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General Information/Quick Facts ______________ 1 Season Outlook ______________________________2-3 2009-10 Roster/Schedule _____________________ 4 Student-Athlete Profiles _____________________5-13 Head Coach Matt Anderson ___________________ 14 Assistant Coaches __________________________ P15 Horizon League ______________________________ 16 Personal Bests_______________________________ 17 2008-09 Top Times _______________________ 18, 20 School Records/Top 10s __________________ 19-20 All-Time Roster ______________________________ 21 History ______________________________________ 22 Beeghly Natatorium __________________________ 23 This is YSU Swimming & Diving _______________ 24
QUICK FACTS Address ______________________ One University Plaza Location (Zip) ____________ Youngstown, Ohio (44555) Founded __________________________________ 1908 Enrollment ______________________________ 14,682 President_________________________ Dr. David Sweet Colors ______________________________ Red & White Nickname ______________________________ Penguins Affiliation ________________________ NCAA Division I League ___________________________ Horizon League Venue _________________________ Beeghly Natatorium
TEAM AT A GLANCE Head Coach ___________Matt Anderson (Seventh year) Alma Mater _________________Northern Illinois, 1997 Office Phone _____________________ (330) 941-3673 Office Fax _______________________ (330) 941-2968 Diving Coach ______________ Nick Gavolas (14th year) Assistant Coach __________Jessica Ewald (Third year) Letterwinners Returning/Lost ______________ 11/5 2008-09 Horizon League Finish _______ 5th out of 8
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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Executive Director of Athletics _________ Ron Strollo Associate Athletic Director/SWA _____Elaine Jacobs Associate Athletic Director _____________ Rick Love Assistant Athletic Director __________ Emily Haynam Assistant Athletic Director ____________ Tom Morella Assistant Athletic Director __________ Robb Schmidt Faculty Representative ____________Dr. Chet Cooper Director of Athletic Development_____ Joe Cassese Ticket Coordinator ____________________ Tim Stuart Head Athletic Trainer ______________ John Doneyko Equipment Manager ____________ Carmine Cassese
SPORTS INFORMATION Sports Information Director __________Trevor Parks Assistant Sports Information Director __ Jamie Hall Assistant Sports Information Director __ John Vogel Swimming & Diving Contact __________Trevor Parks Parks’s Office Line ________________ (330) 941-3192 Parks’s Email Address _____________tparks@ysu.edu Parks’s Cell Phone Number _________ (330) 402-3289 Sports Information Fax ____________ (330) 941-3191 Web site______________________www.YSUsports.com Media Guide Credits The 2009-10 Youngstown State University Swimming and Diving Media Guide is a production of the YSU Sports Information Office. It was written and designed by Trevor Parks. Editorial assistance provided by John Vogel and Jamie Hall. Also assisting in the project were Caitlin Cook and Ryan Gasser. Photos by Carl Leet of YSU Media Services, Ronald Stevens and Ron Garchar. Printed by YSU Printing Services.
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2009-10 YSU SWIMMING & DIVING OUTLOOK Years of planning, hoping and wishing should pay off for Head Coach Matt Anderson and the 2009-10 Youngstown State swimming and diving team. Anderson has worked diligently in his first six years to have a strong and deep squad in all events, and that could come to fruition this season. The Penguins have depth in the freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and Individual Medley, which means they have great numbers and options for the relays. Also, five divers are on the roster this season, a big improvement after having just one healthy competitor all of last year. Now, the hard part will be trying to find the right lineup to help the Guins have a successful dual-meet campaign and, enter the Horizon League Championships in late February with chances to score as many points as possible and not only remain in the top five squad at the Horizon League Championships in late February, but climb the standings ladder as well. “They’re going to have to be at their best in order to earn a spot,” Anderson said of his lineup options. “That’s what we’ve been shooting for over the last six years. Everyone is going to have to earn their spot instead of someone automatically getting it. That’s what we’ve been shooting for and now we’ve finally got it. Hopefully we can make it work for us the way we’ve been planning.” Eleven letterwinners are back from last year’s team that placed fifth at the League Championships for the third consecutive year. Joining the mix are 12 newcomers – eight swimmers and four divers – to give the squad 23 competitors, the most since Anderson came aboard in 2003. “It’s going to be great. I’ve never dealt with it before,” Anderson said. “It’s the largest squad we’ve had since I’ve been here, and it’s definitely the most swimmers we’ve had since I’ve been here. It’s going to be fun to see the combinations that we can do and the different places that we can put people. Part of the fun of it is that some of the new people on the team are multi-event swimmers that are going to be people we can move around a lot. We’re going to have some options that we’ve never had before. That’s going to be something that kind of develops as we go through the season and see where they fit well and what they’ll be able to do.” In 2009-10, the Guins have just two seniors in Jennifer Johnstone (breaststroke) and Hilary Barrett (Distance Free, IM). Anderson said those two are the primary leaders, but the six juniors and four sophomores will also be counted on to help lead the way. “We’re probably going to be dependent on pretty much every up-
Sophomore Kirstin Walker will look to headline the freestyle group this year. Walker ranks in the top five in school history in the 200, 500 and 1,000 free events.
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perclassmen to take a role in leadership this year,” Anderson said. “With 12 new people on the team, it’s going to take more than just two people to really lead. They’re a good freshman class, and they’ve got some leaders within, but they’re still freshmen. So they still need some guidance, and it’s too much for just two people to handle.” “Hilary and Jen are both going to do a good job for us in that role. They’re just going to need some help.” Juniors Ashley Williamson and Caitlin Cook headline the team in the butterfly. Williamson is the school-record holder in the 100 fly, while Cook owns the school mark in the 200. At the 2009 HL Championships, Williamson placed fourth in the 100yard butterfly with a school-record time of 56.68 seconds. It was her second career top-five finish after coming in second as a freshman. Cook battled a nagging shoulder injury last year and returned to compete at the conference meet. She placed sixth in the 200 with a schoolbest time of 2:08.78. Johnstone returns to anchor a young and talented breaststroke group. She placed 15th in the 100 at the league meet before finishing 22nd in the 200. Johnstone’s performance at the HL Championship in the 100 (1:07.83) helped set a new school mark. She ranks fourth in the 200. Freshmen Rachel Tano, Samantha Roberts and Liseli Baich will help solidify that event. Tano set her school record in the 100 breast while Baich also broke her school’s record in the 100 that had stood for 20 years. Roberts placed 12th at the Indiana State Championships in the 100 while also setting her school mark in the discipline. Entering the season, Tano and Roberts had times in high school that would be considered YSU all-time bests. Also counted on in the breast will be multi-eventer Rachel Harbarger, sophomore Katie Wolf and junior Kari Tridle. Tridle competed in both the 100 and 200 early last year. Wolf competed in 10 different events as a freshman a year ago. “We’re going to be able to leave Jen in the breast events and rotate some other people,” Anderson said. “It’s going to make for some good depth in that area.” The backstroke is an event that could see some strong improvement. Sophomore Nishani Cicilson will lead the way after competing in the FINA World Championships in Rome this past summer. Representing her native Suriname, she placed 69th in the 50-meter backstroke and 77th in the 100-meter back. Overall, she participated in five events against the best the world has to offer. At her first Horizon League meet, she was 13th in the 100 back with a time of 59.91 seconds, the second fastest in school history. Freshman Amanda Ritzenthaler is a newcomer to watch in the back. At the Ohio Division II State Championships, she was 12th in the 100 after finishing eighth in the event as a junior. She is the Bay Village High School school-record holder in the event. Sophomore Audria Grubbs stepped in at the conference meet, placing 21st in the 100. Cook swam the backstroke early last year before focusing on the fly. Williamson has been a top-10 placer in both backstroke events in her two seasons. At the league meet in 2008, she placed fourth in the 200 and fifth in the 100 back while setting school records in both. In 2009, Williamson placed seventh in the 200 yard back and fourth in the 100. Harbarger could see time in the lineup as well. The freestyle events feature depth at sprint, middle and distance. Last year, the Guins had scoring power in the distance with Olivia Arnold and Natasha Bray leading the way in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyles. “Having both Olivia and Natasha graduate in the same year presents a challenge of replacing both of them,” Anderson said. “Quite honestly, we don’t have an answer for that yet. We’ve got some good depth in that distance freestyle area to where it’s not like we are going to be hurting there, but we’re just not going to have the power like we had
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Junior Ashley Williamson has finished in the top five in four events during her two years at the Horizon League Championships. there. The one-two punch of those two was great, and they could almost win any race that they got into. “We’re going to have people that are going to compete in those events still. We’re looking for the other events to step up. We’re probably not going to have any true power people, but we’re going to have more depth in everything.” Cicilson leads the way in the sprint freestyle events – the 50 and 100. Last year she had the third-fastest time in the 50 free and the fifth best in the 100 in school history. Cicilson swam the 50 and 100 meters at the World Championships as well. She was 78th in the 50 and 92nd in the 100. At the HL Championships, she placed 12th in the 50 free and 13th in the 100. Freshmen Soyriah Davis, Baich and Grubbs will figure into the lineup. Anderson said Grubbs is already ahead of her best times at the end of last year. She placed 20th in the 200 yard free last year at the Horizon League meet. Kirstin Walker, Barrett, Katie Bechtel, Harbarger, Alana Kane, Megan Palmer and Wolf will all figure in the mix in the freestyle as well. Walker was a key contributor on relays and swam the 100, 200 and 500 at conference. Her best finish came in the 100 where she finished 15th. Kane swam the 100 and 200 frees at last year’s league meet. Wolf swam the 1,000 and 1,650 at conference as well as the 400 IM. Bechtel will jump into the longer freestyle events while Palmer will be more of a middle-distance swimmer. Bechtel was a three-time state qualifier while Palmer broke a long-standing record at Boardman High in the 500. Tano, Roberts, Wolf and Barrett will be among many competing in the individual medley. Barrett and Wolf competed in the 400-yard IM at the Horizon League Championships last year while Johnstone was the lone Guin to swim in the 200 IM. Junior Amanda Carpin was the lone healthy diver in the program last year and was forced to carry the load the entire campaign. This year reinforcements join the program in junior college transfer Nikki Burelli and freshmen Molly Wroblewski, Casey Hill and Jacqueline Smith. “The numbers at that spot is going to be huge,” Anderson said. “We have five divers right now, and a couple of them we’re going to have to wait and see what they can do. We’re going to be looking at having a diving program equivalent to what we had five years ago. Since Kalyn (Leveto) left, that’s obviously been a gap for us. Right now we’re looking for that gap to be filled in.
