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NORTHWESTERN SWIMMING and DIVING WOMEN’S SWIMMING • 2-29
MEN’S SWIMMING • 30-49
Quick Facts............................................5 2009-10 Outlook................................ 5-6 2008-09 Top Times................................7 Coaching Staff............................. 8-9, 37 2009-10 Returners......................... 10-23 2009-10 Newcomers..................... 23-24 Wildcat Record Book...........................25 Wildcat All-Americans..........................26 Wildcat Academic Honors....................27 Wildcat All-Time Top Times.................28 Norris Aquatics Center.........................29
Quick Facts..........................................32 2009-10 Outlook............................ 33-34 Wildcats Are Champions.....................35 Coaching Staff............................... 36-37 2009-10 Returners......................... 38-43 2009-10 Newcomers..................... 44-45 Wildcat All-Americans..........................46 Big Ten Champions.............................47 Norris Aquatics Center.........................48 2008-09 Top Times..............................49
DIVING • 50-55
THIS IS NORTHWESTERN • 56-68
Head Coach Alik Sarkisian.................. 52 2009-10 Outlook.................................. 53 2009-10 Wildcats............................ 54-55
This is Northwestern....................... 58-59 Notable Alumni............................... 60-61 President Morton Schapiro.................. 62 Director of Athletics Jim Phillips........... 63 Academic Services . ........................... 64 Athletic Excellence.............................. 65 Being a Big Ten Student-Athlete.......... 66 Athletic Endowments........................... 67 My Kind of Town, Chicago................... 68
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NORTHWESTERN WOMEN’S SWIMMING QUICK FACTS...................................................................................................................... 5 2009-10 OUTLOOK........................................................................................................... 5-6 2008-09 TOP TIMES............................................................................................................ 7 COACHING STAFF.....................................................................................................8-9, 37 2009-10 RETURNERS..................................................................................................10-23 2009-10 NEWCOMERS................................................................................................23-24 WILDCAT RECORD BOOK................................................................................................ 25 WILDCAT ALL-AMERICANS.............................................................................................. 26 WILDCAT ACADEMIC HONORS....................................................................................... 27 WILDCAT ALL-TIME TOP TIMES....................................................................................... 28 NORRIS AQUATIC CENTER............................................................................................. 29
ROSTER/QUICK FACTS 2009-10 WOMEN’S SWIMMING ROSTER Name Meghan Cavanaugh Stacy Congdon Kiersten Cooley Carlin Dacey Liza Engstrom Katie Eschenburg Meaghan Fenn Mary Beth Francis Jacquie Godbe Ellen Grigg Marybeth Hall Molly Hennessy Shelby Johnson Meredith King Jenn Kocsis Alex Kraus Felicitas Lenz Kristin Lewis Teisha Lightbourne Beth Loe Tania Lyerly Caitlin Masney Katie McCullough Sheila O’Neill Kathleen Patterson Hannah Points Erin Reilly Taylor Reynolds Rachel Rys Kassia Shishkoff Kate Stephensen Genny Szymanski Caroline Walls Jenny Wilson Emily Wong
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Hometown/High School Anchorage, Alaska/East Anchorage Windermere, Fla./Lake Highland Prep Hershey, Pa./Hershey West Roxbury, Mass./Choate Rosemary Hall Reno, Nev./Robert McQueen Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead New Rochelle, N.Y./The Ursuline School San Diego, Calif./Mission Viejo Rapid City, S.D./Stevens Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Latin School Brighton, Mich./Brighton Westport, Conn./Staples Wayzata, Minn./Wayzata Louisville, Ky./duPont Manual Omaha, Neb./Marian Birmingham, Ala./Vestavia Hills Altadena, Calif./Polytechnic School Indianapolis, Ind./North Central Nassau, Bahamas/Peddie School (N.J.) Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville Hong Kong, China/Chinese International School Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Central Dunwoody, Ga./Marist School Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley Tualatin, Ore./Tualatin Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East St. Louis, Mo./Webster Groves Goleta, Calif./Dos Pueblos Raleigh, N.C./St. David’s School Davis, Calif./Davis Senior High Haines, Alaska/Haines Tucson, Ariz./Sabino Bethesda, Md./Sidwell Friends School Nepean, Ontario/St. Joseph’s
Head Coach: Jimmy Tierney (16th season), Louisville, 1980 Associate Head Coach: Nichole Ellis (Fourth season), IUPUI, 2001 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Andy Grevers (Third season), Northern Illinois Diving Coach: Alik Sarkisian (Fourth season), USSR State University of Physical Education, 1980
2008-09 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (Record: 10-2 • Big Ten 3-2/7th • NCAA Finish: NTS)
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DATE OPPONENT RESULT Oct. 24 at No.8 Indiana * L, 172.5-127.5 Nov. 7 vs. Purdue * W, 177-118 Nov. 13 at No. 17 Wisconsin * L, 171-129 Nov. 15 vs. Illinois-Chicago W, 184-102 vs. University of Chicago W, 199-81 Nov. 21-23 TYR INVITATIONAL 1st/3 Dec. 20 at Florida Atlantic W, 207-81 vs. Old Dominion W, 229-62 vs. Oregon State W, 169-93 Jan. 10 vs. No. 21 NOTRE DAME W, 178-173 vs. TOLEDO W, 255-86 Jan. 17 vs. No. 22 MICHIGAN * W, 173-122 Jan. 24 at Iowa * W, 192-99 Feb. 18-21 at Big Ten Championships 7th/11 (Ann Arbor, Mich.) * Big Ten dual meet Home meets in ALL CAPS
The 2009-10 Northwestern University Swimming and Diving Media Guide was produced by the Northwestern University Athletic Communications Department. Assistant Athletic Director: Mike Wolf Associate Director/Swimming Contact: Doug Meffley Associate Director: Nick Brilowski Associate Director/Publications Coordinator: Julie Dunn Assistant Director: Rand Champion Assistant Director: Scott Hammer Big Ten Network Liaison: Rob Coons Program Assistant: Jocelyn Serranilla Photography: Stephen Carrera, Walt Middleton Printing and Cover Design: Multi-Ad Services, Inc. QUICK FACTS Location: Evanston, Ill. Founded: 1851 Enrollment: 8,000 President: Morton Schapiro Faculty Representative: Bob Gundlach Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Purple and White Conference: Big Ten Director of Athletics: Jim Phillips Sport Administrator: Maureen Harty Head Coach: Jimmy Tierney (Louisville, ‘80) Career Record/Years: 85-63-1 (15 seasons) Northwestern Record/Years: Same Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 29/3 Associate Head Coach: Nichole Ellis Volunteer Assistant Coach: Andy Grevers Head Diving Coach: Alik Sarkisian Director of Aquatics: Ed Martig 2008-09 Overall Record: 10-2 2008-09 Big Ten Record/Finish: 3-2/7th 2008-09 NCAA Finish: NTS
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2009-10 OUTLOOK Some news, notes and other goodies to keep in mind as Northwestern prepares for the 2009-10 women’s swimming and diving season... • After a season of hi-tech suit hijinks in college swimming, Northwestern enters 2009-10 fully expecting to regain the All-America form it showed during 2007-08—its most successful campaign in nearly a decade. The Wildcats sent eight swimmers to the NCAA Championships, where the group took 19th place—their highest since a sixth-place effort in 2000. From that group, seven remain Wildcats this season, bringing with them a combined 10 All-America honors. • Five school records were broken last season, with every member of those record-breaking efforts returning for 2009-10. Most notably, junior Ellen Grigg, as Northwestern’s lone representative at the NCAA meet last year, broke three school marks in just two swims. She took down her own 500 free standard with a 4:41.10, then broke both the 1,000 and 1,650 free record with a single swim. He 1,000 split of 9:49.61 topped the old mark by two seconds, while her final time in the mile of 16:10.92 also was a record. Genny Szymanski improved her own record in the 200 back with a 1:56.13, while Teisha Lightbourne, Emily Wong, Liza Engstrom and Shelby Johnson gave a preview of what should be a huge NU strength this year by breaking the 200 free relay record.
• Part of Northwestern’s resurgence has been its much-improved depth. The Wildcats continue to move in that direction this season with a roster of 35 swimmers and divers—their biggest roster in recent memory, topping last year’s total of 33. The depth paid off noticeably during the 2008-09 dual-meet season when Northwestern achieved a 10-2 record, its first-time with double-digit dualmeet triumphs in the 15-year Jimmy Tierney era. • Continuing with the theme of depth, Northwestern landed 25 individual performances by 14 different swimmers on its all-time top-times list during the 2008-09 season. Thirteen of those 14 swimmers return for this year, with the Wildcats losing only Hayley Fry to graduation. That means 48 percent (13-of-27) of the Wildcats’ returning swimmers on the roster enter the season already ranked among the fastest in Northwestern program history. • Seniors Kassia Shishkoff and Emily Wong were named Big Ten Swimmers of the Week a combined three times last season. • NU will look to continue its stellar academic record as well as its success in the pool; last year NU earned a 3.32 cumulative GPA to win a CSCAA Academic Team Award, and a staggering 18 different Wildcats out of 21 eligible to receive the honor were named Academic All-Big Ten.
DURING THE SUMMER... • Shelby Johnson and Beth Loe took their training a step further during the summer, competing in the Chicago Triathlon on Aug. 30. Johnson won the female 15-to-19-year-old age group and placed eighth overall among all females in the race, less than seven minutes off the winning pace. Loe took third in the 15-to-19year-old age group and was one of the top-100 females overall in the competition. • Freshman diver Felicitas Lenz enters Northwestern after a strong summer where she competed at the 2009 AT&T National Diving Championship in addition to racking up three top-10 finishes at the Speedo Junior National Diving Championship. Lenz was second on the platform through prelims and the quarterfinals before taking fifth in the event.
The 2009-10 NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS: Front row, from left: Head Diving Coach Alik Sarkisian, Head Coach Jimmy Tierney, Shelby Johnson, Erin Reilly, Meghan Cavanaugh, Alex Kraus, Genny Szymanski. Second row, from left: Carlin Dacey, Jenny Wilson, Kiersten Cooley, Caroline Walls, Jacquie Godbe. Third row, from left: Meredith King, Kathleen Patterson, Felicitas Lenz, Kate Stephensen, Jenn Kocsis, MaryBeth Hall. Fourth row, from left: Hannah Points, Ellen Grigg, Kassia Shishkoff, Molly Hennessy. Fifth row, from left: Emily Wong, Rachel Rys, Liza Engstrom, Assistant Coach Nichole Ellis. Sixth row, from left: Katie McCullough, Taylor Reynolds, Stacy Congdon, Tania Lyerly. Seventh row, from left: Mary Beth Francis, Teisha Lightbourne, Katie Eschenburg, Beth Loe. Eighth row, from left: Meaghen Fenn, Caitlin Masney, Sheila O’Neill.
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2009-10 OUTLOOK QUOTING HEAD COACH JIMMY TIERNEY Head Coach Jimmy Tierney breaks down Northwestern’s 200910 stroke groups and relays... Sprint Free: We welcome back a very talented group led by Emily Wong, Teisha Lightbourne, Shelby JIMMY TIERNEY Johnson and Erin Riley. This is a veteran group that should challenge any sprint group in the Big Ten. It will be bolstered by a talented yet unheralded freshman in Taylor Reynolds. Middle and Distance Free: We return a very accomplished group, led by Ellen Grigg, Kassia Shishkoff and Jenn Kocsis. Sophomore Beth Loe looks great here in the early season and will be better than ever this year. Meredith King stands to jump right in and compete with this talented group. Back: We are fortunate to return two very successful backstrokers in Liza Engstrom and Genny On Northwestern’s veterans returning to Big Ten success and the NCAA Championships... We have a veteran group of accomplished athletes here. We were enormously successful two years ago with many of the same key performers. Last year we did not hit the Big Ten meet quite as big as the previous year, so these girls are determined to respond with renewed vigor this season. I see a motivation on the part of our veterans to raise our level of performance and showing the younger athletes how it’s done. On NU’s impressive squad depth... We will again rely heavily on our entire squad to be successful this season. It will take all 35 athletes to come together each and every day and challenge each other to be the best. We have many returning athletes who have been very successful in their careers but should take nothing for granted. Each individual will need to earn their right to compete for our program. Each athlete needs to accept some role in making this team better. The depth is there if and only if we work hard to take advantage of it.
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On Nichole Ellis’ promotion to Associate Head Coach... Nichole has earned the respect of coaches across the country. She has a passion for Northwestern and NU Swimming/Diving that is evident across the pool deck every day. She is a difference maker and continues to help raise the profile of Northwestern Swimming around the country.
Szymanski. They both are determined to rebound with special years. Freshman Meaghan Fenn arrives with a tremendous training background which will help bolster this group throughout the year. Breast: After a very successful summer, both Jenny Wilson and Kathleen Patterson are primed for even better sophomore years. Both have gained confidence and should challenge anyone this year. Marybeth Hall will provide great support in the 100 and Hannah Points in the 200. Fly: There is a very strong group of flyers returning, led by Katie Eschenburg, Meghan Cavanaugh, Alex Kraus and Hannah Points. We can rely on each of these talented athletes to score big points for us this season. We can also tap into Kassia Shishkoff and Meredith King for great 200 flys and newcomer Marybeth Hall will add speed for us in the 100. Individual Medley: We are fortunate to return a strong IM corps with Kathleen Patterson, Hannah Points and Kassia Shishkoff. Each of these girls is very versatile and very competitive. Meredith King brings experience and talent in the 400 IM as well.
On which Wildcats are poised for big seasons... We have many athletes ready to step into the Big Ten fray and look to compete at the top. There are the obvious high level performers returning such as Ellen Grigg, Jenny Wilson, Liza Engstrom, Genny Szymanski, Emily Wong and Teisha Lightbourne. I’m excited about their commitment level already this fall. I think their all capable of being major players at the Big Tens and returning to NCAA’s to where they belong. I’m expecting one or more of our trio of talented flyers: Katie Eschenburg, Megan Cavanaugh and Alex Kraus to step up and challenge for spots on our NCAA-caliber medley relays. They all should be looking to score big at Big Tens. I would not at all be surprised to see some new faces from our returning classes making an impact such as Sheila O’Neill, Kathleen Patterson and Hannah Points. I have no doubt that several freshmen will quickly become key performers, led by Felicitas Lenz and the boards and Meredith King in the swimming events. On Northwestern’s goals for the year... We will focus on racing this year and simply getting to the wall first. I think it’s all about getting in great shape, better than our competitors, and developing a “shark attack” type attitude of wanting to win! If we want it bad enough, we’ll find a way to represent NU with a large squad at NCAA’s. The ingredients are in here we just need to stoke the fire.
Free Relays: Relays, relays, relays!!! This should be our “Rock” this year with the talent we have. We return a very strong group of freestylers this year. We are capable of competing with anyone within the Big Ten and challenging for spots at NCAA’s. We return almost our entire sprint corps and adding Taylor Reynolds to the mix will make us even stronger. With veterans like Ellen Grigg, Kassia Shishkoff and Jenn Kocsis the 800 free relay should be as strong as ever. Medley Relays: The talent is there. It’s just a matter of who wants these spots bad enough. I believe we have the ability and desire among our stroke groups for realize both Big Ten and NCAA success. With Liza Engstrom in the back and Jenny Wilson in the breast, we have a very talented front end to get us going. One of the flyers will rise up to take over this spot, then we’ll have one of our stellar sprinters like Emily Wong or Teisha Lightbourne to brings us home. We are fortunate to have several talented athletes to choose from, each with a burning desire to elevate Northwestern medley’s to an elite level.
HANNAH POINTS already is the second-fastest 400 IMer in school history after a stellar freshman season.
On the elimination of hi-tech suits from collegiate swimming... We are pleased that the High Tech suits are out of our sport right now. Aside from the enormous relief on our budget, we are excited to get back to the idea that the athletes that train the hardest and commit to their sport the most, will end up being the successful. We don’t like the concept of having the best technology means winning races.
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2008-09 TOP TIMES 50 Free NU Record: 22.26 (Andrea Hupman, ‘08) Emily Wong 22.55B Big Ten Championships Shelby Johnson 23.02 Big Ten Championships Teisha Lightbourne 23.21 Big Ten Championships
200 Back NU Record: 1:56.13 (Genny Szymanski, ‘09) Genny Szymanski 1:56.13 Big Ten Championships Liza Engstrom 2:00.56 Big Ten Championships Jacquie Godbe 2:06.91 Big Ten Championships
100 Free NU Record: 48.53 (Andrea Hupman, ‘08) Emily Wong 49.62B Big Ten Championships Teisha Lightbourne 50.68 Big Ten Championships Shelby Johnson 50.71 Big Ten Championships Ellen Grigg 50.71 BoilerMakeIt
100 Breast NU Record: 59.84 (Amy Balcerzak, ‘00) Jenny Wilson 1:01.96B Big Ten Championships Hayley Fry 1:02.30B Big Ten Championships Kathleen Patterson 1:05.71 Wisconsin
200 Free Relay NU Record: 1:29.98 (Lightbourne, Wong, Engstrom, Johnson, ‘09) Lightbourne, Wong, 1:29.98B Engstrom, Johnson Big Ten Championships
400 Free Relay NU Record: 3:18.20 (Hupman, Wong, Lightbourne, Shishkoff, ‘08) Lightbourne, Johnson, 3:20.22B Wong, Shishkoff Big Ten Championships 200 Breast 800 Free Relay 200 Free NU Record: 2:12.30 (Amy Balcerzak, ‘99) NU Record: 7:08.52 NU Record: 1:44.89 (Andrea Hupman, ’08) Jenny Wilson 2:16.55 Big Ten Championships (Grigg, Wong, Hupman, Shishkoff, ’08) Ellen Grigg 1:45.75B NCAA Championships Hannah Points 2:16.79 BoilerMakeIt Grigg, Wong, 7:14.58B Kassia Shishkoff 1:47.92B Wisconsin Hayley Fry 2:17.52 Big Ten Championships Cavanaugh, Shishkoff Big Ten Championships Jenn Kocsis 1:48.75 Big Ten Championships 100 Fly 200 Medley Relay 500 Free NU Record: 53.51 (Katie Braun, ’08) NU Record: 1:40.02 NU Record: 4:41.10 (Ellen Grigg, ’09) Stacy Congdon 54.69 TYR Invitational (Diezi, Balcerzak, Adams, Allen, ‘00) Ellen Grigg 4:41.10B NCAA Championships Alex Kraus 54.98 Big Ten Championships Engstrom, Fry, 1:40.44B Kassia Shishkoff 4:45.01B Big Ten Championships Meghan Cavanaugh 55.24 Big Ten Championships Congdon, Wong Big Ten Championshps Beth Loe 4:52.88 TYR Invitational 200 Fly 400 Medley Relay 1,000 Free NU Record: 1:58.51 (Lori Holmes, ‘89) NU Record: 3:37.99 NU Record: 9:49.61 (Ellen Grigg, ’09) Kassia Shishkoff 1:59.58 Big Ten Championships (Bohn, Balcerzak, Adams, Allen, ‘99) Ellen Grigg 9:49.61# NCAA Championships Hannah Points 2:00.59 Big Ten Championships Engstrom, Fry, 3:40.53B Kassia Shishkoff 9:52.71 Purdue Rachel Rys 2:01.15 Michigan Congdon, Wong Big Ten Championships Jenn Kocsis 10:05.78 Wisconsin 200 IM 1-meter Diving 1,650 Free NU Record: 1:59.74 (Amy Balcerzak, ‘00) Carlin Dacey 282.53 TYR Invitational NU Record: 16:10.92 (Ellen Grigg, ’09) Kassia Shishkoff 2:01.53 Notre Dame/Toledo 3-meter Diving Ellen Grigg 16.10.92B NCAA Championships Kathleen Patterson 2:01.82 Big Ten Championships Carlin Dacey 290.92 UIC/UofC Jenn Kocsis 17:00.22 Notre Dame/Toledo Hannah Points 2:01.99 Big Ten Championships Platform Diving Kassia Shishkoff 17:04.98 TYR Invitational Carlin Dacey 210.75 Big Ten Championships 400 IM 100 Back NU Record: 4:14.52 (Kassia Shishkoff, ’08) *Relay leadoff NU Record: 54.81 (Liza Engstrom, ’08) Kassia Shishkoff 4:14.63B Big Ten Championships #1,650 split time Liza Engstrom 55.21* Big Ten Championships Hannah Points 4:15.27B Big Ten Championships ’A’ Denotes NCAA automatic qualifying standard Genny Szymanski 55.76 Big Ten Championships Kathleen Patterson 4:19.46 Big Ten Championships ’B’ Denotes NCAA B qualifying standard Katie Eschenburg 55.91 Big Ten Championships
JENNY WILSON stepped in as a freshman last season and had a stellar start to her career, ranking as Northwestern’s best in both breaststroke distances.
With a stellar Big Ten Championships, KATHLEEN PATTERSON landed on NU’s top-times list in three different events while also making waves on the all-time list for the Wildcats.
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HEAD COACH JIMMY TIERNEY JIMMY TIERNEY 16th Season Head Coach
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he 2009-10 season marks Jimmy Tierney’s 16th year as head coach and his 22nd season of involvement with the Northwestern women’s swimming program. Prior to being appointed head coach in 1994, Tierney spent six seasons as the Wildcats’ assistant coach. Among the country’s most respected collegiate coaches, Tierney has established Northwestern as one of the top women’s swimming programs in the nation, both athletically and scholastically. Tierney’s teams have had a Big Ten champion 15 out of the 22 years he has been at NU. Prior to 2003, the Wildcats never had finished lower than fourth at the Big Ten Championships under Tierney, and have placed in the top 15 in the country 10 times. In addition, All-America honors have been earned a total of 145 times at Northwestern. Tierney coached Andrea Hupman to All-America honors every season from 2005-08 and to the Swimmer of the Championships award at the 2008 Big Ten Championships. In addition to the respect he has earned as a coach, Tierney has proved to be a top-flight recruiter, as well. His freshmen classes of 2010 and 2011 were widely regarded as two of the deepest and most talented in the nation, and the current incoming class of 2012 is more of the same. Anecdotal recruiting evidence aside, Tierney’s team in 2007-08 proved the program has regained its national prominence held earlier in the decade. The Wildcats placed 22 new entries on their all-time top-10 performers list, broke 10 school records, earned three All-Big Ten honors and sent nine swimmers to the NCAA Championships in 15 different events. In addition, Tierney was elected Big Ten Coach of the Year at the Big Ten Championships. Despite finishing with a 6-4 dual-meet record and losing meets only to teams already ranked in the top-20 in the nation, Northwestern sat just outside the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) coaches poll throughout the entire season. However, the Wildcats ended the season by finishing 19th at the NCAA Championships. Showcasing the increased depth of the squad in 2008-09, NU broke its own mark for dual-meet wins with a 10-2 mark —reaching doubledigit victories for the first time in Tierney’s tenure. The Wildcats beat a pair of ranked opponents and won their final nine dual meets in a row. Prior to his arrival at NU, Tierney served as assistant coach of the Southern Illinois men’s and women’s swimming teams from 1986-88. Several of his athletes earned All-America honors during his coaching stint in Carbondale. From 1980-86, Tierney coached the Lakeside Swim Club in Louisville, Ky., one of the nation’s most successful clubs during the 1980’s. During his tenure, Lakeside captured 10 consecutive state championships (indoor and outdoor) and produced numerous state record holders and nationally ranked swimmers. Three Lakeside swimmers earned spots on the USA Olympic teams from 1980-88. Tierney is a member of United States Swimming and has been appointed to serve on USA National team staffs. In 1999, he was selected to serve as an assistant coach at the World University Games held in Mallorca, Spain. In the summer of 2001, Tierney traveled to Rome, Italy where he served as head coach of the U.S. Junior National Team at the XXXIX Trophy Seven Hills.
TIERNEY AT-A-GLANCE Born:
May 8, 1958
Alma Mater:
University of Louisville, 1980
Degree: Bachelor’s Degree (Louisville, ’80) Mathematics Master’s Degree (Southern Illinois, ’88) Sports Administration Coaching Experience: Lakeside Swim Club, Louisville, Ky., 1980-86 Head Age Group Coach Southern Illinois, 1986-88 Assistant Coach Northwestern, 1988-94 Assistant Coach World University Games, 1999, 2007 Assistant Coach U.S. Junior National Team, Summer 2002 Head Coach Northwestern, 1994-present Head Coach
JIMMY TIERNEY was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2008 after his Wildcats placed 22 new entries on their all-time top-10 performers list, broke 10 school records, earned three All-Big Ten honors and won two Big Ten titles.
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COACHING STAFF Tierney again was selected as a coach for the United States’ World University Games team in 2007, where he coached Hupman to a pair of relay gold medals and an individual silver medal in the 100 freestyle at the Bangkok Games. At the 2005 American Swim Coaches World Clinic, Tierney was re-elected to the Board of Directors for his fourth term to serve his fellow coaches in the United States. He chairs the Coach of the Year committee which annually recognizes one of its members for its highest honor. During the summer months, he is the co-head coach of Wildcat Aquatics and also serves as director of the Wildcat Swim Camp. Tierney is a native of Louisville, Ky. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Louisville in 1980, then went to Southern Illinois to earn a master’s degree in sports administration in 1988.
NICHOLE ELLIS Fourth Season Associate Head Coach
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ichole Ellis joined NU as an assistant prior to 2006-07 and was promoted to associate head coach in September of 2009. She coaches the mid-distance stroke and distance swimmers and coordinates recruiting for the ’Cats. Northwestern recruited the largest incoming classes in program history in two-straight years under Ellis’ charge. In her first season at Northwestern, the Wildcats had 15 individual swims land on the program’s all-time top-10 performers list, and the ’Cats compiled 19 NCAA cut times—12 by freshmen. Ellis coached then-freshman Kassia Shishkoff to a National Swimmer of the Week award, and signed what is considered to be Northwestern’s secondconsecutive recruiting class with exceptional talent and depth. Ellis’ second season was the program’s best since 2000. Ellis coached freshman Ellen Grigg to first-team All-America honors at the NCAA meet, where Grigg finished eighth in the 500 freestyle. In addition, Ellis coached five out of the team’s nine NCAA Championships qualifiers during the 2007-08 season, and five members of Ellis’ training group broke over half of the Northwestern school records set during the year. Ellis helped Grigg return to the NCAA meet in the 2009 where Grigg earned three top-20 individual finishes while breaking three Northwestern school records. Grigg broke both the 1,000 free and 1,650 free marks with a single swim, simultaneously dropping two records that had stood for a combined 20 years prior to the meet. During the summer of 2007, Ellis attended the Women in Coaching Conference at the Olympic Training Center. She attended the Women’s Coaches Academy in May of 2009 and is a WCA graduate. Ellis came to NU after two years as assistant men’s and women’s coach at Alabama. She served as the recruiting coordinator in addition to planning and organizing team travel and the ’Bama’s first Cystic Fibrosis swimming fundraiser. Fifteen school records were broken and three
Now in his 16th season with Northwestern, head coach JIMMY TIERNEY has mentored his student-athletes to a combined 145 All-America honors, including 16 accolades earned at the 2008 NCAA Championships, where the Wildcats finished 19th overall as a team.
Tierney lives in Kenilworth with his wife, Nancy, and their two children, Adam and Samantha. Nancy is the director of fitness/wellness at Northwestern University. conference titles were won on her watch. She helped coach the men’s 2005 100 breast NCAA champ and 2006 runner-up in addition to the women’s 2005 200 breast runner-up. Prior to joining Alabama, Ellis served as the head men’s and women’s swimming coach at Butler University for two seasons and as the top assistant coach at IUPUI for one year. While at Butler, 10 school records fell and she coached one Horizon League champion. She twice was named Butler University Coach of the Month and her team was ranked No. 1 in the nation as a CSCAA Academic All-America Team in 2003. In addition to her success as a collegiate coach, Ellis also is an accomplished recruiter. At IUPUI, she intiated the program’s largest incoming class and also helped bring in Alabama’s largest class since a coaching change several years ago. Ellis was an assistant Senior and College Team coach with the Indy Dolphins Swim Club from 2001-03 and the associate head coach with the Indy Swim Fit Masters Team beginning in 2004. A 2001 graduate of IUPUI with a degree in secondary education and a minor in sport related health, Ellis was a four-year letterwinner and two-time All-Mid-Continent Conference honoree. She won the 1998-99 conference 100 breast title, earned six school records and was named the team’s MVP in 2000 and 2001. She was inducted into the IUPUI Hall of Fame on Feb. 2, 2007. Ellis earned her master’s degree in sports administration at Butler in July of 2004.
Fourth-year assistant NICHOLE ELLIS has teamed with head coach Jimmy Tierney to bring in exceptional recruiting classes during her time at NU.
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2009-10 WILDCATS medley relay is second and the 400 medley fourth on NU’s all-time topperformers list ... Earned a spot in the 100 fly bonus final at the Big Ten meet, taking 19th ... Also swam in the 100 free and 50 free at the conference meet ... Was top-three in the 100 fly in all of NU’s dual meets, winning at Iowa (1/24) and finishing second versus Purdue (11/7), Wisconsin (11/13) and Notre Dame/Toledo (1/10) ... Had third-place finishes in the 100 free and 200 fly against UIC (11/15)... Academic All-Big Ten.
MEGHAN CAVANAUGH 5-5 • Sophomore Freestyle/Butterfly Anchorage, Alaska East Anchorage
2007-08
2008-09 Ranked third on Northwestern’s top times list for the year in the 100 fly ... Swam with NU’s top 800 free relay, which earned an NCAA ‘B’ cut at the Big Ten Championships and finished the year ranked third on NU’s all-time top-10 list in the event ... Cut 3.5 seconds off her season-best time with a 1:49.66 in the 200 free at the BoilerMakeIt meet on March 1 ... Earned a second swim at the Big Ten Championships in the 100 fly, finishing 24th overall ... Also swam individually in the 200 fly and 500 free at the Big Ten meet ... Qualified for the consolation finals at the TYR Invitational in the 50 fly, 100 fly, 200 fly and 500 free ... Had five top-three dual-meet finishes, including second-place efforts in the 200 fly against Illinois-Chicago (11/15) and in the 100 fly at Iowa (1/24).
HIGH SCHOOL Six-time All-American ... Three-time Alaska High School Swimmer of the Year ... Eight-time state champion ... Holds 16 Alaska state records ... Four-time high school MVP and letterwinner... Led team to thirdplace finish in state ... Swam seven years for Northern Lights Swim Club ... Competed in U.S. Open and Junior National qualifier ... Was USA Swimming Academic All-American ... Member of National Honor Society and honor roll ... Vice Chair Alaska Youth for Environmental Action ... Secretary for Alaska Swimming.
Born Meghan Rebecca Cavanaugh on 5/30/90 ... Daughter of Lisa and Mark Cavanaugh ... Chose Northwestern over Yale and California ... Major is undelcared.
CAVANAUGH’S CAREER BESTS 100 fly 55.24
2006-07 Tried her hand in six different events during her freshman campaign ... Best finish of the season came in the 100 fly against Hawaii, where she earned a second-place finish behind teammate Katie Braun ... Helped the Wildcats win the TYR Invitational with a third-place finish in the 100 fly ... Recorded four fourth-place finishes in the 100 fly ... Also earned fourth-place finishes in the 50 and 200 free against Hawaii ... Swam a season-best 24.48 in the 50 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Turned in a season-best 56.94 during a time trial in the 100 fly at the Big Ten meet, becoming NU’s third-quickest swimmer in the event on the year ... Also participated in the 100 free at the Big Ten Championships, taking 35th with a season-best 52.48.
