35
2008 2006 2007 2011 2012
Time
Year
1650-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
200-Yard Breaststroke
Time
Year
1. Stephanie Smith 2. Mary Jo Dressman 3. Melissa Knox 4. Laurie Jacobson 5. Brooke Barnett 6. Julie McLaughlin 7. Carol Atchison 8. Clare Schepens 9. Denise Gereghty 10. Shannon O’Neal
16:21.41 16:34.34 16:39.81 16:43.74 16:45.90 16:46.02 16:55.49 16:57.09 16:59.81 17:00.49
2002 1981 2000 1989 2008 1995 1991 2007 1988 2001
1. Torrey Bussey 2. Lucy Findlay 3. Cissy Schepens 4. Becky Gibbs 5. Emily Schwabe 6. Kannon Betzen 7. Julie McLaughlin 8. Sally Wood 9. Lauren Harvey 10. Signe Larson
2:11.72 2:12.80 2:14.25 2:14.33 2:15.33 2:16.39 2:16.63 2:16.66 2:18.16 2:18.38
2011 1997 2003 1996 2011 2009 1997 2012 2005 2006
Jane Trepp Amanda Kendall Sara Haley Katherine Noland Mandy Leach Katie Gilmore Cari Blalock Amber Carter Rainey White Ali Sanford Sara Haley Cari Blalock Vanessa Duenas Samantha Purvis Audrey Lawson Suzie Flook Laura Jo Leininger Blanca Morales Kaelee Mader Ali Sanford Jane Trepp Torrey Bussey Kannon Betzen Lucy Findlay Becky Gibbs Jessica Kopcso Victoria Givens Emily Schwabe Lauren Harvey Katie Burke
Paige Brown Hali Saucier Rachel Ware Alex Bettirdge Elle Schmidt
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
Trepp, Kendall, Betzen, Goates 1:28.98
2011
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
Year
Time
Noland, Gilmore, Trepp, McJunkin 3:15.56
2009
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
Time
Year
Kendall, Betzen, Blalock, Haley
7:12.73
2011
200-Yard Medley Relay
Time
Year
McJunkin, Trepp, Gilmore, Noland 1:36.88
2009
400-Yard Medley Relay
Year
Time
Ruimerman, Trepp, Haley, Kendall 3:37.29
2011
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HISTORY LSU RECORDS EVENT
NAME(S)
TIME/SCORE
YEAR
NCAA RECORDS EVENT
NAME(S)
50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle 500-yard Freestyle 1000-yard Freestyle 1650-yard Freestyle 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Butterfly 200-yard Individual Medley 400-yard Individual Medley One-meter Diving (six dives) Three-meter Diving (six dives) Platform Diving (six dives) 200-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay 800-yard Freestyle Relay 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Medley Relay
Mark Andrews Adam Schmitt Julius Gloeckner Craig Hamilton Craig Hamilton Craig Hamilton Evan Martinec Evan Martinec Nate Thomson Nate Thomson Hannes Heyl Julius Gloeckner Julius Gloeckner Julius Gloeckner Niko Dalman Brian Gemberling Michael Neubacher Heyl, LeNeave, Gloeckner, Selts Andrews, Schmitt, Cronje, Everatt Gloeckner, Reynolds, LeNeave, Hallum Meyers, Tuomola, Heyl, LeNeave Meyers, Decker, Lubenau, Heyl
19:57 43.22 1:36.09 4:22.17 9:06.59 15:02.32 46.23 1:44.36 53.66 1:56.31 45.77 1:44.96 1:44.88 3:45.10 387.75 393.07 431.55 1:17.82 2:53.38 6:28.83 1:26.00 3:10.54
1988 1988 2009 2011 2011 2011 2004 2004 1997 1997 2011 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2008 2009 1988 2009 2010 2009
50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle 500-yard Freestyle 1000-yard Freestyle 1650-yard Freestyle 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Butterfly 200-yard Individual Medley 400-yard Individual Medley One-meter Diving (six dives) Three-meter Diving (six dives) Platform Diving (six dives) 200-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay 800-yard Freestyle Relay 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Medley Relay
Cesar Cielo, Auburn Cesar Cielo, Auburn Simon Burnett, Arizona Peter Vanderkaay, Michigan Chris Thompson, Michigan Chris Thompson, Michigan Ryan Lochte, Florida Tyler Clary, Michigan Damir Dugonjic, California Neil Versfeld, Georgia Austin Staab, Stanford Tom Shields, California Bradley Ally, Florida Tyler Clary, Michigan David Boudia, Purdue David Boudia, Purdue Nick McCrory, Duke Andkjaer, Louw, Norys, Targett; Auburn Andkjaer, Louw, Norys, Targett; Auburn Walters, Berens, Jostes, Klueh; Texas White, Silva, Targett, Louw; Auburn Wollach, Klein, McGill, Targett; Auburn
TIME/SCORE
YEAR
AMERICAN RECORDS EVENT NAME(S)
19.68 43.87 1:35.57 4:18.71 8:59.72 14:57.93 47.96 1:46.30 53.34 1:57.48 47.60 1:44.90 1:47.03 3:51.04 397.27 426.82 1:20.23 2:55.00 6:31.31 1:28.32 3:17.14
1998 1986 2008 1986 2008 1986 2008 1993 2006 2004 2009 1998 1986 1986 2007 2007 2010 1986 1986 1999 1986
TIME/SCORE
YEAR
18.52 41.55 1:31.73 4:11.36 14:35.47 45.19 1:38.29 51.86 1:52.07 45.02 1:41.35 1:41.76 3:37.75 441.05 454.40 487.90 1:15.47 2:46.03 6:13.74 1:23.69 3:04.58
2009 2009 2011 2011 2008 2005 2005 1997 2009 2009 2011 2005 2011 2006 2006 2009 2009 2009 2011 2009 2009
LSU NATATORIUMNAME(S) RECORDS EVENT 50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle 500-yard Freestyle 1000-yard Freestyle 1650-yard Freestyle 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Butterfly 200-yard Individual Medley 400-yard Individual Medley One-meter Diving (six dives) Three-meter Diving (six dives) 200-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay 800-yard Freestyle Relay 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Medley Relay
Brendon Dedekind, Florida State Per Johansson, Auburn Jayme Cramer, CRAW Frank Laconno, Alabama Jayme Cramer, CRAW Jason Gorrie, Florida Hannes Heyl, LSU Chris Younger, Auburn Vlad Polyakov, Alabama Vlad Polyakov, Alabama Christoph Lubenau, Tiger Aquatics Stephen Parry, Florida State Paul Wallace, Florida Jerry Frentsos, Florida Chris Colwill, Georgia Chris Colwill, Georgia Tuomola, Heyl, LeNeave, Zeller; LSU Dillon, Wallace, Mestre, Heath; Florida Dillon, Mestre, Thayer, Heath; Florida Gluck, Starkweather, Baum, Ohlin; LSU Farmer, Blatt, Bowman, Johansson; Auburn
SEC RECORDS EVENT
NAME(S)
50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle 500-yard Freestyle 1650-yard Freestyle 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Butterfly 200-yard Individual Medley 400-yard Individual Medley One-meter Diving (six dives) Three-meter Diving (six dives) Platform Diving (six dives) 200-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay 800-yard Freestyle Relay 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Medley Relay
Matt Targett, Auburn Matt Targett, Auburn Conor Dwyer, Florida Conor Dwyer, Florida Sebastien Rouault, Georgia Ryan Lochte, Florida Ryan Lochte, Florida Jeremy Linn, Tennessee Neil Versfeld, Georgia Matt Targett, Auburn Mark Dylla, Georgia Ryan Lochte, Florida Conor Dwyer, Florida Chris Colwill, Georgia Chris Colwill, Georgia Dan Mazzaferro, Auburn Andkjaer, Targett, Norys, Louw; Auburn Andkjaer, Louw, Norys, Targett, Auburn Dwyer, Fraser, Gercsak, Rousseau, Florida White, Silva, Targett, Andkjaer; Auburn Wollach, Klein, Madson, Targett; Auburn
50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle 500-yard Freestyle 1000-yard Freestyle 1650-yard Freestyle 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Butterfly 200-yard Individual Medley 400-yard Individual Medley 200-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay 800-yard Freestyle Relay 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Medley Relay
Nathan Adrian, California Nathan Adrian, California David Walters, Texas Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine Erik Vendt, Club Wolverine Chris Thompson, Michigan Ryan Lochte, Florida Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach Michael Alexandrov, Northwestern Brendan Hansen, Longhorn Austin Staab, Stanford Michael Phelps, North Baltimore Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach Tyler Clary, Michigan Coville, Staab, Allen, Wayne; Stanford Feigen, Berens, Jameson, Walters; Texas Walters, Berens, Jostes, Klueh; Texas Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Walker; Longhorn Godsoe, Kornfeld, Staab, Coville; Stanford
U.S. OPEN RECORDS EVENT NAME(S) 50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Freestyle 200-yard Freestyle 500-yard Freestyle 1000-yard Freestyle 1650-yard Freestyle 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 100-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Butterfly 200-yard Butterfly 200-yard Individual Medley 400-yard Individual Medley 200-yard Freestyle Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay 800-yard Freestyle Relay 200-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Medley Relay
Cesar Cielo, Auburn Cesar Cielo, Auburn Simon Burnett, Arizona Peter Vanderkaay, Club Wolverine Erik Vendt, Club Wolverine Chris Thompson, Michigan Ryan Lochte, Florida Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach Damir Dugonjic, California Neil Versfeld, Georgia Austin Staab, Stanford Michael Phelps, North Baltimore Ryan Lochte, Daytona Beach Tyler Clary, Michigan Andkjaer, Louw, Norys, Targett; Auburn Andkjaer, Louw, Norys, Targett; Auburn Walters, Berens, Jostes, Klueh; Texas White, Silva, Targett, Louw; Auburn Wollach, Klein, McGill, Targett; Auburn
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TIME/SCORE
YEAR
18.47 40.92 1:31.20 4:08.60 8:44.11 14:26.62 44.60 1:37.58 50.86 1:51.40 44.18 1:40.31 1:40.49 3:35.98 468.65^ 494.90^ 548.90^ 1:14.08 2:46.03 6:10.16 1:22.36 3:01.39
2008 2008 2006 2006 2001 2001 2006 2009 2009 2009 2009 2011 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
TIME
18.66 41.08 1:31.72 4:08.54 8:36.49 14:26.62 44.60 1:36.81 51.56 1:51.74 44.18 1:39.65 1:40.08 3:35.98 1:15.26 2:47.02 6:10.16 1:24.00 3:01.91
TIME
18.47 40.92 1:31.20 4:08.54 8:36.49 14:26.62 44.60 1:36.81 50.86 1:51.40 44.18 1:39.65 1:40.08 3:35.98 1:14.08 2:46.03 6:10.16 1:22.36 3:01.39
YEAR
2011 2009 2009 2008 2008 2001 2006 2007 2007 2006 2009 2010 2007 2009 2011 2009 2009 2006 2009
YEAR
2008 2008 2006 2008 2008 2001 2006 2007 2009 2009 2009 2010 2007 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
Men’s All-Time Top 10
NICK KUNKEL
HISTORY
MICHAEL YOUNG
ANDREI TUOMOLA
50-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
200-Yard IM
Time
Year
100-Yard Backstroke
Time
Year
1. Mark Andrews 2. Miko Malberg 3. Adam Schmitt t-4. Andrei Tuomola t-4. Keith Anderson 6. Marcelo Kingston 7. Hannes Heyl 8. Brandon Selts 9. Michael Saco 10. Daryl Cronje
19.57 19.62 19.65 19.68 19.68 19.70 19.75 19.82 19.92 19.95
1988 2008 1988 2012 1991 1997 2009 2009 2012 1988
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1:44.88 1:47.63 1:48.07 1:48.32 1:48.50 1:48.51 1:49.20 1:49.72 1:49.80 1:49.92
2009 2012 1998 2012 1993 1995 2010 2012 2012 1996
1. Evan Martinec 2. James Meyers 3. Hannes Heyl 4. Simon Diefenthal 5. Michael Young t6. Kevin Braud t6. Neal Satterly 8. Nick Kunkel 9. Tommy Starkweather t10. Mauricio Cunha t10. Jared Strecker
46.23 47.13 47.15 48.11 48.16 48.31 48.31 48.46 48.95 49.39 49.39
2004 2009 2011 2011 2012 2007 2000 2012 2000 1997 2005
100-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
400-Yard IM
Time
Year
1. Adam Schmitt 2. Hannes Heyl 3. Keith Anderson 4. Andrei Tuomola 5. Sion Brinn 6. Mark Andrews 7. Sean LeNeave 8. Daryl Cronje 9. Randy Everatt 10. Ken Kuhn
43.22 43.39 43.58 43.65 43.83 43.87 43.90 43.94 43.96 44.06
1988 2011 1991 2010 1995 1988 2009 1988 1988 2000
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
3:45.10 3:49.40 3:51.34 3:51.53 3:53.03 3:55.53 3:55.81 3:56.58 3:57.48 3:58.58
2009 2011 1995 1993 2008 2009 2008 1996 1988 1997
200-Yard Backstroke
Time
Year
1. Evan Martinec 2. Simon Diefenthal 3. Nick Kunkel 4. Mattias Ohlin 5. Kevin Braud 6. Michael Young 7. Craig Ford 8. Dillon Love 9. Lance Coy 10. Neal Satterly
1:44.36 1:44.95 1:45.36 1:45.47 1:45.76 1:45.99 1:46.42 1:46.72 1:47.38 1:47.92
2004 2011 2012 1999 2005 2012 1993 2012 1994 2000
1-Meter Diving (6 dives)
Score
Year
1. Niko Dalman 2. Daniel Helm 3. Kevin McMahon 4. Brian Gemberling 5. Matt Vieke 6. Corey Fox 7. Michael Neubacher 8. Jeff Reinholtz 9. Erik Petursson 10. Darren Guertin
387.75 376.55 368.25 364.60 352.60 350.32 348.75 343.50 341.92 332.25
2009 2012 1995 2010 2012 2001 2007 1988 2001 1997
Julius Gloeckner Sean Roddy Jarrod Marrs Nick Kunkel Craig Ford Nate Thomson Clint Hallum Zack Wepasnick Ricardo Alvarado Jiminez Mauricio Cunha
Julius Gloeckner Clint Hallum Nate Thomson Craig Ford Sean LeNeave Luis Gonzalez Nate Telep Sean Keenan Darren Hanvey Jason Goltz
200-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
100-Yard Butterfly
Time
Year
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. t10. t10.
