2019-20 UCLA SWIMMING & DIVING
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2019-20 QUICK FACTS
Location Los Angeles, CA Athletic Dept. Address 325 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095 Athletics Phone (310) 825-8699 Swimming & Diving Office Phone (310) 794-6443 Chancellor Dr. Gene Block Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero Sr. Women’s Administrator Dr. Christina Rivera Assoc. Athletic Director Gavin Crew Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Michael Teitell Home Pool Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center Enrollment 44,947 Founded 1919 Colors Blue and Gold Nickname Bruins Conference Pac-12 National Affiliation NCAA Division I Head Coach Jordan Wolfum (St. Cloud State, ‘09) Career Record (Years) N/A (1st year) Head Diving Coach Tom Stebbins (Yale ‘96) Assistant Coach Karissa Kruszewski (Wisconsin, ‘13) 2018-19 Record 8-3 2019 Pac-12 Championships (Finish) 835.0 (6th) 2019 NCAA Championships (Finish) 75.0 (17th) 2019 Final National Ranking 25th All-Time Conference Championships 6 (1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 2000-01, 2002-03)
2018-19 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Sept. 13 at San Diego Pentathlon Oct. 4 Blue vs. Gold Intrasquad Oct. 11 Utah* Oct. 25 UC Santa Barbara Nov. 1 at Arizona* Nov. 2 at Arizona State* Nov. 8-10 at Trojan Diving Invitational Nov. 21-23 at Ohio State Invitational Dec. 4-7 Toyota U.S. Open Jan. 3 at UC San Diego Jan. 11 at Washington State* Jan. 17-19 Bruin Diving Invitational Jan. 31 Stanford* Feb. 1 California* Feb. 14 USC* Feb. 15 USC (platform diving) Feb. 26-Mar. 1 Pac-12 Championships Mar. 9-11 NCAA Zone E Diving Championships Mar. 12-14 CSCAA National Invitational Mar. 18-21 NCAA Championships
The 2019-20 Bruins
Radio / TV Roster 2 Team Photo 3 Rosters 4 Coaching Staff 5 Player Profiles - Seniors 8 Player Profiles - Juniors 11 Player Profiles - Sophomores 16 Player Profiles - Freshmen 24
2018-19 Season in Review
2018-19 Results 2018-19 Top Marks/Records vs. Opponents
History / Records All-Time Letterwinners Head Coaching History
Location San Diego, Calif. Spieker Aquatics Center Spieker Aquatics Center Spieker Aquatics Center Tucson, Ariz. Tempe, Ariz. Los Angeles, Calif. Columbus, Ohio Atlanta, Ga. La Jolla, Calif. Pullman, Wash. Spieker Aquatics Center Spieker Aquatics Center Spieker Aquatics Center Spieker Aquatics Center Spieker Aquatics Center Federal Way, Wash. Flagstaff, Ariz. Cleveland, Ohio Athens, Ga.
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Postseason Champions Bruin Award Winners Team Award Winners UCLA Records All-Time Top-8 Bruin Swimmers Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center Hall of Famer Annette Salmeen Bruins in the Olympics
General Information Administrator Biographies Media Information Pac-12 Conference
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Time (PT) 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. TBD 11:00 a.m. All Day All Day All Day 1:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. All Day All Day All Day All Day
Home matches in bold / * Pac-12 Conference match
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MEDIA INFORMATION
Swim & Dive Contact: Andrew Wagner Phone: 310-206-4008 Fax: 310-825-8664 E-mail: awagner@athletics.ucla.edu Address: 325 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095 Note: Student-athletes have been instructed not to grant any interview requests that have not been set up through the UCLA Athletic Communications Office.
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RADIO / TV ROSTER
Lucy AGNEW
Gabrielle ANDERSON
Olivia ANDREW
Isabella BARATTOLO
Jackie BASHAM
Hannah BUTLER
Emma CAIN
5-6 / Jr. / Back Auckland, New Zealand
6-0 / So. / Fly/Back/Free Los Altos, Calif.
6-0 / Jr. / Free Chicago, Ill.
5-9 / Jr. / Free/Back/IM Alamo, Calif.
5-5 / So. / Breast Monrovia, Calif.
5-5 / Fr. / Diving Rochester, N.Y.
5-4 / Jr. / Breast Scottsdale, Ariz.
Sophia CAVALLI
Sophia CLARKOWSKI 5-9 / So. / Fly Edina, Minn.
Gabby DANG
5-5 / Fr. / Free/Fly Bothell, Wash.
Jessica EPPS
5-9 / So. / IM/Fly/Breast Mission Viejo, Calif.
Lia FOSTER
5-7 / Jr. / Fly Honolulu, Hawai’i
Claire GROVER
6-1 / So. / Free/Breast Scottsdale, Ariz.
Daniella HAWKINS
5-8 / Fr. / Distance Free San Ramon, Calif.
Emily HONNG
Abriana HOWARD
Maisie JAMESON
Lauryn JOHNSON
Lisa KAUNITZ
Ella KIRSCHKE
Sophia KOSTUROS
5-7 / So. / Free Moraga, Calif.
5-6 / Jr. / Breast/IM Rowland Heights, Calif.
5-5 / So. / Back Danville, Calif.
5-11 / Sr. / Sprint Free Twickenham, LDN, England
5-7 / Fr. / Free/Fly Rockville Centre, N.Y.
6-0 / Sr. / IM/Free/Breast Santa Clara, Calif.
5-9 / So. / IM/Free Lone Tree, Colo.
5-6 / Fr. / Back/Fly/Free Orinda, Calif.
Jennifer LATHROP
Kenisha LIU
Emily LO
Ruby NEAVE
Amy OKADA
Rachel RHEE
Emma SCHAETZ
6-1 / Jr. / Back El Dorado Hill, Calif.
5-7 / Sr. / Free/IM/Fly/Breast Chino, Calif.
5-4 / So. / Fly/Back/Breast Oakland, Calif.
5-6 / Jr. / Diving Melbourne, Australia
5-6 / Sr. / Fly/Breast Beverly Hills, Calif.
5-10 / Fr. / Free San Diego, Calif.
5-6 / So. / Fly Wauwatosa, Wis.
Brooke SCHAFFER
Bonnie SCHMITZ
Katie SHAHEEN
Emma SMETHURST
Delaney SMITH
Lindsay STENSTROM
Stephanie SU
5-7 / Fr. / Free Mountain View, Calif.
5-3 / So. / Fly/Free Portola Valley, Calif.
5-2 / Fr. / Diving La Canada, Calif.
5-5 / So. / Breast Walnut Creek, Calif.
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5-10 / So. / IM/Back/Free Centennial, Colo.
5-9 / Fr. / Back/Free Highland Ranch, Colo.
5-7 / Fr. / Free Buena Park, Calif.
RADIO / TV ROSTER / TEAM PHOTO
Katie SULKEVICH
5-6 / So. / Distance Free Covina, Calif.
Jordan WOLFRUM
Head Swimming & Diving Coach - 1st Season
Veronica THOMPSON 5-2 / So. / Diving Castaic, Calif.
Tom STEBBINS
Head Diving Coach - 22nd Season
Erica VONG
5-7 / Sr. / Back/Free Macau, China
Alice YANOVSKY
5-2 / Jr. / Diving Santa Clarita, Calif.
Karissa KRUSZEWSKI
Assistant Swimming Coach 1st Season
Top row (left to right): Ella Kirschke, Maisie Jameson, Claire Grover, Lisa Kaunitz, Jennifer Lathrop, Olivia Andrew, Rachel Rhee, Delaney Smith 2nd row: Lindsay Stenstrom, Isabella Barattolo, Sophie Clarkowski, Jessica Epps, Gabrielle Anderson, Daniella Hawkins, Stephanie Su 3rd row: Emily Honng, Katie Sulkevich, Kenisha Liu, Erica Vong, Lauryn Johnson, Emma Schaetz, Brooke Schaffer, Lia Foster 3rd row (cont’d): Sophia Cavalli, Lucy Agnew, Ruby Neave, Bonnie Schmitz, Alice Yanovsky, Veronica Thompson 4th row: Amy Okada, Hannah Butler, Jackie Basham, Emma Smethurst, Abriana Howard, Sophia Kosturos, Gabby Dang, Emma Cain, Emily Lo, Katie Shaheen 3
ROSTERS
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Name Lucy Agnew Gabrielle Anderson Olivia Andrew Isabella Barattolo Jackie Basham Hannah Butler Emma Cain Sophia Cavalli Sophie Clarkowski Gabby Dang Jessica Epps Lia Foster Claire Grover Daniella Hawkins Emily Honng Abriana Howard Maisie Jameson Lauryn Johnson Lisa Kaunitz Ella Kirschke Sophia Kosturos Jennifer Lathrop Kenisha Liu Emily Lo Ruby Neave Amy Okada Rachel Rhee Emma Schaetz Brooke Schaffer Bonnie Schmitz Katie Shaheen Emma Smethurst Delaney Smith Lindsay Stenstrom Stephanie Su Katie Sulkevich Veronica Thompson Erica Vong Alice Yanovsky
Pos. Back Fly/Back/Free Free Free/Back/IM Breast Diving Breast Free Fly Free/Fly IM/Fly/Breast Fly Free/Breast Distance Free Breast/IM Back Sprint Free Fly/Free IM/Free/Breast IM/Free Back/Fly/Free Back Free/IM/Fly Fly/Back/Breast Diving Fly/Breast/IM Free Fly Free Fly/Free Diving Breast IM/Back/Free Back/Free Free Distance Free Diving Back/Free Diving
TEAM STAFF Ht. 5-6 5-8 6-0 5-9 5-5 5-5 5-4 5-7 5-9 5-5 5-9 5-7 6-1 5-8 5-6 5-5 5-11 5-7 6-0 5-9 5-6 6-1 5-7 5-4 5-6 5-6 5-10 5-6 5-7 5-3 5-2 5-5 5-10 5-9 5-7 5-6 5-2 5-7 5-2
Yr. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. So. So. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. So. Fr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Jr.
Hometown (Last School) Auckland, New Zealand / Jumeirah College Los Altos, Calif. / Los Altos HS Chicago, Ill. / Loyola Academy Alamo, Calif. / Monte Vista HS Monrovia, Calif. / Glendora HS Rochester, N.Y. / Brighton HS Scottsdale, Ariz. / Millfield School Moraga, Calif. / Campolindo HS Edina, Minn. / Edina HS Bothell, Wash. / North Creek HS Mission Viejo, Calif. / Tesoro HS Honolulu, Hawai’i / Punahou School Scottsdale, Ariz. / Boulder Creek HS San Ramon, Calif. / California HS Rowland Heights, Calif. / Walnut HS Danville, Calif. / Monte Vista HS Twickenham, LDN, England / Marymount International School London
Rockville Centre, N.Y. / Sacred Heart Academy Santa Clara, Calif. / Lake Oswego HS Lone Tree, Colo. / Valor Christian HS Orinda, Calif. / Miramonte HS El Dorado Hills, Calif. / Oak Ridge HS Chino, Calif. / Ruben S. Ayala HS Oakland, Calif. / Acalanes HS Melbourne, VIC, Australia / Caulfield Grammar School Beverly Hills, Calif. / Beverly Hills HS San Diego, Calif. / La Costa Canyon HS Wauwatosa, Wis. / Brookfield East HS Mountain View, Calif. / St. Francis HS Portola Valley, Calif. / Castilleja HS La Canada, Calif. / Crescenta Valley HS Walnut Creek, Calif. / Northgate HS Centennial, Colo. / Arapahoe HS Highland Ranch, Colo. / Valor Christian HS Buena Park, Calif. / Mater Dei HS Covina, Calif. / Glendora HS Castaic, Calif. / Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School
Macau, China / Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College Santa Clarita, Calif. / Valencia HS
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING QUALIFYING STANDARDS Women’s Swimming Standards - 25-Yard Course Event 50 Free 100 Free 200 Free 500 Free 1650 Free 100 Fly 200 Fly
A Standard 21.66 47.18 1:42.98 4:35.76 15:52.41 50.92 1:53.20
B Standard 22.76 49.51 1:47.12 4:47.20 16:30.59 53.76 1:59.23
Event 100 Back 200 Back 100 Breast 200 Breast 200 IM 400 IM
A Standard 50.93 1:50.50 58.60 2:06.84 1:53.66 4:03.62
B Standard 53.94 1:57.11 1:01.84 2:13.97 1:59.94 4:17.30
Women’s Relay Standards Event 200 Free Relay 400 Free Relay 800 Free Relay
Qualifying Provisional 1:28.43 1:29.21 3:14.61 3:16.35 7:00.86 7:05.88
Event Qualifying Provisional 200 Medley Relay 1:36.40 1:37.05 400 Medley Relay 3:31.66 3:33.78
Women’s Diving Standards Event Points Event Points 1-Meter Diving 265 3-Meter Diving 280 Platform Diving 225 4
Head Swimming & Diving Coach: Jordan Wolfrum (1st Year, St. Cloud State ‘09) Head Diving Coach: Tom Stebbins (22nd Year at UCLA, 24th overall, Yale ‘96) Assistant Coach: Karissa Kruszewski (1st Year, Wisconsin ‘13) Staff Athletic Trainer: Ariel Guldstrand
ROSTER BREAKDOWN Class
Freshman (10): Butler, Dang, Hawkins, Johnson, Kosturos, Rhee, Shaffer, Shaheen, Stenstrom, Su Sophomores (15): Anderson, Basham, Cavalli, Clarkowski, Epps, Grover, Howard, Kirschke, Lo, Schaetz, Schmitz, Smethurst, Smith, Sulkevich, Thompson Juniors (9): Agnew, Andrew, Barattolo, Cain, Foster, Honng, Lathrop, Neave, Yanovsky Seniors (5): Jameson, Kaunitz, Liu, Okada, Vong
Position Back (10): Agnew, Anderson, Barattolo, Howard, Kosturos, Lathrop, Lo, Smith, Stenstrom, Vong Free (20): Anderson, Andrew, Barattolo, Cavalli, Dang, Grover, Jameson, Johnson, Kaunitz, Kirschke, Kosturos, Liu, Rhee, Schmitz, Schaffer, Smith, Stenstrom, Su, Sulkevich,Vong
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California (23): Anderson, Barattolo, Basham, Cavalli, Epps, Hawkins, Honng, Howard, Kaunitz, Kosturos, Lathrop, Liu, Lo, Okada, Rhee, Schaffer, Schmitz, Shaheen, Smethurst,Su, Sulkevich, Thompson, Yanovsky Arizona (2): Cain, Grover Colorado (3): Kirschke, Smith, Stenstrom Hawai’i (1): Foster Illinois (1): Andrew Minnesota (1): Clarkowski New York (2): Butler, Johnson Washington (1): Dang Wisconsin (1): Schaetz
International Australia (1): Neave China (1): Vong England (1): Jameson New Zealand (1): Agnew
IM (9): Barattolo, Epps, Honng, Kaunitz, Kirschke, Liu, Lo, Okada, Smith Diving (5): Butler, Neave, Shaheen,Thompson,Yanovsky Breast (10): Basham, Cain, Epps, Grover, Honng, Kaunitz, Liu, Lo, Okada, Smethurst Fly (12):Anderson, Clarkowski, Dang, Epps, Foster, Johnson, Kosturos, Liu, Lo, Okada, Schaetz, Schmitz Sprint Free (1): Jameson Distance Free (2): Hawkins, Sulkevich
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Isabella Barattolo.................................... buh-RAH-tuh-lo Abriana Howard....................................... Ah-bree-ah-na Maisie Jameson.................................................May-zee Lisa Kaunitz...................................................... KAW-nitz Sophia Kosturos.......................................... koss-TUR-us Ruby Neave............................................................ Nave Rachel Rhee.................................. Ree (rhymes with me) Emma Schaetz........................... Shatz (rhymes with cats) Brooke Schaffer................................................ SHAY-fur Emma Smethurst......................................... Smeth-hurst Lindsay Stenstrom........................................STEN-strum
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Wolfrum also helped the OSU men – who began competition prior to 2017-18 – to a 12-4 record over two seasons and a ninth-place finish at this year’s NCAAs.
WOLFRUM
She had a hand in practically every facet of the Ohio State swim program, serving as the recruiting coordinator while taking the lead on compliance, team culture, academics, and budgeting. She also implemented a student-athlete development program centered on leadership and career growth.
Head Swimming Coach 1st Season St. Cloud State ‘09
On the pool deck, she worked mostly with the program’s middle distance swimmers, helping produce nine NCAA qualifiers and seven school record-holders. Wolfrum had a brief but productive stint with Stanford, helping the Cardinal women to a second-place finish at NCAAs in 2013-14. She worked extensively with the team’s breaststrokers, helping Katie Olsen to a pair of top-five national finishes. The Cardinal set a trio of American records that year and an NCAA record in the 400 medley relay.
Jordan Wolfrum is set to begin her first season as head coach at UCLA in 2019-20. Wolfrum, who was most recently an associate head coach at Ohio State, becomes the seventh head coach in program history. She will succeed Cyndi Gallagher, who retired after the 2018-19 season following a 31-year tenure as head coach.
Her first collegiate coaching stop came at the College of Saint Benedict, where she spent three years as an assistant coach and one as head coach. She helped the Blazers to a fourth-place finish at the 2012 MIAC Championships. During her tenure, she coached 11 All-MIAC swimmers, including a team-record eight in 2012-13.
“I am excited to welcome Jordan Wolfrum to Westwood as the new head coach of UCLA Swimming and Diving,” said UCLA Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero. “Having been part of Ohio State’s program for the past five years, I know Jordan comes from an athletic department with an excellent, winning culture and she’s no stranger to high athletic expectations. During the interview process, she impressed us with her vision for where she believes she can take the program and her enthusiasm about the opportunity to join the Bruin Family. I know the future of the program is bright with Jordan at the helm.”
As a student-athlete, she was a four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain at St. Cloud State. Wolfrum helped the Huskies to a Northern Sun Swimming Championship in her senior season and qualified for conference championships four times. She graduated with honors in 2009, receiving a degree in mathematics with a minor in statistics.
Wolfrum was initially hired as an assistant coach at Ohio State in 2014 before being promoted to associate head coach prior to the 2016-17 campaign. She previously made coaching stops as a volunteer assistant coach at Stanford and as an assistant coach, associate head coach, and interim head coach at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn. “I am incredibly honored and excited for the opportunity to lead the UCLA women’s swimming and diving program,” said Wolfrum. “I am sincerely grateful to Director of Athletics Dan Guerrero and Associate Athletic Director Gavin Crew for entrusting me with this great responsibility and for bringing me into the Bruin family.” “The legacy of athletic and academic excellence at UCLA is unmatched and I am proud to lead Bruin swimming and diving in carrying on that tradition. Thank you to all past, current, and future Bruins of UCLA swimming and diving. I can’t wait to get started in Westwood!” During her five-season run in Columbus, the Ohio State women compiled an impressive 48-9 record in dual meets and finished top-25 at the NCAA Championships on four occasions. The Buckeyes finished with just one dual meet loss in three of her five seasons (2014-15, 2016-17, 2017-18), and finished third at the B1G Championships in each of the past two years.
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During the 2010-2011 season, Winn finished third on Platform at the Pac-10 Championships and competed at the NCAA Zone E Championships. Winn also competed at her first Senior National Meet and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials on Platform. Paulina Guzman had a solid first year with the Bruins as she also competed at Zones. Guzman also represented Guatemala at the Canada Cup meet in May of 2011.
STEBBINS Head Diving Coach 22nd Season at UCLA 24th Season overall Yale ‘96
The 2011-2012 season was keyed by Emma Ivory-Ganja, who was named Pac-12 Conference Newcomer of the Year for diving after a very successful freshman campaign which saw her finish third on both 3M and Platform at the conference meet. Ivory-Ganja also set a new meet record on 3M at the Pac-12 Championships and narrowly miss a spot at the NCAA Championships after placing fourth on Platform at the Zone E meet. Ivory-Ganja and 2011 graduate Winn also competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials. In 2012-2013, the UCLA diving team sent its first Bruin to the NCAA Championships since 2009 when Ivory-Ganja qualified by virtue of her fourth-place finish in the 3M at the NCAA Zone E Championships. At NCAA’s, Ivory-Ganja won the B Final of the 3M event and was also seventh in the Platform, to earn her First Team All-America status, and 29th in the 1M. Ivory-Ganja, the only diver to post three top-five finishes at the previous year’s NCAA Zones (fourth in Platform, fifth in 1M), was one of three Bruins to participate in the event. Vale’s best showing was 21st in the 3M, while Guzman’s top performance was 24th in the 3M. Montana Monahan qualified for the Senior Nationals, finishing 21st in the Platform event.
Tom Stebbins enters his 22nd season as the head coach of the UCLA women’s diving team in 2019-20, a program that has had much success since his tenure in Westwood began. Stebbins has been named the Pac-12 Diving Coach of the Year in each of the past three seasons, becoming just the second person ever to three-peat as the league’s top diving coach. Stebbins is coming off a 2018-19 campaign that saw him earn CSCAA Diving Coach of the Year honors, making him the second Pac-12 coach ever to take home that award. UCLA divers combined to score 75 points at the NCAA Championships, the most of any school nationwide and a new program benchmark. Under his tutelage, Maria Polyakova was named the CSCAA and Pac-12 Diver of the Year while Eloise Belanger scored more points (38) than any other diver at NCAAs.
In 2013-2014, three Bruins qualified for the NCAA Zones in Guzman, Monahan and freshman Annika Lenz. Lenz was fourth in the Platform event, ninth in the 3M and 14th in the 1M at Zones, setting a personal best (329.80) in the 3M at the Pac-12 Championships. Lenz won four dual meet events and was named Pac-12 Diver of the Month for November. Monahan was 15th in the Platform at NCAA Zones, while Guzman was 16th in the 1M.
In 2017-18, Stebbins guided Eloise Belanger to UCLA’s second straight Pac-12 Diver of the Year Award. Belanger won the 1-meter and 3-meter events at the Pac-12 Championships, then finished second in three events at the 2018 NCAA Zone E Championships.
In the summer of 2014, Lenz won a silver medal in the Platform at the AT&T USA Diving National Championships with a personal-best and National Meet-best score of 312.60. She was the seventh-highest women’s point scorer, also competing in the 1M (15th), 3M (22nd) and Synchronized 3M (4th). Incoming freshman Maria Polyakova won a pair of silver medals at the FINA World Junior Diving Championships in September in the 1M and 3M, also placing third in the Synchro 3M.
The year prior, he helped Maria Polyakova to the first conference Diver of the Year honor of his tenure. Before coming to UCLA, Stebbins served as head diving coach at Fordham University, where he coached two-time senior national qualifier Paul Delo, who won two Atlantic 10 titles each on the 1M and 3M. Stebbins also helped coach Delo to an undefeated record in the 1996-97 season.
In 2014-15, Maria Polyakova was named the Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year after an historic initial season in Westwood, which culminated in a fourth-place finish in the 3M at the NCAA Championships. She became the first Bruin to qualify for a championship final since 2013, posting the best showing ever for a UCLA diver at NCAA’s and the best Bruin finish at Championships since 2006. During her historic performance in the 3M, Polyakova broke her own school record twice with a 380.60 in the preliminaries and a 392.00 in the championship. Sophomore Annika Lenz, who set a UCLA school record in the Platform at the Pac-12 Championships (323.15), finished fourth at the NCAA Zone E Diving Championships in March.
Coach Stebbins’ Background Stebbins was a four-year letterwinner at Yale University, a three-time NCAA Zone qualifier and a four-time All-Ivy League selection. While diving at Yale, he helped lead his team to the 1993 Ivy League co-title. In 1996, he won the Heaton High Point Award and was named the recipient of the Phil Moriarty MVP Prize. Stebbins graduated from Yale in 1996 with a degree in psychology. A native of Connecticut, he now resides in Playa del Rey with his wife Erika, daughter Reilly and son Owen.
In the summer of 2015, Polyakova won gold in the 1M, while also finishing second in the Synchronized 3M and fifth in the 3M, in the inaugural European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. Polyakova also won the Women’s 1M at her 2015 Summer National Championships in Russia and finished ninth in the 1M finals at the FINA World Championships. Ciara Monahan qualified for August’s AT&T USA Diving Senior National Championships after her fifth-place finish in the 1M at the USA Diving Zone F Championships.
The Stebbins Philosophy “Luck sits squarely at the intersection of hard work and opportunity.” Coach Stebbins believes that each person is in total control of creating her own luck. The UCLA Diving program stresses the need for the individual to be accountable to herself, her teammates, her sport, and her studies. With all of the wonderful opportunities presented to student athletes at UCLA, it is important that each person know that she is responsible for the decisions and directions that she chooses. This is the beginning of a lifelong process in which the student-athlete learns how to maximize herself academically, athletically, and socially. While the coaching staff hopes to steer this direction, it is the student-athlete herself that will determine how quickly she will achieve her goals. Coach Stebbins believes, “We are all very fortunate to be part of the greatest athletic program in the country. How we choose to give back to that tradition should go well beyond the few moments each individual will spend competing in the Bruin Blue. Becoming a Bruin is just the beginning of a lifelong commitment to creating excellence in every facet of your life. As coaches, we are all here to enhance the early stages of that process, through our passion, dedication, and enthusiasm for the people whose lives we have the opportunity to touch.” The Last Decade The 2009-2010 season saw a small squad of four divers represent the Bruins. Winn and Karina Silva led the way as all four competed at the NCAA Zone E Championships. Silva set a new school record on Platform during the prelims at Pac-10’s and ended up finishing second overall, while both her and Winn were finalists on Platform at the Zone meet. The summer of 2010 saw Silva earn a bronze medal on 1M and a gold medal on Platform in her Spanish National Championships, qualifying her to the European Championships. Winn qualified to her second Senior National Championship on Platform, where she finished 22nd overall and Michelle Vale made her debut at the Senior meet in the 3M Synchro and 3M springboard events.