High School
Personal
Missed time in the middle of the season with an injury ... Competed in the 100 fly, 50 free and 100 free at the Big Ten Championships, turning in a career-best time of 56.73 to take 29th in the 100 fly ... Swam a then-career-best time of 56.90 in the 100 fly on 10/26 against Indiana ... Had a career-best effort of 24.03 in the 50 free in the bonus final at the Georgia Invitational (11/31) ... Best finishes of the dual-meet season came with a pair of second-place efforts in the 100 free and 200 free against Illinois-Chicago (10/27) ... NU’s third-quickest swimmer in the 100 fly in 2007-08 ... Returned after two months off to lead off the 200 free relay against Ohio State (1/26) ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
200 fly 2:04.96
200 free 1:49.66
500 free 5:02.46
Two-time state champion in the 200 and 400 free relay ... Ten-time high school All-America honoree ... 2003 and 2004 Scholastic All-American ... Earned team’s booster club award in 2002 and MVP honor in 2004 ... Team captain in 2003 and 2005 ... Member of the National Junior Honor Society, National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society and is a National Hispanic Scholar ... AP Scholar with distinction ... Named to President’s list.
Personal Born Stacy Congdon on 3/9/88 ... Daughter of Daniel and Rita Congdon ... Double major in psychology and English.
STACY CONGDON 5-5 • Senior Freestyle/Butterfly Windermere, Fla. Lake Highland Prep
CONGDON’S CAREER BESTS
100 fly 54.69
2008-09
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NU’s top sprint butterflyer, owning the team’s top time in the 100 fly with a 54.69 to win at the TYR Invitational and place her seventh on NU’s all-time top-10 list ... Won the 50 fly and was sixth in the 50 free at the TYR ... Member of NU’s top 200 and 400 medley relays, earning NCAA ‘B’ cuts with both at the Big Ten Championships ... The 200
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50 free 23.69
100 free 51.45
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2009-10 WILDCATS KIERSTEN COOLEY 5-7 • Junior Freestyle/Fly Hershey, Pa. Hershey 2008-09 Member of Northwestern’s butterfly corps ... Competed in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 500 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Shaved 3.5 seconds off her season-best in the 500 free, more than two seconds from her top time in the 100 fly and nearly six full seconds off her season-fastest in the 200 fly at the Big Ten meet to earn career-best times in all three events ... Qualified for the consolation final in the 200 fly at the TYR Invitational, finishing in the No. 12 position ... Also made the bonus finals of the 500 free and 100 fly at the TYR ... Academic All-Big Ten.
400 medley relays, earning NCAA `B’ provisional qualifying standards in all three events ... The 200 free relay broke the NU school record, while both medley relays had top-four times in NU history ... Earned bonus final appearances all three of her individual events at the Big Ten Championships ... Was 21st in the 100 back, 23rd in the 50 free and 24th in the 200 back at the conference meet ... Finished second in the 100 back at the TYR Invitational with a season-best 56.25 ... Was third in the 200 back at the TYR Invite ... Also qualified for the consolation final in the 50 free at the TYR ... Had two dual-meet race wins, taking the 100 back in a double-dual against Notre Dame and Toledo (1/10) before winning the event again versus Iowa (1/24) ... Had eight other top-three dualmeet finishes ... Never finished below the top-three in the 200 back all dual-meet season ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2007-08
All-American with the 200 medley relay in 2005-06 ... Swam on the state champion medley relay in 2005-06 ... Team won state title in both of those years ... All-state consideration times in the 100 fly and 500 free ... Swam 11 years with the Hershey Aquatic Club, winning the league title numerous times ... Distinguished Honor Roll all four years of high school ... National Honor Society member ... Academic All-American.
One half of Northwestern’s strong freshman backstroke tandem with Katie Eschenburg ... Earned honorable mention All-America status as a member of NU’s 200 free relay, which finished 16th at the NCAA Championships ... Finished 38th in the 100 back and 39th in the 200 back at the NCAA Championships ... Broke the Northwestern record in the 100 back with an NCAA ‘B’ provisional qualifying time of 54.82 in the prelims of the Big Ten Championships ... Lowered that mark to 54.81 in the finals to take seventh in the event ... Finished eighth in the 200 back at the Big Ten Championships with an NCAA `B’ time of 1:59.71 in the finals ... Swam a season-best 23.32 to earn a swim in the bonus final of the 50 free at the Big Ten meet ... Swam the third leg of the 200 free relay at the Big Ten Championships that finished with an NCAA `A’ cut of 1:30.49 ... Also led off the 200 medley relay at the Big Ten meet, earning a `B’ time of 1:40.78 ... Had one dual-meet win on the year after a firstplace finish in the 100 back against Illinois-Chicago (10/27) ... Had nine other top-three finishes in dual-meet races on the season ... Was NU’s second-quickest swimmer in the 200 back ... Already ranks No. 5 in the 200 back on Northwestern’s all-time top-10 list in addition to her school record in the 100 back.
Personal
HIGH SCHOOL
Born Kiersten Marie Cooley on 10/25/88 ... Daughter of Mark and Judy Cooley ... Chose Northwestern over Emory, Georgetown and Boston College ... Majoring in journalism.
Won the Nevada state title in the 100 back and the 50 free, setting a zone record in the 50 free ... All-America in the 100 back and named team’s most valuable swimmer in 2006 ... High school team placed second in the state in her freshman and sophomore years.
2007-08 Competed in the 100 fly, 500 free and 1,650 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Best dual-meet finish of the season was a fourth-place effort in the 1,000 free against Illinois-Chicago on 10/27 ... Competed in six different events in 2007-08.
HIGH SCHOOL
COOLEY’s CAREER BESTS
500 free 5:09.99
100 fly 58.31
200 fly 2:11.24
PERSONAL Born Elizabeth Hall Engstrom on 12/19/88 ... Daughter of Kris and Larry Engstrom ... Majoring in religion.
ENGSTROM’s CAREER BESTS
LIZA ENGSTROM
50 free 23.26
100 Back 54.81
200 Back 1:58.50
5-7 • Junior Backstroke Reno, Nev. Robert McQueen 2008-09 Member of Northwestern’s backstroke group while also competing in the 50 freestyle ... Recorded Northwestern’s top time of the year in the 100 back and ranked second in the 200 back on NU’s top times list for the season ... Also swam with the Wildcats’ top 200 free, 200 medley and
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2009-10 WILDCATS KATIE ESCHENBURG
MARY BETH FRANCIS
5-10 • Junior Backstroke/Butterfly Hartland, Wis. Arrowhead
5-6 • Senior Distance Freestyle San Diego, Calif. Mission Viejo
2008-09 Member of NU’s backstroke group while also swimming the sprint fly ... Ranked third on Northwestern’s top times list for the year in the 100 back ... Her career-best time of 55.91 in the 100 back at the Big Ten Championships ranks ninth on NU’s all-time top performers list in the event ... Earned a bonus final appearance in the 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships, finishing 22nd with a career-best 54.90, which earned her the No. 8 position on NU’s all-time top performer’s list in that event ... Also participated in the 50 free at the conference meet ... Won the 50 back at the TYR Invitational while finishing third in the 100 fly, fifth in the 50 fly and 11th in the 100 back ... Recorded three dual-meet race victories on the year, capturing the 100 fly on Nov. 7 against Purdue, the 100 fly on Nov. 13 versus Wisconsin and the 200 back on Nov. 15 against Illinois-Chicago ... Had five other top-three dual-meet finishes.
2007-08 One half of Northwestern’s strong freshman backstroke tandem with Liza Engstrom ... Competed in the 100 back, 200 back and 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships ... Earned a second swim in the bonus final of the 100 back, finishing 18th overall with a 56.63 in the finals ... Led off Northwestern’s 400 medley relay with a season-best and 100 back NCAA `B’ standard of 55.93 to lead the relay to a `B’ cut of 3:39.01 and 3rd-place finish at the Big Ten meet ... The time of 55.93 moved her into the No. 8 spot on NU’s all-time top 10 list in the 100 back ... Had a season-best time of 56.45 in the 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships, narrowly missing out on a second swim with a 26th-place finish ... Had a pair of dual-meet victories in the 100 back this season ... Had six other top-three finishes in dual-meet events on the year, besting the field in the 100 back at No. 9 Tennessee (1/5) and against Ohio State (1/26) ... Is Northwestern’s second quickest swimmer in the 100 back and the 100 fly, while ranking third on NU’s top times list in the 100 fly and 200 IM.
HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner at Arrowhead High School ... Co-captain of the swim team as a senior ... High school All-American ... National record holder in the 200 medley relay ... Member of four-straight state champion women’s swim teams ... Member of 400 free 2006 state champion relay team ... Second place in 100 back and third place in 100 fly at 2005 and 2006 state championships ... Third-place in 100 yard fly at 2004 state championship ... Swam with the Lake Country Swim Team for eight seasons, setting a national record in the 200 meter free relay.
PERSONAL Born Katherine Jane Eschenburg on 8/10/89 ... Daughter of Larry and Chris Eschenburg ... Sister swam for South Carolina ... Chose Northwestern over Purdue ... Majoring in economics.
ESCHENBURG’S CAREER BESTS
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100 back 55.91
50 free 23.85
2008-09 Member of NU’s distance freestyle group ... Hampered during the year by injury ... Appeared in the first two dual meets of the season before returning on January 10 against Notre Dame and Toledo, which was her final meet of the year ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2007-08 Ranked as Northwestern’s second-fastest swimmer of the year in the 200 breast and 400 IM ... Competed in the 200 breast, 500 free and 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships ... Had a season-best effort in the 500 free at the Big Ten meet ... Earned second swims in the consolation finals of both the 200 breast and 400 IM at the Georgia Invitational from Nov. 30-Dec. 2, swimming her season-best times in both finals appearances ... Best dual-meet finish of the year came in a second-place effort in the 400 IM against Illinois-Chicago on Oct. 27 ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2006-07 One of the Wildcats’ trio of stellar freshmen distance freestyle swimmers ... Scored points for NU at the Big Ten Championships with a seasonbest and NCAA `B’ time of 16:52.25 in the 1650 free ... Narrowly missed the finals of the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships with an 18th place finish after a season-best time of 4:24.22 ... Ended up 27th in the 500 free at the Big Ten Championships with a 4:55.96 ... Earned a second-place finish in four different events during the year (500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free and 400 IM) ... Earned a second-place finish in three 500 free heats, including her best swim of the year at the TYR Invitational (4:55.04) ... Northwestern’s second-best 400 IM swimmer behind fellow freshman Kassia Shishkoff ... Swam in nine different events throughout the course of the season.
HIGH SCHOOL Qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 800 free ... United States Swimming All-American in the 1500 free ... High school AllAmerican in the 500 free ... Academic All-America selection ... Was ranked 51st in the world in the 1500 free and 82nd in the world in the 800 free in 2003 ... Holds the San Pasqual school records in the 200 and 500 free and the 200 I.M. ... Holds J.V. records in the 200 and 500 free at Mission Viejo High School, where she could not swim varsity due to CIF transfer regulations ... Honor roll all through high school.
PERSONAL Born Mary Beth Francis on 5/12/88 ... Daughter of Bob and Sally Francis ... Majoring in English.
FRANCIS’ CAREER BESTS
500 free 4:55.04
1,000 free 10:09.02
100 fly 54.90
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1,650 free 16:52.25
400 IM 4:24.22
2009-10 WILDCATS JACQUIE GODBE
ELLEN GRIGG
5-10 • Sophomore Freestyle/IM Rapid City, S.D. Stevens
5-8 • Junior Freestyle Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Latin School
2008-09
2007-08
Member of NU’s backstroke and individual medley groups who came on strong in the latter part of her first collegiate season ... Ranked third on Northwestern’s top times list for the year in the 200 back ... Earned a second swim at the Big Ten Championships in the 400 IM, finishing 20th overall ... Also swam in the 200 IM and 200 back at the conference meet ... Had season-best times in all of her Big Ten Championships’ swims, especially in the 400 IM where she cut more than six full seconds off her seed time entering the meet ... Earned three consolation final swims at the TYR Invitational, winning the heat in the 400 IM to take fifth overall ... Was seventh in the 200 IM and eighth in the 200 back ... Had a breakout dual meet at Iowa on Jan. 24, winning the 200 IM with a season-best 2:06.03 while also flexing her distance muscle for the first time with a second-place effort in the 1,000 free ... Also had a dual-meet victory in the 200 breast against Illinois-Chicago (11/15).
Member of Northwestern’s stellar distance freestyle corps ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in three individual events ... Broke the NU record in the 500 free with a 4:41.10 to take 17th in the nation ... Was 19th in the 200 free with a career-best 1:45.75 at the NCAA meet ... Broke two school records in a single swim at the NCAA Championships, finishing 19th in the 1,650 free with an NU-record time of 16:10.92 ... Her 1,000 free split of 9:49.61 during her 1,650 race broke the existing school mark in that event ... Earned NCAA `B’ standards in all five of her individual swims at the Big Ten Championships ... Took third in the 200 free, won the consolation final for a ninth-place effort in the 500 free and was 11th in the 1,650 free at the conference meet ... Swam the leadoff leg with the 800 free relay at the Big Ten Championships, earning a `B’ cut with the group that ranked as the third-fastest time in Northwestern history in the event ... Won the 1,650 free at the TYR Invitational while finishing third in the 500 free and fifth in the 200 free ... Top dual-meet finish of the year was a second-place effort against Michigan in the 1,000 free ... Had four other top-three finishes in dual-meet races ... Academic All-Big Ten.
HIGH SCHOOL USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from 2005-08 ... Named MVP for the Rapid City Racers in 2007-08 ... South Dakota does not sponsor high school swimming; swam seven years of club with the Walla Walla Y and five years with the Rapid City Racers ... Holds 11 state meet or overall state records ... Qualified for Central Zones Championship and Speedo Championship Series from 2004-08 ... Qualified for Megazone nine times in 2008 ... Won the Spirit Award at the 2007 Long Course State Championship ... Summa Cum Laude graduate, National Honor Society and National Merit Scholar recipient ... Also competed in volleyball, cross country, fencing club and karate club in high school.
Personal Born Jacqueline Michelle Godbe on 7/17/90 ... Daughter of David and Julie Godbe ... Published Nameless: The Four Trilogy: Book One under the nom de plum Jacqueline Mychaels in 2008 ... Is in the process of completing Book Two ... Dad was a fencer at California ... Mom played volleyball at Illinois-Chicago ... Grandfather was an Olympic Time Trial qualifier in the 440-yard hurdles ... Enrolled in the Integrated Science Program (ISP).
GODBE’S CAREER BESTS
200 IM 2:04.43
400 IM 4:23.55
200 back 2:06.91
2007-08 Combined with teammate Kassia Shishkoff to form a powerful 1-2 punch in distance freestyle events ... Shattered her own school record in the 500 free with a 4:41.82 in the prelims of the NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors, ending up eighth in the event ... Earned honorable mention All-America status with the 800 free relay, which finished 10th in the NCAA with a school-record 7:08.52 ... Finished 22nd in the 200 free at the NCAA Championships with a season-best 1:46.82 ... Broke the then-NU record with an NCAA ‘A’ cut of 4:43.92 during the prelims of the 500 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Ended up seventh overall in the event ... Took seventh in the 200 free at the Big Ten meet with an NCAA ‘B’ cut of 1:48.65 in the finals ... Was 14th overall with a ‘B’ standard of 16:47.01 in the 1,650 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam on the 800 free relay at the Big Ten Championships which finished with a ‘B’ cut and then-school-record time of 7:13.40 ... Earned first-career NCAA ‘B’ swim with a 4:51.43 in the 500 free to win the consolation final at the Georgia Invitational (12/1) ... Ranked second on the Wildcats’ top times list in the 200 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free while holding the top spot in the 500 free with her school-record swim at the Big Ten meet ... Earned one dual-meet event victory, winning the 1,000 free against Illinois-Chicago on Oct. 27 ... Had five other top-three finishes in dual meets.
HIGH SCHOOL Four-year varsity letterwinner ... Captain of swim team in senior year ... All-state and all-conference in all four years of high school ... Named All-American in freshman and senior years ... Charlotte Weekly’s 2007 Swimmer of the Year ... Team won Charlotte Independent School Athletic Association (CISAA) conference championships from 2004-2007 ... Member of New South Swimming club team ... Member of Cum Laude Society and National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society.
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2009-10 WILDCATS PERSONAL
PERSONAL
Born Ellen Louise Grigg on 9/11/89 ... Daughter of Amy Grigg and John Grigg ... Chose Northwestern over Duke, Dartmouth, Williams and Georgetown ... Majoring in English.
Born Molly Anne Hennessy on 10/13/89 ... Daughter of Mark and Tracey Hennessy ... Raised in Chicago area for 10 years ... Chose Northwestern over Brown, Amherst and Georgetown ... Majoring in engineering.
GRIGG’S CAREER BESTS
200 free 1:45.75
500 free 4:41.10
1,000 free 9:49.61
HENNESSY’S CAREER BESTS 1,650 free 16:10.92
50 free 23.92
ELLEN GRIGG
100 free 51.91
200 free 1:55.49
SHELBY JOHNSON 5-8 • Sophomore Sprint Freestyle Wayzata, Minn. Wayzata 2008-09
MOLLY HENNESSY 5-7 • Sophomore Sprint Freestyle Westport, Conn. Staples 2008-09 Member of the Wildcats’ sprint freestyle unit ... Swam season-best times in all three of her individual events at the Big Ten Championships, participating in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free ... Earned a pair of bonus final appearances at the TYR Invitational, coming back for the evening session in the 50 fly and 200 free.
HIGH SCHOOL Won the 2007 state championship in the 100 freestyle ... Broke a 28-year-old Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (FCIAC) record in the 100 free ... Also holds the school record in the event ... All-conference and all-state honoree as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Team, area, conference and state MVP ... As a senior at the FCIAC Championships, won the 50 and 100 free events, and anchored two winning relays to lead the team to a school-best third-place finish at the meet ... Swam three years of club with the New Canaan YMCA ... Named club MVP in 2006-07 ... Also dove for two years in high school, in addition to playing two years of water polo ... Three-time Connecticut Athlete Scholar ... Honor roll all four years of high school ... AP Scholar.
Strong member of NU’s sprint freestyle ... Finished the year second in the 50 free and third in the 100 free on NU’s top times list ... Also swam with the Wildcats’ top 200 free and 400 free relays, earning NCAA ‘B’ standards with both ... NU’s 200 free relay broke the school record with a 1:29.98 at the Big Ten Championships ... The 400 free relay ranked fourth on the program’s all-time top performers list ... Scored points with a 12th-place finish in the 50 free at the Big Ten meet ... Took 24th in the 100 free while also swimming in the 200 free at the conference meet ... Swam in four consolation finals at the TYR Invitational, winning the heat in the 50 free to finish fifth overall ... Was sixth in the 100 free, seventh in the 50 fly and 11th in the 100 fly at the Invite ... Had four secondplace efforts and three third-place finishes in dual-meet races ... Best dual came at Iowa (1/24) when she was second in the 50 and 100 free races.
HIGH SCHOOL Earned six varsity letters in swimming from 2002-07 ... Was an all-state and all-conference honoree in all six of those seasons ... All-American from 2005-07 ... Team MVP from 2003-07 ... Earned Star Tribune Athlete of the Week honors from 2005-07 and a KARE 11 (NBC) Athlete of the Week award in 2007 ... Junior National qualifier from 2003-07 and a Senior National qualifier in 2007 ... Anchored state champion 200 free relay in 2006 ... Silver medalist in the 50 free at the state meet in 2006 ... Holds schools records in the 50 free and three relays ... Has competed with the Mach 3 Flyers club since 1996 ... A-Honor Roll from 2004-present ... AP Scholar with Honor ... National Honor Society.
PERSONAL Born Shelby Elizabeth Johnson on 3/9/90 ... Daughter of Tim and Bonnie Johnson, who both are NU grads ... Brother, Daniel, swam at Lehigh (2005-09) ... Sister, Whitney, ran track and field at Columbia ... Won her age group and finished eighth among all females at the 2009 Chicago Triathlon ... Chose Northwestern over Dartmouth and Minnesota ... Major is undeclared.
JOHNSON’S CAREER BESTS
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50 free 23.02
100 free 50.71
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200 free 1:50.33
2009-10 WILDCATS JENN KOCSIS 5-7 • Senior Freestyle Omaha, Neb. Marian
1000 and 1500 free ... Team captain from 2004-06 ... USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team selection in 2003-04 and 2004-05 ... National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society member ... Member of Mu Alpha Theta ... Earned school’s First Honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
Personal Born Jenn Kocsis on 5/3/88 ... Daughter of John and Mary Kocsis ... Majoring in psychology with a minor in business institutions.
2008-09 Member of the Wildcats’ strong distance freestyle group ... Had Northwestern’s second-fastest times of the year in the 1,650 free and 1,000 free while ranking as the third-fastest performer of the year in the 200 free ... Earned a spot in the bonus final of the 200 free at the Big Ten Championships, finishing 21st in the event ... Her time of 1:48.75 in the prelims of the 200 free was a career-best and placed her seventh on NU’s all-time top performers list in the event ... Also participated in the 500 free and 1,650 free at the conference meet ... Finished third in the 1,650 free at the TYR Invite while also taking fourth in the 500 free and seventh in the 200 free ... Came on strong at the end of the dual-meet season, winning both the 500 free and 1,000 free against No. 22 Michigan (1/17) before capturing the 500 free and finishing second in the 200 free at Iowa (1/24) ... Totaled five first-place efforts in dual-meet races ... Had six other topthree dual-meet finishes on the year.
KOCSIS’ CAREER BESTS
200 free 1:48.75
500 free 4:52.78
1,650 free 16:51.49
JENN KOCSIS
2007-08 Northwestern’s third-fastest distance freestyler this year, did not compete in the Big Ten Championships following an injury ... Ranks third on NU’s top times list in the 500 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free ... Qualified for the bonus final in the 500 free at the Georgia Invitational (12/1) ... Best dual-meet finish of the year came in a third-place effort in the 200 free against Illinois-Chicago on Oct. 27.
Alex KRAUS
2006-07 Finished 19th in the 800 free relay at the NCAA Championships ... Swam a 4:57.15 in the 500 free at the NCAA Championships ... Swam a 16:54.92 in the 1650 free at the NCAA Championships ... Earned a second-place finish in the 800 free relay at the Big Ten Championships ... Named second-team All-Big Ten for that effort ... Swam a 4:56.66 in the 500 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished 23rd in the 200 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam a 17:08.14 in the 1650 free at the Big Ten Championships ... One of Northwestern’s trio of freshmen distance freestyle swimmers ... Broke through for her first collegiate victory, winning the 500 free against Purdue with a time of 5:01.24 ... Swam an NCAA ‘B’ cut time while winning the 500 free against Hawaii (4:52.78) ... Swam the 1000 free and 1650 only once but had success in both, claiming the 1000 free victory against Marshall and swimming an NCAA ‘B’ cut time in the 1650 free against Tennessee ... Finished the season as Northwestern’s second-fastest swimmer in all three distance freestyle events ... Entered the Big Ten Championships as the 12th seed in both the 500 and 1650 free.
High School 13-time high school All-American ... Set the Nebraska state records in the 200 free and the 400 free relay in 2004 ... Earned the Nebraska state record in the 200 free relay in 2003 ... 10-time Nebraska state champion, winning the 200 free in 2004 and 2005, the 500 free in 2003-05, the 200 free relay in 2003-05 and the 400 free relay in 2004 and 2005 ... State runner-up in the 200 free in 2003 ... Junior National Qualifier in the 200, 400 and 1500 free ... U.S. Open Qualifier in the 200, 400,
5-3 • Junior Butterfly Birmingham, Ala. Vestavia Hills 2008-09 Member of Northwestern’s butterfly stroke group ... Had a strong showing in the 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships, earning a spot in the bonus final and finishing 20th with a 54.98 ... Her time placed her eighth on NU’s all-time top performers list in the event and second on NU’s top times list for the year ... Also competed in the 200 fly and 50 free at the conference meet ... Qualified for the championship super finals in the 50 fly and 200 fly at the TYR Invitational ... Took second in the 50 and fourth in the 200 fly ... Made the consolation finals in the 100 fly and 500 free before taking sixth and 10th in those event, respectively ... Also earned a second swim in the bonus final of the 50 free at the TYR Invite ... Best dual-meet finishes were third-place swims in the 500 free against UIC (11/5) and in the 100 fly at Iowa (1/24) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2007-08 Member of Northwestern’s butterfly group ... Swam season-best times in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 500 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Earned a second swim in the 200 fly, turning in a 2:02.98 in the bonus final to take 18th place overall ... Finished the year ranked second on NU’s top times list in the 200 fly ... Earned third-place finishes in the 100 fly on Oct. 27 against Illinois-Chicago and on Jan. 19 at Michigan for her best
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2009-10 WILDCATS dual-meet efforts on the year ... Qualified for the consolation finals in both butterfly events at the Georgia Invitational ... Also earned a bonus final swim at the UGA Invitational in the 500 free.
TEISHA LIGHTBOURNE
HIGH SCHOOL USA Scholastic All-American ... U.S. Open qualifier in the 100 fly and junior national qualifier in the 100 back and 200 fly ... Birmingham News Scholar Athlete of the Week ... Third-place at 2003 state meet in 100 butterfly and 200 IM ... Second-place finishes at 100 butterfly and 200 IM in 2004 state meet ... Third-place in the 100 butterfly and 4thplace in the 200 IM at 2005 state meet ... Member of the Latin Honor Society and National Honor Society ... Honor roll honoree all four years of high school.
Personal Born Alexandria Clare Kraus on 2/24/89 ... Daughter of Thomas and Barbara Kraus ... Father was a place-kicker on the Miami (Ohio) football team when former Northwestern head coach Randy Walker was a graduate assistant there ... Chose Northwestern over North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and Notre Dame ... Majoring in classics.
KRAUS’ CAREER BESTS
100 fly 54.98
200 fly 2:02.98
50 free 23.78
Kristen LEWIS 5-6 • Sophomore Freestyle/Breaststroke Indianapolis, Ind. North Central 2008-09 Appeared in one meet for the Wildcats, earning an appearance in the consolation final of the 50 breast the TYR Invitational before taking 12th overall in the event.
HIGH SCHOOL Five-time high school all-American ... Finalist at county, conference and state meets in all three of her high school seasons thus far ... Member of the county record-holding 200 free relay ... High school team has finished in the top-five at the state meet in each of the last 10 years ... After sustaining a shoulder injury as a sophomore, still finished fourth in the 100 breast at state ... Has 13 first-place finishes as a USA swimmer ... Swam nine years of club with Washington Township Swim Club (WTSC) ... Club has been designated a Silver Medal Club by the USA Excellence program since 2003 ... National Honor Society ... French National Honor Society ... High honor roll ever semester of high school ... Student Council member ... Panther Leadership and Panther Pride award winner ... School newspaper columnist.
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Born Kristin Schmidt Lewis on 4/9/90 ... Daughter of Jeffrey Lewis and Paula Schmidt-Lewis ... Chose Northwestern over Columbia ... Majoring in human development and pyschological services.
5-10 • Junior Sprint Freestyle Nassau, Bahamas Peddie School (N.J.) 2008-09 Integral part of NU’s sprint freestyle attack ... Ranked second in the 100 free and third in the 50 free on NU’s top times list ... Also swam with the Wildcats’ top 200 and 400 free relays on the year, earning NCAA ‘B’ cuts with both at the Big Ten Championships ... Won the bonus final of the 50 free at the conference meet ... Swam a career-best 50.68 in the 100 free to earn a bonus final slot at the Big Ten meet and place herself 10th on NU’s all-time top performers list in the event .... Qualified for the championship super final in both the 50 and 100 free at the TYR Invitational, finishing third in both ... Won the 50 free in the first dual meet of the year against Indiana (10/24) and in the final dual of the season at Iowa (1/24) ... Had three other top-three dual-meet race finishes.
2007-08 Talented freshman member of Northwestern’s sprint freestyle group ... Earned two honorable mention All-America awards with the 200 free and 400 free relays at the NCAA Championships ... Also competed in the 50 free at the NCAA meet ... Qualified for the championship heat of the 50 free at the Big Ten Championships with an NCAA ‘B’ cut of 22.95 during the prelims before finishing No. 8 overall with a 23.20 in the finals ... Earned a ‘B’ standard with a 50.73 in the prelims of the 100 free at the Big Ten meet before ending up 15th ... Also competed in the 200 free at the conference Championships ... Member of Northwestern’s school-record-breaking 400 free relay, which turned in an NCAA ‘A’ cut of 3:18.20 at the Big Ten Championships ... Anchored the 200 medley relay which had an NCAA ‘B’ standard of 1:40.78 at the Big Ten meet ... Had second-place dual-meet finishes in the 50 free at Michigan (1/19) and in the 100 breast against Illinois-Chicago (10/27), her best dual-meet event finishes of the year ... Ranked second on NU’s top times list for the season in the 50 free and 100 breast, and third in the 100 and 200 free.
HIGH SCHOOL Swam internationally for the Bahamas ... Senior captain of the Bahamas national team in 2006 and 2007 ... Qualified for the Pan-Am Games at the age of 14 ... Competed in the CARIFTA Swimming Championships from 2002-2007 ... Competed in the CISC Swimming Championships in 2002, 2004 and 2006 ... Competed in the CCCAN Swimming Championships in 2003 and 2005 ... Represented the Bahamas at the CAC Games and U.S. Open in 2006 ... Swam for the St. Andrews School of the Bahamas through 12th grade ... Swam for the Peddie School as a post-graduate student ... Holds the 200 IM relay and 200 free relay national prep-school records ... Team won the Eastern Interscholastic Championships and the High School MAPL (Mid-Atlantic Prep League) meet ... Swam club for the Peddie Aquatics Association ... Team came in second at the 2007 Speedo Champions Series ... Prefect, Honor Student and on the Principal’s List at the St. Andrews School of the Bahamas.
PERSONAL Born Teisha Gabrielle Lightbourne on February 6, 1989 ... Daughter of Dr. Jerome and Natasha Lightbourne ... Chose Northwestern over Emory, Amherst and Indiana ... Majoring in biological anthropology.
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2009-10 WILDCATS LIGHTBOURNE’s CAREER BESTS
50 free 22.95
100 free 50.68
CAITLIN MASNEY
200 free 1:51.95
5-10 • Junior Sprint Freestyle Hong Kong, China Chinese International School 2008-09 Member of NU’s freestyle group, swimming distances from 50 to 500 ... Had a great Big Ten Championships, swimming career-best times in all of her individual events ... Earned a bonus final swim with a career-best 50.77 in the prelims of the 100 free at the conference meet, an effort that was just .06 of a second shy of making NU’s top times list for the year ... Finished 23rd overall in the 100 free at the Big Ten meet ... Also swam in the 200 free and 500 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Qualified for the championship super final in the 200 free at the TYR Invitational, finishing third ... Made the bonus finals of the 50 fly, 50 free, 100 free and 500 free, winning the heat in the 500 to take 13th place overall in the event ... Best dual-meet finish of the year was a second-place effort in the 100 free against Illinois-Chicago (11/15) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
TEISHA LIGHTBOURNE
BETH LOE 5-9 • Sophomore Distance Freestyle Upper Arlington, Ohio Upper Arlington
2007-08 Member of NU’s sprint free group ... Competed in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free at the Big Ten Championships, recording season-best times in the 100 and 200 races ... Best dual-meet finish on the season was a fourth-place effort in the 100 free on Oct. 27 against Illinois-Chicago.
