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ALABAMA ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: The Alabama Athletics Communications Office is located on the ground level of Coleman Coliseum. FACILITIES: The Alabama swimming and diving teams compete and practice in the Don Gambril Olympic Pool at the Alabama Aquatic Center (capacity 1,000), located on the corner of Paul W. Bryant Drive and Hackberry Lane. The swimming and diving offices are located in the Aquatic Center.
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
President: Dr. Judy Bonner NCAA Faculty Representative: Dr. Kevin Whitaker
SWIMMING & DIVING STAFF
Athletics Director: Mal Moore
Diving Coach Pat Greenwell_______________ 10
Deputy Director of Athletics: Shane Lyons
Assistant Coach Jonty Skinner _____________ 10
UA VIDEO FEEDS/TELEVISION: The University of Alabama, through the Crimson Tide Sports Network (CTSN), offers an FTP site that provide up-todate interviews with coaches and athletes, taped video highlights and narrated video packages from September through May. On occasion, the swimming and diving program is featured in this package. Please call the Athletics Communications Office for more details at 205-348-6084. During the fall, the swimming and diving team’s progress will be covered on “Crimson Tide This Week,” a 30-minute weekly regional sports show.
Associate A.D./Athletics Communications: Doug Walker
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Executive Associate Athletics Director: Finus Gaston
INTERNET: Information about University of Alabama athletics can be found at RollTide.com, the official internet site of the Crimson Tide athletics department. For information about the University of Alabama, go to www.ua.edu.
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Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. Enrollment: 33,602 Founded: April 12, 1831 Conference: Southeastern (SEC) Colors: Crimson & White Nickname: Crimson Tide
INTERVIEWS: The coaching staff is available for interviews in person or by telephone by prior arrangement. Athletes may not be interviewed on meet day until post-meet interviews are granted. Interviews with Alabama swimmers and divers must be arranged through Roots Woodruff of the athletics communications office at (205) 348-6084. The best times for athlete interviews are either before or after practice at the Alabama Aquatic Center. Interview requests should be made at least 24 hours in advance.
SEC VIDEO FEEDS/TELEVISION: Participating news affiliates can also select individual clips to insert directly into online stories. Television stations have access to an FTP account to run content on-air. The SEC Affiliate Network is managed through XOS Digital. To join, please request a participation form from the program’s director, Anna Marie Neri, at aneri@ xosdigital.com or at 407-670-5049.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Athletics Director Mal Moore _______________ 6 Alabama President Dr. Judy Bonner __________ 7
Head Coach Dennis Pursley ______________ 8-9
Assistant Coach James Barber______________ 11 Assistant Coach Mike Davidson ____________ 11
Senior Associate Athletics Directors: Kevin Almond, Milton Overton, Ronny Roberston
Assistant Coach Lisa Ebeling ______________ 12
Associate Athletics Director/ Senior Woman Administrator: Marie Robbins
Assistant Coach David Pursley _____________ 12
Associate Athletics Directors: Jonathan Bowling, Jon Dever, Carol Park, Jeff Purinton, Thad Turnipseed, Doug Walker Assistant Athletics Directors: Jeff Allen, Chris Besanceney, Tommy Ford, Brad Ledford, Aaron Vold
Associate Athletics Communications Directors: Josh, Maxson, Roots Woodruff (swimming/diving contact) Assistant Athletics Communications Directors: Rich Davi, Jessica Paré, Skip Powers Athletics Department Photographer: Kent Gidley S & D Athletics Communications Director: Roots Woodruff Office Phone: (205) 348-2088 E-Mail Address: rwoodruff@ia.ua.edu
Assistant Coach Scott Crawford ____________ 12 Swimming & Diving Support Staff _________ 13 THE MEN Roster/Outlook _____________________ 14-16 Bios ______________________________ 17-25 Review ____________________________ 26-28 Alabama on the National Scene _________ 29-32 Alabama in the SEC __________________ 33-35 A Fast History of UA Swimming & Diving ___ 36 Year-by-Year Records ___________________ 37 All-Time Roster _____________________ 38-39 All-Time Top 10/Records _____________ 40-41 THE WOMEN Roster/Outlook _____________________ 42-44 Bios ______________________________ 45-51 Review ____________________________ 52-54 Alabama on the National Scene _________ 55-58
Credits: The 2013 Alabama Swimming and Diving Media Guide is a product of the Crimson Tide’s athletics communications department. It was written and edited by Roots Woodruff. Additional editing by Pete LaFleur. Photo credits are due the Alabama Athletics Photography Department and the Athletics Communications archives. Photos from the 2012 SEC Championships provided by Adam Booher. Photos from the 2009 SEC Championships provided by Todd Van Emst. Cover photos by Kent Gidley. Covers designed by Brent Hollingsworth. Copyright 2012 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama. “Roll Tide”, “Crimson Tide”, “Bama” and the primary and secondary logos are registered trademarks of The University of Alabama.
Alabama & the SEC __________________ 59-61 Brief History of UA Swimming & Diving ____ 62 Year-by-Year Results/Coaching Records _____ 63 All-Time Roster _____________________ 64-65 All-Time Top 10/Records _____________ 66-67 THE CRIMSON TIDE Crimson Tide Academics ______________ 68-72 UA Swimming & Diving Hall of Fame ___ 73-75 Alabama in the Olympics ______________ 76-77 Alabama’s National Champions _________ 78-79 The Alabama Aquatic Center ______________ 80
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“Our mission is to build a culture of excellence that will enable the team and each individual on the team to achieve their full potential in the pool, in the classroom and in life.” -DENNIS PURSLEY HEAD SWIMMING & DIVING COACH UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA A NEW ERA OF CRIMSON TIDE SWIMMING AND DIVING There’s a new look on the deck of the Alabama Aquatic Center that goes well beyond the nearly 20 freshmen that populate this year’s rosters. That new look starts at the top with first-year head coach Dennis Pursley and extends through a staff that includes five new assistant coaches to go with two returners from a year ago. Plenty of the new faces look awfully familiar though, and once again that starts at the top. This will be Pursley’s second stint with Alabama swimming and diving following a career spent at the highest echelon of the sport. The Louisville, Ky., native worked under Tide legends John Foster and Don Gambril to start his coaching career in the mid-1970s, following an Alabama career that included earning All-Southeastern Conference honors and an SEC 200 breaststroke title. He also earned both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the Capstone. The Hall of Fame coach returns to the deck of the Alabama Aquatic Center
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Head Coach: Dennis Pursley Alma Mater, Year: Alabama, 1972 Master’s Degree: Alabama, 1973 Year at Alabama: First Office Phone: (205) 348-3912 E-Mail Address: dpursley@ia.ua.edu
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Assistant Coach: Jonty Skinner Alma Mater, Year: Alabama, 1978 Year at Alabama: First Office Phone: (205) 348-9919 E-Mail Address: jskinner@ia.ua.edu Assistant Coach: James Barber Alma Mater, Year: Auburn at Montgomery, 1996 Master’s Degree: South Alabama, 1998 Year at Alabama: Sixth Office Phone: (205) 348-3914 E-Mail Address: jbarber@ia.ua.edu Assistant Coach: Mike Davidson Alma Mater, Year: Alabama, 1989 Year at Alabama: First Office Phone: (205) 348-3914 E-Mail Address: mdavidson@ia.ua.edu
MIKE DAVIDSON
SCOTT CRAWFORD
DAVID PURSLEY
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after stops as the national team director for USA Swimming, the head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport and his most recent post as the head coach of British Swimming where he led the Great Britain to a UK-best 23 spots in the championship finals of the London Olympics. “The opportunity to work closely with many of the world’s top swimmers and coaches in recent years has broadened my vision and I am excited to bring these ideas and concepts to the deck here at the Capstone,” Pursley said. “I’m really excited to rejoin the Alabama family, especially during this era of enthusiasm, optimism and progress on the University campus.” Pursley also brought back Crimson Tide stalwarts Jonty Skinner and Mike Davidson as assistant coaches. Skinner, Alabama’s first NCAA Champion and a former world record holder in the 100-meter freestyle, has developed into one of the world’s top coaches, with stints as the head coach of the USA Resident National Team and the director of USA Swimming’s Performance Science and Technology unit, where he coordinated all of the testing, tracking and assessment of U.S. National Team members. Over the past three years Skinner served under Pursley in a similar capacity with British Swimming. Davidson earned All-America honors in the mile during a career that includes leading Alabama to the 1987 SEC title. He returns to Tuscaloosa after five years as head coach of the High Tide Aquatic Club in Gainesville,
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Fla. Other coaching stops include head coach of Sub-4 Swimming and a stint as a New Zealand national team coach. The Tide has also added assistant coach Lisa Ebeling, who joined the staff after stints as an assistant coach at the University of Utah, in the Utes first Pac 12 season, and Rutgers University. Also joining the UA staff are assistant coaches Scott Crawford and David Pursley. Crawford comes to the Tide after a stint as a volunteer coach for St. Peter’s Western Swim Club, one of the leading age group programs in Australia. A member of Arizona’s 2008 NCAA championship squad, David Pursley coached at the University of North Carolina Aquatic Club in 2012. The Tide’s newest coaches are joined by veterans Pat Greenwell and James Barber. Greenwell, a six-time SEC Diving Coach of the Year, is in his 26th year with the Tide while Barber, who worked with Skinner as part of the USA Resident Team staff in the mid-90s, is in his sixth year as an assistant coach at the Capstone. “We’ve assembled one of the best coaching staffs in the country and we’re all very excited about this team’s potential,” Pursley said. “Everyone understands the unique sense of pride that comes with being a part of the Crimson Tide family and every single person on this staff is dedicated to our program’s philosophy, which is based on character and commitment in the pool, in the classroom and in life.”
Assistant Coach: Lisa Ebeling Alma Mater, Year: Arizona, 2007 Year at Alabama: First Office Phone: (205) 348-3914 E-Mail Address: lebeling@ia.ua.edu Diving Coach: Pat Greenwell Alma Mater, Year: Pittsburgh, 1980 Master’s Degree: Clemson, 1981 Year at Alabama: 26th Office Phone: (205) 348-3915 E-Mail Address: pgreenwell@ia.ua.edu Assistant Coach: Scott Crawford Alma Mater, Year: Queensland University of Technology, 1990 Year at Alabama: 1st Office Phone: (205) 348-9745 E-Mail Address: scrawford@ia.ua.edu Assistant Coach: David Pursley Alma Mater, Year: Utah, 2010 Year at Alabama: 1st Office Phone: (205) 348-3918 E-Mail Address: dpursley@ia.ua.edu Administrative Assistant: Nancy Perry Office Phone: (205) 348-0977 E-Mail Address: nperry@ia.ua.edu Assistant Athletic Trainer: Monica Decker Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer: Aaron Doss Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer: Matt Doell Alabama Swimming & Diving Overnight Address: 415 Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 870387, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Facebook - www.facebook.com/ AlabamaSwimDive Twitter - @AlabamaSwimDive
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Life on The University of Alabama campus is defined by opportunities. If you want to get involved, join one of more than 350 student organizations, help plan concerts and speaker series, participate in intramural teams or run for student government. If you enjoy the arts, you can take advantage of a rich and varied schedule of musical, dance and theatre performances, art galleries and exhibitions, lectures and readings by writers, poets and experts on every topic imaginable. You can enrich your knowledge of the state and University’s history by visiting one of UA’s fine museums, which house countless historical artifacts and offer hands-on exploration opportunities. From the architecture on campus to the landscaping, the University of Alabama campus is one of the most beautiful places in the state of Alabama. The Ferguson Center was completed in 1973. Plans at the time called for the building to be constructed over Woods Hall, but it was built slightly to the north thanks to a student campaign to save the art building. The Ferguson Center Game Room is the perfect place to unwind, test your skill at a video game, play a friendly game of pool or Ping-Pong, or enter a campus tournament. With seven pool tables, video games, a Ping-Pong table, computer gaming and televisions, the Game Room offers a fun escape to the daily pressures of college life. The University of Alabama offers a complete educational, cultural and social experience. Whatever your interests, you’ll find a group, an organization, an activity or a program that will appeal to you at UA. The newly expanded Student Recreation Center offers first-class recreation facilities to students, faculty and staff. It includes two multi-use gyms, nine multi-purpose courts, weight machines, 1/8-mile jogging track, extensive cardio area, locker rooms, indoor swimming pool, dry and steam saunas, 12 lighted tennis courts, four aerobics rooms, eight racquetball courts and a squash court— together encompassing more than 200,000 square feet. The facility’s outdoor aquatic area, which opened in the summer of 2003, features a lazy river, lap swim, large water-park-type slide and plenty of deck space.
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Ranked among the top 50 public universities in the nation in U.S. News and World Report’s annual college rankings for more than a decade, the University of Alabama ranked 31st among public universities, its highest ranking ever, in the 2012 rankings. UA’s most recent college rankings include: Life at The Capstone is full of opportunities …
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The School of Law is ranked 29th among all law schools in the nation, spring 2012. The Manderson Graduate School of Business is listed 4th among the “top 10 most popular business schools,” based on the percent of accepted applicants who chose to attend the school. The School of Social Work is ranked 52nd nationally, spring 2012. Alabama’s fall 2011 freshman class ranked second in the nation among public universities in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars, with 181 scholars enrolled, up by more than 50 over the previous year’s 128. In the spring of 2012, three UA students were named Goldwater Scholars and one was named a Truman Scholar, bringing UA’s totals for the past 25 years to 37 Goldwater Scholars and eight Truman Scholars. Alabama has produced 15 Rhodes Scholars and numerous Hollings Scholars. The UA Libraries rank 56th out of 115 U.S. and Canadian university libraries qualifying for membership in the prestigious Association of Research Libraries and 32nd among public university libraries. UA has made dramatic improvement in the rankings, moving up from 102nd overall and 64th among public university libraries in the past 10 years. Enrollment at Alabama reached a record high of 31,747 for fall 2011. The past entering freshman class, at 5,772 students, was the largest in UA history and included 1,614 students who had a 4.0 or higher cumulative high school GPA. The undergraduate program at the Culverhouse School of Accountancy at Alabama is No. 20 in Public Accounting Report’s most recent annual professors’ survey. The UA graduate program in accounting was ranked 24. PRWeek Magazine has recognized the public relations program in Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences as one of the top five programs in the nation each of the past four years. Participation in original research and creative activities is becoming a hallmark of the undergraduate experience at Alabama. More than 400 undergraduates now showcase their research and creative activity projects at UA’s annual “Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Conference.” Alabama students are committed to community service: In the 2010-2011 academic year alone, more than 20,000 UA students completed 780,000-plus hours of community service with 120 community partners. Nearly 6,300 students participated in 150 service-learning courses. Alabama has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The Community Service Honor Roll is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service learning and civic engagement.
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MAL M. MOORE A T H L E T I C S
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The University of Alabama’s director of athletics since 1999, Mal Moore has made an indelible mark on one of the nation’s most storied athletic programs, leading a department that has enjoyed tremendous success athletically and academically and has undergone an unprecedented period of growth during his tenure.
Moore’s dedication to and love of the University of Alabama was recognized on March 28, 2007, when, as a permanent tribute to his life-long contribution to the University of Alabama, the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama officially dedicated the facility formerly known as the Football Building as the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility. Under Moore’s direction, Alabama’s athletic teams have produced national championship teams in football (2009 and 2011), gymnastics (2002, 2011 and 2012), women’s golf (2012) and softball (2012) and Southeastern Conference championships in football, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, men’s golf, women’s golf, men’s cross country and softball.
Through his guidance, Alabama’s athletic department remains focused on his vision of having all Crimson Tide athletic teams and student-athletes competitive at the highest level nationally while continuing to elevate athletic facilities at the Capstone to premier status nationally for all sports.
Alabama athletes have earned some of the highest honors the SEC and NCAA have to offer, including SEC Athlete of the Year, SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, NCAA Top VIII, NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships and NCAA Sportsperson of the Year. These honors are over and above the individual conference and national titles that Alabama athletes continue to bring home to the Capstone on a regular basis.
During his tenure as director of athletics, Moore has overseen more than $200 million of capital improvements to University of Alabama athletic facilities. Those projects have encompassed the entire scope of all Crimson Tide athletic programs and have benefitted every Alabama student-athlete, coach and administrator.
In addition to making his mark on Alabama, Moore also has made a national impact as a key member of several prestigious NCAA and college football committees. Moore has served on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee, the SEC Athletic Directors Bowl Advisory Committee, and the Big Six Conferences Minority Coaches Forum.
Throughout his career, Moore has worked with a diversified field of constituents, from fellow coaches and former players, to fans and the business community. All of those experiences and relationships - in addition to his ability to unify those many constituents - have made him the ideal person to lead Alabama athletics in the 21st century.
Moore’s distinguished record of service to UA began more than 50 years ago when he joined the Crimson Tide football squad as a scholarship player for coach Paul “Bear” Bryant from 1958-62. Moore has the distinction of being a part of nine national championship football teams as a player, coach and athletic director (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, and 2011), 16 SEC championships, and 38 bowl trips. He is the only individual connected with the Tide program to be a part of nine national football championships. In 2011, he was elected to the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a coach and an administrator. The National Football Foundation then named Moore its 2012 John L. Toner Award winner, which goes annually to the athletic director who has “demonstrated superior administrative abilities and shown outstanding dedication to college athletics and particularly college football.” During a coaching career that spanned 31 years, Moore spent 22 of those at Alabama with stops at Montana State, Notre Dame and the NFL’s St. Louis and Phoenix Cardinals. At Alabama, Moore started as Coach Bryant’s graduate assistant in 1964, and then was defensive backfield coach for six seasons beginning in 1965 before becoming quarterbacks coach from 1971-82, also serving as the Tide’s first offensive coordinator starting in 1975. He returned as offensive coordinator under Gene Stallings from 1990-93 before moving into athletic administration. A 1963 graduate of the University of Alabama, Moore holds both an undergraduate degree in Sociology and a 1964 Master’s Degree in Secondary Education from the Capstone. A native of Dozier, Ala., he was married to the former Charlotte Davis of Tuscaloosa for 41 years before she passed away after a long illness in 2010. He has one daughter, Mrs. Steve (Heather) Cook of Scottsdale, Ariz., a granddaughter, Anna Lee, and a grandson, Charles Cannon.
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FINUS GASTON
KEVIN ALMOND
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EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE A.D. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT
SENIOR ASSOCIATE A.D. DEVELOPMENT
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DOUG WALKER
JEFF ALLEN
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MARIE ROBBINS
ASSOCIATE A.D. SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR
TOMMY FORD ASSISTANT A.D. DONOR PROGRAMS
JONATHAN BOWLING
CAROL PARK
JEFF PURINTON
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Dr. Judith L. Bonner was named the 28th president of The University of Alabama on Nov. 1, 2012. Founded in 1831, the University is the state’s flagship and a student-centered comprehensive research university. Dr. Bonner recently served as interim president from March 5 until Aug. 31, 2012. She was promoted to executive vice president and provost on April 1, 2006, after serving as provost and vice president for Academic Affairs since March 2003. During the decade she served as provost, the University underwent transformational change growing from 19,000 students in 2003 to more than 33,600 in 2012. Each year, the academic strength of the student body and the faculty exceeded the record set the previous year. Alabama’s athletics programs likewise have excelled in recent years with four teams winning national championships in 2011-2012. Athletics Director Mal Moore lauds Dr. Bonner’s commitment to athletics as well as academics. “Dr. Bonner has long been a supporter of Alabama athletics and I am excited about her leadership of our great University. We have a unique unity on our campus, a special bond between our athletics program and the University at-large. Dr. Bonner’s leadership will only serve to enhance that relationship and the unity that has been such a vital part of our athletics and academic success over these many years,” Moore said.
Dr. Bonner joined the faculty at The University of Alabama in 1981 as associate professor and head of the department of human nutrition and hospitality. She served as assistant academic vice president from 19851990 and as special assistant to the president from 1989-1991. Promoted to professor in 1988, she was named dean of the College of Human Environmental Sciences in 1989 and held that position until 2003. Prior to coming to UA, she held faculty appointments in the department of pediatrics at UAB and the department of medical dietetics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Bonner earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The University of Alabama and her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, all in nutrition. Her research, focused on nutritional needs of chronically ill children and on eating disorders, has resulted in numerous publications. Dr. Bonner is an active member of civic, scientific and professional organizations. Among other awards and honors, her accolades include the Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University, the AHEA Leader Award and the award for Outstanding Dietitian for the state of Alabama.
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Dennis PURSLEY Alabama, 1972 After getting his start as a volunteer coach on Don Gambril’s first Alabama staff, Dennis Pursley has gone on to one of the most extraordinary careers in the sport of swimming, a career that led him to be named one of the 25 most influential people in the history of USA Swimming in 2003. With a career that has taken him all over the globe – including stops as the first head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport, the inaugural director of the United States National Team and most recently the head coach of Great Britain’s 2012 Olympic squad – Pursley is a proven program builder who has made an immediate and significant impact on every team he has touched.
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That’s why when Alabama was looking for a head coach to take its program back to the highest levels of collegiate swimming and diving, it turned to Pursley. “We are excited to have Coach Pursley join us as head coach of our swimming and diving program,” UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore said. “Not only has he achieved great success at the highest level of his sport, but as a former Crimson Tide swimmer and coach, he understands what a special place the University of Alabama is and what can be accomplished here with hard work and determination.” The Hall of Fame coach returns to the deck of the Alabama Aquatic Center after leading Great Britain to a UK record 23 spots in the championship finals of the London Olympics. “It is a great honor and privilege to return to my alma mater,” Pursley said. “I could not be more impressed with the commitment of the University of Alabama to the pursuit of excellence in both academics and athletics, and I truly believe that the potential of the Crimson Tide swimming and diving program is unlimited.” One thing that Pursley has learned over the years is that the secret to success in any endeavor is to surround yourself with the best people you can. To that end, he has built a staff in Tuscaloosa that includes some of the best coaches in the country, including former world record holder and Alabama NCAA champion Jonty Skinner, who has developed into one of the top sports science coaches in the world, and Pat Greenwell, the most decorated diving coach in Southeastern Conference history. The staff also includes former Olympian and Tide
All-American Mike Davidson, UA veteran James Barber as well as newcomers Lisa Ebeling, Scott Crawford and David Pursley. “I’m very excited about the staff we’ve assembled here at Alabama,” Pursley said. “Everyone brings something special to the team and every one of them is dedicated to getting the absolute best out of the athletes both in the water and in the classroom.” Pursley is engergized about returning to a campus that is enjoying both unprecedented growth and success in all areas. Enrollment has grown to a school-record 33,602 in the fall of 2012 and there are new building projects underway throughout campus, including a second student center and a new suite-style campus living community. The excitement and success that pervades campus is especially prevalent within the athletics department. The Crimson Tide won four national team titles during the 2011-12 academic year, the most among NCAA Division I schools, including football, gymnastic, women’s golf and softball. All Alabama teams are competing in front of record crowds with fans that are engaged, enthusiastic and especially vocal. “There is no doubt that this is an amazing time at this University,” Pursley said. “There are great things happening everywhere you look and I’m just very proud and excited to be involved and I look forward to our program being a part of the Crimson Tide story of success.” The Louisville, Ky., native, who was inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Hall of Fame in 2006, worked under Tide legends John Foster and Don Gambril to start his coaching career in the mid-1970s, following an Alabama
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competitions - including the Olympic Games and the World Championships. In 1981, Pursley was named as the first head coach of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), where he served as head coach of the combined team for two years and the men’s team until August, 1984. Six of the AIS athletes who had trained under Pursley (four men and two women) accounted for half of Australia’s
DENNIS PURSLEY CAREER AT A GLANCE HIRED: May, 2012 BIRTHDATE: April 16 HOMETOWN: Louisville, Kentucky EDUCATION: • Bachelor’s Degree in English University of Alabama, 1972 • Master’s Degree in English University of Alabama, 1973
staff of the 1979 USA Pan American Games team. In that competition one of his swimmers, Mary T. Meagher, surprised the swimming world by establishing her first of several world records. Meagher, who would be crowned “Madam Butterfly,” earned a place on the 1980 U.S. Olympic team and went on to set world records that stood for decades. In addition to Meagher and four others, Pursley coached Glenn Mills to a spot on the USA Olympic squad in 1980. Mills would go on to swim for the Tide, winning the NCAA 200 breaststroke title in 1983. Following his time in Louisville, Pursley became head coach of the Cincinnati Marlins and led them to their first three national championship titles. Eleven swimmers on his 1980 championship team accounted for 28 top-25 world rankings in individual events and eight Marlin relays were ranked among the top 25 in the world in that same year. After placing six swimmers on the 1980 USA Olympic Team who accounted for two world records and four No. 1 world rankings, Pursley was appointed to the USA Olympic Team staff and was awarded 1980 “Coach of the Year” honors by the American Swimming Coaches Association. During the first decade of Pursley’s career, his swimmers accounted for seven world records, 12 American Records and 20 U.S. National Championship titles as well as numerous medals in major international
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medals in the 1984 Olympic Games. Only one of those Olympians was ranked among the top 20 in the world in 1983. After the 1984 Olympic Games, Pursley began a three year term as head coach of the Olympian Swim Club in Edmonton, Alberta, where his team progressed from fifth to first in provincial championship competition. He was appointed the first USA Swimming National Team Director in 1989 and was responsible for all aspects of the Team USA program. During his 14-year tenure, the medal production of the USA team increased substantially. The USA team finished first in the medal count in both men’s and women’s competitions in all three Olympiads of his tenure, culminating with 33 medals, including 14 gold, at the 2000 Olympics which was described by “Sports Illustrated” as the greatest team performance of all time. In recognition of his contributions, Pursley was awarded the United States Olympic Committee Chairman’s “Coaching Award” for 2000. Pursley returned to the deck in 2003 as the head coach of the Brophy East Swim Team in Phoenix Ariz., before becoming the head coach of British Swimming in 2008. Pursley and his wife Mary Jo have five children, Lisa, Brian, David, Steven and J.J. Lisa and David have joined him on the Alabama staff.
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EXPERIENCE: • Head Coach, Great Britian Olympic Team London, England 2012 • Head Coach, British Swimming London, England 2008-12 • Head Coach, Brophy East Swim Team Phoenix Ariz. 2003-07 • National Team Director, United States Swimming Colorado Spring, Colo. 1989-2003 • Head Coach, Olympian Swim Club Edmonton, Alberta 1984-87 • Head Coach, Australian Institute of Sport Perth, Australia 1981-84 • Assistant Coach, USA Olympic Team 1980 • Head Coach, Cincinnati Marlins Cincinnati, Ohio 1979-81 • Assistant Coach, USA Pan American Games Team San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 • Head Coach, Lakeside Swim Club Louisville, Ky. 1975-79 • Volunteer Coach, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1974 • Head Coach, University Aquatic Club Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1974 ATHLETIC CAREER: • Swam for the University of Alabama, 1969-72 • Alabama Team Captain, 1971 and 1972 • 1969 Southeastern Conference Champion, 200 Breaststroke • Set the American Record in the 220 breaststroke in 1966 • Two-time member of Team USA • Three-year High School All-American at Trinity High School
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Pat GREENWELL Pittsburgh, 1981 Alabama diving coach Pat Greenwell’s more than two decades at Alabama - punctuated by multiple conference and national champions, Olympians and All-Americans - is a story of soaring success. Greenwell, who started with the Crimson Tide in the fall of 1987, has been named Southeastern Conference Diving Coach of the Year a league-record six times and has coached Tide divers to eight SEC Diver of the Year honors. “Pat is one of the nation’s top diving coaches and I am excited to have him as a part of this staff,” Alabama head coach Dennis Pursley said. “He has consistently had Alabama divers vying for conference and national championships and earning All-America honors. His commitment to excellence has been reflected in the consistently outstanding achievements of his divers throughout the years.” In 2011, Paige McCleary earned SEC Freshman Diver of the Year, after turning in the top rookie finish on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards as well as the platform at the SEC Championships. Aaron Fleshner, who won his third SEC title under Greenwell’s tutelage in 2010, made a pair of trips to China in the summer of 2011 as part of the United States’ national team. Flesher first traveled to Shanghai for the FINA World Championships and later to Shenzia for the World University Games. Last summer Fleshner, who currently works and trains in Tuscaloosa, won the 2012 U.S. national 1-meter championship. In 2009, Greenwell was named SEC Women’s Diving Coach of the Year and saw Fleshner earn SEC Male Diver of the Year honors while Carrie Dragland was named both the SEC Freshman and Female Diver of the Year.
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Now in his 26th season with the Tide, Greenwell’s athletes have won a pair of NCAA championships, with Brent Roberts winning the platform in 1998 and Lane Bassham winning the 3-meter board in 2004. They have also earned 68 All-America honors and won 21 SEC titles since 1988. The 2004 season saw Greenwell recognized as the NCAA Championships Coach of the Meet after Bassham took first off the 3-meter and second off the 1-meter. Both she and Crystal Rasmussen earned All-America honors that season, leading Alabama to 21st place overall. Bassham was also named NCAA Diver of the Meet for her efforts. The success of Greenwell’s studentathletes isn’t limited to the pool. 2011 senior Adam Booher earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship as well as a place on the CoSIDA Academic All-District IV At-Large Team. In 2010 Elizabeth Hughes was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-American team. In 2005, Stewart Smith earned an SEC Postgraduate Scholarship, one of the league’s highest academic honors, while Jill DeVasher earned the same award in 1998. Mark Rourke brought the swimming and diving program its first NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards offered on the national level, in 1991. Internationally, Greenwell’s divers have done very well. In addition to his double-duty in China, Fleshner competed at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix meet in Ft. Lauderdale in the summer of 2010. Former Greenwell students Rafael Alvarez and Rourke both competed at multiple Olympic Games and both finaled at at least one Olympiad. Roberts was the United States Olympic team alternate on the platform in 2000 after finishing third at the Olympic Trials. Under Greenwell’s tutelage, Rourke became the first diver in conference history to win all three diving events at the SEC Championships, doing so in 1991. Greenwell inherited the tradition rich Alabama program in the fall of 1987, after a fiveyear stint at Clemson University. While coaching Clemson, the Tampa, Fla., native earned his master’s degree in post-secondary counseling. He dove collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh, garnering All-America honors on the way to earning a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education in 1981. An active member of U.S. Diving as both a coach and a judge, Greenwell has served as the U.S. National Coach for competitions in China and Canada. In 1997 and 1999, he served as the U.S. judge at the World University Games. Greenwell married the former Debbie Purifoy in May of 2003.
Assistant Coach
1st Season
Jonty SKINNER Alabama, 1978 Former world record holder, NCAA Champion and International Hall of Famer Jonty Skinner is in his third stint as an Alabama swimming and diving coach after rejoining the Crimson Tide in the summer of 2012 as a member of head coach Dennis Pursley’s staff. “We could not have a more qualified coach than Jonty Skinner,” Pursley said. “As a former world record holder and coach of Olympic gold medalists and national championship teams, Jonty has done it all at the highest levels of national and international competition. He will be primarily responsible for our sprint program but all of the swimmers and coaches on the team will benefit from his broad range of experience and expertise.” In addition to his coaching duties, Skinner serves as the Tide’s technical director, a post he previously held with both USA Swimming and British Swimming. Skinner first came to the Capstone in the fall of 1974 as a sprinter on one legendary Tide coach Don Gambril’s first teams. He made an immediate impact, winning Alabama’s first NCAA championship as a freshman in 1975 when he touched the wall first in the 100 freestyle. Skinner went on to shatter the world record in the 100-meter freestyle during the summer of 1976, setting a standard that would endure until 1981. After graduation, the 19-time All-American started his coaching career under Gambril as an Alabama assistant. From there he went on to a highly successful stint as head coach of the San Jose Aquatics Club, where his teams won a USA Senior National team championship and five USA Junior National team titles. After returning to Tuscaloosa in the late 1980s as an associate head coach, Skinner took over the coaching reigns in 1990 when Gambril retired from coaching. He capped his four-year tenure as the Tide’s head coach by leading both
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the men and women to top-10 national finishes in 1994, the same year he was named the SEC Women’s Coach of the Year. In the summer of 1994 Pursley, then the director of the USA National Team, choose Skinner as the inaugural coach of United States Swimming’s Resident National Team at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. From there Skinner went on coach some of the world’s top swimmers at the elite national and international level. “I’m excited to be back in Tuscaloosa, back at the University of Alabama, and to have this amazing chance to work with Dennis again,” Skinner said. “He and I have worked together for a number of years at both USA and British Swimming and we’re both excited to take what we’ve learned about swimming and coaching at the international level and apply it at the collegiate level.” Skinner coached swimmers have won 18 national titles and 20 Olympic medals - including 17 gold. He has also produced two Kipputh Award winners. Alabama standout Jon Olsen stands tall among Skinner’s former pupils. Following an All-America career at the Capstone, Olsen won five Olympic medals including four that were gold - under Skinner’s tuteldge. Olsen still holds the Alabama 100 and 200 freestyle school records. During his own swimming career, Skinner captured four national titles to go with his NCAA title and five years as the world record holder in the 100m freestyle. In 1986 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. After six years as the head coach of the USA Resident National Team, Skinner spent the next eight years as USA Swimming’s Director of Performance Science and Technology, coordinating all of the testing, tracking and assessment of U.S. National Team members. For the past three years, he worked in a similar capacity with British Swimming. In addition to his work with the USA and British national teams, Skinner founded Athletic Intelligence Consulting to further his work and research in neuroscience and how it relates to elite level training and competition. “Jonty has proven to be a leader in cutting edge science and technology as it applies to competitive swimming,” Pursley said. “His experience in working with many of the world’s top swimmers and coaches will bring a wealth of knowledge to the Alabama program. He is a great motivator and proven winner who is passionately committed to helping his swimmers become the best that they can be.” Skinner’s latest stint with the Crimson Tide is a result of a perfect convergence of people, place and challenges. “There’s no doubt that Alabama is a very special place and I can’t imagine doing this anywhere else,” Skinner said. “The opportunity to coach with Dennis and live and work in such a tradition-rich environment was something I just couldn’t pass up.”
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Assistant Coach
6th Season
James BARBER Auburn at Montgomery, 1996 James Barber is in his sixth season as an assistant coach with the Crimson Tide. “I’m excited to have James as part of the staff,” Alabama head coach Dennis Pursley said. “I’ve known him since he worked with the USA Resident National team in the 1990s. He is a talented and hardworking coach who is a perfect fit for our program philosophy, which is based on character and commitment in the pool, in the classroom and in life.” In addition to his on the deck coaching duties, Barber serves as the recruiting coordinator for the men’s program. “They say home is where the heart is, and my heart has always been with The University of Alabama,” Barber said. “It is incredible being a member of the Alabama family, to be in a place that puts such high value in excellence at every level and provides their athletes and coaches with every resource necessary to succeed. This is every coach’s and athlete’s dream.” In addition to almost two decades of collegiate and age-group coaching, Barber also worked with Jonty Skinner as an assistant coach with the U.S. Resident National Team in Colorado Springs, Colo. While there, he worked with several world class athletes, including Amy Van Dyken and B.J. Bedford. Van Dyken was the first American female athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad (Atlanta, 1996). Prior to joining the Crimson Tide, Barber was in charge of the distance group at Florida State for three seasons, coaching athletes to school record marks in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyles as well as coaching the Seminoles’ first All-American in the mile. One of his athletes was named ACC Swimmer of the Meet at the conference championships. He was also nominated for Teacher of the Year for teaching undergraduate anatomy and physiology courses at FSU. As an age-group coach, Barber mentored 18 Junior National qualifiers in over 40 events and 20 national age-group top-16 performers. His athletes
also earned 21 titles at the Southeastern Swimming Championships. Barber joined the Seminoles in 2004 after a sixyear run as the head coach at Club Makos in Gulf Breeze, Fla., where he produced national caliber swimmers. Since 2005 Barber has mentored five different athletes who qualified/represented Team USA in international competitions, in addition to five international athletes who have represented their respective countries, with many finalists and semifinalists. Barber received his first coaching job as the head age-group coach for the Montgomery YMCA Barracudas in Montgomery, Ala. From there he moved to Mobile, Ala., where he served as Senior Coach for the City of Mobile Swim Association while pursing his master’s degree. His next coaching stint had him in the same position for the Colorado Spring Swim Team while also coaching the USA National Team. Barber graduated with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 1996 from Auburn University at Montgomery and obtained a master’s degree in exercise physiology from the University of South Alabama. A native of Prattville, Ala., Barber is married to the former Angie Bixler. The couple has two sons, Benjamin Paul and Samuel James.
Assistant Coach
1st Season
Mike DAVIDSON Alabama, 1989 Olympian and Crimson Tide All-American Mike Davidson is in his first year as an assistant coach at his alma mater. “Mike is a great addition to our staff,” head coach Dennis Pursley said. “Not only is he a tremendous coach who really understands the team dynamic that we’re building at Alabama, but as a Crimson Tide All-American and member of the 1987 SEC Championship team, he appreciates the tradition of excellence that
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surrounds the University of Alabama and what a truly special place the Capstone is. Mike also knows firsthand what it means to be a worldclass athlete on a championship team. He brings a strong work ethic to the deck and a burning desire to see Alabama once again competing for championship titles.” In addition to his on-deck coaching duties, Davidson serves as the program’s alumni coordinator, helping keep the bond between the current team and its tradition-rich heritage strong. Davidson, who earned a bachelor’s degree from Alabama in 1989, returns to Tuscaloosa after five years as head coach of the High Tide Aquatic Club in Gainesville, Fla. Other coaching stops include head coach of Sub-4 Swimming and a stint as a New Zealand national team coach. A distance ace and team captain for the Crimson Tide during the late 1980s, Davidson earned All-America honors in the mile and helped lead Alabama to the 1987 Southeastern Conference team title under the direction of legendary Alabama coach Don Gambril. Before joining the Tide, Davidson swam for New Zealand at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where he posted top-16 finishes in the 400 and 1,500-meter freestyles. He also earned a bronze medal at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. He was inducted into New Zealand’s Northland Sports Legends Hall of Fame in 2011. Davidson is married to the former Jennifer Brothers, an All-America swimmer on Alabama’s 1985 SEC championship team, the first Alabama women’s team to win a conference team title, and a coach whose career includes the New Zealand national team among other stops.
“Lisa brings tremendous energy and drive to the deck in addition to a strong foundation as a technical coach,” head coach Dennis Pursley said. “She is committed to the pursuit of excellence and is a great fit in the team concept we are putting in place at the Capstone.” In addition to her on-deck coaching duties, Ebeling is the recruiting coordinator for the women’s program. The Colorado Springs, Colo., native comes to Tuscaloosa after stints as an assistant coach at the University of Utah and Rutgers University. She was part of the coaching staff in the Utes inaugural season as part of the Pac-12 Conference in 2011-12, during which Utah broke 15 school records. A three-time All-American at Arizona, Ebeling helped the Wildcats win the 2006 Pac10 championship. She also earned Academic All-America honors during her Wildcat career and was honored with the Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award. She graduated from Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education in 2007 and coached at the Phoenix Swim Club while pursuing her master’s degree at Arizona State.
Assistant Coach
1st Season
David PURSLEY Utah, 2010 David Pursley is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Crimson Tide. In addition to his on-deck coaching duties, he serves as the staff ’s communications coordinator. Pursley comes to Alabama after a year coaching with the North Carolina Aquatic Club in Chapel Hill, N.C., following a year with the FISH swim club in McLean, Va. Pursley started his collegiate swimming career at the University of Arizona where he was a member of the Wildcats’ 2008 NCAA Championship squad. After transferring to the University of Utah for his senior year, he served as the Utes team captain. Pursley graduated from Utah in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in speech communication.
1st Season
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Scott CRAWFORD Queensland U. of Technology, 1990
Assistant Coach
1st Season
Lisa EBELING Arizona, 2007 Lisa Ebeling is in her first season as a member of the Alabama swimming and diving staff as an assistant coach.
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Scott Crawford is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Crimson Tide. The Brisbane, Australia, native has a variety of ondeck coaching and administrative duties with the program. Prior to joining the Crimson Tide staff, Crawford spent two years coaching Brigidine College as well as serving as a volunteer coach for St. Peter’s Western Swim Club, one of the leading age-group programs in Australia, that put 10 swimmers on the Aussie’s 2012 Olympic squad. Crawford graduated from Queensland University of Technology with bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1990 and earned a graduate diploma in advanced accounting from Queensland in 1994.
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SWIMMING AND DIVING SUPPORT STAFF
Luke BRIMHALL
Callan BUCK
Monica DECKER
Director of Performance Nutrition
Manager
Student Assistant Coach
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Matt DOELL
Aaron DOSS
Stephanie GODFREY
Krista HUFFMAN
Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer
Athletic Academic Advisor
Assistant Marketing Director
Terry JONES
Callie NETTLES
Nancy PERRY
Josh SOSNA
Strength and Conditioning Coach
Student Assistant Coach
Administrative Assistant
Manager
Claire WILLIAMSON
Joe ZIEGLER
Student Assistant Coach
Student Assistant Coach
COACHING STAFF
Amy BRAGG
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THE 2012-13 CRIMSON TIDE MEN AT A GLANCE
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ANESTIS ARAMPATZIS
VLAD CACIUC
JAKE CARLONI
6-2 | Sr. | 3L Butterfly/Freestyle
6-2 | Jr. | 2L Freestyle
5-8 | Jr. | SQ Diving
BRIAN CARR
CAMERON CONNERS
PHILLIP DEATON
IAN DECKER
PHILLIP DOCKERY
JOHN ELLIS
CLARK GARNER
5-11 | Jr. | SQ Freestyle
6-0 | Jr. | 2L Breaststroke
6-2 | Soph. | SQ Backstroke/Freestyle
5-10 | Soph. | SQ Freestyle
5-10 | Jr. | SQ Breaststroke/IM
5-7 | Sr. | 1L Freestyle/IM
6-1 | Soph. | SQ
PETER HILLYER
HUNTER HINSON
BJOERN HORNIKEL
TRAVIS KERNER
BRANDON LOWE
DAVID MAQUERA
ALEX PUJOL
5-11 | Sr. | 2L Diving
5-11 | Jr. | SQ Butterfly/Backstroke
6-4 | Jr. | 2L Freestyle
6-2 | Fr. | HS Freestyle/IM
6-1 | Sr. | SQ Freestyle
5-6 | Soph. | SQ Backstroke
5-10 | Jr. | SQ Backstroke
ABBAS QALI
ROBERT RALEY
JAKE REYNOLDS
JOHN SERVATI
REESE SHIREY
HUNTER SMITH
DEVAN TERRY
5-10 | Fr. | HS Freestyle/Butterfly
5-9 | Fr. | HS Diving
6-3 | Sr. | 2L Freestyle
5-11 | Soph. | 1L Backstroke/Freestyle
6-1 | Sr. | 2L Backstroke
5-8 | Soph. | SQ Diving
6-0 | Jr. | 2L Breaststroke/IM
MIKE TONTILLO
BRETT WALSH
CREWS WELLFORD
BRIAN WESTLAKE
GEORGE WONG
ANDREW WRIST
LUKE ZIPPI
6-2 | Jr. | SQ Freestyle
6-0 | Fr. | HS Freestyle/Butterfly
6-3 | Fr. | HS Backstroke/IM
5-10 | Fr. | HS Freestyle
5-11 | Jr. | SQ Freestyle
5-9 | Jr. | SQ IM/Butterfly
5-7 | Jr. | 1L Diving
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2012-13 ALABAMA MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING ROSTER Event(s) Butterfly/Freestyle Freestyle Diving Freestyle Breaststroke Backstroke/Freestyle Freestyle Breaststroke/IM Freestyle Butterfly/IM/Backstroke Diving Butterfly/Backstroke Freestyle Freestyle/IM Freestyle Backstroke Backstroke Freestyle/Butterfly Diving Freestyle Freestyle/Backstroke Backstroke Diving Breaststroke/IM Freestyle Freestyle/Butterfly Backstroke/IM Freestyle Freestyle IM/Butterfly Diving
Height 6-2 6-2 5-8 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-10 5-7 6-1 5-11 5-11 6-4 6-2 6-1 5-6 5-10 5-10 5-9 6-3 5-11 6-1 5-8 6-0 6-2 6-0 6-3 5-10 5-11 5-9 5-7
Year Sr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Soph. Soph. Jr. Sr. Soph. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Soph. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Soph. Sr. Soph. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr.