Tom Stebbins (C) flanked by 2019 3M NCAA Champion Maria Polyakova (L) and Eloise Belanger (R), the highest-scoring diver at the 2019 NCAA Championships
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In 2015-16, Eloise Belanger was named the Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year after posting a runner-up finish in the Platform event at the Pac-12 Championships. She also placed third in the 1M and fourth in the 3M. The freshman’s standout debut season culminated in a second-place finish in the 1M event at the NCAA Championships. Her score of 336.00 in the finals set a new UCLA record in the event, previously held by Marisa Samaniego. Once again, Maria Polyakova had a stellar season, twice earning Pac-12 Diver of the Month honors and winning 12 of 14 regular season diving competitions. The Bruin sophomore captured the 1M crown at Pac-12s and went on to post two top-five finishes in the springboard events at the NCAA Championships. Junior Annika Lenz placed fourth in the platform event at Pac-12s. During the summer season, all three Bruins went on to compete at the Olympic Trials for their respective nations.
KRUSZEWSKI Assistant Swimming Coach 1st Season Wisconsin ‘13
Honors were heaped upon the Bruins in 2016-17, with Maria Polyakova the most decorated of all. The junior was named Pac-12 Diver of the Year after a red-hot close to her campaign that began with her second Pac-12 championship in as many years. The Penza, Russia native took the 3M competition while reaching the podium in the 1M and Platform events en route to the Diver of the Meet award. Polyakova went on to set two school records at the NCAA Zone E Championships, posting scores of 398.75 and 339.05 in the 3M and 1M events, respectively. In all, the 2016-17 Bruins qualified four divers for the NCAA Championships after strong showings at Zones. Joining Polyakova were sophomore Eloise Belanger, senior Annika Lenz and junior Ciara Monahan. Polyakova went on to cap her remarkable season with a pair of top-five finishes, while Belanger scored points in the 1M and Platform competitions. Belanger and Polyakova were also named CSCAA All-Americans for their performances. Those two also made UCLA the only school to tally multiple Pac-12 Diver of the Month awards as Stebbins went on to capture his first Pac-12 Diving Coach of the Year honor.
Karissa Kruszewski joined the UCLA swim and dive program as an assistant coach before the 2019-20 season. Kruszewski most recently served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for men’s and women’s swimming and diving at UNLV. “I am delighted to announce the addition of Karissa to our staff,” said Wolfrum. “Her ability to connect with student-athletes, her passion for the sport, and her competitive drive are the reasons I hired her. I’m excited to share the deck with her and learn from her experiences. We can’t wait to get started with the Bruins.” Kruszewski (pronounced kroo-Shef-skee) spent the last three seasons at UNLV (201617, 2017-18, 2018-19), working primarily with middle distance and distance swimmers. As the recruiting coordinator for the program, she was responsible for building each of UNLV’s recruit classes while planning and managing all recruiting visits. Kruszewski also collaborated with the head coach to design and implement training programs for both the men’s and women’s squads.
Summer 2017 was a busy one for the globe-trotting Bruin divers, beginning with Polyakova reaching three final rounds at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Additionally, Monahan and Traci Shiver were joined by incoming freshman Alice Yanovsky at the 2017 USA Diving National Championships in Columbus, Ohio, while Polyakova competed alongside Australian newcomer Ruby Neave at the 29th Summer Universiade in Taipei. Polyakova went on to earn a bronze medal in the Mixed Synchro 3M.
In each of the last two years, she helped produce the Freshman of the Meet at UNLV’s league championships, as Brad Gonzales accomplished the feat in 2018 after winning a WAC Championship in the 1650 free while Carissa Armijo was honored after finishing second in the 500 free at the 2019 Mountain West Championships. The Rebels broke three school records during Kruszewki’s tenure.
Under his tutelage, UCLA had another banner year in 2017-18. Eloise Belanger won the program’s second straight Pac-12 Diver of the Year Award. She won the 1m and 3m titles at the Pac-12 Championships, then finished second in three events at the Zone E Championships en route to a pair of top-10 finishes at NCAAs. Traci Shiver, Alice Yanovsky, and Ciara Monahan all qualified for Zones as well. At the end of the year, Stebbins repeated as the league’s Diving Coach of the Year, a program first.
Prior to joining the staff at UNLV, Kruszewski spent one year (2015-16) as the assistant coach, recruiting coordinator, and academic supervisor at Cal State East Bay. That year, the Pioneers set four school records, notched 17 NCAA B Cuts, and placed six studentathletes on the All-PCSC Team. Cal State East Bay would go on to finish second at the 2016 PCSC Championships.
2018-19 was arguably the best season in Bruin diving history, leading to CSCAA Diving Coach of the Year honors for Stebbins. UCLA divers combined to score 75 points at NCAAs, a figure which led all schools and established a new program benchmark. The Bruins produced the 3M champion in Polyakova, as well as the highest-scoring diver of the meet in Belanger, who had 38 points across three events. Polyakova was the second-highest scoring diver at the meet with 37 points over two events. After the season, Polyakova was tabbed as the Pac-12 Diver of the Year while Stebbins garnered Pac-12 Diving Coach of the Year acclaim. Stebbins is the second person ever to three-peat as the Pac-12’s top diving coach. UCLA had four divers qualify for Zones, and came agonizingly close to sending a trio of divers to NCAAs as Traci Shiver finished less than a point short of qualifying on tower. UCLA dominated the diving portion of its meets all season, as a Bruin won 21 of 33 diving events the squad entered, including 16 wins in 21 events during the 2019 calendar year.
She started her coaching career as the head coach for the girl’s program at Oregon High School in Oregon, Wis. and for the men’s program at Stoughton High School in Stoughton, Wis. from 2013-15. Kruszewski was a three-year letterwinner at the University of Wisconsin, earning Big Ten Academic All-Conference honors in all six of her semesters. She began her collegiate career at UC Irvine in 2008 where she was named a Scholar-Athlete. The Murrieta, Calif. native earned her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Wisconsin in 2013, and received a certificate in organizational leadership and communication from UC Irvine in 2016. She is currently pursuing an M.S. in organizational change leadership from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville.
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Amy Okada, Kenisha Liu, Lisa Kaunitz, Maisie Jameson, Erica Vong
MAISIE
LISA
5-11 / Senior Sprint Free Twickenham, LDN, England Marymount International School London
6-0 / Senior IM/Free/Breast Santa Clara, Calif. Lake Oswego HS
JAMESON
KAUNITZ
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Had the second-best time on the team in the 400 IM (4:17.34), 500 free (4:50.40), and 1000 free (10:11.85) ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 400 IM, 500 free, 1650 free, and 800 free relay ... Finished 18th in the 400 IM (4:17.34), 25th in the 500 free (4:50.64), and 20th in the 1650 free (16:53.69) ... Finished runner-up in the 100 free in the Oregon State dual meet on Jan. 19 (10:22.71) and at Cal on Feb. 2 (10:11.85) ... Finished top-three in the 500 free at four separate meets, including a season-best second place finish at Utah on Oct. 27 (5:10.74) ... Season-bests: 100 free (52.47), 200 free (1:49.99), 200 IM (2:08.65), 400 IM (4:17.34), 500 free (4:50.40), 1000 free (10:11.85), 1650 free (16:53.69).
2018-19 Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, and 400 medley relay ... Helped UCLA set a school record in the 200 free relay at the Pac-12 Championships, swimming the anchor leg of the relay that finished in 1:28.88 ... Named a CSCAA Scholar All-American ... Received an honorable mention on the 2018-19 Pac-12 All-Academic Team ... Included on the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Had the fourth-best times among Bruin swimmers in the 50 free (22.97) and 100 free (49.80) ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free, placing 27th with a time of 23.17 ... Picked up her first career win on Nov. 3 in the Arizona State dual meet, placing first in the 50 free with a time of 23.60 ... Was runner-up in the 50 free on Jan. 7 against USD/Harvard and on Jan. 11 against UCSB/UCSD ... Helped the Bruins to wins in the 200 free relay on Nov. 3 against Arizona State and on Jan. 11 against UCSB/UCSD ... Helped the Bruins to a season-best time of 1:38.24 in the 200 medley at the Pac-12 Championships, good for seventh place.
2017-18 Selected to the 2018 Spring Director’s Honor Roll ... Had the second-best 400 IM time on the squad (4:19.67) and the third-best 500 free time (4:49.33) ... Also posted season-best times of 4:50.24 in the 500 free, and 1:50.38 in the 200 free ... Was the sixth-place finisher in the 400 IM “C” Final (22nd overall) at the Pac-12 Championships, where she posted her season-best time of 4:19.67 ... Also finished 21st in the 1650 freestyle at Pac-12s, coming in with a time of 16:52.81 ... Won the 500 free at the Oregon Dual Meet (4:58.28) en route to a 150-88 UCLA win ... Was a narrow second-place finisher in the 200 free at the same meet, as her 1:52.83 time came in just behind teammate Carly Reid’s 1:52.64.
2017-18 Did not compete in the 2017-18 season. 2016-17 Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall, spring … with Isabella Goldsmith, Katie Grover and Sarah Kaunitz, won 400 Free Relay (3:26.67) at Stanford (Jan. 27).
2016-17 Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention selection … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall, winter, spring … posted times of 2:05.23 in 200 IM and 2:05.23 in 200 IM at A3 Performance Invitational (Nov. 17-19) … posted time of 52.86 in 100 Free at Texas Invitational (Dec. 1-3) … posted time of 10:23.38 in 1000 Free against Utah (Jan. 13) … posted time of x1:50.60 in 200 Free at USC (Feb. 10) … posted times of 4:47.22 in 500 Free C Final, 2:18.70 in 200 Breast and 4:18.28 in 400 IM C Final at Pac-12 Championships (Feb. 22-25).
PRIOR TO UCLA Jameson swam for Ealing Swim Club during high school ... was a multiple-time national relay medalist and a multiple-time national individual finalist in both LCM and SCM ... competed in the Olympic and Commonwealth Trials ... represented Middlesex County and London Region at international meets in Portugal, Spain, Luxembourg, and France. PERSONAL Born in London, England ... Parents: Andrew and Peggy ... has a younger brother, Oscar ... majoring in economics.
PRIOR TO UCLA Kaunitz is a four-year letter winner in swimming ... a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons ... swam at Monta Vista High School from 201214 before transferring to Lake Oswego High School ... at MVHS, Kaunitz was the record holder in the 500 Free and a member of the CCS State Champion Team (2012-14) ... at
BEST TIMES 50 free - 22.76 100 free - 49.80 100 fly - 57.07 8
PLAYER PROFILES - SENIORS 2017-18 CSCAA All-America Honorable Mention in 800 free relay ... Selected to the 2018 Spring Director’s Honor Roll ... Posted top-four times on the squad in the 50 free (22.53, second), 100 free (48.30, first), 200 free (1:44.71, second), 200 breast (2:13.66, fourth), 100 fly (53.97, third), 200 IM (1:57.40, second) ... Had the most individual top-four times on the team ... Was also part of UCLA’s top relay squads in the 200 free (1:28.91, alongside Katie Grover, Sarah Kaunitz, and Amy Okada), 400 free (3:16.99; Sarah Kaunitz, Grover, Okada), and 800 free (7:01.90; Grover, Sandra Soe, Margaux Verger Gourson) ... Helped set school records in the 200 free (vs. USC) and 800 free (first day of NCAAs) relays ... Earned an honorable mention on the Pac-12 All-Academic Team ... Competed at NCAAs individually in the 100 free and 200 free ... At Pac-12s, placed fourth in the 100 free (48.30, “B” Standard), fifth in the 800 freestyle relay (7:04.64, B Standard), fifth in the 200 free relay (1:29.37, “B” Standard), fifth in the 400 free relay (3:16.99, “B” Standard), fifth in the 400 medley relay (3:36.58), 15th in the 200 free (1:46.21, seventh in the “B” Final, “B” Standard),17th in 200 IM (1:57.40, won the “C” Final and recorded a B Standard) ... In the USC rivalry meet on Feb. 9, won the 100 free (48.43), 200 free (1:45.42), and 200 free relay (1:28.91) ... Placed first in the 100 free (49.76) against Stanford on Jan. 26 ... At Oregon State on Jan. 12, won the 200 fly (2:01.97), 200 breast (2:17.23), and 400 medley relay (3:45.66) ... Against Arizona State on Nov. 4, won the 200 free (1:49.14) ... Placed first in the 200 free (1:48.09) and 200 IM (2:02.20) against Arizona on Nov. 3 ... Won the 200 free (1:49.13), 100 free (50.51), and 200 medley relay (1:42.56) at the Washington State Quad Meet on Oct. 28.
Lake Oswego HS, Kaunitz was the State Champion in the 200 Free, the school record holder in the 500 Free and 200 IM, and team MVP her senior year ... Tualatin Hills Swim Club record holder in the 400 Free and 400 IM ... top high school times include: 2:02.93 (200 IM, 1:49.20 (200 Free), and 4:51.11 (500 Free). PERSONAL Born in Portland, Ore. ... daughter of Leon and Madalina Kaunitz ... has an older sister, Sarah, who also swam at UCLA ... admires Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin and basketball player Stephen Curry ... Majoring in statisics. BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.30 100 free - 51.18 200 free - 1:48.86 500 free - 4:47.22 1000 free - 10:11.83 1650 free - 16:52.81 100 back - 1:02.63 200 back - 2:13.98 100 breast - 1:04.79 200 breast - 2:18.35 100 fly - 1:00.84 200 fly - 2:15.10 200 IM - 2:02.93 400 IM - 4:17.34 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
SUMMER 2017 Selected to 2017-18 National Junior Team by USA Swimming ... won 100 Free (55.36) at 2017 Speedo Junior National Championships (Aug. 8-12); also registered runner-up finish in 200 Free (2:00.34). 2016-17 Established new school record in 800 Free Relay with Linnea Mack, Katie Grover and Madison White (7:04.59) … earned team’s Outstanding Newcomer award … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall, winter, spring … was part of three 400 Free Relay-winning teams; best time was 3:19.16 with Mack, Sarah Kaunitz and White at A3 Performance Invitational (Nov. 17-19) … won 200 Free four times; best mark was 1:45.38 at USC (Feb. 10) … won 200 Breast three times; best mark was 2:14.36 at Stanford (Jan. 27) … won 200 IM two times; best mark was 2:01.45 against Arizona (Nov. 4) … won 100 Free (51.59) at Washington State (Oct. 29) ... with Mack, Goldsmith and Sarah Kaunitz, won 200 Free Relay (1:31.24) at A3 Performance Invitational (Nov. 17-19); also won 400 Medley Relay with Mack, Emma Schanz and Amy Okada (3:40.17) and 400 IM consolation final (4:18.97) … other notable times: 2:12.84 in 200 Breast (USC), 1:57.66 in 200 IM (Pac-12 Championships, Feb. 22-25).
KENISHA
LIU
5-7 / Senior Free/IM/Fly/Breast Chino, Calif. Ruben S. Ayala HS
PRIOR TO UCLA Liu lettered in swimming all four years at Ruben S. Ayala High School in Chino Hills, Calif. ... CIF and State Champion in 2014, 2015, and 2016 ... four-time League MVP ... team captain from 2014-16 ... Junior World Championships Team Finalist ... SCS Relay record holder ... top high school times include: 49.01 (100 Free), 1:45.89 (200 Free), 54.17 (100 Fly), 1:58.19 (200 IM) ...Competed for Bi-County Regional Elite Aquatics (BREA Aquatics) in Walnut, Calif. ... Selected to 2015-16 National Junior Team by USA Swimming.
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in three individual events (200 IM, 100 free, 200 free), tying Claire Grover and Eloise Belanger for the team lead ... Logged eight individual wins and nine relay wins ... Had the best times among Bruins in the 100 free, 200 free, and 200 IM, and the second-best time in the 50 free and 100 breast ... Was part of a 200 free relay squad that set a school record of 1:28.88 on Feb. 28 at the Pac-12 Championships alongside Claire Grover, Amy Okada, and Maisie Jameson ... At NCAAs, was 28th in the 100 free (48.78), 43rd in the 200 free (1:47.21), 44th in the 200 IM (1:58.54), 26th in the 400 medley relay (3:35.96), and 25th in the 400 free relay (3:16.71) ... Was the first-place finisher in the 50 free on Jan. 7 in the USD/ Harvard meet with a time of 23.09; finished runner-up at four other meets ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 free (eighth, 48.65), 200 free (16th, 1:46.77), 200 IM (17th, 1:56.66), 200 free relay (third, 1:28.88), 400 free relay (sixth, 3:17.21), 800 free relay (sixth, 7:06.92), and 400 medley relay (sixth, 3:36.06) ... Logged a B Cut time of 22.61 in the 50 free at USC on Feb. 15 ... Notched six B Cuts in the 100 free prior to NCAAs ... Won the 100 free on Feb. 1 at Stanford (49.80) and against Arizona on Nov. 2 (50.67) ... Had three B Cuts in the 200 free prior to NCAAs ... Won the 200 free in the USD/Harvard meet (1:47.82) and in the Arizona dual meet on Nov. 2 (1:49.46) ... Logged her best time in the 100 breast (1:01.53) at the Georgia Fall Invitational on Nov. 30 ... Swam the 200 breast at two meets, winning the event on Jan. 19 in the Oregon State dual meet (2:14.47) and finishing third on Oct. 27 at Utah (2:21.63) ... Won the 100 fly on Jan. 11 in the UCSB/UCSD meet (54.35) ... Picked up a win in the 200 IM on Feb. 2 at Cal (2:00.33) ... Helped the Bruins to four wins in the 200 free relay, one win the 400 free relay, three wins in the 200 medley relay, and one win in the 400 medley relay ...Season-bests: 50 free (22.61), 100 free (48.56), 200 free (1:45.89), 100 breast (1:01.53), 100 fly (54.35), 200 IM (1:56.66).
PERSONAL Born in Fremont, CA ... Daughter of Jack Liu and Lora Yan ... Has an older brother, Kendrick ...Admires Allison Schmitt, Natalie Coughlin, Michael Phelps, and Missy Franklin ... Majoring in history. BEST TIMES 50 free - 22.53 100 free - 48.30 200 free - 1:44.71 500 free - 4:58.55 1000 free - 11:51.74 100 back - 57.31 200 back - 2:06.39 100 breast - 1:01.53 200 breast - 2:12.36 100 fly - 53.97 200 fly - 1:59.40 200 IM - 1:56.66 400 IM - 4:15.27 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
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AMY
ERICA
5-6 / Senior Fly/Breast/IM Beverly Hills, Calif. Beverly Hills HS
5-7 / Senior Free/Back Macau, China College of San Mateo
OKADA
VONG
2018-19 Named to the Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Roll ... Swam at NCAAs in the 200 free relay ... Among Bruin swimmers, had the top times in both butterfly events as well as the third-best times in the 50 free and 100 free ... Was part of a 200 free relay squad that set a school record of 1:28.88 on Feb. 28 at the Pac-12 Championships ... Was part of UCLA’s top relay squads in the 200 free, 400 free (3:16.71), 200 medley (1:38.24), and 400 medley (3:35.95) ... Recorded 12 individual wins and seven relay wins across eight different events ... Posted five wins apiece in 100 fly and 200 fly, picked up single wins in the 50 free and 200 free ... Part of four winning teams in the 200 free relay, also recorded single wins in the 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay ... Among Bruin swimmers, had the top two and four of the top five times in the 100 fly ... Had the top eight and 10 of the top 11 times among UCLA swimmers in the 200 fly ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 200 fly (12th, 1:57.51), 100 fly (13th, 52.97), and 50 free (22.90) ... Recorded three B Cuts in the 200 fly and two in the 100 fly ... Won multiple individual events at four separate meets ... Posted four total wins in the Arizona State dual meet on Nov. 3: 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay ... Recorded three totals wins at three meets ... Season-best times: 50 free (22.82), 100 free (49.71), 200 free (1:50.13), 100 breast (1:02.03), 100 fly (52.97), 200 fly (1:57.51).
2018-19 Named to the Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Roll ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, and 200 medley relay ... Placed fourth in the 100 back during the UCSB/UCSD meet on Jan. 11 with a time of 58.00 ... Helped the UCLA Bs to a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay against Oregon State on Jan. 18 (1:44.46) ... Season-bests: 50 free (23.48), 100 free (50.88), 100 back (55.12), 100 fly (59.14).
2017-18 Posted top-four times among Bruins in the 50 free (22.89, third), 100 free (49.94, third), 100 breast (1:01.43, second), 100 fly (52.82), 200 fly (1:57.44, second) ... Also part of UCLA’s top relay teams in the 200 free (1:28.91, alongside Kenisha Liu, Katie Grover, and Sarah Kaunitz), 400 free (3:16.99; Sarah Kaunitz, Liu, and Grover), 200 medley (1:38.89; Emma Schanz, Sarah Kaunitz, Grover), and 400 medley (Schanz, Sarah Kaunitz, Liu) ... Helped set a school record in the 200 free relay, set against USC on Feb. 9 ... Was part of a 200 free team that placed 21st at the NCAA Championships with a time of 1:28.91 ... At the Pac-12 Championships, placed fifth in the 200 free relay (1:29.37, “B” Standard), fifth in the 400 free relay (3:36.58), sixth in the 200 medley relay (1:38.89), 15th in the 200 fly (1:58.47, seventh in the “B” Final, “B” Standard), 17th in the 100 fly (53.47, first in the “C” Final, “B” Standard), 23rd in the 50 free (22.89, seventh in the “C” Final, “B” Standard) ... At the Oregon State dual meet on Jan. 12, won the 50 free (23.49), 100 fly (55.89), and 400 medley relay (3:45.66) ... Against ASU on Nov. 4, won the 200 fly (2:00.39) ... At UCSB on Oct. 21, won the 400 medley relay (3:46.59).
HIGH SCHOOL Attended Chan Sui Ki Perpetual Help College.
COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO (2016-18) Spent her first two collegiate years at the College of San Mateo ... Graduated summa cum laude ... Female Swimmer of the Year at the CCCAA State Championships ... Broke the California JC state records in the both the 100 back and 200 back ... Two-time CCCAA Champion in the 100 back ... Two-time Swimmer of the Meet at the Coast Conference Championships.
CLUB Competed for Burlingame Aquatic Club. PERSONAL Erica Vong was born on Jun. 7, 1997 to parents Seng and Tong in San Francisco, Calif. ... Likes to try out new restaurants in her free time ... Lists breaking her first Macau national record at age 15 as her top pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Majoring in business economics. BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.48 100 free - 50.88 100 back - 54.93 200 back - 2:03.13 100 breast - 1:19.72 100 fly - 59.14 200 IM - 2:12.48 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
2016-17 Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for spring … established new school record in 400 Medley Relay with Linnea Mack, Katie Grover and Isabella Goldsmith (3:34.02) … won 200 Fly (1:59.86) and 100 Fly (54.92) against Arizona State (Nov. 5) … with Mack, Emma Schanz and Kenisha Liu, won 400 Medley Relay at A3 Performance Invitational (3:40.17, Nov. 17-19); also won 200 Fly (1:59.26) … won 200 Fly (2:02.30) and 100 Fly (56.06) at Hawai’i (Dec. 18) … won 200 Fly (2:02.30) against Kansas and Boise State (Jan. 6) … won 200 Fly (2:02.16) against Utah (Jan. 13) … other notable times: 1:01.25 in 100 Breast (Pac-12 Championships, Feb. 22-25), 53.82 in 100 Fly (Pac-12 Championships), won 200 Fly (2:01.42) against Arizona (Nov. 4). PRIOR TO UCLA Okada was a four-year letter winner in swimming at Beverly Hills HS ... the four-time athlete of the year was inducted into the BHHS Hall of Fame ... All-American in the 100 Fly, 50 Free, and 100 Free (2015-16) ... All-American in the 100 Breast, 100 Fly, and 100 Free (2014-15) ... eighttime individual league champion and six-time CIF division 2/3 champion ... finished second in the 100 Breast and third in the 100 Fly at the State Championships ... top high school times include: 23.38 (50 Free), 50.70 (100 Free), 53.84 (100 Fly), 1:01.67 (100 Breast). PERSONAL Born in Beverly Hills, Calif. ... Daughter of Kikuo and Naoko Okada ... Has a younger sister ... Majoring in anthropology. BEST TIMES 50 free - 22.82 100 free - 49.71 200 free - 1:49.76 500 free - 5:02.02 1000 free - 10:46.89 1650 free - 17:44.36 100 back - 57.40 200 back - 2:08.63 100 breast - 1:01.25 200 breast - 2:19.16 100 fly - 52.82 200 fly - 1:56.89 200 IM - 2:01.95 400 IM - 4:23.87 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019) 10
PLAYER PROFILES - JUNIORS
Top row (left to right): Isabella Barattolo, Jennifer Lathrop, Lia Foster, Olivia Andrew Second row (left to right): Emma Cain, Lucy Agnew, Ruby Neave, Emily Honng, Alice Yanovsky
LUCY
AGNEW 5-6 / Junior Back Auckland, New Zealand Jumeirah College
PERSONAL Daughter of Julie and Laurie Agnew … has one younger sister, Greta … decided to attend UCLA because of the welcoming nature of the team, as well as the campus and the education it would provide … describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as shaving seven seconds off her time in 200 Back at 2015 New Zealand Short Course Championships … admires Rebecca Adlington and former rugby player Richie McCaw … besides swimming, interests include singing, dancing, eating and playing with her cats … moved from New Zealand to United Arab Emirates when she was 13 … Biology major who aspires to be a doctor.