1:36.09 1:36.16 1:37.03 1:37.18 1:37.38 1:37.55 1:37.91 1:38.20 1:38.41 1:38.45 1:38.45
2009 2000 2003 2011 1988 1989 2008 1987 2007 1987 1995
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
45.77 45.97 47.17 47.32 47.34 47.47 48.02 48.20 48.32 48.34
2011 2009 1999 2004 1991 2009 2012 1998 2001 1997
200-Yard Butterfly
Time
Year
500-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
Year
2012 2000 2006 1999 2007 2006 1981 1990 2002 1995
2009 2012 1996 2011 1998 1988 1986 2011 2009 2000 1987
Score
4:19.12 4:22.92 4:23.38 4:25.96 4:26.74 4:26.92 4:27.60 4:27.98 4:28.81 4:29.50
1:44.96 1:45.03 1:46.75 1:47.11 1:47.72 1:47.79 1:48.28 1:48.73 1:48.83 1:48.92 1:48.92
3-Meter Diving (6 dives)
1. Craig Hamilton 2. Rodrigo Castro 3. Julius Gloeckner 4. Morgan Sommerfeld 5. Clint Hallum 6. Will Rivers 7. Frank Perella 8. Bobby Koob 9. Jan Minartz 10. Scott McGrail
1. Julius Gloeckner 2. Frank Greeff 3. Mauricio Cunha 4. Martin Jungfleisch 5. Morgan Sommerfeld 6. Gavin Holles 7. Alberto Umana 8. Timmy Dasinger 9. Sean LeNeave t10. Tommy Starkweather t10. Neil Harper
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Brian Gemberling Niko Dalman Matt Vieke Daniel Helm Michael Neubacher Kevin Leong Darren Guertin Ryan Harmon Matt Breeden Sean McKinney
393.07 391.55 388.20 380.70 376.90 374.25 367.65 366.65 364.53 362.65
2010 2008 2011 2011 2008 2011 1997 1995 1988 2010
1000-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
100-Yard Breaststroke
Time
Year
Platform Diving (6 dives)
Score
Year
1. Craig Hamilton 2. Will Rivers 3. Luis Gonzalez 4. Ross Buffington 5. Clint Hallum 6. Julius Gloeckner 7. Bobby Koob 8. Rodrigo Castro 9. Myles Jaynes 10. Darren Hanvey
8:57.90 9:11.50 9:13.27 9:17.58 9:20.36 9:23.32 9:23.44 9:23.52 9:23.86 9:24.52
2012 2007 2009 2000 2008 2005 1990 2000 2001 1986
1. Nate Thomson 2. Todd Torres 3. Andrei Tuomola 4. Jarrod Marrs 5. Ricardo Alvarado Jiminez 6. Sean Roddy 7. Ben Decker 8. Andy Deichert 9. Steve Gluck 10. Christian Clausen
53.66 53.67 53.85 53.86 53.91 54.16 54.23 54.27 54.43 54.46
1997 1991 2012 1998 2012 2011 2009 1987 2002 2005
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
431.55 343.40 339.90 314.75 313.55
2008 2008 2012 2012 2012
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
Time
Year
Heyl, LeNeave, Gloeckner, Selts
1:17.82
2009
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
Time
Year
Julius Gloeckner Rodrigo Castro Chris Stanczyk Clint Hallum Randy Everatt Doug Jones Andrew Reynolds Neil Harper Connor Farber Daryl Cronje Sion Brinn
Hannes Heyl Christoph Lubenau Mattias Ohlin Evan Martinec Keith Anderson James Meyers Frank Greeff Ruben Pineda Mike Jotautas Mauricio Cunha
1650-Yard Freestyle
Time
Year
200-Yard Breaststroke
Time
Year
1. Craig Hamilton 2. Will Rivers 3. Luis Gonzalez 4. Ross Buffington 5. Bobby Koob 6. Morgan Sommerfeld 7. Clint Hallum 8. Scott McGrail 9. Sean Keenan 10. Myles Jaynes
14:45.94 15:21.78 15:22.33 15:26.98 15:34.03 15:35.25 15:36.34 15:41.74 15:42.11 15:43.76
2012 2006 2008 2000 1990 1997 2008 1995 1995 2004
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1:56.31 1:57.34 1:57.89 1:58.18 1:58.27 1:58.31 1:58.71 1:59.54 2:00.36 2:00.47
1997 1997 2005 1987 2012 2012 2012 1993 2008 2012
Nate Thomson Jarrod Marrs Christian Clausen Todd Torres Ricardo Alvarado Jiminez Sean Roddy Ben Decker Rod Lawson Julius Gloeckner Zack Wepasnick
Michael Neubacher Niko Dalman Daniel Helm Matt Vieke Kevin Leong
Andrews, Schmitt, Cronje, Everatt 2:53.38
1988
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
Year
Time
Gloeckner, Reynolds, LeNeave, Hallum 6:28.83
2009
200-Yard Medley Relay
Time
Year
Meyers, Tuomola, Heyl, LeNeave
1:26.00
2010
400-Yard Medley Relay
Time
Year
Meyers, Decker, Lubenau, Heyl
3:10.54
2009
Bold indicates current swimmer or diver.
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HISTORY
Olympians
LSU ATHLETES AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES YEAR (LOCATION)
NAME (COUNTRY REPRESENTED) PLACE
2008 (Beijing, China) Heather Brand (Zimbabwe) Miko Malberg (Estonia) 2000 (Sydney, Australia) Sion Brinn (Great Britain) Mandy Leach (South Africa) 1996 (Atlanta, United States) Sion Brinn (Jamaica) Carolina Foot (Great Britain) Ruben Pineda (El Salvador) Guy Sandin (Puerto Rico) Todd Torres (Puerto Rico) 1992 (Barcelona, Spain) Darryl Cronje (South Africa) Rodney Lawson (Australia) Blanca Morales (Guatemala) Samantha Purvis (Great Britain) Todd Torres (Puerto Rico) 1988 (Seoul, South Korea) Mark Andrews (Canada) Caroline Foot (Great Britain) Neil Harper (Great Britain) Blanca Morales (Guatemala) 1984 (Los Angeles, United States) Neil Harper (Great Britain) Blanca Morales (Guatemala) Samantha Purvis (Great Britain)
EVENT
100m Butterfly 50m Freestyle 4x100m Medley Relay 4x100m Freestyle Relay 200m Freestyle 100m Freestyle 50m Freestyle 4x100 Medley Relay 100m Butterfly 100m Butterfly Three-meter Diving 4x100m Medley Relay 100m Breaststroke 200m Breaststroke 4x100m Freestyle Relay 4x100m Medley Relay 50m Freestyle 200m Breaststroke 200m Butterfly 100m Butterfly 200m Butterfly 100m Butterfly 4x100 Medley Relay 100m Breaststroke 50m Freestyle 200m Breaststroke 50m Freestyle 4x100m Freestyle Relay 4x100m Medley Relay 100m Butterfly 100m Backstroke 4x100m Medley Relay 200m Butterfly 100m Butterfly 4x100 Medley Relay 100m Backstroke 200m Backstroke 200m Individual Medley 200m Butterfly 100m Butterfly 200m Freestyle 100m Freestyle 200m Butterfly
42nd 25th 8th 9th 13th 12th 29th 13th 27th 37th 29th 19th 21st 31st 11th 14th 22nd 9th 28th 41st 13th 28th 12th 16th T-34th DQ 15th 9th 9th 18th 22nd DQ 21st 28th 6th 17th 24th 27th 28th 30th 32nd 37th 5th
SAMANTHA PURVIS
MIKO MALBERG
FORMER LSU
OLYMPIANS
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Mark Andrews
Heather Brand
Sion Brinn
Daryl Cronje
Caroline Foot
Canada, 1988
Zimbabwe, 2008
Jamaica, 1996; Great Britain, 2000
South Africa, 1992
Great Britain, 1988 & 1996
Neil Harper
Rodney Lawson
Mandy Leach
Miko Malberg
Great Britain, 1984 & 1988
Australia, 1992
Zimbabwe, 2000
Estonia, 2008
Blanca Morales
Ruben Pineda
Samantha Purvis
Guy Sandin
Todd Torres
Guatemala, 1984, 1988 & 1992
El Salvador, 1996
Great Britain 1984 & 1992
Puerto Rico, 1996
Puerto Rico, 1992 & 1996
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WOMEN’S
ALL-AMERICANS
JENNIFER BANDA (2) 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay
1997 1997
ANNE BARNETT (2) One-meter diving Three-meter diving
1986 1986
MARY LEE BEACH (5) 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay 400 medley relay
1980 1980 1978, 1979 1979
JULIE BERLIN (5) 50 freestyle 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay
1980 1980 1980, 1981 1980
COLLEEN BERTIROTTI (3) 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay
2006, 2007 2007
ALEX BETTRIDGE (1) Three-meter diving
2012
KANON BETZEN (1) 200 freestyle relay
2011
HEATHER BRAND (1) 200 freestyle relay
2006
BRENDA BREY (1) 200 freestyle
1980
MANDY LEACH (3)
200 I.M. 1993*, 1994, 1995*, 1997* 400 I.M. 1993, 1994, 1997* 200 breaststroke 1993*, 1997 200 freestyle relay 1997 400 freestyle relay 1997 800 freestyle relay 1997* 200 medley relay 1993 400 medley relay 1993
100 freestyle 100 butterfly
800 freestyle relay
1988
DENISE GEREGHTY (5) 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay
1986*, 1987* 1986*, 1987*, 1988
BECKY GIBBS (5) 200 breaststroke 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay
1996*, 1997 1997 1997 1997*
KATIE GILMORE (6) 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 200 medley relay SAMANTHA GOATES (2) 200 freestyle relay 200 medley relay
2006, 2007, 2009 2007, 2009 2009* 2010 2010
BARB GORST (3) Three-meter diving Platform diving
200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1986* 1986
JENNIFER CAMPBELL (3) 400 freestyle relay 400 medley relay 800 freestyle relay
1987* 1986 1986*
1994*, 1995*
MICHELLE CORYELL (1) Platform diving
2001*
50 breaststroke
1975
ASHLEY CULPEPPER (11)
50 freestyle 100 freestyle 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1991* 1991* 1993 1993
MARY ELLEN HARRIS (1) 1978
SAMANTHA GOATES (2) 200 freestyle relay 200 medley relay
2011 2011
1990*, 1991* 1991*, 1992 1991, 1992
JOAN JACOBSON (2)
ANITA DEMBEK (2)
JENA JOPLIN (1)
1986* 1986
MARY JO DRESSMAN (17) 500 freestyle 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 1650 freestyle 1979, 1981 200 freestyle relay 1979 400 freestyle relay 1979, 1980, 1981 800 freestyle relay 1978, 1979, 1980 200 medley relay 1978 400 medley relay 1978, 1980, 1981
400 medley relay 400 freestyle relay
One-meter diving
200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay
1987 1986* 1986*, 1987*, 1988
200 freestyle relay 200 medley relay
2010 2010
MONICA MCJUNKIN (3) 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 200 medley relay
2009 2009 2009*
JULIE MCLAUGHLIN (3) 1996*, 1997 1997*
200 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 50 freestyle 100 butterfly
200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay
2007 2007
200 medley relay 400 medley relay 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay
1993 1993 1993 1993
SUSAN MUNGAVIN (2) 400 freestyle 400 medley relay
1981 1981
1986, 1987 1987 1987 1986*, 1987* 1986*, 1987* 1986* 1986
1980 1981
400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1997
KATHERINE NOLAND (6)
2010,2011 2010,2011 2011 2011*
BUFFY KRIEGER (4) 1987 1987 1987* 1987*
200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 200 medley relay
1979 1978, 1979 1978 1978
2006, 2007, 2009 2007, 2009 2009*
SAMANTHA PURVIS (5) 100 butterfly 200 butterfly 200 I.M. 400 medley relay 400 freestyle relay
200 medley relay
2011
SUSIE RYAN (7) One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving
1992, 1994 1992, 1993* 1992*, 1993, 1994*
HALI SAUCIER (1) 2007*
STEPHANIE SMITH (1) 1650 freestyle
2002
200 freestyle relay
1997
DANA TANNER (1) 800 freestyle relay
1988
JANE TREPP (10) 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 50 freestlye 100 butterfly 100 breaststroke
2009, 2010,2011 2009 2009*, 2010,2011 2011* 2011* 2011*
KAREN TURNER (2) 50 backstroke 400 medley relay
1981 1981
CINDY UNRUH (2) 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1993 1993
PAULA WADE (5) 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay
1980 1980, 1981 1979, 1980
JESSICA WANTZ (3)
KIKKI MYHBRO (10) 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1997 1997*
KRISTY SYLVESTER (1)
MORGAN MCGEE (2)
400 I.M. 800 freestyle relay
400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay
Platform diving
KATE MCDERMOTT (5)
SHELLY NEUWEIN (5)
AMANDA KENDALL (6)
200 freestyle 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay
1987*, 1988*, 1989* 1987*, 1989 1988*
JESSICA MONTEGUT (4)
HEATHER HAGEMAN (4)
One-meter diving 1999*, 2000*, 2001 Three-meter diving 1998, 1999, 2000*, 2001 Platform diving 1998*, 1999*, 2000, 2001*
200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1978 1978 1978
1986
HELEN GUEST (1)
One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving
One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform
JULIE RICKETTS (2)
JANA RUIMERMAN (1)
100 breaststroke 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
SABRINA MESSMER (2)
KELLI HILL (6)
LORI COTTINGHAM (1)
KATHI LIND (3)
2002 2002*, 2003
800 freestyle relay
KATHY CARBOY (2)
2001 2001, 2002
ALISON MAISCH (6)
MURETE FUGLEM (1)
400 medley relay
PAIGE BUSCH (2)
Platform diving
LUCY FINDLAY (14)
1986 1986 1986 1986 1986*
One-meter diving Three-meter diving
2004* 2003*, 2004*
RACHEL WARE (3) One-meter diving Platform diving
2007, 2008 2007*
JAMIE WATKINS (7) One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving
2000*, 2002 2000, 2001*, 2002 2001, 2002
CHRIS WESPER (2) 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1978 1978