Exp. 3L 2L SQ SQ 2L SQ SQ SQ 1L SQ 2L SQ 2L HS SQ SQ SQ HS HS 2L 1L 2L SQ 2L SQ HS HS HS SQ SQ 1L
Hometown (High School) Thessaloniki, Greece (Exp. School of Aristotle University) Bogdan Voda, Romania (Sportive) Branford, Conn. (Branford) New Orleans, La. (Jesuit) Huntsville, Ala. (Randolph) Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones) Leesburg, Va. (Bishop Dennis J. O’Connell) Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Hillcrest) Durban, South Africa (Indian River State College) Mize, Miss. (Mize) Atlanta, Ga. (St. Pius) Cairo, Ga. (Brookwood) Boblingen, Germany (Stratford) Richmond, Va. (Benedictine) San Diego, Calif. (Patrick Henry) Fairfax Station, Va. (Lake Braddock Secondary) Houston, Texas (Memorial) Kuwait City, Kuwait (Abdullah Abdulatif Al-Rjeb) Mobile, Ala. (Murphy) Prattville, Ala. (Prattville) Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo) Muscle Shoals, Ala. (Baylor School) Sacramento, Calif. (C.K. McClatchy) Louisville, Ky. (Louisville Male) Cincinnati, Ohio (St. Xavier) Durban, South Africa (Kearsney College) Memphis, Tenn. (Memphis University) Penryn, Calif., (Del Oro) Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones) Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek) Melbourne, Fla. (Viera)
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Name Anestis Arampatzis Vlad Caciuc Jake Carloni Brian Carr Cameron Conners Phillip Deaton Ian Decker Phillip Dockery John Ellis Clark Garner Peter Hillyer Hunter Hinson Bjoern Hornikel Travis Kerner Brandon Lowe David Maquera Alex Pujol Abbas Qali Robert Raley Jake Reynolds John Servati Reese Shirey Hunter Smith Devan Terry Mike Tontillo Brett Walsh Crews Wellford Brian Westlake George Wong Andrew Wrist Luke Zippi
COACHES Head Coach Dennis Pursley| 1st Season | Alabama, 1972 Diving Coach Pat Greenwell | 26th Season | Pittsburgh, 1980 Assistant Coach Jonty Skinner | 1st Season | Alabama, 1978 Assistant Coach James Barber | 6th Season | Auburn at Montgomery, 1996 Assistant Coach Mike Davidson | 1st Season | Alabama, 1989 Assistant Coach Lisa Ebeling| 1st Season | Arizona, 2007 Assistant Coach Scott Crawford | 1st Season | Queensland University of Technology, 1990 Assistant Coach David Pursley | 1st Season | Utah, 2010
CRIMSON TIDE BY HOME STATE/COUNTRY ALABAMA (7)
FLORIDA (1)
LOUISIANA (1)
Cameron Conners Phillip Deaton Phillip Dockery Robert Raley Jake Reynolds Reese Shirey George Wong
Luke Zippi
Brian Carr
GEORGIA (2)
MISSISSIPPI (2) Brett Walsh
Peter Hillyer Hunter Hinson
Clark Garner John Servati
GERMANY (1)
NORTH CAROLINA (1)
CALIFORNIA (3) Brandon Lowe Hunter Smith Brian Westlake
SOUTH AFRICA (2) John Ellis
TENNESSEE (1) Crews Wellford
Bjoern Hornikel
Andrew Wrist
GREECE (1) Anestis Arampatzis
OHIO (1) Mike Tontillo
KENTUCKY (1)
CONNECTICUT (1) Devan Terry Jake Carloni
ROMANIA (1)
TEXAS (1) Alex Pujol
VIRGINIA (3) Ian Decker Travis Kerner David Maquera
CRIMSON TIDE BY CLASS SENIORS (6)
SOPHOMORES (6)
Anestis Arampatzis John Ellis Peter Hillyer Brandon Lowe Jake Reynolds Reese Shirey
Phillip Deaton Ian Decker Clark Garner David Maquera John Servati Hunter Smith
JUNIORS (13)
FRESHMEN (6)
Vlad Caciuc Jake Carloni Brian Carr Cameron Conners Phillip Dockery Hunter Hinson Bjoern Hornikel Alex Pujol Devan Terry Mike Tontillo George Wong Andrew Wrist Luke Zippi
Travis Kerner Robert Raley Abbas Qali Brett Walsh Crews Wellford Brian Westlake
Vlad Caciuc
KUWAIT (1) Abbas Qali
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2012-13 ALABAMA MEN’S OUTLOOK
2013 OUTLOOK THE 2012-13 MEN’S ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE From the left, back row, - Brandon Lowe, Devan Terry, Ian Decker, Cameron Conner, Reese Shirey, John Servati, Brett Walsh, George Wong, Brian Carr, Hunter Hinson, Peter Hillyer and Alex Pujol. Middle row - Vlad Caciuc, Philip Deaton, Mike Tontillo, Crews Wellford, Jake Reynolds, Bjoern Hornikel, Anestis Arampatzis, Clark Garner and Travis Kerner. Front row - Phillip Dockery, Andrew Wrist, Robert Raley, Abbas Qali, Brian Westlake, Luke Zippi, Jake Carloni, Hunter Smith, David Maquera and John Ellis.
Crimson Tide mentor Dennis Pursley has a good balance of youth and experience on his first Alabama men’s team, with the majority of the roster coming from the junior and senior classes and a healthy influx of talent coming from the freshman and sophomore classes.
career has taken him all over the world and has included a 14-year stint as the director of the United States National Team and more recently a four-year assignment as the head coach of British Swimming that culminated in the 2012 London Olympics.
That balance of veterans and newcomers extends to Pursley’s freshly assembled coaching staff, which includes the return of former world record holder and Alabama’s first NCAA champion Jonty Skinner along with Crimson Tide All-American Mike Davidson to Tuscaloosa as assistant coaches.
Back on the deck of his alma mater, Pursley’s first men’s team will be led by junior AllAmerican Bjoern Hornikel, who finished second in both the 100 and 200 freestyles at the 2012 Southeastern Conference Championships and helped lead the Crimson Tide to its 33rd top-25 finish at the 2012 NCAA Championships.
Pursley also added Lisa Ebeling, Scott Crawford and David Pursley to a staff that includes Tide veterans Pat Greenwell and James Barber.
Hornikel currently ranks second all-time for UA in the 100 and 200 freestyles, behind four-time Olympic gold medalist Jon Olsen. A tremendous competitor, Hornikel has gone undefeated in the 100 freestyle through his first two dual meet seasons.
“We’ve assembled one of the best coaching staffs in the country,” Pursley said. “Everyone understands the unique sense of pride that comes with being a part of the Crimson Tide family and every single person on this staff is dedicated to our program’s philosophy which is based on character and commitment in the pool, in the classroom and in life.” Though he’s been away for a while, Pursley is no stranger to the Capstone after swimming for the Tide and starting his coaching career in Tuscaloosa in the 1970s. Since that time, his
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The Tide will also be looking to its cadre of returning SEC scorers to continue stepping up and providing points in the naiton’s toughest league. In addition to Hornikel, who was the Tide’s top individual point scorer at last year’s SEC Championships, Alabama returns nine veterans who have added to the Tide’s tally at the league title-tilt including seniors Anestis Arampatzis,
Peter Hillyer, John Ellis, Jake Reynolds and Reese Shirey as well as juniors Vlad Caciuc, Cameron Conners, Devan Terry and Luke Zippi Arampatzis and Shirey both grabbed spots in the SEC championship finals in 2012. Aramptzis was a top-eight scorer in the 200 butterfly while Shirey took seventh in the 200 backstroke, where he is ranked second all-time at Alabama. “I couldn’t be more pleased with how this group has responded to the culture we’re working to put in place here,” Pursley said. “There’s been a great desire to raise the bar. As a team we talk a lot about a culture of excellence, what that looks like and how it’s built on pillars of attitude, character and commitment. Everything we do each day is building toward that concept.” After opening the 2012-13 season at home against Delta State, Alabama jumps into SEC competition, taking to the road to face off against Auburn and LSU in October and November. The Tide will close out the regular season at home against a trio of conference foes, starting with SEC newcomer Missouri in January and finishing with Georgia and South Carolina in February. Alabama gets the postseason underway by traveling to the SEC’s other new team, Texas A&M, for the conference championships in mid-February.
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PROFILES
ARAMPATZIS Butterfly/Freestyle 6-2 | Sr. | 3L Thessaloniki, Greece Exp. School of Aristotle University
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Junior: Finaled in the 200 butterfly at the SEC Championships, taking sixth place with a 1:45.87 after posting a 1:45.50 in prelims … scored in the 100 butterfly at the SEC Championships with a season-best 48.02 … posted a career-best 1:44.82 in a 200 butterfly time trial at the SEC Championships which ranks him fifth all time for the Crimson Tide … finished fourth in the 200m butterfly at the 2011 USA Winter National Championships with a time of 1:59.31. 2011 - Sophomore: Scored in the 100 and 200 butterfly at the SEC Championships, finishing 14th and 12th respectively … also competed in the 50 freestyle at the SEC Championships. 2010 - Freshman: Scored in the 100 and 200 butterfly at the SEC Championships, finishing 14th and 13th respectively … posted a careerbest 47.83 in the 100 butterfly at the SEC
Championships which ranks him fourth all-time for the Crimson Tide … also competed in the 50 freestyle at the SEC Championships … turned in Alabama’s top time of the season in the 100 butterfly with a 47.83 at the SEC Championships … shared the Arne Borgstrom Most Valuable Newcomer award with Jake Reynolds.
Vlad
CACIUC Freestyle 6-2 | Jr. | 2L Bogdan Voda, Romania
Prep Highlights:
Swam for George Houzouris at Iraklis Thessalonikis … won the 50, 100 and 200m butterfly at the 2007 Junior Greek Championships … won the 100m butterfly at the 2008 Junior Greek Championships … finished second in the 100 and 200m butterfly at the 2009 Greek Open Championships … finished sixth in the 100m butterfly and seventh in the 200m butterfly at the 2008 European Junior Championships … won the 200m butterfly at the 2007 and 2008 Balkan Games, setting the meet record as well … took second in the 200m butterfly at the 2007 Black Sea Games. Personal Information:
Full name: Anestis Arampatzis … son of Athanasios Arampatzis and Clio Makridou … business major … born May 19, 1990. Top Times:
50 freestyle 20.94 100 butterfly 47.83 200 butterfly 1:44.82
Sportive Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Scored in the 50 freestyle at the SEC Championships, taking 14th place … also competed in the 100 freestyle at the SEC Championships … turned in Alabama’s fastest 50 freestyle of the season, a 19.92 in the prelims of the SEC Championships … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2011 - Freshman: Scored in the 50 and 100 freestyle at the SEC Championships, taking 15th in both … became the third Alabama swimmer to break the 20-second mark in the 50 freestyle … turned in career-best times in the 50 and 100 freestyle at the SEC Championships, with a 19.86 in the prelims of the 50 and a 44.10 as the leadoff leg of the 400 freestyle relay … is ranked third all-time for the Tide in the 50 freestyle behind Olympians Jon Olsen and Apostolis Tsagkarakis … part of Alabama’s school-record setting 400 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships … turned in Alabama’s top time of the season in the 50 freestyle. Prep Highlights:
Swam for Adrian Gherghel at LSP-MBV … swam the 50 and 100m freestyles at the 2009 FINA World Championships … the Romanian Junior National record holder in the 50 and 100m freestyles … earned a bronze medal at the 2008 European Junior Championships in the 50m freestyle … swam the 50 and 100m freestyle as well as the 50m butterfly at the 2009 European Short Course Championships … broke the Romanian 200m freestyle relay record along with former Tide All-Americans Catalin Cosma and Alin Mihalca and fellow sophomore Alex Coci. Personal Information:
Full name: Vlad Razvan Caciuc … son of Mia and Ioan Caciuc … pre-major studies … born August 7, 1990. Top Times:
50 freestyle 19.86 100 freestyle 44.10
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Anestis
PROFILES Jake
Prep Highlights:
Branford, Conn.
Swam for Mike Fallati at Crescent City Swim Club … led Jesuit High School to four straight state titles … captain of 2010 Jesuit squad … won state championships in the 200 and 500 freestyle titles and as part of the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays … two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … valedictorian.
Branford
Personal Information:
CARLONI Diving 5-8 | Jr. | SQ
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Competed off the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform at the SEC Championships … competed off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at the NCAA Zone B Championships. 2011 - Freshman: Competed off the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform at the NCAA Zone B Championships … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Full name: Brian Thomas Carr, Jr … son of Fern and Brian Carr … chemical engineering major … born March 4, 1992. Top Times:
200 freestyle 1:41.50 500 freestyle 4:32.84 1,650 freestyle 15:44.54
a fourth-place finish at the 2009 AHSAA 1-6A State Championships … four-time AHSAA AllState in swimming … two-time Randolph School MVP … National Honor Society … three-time cross country championship team and AHSAA All-State Cross Country … Tri M Music Honor Society … three-year first chair trumpet … Eagle Scout … qualified for the 2008 USA Olympic Trials in the 100 breaststroke. Personal Information:
Full name: Cameron Alexander Conners … son of Karen and Rex Conners … brother, Braxton … sisters, Amelia and Olivia … electrical engineering major … born July 13, 1992. Top Times:
Cameron
100 breaststroke 55.13 200 breaststroke 2:00.11 200 IM 1:53.28
CONNERS Phillip
Breaststroke
Prep Highlights:
Dove for Steve Sawyer at Branford High School and Jesse Cyr at SoCo Diving Club … school record holder for both six and 11 dives … also competed in track, earning All-Oronoque Division honors in pole vaulting.
DEATON
6-0 | Jr. | 2L
Backstroke/Freestyle
Huntsville, Ala.
6-2 | Soph. | SQ
Randolph
Madison, Ala.
Alabama Highlights: Personal Information:
PROFILES
Full name: Jacob Mayhew Carloni … son of Hope and Phil Carloni … sisters, Hannah and Charlotte … advertising major … born March 20, 1992.
Brian
CARR Freestyle 5-11 | Jr. | SQ New Orleans, La. Jesuit Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Competed in the middle distance and distance events during the regular season … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall and spring semesters … carries a 3.99 GPA for his career. 2011 - Freshman: Competed in the 200, 500 and 1,650 freestyle at the SEC Championships … narrowly missed scoring in the mile, finishing 17th … posted career-best times in 200 and 500 freestyles at the UT Invite in December … posted a career-best time in the mile at the SEC Championships with a 15:44.54 … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall and spring semester.
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2012 - Sophomore: Scored in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, taking 13th and 14th respectively … turned in Alabama’s top 100 breaststroke time of the season with a career-best 55.13, shaving nearly a second off his previous best … posted a careerbest 2:00.11 in the 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, slicing nearly two seconds off his previous best … honorable mention CSCAA Scholar All-American … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester. 2011 - Freshman: Scored in the 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, taking 14th place … also competed in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 IM at the SEC Championships … posted career-best times in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, shaving a second off his time in the 100 with a 56.07 and five seconds of his time in the 200 breaststroke with a 2:01.95 … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … qualified for the 2012 USA Olympic Trial in the 100 and 200 breaststroke … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall semester. Prep Highlights:
Swam for Marvin Chou at the Randolph School and Brooke Pate and Matt Webber at the Huntsville Swim Association … All-America … US Swimming Scholastic All-American … USA Senior National and US Open qualifier in the 100 and 200 breaststroke … 2009 Alabama state champion and state record holder in the 100 breaststroke … led the Randolph School to
Bob Jones Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Freshman: Competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 200 freestyle at the SEC Championships … posted a career-best 1:49.52 in the 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships cutting nearly two seconds off his previous best … shaved more than a second off his career-best time in the 100 backstroke, posting a 49.10 at the SEC Championships … posted a career-best 1:39.65 in the 200 freestyle at the SEC Championships … named to the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall semester … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester. Prep Highlights:
Swam for Mike Gunner and Kate Wade at Bob Jones High School and Matt Webber at Huntsville Swim Association … team captain … member of six Alabama High School State Championship teams … 2010 Alabama High School State 100 backstroke and 100 freestyle champion … Alabama State High School record holder as part of the 400 freestyle relay … 2009 and 2010 High School All-American … U.S. Open qualifier … USA Junior National qualifier … Physics Club … National Honor Society. Personal Information:
Full name: Phillip Gerald Deaton, Jr … son of Wendy and Phil Deaton … brother, Mitchell … chemical engineering major … born January 13, 1993.
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PROFILES 100 freestyle 46.19 200 freestyle 1:39.65 100 backstroke 49.10 200 backstroke 1:49.52
Ian
DECKER Freestyle 5-10 | Soph. | SQ Leesburg, Va. Bishop Dennis J. O’Connell Alabama Highlights:
2012 – Summer: Competed at the 2012 USA Olympic Trials in the 400 IM. 2012 - Freshman: Competed in the 500 and 1,650 freestyle and the 400 IM at the SEC Championships. Prep Highlights: Swam for John Flanagan at Curl-Burke Swim Club … competed at the 2011 USA Junior National Long Course Championships in the 400m IM, the 400m freestyle and the 1,500m freestyle … swam the 400 IM, 200, 500 and 1,650 freestyles as well as the 200 breaststroke at the 2010 and 2011 NCSA Junior National Championships. Personal Information:
Full name: Ian Sullivan Decker … son of Rob and Nancy Decker … sister, Meghan … marketing and advertising major … born December 31, 1992.
or better grade point average) for the spring semester … carries a 4.0 GPA for his career. 2011 - Freshman: Posted career-best times in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and the 200 and 400 IMs, touching at 57.59 in the 100 breaststroke, 2:06.25 in the 200 breaststroke and 1:55.52 in the 200 IM at the Bulldog Invitational and a 4:13.97 in the 400 IM at the UT Invite … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall and spring semester. Prep Highlights:
Swam for John Boxmeyer at Crimson Tide Aquatics … set the CTA records in the 50 and 100 freestyles, the 100 and 200 breaststrokes, the 200 and 400 IMs, 400 IM as well as part of the 400 medley and freestyle relays … earned the Don Gambril Achievement Award … member of Southern Zone Team … valedictorian … named a top senior … National Honors Society … member of the Key Club, Hillcrest Ambassadors and Leadership Team three-time USA Scholastic All-American.
Clark
100 breaststroke 57.04 200 breaststroke 2:06.25 200 IM 1:55.52 400 IM 4:13.97
GARNER
Freestyle/IM 5-7 | Sr. | 1L
DOCKERY
Indian River State College
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Butterfly/IM/Backstroke 6-1 | Soph. | SQ Mize, Miss.
Durban, South Africa
2012 - Sophomore: Competed in the breaststroke events during the regular season … posted a career-best time of 57.04 in the 100 breaststroke at the Bulldog Invitational … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll … inducted into Phi Eta Sigma and Alpha Lambda Delta honor societies … named to the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall semester … named to the Dean’s List (3.5
Full Name: John Christian Ellis … son of Kathy and John Ellis … environmental sciences major … born May 2, 1990.
Top Times:
Phillip
Alabama Highlights:
Personal Information:
500 freestyle 4:20.37 1,650 freestyle 15:19.61 400 IM 3:54.16
ELLIS
Hillcrest
Coached by Wayne Ridden at Seals Swimming Club … competed for South Africa on several occasions, including the Africa Games, medaling in the 400m freestyle, and World Cup events … finished third in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the 2008 South African Olympic Trials … set South African national age group records in the 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyles.
Top Times:
500 freestyle 4:30.59 1,000 freestyle 9:39.16 1,650 freestyle 15:47.86 400 IM 3:55.58
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Prep Highlights:
Full Name: Philip William Dockery … son of Kay and George Dockery … brothers, Jeff and Steven … sister, Jessica … chemical engineering and math major … born October 3, 1991
John
5-10 | Jr. | SQ
Indian River State College 2009-11: Coached by Ryan Mallam and Frank Bradley at IRSC … won the 2011 NJCAA 400 IM and 1,650 freestyle titles and was second in the 500 freestyle … served as IRSC team captain in 2010 … won the 2010 NJCAA 200 backstroke title and was second in the 200, 500 and 1,650 freestyles … led Indian River State College to the 2010 junior college national championship.
Personal Information:
Top Times:
Breaststroke/IM
Collegiate Highlights:
PROFILES
Top Times:
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Junior: Scored in the 500 and 1,650 freestyle at the SEC Championships, taking 11th and 14th respectively … also scored in the 400 IM at the SEC Championships, taking 14th place … dropped more than 10 seconds off his career-best time in the mile, posting a 15:19.61 at the Bulldog Invitational … shaved six seconds off his career-best in the 500 freestyle, turning in a 4:20.37 at the SEC Championships … posted a career-best 3:54.16 in the 400 IM at the SEC Championships, which ranks him sixth all-time for the Crimson Tide … turned in Alabama’s top times of the season in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle as well as the 400 IM … earned the Crimson Tide’s Arne Borgstrom Most Valuable Newcomer award.
Mize Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Freshman: Competed in the freestyle, backstroke and butterfly events during the regular season … posted a career-best 21.19 in the 50 freestyle, 47.05 in the 100 freestyle and 50.77 in the 100 butterfly at the Bulldog Invitational. Prep Highlights:
Swam for Warren Holliday at Mize High School and Laurel Swim Association … Mississippi state champion in the 50 freestyle in 2009 and 2010 … set the Mississippi state record in the 50 freestyle. Personal Information:
Full name: Chrisler Clark Garner … son of Samantha and Chris Garner … brother, Ladd … chemical engineering major … born March 5, 1993. Top Times:
100 freestyle 47.05 100 butterfly 50.77 50 freestyle 21.19
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PROFILES Peter
HILLYER Diving 5-11 | Sr. | 2L Atlanta, Ga. St. Pius Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Junior: Competed off the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform diving events at the SEC Championships … honorable mention CSCAA Scholar All-American … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester. 2011 - Sophomore: Scored off the platform at the SEC Championships, taking 13th place … competed off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at the SEC Championships … competed off the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform at the NCAA Zone B Championships. 2010 - Freshman: Scored off the platform at the SEC Championships, taking 16th place … competed off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at the SEC Championships. PROFILES
Prep Highlights:
Dove for Grant Segal and the Atlanta Diving Association and Scott Carter at St. Pius … All-American off the 1- and 3-meter boards … competed at the USA Diving Winter Regionals 2005-08 … St. Pius team captain.
in the 500 freestyle at the UT Invite, touching at 4:27.73 … career-best time in the 200 butterfly at the Auburn Invite, touching at 1:46.74, shaving more than a second off his previous best … turned in Alabama’s top time of the season in the 400 IM.
Bjoern
HORNIKEL Freestyle 6-4 | Jr. | 2L
Prep Highlights:
Swam for Terry Maul at the Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club and Barbara Hinson at the Brookwood School … finaled in the 200m butterfly at the 2010 USA Senior National Championships … three-time All-American, twice in the 100 butterfly and once in the 100 backstroke … set the Georgia Independent School Association state records in the 200 and 500 freestyles as well as the 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly … led Brookwood to a runner-up finish at the 2009 Georgia State High School Championships … USA Junior National finalist in the 100 and 200 butterfly and the 500 freestyle … Member of the 2004, 2006 and 2008 Florida Zone Team … silver medalist in the 100m and 200m butterfly at the 2008 Southern Zone Championships. Personal Information:
Full name: Hunter Lofley Hinson … son of Barbara and Lofley Hinson … sister, Haley … exercise science major … born August 28, 1991. Top Times:
400 IM 3:55.28 100 butterfly 49.69 200 butterfly 1:46.74 500 freestyle 4:27.73
Boblingen, Germany Stratford Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Honorable mention AllAmerican in the 100 freestyle at the NCAA Championships … scored in the 100 freestyle at the NCAA Championships, taking 13th place … went undefeated in the 100 freestyle during the regular season for the second year in a row … posted a top-25 finish in the 200 freestyle at the NCAA Championships, taking 22nd place … earned second team All-Southeastern Conference honors after picking up a pair of runner-up finishes in the SEC’s premiere events, the 100 and 200 freestyle … ranks second all-time at Alabama in both the 100 and 200 freestyles, behind four-time Olympic gold medalist Jon Olsen, after turning in career-best times of 42.98 in the 100 freestyle and 1:34.81 in the 200 freestyle at the SEC Championships … slashed three seconds off his previous careerbest time in the 200 freestyle and half a second off his 100 freestyle time … also scored in the 50 freestyle at the SEC Championships, taking 12th place, with a career-best time of 19.93, which ranks him four all-time for the Tide …
Personal Information:
Full name: Peter Hillyer … son of Chris and Alix Hillyer … restaurant hospitality management major … born June 19, 1990.
Hunter
HINSON Butterfly/Backstroke 5-11 | Jr. | SQ Cairo, Ga. Brookwood Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Competed in the IM, butterfly and freestyle events during the regular season … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2011 - Freshman: Competed in the 400 IM, 500 freestyle and 200 butterfly at the SEC Championships … posted a career-best time of 3:55.28 in the 400 IM at the UT Invite, shaving more than seven seconds off his previous best, which ranks him ninth all-time at Alabama … posted a shaved four seconds off his best time
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PROFILES
2011 - Freshman: Freshman All-SEC … posted the league’s top rookie finish at the SEC Championships in the 100 freestyle … scored in the 50 and 100 freestyle at the SEC Championships, taking 16th in the 50 and eighth in the 100 … trimmed nearly a second off his then best time in the 50 freestyle and a second and a half in the 100 freestyle … also competed in the 200 freestyle at the SEC Championships … part of Alabama’s school-record setting 400 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships … turned in Alabama’s top time of the season in the 100 freestyle … named SEC Freshman of the Week (10/12/10) … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … honorable mention CSCAA Scholar All-American … Arne Borgstrom Most Valuable Newcomer … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall and spring semesters. Prep Highlights:
Swam for Dave Horton at City of Charleston Southern Marlins Racing Team … also swam for Stratford High School … state high school champion in the 50 and 100 freestyle in 2009 and 2010 … set the state high school record in the 100 freestyle … two-time All-American … four-year all-state … Stratford MVP in 2009 and 2010 … twice named the Post and Courier High School Swimmer of the Year … won seven state titles … set the South Carolina state record in the 100 freestyle (short course and long course), the 50 freestyle (long course) and as part of the 400 and 800 freestyle relays … earned City of Charleston SMRT’s “Most Outstanding” award in 2010 … named South Carolina Swimming’s Howard Wheeler award winner … Stratford’s “Athlete of the Year … two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. Personal Information:
Full name: Bjoern Hornikel … son of Angelika and Jochen Hornikel … brother, Armin … kinesiology major … born May 6, 1992. Top Times:
50 freestyle 19.93 100 freestyle 42.98 200 freestyle 1:34.81
Travis
KERNER Freestyle/IM 6-2 | Fr. | HS Richmond, Va. Benedictine Prep Highlights:
Swam for Ted Sallade at Poseidon Swimming … 2012 VSIS State 500 freestyle champion … Benedictine team captain as a junior and senior … set Benedictine school records in the 200 and 500 freestyles, 100 breaststroke, 200 IM and as part of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays and the 200 medley relay … first-team All-State and part of the All-Metro team … USA Swimming Scholastic All American … 2012 Virginia state champion in the 800m and 1,500m freestyles … earned Poseidon’s Distance Honors and Most Outstanding Swimmer award in 2012 … threetime NCSA Junior National Championships qualifier … also qualified for the USA Junior National Championships … earned the rank of Cadet Captain in the Cadet Corps (Army JROTC) at Benedictine … earned a place on the honor roll every semester at Benedictine … National Honor Society. Personal Information:
Full name: Travis Edward Kerner … son of Carla and Tom Kerner … sisters, Alicia and Casey Long … pre-dental major … born February 15, 1994. Top Times:
500 freestyle 4:39.09 1,650 freestyle 15:50.59 400 IM 4:01.23
Brandon
LOWE
Prep Highlights:
Swam for Dave Kilmer and College Area Swim Team … two-time All-American … set the Patrick Henry High School record in the 200 freestyle … competed at the 2007 and 2008 USA Junior National Championship … qualified for the 2009 USA Senior National Championships. Personal Information:
Full name: Brandon Lowe … son of Sheri and Stephen Lowe … geography major … born May 9, 1990. Top Times:
100 freestyle 46.16 200 freestyle 1:38.79
David
MAQUERA Backstroke 5-6 | Soph. | SQ Fairfax Station, Va. Lake Braddock Secondary
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Freshman: Competed in the backstroke events during the regular season … posted a career-best 52.48 in the 100 backstroke and 1:51.35 in the 200 backstroke, both at the Bulldog Invitational.
PROFILES
earned the Crimson Tide’s Marshall Shoemaker Most Dedicated award … CSCAA Scholar AllAmerican … … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall semester … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep Highlights:
Coached by Pete Morgan at Curl Burke Swim Club … two-time Lake Braddock school record holder … four-time state finalist … Lake Braddock MVP as a senior … two-time USA Junior National Championships competitor … helped Curl Burke win back-to-back Junior National Championships. Personal Information:
6-1 | Sr. | SQ
Full name: David Dayton Maquera, Jr … son of Trish and David Maquera … brother, Cubby … sister, Abby … physics major … born March 9, 1993.
San Diego, Calif.
Top Times:
Patrick Henry
100 backstroke 52.48 200 backstroke 1:51.35
Freestyle
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Junior: Competed in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle at the SEC Championships … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester. 2011 - Sophomore: Competed in the 100, 200 and 500 freestyle at the SEC Championships. 2010 - Freshman: Competed in the 100, 200 and 500 freestyle at the SEC Championships … shaved more than a second off his career-best 200 freestyle time at the Bulldog Invitational with a 1:38.79.
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PROFILES Alex
Abbas
Jake
PUJOL
QALI
REYNOLDS
Backstroke
Freestyle/Butterfly
Freestyle
5-10 | Jr. | SQ
5-10 | Fr. | HS
6-3 | Sr. | 2L
Houston, Texas
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Prattville, Ala.
Memorial
Abdulatif Al-Rjeb
Prattville
Alabama Highlights:
Prep Highlights:
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Competed in the freestyle and backstroke events during the regular season … posted career-best times in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the Bulldog Invitational, touching the wall at 49.39 and 1:50.79 respectively, taking more than half a second off his 100 time and more than a second and a half off this 200 time … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Swam for Bruno Darzi and David Cowmeamdow at Coral Spring Swim Club … member of the Kuwait National Team … earned a gold medal in the 50m butterfly and a silver medal in the 50m freestyle at the 2012 Arab Games in Jordan … top-16 finisher at the Florida Sectionals … won the 100m butterfly and freestyle at the Gulf Aquatic Long Course Championships at the Hamad Aquatic Complex in Kuwait.
2012 - Junior: Competed in the 50 and 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships … turned in a career-best 20.57 in the 50 freestyle and 45.24 in the 100 freestyle at the SEC Championships … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall semester.
2011 - Freshman: Competed in the freestyle and backstroke events during the regular season … posted a career-best time in the 50 freestyle at the Bulldog Invitational with a 21.40 … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … earned the Crimson Tide’s Carlos Berrocal Most Improved award … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester.
Personal Information:
Full name: Abbas M Qali … son of Amina Dashti and Mohammed Hasan Qali … premajor studies … born October 11, 1992.
PROFILES
Robert
2010 - Freshman: Turned in Alabama’s top 50 and 100 freestyle times of the season … swam the 50 and 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships … earned Dean’s List (3.5 or better GPA) honors for the spring semester … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … earned CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-America honors … shared the Arne Borgstrom Most Valuable Newcomer award with Anestis Arampatzis.
RALEY
Prep Highlights:
Top Times:
50m freestyle (LCM) 24.08 100m freestyle (LCM) 52.24 100m butterfly (LCM) 57.50
Prep Highlights:
Swam for Ray Agular at DADS Club Swim Team … earned All-America honors in 2009 and 2010 while swimming for Memorial High School … Texas High School state finalist … earned All-Region, All-District and All-State honors … 2009 district champion as part of Memorial’s 400 freestyle relay … DADS Club team captain.
Diving 5-9 | Fr. | HS Mobile, Alabama
Personal Information:
Full name: Alejandro Tomas Pujol … son of Cindy and Ignacio Pujol … business major … born February 16, 1992. Top Times:
100 backstroke 49.39 200 backstroke 1:50.79 50 freestyle 21.40
2011 - Sophomore: Competed in the freestyle events during the regular season … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Alabama High School 100 backstroke state champion in 2006 … swam for Paul Mielke at the Montgomery YMCA … helped lead his club soccer team to a pair of state titles. Personal Information:
Murphy Prep Highlights:
Dove for Barbara Parker at both Murphy High School and Port City Diving … All-American in 2009 and 2011 … five-time AHSAA state diving champion … broke 28-year old state record on the 1-meter springboard … took 20th off the 1-meter board at the 2011 AT&T USA National Championships … coached summer league diving for three years … also competed in soccer for Murphy.
Full name: Jacob Maxwell Reynolds … son of Joseph and Mary Heather Reynolds … prephysical therapy major … born April 26, 1990. Top Times:
50 freestyle 20.57 100 freestyle 45.24 100 backstroke 50.11
Personal Information:
Full name: Robert Stephen Raley … son of Susan and Chris Raley … brother, Julian … sister, Caroline … pre-major studies … born March 26, 1994.
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PROFILES Top Times:
John
Reese
SERVATI
SHIREY
Freestyle/Backstroke
Backstroke
5-11 | Soph. | 1L
6-1 | Sr. | 2L
Tupelo, Miss.
Muscle Shoals, Ala.
Hunter
Tupelo
Baylor School
SMITH
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Freshman: Competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke as well as the 50 freestyle at the SEC Championships … turned in career-best times in both the 100 and 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships, touching at 49.57 and 1:49.22 respectively … dropped more than a second off his career-best in the 100 backstroke … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester.
2012 - Junior: Scored in the 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships, taking seventh place with a career-best 1:45.43, which ranks him second all-time at Alabama … also swam the 100 backstroke and 200 IM at the SEC Championships … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll … honorable mention CSCAA Scholar All-American … named to the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall semester … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester.
Prep Highlights:
Coached by Lucas Smith and Barbara Aguirre at Shock Wave Aquatic Team and Tupelo High School … U.S. Open qualifier and twotime NCSA Junior National Championship competitor … set the state records in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke and was part of the state record-setting 200 medley and freestyle relays … Tupelo Sports Council Athlete of the Year in 2007 and 2010 … Tupelo High School to four consecutive Mississippi State championships … Rotary Scholar … National Spanish Honor Society Personal Information:
Full name: John Albert Servati … son of Janet Gaston and Albert Servati … sisters, Sarah and Catherine … pre-dentistry major … born February 1, 1993. Top Times:
200 freestyle 1:40.82 200 backstroke 1:49.22 100 backstroke 49.57
2011 - Sophomore: Scored in the 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships, taking 15th place, touching the wall with a careerbest 1:46.31, dropping more than two seconds off his previous best … also competed in the 100 backstroke and the 200 IM at the SEC Championships … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall semester.
5-8 | Soph. | SQ Sacramento, Calif. C.K. McClatchy Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Freshman: Competed in the diving events during the regular season. Prep Highlights:
Coached by Dede Crayne and Laurel Abernathy at Capital Divers … two-time All-American … two-time sectional champion … posted a pair of top-20 finishes at the 2010 USA Diving Age Group Championships. Personal Information:
Full name: Hunter Chastain Smith … son of Happy Chastain and Shawn Smith … brothers, Beau and Joel Smith … pre-major studies … born October 29, 1992.
2010 - Freshman: Competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 50 freestyle at the SEC Championships … posted a career-best time in the 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships, clocking a 1:48.44 … earned Dean’s List (3.5 or better GPA) honors for the spring semester … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Devan
Prep Highlights:
Louisville Male
Coached by Dan Flack at the Baylor School … All-American … NISCA national high school record holder in the 50-meter short course freestyle and 100m short course backstroke … competed at the 2008 Olympic Trials … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … qualified to compete at the 2009 World Championship Trials … led Baylor to the Independent Schools National Championships and the Tennessee State Championships in 2008 and 2009 … NISCA national high school record holder as part of Baylor’s 200m medley and 400m freestyle relays … set the school record in the 100 yard backstroke. Personal Information:
Full name: Reese Olan Shirey … son of David and Elizabeth Shirey … brother, Austin Shirey, competed for the Tide from 2005-08 … entrepreneurship major with a minor in creative writing … born August 16, 1990.
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Alabama Highlights:
200 backstroke 1:45.43 100 backstroke 49.66 200 IM 1:52.91 100 freestyle 46.42 50 freestyle 21.05
TERRY Breaststroke/IM 6-0 | Jr. | 2L Louisville, Ky.
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Scored in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, taking 12th and ninth place respectively … turned in a career-best 1:58.58 in the 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, which ranks him eighth all-time for the Tide … also competed in the 200 IM at the SEC Championships, turning a career-best 1:48.90, which ranks him seventh alltime for the Tide … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2011 - Freshman: Freshman All-SEC … posted the league’s top freshman finish at the SEC Championships in the 100 breaststroke … scored in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, taking 11th in both … turned in Alabama’s top time of the season in the 100 and 200 breaststroke as well as the 200 IM … turned in career-best times in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM at the SEC Championships, touching at 55.05 and
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PROFILES 1:49.55 respectively … shaved five seconds off his previous best in the 200 breaststroke … ranked ninth in the 200 IM and 10th in the 100 breaststroke all-time for Alabama … turned in Alabama’s top time of the season in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes and the 200 IM … named SEC Freshman of the Week after winning the 100 and 200 breaststroke as well as the 200 IM at the UT Invite … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … honorable mention CSCAA Scholar All-American … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall semester. Prep Highlights:
Swam for Mike DeBoor at the Lakeside Seahawks swim club and Josh Poore at Louisville Male High School … five-time All-American … set six school records … first team All-State … USA Senior National qualifier in the 100 and 200 breaststroke … four-time Louisville Male MVP … swim team captain as a senior … 21time state champion … set two state records … honor student … member of the Beta Club and Student Senate … member of the Latin Club and Latin Honor Society … voted “Most School Spirited” by the senior class and was a member of the Pep Club and Homecoming Court.
Prep Highlights:
Swam for Jim Brower at Cincinnati St. Xavier and Aaron Dorfman at Mercy Healthplex … member of the 2010 Ohio State Championship squad … scored at state championships in the 200 and 500 freestyles … named MostImproved Swimmer three straight years … set the Mercy Healthplex team record in the 200 and 500 yard freestyle and the 200 and 400 meter freestyle … National Merit Finalist … National Honor Society. Personal Information:
Full name: Michael Tontillo … son of Shannon and Paul Tontillo … brothers, Pete and Joe … education major … born September 28, 1991. Top Times:
200 freestyle 1:41.06 500 freestyle 4:38.58
PROFILES
Top Times:
100 breaststroke 55.05 200 breaststroke 1:58.58 200 IM 1:48.90 100 butterfly 49.70
Mike
TONTILLO Freestyle 6-2 | Jr. | SQ Cincinnati, Ohio St. Xavier Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Competed in the 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 freestyle during the regular season … posted a career-best 4:38.58 in the 500 freestyle at the Bulldog Invitational, shaving four seconds off his previous best … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2011 - Freshman: Competed in the distance events during the regular season … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester.
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WELLFORD Backstroke/IM 6-3 | Fr. | HS Memphis, Tenn. Memphis University Prep Highlights:
Swam for Louis Demetiades and Bryan Parker at Memphis Tiger Swimming … 2012 USA Olympic Trials qualifier … 2011 USA Junior National qualifier … 2010 SES Zone All-Star team … earned Memphis Tiger’s leadership award in 2011 and 2012 … Memphis University School team captain as a junior and senior and most valuable swimmer as a junior … Best of Preps finalist in 2011 and 2012. Personal Information:
Brett
WALSH Freestyle/Butterfly 6-0 | Fr. | HS
Personal Information:
Full name: Devan Reid Terry … son of Crystal and Scott Terry … biology major … born September 2, 1991.
Crews
Durban, South Africa
Full name: William Lewis Crew Wellford … son of Donna and Scott Wellford … brother, Peterson … accounting major … born December 29, 1992. Top Times:
200 backstroke 1:50.04 200 IM 1:53.85
Kearsney College Prep Highlights:
Swam for Nick Grey at Kloof A.S.C. as well as Wayne Ridden at Seals … named to the Youth Olympic squad … All-Africa team … took the silver medal in the 50m butterfly at the 2012 South Africa International Invitational and the 2012 South African National Championships … earned a place on the Provincial team, 2008-12 … earned a place on the National team, 2010-12 … also played rugby, soccer, water polo and track and field … editorial team of Greyhound Magazine … boarding house leader.
Brian
WESTLAKE Freestyle 5-10 | Fr. | HS Penryn, Calif. Del Oro Prep Highlights:
Top Times:
Swam for Joe Hancock at Del Oro and Jeff Pearson at the Sierra Marlins Swim Team … seven-time high school All-American … threetime USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … 2012 Olympic Trials participant … chosen for 2010 USA National Select Camp … competed at both the USA Junior and Senior National Championships holds five league records and five school records.