2018-19 Competed in the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 back (26th, 55.63), 200 back (24th, 2:00.08), 200 IM (46th, 2:06.34), and 800 free relay ... Was the eighth-place finisher in the 200 free at Cal with a season-best time of 1:53.46 ... Her 55.63 in the 100 back and 2:06.34 in the 200 IM at Pac-12s were season-best ... Swam a 1:59.40 in the 200 back prelims at Pac-12s, a season best ... Finished fifth in the 100 back in the Oregon State dual meet on Jan. 19 with a time of 57.76 ... At the same meet, was third in the 200 back (2:02.99), her highest individual finish of the season ... Season-bests: 200 free (1:53.46), 100 back (55.63), 200 back (1:59.40), 200 IM (2:06.34).
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.64 100 free - 54.07 200 free - 1:52.70 50 back - 26.49 100 back - 55.30 200 back - 1:57.82 200 IM - 2:06.34 (last updated: Sept. 12, 2019)
2017-18 Made her NCAA debut on Oct. 13 at the USD-UCLA Dual Meet hosted in San Diego, winning the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:04.23 ... Also won the 200 backstroke on Jan. 12 in a dual meet at Oregon State’s Osborn Aquatic Center with a time of 2:03.30 ... Qualified for Pac-12s with a season-best time of 1:57.82 in the 200 backstroke ... Raced to a 1:57.95 time in the 200 back at Pac-12s, good for fifth place in the “C” Final ... Her season-best time of 55.30 in the 100 backstroke ranked fourth-best on the squad ... Was also fifth in the “C” final of the 100 backstroke at Pac-12s with a time of 55.35. PRIOR TO UCLA Attended Jumeirah College in Dubai, United Arab Emirates … competed for club team Hamilton Aquatics in Dubai … represented New Zealand at 2015 Australian State Teams Age Short Course Championships and FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016.
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OLIVIA
ISABELLA
6-0 / Junior Free Chicago, Ill. Loyola Academy
5-9 / Junior Free/Back/IM Alamo, Calif. Monte Vista HS
ANDREW
BARATTOLO
2018-19 Swam at NCAAs, competing in UCLA’s 400 free relay team and helping the squad to a season-best time of 3:16.71, good for 25th place ... Recorded a time of 1:47.00 in the 200 free during prelims of the Pac-12 Championships, a season-best and the third-best time on the team ... That time was good for an NCAA B Cut ... Competed at Pac-12s in the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free ... At the conference championships, finished 46th in the 50 free (23.68), 26th in the 100 free (50.29), and 18th in the 200 free (1:47.30) ... In the Oregon State dual meet, finished runner-up in the 100 free (52.45) and 200 free (1:53.53) ... Swam on UCLA’s A Relay team in the 400 free relay at Pac-12s ... Seasonsbests: 50 free (23.68), 100 free (50.29), 200 free (1:47.00), 100 fly (59.50).
2018-19 Received a 2018-19 Pac-12 Women’s Swimming & Diving All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM, 200 medley relay, and 400 free relay ... Swam on UCLA relay teams in the 200 free, 400 free, 200 medley and 400 medley ... Finished first in the 100 free during the Oregon State dual meet on Jan. 19, touching in 52.44 ... Logged a season-best time of 24.01 in the 50 free at Pac-12s ... Season-bests: 50 free (24.01), 100 free (52.01), 200 free (1:53.83), 100 back (1:00.69), 100 fly (1:00.55), 200 IM (2:05.08). HIGH SCHOOL Attended Monte Vista High School (MVHS) in Danville, Calif. … team captain for 2017 East Bay Athletic League, California Scholastic Federation (CIF)-North Coast Section (NCS) and state champions … 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All American and USA Swimming Scholastic All American … left as school-record holder in 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay … qualified for NCS A Finals during sophomore, junior and senior years; senior finished second in 100 Free, while MVHS won all three relays in 2017 … qualified for CIF State Swimming & Diving Championships in 2015-17, including A Finals in 50 Free and 100 Free in 2015; helped 200 Medley Relay team to second-place finish in 2017 … 2015-17 CIF-NCS Distinguished Scholastic Team member.
2017-18 In her first collegiate competition, was part of the “A” 400 free relay team that took first at the SMU Classic on Oct. 13 with a time of 3:33.20 ... Posted a pair of fourth-place finishes at the Arizona State dual meet on Nov. 4, scoring in both the 100 free (52.60) and 200 free (1:52.71). HIGH SCHOOL Attended Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Ill. … team captain earned National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All-American recognition after winning state title in 400 Free Relay as senior; finished as runner up in 100 Fly.
CLUB Competed for Diablo Aquatics in Blackhawk, Calif. … multiple-time qualifier for Speedo Winter Junior Championships (200 IM, 50 Free, 200 Free and 100 Free in 2016); part of two second-place relay finishers in 2015.
CLUB Competed for NASA Wildcat Aquatics in Evanston, Ill. … established state record in 200 Free Relay with time of 2:00.17 (2015) … multiple-time NCSA Junior National Championships qualifier … attended Zone Select Camp at Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
PERSONAL Born in Reading, England … daughter of Pier and Angela Barattolo … has two older sisters, Goergina and Gabriella … decided to attend UCLA because it has always been her dream school and she knows she will be pushed academically and athletically to be the very best she can be … describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as swimming on the same Medley Relay team as her sister, Gabriella, at the 2014 NCS Swimming Championships … admires Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin … lists interests as traveling, food (especially acai bowls), hot yoga and keeping active.
PERSONAL Parents’ names are Phil and Michelle … has two younger brothers, Lachlan and Everett, and one younger sister, Georgia … decided to attend UCLA because of its great academic and athletic reputations, as well as the team’s energy … describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as winning 400 Free Relay with best friends during sophomore year … besides swimming, lists hobbies as beach volleyball and sailing … has a German Shepherd named Scout … dad swam at University of Illinois, while aunt played basketball at University of Michigan.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.52 100 free - 50.69 200 free - 1:50.84 500 free - 5:07.35 100 back - 55.81 200 back - 2:06.36 100 breast - 1:11.54 200 breast - 2:29.69 100 fly - 56.57 200 fly - 2:07.27 200 IM - 2:03.17 400 IM - 4:41.35 (last updated: Sept. 12, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.68 100 free - 50.29 200 free - 1:47.00 500 free - 4:57.42 100 back - 55.54 200 back - 2:00.59 100 breast - 1:20.08 100 fly - 55.15 200 fly - 2:12.60 200 IM - 2:11.64 (last updated: Sept. 12, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - JUNIORS
EMMA
LIA
5-4 / Junior Breast Scottsdale, Ariz. Millfield School
5-7 / Junior Fly Honolulu, Hawai’i Punahou HS
CAIN
FOSTER
2018-19 Recorded a time of 59.68 in the 100 fly in the Arizona State dual meet on Nov. 3 ... Selected to the 2019 Spring Director’s Honor Roll ... Named to the UCLA All-Academic Team at the 2019 Scholar-Athlete Banquet, which honors the person from each UCLA team with the highest cumulative GPA.
2018-19 Selected to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Recorded a time of 2:01.58 in the 200 fly at USC on Feb. 15, giving her the second-best time by a Bruin for the season ... At the Pac-12 Championships, finished 23rd in the 200 fly (2:03.48), 34th in the 100 fly (57.02), and 47th in the 200 IM ... Season-bests: 100 fly (57.02), 200 fly (2:01.58), 200 IM (2:06.50).
2017-18 Selected to the 2018 Spring Director’s Honor Roll ... Had season-best times of 1:02.96 in the 100 breast, 2:13.16 in the 200 breast, and 2:02.08 in the 200 IM ... Had the thirdbest time among UCLA swimmers in the 200 breast, had the fourth-best in the 100 brest and 200 IM ... At Pac-12s, was the seventh-place finisher in the “C” Final of the 200 IM, where she posted her season-best time of 2:02.08 ... Was the top finisher in the “C” Final of the 100 breast at Pac-12s, recording her season-best time of 1:02.96 ... Made it three for three at the Pac-12 Championships, notching her season-best time of 2:13.16 in the 200 breast to take first place in the C Final.
2017-18 Selected to the 2018 Spring Director’s Honor Roll ... Recorded her best 200 IM time of the year in the Pac-12 Championships prelims, finishing in 2:07.48 ... Also had season-best times of 56.45 in the 100 fly, and 2:05.12 in the 200 fly. HIGH SCHOOL Attended Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii … won three state championships and four Interscholastic League of Honolulu (ILH) championships as member of Buff ‘n Blue … two-time Punahou School Athlete of the Year … inducted into Hawaii High School Athletic Association Hall of Honor in 2017 … honored as ScoringLive Distinguished Athlete of the Year in 2017 … won 12 state championships … won 14 ILH championships … nine-time All American … left with two state records and one ILH record.
PRIOR TO UCLA Attended Millfield School in Street, Somerset, England … competed for Scottsdale Aquatic Club (SAC) in Scottsdale, Ariz. … took first in 200 Breast at 2017 Speedo Sectionals at Gresham; SAC won team championship … member of Great Britain Junior National Team … three-time medalist at European Junior Swimming Championships.
CLUB Competed for Kamehameha Swim Club in Honolulu, Hawaii … left with 16 Hawaiian age group records.
PERSONAL Daughter of Suzanne and Steve Cain … decided to attend UCLA because of its incredible balance between academic success and sporting success … describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as breaking a British record while winning a bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Swimming Championships … interests include behavioral psychology and English literature classics … admires Misty Hyman … has dual citizenship … English Literature major who aspires to be a lawyer.
PERSONAL Daughter of Donna Ching-Foster and Jonathan Foster … has one older brother, Tai … decided to attend UCLA because it is the perfect balance of academics and athletics, while being close to home and offering a great team atmosphere … describes her greatest athletic thrills to date as winning 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay during freshman year of high school and breaking two state records in the process … admires former basketball player Michael Jordan … interests include art, such as glass blowing, wheel throwing, making metal jewelry and creating sculptures and other 3D pieces (using glass, clay and metal mediums); also likes beach trips and baking.
BEST TIMES 100 breast - 1:02.57 200 breast - 2:12.23 100 fly - 57.27 200 IM - 2:02.08 400 IM - 4:29.63 (last updated: Sept. 13, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.62 100 free - 52.70 200 free - 1:52.38 500 free - 4:58.79 1000 free - 10:29.33 1650 free - 17:32.01 100 back - 56.33 200 back - 2:01.00 100 breast - 1:10.25 200 breast - 2:26.65 100 fly - 56.32 200 fly - 2:00.28 200 IM - 2:04.35 400 IM - 4:24.94 (last updated: Sept. 18, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - JUNIORS
EMILY
Jennifer
5-6 / Junior Breast/IM Rowland Heights, Calif. Walnut HS
6-1 / Junior Back El Dorado Hills, Calif. Oak Ridge HS
HONNG
LATHROP
2018-19 Named to the Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Roll ... Received an honorable mention for the 2018-19 Pac-12 All-Academic Team ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 IM ... Finished third in the 100 breast (1:05.26) and second in the 200 breast (2:20.11) in the USD/Harvard meet on Jan. 7 ... Swam in the 200 medley relay on four separate occasions, helping the UCLA Cs to a third-place finish (1:45.07) in the UCSB/UCSD meet on Jan. 11 ... Season-bests: 100 free (55.35), 100 breast (1:04.21), 200 breast (2:18.95), 200 IM (2:06.84).
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Had the second-best time on the team in the 200 back (1:55.62) and 100 fly (53.73), and the third-best time in the 100 back (54.54) ... Recorded NCAA B Cuts in the 200 back and 100 fly at the Pac-12 Championships ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free, 100 back (22nd, 54.54), 200 back (11th, 1:55.62), and 100 fly (17th, 53.73) ... Was the runner-up in the 100 back in the UCSB/UCSD meet on Jan. 11 (56.52) ... Runner-up in the 200 back in four separate meets, including at Cal on Feb. 2 (1:58.34) and at Stanford on Feb. 1 (1:59.87) ... Part of a 200 free relay team that finished second at Stanford on Feb. 1 (1:36.74) ... Season-bests: 50 free (23.97), 100 back (54.54), 200 back (1:55.62), 100 fly (53.73).
2017-18 Qualified for the Pac-12 Championships in the 200 IM, 100 breast, and 200 breast ... Posted season-best times of 2:05.64 in the 200 IM, 1:03.74 in the 100 breast, and 2:19.73 in the 200 breast ... At Pac-12s, finished 26th in the 100 breast, 26th in the 200 breast, and 32nd in the 200 IM .. Was part of a winning 200 medley relay team (alongside Kaunitz, Okada, and Reid) at the season-opening dual meet at USD on Oct. 13.
2017-18 Selected to the 2018 Spring Director’s Honor Roll ... Had the best 200 back time (1:55.89) on the squad and the second-best time in the 100 back (54.18) ... Picked up her first collegiate win on Oct. 21 at UC Santa Barbara, taking the 100 back with a time of 56.13 ... Won the 100 back at the Oregon State dual meet on Jan. 12 with a time of 55.61 ... Elsewhere, posted season-best times of 24.58 in the 50 free and 55.24 in the 100 fly ... At the Pac-12 Championships, took first in the 100 back “C” Final with a time of 54.18 (17th overall) ... Placed 11th in the 200 back with a time of 1:55.89 (third in the “B” Final) ... Both of her times at Pac-12s were “B” Standards.
PRIOR TO UCLA Attended Walnut High School (WHS) in Walnut, Calif. … member of WHS Hall of Fame … WHS Female Athlete of the Year award recipient … Mustangs won California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state championship in 2017 … team captain … two-time Hacienda League Most Valuable Player … Hacienda 5 honoree … California State Games Female Athlete of the Year … three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All American (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17) … 2015-16 National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All American (100 Breast) … four-time All-Area First Team, All-Hacienda League and CIF honoree … two-time CIF individual champion (200 IM) … held two CIF-Southern Section Division 3 relay records … seven-time Hacienda League individual champion … broke six Hacienda League individual records and left with four … left WHS with two school individual records … SoCal Prep Legends Player of the Week ...Competed for Bi-County Regional Elite Aquatics (BREA Aquatics) in Walnut, Calif. … broke multiple BREA Aquatics individual and relay records … Speedo Winter Junior Nationals and Speedo Sectional Championships finalist … named to North American Challenge Cup team in 2016 … selected by Southern California Swimming (SCS) to attend USA Swimming Western Zone Diversity Select Camp … won 100 Breast and 200 Breast championships at 2017 SCS Junior Olympics.
HIGH SCHOOL Attended Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills, Calif. … earned National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All American recognition for 100 Back (2015-16, 2016-17) and 100 Fly (2016-17) … 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 USA Swimming Scholastic All American … three-time All-Sierra Foothill League honoree (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17) … three-time MVP (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17) … left with school record in 100 Back (53.62). CLUB Competed for Sierra Marlins Swim Team in Folsom, Calif. … 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 Sierra Nevada Swimming Scholar-Athlete … recorded Sierra Nevada 17-18 100 Back record (53.62) … tallied Marlins’ 17-18 club records in 50-meter Back, 100-meter Back, 200-meter Back, 100-yard Back and 200-yard Back.
PERSONAL Daughter of Mark and Patty Honng … has one younger brother, Brian … decided to attend UCLA because of the positive challenge of balancing top-notch academic and athletic programs while getting “the chance to meet a diverse group of people and proudly represent the swim team with blue and gold pride” … describes her greatest athletic thrills to date as winning CIF team and individual titles … admires football player Aaron Rodgers and Michael Phelps … interests include playing piano, baking cookies, watching football (specifically the Green Bay Packers), listening to music, designing/decorating, watching sunsets, hiking, going on adventures and country music … has won several national and state pageant titles (e.g. USA National Miss, National American Miss and International Junior Miss), as well as other talent and modeling competitions.
PERSONAL Daughter of Rob and Joanne Lathrop … has one younger brother, Ian, and one younger sister, Mia … decided to attend UCLA for the team atmosphere and the academic challenge … describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as participating in 200 Back, 50 Back, 100 Fly and 100 Back at 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships and World Championship Trials … lists lifeguarding as an interest … Biochemistry major who aspires to be a pharmaceutical scientist. BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.38 100 free - 52.91 200 free - 1:50.69 500 free - 5:12.06 1000 free - 11:17.76 1650 free - 18:20.72 100 back - 53.62 200 back - 1:55.62 100 breast - 1:13.74 200 breast - 2:36.19 100 fly - 53.73 200 fly - 2:09.47 200 IM - 2:11.99 400 IM - 4:39.83 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.40 100 free - 53.16 200 free - 1:58.74 500 free - 5:16.36 100 back - 1:03.43 200 back - 2:16.25 100 breast - 1:03.53 200 breast - 2:17.62 100 fly - 57.15 200 fly - 2:13.51 200 IM - 2:05.38 400 IM - 4:37.22 (last updated: Sept. 18, 2019) 14
PLAYER PROFILES - JUNIORS
RUBY
ALICE
5-6 / Junior Diving Melbourne, Australia Caulfield Grammar School
5-2 / Junior Diving Santa Clarita, Calif. Valencia HS
NEAVE
YANOVSKY
2018-19 Missed the season due to injury.
2018-19 Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Named to the Fall 2018 Director’s Honor Roll ... Qualified for Zones in 3-meter ... At Zones, placed 25th with a score of 257.40 .... At the Pac-12 Championships, placed 14th in 3M (244.30), 14th in platform (185.30), and 15th in 1M (227.50) ... Top performance of the year came at Cal, where she placed second in the 3M championship with a season-high score of 288.68 ... Her best 3M score (288.68) was third-best on the team ... Season-best scores: 1M (243.55), 3M (288.68), platform (185.30).
2017-18 Did not compete for UCLA. PRIOR TO UCLA Attended Caulfield Grammar School in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. PERSONAL Daughter of Louise and Randall Neave … has one younger brother, Harry, and one older sister, Chelsea … lists her greatest athletic thrills to date as competing for Australia at 2015 International Youth Diving Meet in Dresden, Germany and placing second in 1-meter at 2016 Australian Open Diving Championships … admires former Australian sprinter Cathy Freeman and tennis players Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal … interests include spending time with family and friends, television shows, piano and any outdoor activities … has lived in five different houses on the same street.
2017-18 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention ... Qualified for the NCAA Zone E Championships as a true freshman ... Had the third-best scores among UCLA divers in the 1m (254.30) and 3m (289.45). HIGH SCHOOL Attended Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, Calif. … posted high score of 471.10 in 1-meter at CIF Immaculate Heart High School Invitational. CLUB Competed for Los Angeles Dive Club in Los Angeles, Calif. … five-time qualifier for USA Diving Junior National Championships … three-time qualifier for USA Diving National Championships. PERSONAL Daughter of Yelena Yanovsky … has one brother, Vladimir, and one sister, Alina … describes her greatest athletic thrill as competing in her first senior national event in 2014 … admires Michael Phelps … hobbies include reading and painting … started first grade without knowing any English … Biology major who aspires to be a genetic counselor. COLLEGIATE BESTS 1M - 254.30 3M - 289.45 Platform - 198.15
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PLAYER PROFILES - SOPHOMORES
Top row (left to right): Sophia Cavalli, Gabrielle Anderson, Ella Kirschke, Claire Grover, Jessica Epps, Delaney Smith, Sophie Clarkowski Bottom row (left to right): Bonnie Schmitz, Veronica Thompson, Katie Sulkevich, Jackie Basham, Abriana Howard, Emma Smethurst, Emily Lo, Emma Schaetz
GABRIELLE
ANDERSON 5-8 / Sophomore Fly/Free Los Altos, Calif. Los Altos HS
PERSONAL Gabrielle Nicole Anderson was born on Nov. 3, 1999 to parents Michael Anderson and Kathleen Gaspich in Los Altos, Calif. ... Has one younger sister, Stephanie ... Chose UCLA because of “the great academics and successful team” and because “the girls made me feel like I was part of the team before I even committed” ... Lists competing in the 2016 Olympic Trials as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires Katie Ledecky, Dana Vollmer, and Natalie Coughlin ... Hobbies and interests include baking, photography, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
2018-19 Selected to the Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2018 ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free, 100 fly, and 200 fly ... Swam on UCLA relay teams in the 200 free and 800 free ... Finished 24th at Pac-12s in both the 100 fly (55.24) and 200 fly (2:05.73) ... Was the 34th-place finisher in the 50 free at Pac-12 with a season-best time of 23.38 ... Recorded a time of 2:02.80 in the 200 fly at USC on Feb. 15, a season best and the third-best time by a Bruin for the year ... Had the fourth-best 100 fly time, a 54.46 set at Pac-12s during prelims ... Season-bests: 50 free (23.38), 100 free (51.15), 100 back (58.20), 100 fly (54.46), 200 fly (2:02.80).
BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.38 100 free - 50.69 200 free - 1:51.61 500 free - 5:16.58 50 back - 25.75 100 back - 55.14 200 back - 2:05.98 100 fly - 53.88 200 fly - 2:00.87 200 IM - 2:11.40 (last updated: Sept. 12, 2019)
HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters at Los Altos High School ... Was a three-time USA Swimming and NISCA All-American ... Also named a Scholastic All-American in her final three seasons ... School record-holder in the 100 fly, 100 free, 50 free, and 200 medley relay ... Posted best times of 53.87 in the 100 fly, 55.11 in the 100 back, 50.68 in the 100 free, and 23.67 in the 50 free. CLUB Competed for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics ... 2015 Junior Nationals Champions ... Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials and the 2017 World Championship Trials.
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PLAYER PROFILES - SOPHOMORES
JACKIE
SOPHIA
5-5 / Sophomore Breast/IM Monrovia, Calif. Glendora HS
5-7 / Sophomore Free Moraga, Calif. Campolindo HS
BASHAM
CAVALLI
2018-19 Made the Director’s Honor Roll for Spring 2019 ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 breast and 200 breast ... Swam on UCLA relay squads in the the 200 free and 200 medley ... Was runner-up in the 100 breast in the Oregon State dual meet on Jan. 19 (1:04.44) ... Season-bests: 50 free (24.87), 100 breast (1:04.10), 200 breast (2:17.04), 200 IM (2:06.13).
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 Director’s Honor Roll ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, and 400 free relay ... Swam on UCLA relay squads for the 200 free and 400 free ... Had the fourth-best time by a Bruin in the 500 free, recording a 4:55.52 at the Pac-12 Championships ... Picked up her first career win in the 200 free on Jan. 11 in the UCSB/UCSD meet (1:50.93) ... Finished third in the 100 free in the UCSB/UCSD meet on Jan. 11 (52.35) ... Was on the UCLA B Team for the 400 free relay at the Pac-12 Championships ... Season-bests: 100 free (51.70), 200 free (1:49.74), 100 fly (59.34), 500 free (4:55.52).
HIGH SCHOOL Won four varsity letters at Glendora High School ... Was a Scholastic All-American ... Allleague first team choice ... CIF and State Qualifier ... Female Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters in both swimming and water polo at Campolindo High School ... Was team captain her senior year ... Four-time National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association All-American ... Four-time First Team All-Diablo League pick ... CIF NCS Scholar-Athlete all four of her years ... Was the Diablo League Champion in the 500 free in three of her years at Campolindo and the 200 free champion in two of her seasons ... Holds 10 places in the Camplindo High School Top-10 ... Holds school records in the 200 and 400 free relay.
CLUB Competed for Brea Aquatics … Large Team Sectionals Champion ... Top-Five finisher at Junior Nationals ... Swam under head coach Jim Johnson ... Sprintalooza Champions ... Competed in Western Zone Select Camp 2014 ... Swam at Junior Olympics. PERSONAL Full name is Jacqueline Marie Basham ... Born in Arcadia, Calif. ... Aspires to be a journalist ... Parents are Baret and Lorraine Basham ... Chose to attend UCLA because it was her dream since school since she was a little girl, the academics and athletics are among the best in the country, it’s not far from home, and the campus feel is unlike any other ... Lists qualifying for the US Open Meet in the 200 breast during the summer of 2017 as her top pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires Serena Williams, Tim Tebow, Rafael Nadal, and Rebecca Soni ... In her free time, enjoys baking, cooking, drawing, hiking, and traveling ... Has been club swimming for over 12 years.