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“Even if we can’t get somebody like Kalyn whose going to win it right away, we can fill that spot with four or five people who are going to score top eight points for us to make up for that.” Carpin finished ninth in the one-meter competition at the Horizon League Championships with a score of 206.65 while placing 11th in the three-meter competition with a score of 198.75. She helped the Guins pick up 15 points in the league meet with her two finishes. Contrary to YSU, league-runner-up Milwaukee had five divers earn points in both dives. Green Bay, UIC and Cleveland State each had two score at the HL meet. Anderson said he is expecting her to have a better campaign than last year. Her high scores for 2008-09 were 239.00 in the three meter and 232.00 in the one meter. Burelli had a standout career at Orange Coast College in California before transferring to YSU in August. Burelli will not be able to compete in the first semester, but can practice with the squad and is eligible in January. She was the California JUCO 2008 State Champion in onemeter and three-meter. Anderson expects Hill to make an immediate impact. Hill placed seventh at the 2009 Class AAA Pennsylvania state meet in the one meter. She broke a 29-year-old school mark as a sophomore and kept eclipsing it through her senior year at Liberty High in Bethlehem, Pa. She was a top-10 finisher at districts all four years. Wroblewski had offseason ankle surgery but should be healthy to contribute by January. She was the WPIAL Class AA Champion as a senior and was a four-time Pennsylvania State and WPIAL qualifier. She finished fifth at the PIAA Class AA meet as a junior in the one meter. Smith is a work-in-progress after spending years out of the pool as a track and field athlete and a gymnast. In gymnastics, she was an Ohio State Champion in her age group at various levels. “What they do could make up for Olivia and Natasha so we can fill that spot with diving instead of swimming,” he said. “Points are points.” Under Anderson, YSU has set school marks in all five relays – the 200-yard medley, the 400-yard medley, 200-yard freestyle, the 400 free and the 800 free (on numerous occasions). Of the five, four were eclipsed at the 2009 Horizon League Championships. The Guins’ best relay finish last year at the league meet was fourth in the 400 free. With greater numbers, options are abound for various lineups this year. “Our medley relay has more options than it ever has,” Anderson said. “It’s going to be kind of exciting to see what happens with all of it and see who ends up taking some of those roles.”
Senior Hilary Barrett will look to lead the way in the distance freestyle events this year. She is one of just two seniors on the squad, along with Jennifer Johnstone.
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2009-10 ROSTER & SCHEDULE
2009-10 YSU SWIMMING Name Liseli Baich Hilary Barrett*** Katie Bechtel Nikki Burelli Amanda Carpin** Nishani Cicilson* Caitlin Cook** Soyriah Davis Audria Grubbs Rachel Harbarger Casey Hill Jennifer Johnstone*** Alana Kane** Megan Palmer Amanda Ritzenthaler Samantha Roberts Jacqueline Smith Rachel Tano Kari Tridle* Kirstin Walker* Ashley Williamson** Katie Wolf* Molly Wroblewski
Events Sprint Free, Breaststroke Distance Free, IM Distance Diving Diving Backstroke, Sprint Free Butterfly, Backstroke Sprint Free Sprint Free Distance, Breaststroke Diving Breaststroke Freestyle Freestyle Butterfly, Breaststroke Breaststroke, IM Diving Breaststroke Breaststroke, IM Middle Distance Free, Fly Backstroke, Butterfly Breast, Distance Free Diving
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Hometown/High School Wheeling, Ill./Wheeling Vernon, N.J./Vernon Township Oak Harbor, Ohio/Oak Harbor Westminster, Calif./Orange Coast/Marina Erie, Pa./Harbor Creek Paramaribo, Suriname/A.A.H.A Charleston, W. Va./Capital Coral Springs, Fla./Nova Mansfield, Ohio/Lexington Elkridge, Md./Archbishop Spalding Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty Bolivar, Ohio/Massillon Perry Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield Area Boardman, Ohio/Boardman Bay Village, Ohio/Bay Village Spencer, Ind./Edgewood Hartford, Ohio/Badger Butler, Pa./Knoch Coeur d’Alene, Idaho/Coeur d’Alene Duns, Scotland/The Wallace Dundee, Scotland/Grove Academy Worthington, Ohio/Worthington Pittsburgh, Pa./Brentwood
Head Coach: Matt Anderson | Northern Illinois,1997 (Seventh Season) Assistant Coach: Jessica Ewald | Ohio Northern, 2007 (Third Season) Diving Coach: Nick Gavolas | Youngstown State, 1972 (14th Season)
2009-10 YSU SWIMMING Day Fri. Fri. Sun. Fri. Fri. Sat. Thurs.Sun.
Date Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 25 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 7 Nov. 19-21
Dec. 12-22 Fri. Jan. 9 Sat. Jan. 16 Sat. Jan. 23 Sun. Jan. 24 Fri. Feb. 6 Sun. Feb. 8 Wed.-Sat. Feb. 24-27
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Meet Location Time at Tom Stubbs Relays Bowling Green, Ohio 5 p.m. Green Bay Beeghly Natatorium 5 p.m. at Clarion Diving Invitational Clarion, Pa. 11 a.m. at Niagara Niagara Falls, N.Y. 5 p.m. Cleveland State/Canisius/Malone Beeghly Natatorium 4:30 p.m. Marshall Beeghly Natatorium 2 p.m. Radford Invitational Radford, Va. All Day YSU, Radford, Campbell, North Carolina A&T, Mount St. Mary’s, Millersville Winter Training Trip Fort Myers, Fla. Ohio Beeghly Natatorium 5 p.m. at Saint Francis (Pa.) Loretto, Pa. 1 p.m. at Wright State Dayton, Ohio 4:30 p.m. at Butler/Ball State/Eastern Illinois Indianapolis, Ind. 11 a.m. at Cleveland State/UIC Cleveland, Ohio 1 p.m. YSU Diving Invitational Beeghly Natatorium 11 a.m. Horizon League Championships Chicago, Ill. (Hosted by UIC) All Day
All Times Eastern and Subject to Change | Home meets in bold
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HILARY BARRETT
Senior Distance Free/IM Vernon, N.J. Vernon Township H.S. 2009-10 (Senior): Named a 20 tea captain as a fourth-year team member of the team. mem 2008-2009 (Junior): Had a strong 2008-2 campaign leading le into her final season, posting top-10 school performances in the 1,000-yard free, 400 IM and 1,650-yard free...finished in the top 20 at the Horizon League Championships in 1,650 (16th) and 400 IM (17th)...was 25th in the 1,000 freestyle...had success early earning a personal best by two seconds in her 500 free at 5:25.54 against Cleveland State and Niagara...at the same meet, shaved off hundredths to lower her best to 10:56.82 for her 1,000 free... sixth-place finish at Marshall would clock in her personal best in the 1,650 free of 18:30.05, attributing to another personal best on the season...showed versatility by swimming nine different events and was on the relays...earned her third letter.
Getting to Know...Hilary Nickname: Hil Three Words to Describe Me: Caring, Sarcastic, Blunt Favorite Off-Day Activities: Laying around watching TV or reading a book Favorite TV Show: Friends and Grey’s Anatomy Favorite Class at YSU: Individuals with Exceptions in Society…It is a special education class Favorite Musical Artist: Dave Matthews Band and Kenny Chesney Favorite Movie: Almost Famous Favorite Food: Chicken Francese Favorite Vacation Spot: Outer Banks, N.C. Favorite Place on Campus: Market Place Favorite Athletes: Michael
Strahan and Eli Manning…Go Giants! Favorite Restaurant: Bella Napoli…It’s an Italian restaurant back home If you could eat dinner with three people, who would they be?: FDR, Dave Matthews and my friend Ryan that passed away two summers ago Something your teammates don’t know about you: They pretty much know everything there is to know about me. Do you share a birthday with anyone famous?: Notorious B.I.G. and Mr. T. What is the best advice you ever received?: “If your five minutes early you’re on time. If you are on time, you’re late!” from my high school swim coach.