100 freestyle 44.68 100 butterfly 47.96
Personal Information:
Personal Information:
Full name: Brett Hayden Walsh … son of Ed and Sally Walsh … brother, Greg … sister, Deanne … civil/environmental engineering major … born May 14, 1993.
Full Name: Brian James Westlake … son of Christine and Chris Westlake … brothers, Jaysen and Jaxon … sister, Jessica … finance major … born August 3, 1993. Top Times:
200 freestyle 1:40.91 500 freestyle 4:27.83 1,650 freestyle 15:34.44 200 IM 1:51.89 400 IM 4:00.78
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PROFILES George
Andrew
Luke
WONG
WRIST
ZIPPI
Freestyle
Butterfly/IM
Diving
5-11 | Jr. | SQ
5-9 | Jr. | SQ
5-7 | Jr. | 1L
Madison, Ala.
Charlotte, N.C.
Melbourne, Fla.
Bob Jones
Mallard Creek
Viera
Alabama Highlights:
Alabama Highlights:
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Competed in the 100 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM during the SEC Championships … posted career best 58.47 in the 100 breaststroke at the SEC Championships and also posted a career best 1:53.74 in the 200 individual medley at the SEC Championships … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall semester.
2012 – Sophomore: Competed in the 200 and 400 IM as well as the 200 butterfly at the SEC Championships … posted career-best times in the 100 and 200 butterfly at the Bulldog Invite, going 50.53 and 1:48.20, respectively … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester
2012 – Sophomore: Scored off the platform at the SEC Championships, taking 16th place … also competed off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at the SEC Championships … competed off the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform at the NCAA Zone B Championships … named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep Highlights: Prep Highlights:
Swam for Mike Gunner at Bob Jones High School and for Roger Von Jouanne at the Madison Swimming Association … All-American … Alabama state champion in the 100 freestyle … member of the Alabama state record holding 200 and 400 freestyle relays … Bob Jones team captain … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … member of the National Honor Society. Personal Information:
Full name: George Wong … son of Chung Ming and Qui Hong Wong … brother, Brandon … mechanical engineering major … born July 30, 1992. Top Times:
50 freestyle 21.42 100 freestyle 46.15 200 freestyle 1:41.84 100 breaststroke 58.47 200 IM 1:53.74
Swam for Chris Webb and David Marsh at SwimMAC Carolina … also swam for Mallard Creek High School … set the I-MECK Conference 4A record in the 50 free … topfive finisher in 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly at the 2010 North Carolina High School State Championships … 2010 All-Regional … fourtime conference champion in 200 freestyle relay, 100 breaststroke, 200 IM and 50 freestyle … three-year team captain … US Swimming Scholastic All-American … Junior National Qualifier … helped lead SwimMAC to the men’s 2010 U.S. Long Course Junior National Championship … National Honors Society … student council treasurer … 2009-2010 Scholar Athlete of the year for Mallard Creek.
2011 - Freshman: Competed off the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform at the NCAA Zone B Championships … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. Prep Highlights:
Dove for Michelle Sirounis at Viera High School and Gregg Servaites at Treasure Coast Dive Team … 2009 Florida 2A State Champion … earned a silver medal off the 3-meter board at the 2009 AAU National Championships … also competed on Viera’s track and field team. Personal Information:
Full name: Luke Carl Zippi … son of Mary and Carl Zippi … brothers, Zack and Blake … premajor studies … born April 14, 1992.
Personal Information:
Full name: Andrew Harley Wrist … son of Kathryn and Mike Noftzger … brother, Michael … sisters, Lexi and Danielle … aerospace engineering major … born March 12, 1992. Top Times:
100 butterfly 50.53 200 butterfly 1:48.20 400 IM 4:00.33 200 IM 1:52.40
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2011 - Freshman: Competed in the sprint freestyle events during the regular season … posted career-best times in the 50 freestyle against Auburn, touching at 21.42, the 100 freestyle at the Bulldog Invite with a 46.15 and the 200 freestyle with a 1:41.84 at the UT Invite … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall semester.
2011 - Freshman: Competed in the 200 butterfly and the 200 and 400 IMs at the SEC Championships … dropped more than nine seconds off his career-best 400 IM, posting a 4:00.33 at the UT Invite … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall and spring semesters.
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The Crimson Tide men’s team earned a place in the NCAA top 25 for the 33rd time in school history in 2012 when the sophomore duo of Alex Coci and Bjoern Hornikel led Alabama to 25th place with 22 points. Coci earned first-team All-American in the 200 butterfly and honorable mention All-American accolades in the 100 butterfly. He also broke the school record in the 100 butterfly after posting a time of 46.50 in finals to become the first Alabama swimmer under 47 seconds in that event. Coci’s time of 1:43.36 in the finals of the 200 butterfly ranks him third all-time for the Tide, just ahead of Olympic gold medalist Jon Sieben. Hornikel earned honorable mention All-America honors in the 100 freestyle, the event he went undefeated in during the regular season for the second year in a row. Hornikel also earned second-team All-Southeastern Conference honors after picking up a pair of runner-up finishes in the SEC’s premiere events, the 100 and 200 freestyle. After turning in career-best times of 42.98 in the 100 freestyle and 1:34.81 in the 200 freestyle, Hornikel is ranked second all-time for Alabama in both events, just behind four-time Olympic gold medalist Jon Olsen. In addition to Hornikel’s pair of runner-up finishes, freshman Jordan Lesser (platform diving/4th), senior Joe Ziegler (200 backstroke/5th) and Coci (100 and 200 butterfly/5th) all earned top-5 finishes at the SEC Championships. Lesser also collected Freshman All-SEC honors as the top rookie finisher on the platform. Alabama also got it done in the classroom with 22 swimmers and divers making the 2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll, just one off the school record set in 2011. The Tide also had five student-athletes earn CSCAA Scholar All-America honors. As a team, Alabama was named to the CSCAA Scholar All-American winter and spring lists. Senior Kyle Weeks capped an extraordinary career by earning Academic All-America honors for the second year and following that up by earning both NCAA and SEC Postgraduate Scholarships. In the community, in addition to supporting the Athletics Department’s Power of Pink Initiative, the Tide also hosted its annual Laps for CF event in April, helping further the fight against cystic fibrosis. For his work in the community, which included a two-year stint as president of Alabama’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Weeks earned a place on the SEC Community Service team.
2011-12 Season Results (3-3, 2-2 SEC) Oct. 15
at Florida State w/South Carolina Oct. 29 Emory Nov. 4 at LSU Jan. 14 Kentucky Jan. 28 Georgia Feb. 15-18 SEC Championships Mar. 22-24 NCAA Championships
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L W W L W L
152-148 0-1, 0-0 179-121 1-1, 1-0 196-94 2-1, 1-0 151-149 2-2, 1-1 174-126 3-2, 2-1 152-148 3-3, 2-2 6th (304 pts) 25th (22 pts)
Name Anestis Arampatzis Oliver Basse Vlad Caciuc Jake Carloni Brian Carr Alex Coci Cameron Conners Phillip Deaton Ian Decker Philip Dockery Tito Ebersole John Ellis Clark Garner Gilles Gutnecht Peter Hillyer Hunter Hinson Bjoern Hornikel Jordan Lesser Brandon Lowe Alex Pujol Andrew Reeves Jake Reynolds John Servati Reese Shirey Hunter Smith Devan Terry Mike Tontillo Kyle Weeks George Wong Andrew Wrist Joe Ziegler Luke Zippi
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Event(s) Butterfly/Freestyle Butterfly Freestyle Diving Freestyle Butterfly Breaststroke Backstroke/Freestyle Freestyle Breast/IM Diving Freestyle/Backstroke Butterfly/IM/Backstroke Freestyle Diving Butterfly/Backstroke Freestyle Diving Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Backstroke Freestyle/Backstroke Backstroke Diving Breaststroke/IM Freestyle Freestyle/Butterfly Freestyle Butterfly/IM Freestyle/Backstroke Diving
Height 6-2 5-11 6-2 5-8 5-11 5-9 6-0 6-2 5-10 5-10 5-11 5-7 6-1 6-0 5-11 5-11 6-4 5-7 6-1 5-10 6-2 6-3 5-11 6-1 5-8 6-0 6-2 6-1 5-11 5-9 6-2 5-7
Year JR SR SO SO SO SO SO FR FR SO FR JR FR SR JR SO SO FR JR SO SR JR FR JR FR SO SO SR SO SO SR SO
Hometown (Last School) Thessaloniki, Greece (Aristotle University) West Palm Beach, Fla. (Cardinal Newman) Bogdan Voda, Romania (Sportive) Branford, Conn. (Branford) New Orleans, La. (Jesuit) Bai Mare, Romania (Sportive) Huntsville, Ala. (Randolph) Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones) Leesburg, Va. (Bishop Dennis J. O’Connell) Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Hillcrest) Colleyville, Texas (Grapevine) Durban, South Africa (Indian River State College) Mize, Miss. (Mize) Marseille, France (Jean Moulin) Atlanta, Ga. (St. Pius) Cairo, Ga. (Brookwood) Boblingen, Germany (Stratford) Washington, D.C. (Thomas S. Wootton) San Diego, Calif. (Patrick Henry) Houston, Texas (Memorial) Birmingham, Ala. (Vestavia Hills) Prattville, Ala. (Prattville) Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo) Muscle Shoals, Ala. (Baylor School) Sacramento, Calif. (C.K. McClatchy) Louisville, Ky. (Louisville Male) Cincinnati, Ohio (St. Xavier) Poway, Calif. (Poway) Madison, Ala. (Bob Jones) Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek) Tallahassee, Fla. (Leon) Melbourne, Fla. (Viera)
2011-12 Alabama Swimming and Diving Honor Roll All-Americans Alex Coci and Bjoern Hornikel
Team Awards Mike Curington Most Valuable Alex Coci Arne Borgstrom Most Valuable Newcomer John Ellis Marshall Shoemaker Most Dedicated Bjoern Hornikel Carlos Berrocal Most Improved Oliver Basse Robert Dimick Most Scholastic Kyle Weeks and Andrew Reeves Captain Kyle Weeks and Oliver Basse
NCAA and SEC Postgraduate Scholarships Kyle Weeks CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Team Kyle Weeks School Record Alex Coci, 100 butterfly, 46.50 CSCAA Team Scholar All-American Recognition Fall (3.32 team grade point average), Spring (3.08 team grade point average) CSCAA Scholar All-Americans First-Team - Bjoern Hornikel Honorable Mention Cameron Conners, Gilles Gutnecht, Reese Shirey, Pete Hillyer
Second Team All-SEC Bjoern Hornikel Freshmen All-SEC Jordan Lesser
SEC Academic Honor Roll Vlad Caciuc, Brian Carr, Cameron Conners, Phillip Deaton, Philip Dockery, Clark Garner, Gilles Gutnecht, Hunter Hinson, Bjoern Hornikel, Jordan Lesser, Alex Pujol, Andrew Reeves, Jake Reynolds, John Servati, Reese Shirey, Devan Terry, Mike Tontillo, Kyle Weeks, George Wong, Andrew Wrist, Joe Ziegler, Luke Zippi SEC Community Service Team Kyle Weeks SEC Swimmer of the Week Alex Coci (Oct. 15)
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2011-12 MEN’S TOP MARKS 50 Freestyle So. So. Jr. Fr. Sr.
100 Butterfly 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 10/29
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
19.92 B 19.93 B 20.57 20.83 21.03 #
2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
42.98 B 44.59 B# 45.16 45.24 45.56
2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
1:34.81 B 1:35.87 B 1:37.99 B 1:39.13 1:39.65
2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 10/29 11/4
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala. LSU - Baton Rouge, La.
4:20.37 B 4:29.89 4:30.59 4:33.48 4:37.39
100 Freestyle Bjoern Hornikel Alex Coci Vlad Caciuc Jake Reynolds Gilles Gutnecht
So. So. So. Jr. Sr.
So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr.
Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So.
Jr. So. So. Fr. So.
Jr. Fr.
1/28 11/4 1/28 11/4 10/15
UGA - Tuscaloosa, Ala. LSU - Baton Rouge, La. UGA - Tuscaloosa, Ala. LSU - Baton Rouge, La. FSU/S. Carolina - Tallahassee, Fla.
9:20.37 9:27.87 9:40.79 9:40.93 9:52.62
2/26 Bulldog Last Chance Meet - Athens, Ga. 15:19.61 2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 15:47.86
100 Backstroke Joe Ziegler Phillip Deaton Alex Pujol John Servati Reese Shirey
Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr.
2/15-18 2/15-18 2/26 2/15-18 2/15-18
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Bulldog Last Chance Meet - Athens, Ga. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
48.13 B 49.10 49.39 49.57 49.59
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Bulldog Last Chance Meet - Athens, Ga.
1:44.73 B 1:45.43 B 1:49.22 1:49.42 1:51.35
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Bulldog Last Chance Meet - Athens, Ga. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
55.13 B 55.15 B 57.04 57.39 58.47
200 Backstroke Joe Ziegler Reese Shirey John Servati Phillip Deaton David Maquera
Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr.
2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/26
100 Breaststroke Cameron Conners Devan Terry Phillip Dockey Andrew Reeves George Wong
So. So. So. Sr. So.
2/15-18 2/15-18 2/26 10/29 2/15-18
200 Breaststroke Devan Terry Cameron Conners Andrew Reeves Phillip Dockery Andrew Wrist
So. So. Sr. So. So.
46.50 48.02 48.79 50.35 50.52
SR B B B
NCAA Championships - Seattle, Wash. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Bulldog Last Chance Meet - Athens, Ga. FSU/S. Carolina - Tallahassee, Fla.
1:43.36 B 1:44.82 B 1:46.14 B 1:48.20 1:50.63
*
Alex Coci Anestis Arampatzis Oliver Basse Andrew Wrist Hunter Hinson
So. Jr. Sr. So. So.
3/22-24 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/26 10/15
Devan Terry Oliver Basse Alex Coci Reese Shirey Andrew Wrist
So. Sr. So. Jr. So.
2/15-18 2/15-18 11/4 2/15-18 2/15-18
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. LSU - Baton Rouge, La. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
1:48.90 B 1:49.52 1:50.01 1:51.15 1:52.65
John Ellis Ian Decker Andrew Wrist Hunter Hinson
Jr. Fr. So. So.
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. USA Winter Nationals - Atlanta, Ga.
3:54.16 3:58.86 4:03.44 4:10.26 *
2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
1:19.43 B
2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 12/1-12/3
200 Freestyle Relay
1,650 Freestyle John Ellis Ian Decker
NCAA Championships- Federal Way, Wa. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala. USA Winter Nationals - Atlanta, Ga.
400 Individual Medley
1,000 Freestyle John Ellis Hunter Hinson Brian Carr Mike Tontillo Andrew Wrist
3/23 2/15-18 2/15-18 10/29 12/1-12/3
200 Individual Medley
500 Freestyle John Ellis Gilles Gutnecht Ian Decker Joe Ziegler Hunter Hinson
So. Jr. Sr. So. So.
200 Butterfly
200 Freestyle Bjoern Hornikel Joe Ziegler Gilles Gutnecht Brandon Lowe Phillip Deaton
Alex Coci Anestis Arampatzis Oliver Basse Vlad Caciuc Devan Terry
2/15-18 2/15-18 10/29 1/14 10/29
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala. Kentucky - Tuscaloosa, Ala. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
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1:58.58 B 2:00.11 2:06.89 2:10.59 2:12.91
Caciuc, Hornikel, Coci, Reynolds
400 Freestyle Relay Coci, Hornikel, Ziegler, Lowe
2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
2:54.11 B
200 Medley Relay Shirey, Terry, Coci, Caciuc
2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
1:28.25 B
400 Medley Relay Servati, Conners, Basse, Shire
2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
3:18.69
One Meter Diving Tito Ebersole Jordan Lesser Jake Carloni Luke Zippi Peter Hillyer
Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr.
11/4 10/15 10/29 2/15-18 2/15-18
LSU - Baton Rouge, La. FSU/S. Carolina - Tallahassee, Fla. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
375.15 Z 314.40 Z 302.35 Z 298.00 272.95
11/4 11/4 2/15-18 1/14 2/15-18
LSU - Baton Rouge, La. LSU - Baton Rouge, La. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Kentucky - Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
384.83 Z 325.58 Z 318.90 308.10 284.30
2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 11/18-20 11/18-20
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Ga.Tech Invite - Atlanta, Ga. Ga.Tech Invite - Atlanta, Ga.
351.05 Z 299.25 Z 265.55 Z 220.75 192.70
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Vlad Caciuc Bjoern Hornikel Jake Reynolds John Servati Gilles Gutnecht
Three Meter Diving Tito Ebersole Jake Carloni Jordan Lesser Luke Zippi Peter Hillyer
Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr.
Platform Diving Jordan Lesser Luke Zippi Jake Carloni Peter Hillyer Hunter Smith
Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr.
* Times converted from meters to yards | # Leadoff split | A = A Standard | B = B Standard | Z = Qualified for NCAA Zone Diving Championships
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ALABAMA IN THE 2012 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON AT THE 2012 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS March 22-24 at Federal Way, Wa. 1 Cal Berkeley 2 Texas 3 Stanford 4 Arizona 5 Michigan 6 Auburn 7 Southern Cali 8 Florida 9 Louisville 10 Indiana 25 Alabama
535.5 491.0 426.5 396.0 271.0 254.5 192.0 157.0 156.0 140.0 22.0
50 FREESTYLE 41 Bjoern Hornikel So.
PRELIMS FINALS 20.04
100 FREESTYLE 13 Bjoern Hornikel So.
PRELIMS FINALS 43.08 43.29
200 FREESTYLE 22 Bjoern Hornikel So.
PRELIMS FINALS 1:36.11
100 BUTTERFLY 12 Alex Coci So.
PRELIMS FINALS 46.87 46.50
200 BUTTERFLY 6 Alex Coci So.
PRELIMS FINALS 1:43.42 1:43.36
AT THE 2012 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS February 15-18 at Knoxville, Tenn. 1. Auburn 2. Florida 3. Georgia 4. Tennessee 5. LSU 6. Alabama 7. Kentucky 8. South Carolina 50 FREESTYLE 12 Bjoern Hornikel 14 Vlad Caciuc 23 Jake Reynolds 27 John Servati 38 Brandon Lowe 40 Cameron Conners 43 Phillip Deaton 2012 REVIEW
100 FREESTYLE 2 Bjoern Hornikel 22 Vlad Caciuc 23 Jake Reynolds 26 Gilles Gutnecht 33 Brandon Lowe -- George Wong 200 FREESTYLE 2 Bjoern Hornikel 6 Joe Ziegler 16 Gilles Gutnecht 21 Brandon Lowe 500 FREESTYLE 11 John Ellis 19 Gilles Gutnecht 21 Ian Decker
100 BACKSTROKE 9 Joe Ziegler 20 John Servati 21 Reese Shirey 23 Phillip Deaton 26 Jake Reynolds
Sr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr.
So. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. So.
200 BACKSTROKE 5 Joe Ziegler Sr. 7 Reese Shirey Jr. PRELIMS FINALS 19 John Servati Fr. 19.96 19.93 21 Phillip Deaton Fr. 19.92 20.01 20.57 100 BREASTSTROKE 20.83 12 Devan Terry So. 21.32 13 Cameron Conners So. 21.34 -- George Wong So. 21.42 200 BREASTSTROKE PRELIMS FINALS 9 Devan Terry So. 43.19 42.98 14 Cameron Conners So. 45.16 45.24 100 BUTTERFLY 45.56 5 Alex Coci So. 46.19 13 Anestis Arampatzis Jr. 47.01 18 Oliver Basse Sr.
So. Sr. Sr. Jr.
PRELIMS 1:35.17 1:36.34 1:37.99 1:39.13
Jr. Sr. Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 4:24.86 4:25.64 4:29.89 4:30.89
So. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr.
1,650 FREESTYLE 14 John Ellis Jr. 18 Ian Decker Fr.
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730.5 700.0 521.0 459.0 426.0 304.0 246.5 196.0
FINALS 1:34.81 1:35.87 1:38.37
200 BUTTERFLY 5 Alex Coci 6 Anestis Arampatzis 7 Oliver Basse -- Andrew Wrist 200 IM 18 Devan Terry 22 Oliver Basse 31 Reese Shirey -- Andrew Wrist -- George Wong
PRELIMS FINALS 15:33.96 15:47.86 400 IM 14 John Ellis 19 Ian Decker -- Andrew Wrist
PRELIMS FINALS 48.83 48.13 49.57 49.59 49.85 50.37 PRELIMS FINALS 1:44.95 1:44.73 1:45.76 1:45.43 1:49.22 1:49.42 PRELIMS FINALS 55.66 55.15 55.13 55.49 58.47 PRELIMS FINALS 2:01.46 1:58.58 2:01.08 2:00.11 PRELIMS FINALS 47.22 47.17 48.02 48.21 48.79
So. Jr. Sr. So.
PRELIMS 1:45.18 1:45.50 1:46.14 1:49.65
FINALS 1:45.10 1:45.87 1:46.39
So. Sr. Jr. So. So.
PRELIMS FINALS 1:48.90 1:49.52 1:51.15 1:52.65 1:53.74
Jr. Fr. So.
PRELIMS FINALS 3:55.72 3:54.16 3:58.86 4:03.44
200 MEDLEY RELAY 7 Reese Shirey, Devan Terry Alex Coci, Vlad Caciuc
1:28.25
400 MEDLEY RELAY 8 John Servati, Cameron Conners Oliver Basse, Reese Shirey
3:18.69
200 FREESTYLE RELAY 6 Vlad Caciuc, Bjoern Hornikel, Alex Coci, Jake Reynolds
1:19.43
400 FREESTYLE RELAY 3 Alex Coci, Bjoern Hornikel, Joe Ziegler, Vlad Caciuc
2:45.11
800 FREESTYLE RELAY -- Gilles Gutnecht, Bjoern Hornikel Joe Ziegler, Brandon Lowe
DQ
1-METER DIVING 14 Jordan Lesser 17 Luke Zippi 20 Jake Carloni 23 Peter Hillyer
PRELIMS Fr. 298.14 So. 298.00 So. 289.40 Jr. 272.95
FINALS 306.55
3-METER DIVING 17 Jordan Lesser 21 Jake Carloni 23 Luke Zippi 24 Peter Hillyer
PRELIMS Fr. 318.90 So. 292.20 So. 285.85 Jr. 284.30
FINALS
PLATFORM DIVING 4 Jordan Lesser Fr. 16 Luke Zippi So. 24 Jake Carloni So. 26 Peter Hillyer Jr.
PRELIMS FINALS 351.05 346.45 299.25 265.55 219.20
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TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION VLAD POLYAKOV (2003-07)
ALABAMA ON THE NATIONAL SCENE The Alabama Crimson Tide burst onto the national scene in the early 1970s and has never left the spotlight. Year in and year out, the Tide has produced some of the nation’s finest team and individual performances. Alabama finished 25th at the 2012 NCAA Championships, marking the 33rd time the Crimson Tide has finished the season in the top 25. In 2007, the Tide was 14th, which was the 20th time UA has finished in the top 15. On an individual basis, Alabama has brought home four NCAA titles over the past decade with Stefan Gherghel winning the 200 butterfly in 2002 and 2003 while Vlad Polyakov won the 200
breaststroke title in 2005 and 2007. The Tide has also been prolific on the All-American front, with 23 Alabama men earning 103 All-America honors since 2000. The Crimson Tide’s highest NCAA finish came when Alabama earned the runner-up position at the 1977 championships. Alabama has finished in the top 10 a dozen times. Members of the Tide have won 11 individual NCAA titles. Jonty Skinner won the first, taking top honors in the 100 freestyle in 1975, while Polyakov’s 2007 200 breaststroke championship is the latest Tide title. In addition to Polyakov, Gherghel and Skinner, Casey Converse (1,650/1977), Wayne
Chester (1-meter diving/1978), Carlos Berrocal (100 backstroke/1979), Arne Borgstrom (1,650 freestyle/1982), Glenn Mills (200 breaststroke/1983), Brent Roberts (platform diving/1998) have also won NCAA championships for the Crimson Tide. Members of the Tide have set three NCAA records. Skinner set the 100 freestyle record. Casey Converse became the first man to break the 15-minute barrier in the 1,650 freestyle on his way to winning the event in 1977. Converse also set an NCAA record in the 1,000 freestyle during a dual meet at Auburn. All-America status has been earned by more than 100 members of the Tide since 1970.
Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Champion California California Texas Auburn Arizona Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Texas Texas Texas Auburn Stanford Auburn Texas Michigan Stanford Stanford
Alabama Finish 25th (22 points) 29th (10 points) 26th (26 points) 21st (34 points) 22nd (37 points) 14th (91.5 points) 13th (114.5 points) 14th (98 points) 34th (3 points) 12th (115 points) 20th (34 points) — 22nd (25 points) 22nd (35 points) 25th (34 points) 23rd (40 points) 30th (18 points) 26th (17 points) 10th (146 points) 18th (71.5 points)
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Year 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973
Champion Stanford Texas Texas Texas Texas Stanford Stanford Stanford Florida Florida UCLA Texas California California Tennessee Southern California Southern California Southern California Southern California Indiana
Alabama Finish 20th (50 points) 11th (139 points) 9th (176 points) 20th (68 points) 14th (78 points) 16th (68 points) 8th (136 points) 8th (179 points) 12th (35 points) 5th (157.5 points) 7th (112 points) 8th (116 points) 13th (39 points) 8th (90 points) 7th (133 points) 2nd (204 points) 5th (135 points) 5th (165 points) 19th (12 points) 28th (1 point)
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THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
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12-TIME ALL-AMERICAN APOSTOLIS TSAGKARAKIS (2003-07)
ALABAMA ALL-AMERICANS 2012
Alex Coci Bjoern Hornikel
2011
Adam Booher
2010
Aaron Fleshner Mark Randall
2009 Catalin Cosma Aaron Fleshner Mark Randall
2008 RECORDS & HISTORY
Catalin Cosma Aaron Fleshner
2007 Aaron Fleshner Chris Perry Hunor Mate Alin Mihalca Vlad Polyakov Apostolis Tsagkarakis
2006 Aaron Ashworth Spiros Bitsakis Darren Erasmus Mike Jones
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200 fly HM: 100 fly HM: 100 free
Ryan Latone Chris Perry Vlad Polyakov Mark Randall
HM: 1-meter, 3-meter
3-meter HM: platform 1,650 free
HM: 500 free platform HM: 3-meter HM: 1,650 free, 500 free
1,650 free HM: 500 free 3-meter HM: platform
Apostolis Tsagkarakis
2005 Aaron Ashworth Darren Erasmus Hunor Mate’ Vlad Polyakov Stewart Smith Franck Southon Apostolis Tsagkarakis
2004 3-meter HM: platform HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 200 breast HM: 100 breast HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 100 & 200 breast HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 50 Free HM: 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay
Aaron Ashworth
2003 Spiros Bitsakis Darren Erasmus Stefan Gherghel Vlad Polyakov
HM: 1-meter, 3-meter, platform 200 free relay HM: 800 free relay, 400 medley relay 200 free relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 200 free relay
Stewart Smith Franck Southon Apostolis Tsagkarakis James Willcox
HM: 800 free relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 100 & 200 breast HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 1,650 free HM: 500 free, 800 free relay 200 free relay HM: 50 free, 200 medley relay, 800 free relay
HM: 3-meter, platform HM: 100 free, 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 breast 100 & 200 breast HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 1-meter HM: 3-meter, platform HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay
HM: 3-meter
200 medley relay HM: 200, 400 & 800 free relay HM: 200 & 400 free relay 200 fly, 200 medley relay HM: 100 fly, 200, 400 & 800 free relay 200 breast, 200 medley relay HM: 100 breast HM: 1-meter, platform HM: 800 free relay 200 medley relay HM: 200 free & 400 free relay HM: 800 free relay
2002
Stefan Gherghel Stewart Smith
2000
Oren Azrad Mark Jollands JP Richard Glen Walshaw
1999 Brent Roberts
200 fly 1-meter
HM: 800 free relay HM: 200, 500, 1,650 free, 800 free relay HM: 800 free relay HM: 800 free relay
1-meter, 3-meter, platform
1998 Brent Roberts
1997 Brent Roberts Mark Jollands Donald Morrison Arnar Olafsson Glen Walshaw
1996 Brent Roberts
1995 Rafael Alvarez Alex Voris
1-meter, platform HM: 3-meter
1-meter, platform HM: 3-meter 800 free relay 800 free relay 800 free relay 800 free relay
platform HM: 3-meter
HM: platform, 1-meter HM: 100 free
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13-TIME ALL-AMERICAN TRAVIS MYERS (1991-94)
ALABAMA ALL-AMERICANS Rafael Alvarez Josh Luber Dustin McDaniels Russell McDowell Stavros Michaelides Travis Myers Rick Richmond Bruce Snodgrass David Strassburg Alex Voris
1993 Dustin McDaniels Russell McDowell Stavros Michaelides Jamey Myers Travis Myers David Strassburg Mike Tamberino
1992 Dan Lacina Keith Martin Stavros Michaelides
platform HM: 3-meter HM: platform 200 & 400 medley relay 200 & 400 medley relay 200 medley relay HM: 200 free relay 100 & 200 breast, 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 free relay HM: 3-meter HM: 100 fly, 200, 400 & 800 free relay 400 medley relay HM: 200, 400 & 800 free relay HM: 200 free, 200, 400 & 800 free relay
HM: 200 free relay 200 medley relay HM: 400 medley relay 200 medley relay HM: 200 free relay 200 medley relay HM: 400 medley relay 200 medley relay HM: 100 breast, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay HM: 200 free, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay HM: 3-meter
HM: 400 medley relay 200 medley relay HM: 200 free relay, 400 medley relay 200 medley relay HM: 400 medley relay, 200 free relay
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Travis Myers Stefan Parlklo
1991 Dan Lacina Keith Martin Stavros Michaelides Jamey Myers Jon Olsen Stefan Parlklo Mark Rourke
1990 Craig Ammon Scott Hamlet Keith Martin Chris McDaniels Ed Morse Jamey Myers Jon Olsen Stefan Parlklo Richard Patino Scott Pomerleau Mark Rourke
200 medley relay HM: 100 back, 400 medley relay 200 medley relay HM:100 breast, 200 free relay HM: 200 free relay, 400 medley relay
200 medley relay 200 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 free relay HM: 200 & 400 free relay 200 medley relay HM: 100 back 50, 100 & 200 free, 200 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 free relay HM: 200 & 400 free relay 1-meter, 3-meter, platform
1989
Craig Ammon Keith Martin Chris McDaniels Dave Meck Jon Olsen Richard Patino Mark Rourke Torsten Wiegel
1988 Jim Askervold Bruce Gennari Frank Iacono Chris McDaniels Dave Meck
800 free relay HM: 200 medley relay, 200 & 400 free relay 1,650 free, 800 free relay HM: 500 free HM: 200 & 400 free relay, 200 medley relay HM: 100 breast, 200 & 400 medley relay, 200 free relay platform HM: 3-meter HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 100 & 200 free, 800 free relay, HM: 50 free, 200 & 400 free relay, 400 medley relay HM: 400 medley relay 800 free relay HM: 400 free relay HM: 1-meter, platform 1-meter, 3-meter
Mark Nieuwenhuis Jon Olsen Mark Rourke
1987 Ricardo Aldabe Jim Askervold Peter Berndt Chris McDaniels Mark Nieuwenhuis Enrique Romero Perry White
HM: 200 & 800 free relay HM: 200 free relay HM: 100 breast HM: 200 & 800 free relay 100 & 200 free HM: 200 & 800 free relay HM: 800 free relay 3-meter HM: 1-meter HM: 800 free relay
100 fly, 400 free relay HM: 400 medley relay 800 free relay 800 free relay HM: 1,650 free HM: 100 breast, 200 breast, 400 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay HM: 400 medley relay 400 free relay 400 & 800 free relay HM: 400 medley relay HM: 1-meter, 3-meter
RECORDS & HISTORY
Jamey Myers
1994
HM: 400 medley relay HM: 400 medley relay 200 IM, 200 back HM: 400 IM HM: 400 medley relay HM: 400 medley relay HM: 200 breast 1-meter, 3-meter
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ALABAMA ALL-AMERICANS 1986 Ricardo Aldabe Don Berger Peter Berndt Filiberto Colon Mike Davidson Bruce Gennari Frank Iacono Bryan Jennings Ricardo Valdivia Tom Virag
1981 800 free relay HM: 100 & 200 back, 400 free relay 800 free relay HM: 200 free, 400 free relay 200, 400 IM, 200 back HM: 400 free relay HM: 200 fly HM: 1,650 free 800 free relay 1,650 free, 800 free relay HM: 500 free 200 back HM: 1,650 free HM: 400 free relay
Justin Lemberg Felix Morf Jay Posey Andreas Schmidt Jon Sieben
1984 Don Berger Filiberto Colon Bryan Jennings Marcello Juca Glenn Mills Matt Mullane Jay Posey Andreas Schmidt
1983 Don Berger Filiberto Colon Greg Higginson
RECORDS & HISTORY
Bryan Jennings Marcello Juca Ron Kutzavitch Mike Marmann Brendan McCarthy Glenn Mills Matt Mullane Jay Posey Andreas Schmidt
1982 Arne Borgstrom Brett Chambless Greg Higginson Marcello Juca Brendan McCarthy Brian McGuire Glenn Mills Matt Mullane Jay Posey Brian Smith
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Keith Clinton Cam Henning Greg Higginson Don Hornby Brendan McCarthy Glenn Mills Matt Mullane Robert Ramoska Brian Smith
1976 500, 1,650 free, 400 IM, 800 free relay 400 medley relay 200 back, 400 medley relay 100 & 200 breast, 400 medley relay 400 free relay 100 & 200 free, 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 200 breast 400 & 800 free relay 800 free relay 400 & 800 free relay
400 & 800 free relay 200 free, 400 & 800 free relay 200, 400 IM HM: 200 fly 100 & 200 back, 400 medley relay 800 free relay 400 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 100 & 200 fly, 400 medley relay
400 free relay HM: 200 free 400 medley relay, HM: 200 fly 400 medley relay HM: 1,650 free 200 breast, 400 medley relay 400 free relay 400 free relay 400 free relay 400 & 800 free relay 200 fly, 400 medley relay 100 & 200 breast, 200 IM, 400 medley relay 200 back, 400 medley relay 1,650 free, 400 IM 200, 400 IM 3-meter 400 & 800 free relay 100 & 200 breast 800 free relay 400 free relay 50, 100 & 200 free, 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay
500, 1,650 free, 400 IM, 800 free relay 400 medley relay 100 & 200 breast, 400 medley relay 1,650 free 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay 400 medley relay 100 & 200 breast 400 & 800 free relay 400 free relay 400 & 800 free relay
Rick Abbott Jack Babashoff Carlos Berrocal Mike Curington Scott MacDonald Kevin Mills John Prins Jonty Skinner Mark Tonelli
1980
1985 Ricardo Aldabe Don Berger Peter Berndt Filiberto Colon Bryan Jennings
Arne Borgstrom
Arne Borgstrom Keith Clinton Bob Dimick Greg Higginson Don Hornby Brendan McCarthy Robert Ramoska
1979 Carlos Berrocal Arne Borgstrom Wayne Chester Don Hornby Don Larsson Kevin Mills Bill Neville Mark Tonelli
1978
Carlos Berrocal Bob Bugg Wayne Chester Casey Converse Mike Curington Bob Dimick Kevin Mills Bill Neville Jonty Skinner Mark Tonelli
1977 Rick Abbott Jack Babashoff Robin Backhaus Carlos Berrocal Bob Bugg Casey Converse Mike Curington Scott MacDonald Kevin Mills John Prins Jonty Skinner Mark Tonelli
500 free, 400 IM, 800 free relay 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay 100 breast, 400 medley relay 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay 800 free relay
100 back, 400 medley relay 1,650 free, 800 free relay 1-meter 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 800 free relay 400 medley relay 400 free relay 100 & 200 back, 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay
100 back, 400 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay 1-meter 500 free, 800 free relay 200 IM, 100 & 200 fly, 400 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay 100 breast, 400 medley relay 400 free relay 50 & 100 free, 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay 100 & 200 back
50 & 100 free, 400 & 800 free relay 100 free, 400 & 800 free relay 100 back 100 & 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay 200 free, 800 free relay 400 medley relay 100 & 200 back 50 & 100 free, 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay 200 back, 400 medley relay
1975 Jack Babashoff Mike Curington Scott MacDonald Tim Norris John Prins Jonty Skinner Kevin Williams
1974
Jack Babashoff Guy Gibbens Jim Hahn Jon Perkowski Kevin Williams
1973
Randy Midkiff
1970 Leo French Paul Herring James LaMontagne Jeff Wade
100 free, 400 & 800 free relay 100 & 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay 1,650 free 400 medley relay 50 & 100 free, 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay 100 & 200 breast, 400 medley relay
400 free relay 400 free relay 400 free relay 50 free, 400 free relay 100 breast
100 breast
800 free relay 800 free relay 800 free relay 800 free relay
50 free, 400 free relay 100 free, 400, 800 free 200 fly, 500 free, 800 free relay 100 back, 400 medley relay 800 free relay 200, 500, 1,650 free 200 IM, 100 & 200 fly, 400 medley relay 400 free relay 100 & 200 breast, 400 medley relay 100 back 50 & 100 free, 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 100 back
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ALABAMA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE 10 at the NCAA Championships came in 1978, 1979, 1994, 2004, 2008 and 2009. Each of those years the conference had four teams place in the final 10. In 2001 there were seven conference schools in the top 20 and over the past decade there have been at least five per year. Eleven times in the history of the NCAA Championships an SEC team has come away with the team title. Tennessee won the first in 1978. Florida won back-to-back titles in 1983 and 1984. In 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009 Auburn came away with the crown. Alabama, Auburn, Florida and Tennessee have all finished in the runner-up position at the NCAA Championships. Individually, sprinting is the conference’s forte as SEC athletes have won the 50 freestyle 14 times and the 100 freestyle NCAA title 12 times. Alabama’s addition to the conference’s national championship legacy is the mile. Tide swimmers have won the 1,650 freestyle twice - including Casey Converse, who set an NCAA and American record on the way to the 1977 title, becoming the first swimmer in history to swim under 15 minutes in the mile. All told, the SEC owns more than 80 individual NCAA titles and 25-plus relay titles. Currently, the SEC holds 10 NCAA records. There are 14 SEC schools: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. Ten SEC schools currently sponsor men’s swimming and diving teams: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas A&M.