2008-09 Member of NU’s distance freestyle group ... Was the third-fastest ’Cat in the 500 free with a 4:52.88 that earned her second place in the event at the TYR Invitational ... Also took fifth in the 1,650 free and 14th in the 200 free at the TYR ... Competed in the 200, 500 and 1,650 free races at the Big Ten Championships ... Top dual meet finish of the season was a second-place effort in the 500 free at Iowa (1/24) ... Also had a thirdplace dual finish in the 1,000 free versus No. 22 Michigan (1/17).
HIGH SCHOOL Four-year varsity swimmer ... Captain of the swim team ... Two-time swim team MVP ... British National qualifier ... Swam club for the Hong Kong Mantas and the South China Athletic Association ... Letterwinner in several other sports including tennis, cross country, netball and soccer.
PERSONAL
HIGH SCHOOL All-America in the 500 free in 2006-07 ... Member of all-America 200 and 400 free relays ... Has four medals at the Ohio state championship meet, including the 2007 state title in the 400 free relay ... Holds the school and state district record in the 500 free ... Career-best time of 4:50.81 in the 500 free is a junior national cut time ... Named Suburban News Publications Athlete of the Month and Columbus Dispatch Athlete of the Week ... High school was named No. 1 public swimming school in the nation, winning the Ohio state championship from 2005-07 ... Competed four years on UA’s water polo team ... Member of six state title teams combining swimming and water polo, and one state runner-up team in water polo ... Swam eight years of club with Upper Arlington Swim Club ... Honor roll all four years ... AP Scholar award.
Born Caitlin Devon Bertine Masney on 2/3/89 ... Daughter of Tom and Lark Masney ... Majoring in economics.
MASNEY’S CAREER BESTS
50 free 24.60
100 free 50.77
200 free 1:51.34
500 free 5:02.00
SHEILA O’NEILL
PERSONAL
5-9 • Sophomore Freestyle Dunwoody, Ga. Marist School
Born Elizabeth Rose Loe on 3/27/90 ... Daughter of Brian and Mary Loe ... Chose Northwestern over Indiana, Duke and Ohio State ... Was third in her age group at the 2009 Chicago Triathlon ... Major is industrial engineering.
2008-09 LOE’S CAREER BESTS
200 free 1:52.69
500 free 4:52.88
1,650 free 17:17.00
NU freestyler ... Suffered a season-ending injury during winter break ... Had a sixth-place finish in the 500 free at the TYR Invitational ... Scored dual-meet points against Indiana (10/24) and Illinois-Chicago (11/15).
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2009-10 WILDCATS HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
All-American and Georgia state champion in the 200 free ... Scholastic all-American ... Atlanta Journal-Constitution All-State team ... Earned Coach’s Award and Most Dedicated swimmer honor for Marist swimming ... High school team is the defending state champion ... Swam 12 years with Dynamo Swim Club ... Short course national cut time in the 200 free ... Member of the Georgia Zone team in 2004-05 ... Carries a 4.0 GPA ... National Honor Society member ... Vice president of Mu Alpha Theta ... Latin Honor Society member ... Vice president of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) ... Eucharistic minister ... Member of Habitat for Humanity.
Born Kathleen Michelle Patterson on 5/17/90 ... Daughter of Brian and Karen Patterson ... Chose Northwestern over Ohio State and Miami (Ohio) ... Majoring in communication studies.
PATTERSON’S CAREER BESTS
100 breast 1:05.71
PERSONAL
200 free 1:53.69
400 IM 4:19.46
5-5 • Sophomore Individual Medley Tualatin, Ore. Tualatin
O’NEILL CAREER BESTS 100 free 52.05
200 IM 2:01.82
HANNAH POINTS
Born Sheila Irene O’Neill on 1/18/90 ... Daughter of Tom and Maura O’Neill ... Chose Northwestern over Harvard, Notre Dame and Princeton ... Majoring in biomedical engineering.
200 breast 2:18.73
500 free 5:01.78
2008-09
KATHLEEN PATTERSON 5-6 • Sophomore Breaststroke/Individual Medley Naperville, Ill. Neuqua Valley 2008-09 Component of NU’s breaststroke squad and one of the team’s top individual medley swimmers ... Finished the year second in the 200 IM and third in the 400 IM and 100 breast on NU’s top times list for the season ... Those times helped place her fifth in the 200 IM, fifth in the 400 IM and 10th in the 200 breast on Northwestern’s all-time top performers list ... Made the bonus final in all three of her individual events at the Big Ten Championships ... Cut more than seven full seconds off her seasonbest time in the 400 IM during the prelims at the conference meet before finishing 19th overall in the event ... Dropped nearly four seconds in the 200 IM at the Big Ten meet before taking 21st ... Also was 21st in the 200 breast with a career-best time ... Also in possession of the season’s third best times in the 200 IM (2:05.56) and the 400 IM (4:26.13), both of which took place at the TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Earned third place finishes in both events ... Best finish of the year came in the form of a second-place mark in the 200 IM against Purdue (11/07).
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All-America honoree ... All-sectional and all-state accolades in swimming and water polo ... Has earned points in all three of her career state championship meet appearances ... Won the 2005 Illinois state title in the 400 free relay ... Speedo Sectional champion in the mile and 1,000 free in 2007 ... Team finished second at the 2005 state meet ... Swam 11 years with the Maverick Swim Club ... Played four years of water polo in addition to swimming ... Indian Prairie Scholar ... High Honor Roll for all six of her high school semesters ... Academic all-conference in swimming and water polo.
Standout young IM and butterflier ... Ranked second in the 200 fly, 200 breast and 400 IM and third in the 200 IM on NU’s top times list ... Scored points with a 12th-place finish in the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships, swimming an NCAA ‘B’ cut of 4:15.27 to make her the second-fastest swimmer in the event in school history ... Also earned second swims at the Big Ten meet in the 200 fly and 200 IM, finishing 18th and 20th, respectively ... Ranks sixth in the 200 IM and 10th in the 200 fly on the Wildcats’ all-time top performers list ... Swam a season-best 2:16.79 in the 200 breast at the BoilerMakeIt meet to rate fifth on NU’s all-time top performers list ... Earned 3-of-4 top times at TYR Invitational (11/21) with a second-place finish in the 200 IM, third in the 200 breast and fourth in the 400 IM ... Won three events, earning first in the 400 IM at Wisconsin (11/13), the 500 free versus UIC (11/15) and the 200 fly at Iowa (1/24) ... Had 19 overall top-three finishes.
HIGH SCHOOL Oregon state champion in the 200 IM and 500 free ... Six-time district champion ... Three-time team MVP ... All-American in the 200 IM, 500 free and 400 free relay ... Two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... Team finished second in the state twice and third once during her time there ... Swam for the Salem Aquatic Club from 1996-2001, then with Tigard-Tualatin Swim Club from 2001-07 ... Olympic Trial qualifier in the 400 IM ... Oregon Swimming’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2006 ... Two-time qualifier for Junior Nationals while also competing at Spring Nationals ... Also ran four years of cross country and two years of distance events in track ... First-team all-state in cross country ... Two-time MVP of the cross country team ... Ran in the Border Clash all-star race twice ... Officer in the National Honor Society ... Two-time Scholastic All-American ... Officer in the National Art Honors Society.
Personal Born Hannah Koo Points on 12/22/89 ... Daughter of Koo Points ... Chose Northwestern over Denver and Wisconsin ... Major is undeclared.
POINTs’ CAREER BESTS
200 breast 2:16.79
200 fly 2:00.59
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200 IM 2:01.99
400 IM 4:15.27
2009-10 WILDCATS ERIN REILLY
RACHEL RYS
5-8 • Junior Sprint Freestyle Frankfort, Ill. Lincoln-Way East
5-10 • Senior Butterfly Goleta, Calif. Dos Pueblos
2008-09
2008-09
Member of the `Cats freestyle squad ... Swam season-best times in all three of her individual efforts at the Big Ten Championships ... Competed in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 back at the conference meet, with her time of 58.11 in the 100 back good for a career-best swim in the race ... Swam in five events at the TYR Invitational (11/21), earning ninth-place finishes in the 50 back and 100 free ... Top finish came in against Iowa (1/24) in the form of a third place finish in the 100 free ... Recorded five other top-six finishes on the year ... Academic All-Big Ten.
Integral member of NU’s fly team ... Battled foot injuries throughout the season, steadily swimming faster as the season progressed ... Ranked third in the 200 fly on the season’s top times list with a 2:01.15 time that was good for a second place finish against Michigan (1/17) ... Qualified for the bonus final in the 200 fly at the Big Ten Championships before finishing 24th overall ... Also swam in the 50 free and 100 fly at the conference meet ... Recorded a 10th-place finish in the 50 fly at the TYR Invitational (11/21) while also swimming in the 50 free and 100 fly... Recorded two other second-place finishes for the season, in the 100 fly at Michigan and the 200 fly at Iowa (1/24) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2007-08 Member of NU’s strong sprint free group ... Competed in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 back at the Big Ten Championships ... Earned a second swim in the 50 free after a 23.47 in the prelims before winning the bonus final with a season-best 23.39 ... Also participated in the bonus final of the 100 free after turning in a season-best 51.32 during the prelims ... Had three third-place efforts in dual meets, her best finishes in the dualmeet season ... Two of those swims came in the 50 free in the final two meets of the year against No. 13 Michigan (1/19) and Ohio State (1/26) ... Also had a third-place finish in the 100 free against UIC (10/27).
Four-year varsity letterwinner in swimming and water polo ... Four-year 50 free Sectional champion ... All-conference and all-sectional selection all four years ... Two-time all-state honoree ... Placed ninth (2005) and sixth (2006) in the 50 free at the state championships ... Broke two school records as a senior at the state championships ... Voted school’s Female Athlete of the Year ... Swam club for Lincoln-Way Swim Association (LWSA) ... Two-time Illinois senior state champion in the 50 free ... Central Zone/Speedo Sectional qualifier ... U.S. Open qualifier ... Illinois Mid-State All-Star Team selection ... LWSA High School Swimmer of the Year ... High Honor Roll ... National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society member ... Illinois State Scholar ... PSAE All-Star.
PERSONAL Born Erin Kathleen Reilly on 12/7/88 ... Daughter of John and Diane Reilly ... Chose Northwestern over Boston College, Indiana, Illinois and Emory ... Majoring in human communication sciences.
REILLY’S CAREER BESTS 50 free 23.39
One of NU’s top butterfliers ... Competed in the 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships ... Ranked third on Northwestern’s top times list for the year in the 200 fly ... Her best finish in a dual-meet was second, a feat accomplished four times ... Had six total top-3 finishes in dual meets in ... Qualified for the consolation finals in both the 100 and 200 fly events at the Georgia Invitational (11/30-12/2) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2006-07
HIGH SCHOOL
2007-08
100 free 51.32
100 back 58.11
Swam to a 13th-place finish and an NCAA ‘B’ cut of 2:01.41 in the 200 fly at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished ninth in the 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam a 2:09.59 in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships ... Stepped up in her freshman campaign to become an important contributor in the fly events ... Swept the fly events (100 and 200) at the TYR Invitational ... Time of 55.52 in the 100 fly at the TYR was her season-best and made her the team’s second-fastest in the event this year ... Also earned a victory in the 100 fly against Marshall and the 200 fly against Wisconsin ... Season-best time of 2:00.70 in the 200 fly was an NCAA ‘B’ cut time ... Time of 2:00.70 also was Northwestern’s fastest time in the 200 fly for the entire season ... Finished no worse than fourth in the 200 fly throughout the entire season ... Entered the Big Ten Championships seeded eighth in the 200 fly and ninth in the 100 fly ... Part of the 200 medley relay at the TYR Invitational that recorded Northwestern’s fastest time of the season ... Swam the team’s third-best time of the year in the 200 IM with a 2:09.49 against Marshall.
HIGH SCHOOL Three-time first-team All-America swimmer ... U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier in the 200 fly ... Senior National qualifier in the 100 and 200 fly ... Undefeated in Channel League dual meet competition at Dos Pueblos High School in California ... CIF-SS Division I state champion in the 100 fly ... 2004 Senior National finalist in the 200 fly, finishing eighth ... Santa Barbara Athlete of the Year for swimming ... Santa Barbara Athlete of the Week ... High school team’s MVP and captain for two years ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... National Honor Society member ... California Scholarship Federation member ... Member of the Academic Team Championship, honored for having the highest GPA in the CIF ... Goleta Teen of the Year nominee.
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2009-10 WILDCATS PERSONAL Born Rachel Ann Rys on 12/5/87 ... Daughter of Mike and Judy Rys ... Gender studies/linguistics double major with a cognitive science minor.
RACHEL RYS
RYS’ CAREER BESTS
100 fly 55.52
200 fly 2:00.70
200 IM 2:09.49
KASSIA SHISHKOFF 5-9 • Senior Freestyle/Individual Medley Raleigh, N.C. St. David’s School 2008-09 Critical member of the Wildcats’ squad, swimming multiple disciplines and distances ... Recorded Northwestern’s top times of the year in the 200 fly, 1,000 free, 200 IM and 400 IM ... Also ranked on NU’s top times list for the season in the 200 free, 500 free and 1,650 free ... Notched individual NCAA ‘B’ provisional qualifying times in the 200 free, 500 free and 400 IM ... Member of NU’s best 400 free and 800 free relays on the year, earning `B’ cuts with both at the Big Ten Championships ... Qualified for the consolation final in all three of her individual events at the Big Ten meet, finishing 11th in the 500 free, 11th in the 400 IM and 13th in the 200 fly ... With her swims in 2008-09, moved up in several events on NU’s all-time top performers list ... In addition to her previous rankings on the list, now is second in the 200 IM, fourth in the 200 free and sixth in the 200 fly ... Earned three number one finishes at the TYR Invitational (11/21), in the 200 free, the 500 free and the 400 IM, while securing second place in the 1,650 free, 200 free and the 200 fly ... Named Swimmer of the Meet for the TYR Invitational ... Broke two pool records at Wisconsin (11/13), earning one in the 200 free with a 1:47.92 and the other in the 200 fly (2:00.77) ... Named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week twice after meets against Indiana (10/24) and Notre Dame/Toledo (1/10) ... Earned first place 19 times over the dual-meet season, finishing first every time competing in the 100 free, 200 free, 500 free and 1,000 free ... Recorded six second-place finishes, ending the season with only two finishes not in the top-two ... Academic All-Big Ten.
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Northwestern’s most versatile distance swimmer, held the Wildcats’ top times of the year in 1,000 free, 1,650 free and 400 IM while ranking sec-
ond in the 500 free and 200 IM ... Won honorable mention All-America honors with the 400 free and 800 free relays at the NCAA Championships, breaking the school record with a 7:08.52 in the 800 free ... Also competed in the 500 free (19th place) and the 400 IM (28th place) at the NCAA meet ... Broke an 18-year-old school record in the 500 free with a career-best time and NCAA ‘A’ cut of 4:44.00 during the prelims of the Big Ten Championships, only to have teammate Ellen Grigg swim a 4:43.92 in the very next heat ... Finished sixth with a 4:45.09 during the finals of the 500 free ... Broke the school record in the 400 IM with an NCAA ‘A’ cut of 4:14.52 to win the consolation final of the Big Ten Championships ... Took 13th overall in the 1,650 free with an NCAA ‘B’ standard of 16:45.44 at the Big Ten meet ... Anchored the 400 free relay which broke the school record and recorded an NCAA ‘A’ swim of 3:18.20 at the Big Ten Championships ... Also broke the then-school record with the 800 free relay with a ‘B’ time of 7:13.40 at the conference meet ... Had 10 total NCAA ‘B’ provisional qualifying swims in three different events entering the Big Ten Championships, including seven in the 500 free ... Has 10 first-place finishes across five different individual events in dual meets ... Had 17 total top-three dual-meet race finishes this year ... Finished fourth overall in the 400 IM at the Georgia Invitational ... Also qualified for the championship final in the 500 free while making the consolation final in the 200 fly at the Georgia Invite (11/30-12/2) ... 2007-2008 Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
2006-07 Swam to a 28th-place finish in the 1650 free at the NCAA Championships ... Finished 33rd in the 500 free at the NCAA Championships ... With a time of 4:23.16, finished 39th in the 400 IM at the NCAA Championships ... Earned a second-place finish in the 800 free relay at the Big Ten Championships ... Named second-team All-Big Ten for that effort ... Swam to a third-place finish in the 400 free relay at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished seventh with an NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 4:48.70 in the 500 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam a 4:46.96 in the prelims of the 500 free, good for third on NU’s all-time top-10 list ... Finished ninth with an NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 16:37.71 in the 1650 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Notched an 11th-place finish with an NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 4:19.41 in the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships, which was NU’s best time of the year in the event ... Ended the season with the ’Cats fastest time in all three distance freestyle events ... Broke the Norris Aquatics Center pool record in the 1650 free, swimming an NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 16:28.01 against Tennessee ... Time ranks her fifth on NU’s all-time top-10 list in the event ... Swam NCAA ‘B’ cut times in four different events (200 free, 500 free, 1650 free and 400 IM) against Tennessee, winning all four events in the process ... Time of 1:49.43 in the 200 free against Tennessee made her the eighth-fastest swimmer in NU history in the event ... Earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Week, Collegeswimming.com and Swimming World Magazine National Swimmer of the Week honors that week ... Won the 500 free six times throughout the course of the season ... Finished the season ranked in the top three of eight different events on Northwestern’s top times list ... Entered the Big Ten Championships as the third seed in the 500 free, fourth seed in the 1650 free, and 11th seed in the 400 IM.
HIGH SCHOOL Three-time North Carolina state champion in both the 200 and 500 free ... State and school record holder in those events ... North Carolina state all-star for three years ... Fastest 200 yard and meter freestyler in North Carolina in 2004 and 2005 ... Placed eighth in the 200 free at the 2005 NCSA Junior Nationals ... Placed 12th in the 200 meter free at the 2005 Speedo Junior Nationals ... Scholastic All-America team honoree in 2003-04 and 2004-05 ... National Honor Society member.
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2009-10 WILDCATS PERSONAL
GENNY SZYMANSKI
Born Kassia Shishkoff on 9/3/88 ... Daughter of Alex and Liz Shishkoff ... Double major in journalism and Spanish.
5-9 • Senior Backstroke Haines, Alaska Haines
SHISHKOFF’s CAREER BESTS
200 free 1:47.92 200 fly 1:59.58
500 free 4:44.00 200 IM 2:01.53
1,650 free 16:28.01 400 IM 4:14.52
2008-09 Member of NU’s backstroke corps, specializing in the 200 ... Broke her own school record in the 200 back with an NCAA ‘B’ time of 1:56.13 during the prelim heats at the Big Ten Championships before taking sixth overall ... Ranked second on NU’s top times list in the 100 back, moving up to eighth on the Wildcats’ all-time top performers list in the event with her season-best 55.76 ... Took 18th in the 100 back and swam a career-best time in the 500 free at the conference meet ... Earned first in the 200 back and third in the 100 back at the TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Was fifth in the 500 free at the TYR as well ... Finished regular season with four other first-place finishes, three in the 200 back: Notre Dame/ Toledo (1/10), Michigan (1/17) and Iowa (1/24); and one in the 100 back: UIC/University of Chicago (11/15) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
KASSIA SHISHKOFF
2007-08
KATE STEPHENSEN 5-7 • Junior Freestyle Davis, Calif. Davis Senior High 2008-09 Injury sidelined her after the TYR Invitational ... Swam in five events at the TYR, finishing seventh in the 1,650 free and ninth in the 500 free ... Recorded career-bests in all of her TYR swims ... First in the 1,000 and second in the 500 free vs. UIC (11/15) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2007-08 Participated in all six freestyle events ... Competed in the 200, 500 and 1,650 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Best dual-meet finish was a second-place effort in the 1,000 free against Illinois-Chicago on Oct. 27.
HIGH SCHOOL Four-year letterwinner in swimming ... 2004 Davis High Swim Team MVP ... Team won Sectional championship from 2004-06 ... Swam club for the Davis Aquadarts ... Named Aquadart of the Month ... National Honor Society co-President ... California Scholarship Federation.
PERSONAL Born Kate Andrup Stephensen on 8/3/89 ... Daughter of Kim Andrup and Charles Stephensen ... Double major in history and secondary education with an anthropology minor.
STEPHENSEN’S CAREER BESTS
200 free 1:55.49
500 free 5:03.89
1,650 free 17:27.83
Northwestern’s top swimmer in the 200 backstroke ... Competed in the 200 back at the NCAA Championships, finishing 23rd ... Broke a sevenyear-old school record in the 200 back with an NCAA ‘A’ cut of 1:57.05 to finish fourth at the Big Ten Championships ... Earned a second swim in the 100 back after a season-best 56.68 during prelims, taking 20th after her 57.08 during the bonus final ... Also competed in the 500 free at the Big Ten meet ... Ranked third on the Wildcats’ top times list in the 100 back ... Foreshadowed her record-breaking Big Ten performance with a dual-meet-season-best 200 back swim in NU’s final dual of the season, finishing first in the event against Ohio State on Jan. 26 with a 2:00.92, just .09 of a second away from an NCAA ‘B’ cut ... Also had a first-place dual-meet finish in the 500 free on Oct. 27 against Illinois-Chicago ... Had four other top-three finishes in dual-meet events ... Qualified for the championship heat in the 200 back at the Georgia Invitational (12/1) ... Also qualified for the consolation final in the 100 back and the bonus final in the 500 free at the UGA Invite ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2006-07 The Wildcats’ most reliable backstroke swimmer ... Finished eighth in the 200 back at the Big Ten Championships with a 2:02.55 after turning in a season-best and NCAA ‘B’ time of 1:59.38 in the prelims ... Recorded a season-best 56.17 in the 100 back at the Big Ten Championships ... Part of the 200 medley relay that finished fourth with a time of 1:43.48 ... Swam an NCAA ‘B’ time of 2:00.96 to win the 200 back at the TYR Invitational ... Swam a 4:34.08 in the 400 IM at the TYR to become the third-quickest Wildcat in the event during the year ... Earned her first collegiate victory when she won the 200 back against Purdue ... Won four other events ... Showed versatility with a pair of third-place finishes in the 200 IM and 500 free against Marshall ... Seeded 12th in the 200 back and 19th in the 100 back heading into the Big Ten Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL Alaska state record holder in the 13-14 age group long course 100 back and short course 100 and 200 back ... Also holds the Alaska state record in the 15-16 age group long course 100 back ... 2004 and 2005 Scholastic All-American ... Alaska Scholars Award honoree.
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2009-10 WILDCATS PERSONAL
Personal
Born Genny Szymanski on 9/28/88 ... Daughter of Jim and Randa Szymanski ... Majoring in communication studies with a minor in business institutions.
Born Caroline Jolene Walls on 4/26/89 ... Daughter of Lisa and Steve Walls ... Brother, Daniel, swam for NU’s men’s team from 2004-08 ... Chose Northwestern over Emory, Vanderbilt, California, UCLA and UC San Diego ... Majoring in mathematical methods in the social sciences (MMSS) and political science with an environmental policy and culture minor.
SZYMANSKI’S CAREER BESTS
100 back 55.76
200 back 1:56.13
500 free 4:58.53
WALLS’ CAREER BESTS
200 free 1:55.24
500 free 5:07.69
1,650 free 17:59.66
JENNY WILSON
GENNY SZYMANSKI
5-5 • Sophomore Breaststroke Bethesda, Md. Sidwell Friends School
CAROLINE WALLS 5-7 • Junior Distance Freestyle Tucson, Ariz. Sabino 2008-09 Distance freestylist for the Wildcats ... Competed in the 200 free, 500 free and 1,650 free at the Big Ten Championships, swimming a careerbest time in the 200 race ... Earned a 10th-place finish in the 1,650 free at the TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Also competed in the 50 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 back and 200 back at the event ... Best dual-meet finishes of the year came in the form of two sixth-place efforts in the 1,000 free at Illinois-Chicago/University of Chicago (11/15) and Iowa (1/24) ... Broke 18:00 in the 1,650 free for a career-best effort in the event in a dual meet versus Notre Dame and Toledo (1/10) ... Swam a careerbest 5:07.69 in the 500 free during an exhibition heat against Michigan (1/17) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2007-08 Member of Northwestern’s distance free group, but also competed in the 100 and 200 free events during the year ... Swam in the 200 free, 500 free and 1,650 free events at the Big Ten Championships ... Best dual-meet finish of the year came in a third-place result in the 500 free against No. 13 Michigan on Jan. 19.
2008-09 Had a breakout season as a member of the breaststroke group ... Recorded Northwestern’s best times of the season in both the 100 and 200 breast ... Qualified for the consolation final in the 100 breast at the Big Ten Championships with a season-best and NCAA ‘B’ provisional qualifying time of 1:01.96, which also was the second-fastest time in school history ... Won the consolation final with a second ‘B’ cut in the event ... Made the consolation final in the 200 breast at the conference meet with a 2:16.55, good for fourth on NU’s all-time top performers list in the event ... Also swam in the 200 IM at the Big Ten meet ... Earned a first-place finish in the 100 breast at they TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Finished 10th in the 200 IM at the Invite ... Recorded five other first-place finishes in the 100 breast ... Swam to three top finishes in the 200 breast as well.
HIGH SCHOOL Automatic All-American and U.S. Open qualifier in the 100 breast ... Junior Nationals qualifier in both the 100 and 200 breast ... Washington Post All-Metro honorable mention selection ... D.C. area Swimmer of the Year ... Sidwell Friends MVP ... Finished second in the 100 breast at the Washington-Metropolitan High School Metros, and 24th at NCSA Junior Nationals in the 100 breast ... Swam four years of club with the Curl-Burke Swim Club ... Club team finished first at NCSA Junior Nationals in 2006 and second in 2007 ... AP Scholar.
Personal Born Jennifer Diane Wilson on 7/15/90 ... Daughter of Lisa Westfall and Bruce Wilson ... Chose Northwestern over Pennsylvania and Virginia ... Majoring in journalism.
HIGH SCHOOL Four-year varsity letterwinner in swimming ... Team MVP ... Tucson Citizen Swimmer of the Week ... Region Champion ... Competed in High School State and Nike Classic All-Star events ... Won Southern Arizona Aquatic Association Championship with club team ... National Merit Finalist and scholarship winner ... Salutatorian ... AP Scholar with honors ... Wendy’s High School Heisman nominee.
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WILSON’S CAREER BESTS
100 breast 1:01.96
200 breast 2:16.55
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200 IM 2:07.02
2009-10 WILDCATS AND NEWCOMERS HIGH SCHOOL
EMILY WONG 5-8 • Senior Freestyle Nepean, Ontario St. Joseph’s 2008-09 Leader of NU’s freestyle sprinters ... Recorded NCAA ‘B’ and career-best times in both the 50 free and 100 free as NU’s fastest swims of the year in those races ... Ranks third in both events on NU’s all-time top performers list ... Member of all five of NU’s top relays on the year, earning NCAA ‘B’ cuts with all at the Big Ten Championships ... The 200 free relay broke the NU school record with a 1:29.98 during a time trial at the conference meet ... Captured bronze in the 50 free at the Big Ten Championships before finishing fifth in the 100 free ... Also competed in the 100 back at the Big Ten meet ... Earned first in the 50 free and fifth in the 100 free at the TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Her 100 free time (49.74) at the Invite was an NCAA ‘B’ cut and a Northwestern pool record ... Finished first in the 50 and 100 free against Purdue (11/07) and Michigan (1/17) ... Swam to 14 top-three finishes ... Academic All-Big Ten.
Canadian Junior National team member competing at the 2005 Junior Pan Pacific Championships ... Took bronze in the 50-meter free and silver in the 4x100 and 4x200 free relays ... Represented Team Ontario at the 2005 Canada Games, earning bronze in the 100 free and taking gold with the 4x100 and 4x200 free relays to earn Canada Games meet records ... Ottawa Swimmer of the Year in 2005 ... Finished fifth in 100 free at the 2005 World Championships trials in Montreal ... Qualified for the Canadian Junior National team traveling to Australia in 2006 ... Honor roll member throughout high school ... Social Science award in 2005.
PERSONAL Born Emily Wong on 6/20/88 ... Daughter of Bill Wong and Patrice Flanagan ... Majoring in pyschology.
WONG’S CAREER BESTS
50 free 22.55
100 free 49.62
200 free 1:49.34
2007-08 Integral member of Wildcats’ sprint freestylers ... Earned three honorable mention All-America honors with the 200 free, 400 free and 800 free relays at the NCAA Championships, breaking the school record in the 800 free relay with a 7:08.52 ... Swam in the 50 and 100 freestyles at the NCAA meet ... Swam a season-best and NCAA ‘B’ cut of 22.95 in the 50 free before going 23.14 in the finals to finish seventh at the Big Ten Championships ... Also took seventh in the 100 free at the Big Ten meet with a ‘B’ cut and season-best of 50.06 ... Member of the 200 free, 400 free and 800 free relays at the Big Ten Championships ... The 200 free swam an NCAA ‘A’ cut of 1:30.49, the 400 free had an ‘A’ standard while breaking the school record with a 3:18.20 and the 800 free relay broke the then-NU record with a ‘B’ swim of 7:13.40 ... Had four total NCAA ‘B’ cut swims prior to the Big Ten Championships, two in the 50 free and two in the 100 ... Ranked second on NU’s top times list in the 100 free and third in the 200 free ... Had six first-place finishes in dual-meet races and five other top-three placings ... Qualified for the championship heats in two events at the Georgia Invitational (11/30-12/1), finishing fourth in the 50 free and fifth in the 100 free ... Academic All-Big Ten.
EMILY WONG
MEAGHAN FENN 5-6 • Freshman Individual Medley New Rochelle, N.Y. The Ursuline School HIGH SCHOOL
2006-07 Combined with Andrea Hupman to form a formidable sprint free tandem ... Participated at the NCAA Championships, with times of 23.22, 52.02 and 1:49.89 in the 50, 100 and 200 free, respectively ... Secondfastest ’Cat in the 100 free on the year ... Part of the 800 free relay team that set a then-school-record of 7:13.92 at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished fourth in the 100 free after turning in a ‘B’ cut time of 50.06 at the Big Ten meet ... Earned a ‘B’ time with a season-best 23.15 in the 50 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam an NCAA ‘B’ time in the 50 free against Hawaii (23.41) ... Earned five different NCAA ‘B’ cuts in the 100 free, swimming her Championships seed time against Hawaii (50.12) ... Earned her first collegiate victory in the 50 free against Purdue with a 23.72 ... Also claimed a win in the 50 free against Ohio State ... Claimed her first victory in the 200 free against Marshall, swimming a season-best and NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 1:49.34, the second-best time of the year for NU.