CINDY WILSON (1) 200 medley relay
1986*
Total: 217
* - Denotes NCAA First-Team All-Americans (1986-2009)
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MEN’S
ALL-AMERICANS
KEITH ANDERSON (6) 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 200 freestyle 200 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1991* 1991 1991 1991 1991* 1991
MARK ANDREWS (8) 50 freestyle 100 freestyle 400 medley relay 400 freestyle relay
1986, 1987*, 1988* 1986 1986* 1986*, 1987, 1988*
BRIAN BAUM (2) 200 freestyle relay
1996*, 1997
CURT BILLINGS (5) Three-meter diving Platform diving
1992, 1993 1991, 1992, 1993
JEAN BOUCAUD (1) 200 freestyle relay
1991
MATT BREEDEN (1) Platform diving
1989
SION BRINN (2) 100 freestyle
1994, 1995*
RODRIGO CASTRO (1) 200 freestyle
1999*
CHRISTIAN CLAUSEN (3) 200 breaststroke 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
2005 2004 2004
One-meter diving Platform diving
2005 2006
RYAN HARMON (1) One-meter diving
1997
2011 2012
NEIL HARPER (7) 1987 1986, 1987 1988 1986*, 1987*, 1988*
SCOTT ELKMAN (2) 200 freestyle relay 200 medley relay
RICK MEADOR (8) 100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke
1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980
JAMES MEYERS (4)
2012
MARTIN NYBERG (1)
HANNES HEYL (9) 100 butterfly 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1995* 1995* 1995*
200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
DANIEL HELM (1) Platform diving
One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform
2004
ROSS HEBERT (1) 200 medley relay
COREY FOX
KEVIN MCMAHON (3)
CRAIG HAMILTON (2) 1650 freestyle 1650 freestyle
100 backstroke 2001, 2002*, 2003*, 2004* 200 I.M. 2001, 2003 200 medley relay 2003*, 2004 400 medley relay 2004
2008,2011* 2008, 2009, 2010 2010 2010 2009, 2010
2010 2010 2010 2010
200 freestyle relay
1996*
MATTIAS OHLIN (1) 100 butterfly
200 medley relay
1991 1991*
BRANDON SELTS (3) 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay
2003*
CHRIS STANCZYK (1)
ROBERT PERCY (2)
400 medley relay
50 freestyle relay 100 freestyle
1987*, 1988*
2003*
1940 1940
ERIK PETURSSON (1)
WILLIAM KEEVER (1) 1991*
MARCELO KINGSTON (4) 50 freestyle 200 freestyle relay 200 medley relay
1997 1996*, 1997 1997
ROD LAWSON (1) 1993
SEAN LENEAVE (7) 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
2009, 2010 2009, 2010 2010 2009, 2010
2001
RUBEN PINEDA (1) 1997
JEFF REINHOLTZ (8) One-meter diving 1989*, 1990* Three-meter diving 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990* Platform diving 1989, 1990*
EDDIE RING (2)
2001 2001 2000*, 2001*
JULIUS GLOECKNER (6) 2006, 2007* 2007 2009 2009 2009
1972, 1973 1972, 1973
200 medley relay 2004 2004
2008, 2009 2008 2009 2009
MIKO MALBERG (1) 2008
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2003*
400 freestyle relay
1986*
100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke 200 freestyle relay
1997* 1995*, 1997* 1997
TODD TORRES (14) 100 breaststroke 1987*, 1988*, 1990*, 1991* 200 breaststroke 1987*, 1988, 1990, 1991* 200 freestyle relay 1991 200 medley relay 1990, 1991* 400 medley relay 1987*, 1988*, 1990
GREG TRIEFENBACH (4) One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving
1993 1993* 1993*, 1994*
Platform diving
200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 200 medley relay 400 medley relay
1992
ADAM SCHMITT (10) 1987*, 1988* 1986, 1987*, 1988* 1986*, 1987, 1988* 1987*, 1988*
2010 2010 2010 2010
ALBERTO UMANA (1) 400 medley relay
GUY SANDIN (1)
50 freestyle 100 freestyle 400 freestyle relay 400 medley relay
STEVE STREIFF (1)
ANDREI TUOMOLA (4)
ALAN ROSS (4)
MATTHEW RUCKER (1)
CHRISTOPH LUBENAU (5)
200 freestyle relay
1988
1987
NEIL LOWE (2)
100 butterfly 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 400 medley relay
ANDREW ROBERTS (1)
One-meter diving Three-meter diving
200 medley relay 400 medley relay
COREY FOX (4)
1996*, 1997
800 freestyle relay
2004
NATE THOMSON (4)
One-meter diving
400 freestyle relay 1988* 1988
2008, 2009 2009
400 medley relay
GAVIN HOLLES (2)
JASON LEWIS (1)
RANDY EVERATT (2)
EVAN MARTINEC
1999*
FRANCISCO PAEZ (1)
200 freestyle relay
100 breaststroke 1986*, 1987*, 1988, 1989* 400 medley relay 1986*, 1987
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1988
200 breaststroke
ANDY DIECHERT (6)
400 I.M. 200 butterfly 200 freestyle relay 400 freestyle relay 400 medley relay
EVAN MARTINEC (9)
One-meter diving
100 backstroke 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay 400 medley relay
1996*, 1997 1997*, 1998* 1997
200 medley relay
1996*, 1997 1997
NIKO DALMAN (2)
One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving
PAT HAND (1)
200 medley relay
MAURICIO CUNHA (3)
400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay
100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke 200 medley relay
1997, 1998* 1997, 1998* 1997
200 medley relay
1986*, 1988* 1988
200 butterfly 200 medley relay
JARROD MARRS (5)
One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving
MIKE JOTAUTAS (1)
DARYL CRONJE (3) 400 freestyle relay 800 freestyle relay
DAREN GUERTIN (5)
1986*
KYLE VANARSDALL (1) Platform diving
2003
Total: 201 * - Denotes NCAA First-team All-Americans (1986-2009)
ALL-AMERICA FINISHES (Top-Eight at NCAA Championships)
LSU WOMEN LSU MEN
200-YARD BUTTERFLY 7th Mauricio Cunha
50-YARD FREESTYLE
50-YARD FREESTYLE PLACE ATHLETE(S)
TIME/SCORE YEAR
6th Heather Hageman
23.23
1991
50.25
1991
100-YARD FREESTYLE 7th Heather Hageman
2:14.33 1996 2:13.39 1993
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 5th Lucy Findlay 6th Lucy Findlay 7th Lucy Findlay
1:59.44 1995 2:00.04 1993 1:59.93 1997
400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 2th Lucy Findlay 8th Julie McLaughlin
TIME/SCORE YEAR
1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 7th
19.61 19.65 19.67 19.68 20.08
1988 1988 1987 1991 1987
43.56 43.88 44.18
1988 1995 1987
Mark Andrews* Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Keith Anderson Mark Andrews
100-YARD FREESTYLE
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE 6th Becky Gibbs 6th Lucy Findlay
PLACE ATHLETE(S)
4:12.60# 1997 4:19.15 1996
4th Adam Schmitt 7th Sion Brinn 8th Adam Schmitt
200-YARD FREESTYLE 7th Rodrigo Castro
100-YARD BACKSTROKE 6th Evan Martinec 8th Evan Martinec
4th Evan Martinec
8th Krieger, Myhrbro, Gereghty, Campbell 3:25.40 1987 8th Myhrbro, Gereghty, McDermott, Purvis 3:25.34 1986
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE
8th Findlay, Ricketts, McLaughlin, Gibbs 7:17.34 1997 8th Gereghty, Krieger, McDermott, Myhrbro 7:24.10 1987 8th Gereghty, McDermott, Campbell, Myhrbro 7:28.45 1986
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 5th McJunkin, Trepp, Gilmore, Noland 8th Dembek, Busch, Wilson, Myhrbro
1:36.88# 2009 1:49.11 1986
Jamie Watkins* Alison Maisch* Ashley Culpepper Alison Maisch Kelli Hill Jessica Wantz Kelli Hill Alison Maisch
439.70 479.10 431.20 444.95 444.05 288.60 413.75 446.30
2000 1989 2000 1989 1991 2004 1990 1987
538.25 540.15 532.45 518.50 524.05 480.55 466.40 481.10
2000 2004 2003 2001 1991 1999 1993 1987
Ashley Culpepper* Jessica Wantz Jessica Wantz Jamie Watkins Kelli Hill Ashley Culpepper Susie Ryan Alison Maisch
1st 3rd 4th 5th 6th 6th 7th 7th 8th 8th
Todd Torres* Andy Deichert Nate Thomson Todd Torres Todd Torres Rick Meador Andy Deichert Andy Deichert Jarrod Marrs Todd Torres
584.65 453.45 572.60 433.70 460.05 584.45 420.40 499.95 283.95 590.45 463.65 244.75 536.90
1994 2001 1994 2001 2000 1995 2002 1989 2007 1999 1992 2007 1998
2nd 2nd 4th 5th 5th 6th 8th
Nate Thomson Nate Thomson Todd Torres Jarrod Marrs Jarrod Marrs Rick Meador Todd Torres
51.87
2004
53.96 54.48 54.10 53.68 55.02 55.88 55.08 55.17 55.62 54.45
1987 1987 1997 1991 1988 1979 1989 1986 1996 1990
400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 7th Julius Gloeckner
3:47.76 2007
200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 6th Kingston, Baum, Ring, Nyberg
1:19.83 1996
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 2nd Andrews, Schmitt, Cronje, Everatt 6th Andrews, Schmitt, Cronje, Streiff
2:53.38# 1988 2:57.16 1986
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 8th Martinec, Rucker, Jotautas, Paez 8th Anderson, Torres, Keever, Elkman
1:27.81 2003 1:28.66 1991
400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 7th Harper, Torres, Holles, Schmitt 7th Harper, Deichert, Umana, Andrews 8th Harper, Torres, Holles, Schmitt
3:16.59 1988 3:17.52 1986 3:16.17 1987
ONE-METER DIVING
1:56.31# 1:56.45 1:58.46 1:57.49 1:58.49 2:02.31 1:58.47
1997 1995 1987 1997 1998 1980 1991
47.17
1999
100-YARD BUTTERFLY 6th Mattias Ohlin
THREE-METER DIVING 1st 3rd 4th 5th 5th 7th 7th 7th
2003 2002
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE
ONE-METER DIVING 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 5th 6th
46.97 47.31
100-METER BACKSTROKE
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
1:36.28 1999
1:46.99 1996
2nd 3rd 4th 6th 6th
Kevin McMahon Daren Guertin Alan Ross Jeff Reinholtz Jeff Reinholtz
581.20 557.10 463.00 539.65 514.50
1995 1998 1973 1990 1989
597.95 621.95 576.15 521.80 420.66
1998 1995 1990 1993 1972
662.85 678.30 675.95 475.40 701.75 529.85
1993 1994 1990 2000 1995 2001
THREE-METER DIVING 3rd Daren Guertin 4th Kevin McMahon 4th Jeff Reinholtz 8th Greg Triefenbach 9th^ Alan Ross
PLATFORM 3rd 4th 5th 6th 6th 7th
Greg Triefenbach Greg Triefenbach Jeff Reinholtz Corey Fox Kevin McMahon Corey Fox
* - Denotes NCAA Champion # - Current school record ^ - 12 championship finalists in springboard diving in 1972
PLATFORM 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 5th 5th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 8th 8th
Susie Ryan* Ashley Culpepper Kathy Carboy Michelle Coryell Ashley Culpepper Kathy Carboy Barb Gorst Alison Maisch Hali Saucier Ashley Culpepper Susie Ryan Rachel Ware Ashley Culpepper
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HISTORY
PAIGE BUSCH WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONS (4) YEAR NAME 1989 Alison Maisch 1994 Susie Ryan 2000 Ashley Culpepper 2000 Jamie Watkins
EVENT One-meter diving Platform diving Three-meter diving One-meter diving
WOMEN’S SEC CHAMPIONS (32) YEAR NAME(S) EVENT 1986 Paige Busch 100-yard breaststroke Samantha Purvis 100-yard butterfly 200-yard butterfly Dembek/Busch/Purvis/Myhbro 400-yard medley relay 1988 Alison Maisch 1989 Alison Maisch Kelli Hill 1990 Kelli Hill 1991 Kelli Hill 1992 Kelli Hill 1993 Susie Ryan Lucy Findlay
One-meter diving Three-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving Three-meter diving Platform diving One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving One-meter diving Three-meter diving One-meter diving Platform diving 200-yard breaststroke
1994 Susie Ryan 1996 Becky Gibbs 1997 Lucy Findlay 2000 Ashley Culpepper 2001 Jamie Watkins 2002 Barb Gorst 2008 Paige Brown Rachel Ware 2011 Janne Trepp
200-yard I.M. 400-yard I.M. Platform diving 200-yard breaststroke 200-yard I.M. 400-yard I.M. Platform diving One-meter diving Platform diving Platform diving One-meter diving 100-yd breaststroke
WOMEN’S COMMISSIONER’S TROPHY RECIPIENTS (HIGH POINTS SCORER AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS) YEAR NAME POINT TOTAL 1991 Kelli Hill 60 points 1993 Lucy Findlay 60 points 1997 Lucy Findlay 57 points WOMEN’S ALL-SEC (31) YEAR NAME 1989-90 Kelli Hill 1990-91 Kelli Hill 1992-93 Lucy Findlay Susie Ryan 1993-94 Susie Ryan 1995-96 Becky Gibbs 1996-97 Lucy Findlay
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EVENT Three-meter diving Platform diving One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving 200-yard breaststroke 200-yard I.M. 400-yard I.M. One-meter diving Platform diving One-meter diving Platform diving 100-yard breaststroke 200-yard breaststroke 200-yard I.M. 400-yard I.M.