2007-08 (Sophomore): Placed 12th at the Horizon League Championships in the 400 IM with a time of 4:49.40...finished 18th in the 200 backstroke at the HL Championships with a time of 2:23.48...had a season-best time of 18:36.33 in the 1,650-yard free at the championship meet...had a top 10 time in school history in the 200 back, posting a personal-best time of 2:22.35 at the Carnegie Invite...earned her second letter. 2006-07 (Freshman): Finished 15th in the 200 back at the Horizon League Championships with a season-best time of 2:22.59...that time was 1.54 seconds faster than her previous best time...placed 16th in the 1,650 free (18:51.29) at the championships meet in the only time she swam the event the entire year...added an 18th-place finish in the 100 back with a personal-best time of 1:07.03...completed the 1,000 free in 11:31.63 the only time she swam the event, which ranks her 10th in school history...earned her first letter. High School: All-West Jersey honors all four years...helped lead the team to the Sussex County Interscholastic League title as a freshman and sophomore...also played lacrosse for two years and was featured in Who’s Who Among America’s High School Students four years. Personal: Daughter of Robert and Joan Barrett...has one brother (Brian)...major is Middle Childhood Education...born May 21, 1988...is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the 2009-10 academic year.
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JEENNIFER JOHNSTONE
Senior Breaststroke Bolivar, Ohio Massillon Perry H.S.
2009-10 (Senior): Named a 20 tea captain as a fourth-year team member of the squad. mem 2008-09 (Junior): Swam impressively thro gho t the season...peaking at Horizon throughout League Championships, had personal bests in three events and set a school record in the 100 breaststroke...finished 15th at the HL Championships with a time of 1:08.23 in finals...had a school-record 1:07.83 in the prelims...was 21st in the 200-yard breast with a personal-bests time of 2:32.24...earned a 22ndplace finish and a personal best in her 200 IM performance of 2:18.59...was a member of the 200 and 400 medley record breaking relay teams...had first-place finishes in the 100 breast at Butler and Akron...took third twice in the 200 breast at Saint Francis (Pa.) and Ohio...earned her third letter. 2007-08 (Sophomore): Swam a season-best in the 200 IM at the Horizon League Championships with a time of 2:21.30, a three-second improvement from her previous personal best, placing her 22nd...posted a season-best time of 1:09.85 in the 100 breast at the championships, placing 16th and ranking her third in school history...also ranked seventh in school history in the 200 breast...earned her second letter.
Getting to Know...Jennifer Nickname: Jen Three Words to Describe Me: Intelligent, Hard-Working, Compassionate Favorite Off-Day Activities: Watching movies Favorite TV Show: It’s Always Sunny Philadelphia Favorite Class at YSU: Exercise Physiology Favorite Musical Artist: Jack Johnson Favorite Movie: The Wizard of Oz Favorite Food: Strawberries and Bacon Favorite Vacation Spot: Hilton Head Island, S.C. Favorite Place on Campus: The couches by the bagel stop Favo ri t e A t h l e t e: LeBron
James Favorite Restaurant: Chili’s If you could eat dinner with three people, who would they be?: My Grandpa Johnstone, my Grandpa Lake, and Kathy Reichs (A Forensic Anthropologist that the television show Bones is based off of.) Something your teammates don’t know about you: I have a serious phobia of feet. Do you share a birthday with anyone famous?: Kate Hudson, Maria Sharapova and Troy Polamalu What is the best advice you ever received?: “Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds disucss people.”
2006-07 (Freshman): Emerged as the squad’s second-best 100-yard breaststroker after missing the first four meets of the year...placed 15th in the 100 breast at the Horizon League Championships with a season-best time of 1:09.93...that time was 2.61 seconds faster than her top time during the regular season...also placed 20th in the 200 breast (2:39.19) and 24th in the 200 IM (2:24.41) at the league meet...her time in the 200 IM was a season-best by more than five seconds...posted a season-best time of 2:37.55 in the 200 breast at UIC...earned her first letter. High School: Was a four-time letterwinner and two-time team captain for the Panthers...named Second-Team All-Federal League three times and honorable mention all-league once... was also a three-time district qualifier...earned Speedo Academic All-America honors and was a member of the National Honor Society...also played volleyball, where she was named team captain. Personal: Daughter of Raymond of Lisa Johnstone...has one brother (Jason)...major is exercise science...born April 19, 1988... recipient of Lester Donnell Scholarship for 2008-09 academic year...2009-10 recipient of McAtee Family Scholarship...is also a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the 2009-10 academic year.
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AMANDA CARPIN
Junior Diving Erie, Pa. Harbor Creek H.S.
2 0 0 8 - 0 9 (S o p h o m o r e): Earned team’s diver MVP honors Ea for the second season...saw improvement throughout season, impro posting season bests at Bowling Green and the YSU Invite in February, accumulating to over a 15-point improvement through the season...at the YSU Invitational, dove a 232.00 for one meter and 239.00 for three meter...both marks were career bests... finished ninth in the one-meter (199.00) and 11th in the threemeter (192.45) at Horizon League Championships...earned her second letter. 2008-09 Track & Field: In her only indoor competition of the season, vaulted a stellar third place at Horizon League Championships with a leap of 10-feet, two inches...outdoor season came with a personal best of 10-2 on April 11, placing her second in school history....finished outdoor season with a sixth-place vault at outdoor Horizon League Championships, helping lead the women’s team to the title. 2007-08 (Freshman): Placed 13th in the one-meter dive and three-meter dive during her first appearance in the Horizon League Championships...posted a 196.20 in the finals of the onemeter and a scored a 152.85 in the three-meter...season best of 216.45 in the one-meter at the Butler/Illinois State triangular...
placed first in the three meter agains t Ohio (161.33) and second in the one-meter and threemeter against Niagara ( 191. 2 5 / 172 . 2 8 ) . . . earned her first letter. 2 0 07- 0 8 Tr a c k & Field: Placed eighth in the pole vault at the Horizon League Outdoor Championships (8 - 8 1/4)...cleared a seasonbest 9-6 1/4 twice... placed fourth in the pole vault at the indoor league meet, clearing 10 feet. High School: Was a four-time letterwinner... broke the school diving record...was recognized as an all-state, all-district and all county athlete...additionally was among Who’s Who Among American Athletes...also competed in cross country and track and field where she also set multiple school records and was recognized as an all-state, all-district and all-county athlete...was on the honor roll all four years as well as National Honors Society. Personal: Daughter of Kim and Chris Carpin...has a brother (Chris)...major is special education...born July 9, 1989...is serving as the president of the YSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the 2009-10 academic year.
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CAITLIN COOK
Junior Butterfly/Backstroke Charleston, W. Va. Capital H.S. 2008-09 (Sophomore): Sett 20 the school record in the 200-yard d butterfly with time of 2:08.78,, butt finishin nishing sixth at the Horizon League e Championships...also swam the 500-Champio yard free (18th) (18t and 100-yard fly (20th) att the league meet...was a member of the school-record setting 800-yard freestyle relay team at the HL Championships...ranks fourth in school history in the 100 fly (1:00.18)...earned a win in the 200-yard fly in a dual versus Saint Francis (Pa.)...placed second in the 100 fly in a dual at UIC...competed in the 200 free and 200 IM during the year...missed the fall season with a shoulder injury before returning to the lineup in the spring... earned her second letter. 2007-08 (Freshman): Broke into the top 10 performers list in the 200 butterfly, ranking 10th in school history...achieved personal-best time at the Crimson Hawk Invitational in the 50 free, posting a time of 26.76 seconds...emerged as the team’s No. 3 butterfly swimmer...season was cut short because of injuries and did not compete in the Horizon League Championships. High School: Four-year letter winner and one-time captain... set school records in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke... honored as all-region, all-conference and all-state...during her career, swimming team has one-time regional champions...also participated on the soccer team who were three-time conference champions and two-time regional champions...earned second place in the West Virginia University High School Journalism Competition.
ALANA KANE
Junior Freestyle Greensburg, Pa. Hempfield Area H.S. 20 2008-09 (Sophomore): Finishe ished top 25 in all events at Horizon League Championships...finished 2 22nd in her 200-yard freestyle (1:59.74), 24th in the 50 free (25.49 seconds) and 24th in the 100 free (56.29 seconds)...was a consistent top-five finisher during the season in the 50 and 100 free...took first in 50 against Butler with a time of 25.77 seconds...posted season bests against Cleveland State/Niagara of 25.42 seconds in her 50 and 55.25 for her 100 free...earned her second letter. 2007-08 (Freshman): Posted season-best times in all three events at the Horizon League Championships...helped her team to a fourth-place finish and school-record time of 1:37.18 in the 200 free relay...placed 18th in the 200 free (1:59.06), 18th in the 100 free and 19th in the 50 free (25.34)...swam in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle throughout the year...earned her first letter. High School: Earned four letters during her high school campaign...member of the 200 medley, 400 and 200 freestyle relays...honored as Rookie of the Year her freshman year. Personal: Majoring in marketing and advertising...daughter of Karen and Robert Kane...has a sister (Tara)...born March 30, 1989...is the 2009-10 recipient of the Olga D. and Joseph Malmisur Scholarship...is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the 2009-10 academic year.
Personal: Daughter of Carla and Hulin Cook...has two sisters (Carrie and Stacie)...major is journalism...born May 24, 1989...a 2009-10 recipient of a Lester Donnell Scholarship.