New York state champion in the 200 IM, 100 breast and 200 medley relay in 2008 ... As a senior, led her team to a third-straight undefeated championship season ... Five-year member of the Section One State team ... Five-year all-section and all-league honoree ... Earned team MVP and coach’s award four times in career ... Swam club for 10 years with the Badger Swim Club ... Junior Nationals qualifier in the 200 back and 400 IM .. Ranked as a three star recruit by Swimmingworldmagazine.com ... Short Course National qualifier ... Traveled to Switzerland with her club for international competition ... Honor roll during all quarters of high school ... National Honor Society member ... USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in 2007-08 ... NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete.
PERSONAL Born Meaghan Helene Fenn on 3/3/91 ... Daughter of John and Margaret Fenn ... Has a younger sister, Kerry ... Chose Northwestern over Princeton and Ohio State ... Major is undeclared.
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2009-10 NEWCOMERS MARYBETH HALL
KATIE McCULLOUGH
5-7 • Freshman Butterfly/Individual Medley Brighton, Mich. Brighton
5-6 • Freshman Freestyle/Breaststroke Grand Rapids, Mich. Forest Hills Central
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
Five-time NISCA high school all-American ... Six-time all-state recipient in individual events ... Was high school team MVP ... Holds five varsity team records ... High school team qualified for the state meet in all four years of her high school career ... High school won four league championships ... Swam five years for Club Wolverine ... Qualified for the U.S. Open in the 100 fly and 200 IM ... Was a Junior National qualifier in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 breast, 100 fly and 200 IM ... Was Michigan SCY women’s high-point champion ... Senior National qualifier ... USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in 2007-08 ... Treasurer of National Honor Society ... Honor roll during all quarters of high school.
Earned all-conference and all-America honors in all four of her high school seasons ... Was all-state as a freshman, junior and senior ... As a senior, named Zone 5 Swimmer of the Year and first-team all-area ... All-America in the 100 free, 200 free, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay as a senior ... Holds team and pool records in the 200 free ... Won state championships with the 200 free relay in 2005 and the 200 medley relay in 2007 ... Team finished fourth or better in the state in all four of her prep seasons ... Swam club with the RAYS from 2000-09 ... Finished third at the YMCA National Championships in the 200 free relay in 2008 ... Took 15th at the YMCA Long Course National Championships in the 50 breast in 2008 ... National Honor Society member ... Earned High Academic Achievement award and honor roll status from 2006-09.
PERSONAL Born Marybeth E. Hall on 6/7/91 ... Daughter of Bethany and Denis Hall ... Chose Northwestern over Stanford, Harvard and Michigan ... Plans pre-medicine studies.
MEREDITH KING
PERSONAL Born Katherine Rae McCullough on 6/15/1991 ... Daughter of Neil and Jill McCullough ... Neil McCullough is a 1986 graduate of Northwestern ... Chose Northwestern over Michigan and Washington University in St. Louis ... Major is undeclared.
TAYLOR REYNOLDS
5-7 • Freshman Freestyle Louisville, Ky. duPont Manual
5-10 • Freshman Freestyle St. Louis, Mo. Webster Groves
HIGH SCHOOL National qualifier in the 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM ... 2009 World Championships Trials participant in the 400 IM ... Two-time Kentucky state champion in the 500 free and one-time champ in the 200 free ... Member of the 200 and 400 free state-record holding relays, setting both marks in 2008 ... All-American and first-team all-state in 2007, 2008 and 2009 ... Ranked as a four star recruit by Swimmingworldmagazine.com ... USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in 2007 and 2008 ... duPont Manual won three-consecutive team state championships from 2006-08 ... Swam six years of club with the Lakeside Seahawks ... Seahawks were the 2008 NCSA Junior National women’s runner-up ... U.S. Open qualifier ... Junior National qualifier in the 200 free, 400 free, 200 fly, 200 IM and 400 IM ... Co-valedictorian ... Honor roll, National Honor Society and Beta Club member ... National Merit Commended Scholar.
Has spent her swimming career competing with the Clayton Shaw Park Tideriders club since 2000 ... Junior National Qualifier every year since 2005 ... Ranked as a two star recruit by Swimmingworldmagazine.com ... Does not swim for her high school team, playing basketball instead ... All-Suburban South honorable mention as a freshman, second-team as a sophomore and first-team as a junior for her basketball prowess ... Team won the Suburban South conference championship the past three seasons ... Statesmen Award winner ... USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... Webster Grove scholar athlete, Renaissance Award winner, honor roll and National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL
PERSONAL Born Meredith Carolynn King on 12/16/90 ... Daughter of June and David King ... Chose Northwestern over Clemson, Michigan, Tennessee and Virginia ... Major is undeclared.
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Born Taylor Nichol Reynolds ... Daughter of Chuck and Laura Reynolds ... Major is undeclared.
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WILDCAT RECORD BOOK BIG TEN CHAMPIONS 1984—Martha Jahn (200, 500 freestyle, 200 butterfly), Ginni Vath (200 individual medley); Ginni Vath, Ann Lewis, Barb Garland, Martha Jahn (800 freestyle relay) 1986—Barb Harris (200 backstroke) 1987—Barb Harris (200 backstroke); Paige Wright, Lori Holmes, Ann Lewis, Barb Harris (800 free relay) 1988—Barb Harris (200 backstroke), Marilyn Peck (1650 freestyle), Kim Tesch (100 backstroke); Lori Holmes, Marilyn Peck, Paige Wright, Barb Harris (800 free relay); Barb Harris, Amy Charnes, Lori Holmes, Kim Tesch (400 medley relay) 1989—Lori Holmes (200 freestyle, 100, 200 butterfly); Lori Holmes, Nadine Takai, Marilyn Peck, Paige Wright (800 free relay) 1990—Lori Holmes (100 butterfly), Marilyn Peck (200 free) 1991—Kim Lloyd, Amy Charnes, Kim Barnes, Susan Donahoe (200 medley relay) 1992—Christy Wicke (100 butterfly) 1993—Kim Paton (200 freestyle), Christy Wicke (100 butterfly); Susan Schaars, Susan Donahoe, Meredith Booker, Lynn Kohl (200 free relay); Kim Paton, Susan Donahoe, Meredith Booker, Lynn Kohl (400 free relay); Kim Paton, Susan Donahoe, Meredith Booker, Lynn Kohl (800 free relay) 1994—Kim Paton (100, 200, 500 freestyle), Christy Wicke (100 butterfly); Susan Schaars, Susan Donahoe, Meredith Booker, Lynn Kohl (200 free relay); Kim Paton, Susan Donahoe, Meredith Booker, Lynn Kohl (400 free relay); Kim Paton, Meredith Booker, Melissa Nott, Lynn Kohl (800 free relay)
ALL-BIG TEN 1984—Barb Garland, Martha Jahn, Ann Lewis, Ginni Vath 1985—Ann Lewis* 1986—Barb Harris, Ann Lewis 1987—Barb Harris, Lori Holmes, Ann Lewis, Paige Wright 1988—Amy Charnes, Barb Harris, Lori Holmes, Marilyn Peck, Kim Tesch, Paige Wright 1989—Lori Holmes, Holly Hutton, Marilyn Peck, Nadine Takai, Paige Wright 1990—Lori Holmes, Marilyn Peck 1991—Kim Barnes, Susan Donahoe, Kim Lloyd 1992—Christy Wicke 1993—Meredith Booker, Susan Donahoe, Nicole Dreessen*, Lynn Kohl, Kim Paton, Susan Schaars, Christy Wicke, Laura Yenglin* 1994—Meredith Booker, Susan Donahoe, Lynn Kohl, Melissa Nott, Kim Paton, Christy Wicke 1995—Meredith Booker, Melissa Nott, Kim Paton, Susan Schaars, Christy Wicke 1996—Meredith Booker, Margaret Brandenstein 1997—Cathy Lundin, Amy Balcerzak*, Dominique Diezi* 1999—Courtney Allen, Amy Balcerzak, Tashy Bohm, Allyson Bowman, Dominique Diezi, Cathy Lundin, Lauren Moore 2000—Merritt Adams, Courtney Allen, Amy Balcerzak, Tashy Bohm, Dominique Diezi 2001—Tashy Bohm, Rachel Johnson*, Vicky West 2002—Merritt Adams 2005—Christy Olin, Andrea Hupman 2006—Chelsea Davis, Hayley Fry, Andrea Hupman 2007—Andrea Hupman, Jenn Kocsis, Kassia Shishkoff, Emily Wong 2008—Andrea Hupman
1995—Christy Wicke (100 butterfly); Melissa Nott, Susan Schaars, Meredith Booker, Kim Paton (400 free relay) 1996—Margaret Brandenstein (100 backstroke) 1997—Cathy Lundin (200 butterfly) 1999—Amy Balcerzak (100, 200 breaststroke), Tashy Bohm (200 backstroke); Courtney Allen, Lauren Moore, Allyson Bowman, Dominique Diezi (200 free relay); Dominique Diezi, Amy Balcerzak, Cathy Lundin, Courtney Allen (400 medley relay) 2000—Merritt Adams (200 butterfly), Courtney Allen (50 freestyle), Amy Balcerzak (100, 200 breaststroke), Tashy Bohm (200 backstroke); Dominique Diezi, Amy Balcerzak, Merritt Adams, Courtney Allen (200 medley relay) 2001—Tashy Bohm (200 backstroke), Vicky West (1650 freestyle) 2002—Merritt Adams (200 butterfly) 2006—Chelsea Davis (3-meter diving) 2008—Andrea Hupman (100, 200 free)
NORTHWESTERN’S ALL-TIME RECORDS Event 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle 200 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 1,000 Freestyle 1,650 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 200 IM 400 IM 200 Medley Relay 400 Medley Relay 200 Free Relay 400 Free Relay 800 Free Relay
Name Andrea Hupman Andrea Hupman Andrea Hupman Ellen Grigg Ellen Grigg Ellen Grigg Liza Engstrom Genny Szymanski Amy Balcerzak Amy Balcerzak Katie Braun Lori Holmes Amy Balcerzak Kassia Shishkoff Diezi, Balcerzak, Adams, Allen Bohm, Balcerzak, Adams, Allen Lightbourne, Wong, Engstrom, Johnson Hupman, Wong, Lightbourne, Shishkoff Grigg, Wong, Hupman, Shishkoff
Time 22.26 48.53 1:44.89 4:41.10 9:49.61 16:10.92 54.81 1:56.13 59.84* 2:12.30 53.51 1:58.51 1:59.74* 4:14.52 1:40.02*
Year 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2009 2000 1999 2008 1989 2000 2008 2000
3:37.99*
2000
1:29.98
2009
3:18.20
2008
7:08.52
2008
Bold indicates current student-athletes
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WILDCAT ALL-AMERICANS 50 Freestyle 1999—Courtney Allen 2000—Courtney Allen 2008—Andrea Hupman (HM)
100 Butterfly 1989—Lori Holmes 1990—Lori Holmes 1992—Christy Wicke 1994—Christy Wicke 1995—Christy Wicke 1997—Cathy Lundin (HM) 1998—Cathy Lundin (HM) 2000—Merritt Adams (HM)
100 Freestyle 1993—Lynn Kohl (HM) 1999—Courtney Allen 2000—Courtney Allen 2005—Andrea Hupman (HM) 2006—Andrea Hupman (HM) 2007—Andrea Hupman (HM) 2008—Andrea Hupman (HM)
200 Butterfly 1988—Lori Holmes 1989—Lori Holmes 1990—Lori Holmes 1996—Cathy Lundin (HM) 1997—Cathy Lundin (HM) 1998—Cathy Lundin (HM) 2002—Merritt Adams 2005—Christy Olin (HM)
200 Freestyle 1990—Marilyn Peck 1991—Marilyn Peck (HM) 1993—Lynn Kohl (HM), Kim Paton (HM) 1994—Kim Paton 2008—Andrea Hupman
100 Breaststroke 1989—Amy Charnes (HM) 1997—Amy Balcerzak 1998—Amy Balcerzak 1999—Amy Balcerzak 2000—Amy Balcerzak
500 Freestyle 1990—Marilyn Peck 1991—Marilyn Peck (HM) 1993—Kim Paton (HM) 1997—Joy Stover (HM) 2008—Ellen Grigg
200 Breaststroke 1989—Holly Hutton (HM) 1990—Holly Hutton (HM) 1997—Amy Balcerzak 1998—Amy Balcerzak 1999—Amy Balcerzak 2000—Amy Balcerzak
1,650 Freestyle 1988—Marilyn Peck (HM) 1997—Joy Stover 1998—Joy Stover (HM) 2001—Vicky West (HM), Erica Rose (HM) 100 Backstroke 1988—Barb Harris (HM) 1993—Nicole Dreesen (HM) 1994—Nicole Dreesen (HM), Margaret Brandenstein (HM) 1995—Margaret Brandenstein (HM) 1997—Dominique Diezi (HM) 1998—Dominique Diezi (HM)
200 Individual Medley 1989—Nadine Takai (HM) 1995—Cathy Lundin (HM) 1996—Cathy Lundin (HM) 1998—Amy Balcerzak (HM) 1999—Amy Balcerzak (HM) 2000—Amy Balcerzak (HM)
200 Backstroke 1988—Barb Harris (HM) 1993—Margaret Brandenstein (HM) 1994—Margaret Brandenstein (HM) 1995—Nicole Dreesen (HM) 2000—Tashy Bohm (HM), Susie Sample (HM) 2001—Tashy Bohm (HM)
400 Individual Medley 1989—Nadine Takai (HM) 1993—Laura Yenglin (HM) 1994—Laura Yenglin (HM) 1995—Laura Yenglin (HM) 1996—Cathy Lundin (HM) 1-meter diving 2006—Chelsea Davis (HM)
200 Freestyle Relay 1991—Lloyd, Donahoe, Vitcenda, Charnes 1993—Kohl, Donahoe, Booker, Brandenstein 1994—Kohl, Donahoe, Booker, Schaars 1995—Brandenstein, Booker, Paton, Schaars 1996—Booker, Brandenstein, Nott, Randag 1997—Bushnell, Diezi, Igoe, Mosher 1998—Allen, Bowman, Diezi, Mosher 1999—Allen, Bowman, Moore, Diezi 2000—Allen, Bowman, Moore, Diezi 2008—Hupman, Lightbourne, Engstrom, Wong (HM) 400 Freestyle Relay 1990—Peck, Donahoe, Vitcenda, Holmes 1993—Kohl, Donahoe, Booker, Paton 1994—Paton, Donahoe, Booker, Kohl 1995—Brandenstein, Booker, Nott, Randag 1996—Booker, Brandenstein, Nott, Randag 1997—Balcerzak, Diezi, Igoe, Mosher 1998—Allen, Diezi, Igoe, Mosher 1999—Allen, Bowman, Igoe, Diezi 2000—Allen, Sample, Fowles, Diezi 2008—Hupman, Wong, Lightbourne, Shishkoff (HM) 800 Freestyle Relay 1988—Holmes, Peck, Wright, Harris 1989—Holmes, Takai, Peck, Wright 1990—Holmes, Peck, Hannenian, Wright 1991—Peck, Donahoe, Haislet, Vitcenda 1992—Vitcenda, Lloyd, Dreesen, Haislet 1993—Kohl, Donahoe, Booker, Paton 1994—Paton, Booker, Nott, Kohl 2001—Bohm, West, Sample, Johnson (HM) 2008—Grigg, Wong, Hupman, Shishkoff (HM) 200 Medley Relay 1989—Morovitz, Charnes, Weersing, Holmes (HM) 1991—Lloyd, Charnes, Barnes, Donahoe 1992—Lloyd, Wicke, Haislet, Vitcenda 1994—Lloyd, Donahoe, Wicke, Schaars 1995—Dreesen, Hudler, Wicke, Brandenstein 1997—Diezi, Balcerzak, Lundin, Igoe 1998—Diezi, Balcerzak, Lundin, Allen 1999—Diezi, Balcerzak, Lundin, Allen 2000—Diezi, Balcerzak, Adams, Allen 400 Medley Relay 1988—Tesch, Charnes, Holmes, Harris 1990—Vitcenda, Charnes, Holmes, Peck 1992—Lloyd, Wicke, Dreesen, Vitcenda 1993—Brandenstein, Wicke, Dreesen, Booker 1994—Brandenstein, Wicke, Dreesen, Booker 1997—Diezi, Balcerzak, Lundin, Igoe 1998—Diezi, Balcerzak, Lundin, Allen 1999—Diezi, Balcerzak, Lundin, Allen 2000—Bohm, Balcerzak, Adams, Allen (HM) represents Honorable Mention All-America Bold indicates current student-athletes
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WILDCAT ACADEMIC HONORS CSCAA ALL-ACADEMIC HONOREES 1987—Ann Lewis, Paige Wright 1988—Barb Harris, Paige Wright 1989—Paige Wright 1990—Paige Wright 1992—Christy Wicke 1993—Margaret Brandenstein, Susan Donahoe, Christy Wicke 1994—Margaret Brandenstein, Susan Donahoe, Kim Lloyd, Melissa Nott, Susan Schaars, Christy Wicke 1995—Margaret Brandenstein, Joy Stover, Christy Wicke, Melissa Nott 1996—Margaret Brandenstein, Mary Beth Ellis, Cathy Lundin, Joy Stover 1997—Amy Balcerzak, Joy Stover, Dominique Diezi 1998—Amy Balcerzak, Dominique Diezi, Joy Stover 1999—Amy Balcerzak, Allyson Bowman, Dominique Diezi, Cathy Lundin 2000—Amy Balcerzak, Susie Sample 2001—Erica Rose, Susie Sample 2002—Merritt Adams, Carmen Cosgrove, Rachel Johnson 2005—Brielle Bovee, Andrea Hupman 2006—Michelle Oeser 2008—Ellen Grigg, Andrea Hupman, Genny Szymanski
MARGARET BRANDENSTEIN
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN 1987—Betsy Aushwitz, Barb Harris, Ann Lewis, Patricia Miller, Kristen Usowski 1988—Betsy Aushwitz, Barb Harris, Pam Lechner, Kristen Usowski, Paige Wright 1989—Betsy Aushwitz, Amy Charnes, Marilyn Peck, Kristen Usowski, Paige Wright 1990—Holly Hutton, Simone Morovitz, Marilyn Peck, Laura Vitcenda, Paige Wright 1991—Amy Charnes, Susan Donahoe, Holly Hutton, Shannon Jensen, Beth Michael, Simone Morovitz, Marilyn Peck, Teri Ross, Christine Simmons, Laura Vitcenda, Sarah Weersing 1992—Jennifer Cohen, Rosemarie Fredricks, Holly Hutton, Shannon Jensen, Leigh Kettler, Kim Lloyd, Brandy Mayberry, Beth Michael, Simone Morovitz, Teri Ross, Christine Simmons, Laura Vitcenda, Sarah Weersing 1993—Lisa Bailey, Jennifer Cohen, Susan Donahoe, Rosie Fredericks, Shannon Jensen, Leigh Kettler, Ginger Kroft,Katrina Kutzbach, Kim Lloyd, Beth Michael, Susan Schaars, Christine Simmons, Christy Wicke 1994—Lisa Bailey, Margaret Brandenstein, Jennifer Cohen, Susan Donahoe, Danielle Frottier, Leslie Hueter, Kim Lloyd, Kim Paton, Susan Schaars, Christy Wicke, Laura Yenglin 1995—Lisa Bailey, Margaret Brandenstein, Elizabeth Deitrick, Danielle Frottier, Leslie Hueter, Kathryn Kearney, Kari Lydersen, Heather McConahey, Melissa Nott, Kim Paton, Sarah Randag, Susan Schaars, Christy Wicke, Laura Yenglin 1996—Margaret Brandenstein, Kaki Gordon, Leslie Hueter, Laura Lindberg, Kari Lydersen, Emily Maxwell, Heather McConahey, Melissa Nott, Kim Patton, Sarah Randag, Jenny Smatt, Joy Stover, Mica Van Slingerlandt, Laura Yenglin 1997—Mary Beth Ellis, Katharine Gordon, Mara Huston, Michelle Kramer, Cathy Lundin, Kari Lyderson, Emily Maxwell, Heather McConahey, Melissa Nott, Heather Payne, Kyrra Rowley, Joy Stover
1998—Amy Balcerzak, Allyson Bowman, Dominique Diezi, Mary Beth Ellis, Kristen Fuhs, Michelle Kramer, Laura Lindberg, Cathy Lundin, Julia McDonald, Ashley Mosher, Heather Payne, Joy Stover 1999—Courtney Allen, Amy Balcerzak, Allyson Bowman, Lisa Bushnell, Dominique Diezi, Mary Beth Ellis, Cathy Lundin, Julia McDonald, Heather Payne, Krista Puttler 2000—Courtney Allen, Amy Balcerzak, Allyson Bowman, Lisa Bushnell, Dominique Diezi, Taylor Lynch, Julia McDonald, Lauren Moore, Krista Puttler, Adrian Talcott, Whitney Winters 2001—Rachel Johnson, Megan Keefe, Lauren Moore, Carin Nelson, Susie Sample, Adrian Talcott, Kristin Ward, Whitney Winters 2002—Stephanie Cranston, Rachel Johnson, Megan Keefe, Christy Michalak, Lauren Moore, Erica Rose, Susie Sample, Adrian Talcott, Ashley Wagner, Kristin Ward, Whitney Winters 2003—Ashley Carter, Carmen Cosgrove, Rachel Johnson, Lesley Meade, Paige Nath, Shuyan Phua, Michela Restivo, Erica Rose, Erin Swenson, Kristin Ward 2004—Amy Mueller, Sara Petric, Michaela Restivo, Erica Rose, Erin Swenson, Rachel Tepe 2005—Brielle Bovee, Leanne Dumais, Kristen Kilroy, Amy Mueller, Michelle Oeser, Sara Petric, Shuyan Phua, Michaela Restivo, Marijana Surkovic, Rachel Tepe, Ashley Welnhofer 2006—Jessie Bailis, Beth Campbell, Leanne Dumais, Carrera Harris, Andrea Hupman, Amy Mueller, Michelle Oeser, Sara Petric 2007—Jessie Bailis, Beth Campbell, Jill Forster, Hayley Fry, Carrera Harris, Andrea Hupman, Sara White-Delehoy 2008—Katie Braun, Beth Campbell, Stacy Congdon, Leanne Dumais, Jill Forster, Mary Beth Francis, Hayley Fry, Andrea Hupman, Tania Lyerly, Rachel Rys, Kassia Shishkoff, Genny Szymanski, Sara White-Delehoy, Emily Wong 2009—Stacy Congdon, Kiersten Cooley, Liza Engstrom, Jill Forster, Mary Beth Francis, Hayley Fry, Ellen Grigg, Alex Kraus, Tania Lyerly, Caitlin Masney, Erin Reilly, Rachel Rys, Kassia Shishkoff, Kate Stephensen, Genny Szymanski, Caroline Walls, Sara White-Delehoy
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NORTHWESTERN ALL-TIME TOP TIMES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
50 Freestyle Andrea Hupman 22.26 Courtney Allen 22.28 Emily Wong 22.55 Teisha Lightbourne 22.95 Dominique Diezi 22.96
2008 2000 2009 2008 1997
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
100 Backstroke Liza Engstrom 54.81 Dominique Diezi 54.95 Tashy Bohm 55.05 Nicole Dressen 55.25 Margaret Brandenstein 55.33
2008 1998 2000 1993 1996
100 Freestyle Andrea Hupman 48.53 Courtney Allen 49.02 Emily Wong 49.62 Kim Paton 49.96 Lynn Kohl 50.14
2008 1999 2009 1997 1994
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
200 Backstroke Genny Szymanski 1:56.13 Tashy Bohm 1:57.34 Susie Sample 1:57.86 Margaret Brandstein 1:58.48 Liza Engstrom 1:58.50
2009 2001 2000 1994 2008
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
200 Freestyle Andrea Hupman 1:44.89 Ellen Grigg 1:45.75 Kim Paton 1:47.60 Kassia Shishkoff 1:47.92 Marilyn Peck 1:48.20
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
100 Breaststroke Amy Balcerzak 59.84 Jenny Wilson 1:01.96 Hayley Fry 1:02.30 Brielle Bovee 1:02.86 Jessie Bailis 1:03.06
2008 2009 1993 2008 1990
2000 2009 2009 2005 2007
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
500 Freestyle Ellen Grigg 4:41.10 Kassia Shishkoff 4:44.00 Marilyn Peck 4:44.68 Kim Paton 4:46.63 Vicky West 4:48.68
2009 2008 1990 1994 2001
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
200 Breaststroke Amy Balcerzak 2:12.30 Katie Simmons 2:15.12 Brielle Bovee 2:15.70 Jenny Wilson 2:16.55 Hannah Points 2:16.79
1999 2002 2005 2009 2009
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1,000 Freestyle Ellen Grigg 9:49.61 Joy Stover 9:51.00 Marilyn Peck 9:52.25 Kassia Shishkoff 9:52.71 Vicky West 9:53.49
2009 1997 1990 2008 2000
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Amy Balcerzak 1:59.74 Kassia Shishkoff 2:01.53 Rachel Johnson 2:01.69 Cathy Lundin 2:01.69 Kathleen Patterson 2:01.82
2000 2009 2001 1997 2009
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1,650 Freestyle Ellen Grigg 16:10.92 Vicky West 16:17.20 Joy Stover 16:22.38 Marilyn Peck 16:24.15 Erica Rose 16:26.12
2009 2001 1997 1990 2001
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400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Kassia Shishkoff 4:14.52 Hannah Points 4:15.27 Laura Yenglin 4:17.59 Rachel Johnson 4:19.44 Kathleen Patterson 4:19.46
2008 2009 1995 2001 2009
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Katie Braun Christy Wicke Carmen Cosgrove Cathy Lundin Lori Holmes
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200 FLY Lori Holmes 1:58.51 Merritt Adams 1:58.62 Christy Olin 1:58.87 Katie Braun 1:59.44 Rachel Johnson 1:59.56
2008 1995 2002 1997 1989
1989 2002 2004 2008 2002
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200 Medley Relay Diezi, Balcerzak, 1:40.02 Adams, Allan Engstrom, Fry, 1:40.44 Congdon, Wong Diezi, Balcerzak, 1:40.55 Lundin, Allen Engstrom, Fry, 1:40.78 Braun, Lightbourne Diezi, Balcerzak, 1:41.73 Lundin, Igoe
2000 2009
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
400 Medley Relay Bohm, Balcerzak, 3:37.99 Adams, Allen Eschenburg, Fry, 3:39.01 Braun, Hupman Diezi, Balcerzak 3:39.58 Lundin, Allen Engstrom, Fry, 3:40.53 Congdon, Wong Diezi, Balcerzak, 3:41.32 Lundin, Igoe
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200 Free Relay Lightbourne, Wong, 1:29.98 Engstrom, Johnson Allen, Moore 1:30.17 Bowman, Diezi Lightbourne, Wong, 1:30.49 Engstrom, Hupman Mosher, Allen 1:30.78 Bowman, Diezi Randag, Brandstein, 1:32.02 Nott, Booker
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400 Free Relay Hupman, Wong, 3:18.20 Lightbourne, Shishkoff Mosher, Allen, 3:19.49 Igoe, Diezi Allen, Bowman, 3:19.70 Igoe, Diezi Lightbourne, Johnson, 3:20.22 Wong, Shishkoff Wong, Hupman 3:20.66 Braun, Shishkoff
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800 Free Relay Grigg, Wong, 7:08.52 Hupman, Shishkoff Wong, Kocsis 7:13.92 Shishkoff, Hupman Grigg, Wong, 7:14.58 Cavanaugh, Shishkoff Paton, Booker, 7:17.85 Nott, Kohl Paton, Donahoe, 7:17.86 Booker, Kohl
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he Dellora A. and Lester J. Norris Aquatics Center includes a 750,000-gallon, 50-meter-by-25-yard pool with movable walls that run on a track system, enabling the pool to be custom-fitted. The complex, which includes an innovative heat recycling system, also features an electronic scoreboard and seating for 800 spectators. The facility also includes the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and the Ivan Combe Tennis Center, located adjacent to the Norris Aquatics Center. The sports pavilion features a jogging track, three basketball courts, four racquetball and three squash courts, a weight room and lounge areas. The tennis center features six indoor tennis courts. Large windows on the running track provide a view of picturesque Lake Michigan. Large windows also overlook the pool from a workout room and a treadmill area in the main Sports Pavilion area. The facility also features an outdoor patio and sundeck that overlook the beach and Lake Michigan. With such easy access to Northwestern’s North Beach, Wildcat swimmers are able to exercise and do dryland activities in the sand. The aquatics center has been the site of numerous competitions, including the United States Swimming Elite National training camp and 1999’s Swim Meet of Champions featuring the USA National Team against the Big Ten All-Stars. The facility also is the home of NASA Wildcat Aquatics, an agegroup swimming club with youth members all the way up to Masters competitors.
NORRIS CENTER POOL RECORDS Event Name 50 Freestyle Courtney Allen 100 Freestyle Emily Wong 200 Freestyle Dana Vollmer 500 Freestyle Amy Oberhelman 1000 Freestyle Olga Splichalova 1650 Freestyle Kassia Shishkoff 100 Backstroke Catherine Fox 200 Backstroke Catherine Fox 100 Breaststroke Jessica Hardy 200 Breaststroke Yi Siow Ting 100 Butterfly Catherine Fox 200 Butterfly Brittany Barwegen 200 IM Gabrielle Rose 400 IM Maggie Bowen 200 Medley Relay 400 Medley Relay 200 Free Relay 400 Free Relay 800 Free Relay 1M Diving Julia McDonald 3M Diving Rachel Goswell
Team Northwestern Northwestern California Stanford Minnesota Northwestern Stanford Stanford California Wisconsin Stanford Indiana Stanford Auburn Northwestern Stanford Northwestern California Northwestern Northwestern UCLA
Time 22.93* 49.74 1:47.29 4:48.64 9:52.30 16:28.01 54.43 1:57.19 1:01.02 2:11.91 53.91 1:59.44 2:01.12 4:14.80* 1:42.76* 3:43.10 1:32.66* 3:22.49 7:20.57 423.80 510.30
Year 2000 2008 2006 1997 1997 2007 1997 1997 2006 2006 1997 2007 1997 2000 2000 1997 2000 2006 2008 1997 2000
* converted from short-course meters
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NORTHWESTERN MEN’S SWIMMING QUICK FACTS.................................................................................................................... 32 2009-10 OUTLOOK.......................................................................................................33-34 WILDCATs ARE CHAMPIONS.......................................................................................... 35 COACHING STAFF.......................................................................................................36-37 2009-10 RETURNERS..................................................................................................38-43 2009-10 NEWCOMERS................................................................................................44-45 WILDCAT ALL-AMERICANS.............................................................................................. 46 Big Ten champions...................................................................................................... 47 norris aquatics center........................................................................................... 48 2008-09 top times.......................................................................................................... 49
2009-10 ROSTER/QUICK FACTS 2009-10 MEN’S SWIMMING ROSTER Name Nathan Butler Jay Calhoun Chris Doman John Frutiger Jan Hanulik Kalister Harmon Nick Johnson Brian Kerr Sean Mathews Tony Mattar Kyle O’Brien Peter Park Bryan Pinkston Alex Ratajczyk Charlie Rimkus Dan Salovesh Varun Shivakumar Cal Staben Alex Tyler Jake Vogel
Event Breast Breast Free/Fly Free Free Diving Free/Fly/Back Free/Fly Fly/Free Free/Fly/IM Free/Back/IM Distance Free Fly Free/Fly Distance Free/Fly/IM Free Back Breast Free IM/Back
Ht. 6-1 5-9 5-10 6-5 5-11 5-6 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-11 5-8 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-1 6-2
Cl. So. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr.