SEC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS Year 2012 2011 2010
Champion Auburn Auburn Auburn
UA 6th 6th 5th
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn
5th 6th 5th 5th 5th 6th 5th 5th 7th 6th
1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990
Auburn Auburn Auburn Tennessee Auburn Auburn Florida Florida Florida Florida
6th 6th 6th 6th 5th 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd
Year 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980
Champion Tennessee LSU Alabama Florida Florida Florida Florida Alabama Florida Florida
UA 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 4th
1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970
Florida Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Florida Florida
4th 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd
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Year 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960
Champion Tennessee Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida
UA 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 4th 6th
AARON FLESHNER
SEC SWIMMER OF THE YEAR 1982 1975
Arne Borgstrom Casey Converse
SEC DIVER OF THE YEAR 2009 1998 1997 1995 1991 1990 1987 1984 1982 1981
Aaron Fleshner Brent Roberts Brent Roberts Rafael Alvarez Mark Rourke Ed Morse Perry White Mike Marmann Craig Ford Wayne Chester
SEC FRESHMAN DIVER OF THE YEAR 2003 2002
J.R. Hillis Stewart Smith
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR 1987 1982 1981
Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril
RECORDS & HISTORY
Alabama owns two Southeastern Conference team titles since swimming and diving was introduced at the Capstone in 1960. The first came in 1982 and the second in 1987. The Crimson Tide has been in the runner-up position 11 times, first in 1963 and most recently in 1985. Individually, Alabama has 93 SEC titles, the first coming in 1962 when John Rangley won the 50 free and the latest coming when Aaron Fleshner won the 3-meter diving championship in 2010 which followed his 2009 one-meter and 2008 three-meter titles. Four Tide swimmers are tied for the most individual SEC titles by an Alabama athlete in a career. Vlad Polyakov, Jonty Skinner, Gregg Higginson and Jon Olsen all claimed five championships during their tenures. The Tide also lays claim to 10 relay titles. In 1964, the 400 freestyle relay of Peck, Putman, Horn and Bretheron won Alabama’s first conference title in a time of 3:25.0. Alabama came up with relay win number 10 in 1994 when Dustin McDaniels, Travis Myers, Russell McDowell and Stavros Michaelides combined to win the 200 medley relay. First team All-SEC honorees number 58 on the Tide’s all-time roster. In the classroom, Alabama swimmers have earned Academic All-SEC honors more than 200 times since the award’s inception in 1984. The Crimson Tide had a program high 23 athletes named to the squad in 2011. The Southeastern Conference has long been one of the nation’s premiere athletic conferences, both in overall strength and in nearly every sport individually. Swimming and diving is certainly no exception. The SEC has placed at least one team in the top 10 of the NCAA Championships every year since 1969, when Florida placed ninth. The conference’s high watermark for teams in the top
SEC DIVING COACH OF THE YEAR 1997 1995 1991 1990 1987 1986 1984 1982 1981
Pat Greenwell Pat Greenwell Pat Greenwell Pat Greenwell Mike Finneran Mike Finneran Bob Webster Bob Webster Bob Webster
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SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2010 Aaron Fleshner
1987 3-meter
Peter Berndt Perry White
1-meter
1986
2009 Aaron Fleshner
2008
Aaron Fleshner
3-meter
100 breaststroke
2006 Vlad Polyakov
100 and 200 breaststroke
2005 Vlad Polyakov
2003
Stefan Gherghel
2002 Stefan Gherghel
1999
Mark Jollands
1997 Brent Roberts
1995 Rafael Alvarez
1994
McDaniels, Myers, McDowell, Michaelides
1992
Travis Myers J. Myers, T. Myers, Martin, Michaelides Martin, T. Myers, Parlklo, Michaelides
RECORDS & HISTORY
1991 Jon Olsen Mark Rourke
1990 Chris McDaniels Scott Hamlet Jon Olsen Edward Morse Olsen, Martin, Ammon, McDaniels
100 and 200 breaststroke
200 fly
200 fly
500 free
3-meter & platform
1-meter & platform
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Bryan Jennings Mike Marmann
1982 Arne Borgstrom Craig Ford Greg Higginson Posey, Schmidt, Mullane, McCarthy Chambless, Higginson, Schmidt, McGuire
1981 Arne Borgstrom Wayne Chester Greg Higginson Cam Henning
Carlos Berrocal Wayne Chester
1978 100 breast 200 medley relay 200 free relay
Wayne Chester
1977
Jonty Skinner Casey Converse
1976 100, 200 free 1-meter, 3-meter & platform
100, 200 breast 1,650 free 50, 100, 200 free 3-meter & platform 200 free relay
Jonty Skinner Scott MacDonald Tim Norris Mike Curington Kevin Mills Carlos Berrocal Mark Tonelli Berrocal, Mills, Curington, Skinner
1975 100, 200 breast platform
Jonty Skinner Tim Norris Mike Curington
100 breast 50 free
Jeff Wade Jacques LeLoup
200 back 200 fly
1970 Jeff Wade French, Herring, Wade, LaMontagne
200 IM 800 free relay
1969 100 back 1-meter & 3-meter
1982
1979 200 medley relay
100 fly 100 back
1984
Craig Ford Greg Higginson
1989 Chris McDaniels Mark Rourke
Jon Sieben Bryan Jennings
Kevin Williams Jon Perkowski
1971 500 free 3-meter 200 back
1985
2007 Vlad Polyakov
Frank Iacono Perry White Bryan Jennings
1974 200,400 IM 1-meter & 3-meter
1-meter 100 breast
1,650 free, 400 IM 1-meter & 3-meter 100, 200 breast, 200 IM 400 free relay 400 medley relay
400 IM 3-meter 100 breast 200 back
Dennis Pursley Jeff Wade Wright, French, LaMontagne, Wade
1968 Ralph Wright Leo French
1967
Ralph Wright
1966 Kirt Myers Doug Long Levente Batizy Doug Tamplin
1965 Tom Allen Bob Smith
1964 100 back 1-meter
1-meter
100 free 500, 1,650 free
Peck, Putman, Horn, Bretherton
1963 Dave Bond
1962 John Rangley
200 breast 200 IM 800 free relay
200 back 1,650 free
500, 1,650 free, 400 IM
1,650 free 500 free 400 IM 100 fly
500 free 1,650 free
400 free relay
100 breast
50 free
50, 100 free 200 free 1,650 free 200 fly 100 breast 100 back 200 back 400 medley relay
50, 100 free 1,650 free 200 fly
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ALL-SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE 1987
1970
1976
1981
Pete Berndt Perry White
Jeff Wade
Robert Bugg John Prins Marshall Shoemaker
Brendan McCarthy
1986
2010
Frank Iacono Bryan Jennings Perry White
Aaron Fleshner
2009 Aaron Fleshner
1985 Bryan Jennings Jon Sieben
2008 Aaron Fleshner
1969
Dennis Pursley Jeff Wade
1968 Leo French Ralph Wright
1967 Ralph Wright
1984
2007
Bryan Jennings Mike Marmann Glenn Mills
Vlad Polyakov
2006
Vlad Polyakov
Stefan Gherghel
Mark Jollands
1997
Rafael Alvarez
Keith Martin Stavros Michaelides Jamey Myers Travis Myers Stefan Parlklo
1991
Jon Olsen Mark Rourke
1962
1989
1972
David Bond
1977 Casey Converse Jonty Skinner
Carlos Berrocal Mike Curington Scott McDonald Kevin Mills Tim Norris Jonty Skinner Mark Tonelli
John Rangeley
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC
1974 Jon Perkowski Kevin Williams
Chris McDaniels Mark Rourke
1971
Jacque LeLoup Jeff Wade
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Filiberto Colon
Bryan Jennings Marcello Juca Ron Kutzavitch Mike Marmann Glenn Mills Andreas Schmidt
1982
Adam Booher Mark Randall
Brett Chambless Marcello Juca Brendan McCarthy Brian McGuire Glenn Mills Matt Mullane Jay Posey Andreas Schmidt
2009
1981
2012
Bjoern Hornikel
2010
Mark Randall
2003 Vlad Polyakov
2001
Jordie Proffitt
1999 Brent Roberts
1998 Brent Roberts
1994
1989
Rick Abbott Hilary Bergman Monte Daley Dan Griebel Gregg Hook
1981
Casey Converse Tim Norris Jonty Skinner
Craig Ammon Scott Hamlet Keith Martin Edward Morse Jon Olsen
1976
1973
1975
1990
Jonty Skinner
1991
1976
1992
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-SEC
1978
1983
Wayne Chester
Dustin McDaniels Russell McDowell Stavros Michaelides Travis Myers
1985
John Kagan Charles Noonan John Perkowski
1963
1978
1994
Don Berger
Mike Curington Kevin Mills John Prins
Arne Borgstrom Craig Ford Gregg Higginson
Carlos Berrocal Wayne Chester
1995
1986
1971
1974
1979
Brent Roberts
Bruce Gennari
1977
1992
Arne Borgstrom Wayne Chester Cam Henning Greg Higginson
1999
1987
Jack Babashoff
1984
1965
2002
Stefan Gherghel
Frank Iacono
Arne Borgstrom
Tom Allen Bob Smith
1982
2003
1988
1974
1980
1994
Craig Ford Gregg Higginson
Vlad Polyakov
Levente Batizy Doug Long Kirt Myers Doug Tamplin
Mark Colwill Jon Olsen
Don Berger Craig Ford Frank Iacono
1983
2005
1966
1989
Rafael Alvarez Dustin McDaniels Russell McDowell Stavros Michaelides Travis Myers
1993 Travis Myers
Don Hornby Max Metzgar Glenn Mills Brian Smith
1980
Jimmy Pestrichelli David Strassburg
Dustin McDaniels
Stefan Parlklo
Craig Ammon Keith Martin David Meck Torsten Wiegel
1988
Jim Askervold Mark Colwill Chris McDaniels Jon Olsen Mark Rourke Eric White
1987
Colin Herring Jay Thompson
1970 Ray Bolt Leo French Colin Herring Charles Noonan
2012
Peter Berndt Filiberto Colon
1984
1977
1971
1986
1979
Casey Converse Mike Curington Mark Tonelli
Jacque LeLoup Ray Midkiff
FRESHMAN ALL-SEC*
1985
1978
Jacque LeLoup Jay Thompson
Ricardo Aldabe Chris McDaniels
Wayne Chester Gregg Higginson Don Hornby
Kevin Mills Mark Tonelli
Jay Thompson
Ricardo Aldabe
Jordan Lesser
2011 Alex Coci Bjoern Hornikel Devan Terry
Don Berger Marcello Juca
2008
1983
* started in 2008
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FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
Catalin Cosma
Don Berger
1982 Don Hornby
Robin Backhaus Hilary Bergman Carlos Berrocal Monty Daley
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A FAST HISTORY OF ALABAMA SWIMMING & DIVING The John Foster Years The University of Alabama swim program started with the 1960 season when John Foster came from coaching an age-group swim team in the Atlanta area and working in the Georgia Tech Physical Education department to be the Crimson Tide’s first head coach. For the next 14 years, Foster was the Tide’s task master, nurturing the fledgling program into a perennial SEC contender and bringing Alabama to the national level. In addition to his duties with the swim team, Foster also served as the Natatorium Director, Supervisor of Intramural and Recreational Swimming and assistant professor in the Department of Physical Education. Foster was responsible for cultivating swimming not only at the collegiate level but on the high school and age-group swimming level as well, organizing high school and junior high school state swimming championships and running clinics around the state - anything to get Alabama’s youth involved in swimming. Foster’s hard work paid big dividends. During his tenure, Alabama finished no lower than third at the SEC Championships after its first two seasons and finished runner-up four times. Tide swimmers won 21 individual SEC titles under Foster’s direction. That number includes the three won by Ralph Wright in 1967, when he became the first man in Alabama history to sweep his events at the SEC Championships. Wright’s feat would not be matched for fifteen years. On the national level, Foster coached the Tide to its first NCAA Championship placing in 1973 when the team finished 28th. Five swimmers won All-America honors under Foster. After compiling a 124-40 dual meet record to go along with his record in the SEC and NCAA, Foster left coaching following the 1973 season to devote more time to his teaching and aquatics program and above all, to spend more time with his family. Foster’s team was the winningest of all that competed at the Capstone during his 14-year run, outside of football. Before retiring, Foster tapped his successor for the job of taking the Tide into the future. Don Gambril became head coach on May 2, 1973. RECORDS & HISTORY
The Don Gambril Years Don Gambril led his first Alabama team into the 1974 season, a year that saw the Tide post an 8-1 dual meet season, a fourth-place finish at the SEC Championship meet and its first NCAA top20 finish, taking 19th. Alabama jumped two places in the SEC the next year and an astounding 14 places at the NCAA Championships, giving Alabama a fifthplace finish. The ‘75 squad was the first to produce an individual national champion when freshman Jonty Skinner won the 100 freestyle in an NCAA and U.S. Open record time of 43.92. Alabama produced the first 400 freestyle relay in history to break the three minute barrier. Skinner, Mike Curington, Scott MacDonald and Jack Babashoff combined in the prelims of the 1975 NCAA Championships to swim a 2:59.98.
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The 1976 squad posted the Tide’s first undefeated season, snapping Tennessee’s string of 85 dual-meet wins, which spanned seven seasons, along the way. Alabama won the meet 65-48. The 1976 squad also produced a single-season record of nine SEC individual and relay titles on its way to reprising its fifth-place finish in the NCAA. The 1977 season proved to be one of the program’s high watermarks as the Tide posted its highest NCAA finish to date, taking second behind Southern California. Casey Converse shone that year, winning the NCAA 1,650 freestyle title in an NCAA and American record time of 14:57.30. Converse’s time made him the first man in the history of the sport to go under 15 minutes in the 1,650 freestyle. Freshman Wayne Chester won the 1978 NCAA 1-meter diving competition and Carlos Berrocal won the 1979 100 backstroke title. Alabama won its first SEC team championship in 1982. Gregg Higginson added the points of three SEC titles to the Tide’s team total, making him the second man in Tide swimming history to win all of his races at the SEC Championships. Alabama went undefeated during the 1983 dualmeet season with a 12-0 slate on the way to a runner-up SEC finish and a fifth-place NCAA finish. Senior Glenn Mills won the 1983 200 breaststroke title. The Tide returned to the top of the SEC team standings in 1987. In addition to going undefeated in 1990 with a 12-0 record, the Tide captured nine SEC individual and relay titles matching the team record set in 1976 with junior Jon Olsen becoming the third man in Tide history to sweep his events at the SEC Championships, bringing home three individual titles. After 17 seasons, 170 wins against 21 losses, six NCAA champions, more than 60 All-Americans, 60 SEC individual and relay titles, and two SEC team titles, Don Gambril ended his coaching career with the Crimson Tide after the 1990 season. He was named SEC Coach of the Year in 1981, 1982 and 1987. In addition, he served as an assistant coach with the U.S. Olympic team in 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980. He served as the head coach of the highly successful 1984 U.S. Olympic team. The 1991 U.S. World Championship team was the last U.S. National team he coached. He left his coaching position to become an Assistant Athletic Director at Alabama, retiring from that position in 1997. Gambril tapped Alabama’s first individual NCAA champion, Jonty Skinner, to lead Alabama into the 1991 season and beyond.
The Jonty Skinner Years Jonty Skinner made the most of his tenure with the Tide, leading Alabama to four straight top-20 and one top-10 showing at the NCAA Championships. Jon Olsen became one of the Tide’s most decorated and successful athletes under Skinner’s tutelage, finishing his career with five SEC titles, three school records and a runner-up finish at the
1991 NCAAs in the 100 freestyle. Olsen went on to become a mainstay of the U.S. National team, winning five medals at two Olympics. In 1991, Mark Rourke became the first diver to win all three boards at the SEC Championships, three years after he won the inaugural platform diving title at the 1989 SEC Championships. Travis Myers led Alabama to a 10th-place finish at the 1994 NCAA Championships, while finishing second in the 100 breaststroke. It was the Tide’s first top-10 finish since 1990. Skinner left Alabama in August of 1994 to become the head coach of the U.S. Resident National Team.
The Chuck Horton Years Chuck Horton was the Tide’s next mentor, serving as head coach from 1994-98. The former Tide assistant and Villanova front man led Alabama to four top-30 national finishes, including a pair of top-25 finishes in 1997 and 1998. Horton’s time at the helm saw Rafael Alvarez and Brent Roberts bring home four SEC titles, with Roberts also winning Alabama’s first NCAA diving title since Wayne Chester in 1978 when he took top honors off the platform in 1998. Ed Reed served as interim coach during the 1998-99 season.
The Don Wagner Years Don Wagner’s tenure, which began with the 1999-2000 season, saw Alabama earn a trio of top25 finishes, including a return to the top 15 with a 12th-place finish in 2003, his final year at the Capstone. Stefan Gherghel became the first Tide swimmer to win an NCAA Championship since 1983 when he took top honors in the 200 butterfly in 2002. He then became the first Alabama swimmer to repeat as an NCAA Champion when he took the 2003 title as well. Gherghel also won a pair of SEC 200 butterfly titles during his UA career. During Wagner’s time at Alabama, the Tide broke 10 school records including four of the five relays.
The Eric McIlquham Years Eric McIlquham spent nine years as the Tide’s head coach, a span that included six top-25 finishes highlighted by a trio of top-15 finishes in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The Tide bettered 18 school records during his tenure, including all five relay marks. He also saw his student-athletes claim 55 spots on the Tide’s all-time top 10, including the top four places on the 200 backstroke list and four of the top five spots on the 50 freestyle list. Individually, Vlad Polyakov won the NCAA 200 breaststroke championship in 2005 and 2007 as well as five SEC breaststroke titles while Aaron Fleshner won three SEC diving titles. Alabama enjoyed tremendous success in the classroom under McIlquham, posting the highest team grade point average in the nation in 2011, and seeing six of his student-athletes earn nine Academic All-America honors and three NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.
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RECORDS & HISTORY
ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES
Eric McIlquham Don Wagner
Ed Reed
Chuck Horton
2004-12
1999 (Interim)
1995-1998
2000-03
COACH DON GAMBRIL
Jonty Skinner
Don Gambril
John Foster
1991-94
1974-90
1960-73
ALABAMA’S RECORD BY HEAD COACH Head Coach Eric McIlquham Don Wagner Ed Reed (interim) Chuck Horton Jonty Skinner Don Gambril John Foster Total
Years 2004-12 2000-03 1998-99 1995-98 1991-94 1974-90 1960-73
Seasons 9 4 1 4 4 17 14 53
Won 46 15 0 21 16 170 122 390
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Lost 34 14 6 19 16 21 53 163
ALL-TIME DUAL MEET RECORDS Opponent Arizona Arkansas Auburn Ball State Birmingham Southern Centenary Cincinnati Clemson Delta State Drury Duke East Carolina Eastern Kentucky Emory Evansville Florida Florida Atlantic Florida State Georgia Georgia Tech Hendrix Houston Illinois Illinois State Indiana Iowa Iowa State Kansas Kentucky LaSalle College Louisiana Monroe Louisville LSU Maryland Miami Michigan
Last Meeting 1987-88 1985-86 2010-11 1996-97 1969-70 2008-09 1994-95 2002-03 2008-09 2004-05 1978-79 1978-79 1972-73 2011-12 1966-67 2006-07 2009-10 2011-12 2011-12 2009-10 1966-67 1977-78 1969-70 1977-78 1984-85 1996-97 1970-71 1987-88 2011-12 1986-87 2004-05 1994-95 2011-12 1989-90 1986-87 1978-79
UA-Opp 1-0 7-0 17-24 1-0 1-0 2-0 7-0 6-2 11-0 2-0 1-0 3-0 5-0 1-0 0-1 10-20 1-0 12-6 13-19 6-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 3-4 6-1 1-0 3-1 17-6 1-0 3-0 2-0 29-10 1-0 10-2 1-0
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Opponent Missouri Moorehead New Orleans North Carolina N.C. State NE Louisiana Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio State Penn State Pepsi Marlin Princeton Sewanee SMU South Carolina South Florida Southern Illinois Southern Mississippi SW Missouri SW Missouri State Team Canada Tennessee Texas Texas A&M Texas-Arlington Tulane UCLA Union (KY) Vanderbilt Virginia Virginia Tech West Virginia Wright State
Pct. .575 .517 .000 .525 .500 .890 .697 .705 Last Meeting 1996-97 1969-70 2009-10 1979-80 1996-97 1997-98 1996-97 1987-88 1984-85 1989-90 1983-84 1984-85 1968-69 1990-91 2011-12 1981-82 1996-97 1986-87 1966-67 2002-03 1978-79 2010-11 1992-93 1971-72 1971-72 1988-89 1975-76 1969-70 1986-87 1987-88 2010-11 1983-84 1996-97
*Series records start with the 1967 season.
UA-Opp 8-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 5-2 10-2 1-0 1-0 4-0 1-1 1-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 14-12 5-0 8-0 5-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 10-16 2-2 1-0 1-0 21-1 1-0 1-0 8-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 1-0
Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960
Record 3-3 7-2 7-2 3-5 2-6 8-3 4-5 6-4 6-4 7-2 3-3 3-4 2-5 0-6 2-5 9-6 4-4 7-4 5-4 5-4 2-4 4-4 12-0 9-1 10-3 10-1 9-2 12-1 11-2 12-0 8-1 8-2 8-2 11-2 12-1 9-1 10-0 11-1 8-1 5-5 10-2 10-3 13-2 10-3 12-4 9-6 9-4 10-3 11-2 10-2 10-3 3-8 0-6
SEC Finish 6th 6th 5th 5th 6th 5th 5th 5th 6th 5th 5th 8th 7th 6th 6th 6th 6th 4th 4th 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 5th 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 6th
NCAA Finish 25th 29th 26th 21st 22nd 14th 13th 15th 34th 12th 20th — 22nd 22nd 25th 23rd 30th 26th 10th 18th 20th 11th 9th 20th 14th 16th 8th 8th tie-12th 5th tie-7th 8th tie-13th 8th 7th 2nd 5th 5th 19th 28th — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Coach Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Don Wagner Don Wagner Don Wagner Don Wagner *Ed Reed Chuck Horton Chuck Horton Chuck Horton Chuck Horton Jonty Skinner Jonty Skinner Jonty Skinner Jonty Skinner Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster John Foster
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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
* interim
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ALL-TIME ROSTER A
Rick Abbott Waleed Al-Qahtani Marcio Alberquerque Oscar Aldabe Ricardo Aldabe Zig Allan Jerry Alldredge Craig Allen Tom Allen Rafael Alvarez (MVP ‘95) Mike Ames Craig Ammon (Capt. ‘90) Jens Anderson Robert Anderson Anestis Arampatzis Brent Arckey Daniel Armstrong (Capt. ‘11) Guido Arroyo Brendan Ashby Bobby Ashford Aaron Ashworth (Capt. ‘05) Jim Askervold Alan Axford Oren Azrad
B
RECORDS & HISTORY
Jack Babashoff Robin Backhaus JR Baker Jack Ball (Capt. ‘62) Bira Barbosa Oliver Basse (Capt. ‘12) Levente Batizy Scott Bell Don Berger (Capt. ‘84, ’85) Hilary Bergman Peter Berndt (MVP ‘87) Carlos Berrocal Spiros Bitsakis (Capt. ‘05, ‘06) Steve Blaisdell Larry Blewitt Elan Blumberg Carlos Bodega Ray Bolt David Bond Bruno Bonfim Adam Booher (MVP ‘11) Arne Borgstrom (Capt. ‘82 • MVP ‘82) Riley Boulden (Capt. ‘10) Luke Boutwell Lance Braughton Dennis Bretherton Collin Brosko Beau Brothers Darren Brudos Jay Bucki (Capt. ‘91) Bob Bugg
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1976-77 2003-06 2000-01 2010 1984-87 2007-08 1963-65 1972 1965 1994-95 1998 1987-90 1980-81 1970 2010-present 2003-04 2008-11 2003-06 2001-04 1989 2001, 04-06 1987-88 2008-11 1998-01
1974-77 1977 1965 1960-62 2002 2009-12 1965-68 1994-97 1983-86 1975-78 1985-87 1976-79 2002-06 1970-71 1986 1999 1995-96 1970 1960-63 2001 2008-11 1979-82 2007-10 2007-10 1981-84 1963 2007 2008 1990-93 1990-92 1976-79
Torsten Buhre Daniel Burch Will Burke James Burns James Burton Robert Busby
C
Vlad Caciuc Jake Carloni Brian Carr Brett Chambless (Capt. ‘83) Wayne Chester Chip Chipman Cliff Clifton Timothy Cline Keith Clinton (Capt. ‘82) Alex Coci (MVP ‘12) Filiberto Colon Mark Colwill Phil Comstock Cameron Connors Zac Conrad Casey Converse Catalin Cosma Dan Cox Andy Craft James Cramer Jay Crampton Milo Crawford Mark Crocker Mike Curington (Capt. ‘78) Stroud Curran
D
Monty Daley (Capt. ‘77) Cary Davenport (Capt. ‘67) Mike Davidson (Capt. ‘87) Troy Davidson Bruce Davis Ken de Gruy David Dean Phillip Deaton Ian Decker Tayt Dencer John DeShazo Craig Devitt Luke Dickson Van Diehl Anthony DiGiacco Bob Dimick Kyle Ditzler (Capt. ‘81) Paul Dixon Philip Dockery Peter Doig Ryan Dugan
E
Tito Ebersole James Edwards Hamp Eichold
1977 2001 2005-06 1974-77 1981-82 1960
2011-present 2011-present 2011-present 1979-83 1978-81 1989 1979 2007 1980-83 2011-12 1983-86 1988-91 1963 2011-present 2007-08 1977-78 2008-11 1976 1994 1988 1993-94 1992-95 1975-78 1975-78 1960
1974-77 1964-67 1985-87 2003-04 1989 1973-75 1973-74 2012-present 2012-present 1975-76 1964 1992-95 2006-07 2006-09 2002 1977-80 1978-81 2000 2011-present 1991-94 2009-11
2012 2008-10 2006-07
Durham Ellis (Capt. ‘60) John Ellis Darren Erasmus Igor Erhartic Bill Erickson Kline Estess Larry Everingham
F
Keith Favreau John Ferguson Drew Finelli Kris Fisher (Capt. ‘97) Chris Flamion Aaron Fleshner (MVP ‘08, ‘09) Craig Ford Tom Forrest (Capt. ‘96) Thomas Fox Jeb Franklin Leo French Chad Frichtl
G
Bill Gaines Dale Gannon Clark Garner Bruce Gennari (Capt. ‘88) Eric Gennari Ken Gerard Stefan Gherghel (MVP ‘02, ‘03) Guy Gibbens Travis Gilliland Nicholas Giometti Bill Giovine Rod Godwin Marc Greenberg Kevin Greer (Capt. ‘09) Dan Griebel Bob Griffin Gilles Gutnecht
H
Harold Hagler Joel Hagler Jim Hahn (Capt. ‘75) Kirk Hale Adam Hall Jacob Halpern Scott Hamlet Tim Hansen Dan Harle Allan Harris Eugene Harris Mark Harris George Hart Paul Hayes Chris Hearn Cam Henning Kirk Henry Alex Hermeto (Capt. ‘92, ‘93, ‘94) Brooke Herr Colin Herring
1960-62 2012-present 2003-06 2004-06 1978-79 1979-82 1965-66
1974-75 1993-96 2007-10 1996-99 2002-05 2007-10 1982-85 1995-96 1960 2000-01 1968-70 2005-06
1960-61 1978 2012-present 1985-88 1991-93 1977-81 2002-03 1973-74 1993-94 2008 1979-81 1960-61 1985 2006-09 1976-77 1960-63 2011-12
1960-61 1988-89 1972-75 1980-81 2001-04 1991-94 1990 2004-07 1995 2003-06 1960-61 1976 1975-76 1973-74 2008 1979-81 1981-84 1991-94 1974 1970-73
Harold Hicks Greg Higginson (Capt. ‘83 • MVP ‘83) Peter Hillyer Scott Hinkle Hunter Hinson Tony Hobart DuWayne Hoffert Eric Hole John Holter Greg Hook Jack Horn Don Hornby Bjoern Hornikel Tom Horton Clint Huddleston Carter Hull Greg Hutt
I
Frank Iacono Hakan Iverson
1963 1980-83 2010-present 1980 2011-present 1974-75 1975 1999 1963-65 1975-76 1960-63 1979-82 2011-present 1975 1988 1997-98 1970
1985-88 1975
J
Bryan Jennings 1983-86 (MVP ‘85) Brad Jensen 1980-81 Steve Jensen 1989 Will Johnson 1991 Grant Jollands 1999-02 (Capt. ‘02) Mark Jollands 1997-2000 (Capt. ‘99, ‘00 • MVP ‘99, ‘00) JT Jones 2003-05 (Capt. ‘05) Mike Jones 2005-08 (Capt. ‘08) Marcello Juca 1982-85
K
John Kagan Jason Kalange Toby Karlsson Ken Kaufman Tsukasa Kawabuchi Chuck Kays Curtis Kelly Scott King William Kinsey Rob Kite (Capt. ‘88) Dennis Kone Ron Kutzavitch Francis Kyle
L
Dan Lacina David Lammel James LaMontagne Mike Lamothe (Capt. ‘95) John Langford Jon Larson Dan Larsson Ryan Latone Kyle Lee Jacque LeLoup Justin Lemberg Chris LeMieux Jordan Lesser
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1971-73 1996 1985-87 1974-77 1991-94 1990 2006 1989-90 1969 1987-88 1969-72 1983-84 1972
1990-93 1985 1968-71 1993-96 1960 1985-86 1979 2005-06 2007-10 1971-74 1985 1994-95 2012
RECORDS & HISTORY
M
Scott MacDonald Tom Maddocks John Mahaffey Jesse Maple David Maquera Mike Marmann Keith Martin Hunor Mate’ Henry Mather David Mayer Frank McArthur Adam McBride (Capt. ‘97) Mike McCardle Brendan McCarthy Clint McClendon Chris McCormick Chris McDaniels (Capt. ‘89 - ‘90) Dustin McDaniels Scott McDonald Russell McDowell Brian McGuire John McHaffey Larry McHaffie James McKay Ken McKee Scott McNamee James McNeal Dave Meck Rob Mellor Jon Melton Max Metzgar Stavros Michaelides Randy Midkiff Alin Mihalca Dave Miller Glenn Mills Kevin Mills Chris Mitten John Moles Brent Moore (Capt. ‘76) Luis Morell Felix Morf Sam Morgan Edward Morse Brendan Moynihan Evan Mueller Matt Mullane Sean Muncie Jamey Myers (Capt. ‘92) Kirt Myers Travis Myers (MVP ‘92, ‘93, ‘94)
1980-82 1979-80 2008 1960 1964-67 1991-93 1963 1990 1960-61 1984-86 2010-present 1994-97 1982-83 1978-81
1975-78 1978 1960 2004 2012-present 1983-86 1989-92 2005-07 1989 1977-79 1963 1993-97 1974-77 1980-83 2007-10 2007-08 1987-90 1992-94 1975-77 1993-96 1979-82 1960-61 1980-82 1960-61 1977 1973-75 1960 1988-89 1975 1988 1981 1991-94 1972-74 2006-09 1978-79 1981-84 1976-79 1993-94 1983 1974-77 1989 1983-86 2007-10 1990 1983-84 2002-03 1981-84 1996-99 1990-93 1966 1991-94
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Andrew Neff Jim Neidhoefer Bill Neville Mark Nieuwenhuis Charles Noonan Tim Norris
2005-06 1987-88 1978-81 1987-89 1968-71 1975-77
O
Arnar Olafsson 1994-97 Jon Olsen 1988-91 (Capt. ‘90, ’91 • MVP ‘88, ‘89, ‘90, ‘91) Wylee Orton 1980 Steve Otto 1976 David Owen 1964
P
Clayton Page Nicos Papadopoulos Bob Parker Chip Parker Stefan Parlklo Richard Patino David Patterson Don Peck Eric Peet Matt Pendleton Jon Perkowski Chris Perry Gunnar Persson Jimmy Pestrichelli (Capt. ‘95) Rick Peterson Michael Pigassou J.J. Poland Vlad Polyakov (MVP ‘05, ‘06, ‘07) Scott Pomerleau (Capt. ‘91) Tony Portela Jay Posey John Potts Scott Powell Roger Power Rick Pratt (Capt. ‘98, ‘00) Brent Pridgen John Prins Jordie Proffitt Alex Pujol Dennis Pursley Joseph Putman
R
Steve Rains Eduardo Ramirez Robert Ramoska Mark Randall (MVP ‘10) John Rangeley Jermey Raths John Ravenhall Scott Reeder Andrew Reeves Charles Reeves Rick Rell Ron Ressegieu Jake Reynolds Andrea Rezzonico Joaquim Ribeiro JP Richard (Capt. ‘01)
1988-89 1993-94 1975-76 1981-82 1989-92 1988-91 1978 1960-63 1981-83 1998-99 1971-74 2006-09 1981 1992-95 1979 2001-02 1992 2003, 05-07 1987-90 1985-89 1982-85 1995 1972-74 1981 1997-2000 2000-01 1975-78 2001-02 2011-present 1969-72 1965
1989 2008 1980-82 2006-10 1960-62 1972 1980-82 1980-81 2009-12 2000-03 1979 1972-75 2010-present 2009-11 1995-96 2000-01
Rick Richmond Steve Rieser Brent Roberts (Capt. ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 • MVP ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99) Jimmy Roberts Bill Robertson Bernardo Romero (Honorary Capt. ‘05) Enrique Romero Alan Rose Ronald Rosenberger Chris Ross Mark Rourke (Capt. ‘91 • MVP ‘91) Philippe Rousseau Daniel Rozick Stephen Ryan
S
Maviael Sampaio Webb Sanders Gerald Schlupp Andreas Schmidt (Capt. ‘85 • MVP ‘83) Matt Schmidt Andy Schnack Marc Schrader Gregg Scott (Capt. ‘80) Robert Scrip John Servati Austin Shirey Reese Shirey Marshall Shoemaker (Capt. ‘79) Jon Sieben (MVP ‘85) Todd Siegfried Jerry Silverstein Jonty Skinner (Capt. ‘77) Bob Smith Brian Smith (Capt. ‘81) Brian Smith Charles Smith Henkel Smith Hunter Smith Jeff Smith Matt Smith Stewart Smith Todd Smith Bruce Snodgrass Harris Sopheocelous Josh Sosna Franck Southon Dennis Spencer Casey Spiegle Chip Sprigg Greg St. Cyr James Steward Nic Stoel (Capt. ‘01 • MVP ‘01) Harry Stopp David Strassburg Bill Sulzby Wayne Sykes
1992-95 1972-75 1996-99 1988-89 1970-73 2003-04 1984-87 1997-2000 1981-83 1996-97 1988-91 1998-99 2008-11 2005
1983 1976-79 1983-84 1982-85 2003-04 2006-09 1996-98 1977-80 2010 2012-present 2006-08 2010-present 1976-79 1985 1977-78 1980-81 1975-78 1965 1980-82 1989-90 1980 1992 2012-present 2001-04 1999-2000 2002-05 1998 1994 1989-91 2010 2002-05 1983 1991-94 1972-73 2005 1960 2000-01 1964-65 1992-95 1960-61 1971-74
(BOLD = CURRENT STUDENT-ATHLETE)
T
Mike Tamberino Doug Tamplin Charles Tennimon Devan Terry Jay Thompson Mark Tonelli Mike Tontillo John Townsend Tom Townsend Brian Tribble Apostolis Tsagkarakis (Capt. ‘07) Tim Tucker (Capt. ‘74) Walt Turner
V
Ricardo Valdivia Jeff Van de Graaf Marcus Vechinni Ken Vincens Tom Virag Alex Voris
W
Jeff Wade Jeff Waldrop Stan Walker (Capt. ‘62) Glen Walshaw John Warren Ken Wear Scott Weaver (Capt. ‘02) Kyle Weeks (Capt. ‘12) Greg Whelan Eric White Perry White Torsten Wiegel Brad Willard James Willcox (Capt. ‘02, ‘03) James Williams Kevin Williams (Capt. ‘75) Matt Wilsie Joe Wilson Larry Wilson Zach Winchester Ro Wintzinger TJ Wolters George Wong Chris Wood Mark Woods Ben Worby Todd Worthington John Worthinton Greg Wright Ralph Wright Brian Wrighton Andrew Wrist
Y
Bobby Yann
Z
Joe Ziegler Luke Zippi Denes Zubcsek
1992-95 1966 1960 2011-present 1971-74 1976-79 2011-present 1999-01 1975-76 1994-96 2003, 05-07 1971-74 1962
1984-87 1978-79 1996 1991-92 1986 1993-96
1969-72 1981-82 1960-62 1997-00 1978-79 1983-85 2001-03 2009-12 1978 1987-90 1986-87 1989 2001-04 2001-04 1965 1974-75 1998-2001 1973-74 1974-75 2000-03 1981 1999-01 2011-present 1997-98 1973 2001-04 1977 1978-79 1978-79 1966-68 1992-93 2011-present
RECORDS & HISTORY
Rory Lewis Tommy Lindell Steven Loccisano Jeffery London Doug Long (Capt. ‘67) Juan Lopez Ray Loree Jim Losloe Bay Lott (Capt. ‘60) Marcus Lourenco Brandon Lowe Josh Luber Craig Ludwick Cubby Lyons
1968-71
2009-12 2011-present 2008-11
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MEN’S ALL-TIME TOP 10 50 Freestyle Apostolis Tsagkarakis Jon Olsen Vlad Caciuc Bjoern Hornikel Darren Erasmus Andreas Schmidt Jonty Skinner Travis Myers Spiros Bitsakis Stavros Michaelides
1,650 Freestyle 19.32 19.74 19.86 19.93 20.06 20.11 20.18 20.19 20.21 20.25
2007 1991 2011 2012 2005 1983 1977 1994 2002, 2003 1994
42.69 42.98 43.21 43.54 43.82 43.90 43.92 43.93 43.97 44.04
1991 2012 2005 2006 1986 1994 1975 1994 2001 2003
1:33.91 1:34.81 1:35.73 1:35.87 1:35.93 1:36.42 1:36.56 1:36.72 1:36.81 1:36.84
1990 2012 1985 2012 2009 1981 1995 1994 2000 2000
4:14.82 4:16.57 4:16.80 4:17.23 4:18.43 4:19.10 4:20.41 4:20.90 4:21.87 4:22.22
2010 2009 1982 2009 1986 2000 1984 1990 1977 1985
8:54.69 8:59.83 9:03.50 9:03.89 9:04.57 9:04.90 9:06.70 9:08.28 9:08.63 9:09.85
2009 1986 1982 1977 1990 2009 1981 1982 1985 1989
100 Freestyle Jon Olsen Bjoern Hornikel Darren Erasmus Apostolis Tsagkarakis Andreas Schmidt Alex Voris Jonty Skinner David Strassburg Oren Azrad Spiros Bitsakis
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Alex Coci Stefan Gherghel Denes Zubcsek Apostolis Tsagkarakis Anestis Arampatzis Jon Sieben Bruce Snodgrass Russell McDowell Tom Forrest Carter Hull Oliver Basse
46.50 47.04 47.33 47.71 47.83 47.84 48.25 48.40 48.59 48.79 48.79
2012 2003 2009 2003 2010 1985 1994 1996 1996 1998 2012
47.97 47.97 48.13 48.27 48.48 48.57 48.73 48.92 49.18 49.36
2001 2009 2012 2011 1993 2009 2003 2000 2005 2008
200 Butterfly
1:43.84 1:45.43 1:46.10 1:46.31 1:47.11 1:47.22 1:47.65 1:47.83 1:48.02 1:48.20
2009 2012 2005 2011 2002 2011 1987 1986 2009 1979
200 IM
2007 2007 1982 1994 2010 1989 2009 2003 2001 2011
400 IM
2007 2007 2010 1989 1994 1983 1982 2012 2001 2010
2012-13 Swimmers in Bold
Jordie Proffitt Chris Perry Joe Ziegler Alex Coci Jamey Myers Alan Axford Stefan Gherghel Oren Azrad Franck Southon Clint McClendon
Stefan Gherghel Denes Zubcsek Alex Coci Jon Sieben Anestis Arampatzis Filiberto Colon Oliver Basse Russell McDowell Hunter Hinson JT Jones
1:42.35 1:43.30 1:43.36 1:44.07 1:44.82 1:45.74 1:46.14 1:47.01 1:46.74 1:47.52
2003 2009 2012 1985 2012 1983 2012 1994 2011 2005
Joe Ziegler Reese Shirey Franck Southon Reese Shirey Jordie Proffitt Alan Axford Peter Berndt Bryan Jennings Chris Perry Mark Tonelli
Riley Boulden Peter Berndt Jordie Proffitt Ben Worby Ron Kutzavitch Franck Southon Devan Terry Greg Higginson Bryan Jennings Oliver Basse
1:45.54 1:47.14 1:47.76 1:47.79 1:48.65 1:48.71 1:48.90 1:49.37 1:49.47 1:49.52
2010 1986 2001 2004 1983 2005 2012 1983 1985 2012
3:47.29 3:50.77 3:51.57 3:52.31 3:53.77 3:54.16 3:54.82 3:54.84 3:55.25 3:55.28
1986 2002 1982 2002 1983 2012 1983 1988 2001 2010
100 Breaststroke
1,000 Freestyle Mark Randall Frank Iacono Arne Borgstrom Casey Converse Scott Hamlet Catalin Cosma Max Metzger Marcello Juca Mike Davidson Luis Morell
2006 1986 1977 2008 1990 1982 1981 1982 1990 1986
200 Backstroke
500 Freestyle Mark Randall Catalin Cosma Arne Borgstrom Joe Ziegler Frank Iacono Mark Jollands Don Berger Scott Hamlet Casey Converse Justin Lemberg
100 Butterfly 14:48.25 14:56.42 14:57.30 14:57.43 14:58.13 14:58.44 15:02.74 15:05.48 15:08.30 15:10.31
100 Backstroke
200 Freestyle Jon Olsen Bjoern Hornikel Don Berger Joe Ziegler Denes Zubcsek Brendan McCarthy Alex Voris David Strassburg Mark Jollands Oren Azrad
Mark Randall Frank Iacono Casey Converse Catalin Cosma Scott Hamlet Arne Borgstrom Max Metzger Marcello Juca Mark Colwill Mike Davidson
Vlad Polyakov Hunor Mate’ Greg Higginson Travis Myers Riley Boulden Chris McDaniels Luke Boutwell Charles Reeves Nic Stoel Devan Terry
52.25 53.73 53.83 53.93 54.01 54.27 54.71 54.79 54.85 55.05
200 Breaststroke Vlad Polyakov Hunor Mate’ Riley Boulden Chris McDaniels Travis Myers Glenn Mills Greg Higginson Devan Terry Nic Stoel Daniel Armstrong
1:52.71 1:55.95 1:56.78 1:58.29 1:58.31 1:58.33 1:58.35 1:58.58 1:58.96 1:59.03
Peter Berndt Franck Southon Arne Borgstrom Ben Worby Ron Kutzavich John Ellis Marcello Juca Eric White Scott Weaver Hunter Hinson
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RECORDS & HISTORY
MEN’S RECORDS School Record Apostolis Tsagkarakis 19.32 in 2007 100 FREESTYLE Jon Olsen 42.69 in 1991 200 FREESTYLE Jon Olsen 1:33.91 in 1990 500 FREESTYLE Mark Randall 4:14.82 in 2010 1,000 FREESTYLE Mark Randall 8:54.69 in 2009 1,650 FREESTYLE Mark Randall 14:48.25 in 2006 100 BACKSTROKE Jordie Proffitt in 2001 Chris Perry in 2009 47.97 200 BACKSTROKE Joe Ziegler 1:43.84 in 2011 100 BREASTSTROKE Vlad Polyakov 52.25 in 2007 200 BREASTSTROKE Vlad Polyakov 1:52.71 in 2007 100 BUTTERFLY Alex Coci 46.50 in 2012 200 BUTTERFLY Stefan Gherghel 1:42.35 in 2003 200 IM Riley Boulden 1:45.54 in 2010 400 IM Peter Berndt 3:47.29 in 1986 200 MEDLEY 1:26.73 in 2007 RELAY Chris Perry Vlad Polyakov Alin Mihalca Apostolis Tsagkarakis 400 MEDLEY 3:11.91 in 2007 RELAY Chris Perry Vlad Polyakov Alin Mihalca Apostolis Tsagkarakis 200 FREESTYLE 1:18.78 in 2006 RELAY Apostolis Tsagkarakis Darren Erasmus Mike Jones Spiros Bitsakis 400 FREESTYLE 2:53.47 in 2011 RELAY Vlad Caciuc Bjoern Hornikel Alex Coci Joe Ziegler 800 FREESTYLE 6:24.98 in 2009 RELAY Denes Zubcsek Catalin Cosma Joe Ziegler Alin Mihalca 1-meter DIVING Aaron Fleshner (6 Dives) 414.15 in 2009 3-meter DIVING Aaron Fleshner (6 Dives) 449.15 in 2010 PLATFORM DIVING Aaron Fleshner (6 Dives) 427.90 in 2010
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University of Alabama Aquatic SEC Championship Center Record Record Cesar Cielo (Auburn) Matt Targett (Auburn) 18.91 in 2008 18.52 in 2009 Cesar Cielo (Auburn) Matt Targett (Auburn) 41.25 in 2008 41.55 in 2008 Shaune Fraser (Florida) Conor Dwyer (Florida) 1:34.23 in 2008 1:31.73 in 2011 Sebastian Rouault (Georgia) Conor Dwyer (Florida) 4:13.75 in 2008 4:11.36 in 2011 Steve Herron (Arizona) 9:02.55 in 1988 Sebastien Rouault (Georgia) Sebastian Rouault (Georgia) 14:35.47 in 2008 14:35.47 in 2008 Michael Gilliam (Tennessee) Ryan Lochte (Florida) 46.37 in 2001 45.19 in 2005
NCAA Record Cesar Cielo (Auburn) 18.47 in 2008 Cesar Cielo (Auburn) 40.92 in 2008 Simon Burnett (Arizona) 1:31.20 in 2006 Peter Vanderkaay (Michigan) 4:08.60 in 2006
Omar Pinzon (Florida) Ryan Lochte (Florida) 1:41.85 in 2008 1:38.29 in 2005 Jeremy McDonnell (Tennessee) Jeremy Linn (Tennessee) 53.11 in 2001 51.86 in 1997 David Denniston (Auburn) Neil Versfeld (Georgia) 1:55.37 in 2001 1:52.07 in 2009 Alexei Puninski (Auburn) Matt Targett (Auburn) 45.60 in 2008 45.02 in 2009 Mark Dylla (Georgia) Mark Dylla (Georgia) 1:42.23 in 2008 1:41.35 in 2011 Ally Bradley (Florida) Ryan Lochte (Florida) 1:44.45 in 2008 1:41.76 in 2005 Greg Reeves (Florida) Conor Dwyer (Florida) 3:43.13 in 2001 3:37.75 in 2011 Auburn 1:24.81 in 2008 Auburn 1:23.69 in 2009 Scott Goodrich Jared White Michael Silva Michael Silva Alexei Puninski Matt Targett Cesar Cielo Jakob Andkjaer Florida 3:08.57 in 2008 Auburn 3:04.58 in 2009 Kohlton Norys Pascal Wollach Michael Silva Adam Klein Alexei Puninski Logan Madson Cesar Cielo Matt Targett Auburn 1:16.92 in 2008 Auburn 1:15.47 in 2009 Cesar Cielo Jakob Andkjaer Alexei Puninski Matt Targett Scott Goodrich Kohlton Norys Steve Scheren Gideon Louw Auburn 2:50.49 in 2008 Auburn 2:46.03 in 2009 Cesar Cielo Jakob Andkjaer Scott Goodrich Gideon Louw Steve Scheren Kohlton Norys Alexei Puninski Matt Targett Florida 6:19.18 in 2008 Florida 6:13.74 in 2011 Nolan Morrell Conor Dwyer Jonas Perrson Brett Fraser Andrew Thirlwell Balazs Gercsak Michael Wolfe Sebastien Rousseau Andy Bradley (South Carolina) Chris Colwill (Georgia) 378.60 in 2005 441.05 in 2006 Aaron Fleshner (Alabama) Chris Colwill (Georgia) 417.15 in 2009 454.40 in 2006 Dan Mazzaferro (Auburn) Dan Mazzaferro (Auburn) 444.65 in 2008 488.90 in 2009
Tyler Clary (Michigan) 1:37.58 in 2009 Damir Dugonjic (California) 50.86 in 2009 Neil Versfeld (Georgia) 1:51.40 in 2009 Austin Staab (Stanford) 44.18 in 2009 Mark Dylla (Georgia) 1:40.60 in 2011 Bradley Ally (Florida) 1:40.49 in 2009 Tyler Clary (Michigan) 3:35.98 in 2009 Auburn 1:22.36 in 2009 Jared White Michael Silva Matt Targett Gideon Louw Auburn 3:01.39 in 2009 Pascal Wollach Adam Klein Tyler McGill Matt Targett Auburn 1:14.08 in 2009 Jakob Andkjaer Gideon Louw Kohlton Norys Matt Targett Auburn 2:46.03 in 2009 Jakob Andkjaer Gideon Louw Kohlton Norys Matt Targett Texas 6:10.16 in 2009 Dave Walters Ricky Berens Scott Jostes Michael Klueh David Boudia (Purdue) 468.65 in 2010 David Boudia (Purdue) 494.90 in 2010 Nick McCrory (Duke) 548.90 in 2011
Martin Grodzki (Georgia) 14:24.08 in 2012 Ryan Lochte (Florida) 44.60 in 2006
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THE 2012-13 CRIMSON TIDE WOMEN AT A GLANCE
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LISA BOGOSIAN
KAYLIN BURCHELL
BROOKE ELIAS
EMILY FACCHINE
JENNA GALLO
BRITTANY GILBERT
ANNA RAE GWARJANSKI
5-0 | Soph. | 1L Diving
5-6 | Soph. | 1L Breaststroke
5-8 | Fr. | HS Backstroke
5-7 | Soph. | SQ Freestyle/IM
5-8 | Sr. | 3L Freestyle
5-4 | Fr. | HS Butterfly/Backstroke
5-9 | Jr. | 2L Butterfly/Freestyle/IM
HILLARY HAHMANN
VICTORIA HOVE
STEPHANIE KINSEY
STEPHANIE KLOTZ
ANGELY MARTINEZ
PAIGE McCLEARY
KEELIN McNAMARA
5-8 | Jr. | 1L Freestyle
5-5 | Fr. | HS IM/Breaststroke
5-9 | Jr. | 1L Backstroke/Freestyle
5-6 | Fr. | HS Breaststroke
5-2 | Soph. | 1L Diving
5-3 | Jr. | 2L Diving
5-7 | Fr. | HS
KATHERYNE MUTH
JUSTINE PANIAN
BRITTANY PARKEY
LAUREN PIPER
MORGAN PRESLEY
MICHELE RIELLY
CHANDLER RYBERG
5-8 | Soph. | SQ Freestyle
5-7 | Fr. | HS Freestyle
5-7 | Soph. | SQ Breaststroke
5-6 | Jr. | 2L IM/Backstroke
5-5 | Fr. | HS Breaststroke
5-9 | Fr. | HS Backstroke
5-9 | Fr. | HS
KATIE SCHROEDER
LAUREN SEARCY
ALI SMITH
KRISTEL VOURNA
5-8 | Jr. | SQ Freestyle
5-8 | Fr. | HS Butterfly/Backstroke/IM
5-10 | Fr. | HS Backstroke
5-8 | Jr. | 2L Butterfly/Freestyle
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Backstroke/IM
Freestyle
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2012-13 ALABAMA WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTER Event(s) Diving Breaststroke Backstroke Freestyle/IM Freestyle Butterfly/Backstroke Butterfly/Freestyle/IM Freestyle IM/Breaststroke Freestyle Breaststroke Diving Diving Backstroke/IM Freestyle Freestyle Breaststroke IM/Backstroke Breaststroke Backstroke Freestyle Freestyle Butterfly/Backstroke/IM Backstroke Butterfly/Freestyle
Height 5-0 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-8 5-4 5-9 5-8 5-5 5-9 5-6 5-2 5-3 5-7 5-8 5-7 5-7 5-6 5-5 5-9 5-9 5-8 5-8 5-10 5-8
Year 1L 1L HS SQ 3L HS 2L 1L HS 1L HS 1L 2L HS SQ HS SQ 2L HS HS HS SQ HS HS 2L
Exp. Soph. Soph. Fr. Soph. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Soph. Jr. Fr. Soph. Fr. Soph. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Jr.