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KARI TRIDLE
Junior Breaststroke/IM Coeur D’Alene, Idaho Coeur D’Alene H.S. 2 0 0 8 - 0 9 (S o p h o m o r e):: Co Competed in the 50 free and d 100 and 200 breaststroke...had a third-place finish in the 100 breastt thirdagainst Akron...ranks ninth in schooll history in the t 100 breast with time off 1:12.48...earned her first letter. 2007-08 (Freshman): Did not compete because of injuries. High School: Four-year letterwinner...high school team placed second in state championships twice...honored as a Renaissance student all four years. Personal: Majoring in English...daughter of Deanne and Robert Tridle...born Oct. 29, 1988.
ASSHLEY WILLIAMSON
Junior Backstroke/Butterfly Dundee, Scotland Grove Academy
2 0 0 8 - 0 9 (S o p h o m o r e): St Strong second season seeing con continued success...earned a fourth fourth-place finish at the Horizon League Championsh ips in 10 0 butterflyy while wh improving school record butterfl to 56.68 seconds...lowered her school record in the 100-yard backstroke to a 58.18 seconds, placing 10th at the league championships...finished seventh in 200 back (2:06.30)...helped teammates in 200 medley relay and 400 medley as both set school records at championships...claimed the school record in the 200 IM at the Penguin Invite to win the title at 2:10.77... also won the 100 fly and 100 back at the Penguin Invite...won a dual against Butler in the 200 back...won the 200 IM against Niagara and Cleveland State...earned her second letter. 2007-08 (Freshman): Placed second in the 100-yard butterfly at the Horizon League Championships with a then-school-record time of 57.42 seconds...highest finish by a YSU freshman at league meet since joining the conference...placed fourth in the 200 back and fifth in the 100 back, posting times of 2:06.01 and 58.53, breaking both school records...scored a team-high 46 points at the meet...helped her teammates break records in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay...the 400 free relay team placed third, the best finish in school history...had six wins in the 200 back and six top-three finishes in the 100 back during the year...earned her first letter. High School: Set district, club and meet records...was a member of the Tayside Swim team that broke the Scottish team and Scottish national 4x50 freestyle relay record...served as school house captain her final year...also participated on the soccer and basketball teams. Personal: Majoring in exercise science...daughter of Karen and Steven Williamson...has one sister (Samantha)...has a goal to participate in the 2014 Scotland Commonwealth Games...born Jan. 27, 1990.
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STUDENT-ATHLETE BIOGRAPHIES
NISHANI CICILSON
Sophomore Sprint Free/Backstroke Paramaribo, Suriname A.A.H.A. School
KIRSTIN WALKER
Sophomore Freestyle, Butterfly Duns, Scotland The Wallace School
Summer 2009: Represented Su d her country at the 2009 FINA A World Swimming Championshipss Worl at end of July in Rome...competed d in the 5050-meter backstroke, 100 back,, 50-meter 50 t b butterfl tt y, 100 fly and 50-meterr free and 100 freestyles at Foro Italico...in 100m back swam a 1:07.34 to finish 77th...in 50m back had a time of 31.30 seconds to placed 69th...in 100m free placed 92nd with a time of 59.94 seconds...posted a time of 29.34 seconds in the 50m butterfly to finish 72nd...in the 50m freestyle, finished with a time of 27.22 seconds to place 78th.
20 2008-09 (Freshman): Placed t 25 in all events at Horizon in top Leag League Championships...best finish wa was 15th in the 100 free (53.47 seconds seconds)...was 24th in 500 freestyle and 21st in her he 200 free...swam a personal best in lead leg of 200-free relay of 25.57 seconds...had two first-place finishes in the 100 free...had two first-place finishes in the 200 free...at Marshall, swam a 5:12.66 to win the 500 free...also a member of relay teams...member of 400-yard free school-record squad...swam seven different events during the year...earned her first letter.
2008-09 (Freshman): Impressive first season...earned team Rookie-of-the-Year honors...finished in the top 13 in three individual events at Horizon League Championships...was 12th in the 50 freestyle (24.42), 13th in the 100 back (59.91) and 13th in the 100 free (53.49)...improved personal best in back by four seconds...took top three in the 50 free 10 times during the season...had wins in the 50 free against UIC, Cleveland State (twice), Niagara and Marshall...also swam 200 backstroke during the year...member of school-record relay teams in 200 free, 400 free, 200 and 400 medley...earned her first letter.
High School: Represented school and country in 2005, 2006 and 2007 at the Scottish Schools Competition...was a two-time winner in the 800 meters as a track standout...recipient of The Guy Roberts Memorial Cup...winner of the James Maclean Award in 2005...coach was Chris Martin Personal: Parents are Alan and Angela Walker...has two brothers (Scott and Craig)...born January 26, 1990...major is food and nutrition.
High School: Set her club record in the 50-meter backstroke, 50m fly, 100m backstroke, and 200m backstroke, 100m individual medley, and 100m freestyle...recipient of the Giovanni Memorial High Point trophy...was twice named swimmer of the year...named sportswoman of the year in 2004...coach was Labdai Samuel. Personal: Parents are August Cicilson and S. Bhagwandin...has a sister (Devina)...was born April 7, 1991...major is exercise science...a 2009-10 recipient of a Lester Donnell Scholarship.
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AUDRIA GRUBBS
Sophomore Sprint Free Mansfield, Ohio Lexington H.S.
2008-09 (Freshman): Att 20 Ho Horizon League Champion-ships, earned personal bests inn ship each event she competed...time e of 1:57 1:57.90 in the 200-yard freestyle e earned her 20th 2 place...was 21st in the e 100 back with a time of 1:02.98, accumulating a three-second improvement from start of season...during season finished as high as third in the 200 free....ranks sixth in school history in the 200 free...member of 800-yard freestyle school-record breaking relay...set personal best at UIC in the 50 free at 25.73 seconds...competed in six different events during the year...earned her first letter. High School: Lettered four times at Lexington...was a member of the two-time state qualifying team...was a member of the district runner up team...recipient of the Captains award...member of the Ohio Cardinal Conference Championship team in 2005... was named first-team OCC three times...coach was Melissa Watters...also played soccer and ran cross country. Personal: Parents are James and Leigh Grubbs...has four sisters (Alyssa, Amanda, Troie, and Jaimy) and one brother (Nick)... born January 16, 1990...major is electrical engineering...is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the 2009-10 academic year.
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KATIE WOLF
Sophomore Distance Free, Breast Worthington, Ohio Worthington H.S. 20 2008-09 (Freshman): Earned tea honors as most improved team swim swimmer during season...finished in top 24 in her events at Horizon League Championships...placed 24th in the 1,000 1 000 freestyle with a personal-best time of 11:10.38...shaved 10 seconds off previous best...finished 19th in 400 IM with a time of 5:04.22...earned 19th place in 1,650-free with a time of 18:37.32...saw action in 10 different events throughout the year...earned her first letter. High School: Was a four-time letterwinner and one-time team captain...recipient of the Toni Bischoff Award in 2007...fouryear Attendance Award recipient...Festivus Award recipient... was the Ohio Cardinal Conference 100 breaststroke Champion in 2006...member of the three time Ohio Cardinal Conference Championship team...coach was Jim Callahan...also ran cross country. Personal: Parents are John and Stephanie Wolf...has two brothers (Adam and Michael)...born Jan. 27, 1990...major is industrial engineering...is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the 2009-10 academic year.
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STUDENT-ATHLETE BIOGRAPHIES LISELI BAICH
Sprint Free, Breast Freshman Wheeling, Ill. Wheeling H.S. High School: Four-time letterwinnerr Hi and two-time captain honors...coached an d by John Fournier (coach was formerr teammate of Matt Anderson at NIU)...pri-teamm mary ev events were 100 breast, 50 and 100 0 freestyles freestyles...earned e all-conference and all-sectionall honors...placed third in sectional meet in the 100-yard breaststroke... broke the 20-year-old school record in the event...had the 24th-best time entering state meet...member of 200 freestyle relay team...member of the National Honor Society...also played Water Polo. Personal: Parents are Ernie and Amparo Baich...born Nov. 18, 1991... academic interest is civil engineering.
KATIE BECHTEL
Distance Freshman Oak Harbor, Ohio Oak Harbor H.S.
High School: Three-time state quali-Hi er...was 15th in the 200-yard freestyle fie e and was a member of the 13th place 400-yard free relay squad at the state meet.... was a four-time letterwinner and a captainn once... set school records in 200 and 500-yard d freestyles...medaled at districts all four years...named a three-time team MVP...coach was Andrea Sorg...also played volleyball...was a member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Parents are Jim and Shawna Bechtel...has a brother (Lu-cas)...enjoys music...born Feb 16, 1991...major is undeclared...is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the 2009-10 0 academic year.
NIKKI BURRELLI
Diving Junior Westminster, Calif. Orange Coast/Marina H.S. Orange Coast: Won the 2008 State O e One-Meter Diving Championship with On a score of 240.10...also won the state s crown crow in the three-meter...named the conference’s ference Diver of the Year...helped lead the Pirates to the t 2008 Conference Championship... in 2007 won the one and three meter titles as well. High School: Placed 19th at 2004 California CIF Diving Championships in the one-meter. Personal: Parents are Denise and Anthony Burrelli...born June 13, 1988...major is exercise science...is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for the 2009-10 academic year.
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SOYRIAH DAVIS
Sprint Free Freshman Coral Springs, Fla. Nova H.S.