CLUB Competed for Orinda Aquatics ... Was the 2017-18 team captain ... 2017 Junior National qualifier ... 2015-16 Coaches Award Winner ... 2018 Virginia Hall Inspirational Award. PERSONAL Full name is Sophia Isabella Cavalli ... Parents are Sean and Nora Cavalli ... Has one older brother, Dominic ... Chose to attend UCLA because of the high-level academics and athletics ... Describes her first Junior National time cut in the 200 free as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires Katie Ledecky, Maggie Stephens, and Steph Curry ... An art and music aficionado, she has played the violin since sixth grade and has experience with a variety of musical instruments ... Spent a significant portion of her youth living in Singapore, where she developed a deep appreciation for Asian food, particularly noodles.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.74 100 free - 54.27 200 free - 1:54.79 500 free - 5:07.06 100 back - 1:02.14 200 back - 2:13.14 100 breast - 1:03.00 200 breast - 2:16.41 100 fly - 58.16 200 fly - 2:14.51 200 IM - 2:03.58 400 IM - 4:26.26 (last updated: Sept. 13, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.39 100 free - 51.70 200 free - 1:49.74 500 free - 4:55.22 1000 free - 10:32.87 1650 free - 19:18.97 100 back - 1:00.33 200 back - 2:12.08 100 breast - 1:20.44 200 breast - 2:54.35 100 fly - 57.08 200 fly - 2:05.91 200 IM - 2:14.15 400 IM - 4:40.85 (last updated: Sept. 13, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - FRESHMEN
SOPHIE
JESSICA
5-9 / Sophomore Fly Edina, Minn. Edina HS
5-9 / Sophomore IM/Fly/Breast Mission Viejo, Calif. Tesoro HS
CLARKOWSKI
EPPS
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free, 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 medley relay ... Was the third-place finisher in the 200 fly against Oregon State on Jan. 19 (2:05.32) ... Helped the UCLA B team finish second in the 200 free relay at Stanford on Feb. 1 (1:36.74) and third at Cal on Feb. 2 (1:36.60) ... Season-bests: 50 free (24.50), 100 fly (55.70), 200 fly (2:04.47).
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 Director’s Honor Roll ... Season-bests: 200 free (1:53.14), 200 breast (2:23.79), 200 fly (2:03.40), 200 IM (2:02.85), 400 IM (4:22.53) ... Swam on 200 and 400 free relay teams ... Competed at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships in the 200 fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM ... Made her NCAA debut against Arizona State on Nov. 3 ... Finished fifth in the 200 fly in the USD/Harvard meet on Jan. 7 (2:06.67) ... Was fifth in the 200 IM at Cal on Jan. 11 (2:06.81).
HIGH SCHOOL Attended Edina High School ... Named All-America, all-state, and all-conference during her high school years ... Was captain of the Edina Swim & Dive teams as her senior year ... Qualified for state in all five of her years ... Team won AA State Championships in both 2016 and 2017 ... Placed fifth in the 100 fly in 2017 ... Qualified in the “A” final in all events during her junior and senior seasons.
HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters at Tesoro HS ... Team finished third overall in CIF D1 in both 2015 and 2016 ... Won the South Coast League Championship in all four of her seasons ... CIF runners-up in 2017 and 2018 ... Team captain as a junior and senior ... 15-time AllAmerican ... Four-time Scholastic All-American ... Own eight of Tesoro’s 12 school records ... Four-time CIF Championships finalist ... Undefeated in league championship competition.
CLUB Competed for Edina Swim Club ... Named a Scholastic All-American ... Competed at various NSCA and Winter Junior National meets.
CLUB Competed for the Mission Viejo Nadadores ... Participated in the 2016 Olympic Swimming Trials in the 400 IM ... 2015 Futures Champion in the 400 IM and 200 fly ... 2016 LA Champion Invitational in the 400 IM.
PERSONAL Sophie Marie Clarkowski was born on Apr. 12, 2000 to parents Kristi Goss and Brian Clarkowski in St. Louis Park, Minn. ... Has two younger brothers, Robbie and Joe, and one younger sister, Nora ... Planning on majoring in business economics ... Chose UCLA because it has “always been my dream school and because it allows me to compete and train with an incredible swim team while getting a world class education” ... Describes winning back-to-back state championships as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Hobbies and interests include spending time with friends and family, going tubing and water skiing on Minnesota lakes, going to the ocean, and trying different kinds of smoothies ... Has a one-eyed dog named Teddy ... Favorite type of pasta is bowtie.
PERSONAL Jessie Wang Epps was born on May 26, 2000 to parents Harold and Liping in Laguna Hills, Calif. ... Has two older sisters, Elizabeth and Victoria ... Plans on majoring in business economics ... Aspires to become a corporate attorney or businesswoman ... Chose to attend UCLA because of the “amazing academic reputation and supportive athletic atmosphere” ... Admires Kobe Bryant ... Describes her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill as qualifying for and competing in the 2016 Olympic Swimming Trials ... Hobbies and interests include drawing, painting, trying new foreign foods, and going to concerts ... Her uncle is a famous Chinese movie and Broadway star.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.40 100 free - 53.41 200 free - 1:52.51 500 free - 5:06.61 1000 free - 10:55.28 1650 free - 17:56.27 100 back - 59.49 200 back - 2:08.31 100 breast - 1:18.06 200 breast - 2:45.93 100 fly - 55.70 200 fly - 2:04.22 200 IM - 2:15.20 400 IM - 4:41.29 (last updated: Sept. 13, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.21 100 free - 50.82 200 free - 1:49.59 500 free - 4:53.90 1000 free - 10:30.08 1650 free - 17:31.10 100 back - 57.26 200 back - 2:03.37 100 breast - 1:04.24 200 breast - 2:18.10 100 fly - 55.23 200 fly - 2:01.04 200 IM - 2:00.07 400 IM - 4:15.02 (last updated: Sept. 14, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - SOPHOMORES
CLAIRE
ABRIANA
6-1 / Sophomore Free/Breast Scottsdale, Ariz. Boulder Creek HS
5-5 / Sophomore Back Danville, Calif. Monte Vista HS
GROVER
HOWARD
2018-19 Set UCLA freshman records in the 50 free (21.98) and 100 free (48.74) ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships as a freshman in the 50 free, 100 free, and 100 breast ... At the NCAA Championships, finished 22nd in the 50 free (22.25), 33rd in the 100 free (48.95), and 48th in the 100 breast (1:01.17) ... Swam the second leg of the 400 medley relay for UCLA at the NCAA Championships, helping the Bruins to a 26th-place finish (3:35.96) ... Was part of a 200 free relay squad that set a school record of 1:28.88 on Feb. 28 at the Pac-12 Championships ... Hit the podium at the Pac-12 Championships after finishing third in the 50 free with a time of 21.98 ... Heading into NCAAs, was the No. 17 seed in the 50 free and the No. 18 seed in the 100 breast (59.50) ... Selected to the Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Roll ... Over the course of the year, won nine individual events and was a part of nine winning relay teams ... Was a mainstay on the UCLA A relay teams for the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 medley relay ... Had the best individual times by a Bruin in the 50 free and 100 breast, missing out on the school record for the 100 breast by less than a tenth of a second ... Recorded two B Cuts in the 50 free before NCAAs ... Won the 50 free on Jan. 11 against UCSB/UCSD with a time of 23.14 ... At the Pac-12 Championships, finished third in the 50 free, fourth in the 100 breast (59.50), and 11th in the 100 free (48.83) ... Won the 100 free at four separate meets: against Arizona St. on Nov. 3 (50.50), against USD/Harvard on Jan. 7 (51.10), against UCSB/UCSD on Jan. 11 (51.32), and at Utah on Oc. 27 (51.83) ... Claimed four wins in the 100 breast: against Arizona on Nov. 2 (1:02.06), at Cal on Feb. 2 (1:02.20), against USD/Harvard on Jan. 7 (1:02.73), and against Arizona St. on Nov. 3 (1:02.90) ... Was part of four 200 free relay-winning teams, one 400 free relay-winning team, three 200 medley relay-winning teams, and one 400 medley relay-winning team ... Recorded four B Cuts in the 100 breast before NCAAs ... Season-bests: 50 free (21.98), 100 free (48.74), 200 free (1:54.39), 100 breast (59.50), 200 breast (2:16.69), 100 fly (58.89).
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 Director’s Honor Roll ... Posted season-best times of 54.54 in the 100 back and 1:56.28 in the 200 back, both of which ranked fourth-best on the squad ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 back, 200 back, 200 IM, and 200 medley relay ... Picked up her first collegiate win on Jan. 11, taking first place in the 200 back during the UCSB/UCSD meet with a time of 2:00.92 ... At the conference championships, placed 13th in the 200 back (1:56.28), 23rd in the 100 back (54.59), and 40th in the 200 IM (2:03.68) ... Her time in the 200 back at Pac-12s was an NCAA B Cut ... Was the runner-up in the 200 back during the USD/Harvard meet on Jan. 7, finishing in 2:01.30 ... Season-bests: 100 free (54.37), 100 back (54.54), 200 back (1:56.28), 200 IM (2:03.68), 500 free (5:03.45). HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters at Monte Vista High School ... Was an Academic All-American ... Won the 2017 CIF NCS Championship in the 100 back ... Posted best times of 55.04 in the 100 back, 1:58.15 in the 200 back, 1:51.46 in the 200 free, and 2:04.29 in the 200 IM. CLUB Competed for the Crow Canyon Sharks ... Served as team captain. PERSONAL Abriana Raquel Howard was born on May 20, 2000 in Longview, Tex. to parents David and Glenna ... Chose UCLA because it is “the perfect example of high-achieving athletics and academics and the coaches are extremely supportive” ... Lists winning the 2017 NCS Championship in the 100 back as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Hobbies and interests include going on adventures with friends and families, finding new places to explore, watching movies, and spending time with family ... Her uncle Brett and cousin Canaan both attended UCLA.
PRIOR TO UCLA Swam for three years in high school, one at Anthem Prep and two at Boulder Creek ... Is in the Boulder Creek Hall of Fame for swimming ... Named BCHS MVP as a senior ... Arizona state record-holder in the 50 free ... BCHS record-holder in the 100 breast, 50 free, 100 free, 200 IM, 200 medley relay, and 200 free relay ... Three-time All-American ... Arizona State Swimmer of the Year in 2016 and 2017 ... Was on the 2018 US Club All-American Team competing in Ireland ... Olympic Trial and Junior Nationals qualifier ... Competed for Scottsdale Aquatic Club ... Holds club records in 100 breast, 50 free, 400 free relay, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay, and 40 medley relay ... Swam for SAC from 2014-18.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.48 100 free - 52.00 200 free - 1:51.46 500 free - 4:57.01 1000 free - 10:36.97 1650 free - 17:37.38 100 back - 54.54 200 back - 1:56.28 100 breast - 1:09.41 200 breast - 2:34.23 100 fly - 58.37 200 fly - 2:13.24 200 IM - 2:03.68 400 IM - 4:27.30 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
PERSONAL Claire Reese Grover was born in 2000 to parents Jennifer and Peter in Carmel, Ind. ... Has one younger brother, Gabe ... Plans on majoring in english ... Chose UCLA because of the “amazing athletics and education” ... Describes her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill as competing in the 2016 US Olympic Trials ... Admires Katie Meili and Caeleb Dressel ... Hobbies and interests include swimming, going to the gym, eating healthy food, drinking coffee, reading, writing, photography, traveling, spending time with friends and family, learning, fashion, videography, and nature ... Played seven other sports before committing to swimming ... Competed in the 2017 Canadian Trials and the 2018 Ireland Open ... When asked what she wants to be when she grows up, she always aspires to being multiple things instead of just one ... Her mother swam at Washington State ... Father played basketball at Western Washington University. BEST TIMES 50 free - 21.98 (UCLA freshman record) 100 free - 48.74 (UCLA freshman record) 200 free - 1:52.58 500 free - 5:44.86 1000 free - 12:03.81 100 back - 58.09 200 back - 2:11.07 100 breast - 59.50 200 breast - 2:12.09 100 fly - 57.28 200 fly - 2:23.58 200 IM - 2:03.25 400 IM - 4:43.37 (last updated: Sept. 18, 2019) 19
PLAYER PROFILES - SOPHOMORES
ELLA
EMILY
5-9 / Sophomore Free/IM Lone Tree, Colo. Valor Christian HS
5-4 / Sophomore Breast/Fly Oakland, Calif. Acalanes HS
KIRSCHKE
LO
2018-19 Named to the Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Roll ... Had the fourth-best 200 IM time on the team (2:01.54) ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 free (29th, 50.44), 200 IM (27th, 2:01.54), 400 IM (19th, 4:17.83), 400 free relay, and 800 free relay ... Was top-five in the 50 free at four meets, including third-place finishes at Utah on Oct. 27 (23.97) and against Arizona State on Nov. 3 (23.82) ... Was runner-up in the 100 free at Utah on Oct. 27 (52.11) and in the 400 IM at Stanford on Feb. 1 (4:19.65) ... Part of the winning team in the 200 free relay at Utah on Oct. 27 (1:33.51) ... Season-bests: 50 free (23.43), 100 free (50.39), 200 free (1:49.89), 200 fly (2:04.84), 200 IM (2:01.54), 400 IM (4:17.83), 500 free (5:00.24).
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Season-best times: 100 breast (1:01.99), 200 breast (2:13.97), 50 free (23.28), 100 fly (55.10), 200 IM (2:03.27) ... Had the second-best 200 breast time on the team and the third-best in the 100 breast ... Her 200 breast time was an NCAA B Cut while she missed a B Cut in the 100 breast by just 0.15 seconds ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free (32nd, 23.36), 100 breast (23rd, 1:02.25), 200 breast (23rd, 2:15.95) ... Recorded her first collegiate win on Jan. 11 in the UCSB/UCSD meet, winning the 200 breast with a time of 2:17.58 ... Was runner-up in the 200 breast against Arizona, at Stanford, and at Utah ... Finished top-five in the 100 breast at five separate meets, including a seasonbest runner-up finish in the USD/Harvard meet on Jan. 7 (1:03.75) ... Part of UCLA’s 200 medley relay-winning teams in the UCSB/UCSD meet on Jan. 11 (1:41.05) and against Oregon State (1:42.52) ... Swam on the A Team in the 200 free and 200 medley relays at Cal on Feb. 2, helping the Bruins to second-place results in both races.
HIGH SCHOOL Swam four seasons at Valor Christian High School in Highlands Ranch, Colo. ... Earned All-American and Academic All-American honors during her high school career ... Also made First Team All-State and First Team All-League.
HIGH SCHOOL Swam four years at Acalanes High School ... Two-time Diablo Athletic League First Team pick ... Team MVP in her final three years ... School record-holder in the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, and 100 breast ... Qualified for NCS “A” Final in all four seasons ... Finished runner-up in the 100 fly and 100 breast while finishing third in the 200 medley relay at the 2018 NCS Meet ... Posted best times of 53.76 in the 100 fly, 1L02.05 in the 100 breast, and 2:01.75 in the 200 IM.
CLUB Competed for Denver Swim Academy. PERSONAL Ella McCall Kirschke was born on Jun. 27, 2000 in Rochester, Mich. to parents Travis and Amy ... Has two younger brothers, Gabe and Blake ... Aspires to be a nurse practitioner ... In her free times, enjoys spending long days at the beach and adventuring outdoors with friends and family ... Her father Travis played football at UCLA from 1993-96, then played 13 seasons in the NFL for the Detroit Lions (1997-2002), San Francisco 49ers (2003), and Pittsburgh Steelers (2004-09), winning Super Bowl XL with the Steelers in 2005 ... Chose UCLA because of the “outstanding academics and athletics along with the perfect location!”
CLUB Competed for the Terrapins Swim Team ... Team record-holder in the 100 breast, 200 breast, 100 fly, and 200 fly ... Ranks in the club all-time top-10 in the 100 back, 200 IM, and 400 IM ... Placed 13th in the 400 medley relay at the 2018 Summer Junior Nationals ... Was eighth in the 200 breast at the 2017 Summer Junior Nationals and 14th in the 100 breast ... At the 2016 Winter Junior Nationals, placed fifth in the 200 breast and ninth in the 100 breast.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.35 100 free - 50.32 200 free - 1:48.59 500 free - 5:00.24 100 back - 59.08 200 back - 2:08.40 100 breast - 1:10.46 200 breast - 2:29.45 100 fly - 57.97 200 fly - 2:04.84 200 IM - 2:01.54 400 IM - 4:17.83 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
PERSONAL Emily Yin Lo was born on Dec. 16, 2000 to parents Sinh A. Lo Jr. and Gina Lo in Berkeley, Calif. ... Has two older brothers, Andrew and Aaron ... Plans on majoring in environmental science ... Chose UCLA because “the academics are amazing here and I loved the team when I met them” ... Cites medaling in the 200 breaststroke final at the 2016 Winter Junior Nationals as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill. BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.28 100 free - 52.29 200 free - 1:54.53 500 free - 5:24.63 1000 free - 11:02.74 1650 free - 18:21.70 100 back - 56.08 200 back - 2:09.15 100 breast - 1:01.43 200 breast - 2:11.29 100 fly - 53.76 200 fly - 2:00.78 200 IM - 2:01.41 400 IM - 4:23.83 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - SOPHOMORES
EMMA
BONNIE
5-6 / Sophomore Fly Wauwatosa, Wis. Brookfield East HS
5-3 / Sophomore Fly/Free Portola Valley, Calif. Castilleja HS
SCHAETZ
SCHMITZ
2018-19 Selected to the Fall 2018 Director’s Honor Roll ... Swam in three events: the 100 fly against USD/Harvard (54.57) and Arizona State (58.31), and the 400 medley relay (4:05.36) against Arizona State.
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Made her collegiate debut in the Arizona State dual meet on Nov. 3, 2018 ... Swam at the Pac-12 Invitational in the 100 fly and 200 fly ... Season-bests: 50 free (26.41), 100 free (56.85), 100 fly (59.07), 200 fly (2:10.35).
HIGH SCHOOL Swam one year at Brookfield East High School.
HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters in swimming at Castilleja High School ... Was named all-league each of her four seasons ... Team Captain in 2018 ... Received the Sportsmanship Award as a senior ... Qualified for the CIF CCS Championships in all four of her seasons ... Reached the CCS 200 medley relay final in 2017 ... Twice reached the CCS 400 free relay, in 2015 and 2018 ... Finished eighth in the 400 free relay at the 2015 CCS Championships ... Was on the school record-holding relay teams in the 200 medley, 200 free, and 400 free.
CLUB Competed for Elmbrook Swim Club ... Multiple-time Wisconsin Swimming State Champion ... Swam for ESC from 2014-18. PERSONAL Emma Schaetz was born on Nov. 9, 1999 to parents Dan and Trina in Brookfield, Wis. ... Has one younger sister, Grace ... Plans on majoring in biology ... Aspires to be an oncological surgeon ... Chose UCLA because of “it’s my dream school” and “I have never connected with a coach or group of people more than I have with the coaches and the swim team at UCLA” ... Describes her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill as qualifying for her first Junior National Championships ... Admires Sarah Sjostrom, Natalie Coughlin, Cullen Jones, and Anthony Ervin ... Hobbies and interests include anything that involves being outside, reading, listening to music, cooking, drawing, and painting ... Serves as an athlete representative of the USA Swimming National Safe Sport Committee.
CLUB Competed for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, a silver medal club with USA Aquatics ... Was the PASA-Alpine Team Captain in 2018 ... 2015 Speedo Winter Junior Nationals Champions. PERSONAL Bonnie Catherine Schmitz was born on Jul. 24, 2000 to parents Craig and Christie in San Jose, Calif. ... Has one younger sister: Emily ... Chose UCLA because “it had everything - amazing athletics, incredible academics, tons of school spirit, and an overall great atmosphere” ... Calls making CCS Finals with her relay team as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires Missy Franklin and Janet Evans ... Hobbies and interests include going to the beach, surfing, shopping, and doing yoga ... Her uncle, Mark Schmitz, and great grandmother, Shirleyanne Mason, both attended UCLA.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.66 100 free - 52.91 200 free - 1:56.11 500 free - 5:25.70 1000 free - 11:30.90 100 back - 1:04.28 200 back - 2:17.69 100 breast - 1:15.63 200 breast - 2:55.16 100 fly - 56.67 200 fly - 2:05.14 200 IM - 2:16.09 400 IM - 5:03.03 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 25.98 100 free - 55.80 200 free - 1:59.08 500 free - 5:22.41 1000 free - 11:33.55 1650 free - 19:33.35 100 back - 1:05.47 200 back - 2:21.86 100 breast - 1:13.04 200 breast - 2:41.80 100 fly - 59.07 200 fly - 2:10.35 200 IM - 2:14.69 400 IM - 4:48.83 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - SOPHOMORES
EMMA
DELANEY
5-5 / Sophomore Breast Walnut Creek, Calif. Northgate HS
5-10 / Sophomore IM/Back/Free Centennial, Colo. Arapahoe HS
SMETHURST
SMITH
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Made her collegiate debut on Oct. 27, 2018 at Utah ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships, setting a season best in the 50 free (23.85) and also swimming in the 100 breast, 200 breast, and 200 medley relay ... Picked up her first collegiate win on Jan. 19, placing first in the 100 breast in the Oregon State dual meet with a time of 1:04.40 ... Placed top-five in the 100 breast at three meets ... Was runner-up in the 200 breast at the UCSB/UCSD meet (2:19.28) ... Led off a UCLA relay team that finished second in the 200 free relay at Stanford on Feb. 1 (1:36.74) ... Season-bests: 50 free (23.85), 100 free (54.11), 100 breast (1:04.40), 200 breast (2:19.28).
2018-19 Named a CSCAA Scholar All-American ... Selected to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Swam at NCAAs as the third leg in UCLA’s 400 free relay team, helping the Bruins to a 25th place finish (season-best 3:16.71) ... Had the best 400 IM time on the team (4:15.63), the third-best 200 IM time (1:59.36), and the fourth-best 200 free time (1:49.19) ... Made her collegiate debut on Oct. 27 at Utah, picking up her first career win in the 200 IM (2:05.06) and finishing third in the 100 free (52.51) and 200 free (1:52.43) ... Competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 200 back (15th, 1:57.73), 200 IM (23rd, 1:59.36), 400 IM (17th, 4:15.63), 400 free relay, and 800 free relay (sixth, 7:06.92) ... Finished top-three in the 200 free at four separate meets ... Was runner-up in the 200 breast in the Oregon State dual meet on Jan. 19 (2:18.21) ... Logged two separate NCAA B Cuts in both the 200 IM and 400 IM ... Lone Bruin to hit a B Cut in the 400 IM ... Was the runner-up in the 400 IM at USC on Feb. 15 (4:18.05) ... Season-bests: 50 free (23.67), 100 free (50.01), 200 free (1:49.19), 200 back (1:57.52), 200 breast (2:18.21), 200 IM (1:59.36), 400 IM (4:15.63).
HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters at Northgate High School ... For her high school career, set four pool and four team records ... In 2018, was a NISCA All-American and Northgate High School Female Athlete of the Year ... Was Team Captain as a junior and senior ... Named Team MVP in her final year on campus ... In 2018, set the school record in the 100 breast and qualified for the California State Championships ... In 2017, once again qualified for states while setting a school record in the team medley relay ... Had a breakout season as a sophomore in 2016, earning NISCA All-America status, being named league and team MVP, and setting school records in the 100 breast, 200 free relay, and 400 free relay ... As a freshman in 2015, earned team newcomer award and qualified for states ... Placed 10th in the 100 breast at the NCS Championships in 2015 and 2017 ... Was the seventh-place finisher in the 100 breast at the 2018 NCS meet.
HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters at Arapahoe HS ... Was a five-time All-American ... Set school records in the 200 IM, 100 back, 100 breast, 200 medley relay, and 400 free relay ... Two-time Team MVP ... Team captain. CLUB Competed for Highland Ranch Aquatics, a USA Swimming bronze medal club ... Has club records in the 200 and 400 IM, 100 free, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay, and 800 free relay.
CLUB Competed for the Walnut Creek Aquabears ... For her career, recorded eight Aquabears all-time top-10 times, including a club record in the 200 breaststroke ... At the 2015 Futures Championships, finished fourth in the 100 breast and sixth in the 200 breast ... That same year, also qualified for the Summer Junior Nationals ... In 2016, was the No. 16 finisher at the Santa Clara Grand Prix ... Also placed fourth in the 200 breast at the Futures Championships that summer ... In 2017, was a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... Finished top-10 in both the 100 and 200 breast at the 2017 Futures Championships ... In 2018, won the Thomas & Jewel McGowan Memorial Award ... Qualified for Winter Junior Nationals ... Repeated as a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.
PERSONAL Delaney Marie Smith was born on Sept. 23, 1999 to parents Mike and Dana in Centennital, Colo. ... Has one older brother: Colton ... Chose UCLA because of the “breathtaking campus, outstanding academics and athletics, and amazing Bruin life” ... Admires Maya DiRado ... Hobbies and interests include skiing, hiking, traveling, playing cards, family reunions, and dogs ... Has been skiing since she was three years old ... Has lived in the same house since she was born ... Her mother played volleyball at Rice and her brother swims for Trinity University ... Her father has traveled the world for skiing ... Has three cousins who play collegiate soccer, one at Marquette, one at Texas Tech, and another at Washburn University.