BARB GORST 1999-00 Ashley Culpepper 2000-01 Jamie Watkins 2001-02 Jamie Watkins Barb Gorst Mandy Leach Holly Winters 2002-03 Barb Gorst 2007-08 Rachel Ware Paige Brown 2010-2011 Janne Trepp
One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving Three-meter diving Platform diving Platform diving 100-yard butterfly Platform diving Platform diving One-meter diving Three-meter diving Platform diving 100-yard Breaststroke
WOMEN’S AWARDS (8) YEAR NAME AWARD 1993 Susie Ryan SEC Diver of the Year 1994 Susie Ryan SEC Diver of the Year 1997 Lucy Findlay SEC Swimmer of the Year 2000 Ashley Culpepper SEC Diver of the Year 2002 Barb Gorst SEC Diver of the Year 2007 Rachel Ware SEC Freshman Diver of the Year 2008 Rachel Ware SEC Diver of the Year 2010 Rebecca St. Germain SEC Freshman Diver of the Year WOMEN’S COACHING AWARDS (8) YEAR NAME AWARD 1992 Mike Lyden SEC Diving Coach of the Year 1993 Mike Lyden SEC Diving Coach of the Year 1994 Jeff Shaffer SEC Diving Coach of the Year 2000 Scott Reich NCAA Diving Coach of the Year SEC Diving Coach of the Year 2001 Scott Reich SEC Diving Coach of the Year 2002 Scott Reich SEC Diving Coach of the Year 2008 Doug Shaffer SEC Diving Coach of the Year MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONS (2) YEAR NAME 1987 Todd Torres 1988 Mark Andrews
EVENT 100-yard breaststroke 50-yard freestyle
MEN’S SEC CHAMPIONS (58) YEAR NAME 1938 B.W. Wax 1939 B.W. Wax 1939 Albert Kleinpeter 1940 Robert Percy Paul Smith Albert Kleinpeter Percy/Schmitt/Klock/Setliffe 1972 Alan Ross 1973 Alan Ross 1975 John Morton 1979 Rick Meador 1986 Adam Schmitt Andy Deichert Neil Harper 1987 Adam Schmitt Todd Torres Harper/Torres/Holles/Schmitt
EVENT One-meter diving One-meter diving 150-yard backstroke 50-yard freestyle 100-yard freestyle 220-yard freestyle 50-yard freestyle 400-yard freestyle relay One-meter diving Three-meter diving Three-meter diving 400-yard I.M. 100-yard breaststroke 50-yard freestyle 100-yard breaststroke 100-yard backstroke 50-yard freestyle 100-yard breaststroke 200-yard breaststroke 400-yard medley relay
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JARROD MARRS Andrews/Cronje/Harper/Schmitt 400-yard freestyle relay 1988 Adam Schmitt 50-yard freestyle Mark Andrews 100-yard freestyle Andy Deichert 100-yard breaststroke Todd Torres 200-yard breaststroke Jeff Reinholtz One-meter diving Harper/Deichert/Holles/Everatt 400-yard medley relay Andrews/Schmitt/Cronje/Everatt 400-yard freestyle relay 1989 Randy Everatt 50-yard freestyle 1990 Jeff Reinholtz One-meter diving Three-meter diving 1991 Keith Anderson 50-yard freestyle Anderson/Elkman/Keever/Torres 200-yard medley relay 1992 Curt Billings One-meter diving Three-meter diving Greg Triefenbach Platform diving 1993 Curt Billings Three-meter diving Greg Triefenbach One-meter diving 1998 Jarrod Marrs 200-yard breaststroke 2004 Evan Martinec 100-yard backstroke MEN’S COMMISSIONER’S TROPHY RECIPIENTS (HIGH POINTS SCORER AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS) YEAR NAME POINT TOTAL 1992 Curt Billings 57 points Men’s All-SEC (21) YEARS NAME 1989-90 Jeff Reinholtz 1990-91 Keith Anderson, Scott Elkman Bill Keever Todd Torres 1991-92 Curt Billings Greg Triefenbach 1992-93 Curt Billings Greg Triefenbach 1997-98 Jarrod Marrs 2002-03 Evan Martinec 2003-04 Christian Clausen Neil Lowe Evan Martinec Chris Stanczyk 2007-08 Michael Neubacher
EVENT One-meter diving Three-meter diving 50-yard freestyle 100-yard butterfly 200-yard medley relay 200-yard medley relay 200-yard medley relay 200-yard medley relay One-meter diving Three-meter diving One-meter diving Three-meter diving One-meter diving 200-yard breaststroke 100-yard backstroke 400-yard medley relay 400-yard medley relay 100-yard backstroke 400-yard medley relay 400-yard medley relay Platform diving
MEN’S AWARDS (6) YEAR NAME 1993 Curt Billings 1996 Martin Nyberg 2005 Niko Dalman 2006 Nathan Schreiber 2008 Michael Neubacher 2009 Julius Gloeckner
AWARD SEC Diver of the Year SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year SEC Freshman Diver of the Year SEC Freshman Diver of the Year SEC Freshman Diver of the Year SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
MEN’S COACHING AWARDS (1) YEAR NAME 1992 Mike Lyden
AWARD SEC Diving Coach of the Year
Boldface denotes current coach
Post-Season/ Coaches’ Records WOMEN’S POST-SEASON FINISHES
COACHING HISTORY
SEC FINISHES YEAR
FINISH
CHAMPION
1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
2nd 6th 6th 7th 7th 4th 4th 4th 4th 6th 6th 7th 5th 5th 7th 7th 4th 6th 6th 5th 7th 5th 7th 9th 8th 8th 6th 6th 8th 7th 5th
Florida Florida Florida Florida Alabama Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia Florida Auburn Auburn Auburn Georgia Auburn Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia
AIAW FINISHES YEAR
FINISH
CHAMPION
1978 1979 1980 1981
22nd 23rd 13th 23rd
Arizona State Florida Stanford Texas
YEAR
FINISH
CHAMPION
1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
10th 11th 22nd 20th 20th 14th 25th 13th 18th 17th 20th 17th 24th 26th 16th 16th 20th 32nd 24th DNP 32nd 17th 42nd 16th 30th 14th
Texas Texas Texas Stanford Texas Texas Stanford Stanford Stanford Stanford Stanford Southern Cal Stanford Georgia Georgia Georgia Auburn Auburn Auburn Georgia Auburn Auburn Arizona California Florida California
NCAA FINISHES
MEN’S POST-SEASON FINISHES SEC FINISHES YEAR
FINISH
CHAMPION
1938 1939 1940 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
4th 3rd 2nd 7th 6th 6th 4th 7th 6th 4th 5th 6th 5th 5th 6th 6th 6th 6th 8th
Florida Florida Florida Tennessee Florida Florida Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Florida Florida Florida Alabama Florida Florida
HISTORY
WOMEN’S COACHING RECORDS (DUAL MEETS)
RICK MEADOR 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
7th 5th 4th 1st 4th 4th 4th 7th 6th 7th 4th 5th 4th 5th 5th 5th 6th 7th 7th 7th 7th 7th 6th 6th 6th 7th 5th 5th
Florida Florida Alabama LSU Tennessee Florida Florida Florida Florida Auburn Auburn Tennessee Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn
YEAR
FINISH
CHAMPION
1972 1973 1974 1977 1978 1979 1980 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
23rd 20th 18th 28th 26th 17th 24th 11th 8th 6th 23rd 15th 14th 31st 22nd 29th 12th 17th 14th 19th 18th 23rd 19th 27th 18th 21st 21st 40th 28th 29th 28th 29th 26th 31st
Indiana Indiana Southern Cal Southern Cal Tennessee California California Stanford Stanford Texas Texas Texas Texas Stanford Stanford Stanford Michigan Texas Auburn Stanford Auburn Texas Texas Texas Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Arizona Auburn Texas California California
NCAA FINISHES
YEAR 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
COACH Ivan Harless Ivan Harless Ted Stickles Ivan Harless Ivan Harless Scott Woodburn Scott Woodburn Scott Woodburn Sam Freas Sam Freas Sam Freas Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Jeff Cavana Jeff Cavana Jeff Cavana Jeff Cavana Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Dave Geyer and Doug Shaffer Dave Geyer and Doug Shaffer
W-L-T 5-3-0 5-1-0 6-2-0 5-2-0 2-5-0 0-4-0 3-5-0 5-8-0 12-2-0 10-0-0 9-6-0 9-0-0 3-13-0 6-4-0 9-4-0 11-5-0 8-2-0 9-1-0 6-3-0 10-3-0 10-4-0 11-2-0 8-2-0 6-5-0 7-3-0 8-6-0 2-8-0 5-6-0 6-5-0 6-4-0 8-3-0 7-3-1 6-6-0 13-4 5-3
WOMEN’S COACHING TOTALS (DUAL MEETS) COACH Harless’ Total (4 years) Stickles’ Total (1 year) Woodburn’s Total (3 years) Freas’ Total (3 years) Meador’s Total (11 years) Cavana’s Total (3 years) Schmitt’s Total (6 years) Geyer and Shaffer’s Total (2 years) LSU Totals
W-L-T 17-11-0 6-2-0 8-17-0 31-8-0 100-43-0 24-22-0 38-27-1 18-7-0 228-133-1
PCT. .607 .750 .320 .795 .699 .533 .576 .720 .633
MEN’S COACHING RECORDS (DUAL MEETS) YEAR 1968-69 1969-70 1970-71 1971-72 1972-73 1973-74 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1980-81 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
COACH Layne Jorgensen Layne Jorgensen Ivan Harless Ivan Harless Ted Stickles Ted Stickles Ted Stickles Ted Stickles Ted Stickles Ted Stickles Ted Stickles Ted Stickles Ivan Harless Ivan Harless Scott Woodburn Scott Woodburn Scott Woodburn Sam Freas Sam Freas Sam Freas Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Rick Meador Jeff Cavana Jeff Cavana Jeff Cavana Jeff Cavana Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Adam Schmitt Dave Geyer and Doug Shaffer Dave Geyer and Doug Shafer
W-L 1-11 9-8 5-6 6-2 3-6 7-7 5-7 5-3 6-3 8-3 9-4 8-4 4-3 2-6 5-4 3-6 8-2 9-1 9-4 10-1 9-4 7-5 7-3 7-4 10-4 6-4 9-1 6-3 8-3 8-3 9-3 6-2 6-3 3-5 4-7 2-7 2-6 1-6 2-5 6-3 7-1 3-6 6-5 1-4
MEN’S COACHING TOTALS COACH W-L Jorgensen’s Total (2 years) 10-19 Harless’ Total (4 years) 17-17 Stickles’ Total (8 years) 51-37 Woodburn’s Total (3 years) 16-12 Freas’ Total (3 years) 28-6 Meador’s Total (12 years) 92-39 Cavana’s Total (3 years) 15-22 Schmitt’s Total (6 years) 21-27 Geyer and Shaffer’s Total (2 years) 7-9 LSU Totals 251-183
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PCT. .345 .500 .580 .571 .824 .702 .405 .438 .438 .578
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HISTORY
1983-84 DUAL RECORD: 3-5 Head Coach: Scott Woodburn Rice Lamar at Houston TCU at Alabama at Tulane Northeast La. South Florida SEC Championships
W W L L L L L W 7th
97-25 77-63 71-35 72-24 89-39 62-44 74-31 N/A
1984-85 DUAL RECORD: 5-8 Head Coach: Scott Woodburn
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1977-78 DUAL RECORD: 5-3 Head Coach: Ivan Harless Lamar at Auburn at Florida at Alabama at East Carolina at Texas A&M at Rice Arkansas AIAW Championships
W 88-42 L 68-63 L 73-58 L 72-59 W 82-30 W 73-48 W 63-40 W 79-49 22nd
1978-79 DUAL RECORD: 5-1 Head Coach: Ivan Harless at Arkansas Vanderbilt at Lamar Alabama Auburn Rice AIAW Championships
W 82-37 W 70-59 W 76-37 L 79-52 W 77-51 W 77-51 25th
1979-80 DUAL RECORD: 6-2 Head Coach: Ted Stickles at Vanderbilt Tulane Lamar at Auburn at Alabama at Rice Georgia Houston AIAW Championships
W 81-50 W 50-25 W 85-49 L 66-57 L 83-57 W N/A W 76-55 W 61-45 13th
1980-81 DUAL RECORD: 5-2 Head Coach: Ivan Harless Vanderbilt Alabama Georgia Florida State at Rice at Houston Tulane SEC Championships AIAW Championships
W 100-31 W 71-69 W 85-64 L 86-63 W 53-42 L 85-55 W 62-34 2nd 23rd
1981-82 DUAL RECORD: 2-5 Head Coach: Ivan Harless at Nebraska at Alabama Georgia Rice Houston at Tulane at Auburn SEC Championships
L L L W L W L 6th
64-47 73-28 76-49 76-63 93-42 84-55 66-44
1982-83 DUAL RECORD: 0-4 Head Coach: Scott Woodburn at Rice Texas A&M Alabama Tulane SEC Championships
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85-45 58-36 54-24 73-71
at New Orleans at Houston at Lamar at South Florida at Tampa at Penn State at Virginia at Oklahoma TCU Texas A&M Alabama Tulane Northeast La. SEC Championships
W L W L W L L L L L L W W 7th
96-18 88-38 80-51 69-45 60-51 77-57 80-54 71-39 58-54 74-39 69-33 65-48 61-52
1985-86 DUAL RECORD: 12-2 Head Coach: Sam Freas Tulane Northeast La. New Orleans Nebraska at TCU at Texas A&M at Houston at Rice Florida State Texas at Alabama at New Orleans at Tulane at Northeast La. SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 97-53 W 97-27 W 97-26 W 79-34 W 74-49 W 60-41 W 81-59 W 62-41 W 71-35 L 81-59 L 89-51 W 71-46 W 75-38 W 67-46 4th 10th