Hometown (High School) Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden) Richmond, Ky. (Madison Central) Columbia, S.C. (Irmo) Raleigh, N.C. (William G. Enloe) Lake Worth, Fla. (Park Vista) Munster, Ind. (Munster) Ft. Payne, Ala. (Baylor School) Tampa, Fla. (H.B. Plant) Panama City, Fla. (Crawford Mosley) Harrisburg, Pa. (Trinity) Cameron Park, Calif. (Vista Del Lago) Miami, Fla. (St. Brendan) Lake Worth, Fla. (Palm Beach Central) Greenville, S.C. (J.L. Mann Academy) Sarasota, Fla. (Sarasota) San Marcos, Calif. (Mission Hills) Alpharetta, Ga. (Alpharetta) St. Petersburg, Fla. (Northeast) Peachtree City, Ga. (Starrs Mill) Columbus, Ohio (Bishop Watterson) Atlanta, Ga. (St. Pius X) Mechanicsville, Va. (Atlee) Woodstock, Ga. (Etowah) Flower Mound, Texas (Edward Marcus) Patpas, Greece (Universal)
COACHES Head Coach Dennis Pursley| 1st Season | Alabama, 1972 Diving Coach Pat Greenwell | 26th Season | Pittsburgh, 1981 Assistant Coach Jonty Skinner | 1st Season | Alabama, 1978 Assistant Coach James Barber | 6th Season | Auburn at Montgomery, 1996 Assistant Coach Mike Davidson | 1st Season | Alabama, 1989 Assistant Coach Lisa Ebeling| 1st Season | Arizona, 2007 Assistant Coach Scott Crawford | 1st Season | Queensland University of Technology, 1990 Assistant Coach David Pursley | 1st Season | Utah, 2010
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CRIMSON TIDE BY CLASS SENIOR (1) Jenna Gallo
JUNIOR (7) Anna Rae Gwarjanski Hillary Hahmann Stephanie Kinsey Paige McCleary Lauren Piper Katie Schroeder Kristel Vourna
SOPHOMORES (6) Lisa Bogosian Kaylin Burchell Emily Facchine Angely Martinez Katheryne Muth Brittany Parkey
FRESHMEN (11) Brooke Elias Justine Panian Brittany Gilbert Victoria Hove Stephanie Klotz Keelin McNamara Morgan Presley Michele Rielly Chandler Ryberg Lauren Searcy Ali Smith
ALABAMA (1) Anna Rae Gwarjanski
KENTUCKY (1) Kaylin Burchell
CALIFORNIA (2) Justine Panian Stephanie Klotz
NORTH CAROLINA (1) Emily Facchine
FLORIDA (7) Jenna Gallo Hillary Hahmann Victoria Hove Angely Martinez Paige McCleary Katheryne Muth Lauren Piper
OHIO (1) Michele Rielly
GEORGIA (4) Brittany Parkey Lauren Searcy Chandler Ryberg Morgan Presley GREECE (1) Kristel Vourna INDIANA (1) Brittany Gilbert
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Name Lisa Bogosian Kaylin Burchell Brooke Elias Emily Facchine Jenna Gallo Brittany Gilbert Anna Rae Gwarjanski Hillary Hahmann Victoria Hove Stephanie Kinsey Stephanie Klotz Angely Martinez Paige McCleary Keelin McNamara Katheryne Muth Justine Panian Brittany Parkey Lauren Piper Morgan Presley Michele Rielly Chandler Ryberg Katie Schroeder Lauren Searcy Ali Smith Kristel Vourna
PENNSYLVANIA (1) Stephanie Kinsey SOUTH CAROLINA (1) Brooke Elias Keelin McNamara TENNESSEE (1) Lisa Bogosian TEXAS (1) Ali Smith VIRGINIA (1) Katie Schroeder
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2012-13 ALABAMA WOMEN’S OUTLOOK
2013 OUTLOOK THE 2012-13 WOMEN’S ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE Back Row, from the left - Lauren Searcy, Brooke Elias, Stephanie Kinsey, Katheryne Muth, Kristel Vourna, Keelin McNamara, Brittany Parkey, Emily Faccine, Claire Williamson, Kaylin Burchell. Middle Row - Anna Rae Gwarjanski, Jenna Gallo, Ali Smith, Katie Schroeder, Chandler Ryberg, Justin Panian, Michele Rielly and Hillary Hahmann. Bottom Row - Morgan Presley, Lauren Piper, Stephanie Klotz, Victoria Hove, Brittany Gilbert, Paige McCleary, Angely Martinez and Lisa Bogosian.
When nearly half of your team resides in the freshman class, there’s no getting around the fact that you have a young team, but for the Alabama women’s team, that youth has created a sense of excitement on the deck of the Alabama Aquatic Center. For the 2012-13 edition of the of Crimson Tide women’s program, the new faces don’t end with the athletes. There are five new coaches this season, starting with head coach Dennis Pursley, who returns to the Capstone after starting his coaching career alongside Alabama legend Don Gambril in the 1970s. Since then, he has worked at the highest echelon of the sport including a 14-year stint as the director of the United States National team and more recently a fouryear engagement as the head coach of British Swimming that culminated in the 2012 London Olympics. Pursley has brought former world record holder and Alabama’s first NCAA Champion Jonty Skinner along with UA All-American Mike Davidson back to Tuscaloosa as assistant coaches. He also added Lisa Ebeling, Scott Crawford and David Pursley to a staff that includes veterans Pat Greenwell and James Barber. Pursley’s first women’s team will be led by returning co-MVPs, juniors Kristel Vourna and Paige McCleary. Vourna enjoyed a tremendous sophomore season, earning All-America honors and competing at the 2012 Olympics for her
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native Greece. The school record holder in the 100 butterfly, she finished 12th in the 100-meter butterfly at the London Games, setting a new Greek national record in the process. McCleary, who was named the Southeastern Conference Freshman Diver of the Year in 2011, continued to rip dives for the Tide in 2012, compiling the most individual points for the Tide at the SEC Championships with top-eight finishes off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. The Lake Worth, Fla., native narrowly missed a trip to the NCAA Championships after a solid showing at the Zone B Championships. The Tide will also look to Kaylin Burchell, who competed at the 2012 NCAA Championships as a rookie. Burchell comes into her sophomore season ranked second all-time for the Tide in the 100 breaststroke. Burchell and diver Angely Martinez both earned Freshman All-SEC honors after posting top-eight finishes at the league championship meet. Burchell was sixth in the 100 breaststroke while Martinez was sixth off the platform. Lauren Piper, who scored in both the backstroke events at the 2012 SEC Championships, including a top-eight finish in the 100, is back for her junior season. Other SEC scorers on the 2013 roster include the Tide’s lone senior, distance ace Jenna Gallo, along with juniors Stephanie Kinsey and Anna Rae Gwarjanski and sophomore Lisa Bogosian.
With just over a dozen veterans populating the Tide’s roster, the rookies are going to have to step in immediately throughout the lineup. “I’ve been very pleased with the attitude of the team and the way they’ve embraced the changing culture of this program,” Pursley said. “We’re definitely a work in progress this season, especially on the women’s side where we are so young, but the enthusiasm and dedication of everyone involved has been tremendous and I’m looking forward to the journey as we move forward as a program.” The Tide’s youth won’t have much of a chance to ease into the college experience. After opening the 2012-13 season at home against Delta State, Alabama then hits the road for a fourweek, three-meet stretch that includes Auburn, Vanderbilt and LSU. “We’ll know a lot more about the team after that October-November stretch,” Pursley said. “And they’ll know a lot more about what it means to compete at this level, what it means to compete in the SEC.” The Tide will wrap its regular season with home meets against SEC newcomer Missouri as well as Georgia and South Carolina before traveling to the SEC’s other new team, Texas A&M, for the conference championships in mid-February.
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PROFILES Brooke
BOGOSIAN
Newcomer award … Freshman All-Southeastern Conference … twice named SEC Freshman Swimmer of the Week.
Diving
Prep Highlights:
Backstroke
2012 – Freshman: Scored off the platform at the SEC Championships, taking ninth place … also competed in the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events at the SEC Championships … earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll … earned CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-America honors … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester.
Coached by Rick Babuka at Telford YMCA and the late Tim Cahill at Colonel Aquatics … competed in Australia as a member of the United States Junior National Team, setting the Australian Open record in the 50-meter breaststroke … Kentucky state record holder in the 100 breaststroke … won the Kentucky state 100 breaststroke title five years in a row and won the 200 IM in 2008 … six-time Kentucky All-State and All-Region team … earned the 2011 KHSAA Outstanding Performance award … USS National Age Group record holder in the 50 breaststroke … silver medalist in the 100 breaststroke at the 2009 USA Junior National Championships … USA Olympic Trials qualifier in 2008 and 2012.
Prep Highlights:
Personal Information:
5-0 | Soph. | 1L Knoxville, Tenn. Bearden Alabama Highlights:
Dove for Brian Pritt at Tennessee Diving … 2011 Tennessee State 1-meter champion … team captain … diver of the year … Key Club … finaled off the 1-meter board at the USA Diving Spring Junior East Championships … finaled at the USA Diving Summer Junior Zone D Championships off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. Personal Information:
Full name: Lisa Ann Bogosian … son of Martha and Michael Riordan … brother, James … mother, Martha, dove for Virginia Tech … marine science major … born April 17, 1993.
Full name: Patricia Kaylin Burchell … daughter of Lynne and Todd Burchell … sister, Laylee … pre-occupational therapy major … born May 4, 1993. Top Times:
100 breaststroke 1:00.53 200 breaststroke 2:12.20 200 IM 2:00.28
ELIAS 5-8 | Fr. | HS Columbia, S.C. Irmo Prep Highlights:
Coached by Heath Edwards at Palmetto Aquatics … 2010 4A Midlands Swimmer of the Year … All-Region 2008-2011 … earned AllState honors 2008-2012 … 2012 South Carolina state 200 backstroke champion … 2012 United States Swimming Scholastic All-American … 2011 South Carolina Zone Team … USA Junior National Championships qualifier … Miss Palmetto, 2011 and 2012 … Distinguished Honor Graduate … National Honors Society … Spanish Honors Society … Junior Marshall 2011. Personal Information:
Full name: Brooke Anderson Elias … daughter of Amy and Paul Elias … brothers, Paul and Zach … advertising major … born June 20, 1994. Top Times:
PROFILES
Lisa
200 backstroke 2:02.52 200 freestyle 1:54.64 100 backstroke 58.32
Kaylin
BURCHELL Breaststroke 5-6 | Soph. | 1L Richmond, Ky. Madison Central Alabama Highlights:
2012 – Freshman: Competed in the 100 and 200 breaststroke and 200 IM in the NCAA Championships … posted a career-best time in the 200 IM at the NCAA Championships with a time of 2:00.28, which ranks fifth all-time for the Tide … finaled in the 100 breaststroke at the SEC Championships, taking sixth … posted a career-best time of 1:00.53 in the prelims of the 100 breaststroke at the SEC Championships which ranks her second all-time at Alabama … scored in 200 breaststroke at SEC Championships, taking 11th place and recording a career-best time of 2:12.20 which ranks her fourth all-time at Alabama … member of the school record-setting 200 and 400 medley relays at the SEC Championships … earned the Tide’s Angelika Knipping Most Valuable
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PROFILES Emily
FACCHINE Freestyle/IM 5-7 | Soph. | SQ Raleigh, N.C. William G. Enloe Alabama Highlights:
2012 – Freshman: Competed in the 200 butterfly and 400 IM in the SEC Championships … earned the Tide’s Katie Williams Most Dedicated award … named to the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall and spring semester … carries a 4.0 GPA for her career.
SEC Championships ... took four seconds off her best time in the mile, turning in a 16:27.11, which ranks her second all-time at Alabama, at the SEC Championships … turned in Alabama’s top time of the season in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyles … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2010 - Freshman: Turned in a season-best 4:52.46 in the 500 freestyle at the UT Invite … posted a season-best 16:36.72 in the mile at the UT Invite … posted a 10:02.20 in the 1,000 freestyle on the way out in the mile at the UT Invite, which ranks her sixth all time for the Tide … swam the 200, 500 and 1,650 freestyle at the SEC Championships … turned in Alabama’s top times of the season in the 500 and 1,650 freestyles … earned the Angelika Knipping Most Valuable Newcomer award.
Full name: Brittany Lynn Gilbert … daughter of Lori and Mike Gilbert … sisters, Aubry and Caitlyn … pre-major studies … born October 26, 1993. Top Times:
100 freestyle 51.57 100 backstroke 55.99 100 butterfly 55.81
Anna Rae
GWARJANSKI Butterfly/Freestyle/IM 5-9 | Jr. | 2L Ft. Payne, Ala. Baylor School
Prep Highlights:
Coached by Paul Silver at Marlins of Raleigh Swim Club … Enloe High School 2011 MVP … four-year All-Conference … four-year North Carolina state championship finalist … AP Scholar … four-year “A” Honor Roll … Enloe Scholar … four-year member of the Enloe Orchestra. Personal Information:
PROFILES
Full name: Emily Facchine … daughter of Lindsay and Kevin Facchine … sisters, Hannah and Libby … chemical engineering major … born February 22, 1993. Top Times:
400 IM 4:28.21 200 Butterfly 2:06.12 1,000 Freestyle 10:11.31 500 Freestyle 5:05.00 1,650 Freestyle 17:24.42
Prep Highlights:
Three-year All-American … set the Palm Beach County record in the 500 freestyle … finaled in the 200 and 500 freestyles at the 2009 Florida High School championships … swam for Tim Bruce at Park Vista Community High School and Sid Cassidy at Saint Andrew’s Swimming … USA Senior National qualifier … served as team captain of both her Park Vista and Saint Andrew’s teams. Personal Information:
Full name: Jenna Gallo … daughter of Susan and Paul Gallo … health science major … born October 6, 1990. Top Times:
200 freestyle 1:51.12 500 freestyle 4:49.14 1,000 freestyle 9:54.15 1,650 freestyle 16:27.11
Jenna
Brittany
GALLO
GILBERT
Freestyle
Butterfly/Backstroke
5-8 | Sr. | 3L
5-4 | Fr. | HS
Lake Worth, Fla.
Munster, Ind.
Park Vista
Munster
Alabama Highlights:
Prep Highlights:
2012 – Junior: Scored in the 1,650 freestyle at the SEC Championships, taking 16th place … also competed in the 200 and 500 freestyle at the SEC Championships … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall and spring semester.
Swam for Matt Lee at Munster Swim Club … high school All-American in the 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle … earned All-State honors in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke … Munster MVP all four years … swam the 100 butterfly, backstroke and freestyle at the 2009 USA Senior National Championships … competed in the 100 butterfly, backstroke and freestyle at the 2010 USA Junior National Championships … competed in the 100 butterfly as well as the 100 and 200 backstroke at the 2011 USA Junior National Championships.
2011 - Sophomore: Scored in the 1,650 freestyle at the SEC Championships, taking 14th place … also competed in the 200 and 500 freestyle at the SEC Championships … shaved three seconds off her best 500 freestyle time, posting a 4:49.14 which ranks her third all-time at Alabama, at the
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Personal Information:
Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Swam the 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 200 IM at the SEC Championships … led off the Tide’s 800 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships with a career-best 1:48.66, which ranks fourth all-time at Alabama … earned the Tide’s Debra Hobart Perseverance, Determination and Spirit award for the second year in a row … CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester. 2011 - Freshman: Competed in the 100 and 200 butterfly and 200 IM at the SEC Championships … posted career-best times in the 100 freestyle, 100 and 200 butterfly and 200 IM at the SEC Championships, touching at 50.75, 55.24, 2:03.45 and 2:01.50 respectively … shaved nearly four seconds off her previous best in the 200 IM, which ranks her sixth all time at Alabama … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … earned CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar AllAmerica honors … earned the Crimson Tide’s Debra Hobart Perseverance, Determination and Spirit award … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester. Prep Highlights:
Swam for Dan Flack at Baylor School and for Dan Flack, Tom Smith and Laura Pitman on the Baylor Swim Club … led the Baylor School to the 2009 Public and Independent High School National Championship … National Public and Independent High School record holder as part of the 200 medley relay in 2009 … national champion as part of the 200 medley relay in 2009 … state champion as part of the 400 freestyle and 200 medley relays in 2009 and 2010 … took third in the 100 freestyle and fourth in the 100 butterfly at the 2010 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming Championship … finished third in the 100 butterfly and the 100 freestyle at the 2009 Eastern Interscholastic Swimming Championship
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Personal Information:
Full name: Anna Rae Gwarjanski … daughter of Kelly and David Gwarjanski … sisters, Abigail and Ashleigh … double major in French and journalism … born July 15, 1992. Top Times:
100 butterfly 55.24 100 freestyle 50.75 200 Freestyle 1:48.66 200 IM 2:01.50
SunCoast Chapter Alumni Scholarship, the Florida Swimming Pool Association Scholarship, and Plant’s Charlie Guy Scholarship. Personal Information:
Full name: Hillary Ann Hahmann … daughter of Cynthia and David Hahmann … sister, Haley … business major … born August 13, 1991. Top Times:
50 freestyle 24.62 100 freestyle 52.92 200 freestyle 1:52.21 500 freestyle 4:59.93 1,000 freestyle 10:22.90
Victoria Hillary
HOVE
HAHMANN
Breaststroke/IM
Freestyle
5-5 | Fr. | HS
5-8 | Jr. | SQ
Panama City, Fla.
Tampa, Fla.
A.C. Mosley
H.B. Plant Alabama Highlights:
2012 - Sophomore: Competed in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyles at the SEC Championships … career-best times in the 50 and 100 freestyles at the SEC Championships, posting times of 24.62 and 52.92, respectively … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the spring semester. 2011 - Freshman: Competed in the 100, 200 and 500 freestyles at the SEC Championships … posted a career-best time of 4:59.93 in the 500 freestyle at the SEC Championships, dropping more than three seconds off her previous best. Prep Highlights:
Coached by Gil Gonzalez at H.B. Plant High School and Jason Bowes at the Tampa Bay Aquatics swim club … two-time All-American … led Plant High School to three district championships and two regional title … won 13 district and four regional titles … 14-time state finalist … state champion as part of Plant’s 200 freestyle relay … team captain in 2009 … twotime All-County … Plant’s 2010 Swimmer of the Year … Plant’s Junior, Sophomore and Freshman Swimmer of the Year … USA Swimming Junior National qualifier … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … 2010 National Interscholastic Swim Coach Association Scholastic All-American … selected as the 2009-10 Hall of Fame female for H.B. Plant High School … an AP Scholar for 2009 and 2010 … member of the National Honor Society, National Beta Honor Society, Mu Alph Theta Math Honor Society as well as the Science and Social Studies honor societies … member of the Latin Club and Zeta Service Club board of directors … earned the University of Alabama
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Coached by Sue Cottrill at A.C. Mosley High School and Jonathan Kaplan at Panama City Swim Team … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … 2012 Southeastern 400 IM Champion … 2011 Southeastern Zone Team … set Bay County records in the 200 IM, 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke … FCS President … Mu Alpha Theta … Beta Club … National Honor Society … Salutatorian … Mosley Hall of Fame … four-year academic honor roll.
200 medley relay at the SEC Championships … career-best time in the 100 backstroke moved her to fifth all-time at Alabama … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American … named to the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the spring semester … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall semester. 2011 - Freshman: Joined the Crimson Tide after spending the 2010-11 academic year at Clemson, which dropped its varsity program. Prep Highlights:
Coached by Scott Zacarda and Mike Gobrecht at Northern York Aquatic Club & West Shore YMCA … USA Senior National Championship qualifier … All-American … six-time All-State honoree … led West Shore YMCA to the 2008 YMCA national championship … member of three YMCA national record-setting relays … 2010 graduate of Trinity High School … jazz band … Key Club … National Honor Society … earned USA Swimming Scholastic AllAmerica honors as a senior. Personal Information:
Full name: Stephanie Rae Kinsey … daughter of Kimberly and Forrest Kinsey … brother, Alex … nursing major, psychology minor … born May 29, 1991. Top Times:
200 backstroke 2:08.34 100 backstroke 55.40 100 freestyle 51.49 50 freestyle 24.79
Personal Information:
Full name: Victoria Jeanette Hove … daughter of Deborah and Dominic Hove … chemical engineering major … born November 23, 1993.
Stephanie
KLOTZ Breaststroke
Top Times:
100 breaststroke 1:06.12 200 IM 2:04.94 400 IM 4:34.48
5-6 | Fr. | HS Cameron Park, Calif. Vista Del Lago
Stephanie
KINSEY Freestyle 5-9 | Jr. | 1L Harrisburg, Pa. Trinity Collegiate Highlights:
2012 – Sophomore: Scored in the 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships, taking 12th place … competed in the 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships … posted career-best times in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships with times of 55.40 and 2:08.34, respectively … led off the school record setting
Prep Highlights:
Swam for Jeff Pearson and Brad Robbins with the Sierra Marlins Swim Team and Joel Garceau at Vista Del Lago High School … high school state 100 breaststroke champion … 100 breaststroke All-American … three-year USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … member of the Sierra Valley Conference record-setting 200 freestyle relay … Sierra Valley Conference record holder in the 100 breaststroke … eighttime Sierra Valley Conference champion – four each in the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM … USA Senior National Championship qualifier … USA Junior National Championship qualifier … Western Zone Senior Meet record holder in the 200 breaststroke.
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… team captain 2009-2010 … member of the National Honor Society … Business Club Secretary … member of the Round Table, French Club and Red Circle … served as a writing and peer tutor … dorm prefect.
PROFILES Personal Information:
Full name: Stephanie Lynne Klotz … daughter of Linda and Dean Klotz … brother, Matthew … born May 16, 1994. Top Times:
100 breaststroke 1:03.96 200 breaststroke 2:17.77
Angely
MARTINEZ Diving 5-2 | Soph. | 1L Miami, Fla.
Christina Jarvis Most Valuable award … earned CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll. 2011 - Freshman: SEC Freshman Diver of the Year … Freshman All-SEC … posted the league’s top freshman finishes at the SEC Championships off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards as well as the platform … finaled off the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at the SEC Championships, taking eight and sixth respectively … also scored off the platform at the SEC Championships, taking 14th place … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … earned CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar AllAmerica honors … earned the Crimson Tide’s Coach’s Award.
St. Brendan Prep Highlights: Alabama Highlights:
PROFILES
2012 – Freshman: Finaled off the platform at the SEC Championships, taking sixth place … also competed off the 1-meter board at the SEC Championships … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … earned CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-American Honors … Freshman All-Southeastern Conference … named to the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall and spring semesters … carries a 4.0 GPA for his career.
Dove for Dave Burgering and Evan Linette at the Ft. Lauderdale Dive Team and Paul Vowles at Palm Beach Central High School … member of the USA Diving All-Star Team … finaled off both boards and the platform at the 2009 USA Diving Age Group National Championships, taking third off the 1-meter, fourth off the 3-meter and eight on the platform … fouryear district champion … three-year regional champion … finished as high as second at the state championships … National Honor Society.
Prep Highlights:
Personal Information:
Coached by Dario DiFazio at Miami Diving … Puerto Rican national champion off the 1-meter and platform … competed at the Central American Games … three-time U.S. Junior National qualifier … coached by Tracey Taylor at Saint Brendan Catholic High School … threetime state qualifier … earned first team All-Dade County honors … three-time district champion.
Full name: Paige Ann McCleary … daughter of Christine and Daniel McCleary … sister, Shelby … pre-major studies … born July 16, 1992.
Keelin
McNAMARA Backstroke/IM
Personal Information:
Full name: Angely Milagros Martinez … daughter of Amalia and Eugenio Martinez … brother, Eugene … sister, Yaneya Navarro … international studies major, French minor … born March 30, 1993.
Paige
McCLEARY Diving 5-3 | Jr. | 2L Lake Worth, Fla. Palm Beach Central Alabama Highlights:
2012 – Sophomore: Finaled off the 1-meter and 3-meter board at the SEC Championships, taking seventh both times … finaled off both the 1-meter and 3-meter board at the NCAA Zone B Championships … earned the Tide’s
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5-7 | Fr. | HS Greenville, S.C. J.L. Mann Academy Prep Highlights:
Coached by Peter Wright at Y Spartaquatics Swim Club … YMCA national champion as part of Spartaquatics 400 freestyle relay … helped lead Spartaquatics to the 2011 YMCA National Championship … All-State and All-Conference throughout high school career … earned Mann’s Coaches Award and named team captain as a senior … 3A and 4A South Carolina state champion and record holder … student council … National Honor Society. Personal Information:
Full name: Keelin Elizabeth McNamara … daughter of Pat and Beth McNamara … sisters, Ryan and Meredith … brother, Patrick … telecommunications and film major … born January 4, 1994.
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PROFILES Top Times:
200 backstroke 2:03.46 100 backstroke 57.75 200 IM 2:06.22 200 breaststroke 2:21.70
records … 12-year Girl Scout … Girl Scout Gold Award Recipient … National Honors Society … California Scholarship Federation.
Lauren
Personal Information:
IM/Backstroke
MUTH
Full name: Justine Ann Panian … daughter of Kassie and James Panian … sister, Jaymee … brothers, Kirk and Clint … chemical engineering major … born March 20, 1994.
Freestyle
Top Times:
Katheryne
PIPER 5-6 | Jr. | 2L St. Petersburg, Fla. Northeast
Sarasota, Fla.
Alabama Highlights:
50 freestyle 23.30 100 freestyle 52.70 100 butterfly 54.75
Sarasota
Brittany
PARKEY
Alabama Highlights:
2012 – Freshman: Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Breaststroke 5-7 | Soph. | SQ
Prep Highlights:
Coached by Steve Brown and Mark Matuszak at Sarasota YMCA and Sherwood Watts at Sarasota High School … 2011 Florida High School Swimmer of the Year … nine-time Florida High School District Champion, earning titles in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyles … won the Florida High School State 200 freestyle title in 2010 … competed at both USA Junior and Senior National Championships … led Sarasota YMCA to five national team titles … part of three YMCA National Champion relay squads.
Alpharetta, Ga. Alpharetta Alabama Highlights:
Full name: Katheryne Elyse Muth … daughter of Amy and David Muth … sister, Rachel … exercise and sports science major … born February 4, 1992.
2012 – Freshman: Competed in the 100 and 200 Breaststrokes during the SEC Championships … posted a career-best time in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:19.52 at the SEC Championships … posted a careerbest time in the 100 breaststroke in the tri-meet against Tulane and Emory with a time of 1:05.56 … earned the Tide’s Kim Nicholson Most Improved award … named to the President’s List (4.0 grade point average) for the fall and spring semesters … carries a 4.0 GPA for her career.
Top Times:
Prep Highlights:
Personal Information:
1,650 freestyle 16:49.72 1,000 freestyle 9:58.57 500 freestyle 4:52.65 200 freestyle 1:48.88 100 freestyle 51.24
Justine
PANIAN Freestyle/Butterfly 5-7 | Fr. | HS San Marcos, Calif. Mission Hills Prep Highlights:
Swam for Scott Lawson at Inland Coastal Aquatics Club … three-time All-American … three-year USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … 2012 San Diego All-Section Swimmer of the Year … three-time San Diego Division 1 CIF champion in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle … USA Senior National Championship qualifier in the 100 butterfly … holds seven Inland Coastal Aquatics Club
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2012 – Sophomore: Led off the Tide’s school record setting 400 medley relay at the SEC Championships … finaled in the 100 backstroke taking eighth place and scored in the 200 backstroke, taking 15th, at the SEC Championships … turned in Alabama’s top time of the season in the 100 and 200 backstrokes.
Coached by Rich Murphy at Dynamo Swim Club and Emily Santowski and Lisa Marshall at Alpharetta High School … three-time USA Junior National Championships participant … Alpharetta school record holder in the 100 breaststroke … runner-up in the 100 breaststroke at the 2009 Georgia State Championships … member of the 2009 Southeastern Zone team … finished second in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2009 State Championships … National Honor Society … two-time USA Swimming Academic AllAmerican … AP Scholar Award winner. Personal Information:
Full name: Brittany Elizabeth Parkey … daughter of Rosalie and William Parkey … brother, Grant … sister, Sarah … nursing major … born November 21, 1992. Top Times:
100 breaststroke 1:05.56 200 breaststroke 2:19.52
2011 - Freshman: Scored in the 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships, taking 13th place with a career-best 54.48 which is more than a second faster than her previous best, which ranks her fourth all-time for the Crimson Tide … also competed in the 200 backstroke and the 200 IM at the SEC Championships … shaved more than two seconds of her previous best in the 200 backstroke, touching the wall at 1:58.50 at the SEC Championships, which ranks her third all-time at Alabama … turned in UA’s top time of the season in the 100 and 200 backstrokes. Prep Highlights:
Coached by Fred Lewis at St. Petersburg Aquatics Swim Club … earned USA Olympic Trial cut in the 200 IM … earned USA Senior National cuts in the 100 and 200 backstrokes, 100 and 200 butterfly and the 200 and 400 IM … 2006, 2007, 2008 Florida 3A State Champion Medley Relay … four-year High School AllAmerican … finished second in the 200 IM at the 2007 high school state championships … placed second in 100 backstroke and third on the 200 IM at 2008 high school state championships … took second in the 100 backstroke at 2009 Florida high school state championships … led Riverview to three consecutive Florida High School Class 3A State Championships … set school records in the 200 IM and 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke … team captain and MVP … member of the Marine and Literacy Clubs, Student Government Association and Speech/ Debate team … International Baccalaureate student … National Honor Society. Personal Information:
Full name: Lauren Clara Piper … daughter of Patrick and Rene Piper … brother, Jacob, sisters Halie, Jessica, Paige and Madison … pre-major studies … born May 18, 1992. Top Times:
100 backstroke 54.48 200 backstroke 1:58.50 200 IM 2:02.54
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5-8 | Soph. | SQ
PROFILES Morgan
Chandler
PRESLEY
RYBERG
Breaststroke
Freestyle
5-5 | Fr. | HS
5-9 | Fr. | HS
Peachtree City, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga.
Starrs Mill
St. Pius X
Prep Highlights:
Prep Highlights:
Coached by Rebecca Rickeard at Starrs Mill High School and by former Crimson Tide AllAmerican Jamey Myers at Southern Crescent Aquatic Team … four-time high school All-American … four-time state champion … three-time Georgia All-Star … Second Team All-State. Starrs Mill record holder in the 100 breaststroke and as part of the 200 medley and freestyle relays … 2011 USA Senior National Championships qualifier … three-year USA Junior National Championships qualifier.
Coached by Scott Carter at St. Pius X High School and by USA Olympian Doug Gjertsen at Swim Atlanta … four- year All-American … four-year All-State … anchored state champion and school record-setting 200 freestyle and medley relays … state champion, school record setter and All-American in the 50 freestyle … earned the Pam Haddad Miller and Timothy Angulo Scholarships … Swim Atlanta Select Team Member … USA Junior National Championship qualifier … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.
Personal Information:
Full name: Kaitlin Joy Schroeder … daughter of Cheree and Jeff Schroeder … elementary education major … brother, Kyle … sister, Kristi, swims for Marshall University … born November 7, 1991. Top Times:
1,650 freestyle 16:34.22 1,000 freestyle 10:37.09 500 freestyle 4:50.23 200 freestyle 1:50.31 200 butterfly 2:00.85 400 IM 4:18.70
Lauren
SEARCY Butterfly/Backstroke/IM 5-8 | Fr. | HS Woodstock, Ga.
Personal Information:
Full Name: Morgan Victoria Presley … daughter of Deb and Buddy Presley … business major … brothers, Eric and Luke … sister, Lauren … born April 29, 1994.
Etowah
Personal Information:
Full Name: Mary Chandler Ryberg … daughter of Doris Childress and Cy Ryberg … communications and American studies major … born May 8, 1994.
Top Times:
PROFILES
100 breaststroke 1:02.88 200 breaststroke 2:15.90
Top Times:
50 freestyle 23.62 100 backstroke 55.69
Michelle
REILLY Katie
Backstroke
SCHROEDER
5-9 | Fr. | HS
Atlee
Top Times:
5-8 | Jr. | SQ Bishop Watterson
Personal Information:
Full Name: Michele Marie Rielly … daughter of Donna and John Rielly … marine sciences major … sister, Alison … born May 31, 1994. Top Times:
50 freestyle 23.62 100 backstroke 55.69
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Personal Information:
Mechanicsville, Va.
Columbus, Ohio
Coached by Jim Peterfish at Westerville Aquatic Club … four-year All-American, All-Ohio and All-District … member of the State champion 200 and 400 freestyle relay squads … Bishop Watterson MVP as a senior … swam the 100 backstroke at the 2012 USA Olympic Trials … swam the 100 backstroke at the 2011 and 2012 USA Senior National Championships … finaled in the 100 backstroke at the 2012 USA Junior National Championships … swam the 100 and 200 backstroke as well as the 50 freestyle at the 2011 and 2012 USA Junior National Championships.
Swam for Tracy Bulger at Etowah and Ian Goss at Stingrays Swimming … USA Senior National Championship qualifier in the 100 butterfly … USA Junior National Championship qualifier in the 100 and 200 backstroke, 100 and 200 butterfly and 200 and 400 individual medley … four-year first team All-County … Etowah MVP … academic honor roll … Lamp of Knowledge award … helped lead Stingray to the 2012 Georgia state championship … 2009 USA Swimming Zone Select Camp. Full name: Lauren Elizabeth Searcy … daughter of Crystal and Danny Searcy … general health studies major … brother, Nick … born July 19, 1994.
Freestyle
Prep Highlights:
Prep Highlights:
Alabama Highlights:
2012 – Sophomore: Competed in the 500 freestyle, 200 butterfly and 400 IM at the SEC Championships … turned in Alabama’s top 500 freestyle time of the season.
100 butterfly 56.23 100 backstroke 57.86 200 IM 2:07.86
2011 - Freshman: Competed in the freestyle, butterfly and IM events during the regular season. Prep Highlights:
Swam for Karen Seeber at Atlee High School and Ted Sallade at the Poseidon Swimming Club … set the Central Region record in the 200 and 500 freestyles … Poseidon captain in 2009 and Atlee captain in 2009 and 2010 … Central Region Swimmer of the Year … finished in the top five at the Virginia state championships four years in a row … USA Junior National finalist … USA Senior National and U.S. Open qualifier … member of the Beta Club and Class Council.
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PROFILES Kristel
SMITH
VOURNA
Backstroke
Butterfly/Freestyle
5-10 | Fr. | HS
5-8 | Jr. | 2L
Flower Mound, Texas
Patpas, Greece
Edward Marcus
Universal
Prep Highlights:
Alabama Highlights:
Coached by Shannon Gillespy at Edward Marcus High School and by Mook Rhodenbaugh at Dallas Mustangs Swim Team … set the Marcus school record in the 100 butterfly … named Marcus’ Most Outstanding Swimmer from 2009-11 … named top of her class in mathematics as a sophomore … gave the commencement address at her graduation … AP Scholar, graduating with honors … earned the Dallas Mustangs’ Golden Mustang Award in 2011 … posted a runner-up finish in the 200 backstroke at the 2011 sectional meet … USA Scholastic All-American … competed in the 200 backstroke at the USA Senior National Championships.
2012 - Summer: Finished 12th in the 100m butterfly at the 2012 London Olympic Games … set a new Greek national record in the Olympic semifinals with a time of 58.31.
Personal Information:
Full name: Alexandria Leigh Smith … daughter of Debbie and Scott Smith … Sister, Tori … general health studies major … born September 6, 1994. Top Times:
200 backstroke 2:01.69 100 backstroke 57.37 200 IM 2:08.19
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2012 - Sophomore: Scored in the 100 butterfly at the NCAA Championships, taking 11th place and earning honorable mention AllAmerica honors in the process … also swam the 50 freestyle at the NCAA Championships … finaled at the SEC Championships in the 100 butterfly taking fifth … also scored in the in the 50 freestyle at the SEC Championships, taking 12th … member of the school recordsetting 200 and 400 medley relays at the SEC Championships … earned the Tide’s Christina Jarvis Most Valuable award … CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade point average) for the fall and spring semesters. 2011 - Summer: Posted a top-25 finish in the 100-meter butterfly at the FINA World Championships, touching the wall at 59.27 … set a Greek national record in the 100m butterfly, touching at 58.39 at the Banja Luka Open, which qualified her not only for the FINA World Championships but the 2012 London Olympics as well.