High Hi School: Was a four-year letterwinner ne and two-time team captain...primary events were 50 and 100-yard freestyle... eve qualified all four years for state meet... was a finalist in the 50 free as a junior placing 11th...set 11th...s school marks in the 50 free, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM...was part of school-record relays in 200 and 400 freestyle...was an honorable-mention all-Broward County selection in the 50 free...coach was Karney McNear...honorable-mention all-league in Water Polo...played basketball and competed in track and field...member of the honor roll and National Honor Society. Personal: Mother is Dawn Morrison...has a sister (Shakirah)...born Feb. 8, 1991...academic interest is biology/pre-med.
RACHEL HARBARGER
Distance, Breast Freshman Elkridge, Md. Archbishop Spalding H.S.
High School: Participated in the IM H and an 100 breaststroke...was a four-time letterwinner and served as a team caplett tain...squad won the B Division Championtain.. ship...coach was Kristen Kohler...member of ship...c the honor roll and National Honor Society. Personal: Parents are Sharon and Kevin Harbarger...has a brother... born March 18, 1991...academic interest is nursing.
CASEY HILL Diving Freshman Bethlehem, Pa. Liberty H.S.
High School: As a senior, finished sevH enth en at the Class AAA state meet in the one-meter dive with a score of 402.70... one was sixth after prelims and fourth after semis...placed in the top 10 at districts all semis.. four years years...best year was senior campaign, placing second...was sixth as a junior, fifth as a sophomore and ninth as freshman at districts...as a junior, placed fifth at the LVIAC meet... eclipsed a 29-year-old school record in the six-dive as a sophomore... named school’s most outstanding diver three consecutive years... broke school marks in six and 11 dives multiple times...was a fouryear letterwinner and two-year captain...tabbed first-team all-area three straight years...coaches were Barry Stahr (high school) and Cary Lehman (club)...also lettered in softball...member of the honor roll. Personal: Parents are Mark and Brenda Hill...has a brother (Mark)... born Aug. 11, 1991...academic interest is physical therapy...is a member of YSU’s SAAC for the 2009-10 academic year.
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STUDENT-ATHLETE BIOGRAPHIES MEGAN PALMER
Freestyle Freshman Boardman, Ohio Boardman H.S.
High School: Set school record in the Hi e 50 500 and 1,500-yard freestyle...broke e the 20-year record in the 500...wass part of o the Spartans’ state qualifying and d school-r school-record setting 200-yard freestyle relayy team...named team name second-team All-Federal League... at the Northeast District Championships placed eighth in the 500 free and 24th in the 200 free...team won two sectional and three conference crowns...earned four letters and was two-time captain...won Mark J. Braun Award...won two sectional titles...earned three conference crowns...coaches were Terry O’Halloran and Greg McAtee. Personal: Parents are Bruce and Kathy Palmer...has two brothers and d a sister...born Aug. 23, 1991...academic interest is exercise science. 1991...a
AMANDA RITZENTHALER
Butterfly, Backstroke Freshman Bay Village, Ohio Bay Village H.S.
High School: At the Division II State Hi e Championship Meet as a senior wass Ch 12th 12t in the 100 backstroke...as a junior,, placed place seventh in the 200 IM and eighth in the 100 back...qualified for state three times...set the school record in the 100 backstroke...member of school-record relay teams in the 200 free, 200 medley and 400 freestyle...team MVP three consecutive years...fourtime letterwinner and two-year captain...coach was Andy Fleck...also played soccer...member of the honor roll. Personal: Parents are Mike and Kathy Ritzenthaler...has a brother and two sisters...born Sept. 29, 1990...academic interest is pharmacy.
SAMANTHA ROBERTS
Breaststroke, IM Freshman Spencer, Ind. Edgewood H.S.
High Hi School: Set school records n the e 200 20 IM, 100 breaststroke, 100 butter-fly and a 500 free...placed 12th at the IH-SAA State Championships in the 100-yard d breaststroke...also part of the relay squadss breasts to set records recor in the 400 freestyle relay, and 200 0 medley relay...placed second at sectionals in the 100-yard breast-stroke and fourth in the 200 IM as a senior...tabbed most valuable swimmer all four years...a 16-time conference individual event champion...coaches were Erica Bales and Jeff LeBeau...named to the honor roll...also earned All Academic-Athletic honors as a junior and senior. Personal: Parents are Tony and Meshelle Roberts...born May 30, 1991...academic interest is physical therapy.
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JACQUELINE SMITH
Diving Freshman Hartford, Ohio Badger H.S.
High School: Background from high Hi school is in track and field and gymsc nastics...competed in the hurdles and nas relays throughout high school career...was a three-year letterwinner and captain as a sethreenior...also lettered in cheerleading...competed in le gymnastics for eight years, reaching Level 8...won state championship for her age group at Level 4, 5 and 6...also participated in ballet. Personal: Parents are Molly and David Smith...has a sister (Mikayla)... born Aug. 21, 1991...academic interest is education.
RACHEL TANO
Breaststroke Freshman Butler, Pa. Knoch H.S.
High School: As a senior, placed sixth H at the PIAA Class AA Championship in the 200 IM with a time of 2:10.74...was a four-time WPIAL finals qualifier...three-time four-t PIAA state meet participant...as a junior was st second in the t 100-yard breaststroke and 200 IM at WPIALs...was part of the fifth-place (200 free) and ninth-place (200 medley) relay teams...placed eighth at the PIAA meet in the 200 IM, becoming the first Knoch swimmer to medal at states...set school marks in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 200 IM, 100 breaststroke and 500 free...part of record relay teams in the 200 medley and 200 free...was a four-year letterwinner and two-time captain...coaches were Rick Hassler and John Chamberlain. Personal: Parents are Gary Tano and Deanna Fair...has three brothers and a sister...born April 14, 1991..academic interest is education...is a member of YSU SAAC for the 2009-10 academic year.
MOLLY WROBLEWSKI
Diving Freshman Pittsburgh, Pa. Brentwood H.S.
High School: Established school reH cords for six and 11 dives...was the co WPIAL Class AA Champion as a senior... WP qualified for the state meet and the WPIAL meet all a four years...was a four-year letterwinner and four-time captain...as a freshman placed four-ti seventh, as a sophomore was fourth and as a junior was third at WPIAL AA meet...as a junior placed fifth in the one-meter competition at the PIAA Class AA meet...named team’s MVP in 2009...coach was Mark Wroblewski...also participated in track and field. Personal: Parents are Mark and Janet Wroblewski... has a brother and a sister...born Dec. 19, 1990...academic interest is communications.
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HEAD COACH MATT ANDERSON
MATT ANDERSON
Head Coach Seventh Year Northern Illinois, 1997 When Matt Anderson took over th helm of Youngstown State’s the sw swimming and diving program six yea years ago, he came in with lofty goals and a concrete plan to take the Penguin Penguins to a new level of success. Now in his seven seventh season, Anderson has built a solid foundation to achieve those goals and steadily push the program into the upper echelon of the conference and region. This year, the Guins have 23 members on the roster - 18 swimmers and five divers - as Anderson finally has the numbers to have depth and point-producing individuals at several spots throughout the lineup. In Anderson’s fi rst six seasons, the program has experienced unprecedented success since its rebirth in 1996. With his guidance, the Penguins have achieved their highest finish ever at the Horizon League Championship, won three individual conference championships and currently own 19 school records. Of those 19, including four of the five relays, 11 were set at the 2008-09 Horizon League Championships. YSU has had 15 top-five finishes at the league meet since he took over prior to the 2003-04 campaign. At the 2009 Horizon League meet, YSU used a strong final day push to finish fifth for the third straight year. The Penguins finished with a school-record 300 points led by four top-five finishers. Distance swimmer Olivia Arnold was third in the 1,650 and fifth in the 1,000. Ashley Williamson was fourth in the 100-yard butterfly while Megan Rupe placed fifth in the 100 freestyle. Arnold led the charge for the Penguins throughout the year. For her efforts, during the year and in her career, she became the first swimmer to be named the YSU/The Vindicator Female Student-Athlete of the Year. It is a stark contrast to the days prior to Anderson taking over the helm before the 2003-04 season. Only three YSU swimming records had been set from 1996 through 2002. YSU also finished last in its two years in the Horizon League by an average of nearly 25 points before Anderson arrived. Anderson has also worked to keep Beeghly Natatorium a top-notch facility. Over the past three years, the entire pool has been resurfaced, a new filtration system has been installed and renovations to the lighting and sound systems have been completed. Also, upgrades to the locker room and coaches offices have been completed. Outside of the pool, the Penguins have maintained high academic standards and have been active on campus and in the community. The team’s grade-point average has also consistently ranked among the top of YSU’s programs. For the 2008-09 campaign, YSU finished the year with a 3.37 cumulative grade-point average, which ranked 29th in nation among Division I women’s programs according to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. Six student-athletes have earned Academic All-Horizon League honors in his tenure. In 2008, the Penguins scored 295 points and placed fifth out of eight teams. That was a 42.5-point increase from their finish in the 2007 season. The team broke nine school records at the 2008 Horizon League Championships, including the 400 freestyle relay, which had stood for 24 years. Freshman Ashley Williamson broke the 100 fly record that had stood since 1985, placing second at the championship. Fourty-one personal-best times were posted at the meet and 36 new entries were
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made to YSU’s top 10 performers list. At the 2007 Horizon League Championships, YSU got a strong effort from its freestylers to vault ahead of Cleveland State into fifth place on the final day. The two squads were tied before YSU outscored the Vikings 86-52 in the final day. The Penguins had outstanding individual efforts that led to the breaking of two school records that had stood for more than 20 years. Becky Bertuzzi topped the 24-year-old school record in the 200 free in her final collegiate meet. In his third year, Anderson led a young squad to an impressive list of individual accomplishments. The team was small in number coming off the loss of 10 seniors from the previous campaign, but the Penguins were still competitive and defeated in-state and conference rival Cleveland State in a dual meet for the first time since joining the Horizon League in 2001. As a team, 29 new individual entries and nine relay entries were added to YSU’s top-10 all-time performers list by the end of the season. The 2004-05 season saw the culmination of one of YSU’s best-ever recruiting classes as 10 seniors competed in their final seasons. In two years under Anderson’s leadership, that group went on to break nine school records and win three individual crowns at the league meet. At the 2005 Horizon League Swimming and Diving Championship, Julia Darling broke the school record in both breaststroke events and had two top-10 finishes. Erin Carter finished fourth in the 400 IM and added a fifth-place finish in the 200 fly. Jordan Dunn also broke two records at the conference meet. Diver Kalyn Leveto also culminated her career by winning the individual conference crown in the one-meter board and qualified for the NCAA Zone C Championship for the fourth time in her career. Anderson earned his first career victory as a head coach against Radford on Oct. 26, 2003. On Feb. 8, 2004, YSU earned its first-ever victory over a Horizon League opponent as it defeated Butler 86-51 in a quadrangular that also featured Wright State and Xavier. The Penguins carried the momentum into the conference championships to place sixth, the best finish in school history at that point. Carter became the first Penguin swimmer to capture an individual crown at the Horizon League Championship, and Leveto defended her title in three-meter diving to earn Horizon League Diver-of-the-Year honors for the second-straight season. Anderson, who is the ninth head coach in the program’s history, came to YSU from Ohio State where he was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for four years. He also oversaw the sprint groups for Head Coach Jeanne Fleck, helped run camps, coordinated travel plans, was a key office assistant and was the program’s academic adviser. In each of his years, the team’s grade-point average increased and was as high as 3.36 in 2002. Also, more than 45 athletes were named OSU Scholar-Athletes and more than 30 were academic All-Big Ten selections. Before joining the OSU staff, Anderson was the top assistant for the men’s and women’s programs at Northern Illinois University. At NIU, he spent two years as a full-time assistant developing and coaching all aspects of the Huskies’ middle distance swimmers. He served as the program’s recruiting and travel coordinator and was in charge of swimming camps and fund raising for the program. Anderson first became involved in coaching from 1994-97 as a volunteer assistant coach at NIU following his swimming career. From 1990-94, he was a three-time letterwinner for the Huskies, earning the team’s most improved swimmer award as a sophomore and being named team captain as a senior. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from NIU In 1997. Anderson is certified as a member of the College Swimming Coaches Association, a member of the American Swim Coaches Association and a member of United States Swimming.