PERSONAL Emma Beatriz Smethurst was born in 2000 to parents David and Andrea in Berkeley, Calif. ... Has one younger sister: Margot ... Chose UCLA because “it is an amazing school with a great swim program” ... Cites finishing fourth in the 100 breaststroke at the 2015 Futures Championships as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires Rebecca Soni and Simone Biles ... Hobbies and interests include traveling around the world, hanging out with friends, swimming, and cooking ... Her grandparents immigrated to the United States from Argentina and England ... Is related to Pedro Candioti, a prominent Argentine open water swimmer in the early 20th century.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.67 100 free - 50.01 200 free - 1:48.12 500 free - 5:15.13 100 back - 57.23 200 back - 1:57.52 100 breast - 1:03.76 200 breast - 2:18.12 100 fly - 59.87 200 IM - 1:59.36 400 IM - 4:15.63 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.85 100 free - 53.84 200 free - 1:59.80 500 free - 5:34.82 100 back - 1:03.39 100 breast - 1:03.43 200 breast - 2:17.85 100 fly - 1:02.19 200 IM - 2:08.63 400 IM - 4:54.85 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019) 22
PLAYER PROFILES - SOPHOMORES
KATIE
VERONICA
5-6 / Sophomore Distance Free Covina, Calif. Glendora HS
5-2 / Sophomore Diving Castaic, Calif. Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School
SULKEVICH
THOMPSON
2018-19 Named to the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Rolls ... Made her collegiate debut on Oct. 27 at Utah, finishing fourth in the 1000 free (10:40.66) and seventh in the 500 free (5:18.04) ... Swam the file for the first time collegiately at the Pac-12 Championships, placing 19th (16:43.16) ... Also competed in the 500 free at Pac-12s, placing 28th (4:52.76) ... In the UCSB/UCSD meet on Jan. 11, finished runner-up in both the 500 free (5:00.13) and 1000 free (10:12.70) ... Season-bests: 200 free (1:53.90), 500 free (4:52.76), 1000 free (10:12.70), 1650 free (16:43.16).
2018-19 Named to the Spring 2019 Director’s Honor Roll ... Made her NCAA debut at Utah on Oct. 27, 2018, finishing sixth in both 1M (209.18) and 3M (208.20) ... Was third in 3M against Arizona on Nov. 2 (244.95) ... At the Trojan Diving Invitational from Nov. 9-11, set seasonbests in both 1M and platform and had her second-best score in 3M ... Didn’t appear after Nov. 11 due to injury ... Season-best scores: 1M (241.10), 3M (244.95), platform (213.40). HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Competed for Los Angeles Dive Club ... Two-time USA Diving Junior Zone qualifier (2016 and 2018) ... USA Diving Junior National qualifier ... At the 2018 Zone F Championships, competed in platform, 1m, and 3m, finishing seventh in platform (353.80) ... Attended Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School, but didn’t participate in interscholastic athletics.
HIGH SCHOOL Earned four varsity letters at Glendora High School ... Was a four-time all-league choice ... All-American in her final three years ... Two-time Scholastic All-American ... Named league MVP in her senior year ... Posted best times of 4:48 in the 500 free and 1:51.69 in the 200 free.
PERSONAL Veronica Lucia Thompson was born on Aug. 20, 2000 in New York City to parents Keith and Brenda ... Has one younger sister, Carolina ... Has one younger brother, Luke ... Plans on majoring in psychology ... Aspires to be a sports psychologist ... Chose UCLA because it’s “been my dream school since I was a little girl” ... Describes her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill as doing her first optional off 10m platform ... Enjoys practicing yoga and surrounding herself with friends and family ... Is a coffee enthusiast.
CLUB Competed for the La Mirada Armada ... National top-10 in 2012-13 and 2015-18. PERSONAL Kathleen Amber Sulkevich was born on Apr. 20, 2000 in San Gabriel, Calif. ... Mother is Barbara Sulkevich ... Has two older brothers, Matthew and Dale ... Has one older sister, Kristen ... Planning on majoring in biology ... Aspires to be a dentist ... Chose UCLA because she “fell in love with the team atmosphere when I went on my recruiting trip and the beautiful campus is a plus” ... Cites the 2015 Winter Junior Nationals, where she was a finalist in the 500 free and medaled in the 1650 free, as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... Admires Connor Dwyer and Laurie Hernandez ... Would like people to know she has a hidden “geeky side” ... Her brother, Matthew, swam at Cal State Northridge ... Hobbies and interests include the Marvel Cinematic Universe, 70s and 80s music, Disneyland, and fiction books “from Jane Austen to Stephen King.”
COLLEGIATE BESTS 1M - 241.10 3M - 244.95 Platform - 213.40
BEST TIMES 50 free - 26.67 100 free - 53.82 200 free - 1:51.70 500 free - 4:48.62 1000 free - 9:51.18 1650 free - 16:33.65 100 back - 58.77 200 back - 2:06.63 100 breast - 1:16.86 200 breast - 2:43.92 100 fly - 1:01.19 200 fly - 2:05.85 200 IM - 2:15.17 400 IM - 4:29.55 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - FRESHMEN
Top row (left to right): Brooke Schaffer, Katie Shaheen, Hannah Butler, Lindsay Stenstrom, Daniella Hawkins Bottom row (left to right): Gabby Dang, Sophia Kosturos, Lauryn Johnson, Stephanie Su, Rachel Rhee
HANNAH
GABBY
5-5 / Freshman Diving Rochester, N.Y. Brighton HS
5-5 / Freshman Free/Fly Bothell, Wash. North Creek HS
BUTLER
DANG
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended Brighton High School … Monroe All-County Team each year from 2015-18 … Was the New York state champion in diving in 2018 with an 11-dive score of 530.60 … Section V Champion with a six-dive score of 334.50 … Competed for Upstate NY Diving … Won AAU team national championships with Upstate in 2017, 2018, and 2019 … Was a USA Diving National finalist at AAU Nationals in 2018 and 2019, placing second in 3-meter in 2018 ... Won both the 1m and 3m at the 2018 Niagara District Diving Championships as well as the Niagara District Holiday Diving Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended North Creek High School … Earned three varsity letters in swimming … Competed for the Bellevue Club Swim Team … Qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials … Two-time NISCA All-American … Two-time Scholastic All-American … 2017 Washington 4A State Champion in the 100 free (49.98) and runner-up in the 50 free (22.95) … Finished fourth in the 100 fly (52.82) at the 2018 Winter Junior Nationals … Enters college with personal bests of: 50 free (22.90), 100 free (49.84), 200 free (1:49.46), 100 fly (52.58), and 200 fly (2:01.92).
PERSONAL Hannah Jaffe Butler was born in 2001 in Rochester, N.Y. to parents Edie and Ric … Has an older brother, Daniel … Chose to attend UCLA because of the coaching, variety of majors, and campus atmosphere … Lists being a finalist for the USA Diving Nationals as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill … Favorite athletes include Serena Williams, Bethany Hamilton, and Alex Morgan … Hobbies and interests include playing volleyball, art and drawing, film, marine biology, and environmental science … Taught herself how to play guitar.
PERSONAL Gabrielle Tutrinh Dang was born in 2000 to parents Kim and Peter in Bothell, Wash. … Has one older sister, Tiffany … Plans on majoring in biochemistry … Aspires to be an engineer … Chose to attend UCLA because “I liked the area, the campus, the coaching staff, and I got along very well with the team” … Lists winning the 400 free relay at the Winter Junior Nationals in December 2018 as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill … Admires Caeleb Dressel … Hobbies and interests include music, painting, memes, and cacti … She can break a banana in half with her hands. BEST TIMES 50 free - 22.90 100 free - 49.84 200 free - 1:49.46 500 free - 5:13.85 1000 free - 11:01.32 1650 free - 18:45.41 100 back - 54.53 200 back - 2:05.46 100 breast - 1:10.44 200 breast - 2:28.90 100 fly - 52.58 200 fly - 2:01.92 200 IM - 2:07.33 400 IM - 4:39.23 (last updated: Sept. 14, 2019) 24
PLAYER PROFILES - FRESHMEN
DANIELLA
LAURYN
5-8 / Freshman Distance Free San Ramon, Calif. California HS
5-7 / Freshman Fly/Free Rockville Centre, N.Y. Sacred Heart Academy
HAWKINS
JOHNSON
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended California High School … Earned four varsity letters … Was an All-American qualifier all four years … Competed with the Pleasanton Seahawks … 2018 NISCA AllAmerican … Won the 500 free at the 2019 CIF North Coast Section Championships … Was second in the 500 free at the 2018 NCS meet, finishing in 4:49.65 … Finished 10th in the 800 free at the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals (8:52.28) … Qualified for the 2018 Winter Nationals, placing 18th in the 800 free … Enters college with personal bests in: 500 free (4:44.78), 1000 free (9:54.84), and 1650 free (16:35.32).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended Sacred Heart Academy … Earned four varsity letters … Six-time NISCA High School All-American … Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … Four-time Newsday All-Long Island Girls Swimming Team … Two-time New York-Long Island CHSAA MVP … 2017 NY State Champion in the 400 freestyle relay … Four-time Sacred Heart Academy Team MVP … Captained her high school team as a senior … Swam in A Finals in eight events at state championships … Graduated high school as the CHSAA recordholder in the 100 fly and 500 free … Competed with the Long Island Aquatic Club (LIAC) … Helped the club to gold medal status in 2017 and 2018 … Qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 200 fly after swimming a 2:14.28 on the long course at the Speedo Junior Nationals in August 2019 … Enters college with personal bests of: 50 free (23.63), 100 free (51.03), 200 free (1:48.54), 500 free (4:47.91), 100 fly (54.97), 200 fly (1:59.13), and 400 IM (4:26.15) … Qualified for nine events at the 2018 Speedo Junior Nationals.
PERSONAL Daniella Damele Hawkins was born in 2001 to parents Mike and Catie in Payson, Ariz. … Has an older brother, Weston, and a younger sister, Francesca … Plans on majoring in psychology … Aspires to be a sports psychologist … Chose UCLA because of the “amazing team, impressive coaching staff, outstanding academics, the opportunities afforded at the school, nice weather year-round, and location” … Lists winning the 500 free at the NCS Meet in her senior year as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill … Favorite athletes include Katie Ledecky and Naomi Osaka … In her free time enjoys reading, being outside, hanging out with friends and family, and exploring new places.
PERSONAL Lauryn Mary Johnson was born in 2001 to parents Chris and Tara in San Francisco, Calif. … Plans on majoring in psychology … Aspires to be a sports psychologist … Has a younger sister, Rylee … Chose to attend UCLA because “its academic and athletic excellence is unparalleled, and I immediately felt at home with the coaches and my future teammates” … Lists qualifying for the Olympic Trials in the 200 butterfly as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill … Favorite athletes include Olivia Smoliga and Dana Vollmer … Enjoys crossfit, surfing, reading, going to the beach, and country music … Learned to swim on her own by the time she was eight months old … Her father played basketball at the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.67 100 free - 52.47 200 free - 1:49.72 500 free - 4:44.78 1000 free - 9:54.84 1650 free - 16:35.32 100 back - 1:01.67 200 back - 2:08.25 100 breast - 1:14.99 200 breast - 2:38.00 100 fly - 1:01.83 200 fly - 2:17.54 200 IM - 2:13.15 400 IM - 4:34.66 (last updated: Sept. 18, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.63 100 free - 51.03 200 free - 1:48.54 500 free - 4:47.91 1000 free - 9:59.48 1650 free - 16:44.33 100 back - 1:01.95 200 back - 2:11.53 100 breast - 1:13.38 200 breast - 2:37.80 100 fly - 54.84 200 fly - 1:59.13 200 IM - 2:06.14 400 IM - 4:26.15 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - FRESHMEN
SOPHIA
RACHEL
5-6 / Freshman Back/Fly/Free Orinda, Calif. Miramonte HS
5-10 / Freshman Free San Diego, Calif. La Costa Canyon HS
KOSTUROS
RHEE
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended Miramonte High School … Earned four varsity letters in swimming … Primarily competed in the back, sprint free, and fly events … Three-time Scholastic All-American … Four-time NISCA All-American … 2019 NISCA Academic All-American … Four-time All-CIF … Four-time all-league … Five-time CIF NCS Champion … State record holder in the 100 back … Finishing top-10 at CIF State Championships eight times … Holds seven records at Miramonte High School (as of 2019) … Notable personal bests entering college include: 100 back (52.92), 200 back (1:58.36), 50 free (22.93), 100 free (49.03), 100 fly (53.56), and 200 fly (2:07.64).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended La Costa Canyon High School … Earned four varsity letters … Was Team MVP all four season … Four-time CIF Champion in the 50 free and 200 free … Two-time NISCA All-American … 2017 Scholastic All-American … Six-time CIF San Diego Section Champion … Competed for Rancho San Dieguito … Was captain of the club for three years … Enters college with personal bests of: 50 free (22.99), 100 free (50.36), 200 free (1:47.47), 500 free (4:49.41), 100 back (59.02), 100 breast (1:01.81), 200 breast (2:17.17), 100 fly (58.84), 400 IM (4:33.20). PERSONAL Rachel Young Eun Rhee was born in 2000 to parents Annie Lee and Jim Rhee in Los Angeles, Calif. … Has an older brother, Alex … Chose to attend UCLA because “I love the team atmosphere, academics, and the campus” … Lists the 2019 CIF Championships as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill … Admires Michael Phelps … In her free time, enjoys drawing, reading, and watching movies.
PERSONAL Sophia Bernice Kosturos was born in 2000 to parents Katie and Tommy in Santa Rosa, Calif. … Has four older siblings: Conner, Sarah, Brianna, and Marina … Chose to attend UCLA because “my oldest sister Sarah attended UCLA and it has been my dream to also attend since I was eight. It also has the perfect mix of prestigious academics and athletics … Cites wining the Winter Junior Nationals with her club team (Crow Canyon) as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill … Favorite athletes include Kerry Walsh Jennings and Missy Franklin … Hobbies and interests include baking, wake-surfing, arts & crafts, traveling, spending time with her family, and walking dogs … Is one of 63 cousins on her dad’s side … Her father played football and rugby at California, while her mother ran track at Chico State.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 22.99 100 free - 50.36 200 free - 1:47.43 500 free - 4:49.41 100 back - 59.02 200 back - 2:14.04 100 breast - 1:01.81 200 breast - 2:17.17 100 fly - 58.84 200 fly - 2:12.15 200 IM - 2:04.40 400 IM - 4:33.20 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 22.93 100 free - 49.03 200 free - 1:49.18 500 free - 5:15.00 1000 free - 11:53.52 1650 free - 18:19.79 100 back - 52.92 200 back - 1:58.36 100 breast - 1:10.93 200 breast - 2:39.82 100 fly - 53.56 200 fly - 2:07.64 200 IM - 2:02.08 400 IM - 4:39.49 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - FRESHMEN
BROOKE
KATIE
5-7 / Freshman Free Mountain View, Calif. St. Francis HS
5-2 / Freshman Diving La Canada, Calif. Crescenta Valley HS
SCHAFFER
SHAHEEN
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif. ... Graduated with honors ... Won Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year and Most Inspirational Swimmer ... 17-time NISCA All-American … Three-time Scholastic All-American … Five-time CIF CCS Champion ... Four-time runner-up at CIF State Championships ... St. Francis HS record-holder in the 100 fly and 400 free relay ... Won two events at the 2018 CIF Central Coast Section Championships, placing first in both the 50 free (22.95) and 100 fly (55.32) … Finished second in the 50 free at the 2018 CIF State Championships (22.88) … Scoring member of Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics’ USA Swimming’s Winter Junior National team … Competed in four individual events and one relay at the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championships … Best individual result came in the 50 free, where she was 35th with a time of 26.66 ... Also raced in the 100 free (58.29), 100 fly (1:03.52), and 200 free (2:07.97) … Competed in the 50 free and 100 fly at the 2018 Winter Junior Nationals … Enters college with personal bests of: 50 free (22.76), 100 free (49.12), 200 free (1:48.69), 100 fly (53.32), 200 fly (2:00.35), 100 back (55.89), and 200 back (1:59.24).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended Crescenta Valley High School ... Earned four varsity letters in diving ... Was a three-time All-American ... Qualified for California State Finals in 2016, 2017, and 2019 ... Won 1m at the 2017 CIF Southern Section Championships in 2017, scoring 478.45 … Improved her score at the 2018 CIF Sections, up to 490.90, but placed second ... At State Finals, finished 12th (2016), eighth (2017), and ninth (2019) ... Five-time qualifier for USA Diving Junior Nationals ... Finished third on platform at the Camo International Competition in 2015 ... Placed 10th in platform at the 2018 USA Diving Junior National Championships. PERSONAL Katelynn Elia Shaheen was born in 2001 in Pasadena, Calif. to parents Doris and Elia ... Has two older brothers, Anthony and Michael, and an older sister, Amal ... Chose to attend UCLA because “I love the atmosphere and it has always been my dream school” ... Greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill was competing at her first senior national competition ... Admires Olympic gold medalist diver Laura Wilkinson ... Hobbies and interests include sketching/painting, playing the violin, and spending time with friends and family ... Loves traveling and experiencing different cultures ... Plans on majoring in biochemistry ... Aspires to be a pharmacologist.
PERSONAL Brooke Marie Schaffer was born in 2001 in Mountain View, Calif. to parents Lisa and Greg ... Has two younger sisters, Taylor and Alexis ... Plans to major in psychology ... Chose to attend UCLA because of “the location and the girls on the team” ... Describes winning and setting the meet record in the 50 free at the Western Zone All-Star meet as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill ... In her free time, enjoys surfing and skateboarding ... Her father, Greg, was a member of the UCLA men’s swim team and finished runner-up in the 200 breast at NCAAs. BEST TIMES 50 free - 22.76 100 free - 49.12 200 free - 1:48.69 500 free - 4:58.11 100 back - 55.89 200 back - 1:59.24 100 breast - 1:08.70 200 breast - 2:35.61 100 fly - 53.32 200 fly - 2:00.35 200 IM - 2:04.12 400 IM - 4:37.64 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
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PLAYER PROFILES - FRESHMEN
LINDSAY
STEPHANIE
5-9 / Freshman Back/Free Highland Ranch, Colo. Valor Christian HS
5-7 / Freshman Free Buena Park, Calif. Mater Dei HS
STENSTROM
SU
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended Valor Christian High School … Competed for the Denver Swim Academy … Three-time NISCA All-American … 2017 Colorado State Champion in the 50 free … Helped break state records in the 200 free and 400 free relays at Valor Christian High School … Qualified for the 2018 Speedo Junior National Championships, and competed in the 2018 Winter Junior Nationals … Notable personal-bests entering college include: 50 free (23.54), 100 free (50.66), 50 back (27.94), 100 back (56.45), and 200 IM (2:15.96).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB Attended Mater Dei High School … Earned four letters … Three-time school MVP … Four-time league champion in the 500 free … Four-time CIF San Joaquin Section and State finalist … Placed third in the 500 free (4:49.09) at the 2018 CIF State Championships … Was second in the 500 free at the 2018 CIF San Joaquin Section Championships … Mater Dei record holder in the 500 free and 200/400 relays … Five-time NISCA All-American … Three-time Scholastic All-American … Competed for Los Alamitos Swordfish Swim Team … Placed ninth in the 1650 free at the 2017 Winter Junior Nationals … Placed 16th in the 800 free at the 2018 Summer Junior Nationals … Was 16th in the 400 free at the 2019 Summer Junior Nationals … Enters college with lifetime bests of: 200 free (1:50.12), 500 free (4:49.09), 1000 free (9:54.31), and 1650 free (16:35.21).
PERSONAL Lindsay Danielle Stenstrom was born in 2001 to parents Steve and Lori in Palo Alto, Calif. … Has an older brother, Blake … Has an older sister, Brooke, and a younger sister, Ashley … Plans on majoring in international development studies … Chose to attend UCLA because its “been my dream school for many years, and it has a combination of high-level academics and athletics” … Hobbies and interests include singing and traveling to impoverished places and serving those in need … Her father, Steve, was a four-year starter at quarterback for Stanford from 1991-1994 and played in the NFL from 1995 to 2001 across five organizations … Her mother, Lori, was a swimmer at Stanford and on the US National Team … Her older sister, Brooke, is currently on the Stanford swim team (senior for the 2019-20 season) … Her brother, Blake, is a quarterback on the Colorado football team (redshirt freshman as of the 2019 season).
PERSONAL Stephanie Dizon Su was born in 2000 to parents Steve and Maria in Anaheim, Calif. … Plans on majoring in computational and systems biology … Aspires to work in the bioinformatics field … Chose UCLA because of the combination of athletics and academics … Lists winning the 1500 free at the 2016 Futures Championships and qualifying for the US Open as her greatest pre-UCLA athletic thrill … Hobbies and interests include baking, trying new foods, and going to the movies … Her father and aunt both attended UCLA, and her cousin is currently enrolled at UCLA Law.