2011 - Freshman: Competed in the 50 and 100 freestyle and 100 butterfly at the NCAA Championships … narrowly missed scoring the 100 butterfly at the NCAA Championships, taking 17th place with a 52.90 … Freshman AllSEC … posted the league’s top freshman finish in the 100 butterfly at the SEC Championships … Alabama’s top individual finisher at the SEC Championships, taking fourth in the 100 butterfly with a school-record time of 52.16 … also competed in the 50 and 100 freestyle at the SEC Championships … in addition to her school record in the 100 butterfly, she ranks third in the 50 freestyle (22.78) and fifth in the 100 freestyle (50.19) all time for the Crimson Tide … turned in Alabama’s top time of the season in the 50 and 100 freestyle as well as the 100 butterfly … named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … earned first-team CSCAA Scholar All-America honors … earned the Crimson Tide’s Angelika Knipping Most Valuable Newcomer award … named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better GPA) for the fall and spring semesters. Prep Highlights: Coached by Lekakis George of N.O. Patron Swim Club … finished fifth in the 50-meter freestyle and sixth in the 50m butterfly at the World Junior Championship in Mexico … took the bronze medal in the 50m freestyle at the 2008 and 2007 European Junior Championships … four-year Greek National Champion. Personal Information: Full name: Kristel Vourna … daughter of Alkaterini and Nikolaos Vourna … brother, Andreas … pre-major studies … born February 11, 1992. Top Times: 100 butterfly 52.16 SR 50 freestyle 22.78 100 freestyle 50.19
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Kristel Vourna proved she was immune to the sophomore slump during the 2011-12 season, earning honorable mention All-America honors in the 100 butterfly, scoring six points towards the Crimson Tide’s 42nd-place finish at the NCAA Championships. She would go on to represent her native Greece at the 2012 London Olympics, setting a Greek record in the 100m butterfly on the way to a 12th-place finish in the semifinals. At the 2012 SEC Championships, Vourna posted the Tide’s top individual finish, taking fifth place in the 100 butterfly. Sophomore Paige McCleary scored the most individual points for the Tide after taking seventh off both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. Rookies Kaylin Burchell, who capped her first year at the Capstone with a trip to the NCAA Championships, and Angely Martinez tied for the Tide’s second-highest individual finish at the SEC Championships, taking sixth place in the 100 breaststroke and platform diving, respectively. The duo also earned Freshman All-SEC honors. Burchell also earned a pair of league honors during the regular season, when she was twice named SEC Freshman Swimmer of the Week. The 400 medley relay of sophomore Lauren Piper, Burchell, Vourna and sophomore Alex Popa combined to shatter the school record set in 2009 by more than two seconds, touching the wall at 3:36.10 at the SEC Championships. The Tide women also set a new school record in the 200 medley relay at the SEC Championships. Sophomore Stephanie Kinsey joined with Burchell, Vourna and Popa to post a 1:38.68, bettering the old mark, set in 2009, by more than half a second. In the classroom, the Alabama women posted the highest team grade point average in the nation for the spring semester with a 3.62. Individually, 19 swimmers and divers earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll and nine were named CSCAA Scholar All-Americans. As a team, Alabama was named to the CSCAA Scholar AllAmerican winter and spring lists. In the community, Alabama hosted it third “Power of Pink” event helping raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer, wearing pink swim suits against LSU. Alabama also hosted its annual Laps for CF event, lending a helping hand in the fight against cystic fibrosis.
2011-12 Season Results (5-4, 1-3 SEC) Oct. 15
Florida State L South Carolina L Oct. 29 Emory W Tulane W Nov. 4 LSU L Dec. 20 Florida-International W North Texas W Jan. 14 Kentucky W Jan. 28 Georgia L Feb. 15-18 SEC Championships Mar. 15-17 NCAA Championships
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185-110 0-1, 0-0 151-149 0-2, 0-1 211.5-88.5 1-2 0-1 208-90 2-2, 0-1 175.5-124.5 2-3, 0-2 126-115 3-3, 0-2 121.5-115.5 4-3, 0-2 167-133 5-3, 1-2 173-121 5-4, 1-3 7th (249 pts) 42nd (6 pts)
2011-12 Women’s Roster
Name Lisa Bogosian Callan Buck Kaylin Burchell Kayla de Boer Emily Facchine Kara Feeney Jenna Gallo Anna Rae Gwarjanski Hillary Hahmann Caitlyn Harrison Shelby Hixon Stephanie Kinsey Angely Martinez Paige McCleary Katheryne Muth Callie Nettles Brittany Parkey Ida Persson Lauren Piper Alex Popa Katie Schroeder Suzanne Schwee Sam Stanley Kristel Vourna
Event(s) Diving Diving Breaststroke Backstroke Freestyle/IM Diving Freestyle Butterfly/Freestyle/IM Freestyle Freestyle Freestyle/IM Freestyle Diving Diving Freestyle Backstroke Breaststroke Butterfly IM/Backstroke Breaststroke/IM Freestyle Butterfly/Backstroke Freestyle/Backstroke Butterfly/Freestyle
Height 5-0 5-7 5-6 5-8 5-7 5-0 5-8 5-9 5-8 5-5 5-5 5-9 5-2 5-3 5-8 5-6 5-7 5-7 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-6 5-5 5-8
Year FR SO FR FR FR SR JR SO SO SR SR SO FR SO FR SO FR RS SR SO SO SO SR FR SO
Hometown (High School) Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden) Keller, Texas (Keller) Richmond, Ky. (Madison Central) Mckinney, Texas (Mckinney Boyd) Raleigh, N.C. (William G. Enloe) Cockeysville, Md. (Dulaney) Lake Worth, Fla. (Park Vista) Ft. Payne, Ala. (Baylor School) Tampa, Fla. (H.B. Plant) Manassas, Va. (Osbourn Park) Woodstock, Ga. (Etowah) Harrisburg, Pa. (Clemson) Miami, Fla. (St. Brendan) Lake Worth, Fla. (Palm Beach Central) Sarasota, Fla. (Sarasota) Acworth, Ga. (North Cobb) Alpharetta, Ga. (Alpharetta) Ostersund, Sweden (Nykoping) St. Petersburg, Fla. (Northeast) Pitesti, Romania (Pitesti) Mechanicsville, Va. (Atlee) Ashburn, Va. (Stone Bridge) Birmingham, Ala. (Mountain Brook) Patpas, Greece (Universal)
2011-12 Alabama Swimming and Diving Honor Roll 2011-12 Team Awards
Christina Jarvis Most Valuable: Kristel Vourna and Paige McCleary Angelika Knipping Most Valuable Newcomer: Kaylin Burchell Katie Williams Most Dedicated: Emily Facchine Kim Nicholson Most Improved: Brittany Parkey Ellen McGrath Most Scholastic: Callan Buck Coaches Award: Alex Popa Debra Hobart Perseverance, Determination and Spirit Award: Anna Rae Gwarjanski Captain: Ida Persson All-American Kristel Vourna CSCAA Team Scholar All-American Recognition Fall (3.38 team grade point average) Spring (3.62 team grade point average)
CSCAA Scholar All-Americans First-Team - Kristel Vourna Honorable Mention - Lisa Bogosian, Callan Buck, Anna Rae Gwarjanski, Stephanie Kinsey, Angely Martinez, Paige McCleary, Ida Persson, Suzanne Schwee Alabama Records 200 Medley Relay, 1:38.68 Stephanie Kinsey, Kaylin Burchell, Kristel Vourna, Alex Popa, 400 Medley Relay, 3:36.10 Lauren Piper, Kaylin Burchell, Kristel Vourna, Alex Popa Freshmen All-Southeastern Conference Kaylin Burchell and Angely Martinez SEC Academic Honor Roll Lisa Bogosian, Callan Buck, Kara Feeney, Jenna Gallo, Anna Rae Gwarjanski, Hillary Hahmann, Caitlyn Harrison, Shelby Hixon, Kayla de Boer, Emily Facchine, Angely Martinez, Paige McCleary, Katheryne Muth, Callie Nettles, Brittany Parkey, Ida Persson, Alex Popa, Suzanne Schwee, Kristel Vourna SEC Community Service Team Callan Buck SEC Freshman Swimmer of the Week Kaylin Burchell (Oct. 15 & Nov. 4)
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2011-12 WOMEN’S TOP MARKS 50 Freestyle
200 Butterfly So. Sr. So. So. Sr. So.
2/15-18 2/15-18 10/29 2/15-18 2/15-18 10/29
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
22.83 B 23.93 23.68 # 24.62 24.79 24.79
2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
49.93 B# 50.68 51.40 52.76 52.92
100 Freestyle Alex Popa Ida Persson Anna Rae Gwarjanski Caitlyn Harrison Hillary Hahmann
So. Sr. So. Sr. So.
So. So. Jr. Sr. So.
2/15-18 1/14 2/15-18 2/15-18 2/15-18
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Kentucky - Tuscaloosa, Ala. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
1:48.66 # 1:51.28 1:53.17 1:53.23 1:53.51
500 Freestyle Katie Schroeder Jenna Gallo Caitlyn Harrison Emily Facchine
So. Jr. Sr. Fr.
2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 11/4 LSU - Baton Rouge, La.
4:56.22 4:58.60 5:05.12 5:17.41
1,000 Freestyle Jenna Gallo Katie Schroeder Emily Facchine Caitlyn Harrison
Jr. So. Fr. Sr.
10/15 FSU/S. Carolina - Tallahassee, Fla. 1/14 Kentucky - Tuscaloosa, Ala. 11/4 LSU - Baton Rouge, La. 1/14 Kentucky - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
10:24.72 10:37.09 10:48.28 10:56.66
Jr.
2/15-18
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 16:54.77
100 Backstroke Lauren Piper Stephanie Kinsey Suzanne Schwee Kayla de Boer
So. So. Sr. Fr.
2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
54.51 B 55.40 56.22 56.70
So. Fr. So.
1:59.39 B 2:03.56 2:03.97 2:06.71
NCAA Championships - Auburn, Ala. NCAA Championships - Auburn, Ala. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
1:58.84 B 2:00.28 B 2:03.30 2:03.69 2:07.95
200 Individual Medley Alex Popa Kaylin Burchell Anna Rae Gwarjanski Lauren Piper Emily Facchine
So. 3/15-17 Fr. 3/15-17 So.2/15-18/112 So.2/15-18/112 Fr.2/15-18/112
Katie Schroeder Emily Facchine Lauren Piper
So.2/15-18/112 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Fr.2/15-18/112 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. So. 1/28 UGA - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
4:27.30 4:31.68 4:34.31
200 Freestyle Relay Vourna, Popa, Persson, Burchell
2/15-18
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
1:31.43 B
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
3:22.83 B
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
7:26.54
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
1:38.68 SR B
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
3:36.10 SR B
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala. LSU - Baton Rouge, La. FSU/S. Carolina - Tallahassee, Fla. Kentucky - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
301.35 Z 258.45 Z 253.50 219.90 202.43
2/15-18 2/15-18 10/29 10/29 10/26
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
339.45 Z 303.20 Z 283.15 Z 253.50 231.90
2/15-18 12/2-4 2/15-18 11/18-20
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. UGA Fall Invite - Athens, Ga. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Ga.Tech Invite - Atlanta, Ga.
269.00 Z 216.20 184.15 178.55
400 Freestyle Relay Popa, Persson, Gwarjanski, Burchell
2/15-18
800 Freestyle Relay Gwarjanski, Schwee, Gallo, Hixon
2/15-18
Kinsey, Burchell, Vourna, Popa
2/15-18
400 Medley Relay Piper, Burchell, Vourna, Popa
2/15-18
One Meter Diving
200 Backstroke Lauren Piper Kayla De Boer Stephanie Kinsey
Bulldog Last Chance Meet - Athens, Ga. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. Kentucky - Tuscaloosa, Ala. Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
200 Medley Relay
1,650 Freestyle Jenna Gallo
Sr. 2/26 So.2/15-18/112 So. 1/14 Fr. 10/29
400 Individual Medley
200 Freestyle Anna Gwarjanski Alex Popa Jenna Gallo Caitlyn Harrison Hillary Hahmann
Suzanne Schwee Katie Schroeder Kristel Vourna Emily Facchine
2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 2:00.09 2/26 Bulldog Last Chance Meet - Athens, Ga. 2:01.67 2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 2:08.34
Paige McCleary Callan Buck Lisa Bogosian Kara Feeney Angely Martinez
So. So. Fr. Sr. Fr.
2/15-18 10/29 11/4 10/15 1/14
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Kristel Vourna Ida Persson Alex Popa Hillary Hahmann Shelby Hixon Stephanie Kinsey
100 Breaststroke Kaylin Burchell Alex Popa Brittany Parkey
Fr. So. Fr.
2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 11/4 LSU - Baton Rouge, La. 10/29 Emory/Tulane - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
1:00.53 B 1:01.94 B 1:05.56
200 Breaststroke Alex Popa Kaylin Burchell Brittany Parkey
So. Fr. Fr.
2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. 2/15-18 SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
2:10.54 B 2:12.20 B 2:19.52
100 Butterfly Kristel Vourna Suzanne Schwee Ida Persson Anna Gwarjanski Emily Facchine
So.2/15-18/112 Sr. 2/15-18/112 Sr. 2/15-18/112 So.2/15-18/112 Fr.2/15-18/112
SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn. SEC Championships - Knoxville, Tenn.
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52.30 B 54.91 55.46 55.80 57.51
Three Meter Diving Paige McCleary Lisa Bogosian Callan Buck Kara Feeney Angely Martinez
So. Fr. So. Sr. Fr.
Platform Diving Angely Martinez Callan Buck Paige McCleary Lisa Bogosian
Fr. So. So. Fr.
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ALABAMA IN THE 2012 CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON AT THE 2012 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS March 15-17 at Auburn, Ala. 1. Cal Berkeley 2. Georgia 3. Southern California 4. Stanford 5. Arizona 6. Texas A&M 7. Auburn Tennessee 9. Texas 10. Florida 42. Alabama
412.5 366.0 325.5 318.0 299.0 262.0 249.0 249.0 201.0 160.0 4.0
50 FREESTYLE 56 Kristel Vourna So.
PRELIMS FINALS 22.90
100 BUTTERFLY 11 Kristel Vourna So.
PRELIMS FINALS 52.51 52.31
100 BREASTSTROKE 26 Kaylin Burchell Fr. 44 Alex Popa So.
PRELIMS FINALS 1:00.86 1:02.93
100 BREASTSTROKE 24 Alex Popa So. 41 Kaylin Burchell Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 2:11.41 2:13.90
200 IM 28 Alex Popa So. 43 Kaylin Burchell Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 1:58.84 2:00.28
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781.0 629.5 566.0 509.5 347.0 267.0 249.0 237.0 128.0 78.0
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50 FREESTYLE 12 Kristel Vourna 35 Ida Persson 42 Hillary Hahmann 43 Shelby Hixon -- Samantha Stanley
So. Sr. So. Sr. Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 22.83 22.88 23.93 24.62 24.79 25.27
100 FREESTYLE 22 Ida Persson 30 Anna Rae Gwarjanski 41 Caitlyn Harrison 42 Hillary Hahmann 43 Shelby Hixon -- Samantha Stanley
Sr. So. Sr. So. Sr. Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 50.68 51.40 52.76 52.92 53.06 55.19
200 FREESTYLE 29 Jenna Gallo 31 Caitlyn Harrison 33 Hillary Hahmann 34 Shelby Hixon -- Samantha Stanley
Jr. Sr. So. Sr. Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 1:53.17 1:53.23 1:53.51 1:54.23 1:59.69
500 FREESTYLE 23 Katie Schroeder 26 Jenna Gallo 32 Caitlyn Harrison
PRELIMS FINALS So. 4:56.22 Jr. 4:58.60 Sr. 5:05.12
1,650 FREESTYLE 16 Jenna Gallo
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FINALS 16:54.77
100 BACKSTROKE 8 Lauren Piper 12 Stephanie Kinsey 21 Suzanne Schwee 25 Kayla de Boer
So. So. Sr. Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 54.51 54.80 55.90 55.40 56.22 56.91
200 BACKSTROKE PRELIMS FINALS 15 Lauren Piper So. 2:00.09 2:00.62 23 Kayla de Boer Fr. 2:02.41 30 Stephanie Kinsey So. 2:08.34 100 BREASTSTROKE PRELIMS FINALS 6 Kaylin Burchell Fr. 1:00.53 1:00.76 17 Alex Popa So. 1:02.32 -- Brittany Parkey Fr. DQ 200 BREASTSTROKE PRELIMS FINALS 6 Alex Popa So. 2:11.84 2:10.54 11 Kaylin Burchell Fr. 2:13.66 2:12.20 30 Brittany Parkey Fr. 2:19.52 100 BUTTERFLY 5 Kristel Vourna 21 Suzanne Schwee 27 Ida Persson 28 Anna Rae Gwarjanski 200 BUTTERFLY 10 Suzanne Schwee 19 Katie Schroeder 27 Emily Facchine
So. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. So. Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 53.28 52.30 54.91 55.46 55.80 PRELIMS FINALS 2:00.88 2:00.73 2:03.56 2:07.10
200 IM 17 Alex Popa 21 Kaylin Burchell 31 Anna Rae Gwarjanski 34 Lauren Piper
So. Fr. So. So.
PRELIMS FINALS 2:01.25 2:01.66 2:03.30 2:03.69
400 IM 24 Katie Schroeder 28 Emily Facchine
So. Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 4:27.30 4:31.68
200 MEDLEY RELAY 5 Alabama Stephanie Kinsey, Kaylin Burchell Kristel Vourna, Alex Popa 400 MEDLEY RELAY 4 Alabama Lauren Piper, Kaylin Burchell, Kristel Vourna, Alex Popa 200 FREESTYLE RELAY 6 Alabama Kristel Vourna, Alex Popa, Ida Persson, Kaylin Burchell
1:38.68
3:36.10
1:31.43
400 FREESTYLE RELAY 7 Alabama 3:22.83 Alex Popa, Ida Persson, Anna Rae Gwarjanski, Kaylin Burchell 800 FREESTYLE RELAY 9 Alabama 7:26.53 Anna Rae Gwarjanski, Suzanne Schwee, Jenna Gallo, Shelby Hixon 1-METER DIVING 7 Paige McCleary 18 Lisa Bogosian 26 Angely Martinez
So. Fr. Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 276.10 301.35 242.80 182.65
3-METER DIVING 7 Paige McCleary 9 Lisa Bogosian
So. Fr.
PRELIMS FINALS 303.60 339.45 303.20
PLATFORM DIVING PRELIMS FINALS 6 Angely Martinez Fr. 269.00 251.70 21 Paige McCleary So. 184.15 22 Lisa Bogosian Fr. 184.00
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RECORDS & HISTORY
ALABAMA ON THE NATIONAL SCENE Since 1976, when they finished fourth, the Alabama Crimson Tide has finished in the top 25 nationally 26 times, including 15 finishes in the top 15. Over the past decade, Alabama has posted six top-30 finishes, including three in the top 20. Over that same span, 18 members of the Tide have produced 65 All-America honors - a group that includes Olympic bronze medalist and 13-time All-American Anne Poleska, who turned in four top-three NCAA 200 breaststroke finishes. The Crimson Tide women competed in the AIAW division from 1974 to 1981, after which time they moved into the NCAA. While in the AIAW, the Tide had six top-20 finishes, the highest being fourth at the 1976 championships. The Tide moved to the NCAA in 1982. Since that time, Alabama has posted seven top-10 finishes, the highest being a fifth-place finish at the 1983 championship. The Tide lays claim to eight individual national collegiate titles. Lane Bassham won the most recent in 2004, taking the top honors off the 3-meter diving board. She was also second off the 1-meter board that same year and was named Diver of the Meet at the NCAA Championships while Pat Greenwell was named Diving Coach of the Year at the same championships. The Crimson Tide has produced 101 All-Americans since Betsy Saunders earned Alabama’s first honors in 1974.
2004 NCAA CHAMPION LANE BASSHAM
Vicky Stanley
Christina Jarvis
1983 AIAW 50 Freestyle Champion
1977 AIAW 50, 100 & 200 Breaststroke Champion
Angelika Knipping 1983 NCAA 50 Breaststroke Champion
1976 AIAW 100 & 200 Breaststroke Champion
NCAA: Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Champion California California Florida California Arizona Auburn Auburn Georgia Auburn Auburn Auburn Georgia Georgia Georgia Stanford Southern California Stanford Stanford Stanford Stanford
Alabama Finish 42 (4 points) 41 (2 points) 32 (19 points) 38th (9 points) 37th (11 points) — 32nd (12 points) 21st (44 points) 21st (43 points) 15th (71 points) 18th (56 points) 16th (69 points) 27th (18 points) — 33rd (6 points) 22nd (37.5 points) 13th (112.5 points) 15th (70 points) 9th (153 points) 10th (130 points)
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Site Auburn, Ala. Austin, Texas Lafayette, Ind. College Station, Texas Columbus, Ohio Minneapolis, Minn. Athens, Ga. Lafayette, Ind. College Station, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Long Island, N.Y. Indianapolis, Ind. Athens, Ga. Minneapolis, Minn. Indianapolis, Ind. Ann Arbor, Mich. Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Minneapolis, Minn.
1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982
AIAW: Year 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974
Stanford Texas Texas Stanford Texas Texas Texas Texas Texas Stanford Florida
— 21st (41.5 points) 12th (115 points) 11th (95 points) 38th (9 points) 16th (66 points) 10th (82 points) 7th (170.5 points) 7th (107 points) 5th (185 points) 9th (115 points)
Austin, Texas Indianapolis, Ind. Austin, Texas Indianapolis, Ind. Austin, Texas Indianapolis, Ind. Fayetteville, Ark. Tuscaloosa Indianapolis, Ind. Lincoln, Neb. Gainesville, Fla.
Champion Texas Stanford Florida Arizona State Arizona State Miami Miami Arizona State
Alabama Finish 18th (52 points) 19th (52 points) 11th (141 points) 16th (61 points) 9th (218 points) 4th (319 points) 29th —
Site Columbia, S.C. Las Vegas, Nev. Pittsburgh, Penn. Durham, N.C. Providence, R.I. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Tempe, Ariz. Tempe, Ariz.
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THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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ALABAMA’S ALL-AMERICANS
16-TIME ALL-AMERICAN ANNE POLESKA (2001-05)
ALABAMA ALL-AMERICANS 2012
Kristel Vourna
Candace Weiman
HM: 100 fly
2002 2011
Kate Shannon Gray
2010 Agustina de Giovanni Carrie Dragland
2009 Agustina de Giovanni Carrie Dragland
2008 Agustina de Giovanni
2006
Crystal Rasmussen
RECORDS & HISTORY
2005 Kathryn Hallquist Victoria Genova Anne Poleska Arlene Semeco Crystal Rasmussen
2004 Lane Bassham Crystal Rasmussen
HM: 200 IM
HM: 200 breast platform, HM: 3-meter
2001
HM: 200 breast HM: 3-meter, platform
Michelle King Meghan Lynch Kelly Coellner
HM: 400 IM, 200 breast
HM: 1-meter
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Anne Poleska
Marcy Warriner Lisa Andersson Catalina Casaru
HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 200 breast HM: 100 breast, 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 1-meter
1-meter & 3-meter HM: 1-meter
3-meter HM: 1-meter HM: 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM 200 medley relay 100 & 200 breast HM 200 & 400 medley relay
1-meter HM: 3-meter 100 & 200 breast HM: 100 breast
3-meter HM: 1-meter
HM: 200 breast HM: 100 fly
Rania Elwani Ann-Sofie Joensson Karen Jones Nora Zhong
Karen Jones Laura Lloyd Francine Mathot Stacy Potter
1995
Dana Bleich Stacy Gillies Ann-Sofie Joensson Karen Jones Anna Lindberg Stacy Potter
1994
Amy DeVasher
1997 Dana Bleich Brooke Donoho
Dana Bleich Amy DeVasher Jenny Dudley Rania Elwani
Katherine Rhodes
1998 Keri Coy Nora Zhong
1996
Ann-Sofie Joensson 100 & 200 breast HM: 200 & 400 medley relay, 400 & 800 free relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay, 400 & 800 free relay HM: 100 breast, 400 free relay HM: 400 & 800 free relay HM: 800 free relay
2000 Lane Bassham
2003 Lane Bassham Catalina Casaru Kathryn Hallquist Alison Lafevers Anne Poleska
Lane Bassham Anne Poleska Marcy Warriner
HM: 100 fly, 200 IM, 200 & 400 medley relay
platform HM: 200 free relay, 200 medley relay HM: 100 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay HM: 1,650 free HM: 200 free relay, 200 medley relay HM: 200 free relay, 200 medley relay
Stacy Gillies Ann-Sofie Joensson Anna Lindberg Stacy Potter
platform HM: 200 & 400 free relay HM: 100 & 200 back 50 &100 free, HM: 200 & 400 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay 1,650 free HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 free relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay 100 fly, HM: 200 & 400 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay HM: platform HM: 200 medley relay 1,650 free HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 400 medley relay 100 back, 100 fly, HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 breast, 200 & 400 medley relay
200 medley relay, 200 & 400 free relay HM: 800 free relay, 400 medley relay HM: 800 free relay, 400 medley relay HM: 800 free relay HM: 100 fly 100 back, 100 fly, 200 medley relay, 200 & 400 free relay HM: 400 medley relay, 50 free
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RECORDS & HISTORY
22-TIME ALL-AMERICAN STACY POTTER (1993-96)
ALABAMA ALL-AMERICANS Georgia Sewell Helga Sigurdardottir
1993 Amy DeVasher Jo Dee Lake Anna Lindberg Jennifer Mahaney Stacy Potter Katherine Rhodes Georgia Sewell Tammy Kneer
1991
Rita Garay Jamie Gardner Michelle Harris Kym Hucal Dorie Portela
HM: 200, 400, 800 free relay 200 & 400 medley relay, HM: 200 & 400 free relay HM: 100 fly, 800 free relay platform 100 back, 100 fly, 200 & 400 medley relay, HM: 200 & 400 free relay 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 breast 200 & 400 medley relay, HM: 100 fly, 800 free relay HM: 200, 400, 800 free relay
Kelly Purcell Lisa Raines Ragga Runolfsdottir Katie Williams
1989 Jamie Gardner Michelle Harris Anita Harrison Kym Hucal Dorie Portela Kelly Purcell Lisa Raines Katie Williams
1988
Kelly Purcell
Rita Garay Michelle Harris Kym Hucal Jo Dee Lake Jennifer Mahaney Ragga Runolfsdottir
1990
100 breast, 200 medley relay HM: 200 IM, 200 breast, 400 medley relay 200 medley relay, 200 & 400 free relay HM: 100 fly, 400 medley relay 200 & 400 free relay HM: 800 free relay
HM: 200 back HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay platform, HM: 3-meter HM: 200 breast, 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 800 free relay HM: 400 free relay 400 medley relay HM: 400 & 800 free relay 400 medley relay HM: 100 back, 200 medley relay 400 medley relay HM: 200 med-
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1986
Laurence Bensimon Katrine Bomstad Charlotte Brock
1985 Laurence Bensimon Carole Brook Carmel Clark Jen Kirrstetter Angelika Knipping Lisa McClain Kim Nicholson Ellen Riley Sandi Sciples Nancy Stephens Linda Valerio
400 medley relay 400 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay 800 free relay 400 & 800 free relay 400 medley relay, 400 free relay 200 fly HM: 100 & 200 back 200 & 400 free relay 100 breast, 200 & 400 medley relay, HM: 200 breast HM: 200 IM 50 free, 200 & 400 medley relay, 200 & 400 free relay, HM: 100 back 200 medley relay, 200 free relay 400 medley relay, HM: 200 fly 200 & 400 free relay 200 medley relay
1984
1987 Katrine Bomstad Charlotte Brock Beth Gardner Anita Harrison Cynthia Kangos Jen Kirrstetter Pernille Nimb Sandi Sciples Katie Williams
Carole Brook Carmel Clark Beth Gardner Anita Harrison Jen Kirrstetter Pernille Nimb Lisa McClain
200 IM, 200 fly, HM: 400 IM 100 breast, HM: 400 medley relay HM: 400 & 800 free relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200, 400 & 800 free relay HM: 800 free relay HM: 400 medley relay HM: 400 medley relay, 200,400 & 800 free relay HM: 500 free 200 & 400 IM 400 medley relay, HM: 100 breast
Jennifer Brothers Angelika Knipping Carol Landry Ellen McGrath Kim Nicholson Ellen Riley Sandi Sciples Nancy Stephens Linda Valerio
200 & 400 medley relay 100 back, 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 200 back 200 & 400 free relay 3-meter 50 free, 200 & 400 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay HM: 100 free 200 & 400 free relay 400 medley relay 200 & 400 free relay 200 medley relay
RECORDS & HISTORY
Katherine Rhodes
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10-TIME ALL-AMERICAN MARLA BROOKSBANK (2003-07)
ALABAMA ALL-AMERICANS 1983 Jennifer Brothers Marsha Crouch Elizabeth Hobbs Angelika Knipping Carol Landry Lisa McClain Ellen McGrath Kim Nicholson Nancy Stephens Linda Valerio
1982
RECORDS & HISTORY
Marla Brooksbank Molly Frantz Gina Gatti Carol Landry Barbara Logan Ellen McGrath Anne Marie Milling Karen Nicholson Kim Nicholson Ellen Riley Linda Valerio
1981 Marla Brooksbank Molly Frantz Liz Hobbs Jan King Carol Landry
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50 & 100 back, 400 medley relay HM: 200 back HM: 1-meter HM: 50 free 50, 100 & 200 breast, 200 & 400 medley relay 50 free, 200 & 400 medley relay, 200, 400 & 800 free relay 400 medley relay HM: 3-meter 200, 400 & 800 free relay, HM: 50 back, 100 back 400 & 800 free relays 200 & 400 medley relay
Tracy Lindsay Barbara Logan Ann Marie Milling
1980
Marla Brooksbank Karre Cox Molly Frantz Liz Hobbs Barbara Logan Ann Marie Milling Cindy Riddell Gunilla Siljeback Kathy Williams
1979 1,650 free 100 free, 400 medley relay 400 medley relay 100 free, 200 & 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 1-meter, 3-meter 3-meter 200 free relay 200 free relay 50, 100 & 200 back, 400 medley relay, 200 & 400 free relay 100 & 200 IM, 400 free relay 400 free relay
500 & 1,650 free, 800 free relay 200 fly, 200 & 400 medley relay, 800 free relay 200, 400 & 800 free relay 200 & 400 medley relay 200, 400 & 800 free relay, 400 medley relay
Marla Brooksbank Karre Cox Lena deVal Molly Frantz Carole Gough Carrie Hutt Barbara Logan Cindy Riddell Rosemarie Seaman Kellie Stratton Kathy Williams
1978
Ann Bacon Carole Keating Melanie MacKay Cindy Riddell Rosemarie Seaman Carol Wagner
200 & 400 medley relay 1-meter, 3-meter 200 & 400 free relay, 200 medley relay 1,650 free, 800 free relay 200 medley relay 200 fly, 800 free relay 200 medley relay, 800 free relay 1-meter, 3-meter 200 medley relay 3-meter 800 free relay 200 medley relay 500 & 1,650 free, 400 IM, 800 free relay 50 & 100 free, 50 & 100 fly, 200 & 400 free relay 200 fly, 400 IM, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay 400 & 800 free relay 200 & 800 free relay 200 & 400 medley relay 1-meter, 3-meter 3-meter 200, 400 & 800 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay 200 free relay 200 & 400 medley relay
1977 Ann Bacon Kathy Brameier Beth Hobart Carrie Hutt Christina Jarvis Rosemarie Seaman Vicky Stanley Drue Thorn Julie Turk
1976 Cary Backhaus Beth Hobart Christina Jarvis Carole Keating Beth Saunders Rosemarie Seaman Vicky Stanley Drue Thorn Julie Turk
400 medley relay 400 medley relay 200 breast, 400 medley relay 3-meter 400 medley relay One & 3-meter
1975 Beth Hobart
100 & 200 back, 200 & 400 medley relay 200 & 800 free relay 500 free, 800 free relay 100 back, 800 free relay 50, 100 & 200 breast, 200 & 400 medley relay 200 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay 50 free, 50 fly, 200 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay 200, 500 & 1,650 free, 200 & 800 free relay 1-meter, 3-meter
50,100 & 200 free, 200 & 400 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay 500 free 50, 100 & 200 breast, 100 & 200 IM, 200 & 400 medley relay 50 & 100 fly 200 & 400 free relay 50 & 100 fly, 200 & 400 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay 50 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay 200 & 500 free, 200 IM, 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 1-meter 200 free
1974 Betsy Saunders
50 & 100 free
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RECORDS & HISTORY
ALABAMA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SEC DIVER OF THE YEAR 2009 2004 1981
Carrie Dragland Lane Bassham Barbara Logan
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR 1994 1985
Jonty Skinner Don Gambril
SEC DIVING COACH OF THE YEAR 2009 2004
Pat Greenwell Pat Greenwell
SEC FRESHMAN SWIMMER OF THE YEAR 2001
Anne Poleska
SEC FRESHMAN DIVER OF THE YEAR 2011 2009
When Alabama won the 1985 Southeastern Conference team title, it became the first team to unseat the University of Florida as the SEC champion. The Crimson Tide has won 33 individual SEC titles since Barbara Logan won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving championships in 1981. The latest Tide titles came in 2009 when Carrie Dragland won the 3-meter diving event and Elizabeth Hughes won the platform event. Anne Poleska won an Alabama-best six SEC titles during her 2001-05 career. The Tide’s most recent SEC record came in 2009 when Dragland set the 3-meter diving mark. Four relay titles belong to Alabama. The first came in 1983 when the Tide won the 800 free relay. Alabama claims 15 first team All-SEC selections, Logan being the first while Dragland and Hughes are the latest. Poleska was named the 2001 SEC Freshman of the Year while Logan, Lane Bassham and Dragland have all been crowned SEC Diver of the Year, in 1981, 2004 and 2009, respectively. Paige McCleary and Dragland were also named SEC Freshman Diver of the Year in 2011 and 2009, respectively. Academically, the Tide has earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition over 275 times since 1984. Alabama has led the league in this award twice in the past four years, with 26 honors in 2009 and a program-best 27 in 2010. The SEC has long been one of the nation’s premiere athletic conferences both in overall strength and in nearly every sport and swimming and diving is certainly no exception. The SEC has placed at least one team in the top 10 of the NCAA Championships every year since the first title tilt in 1982. That first championship had four SEC teams among the top 10, including No. 1 Florida, No. 4 Auburn, No. 9 Alabama and No. 10 Tennessee. Individually, SEC athletes have won more than 100 NCAA titles. The conference has taken home 11 NCAA team titles, including nine in a row from 1999-2007. The conference put six teams in the national top 10 in 2001 and at least five teams in the top 25 the past seven seasons. League athletes currently hold four NCAA records. There are 14 SEC schools: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt. A dozen SEC schools currently sponsor women’s swimming and diving teams: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
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SEC CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS YEAR 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981
CHAMPION Georgia Georgia Georgia Florida Auburn Auburn Georgia Auburn Auburn Auburn Florida Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia Georgia Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Alabama Florida Florida Florida Florida
UA FINISH Seventh Ninth Fifth Sixth Eighth Seventh Seventh Sixth Eighth Fourth Fourth Fourth Seventh Seventh Sixth Sixth Fourth Sixth Third Fourth Fifth Fourth Third Fourth Sixth Third Third First Second Second Second Fourth
RECORDS & HISTORY
SIX-TIME SEC CHAMPION ANNE POLESKA (2001-05)
Paige McCleary Carrie Dragland
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2009 SEC PLATFORM CHAMPION ELIZABETH HUGHES
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2009 Carrie Dragland Elizabeth Hughes
2005 Anne Poleska
2004
Lane Bassham
2003 Anne Poleska
2002 Anne Poleska Lane Bassham
RECORDS & HISTORY
2001
Anne Poleska
1997 Rania Elwani
1996 Dana Bleich Rania Elwani
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3-meter platform
200 breaststroke
1-meter & 3-meter
200 breaststroke
100 & 200 breaststroke 3-meter
100 & 200 breaststroke
50 freestyle
platform 100 freestyle
1995 Stacy Potter Jill Tappen
1994 Katherine Rhodes
1992
Jennifer Mahaney
1991 Ragga Runolfsdottir
1987 Katrine Bomstad Charlotte Brock
1985
Kim Nicholson Ellen McGrath Angelika Knipping Laurence Bensimon Knipping, Sciples, Nicholson, Bensimon Clark, Knipping, Valerio, Nicholson
100 butterfly platform
1984 Sandi Sciples
1983 200 breaststroke
platform
Landry, Riley, Stephens, Nicholson Landry, Hobbs, Stephens, Milling Carol Landry Angelika Knipping
200 breaststroke
1982
200 butterfly 100 breaststroke
1981
Kim Nicholson
Barbara Logan
100 butterfly
800 freestyle relay 200 freestyle relay 50 freestyle 200 breaststroke
100 & 200 backstroke
1-meter & 3-meter
50 freestyle & 100 backstroke 3-meter 100 & 200 breaststroke 200 IM 400 medley relay 200 medley relay
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RECORDS & HISTORY
1991 FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC RAGGA RUNOLFSDOTTIR
ALABAMA’S ALL-SEC PERFORMERS 1994
1998
1992
1993
1997
Katherine Rhodes
Jennifer Mahaney
2009
Carrie Dragland Elizabeth Hughes
1991 Ragga Runolfsdottir
1987
Anne Poleska
2004 Lane Bassham
Anne Poleska
2002 Lane Bassham Anne Poleska
1985
1989
SECOND TEAM ALL-SEC 2006 Crystal Rasmussen
1995
Stacy Potter Jill Tappen
Kelly Purcell
Jamie Gardner Michelle Harris Anita Harrison Katie Williams
1986 Lisa McClain
1985 Lisa McClain
2000 Lane Bassham
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-SEC
1997
2003
1996
2002
Rania Elwani
Dana Bleich Rania Elwani
1991 1990
Anne Poleska
1996
Jennifer Mahaney Stacy Potter
Katrine Bomstad Charlotte Brock
Laurence Bensimon Angelika Knipping Ellen McGrath Kim Nicholson
2003
1997
Stacy Potter
Sofie Rylander
2005
2001
1994
Dana Bleich
Karen Jones
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Lane Bassham
Nora Zhong
Ann-Sofie Joensson
1996 Amy DeVasher Laura Lloyd Francine Mathot Stacy Potter
1995 Anna Lindberg
1994 Francine Mathot Amy DeVasher Georgia Sewell Helga Sigurdardottir
1992 Sofie Rylander
1991 Rita Garay Jennifer Mahaney Georgia Sewell
1990
Dorie Portela Ragga Runolfsdottir Katie Williams
1989 Leigh Ann Fleshman Kelly Purcell
1988
Leigh Ann Fleshman Kelly Purcell
1986
Katrine Bomstad Charlotte Brock
1985 Patricia Bryant Sandi Sciples Linda Valerio
FRESHMAN ALL-SEC* 2012 Kaylin Burchell Angely Martinez
RECORDS & HISTORY
FIRST TEAM ALL-SEC
2011 Paige McCleary Alex Popa Kristel Vourna
2009 Carrie Dragland * started in 2008
Marcy Warriner
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A FAST HISTORY OF ALABAMA SWIMMING & DIVING The Gary Illman Years The University of Alabama added women’s swimming to its roster of sports in 1975. Gary Illman served as the women’s inaugural coach, leading the Crimson Tide through its first three seasons, posting a 14-5 dual meet record during his time at the Capstone. With Illman at the helm, 13 swimmers earned All-America honors. It was also under Illman’s tutelage that Vicky Stanley and Christina Jarvis became the Tide’s first national champions in 1976. Stanley won the 1976 AIAW 50 freestyle title, setting an AIAW record in the process. Jarvis touched first in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke, becoming the AIAW champion in both events. A year later, Jarvis successfully defended her titles from 1976 and add the 50 breaststroke title as well, giving her a two-year total of five national titles. While Illman was at the helm, the Tide finished 29th in 1975, fourth in 1976 and ninth in 1977, at the AIAW Championships.
The Harold Lanier Years
RECORDS & HISTORY
Illman was followed by Harold Lanier in 1978. Lanier’s teams produced a two-year slate of 11-3 in dual-meet competition and 15 swimmers earned All-America status. In the AIAW Championships, the Tide finished 16th and 11th in 1978 and 1979, respectively. During Lanier’s tenure, Marla Brooksbank started a career that made her one of the most successful swimmers in Alabama history. As a freshman in 1979, Brooksbank finished second at the AIAW Championships in the 1,650 freestyle. The next year at the World University Games held in Mexico City, she won the 800 freestyle.
The Don Gambril Years In 1980, Don Gambril unified the Alabama men’s and women’s programs, adding the women to a coaching slate that already included the men’s team. After two years in AIAW competition, which saw the Tide finish 19th in 1980 and 18th in 1981, Gambril’s squad made the jump to NCAA competition beginning with the 1982 season.
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It was in 1981, Gambril’s second year as head coach of the women’s team, that Barbara Logan earned the Tide’s first individual SEC title. Logan won from both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. The 1983 season saw Angelika Knipping win the SEC 200 breaststroke title. She went on to win the NCAA 50 breaststroke crown that year in championship record time. The 1983 season also saw the Tide earn its highest NCAA finish to date, taking fifth after producing a 10-1 dual-meet record and a second-place finish at the SEC Championships. In 1985, Alabama became the first SEC team to beat the University of Florida in a dual meet on its way to posting its first, and only undefeated dual-meet season, going 12-0. Alabama added another first to its growing list by becoming the first team to unseat Florida as conference champions. The Tide won out over the Gators in the University of Georgia’s Stegeman Hall, breaking Florida’s string of four SEC titles. Alabama won six individual SEC titles and two relay titles in 1985. Kim Nicholson won the 50 freestyle and the 100 backstroke in 1985, upping her career total to four. Alabama’s eight total SEC titles in 1985 rank as the most in a single year for the Tide. Overall, Gambril produced a career dual-meet record of 100-26 over the 11 years he coached the Tide women, making him one of the few coaches in collegiate swimming history to coach both a men’s and women’s team to 100 or more dualmeet wins each. Jonty Skinner took control of the women’s program in the spring of 1990 when Gambril left coaching to become an assistant athletic director at Alabama.
The Jonty Skinner Years Jonty Skinner posted a short, but highly successful tenure as Alabama’s head coach. Under his direction, Alabama brought home three SEC individual titles. Ragga Runolfsdottir won the 200 breaststroke title in 1991 while Katherine Rhodes won it in 1994. In between, Jennifer Mahaney won the SEC platform diving title on her way to setting an SEC record. As a team, Alabama posted its first top10 national finish in seven years under Skinner’s direction when the 1993 team finished 10th.