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ASSISTANT COACHES
NICK GAVOLAS
Diving Coach 14th Year YYoungstown State, 1972 A former standout as a memberr of the Youngstown State men’ss div diving team, Nick Gavolas has builtt the YSU diving program into one off the ttop programs in the state and d region as he enters his 14th season ass an assistant assista swimming coach and head d diving coach. coach Gavolas, the 2002-03 and 2003-04 Horizon League Diving Coach of the Year, has helped YSU divers win nine conference titles. He has also coached three NCAA Zone C Championship qualifiers and two YSU Student-Athletes of the Year. Entering the 2009-10 campaign, he has five divers to tutor - the most in the history of the program. In the previous two seasons, Gavolas has had just one healthy diver to coach. That diver, Amanda Carpin, has seen her scores increase each year, and she ranks fifth in school history in both the one-meter and three-meter. At the 2009 Horizon League Championships, Carpin placed in the top 10 in the one meter. She improved her podium position in both dives from her freshman to sophomore campaigns. In 2005, Gavolas watched diver Kalyn Leveto cap off her career with her fourth Horizon League crown and the distinction of YSU’s Vindicator Female Student-Athlete of the Year. Leveto was named Horizon League Diver of the Year her sophomore and junior years. As a sophomore she won both diving events, and she claimed the title in the three-meter and placed second in the one-meter as a junior. Prior to Leveto’s string of championships, Brandi Goettsch was a mainstay on the diving championship podium for the Penguins. Goettsch was a three-time conference Diver of the Year, earning the mark in 2001-02 in the Horizon League and twice in the Mid-Continent Conference. She won the Horizon League’s three-meter competition in 2001-02 and won four conference championships in the Mid-Con. Mandi Smail also had an accomplished career under Gavolas, placing second in the one-meter as a senior at the Horizon League Championship in 2003. She was also a four-time Zone C qualifier and finished in the top three twice at the Mid-Con Championship. In 2007, Gavolas saw the development of Cortney Harless come to a pinnacle when she posted career-high finishes in both the one-meter and three-meter events at the Horizon League Championships. The season before, Kelly Reese was named the Horizon League Diver of the Week twice during her freshman campaign and posted scores to rank third in YSU history in the three-meter and fourth in the one-meter. He has coached nine of the top 10 divers in school history. Gavolas, a YSU Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, competed for the Penguins from 1967-72 and became YSU’s first three-time All-American in diving. He earned national runner-up honors at the College National Swimming and Diving Championships in 1969 and was a national qualifier for the AAU Diving team. Gavolas has spent 23 seasons as a coach and became YSU’s first diving coach in 1973 with the men’s diving team. Gavolas also went through extensive coaching training under Dick Kimball, a six-time Olympic coach and former diving coach at Michigan. For over a decade, Gavolas has been the owner, director and coach of Timberbrook Diving. He has also earned his coaching certification to be a U.S. Diving coach.
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JESSICA EWALD
Assistant Coach Third Year Ohio Northern, 2007 JJessica Ewald is in her third se season as a mem ber of t he Yo Youngstown State swimming and divin diving coaching staff. Ew Ewald works closely with the entire group o of swimmers and monitors splits during all e events. In the two full years since she has been a member of the staff, YSU has set 10 school records in individual swimming events while establishing new marks in all five relays. She is a also responsible for the community outreach of the program and assists Head Coach Matt Anderson in recruiting. Ewald, who previously coached at the Total Performance Swim Camp and the Seneca Aquatic Klub, was a three-time NCAA Division III national qualifier at Ohio Northern University as a collegian. She fi nished her Polar Bear career as a 12-time Ohio Athletic Conference champion and a two-time Academic All-OAC honoree. Four of those titles came her senior year when she led Ohio Northern to its first ever OAC title. Ewald also became the first ONU swimmer to win three straight conference titles in any event by winning the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke her final three years. She was named team MVP and team captain her final two years. In addition to her coaching experience, Ewald completed a facility internship at the University of Akron’s Ocasek Natatorium prior to joining the YSU program. Ewald was also active outside of the water at ONU. She served as the treasurer of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as a senior, and she was involved in the Health Performance and Sports Sciences Club, the Society of Success and Leadership and the Emerging Leaders Program. She graduated in May 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts & Science in Sports Management and Coaching Certification.
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HORIZON LEAGUE...RAISE YOUR SIGHTS Entering its 31st season of operation in the 2009-10 academic year, the Horizon League continues to aspire toward its goal of being one of the nation’s leading athletics conferences while being recognized as a leader in the development of studentathletes as leaders and role models. The Horizon League membership features ten public and private institutions that have impressive academic reputations and a storied tradition of broad-based athletic programs. Current membership includes Butler University, Cleveland State University, the University of Detroit Mercy, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Valparaiso University, the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wright State University and Youngstown State University. The Horizon League’s primary focus is on adding value to the educational experience through its four platforms: athletic performance, academic achievement, community outreach, and personal responsibility and accountability. It is the League’s belief that athletics is a powerful and visible resource tool that can be used to enhance student-athletes’ collegiate experience. The Horizon League’s goals are to enhance the holistic university experience for the student-athlete, to create an affiliation of institutions with similar athletic goals, and to adhere to the principals of integrity, diversity, excellence and growth. The Horizon League sponsors competition in 19 sports – nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and tennis) and ten for women (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, tennis and volleyball). The League receives automatic bids to NCAA championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s volleyball and for the first time in League history, women’s golf. The Horizon League is headquartered in Indianapolis, the “Amateur Sports Capital of the World,” with offices in the Pan American Plaza (201 S. Capitol Avenue), located a block from Lucas Oil Stadium and just minutes from Conseco Fieldhouse, the State Capitol Building, Victory Field (home of the Indianapolis Indians) and the NCAA national office. A PROUD HISTORY Founded on June 16, 1979, as the Midwestern City Conference with six charter members, the League changed its name to the Midwestern Collegiate Conference in 1985 and added women’s sports for the 1986-87 academic year. Charter members of the conference included current members Butler and Loyola as well as the University of Evansville, Oklahoma City University, Oral Roberts University and Xavier University. Among other current members, Detroit joined in 1980, and Cleveland State, UIC, Green Bay, Milwaukee and Wright State came aboard in 1994 in the largest non-merger conference expansion. YSU joined in 2001 and Valparaiso in 2007. On June 4, 2001, the Horizon League unveiled its current name and ushered in a new dynamic direction that has brought the League closer to its stated goal of being one of the nation’s top ten collegiate athletic conferences with a focus on enhancing the student-athletes’ experience by upgrading the League’s market and competitive positions.