Hometown/High School Cincinnati, Ohio/Turpin Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif./Palos Verdes Peninsula Pittsburgh, Pa./St. Charles Prep (Columbus, Ohio) Alma, Mich./Alma Cavlsov, Czech Republic/Sportovni Gymnazium Olympia, Wash./Capital Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids St. Louis, Mo./Lafayette Lake Orion, Mich./Lake Orion Juneau, Alaska/Juneau Douglas Princeton, N.J./Peddie School Richmond, Va./St. Christopher’s Parlin, N.J./Sayreville War Memorial Tustin, Calif./Beckman Casa Grande, Ariz./Casa Grande Union Hoffman Estates, Ill./Fremd Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay Birmingham, Mich./Birmingham Groves Canton, Ill./Canton
Head Coach: Jarod Schroeder (First season), Northern Illinois, ’95 Assistant Coach: Kyle Schack (First season), Union College, ’02 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Andy Grevers (Third season), Northern Illinois, ’xx Head Diving Coach: Alik Sarkisian (Fourth season), USSR State University of Physical Education, ’80
2008-09 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS (Record: 5-7 • Big Ten 0-7/8th • NCAA Finish: NTS) DATE Oct. 24 Nov. 7 Nov. 13 Nov. 15 Nov. 21-23 Dec. 22 Jan. 10 Jan. 16 Jan. 24 Jan. 30-31 Feb. 26-28 March 26-28
OPPONENT RESULT at No. 14 Indiana * L, 158-129 No. 16 PURDUE * L, 176-122 at Wisconsin * L, 188-103 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W, 172-113 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO W, 211-68 TYR INVITATIONAL 1st/3 vs. Dartmouth (Honolulu, Hawaii) W, 117-48 at Carthage W, 174.5-85.5 at Notre Dame W, 175-125 at Iowa * L, 171.5-128.5 at No. 9 Ohio State * L, 270-64 vs. No. 3 Michigan * L, 244-83 vs. No. 19 Penn State * L, 193.5-138.5 at Big Ten Championships 8th/10 (West Lafayette, Ind.) at NCAA Championships NTS (College Station, Texas)
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The 2009-10 Northwestern University Swimming and Diving Media Guide was produced by the Northwestern University Athletic Communications Department. Assistant Athletic Director: Mike Wolf Associate Director/Swimming Contact: Doug Meffley Associate Director: Nick Brilowski Associate Director/Publications Coordinator: Julie Dunn Assistant Director: Rand Champion Assistant Director: Scott Hammer Big Ten Network Liaison: Rob Coons Program Assistant: Jocelyn Serranilla Photography: Stephen Carrera, Walt Middleton Printing and Cover Design: Multi-Ad Services, Inc. QUICK FACTS Location: Evanston, Ill. Founded: 1851 Enrollment: 8,000 President: Morton Schapiro Faculty Representative: Bob Gundlach Nickname: Wildcats Colors: Purple and White Conference: Big Ten Director of Athletics and Recreation: Jim Phillips Sport Administrator: Maureen Harty Head Coach: Jarod Schroeder Career Record/Years: First Season NU Record/Years: First Season Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 15/4 Assistant Coach: Kyle Schack Volunteer Assistant Coach: Andy Grevers Head Diving Coach: Alik Sarkisian Director of Aquatics: Ed Martig 2008-09 Overall Record: 5-7 2008-09 Big Ten Record/Finish: 0-7/8th 2008-09 NCAA Finish: NTS
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2009-10 OUTLOOK Some news, notes and other goodies to keep in mind as Northwestern prepares for the 2009-10 men’s swimming and diving season... • Jarod Schroeder takes over the Wildcats this season after 20-year head coach Bob Groseth announced his retirement over the summer to become the interim director of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). Schroeder spent six seasons with Northwestern’s club swimming program (NASA) in addition to time as a volunteer assistant at NU before returning from a stint at Maryland to become an assistant coach in 2008-09. • A pair of upperclassmen look to have strong seasons in 2009-10, led by junior Alex Tyler who highlighted a good summer for the Wildcats with a solid performance at the U.S. Open. Tyler earned a consolation final berth in the breaststroke before earning a bronze medal in the 200 IM. That 200 individual medley featured a landmark final in which all eight competitors, led by a swimmer from Arizona, agreed to shun the hi-tech suits in favor of old-school briefs for the heat, making a statement which resonated through the swimming community.
• In addition to Tyler, Sean Mathews is poised to have a big season. In his signature event—the 200 fly—Mathews dropped a full second from his time at a post-Big Ten Championships meet last spring, showing his potential to go low in the race. Peter Park and John Frutiger in the middle distance free along with Brian Kerr in the sprint free have captured Schroeder’s attention with their off-season work. • Perhaps aiding most in Northwestern’s goal of returning a significant number of contributors to the NCAA meet is a strong and deep group of newcomers. Led by distance specialist Charlie Rimkus, whose times already would score him points based on the 2009 Big Ten Championships meet, the Wildcats have their biggest group of freshmen in some time. Schroeder also expects big things from Jan Hanulik and Varun Shivakumar. Hanulik will be a mid-distance factor while Shivakumar has the frame (6-foot-4) and raw talent to be a top-end backstroker after some mechanical work. A sophomore transfer, Tony Mattar, also will figure strongly in the equation after making the finals in three different individual events for Indiana at the 2009 Big Ten Championships.
• Schroeder’s goal of returning Northwestern to NCAA prominence after a year away from the national stage centers on qualifying relays as a way to get as many individuals into the meet as possible. With strong distance swimmers in Rimkus, Park, Frutiger, Tyler and others, the Wildcats’ 800 free relay will be their strength. NU’s sprint group is small this season, but improved competition to be “the man” as well as a new workout regimen could dramatically help Northwestern’s 200 and 400 free relays. Currently a question mark for the Wildcats are the medley relays, with competition ongoing to find the best relay fits in all four strokes. • One of the new things Schroeder is trying out this year is a unique weight training program. He has developed a boxing program, plyometrics and other dryland routines to add strength and power to the Wildcat swimmers. “We don’t want to get guys too big too fast, because then they fade at the end of races and are unable to hold their body line. But swimming has evolved in the past 10 years and we want to get our team stronger than what swimmers used to be in the 1980’s and 90’s,” Schroeder says.
The 2009-10 NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS: Back row, from left: Jake Vogel, Tony Mattar, Alex Ratajczyk, Brian Kerr, Peter Park, Varun Shivakumar, Bryan Pinkston, John Frutiger, Nick Johnson, Assistant Coach Kyle Schack, Sean Mathews. Front row, from left: Jan Hanulik, Nathan Butler, Chris Doman, Charlie Rimkus, Jay Calhoun, Kalister Harmon, Cal Staben, Alex Tyler, Head Coach Jarod Schroeder. Not pictured: Daniel Salovesh and Kyle O’Brien.
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2009-10 OUTLOOK Following is head coach Jarod Schroeder’s analysis of Northwestern’s stroke groups entering the 2009-10 seasons: • Sprint Freestyle: This will be a smaller group for us this year led by co-captain Brian Kerr, who was an All-American as a freshman. Along with Kerr we’ll only have three other guys in Nick Johnson, Alex Ratajzyk and Chris Doman. We are doing more sprint-oriented work with this group this year so we hope to see good results from this group. • Mid-Distance and Distance Freestyle: I think this is one of our strongest groups. We have Varun Shivakumar, Jan Hanulik, Charlie Rimkus, Tony Mattar, John Frutiger and Peter Park all pushing each other in a good training group. The framework is there for a good, solid year, and our 800 free relay should be our best. • Backstroke: Right now we have Varun and Jan, with Nick Johnson also in the mix. We do not really have a standout guy yet so we will see who steps up. Varun definitely has the frame, similar to what Matt Grevers has, so I think he is going to end up as one of the pre-eminate backstrokers. • Breaststroke: We have a pretty deep group in this stroke talent-wise. Alex Tyler, Nathan Butler, Cal Staben and Jay Calhoun comprise this group, with Alex really taking huge strides over the summer as a consolation finalist at the U.S. Open. He and Nathan are pushing each other in terms of performance and consistency. • Butterfly: Sean Mathews, Park, Rimkus and Mattar give us a strong group and will make the 200 a heck of an event for us. It is a race where Park, Mathews and Mattar all scored at Big Ten’s last year and Rimkus has the potential; he’s already been faster than what it took to score last season. The 200 will be our deepest event. • Individual Medley: The individual medleys are two more deep events for us. Mattar and Tyler both scored at the Big Ten meet last year while Park was a bonus finalist. Rimkus also has been fast enough to score in these races. Tyler took third in the 200 IM at the U.S. Open so you know he is one of the best in the country.
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• Season as a Whole: It is hard to set a definite goal, what we want to do is return Northwestern, our relays and our individuals to the NCAA Championships and continue to produce AllAmerica athletes. We did not have one last year and we are returning zero participants from last year’s NCAA meet, but this is a program with a rich recent history of success (All-Americans in 11 of the last 13 years) on the national stage and that is what we are focused on reclaiming.
QUOTING HEAD COACH JAROD SCHROEDER On taking over the program from Bob Groseth... “To follow in Bob’s footsteps is just unbelievable because he is the guy who got me into coaching. When I came here in 1993 and swam for him during the summer, my major was history and I was going to be a high school teacher, but after just three months with him I knew I wanted to be a coach. With a wonderful facility, Chicago right at your fingertips and the education second-to-none, It just took the right person to come in here and sell that to help make NU a nationally prominent program. To have the ability to follow Bob and the legacy that he’s left with Northwestern swimming is humbling. Before Bob, we were competing just to make it into consolation finals at the Big Ten meet. Now we have individuals competing to win national titles.” On adding his touch to the Northwestern program... “I swam for a lot of different coaches through my career—Bob being one of them—so I take a little bit from everybody who I’ve worked with. I’ve been on national teams before, so I know what it takes to get there. I want to recruit and bring in guys who aspire to do what I did in swimming or pass what I did, make an Olympic team which is something I fell short of doing. I’m also not that far from my competive swimming days. One thing we’ve learned in the last 10 years is that swimming is evolving and can be more power based. We’ve developed some strength and dry land training programs that are a little unique in terms of, we’re boxing, we’ve done ploymetrics and just some different power exercises that we are doing on deck to help facilitate strength in the water. We started a lot of these programs in the spring and will continuously evaluate them to see what is working or what’s not.” On who is poised for a breakout season... “Of the guys who made big strides last year, probably the biggest one was Alex Tyler, who really took a step forward. He’s going to be contending for Big Ten titles in the IM’s. Sean Mathews took a pretty big step forward this summer in his 200 fly and last year he went to a time-trial meet a week after Big Ten’s and went a full second faster. He’s somebody we should watch. Brian Kerr is poised to have a pretty good season; he was a little disappointed with last season so I think he’s got something to prove. John Frutiger is a totally different swimmer than last year. He’s training unbelievably well right now and he put a great summer of work in. I think he’s going to move up to somebody who is scoring points at Big Tens instead of just making the bonus final. Chris Doman is another hard worker, talented, he’s swimming his fastest times right now.”
On replacing multi-time All-American Eric Nilsson... “One of the things that I’m excited about was last year with Eric Nilsson we relied on him to win his events, this year there’s nobody that completely stands out like that. We’ve got a lot of guys who are all at the same level who are all fighting to be that person. It’s fun to watch them compete in practice to try to show us coaches that they are the team leaders. Everyday you have Alex Tyler and JAROD SCHROEDER Peter Park and Sean Mathews, Doman and Kerr all trying to be that person. It’s fun to see because they know that there is no clear-cut team leader in terms of performance so it’s a more competitive atmosphere. With such a big group of underclassmen, it’s important for those upperclassmen to do that. These young guys have never trained or competed at this level so to have leadership from our upperclassmen right now where they are trying to battle to show us in practice who’s the man, that’s important because these freshmen are learning how to train very quickly.” On Northwestern’s freshman class... Tony Mattar: “Last year as a member of Indiana he was a consolation finalist in two events and a bonus finalist in another so you know he can score and compete in the level that we’re at.” Charlie Rimkus: “As a junior and senior he was one of the top 500 freestylers in the country. He is going to be looked to right off the bat to be a point scorer for us in dual meets and in our conference, and I hope that he represents us at NCAA’s.” Jan Hanulik: “Jan is someone who is going to be a factor on our relays and a middle-distance specialist. He is going to be a utility guy. He has a lot of talent and I am excited to see what he can do.” Varun Shivakumar: “Varun is 6’7” and has a huge wingspan. I see nothing but big strides from him this year. His will be very fast in the backstroke, we are just fixing some stroke mechanics right now.” Alex Ratajczyk and Nick Johnson: “Two sprint freshmen but they can both swim the butterfly and the backstroke event pretty well, too. They will add depth to our relays and I think we’ll see big improvements really quickly from them.” Cal Staben: “This summer he was close to making Olympic trials in the breast. He has gotten bigger and stronger; I think he has a pretty big upside.” Jay Calhoun and Daniel Salovesh: “Jay is a breastroker and Daniel swims middle distance free, we expect them to add depth for our program.”
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t had been 47 years since an NCAA champion in men’s swimming resided in Evanston, but with a school-record 45.62 in the 100 backstroke finals at the 2005 NCAA Championships in Minneapolis, Matt Grevers ended that drought with the best race of his career. Grevers qualified first for the final heat by defeating two-time Olympian Ryan Lochte of Florida by .36 seconds with a time of 46.01, at the time his personal best and a school record. The victory also brought back to Northwestern a national title for a program with a storied tradition at the national championship meet. The Wildcats have won 28 event national titles in their history, ranking 14th all-time among their collegiate brethren. Al Schwartz was the first swimmer in the nation to win three individual national championships in one year (1930), and has been joined by 23 others in the last 79 years. In the nine years from 1924 to 1933, NU captured an astounding 16 national championships. From 2005-07, the Wildcats returned to their winning ways of the past. Led by the two most decorated swimmers in Northwestern history, Grevers and Mike Alexandrov, NU won five NCAA titles over that threeyear stretch. At the 2007 NCAA Championships, the Wildcats won three gold medals—third most of any school in the country—and set a pair of NCAA records in the process. Grevers became the second Wildcat to win a national championship in three-consecutive years with two victories in the 100 back (2005-06) and a crown in the 200 back (2007), joining Wally Colbath, who won the 1-meter diving championship from 1928-30. Those two feats also mark the last and most recent times Northwestern as a program has stood atop the medal podium in three-consecutive seasons. In 2007, Alexandrov took down a 10-year-old NCAA record in the 100 breast with a time of 51.56, then joined Grevers and teammates Kyle Bubolz and Bruno Barbic to break another NCAA standard with a goldmedal winning time of 3:04.40 in the 400 medley relay. Both of those records lasted through the 2007-08 campaign before being broken during the hi-tech suit season of 2008-09. 2007 marked the third year in program history with three or more national championships, with the other two coming in 1930 and 1924.
2007 graduate MIKE ALEXANDROV waited until his senior year to win gold at the NCAA Championships, but set NCAA records with both his individual win in the 100 breast and in NU’s 400 medley relay victory in 2007.
Prior to winning three medals at the Beijing Olympic Games, 2007 graduate MATT GREVERS was the first Wildcat in 77 years to win three individual national championships.
Northwestern’s 400 MEDLEY RELAY set an NCAA record in 2007, becoming the second Wildcat relay to win a national championship.
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1924 s3 1924 s3 1924 s3 1924 s3 1925 s 1925 s 1927 s 1928 s 1928 s 1929 s3 1929 s3 1930 s3 1930 s3 1930 s3 1932 s 1933 s3 1936 s 1942 1943 1948 1949 1956 1958 2005 2006 2007 2007 2007
Name Dick Howell Dick Howell Ralph Breyer Ralph Breyer Dick Howell Ralph Breyer Wally Colbath Dick Hinch Wally Colbath Al Schwartz Wally Colbath Al Schwartz Al Schwartz Al Schwartz Paul Troup, Volney Wilson, Arthur Highland, Merton Wilcox Don Horn Dan Zehr Bob Amundsen Henry Kozlowski Bill Heusner Bill Heusner Al Kuhn Dave Pemberton Matt Grevers Matt Grevers Matt Grevers Mike Alexandrov Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov, Kyle Bubolz, Bruno Barbic
Event 400 Free 1,500 Free 100 Free 200 Free 220 Free 100 Free 1-Meter Diving 150 Back 1-Meter Diving 100 Free 1-Meter Diving 50 Free 100 Free 220 Free 400 Free Relay 200 Breast 150 Back 50 Free 50 Free 1,500 Free 1,500 Free 100 Free 200 Back 100 Back 100 Back 200 Back 100 Breastv 400 Medley Relayv
Championships before NCAA recognized men’s swimming in 1937 Northwestern also won team championships in these seasons v Performances set NCAA records; both were broken at the 2009 NCAA meet s 3
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HEAD COACH JAROD SCHROEDER JAROD SCHROEDER First Season Head Coach
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arod Schroeder was promoted to head coach of the Northwestern men’s swimming and diving program following the retirement of long-time mention Bob Groseth, officially taking over the reigns on Sept. 1, 2009. Schroeder has been a part of the Wildcats’ program either directly or indirectly since 1993. The 1995 graduate of Northern Illinois trained with Groseth in Evanston in the summers during his collegiate career, served as a head age group coach with the Northwestern Aquatic Swim Association (NASA) beginning in 2000 and was a volunteer assistant with NU’s varsity programs from 2000-06. Following a two-year stint at Maryland, Schroeder returned as an assistant coach during the final year of Groseth’s 20-year tenure. His arrival was immediately felt, especially in recruiting when Schroeder signed several nationally sought-after swimmers, including Swimming World Magazine five-star recruit Charlie Rimkus. Schroeder had a decorated career in the pool despite getting a late start. A swimmer until the age of 10, Schroeder stepped away to excel at other sports before returning as a senior in high school. A walk-on at Northern Illinois, Schroeder became a team captain who won three Mid-American Conference Swimmer of the Year awards, two Illinois Collegiate Swimmer of the Year honors and seven individual conference championships under head coach Jeanne Fleck. He was inducted into the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006. Schroeder continued to train with Groseth following graduation knowing he had a lot left to accomplish during his relatively short competitive career. He qualified for his first Olympic Trials in 1996, finishing 12th in the 100 fly. He then made the United States’ squads for the 1998 Pan American Games and the 1999 Goodwill Games, earning election as captain on the Pan Am squad. A conversation with Groseth during one of Schroeder’s summer training sessions at Northwestern helped steer his life path toward coaching. Beginning in the club ranks, Schroeder worked with NASA before becoming the head coach with New Trier Swim Club in 2002. Taking over an organization with no Nationals qualifiers, Schroeder helped to raise the bar, sending three competitors to the 2004 Olympic Trials and consistently sending swimmers to National level meets. Two 12-year-olds set national age-group records under Schroeder, who twice earned Illinois Swimming Coach of the Year accolades. During his time at NASA and New Trier, Schroeder also served as a volunteer coach with Northwestern during the beginning of the Matt Grevers and Mike Alexandrov era. Their freshman year of 2004 marked the beginning of a stretch of five-straight top-12 national finishes for Northwestern, including five individual NCAA championships. Schroeder took his first full-time collegiate job in 2006-07 as an assistant coach at Maryland, earning interim head coaching duties the following year in 2007-08. He coached his team to seven school-record swims during a rebuilding phase in the program’s history.
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SCHROEDER AT-A-GLANCE Born:
August 21, 1973
Alma Mater:
Northern Illinois, 1995
Degree: Bachelor’s Degree (Northern Illinois, ’97) Coaching Experience: Northwestern, 2000-06 Volunteer Assistant Coach NASA Aquatics (Club), 2000-02 Head Coach New Trier Swim Club, 2002-06 Head Coach Maryland, 2006-07 Assistant Coach Maryland, 2007-08 Interim Head Coach Northwestern, 2008-09 Assistant Coach Northwestern, 2009-present Head Coach
JAROD SCHROEDER trained as a swimmer under former Northwestern head coach Bob Groseth before coaching under him as both a volunteer and full-time assistant. Schroeder took over the NU program after Groseth’s retirement in 2009.
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COACHING/SUPPORT STAFF KYLE SCHACK First Season Assistant Coach
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yle Schack is in his first season as an assistant coach at Northwestern, joining head coach Jarod Schroeder on the Norris Aquatic Center deck following Schroeder’s elevation to the Wildcats’ head coaching position. Schack, a distance specialist and a proven recruiter, joins NU following two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Arizona State, where he led C.J. Nuess to a Pac-10 championship and All-America honors in the 1,650 free as well as an All-America accolade in the 400 IM. He also coached Israeli Olympian Gal Nevo, who reached the semifinals at the Beijing Olympics. Prior to his time in Tempe, Schack made stops as an assistant coach at Texas, a volunteer assistant at Harvard and a graduate assistant at West Virginia. He also served as the interim head coach at Division III Alma College for both the men’s and women’s programs from September of 2006 through April of 2007. He was a member of the 2007 USA Swimming Zone Select Camp staff, as well. Schack graduated in 2002 from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., with a degree in economics before earning his masters in business administration at West Virginia. Schack captained the swimming and water polo teams at Union, where he was a four-time individual conference champion.
ANDY GREVERS Third Season Men’s and Women’s Volunteer Assistant Coach
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ndy Grevers has rejoined Northwestern as a full-time volunteer assistant coach after also serving in that role from 2006-08. Grevers is in his fifth year as head coach of NASA Wildcat Aquatics. During his time as head coach, the club has experienced three National Records and 27 State Records. Before taking over at NASA, he was an assistant Senior group coach with the New Trier Swim Club for three seasons. Grevers also helped start a club team at Northern Illinois, his alma mater. As a competitor, Grevers was a state finalist for Lake Forest High School as well as a MAC Conference finalist while swimming at NIU. He began his time with Northwestern’s varsity programs during the senior year of his younger brother, Matt, who was a four-time NCAA champion and a gold medal winner at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING SUPPORT STAFF
Elizabeth De Felice Assistant Equipment Manager
ASHLEY CROSS Intern Marketing
KARI TAGGART Assistant Certified Athletic Trainer
ED MARTIG Director of Aquatics
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2009-10 WILDCATS the bonus final of the 200 fly ... Earned a third-place finish in the 100 fly at the TYR Invitational (11/21), while swimming in the finals of the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free and 500 free at the same meet ... Was first to the wall twice against Carthage (1/10), finishing first in the 100 and 200 fly ... Clawed his way to another top-time in the 100 fly against Indiana (10/24) ... Finished the season with 13 top-five performances.
NATHAN BUTLER 6-1 • Sophomore Breaststroke Cincinnati, Ohio Turpin
2007-08
2008-09 Member of NU’s breaststroke squad ... Earned the team’s second-best time of the season in the 100 breast and third-best in the 200 breast ... Competed in the 100 breast, 200 breast and 50 free at the Big Ten Championships, turning in season-best times in each event ... Swam a 56.03 in the 100 breast at the conference meet ... Cut nearly seven seconds off his previous best-time in the 200 breast at Big Ten Championships with a 2:02.93 ... Advanced to the final heat in both the 100 and 200 breast at the TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Nabbed the top spot in the 100 breast against Iowa (1/24) ... Secured two second-place finishes in the same event, against Wisconsin (11/13) and Notre Dame (1/16) ... Swam to 12 top-five finishes on the year.
HIGH SCHOOL Won the 2007 Ohio state title in the 100 breaststroke ... Earned an Olympic Trial cut in the 100 breaststroke ... 10-time All-American ... Three-time Scholastic All-American ... Named Fort Ancient Valley Conference (FAVC) Swimmer of the Year ... Two-time Cincinnati Enquirer All-City selection ... Won All-FAVC honors all four years of high school ... Owned 10 team and pool records ... Swam one year of club with the Anderson Barracudas ... Set team records in both breaststroke distances ... Named to the 4.0 and Above Honor Roll ... Magna Cum Laude in Latin ... Earned the Spartan Academic Gold Medal Award.
PERSONAL Born Nathan Michael Butler on 7/26/89 ... Son of Mike and Karla Butler ... Chose Northwestern over Notre Dame, Purdue, Virginia, Penn State and Clemson ... Major is undeclared.
BUTLER’s CAREER BESTS
100 breast 56.03
200 breast 2:02.93
CHRIS DOMAN
Participated in the 100 fly, 50 free and 100 free at the Big Ten Championships, turning his best finish with a 31st-place effort in the 100 fly ... Best dual-meet finish was a second-place effort in the 200 free against Carthage and Olivet (1/8) ... Had a third-place finish in the 200 free on Oct. 26 against No. 8 Indiana ... Qualified for the consolation final in the 100 fly while earning a spot in the bonus final in the 100 free at the UGA Invite ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2006-07 Made bonus final in the 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships, finishing 21st in the final after swimming a personal-best time of 49.48 in the prelims ... Also participated in the 100 and 200 free at the Championships ... Earned the first victory of his collegiate career in the 200 free against Carthage, swimming a time of 1:43.78 to take home the win ... Also earned a second-place finish in the 100 free against Carthage ... Started the season strong, swimming his season-best time in the 100 free (47.18) in the opening meet against Indiana ... Swam his then-season-best time in the preliminaries of the 200 free at the TYR Invitational to earn a spot in the ‘B’ final ... Bested that time by .02 seconds with a 1:43.35 in a double-dual meet against Ohio State and Michigan.
HIGH SCHOOL Grew up in Pittsburgh, Pa., before attending high school at St. Charles Prep in Columbus, Ohio ... State champion in the 200 free relay ... State runner-up in the 200 free and fourth-place in the 100 fly ... Six-time district champion ... Three-time team and school MVP ... 13-time AllAmerican ... Columbus Dispatch Scholar-Athlete ... 610 WTVN Athlete of the Week ... Columbus Dispatch Athlete of the Week ... Set three team records and six pool records ... Swam eight years with the Greater Columbus Swim Team of Ohio ... Finished second in the 100 fly at the U.S. Sectionals ... Set 13-14 year-old team records in the 100 fly, 200 fly, 100 free and 200 free ... National Honor Society and student council member ... Honor roll student every quarter at St. Charles.
PERSONAL Born Christopher Ryan Doman on 8/8/88 ... Son of Bernard and Susan Doman ... Chose Northwestern over Notre Dame and North Carolina ... Double major in economics and legal studies.
DOMAN’S CAREER BESTS
5-10 • Senior Freestyle/Butterfly Pittsburgh, Pa. St. Charles Prep (Columbus, Ohio)
100 free 46.06
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Part of the Wildcats’ freestyle and butterfly units ... Swam on NU’s top 200 free relay and recorded the team’s second-best time of the year in the 100 fly ... Swam in three events at the Big Ten Championships, recording season-best times in each ... Turned in a career-best time of 48.81 in the 100 fly at the conference meet, taking 20th overall ... Also competed in
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200 free 1:40.66
100 fly 48.81
2009-10 WILDCATS medley relay squads ... Competed in three different events at the Big Ten meet, compiling season-best swims in each event ... Earned a bonus-final appearances in the 100 free at the conference meet, finishing 23rd ... Earned two fourth-place finishes—in the 50 and 100 free—at the TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Scored a victory in the 100 free while swimming against Carthage (1/10) ... Swam to three second-place finishes on the year: in the 50 free against UIC/Chicago (11/15) and Notre Dame (1/16), and in the 200 free versus Carthage ... Amassed 14 top-five swims on the season.
JOHN FRUTIGER 6-5 • Sophomore Freestyle Alma, Mich. Alma
2007-08
2008-09 Distance freestyler ... Held team’s season-best time in the 1,650 free, ranked second in the 500 free and third in the 200 and 1,000 free on NU’s top times list for the year ... Swam for the Wildcats’ best 800 free relay ... Ranks third all-time in NU history in the 1,650 free and is part of the second-best 800 free relay squad in school annals ... Took 14th at the Big Ten meet with a 15:23.43 in the 1,650 free ... Swam in three different events at the Big Ten Championships, including an NCAA ‘B’ time of 4:24.56 to finish 22nd in the 500 free . . . Secured a fourth-place finish in the 200 free at the TYR Invitational (11/21) while recording two other top-five placings ... Won the 500 free against Carthage (1/10) ... Swam to second-place finishes in the 500 free at Notre Dame (1/16), the 1,000 free against UIC/Chicago (11/15) and the 200 fly against Carthage ... Closed the dual-meet season with 16 overall top-five finishes.
HIGH SCHOOL Four-year varsity swimmer, earning team MVP honors three times ... Named Michigan’s Division III Swimmer of the Year in 2008 ... Fourtime All-American and 11-time All-State honoree ... Won three state titles, two in the 500 free and one in the 200 IM ... Led team to state runner-up performance in 2008 ... Swam 12 years with the Alma Swim Club and East Grand Rapids Aquatics, where he was teammates with current Wildcat Brian Kerr ... Also played two years of tennis, earning team MVP honors as a sophomore ... Class valedictorian ... Student Council vice-president and National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL Born John Charles Frutiger on 1/7/90 ... Son of Richard Frutiger and Sara Wassenaar ... Chose Northwestern over Notre Dame, Clemson and Kenyon ... Major is undeclared.
FRUTIGER’S CAREER BESTS
200 free 1:38.48
500 free 4:24.56
Strong member of Northwestern’s sprint free group ... Earned a first-team All-America honor with the 400 free relay which finished seventh at the NCAA meet ... Picked up an honorable mention All-America nod with the 200 free relay, which took 10th at the NCAA meet ... Swam in the 100 fly (25th), 50 free (25th) and 100 free (27th) at the Big Ten Championships ... Member of NU’s 200 free and 400 free relays at the Big Ten Championships, both of which earned NCAA ‘B’ times ... Ranked third on Northwestern’s top times list in the 50 free ... Swept the 50 and 100 free events against Carthage and Olivet (1/12) ... Qualified for the consolation final in the 100 free, and the bonus final in the 100 fly and 100 back at the Georgia Invitational (11/30-12/2).
High School Five-time All-American ... Four-time all-state honoree ... Three-time state champion and two-time USS state champion ... Two of his state titles came in the 100 butterfly with the other coming in the 50 free ... All-area and all-conference honoree ... MISCA Scholar-Athlete ... Holds high school records in the 50 free, 200 free relay and 400 free relay ... Swam with East Grand Rapids Aquatics from 2004-07 ... Won two state titles and was a nine-time record holder ... National Honor Society member ... Four year Suma Cum Laude honoree ... National Merit finalist.
PersonaL Born Brian Patrick Kerr on 7/28/89 ... Son of Curtis and Lisa Kerr ... Played violin for nine years, becoming concertmaster with the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony ... Chose Northwestern over Indiana, Michigan State and Princeton ... Majoring in civil engineering.