1986-87 DUAL RECORD: 10-0 Head Coach: Sam Freas Rice Kansas Southern Illinois Houston at Indian River JC at Auburn Florida State Northeast La. at Tulane at Texas A&M SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 74-37 W 80-33 W 77-35 W 80-59 W N/A W 63-50 W 118-98.5 W 79-28 W 69-37 W 61-52 4th 11th
1987-88 DUAL RECORD: 9-6 Head Coach: Sam Freas at Tennessee Cincinnati (at Tenn.) at Georgia Vanderbilt (at Emory) at Emory Houston Northeast La. New Orleans Kentucky Auburn Alabama Florida at Florida State Tulane Texas A&M SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 84-22 L 54-52 L 63-50 W 62-51 W 77-37 W 75-62 W 74-20 W 92-2 W 64-49 W 64-49 L 66-47 L 68-43 W 67-46 W 155.5-74.5 L 57-54 5th 21st
1988-89 DUAL RECORD: 9-0 Head Coach: Rick Meador Rice Kansas Southern Illinois Houston at Auburn Florida State Northeast La. at Tulane
W W W W W W W W
74-37 80-33 77-35 80-59 63-50 118-98.5 79-28 69-37
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W 61-52 4th 22nd
1989-90 DUAL RECORD: 3-13 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Florida Rice New Orleans Vanderbilt at Auburn at Alabama Northeast La. at Augustana at Villanova at Texas A&M at Houston Tennessee Colorado State Florida State Georgia Kentucky SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 75-36 L 66-35 W 90-16 L 73-40 L 66-47 L 72-35 W 72-20 W 64-22 L 46-41 L 65-46 L 87-52 L 67-46 L 62-51 L 64-48 L 67-45 L 80-33 6th 20th
1990-91 DUAL RECORD: 6-4 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Florida State Florida Kentucky Vanderbilt Houston Texas A&M Auburn at Tennessee Alabama at Georgia SEC Championship NCAA Championships
W 143-100 L 140-198 L 122.5-120.5 W N/A W 158.5-129.5 W 134-99 W 150-87 L 133.5-109.5 W 139.5-96.5 L 134.5-101.5 6th 14th
1991-92 DUAL RECORD: 9-4 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Kentucky at Wright State Florida State Vanderbilt TCU at Auburn at Alabama Arkansas at Florida South Carolina (at Fla.) at Rice at Houston Northeast La. SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 152-91 W 150-90 W 66-47 W 76-34 W 79-32 L 128-109 L 64-31 L 124-119 L 88-25 W 77-36 W 104-82 W 163-113 W 117-58 7th NCAA 25th
1992-93 DUAL RECORD: 11-5 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Northeast La. Alabama at Florida A&M at Florida State Rice Florida Tennessee Auburn TCU Houston at Drury College at Arkansas Kentucky Texas A&M at South Carolina Coll. Of Charleston SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 155-99 W 135-107 W 103-74 W 122-121 W 140-95 L 173-68 L 137-104 L 96-133 W 177-102 W 166-121 W 128-92 W 123-118 L 127-116 W 142-110 L 140.5-102.5 W N/A 5th 13th
1993-94 DUAL RECORD: 8-2 Head Coach: Rick Meador Florida State at Alabama at Wright State at Kentucky at Auburn South Carolina at TCU at Texas A&M at Houston at Rice SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 151-90 L 143-100 W 131-88 W 145-97 L 136-105 W 131-112 W 139-77 W 132-112 W 165-132 W 119-85 5th 18th
1994-95 DUAL RECORD: 9-1 Head Coach: Rick Meador Alabama Kentucky Texas A&M at South Carolina at Clemson Arkansas Houston Rice at Florida A&M at Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 138-105 W 128-113 W 125-118 W 125-116 W 138-105 W 86-47 W 84-49 W 122-99 W 82-47 W 147-94 7th 17th
1995-96 DUAL RECORD: 6-3 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Drury College at Arkansas Kansas (at Ark.) at Rice at Alabama at Texas A&M at Houston Nike Cup South Carolina Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 144.6-84.3 W 124-117 L 141-101 W 113-92 L 153-89 L 152-88 W 166-114 4th W 125-109 W 139.5-99.5 7th 20th
1996-97 DUAL RECORD: 10-3 Head Coach: Rick Meador Alabama Arkansas Houston Rice at Northeast La. Texas A&M at Emory at Georgia at Miami (Fla.) at Florida at Florida A&M at Florida State Auburn (at Fla.) SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 135-107 W 78-52 W 83-49 W 138-91 W 106-91 W 127-116 W 109-69 L 155-86 W 61-52 L 61-52 W 40-17 W 122-121 L 134-103 4th 17th
1997-98 DUAL RECORD: 10-4 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Drury at Arkansas Houston at Alabama Georgia at Texas A&M Southern Methodist at Rice at Kentucky at Wright State Western Kentucky Florida State Miami (Fla.) Northeast Louisiana SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 152-84 W 111-29 W 122-18 W 135-105 L 127-111 L 152-91 L 167.5-73.5 W 110-95 L 142-97 W 81-32 W 83-29 W 141.5-97.5 W 139-102 W 140-71 6th 24th
1998-99 DUAL RECORD: 11-2 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Arkansas at Houston at Northeast Louisiana Alabama Wright State at Emory at Georgia Southern at Georgia Texas A&M Kentucky at Howard at Florida State Rice SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 104-35 W 87-52 W 139-101 W 147-89 W 139-79 W 176-65 W 175-60 L 159-130 W 139-102 L 135-105 W 100-71 W 143-99 W 153-112 6th 26th
1999-2000 DUAL RECORD: 8-2 Head Coach: Rick Meador Arkansas UL Monroe Houston at Alabama at Washington State at Kentucky
W W W W W L
176-115 73-34 65-47 139-101 53-39 124-118
Women’s Year-by-Year Results
ELLE SCHMIDT at Wright State at Texas A&M at Rice Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 130-45 L 129-106 W 140-121 W 139-104 5th 16th
2000-01 DUAL RECORD: 6-5 Head Coach: Jeff Cavana Houston Wright State UL-Monroe Alabama Arkansas Univ. of Tampa Ouachita Baptist Texas A&M Kentucky Georgia Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 139-96 W 133-94 W 156-74 L 173-123 L 161-139 W 107-68 W 107-25 W 133-109 L 128-114 L 175-111 L 137-106 7th 16th
2001-02 DUAL RECORD: 7-3 Head Coach: Jeff Cavana Houston Arkansas at Tennessee at Kentucky at Wright State at Alabama Texas A&M UL-Monroe Florida State Rice SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 156-84 W 159-86 W 164.5-82.5 W 140.5-102.5 W 137-78 L 157-142 L 154-145 W 197-36 L 138-105 W 151-83 5th 20th
2002-03 DUAL RECORD: 8-6 Head Coach: Jeff Cavana at Florida Wright State Auburn Tennessee Arkansas Alabama at Tampa/Indianapolis at Houston at Texas A&M at Rice at Florida State Delta State UL-Monroe Kentucky SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 140-96 W 139-68 L 190-72 L 128-113 W 162-115 L 154-127 W 48-24 W 131-93 L 170-128 W 154-107 L 136-104 W 65-37 W 61-41 W 177-114 7th 32nd
2003-04 DUAL RECORD: 2-8 Head Coach: Jeff Cavana at Georgia at Clemson at Alabama at Delta State at SW Missouri St. South Carolina UL-Monroe Texas A&M Rice Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 114-75 L 290-200 L 137-114 W 66-47 L 100-12 L 144-96 W 142-68 L 156-132 L 162-126 L 137-100 9th 24th
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2004-05 DUAL RECORD: 5-6
2008-09 DUAL RECORD: 7-3-1
Arkansas W 73-60 Alabama L 80-53 at Art Adamson Invitational 3rd at Kentucky L 140-96 at Tennessee L 143-99 at Virginia L 139-95 at TCU L 124-119 at Texas A&M L 167-121 Houston W 82-31 Rice W 61-50 Delta State W 92-42 UL-Monroe W 92-28 SEC Championships 8th NCAA Championships DNP
#4 Florida L 185-104 at #21 Arkansas L 151-149 Alabama T 150-150 at Art Adamson Invitational 5th at Florida Atlantic W 147-84 Kentucky W 175-118 Florida State W 166-134 Delta State W 150-84 at Texas A&M L 182-110 Houston W 211-140 Rice W 246-95 New Orleans W 282-57 SEC Championships 8th NCAA Championships 16th
2005-06 DUAL RECORD: 6-5
2009-10 DUAL RECORD: 6-6
Auburn L 135-107 at Florida State L 126-72 at Florida International W 170-6 at Art Adamson Invitational 5th at Alabama W 60-53 at Kentucky L 68-44 Florida L 158-140 at Houston W 202-145 at Rice W 196-151 New Orleans W 109.5-74.5 Texas A&M L 168-126 Tulane W 130-81 SEC Championships 8th NCAA Championships 32nd
Tennessee Auburn Tulane at Alabama at Florida State at New Orleans at UH Cougar Classic at Florida Atlantic at #7 Florida #6 Texas A&M at Houston Tulane Rice SEC Championships NCAA Championships
Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
2006-07 DUAL RECORD: 6-4 Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
#1 Auburn L 176-115 SMU Classic 6th Delta State W 181-106 at Arkansas W 171-129 #2 Florida L 172-128 Alabama W 163-137 at Art Adamson Invitational 4th #7 Florida State L 180-120 at #5 Texas A&M L 175-115 Houston W 233-120 Rice W 216-131 New Orleans W 283-63 SEC Championships 6th NCAA Championships 17th
2007-08 DUAL RECORD: 8-3 Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
at South Carolina W 164-136 #5 Georgia L 132-106 Delta State W 188-103 at Alabama W 173-127 Vanderbilt (at Ala.) W 240-49 Georgia Tech Invitational 2nd *Notre Dame W 142-120 at #20 Florida State W 187-113 at #7 Florida L 137-84 #4 Texas A&M L 178-119 at Houston W 240-102 Rice W 216-119 SEC Championships 6th NCAA Championships 42nd * - at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
HISTORY
Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
L, 170-130 L, 177-122 W, 175-117 L, 170-130 L, 162-138 W, 190-84 3rd W, 129-71 L, 171-121 L, 173-124 W, 207-138 W, 245-95 W, 216-119 7th 30th
Florida St. Cougar Classic #20 Purdue at Florida Atlantic Penn Brown Kansas American at Florida International Incarnate Word #8 Texas A&M Rice Houston Tulane SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W, 176-124 1st L, 147-115 W, 208-72 W, 161-133 W, 174-120 L, 128-92 W, 189-16 W, 171-43 W, 198-98 L, 163-120 W, 226-107 W, 212-135 W, 268-73 5th 14th
2011-12 DUAL RECORD: 5-3 Head Coach: Dave Geyer and Doug Shaffer Tulane at Florida State at Florida Alabama Texas A&M at Tulane (Houston) at Houston at Rice (Houston) SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W, 193-98 L, 179-116 L, 171-122 W, 175.5-124.5 L, 181-115 W, 264.5-98.5 W, 211-161 W. 228.5-125.5 5th 47th
2010-11 DUAL RECORD: 13-4 Head Coach: Dave Geyer and Doug Shaffer at Auburn Notre Dame at Alabama at Tualne
L, 175-123 W, 155-142 W, 198-101 W, 194-98
VS. ALL OPPONENTS OPPONENT Alabama American Arkansas Auburn Augustana Brown Col. of Charleston Cincinnati Clemson Colorado State Delta State Drury College East Carolina Emory Florida Florida A&M Florida Atlantic Florida Intl. Florida State Georgia Ga. Southern Houston Howard Incarnate Word Indian River Col. Kansas Kentucky Lamar UL-Monroe
W-L-T LAST MEETING 12-20-1 2011-12 1-0-0 2010-2011 13-3-0 2008-09 5-13-0 2010-2011 1-0-0 1989-90 1-0-0 2010-2011 1-0-0 1992-93 0-1-0 1978-88 1-1-0 2003-04 0-1-0 1989-90 6-0-0 2008-09 3-0-0 1997-98 1-0-0 1977-78 3-0-0 1998-99 0-14-0 2011-12 3-0-0 1996-97 3-0-0 2010-2011 2-0-0 2010-2011 17-10-0 2011-2012 2-10-0 2007-08 1-0-0 1998-99 26-5-0 2011-2012 1-0-0 1998-99 1-0-0 2010-2011 1-0-0 1986-87 2-2-0 2010-2011 7-9-0 2008-09 5-0-0 1984-85 18-1-0 2004-05
Miami (Fla.) 2-0-0 1997-98 Nebraska 1-1-0 1985-86 New Orleans 10-0-0 2009-10 Notre Dame 2-0-0 2010-2011 Oklahoma 0-1-0 1984-85 Penn 1-0-0 2010-2011 Penn State 0-1-0 1984-85 Purdue 0-1-0 2010-2011 Rice 28-3-0 2011-2012 South Carolina 5-2-0 2007-08 Southern Illinois 2-0-0 1988-89 Southern Methodist 0-1-0 1997-98 South Florida 1-1-0 1984-85 SW Missouri State 1-0-0 2003-04 Tampa 2-0-0 2002-03 Tennessee 1-7-0 2009-10 Texas 0-1-0 1985-86 Texas A&M 11-18-0 2011-2012 Texas Christian 4-3-0 2004-05 Tulane 16-2-0 2011-2012 Vanderbilt 7-1-0 2007-08 Villanova 0-1-0 1989-90 Virginia 0-2-0 2004-05 Washington State 1-0-0 1999-00 Western Kentucky 1-0-0 1997-98 Wright State 8-0-0 2002-03 Overall Dual Record 236-134-1
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HISTORY
1968-69 DUAL RECORD: 1-11 Head Coach: Layne Jorgensen at Tulane at Evansville at Tulane at Alabama at Texas at Vanderbilt at Tennessee at Kentucky at East Carolina at South Florida at Tulane at Georgia Tech SEC Championships