BEST TIMES 50 free - 23.54 100 free - 50.76 200 free - 1:52.38 500 free - 5:04.37 100 back - 56.45 200 back - 2:00.48 100 breast - 1:17.23 100 fly - 59.36 200 fly - 2:27.99 200 IM - 2:17.32 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
BEST TIMES 50 free - 24.37 100 free - 52.40 200 free - 1:50.12 500 free - 4:49.09 1000 free - 9:54.31 1650 free - 16:35.21 100 back - 1:05.00 200 back - 2:15.51 100 breast - 1:12.16 200 breast - 2:34.33 100 fly - 57.86 200 fly - 2:03.90 200 IM - 2:09.25 400 IM - 4:24.74 (last updated: Sept. 19, 2019)
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2018-19 In Review
NCAA Championships Results
Final Team Results
1. Stanford 2. Cal 3. Michigan 4. Louisville 5. Texas 6. Virginia 7. NC State 8. Tennessee 9. Indiana 10. USC 17. UCLA
456.5 419 314 235 190.5 188 187.5 185 179 159 75
200-Yard Freestyle Relay Grover, Liu, Okada, Jameson
Dual-Meet Scoring & Results DQ
One-Meter Diving 2. Maria Polyakova 5. Eloise Belanger
321.55 299.05
346.90 320.80
Three-Meter Diving 1. Maria Polyakova 4. Eloise Belanger
352.15 359.45
396.00 378.75
Platform Diving 9. Eloise Belanger
258.15
274.20
500-Yard Freestyle 44. Sandra Soe
4:44.57
200-Yard IM 44. Kenisha Liu
1:58.54
50-Yard Freestyle 22. Claire Grover
Date Oct. 27 Nov. 2 Nov. 3 Jan. 7 Jan. 11 Jan. 19 Feb. 1 Feb. 2 Feb. 15
Opponent Result, Score at Utah* W, 156-144 ARIZONA* W, 161-139 ARIZONA ST.* W, 160-140 USD/HARVARD W, 215-77 / W, 184-110 UCSD/UCSB W, 182-74 / W, 160.5-95.5 OREGON STATE* W, 160-93 at Stanford* L, 128-163 at California* L, 130-167 at USC* L, 117-181
Home meets in ALL CAPS * Denotes Pac-12 Meet
22.25
400-Yard Medley Relay 26. Schanz, Grover, Liu, Jameson 3:35.96 200-Yard Freestyle 43. Kenisha Liu
1:47.21
100-Yard Breaststroke 48. Claire Grover
1:01.17
100-Yard Backstroke 55. Mara Newman
54.58
1650-Yard Freestyle 33. Sandra Soe 200-Yard Backstroke 52. Mara Newman
16:16.48
1:57.04
100-Yard Freestyle 28. Kenisha Liu 33. Claire Grover
48.78 48.95
400-Yard Freestyle Relay 25. Liu, Jameson, Smith, Grover
3:16.71
Pac-12 Championships Results 50-Yard Freestyle 11. Claire Grover 24. Mara Newman
22.09 23.04
21.98 23.08
3. Grover, Liu, Okada, Jameson
1:28.88
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
Final Team Results 1. Stanford 2. California 3. USC 4. Arizona State 5. Arizona 6. UCLA 7. Utah 8. Washington State 9. Oregon State
400-Yard Individual Medley 17. Delaney Smith 18. Lisa Kaunitz 19. Ella Kirschke
1775 1352 1183.5 932.5 837 835 531.5 284.5 172
200-Yard Medley Relay
7. Schanz, Grover, Okada, Jameson
100-Yard Butterfly 13. Amy Okada 17. Jennifer Lathrop 24. Gabrielle Anderson
200-Yard Freestyle 1:38.24
100-Yard Breaststroke
800-Yard Freestyle Relay 6. Liu, Soe, Smith, Okada
7:06.92
One-Meter Diving 1. Maria Polyakova 4. Eloise Belanger
500-Yard Freestyle 11. Sandra Soe
279.30 (prelim) 335.70 (final) 275.80 (prelim) 306.75 (final) 4:41.09
200-Yard Individual Medley 16. Emma Schanz 17. Kenisha Liu 23. Delaney Smith
16. Kenisha Liu 18. Olivia Andrew 19. Sandra Soe
1:59.01 1:59.06 2:00.20
4:40.80
4. Claire Grover 23. Emily Lo
100-Yard Backstroke 8. Emma Schanz 14. Mara Newman 22. Jennifer Lathrop 23. Abriana Howard
Three-Meter Diving 1:59.84 1:56.66 1:59.36
1. Maria Polyakova 4. Eloise Belanger
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4:18.72 4:19.02 4:22.24
4:15.63 4:17.34 4:17.83
53.25 53.99 54.46
52.97 53.73 55.24
1:46.81 1:47.00 1:47.49
1:46.77 1:47.30 1:47.34
59.54 1:02.14
59.50 1:02.25
53.28 53.77 54.69 54.54
53.25 53.80 54.54 54.59
294.60 322.75
350.70 320.70
400-Yard Medley Relay
6. Schanz, Grover, Okada, Liu
1650-Yard Freestyle
8. Sandra Soe 19. Katie Sulkevich 20. Lisa Kaunitz
200-Yard Backstroke 6. Mara Newman 11. Jennifer Lathrop 13. Abriana Howard 15. Delaney Smith 24. Lucy Agnew
100-Yard Freestyle 8. Kenisha Liu 11. Claire Grover
200-Yard Breaststroke 15. Emma Schanz 23. Emiy Lo
200-Yard Butterfly 12. Amy Okada 23. Lia Foster
Platform Diving 6. Eloise Belanger
3:36.06 16:12.90 16:43.16 16:53..69
1:53.88 1:57.63 1:57.12 1:57.52 1:59.40
1:53.73 1:55.62 1:56.28 1:57.73 2:00.08
48.62 48.74
48.65 48.83
2:12.43 2:15.00
2:12.65 2:15.95
1:58.15 2:03.09
1:57.51 2:03.48
255.10
231.70
400-Yard Freestyle Relay
6. Liu, Okada, Grover, Andrew
3:17.21
2018-19 TOP MARKS / RECORDS VS OPPONENTS
2018-19 UCLA Swimming & Diving Top Marks 50-Yard Freestyle Claire Grover Kenisha Liu Maisie Jameson Amy Okada
100-Yard Freestyle Kenisha Liu Claire Grover Amy Okada Maisie Jameson
200-Yard Freestyle Kenisha Liu Olivia Andrew Sandra Soe Delaney Smith
500-Yard Freestyle Sandra Soe Lisa Kaunitz Katie Sulkevich Sophia Cavalli
1000-Yard Freestyle Sandra Soe Katie Sulkevich
1650-Yard Freestyle Sandra Soe Katie Sulkevich
100-Yard Backstroke Emma Schanz Mara Newman Jennifer Lathrop Abriana Howard
21.98 22.61 22.76 22.82 48.56 48.74 49.71 49.80 1:45.89 1:47.00 1:47.34 1:48.12 4:40.80 4:50.40 4:52.76 4:55.52 9:39.11 10:03.58 16:02.88 16:43.16 53.25 53.77 54.54 54.54
200-Yard Backstroke Mara Newman Jennifer Lathrop Emma Schanz Abriana Howard
1:53.73 1:55.62 1:55.93 1:56.28
100-Yard Breaststroke Claire Grover Kenisha Liu Emily Lo
59.50 1:01.53 1:01.99
200-Yard Breaststroke Emma Schanz Emily Lo Kenisha Liu
2:10.97 2:13.97 2:14.47
100-Yard Butterfly Amy Okada Jennifer Lathrop Emily Lo Kenisha Liu
52.97 53.73 53.94 54.35
200-Yard Butterfly Amy Okada Lia Foster Gabrielle Anderson Allison Goldblatt
1:57.51 2:01.58 2:02.80 2:03.08
200-Yard Individual Medley Kenisha Liu Emma Schanz Delaney Smith Ella Kirschke
1:56.66 1:58.28 1:59.36 2:01.54
400-Yard Individual Medley Delaney Smith Lisa Kaunitz
200-Yard Freestyle Relay Grover, Liu, Okada, Jameson
400-Yard Freestyle Relay Liu, Jameson, Smith, Grover
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
Liu, Soe, Smith, Okada
200-Yard Medley Relay Schanz, Grover, Okada, Jameson
400-Yard Medley Relay Schanz, Grover, Okada, Liu
One-Meter Diving Maria Polyakova Eloise Belanger Traci Shiver
Three-Meter Diving Maria Polyakova Eloise Belanger Alice Yanovsky
Platform Diving Eloise Belanger Traci Shiver Madeline Russell
4:15.63 4:17.34 1:28.88 3:16.71 7:06.92 1:38.24 3:35.95 355.50 320.80 254.10 396.00 378.75 288.68 274.50 243.15 215.60
Record vs. Opponents Arkansas 1-0 Arizona 20-18 Arizona State 26-10-1 Boise State 4-0 Brown 1-0 BYU 1-0 California 9-28 Colorado State 6-0 Florida 1-1
Florida Gulf Coast 2-0 Fresno State 3-0 Hawai’i 4-0 Harvard 1-0 Idaho 2-0 Illinois 1-0 Kansas 5-0 Loyola Marymount 1-0 Michigan 1-1
Nebraska 1-0 Nevada 1-0 Ohio State 1-0 Oregon State 18-0 Pepperdine 2-0 Rice 1-0 San Diego 20-0 San Diego State 4-0 Southern Illinois 1-0 30
SMU 2-0 Stanford 3-35 Tennessee 0-1 Texas 0-2 UC Davis 4-0 UC San Diego 1-0 UC Santa Barbara 34-1 USC 16-28-1 Utah 6-0
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Achrekar, Ami Ackerman, Liz Agnew, Lucy Airey, Star Amberg, Natalie Ames-Klein, Kiley Amorosia, Chrissie Andelson, Emily Anderson, Gabrielle Andrew, Olivia Anlauf, Ashley Applegate, Madison Arnold, Katie
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Bach, Deidre Badillo, Natasha Baghramian, Anne Baker, Lauren Bal, Tamara Barattolo, Isabella Barnum, Megan Barth, Kristin Basham, Jackie Bassett, Kate Beauchan, Brittany Beck, Nicole Belanger, Eloise Belloni, Angela Bergman, Jesse Bertelink, Cindy Bibb, Emily Blong, Amanda Boehm, Beth Boyd, Maggy Brooks, Ellen Brown, Michelle Bruch, Rebecca Buchbinder, Lindsey Buck, Lindsey Buckley, Jill Burnham, Maddy Burton, Maggie Buspice, Joy Butler, Kendall Byers, Kirsten
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Cadag, LeAnne 2000-03 Cain, Emma 2018Campbell, Katy 2013-15, 2017 Cann, Scarlet 2010 Carlson, Taylor 2012-15 Carr, Leslie 1997-98 Casciari, Bianca 2009-12 Castellano, Jackie 1997-98 Catalano, Shellene 2003-06 Cavalli, Sophia 2019Chatfield, Kellin 2002-05 Chen, Angella 2013 Cheung, Shannon 2015-16 Christofferson, Stephanie 2010-13 Chua, Marilyn 1999-2000 Clark, Sara 2003-07 Clark, Sarah 2001-03 Clark, Stacy 2000 Clarkowski, Sophie 2019Coler, Cathy 2001-04 Colligan, Kelly 2008 Conrad, Carolyn 2002
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Dahl, Taylor Daley, Krista Daphnis, Aphrodite Davidoff, Cara DeFelice, Heather
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Delisle, Laurence Delisle, Marie-Pierre Denison, Maggie Depold, Richelle Dobbs, Mandi Donald, Colleen Dornick, Monica Dotts, Nicole Drysdale, Emma Dunn, Faith Dunn, Rosalind Dwyer, Brighid
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Epps, Jessica Erpenbeck, Morgan Escalas, Elena Etter, Lindsay
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Fascella, Cynthia Fischer, Elvira Fischer, Isabel Fischer, Kristen Fitzgerald, Madison Fitzgerald, Meghan Fitzgerald, Molly Flynn, Julie Fosdick, Lisa Foster, Kasey Foster, Lia Friese, Kat Frizzell, Erin Fuccillo, Jeana
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Gaber, Andrea Garcia, Kylie Gibbons, Jeanne Godfred, Rachel Goldblatt, Allison Goldsmith, Isabella Goodwin, Beth Gosnell, Regan Grissom, Ashley Grover, Claire Grover, Katie Grubbs, Hannah Gulledge, Courtney Guzman, Paulina
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Hacker, Hayley Hackett, Shannon Haendiges, Ashley Hajduczek, Barbara Hall, Amanda Hall, Jenny Hall, Kelsey Hall, Lauren Hammond, Emily Hammond, Jennifer Hayes, Nina Heydanek, Kristin Hill, Brittany Honng, Emily House, Emiiy Hovsepian, Leslie Hovsepian, Lyndee Howard, Abriana Hubel, Alex Huelskamp, Rose Hummel, Maggie
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Imagane, Jane Imagane, Julie Iversen, Courtney
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Ivory-Ganja, Emma
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Jahanshahi, Yasi Jameson, Maisie Jenkins, Jill Jones, Lindsay
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Kaunitz, Lisa Kaunitz, Sarah Kearny, Stacy Keating, Liz Ketchum, Erin Khojasteh, Jessica Kinnear, Katie Kinsch, Tracy Kirschke, Ella Kish, MK Krengel, Kirstin Kwok, Sabrina
20192008 2016-19 1995-98 2011-13 2002 2007-10 2006-09 2009-12 1993 2011-13 1997-98 1993 1995-96 20182016-17 2008-09 2004-07
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Lamb, Jennifer Larsen, Shawna Lathrop, Jennifer Lee, Jie Lehman, Gwen Lenz, Annika Lewis, Kristen Liu, Kenisha Lo, Emily Lobdell, Jackie Loberg, Lauren Loper, Ally Los-Santos, Luisa Louden, Kelsey Lueders, Glenda Lupi, Eva Lutz, Stephanie Lyons, Carly
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Mack, Linnea Madden, Julie Marchand, Lindsey Marion, Jamie Martin, Kim Masluk, Genil Massey, Julie Masterson, Lindsey Mayo, Courtney McNally, Jennifer McNamara, Haley McTaggart, Caroline Melina, Emily Merlihan, Michaela Meyer, Briana Miesner, Isabel Mijares, Alison Miller, Melissa Milligan, Dani Milligan, Kacey Monahan, Ciara Monahan, Montana More, Delilah Murphy, Kathryn Murray, Chelsea
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Najera, Monica Nalevanko, Alexandra Neave, Ruby Nelson, Katie Newman, Mara Nieto, Jeannette Noda, Mayuka Noddle, Jen
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Noeth, Erinn Norberg, Natalie Nowotzin, Silke Nuti, Gina
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Oesting, Megan Okada, Amy Owen, Rachel
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Pelton, Mary Peng, Heather Perry, Michelle Peterson, Hillary Petry, Mary Pike, Chelsea Pirozzie, Shannon Platzer, Sara Polyakova, Maria Poree, Jenny Poteete, Anna Potter, Lara Powell, Holiday Price, Keiko Prosser, Heidi
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Quah, Ting Wen Quinn, Anna
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Rankin, Megan Raukar, Cali Reid, Carly Reigel, Andrea Reinhard, Kasey Renfrow, Brittany Repper, Danni Richardson, Christy Robinson, Alyssa Ronsaville, Rebecca Russell, Madeline Ryan, Katie
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Salmeen, Annette Samaniego, Marisa Sanderud, Karoline Scarborough, Kim Schacher, Samantha Schaetz, Emma Schanz, Emma Schick, Geraldine Schick Garcia, Emmanuelle Schmitz, Bonnie Schofield, Tess Segundo, Laura Seissen, Eileen Senko, Anna Shashkova, Leeza Shelton, Becky Shiver, Traci Shoults, Jax Shugart, Erica Silva, Karina Simmons, Erin Simmons, Katie Sloan, Amy Solomon, Alicia Smart, Lindsey Smethurst, Emma Smith, Delaney Soe, Sandra Spivey, Taylor Stanton, Madeleine Stefanec, Annie
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ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS (1993-PRESENT) / HEAD COACHING HISTORY Steffen, Savannah Steres, Suzanne Strack, Janine Stratton, Rachel Stuppi, Katie Suhadolnik, Sarah Sulkevich, Katie Sullivan, Alex Svahnstrom, Malin Swanson, Anna
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Tarazona, Noelle Teagle, Heather Teo, Nicolette Thomas, Christa Thomas, Erin Thompson, Paige Thompson, Rebecca Thompson, Veronica Thurman, Amy Thurman, Hope Tinney, Kristen Trainer, Susan Treleven, Paige Troup, Lexy
2014-17 1994 2002-05 2000 1995-98 1993-94 20192008-11 2002-04 1999 2012-15 1998-99 2005-08 1996 1999-2001 2003-04 1998-99 20192004-07 2007 2001-04 1997 2009-10, 12 2013
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Walker, Hayden Walker, Lori Walls, Kristen Walsh, Erin Walz, Miranda
2014 1993-95
Watanabe, Naoko Webster, Sharon Weir, Emily Weir, Kathrine Werth, Eliza Westberg, Lauren Whichard, Emily White, Madison Wilcox, Tracy Wilde, Courtney Williams, Isabel Wilson, Kimberly (Gargalikis) Wine, Allison Wines, Amber Winkelhaus, Katie Winkler, Brigitte Winkler, Brooke Winn, Laura Wolf, Lindsay Wong, Katherine Wong, Katie Worthington, Janet
2003-04 2013-16 2010, 12-13 2008-11 2003-06 2016-18 2016-18 2016-17 1991-94 20191999-2001
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Zehntner, Erin
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UCLA Head Coaching History Steve Palmer (1974-75)
Cyndi Gallagher (1988-2019)
Year Record NCAA Pac-10 Rec. 1974-75 7-0 3rd --/1st
Year Record NCAA Pac-12 Rec. 1988-89 9-1 T-6th 4-1/3rd 1989-90 7-2 5th 3-2/3rd 1990-91 7-2 5th 3-2/3rd 1991-92 6-2 6th 3-2/2nd 1992-93 7-1 7th 4-1/2nd 1993-94 7-2 7th 3-2/4th 1994-95 6-5 10th 3-2/2nd 1995-96 4-3 11th 2-3/2nd 1996-97 6-3 14th 2-3/5th 1997-98 2-6 13th 0-5/5th 1998-99 6-4-1 16th 1-4-1/5th 1999-2000 5-4 8th 2-4/4th 2000-01 6-3 15th 3-3/1st 2001-02 9-5 17th 2-5/5th 2002-03 5-4 11th 2-4/1st 2003-04 8-2 7th 6-2/2nd 2004-05 6-3 18th 3-3/4th 2005-06 7-3 20th 3-3/2nd 2006-07 6-3 15th 3-3/4th 2007-08 5-4 31st 2-4/4th 2008-09 4-5 41st 2-5/7th 2009-2010 5-4 19th 2-4/5th 2010-11 9-4 20th 3-4/4th 2011-12 4-5 T-37th 2-5/5th 2012-13 11-3 17th 5-3/5th 2013-14 8-4 21st 5-4/4th 2014-15 7-4 23rd 3-4/5th 2015-16 6-4 17th 3-4/5th 2016-17 11-4 20th 4-4/5th 2017-18 5-5-1 26th 2-4-1/6th 2018-19 8-3 17th 4-3/6th Totals 202-107-2 89-102-2
Colleen Graham (1975-79) Year Record NCAA Pac-10 Rec. 1975-76 6-0 2nd --/1st 1976-77 3-0 4th --/1st 1977-78 4-0 6th --/1st 1978-79 2-1 9th --/2nd Totals 15-1
Mike Shaw (1979-81) Year Record NCAA Pac-10 Rec. 1979-80 3-2 9th --/4th 1980-81 3-2 11th --/3rd Totals 6-4
Cindy Schilling (1981-82) Year Record NCAA Pac-12 Rec. 1981-82 4-3 17th --/4th
Tom Jahn (1982-88) Year Record NCAA Pac-12 Rec. 1982-83 8-2 25th --/4th 1983-84 7-6 13th --/4th 1984-85 3-5 8th 2-3/2nd 1985-86 6-3 6th 2-3/2nd 1986-87 8-4 15th 3-2/3rd 1987-88 9-4 9th 2-3/3rd Totals 41-24 9-11
Jordan Wolfrum (2019-present) Year 2019-20
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NCAA
Pac-12 Rec.
POSTSEASON CHAMPIONS / BRUIN AWARD WINNERS 2019 2018 2017 2016 2009 2007 2006 2005 2004 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving 1650-Yard Freestyle Platform Diving 1650-Yard Freestyle 100-Yard Backstroke 200-Yard Free Relay 100-Yard Freestyle 100-Yard Breaststroke 100-Yard Breaststroke 100-Yard Butterfly 200-Yard Butterfly Three-Meter Diving One-Meter Diving
Pac-10 / 12 Individual Champions
Maria Polyakova Maria Polyakova Eloise Belanger Maria Polyakova Maria Polyakova Marisa Samaniego Katie Nelson Tess Schofield Katie Nelson Katie Arnold
335.70 350.70 324.40 385.00 324.80 320.85 16:09.08 280.95 16:18.00 53.22 K. Vandenberg, M. Svahnstrom, A. Thurman, S. Platzer 1:31.90 Keiko Price 49.54 Lindsay Etter 1:01.28 Lindsay Etter 1:01.64 Annette Salmeen 54.59 Annette Salmeen 1:57.00 Amy Sloan 450.75 Erin Simmons 391.15
1994 One-Meter Diving Kristen Walls 383.40 Three-Meter Diving Kristen Walls 475.55 1993 50-Yard Freestyle Richelle Depold 22.58 One-Meter Diving Kristen Walls 404.30 Three-Meter Diving Kristen Walls 490.15 1992 500-Yard Freestyle Natalie Norberg 4:46.02 One-Meter Diving Kristen Walls 407:50 1991 100-Yard Backstroke Kristin Heydanek 56.39 200-Yard Free Relay J. Vogt, K. Stoudt, C. Richardson, S. Suhadolnik 1:33.66 200-Yard Medley Relay K. Heydanek, C. Richardson, K. Stoudt, S. Suhadolnik 1:43.45 Platform Diving Malia Lasley 324.05 1990 100-Yard Freestyle Kristin Stoudt 49.93 400-Yard Freestyle Relay J. Gibbons, M. Herndon, C. Richardson, K. Stoudt 3:23.29 1989 50-Yard Freestyle Jenny Susser 23.46 800-Yard Freestyle Relay K. Stoudt, J. Susser, M. Herndon, S. Smith 7:21.13 One-Meter Diving Karla Goltman 458.00 1988 200-Yard Butterfly Micki Ward 2:00.17
AIAW / NCAA Individual Champions 1996 1978 1977 1976
200-Yard Butterfly 50-Yard Backstroke 100-Yard Backstroke 200-Yard Freestyle Relay 200-Yard Medley Relay 50-Yard Butterfly 200-Yard Butterfly
Annette Salmeen 1:55.84* Tauna Vandeweghe 27.02 Tauna Vandeweghe 57.49 K. Worthen, S. Worthen, T. Vandeweghe, S. Houghton 1:35.62 S. Houghton, T. Vandeweghe, K. Melick, K. Worthen 1:45.80 Shawn Houghton 25.82 Karen Moe 2:02.88
Bruin Award Winners All-Americans 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Bonnie Adair An Simmons Bonnie Adair Karen Moe An Simmons Andrea Szymanski Bonnie Adair Nancy Kirkpatrick Karen Moe An Simmons Andrea Szymanski Bonnie Adair Jenny Bartz Nancy Kirkpatrick Karen Moe An Simmons Andrea Szymanski Jenny Bartz Janet Cochran Luan Cramer Karen Hazen Liz Hogan Shawn Houghton Ann Krisik Karen Melick Margie Moffit Andrea Szymanski Kim Worthen Luan Cramer Kathy Heddy Shawn Houghton Karen Melick Margie Moffit Kim Worthen Shelli Worthen Billie Yoshino Luan Cramer Shawn Houghton Judith Katterman Becky McCafferty
1979
1980 1981
Karen Melick Tauna Vandeweghe Kim Worthen Shelli Warthen Jody Alexander Tina Camilli Luan Cramer Nancy Hansen Shawn Houghton Judith Katterman Becky McCafferty Karen Melick April Swanson Tauna Vandeweghe Donalee Wennerstrom
Shawn Houghton
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Jody Alexander Tina Camilli Judith Katterman Becky McCafferty Cyndi McCullam Tanya Nielsen Linda Placak Nancy Placak Stacy Smith April Swanson Tauna Vandeweghe Donalee Wennerstrom Jody Alexander Ellen Ferguson Nancy Hansen
1982 1983 1984 1985
Judith Katterman Becky McCafferty Cyndi McCullam Tanya Nielsen Linda Placak Stacy Smith April Swanson Eve Walton Jody Alexander Kathy Clarke Ellen Ferguson Nancy Hansen Tanya Nielsen Linda Placak Nancy Placak Stacy Smith April Swanson Julie Williams Tricia Carvacho Kathy Clarke Ellen Ferguson Diane Graner Tammy Harvego Tanya Nielsen Linda Placak Stacy Smith Julie Williams Tricia Carvacho Kathy Clarke Vicky Davidson Diane Graner Tammy Harvego Kristina Kluth Julie Williams Kathy Clarke Vicky Davidson Diane Graner Laurie Gray Tammy Harvego Nicole Hasse Kristina Kluth
BRUIN AWARD WINNERS 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Sofia Kraft Suzette Moran Maureen New Suzanne Nilsson Ulrika Sandmark Kelly Wely Jean Badding Vicky Davidson Tami Ellis Karla Goltman Diane Graner Tammy Harvego Kristina Kluth Sofia Kraft Kathy Long Suzette Moran Ulrika Sandmark Jenny Susser Monica Ward Kelly Wely Britt Williams Jean Badding Catherine Capriles Vicky Davidson Michele Drummonds Karla Goltman Melissa Herndon Kathy Long Jean Badding Jeannette Beitz Catherine Capriles Michele Drummonds Karla Goltman Melissa Herndon Susan Potrepka Melissa Skinner Sheryle Smith Jenny Susser Rhonda Von Soosten Monica Ward Britt Williams Jean Badding Michele Drummonds Karla Goltman Melissa Herndon Susan Potrepka Sheryle Smith Kristin Stoudt Jenna Susser Rhonda Von Soosten Monica Ward Britt Williams Jeanne Gibbons Melissa Herndon Susan Potrepka Christy Richardson Sheryle Smith Kristin Stoudt Kristen Walls Britt Williams Rebecca Bruch Jeanne Gibbons Kristin Heydanek Kimberly Martin Christy Richardson Becky Shelton Sheryle Smith Kristin Stoudt Sarah Suhadolnik Julie Vogt Rebecca Bruch Jeanne Gibbons Kristin Heydanek Kirstin Krengel Natalie Norberg Megan Oesting Christy Richardson Becky Shelton Kristin Stoudt
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Julie Vogt Kristen Walls Rebecca Bruch Richelle Depold Kristin Heydanek Natalie Norberg Megan Oesting Annette Salmeen Julie Vogt Lori Walker Kristen Walls Rebecca Bruch Richelle Depold Jeanne Gibbons Kristin Heydanek Glenda Lueders Natalie Norberg Megan Oesting Cindy Bertelink Lindsay Etter Kasey Foster Jill Jenkins Natalie Norberg Megan Oesting Annette Salmeen Tracy Wilcox Cindy Bertelink Lindsay Etter Amanda Hall Jill Jenkins Shawna Larsen Annette Salmeen Erin Simmons Amy Sloan CIndy Bertelink Lindsay Etter Amanda Hall Jill Jenkins Keiko Price Susan Trainer Amber Wines Cindy Bertelink Lindsay Etter Beth Goodwin Jill Jenkins Keiko Price Amber Wines Nicole Beck Angela Belloni Beth Goodwin Lyndee Hovsepian Keiko Price Katie Ryan Becky Thompson Julia Voitovitsch Amber Wines Katie Younglove Nicole Beck LeAnne Cadag Bighid Dwyer Beth Goodwin Lyndee Hovsepian Keiko Price Julia Voitovitsch Katie Younglove Erin Zehntner Brighid Dwyer Beth Goodwin Lyndee Hovsepian Jen Noddle Sara Platzer Erica Shugart LeAnne Cadag Elvira Fischer Kristen Lewis Jackie Lobdell Jen Noddle Sara Platzer Erica Shugart