KERR’s CAREER BESTS
100 fly 49.28
50 free 20.35
100 free 44.77
1,650 free 15:23.43
BRIAN KERR 6-0 • Junior Freestyle/Butterfly East Grand Rapids, Mich. East Grand Rapids 2008-09 Integral member of NU’s freestyle team ... Swam to the team’s best time of the season in the 50 free and recorded the teams second-best time in the 100 free ... Also a member of NU’s top 200 free, 400 free and 200
BRIAN KERR
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2009-10 WILDCATS SEAN MATHEWS
KYLE O’BRIEN
6-0 • Junior Butterfly/Freestyle St. Louis, Mo. Lafayette
5-11 • Junior Freestyle/Backstroke/IM Juneau, Alaska Juneau Douglas
2008-09
2008-09
Member of NU’s freestyle and butterfly units ... Northwestern’s top swimmer in the 100 fly, also placing on NU’s top times list in the 200 fly and 200 IM ... Contributed as a member of the ’Cats top 200 free, 200 medley and 400 medley relay squads ... Swam three events at the Big Ten Championships, recording a 13th-place finish in the 200 fly ... Won the bonus final of the 100 fly with a career-best 48.08 at the conference meet ... Also swam in the bonus final of the 200 IM, taking 19th ... Recorded an NCAA ‘B’ cut and career-best time of 1:45.06 in the 200 fly at the BoilerMakeIt event, good for third place on NU’s all-time top-five list in the event ... Finished second in the 200 fly at the TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Flew to victories in the 100 fly in back-to-back meets against Notre Dame (1/16) and Iowa (1/24) ... Also won the 200 fly at Iowa ... Grabbed second in both the 500 free and 100 back against Carthage (1/10) ... Ended the dual-meet season with a total of 19 top-five finishes.
Participant in the ’Cats freestyle and backstroke teams ... Season was shortened by injury ... Involved in four finals for his team at the TYR Invitational (11/21): the 100 and 200 free, 100 back and 200 IM ... Procured second place in the 200 back in the team’s opening meet against Indiana (10/24) ... Also earned third in the 100 back at the same meet ... Grabbed second place in the 100 back against UIC/Chicago (11/15) ... Brought home four top-five finishes on the season.
2007-08 Emerged as a strong swimmer for NU in the 200 free and 200 fly ... Qualified for the bonus final in the 200 fly at the Big Ten Championships, scoring points with a 15th-place overall finish ... Took 27th in the 200 free and also competed in the 500 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Led off the 800 free relay at the conference meet, which turned in an NCAA ‘B’ provisional qualifying time ... Ranks second on Northwestern’s top times list for the year in the 200 free and 200 fly ... Won his first-career dual-meet event with a victory in the 500 free against Illinois-Chicago (10/27) ... Also won races in the 100 fly and 1,000 free against Carthage and Olivet (1/12) ... Has three other top-three dualmeet finishes on the year ... Qualified for the consolation finals in both the 200 fly and the 200 free at the Georgia Invitational (11/30-12/2).
HIGH SCHOOL Missouri state champion in the 100 and 200 free in 2006 and 2007 ... Placed third in the 200 free and fifth in the 100 free at the 2005 state meet ... Three-time first-team member of the St. Louis All-Metro team ... Wendy’s High School Heisman National Honoree ... Holds high school records in the 100, 200 and 500 freestyles ... Swam with the Rockwood Swim Club for four years ... NCSA All-American team in 2007 ... Club record-holder in the 200 fly ... Won the 2007 Steve Crocker Award ... National Merit Commended Scholar ... National Honor Society ... Bright Flight Scholar ... McCormick School of Engineering Dean’s Scholar ... Won the George Washington Carver Award.
2007-08 Competed in all three sprint free, both backstroke and the 200 individual medley events during the year ... Swam in the 100 free, 200 free and 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships, swimming season-best times in all three events ... Best dual-meet finish was a second-place effort in the 200 IM against Carthage and Olivet (1/12) ... Qualified for the bonus finals in the 200 free and 200 IM at the Georgia Invitational (11/30-12/2).
HIGH SCHOOL Three-time Alaska State High School Swimmer of the Year ... Two-time state champion in the 100 and 200 free ... Also won state titles in the 500 free, 400 free relay and 200 medley relay ... State winner and national nominee for the Wendy’s High School Heisman award ... Three-time high school MVP ... Two-time high school All-American in the 200 free ... Team won Alaska state championship in 2004 ... Holds Alaska state record in the 200 free, and school records in the 100, 200 and 500 free ... Swam 10 years of club with the Glacier Swim Club ... Alaska Junior Olympic runner up in 2002 and winner of the Great Alaska Open in 2006 with club team ... Class valedictorian and 4.0 Honor Roll all four years ... National Honor Society ... Regional Science Fair Finalist and winner of the Science Consortium Award.
PERSONAL Born Kyle Jamie O’Brien on 8/9/89 ... Son of Sandy and Mark O’Brien ... Attended the same high school as former Duke basketball player Carlos Boozer ... Chose Northwestern over Notre Dame, UC Davis and Missouri ... Major is undeclared.
O’BRIEN’S CAREER BESTS
100 free 47.36
200 free 1:42.16
PERSONAL Born Sean Aric Mathews on 7/20/89 ... Son of Rod and Rita Mathews ... Chose Northwestern over Yale, Minnesota, Kentucky and Louisville ... Majoring in biomedical engineering.
MATHEW’s CAREER BESTS
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100 fly 48.08
200 fly 1:45.06
200 free 1:39.46
200 IM 1:48.37
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100 back 52.62
200 IM 1:53.16
2009-10 WILDCATS PETER PARK
BRYAN PINKSTON
5-8 • Junior Distance Freestyle Princeton, N.J. Peddie School
6-4 • Senior Butterfly Richmond, Va. St. Christopher’s
2008-09
2008-09
Key member of the Wildcats’ freestyle, backstroke and butterfly teams ... Earned spots on NU’s top times list in five different events this season, including the second-best time in the 1,000 free ... Swam in three different events at the Big Ten Championships, earning the fifth-best time in NU history in the 200 fly to take 14th during the consolation final with a 1:47.84 ... Made a bonus final appearance in the 400 IM at the Big Ten meet, finishing 23rd ... Secured second place in the 500 free at the TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Swam in a total of six events for NU at the Invitational ... Started the season with a bang against Indiana (10/24), notching a first-place time in the 1,000 free, a second-place finish in the 400 IM and a third-place mark in the 200 fly ... Victorious in both the 200 free and the 200 fly against UIC/Chicago (11/15) ... Exits the pool for the season with 25 top-five finishes.
Member of NU’s butterfly team ... Plagued by injuries for the bulk of the season ... Finished second in the 100 fly to open the season against Indiana (10/24) ... Grabbed fourth-place finishes in the 200 fly against both Indiana and Carthage (1/10).
2007-08 Emerged as part of a strong freshman distance duo for Northwestern along with Alex Tyler ... Competed in the 200 fly, 500 free and 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships ... Best finishes at the meet came in two 24th-place efforts in the 400 IM, swimming a season-best 3:58.40, and the 200 fly, where he went a season-best 1:49.61 ... Ranked second on Northwestern’s top times list for the year in the 1,000 free and 400 IM while coming in at third in the 200 fly ... Had two dual-meet race victories on the year, winning both the 1,000 free and 400 IM against No. 21 Notre Dame (1/19) ... Had six other top-three dual-meet finishes on the year ... Qualified for the championship heat in the 400 IM at the Georgia Invitational (11/30-12/2) ... Also made the consolation finals in the 200 fly and 500 free at the UGA Invite.
High School First-team All-Prep selection of The Star-Ledger ... Selected to attend the men’s 16 and under USA Swimming National Select Camp in 2006 ... High school won the Easterns Championship for the 2006-07 season ... Team captain of his high school squad ... Swam four years of club for the Peddie Aquatics Association ... Former New Jersey age-group record holder in the 200 IM and 200 breast.
Member of Northwestern’s butterfly group ... Swam the 100 fly, 200 fly and 50 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Turned in a career-best 49.00 in the 100 fly at the conference meet, earning an alternate spot for the bonus final with a 20th-place overall finish ... Ranked second on Northwestern’s top-times list for the year in the 100 fly ... Had two second-place dual-meet finishes on the year, earning second-place points in the 200 fly on Oct. 26 against No. 8 Indiana and picking up a No. 2 finish in the 100 fly against Carthage and Olivet (1/12) ... Qualified for the consolation finals in the 100 fly and 200 fly at the Georgia Invitational (11/30-12/2).
2006-07 Made the bonus final in the 200 fly at the Big Ten Championships, finishing 23rd ... Also competed in the 50 free and 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam his best times of the year in the butterfly events at the Big Ten meet ... Claimed the first victory of his collegiate career when he won the 200 fly against Carthage ... Made the ‘B’ final in the 100 back, 100 fly and 200 fly at the TYR Invitational ... Ended the season ranked as Northwestern’s second-best swimmer in the 200 fly ... Recorded a pair of fourth-place finishes in the fly events against Indiana ... Earned a third-place in the 100 fly against Notre Dame.
High School Three-time All-American who holds three Virginia state high school records ... Two-time Male Swimmer of the Year in the Virginia NISCA conference ... Four-time all-metro selection ... High school won the state title two years in a row ... Swam four years of club with Poseidon Swimming ... Three-year Merit List honoree.
Personal
Personal Born Peter Park on 9/3/89 ... Son of Sung Chan and Mi Kyong Park ... Served as a U.S. Ambassador to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Youth Camp ... As part of his involvement with the Olympic Youth Camp, wrote a blog for the Chicago 2016 Olympic campaign ... Chose Northwestern over Indiana ... Majoring in cultural anthopology.
PARK’s CAREER BESTS
2007-08
200 fly 1:47.84
500 free 4:32.51
Born Bryan Simpson Pinkston on 6/18/87 ... Son of Keith and Leslie Pinkston ... Father played football at Georgia Tech ... Chose Northwestern over Virginia and Columbia ... Majoring in history.
PINKSTON’S CAREER BESTS
50 free 21.18
100 fly 49.00
200 fly 1:50.09
400 IM 3:54.60
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2009-10 WILDCATS ALEX TYLER
JAKE VOGEL
6-1 • Junior Breastroke/Individual Medley Birmingham, Mich. Birmingham Groves
6-2 • Senior Individual Medley/Backstroke Canton, Ill. Canton
2007-08 Important component of the Wildcats’ freestyle, breaststroke and individual medley teams ... Swam the team’s best times in the 200 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM, also making the NU top times list in the 100 breast and with the top 800 free relay team ... Swam in three events at the Big Ten Championships, including a fourth-place finish in the 400 IM and a seventh-place spot in the 200 IM ... NCAA ‘B’ time of 3:47.96 in the 400 IM was good for second on NU’s all-time top times list ... Notched fourth on NU’s all-time top times list in the 200 IM with a ‘B’ cut of 1:46.21 at the Big Ten meet ... Ranks fifth in NU history with a 2:00.01 in the 200 breast, also turned in at the conference meet ... Was first in the 200 IM at the TYR Invitational (11/21) while bringing home secondplace marks in the 200 breast and 400 IM as well ... Secured six more first-place finishes for the season, including two at Carthage (1/10) in the 200 free and 200 back ... Swam to top marks for the 200 breast in backto-back meets against Notre Dame (1/16) and Iowa (1/24) ... Had 25 top-five finishes for the ’Cats during the dual-meet season.
2007-08 Emerged as part of a strong freshman distance duo for Northwestern along with Peter Park, while also adding depth for the Wildcats in the breaststroke ... Blazed to his first-career NCAA ‘B’ provisional qualifying standard with a 3:52.88 in the prelims of the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships to qualify for the consolation final, ending up 12th overall after his evening swim of 3:55.44 ... Took 24th overall in the 200 breast at the conference meet with a 2:02.42 ... Ranked first on NU’s top times list for the year in the 400 IM, second in the 200 breast and third in the 100 breast, 500 free and 1,000 free ... Best dual-meet finish of the year was a second-place effort in the 100 breast against Illinois-Chicago (10/27) ... Also had a third-place finish in that meet in the 400 IM ... Qualified for the consolation finals in the 200 breast, 500 free and 400 IM at the Georgia Invitational (11/30-12/2).
High School All-American and Michigan All-State in the 500 free and 200 IM ... Conference champion in the 200 IM ... Team won three conference and state championships ... Swam club with OLY for two years ... Was the high-scorer at the Buffalo Star Invitational in New York ... OLY men’s team won the open title at the 2006 Central Zone Championships ... Honor roll member.
Personal Born Alexander Gibbs Tyler on 3/5/89 ... Son of Scott and Sally Tyler ... Father attended Auburn on a swimming scholarship before earning a 200 free MAC title at Eastern Michigan ... Chose Northwestern over Duke, Louisville and Michigan ... Majoring in environmental sciences.
2008-09 Crucial cog in NU’s backstroke and IM machines ... Part of the ’Cats’ season-best 200 medley relay squad, and also ranked third on NU’s top times list for the year in the 100 back ... Competed in the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships, swimming season-best times in both backstroke events ... Broke the water in five events at the TYR Invitational (11/21), highlighted by a fifth-place finish in the 100 back ... Earned first-place finishes in the 100 back against UIC/Chicago (11/15) and Carthage (1/10) ... Recorded 15 top-five performances during the dual-meet season for the Wildcats.
2007-08 Member of NU’s backstroke group, competing primarily in the 100 ... Finished 20th overall in the 100 back with a season-best 50.28 at the Big Ten Championships ... Also swam in the 200 back and 200 IM at the conference meet ... Member of the 200 medley relay at the Big Ten Championships, earning an NCAA ‘B’ cut ... Ranked second on NU’s top times list in the 200 back and 200 IM, and third in the 100 back ... Recorded four second-place dual meet finishes, his best of the season ... Took second in both the 400 IM and 100 back against UIC (10/27) ... Finished second in the 100 back against Carthage and Olivet (1/12) and against No. 21 Notre Dame (1/19) ... Qualified for the consolation final in the 100 back at the Georgia Invitational (11/30-12/2) while making the bonus finals in the 200 back and 200 IM ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2006-07 Swam season-best times in the 100 back (49.37), 200 back (1:49.79) and 200 IM (1:50.19) at the Big Ten Championships ... Finished 14th in the consolation final of the 100 back and 19th in the bonus final of the 200 back at the Championships ... Ended the season as the ’Cats third-best backstroke swimmer on the Northwestern top times list ... Won the first event of his career with a 1:54.37 in the 200 back against Carthage, also taking second in the 200 IM ... Swam top times of the dual year in the back races versus Michigan and OSU ... Won four second-place marks.
HIGH SCHOOL Canton had no swim team, swam 11 years with Canton YMCA ... Four-time high school All-American ... Two-time all-state honoree ... Four-time team MVP ... Holds team records in 14 events ... Won the 2006 IHSA 100-back state title ... Three-year qualifier for the state meet ... Class valedictorian, graduating with a perfect 4.0 GPA ... National Honor Roll and National Honor Society member.
PERSONAL Born Jacob Nathaniel Vogel on 1/20/88 ... Son of Matthew and Rhonda Vogel ... Chose Northwestern over Notre Dame, Princeton and Texas ... Majoring in psychology.
TYLER’s CAREER BESTS
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200 breast 2:00.01
200 IM 1:46.21
400 IM 3:47.96
500 free 4:30.75
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2009-10 WILDCATS/NEWCOMERS VOGEL’s CAREER BESTS
100 back 49.37
200 back 1:49.79
JAN HANULIK
200 IM 1:50.19
5-11 • Freshman Freestyle Cavisov, Czech Republic Sportovni Gymnazium
JAKE VOGEL
High School Czech Republic Junior and Senior National teams member ... Two-time Junior National record holder ... Multiple time Senior and Junior National winner ... Swam club with Oly, winning the Central Sectional title.
Personal Born Jan Hanulik on 8/30/90 ... Chose Northwestern over Michigan and California ... Plans to major in either economics or psychology.
NICK JOHNSON
JAY CALHOUN 5-9 • Freshman Breaststroke Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif. Palos Verdes Peninsula High School 2009 Bay League champion in the 100 breaststroke ... Named PVPHS swim team Athlete of the Year ... CIF Division II qualifier in the 100 breast and 200 IM as a senior and in the 100 breast as a junior ... School record holder in the 100 breast ... Led team to the 2009 Bay League title, clinching the crown with his win the 100 breast ... Team went undefeated in dual competition and won the John Morrow Invitational at Beverly Hills High School in 2009 ... Also played two years of water polo ... Swam seven years of club with the Zenith Aquatic Program ... Holds club records in both breaststroke distances ... Sectional and Grand Prix qualifier in both breaststroke events ... Named club’s most inspirational swimmer ... National Merit Commended Student ... National Honor Society and National English Honors Society member ... California Scholarship Federation Highest Honors Gold Sealbearer ... Principal’s High Honor Roll ... Mu Alpha Theta member ... Golden State Seal Merit diploma ... Two-time President’s Volunteer Service Award winner ... AXA Community Achievement Scholar and Metro PCS Community Scholar.
6-2 • Freshman Freestyle/Butterfly/Backstroke Yardley, Pa. Pennsbury High School High school and YMCA All-American ... Multiple time YMCA national finalist from 2008-09 ... Seven-time Junior National qualifier ... Short course Senior National qualifier ... USA Swimming Diversity Select Camp attendee ... Holds his high school’s records in the 200 medley and 400 free relays ... Swam club with Peddie Aquatics and the Tri-Hampton YMCA ... With Peddie, holds team and New Jersey state records in the 400 medley relay ... With Tri-Hampton, was a team captain and is a 27-time team record holder ... Member of the National Honor Society in addition to earning scholastic all-America and AP Scholar recognition.
Personal Born Nicholas R. Johnson ... Son of Nick and Jane Johnson ... Chose Northwestern over Penn State, Michigan, Brown and Duke ... Major is undeclared.
Personal Born Jay Shelby Calhoun on 11/7/90 ... Son of Linda and Zan Calhoun ... Older sister, Megan, will graduate from Northwestern in 2010 ... Chose Northwestern over Texas, Emory and Michigan ... Majoring in Radio/Television/Film (RTVF).
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2009-10 WILDCAT NEWCOMERS TONY MATTER
ALEX RATAJCZYK
6-0 • Sophomore Freestyle/Butterfly/Individual Medley Lake Orion, Mich. Lake Orion
6-2 • Freshman Freestyle/Butterfly Parlin, N.J. Sayreville War Memorial
Mattar swam as a freshman at Indiana in 2008-09 before transferring to Northwestern with sophomore eligibility
2008-09 (at indiana) Scored points at the 2009 Big Ten Championships with a 12th-place finish in the 200 fly (1:47.11) and 14th in the 400 IM (4:24.23) ... Finished 23rd in the 500 free at the Big Ten meet with a 4:24.23.
High School Did not compete with high school swim team ... Swam club with the Oakland Live Y’ers from 2001-08 ... Four-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team member ... Michigan state champion in the 200 butterfly in 2006 ... Fourth in the 200 fly at the 2007 Central Zone Sectional Men’s Open ... Also 13th in the 200 IM ... Top-20 finishes in the 50 fly and 200 fly and the 2007 NCSA Junior National Men’s Open ... Led team to 2004 Michigan Swimming Combined Team Championship and 2006 USA Swimming Central Zone Sectional Men’s Team Championship ... Michigan boy’s record holder in the 15-16 200 short-course yards butterfly ... Lake Orion National Honor Society member ... also member of school’s honor roll.
High School Two-time Home News Tribune Swimmer of the Year ... Also received the 2009 Boys Swimmer of the Year award in Middlesex County ... Gained All-America distinctions twice in the 50 freeestyle ... Competed in the Junior Polish Nationals in 2008 ... Star Ledger All-State first-team honoree ... Six-time 50 and 100 free champion and current high school record holder in both events for Greater Middlesex Conference ... Also holds Sayreville War Memorial High School records in the 100 fly and the 50 and 100 free ... Inducted into high school’s Hall of Fame in 2008 ... Swam 10 years of club with the Raritan Valley YMCA Riptide ... National Honor Society ... Recipient of the Jay H. Dakelman ScholarAthlete Award.
Personal Born Alexander Matthew Ratajczyk on 4/19/1991 ... Son of Zbigniew and Boguslawa Ratajczyk ... Chose Northwestern over Michigan and Maryland ... Major is undeclared.
CHARLIE RIMKUS
Personal Born Anthony Dayton Mattar 5/28/90 ... Son of Steve and Nancy Mattar ... Has an uncle who is a Kellogg School of Management graduate ... Swam club with NU teammate Alex Tyler ... Majoring in biology.
6-3 • Freshman Distance Freestyle/Butterfly/IM Tustin, Calif. Beckman
MATTAR’s CAREER BESTS
100 back 49.37
200 back 1:49.79
200 IM 1:50.19
High School Ranked as a five-star recruit by Swimming World Magazine ... Went undefeated in conference dual meets for entire high school career ... Holds school records in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 back, 100 fly, 100 breast and 200 IM ... Named school’s Athlete of the Year in 2007-08 ... Orange County Register Swimmer of the Week ... Pacific Coast League Sportsmanship award winner as a senior ... Twice named team MVP ... Swam club with Mission Viejo Nadadores from 2005-09 ... Holds 13 Southern California Swimming (SCS) records, three national age group records and five Olympic Trail qualifying cuts ... Swam at Junior Pan Pacifics in Guam ... Principal’s Honor Roll and Academic All-American.
Personal Born Charlie Norman Rimkus on 3/30/91 ... Son of Charles and Holly Rimkus ... Both parents are Northwestern graduates and grandfather was a former Dean of the Northwestern Dental School ... Chose Northwestern over USC and Princeton ... Plans to major in economics.
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2009-10 WILDCAT NEWCOMERS DANIEL SALOVESH
CAL STABEN
6-2 • 140 Freestyle Casa Grande, Ariz. Casa Grande Union
6-3 • Freshman Breaststroke Lexington, Ky. Henry Clay
High School
High School
School record holder in the 200 free and 100 fly ... Two-time Region champion in the 100 back ... Finished in the top-10 in the state in the 100 back ... Named all-Region and team MVP ... Swam five years of club with the Arizona Seals ... Speedo sectional qualifier and Grand Prix participant ... Class Valedictorian ... National Honor Society member, AP Scholar with Distinction and Elk’s Most Valuable Student Finalist.
All-America in the 100 breaststroke along with all-state, all-region and all-city honors as a senior ... Named second-team all-state as well as allregion and all-city as a junior ... Swam club with Wildcat Aquatics for 12 years ... Team record holder in the 100-meter, 200-meter and 100-yard breaststroke as well as in the 400-meter and yard medley relay ... Placed 20th at Junior Nationals and competed at the National Championships ... National Honor Society and Beta Club member ... Placed third in the state of Kentucky on the National Spanish Exam ... Semifinalist in Bickle and Brewer Law’s National Policy Debate ... Earned a 4.0 GPA in all four years.
Personal Born Daniel Aloysius Salovesh on 9/18/1990 ... Son of James and Laura Logan ... Mom swam for Northern Illinois ... Majoring in chemical engineering.
VARUN SHIVAKUMAR
Personal Born Calder Abbott Staben on 8/23/1991 ... Son of Chuck and Mary Beth Staben ... Chose Northwestern over Kentucky ... Anticipated major is undecided.
6-4 • Freshman Backstroke Hoffman Estates, Ill. Fremd High School Three-time state finalist in the 100-yard backstroke ... Achieved an AllAmerica consideration time in the 100 back as a junior before earning an automatic All-America time as a senior ... Undefeated in dual-meet competition in the 100 back and 200 IM as a senior ... Led Fremd to the championship at the Barrington Sectional meet in 2008 and an undefeated regular season in 2009 ... Also played two years of water polo ... Swam club with the Palatine Park District from 1998-2009 ... Club won the 2009 SCY Speedo sectional meet at Brown Deer, Wis. ... Four-year “A” Honor Roll student ... Top 10 percent in his high school class ... National Merit Semifinalist ... Illinois State Scholar.
Personal Born Varun Shivakumar on 2/21/1991 in Chennai, India ... Son of Shivakumar Rajagopal and Usha Shivakumar ... Father played cricket at the senior Division/University level in Chennai ... Chose Northwestern over Princeton and Cornell ... Anticipated major is undecided.
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WILDCAT ALL-AMERICANS
The Northwestern Men’s Swimming and Diving team has won the National Championship four times in the program’s history—1924, 1929, 1930 and 1933—with all of the crowns coming before the NCAA began to sponsor men’s swimming in 1937. All the titles came under head coach Tom Robinson, who led the team from its start in 1910 until 1943.