L L L L L L L L L L L W 7th
78-35 79-33 73-32 90-26 67-45 65-37 75-35 76.5-33.5 50-45 79-33 53-52 61-47
1969-70 DUAL RECORD: 9-8
Head Coach: Layne Jorgensen at Evansville at Tulane Vanderbilt Georgia at Birmingham So. at Auburn at Rice at Texas Christian at Texas-Arlington at South Carolina at Wake Forest at North Carolina at East Carolina Miami Rice Tulane Alabama SEC Championships
W 53-48 L 60-53 L 64-49 L 61-52 W 69-34 W 82-33 W 81-31 W (Forfeit) L 64-49 L 68-45 W 88-25 L 58-54 L 67-46 W 61-51 W 83-21 W 58-55 L 60-43 6th
1970-71 DUAL RECORD: 5-6 Head Coach: Ivan Harless Texas Arlington Tulane Kent State at South Florida at Florida at Miami at Georgia at Alabama Rice Auburn at Tulane SEC Championships
L 70-41 L 61-52 L 69-44 W 62-51 L 64-47 W 65-48 W 59-54 L 65-48 W 75-27 W 73-35 L 70-43 6th
1971-72 DUAL RECORD: 6-2 Head Coach: Ivan Harless at Auburn South Florida Texas A&M at Tulane Rice at Vanderbilt at Rice at Texas Tech SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 55-38 W 62-51 W 66-46 L 73-40 W 65-40 L 70-49 W 96-17 W 60-53 4th 23rd
1972-73 DUAL RECORD: 3-6 Head Coach: Ted Stickles Florida at Texas-Arlington at Houston at South Florida Florida State Vanderbilt Tulane SW Missouri State Auburn SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 66-46 L 63-43 W 64-49 W 80-33 L 61-52 L 61-52 L 78-35 W 73-38 L 64-49 7th 20th
1973-74 DUAL RECORD: 7-7
at Alabama at Auburn SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 81-32 L 61-45 6th 18th
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L L W L W W L L W W W W
76-37 63-49 64-49 59-54 61-32 66-44 63-48 73-37 60-39 58-52 66-47 65-39
W 60-34 W 61-44 6th 24th
1974-75 DUAL RECORD: 5-7
1980-81 DUAL RECORD: 4-3
Vanderbilt Alabama Florida Florida State Auburn Lamar Tulane at Rice at Austin College at Houston at Arkansas at Georgia SEC Championships
at Georgia Southern Miss at Florida State at Alabama at Rice at Houston Tulane SEC Championships
Head Coach: Ted Stickles
W 64-49 L 80-33 L 71-42 L 70-43 L 64-49 W 66-40 L 61-52 W 63-48 W 64-48 L 65-48 W 64-49 L 58-55 4th
1975-76 DUAL RECORD: 5-3 Head Coach: Ted Stickles at Florida Midland at Alabama at Auburn at Tulane SW Missouri State Rice Arkansas SEC Championships
L 61-52 W 66-44 L 75-38 L 61-52 W 72-41 W 66-46 W 68-37 W 75-37 5th
1976-77 DUAL RECORD: 6-3 Head Coach: Ted Stickles Alabama Lamar Florida Texas A&M Tulane at Rice at Houston at SW Missouri State at Arkansas SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 76-37 W 68-42 L 65-45 W 68-34 W 72-39 W 56-36 L 37-77 W 67-45 W 68-45 6th 28th
1977-78 DUAL RECORD: 8-3 Head Coach: Ted Stickles at Florida at Indian River CC Lamar Georgia at Auburn at Alabama at East Carolina at Tulane Rice SW Missouri State Arkansas SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 62-78 W 79-59 W 59-37 W 72-41 L 65-48 L 73-40 W 64-49 W 76-37 W 77-28 W 69-44 W 68-42 5th 26th
1978-79 DUAL RECORD: 9-4 Head Coach: Ted Stickles at SW Missouri State Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech at Georgia at Lamar Alabama Auburn Tulane at Rice at Houston at Missouri-Rolla at SW Missouri State at Arkansas SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 84-23 W 69-41 W 63-29 W 68-45 W 71-41 L 63-50 L 61-52 W 70-41 W 71-30 L 59-54 W 88-25 W 84-23 L 70-43 5th 17th
Head Coach: Ted Stickles at Florida State at Florida Houston at Vanderbilt South Florida Lamar Texas-Arlington at Tulane Rice SW Missouri State Georgia Arkansas
SW Missouri State Houston SEC Championships NCAA Championships
1979-80 DUAL RECORD: 8-4
Head Coach: Ivan Harless
L 65-48 W 59-36 W 60-53 L 74-30 W 74-12 L 85-28 W 80-33 6th
1981-82 DUAL RECORD: 2-6 Head Coach: Ivan Harless at Nebraska Georgia Rice at Auburn at Alabama Houston at Tulane Florida State SEC Championships
L 64-47 L 60-51 W 75-58 L 61-54 L 62-41 L 84-54 W 57-56 L 57-54 6th
W W L W L L L W W W
72-40 79-26 66-47 78-27 59-53 61-50 60-53 68-45 51-45 65-48
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W 82-31 L 63-50 W 66-45 W 74-31 W 67-35 W 80-29 4th 8th
1987-88 DUAL RECORD: 10-1 Head Coach: Sam Freas
SEC Champions Rice Nebraska Kansas Southern Illinois at Indian River CC at Auburn Florida State NE Louisiana Texas at Tulane Texas A&M SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 71-36 W 57-56 W 67-45 W 69-44 W 69-44 W 66-47 W 74-39 W 74-38 L 70-43 W 73-40 W 71-41 1st 6th
1988-89 DUAL RECORD: 9-4 Head Coach: Rick Meador
1982-83 DUAL RECORD: 5-4 Head Coach: Scott Woodburn Southern Miss at NE Louisiana at Oklahoma TCU (Dallas) at Rice Texas A&M Alabama Tulane at Southern Miss. SEC Championships
W 49-41 W 60-51 W 62-50 L 67-44 W 61-38 L 71-42 L 67-46 L 65-48 W 62-42 6th
1983-84 DUAL RECORD: 3-6
at Tennessee at Georgia at Emory NE Louisiana New Orleans SW Missouri State Kentucky Auburn Alabama Florida at Florida State Tulane Texas A&M SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 46-44 L 60-53 W 52-9 W 65-46 W 94-5 W 55-40 W 64-49 W 61-52 L 67-46 L 59-52 W 58-55 W 143-94 W 74-37 4th 23rd
Head Coach: Scott Woodburn Rice Southern Miss at Houston Texas Christian at Alabama at Tulane NE Louisiana South Florida Tampa SEC Championships
W 89-16 W 81-20 L 68-30 L 72-24 L 42-28 L 73-36 L 77-29 L 75-39 W 94-19 8th
1984-85 DUAL RECORD: 8-2 Head Coach: Scott Woodburn at South Florida at Tampa at LaSalle at Oklahoma Texas Christian Texas A&M Alabama Southern Miss Tulane NE Louisiana SEC Championships
W W W W W L L W W W 7th
76-36 80-33 75-38 70-35 74-36 63-42 64-48 70-38 73-40 76-37
1985-86 DUAL RECORD: 9-1 Head Coach: Sam Freas
Tulane NE Louisiana Nebraska at Texas Christian at Texas A&M at Rice Florida State at Alabama at Tulane at NE Louisiana SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 117-47 W 117-37 W 71-42 W 74-38 W 72-39 W 81-27 W 64-49 L 75-38 W 68-45 W 67-45 5th 11th
Head Coach: Ted Stickles at Vanderbilt at Tulane at SMU at Southern Miss at Auburn at Alabama at Tulane Georgia Rice Arkansas
Vanderbilt at Texas Tulane Southern Miss. Texas A&M NE Louisiana SEC Championships NCAA Championships
1986-87 DUAL RECORD: 9-4 Head Coach: Sam Freas at Tulane (relays) at Rice at Nebraska Kansas (at Neb.) at Southern Illinois Iowa (at So. Ill.) Auburn
W W L W L L W
11-1 116-46 103-114 67-46 63-50 76-37 60-53
1989-90 DUAL RECORD: 7-5 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Florida Rice New Orleans at Auburn at Alabama NE Louisiana at Augustana at Texas A&M Tennessee Florida State Georgia at Kentucky SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 67-46 W 66-35 W 66-17 W 65-48 L 75-38 W 64-49 W 68-25 L 62-49 L 68-45 L 59-54 W 57-56 W 64-49 4th 15th
1990-91 DUAL RECORD: 7-3 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Florida State Florida Kentucky at NE Louisiana SW Missouri State Texas A&M Auburn at Tennessee Alabama at Georgia SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 144-98 L 135-108 W 137-106 W 79-34 W 75-30 W 144-90 W 147-94 L 149-83 W 142-83 W 142-101 4th 14th
1991-92 DUAL RECORD: 7-4 Head Coach: Rick Meador
at Kentucky W 150-91 at Wright State W 135-84 Florida State L 70-44 Texas Christian W 59-54 at Auburn L 128-107 at Alabama L 62-32 Arkansas W 148-84 at Florida L 62-50 James Madison (at Fla.) W 72-40 at Rice W 100-43 NE Louisiana W 145-91 SEC Championships 7th NCAA Championships 31st
Men’s Year-by-Year Results 1992-93 DUAL RECORD: 10-4 Head Coach: Rick Meador at NE Louisiana Alabama at Florida A&M at Florida State Rice Florida Auburn Texas Christian at Drury College at Arkansas Kentucky Texas A&M at South Carolina at Coll. of Charleston SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 122-35 W 133-109 W 107-66 L 125-116 W 141-84 L 137.5-103.5 L 134-108 W 154-81 W 142-79 W 156-86 W 175-68 L 133-130 W 141-96 W 137-50 6th 22nd
1993-94 DUAL RECORD: 6-4
Northeast Louisiana SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 130-83 5th 19th
1998-99 DUAL RECORD: 9-3 Head Coach: Rick Meador Northeast La. Alabama Wright State Emory Georgia Southern Georgia Texas A&M Kentucky Florida A&M Howard Florida St. Rice SEC Championship NCAA Championships
W 126-79 W 138-96 W 138-86 W 126-76 W 120-79 L 160-137 L 144-99 W 143-100 W 98-27 W 100-71 L 155-85 W 169-82 5th 18th
Head Coach: Rick Meador
W 134-103 W 146-84 L 162-81 W 140-101 W 123.5-115.5 L 132-105 L 134-103 W 126-111 L 159-73 W 122-80 7th 29th
1999-2000 DUAL RECORD: 6-2
1994-95 DUAL RECORD: 9-1
2000-2001 DUAL RECORD: 6-3
NE Louisiana Alabama Kentucky Texas A&M South Carolina Clemson Arkansas Rice Florida A&M Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
Wright State at Louisiana Monroe 141-96 Alabama at Tampa at Ouachita Baptist Kentucky Texas A&M Georgia at Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
Florida State NE Louisiana at Alabama at Wright State at Kentucky at Auburn South Carolina at Texas Christian at Texas A&M at Rice SEC Championships NCAA Championships
Head Coach: Rick Meador
W 126-73 L 140-102 W 137.5-96.5 W 122-119 W 141-100 W 122-115 W 60-31 W 130-81 W 93-39 W 156-87 4th 12th
Head Coach: Rick Meador Louisiana at Monroe at Alabama at Colorado College Notre Dame at Kentucky at Wright State at Texas A&M Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 138-91 W 154-84 W 102-39 W 137-98 L 122-121 W 120-75 L 129-114 W 147-96 5th 23rd
Head Coach: Jeff Cavana
W 141-94 W W 169.5-128.5 W 101-72 W 101-26 L 140-103 L 134-109 L 174-120 W 146-97 6th 19rd
1995-96 DUAL RECORD: 6-3
2001-02 DUAL RECORD: 3-5
Drury Arkansas Kansas Rice Alabama NE Louisiana Texas A&M Nike Cup South Carolina SMU Classic Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
at Tennessee at Kentucky at Wright State at Alabama Florida Texas A&M UL-Monroe Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
Head Coach: Rick Meador
W 137-101 W 89-22 L 137-106 W 145-60 L 136-107 W 142.5-92.5 L 133-110 5th W 137-100 5th W 127-116 5th 17th
1996-97 DUAL RECORD: 8-3 Head Coach: Rick Meador Alabama Rice at NE Louisiana Texas A&M at Emory at Georgia at Miami Florida Purdue (at Fla.) Florida A&M Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
W 137.5-105.5 W 150-54 W 118-88 W 134-109 W 111-67 L 145-92 W 61-52 L 65-48 W 61-52 W 37.33-29.66 L 140-103 4th 14th
1997-98 DUAL RECORD: 8-3 Head Coach: Rick Meador at Drury at SW Missouri St. at Alabama Georgia at Texas A&M at Rice at Kentucky at Wright State vs. W. Kentucky Florida State
W W W L L W W W W L
136.5-98.5 137-84 154-87 131-107 133-108 120-70 127-115 89-24 89-24 127-115
Head Coach: Jeff Cavana
L 131-104 W 136-105 W 135-86 L 156-142 L 135-98 L 141-89 W 182-45 L 128-109 7th 27th
2002-03 DUAL RECORD 4-7 Head Coach: Jeff Cavana
at Florida Wright State Auburn Tennessee Alabama at Tampa/Indianapolis at Texas A&M at Florida State Delta State UL-Monroe Kentucky SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 129-95 W 125-88 L 169-93 L 126-101 L 155-103 W 44-27 L 186-104 L 144-93 W 130.5-82.5 W 124-89 L 165-123 7th 18th
2003-04 DUAL RECORD 2-7 Head Coach: Jeff Cavana at Georgia at Clemson at Alabama at Delta State at SW Missouri St. South Carolina UL-Monroe Texas A&M Florida State SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L 117-77 L 252-184 L 138-39 L 58-55 W 92-21 L 133-110 W 130-84 L 181-119 L 122-121 7th 21st
HISTORY
2004-05 DUAL RECORD 2-6
2008-09 DUAL RECORD: 7-1