The Tide enjoyed its best year under Skinner in 1994, breaking 12 different school records and posting a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Championships. In addition to winning the SEC 200 breaststroke title in 1994, Rhodes set the Tide’s first SEC swimming record since Angelika Knipping set the 50 breast record in 1983. For his work with the 1994 squad, Skinner was named SEC Coach of the Year. Skinner left Alabama in August of 1994 to become the head coach of the U.S. Resident National Team.
The Chuck Horton Years Following Skinner’s departure, former Tide assistant coach Chuck Horton was chosen to coach Alabama. His tenure ran from 1994 through August of 1998 and included a trio of top-25 national finishes. During his tenure, Amy DeVasher, Ann-Sofie Joensson and Jill DeVasher all earned prestigious postgraduate scholarships. Amy DeVasher and Joensson earned NCAA scholarships and Jill DeVasher’s came from the Southeastern Conference. Ed Reed served as interim coach for the 199899 season, and Don Wagner was hired in March of 1999.
The Don Wagner Years Don Wagner’s tenure, which began in the fall of 1999, saw Alabama return to the top 20, including a 15th-place finish in 2003, his final year at the Capstone, as well as finishing 16th and 18th in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Under his tutelage, Anne Poleska set the SEC record in the 200 breaststroke
and posted a trio of top-three finishes in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA Championships. Poleska also won five SEC breaststroke titles under his direction while diver Lane Bassham won the 2002 SEC 3-meter championship. There were 11 school records broken under Wagner, including all five relays.
The Eric McIlquham Years Eric McIlquham spent nine years as head coach of the women’s program, marking the second-longest head coaching tenure in Tide history, trailing only Gambril’s 11 years at the helm. Alabama bettered 11 school records during McIlquham’s tenure, including four of the five relay marks. He also saw his student-athletes put 60 swims on the Tide’s all-time top 10, including seven of the all-time top 10 in the 200 individual medley and five of the top six in the 100 backstroke. Individually, diver Lane Bassham won the 2004 NCAA 3-meter Championship after winning the SEC 1-meter and 3-meter titles that same year. Anne Poleska won the 2005 SEC 200 breaststroke while Carrie Dragland and Elizabeth Hughes won the SEC 3-meter and platform diving titles respectively in 2009. Alabama enjoyed tremendous success in the classroom under McIlquham, posting the highest team grade point average in the nation in 2012 after finishing runner-up the previous year, while Hughes earned First-team Academic All-America honors in 2010.
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ALL-TIME HEAD COACHES RECORD BY HEAD COACH
Eric McIlquham
Don Wagner
Ed Reed
2004-12
2000-03
1999 (Interim)
Head Coach Eric McIlquham Don Wagner Ed Reed (interim) Chuck Horton Jonty Skinner Don Gambril Harold Lanier Gary Illman Total
Years 2004-12 2000-03 1999 1995-98 1991-94 1979-90 1978-79 1974-77
Seasons 9 4 1 4 4 11 2 3 38
W 41 15 3 25 16 100 11 14 225
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L 47 16 4 16 16 28 3 5 135
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T 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pct. .466 .484 .429 .610 .500 .781 .786 .737 .626
Chuck Horton
Jonty Skinner
Don Gambril
1995-98
1991-94
1979-90
Harold Lanier
Gary Illman
1978-79
1974-77
YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS Year 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975
Record 4-4-0 0-9-0 9-3-0 5-3-1 6-6-0 1-5-0 3-7-0 6-5-0 5-5-0 5-5-0 2-4-0 4-3-0 4-4-0 3-4-0 3-4-0 10-6-0 6-2-0 6-4-0 4-4-0 5-4-0 4-2-0 3-6-0 12-2-0 8-3-0 10-4-0 12-1-0 9-2-0 12-0-0 8-3-0 10-1-0 7-3-0 7-4-0 5-5-0 6-2-0 5-1 -0 7-1-0 6-1-0 1-3-0
SEC Finish (pts) 7th (249) 9th (195.5) 5th (272) 6th (244) 8th (202.5) 7th (214) 7th (293) 6th (238) 8th (225.5) 4th (316) 4th (340.5) 4th (398) 7th (251) 7th (194) 7th (225.5) 6th (384.5) 4th (426) 6th (396) 3rd (497) 4th (397.5) 5th (430.5) 4th (421) 3rd (446) 4th (426.5) 6th (344) 3rd (494.5) 3rd (518) 1st (803) 2nd (426) 2nd (529.5) 2nd (464) 4th (612) -------
NCAA Finish (pts) 42nd (4) 41st (2) 32nd (19) 38th (9) 37th (11) -32nd (12) 21st (44) 21st (43) 15th (71) 18th (56) 16th (69) 27th (18) -33rd (6) 22nd (37.5) 13th (112.5) 15th (70) 9th (153) 10th (130) -21st (41.5) 12th (112) 11th (95) 38th (9) 16th (66) 10th (82) 7th (170.5) 7th (107) 5th (185) 9th (115) --------
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AIAW Finish -------------------------------18th 19th 11th 16th 9th 4th 29th
Coach Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Eric McIlquham Don Wagner Don Wagner Don Wagner Don Wagner Ed Reed (interim) Chuck Horton Chuck Horton Chuck Horton Chuck Horton Jonty Skinner Jonty Skinner Jonty Skinner Jonty Skinner Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Don Gambril Harold Lanier Harold Lanier Gary Illman Gary Illman Gary Illman
Opponent Arizona Arkansas Auburn Brenau Centenary Cincinnati Clemson Delta State Drury East Carolina Emory Florida Florida Atlantic Florida Gulf Coast Florida International Florida State Furman Georgia Georgia Southern Georgia Tech Henderson State Houston Illinois Illinois State Indian River C.C. Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky LaSalle College Louisiana-Monroe LSU Maryland Miami (Florida) Michigan Mississippi University for Women Missouri Nebraska New Orleans North Carolina Northeast Louisiana North Carolina State North Texas Northwestern Notre Dame Ohio State Penn State Princeton South Carolina Southern Illinois Southern Methodist Southern Mississippi Southwest Missouri State Tennessee Texas Tulane Vanderbilt Virginia Virginia Tech Washington State West Virginia Western Illinois Wright State
First Meeting 1987-88 1983-84 1977-78 1977-78 2009-10 1982-83 1981-82 1987-88 2002-03 1977-78 2011-12 1975-76 2009-10 2009-10 2011-12 1974-75 1977-78 1974-75 1999-2000 2001-02 2005-06 1989-90 1996-97 1996-97 1975-76 1982-83 1980-81 1982-83 1986-87 1986-87 2001-02 1974-75 1989-90 1974-75 1978-79
Last Meeting 1987-88 2005-06 2010-11 1977-78 2009-10 1985-86 2002-03 2008-09 2002-03 1977-78 2011-12 2006-07 2009-10 2009-10 2011-12 2011-12 1978-79 2011-12 2009-10 2009-10 2005-06 1993-94 1996-97 1996-97 1978-19 1985-86 1980-81 1984-85 2011-12 1986-87 2004-05 2011-12 1989-90 1986-87 1995-96
UA-Opp 1-0 6-1 10-24 1-0 1-0 4-0 7-1 12-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-25 1-0 1-0 1-0 9-11 2-0 4-21 2-0 4-0 1-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 2-1 4-0 1-0 2-0 8-8 1-0 2-1 22-12-1 1-0 2-3 1-1
1975-76 1980-81 1988-89 1986-87 1979-80 1984-85 1979-80 2011-12 1996-97 1987-88 1984-85 1989-90 1984-85 1981-82 1980-81 1987-88 1985-86 2002-03 1976-77 1990-91 1979-80 1986-87 1986-87 2010-11 1998-99 1983-84 1980-81 1996-97
1976-77 1996-97 1988-89 2009-10 1979-80 1998-99 1996-97 2011-12 1996-97 1987-88 1985-86 1989-90 1984-85 2011-12 1996-97 1990-91 1986-87 2002-03 2005-06 1993-94 2011-12 2009-10 1986-87 2010-11 1998-99 1983-84 1981-82 1996-97
4-0 3-0 1-0 4-0 0-1 11-0 2-2 1-0 2-0 1-0 3-0 2-0 1-0 16-6 6-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 12-3 0-2 11-0 8-0 2-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0
RECORDS & HISTORY
ALL-TIME SERIES RECORD
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ALL-TIME ROSTER A
Sonya Adams Caitlin Anderson Diane Anderson Lisa Andersson Tina Andersson Virginia Andreatta Allyson Angle
2003-05 2006-09 1985 2001-03 1996-97 1984-86 2007-10
B
RECORDS & HISTORY
Diane Babec 1988-89 Cary Backhaus 1976-77 Ann Bacon 1977-78 Brooke Baldi 2007-10 Tara Ballentin 1995 Meagan Barnett 1999 Susan Bartholomew 1988-90, 92 (Capt. ‘92) Cameron Bass 2009-11 Lane Bassham 2001-04 (Capt. ‘02, ‘03 • MVP ‘00, ‘04) Melina Bassino 2004-07 Selma Beji 2004-07 Bridgett Belyea 2004-07 Laurence Bensimon 1985-86 Andrea Bernthal 2004 Tiffany Berry 1994-97 (Capt. ‘96) Palina Bjornsdottir 1994 Katie Black 2008-09 Dana Bleich 1994-97 Lisa Bogosian 2012-present Katrine Bomstad 1985-87 (Capt. ‘87 • MVP ‘87) Meg Bonella 1990-91 (Capt. ‘91) Katherine Bortenlanger 2000-03 Diana Brakefield 1978 Kathy Brameier 1976-78 Dawn Brandewie 1983-84 Hannah Brinks 2007-10 Charlotte Brock 1986-89 Carole Brook 1985-86 Marla Brooksbank 1979-82 (MVP ‘80) Jennifer Brothers 1983-85 Deni Brown 1978-80 Kathy Bruner 1982-85 Patricia Bryant 1982-85 Callan Buck 2011-12 Jen Buffington 1996-99 Kaylin Burchell 2012-present Sarah Burns 1997-2000 (Capt. ‘99) Melissa “Sis” Burovac 1991-92 Britney Busch 2008-11
C
Kathleen Caldwell 1992-95 Catalina Casaru 2001-03 Carmel Clark 1985-88 Sarah Clifford 1980-82 Patricia Clug 1980 Kelly Coellner 1998-01 (Capt. ‘00-’01 • MVP ‘99) Olivia Covey 2008-11 Karre Cox 1980-81 Dawn Coy 2000-2001 Keri Coy 1996-99 (Capt. ‘99)
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Cassie Craddock Marsha Crouch Lauren Cuervo Ellen Culpepper Nancy Curry
D
Mary Ellen Dash Katy Davidson (Capt. ‘02) Katelyn Davis Kayla de Boer Agustina de Giovanni (MVP ‘08, ‘09) Lauran Deam Lisa Denaberg Lena deVal Amy DeVasher (Capt. ‘96) Jill DeVasher Nathalie Dietiker Anna Doig Sarah Donaldson Kate Donnelly Brooke Donoho (Capt. ‘00) Emily Donohue Susie Dorrough Carrie Dragland (MVP ‘10) Marissa Dressel Vega Drew Jenny Dudley Lauren Dunn
E
Baylee Ellson Maria Elm Rania Elwani (MVP ‘96, ‘97) Lisa Emmons Monica Eriksson Julia Etterer Katrice Ewanich (Capt. ‘11)
F
Emily Facchine Darren Fagden Kara Feeney Laura Finelli Margaret Fischer Lee Ann Fleshman Holly Forbes Kristen Francis Molly Frantz
G
Alison Gallagher Jenna Gallo Rita Garay Beth Gardner Jamie Gardner Gina Gatti Victoria Genova Monica Geohagan Amanda Gilbert Stacy Gillies (Capt. ‘93, ’94)
2008-11 1981-84 2009-10 1976-78 1975-77
1975 1999-02 2007-08 2012 2006-10 1983 1979 1979-80 1993-96 1995-98 1991-93 1985-87 1991 1975-76 1997-2000 1998-01 1993 2009-10 2011 1979-80 1996-97 2008-11
2008-10 1995-98 1996-97 1978-79 1980 2010-11 2007-11
2012-present 1983-84 2010-12 2011 1979-80 1987-89 1995 1999 1979-82
1992-93 2010-present 1990-93 1984-87 1988-90 1982 2003-07 1994-97 2004-07 1992-95
Carole Gough Anna Grant Kate Shannon Gray (MVP ‘11) Belinda Green (Capt. ‘02) Drew Gunnels Anna Rae Gwarjanski
H
Hillary Hahmann Kathryn Hallquist (Capt. ‘05) Shelly Hansen Kim Hanson Margaret Harris Michelle Harris (MVP ‘90) Anita Harrison (Capt. ‘89 • MVP ‘89) Caitlyn Harrison Jenna Hastreiter Sarah Hickinbotham (Capt. ‘97) Pam Higgs Shelby Hixon Beth Hobart Liz Hobbs Allyson Horn Kym Hucal Carrie Huff Susan Huff Elizabeth Hughes Caroline Humphreville
I
Kaula Ilioupoulos Kathleen Ireland
J
Sarah James Christina Jarvis Ann-Sofie Joensson Jennifer Johnson Stephanie Johnson Karen Jones (Capt. ‘97, ‘98) Jennifer Joy
K
Cynthia Kangos Carole Ann Keating Kelly Kerr Jan King Michele King Stephanie Kinsey Jennifer Kirrstetter (Capt. ‘88) Aimee Kliewer Tammy Kneer Angelika Knipping (MVP ‘83, ‘85) Rebecca Konkel Jana Korsch Irini Kosta
1979 2003-05 2008-11 1999-02 1981-83 2011-present
2011-present 2003-06 1982-84 1985 1989-90 1989-92 1986-89 2009-12 2004-05 1994-97 1975-77 2009-12 1975-77 1980-83 1980-81 1989-92 1977-79 1989 2007-10 2006-07
1975 1980
1977 1976-77 1994-97 1991 2005-08 1995-98 1988
1987 1975-78 2000-03 1981 2001-03 2012-present 1985-88 2006 1992-94 1983-85 1983 1989-92 2002
L
Alison Lafevers Jo Dee Lake Carol Landry (MVP ‘81) Laura Landry Claire Leddy Anna Lindberg Tracy Lindsay Laura Lloyd (Capt. ‘98) Barbara Logan Jane Looney Barbara Losche Jennifer Lowe Kelsie Ludolph Samantha Lugar Cindy Lygutis Mary Lyles Meghan Lynch
2003-07 1991-93 1981-84 1990 1979 1993-95, 97 1981-82 1995-98 1979-82 1975 1976-78 1987-89 2008-11 2008-11 1978 1975 2001-03
M
Melanie MacKay Jennifer Mahaney (Capt. ‘93 • MVP ‘92) Amanda Maher Marianne Mancino Charlene Maneki Liz Manz Eleonora Markou Karen Martin Angely Martinez Leslie Mason April Mathis Francine Mathot Miranda Matias Lisa McClain Paige McCleary (MVP ‘12) Erica McCollough Holly McCreless Charlene McDaniels Liz McGiffin Ellen McGrath Chrissy Menendez Katie Merriam Tammy Merrill Ashley Messmore Renata Miatto Anne Marie Milling Hanna Miluska Valery Monroe Jenna Montgomery Cindy Morris Katheryne Muth
1975-78 1990-93 2006-07 1980 1975-77 1978-79 2003-05 1975 2012-present 1978 1995-96 1994-97 2002 1983-86 2011-present 1994 2000-02 1978 2001-04 1982-85 2000-01 2001-01 1987-88 2004 2000-02 1980-83 2005-06 1981 2008-11 1979-80 2012-present
N
Callie Nettles Kathryn Newland (Capt. ‘91, ’92) Karen Nicholson Kim Nicholson (MVP ‘82, ’85) Pernille Nimb Debbie Nuckolls
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2011-12 1989-92 1982 1982-85 1986-89 1976-78
RECORDS & HISTORY
Heather O’Brien Shannon O’Shea Emma Olsson
2001 1987 1998
P
Brittany Parkey 2012-present Alaina Patterson 2000-03 Beth Patty 1980 Raechel Pera 2001 Ida Persson 2008-12 (Capt. 12) Lauren Piper 2011-present Anne Poleska 2001-05 (Capt. ‘02 • MVP ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘05) Alex Popa 2011-12 Dorie Portela 1988-91 Stacy Potter 1993-96 (MVP ‘93, ‘94, ‘95) Kelly Purcell 1987-90
R
Lisa Raines Barbie Rank Crystal Rasmussen (MVP ‘06 • Capt. ‘06) Regina Ray Ann Reddy Catherine Reinagel Katherine Rhodes (Capt. ‘94, ’95) Julie Richards Cindy Riddell Karin Ridderstople Ellen Riley (Capt. ‘85) Leslie Riley
1988-91 1994-95 2003-07 1979 1979-81 2009-10 1992-95 2007-10 1976-79 1990 1982-85 1980-82
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Emily Ritter Nicole Roberts Mary Robertson Becca Rogers Jill Rogers Ann Ross Missy Ruffner Ragga Runolfsdottir (MVP ‘91) Sara Rutledge Sofie Rylander
S
Tracy Salzano Betsy Saunders Katie Schroeder Suzanne Schwee Sandi Sciples Rosemarie Seaman Mary-Kate Sellers Arlene Semeco Georgia Sewell Kimberly Sharpe Donna Jean Sheets Jenny Siegart Helga Sigurdardottir Gunilla Siljeback Jamie Silverman Susan Simpson Kim Singer (Capt. ‘08) Cami Sink Mallory Slaughter Jackie Slingerland Patti Slucher Erin Sparks (MVP ‘07 • Capt. ‘08) Beth Sprigg Elle St. Charles
1994-95 2007-10 1979-80 2004-05 1983-84 2001-04 1981-82 1990-91 1977-78 1991-93
1992 1974-76 2011-12 2009-12 1984-87 1975-79 2006-09 2004-05 1991-94 2004-05 1985-86 1995-96 1992-94 1980 1985-86 1985-86 2005-08 2001 1991-92 1997-2000 1979 2005-08
Kim Staab Sam Stanley Vicky Stanley Nancy Stephens Kellie Stratton Flavia Sugimori
T
Kate Tallett Kasie Talon Jill Tappen (Capt. ‘95) Karen Taylor Karli Taylor Ryann Taylor Tara Theilemann Drue Thorn Ginny Trott Paige Troyan Erin Tuite Julie Turk Stacy Turner Karissa Tuthill (Capt. ‘07) Meme Tynan (Capt. ‘80)
V
Linda Valerio Shannon Van Hoy (Capt. ‘09, ‘10) Gail Vasterling Vanessa Von der Heyde Kristel Vourna (MVP ‘12)
1986-87 2012 1976-78 1983-85 1979-80 2001-02
1991-92 2008 1992-95 1985 1993-96 1996-98 2004-07 1976-78 2000-01 2008-11 1989 1976-78 1982-83 2004-07
W
Carol Wagner Kate Wallis Marcy Warriner (Capt. ‘02) Dagmar Waxenberger Yvonne Waxenberger Nicole Weatherman Kacey Weddle Doris Weibke Jane Weir Janna Wiegold Carina Wiberg Sharon Wilkerson Ashley Williams Kathy Williams Katie Williams (Capt. ‘90 • MVP ‘88) Teri Williams Elizabeth Wine Melaine Wirtner Brooke Wise Michelle Wise Debbie Wright
1978 1999 1999-2002 1978 1978 2004 2007-10 1983 1979-80 1987 1987 1978 1987 1979-81 1987-90 1990-93 1987 1988-89 2000 1996-98 1975-76
1979-80
Z 1982-85 2007-10
Maggie Zblewski Jill Zenter Nora Zhong
RECORDS & HISTORY
O
2007-10 1978 1997-98
1982 2006-08 2011-present
2007-10
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WOMEN’S ALL-TIME TOP 10 50 Freestyle Arlene Semeco Rania Elwani Kristel Vourna Stacy Potter Ida Persson Marcy Warriner Nora Zhong Kelly Coellner Kim Nicholson Katie Merriam
1,650 Freestyle 22.71 22.72 22.78 22.95 22.95 23.18 23.27 23.30 23.31 23.33
2005 1997 2011 1995 2009 2000 1997 2001 1984 2001
49.26 49.44 49.85 49.93 50.19 50.36 50.39 50.47 50.58 50.61
2009 1997 2005 2012 2010 2008 1994 2001 1994 1990
1:47.21 1:47.73 1:48.64 1:48.66 1:48.68 1:49.29 1:49.49 1:49.71 1:49.74 1:49.77
2001 1997 2011 2012 1989 1990 2009 1999 1983 2002
4:47.16 4:48.37 4:49.14 4:49.15 4:51.43 4:51.59 4:52.26 4:54.12 4:55.12 4:55.16
1985 2007 2011 1994 1986 1982 1990 2010 2004 1993
9:46.52 9:52.71 9:58.72 10:00.94 10:00.94 10:02.20 10:03.00 10:04.88 10:06.53 10:06.96
1985 1995 1982 2004 2007 2009 1976 1985 1990 2000
100 Freestyle Ida Persson Rania Elwani Arlene Semeco Alexa Popa Kristel Vourna Erin Sparks Stacy Potter Kelly Coellner Amy DeVasher Michelle Harris
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Stacy Potter Kathryn Hallquist Cassie Craddock Lauren Piper Stephanie Kinsey Suzanne Schwee Michelle King Allyson Angle Jenny Dudley Julie Richards
54.07 54.34 54.46 54.48 55.40 55.55 55.80 55.87 55.93 55.97
1994 2006 2009 2011 2012 2009 2002 2008 1996 2010
Jenny Dudley Julie Richards Lauren Piper Catalina Casaru Karli Taylor Kate Shannon Gray Rita Garay Kayla de Boer Allyson Angle Kathryn Hallquist
1:57.95 1:58.23 1:58.50 1:59.29 1:59.89 2:00.19 2:00.84 2:01.67 2:01.75 2:01.83
1996 2009 2011 2003 1994 2010 1993 2012 2008 2004
Anne Poleska Kaylin Burchell Agustina de Giovanni Marcy Warriner Alex Popa Katherine Rhodes Erin Sparks Ragga Runolfsdottir Kate Shannon Gray Angelika Knipping
1:00.08 1:00.53 1:00.75 1:01.30 1:01.33 1:02.34 1:02.42 1:02.92 1:03.00 1:03.04
2002 2012 2010 2002 2011 1994 2008 1990 2010 1984
2:07.86 2:10.50 2:10:54 2:12.20 2:12.77 2:13.56 2:14.83 2:15.24 2:15.36 2:15.47
2002 2009 2012 2012 2011 1994 1994 1989 1991 1998
52.16 52.97 53.08 53.13 53.71 53.96 54.05 54.31 54.94 55.03
2011 2009 1995 2003 2009 2009 1998 1994 1994 1996
Suzanne Schwee Elle St. Charles Victoria Genova Candace Weiman Kacey Weddle Carole Brook Katrine Bomstad Shannon Van Hoy Sandi Sciples Catalina Casaru
1:57.55 1:58.47 1:58.91 2:00.22 2:00.44 2:00.56 2:01.00 2:01.35 2:01.63 2:01.82
2010 2009 2003 2003 2010 1985 1987 2009 1985 2002
1:58.15 1:58.84 1:59.97 2:00.02 2:00.28 2:01.05 2:01.50 2:01.64 2:01.84 2:01.88
2010 2012 2009 2003 2012 2001 2011 2010 2001 2007
4:09.31 4:10.37 4:18.34 4:19.68 4:20.20 4:20.34 4:21.57 4:22.12 4:24.32 4:24.87
2011 2008 2003 2001 1985 1985 2000 1984 2007 2001
200 IM Kate Shannon Gray Alex Popa Agustina de Giovanni Candace Weiman Kaylin Burchell Anne Poleska Anna Rae Gwarjanski Suzanne Schwee Kelly Coellner Erin Sparks
400 IM Kate Shannon Gray Agustina de Giovanni Anne Poleska Catalina Casaru Katrine Bomstad Laurence Bensimon Emily Donohue Lisa McClain Erin Sparks Cami Sink
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200 Breaststroke Anne Poleska Agustina de Giovanni Alex Popa Kaylin Burchell Kate Shannon Gray Katherine Rhodes Francine Mathot Kelly Purcell Ragga Runolfsdottir Keri Coy
Kristel Vourna Hannah Brinks Stacy Potter Candace Weiman Suzanne Schwee Ida Persson Nora Zhong Georgia Sewell Anna Lindberg Karen Jones
200 Butterfly
100 Breaststroke
1,000 Freestyle Laurence Bensimon Ann-Sofie Joensson Marla Brooksbank Nicole Weatherman Agustina de Giovanni Jenna Gallo Beth Hobart Virginia Andreatta Lisa Raines Jackie Slingerland
1995 2011 1979 1985 1977 1990 2005 2004 2008 1993
200 Backstroke
500 Freestyle Laurence Bensimon Agustina de Giovanni Jenna Gallo Ann-Sofie Joensson Pernille Nimb Marla Brooksbank Lisa Raines Marissa Dressel Nicole Weatherman Stacy Gillies
100 Butterfly 16:18.10 16:27.11 16:27.57 16:33.88 16:37.45 16:45.40 16:49.14 16:50.58 16:52.05 16:53.93
100 Backstroke
200 Freestyle Anne Poleska Rania Elwani Kate Shannon Gray Anna Rae Gwarjanski Katie Williams Michelle Harris Shannon Van Hoy Kelly Coellner Nancy Stephens Irini Kosta
Ann-Sofie Joensson Jenna Gallo Marla Brooksbank Laurence Bensimon Beth Hobart Lisa Raines Hanna Miluska Nicole Weatherman Agustina de Giovanni Stacy Gillies
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WOMEN’S RECORDS School Record Arlene Semeco 22.71 in 2005 100 FREESTYLE Ida Persson 49.26 in 2009 200 FREESTYLE Anne Poleska 1:47.21 in 2001 500 FREESTYLE Laurence Bensimon 4:47.16 in 1985 1,000 FREESTYLE Laurence Bensimon 9:46.52 in 1985 1,650 FREESTYLE Ann-Sofie Joensson 16:18.10 in 1995 100 BACKSTROKE Stacy Potter 54.07 in 1994 200 BACKSTROKE Jenny Dudley 1:57.95 in 1996 100 BREASTSTROKE Anne Poleska 1:00.08 in 2002 200 BREASTSTROKE Anne Poleska 2:07.86 in 2002 100 BUTTERFLY Kristel Vourna 52.16 in 2011 200 BUTTERFLY Suzanne Schwee 1:57.55 in 2010 200 IM Kate Shannon Gray 1:58.15 in 2010 400 IM Kate Shannon Gray 4:09.31 in 2011 200 MEDLEY 1:38.68 in 2012 RELAY Stephanie Kinsey Kaylin Burchell Kristel Vourna Alex Popa 400 MEDLEY 3:36.10 in 2012 RELAY Lauren Piper Kaylin Burchell Kristel Vourna Alex Popa 200 FREESTYLE 1:30.81 in 2007 RELAY Ida Person Vanessa Von der Heyde Brooke Baldi Erin Sparks 400 FREESTYLE 3:20.33 in 2007 RELAY Erin Sparks Vanessa Von der Heyde Ida Persson Agustina de Giovanni 800 FREESTYLE 7:17.33 in 2003 RELAY Anne Poleska Candace Weiman Anna Grant Eleonora Markou 1-METER DIVING Lane Bassham (6 Dives) 325.55 in 2004 3-METER DIVING Carrie Dragland (6 Dives) 366.50 in 2009 PLATFORM DIVING Carrie Dragland (5 Dives) 320.30 in 2009
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University of Alabama Aquatic Center Record Jenny Bradford (Kentucky) 22.00 in 2008 Christine Magnuson (Tennessee) 48.08 in 2008 Christine Magnuson (Tennessee) 1:43.00 in 2008 Caroline Burckle (Florida) 4:34.87 in 2008 Kim Linehan (Texas) 9:35.05 in 1982 Tiffany Cohen (Texas) 15:53.85 in 1985 Gemma Spofforth (Florida) 51.57 in 2008 Gemma Spofforth (Florida) 1:50.56 in 2008 Kara Denby (Auburn) 1:00.37 in 2008 Anne Poleska (Alabama) 2:08.85 in 2001 Christine Magnuson (Tennessee) 51.00 in 2008 Emily Kukors (Auburn) 1:54.97 in 2008 Ava Ohlgren (Auburn) 1:54.97 in 2008 Ava Ohlgren (Auburn) 4:05.78 in 2008 Florida 1:37.23 in 2008 Gemma Spofforth Caroline Burckle Colleen Healy Stephanie Napier Auburn 3:33.40 in 2008 Margo McCawley Kara Denby Ava Ohlgren Emily Kukors Tennessee 1:29.07 in 2008 Michele King Carly Mathes Christine Magnuson Brittany Nauta Auburn 3:13.09 in 2008 Ava Ohlgren Melissa Marik Emily Kukors Kara Denby Auburn 6:57.28 in 2008 Ava Ohlgren Caitlin Geary Melissa Marik Emily Kukors Lane Bassham (Alabama) 325.55 in 2004 Lauren LeRoy (Tennessee) 344.05 in 2008 Paige Brown (LSU) 300.30 in 2008
SEC Championship NCAA Record Record Ariana Vanderpool-Wallace (Auburn) Lara Jackson (Arizona) 21.34 in 2011 21.27 in 2009 A. Vanderpool-Wallace (Auburn) A. Vanderpool-Wallace (Auburn) 46.81 in 2011 46.81 in 2011 Morgan Scroggy (Georgia) Megan Romano (Georgia) 1:42.46 in 2011 1:41.21 in 2012 Caroline Burckle (Florida) Allison Schmitt (Georgia) 4:34.87 in 2008 4:32.71 in 2011
Wendy Trott (Georgia) 15:47.04 in 2012 Gemma Spofforth (Florida) 50.46 in 2009 Gemma Spofforth (Florida) 1:48.34 in 2009 Jane Trepp (LSU) 58.94 in 2011 Amanda Rutqvist (USC) 2:08.56 in 2011 Christine Magnuson (Tennessee) 51.00 in 2008 Jemma Lowe (Florida) 1:52.53 in 2009 Morgan Scoggy (Georgia) 1:54.58 in 2011 Elizabeth Beisel (Florida) 3:58.35 in 2012 Tennessee 1:35.33 in 2012 Jenny Connolly Molly Hannis Kelsey Floyd Caroline Simmons Tennessee 3:30.36 in 2012 Jenny Connolly Molly Hannis Kelsey Floyd Lindsay Gendron Florida 1:28.15 in 2009 Stephanie Napier Gamma Spofforth Shara Stafford Sarah Bateman Auburn 3:12.00 in 2009 Ava Ohlgren Vanderpool-Wallace Melissa Marik Caitlin Geary Georgia 6:53.58 in 2011 Morgan Scroggy Chelsea Nauta Melanie Margalis Allison Schmitt Taryn Zack (South Carolina) 336.55 in 2011 Monica Dodson (Florida) 373.85 in 2011 Monica Dodson (Florida) 325.20 in 2011
Stephanie Peacock (UNC) 15:38.79 in 2012 Natalie Coughlin (California) 49.97 in 2002 Gemma Spofforth (Florida) 1:48.34 in 2009 Breeja Larson (Texas A&M) 57.71 in 2012 Rebecca Soni (Southern Cal) 2:04.75 in 2009 Natalie Coughlin (California) 50.01 in 2002 Elaine Breeden (Stanford) 1:49.92 in 2009 Caitlin Leverenz (California) 1:51.77 in 2012 Katinka Hosszu (Southern Cal) 3:56.54 in 2012 California 1:34.24 in 2012 Cindy Tran Caitlin Leverenz Colleen Fotsch Liv Jensen California 3:28.10 in 2012 Cindy Tran Caitlin Leverenz Sara Isakovic Catherine Raatz Arizona 1:26.20 in 2009 Lara Jackson Lindsey Kelly Justine Schluntz Taylor Baughman California 3:09.88 in 2009 Hannah Wilson Liv Jensen Erica Dagg Dana Vollmer California 6:52.69 in 2009 Sara Isakovic Hannah Wilson Liv Jensen Dana Vollmer Anastasia Pozdniakova (Houston) 356.20 in 2010 Christina Loukas (Indiana) 437.75 in 2009
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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AND THE CRIMSON TIDE
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Alabama’s swimming and diving program has enjoyed tremendous success in the classroom. The women led the nation in terms of team grade point average in 2012 with a 3.62 after finishing second in 2011 with a 3.64, just onehundredth of a point behind Yale. The Crimson Tide men have also earned the spotlight for their academic accomplishments. In 2011 the Tide men were ranked No. 1 nationally with a 3.44 team GPA. The Tide men produced a pair of NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winners over the past two years, with Kyle Weeks earning the one in 2012 and Adam Booher in 2011. On the conference level, Alabama’s women have earned Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll honors 288 times since the award’s inception in 1984, including an impressive 111 honors over the past five years. The men have totaled 216 spots on SEC Academic Honor Roll since 1984 and 81 over the past five years. The Tide’s recent academic prowess is nothing new. During his standout career, Vlad Polyakov won a 200 breaststroke World Championship, twice finaled at the Olympic Games, won a pair of NCAA Championships, five SEC titles and set the SEC 200 breaststroke record. He was just as impressive in the classroom, earning a berth on the prestigious CoSIDA Academic All-American at-large team three years running. Six other Tide athletes have earned a spot on the CoSIDA Academic All-American at-large team since 2005 – Kyle Weeks (2011 and 2012), Elizabeth Hughes (2010), Kevin Greer (2009), Apostolis Tsagkarakis (2007), Guido Arroyo (2006) and Stewart Smith (2005). In 1998, Jill DeVasher became the first member of the Alabama swimming and
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diving program to earn a place on the at-large team. In addition to the Tide’s Academic All-Americans, Austin Shirey earned a place on the CoSIDA Academic All-Region IV At-Large team in 2008 while Adam Booher and Dan Armstrong received the honor in 2011. Postgraduate scholarships are another area where Alabama continues to bring home national and conference honors. A total of nine UA swimmers and divers have earned 11 NCAA and SEC Postgraduate scholarships since 1991. A five-time SEC Champion and the 1991 NCAA Runnerup off the 1-meter board, Mark Rourke capped off his career by earning Alabama Swimming and Diving’s first NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 1991. Rourke’s inaugural crimson and white honor was followed by back-to-back-to-back postgraduate scholarships in the mid-1990s when Amy DeVasher earned one from the NCAA in 1996 and Ann-Sofie Joensson brought an NCAA award back to the Capstone in 1997. Jill DeVasher completed the trifecta in 1998 winning an SEC scholarship, an award also bestowed upon her sister, Amy DeVasher. Amy DeVasher and Joensson were standout examples of balancing outstanding academics while competing at the highest level. Both women where first team All-Americans in addition to being academic all-stars. Mark Jollands was a four-time All-American and posted the fastest 500 freestyle time in the conference as a senior in 2000 as well as earning an SEC Postgraduate Scholarship. All-American diver Stewart Smith added an SEC Postgraduate Scholarship to his First Team Academic All-America honors in 2005.
Kevin Greer, a senior in 2009, not only earned first-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, but also came away with the Crimson Tide’s fourth NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Adam Booher earned an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2011 while Weeks earned NCAA and SEC Postgraduate Scholarships in 2012. One of the secrets behind the academic success for Tide athletes is Alabama’s Center of Athletic Student Services (CASS). From the moment a recruit first walks on to campus to the moment an athlete graduates with diploma in hand, the academic services provided are outstanding. For the first year at the Capstone, freshmen and junior college transfers are required to attend nightly study halls. After that, attendance is based on the individual’s GPA and study needs. CASS is headed by Assistant Athletics Director for Student Services Jon Dever. Dever is assisted by Stephanie Godfrey, swimming and diving’s academic advisor, as well as Heather Anders, Tom Buttram, Brenda Elliott, Fern Hampton, Lance Walker, Lisa Patrick, Evan Cardwell, Molly Dowd, Tyler Roberts and Joy
Burroughs. Joining this group are five interns and more than 60 parttime tutors. The entire operation is housed in the Bill Battle Academic Center located at Bryant Hall. The CASS staff works as a liaison between the Athletics Department, undergraduate divisions, and administrative office of the university. The staff offers career advice and counseling, makes sure all athletes are maintaining satisfactory progress toward their degrees and monitors academic eligibility. The advisors also secure tutors and schedule study sessions. All of these services begin with the recruit’s first visit to campus. The advisors set up individual appointments within the department of the recruit’s area of study and accompany them to the meeting. They also give the recruit a tour of the campus and review the services provided by CASS. The dedicated CASS staff can only give guidance and direction. Achievement is left in the hands of the student-athlete. If the athlete wishes to succeed in the classroom as they do in competition, then Alabama’s CASS will provide them with every opportunity to achieve their highest goals.
THE BILL BATTLE ACADEMIC CENTER
The Bill Battle Academic Center at Paul W. Bryant Hall is the crown jewel in Alabama’s $125 million Crimson Tradition building initiative. Through the auspices of the Crimson Tradition Fund, Alabama took its former athletic dorm and converted it into a 55,000-square foot state-of-the-art facility that benefits all 500-plus Crimson Tide student-athletes. The building’s many amenities includes a 48-seat computer lab with the most up to date equipment available. The computer lab also houses 25 laptop computers that can be checked out by student-athletes for use on team road trips. There are math, English and writing labs as well as individual study rooms. The athletic academic advisor offices are also housed in the building along with several study lounges, two 50-seat classrooms and a 140-seat classroom. The classrooms have cutting-edge teaching devices, including digital projectors and “smart boards” that allow instructors to interact with students on the go. Throughout the building, there are 16 information stations that provide student-athletes with news about tutorials, study sessions and even practice schedules.