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1924 Dick Howell (1st—400 free, 1st—1,500 free) Ralph Breyer (1st—100 free, 1st—200 free) 1925 Dick Howell (1st—220 free) Ralph Breyer (1st—100 free) 1927 Wally Colbath (1st—1M diving) 1928 Dick Hinch (1st—150 back) Wally Colbath (1st—1M diving) 1929 Al Schwartz (1st—100 free) Wally Colbath (1st—1M diving) 1930 Al Schwartz (1st—50 free, 1st—100 free, 1st—220 free) 1931 Volney Wilson (100 free) 1932 400 Free Relay (1st—Paul Troup, Volney Wilson, Art Highland, Morton Wilcox) Morton Wilcox (100 free) 1933 Art Highland (100 free) Don Horn (1st—200 breast) 1936 Dan Zehr (1st—150 back) 1942 Bob Amundsen (1st—50 free) Dick Fahrbach (50 free) Howie Jaynes (2nd—diving) 1943 Henry Kozlowski (1st—50 free) 1944 Ronnie Trumble (diving) 1948 Bill Heusner (1st—1,500 free) 1949 Bill Heusner (1st—1,500 free) 1953 Keith Peterson (50 free, 100 free) 1956 Al Kuhn (3rd—50 free, 1st—100 free) Dave Pemberton (4th—100 back) 1957 Paul Schutt (5th—440 free) 1958 Dave Pemberton (1st—200 back, 2nd—100 back) 1964 Rich Abrahams (50 free) 1966 Pete Skoglund (4th—100 back) 1973 Ric Phillips HM (10th—1,650 free) 400 Free Relay HM (Phil Dodson, Jeff Lukens, Mark Killien, Roger Wood) 1996 Rob Rausch HM (14th—200 breast)
1997 Rob Rausch HM (14th—100 breast, 15th—200 breast) Scott Smale HM (16th—200 free) 1999 Brian Walters (4th—200 back) Steve Steketee HM (16th—200 free) 2001 Kellan O’Connor (5th—200 fly) Tony Swanson (7th—200 IM, 16th—200 back) 2002 Kellan O’Connor (8th—200 fly, 9th—100 fly) Tony Swanson (10th—200 IM, 12th—200 back) 200 Free Relay HM (Tony Swanson, Kellan O’Connor, Mark Hamming, Adam Kennedy) 400 Medley Relay HM (Tony Swanson, Kellan O’Connor, Mark Hamming, Adam Kennedy) 2003 Kellan O’Connor (7th—200 fly, 15th—200 IM) Mark Hamming (11th—200 fly) 2004 Matt Grevers (6th—100 back, 9th—50 free, 12th— 100 free) Mike Alexandrov (9th—400 IM, 11th—200 IM, 11th—100 breast) Tony Swanson (11th—100 fly, 15th—200 IM) 400 Medley Relay (6th—Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov, Mark Hamming, Tony Swanson) 400 Free Relay (10th—Tony Swanson, Matt Wever, Ben Dexter, Matt Grevers) 200 Medley Relay (13th—Matt Grevers, Louis Torres, Tony Swanson, Ben Dexter) 200 Free Relay (14th—Matt Grevers, Tony Swanson, Matt Wever, Ben Dexter) 800 Free Relay (16th—Brian Davis, Matt Wever, Mike Alexandrov, Mark Hamming)
2005 Matt Grevers (1st—100 back, 6th—100 free, 7th— 50 free) Mike Alexandrov (2nd—200 breast, 3rd—100 breast, 9th—200 IM) Kyle Bubolz (13th—100 fly) 400 Medley Relay (4th—Matt Grevers, Kyle Bubolz, Mike Alexandrov, David Kormushoff) 200 Medley Relay (5th—Matt Grevers, Kyle Bubolz, Mike Alexandrov, David Kormushoff) 400 Free Relay (7th—Mike Alexandrov, Matt Grevers, Kyle Bubolz, David Kormushoff) 200 Free Relay (9th—Mike Alexandrov, Matt Grevers, Kyle Bubolz, David Kormushoff) 2006 Matt Grevers (1st—100 back, 6th—100 free, 10th—50 free) Mike Alexandrov (6th—200 breast, 9th—100 breast) Kyle Bubolz (5th—100 fly) 200 Free Relay (7th—Kyle Bubolz, Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov, Ben Dexter) 400 Free Relay (7th—Matt Grevers, Kyle Bubolz, Eric Nilsson, Mike Alexandrov) 200 Medley Relay (4th—Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov, Kyle Bubolz, Ben Dexter) 400 Medley Relay (4th—Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov, Kyle Bubolz, Ben Dexter) 2007 Matt Grevers (1st—200 back, 2nd—200 IM, 3rd—100 back) Mike Alexandrov (1st—100 breast, 6th—200 IM) Bruno Barbic (7th—100 free, 12th—50 free) Kyle Bubolz (4th—100 fly) Eric Nilsson (16th—500 free) 200 Free Relay (4th—Bruno Barbic, Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov, Kyle Bubolz) 400 Free Relay (3rd—Matt Grevers, Bruno Barbic, Eric Nilsson, Kyle Bubolz) 400 Medley Relay (1st—Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov, Kyle Bubolz, Bruno Barbic) 2008 Bruno Barbic (10th—50 free, 13th—100 free) Kyle Bubolz (4th—100 fly, 7th—100 free, 9th—50 free) 200 Free Relay (10th—Bruno Barbic, Eric Nilsson, Brian Kerr, Kyle Bubolz) 400 Free Relay (7th—Eric Nilsson, Bruno Barbic, Brian Kerr, Kyle Bubolz)
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BIG TEN CHAMPIONS 1915 1923 1924 1925 1930
40-yard Freestyle V. Johnson :20.4 Ralph Breyer :19.8 Ralph Breyer :19.1 Ralph Breyer :18.4 Albert Swartz :18.6
1942 1953 1956 1964 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
50-yard Freestyle Robert Amundson :23.4 Keith Peterson :23.1 Al Kuhn :22.6 Rich Abarhams :22.1 Matt Grevers :19.58 Matt Grevers :19.39 Matt Grevers :19.36 Matt Grevers :19.53 Kyle Bubolz :19.64
1915 1916 1924 1925 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1942 1953 1956 1966 2004 2006 2007
100-yard Freestyle V. Johnson :59.2 V. Johnson :59.2 Richard Howell :55.8 Ralph Breyer :53.8 Albert Swartz :53.2 Albert Swartz :54.0 Volney Wilson :55.6 Merton Wilcox :53.0 Art Highland :53.2 Robert Amundson :52.6 Keith Peterson :51.5 Al Kuhn :50.4 Rich Abrahams :47.6 Matt Grevers :43.07 Matt Grevers :43.07 Bruno Barbic :43.14
200-yard Freestyle 1998 Steve Steketee 1:37.14
1914 1915 1916 1920 1923 1924 1925 1928 1929 1930
220-yard Freestyle I. Wood 2:47.8 V. Johnson 2:40.6 V. Johnson 2:33.8 M. Hayford 2:38.0 Ralph Breyer 2:28.6 Richard Howell 2:20.5 Richard Howell 2:24.4 Albert Swartz 2:18.4 Albert Swartz 2:19.8 Albert Swartz 2:19.0
1911 1915 1916 1917 1918 1920 1923 1924 1948
440-yard Freestyle A. Little 6:59.0 I. Wood 6:15.6 Simonsen 5:47.8 H. Grove 6:00.0 Simonsen 5:41.8 H. Grove 6:17.6 Ralph Breyer 5:24.6 Ralph Breyer 5:12.7 William Heusner 4:56.7
1500-meter Freestyle 1947 William Heusner 19:54.8 1949 William Heusner 19:20.6 2004 2005 2006 2007
100-yard Butterfly Tony Swanson :46.89 Kyle Bubolz :46.46 Kyle Bubolz :46.40 Kyle Bubolz :45.96
200-yard Butterfly 2002 Kellan O’Connor 1:44.35 2003 Kellan O’Connor 1:44.99 100-yard Backstroke 2004 Matt Grevers :46.68 2005 Matt Grevers :45.92 2006 Matt Grevers :46.32
1917 1918 1929 1930 1936 1944
150-yard Backstroke Raymond 1:58.4 Raymond 2:02.0 Dick Hinch 1:40.4 Dick Hinch 1:39.6 Zehr 1:39.1 Tribble 1:40.7
1957 1999 2002 2007
200-yard Backstroke Dave Pemberton 2:10.4 Brian Walters 1:43.55 Tony Swanson 1:42.94 Matt Grevers 1:39.53
100-yard Breaststroke 2005 Mike Alexandrov :53.33 2007 Mike Alexandrov :52.24 1919 1929 1930 1933 1934 2006 2007
200-yard Breaststroke Daniels 3:06.8 Don Patterson 2:37.4 Robert Howlett 2:35.6 Donald Horn 2:30.2 Donald Horn 2:40.3 Mike Alexandrov 1:55.19 Mike Alexandrov 1:52.93
220-yard Breaststroke 1916 Scoles 2:51.8 200-yard Individual Medley 2002 Tony Swanson 1:45.64 2007 Mike Alexandrov 1:45.11 1912 1914 1915 1917 1920 1923
200-yard Freestyle Relay 2005 Northwestern 1:17.74 2006 Northwestern 1.18.25 2007 Northwestern 1:17.21 400-yard Freestyle Relay 1932 Northwestern 3:44.7 1933 Northwestern 3:40.4 200-yard Medley Relay 2005 Northwestern 1:26.49 2007 Northwestern 1:25.14 300-yard Medley Relay 1929 Northwestern 3:10.6 1930 Northwestern 3:09.2 2004 2005 2006 2007
400-yard Medley Relay Northwestern 3:10.55 Northwestern 3:08.5 Northwestern 3:07.91 Northwestern 3:06.99
Plunge for Distance 1912 F. Blakesley :47.0 1918 Simonson :39.0 1917 1918 1920 1921 1928 1944
Fancy Diving McDonald McDonald A. Crawley A. Crawley Walter Colbath Ralph Trumble
N/A N/A N/A 314.6 97.3 358.4
160-yard Freestyle Relay Northwestern 1:34.2 Northwestern 1:29.4 Northwestern 1:25.0 Northwestern 1:23.6 Northwestern 1:22.2 Northwestern 1:19.1
ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN HONOREES 1987 Neil Kaneshiro, Peter McWeeny, Sig Muller 1988 Neil Kaneshiro, Brent Malelo, John McGuire, Peter McWeeny 1989 Matthew Keller, Karl Kriegsman, John McGuire, Chip Rubin, Steve Shewfelt, David Walls 1990 David Fite, Matt Jonson, Matthew Keller, Chris Ritter, Chip Rubin, Steve Shewfelt, David Walls 1991 Matt Johnson, Matt Keller, Mike Perkins, Chris Ritter, Steve Shewfelt, David Walls 1992 Nate Bradley, Mark de Venecia, Daniel Greyber, Matt Johnson, Brian Nickel, Mike Perkins, Chris Ritter, David Sprowls, Brock Williams 1993 Aaron Bare, Nathan Bradley, Daniel Greyber, Franklin Mitvalsky, Brian Nickel, Charles Perkins, Timothy Sjobek, David Sprowls, Douglas Williams 1994 Aaron Bare, Daniel Greyber, Jonothan Kletzel, Franklin Mitvalsky, Brian Nickel, Timothy Sjobeck, Brock Williams 199 Aaron Bare, Elias Cooley, Jonothan Kletzel, Franklin Mitvalsky, Rob Rausch, Timothy Sjobeck, Scott Smale 1996 Jonothan Kletzel, Jonathan Koshiba, Rob Rausch, Scott Smale 1997 Josh Carothers, Bill Johnson, Jonathan Koshiba, Rob Rausch, Scott Smale, Steve Vongluekiat
1998 Mike Brinkley, Josh Carothers, Noah Eckert, Dan Frank, Bill Johnson, Jonathan Koshiba, Jeremy Schmit, Steve Vongluekiat 1999 Adam Conway, Dan Frank, Bill Johnson, Jeremy Schmit 2000 Adam Conway, Jason Merchant, Craig Readler 2001 Jeff Blatnik, David Hersh, Steve Henry, Jason Merchant 2002 Shelby Clark, Jeff Blatnik, Mark Hamming, David Hersh, Tommy Lockman, Chris Meyer, Mike Shue, Tony Swanson, Dan Williams 2003 Shelby Clark, Mark Hamming, David Hersh, Tommy Lockman, Mark Shue, Tony Swanson, Dan Williams 2004 Shelby Clark, Michael Gustafson, Mark Hamming, Thomas Lockman, Michael Oxman, Steven Petric, Tony Swanson, Dan Williams 2005 Mike Gustafson, Michael Oxman 2006 Adam Lewno, Michael Oxman, Eric Simpson 2007 John Franklin, Adam Lewno, Andy Long, Eric Simpson, Jimmy Sourbeer 2008 Chris Doman, Jon Ehret, John Franklin, Adam Lewno, Andy Long, Eric Simpson, Jake Vogel 2009 Chris Doman, John Franklin, Brian Kerr, Sean Mathews, Kyle O’Brien, Jake Vogel
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he Dellora A. and Lester J. Norris Aquatics Center includes a 750,000-gallon, 50-meter-by-25-yard pool with movable walls that run on a track system, enabling the pool to be custom-fitted. The complex, which includes an innovative heat recycling system, also features an electronic scoreboard and seating for 800 spectators. The facility also includes the Henry Crown Sports Pavilion and the Ivan Combe Tennis Center, located adjacent to the Norris Aquatics Center. The sports pavilion features a jogging track, three basketball courts, four racquetball and three squash courts, a weight room and lounge areas. The tennis center features six indoor tennis courts. Large windows on the running track provide a view of picturesque Lake Michigan. Large windows also overlook the pool from a workout room and a treadmill area in the main Sports Pavilion area. The facility also features an outdoor patio and sundeck that overlook the beach and Lake Michigan. With such easy access to Northwestern’s North Beach, Wildcat swimmers are able to exercise and do dryland activities in the sand. The aquatics center has been the site of numerous competitions, including the United States Swimming Elite National training camp and 1999’s Swim Meet of Champions featuring the USA National Team against the Big Ten All-Stars. The facility also is the home of NASA Wildcat Aquatics, an agegroup swimming club with youth members all the way up to Masters competitors.
NORRIS CENTER POOL RECORDS Event Name 50 Freestyle Matt Grevers 100 Freestyle Matt Grevers 200 Freestyle Eric Nilsson 500 Freestyle Eric Nilsson 1,000 Freestyle Matt Patton 1,650 Freestyle Elliot Rushton 100 Backstroke Matt Grevers 200 Backstroke Matt Grevers 100 Butterfly Matt Grevers 200 Butterfly Eric Nilsson 100 Breaststroke Mike Alexandrov 200 Breaststroke Mike Alexandrov 200 Individual Medley Matt Grevers 400 Individual Medley Mike Alexandrov 200 Free Relay 400 Free Relay 800 Free Relay 200 Medley Relay 400 Medley Relay
Team Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Michigan Kenyon College Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Wildcat Aquatics Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern Michigan State Northwestern
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Time 19.93 43.13 1:34.84 4:19.87 8:57.92 15:14.55 46.85 1:40.66 46.96 1:45.76 52.92 1:55.58 1:45.84 3:50.23 1:20.28 2:54.79 6:26.17 1:27.85 3:14.96
Year 2004 2006 2008 2008 2006 2004 2006 2006 2006 2008 2008 2006 2004 2005 2004 2006 2006 2008 2006
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2008-09 TOP TIMES/ALL-TIME RECORDS 50 Free NU Record: 19.35 (Matt Grevers, ’05) Brian Kerr 20.36 Big Ten Championships Eric Nilsson 20.36* Big Ten Championships Truman Liang 20.48 Big Ten Championships
200 Back NU Record: 1:38.71 (Matt Grevers, ’07) Adam Beckman 1:43.39B Big Ten Championships Eric Nilsson 1:47.68 TYR Invitational Peter Park 1:52.36 TYR Invitational
200 Free Relay NU Record: 1:16.65 (Barbic, Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, ’07) Nilsson, Kerr, 1:20.34B Liang, Doman Big Ten Championships
100 Free NU Record: 42.33* (Matt Grevers, ’07) Adam Beckman 44.58* Big Ten Championships Brian Kerr 44.77 Big Ten Championships Truman Liang 45.14 Big Ten Championships
100 Breast NU Record: 51.56# (Mike Alexandrov, ’07) John Franklin 55.62 Big Ten Championships Nathan Butler 56.03 Big Ten Championships Alex Tyler 57.29 TYR Invitational
400 Free Relay NU Record: 2:51.14 (Grevers, Barbic, Nilsson, Bubolz, ’07) Beckman, Nilsson, 2:56.30B Liang, Kerr Big Ten Championships
200 Free NU Record: 1:34.21 (Matt Grevers, ’07) Eric Nilsson 1:34.74B NCAA Championships Adam Beckman 1:37.98 Big Ten Championships John Frutiger 1:38.48 Big Ten Championships
200 Breast NU Record: 1:52.93 (Mike Alexandrov, ’07) Alex Tyler 2:00.01 Big Ten Championships John Franklin 2:00.14 Big Ten Championships Nathan Butler 2:02.93 Big Ten Championships
800 Free Relay NU Record: 6:26.17 (Nilsson, Grevers, Bubolz, Alexandrov, ’06) Nilsson, Beckman, 6:27.84B Tyler, Frutiger Big Ten Championships
500 Free NU Record: 4:17.31 (Eric Nilsson, ’09) Eric Nilsson 4:17.31B Big Ten Championships John Frutiger 4:24.56B Big Ten Championships Peter Park 4:31.18 TYR Invitational
100 Fly NU Record: 45.74 (Kyle Bubolz, ’08) Sean Mathews 48.20 Big Ten Championships Chris Doman 48.81 Big Ten Championships Brian Kerr 49.82 Big Ten Championships
200 Medley Relay NU Record: 1:25.14 (Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Barbic, ’07) Vogel, Franklin, 1:29.98 Mathews, Kerr Big Ten Championships
1,000 Free NU Record: 9:04.11 (Eric Nilsson, ’09) Eric Nilsson 9:04.11 Carthage Peter Park 9:26.44 Indiana John Frutiger 9:32.99 Notre Dame
200 Fly NU Record: 1:44.05 (Eric Nilsson, ’09) Eric Nilsson 1:44.05B NCAA Championships Sean Mathews 1:45.06B BoilerMakeIt Peter Park 1:47.84 Big Ten Championships
400 Medley Relay NU Record: 3:04.40# (Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Barbic, ’07) Beckman, Franklin, 3:14.88 Mathews, Nilsson Big Ten Championships
1,650 Free NU Record: 15:08.78 (Brian Davis, ’04) John Frutiger 15:23.43 Big Ten Championships
200 IM NU Record: 1:41.96 (Matt Grevers, ’07) Alex Tyler 1:46.21B Big Ten Championships Sean Mathews 1:48.37 Big Ten Championships Adam Beckman 1:49.10 Big Ten Championships
1-meter Diving Alex Kiaie 360.60 3-meter Diving Kalister Harmon 335.55 Platform Diving Alex Kiaie 255.90
100 Back NU Record: 45.61 (Matt Grevers, ’07) Adam Beckman 49.30* Big Ten Championships Eric Nilsson 50.33 Ohio State/Michigan Jake Vogel 51.47 Big Ten Championships
400 IM NU Record: 3:45.57 (Mike Alexandrov, ’05) Alex Tyler 3:49.55B Big Ten Championships Eric Nilsson 3:50.98B TYR Invitational Peter Park 3:54.60 Big Ten Championships
UIC/UofC UIC/UofC Big Ten Championships
*Relay leadoff # denotes former NCAA record time ‘A’ Denotes NCAA automatic qualifying standard ‘B’ Denotes NCAA B qualifying standard
NORTHWESTERN ALL-TIME RECORDS Event 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle 200 Freestyle 500 Freestyle 1,000 Freestyle 1,650 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Backstroke 100 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 100 Breaststroke 200 Breaststroke 200 Ind. Medley 400 Ind. Medley
Name Matt Grevers Matt Grevers Matt Grevers Eric Nilsson Eric Nilsson Brian Davis Matt Grevers Matt Grevers Kyle Bubolz Eric Nilsson Mike Alexandrov Mike Alexandrov Matt Grevers Mike Alexandrov
Time 19.35 42.33 1:34.21 4:17.31 9:04.11 15:08.78 45.61 1:38.71 45.74 1:44.05 51.56* 1:52.93 1:41.96 3:45.57
Year 2005 2007 2007 2009 2009 2004 2007 2007 2008 2009 2007 2007 2007 2005
Event 200 Free Relay 400 Free Relay 800 Free Relay 200 Medley Relay 400 Medley Relay
Name Barbic, Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz Grevers, Barbic, Nilsson, Bubolz Nilsson, Grevers, Bubolz, Alexandrov Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Barbic Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Barbic
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Time 1:16.65
Year 2007
2:51.14
2007
6:26.17
2006
1:25.14
2007
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HEAD COACH ALIK SARKISIAN ALIK SARKISIAN Fourth Season Head Diving Coach
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lik Sarkisian was named Northwestern’s head men’s and women’s diving coach prior to the 2006-07 season, and now is in his fourth year at the helm of the diving corps. Sarkisian joined the Wildcats after five years as the Director and Head Coach at the USA Diving Regional Training Center. In his first season at the helm, Sarkisian coached men’s divers Ryan McIntosh and Alex Kiaie to scoring performances in all three diving events at the Big Ten Championships. His divers from both squads qualified for NCAA Zone Diving competition. Sarkisian repeated that effort with his divers in 2007-08, with McIntosh and Kiaie again scoring on all three boards. On the women’s side, fifth-year senior Leanne Dumais returned from a medical hardship season to reach the finals on both spring boards for the first time in her career. She became the first NU women’s diver ever to finish in the top-eight in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events at the same Big Ten Championships. In his first collegiate head coaching job, Sarkisian quickly has learned the recruiting ropes, as well. He brought in a highly touted women’s diver in freshman Carlin Dacey for the 2008-09 season, while also attracting talented transfer Kalister Harmon to the men’s team. He then signed Felicitas Lenz to the women’s team for the 2009-10 season; Lenz participated in the 2009 AT&T National Diving Championship in addition to racking up three top-10 finishes at the Speedo Junior National Diving Championship during the summer of 2009. Sarkisian owns a wealth of head coaching experience. He began his coaching career as the USSR National Team coach from 1980-1990 before becoming the National Team coach in his native Armenia from 1991-93. He then moved to the United States where he was an assistant with Rose Bowl Aquatics in Pasadena, Calif., from 1993-98 before assuming the head coaching position with the Trojan Dive Club and the assistant coaching job at USC from 1998-2001. Sarkisian has earned a number of coaching accomplishments within USA and international diving, most notably serving as the USA National Team Coach for the 2003 and 2005 Pan-Am Games. He has coached at numerous FINA Grand Prix events and Olympic trials and training camps. In 1996, he was Armenia’s National Team coach at the Atlanta Olympic Games. In 2008, Sarkisian served as Team USA’s head coach at the Grand Prix meet in Moscow, Russia. He also was a selector at the U.S. Olympic Selection Camp for the 2008 Beijing Games and a judge at the 2008 Olympic Trials. A 13-time Armenian national champion, Sarkisian competed internationally for the USSR. He graduated in 1980 with professional level training in sports science and education from the USSR State University of Physical Education in Yerevan, Armenia.
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SARKISIAN AT-A-GLANCE Alma Mater: USSR State University of Physical Education, ’80 Coaching Experience: USSR National Team, 1980-90 Head Diving Coach Armenia National Team, 1991-93 Head Diving Coach Rose Bowl Aquatics, 1993-98 Assistant Diving Coach Armenian Olympic Team, 1996 Head Diving Coach Trojan Dive Club, 1998-2001 Head Diving Coach USC, 1998-2001 Assistant Diving Coach USA Diving Regional Training Center, 2001-05 Director and Head Diving Coach USA National Team, 2003, 2005 Pan-Am Games Head Coach Northwestern, 2006-present Head Coach
ALIK SARKISIAN came to Northwestern with stellar coaching credentials, and since arriving in the college ranks has sharpened his recruiting skills as well, bringing several highly touted divers to Northwestern.
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2009-10 OUTLOOK Some news, notes and other goodies to keep in mind as the Wildcats prepare for the 2009-10 swimming and diving season... • Northwestern’s 2009-10 diving squad consists of four Wildcats, with three student-athletes on the women’s side and one on the men’s. Senior Tania Lyerly is the elder stateswoman of the group, joined by sophomore Carlin Dacey and freshman Felicitas Lenz on the women’s team. Following the graduation of Alex Kiaie, junior Kalister Harmon is the lone competitor for the men in 2009-10. • Lyerly, who joined the Wildcats the same year as fourth-year head coach Alik Sarkisian, is coming off the best season of her career. As a junior, Lyerly earned career-high scores on both boards during the dual-meet season (against Illinois-Chicago) before placing second on the 3-meter board to score important points in a win over No. 22 Michigan. • Dacey was Northwestern’s top diver through the early part of last season, recording Northwestern’s top scores of the year on both springboards as well as in the platform event. After suffering an injury that kept her out of January competition, she still was able to come back and score points at the Big Ten Championships, coming in 15th in the platform event. With a healthy season in 2009-10, Dacey is expected to contribute greatly to the Wildcats’ success.
• Harmon has a lot of weight to carry as the Wildcats’ lone male diver, but he figures to improve upon a largely successful first season in Evanston. A transfer who first competed collegiately at LSU in 2006-07 before sitting out the 2007-08 campaign, Harmon had NU’s top score of the year on the 3-meter springboard with a 335.55 in a dual meet versus IllinoisChicago. Harmon showed flashes of his talent, scoring points in 10 different dual-meet events, and has his sights set on tallying for the Wildcats at the Big Ten Championships this year. • Perhaps the most highly touted diver out of Evanston this season also is the newest member of the Wildcats’ squad. Lenz is one of the nation’s top freshmen divers, earning that title after a pair of top-3 finishes at National competitions during the summer of 2008. She then had another strong summer in 2009, competing at the 2009 AT&T National Diving Championship in addition to racking up three top-10 finishes at the Speedo Junior National Diving Championship. Lenz was second on the platform through prelims and the quarterfinals before taking fifth in the event. She also had multiple top-five finishes at Zone and Regional events during 2009.
With the graduation of Alex Kiaie (middle) from last year’s men’s diving squad (pictured here at the 2009 Big Ten Championships), junior KALISTER HARMON (left) will carry the reigns for the Wildcats as the lone member of the men’s diving team in 2009-10.
TANIA LYERLY (above) and CARLIN DACEY (below) return as veterans for the women’s team in 2009-10.
Northwestern’s women’s diving contigent at the 2009 Big Ten Championships. In addition to TANIA LYERLY (left) and CARLIN DACEY (middle right), who returned from injury last season to compete at the conference meet, the Wildcats add highly touted newcomer Felicitas Lenz for the 2009-10 campaign.
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2009-10 WILDCATS CARLIN DACEY
KALISTER HARMON
5-6 • Sophomore Diving West Roxbury, Mass. Choate Rosemary Hall
5-6 • Junior Diving Olympia, Wash. Capital
2008-09 Northwestern’s top diver until an injury kept her out of Northwestern’s January dual meets ... Returned for the Big Ten Championships, finishing 15th on the platform and 23rd on the 3-meter springboard ... Captured first place on both boards against Illinois-Chicago (11/15) ... Won second on the 1-meter board at the TYR Invitational with an NU-season-best score of 282.53 ... Took third on the 1-meter board at Wisconsin (11/13) and on the 3-meter board at Purdue (11/7).
HIGH SCHOOL NISCA All-America honoree as a freshman, sophomore and junior ... New England Prep School record holder for six dives on the 1-meter board with a score of 271.20 ... Western New England Prep School record holder for 11 dives in the 1-meter event with a 435.15 ... Undefeated in dual-meet competition ... School team and pool record holder on the 1-meter board for both six and 11 dives ... Named Choate outstanding female athlete of 2007 ... Dove six years of club with Charles River Diving ... AAU National finalist on the 1- and 3-meter boards ... Multiple East National qualifier on the 1- and 3-meter boards ... Also played four years of high school soccer ... Dean’s list honoree.
PERSONAL Born Carlin Taylor Dacey on 3/10/90 ... Daughter of Dan and Kathy Dacey ... Father ran track at Holy Cross ... Mother swam at Miami ... Sister, Kendall, was a high school All-America swimmer and water polo player who now swims for Amherst College ... Chose Northwestern over Dartmouth, Columbia, Duke, Notre Dame and Virginia ... Majoring in radio/television/film.
DACEY’s CAREER BESTS
1-meter 282.53
3-meter 290.92
Platform 210.75
Harmon began his collegiate career at LSU in 2006-07 before transferring to Puget Sound Community College for the 2007-08 academic year. He enrolled at Northwestern prior to the 2008-09 season with sophomore athletic eligibility.
2008-09 Solid member of Northwestern’s diving corps ... Recorded NU’s seasonbest score on the 3-meter springboard with a 335.55 against Illinois-Chicago (11/15) ... Competed at the Big Ten Championships in the 1-meter springboard ... Earned third place in the 3-meter event at the TYR Invitational ... Dove to first place in the same event against UIC/Chicago (11/15) ... Finished his first dual-meet season with the ’Cats earning 10 top-five scores.
2007-08 Did not compete while enrolled at Puget Sound Community College.
2006-07 (AT LSU) Competed in every dual meet, the SEC Championships and the NCAA Zone B Regional in his first season ... LSU’s highest finisher in the 3-meter at Zones, posting a mark of 265.40 to place 27th ... Tallied a 35th-place score of 229.70 in the 1-meter at the same meet ... Highest finish at the SEC Championships was 15th in the 1-meter (250.50) ... Placed 19th in the platform (206.40) and 20th in the 3-meter (222.95) at SECs ... Earned three top-10 finishes at the Georgia Tech Invitational with his best score being a seventh-place mark of 207.90 in the platform ... Earned his first career dual-meet win with an NCAA Zone qualifying score versus Delta State ... Took top honors in the 3-meter versus the Statesmen (322.28) ... Twice made Dean’s List.
HIGH SCHOOL Dove for two years during high school ... All-American ... Finished 32nd in the state in his first year of diving before taking second place overall in 2006 ... Dove one year of club with Pacific Northwest Diving ... Was an International Baccalaureate Diploma graduate ... Three-time President’s List honoree.
PERSONAL Born Kalister William Harmon on 5/4/88 ... Son of Monty and Lorie Harmon ... Father, mother and uncle all competed in collegiate gymnastics ... Sister, Kalysta, ran cross country at Northwestern in 2002-03 ... Majoring in economics.
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3-meter 335.55
Platform 217.45
2009-10 WILDCATS meet finishes, all on the 1-meter board ... Scored points for NU with a seventh-place finish on the 1-meter board and a top-8 finish on the 3-meter board at the Georgia Invitational (11/30) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
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5-3 • Freshman Diving Altadena, Calif. Polytechnic School
Earned a 227.30 on the 3-meter board and a 216.70 on the 1-meter at the Big Ten Championships ... Earned a season-best third-place finish in three different events ... Season-best score on the 3-meter board was a score of 259.50 against Wisconsin which earned her a third-place finish ... Improved upon her previous best by over 10 points on the 1-meter board when she finished with a total of 256.40 at the TYR Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL Had a tremendous 2009 season on the diving circuit ... Won the 1-meter and took second on the 3-meter at the USA Diving Summer Region 9 Championships ... Won the platform, was fourth on the 1-meter and eighth on the 3-meter at the USA Diving Junior Summer Zone E Championships ... Placed third on the 1-meter and fourth on the 3-meter at the USA Diving National Preliminary Zone D meet ... Came in fifth on the platform and 11th on the 1-meter springboard at the 2009 Speedo Junior National Diving Championships ... Earned a spot and competed in the 2009 AT&T National Diving Championship ... Finished third on the 10-meter platform at Senior Summer Nationals in 2008 ... Took second place on the 3-meter board at the 2008 Summer Junior Nationals ... Four-time all-American (2005-08) ... CIF champion in 2007, CIF runner-up in 2006 and 2008 ... Member of the 2008 Junior World Championships team ... Dove four years with the Trojan Dive Club ... Featured in the Disney “Follow Your Dreams” series for diving ... National German examination winner in 2007 ... National Young Leaders Conference in 2008.
PERSONAL Born Felicitas Anthea Lenz on 2/22/91 ... Daughter of Dr. Maria PetrigLenz and Dr. Heinz-Josef Lenz ... Born in Tübingen, Germany ... Chose Northwestern over Stanford, UCLA, Duke, Columbia and USC ... Major is undecided.
High School 2005 All-American and two-time All-North Suburban Conference ... Fifth at sectionals and 14th in the Illinois State Meet ... Placed fifth in the conference in both 2004 and 2005 ... Dove club with Windy City Diving in 2004-05 and with the North Shore Sharks in 2005-06 ... All-Academic Athlete honoree in 2004-05 ... National Honor Society member.
Personal Born Tania Michelle Lyerly on 8/30/88 ... Daughter of William Lyerly and Edith Sieg ... Holds dual American and German citizenship ... Mother was a four-year, three-sport athlete in volleyball, swimming and track at Iowa, earning a swimming All-America honor ... Chose NU over Michigan and Wisconsin ... Double major in communication studies and history.
LYERLY’s CAREER BESTS
1-meter 269.85
3-meter 282.17
TANIA LYERLY 5-5 • Senior Diving Libertyville, Ill. Libertyville 2008-09 Carried Northwestern’s diving corps after injuries kept her fellow divers out of commission midway through the year ... Competed on both the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards at the Big Ten Championships ... Scored huge points with a second-place finish on the 3-meter board in NU’s win over No. 22 Michigan (1/17) ... Took second on both boards against Illinois-Chicago (11/15), scoring a career-best 269.85 on the 1-meter board and a career-high 282.17 on the 3-meter ... Took third on both boards at Iowa (1/24) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2007-08 Consistently Northwestern’s second-highest scoring diver ... Competed on both the 1- and 3-meter boards at the Big Ten Championships ... Best dual-meet finish came in a second-place effort on the 3-meter board against Illinois-Chicago on Oct. 27 ... Has three other top-three dual-
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THE UNIVERSITY THIS IS NORTHWESTERN............................................................................................... 58 SCHOOLS OF NORTHWESTERN.................................................................................... 59 NOTABLE ALUMNI........................................................................................................60-61 PRESIDENT morton Schapiro.................................................................................. 62 DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AND RECREATION JIM PHILLIPS...................................... 63 ACADEMIC SERVICES and student development............................................... 64 athletic excellence.................................................................................................. 65 Being a big ten student-athlete........................................................................... 66 Athletic Endowments............................................................................................... 67 My kind of town, Chicago........................................................................................ 68
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orthwestern University was founded in 1851 as a private institution of “the highest order of excellence” to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. Today one of the nation’s premier universities, Northwestern occupies two campuses along the shore of Lake Michigan and is connected by both geography and programming to one of the nation’s great cities, Chicago. In addition, Northwestern has a campus in Doha, Qatar. In this midsize research university, 11 schools— each with relatively small academic departments—offer high-quality programs spanning a remarkably diverse portfolio. Northwestern is recognized both nationally and internationally for the quality of its educational programs at all levels. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks the University’s undergraduate and graduate programs among the best in the country.
more about Northwestern • From 25,000 freshman candidates each year, about 6,500 are offered admission for a freshman class size of 2,000. • Students from all 50 states and more than 50 foreign countries make up the undergraduate student body of approximately 8,000. The undergraduate population is about 54 percent women, and just under 30 percent are African American, Hispanic or Asian American. Total enrollment is approximately 17,000, including 1,100 part-time students in evening programs of the School of Continuing Studies. • Undergraduate financial aid is need based. More than half of all Northwestern undergraduates receive some combination of needbased scholarships, student loans and work-study employment. • Among the more than 50 fellowships awarded to students or alumni in 2008–09 were two Rhodes, one Marshall, four Gates Cambridge and 32 Fulbright Scholarships. • Among graduate programs, the J.L. Kellogg School of Management regularly ranks among the top five business schools in the country for both its traditional curriculum and its executive master’s program. • U.S. News & World Report placed Northwestern’s School of Law in the top 10 law schools nationally and the Feinberg School of Medicine in the top 20 medical programs. In its most recent assessment of doctoral programs, the National Research Council ranked five Northwestern programs in the top 10 percent nationally and 10 programs in the top 25 percent.
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on the shore of lake michigan The unde rg rad u at e sc h ool s The Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences is the largest of Northwestern’s undergraduate schools with more than 4,000 undergraduate students and 500 faculty members. It is the cornerstone of a University that believes study in the liberal arts and sciences is the foundation of a strong undergraduate education. Students may enhance their studies with independent research projects, ad hoc majors or minors, Chicago field studies and study abroad. The School of Communication offers opportunities for study in five top-ranking departments: communication sciences and disorders, communication studies, performance studies, radio/television/film and theatre. Cocurricular opportunities include the top debate team in the country, hospital internships, student video and film projects, theater productions and the largest student-run college radio station in the country. The School of Education and Social Policy started as a department in the College of Liberal Arts and became a separate school of education in 1926. “Social policy” was added to its name in 1986 to reflect a distinctive mission among schools of education—to understand and improve learning communities (schools and classrooms, workplace settings, families and neighborhoods), to study lifelong learning and to improve lives through policy. By producing scholarly research that informs and influences public policy-making about education, this small school (350 undergraduates, 300 graduate students and 23 faculty) has earned national recognition. In the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, about 1,300 undergraduates and approximately 750 graduate students choose from among 15 majors, including such interdisciplinary fields as materials science, biomedical engineering and environmental engineering. Recent curriculum innovations and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center give students exceptional opportunities for team learning, collaborative projects and computer-assisted learning. The Medill School of Journalism prepares students for careers in newspapers, magazines, broadcast journalism, new media or integrated marketing communications. Medill students have consistently won in the Hearst Foundation’s National Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News Championships, the Pulitzer Prize competition of college journalism; and its students dominate the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards competition. Established in 1895 as an integral part of the University, the HENRY AND LEIGH BIENEN School of Music combines a nationally ranked music program of conservatory intensity with the academic rigor and scholarly resources found only at a firstrank research university. Students are encouraged to grow as both artists and people and to explore the myriad career options available in a life devoted to music. Artists from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and other world-class performing organizations are among the faculty.