Alabama at Kentucky at Tennessee at Virginia at TCU at Texas A&M Delta State UL-Monroe SEC Championships NCAA Championships
#4 Florida L 166-131 Alabama W 174-124 at Art Adamson Invitational 2nd at Florida Atlantic W 165-66 #24 Kentucky W 177-123 #18 Florida State W 159-141 Delta State W 151-78 at Texas A&M W 155-145 New Orleans W 250-97 SEC Championships 6th NCAA Championships 28th
Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
L 171-111 L 138-94 L 127-105 L 148-84 L 127-110 L 153-123 W 95-42 W 81-53 7th 21st
2005-06 DUAL RECORD 1-6 Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
Auburn L 150-92 at Florida State L 139-99 at Art Adamson Invitational 3rd at Kentucky L 66-46 at Alabama L 71-42 Florida L 166-116 at Delta State W 125-88 Texas A&M L 165-133 SEC Championships 7th NCAA Championships 40th
2006-07 DUAL RECORD: 2-5 Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
#2 Stanford L 84-54 #1 Auburn L 182-110 #5 Florida L 132-103 Delta State W 175-108 #21 Alabama L 151-149 at Art Adamson Invitational 1st #10 Florida State W 154-146 at Texas A&M L 175-115 SEC Championships 6th NCAA Championships 28th
2007-08 DUAL RECORD: 6-3 Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
#2 Stanford L 139-123 at South Carolina W 204.5-94.5 #8 Georgia L 138-99 Delta State W 195-89 at Alabama W 194-106 Georgia Tech Invitational 2nd *#22 Notre Dame W 167-95 at Florida State W 164.5-135.5 at #5 Florida L 132-109 #18 Texas A&M W 186-114 SEC Championships 6th NCAA Championships 29th * at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Head Coach: Adam Schmitt
2009-10 DUAL RECORD: 3-6 Head Coach: Adam Schmitt Tennessee Auburn at Alabama at Florida State New Orleans Cougar Classic at Florida Atlantic #6 Florida #19 Texas A&M New Orleans SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L, 166-134 L, 167-133 L, 166.5-133.5 L, 156-144 W, 204-94 1st W, 126.5-73.5 L, 157.5-134.5 L, 161.5-138.5 W, 224-108 7th 29th
2010-11 DUAL RECORD: 6-5
Head Coach: Dave Geyer and Doug Shaffer at Auburn at Alabama Florida St. Florida Cougar Classic Florida Atlantic #21 Purdue Brown Penn American Incarnate Word #20 Texas A&M SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L, 212-88 L, 161-139 W, 155-145 L, 160-136 1st W, 173-107 L, 133-128 W, 166-121 W, 156-138 W, 188-17 W, 200-93 L, 166-134 5th 26th
2011-12 DUAL RECORD: 1-4
Head Coach: Dave Geyer and Doug Shaffer at Florida State at Florida Auburn Alabama Texas A&M SEC Championships NCAA Championships
L, 161-139 L, 185-115 L, 218-82 W, 151-149 L, 167.5-132.5 5th T-31s
VS. ALL OPPONENTS OPPONENT
W-L-T
vs. All Opponents Opponent W-L-T Alabama 10-30 American 1-0 Arkansas 10-1 Auburn 8-17 Augustana 1-0 Austin College 1-0 Birmingham Southern 1-0 Brown 1-0 College of Charleston 1-0 Colorado College 1-0 Clemson 1-1 Delta State 6-1 Drury College 3-0 East Carolina 1-2 Emory 3-0 Evansville 1-1 Florida 0-22 Florida A&M 4-0 Florida Atlantic 3-0 Florida State 13-17 Georgia 7-11 Georgia Southern 1-0 Georgia Tech 2-0 Houston 3-6 Howard 1-0 Incarnate Word 1-0 Indian River College 2-0 Iowa 0-1 James Madison 1-0 Kansas 2-1 Kent State 0-1 Kentucky 11-6 Lamar 5-0
LAST MEETING
Last Meeting 2011-12 2010-11 1995-96 2011-12 1989-90 1974-75 1969-70 2010-2011 1992-93 1999-00 2003-04 2008-09 1997-98 1977-78 1998-99 1969-70 2011-12 1998-99 2010-11 2011-12 2007-08 1998-99 1978-79 1983-84 1998-99 2010-11 1987-88 1986-87 1991-92 1995-96 1970-71 2008-09 1978-79
LaSalle Miami Midland Missouri-Rolla Nebraska New Orleans North Carolina Notre Dame Oklahoma Penn Purdue Rice South Carolina Southern Illinois Southern Methodist South Florida Southern Mississippi SW Missouri State Stanford Tampa Tennessee Texas Texas A&M Texas Arlington Texas Christian Texas Tech Tulane UL-Monroe Vanderbilt Virginia Wake Forest Western Kentucky Wright State Others
1-0 3-0 1-0 1-0 2-2 5-0 0-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 28-0 4-3 1-1 0-1 5-2 7-0 12-0 0-2 4-0 0-8 0-3 10-19 0-4 6-3 1-0 15-13 23-1 4-5 0-1 1-0 1-0 8-0 1-0
Overall Dual Record
256-184
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1984-85 1996-97 1975-76 1978-79 1987-88 2009-10 1969-70 2007-08 1984-85 2010-11 2010-11 1998-99 2007-08 1987-88 1979-80 1984-85 1986-87 2003-04 2007-08 2002-03 2009-10 1985-86 2011-12 1973-74 2004-05 1971-72 1988-89 2004-05 1986-87 2004-05 1969-70 1997-98 2002-03 ---
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HISTORY
Women’s Letterwinners
A
Aljand, Berit (2005-06-07-08) Allers, Karen (1997) Anderson, Kelly (1994) Assaf, Monica (2001) Atchison, Carol (1991-92-93-94) Atchley, Marguerite (1996-97-98-99)
B
Banda, Jennifer (1994-95-96-97) Barnett, Anne (1986) Barnett, Brooke (2007-08-09-10) Bartol, Susan (1981-82) Bateman, Susan (1978) Beach, Mary Lee (1978-79-80-81) Beadle, Margaret (2002-03-04) Beard, Laura (1988-89) Beck, Mary (2009) Bedell, Sarah (2005-06-07-08) Belknap, Betty (1981-82-83-84) Berlin, Julie (1980-81-82) Bertirotti, Colleen (2003-04-05-06) Bettridge, Alex (2011) Betzen, Kannon (2007-08-09-10) Botting, Bridget (1996-97-98-99) Boyd, Susan (1980) Brand, Heather (2002-03-04-05) Brant, Katie Beth (1999) Brey, Brenda (1980-81) Brochu, Barbi (1996) Brown, Laura (1992) Brown, Paige (2004-05-06-07) Burke, Katie (1996-97-98-99) Busch, Paige (1985-86-87-88) Bussey, Torrey (2010-11) Buzard, Michelle (1980-81)
C
Cameron, Trisha (1996) Campbell, Jennifer (1986-87-89) Campbell, Stephanie (1994) Carboy, Kathy (1992-93-94-95) Carlyon, Alyson (2003) Carter, Amber (2011) Carver, Stefanie (2004-05-06-07) Cassano, Keely (1994-95) Claney, Meghan (1998-99-00-01) Clemens, Mary Kay (1983-84-85-86) Collard, Mindy (1994-95-96) Coryell, Michelle (2000-02-03) Cottingham, Bethany (2001-02-03-04) Coy, Dawn (2002) Crawford, Megan (1994) Culpepper, Ashley (1998-99-2000-2001) Curry, Meegan (1990-91-92-93)
D
Dazio, Christinia (1990) Deily, Meghan (1995-96) Dembek, Anita (1986-87-88-89) DeNiro, Marcy (1986-87-88-89) Dicharry, Sarah (2006) Dressman, Mary Jo (1979-80-81-82) Dornburg, Kim (1989) Doyle, Tricia (1979-80-81) Duenas, Vanessa (2007-08) Duet, Nicole (1992-93)
F
Fankhauser, Michelle (1995-96) Farrell, Carly (1998-99-00-01) Findlay, Lucy (1993-94-95-97) Flook, Suzie (2000) Ford, Robin (1987) Franz, Chrissy (1978) Frew, Chasin (1998-99) Fuglem, Murete (1988) Furr, Laura (2011)
G
Galatas, Jill (1996) Gathings, Margot (2001-02-03-04) Gereghty, Denise (1986-87-88-89) Gibbs, Becky (1994-95-96-97) Gibbs, Jenny (1995-96-97-98) Gilmore, Katie (2005-06-07-08) Givens, Victoria (2006-07-08) Gladner, Megan (2001-02) Glass, Parker (2010-11) Goates, Samantha (2008-09-10-11)
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Gorst, Barb (1998-00-01-02) Grandy, Lauren (2006-07-08-09) Griffiths, Chelsea (2009-10-11) Gross, Barbara (1978) Guest, Helen (1986)
H
Hackett, Alicia (1986-87) Hageman, Heather (1990-91-92-93) Haley, Sara (2009-10-11) Hall, Marion (1986) Hancock, Julie (1986) Hanson, Michelle (2004-05-06) Hardesty, Alice (2001-02-03-04) Harris, Mary Ellen (1978-79) Harrison, Chantal (1994-95-96-97) Harvey, Lauren (2001-02-03-04) Hebert, Kim (1982) Herubin, Christina (2006-07-08) Hess, Kami (1996-97) Higdon, Katie (1990-91) Hill, Johanna (2000-0-02-03) Hill, Kelli (1989-90-91-92) Hipple, Carolyn (1978-79) Homonnay, Andrea (1988-89) Howard, Anne (1990-91-92-93)
I
Irwin, Sarah (1980)
J
Jacobson, Joan (1980-81-82-83) Jacobson, Laurie (1989) Johns, Emily (2003) Johnson, Erin (1985-86-87) Johnson, Julie (2000-01-02-03) Jones, Kyra (2010-11) Joplin, Jena (1997-98) Jurma, Angela (2005)
K
Keeley, Wendy (1986) Kendall, Amanda (2009-10) Kennedy, Tracy (1990-91-92-93) Kerner, Natalie (1991-92-93-94) King, Leign Ann (2007-08-09) Kipe, Marlo (1986) Klein, Kelli (1998-99-00-01) Knox, Melissa (1997-98-99-00) Kopsco, Jessica (2010-11) Krieger, Buffy (1987-88)
L
Lantz, Debra (1991) Larson, Signe (2006) Lawson, Audrey (2009-10-11) Leach, Mandy (1999-00-01-02) Leininger, Katy (2004-05) Leininger, Laura (2001-02-03) Leslie, Donna (2000-01-02-03) Lewis, Samantha (1991-92-93) Lind, Kathi (1978) Luttrell, Laurie (1991-92-93) Lybbert, Katie (2008)
M
Mader, Kaelee (2009-10-11) Maisch, Alison (1986-87-88-89) Malbrough, Jeannine (2003-04-05) Martin, Elizabeth (1987-88-89) Martin, Hannah (2002-03-04-05) Martinez, Cindy (2001-02-03-04) Marxen, Ashley (1998-99-00-01) Mastronardi, Jenna (1988) McBride, Katy (1998) McDermott, Kate (1986-87-88) McGee, Morgan (2008-09) McGirl, Tara (1986) McGlynn, Sheila (1983) McJunkin, Monica (2005-06-07-08) McLaughlin, Julie (1994-95-96-97) McManus, Robin (1993-94) McPherson, Bonnie (1978) Messmer, Sabrina (2005-06-07-08) Middleton, Jennifer (1988-89) Milano, Rachel (1994-95-96) Miller, Andrea (1987) Miller, Joel (1985) Mills, Mikayda (2010-11) Miltenberger, Catherine (2000-01-02-03)
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Molinski, Jenna (2002-03-04-05) Montegut, Jessica (1993-94) Moon, Kristin (2003) Mooney, Lindsey (1998-99-00-01) Moore, Margaret Anne (2001-02-03-04) Morales, Blanca (1989-90-91-92) Morse, Mariela (1979-80-81) Mueller, Angela (1988) Mulfur, Katy (1980-81-84) Mungavin, Susan (1981-82-83-84) Mury, Gretchen (1997-98-99-00) Myhbro, Kikki (1984-85-86-87)
N
Neltner, Mallory (2004-05) Nethercott, Candice (1999-00) Nethercott, Kirsty (1997) Neuwein, Shelly (1978-79) Niemi, Marlene (2011) Nilsson, Marie (1986-87-88-89) Noland, Katherine (2005-06-07-08)
O
O’Neal, Shannon (1998-99-00-01) Ostroski, Lauren (2002-03) Owens, Mandy (1987-88-89-90)
P
Petersen, Ali (1999-2000) Pipkin, Aprile (1991-92)
R
Rakoski, Lisa (1988) Rausch, Heidi (1985-86) Redwine, Kelley (1993-94-95-96) Reese, Jennifer (2011) Richards, Chere (2000-01-02) Ricketts, Julie (1994-95-96-97) Roberts, Courtney (1996) Robertson, Julia (1990-91) Robie, Mandy (1996-97-98-99) Rogers, Amy (1993-94) Rohrbacher, Jill (1991) Rowland, Megan (1991-92) Ruimerman, Jana (2009-10-11) Ryan, Susan (1991-92-93-94)
S
Sanford, Ali (2007-08-09-10) Saucier, Hali (2003-04-05-06) Scarberry, Nikki (1992) Schepens, Cissy (1999-00-03) Schepens, Clare (2004-05-06-07) Schlipf, Kristin (1996-97-98-99) Schmidt, Elle (2009-10-11) Schwabe, Emily (2010) Sepp, Kaetlin (2011) Shortell, Katy (1991) Simons, Lauren (2005-06-07-08) Siskin, Wendy (1997-98) Smith, Stephanie (2001-02-03) Snyder, Ryanne (2005) Spears, Shanna (2008-09-10) St. Germain, Rebecca (2009-10) Staak, Lindsay (2001-02-03-04) Stanley, Melissa (2003-04-05-06) Staub, Andrea (2010) Steel, Shannon (1999) Story, Stephanie (1981) Strother, Fran (1982-83-84) Stuva, Jill (1985) Sylvester, Kristy (1997-98)
T
Tanner, Dana (1988-89-90-91) Taylor, Rachel (2003-04-05) Thomas, Alyson (2005) Thomas, Kara (1996-97) Trepp, Jane (2007-08-09-10) Trepp, Nele (2005-06-07-08) Turner, Karen (1981-82)
U
Unruh, Cindy (1993-94-95)
V
Virgets, Michelle (1989)
W
Wade, Paula (1979-80-81-82) Walsh, Helen (1991-92-93) Wantz, Jessica (2001-02-03-04) Ware, Rachel (2006-07) Watkins, Jamie (1999-00-01-02) Watkins, Katie (1998-99) Weaner, Emily (2010-11) Weis, Katie (1995-96-97-98) Wesper, Chris (1978-79-80) White, Rainey (2010-11) White, Sandra (1979-80) Wilson, Cindy (1986-87) Winters, Holly (1999-00-01-02) Wolters, Megan (2002-03) Wood, Sally (2009-10-11) Woodburn, Jennifer (1985-87) Wright, Jamie (2005-06-07-08)
Z
Zeitoun, Liala (1978-79) Boldface indicates current team members. The LSU Sports Information Office will appreciate any assistance with errors or omissions.