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ATHLETIC & ACADEMIC SUCCESS In the past few years, the Horizon League has enjoyed unprecedented success on the national stage, highlighted by three Sweet Sixteen appearances (Butler 2003, 2007; Milwaukee 2005) and nine wins in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in the past seven seasons. In other sports, League teams have won at least one game in their respective NCAA Championships each of the last seven seasons in men’s soccer (Milwaukee 2002-05, UIC 2006-08), with UIC just one win away from the College Cup in 2007. In softball, League teams won a game in the national tournament four straight years earlier in the decade (UIC 2002, 2004; Wright State 2003; Green Bay 2005) while advancing into the second round in women’s soccer three of the last five seasons (Detroit 2004, Milwaukee 2005-06). Green Bay’s women’s basketball team added to that résumé with a victory in the 2007 NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship. Butler’s Victoria Mitchell became the League’s first NCAA individual champion when she won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Horizon League student-athletes also excel in the classroom as more than 500 have been named to the Academic Honor Roll each of the past seven semesters for carrying a gradepoint average of 3.2 or better, including more than 600 for the fall 2007 and spring 2008 semesters. Twenty-five studentathletes were named to ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District teams in 2008-09, while eight earned Academic AllAmerica honors.
2009 Horizon League Championships February 25-29, 2008 • Hosted by Milwaukee Brown Deer, Wis. | Walter Schoeder Aquatic Center Women’s Team Scores 1. Green Bay 859 2. Milwaukee 737 3. Wright State 564 4. UIC 546 5. Youngstown State 300 6. Cleveland State 290 7. Valparaiso 214 8. Butler 134
Men’s Team Scores 1. UIC 2. Wright State 3. Milwaukee 4. Cleveland State 5. Green Bay 6. Valparaiso
703 685 647 612 583 183
2009-10 Media And Recruiting Guide
YSU SWIMMING & DIVING PERSONAL-BEST MARKS OLIVIA ARNOLD (SR.)
CAITLIN COOK (SO.)
MEGAN RUPE (JR.)
50 Free ................ 26.94 (S) ........2/25/09 100 Free .............. 56.35 (S) ........2/25/09 200 Free ............1:56.13 (L) ........2/25/09 500 Free................ 5:03.43 ...... 11/21/08 1,000 Free ....... 10:17.96 (S) ........2/25/09 1,650 Free ............17:11.30 ........ 2/27/09 100 Fly .............. 1:03.24(S) ...... 11/21/08 100 Back .......... 1:03.24 (S) ...... 11/22/08 100 Breast ..................1:10.13............ 2/3/06 200 Breast ............ 2:29.04 ........ 11/7/08 200 IM ....................2:13.15 ........ 1/30/09 400 IM ................... 4:36.20 ...... 11/22/08
50 Free .........................26.76......... 11/15/07 100 Free .............. 58.09 (S) ........ 11/7/08 200 Free .................1:59.69 ........ 1/19/09 500 Free.................5:12.91 ........2/25/09 50 Fly .................. 28.35 (S) ........2/25/09 100 Fly .................. 1:00.18 ........2/25/09 200 Fly .................. 2:08.36 ........2/29/09 50 Back ............... 33.18 (S) ...... 11/15/08 100 Back ............... 1:08.38 ...... 11/15/08 200 Back ................2:19.82 ...... 11/15/08
50 Free ..................... 24.21 ........2/25/09 100 Free ........ 52.21 (twice) ........2/25/09 200 Free ................ 1:54.54 ........2/25/09 500 Free .....................5:17.96......... 11/15/07 100 Fly .......................1:02.35...........11/3/06
HILARY BARRETT (JR.) 50 Free .................... 29.27 (S).......... 2/23/08 100 Free ............1:01.63 (S) ...... 11/21/08 200 Free ............2:07.28 (S) ........ 11/7/08 500 Free........... 5:25.54 (S) ........ 11/7/08 1,000 Free ........... 10:56.82 ........ 11/7/08 1,650 Free ........... 18:30.05 ...... 10/24/08 100 Fly .................. 1:05.02 (S).......... 2/23/08 200 Fly .................. 2:30.80 ........ 11/7/08 50 Breast............. 34.62 (S) ...... 11/21/08 100 Breast..............1:14.07 ..........2/6/09 200 Breast .............2:37.83 ........ 11/1/08 100 Back ................... 1:07.03...........2/23/07 200 Back ...................2:22.35............ 2/1/08 200 IM ................... 2:21.64 ...... 11/21/08 400 IM ................... 4:49.30 ........2/26/09
NATASHA BRAY (SR.) 50 Free ................ 28.26 (L) ..........2/6/09 100 Free .............. 59.29 (S) ...... 11/21/08 200 Free ............2:01.71 (L) ...... 11/21/08 500 Free............5:13.69 (S) ........2/25/09 1,000 Free ...... 10:35.44 (S) ........2/25/09 1,650 Free ............17:33.41 ........2/28/09 50 Fly .................. 29.99 (S) ........2/25/09 100 Fly ............ 1:04.24 (S) ........2/25/09 200 Fly ...................2:18.97 ........ 11/7/08 100 Back .......... 1:05.08 (S) ...... 11/22/08 200 Back ............... 2:18.86 ........ 11/1/08 100 Breast .............1:16.34 (S)......... 11/17/06 200 Breast ................. 2:39.72.........11/19/06 200 IM ....................... 2:18.50...........1/12/07 400 IM ................... 4:39.26 ........2/26/09
AMANDA CARPIN (SO.) 1-Meter................... 232.00 ..........2/8/09 3-Meter .................. 239.00 ..........2/8/09
NISHANI CICILSON (FR.) 50 Free ................ 24.35 (L) ........2/25/09 100 Free ................... 53.49 ........ 2/27/09 50 Back ................28.14 (L) ........2/25/09 100 Back .................. 59.91 ........2/26/09 200 Back ................2:16.95 ...... 11/23/08
JESSICA FRONT (SR.) 50 Free .........................25.58.......... 2/21/08 100 Free .................. 55.08 (S).........11/19/06 200 Free ....................1:58.30.........11/19/06 500 Free .................... 5:19.69.........11/19/06
AUDRIA GRUBBS (SO.) 50 Free ..................... 25.73 ........ 1/30/09 100 Free ................... 54.98 ........2/28/09 200 Free .................1:57.90 ........2/26/09 50 Fly ................. 33.60 (S) ....... 11/1/08 100 Fly ..............1:12.02 (S) ........ 11/1/08 50 Back ................31.16 (S) ........2/25/09 100 Back ............... 1:02.98 ........ 2/27/09 200 Back ............... 2:18.98 ........ 11/7/08 400 IM .............. 5:03.88 (X) ........ 11/1/08
KARI TRIDLE (FR.) 50 Breast ........... 34.47 (S) ....... 11/1/08 100 Breast..............1:12.48 ...... 11/14/08 200 Breast .............2:37.90 ...... 11/23/08 50 Free ................... 28.36 ..... 11/21/08
KIRSTIN WALKER (FR.) 50 Free ................ 25.57 (S) .......2/25/09 100 Free ...............53.47 (L) ........2/25/09 200 Free .................1:57.04 ........ 11/7/08 500 Free................ 5:12.66 ...... 10/24/08 100 Fly .................. 1:02.12 ...... 11/14/08 50 Back .............. 30.23 (L) ....... 11/1/08 200 IM ................... 2:15.29 ...... 11/21/08 400 IM ................... 4:50.22 ...... 11/21/08
SARA WEIGEL (SO.) 1-Meter ....................... 215.20.........10/28/07 3-Meter .......................209.62...........11/2/07
ASHLEY WILLIAMSON (SO.) LAURA HANLEY (SO.) 50 Free ......................... 27.62......... 11/15/07 100 Free ....................1:00.03.........10/26/07 50 Fly ................. 30.22 (S) ..... 11/14/08 100 Fly .................. 1:05.63 (S).......... 2/23/08 200 Fly ...................2:27.07 ...... 10/24/08 100 Breast .............1:12.11 (S).......... 2/23/08 200 Breast .................2:34.29.......... 2/23/08 100 Back .......... 1:06.92 (S) ...... 11/22/08 200 Back ................... 2:26.71...........11/3/07 200 IM ....................2:18.70 ...... 11/21/08 400 IM .......................4:56.00.......... 2/22/08
JENNIFER JOHNSTONE (JR.) 50 Free ..................... 26.96 ........ 1/21/09 100 Free ................... 55.25 ........ 11/7/08 50 Fly ................. 29.80 (S) ..... 11/21/08 50 Breast ............ 31.58 (S) .......2/25/09 100 Breast..............1:07.83 ......02/26/09 200 Breast ............ 2:32.24 ........2/28/09 200 IM ....................2:19.64 ........2/26/09