Brittany Beauchan
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 34
Malin Svahnstrom Katie Younglove Regan Gosnell Leslie Hovsepian Kristen Lewis Sara Platzer Erica Shugart Lindsey Smart Taylor Spivey Malin Svahnstrom Kim Vandenberg Katie Arnold Leslie Hovsepian Kristen Lewis Jackie Lobdell Katie Nelson Sara Platzer Malin Svahnstrom Amy Thurman Kim Vandenberg Naoko Watanabe Katie Arnold Katie Nelson Eileen Seisson Nicolette Teo Amy Thurman Kim Vandenberg Katie Arnold Katie Nelson Anna Poteete Eileen Seisson Amy Thurman Kim Vandenberg Chiemi Yamamoto Katie Arnold Sara Clark Katie Nelson Anna Poteete Marisa Samaniego Tess Schofield Nicolette Teo Amy Thurman Nicolette Teo Marisa Samaniego Tess Schofield Brittany Beauchan Bianca Casciari Laurence Delisle Lauren Hall Sam Vanden Berge Brittany Beauchan Cynthia Fascella Lauren Hall Yasi Jahanshahi
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Alex Sullivan Sam Vanden Berge Allison Gargalikis Yasi Jahanshahi Kathryn Murphy Anna Senko Lauren Baker Emma Ivory-Ganja Jessica Khojasteh Katie Kinnear Kathryn Murphy Ting Wen Quah Andrea Reigel Anna Senko Noelle Tarazona Lauren Baker Katie Kinnear Linnea Mack Kathryn Murphy Ting Wen Quah Anna Senko Noelle Tarazona Madison White Katy Campbell Monica Dornick Katie Grover Annika Lenz Linnea Mack Maria Polyakova Noelle Tarazona Madison White Allison Wine Eloise Belanger Linnea Mack Maria Polyakova Eloise Belanger Katie Grover Sarah Kaunitz Linnea Mack Maria Polyakova Madison White 2018 Eloise Belanger (plat, 3m HM) Katie Grover (200 free, 800 free relay HM) Kenisha Liu (800 free relay HM) Sandra Soe (800 free relay HM) Margaux Verger Gourson (800 free relay HM) 2019 Maria Polyakova (1M, 3M) Eloise Belanger (1M, 3M, platform HM)
Pac-12 Swimming Freshman / Newcomer of the Year 2003
Kim Vandenberg
BRUIN AWARD WINNERS / TEAM AWARD WINNERS
CSCAA Diver of the Year 2019
Maria Polyakova
CSCAA Diving Coach of the Year 2019
Tom Stebbins
Pac-12 Diver of the Year 1994 2017 2018 2019
Kristen Walls Maria Polyakova Eloise Belanger Maria Polyakova
Pac-12 Diving Freshman / Newcomer of the Year 2005 2006 2012 2015 2016
Brittany Renfrow Marisa Samaniego Emma Ivory-Ganja Maria Polyakova Eloise Belanger
Pac-12 Swimming Coach of the Year 1990 2003
Cyndi Gallagher Cyndi Gallagher
Pac-12 Diving Coach of the Year 1996 2017 2018 2019
Tom Scotty Tom Stebbins Tom Stebbins Tom Stebbins
Pac-12 All-Academic 1991 1992 1993
Rebecca Bruch (1st Team) Kristin Heydanek (1st) Sheryl Smith (1st) Jeanne Gibbons (1st) Kristen Walls (1st) Rebecca Bruch (2nd Team) Kristin Heydanek (2nd) Lisa Fosdick (1st) Christy Richardson-Helm (1st)
Team Award Winners
Academic Excellence 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Elena Escalas Marie-Pierre Delisle Annika Lenz Annika Lenz Arlyn Upshaw Anna Senko Anna Senko Kelsey Hall Isabel Williams Dani Milligan Tess Schofield Tess Schofield Katherine Wong Sara Clark Kellin Chatfield Kellin Chatfield Regan Gosnell Katie Younglove Katie Younglove Keiko Price Keiko Price Katie Stuppi Tracy Wilcox Katie Stuppi Tracy Wilcox Annette Salmeen Erin Simmons Megan Oesting Kristin Heydanek Lisa Fosdick Gwen Lehman Mindi Bach
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Kristen Walls (1st) Rebecca Bruch (2nd) Natalie Norberg (2nd) Megan Oesting (2nd) Kristin Heydanek (1st) Natalie Norberg (1st) Kristen Walls (1st) Megan Oesting (1st) Annette Salmeen (1st) Erin Simmons (1st) Jill Buckley (2nd) Natalie Norberg (2nd) Annette Salmeen (1st) Erin Simmons (1st) Tracy Wilcox (1st) Rose Huelskamp (1st) Tracy Wilcox (1st) Lindsay Etter (2nd) Amanda Hall (2nd) Lindsay Etter (1st) Rose Huelskamp (1st) Katie Stuppi (1st) Tracy Wilcox (1st) Jill Jenkins (2nd) Keiko Price (2nd) Keiko Price (1st) Keiko Price (1st) Nicole Beck (2nd) Brighid Dwyer (2nd) Julia Voitovitsch (2nd) Regan Gosnell (1st) Katie Younglove (1st) Anne Baghramian (2nd) Brighid Dwyer (2nd) Lyndee Hovsepian (2nd) Jen Noddle (2nd) Erin Thomas (2nd) Julia Voitovitsch (2nd) Regan Gosnell (1st) Katie Younglove (1st) Kristen Lewis (2nd)
High Point Award 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Linnea Mack Linnea Mack Linnea Mack Ting Wen Quah Ting Wen Quah Kathryn Murphy Lauren Hall Brittany Beauchan Anna Poteete Nicolette Teo Katie Arnold Kim Vandenberg Kim Vandenberg Kim Vandenberg Kim Vandenberg
Jen Noddle (2nd) Regan Gosnell (1st) Kristen Lewis (2nd) Janine Strack (2nd) Kim Scarborough (1st) Janine Strack (1st) Kristen Lewis (2nd) Kim Scarborough (1st) Janine Strack (1st) Katherine Wong (2nd) Tess Schofield (1st) Sara Clark (2nd) Kristen Fisher (2nd) Nicolette Teo (2nd) Tess Schofield (1st) Katherine Wong (1st) Ellen Brooks (2nd) Kristen Fischer (2nd) Nicolette Teo (2nd) Kristen Fischer (1st) Tess Schofield (1st) Dani Milligan (2nd) Dani Milligan (1st) Brittany Beauchan (2nd) Lauren Hall (2nd) Isabel Williams (2nd) Maggy Boyd (1st) Kelsey Hall (1st) Dani Milligan (1st) Isabel Williams (1st) Emily Andelson (2nd) Emma Drysdale (2nd) Lauren Baker (1st) Maggy Boyd (1st) Hayley Hacker (1st) Kelsey Hall (1st) Anna Senko (1st) Isabel Williams (1st) Emily Andelson (2nd) Lauren Baker (1st) Maggy Boyd (1st)
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Sara Platzer Sara Platzer Malin Svahnstrom Elvira Fischer Beth Goodwin Keiko Price Keiko Price Keiko Price Lindsay Etter Annette Salmeen Annette Salmeen Kristin Heydanek Christy Richardson Kristin Stoudt Sheryl Smith
Most Valuable Diver
Most Valuable Swimmer 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Sandra Soe Katie Grover Linnea Mack Linnea Mack Noelle Tarazona Ting Wen Quah Ting Wen Quah Yasi Jahanshahi Lauren Hall Lauren Hall Madeleine Stanton Nicolette Teo Katie Nelson Kim Vandenberg Kim Vandenberg 35
Maria Polyakova Eloise Belanger Maria Polyakova Maria Polyakova Maria Polyakova Paulina Guzman Emma Ivory-Ganja Emma Ivory-Ganja Laura Winn Laura Winn Marisa Samaniego Marisa Samaniego Sara Clark Sara Clark Amanda Blong Paige Thompson
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Hayley Hacker (1st) Anna Senko (1st) Stephanie Christofferson (2nd) Emma Ivory-Ganja (2nd) Briana Meyer (2nd) Ting Quah (2nd) Lauren Baker (1st) Hayley Hacker (1st) Anna Senko (1st) Ting Quah (2nd) Noelle Tarazona (2nd) Arlyn Upshaw (2nd) Emily Hammond (1st) Annika Lenz (1st) Noelle Tarazona (2nd) Arlyn Upshaw (2nd) Emily Hammond (1st) Annika Lenz (1st) Arlyn Upshaw (1st) Marie-Pierre Delisle (2nd) Katie Kinnear (2nd) Emily Hammond (1st) Annika Lenz (1st) Marie-Pierre Delisle (2nd) Katie Grover (2nd) Caroline McTaggart (2nd) Marie-Pierre Delisle (1st) Maddy Burnham (2nd) Katie Grover (2nd) Lisa Kaunitz (2nd) Elena Escalas (2nd)
UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame 1989* 2006* 2015*
Karen Moe-Thornton Annette Salmeen Jan Palchikoff * Indicates induction year
2003 Regan Gosnell 2002 Heidi Prosser 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Most Improved 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Annie Baghramian Heidi Prosser Annie Baghramian Tracy Wilcox Rosie Huelskamp Erin Simmons Tracy Wilcox Kristen Walls Kristen Walls Kristen Walls Lisa Fosdick Traci Shiver Katie Grover Ciara Monahan Arlyn Upshaw Monica Dornick Annika Lenz Madison White Lauren Baker Andrea Reigel Lauren Baker Bianca Casciari Laura Winn Lauren Hall Katie Nelson Tess Schofield Eileen Seissen
TEAM AWARD WINNERS 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Kim Scarborough Lindsey Smart Jen McNally Kristen Lewis Leslie Hovsepian Kristen Lewis Brighid Dwyer Erin Thomas Lindsey Masterson Amanda Dobbs Katie Stuppi Shawna Larsen Julie Vogt Jamie Marion Becky Shelton Julie Vogt Courtney Thomas
Outstanding Newcomer/Freshman 2019 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
Lauren Hall
Claire Grover Kenisha Liu Eloise Belanger Maria Polyakova Linnea Mack Katie Kinnear Noelle Tarazona Cynthia Fascella Laurence Delisle Yasi Jahanshani Lauren Hall Ashley Anlauf Anna Poteete Nicolette Teo Katie Nelson Kim Vandenberg Malin Svahnstrom Sara Platzer Erin Zehntner Katie Younglove Beth Goodwin Keiko Price Amanda Hall Emmanuelle Schick Garcia
1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Jill Jenkins Glenda Lueders Richelle Depold Natalie Norberg Kristin Heydanek
2011
Bruin Pride 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Iron Effort/Bruin Iron 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Nina Hayes Annika Lenz Montana Monahan Katie Kinnear Danni Repper Allison Wine Danni Repper Ting Wen Quah Emma Ivory-Ganja Amdrea Reigel Emma Ivory-Ganja Bianca Casciari Laura Winn Lauren Hall Laura Winn Lauren Hall Marisa Samaniego Kristen Fischer Marisa Samaniego Shannon Hackett Sara Clark Jeana Fuccilo Eileen Seissen Sara Clark Kellin Chatfield Janine Strack
Competitive Greatness 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Sam Vanden Berge
Eloise Belanger Eloise Belanger Maria Polyakova Eloise Belanger Maria Polyakova Noelle Tarazona Emma Ivory-Ganja Anna Senko
Elena Escalas Katie Grover Madison White Katie Kinnear Courtney Wilde Anna Senko Andrea Reigel Bianca Casciari Dani Milligan Kirsten Byers Madeleine Stanton Madeleine Stanton Jeana Fuccilo Liz Keating Jeanette Nieto Kristen Lewis Naoko Watanabe Beth Boehm Janet Worthington Liz Ackerman Jen Noddle Janet Worthington Heather Teagle Lyndee Hovsepian Emmanuelle Schick Garcia Emmanuelle Schick Garcia Amanda Dobbs Lara Potter Lara Potter Jennifer Hammond Christy Richardson Chandy Gooding Jennifer Hammond
Teammate of the Year 2018
Margaux Verger Gourson
Bruin Relay Award 2010 2009
Annika Lenz
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Laurence Delisle Anna Poteete
2008 2007 2006 2005
Kelly Colligan Anna Poteete Eileen Seissen Shannon Hackett
Most Inspirational 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Most Dedicated 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
Team Player 1997
Hardest Worker 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991
Beth Boehm Brighid Dwyer Jen Noddle Emily Melina Lindsay Etter Jill Jenkins Annette Salmeen Lindsay Etter Rose Huelskamp Annette Salmeen Rose Huelskamp Jeanne Gibbons Gwen Lehman Natalie Norberg Mindi Bach Emily Melina Beth Goodwin Katie Younglove Katie Younglove Katie Younglove Cindy Bertelink Lindsay Etter Annette Salmeen Cindy Bertelink Annette Salmeen Annette Salmeen Megan Oesting Jamie Marion Becky Bruch
UCLA RECORDS / DIVING MEET RECORDS / ALL-TIME TOP-8 BRUIN SWIMMERS
25-Yard Records 50-Yard Freestyle 100-Yard Freestyle 200-Yard Freestyle 500-Yard Freestyle 1000-Yard Freestyle 1650-Yard Freestyle 100-Yard Backstroke 200-Yard Backstroke 100-Yard Breaststroke 200-Yard Breaststroke 100-Yard Butterfly
Linnea Mack Linnea Mack Katie Grover Katy Campbell Sandra Soe Katy Campbell Linnea Mack Madison White Allison Wine Emma Schanz Ting Wen Quah
21.67 47.77 1:44.18 4:40.53 9:39.11 16:00.34 50.56 1:53.39 59.46 2:07.90 51.89
2017 2017 2018 2014 2019 2015 2017 2017 2015 2018 2014
200-Yard Butterfly Katie Grover 1:54.41 200-Yard Individual Medley Emma Schanz 1:56.06 400-Yard Individual Medley Lauren Hall 4:06.42 200-Yard Freestyle Relay C. Grover, K. Liu, A. Okada, M. Jameson 1:28.88 400-Yard Freestyle Relay K. Grover, L. Mack, M. White, S. Kaunitz 3:15.09 800-Yard Freestyle Relay K. Liu, K. Grover, S. Soe, M. Verger Gourson 7:01.90 200-Yard Medley Relay L. Mack, S. Kaunitz, K. Grover, I. Goldsmith 1:36.92 400-Yard Medley Relay L. Mack, A. Okada, K. Grover, I. Goldsmith 3:34.02
Pac-10 / 12 Diving Meet Records vs. Arizona
Diving Records One-Meter Three-Meter Platform
Maria Polyakova Maria Polyakova Annika Lenz
355.50 398.75 323.15
2018 2017 2015
21.98 48.74 1:45.38 4:44.27 9:44.85 16:07.15 52.59 1:53.49 59.50 2:09.76 52.44 1:55.88 1:57.66 4:12.94
2019 2019 2017 1992 2004 2004 2013 2014 2019 2016 2015 2015 2017 2012
One-Meter Three-Meter
Samantha Pickens Maria Polyakova
Arizona UCLA
319.20 333.75
2014 2014
Maria Polyakova Maria Polyakova
UCLA UCLA
355.50 339.75
2018 2018
Phoebe LaMay Phoebe LaMay
California California
305.93 323.55
2018 2017
Eloise Belanger Eloise Belanger
UCLA UCLA
314.18 348.38
2019 2019
Tori Ishimatsu Blythe Hartley
USC USC
339.30 350.70
2012 2006
Maria Polyakova Maria Polyakova
UCLA UCLA
311.20 339.55
2016 2017
vs. Arizona State One-Meter Three-Meter
Freshman Records 50-Yard Freestyle Claire Grover 100-Yard Freestyle Claire Grover 200-Yard Freestyle Kenisha Liu 500-Yard Freestyle Natalie Norberg 1000-Yard Freestyle Katie Nelson 1650-Yard Freestyle Katie Nelson 100-Yard Backstroke Linnea Mack 200-Yard Backstroke Madison White 100-Yard Breaststroke Claire Grover 200-Yard Breaststroke Emma Schanz 100-Yard Butterfly Katie Grover 200-Yard Butterfly Katie Grover 200-Yard Individual Medley Kenisha Liu 400-Yard Individual Medley Noelle Tarazona
2018 2018 2011 2019 2017 2018 2017 2017
vs. California One-Meter Three-Meter
vs. Stanford One-Meter Three-Meter
vs. USC
One-Meter Three-Meter
vs. Utah
One-Meter Three-Meter
All-Time Top-8 Bruin Swimmers 50-Yard Freestyle 1. Linnea Mack 2. Claire Grover 3. Sara Platzer 4. Katie Grover 5. Kathryn Murphy 6. Cynthia Fascella 7. Ting Wen Quah 8. Kenisha Liu
21.67 21.98 22.11* 22.39 22.45 22.51 22.52 22.53
100-Yard Freestyle 1. Linnea Mack 2. Kenisha Liu 3. Caroline McTaggart 4. Katie Grover 5. Keiko Price 6. Kathryn Murphy 7. Claire Grover 8. Sara Platzer
47.77 48.30 48.52 48.57 48.59* 48.68 48.74 48.89*
200-Yard Freestyle 1. Katie Grover 2. Kenisha Liu 3. Ting Wen Quah 5. Alex Sullivan 6. Linnea Mack 8. Lauren Hall 7. Monica Dornick 8. Madison White
1:44.18 1:44.71 1:44.98 1:45.55 1:46.14 1:46.49 1:46.56 1:46.57
500-Yard Freestyle 1. Katy Campbell 2. Sandra Soe 3. Lauren Baker 4. Sam Vanden Berge 5. Annette Salmeen 6. Ally Loper 7. Cindy Bertelink 8. Natalie Norberg
4:40.53 4:40.80 4:42.20 4:42.50 4:42.62 4:44.20 4:44.25 4:44.27
2017 2019 2004 2018 2012 2011 2013 2018 2017 2018 2016 2018 1998 2013 2019 2004 2018 2018 2013 2011 2017 2011 2015 2016 2014 2019 2014 2011 1996 2014 1998 1992
1000-Yard Freestyle
100-Yard Breaststroke
1650-Yard Freestyle
200-Yard Breaststroke
1. Sandra Soe 2. Katy Campbell 3. Lauren Baker 4. Katie Nelson 5. Sam Vanden Berge 6. Margaux Verger Gourson 7. Sheryl Smith 8. Jane Imagane
9:39.11 2019 9:40.32 2014 9:40.92 2014 9:43.96 2007 9:44.29 2011 9:48.01 2018 9:51.41 1988 9:51.63 2005
1. Katy Campbell 16:00.24 2015 2. Sandra Soe 16:02.88 2019 3. Lauren Baker 16:04.18 2013 4. Sam Vanden Berge 16:04.81 2011 5. Katie Nelson 16:05.04 2007 6. Margaux Verger Gourson 16:12.52 2018 7. Melissa Herndon 16:23.38 1987 8. Dani Milligan 16:24.50 2009
100-Yard Backstroke 1. Linnea Mack 2. Madison White 3. Emma Schanz 4. Madeleine Stanton 5. Katie Arnold 6. Isabell Fischer 7. Emily Andelson 8. Katie Kinnear
50.56 52.67 52.97 53.01 53.22 53.62 53.66 53.74
200-Yard Backstroke 1. Madison White 2. Mara Newman 3. Madeleine Stanton 4. Laurence Delisle 5. Anna Senko 6. Jennifer Lathrop 7. Emma Schanz 8. Kristin Heydanek
1:53.39 1:53.73 1:54.87 1:55.48 1:55.56 1:55.62 1:55.93 1:55.99
1. Allison Wine 2. Claire Grover T-3. Brittany Beauchan T-3. Lindsay Etter 5. Nicolette Teo 6. Elvira Fischer 7. Sarah Kaunitz 8. Amy Okada 1. Emma Schanz 2. Brittany Beauchan 3. Lauren Hall 4. Elvira Fischer 5. Lindsay Etter 6. Nicolette Teo 7. Sarah Kaunitz 8. Kenisha Liu
59.46 59.50 1:00.45 1:00.45 1:00.58 1:01.44 1:01.04 1:01.25 2:07.90 2:08.58 2:10.15 2:10.86 2:11.94 2:12.19 2:12.70 2:12.84
2015 2019 2009 1998 2008 2002 2017 2017 2018 2010 2011 2002 1998 2008 2018 2017
100-Yard Butterfly
2017 2016 2018 2009 2004 2009 2012 2014
200-Yard Butterfly 1. Katie Grover 2. Kim Vandenberg 3. Noelle Tarazona 4. Bianca Casciari 5. Yasi Jahanshahi 6. Annette Salmeen 7. Katie Kinnear 8. Ting Wen Quah 37
1:54.41 1:54.49* 1:54.65 1:54.87 1:55.53 1:55.84 1:56.60 1:56.73
1. Emma Schanz 2. Kenisha Liu 3. Lauren Hall 4. Andrea Reigel 5. Anna Senko 6. Isabella Goldsmith 7. Malin Svahnstrom 8. Laurence Delisle
1:56.06 1:56.66 1:56.67 1:57.31 1:58.07 1:58.78 1:58.99* 1:59.00
2018 2019 2011 2012 2012 2017 2003 2010
400-Yard Individual Medley 1. Lauren Hall 2. Emma Schanz 3. Andrea Reigel 4. Noelle Tarazona 5. Arlyn Upshaw 6. Anna Senko 7. Karoline Sanderud 8. Dani Milligan
4:06.42 4:09.52 4:10.51 4:11.72 4:12.04 4:12.86 4:13.25 4:13.63
2011 2017 2013 2013 2015 2013 2011 2009
* Converted short course meter time
1. Ting Wen Quah 51.89 2014 2. Katie Grover 51.95 2017 3. Yasi Jahanshahi 52.46 2012 4. Linnea Mack 52.48 2014 5. Bianca Casciari 52.62 2010 6. Amy Okada 52.82 2018 7. Noelle Tarazona 52.71 2014 8. Stephanie Christofferson 53.00 2011
2017 2019 2009 2010 2012 2018 2019 1994
200-Yard Individual Medley
2018 2004 2015 2010 2011 1996 2016 2014
DIRKS POOL AT SPIEKER AQUATICS CENTER
Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center has served as the home for UCLA swimming and diving since 2009.
Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center The Spieker Aquatics Center brings together all three of UCLA’s intercollegiate aquatics sports - men’s and women’s water polo, and women’s swimming and diving - to one venue. The state-of-the-art facility was made possible thanks to a generous lead gift from former UCLA studentathlete Tod Spieker and his wife, Catherine. Tod was an All-America swimmer at UCLA, competing from 19681971, and continues to successfully compete in Master’s Swimming. The UCLA Athletics Department unveiled the Spieker Aquatics Center on Sept. 26, 2009, when the Bruin men’s water polo team hosted UC Irvine under the lights. Prior to that evening’s water polo match, the Athletics Department hosted a private reception at the new, state-of-the-art facility. In addition, Spieker Aquatics Center served as host to the 2010 MPSF Women’s Water Polo Tournament, marking the first time that UCLA had hosted a water polo tournament. The Bruins’ aquatics center is the home to UCLA’s men’s and women’s water polo, and swimming and diving teams. The facility features a 52-meter by 25-yard all-deep water pool with a dividing bulkhead, allowing races to take place at varying distances (meters versus yards). The pool also features four platforms on a diving tower, at heights of three, five, seven and one-half, and 10-meter platforms, as well as one and three-meter springboards. The aquatics center also features a warming pool behind the tower for divers. The main pool, Dirks Pool, is named after Carolyn Dirks, who provided the lead gift for the swimming pool. Dirks Pool will also be used for special use events and Masters Swim meets. The signature feature of the Spieker Aquatics Center is the diving tower, which sits at the pool’s west end. The east end houses the new scoreboard, an LED, state-ofthe-art piece of electronics that makes scores and statistics
Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center Records 50-Yard Freestyle 100-Yard Freestyle 200-Yard Freestyle 500-Yard Freestyle 1000-Yard Freestyle 1650-Yard Freestyle 100-Yard Backstroke 200-Yard Backstroke 100-Yard Breaststroke 200-Yard Breaststroke 100-Yard Butterfly 200-Yard Butterfly 200-Yard Individual Medley 400-Yard Individual Medley 200-Yard Freestyle Relay 400-Yard Freestyle Relay 200-Yard Medley Relay 400-Yard Medley Relay One-Meter Diving Three-Meter Diving Platform Diving
Kasia Wilk (USC) Kasey Carlson (USC) Kirsten Vose (USC) Chelsea Cheneault (USC) Lauren Baker (UCLA) Sandra Soe (UCLA) Linnea Mack (UCLA) Kendyl Stewart (USC) Kasey Carlson (USC) Kirsten Vose (USC) Kendyl Stewart (USC) Maddie Wright (SC) Stina Gardell (USC) Katinka Hosszu (USC) K. Liu, K. Grover, S. Kaunitz, A. Okada (UCLA) L. Neal, M. Schaefer, J. Ama, J. Anderson (STAN) J. Stenkvist, K. Carlson, K. Stewart, K. Wilk (USC) C. Tran, C. Leverenz, S. Isakovic, L. Jensen (CAL) Maria Polyakova (UCLA) Maria Polyakova (UCLA) Brittany Viola (MIA)
easily visible to all in attendance. Next to the scoreboard is the “Wall of Champions”, showcasing UCLA’s water polo, and swimming and diving national championship teams, as well as all individual student-athletes’ achievements, record holders and Olympians. Separate men’s and women’s locker rooms house enough lockers for all team members. Equipment needed for meets and matches have storage capacity on the facility’s south side. The aquatics center features event lighting and permanent seating with the possibility of additional temporary seating for larger events. 38
22.24 47.78 1:44.07 4:42.30 9:42.97 16:11.22 52.16 1:53.54 59.28 2:08.76 51.43 1:53.74 1:56.36 4:05.40 1:28.91 3:21.58 1:36.29 3:38.64 355.50 375.75 348.75
2014 2014 2016 2014 2014 2018 2016 2014 2014 2016 2014 2018 2014 2012 2018 2014 2014 2012 2018 2019 2011
There is no charge for admission to home UCLA swimming and diving events. The Spieker Aquatics Center is located on the UCLA campus on De Neve Drive between Charles E. Young Drive North and Bellagio Way. From the 405 Freeway, exit Sunset and head east. Turn right on Westwood Plaza and then right on Charles E. Young Drive. Next, turn right onto De Neve Drive and the Recreation Center parking lot will be on your left side, just past the Spieker Aquatics Center.