Men’s Letterwinners A
Ackerson, Vince (1976-77-78) Adams, Zac (1998-99-2000) Aguilar, Eddie (1998-99-2000) Allgood, Will (1997-98) Alvarez, B.J. (1999-00-01-02) Anderson, Keith (1990) Andrews, David (1975-76-77) Andrews, Mark (1986-87-88) Appleby, Mike (2006) Ashby, Ryan (2003-04-05) Ashley, Troy (1992-93-94-95) Ayer, Kevin (1998-99-2000-2001) Ayer, Michael (1993-94-95-96)
B
Bankston, Chip (1996-97-98-99) Barret, Geoff (1979-80) Baum, Brian (1996-97-98-99) Benge, Will (2005-06) Bertolet, Andy (1990) Bill, Horace (1971-72-73) Billings, Curt (1990-91-92) Biileaud, Steve (1975) Blythe, Jim (1973) Boeckman, David (1973-74-75) Boehringer, Kurt (2005) Boucaud, Jean (1991-92-93-94) Boxman, Scott (1972-73-74) Boyes, Justin (2001-02-03-04) Brach, Daryl (1990-91) Bradshaw, Bart (1978) Braud, Kevin (2004-05-06-07) Breeden, Matt (1987-88-89-90) Brinker, Bud (1980-82-83) Brinn, Sion (1994-95) Brown, Jared (1978-79-80-81) Buckley, Jay (1974) Buffington, Ross (2000-01-02) Bultman, Steve (1969-70) Burford, Todd (2007-08-09) Burleigh, Bill (1986-87-88) Burwell, Charles (1970-71-72)
C
Cade, Brett (1985-86-87) Cambias, Robert (1988) Camp, Matt (2001) Cangelosi, Guy (1969) Cannizzaro, Leon (2003-04) Carr, Jason (1994-95-96) Castagnos, Chip (1988-89-90-91) Castellanos, Rafael (1996-97-98) Castro, Rodrigo (1999-2000) Chadick, Kelly (1988) Chambers, Roy (2005-06-07-08) Chlasta, Craig (1980) Claiborn, Tom (1969) Clausen, Christian (2003-04) Cloutet, Chris (2003-04-05-06) Cochran, Ryan (2001-02-03-04) Coenen, Matt (2002-03-04-05) Coleman, Jim (1977-78) Coltharp, Shane (2010-11) Corvin, Justin (2005) Coy, Lance (1993-94-95) Craft, Larry (1980-81-82) Creighton, Vic (1982) Cronje, Daryl (1986-87-88-89) Cunha, Mauricio (1994-95-96-97)
D
Dallinger, Timothy (2001-02) Dalman, Niko (2004-05-07-08) Dasinger, Timmy (2009-10-11-12) Davis, Brock (2009-10) Decker, Ben (2008) Decoteau, Michael (1986-87) DePadua, Raymond (2011-12) Diaz, David (1995-96) Dibens, Mike (1992-93-94-95) Dick, Keith (1974-75-76-77) Dick, Scott (1976-77-78) Dick, Tony (1997) Diechert, Andy (1986-87-88-89) Diefenthal, Simon (2008-09-10-11) Dodds, John (1969-70) Dooley, Mike (1970-71-72-73) Duffy, Pat (1979-80-81) Dunnett, Miles (1986) Duran, Rick (2010-11) Duvall, Luke (1996-97-98-99)
E
Edmonson, Stacy (1980) Eide, Erik (1990) Elder, Matt (2000-2001) Eldridge, Brady (1995) Elkman, Scott (1989-90-91-92) Ellet, Geoff (1988) Everatt, Randy (1988-89)
F
Farber, Conner (2005-06-07-08) Fineran, Charles (1970) Finlayson, Simon (1987-88-89-90) Fisher, Andy (1985) Ford, Craig (1993) Fox, Corey (1998-99-2000-2001) Fultz, Mike (2000)
G
Gayle, Matt (2000) Gebren, Stephen (2001) Gemberling, Brian (2008-09-10) Gill, Jim (1975-76-77-78) Gill, Jimmy (1996) Gloeckner, Julius (2005-06-07-08) Gluck, Steve (1999-2000-01-02) Godoi, Rodrigo (1995-96) Goltz, Jason (1997-98-99-00) Gonzalez, Luis (2007-08-09-10) Graettinger, Paul (1983-84-86) Greeff, Frank (2011-12) Greer, Carlton (1998-99-2000) Griffin, Jon (1989-90-91-92) Guertin, Daren (1995-96-97-98) Gulledge, Carlysle (2002) Gustin, Wes (1996)
H
Hallum, Clint (2007-08-09-10) Hamilton, Craig (2009-10-11) Hamilton, Pat (1989-90) Hand, Pat (1986-87-88) Hanvey, Darren (1985-86-87-88) Harbach, Russell (1974-75-76) Harmon, Kalister (2006) Harmon, Ryan (1996-97) Harper, Neil (1985-86-87-88) Hart, Chris (1995) Hartman, Dan (1978-79-80-81) Harvey, Mike (1981-82) Havard, Ray (1974-75-76) Hebert, Jay (1982) Hebert, Adam (2003-04) Hebert, Ross (2002-03-04) Helm, Daniel (2010-11) Helmig, Laust (2008-09-10) Heser, Mark (1981-82) Hetzler, Matthew (1996) Heyl, Hannes (2007-08-09-10) Higdon, Nat (1995) Hill, Chris (1997-98) Hill, Thad (1978) Holles, Gavin (1987-88-89) Homan, Ham (1978) Huang, Daniel (1993-94) Huss, Stephen M. (1990-91) Hyvenen, Reijo (2009)
J
Jardine, Samuel (2011-12) Jaynes, Myles (2001-02-03-04) Jaynes, Gary (1979-80) Jaynes, Terry (1974-75-76-77) Jenny, Tip (1994-95-96-97) Jimenez Alvarado, Ricardo (2011) Johnson, Steve (1986) Johnston, David (1990) Jones, Doug (1989-90) Jones, Tim (2009) Jotautas, Mike (1999-00-01-02) Jungfleisch, Martin (2008-09-10-11) Jusselin, Tyler (2011)
K
Keane, Andrew (2003-04-05-06) Kelley, Chris (1969) Keenan, Sean (1993-94-95-96) Keever, William (1989-90-91) Kickert, Carl (1979-80) Kindl, Brian (1993-94) Kingsford, Bob (1979-80-81-82) Kingsford, David (2009-10)
Kingston, Marcelo (1996-97) Kirsch, John (1986-87-88) Kilinchinsky, Jeffrey (1972) Klingberg, Ross (1990-91-92-93) Koob, Bobby (1989-90-91-92) Kuhn, Ken (1998-99-2000) Kunkel, Nick (2009-10-11)
L
Lang, Mark (1986) Latz, Martin (1999-00-01-02) Laurie, Todd (1990-91) Lawson, Rod (1993-94) Ledesma, Kiko (1980-81) Leininger, Robbie (2002) LeNeave, Sean (2006-07-08-09) Leong, Kevin (2011) Lester, James Alvin (1969) Levinson, Brad (1986-87-89) Lewis, Jason (1986-87-89) Lima, Gustavo (1997) Livingston, Don (1980) Logan, Lee (1975) Loop, Walter (2010-11) Love, Dillon (2011) Lowe, Dennis (1978) Lowe, Neil (2001-02-03 Lubenau, Christoph (2006-07-08) Lyman, Jesse (2009-11)
M
Magglio, Chris (2000) Malberg, Miko (2004-05-06-07) Marlin, Don (1980) Martinec, Evan (2001-02-03) Marrs, Jarrod (1995-96-97-98) Mataya, Bill (1995) Maynor, Jeff (1998-99-2000-01) McCall, Sean (1990-91-92) McGrail, Scott (1995-96-97) McKinney, Sean (2010-11) McKowen, David (1972-73) McMahon, Kevin (1995) McNeil, Jerry (1970-71-72-73) Meador, Rick (1977-78-79-80) Mejeur, Jim (1978-79-80) Mericas, Chris (2010-11) Meyers, James (2007-08-09-10) Michaels, Greg (1973-74-75-76) Mihic, Kevin (2009-10) Miller, Corey (1997-98) Miller, Graham (1985-86) Minartz, Jan (2001-02-03-04) Moe, Ozzie (1970) Mogensen, John (1988-89-90-91) Moody, David (1992-93-94-95) Morin, Tom (1977-78-79-80) Morris, Richard (1983) Mort, Allen (1986) Morton, John (1975-76-77-78) Moon, Robbie (2001-02-03) Muller, Andrew (2011) Mullertz, Thomas (1993-94) Myers, Matt (2000-2001) Myers, Rodney (1970)
N
Naremore, Stephen (1999-2000) Navarro, Diego (2002) Nelson, Andrew (1993-94) Newport, George (1970-71-72-73) Nieman, Marty (1973-74-75) Noble, Dick (1980) Norem, Rick (1980-81-82) Nyberg, Martin (1993-94-95-96)
O
Oehrle, Matt (1991-92) Ohlin, Mattias (1998-99-2000) O’Konski, Peter (1988-90-91) Ordoyne, Karl (1980) Oynes, Erick (1999-2000-2001)
P
Paez, Francisco (2001-02) Palazzo, Chip (1978) Palsha, Doug (1978) Perella, Frank (1980-81-82-83) Percy, Hereford (1971-72-73) Percy, James (1969-70-71-72) Percy, Robert Ryland (1969-70-71) Petursson, Erik (1998-99-20002001)
Phillips, Derek (1990-91) Pineda, Ruben (1995-96-97-98) Poirier, Bob (1976-77-78)
Q
Quina, Colin (2001-02)
R
Rabalais, Scott (1980) Rastin, Tommy (1978) Ray, Nathan (1996-97) Reading, Tracy (1981-82-83) Reclusado, Toby (1995) Redmon, Bruce (1971-73) Reinholtz, Jeff (1987-88-89-90) Reynolds, Andrew (2006-0708-09) Reynolds, David (1992) Riddick, Wade (1988-89-90) Ridout, Guy (1993-94-95) Rill, Bruce (1978) Ring, Eddie (1996-97-98) Rivers, Will (2006) Robelot, Reed (2000-2001-02) Roberts, Andrew (1988-89) Roberts, Bill (1977-78) Roddy, Sean (2009-10) Rogas, Pete (1979-80) Rosandich, Mark (1976) Ross, Alan (1972-73-74) Ross, Hugh (1986-87) Rosskopf, Erik (1984-85-86-87) Roth, Chip (1980) Rowe, Dennis (2000-2001) Rucker, Matthew (2001-02) Russell, John (1971-72-73-74) Russo, James (1969-70-71-72) Rykosky, Luc (2006-07-08-09)
S
Saco, Michael (2010-11) Sanchez, Nelson (1990-91-92) Sandin, Guy (1991-92-93) Sasser, Tom (1974-75) Satterly, Neal (1997-98-99-2000) Schaefer, Matthew (2011) Schmitt, Adam (1985-86-87-88) Schmitt, L.J. (1986-87) Schneider, Aaron (1990-91) Schneider, Sven (2005) Schreiber, Nathan (2005-06-07) Schroeder, Brant (1979-80-81) Schult, Tom (1969) Segrest, Ty (1984-85-86-87) Sekowski, Ray (1984-85-86-87) Selts, Brandon (2007-08) Seyl, Scott (1981) Shaw, Scott (1990) Simpson, Jack (1978) Skinner, Ned (1985-86-87-88) Smedley, Drew (1980-81) Soldberg, Christian (1983-84) Sommerfeld, Moran (1996-9798-99) Stanczyk, Chris (2001-02-03) Standard, John (1976-77-78) Starkweather, Tom (1997-98-992000) Stearns, Mark (1976-77-78) Steiden, Allen (1981-82) Stibrich, Josh (1996-97-98-99) Stier, Eric (1982) Stoes, Bucky (1979-80) Strecker, Jared (2001-02-03-04) Streiff, Steve (1985-86-87) Struck, Steve (1992) Summe, Brian (1988) Svets, Mike (1988-89-90-91)
HISTORY
U
Unhoch, Pat (1983-84-85) Umana, Alberto (1985-86)
V
VanArsdall, Kyle (1999-00-01-02) Vairo, James (2003) Veron, Joseph (2004-05-06-07) Vieke, Matt (2008-09-10-11) Voelkel, Steffen (2008-09-10-11)
W
Wade, Reed (1972-73) Wagner, Kevin (1976-77-78-79) Walker, John (1975-76) Walsh, Art (1982-83-84) Wall, Ken (1969-70-71) Walrod, Doug (1971-72-73-74) Warwick, Jeff (1982) Weeks, Lamar (2008-09-10) Weeks, Matthew (1996) Welsh, Clay (1980-81-82-83) Wepasnick, Zack (2009-10-11) Whitfield, Vernon (1970) White, Chris (2005-06-07-08) Wolf, Eddie (1988-89-90-91) Woolbert, Gordon (1990-91) Wright, Lee (1974-75-76-77) Wulff, Bill (1975-76-77-78)
Y
Yepez, Joselo (1980) Young, Michael (2011)
Z
Zabel, Scott (1989) Zeller, Eric (2008-09-10) Boldface indicates current team members. The LSU Sports Information Office will appreciate any assistance with errors or omissions.
T
Tanner, Will (1998-99-2000-2001) Tarantino, Nick (2001-02) Tedford, Mike (1970) Telep, Nate (2006-07-08-09) Terrell, Josh (2003) Thomson, Nate (1993-94-95-97) Toft, Marcus (2002) Toledano, Rykert (1969) Toothman, Barth (1975-76-77-78) Torres, Todd (1988-89-90-91) Triefenbach, Greg (1991-92-93-94) Tuomola, Andrei (2009-10-11) Turl, Grant (1993) Turner, Terry (1982)
2012-13 SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE
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Setting the Standard for Intercollegiate Athletics in Swimming and Diving Over the past few decades, the Southeastern Conference has been a constant force in swimming and diving. In 2012, the SEC had a top-five NCAA finish at the women’s championships. The Georgia women finished as the runners-up at NCAA’s for the second consecutive year while Auburn and Tennessee tied for a seventh place finish. Florida took 10th to round out the top 10 finishers on the women’s side. Auburn (sixth) and Florida (eighth) had top-10 finishes in the men’s standings to further the league’s claim as the best conference in swimming and diving. 2012 marked the 43rd consecutive season in which the SEC has placed at least one men’s team in the top 10. Since 1969, 112 SEC teams have finished in the NCAA’s top 10. In addition, two individual titles were captured by a SEC team. The SEC now has an all-time total of 162 NCAA individual titles. On the women’s side, three titles were captured individually to take the SEC’s total to 232 NCAA individual titles. Since 1982, the Southeastern Conference has placed 86 women’s teams in the NCAA top 10.
MEN’S NOTES
WOMEN’S NOTES
• The SEC has had 11 NCAA Men’s Championships: (Tennessee-1978; Florida-1983 & 1985; Auburn-1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009)
• With the second-place finish of the Georgia Bulldogs at the 2012 NCAA Championships, a SEC school has finished either first or second in the Championships since 1999.
• 2012 marked the 43rd consecutive year that the SEC has had at least one team in the top 10 of the NCAA Championships.
• Since 1982, the SEC has placed 86 teams in the NCAA top 10.
• The SEC has placed a total of 112 teams in the top 10 since 1969. • SEC athletes in swimming and diving have captured a total of 162 individual NCAA titles (including relays). • Georgia’s Martin Grodzki took home a pair of NCAA championship titles in 2012 (500-yard freestyle, 1650-yard freestyle).
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• 232 individual NCAA titles have been captured by SEC athletes (including relays). • Georgia’s Megan Romano set a new NCAA championship record in the 200-yard freestyle at the 2012 NCAA Championships. • Auburn’s Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace won the 50-yard freestyle for the second consecutive year at NCAA’s.