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ALABAMA’S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL NCAA AND SEC POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Adam Booher
NCAA & SEC - 2012 NCAA - 2011
CoSIDA Academic All-American 1998 Jill DeVasher 2005 Vlad Polyakov Stewart Smith 2006 Guido Arroyo Vlad Polyakov 2007 Vlad Polyakov Apostolis Tsagkarakis 2009 Kevin Greer 2010 Elizabeth Hughes 2011 Kyle Weeks 2012 Kyle Weeks CoSIDA Academic All-Region 2008 Austin Shirey 2011 Daniel Armstrong Adam Booher NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships 1991 Mark Rourke 1996 Amy DeVasher 1997 Ann-Sofie Joensson 2009 Kevin Greer 2011 Adam Booher 2012 Kyle Weeks NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference 2003 Adam Hall 2007 Austin Shirey SEC Postgraduate Scholarship 1996 Amy DeVasher 1996 Jill DeVasher 2000 Mark Jollands 2005 Stewart Smith 2012 Kyle Weeks SEC ‘Good Works’ Team 2004 Sonya Adams 2007 Austin Shirey Karissa Tuthill 2008 Kevin Greer Allyson Angle 2009 Kevin Greer Allyson Angle 2010 Daniel Armstrong Elizabeth Hughes
Kevin Greer
Stewart Smith
Mark Jollands
Jill DeVasher
Ann-Sofie Amy Joensson DeVasher
NCAA - 2009
SEC - 2005
SEC - 2000
SEC - 1998
NCAA - 1997
2011 2012
Kyle Weeks Kelsie Ludolph Kyle Weeks Callan Buck
Paul W. Bryant Student-Athlete of the Year 1995 Amy DeVasher 2000 Mark Jollands XXXI 1995 Amy DeVasher 1997 Jill DeVasher Mortar Board 1995 Amy DeVasher 2005 Sonya Adams Alpha Epsilon Rho 2002 Belinda Green Alpha Kappa Psi 2005 Stewart Smith Alpha Lambda Delta 1995 Jill DeVasher 2000 Dawn Coy 2002 Michael Pigassou 2005 Bridget Belyea 2007 Mary-Kate Sellers 2008 Shannon Van Hoy Maggie Zblewski 2010 Elizabeth Hughes Kara Feeney Robert Scrip 2012 Emily Facchine Alpha Mu Alpha 2007 Karissa Tuthill Beta Gamma Sigma 1997 Jill DeVasher Anna Lindberg 2001 Mark Jollands 2002 Grant Jollands 2008 Austin Shirey 2011 Kate Shannon Gray Blue Key 1995 Amy DeVasher
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Cardinal Key 1996 Jill DeVasher Eta Kappa Nu 1997 Alex Voris 2011 Andrew Reeves
NCAA & SEC - 1996 NCAA - 1991
Kappa Tau Alpha 2001 Katy Davidson 2010 Britney Busch
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Lambda Sigma 2005 Karissa Tuthill
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2010 Gamma Beta Phi 1996 Dana Bleich Jill DeVasher Josh Luber Francine Mathot 1997 Jen Buffington Keri Coy Jenny Dudley Laura Lloyd 1999 Sara Burns Kelly Coellner Brooke Donoho 2000 Katy Davidson Kristen Francis Belinda Green TJ Wolters 2001 Lainee Patterson 2003 Chris Flamion Ginny Trott 2005 Stewart Smith 2007 Mary-Kate Sellers Kevin Greer Golden Key 1996 Josh Luber 1997 Jill DeVasher Ann-Sofie Joensson Ann Lindberg 2001 Oren Azrad Katy Davidson 2002 Alaina Patterson 2004 Kat Bortenlanger Megan Lynch Charles Reeves Jeff Smith 2008 Mary-Kate Sellers 2009 Elizabeth Hughes Shannon Van Hoy 2010 Lauren Dunn Andrew Reeves Elizabeth Hughes Elle St. Charles 2011 Kate Shannon Gray
National Society of Collegiate Scholars 2004 Guido Arroyo Alison Lafevers 2007 Kevin Greer Kim Singer Erin Sparks 2008 Elizabeth Hughes Shannon Van Hoy Maggie Zblewski 2009 Britney Busch Lauren Dunn Kate Shannon Gray 2010 Shelby Hixon Elizabeth Hughes Adam Booher Kara Feeney Kate Shannon Gray Robert Scrip Omicron Delta Kappa 1994 Amy DeVasher 1997 Jill DeVasher Ann-Sofie Joensson 1998 Keri Coy 2008 Austin Shirey Kevin Greer Phi Beta Kappa 1996 Amy DeVasher 2009 Kevin Greer Mary-Katherine Sellers 2010 Brooke Baldi Phi Eta Sigma 1995 Jill DeVasher Joaquim Ribeiro 1997 Jenny Dudley 1998 Nora Zhong 1999 Kelly Coellner 2004 Andrea Bernthal Jenna Hastreiter 2005 Kim Singer Erin Sparks
Mark Rourke
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Brooke Baldi Kacey Weddle Elizabeth Hughes Kelsie Ludolph Alan Axford Paige Troyan Lauren Dunn Brooke Baldi Robert Scrip Kara Feeney Andrew Wrist Callie Nettles Brian Carr Phillip Dockery Paige Troyan
Phi Kappa Phi 1996 Jill DeVasher Phi Mu Epsilon 1996 Ann-Sofie Joensson Psi Chi 2008 Elizabeth Hughes Sigma Alpha Lambda 2005 Crystal Rasmussen 2007 Kevin Greer 2008 Shannon Van Hoy Ellen St. Charles 2010 Lauren Dunn Kara Feeney 2011 Kate Shannon Gray Sigma Tau Delta 1996 Francine Mathot Tau Beta Pi 2010 Andrew Reeves
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Kyle Weeks
Council of Presidents’ Freshman Academic Achievement Awards - Human Environmental Science 2008 Paige Troyan 2009 Suzanne Schwee
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ALABAMA’S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Dept. of Journalism Boone Memorial Endowed Scholarship 2000 Katy Davidson Capstone Communication Society Memorial Endowed Scholarship 2001 Katy Davidson College of Arts and Sciences Woodrow Alvin Davis Family Student-Athlete Award 1998 Ann-Sofie Joensson Dept. of Economics Finance and Legal Studies Economic Freshman Achievement Award 1998 Mark Jollands Dept. of Economics Finance and Legal Studies Economic Faculty Award 1999 Mark Jollands Dept. of Economics Finance and Legal Studies Murray Havens Award 2000 Mark Jollands Outstanding Organic Chemistry Student 2008 Kevin Greer Outstanding Undergraduate in Economics 2000 Mark Jollands 2010 Lauren Dunn
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Dept. of Healthcare Management Recognition of Excellence in Scholarship 2007 Apostolis Tsagkarakis Recognition for Academic Excellence by a Psychology Major 2009 Kevin Greer
Dept. of Marketing Recognition of Excellence in Scholarship 1998 Dana Bleich Marc Schrader 1999 Sarah Burns Karen Jones 2000 Brooke Donoho 2001 Brooke Donoho 2003 Charles Reeves James Willcox 2004 James Willcox 2005 Darren Erasmus Stewart Smith 2007 Tim Hansen Vlad Polyakov Austin Shirey Karissa Tuthill 2008 Austin Shirey 2011 Kate Shannon Gray Dept. of Management Recognition of Excellence in Scholarship 1998 Jill DeVasher 1999 Brooke Donoho 2002 Charles Reeves 2008 Caitlin Anderson 2010 Kate Shannon Gray Shannon Van Hoy 2011 Giles Gutnecht Outstanding Undergraduates in Finance 2002 Kat Bortenlanger Grant Jollands 2003 Kat Bortenlanger Grant Jollands 2004 Kat Bortenlanger 2010 Samantha Lugar Elle St. Charles Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Outstanding Student Branch Award 2002 Oren Azrad Austen LeGrand Bennett III Undergraduate Initiative Scholarships 2003 JT Jones 2005 Jenna Hastreiter Morris L. Mayer Endowed Scholarship in Marketing 2008 Austin Shirey
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Louis Drolet Luckie Memorial Endowed Scholarships 2003 JT Jones
Management Information Systems Outstanding Junior 2005 Guido Arroyo
Protective Life Insurance Company Inc. Endowed Undergraduate Initiative Scholarships 2003 JT Jones
MIS Scholarship Recipient - American Management Systems 2005 Guido Arroyo
Pearce Bevill Leesburg & Moore Accounting Scholarships 2003 Jeff Smith
Vice President of Publicity-Alabama Information Management Society 2005 Guido Arroyo
Economics Freshman Achievement Award 2003 Guido Arroyo Culverhouse College of Accountancy Honors Graduate 2005 JT Smith
Blount Undergraduate Initiative 2007 Jenna Hasstreiter 2009 Mary-Katherine Sellers
Gladys Poe Business Award 2005 Guido Arroyo
TCF Academic Achievement Award for Sophomores 2009 Britney Busch
Betty Loomis Distinguished Student Scholarship Award 2005 Darren Erasmus 2012 Kyle Weeks
TCF Academic Achievement Award for Juniors 2010 Britney Busch
Dr. Lauris D. and Jacquelyn Graves Endowed Scholarships 2005 Jenna Hastreiter
TCF Academic Achievement Award for Seniors 2011 Britney Busch
Justice Pelham J. and Gladys M. Merrill Endowed Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship 2005 JT Jones Jenna Hastreiter
Economics Freshmen Achievement Award 2007 Timothy Cline
Parisian Inc. Endowed Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship 2005 JT Jones
C&BA Management GPA Award 2010 Kate Shannon Gray Marcus Whitman Award (Finance) 2012 Kyle Weeks
Society of Newspapers Design Outstanding Student Award 2010 Allyson Angle Wilfred Galbraith Endowed Scholarship 2010 Kacey Weddle Capstone Communication Society Memorial Endowed Scholarship 2010 Britney Busch Excellence in Scholarship -General Business 2011 Andrea Rezzonico TCF John M. Forney, Jr. Endowed Scholarship 2011 Britney Busch Faculty Excellence Award- Management 2011 Andrea Rezzonico Special Achievement Award in Finance 2011 Kyle Weeks Outstanding Undergraduates Award in Finance 2011 Samantha Lugar Council of Presidents Freshman Academic Achievement Award 2011 Kristel Vourna Electrical and Computer Engineering Junior Meritorious Award 2011 Andrew Reeves Psychology Senior Honors Class Award 2012 Suzanne Schwee
Evelyn Sanderson Parker Endowed Scholarships 2005 Jenna Hastreiter 2009 Adam Booher J. Kelly Sisk Memorial Endowed Scholarship 2009 Britney Busch Lucile M. Smith Endowed Undergraduate Initiative Scholarship 2005 JT Jones
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2012 CSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICANS WOMEN FIRST-TEAM
MEN FIRST-TEAM
Kristel Vourna
Bjoern Hornikel
HONORABLE MENTION
HONORABLE MENTION
Lisa Bogosian, Callan Buck, Anna Rae Gwarjanski, Stephanie Kinsey, Angely Martinez, Paige McCleary, Ida Persson and Suzanne Schwee
Cameron Conners, Gilles Gutnecht, Reese Shirey and Pete Hillyer
SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL 2012 Vlad Caciuc Brian Carr Cameron Conners Phillip Deaton Philip Dockery Clark Garner Gilles Gutnecht Hunter Hinson Bjoern Hornikel Jordan Lesser Alex Pujol Andrew Reeves Jake Reynolds John Servati Reese Shirey Devan Terry Mike Tontillo Kyle Weeks George Wong Andrew Wrist Joe Ziegler Luke Zippi
2011 Daniel Armstrong Alan Axford Adam Booher Jake Carloni Brian Carr Cameron Conners Catalin Cosma Phillip Dockery Bjoern Hornikel Alex Pujol Andrew Reeves Jake Reynolds Andrea Rezzonico Daniel Rozick Reese Shirey Devan Terry Mike Tontillo Kyle Weeks George Wong Andrew Wrist Joe Ziegler Luke Zippi Denes Zubcsek
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Daniel Armstrong Alan Axford Adam Booher Catalin Cosma Kyle Lee Sam Morgan Clint McClendon Andrew Reeves Daniel Rozick Jake Reynolds Andrea Rezzonico Robert Scrip Reese Shirey Kyle Weeks Denes Zubcsek
Riley Boulden Tim Cline Luke Dickson Aaron Fleshner Kevin Greer Tim Hansen Kyle Lee Hunor Mate Clint McClendon Sam Morgan Vlad Polyakov Andy Schnack Austin Shirey Apostolis Tsagkarakis
Spiros Bitsakis Darren Erasmus Adam Hall J.T. Jones Vlad Polyakov Charles Reeves Jeffrey Smith Stewart Smith Frank Southon Apostolis Tsagkarakis James Willcox Ben Worby
Josh Luber Adam McBride Marc Schrader
Craig Ammon Chris McDaniels
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2009 Daniel Armstrong Adam Booher Catalin Cosma Kevin Greer Kyle Lee Clint McClendon Sam Morgan Andrew Reeves Daniel Rozick Kyle Weeks Denes Zubcsek
Aaron Ashworth Guido Arroyo Spiros Bitsakis William Burke Darren Erasmus Igor Erhartic Chad Frichtl Tim Hansen Ryan Latone Alin Mihalca Andrew Neff Vlad Polyakov Apostolis Tsagkarakis
2008 Daniel Armstrong Adam Booher Catalin Cosma Kevin Greer Kyle Lee Clint McClendon Sam Morgan Daniel Rozick Andy Schnack Austin Shirey
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Christopher Flamion Grant Jollands Evan Mueller Michael Pigassou Charles Reeves Jeffrey Smith Stewart Smith Scott Weaver James Willcox
2004 Darren Erasmus Igor Erhartic Adam Hall Tim Hansen J.T. Jones Jesse Maple Jeff Smith Stewart Smith James Willcox Ben Worby
Mike Lamothe Josh Luber Adam McBride Russell McDowell Joaquim Ribeiro Alex Voris
1995 Craig Devitt Mike Lamothe Josh Luber Adam McBride Rick Richmond David Strassburg Brian Tribble Alex Voris
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Oren Azrad Grant Jollands Charles Reeves TJ Wolters
Craig Devitt Peter Doig Alex Hermeto Nicos Papadopoulos Rick Richmond David Strassburg Alex Voris
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2005 Guido Arroyo Darren Erasmus Igor Erhartic Tim Hansen J.T. Jones Ryan Latone Franck Southon Stewart Smith
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Oren Azrad Mark Jollands Matt Pendleton Alan Rose
1999
Darren Brudos Peter Doig Jamey Myers Juan Lopez David Strassburg
Oren Azrad Mark Jollands Matt Pendleton Alan Rose
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1998
Darren Brudos Mark Rourke Jamey Myers
Mark Jollands Matt Pendleton Alan Rose Marc Schrader
Jamey Myers Juan Lopez
Peter Berndt Thorbjorn Karlsson Ricardo Valdivia
1986 Don Berger Filiberto Colon Thorbjorn Karlsson Enrique Romero Ricardo Valdivia
1985 Donald Berger Filiberto Colon Thorbjorn Karlsson Ricardo Valdivia
1984 Filiberto Colon Brendan Moynihan
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1990 Mark Rourke Craig Ammon
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SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL WOMEN 2012 Lisa Bogosian Callan Buck Kara Feeney Jenna Gallo Anna Rae Gwarjanski Hillary Hahmann Caitlyn Harrison Shelby Hixon Kayla de Boer Emily Facchine Angely Martinez Paige McCleary Katheryne Muth Callie Nettles Brittany Parkey Ida Persson Alex Popa Suzanne Schwee Kristel Vourna
2011 Callan Buck Britney Busch Kara Feeney Jenna Gallo Caitlyn Harrison Shelby Hixon Kelsie Ludolph Samantha Lugar Paige McCleary Callie Nettles Ida Persson Anna Rae Gwarjanski Suzanne Schwee Kate Shannon Gray Paige Troyan Kristel Vourna
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Allyson Angle Brooke Baldi Cameron Bass Hannah Brinks Britney Busch Lauren Cuervo Agustina de Giovanni Carrie Dragland Lauren Dunn Baylee Ellson Julie Etterer Kate Shannon Gray Caitlyn Harrison Shelby Hixon Elizabeth Hughes Kelsie Ludolph Samantha Lugar Jenna Montgomery Ida Persson Catherine Reinagel Julie Richards
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Nicole Roberts Suzanne Schwee Elle St. Charles Paige Troyan Shannon Van Hoy Kacey Weddle
2009 Caitlin Anderson Brooke Baldi Cameron Bass Hannah Brinks Britney Busch Olivia Covey Lauren Cuervo Lauren Dunn Baylee Ellson Kate Shannon Gray Caitlyn Harrison Shelby Hixon Elizabeth Hughes Kelsie Ludolph Samantha Lugar Jenna Montgomery Ida Persson Julie Richards Nicole Roberts Suzanne Schwee Mary-Kate Sellers Elle St. Charles Paige Troyan Shannon Van Hoy Kacey Weddle Maggie Zblewski
2008 Caitlin Anderson Allyson Angle Brooke Baldi Hannah Brinks Britney Busch Agustina de Giovanni Lauren Dunn Baylee Ellson Elizabeth Hughes Mary Kate Sellers Jenna Montgomery Ida Persson Julie Richards Nicole Roberts Kate Shannon Gray Kim Singer Erin Sparks Elle St. Charles Paige Troyan Shannon Van Hoy Vanessa Von der Heyde Kacey Weddle Maggie Zblewski
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Caitlin Anderson Allyson Angle Brooke Baldi Melina Bassino Bridget Belyea Hannah Brinks Agustina de Giovanni Elizabeth Hughes Caroline Humphreville Julie Richards Nicole Roberts Mary Kate Sellers Kim Singer Erin Sparks Elizabeth St. Charles Karissa Tuthill Shannon Van Hoy Kacey Weddle Maggie Zblewski
Bridgett Belyea Andrea Bernthal Jenna Hastreiter Liz McGiffin Eleonora Markou Crystal Rasmussen Becca Rogers Ann Ross Karissa Tuthill Nicole Weatherman
Jen Buffington Sarah Burns Kelly Coellner Keri Coy Brooke Donoho Emily Donohue
Amy DeVasher Stacy Gillies Anna Lindberg Katherine Rhodes Helga Sigurdardottir Jill Tappen Karli Taylor
2006 Caitlin Anderson Melina Bassino Bridget Belyea Agustina de Giovanni Caroline Humphreville Alison Lafevers Hanna Miluska Crystal Rasmussen Mary Kate Sellers Kim Singer Erin Sparks Karissa Tuthill Vanessa Von der Heyde
2005 Sonya Adams Melina Bassino Selma Beji Bridgett Belyea Jenna Hastreiter Alison Lafevers Eleonora Markou Crystal Rasmussen Becca Rogers Arlene Semeco Kim Singer Erin Sparks Karissa Tuthill
2003 Katherine Bortenlanger Kathryn Hallquist Alison Lafevers Meghan Lynch Elizabeth McGiffin Alaina Patterson Anne Poleska Crystal Rasmussen Ann Ross Ginny Trott Candace Weiman
2002 Lisa Andersson Kat Bortenlanger Catalina Casaru Kathryn Davidson Belinda Green Meghan Lynch Elizabeth McGiffin Alaina Patterson Anne Poleska Ann Ross Marcy Warriner
2001 Katy Davidson Holly McCreless Lainee Patterson Katherine Bortenlanger Christine Menedez Kelly Coellner Dawn Coy Emily Donohue Belinda Green Marcy Warriner
2000 Sarah Burns Kelly Coellner Katy Davidson Brooke Donoho Emily Donohue Belinda Green
1998 Jenny Buffington Sarah Burns Keri Coy Jill DeVasher Brooke Donoho Karen Jones Laura Lloyd Nora Zhong
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Tina Andersson Tiffany Berry Dana Bleich Jenny Buffington Keri Coy Jill DeVasher Jenny Dudley Rania Elwani Monica Geohagan Sarah Hickinbotham Ann-Sofie Joensson Anna Lindberg Laura Lloyd Francine Mathot
Susan Bartholomew Sis Burovac Jana Korsch Sofie Rylander Nathalie Dietiker
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Nathalie Dietiker Rita Garay Stacy Gillies Jo Dee Lake Helga Sigurdardottir Jill Tappen Teri Williams
1991 Meg Bonella Jana Korsch
1990 Kathryn Newland Katie Williams Susan Bartholomew Dorie Portela
Dana Bleich Amy DeVasher Jill DeVasher Maria Elm Monica Geohagan Sarah Hickinbotham Ann-Sofie Joensson Laura Lloyd April Mathis Francine Mathot Jenny Siegart Karli Taylor
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1995
Ellen McGrath Kim Nicholson
Dana Bleich Amy DeVasher Stacy Gillies Ann-Sofie Joensson Anna Lindberg Francine Mathot Jill Tappen Karli Taylor
Charlotte Brock Tami Merrill
1987 Anna Doig
1986 Anna Doig Donna Jean Sheets
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1984 Carol Landry Kim Nicholson
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UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SWIMMING & DIVING HALL OF FAME In 1975, legendary Crimson Tide head coach Don Gambril decided to create the Alabama Swimming Hall of Fame to honor those Tide swimmers, divers and related personnel who had made outstanding contributions to the Crimson Tide program through superb performances. Former head coach and Tide swimming legend Jonty Skinner was the first member to be inducted into the Hall of Fame on the strength of his NCAA Championship and world record, both in the 100 freestyle. In the fall of 2011, Aaron Fleshner was inducted into the hall after earning a place on the United States’ World Championship team. Betsy Saunders, Alabama’s first female All-American also earning a place in the hall in 2011. Like the 1960 men’s team, Saunders was inducted as a Crimson Tide pioneer. Since Skinner was inducted in 1975, the Hall of Fame has grown to 39 individual members and the 1960 team. An athlete must meet one of eight requirements to be eligible for induction:
2011 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE AARON FLESHNER
JONTY SKINNER | 1975
CASEY CONVERSE | 1977
CARLOS BERROCAL | 1979
First member of the Hall of Fame … Earned the first individual NCAA championship in Alabama’s swimming history … His time of 43.92 in the 100 freestyle on March 29, 1975, in Cleveland, Ohio, set an NCAA record and U.S. Open record … Set a world record in 1976 in the 100m freestyle … Served as the Tide’s head coach from 1991-94.
Set an NCAA record and became the first man in swimming history to break the 15-minute barrier on his way to winning the 1,650 freestyle when he went 14:57.30 on March 26, 1977 in Cleveland, Ohio … Also held the NCAA record in the 1,000 freestyle … Swam for the United States at the 1976 Olympics.
Won the 1979 NCAA 100 backstroke title … Earned a fourth-place finish at the 1976 Olympic Games in the 100 backstroke … four-year AllAmerican ... SEC Champion.
VICKY STANLEY | 1977 JACK BABASHOFF | 1976 Earned a silver medal in the 100 meter freestyle and a gold medal as part of the U.S. 400 freestyle relay at the 1976 Olympics … Gold medalist at the 1975 Pan American games … Four-year All-American.
CHRISTINA JARVIS | 1976 Won five AIAW titles, including the 100 and 200 breaststroke in 1976 and the 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke in 1977 … Set the U.S. Open record in 1976 in the 100 meter breaststroke … AIAW record holder in the 200 breaststroke, 2:18.79 … U.S. Open and AIAW record holder in the 100 breaststroke, 1:04.56.
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1976 AIAW champion in the 50 freestyle, her winning effort set an AIAW record in that event.
MIKE CURINGTON | 1978 Won three gold medals at the 1975 Pan Am Games … Won four gold medals at the 1977 World University Games … four-year AllAmerican.
WAYNE CHESTER | 1978 First Alabama diver to win an NCAA title, taking first off the 1-meter board at the 1978 NCAA Championships … three-year SEC Champion … two-year All-American.
MARK TONELLI | 1979 Finaled in the 200 backstroke at the 1976 Olympic Games for Australia … Won the gold at the 1980 Olympic games as part of Australia’s 400 medley relay … Former SEC record holder in the 200 backstroke … 200 backstroke runnerup at the 1979 NCAA Championships.
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1. AIAW or NCAA champion in an individual event 2. Member of the U.S. Olympic Team 3. Finalist at the Olympic Games 4. Member of the U.S. World Championship Team 5. Finalist at the World Championships 6. Pan-American or Pan-Pacific Games individual medalist 7. One male and one female athlete is chosen as Athlete of the Decade for outstanding contribution to the program. 8. An individual or group that is deemed a pioneer of the program.
JOHN FOSTER | 1980 The Crimson Tide’s first coach … From 1960 to 1973 he compiled 123-48 record in dual meet competition …Coached Alabama’s first AllAmericans.
ARNE BORGSTROM | 1982 Won the 1982 NCAA 1,650 freestyle title … Named the 1982 SEC Swimmer of the Year … Named 1982 Alabama Athlete of the Year … Earned All-America honors four consecutive years … First man to swim the 1,650 freestyle in less than 15 minutes at the SEC Championships.
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ALABAMA SWIMMING & DIVING HALL OF FAME ANGELIKA KNIPPING | 1983
MARK ROURKE | 1991
BRENT ROBERTS | 1998
Won the NCAA 50 breaststroke title on the way to setting a collegiate record in that event which still stands … Won three SEC titles and earned All-America honors 13 times.
Finalist at the 1984 Olympics, representing Canada in the platform event … Finalist at the 1992 Olympic Games off the 3-meter board … Four-time SEC champion … Became the first diver in SEC history to win all three diving events at the 1991 SEC Championships, … Set the school and SEC record holder for the 1-meter diving event … Runner-up at the 1991 NCAA Championships in 1-meter diving.
1998 NCAA platform champion … Member of the 1998 U.S. World Championship Team … 1997 and 1998 Southeastern Conference Diver of the Year … Two SEC titles … Eight-time first team All-American and three-time honorable mention All-American
GLENN MILLS | 1983 Won the NCAA 200 breaststroke title … Member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team … Member of the 1982 U.S. World Championship Team.
ELLEN (MCGRATH) OWEN | 1992 DON GAMBRIL | 1984 Legendary Head Coach of the Crimson Tide … Head Coach of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team in Los Angeles … Head coach of the 1983 U.S. Pan-American squad … Head coach of the 1991 U.S. World Championship Team … First individual recipient of U.S. Swimming Award.
Member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic Diving Team … Finaled off the platform at the 1992 Games … 1985 SEC Champion off the 3-meter board … Academic All-SEC in 1985 … Two-time All-America.
MARLA BROOKSBANK | 1992
Won gold medals in platform diving at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics … Four-time SEC Diving Coach of the Year … Coached an NCAA champion and 10 SEC champions.
Swimmer of the 1970s First female Alabama swimmer to earn individual All-America honors all four years of her career … Gold medalist at the 1979 World University Games held in Mexico … Alabama’s 1979 Most Valuable Swimmer.
MARCELLO JUCA | 1985
JEFF WADE | 1992
BOB WEBSTER | 1985
Won three medals at the 1983 Pan-American Games … Three-time All-American … Member of the 1984 Brazilian Olympic Team.
JENS-PETER BERNDT | 1987 World record holder in the 400 IM … Finalist at the 1988 Olympic Games … Two-time SEC champion
RALPH WRIGHT | 1988 Swimmer of the 1960s Three year Most Valuable Swimmer … 1968 SEC Most Valuable Swimmer … Five-time SEC champion … Set four SEC records during his career.
JON OLSEN | 1991
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1992 Olympic 400 medley and freestyle relay gold medalist and 800 freestyle relay bronze medalist … 1996 Olympic double gold medalist, 400 and 800 freestyle relays … 1996 Olympic team captain … Five-time SEC Champion … 1991 NCAA Championship 100 freestyle runner-up … 50, 100 and 200 freestyle Alabama school record holder … Four-year MVP for the Tide … Member of the 1991 & 1994 U.S. World Championship team … Goodwill Games gold medalist … 1991 Pan-Pacific Games gold medalist … World-record holder as part of the USA’s 400 medley relay … Captain of the 1993 U.S. Pan Pacific squad … Four-time gold medalist at the 1993 Pan Pacific Games - 50 and 100 freestyle and the 400 freestyle and medley relays … Inaugural U.S. Resident National Team member.
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Swimmer of the 1970s Anchored the 800 freestyle relay that earned Alabama’s first All-America honors at the 1970 NCAA Championships … 1970 Academic AllAmerica … Three-year team MVP … Threeyear captain … Five-time SEC champion, with three individual titles and two relay titles … Three-time All-SEC … Set SEC records in the 200 IM, 200 backstroke and 800 freestyle.
GREG HIGGINSON | 1992 Swimmer of the 1980s Total of 12 All-America honors from 1980 to 1983 … Five-time individual SEC Champion … Winner of the 1982 Commissioners Trophy … Member of the 1982 SEC Championship team … Three year All-SEC.
KIM NICHOLSON | 1992 Swimmer of the 1980s Total of 23 All-America honors from 1982 to 1985 … Seven SEC titles, four individual titles and three relay wins … 1984 and 1985 Academic All-SEC … Member of the 1985 SEC Championship team.
STACY POTTER | 2000 Swimmer of the 1990s 1995 NCAA runner-up in the 100 butterfly … 1995 SEC 100 butterfly champion … 12-time first team All-American and 10-time honorable mention All-American … Set the 50 and 100 freestyle school records … Holds the 100 butterfly and backstroke school records … SEC record setter in the 100 butterfly … Swam on the school-record 200 and 400 freestyle relays and 200 and 400 medley relays.
TRAVIS MYERS | 2000 Swimmer of the 1990s NCAA runner-up in the 100 breaststroke in 1994 … 1992 SEC 100 breaststroke champion … Earned six first team All-America honors and seven honorable mention All-America honors … Swam on the school-record 200 freestyle and 400 medley relays
STEFAN GHERGHEL | 2002 Won back-to-back NCAA 200 butterfly titles, making him the first Alabama swimmer to repeat as NCAA champion … Posted the third-fastest time in the history of the 200 butterfly, behind only Pablo Morales and Melvin Stewart … 2002 and 2003 SEC 200 butterfly champion … Finaled at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, taking fifth place in the 200m butterfly … Competed at the 2008 Beijing and 2000 Sydney Olympics … 200m butterfly silver medalist at the 2004 FINA World Championships
LANE BASSHAM | 2004 2004 NCAA 3-meter Champion … 2004 NCAA 1-meter Runner-up … 2004 NCAA Championship Diver of the Meet … 2004 SEC Diver of the Year … Member of the U.S. National Team … Undefeated off both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards during the regular season as a senior … 2004 SEC 1-meter Champion … 2003 and 2004 SEC 3-meter Champion … Top-3 at the SEC Championships eight times, including three SEC titles
RAFAEL ALVAREZ | 1996 Competed for Spain at the 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics … Finaled off the Platform at the 1992 Olympics … Dove for Spain at four World Championships - 1991, 1994, 1998 and 2001 … 1995 Southeastern Conference Diver of the Year … 1995 SEC 1-meter Champion … 1995 SEC Platform Champion … 1994 and 1995 All-American … 1994 and 1995 All-SEC.
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APOSTOLIS TSAGKARAKIS - SWIMMER OF THE ‘00 DECADE
ANNE POLESKA | 2004
ARLENE SEMECO | 2007
Earned a bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece … First Crimson Tide swimmer to earn an individual Olympic medal since the 1984 Games … Swam in the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the 2008 Games in Beijing … Finished runner-up in the 200 breaststroke at the 2003 NCAA Championships … Earned five SEC breaststroke titles … set the SEC record in the 200 breaststroke … Set school records in six individual events and as a member of all five relays.
2007 Pan Am Games gold medalist in the 50 and 100m freestyles … Pan Am Record holder in the 50m freestyle … School record holder in the 50 freestyle … 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympian.
THE 1960 ALABAMA MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING TEAM | 2009
Earned a Bronze Medal in the triathlon at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece … First Alabama athlete to earn an Olympic medal in a sport other than the one they competed in at the Capstone … Captain of the 1992 Alabama team.
Pioneer In the fall of 2009, the inaugural Crimson Tide men’s swimming and diving team was inducted in the Alabama Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame for their roles as pioneers of what has grown into a championship tradition. The 195960 team joined their coach, John Foster, who was inducted in 1980, in the Hall. Five members of the original team, Stroud Curran, Stan Walker, Durham Ellis, Bay Lott and Henry Hagler, were honored during the 2009 Alabama-Arkansas football game in front of 92,000-plus fans.
VLAD POLYAKOV | 2004
AGUSTINA DE GIOVANNI | 2010
SUSAN BARTHOLOMEW WILLIAMS | 2004
2006 FINA World 200m breaststroke gold medalist … Finaled in the 100 and 200m breaststrokes at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece … Competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics … 2005 and 2007 NCAA 200 Breaststroke Champion … Runnerup at the 2003 and 2006 NCAA Championships in the 200 breaststroke … 2005 and 2006 SEC 100 and 200 breaststroke champion … 2007 SEC 100 breaststroke champion … set the SEC 200 breaststroke record … Set school records in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes … 2004 FINA World Championship bronze medalist in the 100 and 200m breaststrokes … 2007, 2006 and 2005 CoSIDA Academic All-American At-Large Team … Four-year Coaches Association Academic All-American … 2006 SEC Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Four-year Academic All-SEC.
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Swimmer of the 2000s Two-time Alabama MVP … Swam on schoolrecord 200 and 400 medley relays and 400 freestyle relay … Ranked in Alabama’s alltime top-10 in seven events - 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyles, 100 and 200 breaststrokes and 200 and 400 IMs … Finaled in the 200m breaststroke at the 2007 Pan American Games … Set an Argentine and South American record in the 200m breaststroke … Competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
APOSTOLIS TSAGKARAKIS | 2010 Swimmer of the 2000s 12-time All-American, earning three first-team and nine honorable-mention honors … Set the 50 freestyle school records, becoming the second swimmer in school history to go under 20 seconds … Set the school record as part of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays and 200 and 400 medley relays … Member of the CoSIDA Academic All-American At-Large First Team … Competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics in his native Greece … Competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
BETSY SAUNDERS | 2011 Pioneer Member of the Crimson Tide’s inaugural women’s swimming and diving team … First national championship scorer … First AllAmerican … 1974 All-America in the 50 and 100 freestyles.
AARON FLESHNER | 2011 Posted a top-10 finish off the 3-meter board at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, China, as part of the United States National Team … Competed at the 2011 World University Games in Shenzhen, China … Four-year All-American, earning four first-team and four second-team honors … Finished as high as third off the platform at the NCAA Championships … 2009 Southeastern Conference Diver of the Year … Three-time SEC Champion, winning two 3-meter and a 1-meter title … Three-year All-SEC … Set the school record off the 1- and 3-meter boards as well as the platform.
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AGUSTINA DE GIOVANNI - SWIMMER OF THE ‘00 DECADE
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Alabama’s Olympic history is long and rich. The Crimson Tide was best representated at the 1984 Olympic Games when 20 Alabama swimmers and divers competed in Los Angeles. The 1984 Olympics also saw former Tide coach Don Gambril serve as head coach of one of the most successful U.S. Olympic squads in history. Gambril also served as an assistant coach on four other Olympic staffs: 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980. Gambril isn’t the only Tide mentor to coach at the Olympics. Current head coach Dennis Pursley was appointed to his first Olympic coaching staff in 1980, and was director of the United States National Team for the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics. The USA team finished first in the medal count in both men’s and women’s competitions in all three Olympiads of his tenure as national team director, culminating with 33 medals, including 14 gold, at the 2000 Olympics which was described by Sports Illustrated
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as the greatest team performance of all time. In 2012, Pursley served as the head coach of British Swimming for the London Olympiad. Jonty Skinner, now in his third stint coaching at Alabama, served as an assistant coach on the United States squad in 1996 and again in 2000. In 1992, Jon Olsen started a two-Olympic run that netted him five Olympic medals, four of which shine gold, making him the most decorated UA Olympian. Olsen was the mainstay of the USA relay squads in 1992 and 1996. In 1992, he anchored both the 400m freestyle and 400m medley relays to gold medals and the 800m free relay team to a bronze. Along with teammates Jeff Rouse, Nelson Diebel and Pablo Morales, Olsen swam to a world-record finish in winning the 400m medley relay. The fastest man in the history of the Crimson Tide, Olsen’s leg on the USA’s 400m freestyle relay stands was one of the fastest in the history of the sport. Olsen returned for
another taste of Olympic glory in 1996. Selected captain of the United States’ squad by his peers, Olsen swam to double gold as part of the 400m and 800m freestyle relays. Former Alabama diving coach Bob Webster was a two- time Olympic champion, winning the 1960 and 1964 platform diving gold medal. Robin Backhaus won a silver in the 200m butterfly in 1972 while Jack Babashoff earned a silver medal in the 100m freestyle in 1976. In 2004, Anne Poleska and Susan (Bartholomew) Williams became the first Crimson Tide women to earn medals. Poleska took bronze in the 200m breaststroke while Williams changed gears, taking bronze in the triathlon. And in 2012, five past and present Alabama swimmers made their way to London, led by Kristel Vourna, who after a standout sophomore season, set the Greek 100m butterfly record on the way to a 12th-place finish.
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Alex Coci, Romania Hunor Mate, Austria Vlad Polyakov, Kazakhstan Arlene Semeco, Venezuela Kristel Vourna, Greece • Semifinalist
JACK BABASHOFF
ROBIN BACKHAUS
United States 1976 Silver Medal 100 Freestyle
United States 1972 Silver Medal 200 Butterfly
CAM HENNING
MAX METZGER
Canada 1984 Bronze Medal 200 Backstroke
JUSTIN LEMBERG Australia 1984 Bronze Medal 400 Freestyle
Australia 1980 Bronze Medal 1,500 Freestyle
JON OLSEN United States 1992 Gold Medals 400 Freestyle & 400 Medley Relays 1992 Bronze Medal 800 Freestyle Relay 1996 Gold Medals 400 & 800 Freestyle Relays
2008 - Beijing
Stefan Gherghel, Romania • Semifinalist Agustina de Giovanni, Argentina Hunor Mate, Austria Anne Poleska, Germany • Semifinalist Vlad Polyakov, Kazakhstan • Semifinalist Arlene Semeco, Venezuela • Semifinalist Apostolis Tsagkarakis, Greece
2004 — Athens
Brendan Ashby, Zimbabwe Spiros Bitsakis, Greece Agustina de Giovanni, Argentina Igor Erhartic, Serbia Stefan Gherghel, Romania • Finalist Hanna Miluska, Switzerland Anne Poleska, Germany • Bronze Medal - 200 breaststroke Vlad Polyakov, Kazakhstan • Finalist Arlene Semeco, Venezuela Apostolis Tsagkarakis, Greece Susan (Bartholomew) Williams, United States • Bronze Medal Triathlon
2000 — Sydney Oren Azrad, Israel Rafael Alvarez, Spain Spiros Bitsakis, Greece Rania Elwani, Egypt Stefan Gherghel, Romania Stavros Michaelides, Cyprus Anne Poleska, Germany Glen Walshaw, Zimbabwe
1996 — Atlanta ANNE POLESKA Germany 2004 Bronze Medal 200 Breaststroke
JON SIEBEN Australia 1984 Gold Medal 200 Butterfly
MARK TONELLI Australia 1980 Gold Medal 400 Freestyle Relay
SUSAN WILLIAMS
Mark Rourke, Canada • Finalist Ragga Runolfsdottir, Iceland Helga Sigurdardottir, Iceland
1988 — Seoul
Peter Berndt, West Germany Rita Garay, Puerto Rico Ragga Runolfsdottir, Iceland
1984 — Los Angeles Rafael Alvarez, Spain Ricardo Aldabe, Spain Laurence Bensimon, France *Peter Berndt, East Germany Katrine Bomstad, Norway Carole Brooke, Switzerland Carmel Clark, New Zealand Filiberto Colon, Puerto Rico Mike Davidson, New Zealand Anna Doig, New Zealand Cam Henning, Canada • Bronze Medal - 200m back Frank Iacono, France Marcello Juca, Brazil Angelika Knipping, West Germany Justin Lemberg, Australia • Bronze Medal - 400m Free Felix Morf, Switzerland Mark Rourke, Canada • Finalist Enrique Romero, Spain Andreas Schmidt, West Germany Jon Sieben, Australia • Gold Medal - 200m fly Tony Portela, Puerto Rico
1980 — Moscow
*Arne Borgstrom, Norway *Cameron Henning, Canada Marcello Juca, Brazil Max Metzger, Australia • Bronze Medal - 1,500m free *Glenn Mills, United States Mark Tonelli, Australia • Gold Medal - 400m medley relay
1976 — Montreal
Rafael Alvarez, Spain Catalina Casaru, Romania Rania Elwani, Egypt Stavros Michaelides, Cyprus Jon Olsen, United States • Gold Medal - 400m & 800m free relays (United States Captain)
Jack Babashoff, United States • Silver Medal - 100m free Carlos Berrocal, Puerto Rico Casey Converse, United States Mark Crocker, Hong Kong Christina Jarvis, Great Britain Mark Tonelli, Australia Jeff Van de Graaf, Australia
1992 — Barcelona
1972 — Munich
Rafael Alvarez, Spain Rita Garay, Puerto Rico Stavros Michaelides, Cyprus Jon Olsen, United States • Gold Medal - 400m free relay & 400 medley relay, Bronze Medal 800m free relay Ellen (McGrath) Owen, United States • Finalist
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2012 - London
Robin Backhaus, United States • Silver Medal - 200m fly Mark Crocker, Hong Kong Colin Herring, New Zealand Jacques LeLoup, Belgium * Made countries Olympic Team, but country boycotted the Games
United States 2004 Bronze Medal Triathlon
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Since 1975, a member of the Crimson Tide swimming and diving teams has stood at the top of the awards stand as a collegiate national champion 19 times. The events range from the 50 freestyle to the 1,650 freestyle and from 1-meter diving to the platform. Jonty Skinner, currently in his third tenure as an Alabama coach, won the Tide’s first title in 1975, taking top honors in the 100 freestyle in his freshman campaign with an NCAA record of 43.92. Christina Jarvis and Vicky Stanley won titles in 1976. Jarvis won the AIAW 100 and 200 breaststroke championships, setting a U.S. Open record in the 100 breaststroke. Stanley won the AIAW 50 freestyle crown, setting an AIAW record with her performance. In 1977 Jarvis became the first Alabama swimmer to repeat as national champion when she successfully defended her 100 and 200 breaststroke titles while adding the 50 breaststroke crown to her haul. The 1977 season also saw Casey Converse better the American and NCAA records in the 1,650 freestyle on his way to the awards stand. He became the first swimmer in swimming history to break the 15-minute mark in the 1,650 freestyle with his national championship swim of 14:57.30. Wayne Chester became the Tide’s first diving champion in 1978 winning the 1-meter diving title. Carlos Berrocal brought the 100 backstroke crown back to the Capstone in 1979 while Arne Borgstrom earned Alabama’s first title of the 1980s when he won the 1,650 freestyle in 1982. It seemed Alabama owned the breaststroke in 1983 when Angelika Knipping won the women’s 50
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breaststroke title and Glenn Mills won the men’s 200 breaststroke title. Diver Brent Roberts added to the Crimson Tide legacy of champions by winning the platform in 1998. In 2002 and 2003 Stefan Gherghel won back-to-back 200 butterfly titles. Lane Bassham captured the Tide women’s first diving title by winning the in 2004 NCAA 3-meter champion. In 2005, Vlad Polyakov went from Olympic finalist to NCAA 200 breaststroke champion in the span of a few short months. Polyakov, who finished first or second in the NCAA 200 breaststroke finals all four years of his career, closed out his Alabama tenure by winning the 2007 NCAA 200 breaststroke championship.
STEFAN GHERGHEL 2002 & 2003 NCAA 200 Butterfly Champion
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ANGELIKA KNIPPING
WAYNE CHESTER
1975 NCAA 100 Freestyle Champion
1983 NCAA 50 Breaststroke Champion
1978 NCAA 1-meter Diving Champion
VLAD POLYAKOV
GLENN MILLS
CASEY CONVERSE
2005 & 2007 NCAA 200 Breaststroke Champion
1983 NCAA 200 Breaststroke Champion
1977 NCAA 1,650 Freestyle Champion
ARNE BORGSTROM
VICKY STANLEY
1982 NCAA 1,650 Freestyle Champion
1976 AIAW 50 Freestyle Champion
CARLOS BERROCAL
BRENT ROBERTS
1979 NCAA 100 Backstroke Champion
1998 NCAA Platform Diving Champion
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JONTY SKINNER
LANE BASSHAM 2004 NCAA 3-meter Diving Champion
Christina Jarvis is the Crimson Tide’s alltime leader with five collegiate national championships, repeating as the AIAW 100 and 200 breaststroke champion in 1976 and 1977 as well as adding the 50 breaststroke champion in 1977.
CHRISTINA JARVIS 1977 AIAW 50, 100 & 200 Breaststroke Champion; 1976 AIAW 100 & 200 Breaststroke Champion
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THE DON GAMBRIL OLYMPIC POOL at The Alabama Aquatic Center
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Over the past three decads, the Alabama Aquatic Center has gained a reputation for housing one of the fastest pools not only in the Southeastern Conference, but in the nation. The pool bears the name of the man who spearheaded its construction. Don Gambril, long time Alabama mentor and head coach of the 1984 United States Olympic Team, oversaw the competition pool of the aquatic center from concept to completion and then watched the Crimson Tide’s home become one of the toughest places in the nation for an opposing team to come in and win. Prior to the 2002 season, the pool where he ruled was renamed the Don Gambril Olympic Pool. The home of the Crimson Tide received a full renovation over the past several years, bringing the facility back to the standard of excellence that it has enjoyed through the years. The $1.5 million renovation included: • Complete renovation of the men’s and women’s locker rooms • A new pool surface • Office space added for coaches and administration • The pool was painted and tiled • The facility’s light fixtures were changed • A new sound system was installed Before the 2002 season, the lobby of the Aquatic Center was converted into a Hall of Fame which not only houses the University of Alabama Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame but also mementos and informational displays of Alabama’s past and present, making it one of the nation’s best for a college sports program. One aspect that has not changed is the facility’s reputation as one of the fastest pools in the country. A ringing testament to this claim occurred when Martin Zubero set a world record in the 200-meter
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backstroke (1:56.57) during the 1992 Rammer Jammer Invitational. It was not the first time that Zubero had a ‘good’ time at the Alabama Aquatic Center. He set a U.S. Open record in the 200 yard backstroke (1:43.40) at the 1990 SEC Championships. Further proof was offered by the legendary Tracy Caulkins, who set a pair of American records at the AQC, a short time after the pool opened. In 2009, the nation’s best conference gathered in Tuscaloosa as the Alabama Aquatic Center played host to the SEC Championships for the seventh time since 1982. The Crimson Tide has built an impressive reputation for winning in the Aquatic Center. Since the facility opened in 1981, the Crimson Tide men’s team has only lost a handful of home dual meets. Of the three SEC Championships the Tide won in the decade of the 1980s, the 1982 and 1987 men’s titles were won in the Aquatic Center. The Aquatic Center’s main competition pool is 25-yards by 50-meters. It is 6.5 feet deep at its shallowest point and 18 feet at its deepest. When set up for long-course competition, the pool boasts eight nine-foot wide lanes. When setup for short course, the pool can accommodate up to 17 nine-foot wide lanes. The main pool has four springboards - two 1-meter and two 3-meter. The diving well also boasts a five- and 10-meter platform. The main competition venue seats 1,500, every seat of which is often taken during invitational and championship meets. In addition to the main competition course, the Aquatic Center has an eight lane, 25-yard pool. The Aquatic Center also contains a complete weight room as well as dryland training areas and meeting rooms, all utilized by the Alabama swimmers and divers in their training.
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