HALL OF FAMER ANNETTE SALMEEN / BRUINS IN THE OLYMPICS
Hall of Famer Annette Salmeen • 2006 UCLA Hall of Fame Inductee • 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist (800 Freestyle Relay) • Won the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200 Butterfly • Named a Rhodes Scholar in December of 1996, becoming the eighth UCLA student to be named a Rhodes Scholar and the first since 1973 • First-ever UCLA women’s swimmer to win an NCAA individual event (200 Butterfly in 1996) • NCAA Today’s Top-Eight award recipient • NCAA Post-Graduate Scholar • Four-Year Academic All-American • Four-Year All-American • NCAA Woman of the Year Finalist • 1996 UCLA Female Athlete of the Year • 1996 Pac-10 Champion (100 and 200 Butterfly)
Annette Salmeen
Bruins in the Olympics
Donna de Varona
Women’s Olympians
Men’s Olympians
Name Country (Yr.) Ting Wen Quah Singapore (2008, 2016) Nicolette Teo Singapore (2000, 2004, 2008) Kim Vandenberg USA (2008) Amanda Beard (Team Bruin) USA (2008) Malin Svahnstrom Sweden (2000, 2004) Mariyln Chua Malaysia (2000) Elvira Fischer Austria (1996, 2000) Annette Salmeen USA (1996) Julia Voitovitsch Germany (1996) Karla Goltman Argentina (1992) Erika Hansen USA (1988, 1992) Suzanne Nilsson Sweden (1984, 1988) Sofia Kraft Sweden (1984) Maureen New Canada (1984) Shirley Babashoff USA (1972, 1976) Jenny Chandler USA (1976) Jeanne Haney USA (1976) Kathy Heddy USA (1976) Karen Moe USA (1972, 1976) Tauna Vandeweghe USA (1976) Donallee Wennerstrom USA (1976) Dana Schoenfeld USA (1972) Ann Simmons USA (1972) Debbie Meyer USA (1968) Lillian “Pokey” Watson USA (1964, 1968) Donna de Varona USA (1960, 1964)
Name Dan O’Keefe Dan Kutler Andrea Cecchi Rudi Dollmayer Rodrigo Gonzalez Tom Jager Matjaz Kozelj Giovanni Minervini Franz Mortensen Darren Ward Roberto Cassio Mark Dean Elias Malamas Craig Oppel Peter Rohde Ralf Diegel Juan Enrique Escalas Rafael Escalas Jean-Marie Francois Bruce Hayes Robin Leamy Stephen Barnicoat Bill Barrett Brian Goodell Nir Shamir Clay Evans Chris Woo Paul Becskehazy Tom Bruce Mike Burton Steven Genter Zac Zorn Monte Nitzkowski
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Country (Yr.) Guam (2000, 2004) Israel (1996) Italy (1992) Sweden (1992) Mexico (1988, 1992) USA (1984, 1988, 1992) Slovenia (1992) Italy (1988, 1992) Denmark (1984, 1988, 1992) Canada (1988, 1992) Italy (1988) USA (1988) Greece (1984, 1988) USA (1988) Denmark (1984, 1988) Germany (1984) Spain (1984) Spain (1980*, 1984) Venezuela (1980*, 1984) USA (1984) USA (1984) USA (1980*) USA (1980*) USA (1976, 1980) Israel (1980) Canada (1976) USA (1976) Brazil (1972) USA (1972) USA (1968, 1972) USA (1972) USA (1968) USA (1952)
ADMINISTRATOR BIOGRAPHIES
Dan Guerrero
Gavin Crew
Dr. Gene Block
Director of Athletics 18th Year UCLA ‘74
Associate Athletic Director 4th Year UCLA ‘99
Chancellor 13th Year Stanford ‘77
Seventeen years and 32 NCAA Championships later, Dan Guerrero’s mantra of ‘image and substance’ has clearly been established at a level that few others in his profession can approach. At the department’s helm when UCLA Athletics became the first to 100 NCAA team championships, the Bruins’ current total of 118 NCAA titles ranks second in the nation. UCLA teams have also finished second 29 times and have totaled 130 Top 5 NCAA finishes. Across all sports, UCLA teams are fixtures in the postseason, with 20 Bruin teams in 2018-19 qualifying for NCAA postseason play. The football team has appeared in 13 bowl games, while the men’s basketball team advanced to consecutive Final Fours from 2006-08 and has made six trips to the Sweet 16. The program has also won 73 conference championships in 16 different sports, produced nearly 800 All-Americans and featured 11 Honda Award winners, including 2018-19 Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Rachel Garcia. In his 17 years at UCLA, the Bruins have finished second five times and third four times in the race for the Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup. In 2017-18, UCLA recorded a school-record 1,326 points in a close runner-up finish for the Directors’ Cup. Guerrero was the first athletic director at the NCAA Division I level (FBS, FCS and NCAA Division I-AAA) to earn three NACDA Under Armour Athletic Director of the Year awards (2013-14 and 2006-07 at UCLA, 2001-02 at UC Irvine). In 2017, he was honored by the National Football Foundation with the John L. Toner Award, becoming the first-ever sitting athletics director from the West Coast to receive the honor. He was also selected as a finalist for the Athletic Director of the Year at the 2017 Sports Business Awards. While success on the playing field with 32 NCAA Championships in 15 different sports and 29 second-place finishes during his tenure are extraordinary numbers, UCLA’s academic success under Guerrero is equally noteworthy. During the Fall 2017 quarter, a record 341 student-athletes made the Director’s Honor Roll, a number that was surpassed in Winter 2018, when 351 earned that distinction. UCLA’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) and Academic Progress Rates (APR) continue to remain high nation-wide. The UCLA student-athlete GSR is currently at an all-time high 90%, and every Bruin team maintained multiyear APR rates of 930 or above, including four who achieved perfect scores of 1000. Guerrero has extensive experience in committee work at both the NCAA and conference level. Currently, he serves on the Division I Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee, which he previously chaired for two years, and he also recently chaired an NCAA Working Group on behalf of the Division 1 Men’s Basketball Rice Commission. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the Institute for Sport and Social Justice, the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles, and the United States International University Sports Federation, where he also serves as Vice President. Resource development has been a core tenet of Guerrero’s tenure. During this recent UCLA Centennial Campaign, from 2014 through July 2019, Guerrero and his external development team have raised in excess of $325 million in fundraising support to the program. He also secured major long-term apparel and rights-holder contracts with Under Armour and WME-IMG that, at the time of their signing, were the largest collegiate deals nationally in their respective areas. During his tenure, he has spearheaded in excess of $430 million in new and renovated UCLA athletic facilities.
Gavin Crew was named Associate Athletic Director for Sports and Administration in April 2016. He has spent over a decade with the Bruins, from 2001-2005 and 2008-present. Crew oversees eight sports in his role - men’s soccer, women’s swimming and diving, men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s track & field (indoor and outdoor) and women’s track & field (indoor and outdoor). Additionally, he supervises the Camps & Clinics office and serves as tournament director for NCAA, Pac-12 and MPSF Championship hosting. Crew is a member of Athletic Director Dan Guerrero’s senior staff. In his first stint in the UCLA Athletics Department, he oversaw the expansion of the Camps & Clinics office to a year-round business operation, managing the growing demand for athletic camp operations in Westwood. From 2005-2008, Crew worked with Excel Sports Officiating to help train and work with officials, umpires and referees in all sports and at all levels. Upon his return to UCLA in 2008, Crew once again oversaw the camp office and added championship coordinator to his plate. In addition to continuing the growth of the camp operation into a $4 million revenue generator for the Athletic Department, he has also executed several major NCAA, Pac-12 and MPSF Championships on campus, including the 2013 NCAA National Collegiate Gymnastics Championship, 2013 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Volleyball Championship, 2015 Pac-12 Track & Field Championship, 2014 and 2016 NCAA Women’s Basketball 1st/2nd Rounds, 2015 NCAA National Collegiate Men’s Water Polo Championships, and the 2016 NCAA National Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Championships. Crew graduated with a degree in Political Science from UCLA in 1999. Originally from Irvine, Calif., Crew lives in the Silver Lake neighborhood with his wife, Cassidy.
Dr. Gene Block became chancellor of UCLA in summer 2007, taking the helm of a world-class institution comprising 37,000 students and 27,000 faculty and staff, with an annual budget of $3.6 billion. As chief executive officer, he oversees all aspects of the university’s three-part mission of education, research and service. Previously, Dr. Block served as vice president and provost of the University of Virginia, where he also held the Alumni Council Thomas Jefferson Professorship in Biology. With academic expertise in biological clocks, he conducts research on the neurobiology of circadian rhythms in higher organisms, leading a research lab funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). From 1991 to 2002, he directed the National Science Foundation’s Science and Technology Center for Biological Timing. In 1997, he was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has invented a number of devices and holds a patent for a non-contact respiratory monitor for the prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Dr. Block joined the faculty of the University of Virginia in 1978 as an assistant professor of biology. He served as vice provost for research from 1993 to 1998 and then as vice president for research and public service until his appointment as vice president and provost in 2001. He also headed an NIH graduate training program aimed at increasing the number of scientists from underrepresented groups. In 1998, he received the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Outstanding Public Service Award for his work with Virginia’s business community. A native of Monticello, NY, Dr. Block holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University and a master’s and Ph.D.in psychology from the University of Oregon. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford, working with the late Colin Pittendrigh, “the father of biological timing” and distinguished biologist and former Stanford President, Donald Kennedy. Dr. Block and his wife, Carol, have two adult children.
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A proud alumnus of UCLA, Guerrero received his Bachelor’s degree from the University in 1974 and played second base for the Bruins for four years. Known as “Warrior” during his playing career, he was inducted into the UCLA Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996. Guerrero earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration in 1982 from Cal State Dominguez Hills and was named to the Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society for Public Affairs and Public Policy that same year.
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Guerrero was raised in Wilmington, CA. He is married to the former Anne Marie Aniello, and they have two grown daughters.
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Guerrero came to UCLA from UC Irvine, where he had served as UCI’s fifth permanent Director of Athletics for 10 years (19922002), helping to elevate that program to unprecedented success. Prior to arriving at UCI, Guerrero worked at Cal State Dominguez Hills, where he led that program to national prominence while serving as Athletic Director for five years (1988-92).
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MEDIA INFORMATION
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All interviews must be arranged by the Athletic Communications Office. Athletes have been instructed not to grant any interview, in person or by telephone, not arranged by the Athletic Communications Office. Telephone numbers are private and will not be released. Please do not expect team members to be available if you have not made prior arrangements. The UCLA team is scheduled to practice at Spieker Aquatics Center. Athletes and coaches are available before or after practice, depending on class schedules. Travel Information
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The Spieker Aquatics Center is located on the UCLA campus on De Neve Drive between Charles E. Young Drive North and Bellagio Way. From the 405 Freeway, exit Sunset and head east. Turn right on Westwood Plaza and then right on Charles E. Young Drive. Next, turn right onto De Neve Drive and the Recreation Center parking lot will be on your left side, just past the Spieker Aquatics Center.
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PAC-12 CONFERENCE Built on a firm foundation of academic excellence and superior athletic performance, the Pac-12 Conference renewed its undisputed claim as the Conference of Champions® in 2018-19. Beyond the courts and fields, the Pac-12’s accomplishments extend into the classrooms across 12 campuses, and outside its traditional geographic footprint into new corners around the world. The only conference to win 500 NCAA Championships, the Pac-12 once again led the nation in 2018-19 with 13 NCAA crowns. This haul adds to an incredible 188 NCAA team titles claimed since 1999-2000 and 330 since 1981-82, the start of women’s sports sponsorship, an average of nearly nine per year. Even more impressive has been the breadth of the Pac-12’s success with championships coming in 28 different men’s and women’s sports. The Pac-12 has led or tied the nation in NCAA Championships in 53 of the last 59 years, with the exceptions coming no lower than third. For the 14th-consecutive year, the Pac-12 had the most, or tied for the most, NCAA titles of any conference in the country, winning at least six every year since 1999-2000. No other conference has won double-digit NCAA crowns in a single year, the Pac-12 doing so 11 times, including a record 14 in 1996-97. Spanning over a century of outstanding athletics achievements, the Pac-12 has claimed 526 NCAA Championships (304 men’s, 191 women’s, 31 combined), over 200 more than the next league. Pac-12 members have won 304 NCAA team championships on the men’s side, 85 more than the next-closest conference. Men’s NCAA crowns have come at a phenomenal rate for the Pac-12 - 16 basketball titles by six schools, 54 tennis titles, 47 outdoor track & field crowns, and 29 baseball titles. Pac-12 members have won 25 of 49 NCAA titles in volleyball, 45 of 50 in water polo, 31 in skiing, and 25 in swimming & diving national championships. On the women’s side, the story is much the same. Since the NCAA began conducting women’s championships 38 years ago, Pac-12 members have claimed at least four national titles in a single season on 29 occasions, including every year except one since 2000-01. Overall, the Pac-12 has captured 183 NCAA women’s titles, easily outdistancing the SEC, which is second with 103. Pac-12 members have dominated a number of sports, winning 24 softball titles, 25 tennis crowns, 16 volleyball titles, 19 of the last 30 trophies in golf, and 17 in swimming & diving.
No. 19 ARIZONA STATE and No. 24 WASHINGTON. At least five member institutions have been ranked in the top 25 each year of the Directors’ Cup program. 2018-19 REVIEW The Conference’s 13 NCAA titles came in the form of eight women’s, four men’s crowns and one from a combined sport. Seven Conference members claimed at least one NCAA title and, of the five institutions in the country to have won multiple titles, two were from the Pac-12. STANFORD’s tied the single-season NCAA record for most NCAA titles with six, a record the Cardinal had set in 1996-97. The Cardinal extended its streak of winning an NCAA title to 43 years with the women’s volleyball team capturing its second crown in three years and NCAA-leading eighth national championship all-time. The Cardinal women’s swimming and diving team won a third-straight title, won its sixth men’s gymnastics crown, captured its NCAA-leading seventh women’s water polo national championship, claimed its nation-leading 20th women’s tennis title, wrapping up the year with men’s golf winning its first NCAA Championship since 2007, upsetting three higher-seeded teams along the way. Stanford was one of just five teams in the nation to win multiple NCAA Championships in 2018-19 and the only one to win more than a pair. Also a multiple championship winner, UCLA defended its beach volleyball title winning an All-Pac-12 final and claimed its NCAA-leading 12th softball crown, the Conference’s first since 2011. Led by senior Dani Jones who claimed the individual crown, COLORADO dominated the women’s cross country field to claim its third all-time title. USC won its 10th national championship in men’s water polo, playing in its NCAA-record 14th-consecutive final. UTAH skiing won its second title in three years and 12th all-time while CALIFORNIA men’s swimming and diving built a commanding 85-point cushion over the second-place team to win its first national crown since 2014 and sixth in program history. WASHINGTON women’s rowing swept all three grand finals to win the NCAA Championship for the second time in three years. In addition to the 13 national championships, the Pac-12 also had runners-up in six NCAA Championship events:
men’s water polo (STANFORD), women’s swimming (CALIFORNIA), women’s indoor track & field (USC), women’s water polo (USC), beach volleyball (USC) and wiomen’s track & field (USC). In nine sports, there were at least two teams among the final four and 33 teams finished in the top four at 21 NCAA Championship events, including all-Pac-12 finals in beach volleyball, men’s water polo and women’s water polo. Participation in the postseason was a common occurrence for the Pac-12 in 2018-19. Of the 24 sports sponsored by the Conference, 19 witnessed at least half its teams participating in NCAA or other postseason action. The men sent 63 of a possible 95 teams into the postseason (66.3 percent), while the women sent 79 of a possible 130 teams (60.8 percent). WASHINGTON won its second Pac-12 Football Championship Game in three years, and 17th overall, with a 10-3 win over UTAH. It was the seventh time in the last eight seasons where the North Division won the Conference championship. With Utah’s participation in the Championship Game, the South Division has now sent all six teams to the Pac-12 Championship Game in its eight-year existence. Washington LB Ben Burr-Kirven was named the Pac-12’s Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year and earned first team All-America status by the Football Writers’ Association and the Associated Press. He was also recognized as the Pac-12 Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year. WASHINGTON STATE, which tied Washington atop the North Division, was victorious in the Alamo Bowl to cap an 11-2 season. Quarterback Gardner Minshew II, the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, led the Cougars to their most wins in a season in school history, establishing a new Pac-12 single-season passing mark as he threw for 4,779 yards. OREGON DB Ugochukwu Amadi received the Lombardi Award honoring the top FBS player regardless of position. It is the second-straight season a Pac-12 player earned the award. Three players earned Google Academic All-America Honors — Oregon QB Justin Herbert was named a first team selection, and tabbed as the Academic All-America Team Member of the Year; UW LB Ben Burr-Kirven and OREGON STATE WR Timmy Hernandez were second-team honorees. A total of 33 Pac-12 players were selected in the NFL Draft
Individually, the Conference has produced an impressive number of NCAA individual champions. Over 2,000 (2,378) individual crowns have been won by Pac-12 student-athletes over the years with 1,384 by male student-athletes. Pac-12 women student-athletes have captured an unmatched 806 NCAA individual crowns, an average of over 21 championships per season, including 29 in 2018-19. Student-athletes have also captured 188 individual titles at combined championships (i.e., skiing and fencing). The Pac-12’s excellence is further proven in the annual Division I Learfield IMG College Directors’ Cup competition, the prestigious award that honors the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country. STANFORD won an unprecedented 25th-consecutive Directors’ Cup in 2018-19 to lead the Conference, leading a 1-5-6 finish for Pac-12 institutions. Six Pac-12 member institutions ranked among the top-25 Division I programs: No. 1 STANFORD, No. 5 USC, No. 6 UCLA, No. 18 CALIFORNIA,
Maria Polyakova won both the 1M and 3M championships at the 2019 Pac-12 Championships
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and now have had three or more players selected in the first round since 2011. Led by OREGON’s surprising four-wins-in-four-days run to the Pac-12 Tournament title in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena, Pac-12 men’s basketball sent three teams to the NCAA Tournament (ARIZONA STATE, OREGON and WASHINGTON) and a fourth to the NIT (COLORADO) in 2018-19. The Ducks continued their postseason success into the Sweet 16 for the third time in four seasons before bowing out to eventual national champion Virginia, while the Buffaloes reached the NIT quarterfinals before falling on the road to eventual champion Texas. The Huskies claimed the outright Pac-12 regular-season title, clinching the crown in late February thanks to the fifth-best start in Conference history at 10-0 en route to a 15-3 league mark. It marked just the ninth time in Conference history the same school won outright league titles in both football and men’s basketball in the same academic year. Pac-12 women’s basketball has been riding a wave of success over the last five years, establishing itself as a premier league in the sport. After defending its Pac-12 regular-season title, OREGON advanced to its first-ever NCAA Women’s Final Four marking the 10th time in 12 years a league team has reached the national semifinal. With at least half the league earning a NCAA Tournament bid for the third-straight year, the Pac-12 went a combined 11-1 in the first two round, the best record for a conference since 1997. Five teams advanced to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years and was the only league to have at least two teams in the Elite Eight the last four years. Joining the Ducks in the postseason were ARIZONA STATE, CALIFORNIA, OREGON STATE, STANFORD and UCLA. ARIZONA represented the Conference in the WNIT, capturing the tournament crown in front of a Pac-12 record and sold out crowd of 14,644. The Wildcats recorded the best turnaround in the country, going from six wins to 24 in 2018-19. The Cardinal claimed its 13th all-time Pac-12 Tournament crown which was held for the first time in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. For the first time ever, five Pac-12 teams appeared in the Associated Press final poll, with two ranked in the top 10, extending the Conference’s streak of two top-10 ranked teams to five-consecutive years. UO junior Sabrina Ionescu continued to set NCAA triple-doubles records, owning the most in a career by any man or woman (18), and also set the single-season mark. She was tabbed the WBCA and John R. Wooden National Player of the Year. Cal’s Kristine Anigwe was selected the WBCA National Defensive Player of the Year. STANFORD won its won its 18th all-time Pac-12 women’s volleyball title en route to winning its NCAA-leading eighth NCAA title in the sport with two-time AVCA National Player of the Year and Pac-12 Player of the Year Kathryn Plummer leading the way. Eight league teams earned NCAA Tournament bids, marking the fifth time in the last six years at least eight Conference teams participated in the postseason event. Along with Stanford, COLORADO, OREGON, USC, UTAH, WASHINGTON and WASHINGTON STATE punched their tickets to the tournament. Thirteen student-athletes were selected AVCA All-Americans, with eight of those being sophomores or juniors. Six teams appeared in the final AVCA Coaches poll. The Pac-12 has won a NCAA-record 16 of the 38 NCAA titles awarded. UCLA won its 10th all-time Pac-12 baseball title, setting new program records for wins (52) and league wins (24). The Bruins led the country with a .855 regular-season winning percentage, earning the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. The league earned five tournament berths for the most since 2015, with invitations given
to ARIZONA STATE, CALIFORNIA, OREGON STATE and STANFORD, in addition to the Bruins. OSU’s Adley Rutschman had one of the most memorable seasons in collegiate baseball history, winning nearly every major award this season, including becoming the secondstraight Pac-12 student-athlete to claim the Golden Spikes Award and ninth all-time in Pac-12 history, the most for any conference. The Pac-12 has, by far, won the most baseball national titles of any conference in the country, claiming 29 titles dating back to 1947.
Commissioner of the Pac-8.
UCLA softball recorded the Pac-12’s 13th and final NCAA title of the 2018-19 season. The Pac-12 Conference has historically dominated the sport, claiming 24 NCAA titles in the 38-year history of the championship. Pac-12 teams captured an unprecedented nine in a row from 1988-1997, then claimed six-straight from 2006-11. The Bruins and WASHINGTON shared the Pac-12 crown, earning the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds, respectively, in the NCAA Tournament. Five Conference teams earned trips to the NCAA Tournament, the 24th-consecutive year the Pac-12 has had five or more teams advance to the postseason, including at least three berths every year since the league began sponsoring the sport in 1987. The Pac-12 had the most representation in the NCAA Women’s College World Series with the Huskies and ARIZONA joining the Bruins in Oklahoma City. ARIZONA STATE and STANFORD also earned postseason bids. Led by two-time national player of the year Rachel Garcia, UCLA’s appearance in the championship series marked the 30th time at least one Pac-12 team reached the finale.
Thomas C. Hansen was named the Commissioner of the Pac-10 in 1983, a role he would hold for 26 years until 2009, when he was succeeded by current Commissioner Larry Scott.
PAC-12 CONFERENCE HISTORY The roots of the Pac-12 Conference date back more than 100 years, to December 2, 1915, when the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was founded at a meeting at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, Ore. The original membership consisted of four schools - the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and Oregon Agricultural College (now Oregon State University). All four are still charter members of the Conference. Pacific Coast Conference play began in 1916 and, one year later, Washington State College (now Washington State University) was accepted into the league, with Stanford University following in 1918. In 1922, the PCC expanded to eight teams with the admission of the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Idaho. In 1924, the University of Montana joined the league roster and in 1928, the PCC grew to 10 members with the addition of UCLA. The Pacific Coast Conference competed as a 10-member league until 1950, with the exception of 1943-45 when World War II curtailed intercollegiate athletic competition to a minimum. During that time, the league’s first commissioner was named. Edwin N. Atherton was Commissioner in 1940 and was succeeded by Victor O. Schmidt in 1944. In 1950, Montana resigned from the Conference and the PCC continued as a nine-team Conference through 1958. In 1959, the PCC was dissolved and the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) was formed with Thomas J. Hamilton appointed Commissioner of the new league. The original AAWU membership included California, Stanford, USC, UCLA, and Washington. Washington State joined the membership in 1962, while Oregon and Oregon State joined in 1964. Under Hamilton’s watch, the name Pacific-8 Conference was adopted in 1968. In 1971, Wiles Hallock took over as 43
Ten years later, on July 1, 1978, the University of Arizona and Arizona State University were admitted to the league and the Pacific-10 Conference became a reality. In 1986-87, the league took on a new look, expanding to include 10 women’s sports. Since then, the Conference has been considered the premier league in women’s athletics, securing the most NCAA titles in women’s sports of any conference nearly every year.
The University of Colorado accepted its invitation to join the Pac-12 on June 11, 2010, and on June 17, 2010, the University of Utah agreed to join the Conference. The Buffaloes and Utes officially became the 11th and 12th members of the Conference on July 1, 2011, the first additions to the league since 1978. It was during the 2010-11 academic year that Scott helped deliver monumental changes that transformed the Conference into a modern 12-team league. In addition to expanding to 12 teams, member institutions agreed to equal revenue sharing for the first time in the Conference’s history, created two football divisions - the North and the South, and established a Football Championship Game for the first time. He also secured landmark media rights deals with ESPN and FOX that dramatically increased national exposure and revenue for each school, in addition to establishing Pac-12 Networks which guaranteed enhanced exposure across all sports. Currently, the Pac-12 sponsors 11 men’s sports and 13 women’s sports, with the most recent additions coming in the 2017-18 (women’s lacrosse) and 2015-16 (beach volleyball) academic years. Additionally, the Conference is a member of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) in four other men’s sports and two women’s sports. The Pac-12 Conference offices are located in the heart of San Francisco in the SOMA district.