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notable alumni Business
Nick Chabraja Former chairman and CEO, General Dynamics Douglas Conant President and CEO, Campbell Soup Co. Lester Crown Chairman, Henry Crown Industries Robert Eckert Chairman and CEO, Mattel Robin Neustein Advisory director and chairwoman of the Private Equity Group, Goldman Sachs William Osborn Chairman, Northern Trust Harry Pearce Chairman, Hughes Electronics Linda Johnson Rice President and CEO, Johnson Publishing Company Pat Ryan Executive chairman, Aon Corp. Gordon Segal CEO, Crate and Barrel Manuel Valdes President, Frontera Foods
Sports
Katrina Adams Former pro tennis player D’Wayne Bates Former pro football player Luis Castillo Pro football player, San Diego Chargers Luke Donald Pro golfer Charles “Chick” Evans First golfer to hold National Open and National Amateur titles at same time Joe Girardi Manager, New York Yankees Barry Cofield Pro football player, New York Giants Kenesaw Mountain Landis First commissioner of Major League Baseball
Entertainment
Lee Phillip Bell Creator, The Young and the Restless Greg Berlanti Executive producer, Brothers and Sisters Zach Braff Actor, Scrubs Charles Busch Tony-nominated playwright Stephen Colbert Reporter, Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report Ileen Getz Actress Michael Greif Director, Rent Heather Headley Tony award-winning actress Marg Helgenberg Emmy award-winning actress Laura Innes Actress
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on and off the field: Joe Girardi, the 2006 National League Manager of the Year and a 2007 CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame inductee, exemplifies the success of former Wildcats.
Julia Levering Former president, U.S. Tennis Association Mark Loretta Pro baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers Billy McKinney Director of Scouting, Milwaukee Bucks Brent Musburger Sportscaster Jerry Reinsdorf Chairman, Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox Jeff Robinson Pro personnel assistant, Minnesota Vikings Rick Sund General manager, Atlanta Hawks Dr. Debi Thomas Two-time U.S. Ladies Figure Skating champion
On Screen and Stage: Many Northwestern alumni, such as Zach Braff (above), and Stephen Colbert (at left), receive accolades for their work in the entertainment industry.
Comedy Central/Joel Jefferies
Judy Biggert U.S. Congresswoman, Illinois Sara Jane Bloomfield Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Ruben Castillo U.S. District Court judge, Chicago Rahm Emanuel White House Chief of Staff George McGovern Former U.S. Senator, South Dakota; presidential candidate Ronald Riley Presiding Judge, Sixth District, Cook County Circuit Court John Paul Stevens U.S. Supreme Court Justice Adlai Stevenson II Former Illinois governor; ambassador to UN; two-time presidential candidate James Thompson Former Illinois governor
Richard Kind Actor Cloris Leachman Academy award-winning actress John Logan Academy award-nominated scriptwriter Shelley Long Emmy award-winning actress
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notable alumni Julia Louis-Dreyfus Emmy award-winning actress Ann-Margret Academy award-winning actress Garry Marshall TV and movie producer Megan Mullaly Emmy award-winning actress Dermot Mulroney Actor John Musker Director, Hercules, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid Dennis O’Hare Tony award-winning actor
Journalism and Literature
Marie Arana Book editor, Washington Post Ira Berkow Author; former sportswriter, New York Times Christine Brennan Columnist, USA Today; commentator, ESPN
PARDON THE INTERRUPTION: Wildcat alum Michael Wilbon visits Welsh-Ryan Arena for Halloween Hoopla.
In Books and Newspapers: Elisabeth Bumiller is just one of many Northwestern alumni pursuing successful careers as writers, editors or journalists.
staying connected: Northwestern alums often return to campus. Julia Louis-Dreyfus addressed graduates in June 2007.
Charlotte Rae Actress Jeri Ryan Actress Stu Schwartz Producer, Good Morning America David Schwimmer Actor Kate Shindle Actress; Miss America, 1998 Nicole Sullivan Actress Kimberly Williams Actress Mary Zimmerman Tony award-winning director; NU faculty member
Elisabeth Bumiller Reporter, New York Times Robert Olen Butler Author; Pulitzer Prize winner Joie Chen Reporter, CBS Rance Crain President, Crain Communications R. Bruce Dold Editorial page editor, Chicago Tribune; Pulitzer Prize winner Brian Duffy Editor, U.S. News & World Report Robert Eaton Senior VP and Managing Editor, ESPN Michael Greenberg Anchor, ESPN Radio Kelly O’Donnell Correspondent and anchor, NBC News Dave Revsine Anchor, Big Ten Network Tina Rosenberg Writer, New York Times; Pulitzer Prize winner; author Darren Rovell Sports business reporter, CNBC Carole Simpson Reporter/anchor, ABC News Richard Stolley Former founding managing editor, People Margaret Sullivan Editor, Buffalo News Julia Wallace Editor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Michael Wilbon Columnist, Washington Post; co-host, Pardon the Interruption David Willey Executive editor, Men’s Journal
Other Notable Alumni
Madeleine Wing Adler President, West Chester University Johnetta Cole Former president, Bennett College Karen Lipschutz DeCrow Former president, National Organization for Women Ada Kepley First woman to graduate from a U.S. law school Ned Rorem Composer and author Joseph Schwantner Composer; Pulitzer Prize winner Judi Sheppard Missett CEO and founder of Jazzercise David Skorton President, Cornell University Graham Spanier President, Penn State University Dr. Thomas Starzl Performed first liver transplant George Stigler Economist; Nobel Prize winner Augusta Read Thomas Composer Wayne Watson President, Governors State University Dr. Daniel Williams First African American admitted to the College of Surgeons
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orton Owen Schapiro was named 16th president of Northwestern University on December 16, 2008 and began his term on September 1, 2009. President Schapiro is among the nation’s premier authorities on the economics of higher education, with particular expertise in the area of college financing and affordability and on trends in educational costs and student aid. He is widely quoted in the national media and has testified before U.S. Senate and House committees on economic and educational issues. Before coming to Northwestern, he was president of Williams College from 2000 to 2009. Among the initiatives implemented during his presidency were a substantial reduction in average class size, a tripling of the number of courses offered in the college’s signature tutorial program and the completion of a number of major building projects including a center for theatre and dance, a student center and new faculty office/classroom buildings. Courses taught by President Schapiro at Williams College included introductory microeconomics, a tutorial on the economics of higher education and two interdisciplinary seminars, one on the economics and philosophy of education and the other on disease, culture and society. He previously served as a member of the Williams College faculty from 1980 to 1991, as Professor of Economics and as Assistant Provost. In 1991 he went to the University of Southern California where he served as Chair of the Department of Economics until 1994 and then as Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences until 2000. During his last two years as Dean, he also served as the University’s Vice President for Planning. President Schapiro has written more than 100 articles and five books, and he has edited two others, most with his longtime co-author Michael McPherson. These include: The Student Aid Game: Meeting Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher Education (Princeton University
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Press 1998); Paying the Piper: Productivity, Incentives and Financing in Higher Education (also with Gordon Winston, University of Michigan Press 1993) and Keeping College Affordable: Government and Educational Opportunity (Brookings 1991), plus two recent edited volumes College Success: What It Means and How to Make It Happen (College Board 2008) and College Access: Opportunity or Privilege? (College Board 2006).
President Schapiro has received research grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the World Bank, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the College Board, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and other groups to study the economics of higher education and related topics. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Hofstra University in 1975 and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. President Schapiro and his wife Mimi have three children: Matt, Alissa and Rachel.
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director of athletics and recreation jim phillips J
ames J. Phillips became Northwestern’s 21st director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation on April 14, 2008, bringing a track record of Division I success and a commitment to the values NU always has maintained in collegiate athletics. “The opportunity to lead Northwestern’s athletic and recreation programs is both exciting and humbling,” Phillips said. “Northwestern is a world-class institution that does things right in terms of college athletics and what they stand for.” One of 10 children, Phillips, who grew up in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, is the perfect fit to head up NU’s 19-sport program in the nation’s No. 3 market. His Windy City roots and family orientation are integral parts of his philosophy of providing student-athletes with a “world-class experience” that enables them to succeed academically, socially and athletically. One of Phillips’ first actions at Northwestern was to begin the implementation of a Department of Athletics and Recreation re-organization that was completed in January of 2009. NU’s existing departments were broken into three key “silos:” internal, external and student-athlete welfare. Northwestern’s stellar marketing and promotions staff continued to excel in 2008-09, winning its sixth national NACMA award since 2003. Ticket sales for Big Ten football home games went up 17 percent, men’s basketball sales improved 13 percent for weekend games and overall attendance was up at all seven of NU’s admission-charging sports. New courtside seating at Welsh-Ryan Arena sold out for the men’s basketball season. NU signed corporate sponsorship deals with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Harris Bank, re-branded its media rights holder to Northwestern Sports Properties (NSP), defeated Notre Dame at U.S. Cellular Field in baseball and created an Annual Report to showcase the department’s previous year. Phillips hired ultra-successful women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown in June of 2008. McKeown came to Evanston after 19 years at George Washington, where he took his team to the postseason 17 times and compiled a 509-174 record. Phillips’ second coaching hire was to name Tracey Fuchs the head of the field hockey program in January of 2009. Fuchs had arguably the most successful playing career in USA Field Hockey history and has been referred to as the “Michael Jordan of field hockey.” In 2009, Phillips signed a four-year deal with WGN Radio, the long-time radio outlet of Northwestern football and men’s basketball. In addition to those two sports, a new weekly Inside
Wildcat Athletics show will air on The Voice of Chicago through the 2012-13 season. Phillips also inked head football coach Pat Fitzgerald to a new seven-year deal that will keep him on the Wildcat sidelines through 2015. Northwestern had a great athletic year in 2008-09, beginning in the fall with the Wildcats’ 9-4 Alamo Bowl season. The team became the fifth in NU history to win nine contests, finishing No. 23 in the BCS. The football team also earned a program-record 26 Academic All-Big Ten awards and earned a 3.0 or better team GPA during the spring quarter for the highest team GPA in school history. In addition, men’s soccer made its second appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals in the last three years. In the winter, men’s basketball earned NU’s first postseason bid during head coach Bill Carmody’s tenure. Northwestern recorded its fourth-straight year with an individual national champion when Jake Herbert won the 184-lbs wrestling title, the Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top collegiate wrestler and the Big Ten’s Jesse Owens Award. In the spring, Northwestern won its fifthstraight NCAA women’s lacrosse title and Hannah Nielsen repeated as the Tewaaraton Trophy winner. Women’s tennis ranked No. 1 for much of the year and won the ITA Indoor national title, a first for a northern school. Men’s tennis made a great turnaround to qualify for the NCAA Tournament and men’s golf made the NCAA Championships. Seven of NU’s eight men’s teams had postseason representation in 2008-09, making it arguably the top year for men’s athletics at NU in history. Academically and in the community, the Wildcats had a banner year in 2008-09. Northwestern touted a school-record-tying 879 studentathlete quarters in which a 3.0 GPA was earned, and 17 teams achieved a 3.0 or better team GPA. All 19 varsity squads recorded a 2.9 or better mark for two academic quarters (fall and spring) for the first time in school history. Northwestern’s combined student-athlete GPA for the spring was a school-record 3.21. NU’s APR and GSR scores ranked in the nation’s top five and 10, respectively. In the community, student-athletes volunteered a school-record 5,346 hours while serving 66 organizations in Evanston and greater Chicagoland. In June of 2009, Phillips served on the NCAA Champions Forum panel. The panel consisted of football coaches and athletics directors making an effort to bring minority football coaches closer to the mindset of those who hire football coaches. He also is part of the NCAA Mentoring Program, the NACDA Executive Committee and the 2016 Chicago Olympic Committee. Beginning in 2004, Phillips served as Northern Illinois’ athletic director for four years. In 2006, he was promoted to associate vice president in addition to his director of athletics title. He was chosen to serve as chairman of the MAC Athletic Director’s Council and also served on the NCAA
women’s basketball selection committee. Phillips spearheaded the fund raising and construction of the $14-million Yordon Academic and Athletic Performance Center, the largest capital project in athletics history at NIU. The Huskies also opened an indoor practice facility for baseball, softball and men’s and women’s golf and began construction in the spring of 2008 on a soccer/track and field complex. During Phillips’ tenure at NIU, he helped schedule football games with Michigan and Ohio State that resulted in NIU’s first national TV appearances. He negotiated playing Iowa at Soldier Field in 2007 as a home game, a contest that sold out in less than a week. Phillips also signed a multiple-year agreement for the radio power WSCR-AM (The Score) to carry football, men’s basketball and a weekly NIU Live radio show. A 1990 Illinois graduate, Phillips worked as a manager and student assistant in the Illini’s athletic department. He earned a master’s degree in education at Arizona State (1992) while serving as a restricted earnings basketball coach before moving into athletics administration in the Arizona State development office. Phillips holds a Ph.D. in educational administration from Tennessee, completed in 2007. Phillips served as an assistant athletics director with the Volunteers until 2000. He directed a $12.4 million annual athletics giving program and aided in the first-ever capital campaign for athletics at UT that raised over $50 million for endowments, facilities and programs. Phillips moved to Notre Dame in 2000, serving as associate director of athletics and senior associate director of athletics for external affairs. He helped launch the Rockne Heritage Annual Fund and played an integral part in the funding of a $24-million, 96,000-square foot athletic facility. In addition, he managed the ticket office, various corporate sponsorships, athletic programs and a weekly Irish radio show. Phillips and his wife, Laura, have five children: Luke, Madeline, Meredith, John and James.
The Phillips family: (from left) Front: John, Meredith and Madeline. Back: Laura (holding James), Luke and Jim.
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academic services and student development
Margaret Akerstrom Associate AD
Betsi Burns Assistant AD Director of Student Development
Mission Statement “The mission of the Office of Academic Services and Student Development is to offer a comprehensive array of the support programs and services, integrated with University resources, that empowers all student-athletes to achieve academic success while balancing the demands of athletic participation and everyday college life. The Office is built on the philosophy of individual responsibility and personal integrity, with the end result being the overall development and preparation of the studentathletes for a successful life after college.”
Shea’na Grigsby Academic Advisor
Mary Beth Hawkinson Associate Director
Davon Robb Intern
The staff of Academic Services and Student Development assists student athletes in their pursuit of academic excellence. The professional staff, which consists of four full-time advisors and an intern, helps the students make the most of all of the opportunities Northwestern University offers. freshman assistance. The advisors work closely with the freshmen to help ease the transition from high school to college. The freshmen meet weekly with their advisors to discuss their performance in the classroom and to receive academic assistance when necessary. The evening study skills/tutoring program is held at the University Library 7 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The tutoring staff consists of mostly graduate students, with some outstanding undergraduates rounding out the 30-plus staff. The tutors are available for drop-in assistance, small group learning teams and individualized tutorial sessions. registration advising. In close collaboration with the advising staffs in each of the six undergraduate schools, the Academic Services and Student Development staff also provides advice to help student-athletes develop a plan of study, including guidance in selecting majors and minors. An important component of their services is course registration advising. Prior to the beginning of each quarter, student-athletes meet individually first with their schools’ academic advisors and then with their athletic advisors to plan their curriculum for the upcoming quarter and discuss the registration process. career planning. Preparation for a productive and successful entry into the workforce or graduate school begins during the freshman-year orientation programs. In conjunction with University Career Services, the provision of career counseling and the education of job search skills help Northwestern student-athletes obtain relevant summer employment and internships, as well as permanent employment or graduate school admissions upon graduation. The ’CATS Life Skills Program includes programs on major selection, finding a summer internship, securing a full time job, and the transition from school to work. The N club has partnered with the Life Skills program to provide mentoring opportunities as well as to facilitate internships and full-time employment. With the numerous companies and organizations that specifically recruit Northwestern student-athletes and with the help of the Wildcat network of alumni and fans, excellent job opportunities in all fields are possible.
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ssociate Director for Academic Services & Director of Student Development Betsi Burns has been honored with the 2008 Lan Hewlett Award from the National Association of Academic Advisors in Athletics. The award, given for outstanding performance as an Academic Advisor for Athletics, is presented to an advisor who, in part, achieves a merited stature among and support from student-athletes, faculty, coaches and fellow administrators in addition to creating an innovative response
to the varied and emerging needs of student-athletes. It also recognizes significant contributions and leadership to the field both nationally and within the university. An 11-year veteran as an academic advisor at Northwestern, Burns has an impressive list of accomplishments in that time span. She has instituted the Junior Jumpstart and Senior Transition workshops, implemented the PURPLE Peer Mentoring Program and launched the Career Athlete program that currently has
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50 mentors and 150 student-athletes registered with multiple job postings. Burns developed “An Insider’s Guide to Northwestern Athletics” and also created Field Day, an event that has brought together student-athletes from all 19 of NU’s varsity sports and hundreds of community children for the past nine years. Burns has done all this while serving as an academic advisor to over 150 student-athletes.
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orthwestern University’s athletic department is consistently one of the finest in the Big Ten and the nation. The school has gained prominence in the last 15 years with the renewed success of the Wildcat football team, but fans who know college athletics know that Northwestern has long been a hidden gem in numerous other sports. A quick look across the board yields some truths about the quality of the Wildcats’ 19 varsity programs—and makes it no surprise to find out that Northwestern has been ranked in the Top 25 of The Sporting News listing of the top athletic departments in the nation every year that TSN has performed the survey. Since the 1995-96 athletic year, Northwestern has had 40 conference players of the year, 28 conference rookies of the year, and 29 conference coaches of the year. Twenty-six teams have been crowned with a conference championship, and 62 individuals have won Big Ten titles while 595 have received All-Big Ten recognition. Northwestern athletes have been accorded 130 first-team All-America honors during that time, while six different NU coaches have earned National Coach of the Year honors since 1997. Northwestern also has added five NCAA team championships (women’s lacrosse in 2005-09) and nine NCAA individual titles to its ledger. Northwestern finished 44th in this past year’s U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup standings after posting three-consecutive top-30 finishes from 2005-07. Northwestern’s five-year run of finishing among the top-45 Division I programs in the country marks its best-overall stretch of athletic success. Northwestern’s athletes also deliver in the classroom—the department has had more than 1,530 Academic All-Big Ten certificates delivered since 1995-96, including more than 100 each of the last 10 years. The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has honored a Northwestern athlete 28 times with Academic All-America recognition, and 81 times with Academic All-District accolades. The women’s lacrosse team recorded its fifth-consecutive NCAA title. Senior Hannah Nielsen (bottom right) won the Tewaaraton Trophy for the second-straight year.
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The No. 1-ranked wildcats captured their 11th-straight Big Ten Championship and won the ITA Indoor Championship in 2009.
Northwestern freshman ERIC CHUN won the Big Ten Individual title and helped the ’Cats advance to the NCAA Men’s Golf National Championships.
The MEN’S SOCCER TEAM tied a school wins record and reached a program-best No. 2 national ranking. It also advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second time in three years.
Senior jake herbert was the 2009 NCAA champion and Dan Hodge Trophy recipient, which is presented annually to the nation’s most dominant collegiate wrestler. Herbert also was named the Big Ten’s Jesse Owens Award winner, given to the top male athlete across all sports in the Big Ten Conference.
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being a big ten student-athlete About the Network
BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten Conference is a union of 11 world-class academic institutions who share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. The conference’s 100-plus years of history, strong tradition of competitive intercollegiate athletic programs, vast and passionate alumni base, and consistent leadership in innovations position the Big Ten and its entire community firmly on the Big Stage. The Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness in all aspects of its student-athletes’ lives, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that each individual has the opportunity to live a Big Life.
STUDENT-ATHLETE OPPORTUNITIES • Big Ten universities provide approximately $100 million in direct financial aid to more than 8,500 men and women student-athletes who compete for 25 championships, 12 for men and 13 for women. • Conference institutions sponsor broad-based athletic programs with more than 270 teams. Other than the Ivy League, the Big Ten has the most broad-based athletic programs in the United States.
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vailable to approximately 70 million households nationwide, the Big Ten Network is the first nationally distributed network dedicated to covering one of the premier collegiate conferences in the country. With approximately 350 live events, and nearly all of them in high definition, the network is the ultimate destination for Big Ten fans and alumni across the country, allowing them to see their favorite teams, regardless of where they live. The BIG TEN NETWORK features several live Northwestern events, highlights and features.
TOP ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS • Big Ten universities are members of the nation’s only conference whose constituency is entirely composed of institutions that are members of the AAU, a prestigious association of major academic and research institutions in the United States and Canada.
MORE TELEVISION EXPOSURE • The Big Ten’s media agreements with CBS Sports, ABC/ESPN, the Big Ten Network and CBS College Sports Network provide the conference with its greatest television exposure ever. • In 2006, the Big Ten created the first national conference-owned television network devoted to the athletic and academic programs of a single conference. The Big Ten Network launched on Aug. 30, 2007, and became the first new network in cable or satellite television history to reach 30 million homes in its first 30 days. The Big Ten Network is now available to more than 70 million homes nationally through agreements with more than 250 cable/satellite affiliates and appears in 23 of the top 25 national media markets. • Since the current media agreements began in 2007-08, every home football and men’s basketball game has been produced while women’s basketball has received more coverage than any other conference. • The Big Ten’s new media agreements have resulted in the broadcast of more than 500 events nationally and regionally on an annual basis, compared to 300 events in the final year of the previous agreements.
NATION’S BEST FANS • Big Ten fans are some of the nation’s most supportive, with more than 8.7 million patrons attending conference home contests during the 2008-09 seasons for football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball alone. • Over the last 31 seasons, the conference has ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 nationally in football, men’s basketball and wrestling attendance. For the past 17 seasons, women’s basketball has been ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 nationally in attendance. • Big Ten institutions have more than 4.2 million living alumni and over 300,000 undergraduate students attending their universities.
SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS • During the 2008-09 season, the Big Ten claimed five team national championships, including titles for Iowa wrestling, Penn State fencing and women’s volleyball, Northwestern women’s lacrosse and Wisconsin women’s ice hockey. In addition, Big Ten teams finished as the national runners-up in men’s basketball and men’s gymnastics. • Big Ten teams have claimed at least three national titles in nine of the last 10 seasons (1999-2000 through 2008-09). Over the last decade, the Big Ten has produced team national crowns in the sports of basketball, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, synchronized swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.
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Big Ten Network Quick Facts • Agreement: 20-Year joint venture between subsidiaries of the Big Ten Conference and Fox Cable Networks. • Headquarters: Chicago, Ill. • Launch date/time: August 30, 2007, 7 p.m. CT • Sports televised: Football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and other NCAA-sponsored sports • Programming: Approximately 350 live events, original programming, historic footage and classic games; coaches’ shows; up to 60 hours per year of original programming from each institution • Distribution: The Big Ten Network is available to approximately 70 million households nationally through national agreements with AT&T U-Verse, Charter, Comcast, Cox (Cleveland), DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner Cable, Verizon FiOS and 250 cable operators. Select content is distributed through alternative media platforms including Video On Demand, Internet, iPods, cell phones and other emerging technologies.
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athletic endowments Through The Generosity... Each year more than 100 Northwestern student-athletes, representing all sports, are awarded a prestigious endowed scholarship, thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends of the Wildcats. These donors and recipients met for the annual Endowed Athletic Scholarship Luncheon.
• Alex Agase and Tom Noble Honorary Scholarship • Alex Agase Wildcats’ Scholarship • Harold and Virginia Anderson Scholarship • Harry D. Brookby Baseball Scholarship • Henry S. Bienen Basketball Scholarship
• Stanley E. and Louise G. Hathaway Scholarship
• Nelson R. Nedde Memorial Scholarship
• Jennie Stoker Helwig Scholarship
• Robert and Dorothy Osborn Endowed Scholarship
• John L. Hennerich Baseball Scholarship • Jay and Michaela Hoag Basketball Scholarship
• Carleton H. and Bradford H. Pendleton Memorial Scholarship
• Thomas J. Hoehn Tennis Scholarship
• James J. Progar Athletic Scholarship • Ray Regalis Basketball Scholarship
• Henry S. Bienen Tennis Scholarship
• James and Mary Jo Rausch Family Scholarship
• Patricia and Albert Buehler Scholarship
• Robert K. Rauth Scholarship
• Dr. James R. Buntain Endowed Basketball Scholarship
• Patrick and Shirley Ryan Family Scholarships
• Willard J. and Evelyn G. Buntain Family Football Scholarship
• Steve and Audrey Sawle Scholarship • Paul and Margaret Schutt Scholarship
• John and Rita Canning Student-Athlete Scholarships • Ronald J. and Elizabeth D. Chinnock Scholarship • Vandy Christie Memorial Scholarship • Combe Family Tennis Scholarships • June S. Cordier Memorial Scholarship • Dean Family Scholarship • Richard H. and Jane S. Dean Scholarship • Ross and Elizabeth Dean Football Scholarship • Bruce and Betty DeSwarte Scholarship • Eggemeyer Family Endowed Scholarships • Raymond F. Farley Endowed Scholarship • Waldo Fisher Memorial Scholarships • Scott Freidheim Soccer Scholarship • Bon and Holly French Swimming Scholarship • Edwin C. Gage Memorial Scholarship
• Walter K. Smart Scholarship kassia shishkoff received an endowed scholarship last season.
• Thomas J. and Dorothy Somers Hoehn Athletic Scholarships • Thomas J. and Dorothy Somers Hoehn Memorial Scholarship • Dr. Robert W. Johnson Memorial Scholarship • Ronald E. Kiper Memorial Scholarship • Koldyke Family Scholarship
• Stearns Family Scholarship • Marie Mikkelsen Stoker Swimming Scholarship • Bruce Thompson Wrestling Scholarship • Torch of Center Court Scholarship • Joseph H. Trienens Swimming Scholarship • Bob and Charlotte Voigts Recognition Scholarship • Randy Walker Memorial Football Scholarship
• Laird Koldyke Baseball Scholarship
• Sidney Warshauer and Joseph Stein Athletic Scholarship
• Mildred and Sidney LaPidus Scholarship
• Philip J. Weber Scholarship
• Robert F. and Gordon E. Lietzow Athletic Scholarship
• Mr. and Mrs. Roger LeMoyne White Basketball Scholarships
• Sophia and Konstandino Loukas Endowed Scholarship
• Mildred White Endowed Football Scholarship
• Shirley Louise Malloy Memorial Scholarship
• Charles “Doc” and Helen Glass Scholarship
• Gene G. and Merrill H. Mundy Athletic Scholarship
• John H. Glenn Memorial Scholarship
• N Club Scholarship
• Trent Whitney Endowed Scholarship • Alfred S. Wiltberger Memorial Scholarship
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my kind of town, chicago C
hicago is the third-largest city in the United States, behind only New York and Los Angeles. It has everything you’d expect of a world-class city. • Sports: Chicago is one of the best sports towns in the country. Among the pro teams that call Chicago home are the Cubs and White Sox (MLB), the Bulls (NBA), the Sky (WNBA), the Bears (NFL), the Blackhawks (NHL), the Rush (Arena Football), the Bandits (NFP Softball) and the Fire (MLS). • Nightlife: The pioneering Second City is just one of a host of top-flight comedy clubs in the city. Chicago is also famous for blues clubs and jazz lounges, including the Green Mill, the oldest jazz club in the U.S.
Evanston and Chicago Downtown Chicago is just 12 miles south of Northwestern’s Evanston campus. Students without cars can easily get to Chicago by taking the Northwestern shuttle bus or hopping on an el or Metra train at stations close to campus.
• Theater: Chicago has one of the most important and active theater communities in the nation. You can find everything from intimate store-front productions to the latest and greatest musicals. • Shopping: Ecletic boutiques can be found in neighborhoods throughout the city. Chicago’s downtown shopping, with all the major retail chains, is concentrated on State Street and Michigan Avenue. • Recreation: Chicago has plenty of beaches and parks easily reached from most neighborhoods as well as running and biking paths that stretch for miles along Lake Michigan. • Dining: Chicago boasts some of the finest dining establishments in the country. Among the most popular are Harry Caray’s, Ditka’s, the Chicago Chop House and the original Gino’s East (deep-dish pizza). • Museums: From the Impressionist collection at the Art Institute to the Boeing 727 at the Museum of Science and Industry, you’ll find an exhibit to match your interests. The museum campus, featuring the Field Museum, Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium, is a popular destination for a day in the city. • Music: The choices for music lovers range from small clubs to outdoor festivals, from the latest in pop music to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Lyric Opera. If an artist or group is on tour, you can bet they’ll be coming to Chicago. • Festivals: The world famous Taste of Chicago in Grant Park is the largest of Chicago’s many festivals. Smaller fairs and festivals provide an opportunity to explore Chicago’s many neighborhoods. • Skyline: You can visit the top of the Willis (formerly known as the Sears Tower) Tower, the nation’s tallest building, for a breathtaking view of one of the world’s most beautiful skylines. Or enjoy the view of the lake and city while dining at the Signature Room in the John Hancock Center.
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Northwestern University The Highest Order of Excellence
2009–10 SCHEDULE
MEN’S OCTOBER 23
INDIANA ✱
NOVEMBER 7 13 14 20–22
at Purdue ✱ WISCONSIN ✱ ILLINOIS-CHICAGO TYR INVITATIONAL
Evanston, Ill.
4 p.m.
West Lafayette, Ind. Evanston, Ill. Evanston, Ill. Evanston, Ill.
DECEMBER 21
WOMEN’S
Training Trip Dual (TBA) Colorado Springs, Colo.
5 p.m 5 p.m. 1 p.m. All Day
TBA
OCTOBER 23
NOVEMBER 7 13 14 20–22
at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 1:30 p.m. CARTHAGE Evanston, Ill. 1 p.m. IOWA ✱ Evanston, Ill. 11 a.m. at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 6 p.m./11 a.m. w/Michigan and Penn State *
FEBRUARY 24–27
Big Ten Championships Columbus, Ohio
All Day
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12–14 26–28
NCAA Diving Zone NCAA Championships
Minneapolis, Minn. Columbus, Ohio
All Day All Day
at Florida Atlantic w/Clemson and Florida International
JANUARY 9 16 16 23
at Notre Dame at Michigan CARTHAGE/LEWIS IOWA ✱
Evanston, Ill.
West Lafayette, Ind. Evanston, Ill. Evanston, Ill. Evanston, Ill.
18–20
NCAA Championships
All times Central and subject to change Home meets in BOLD CAPS ✱ Big Ten Conference meets
Noon 5 p.m. 1 p.m. All Day
TBD
South Bend, Ind. Ann Arbor, Mich. Evanston, Ill. Evanston, Ill.
1:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 11 a.m.
Big Ten Championships West Lafayette, Ind.
MARCH
4 p.m.
Boca Raton, Fla.
FEBRUARY 17–20
MARCH
at Purdue ✱ WISCONSIN ✱ ILLINOIS-CHICAGO TYR INVITATIONAL
DECEMBER
JANUARY 9 16 23 29–30
INDIANA ✱
West Lafayette, Ind.
All Day
All Day