ALANA KANE (SO.) 50 Free .........................25.34.......... 2/21/08 100 Free .................. 54.68 (L).......... 2/23/08 200 Free .................... 1:59.06.......... 2/22/08 500 Free........... 5:31.52 (X) ........ 11/1/08 100 Breast ................. 1:18.68......... 11/16/07 200 IM ....................2:19.61 ...... 11/21/08
2009-10 Media And Recruiting Guide
50 Free ................ 25.60 (L) ...... 11/21/08 200 Free ............... 2:03.51 (L)......... 11/15/07 50 Fly ..................26.11 (S) .......2/25/09 100 Fly ..................... 56.68 ........2/25/09 200 Fly .................. 2:09.49 ...... 11/23/08 100 Back ......................58.18.......... 2/25/08 200 Back ...................2:06.01.......... 2/23/08 200 IM ....................2:10.77 ...... 11/21/08
KATIE WOLF (FR.) 50 Free ................ 28.69 (S) ........2/25/09 100 Free ........... 1:00.22 (S) ........2/25/09 200 Free ........... 2:05.54 (S) .......2/25/09 500 Free........... 5:26.56 (S) .......2/25/09 1,000 Free ............11:10.38 ........2/25/09 1,650 Free ............18:37.32 ........2/25/09 50 Fly ................ 33.03 (S) ..... 11/14/08 100 Fly ..............1:12.34 (S) ........ 11/7/08 200 Fly ............. 2:33.89 (X) ........ 11/7/08 50 Back .............. 37.25 (S) ....... 1/30/09 100 Back ...........1:14.81 (S) ...... 11/22/08 50 Breast ........... 36.56 (S) .........2/6/09 100 Breast..............1:15.32 ........ 1/31/09 200 Breast ............ 2:45.31 ........ 1/31/09 200 IM ................... 2:28.24 ...... 11/14/08 400 IM ................... 5:04.22 ........2/25/09 (S) • Split Time | (L) • Led Off Relay (X) • Exhibition
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2008-09 YSU SWIMMING & DIVING TOP MARKS 50 FREESTYLE Megan Rupe Nishani Cicilson Alana Kane Ashley Williamson Kirstin Walker Jessica Front Audria Grubbs Olivia Arnold Jennifer Johnstone Caitlin Cook Natasha Bray Kari Tridle Katie Wolf Hilary Barrett
200 BUTTERFLY 24.21 24.35 L 25.42 25.60 L 25.57 25.73 25.73 26.94 S 26.96 28.04 S 28.26 L 28.36 28.69 S 29.47 S
Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship vs. Cleveland State/Niagara YSU Invitational Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational at UIC Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational vs. Cleveland State/Niagara at Bowling Green/Buffalo YSU Invitational Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational
2/26/2009 2/26/2009 11/7/2008 11/21/2008 2/26/2009 11/21/2008 1/30/2009 2/25/2009 11/21/2008 11/7/2008 2/6/2009 11/21/2008 2/25/2009 11/21/2008
52.21 53.47 53.49 54.98 55.25 56.00 56.35 S 58.09 S 59.29 S 1:00.22 S 1:01.63 S
Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship vs. Cleveland State/Niagara Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship vs. Cleveland State/Niagara YSU Invitational Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational
2/28/2009 2/28/2009 2/28/2009 2/28/2009 11/7/2008 2/28/2009 2/25/2009 11/7/2008 11/23/2008 2/25/2009 11/21/2008
100 FREESTYLE Megan Rupe Kirstin Walker Nishani Cicilson Audria Grubbs Alana Kane Jessica Front Olivia Arnold Caitlin Cook Natasha Bray Katie Wolf Hilary Barrett
1:54.54 1:56.13 L 1:57.04 1:57.90 1:59.22 1:59.69 1:59.74 2:01.71 L 2:05.54 S 2:07.28 S
Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship vs. Cleveland State/Niagara Horizon League Championship vs. Cleveland State/Niagara vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational Horizon League Championship at Cleveland State/Niagra
2/27/2009 2/25/2009 11/7/2008 2/27/2009 11/7/2008 1/17/2009 2/27/2009 11/21/2008 2/25/2009 11/21/2008
5:03.43 5:12.66 5:12.91 5:13.69 S 5:18.66 5:25.54 S 5:26.56 5:31.52 (x)
YSU Invitational at Marshall Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational vs. Cleveland State/Niagara Horizon League Championship vs. Butler
11/21/2008 10/24/2008 2/26/2009 2/25/2009 11/21/2008 11/7/2008 2/26/2009 11/1/2008
10:17.96 S 10:35.44 10:56.82 11:10.38
Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship vs. Cleveland State/Niagara Horizon League Championship
2/25/2009 2/25/2009 11/7/2008 2/25/2009
500 FREESTYLE Olivia Arnold Kirstin Walker Caitlin Cook Natasha Bray Megan Rupe Hilary Barrett Katie Wolf Alana Kane
1,000 FREESTYLE Olivia Arnold Natasha Bray Hilary Barrett Katie Wolf
2:08.36 2:09.49 2:18.97 2:27.07 2:30.80 2:33.89 (x)
Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational vs. Cleveland State/Niagara at Marshall vs. Cleveland State/Niagara vs. Cleveland State/Niagara
2/28/2009 11/23/2008 11/7/2008 10/24/2008 11/7/2008 11/7/2008
58.18 59.91 1:02.98 1:03.24 S 1:04.11 S 1:05.08 S 1:06.92 S 1:08.38 S 1:10.22 S 1:14.81 S
Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational YSU Invitational YSU Invitational YSU Invitational vs. Ohio YSU Invitational YSU Invitational
2/27/2009 2/27/2009 2/27/2009 11/22/2008 11/22/2008 11/22/2008 11/22/2008 11/15/2008 11/22/2008 11/22/2008
2:06.30 2:16.95 2:18.86 2:18.98 2:19.82 2:24.62
Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational vs. Butler vs. Cleveland State/Niagara vs. Ohio vs. Saint Francis (Pa.)
2/28/2009 11/23/2008 11/1/2008 11/7/2008 11/15/2008 10/24/2008
Horizon League Championship vs. Cleveland State/Niagara at Akron at Akron at Bowling Green/Buffalo vs. Illinois State/UWGB
2/27/2009 11/7/2008 11/14/2008 11/14/2008 2/6/2009 11/31/2009
2:29.04 2:32.24 2:35.23 2:37.83 2:37.90 2:45.31
vs. Cleveland State/Niagara Horizon League Championship vs. Butler vs. Butler YSU Invitational at Green Bay
11/7/2008 2/28/2009 11/1/2008 11/1/2008 11/23/2008 1/31/2009
2:10.77 2:13.15 2:15.29 2:18.70 2:19.61 2:19.64 2:21.64 2:24.70 2:28.24
YSU Invitational at UIC YSU Invitational YSU Invitational YSU Invitational Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational at Bowling Green/Buffalo at Akron
11/21/2008 1/30/2009 11/21/2008 11/21/2008 11/21/2008 2/26/2009 11/21/2008 2/6/2009 11/14/2008
4:36.20 4:39.26 4:49.30 4:50.22 4:58.44 5:03.88 (x) 5:04.22
YSU Invitational Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational YSU Invitaional vs. Butler Horizon League Championship
11/22/2008 2/27/2009 2/27/2009 11/22/2008 11/22/2008 11/1/2008 2/25/2009
100 BACKSTROKE Ashley Williamson Nishani Cicilson Audria Grubbs Olivia Arnold Kirstin Walker Natasha Bray Laura Hanley Caitlin Cook Hilary Barrett Katie Wolf
200 BACKSTROKE Ashley Williamson Nishani Cicilson Natasha Bray Audria Grubbs Caitlin Cook Hilary Barrett
100 BREASTSTROKE
200 FREESTYLE Megan Rupe Olivia Arnold Kirstin Walker Audria Grubbs Jessica Front Caitlin Cook Alana Kane Natasha Bray Katie Wolf Hilary Barrett
Caitlin Cook Ashley Williamson Natasha Bray Laura Hanley Hilary Barrett Katie Wolf
Jennifer Johnstone Olivia Arnold Laura Hanley Kari Tridle Hilary Barrett Katie Wolf
1:07.83 1:11.96 S 1:12.15 1:12.48 1:14.07 1:15.32 S
200 BREASTSTROKE Olivia Arnold Jennifer Johnstone Laura Hanley Hilary Barrett Kari Tridle Katie Wolf
200 IM Ashley Williamson Olivia Arnold Kirstin Walker Laura Hanley Alana Kane Jennifer Johnstone Hillary Barrett Natasha Bray Katie Wolf
400 IM 1,650 FREE Olivia Arnold Natasha Bray Hilary Barrett Katie Wolf
17:11.30 17:33.41 18:30.05 18:37.32
Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship at Marshall Horizon League Championship
2/28/2009 2/28/2009 10/24/2008 2/28/2009
56.68 1:00.18 1:02.12 1:03.24 S 1:04.24 S 1:08.75 S 1:09.83 S 1:12.02 S 1:12.34 S
Horizon League Championship Horizon League Championship at Akron YSU Invitational Horizon League Championship at Marshall vs. Cleveland State/Niagara vs. Butler vs. Cleveland State/Niagara
2/27/2009 2/27/2009 11/14/2008 11/21/2008 2/25/2009 10/24/2008 11/7/2008 11/1/2008 11/7/2008
100 BUTTERFLY Ashley Williamson Caitlin Cook Kirstin Walker Olivia Arnold Natasha Bray Laura Hanley Hilary Barrett Audria Grubbs Katie Wolf
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Olivia Arnold Natasha Bray Hilary Barrett Kirstin Walker Laura Hanley Audria Grubbs Katie Wolf
1 METER DIVE (DUAL) Amanda Carpin
232.00
YSU Diving Invitational
2/8/2009
YSU Diving Invitational
2/8/2009
3 METER DIVE (DUAL) Amanda Carpin
239.00
L - Leadoff relay leg | S - Split | X - exhibition
2009-10 Media And Recruiting Guide
YSU SWIMMING SCHOOL RECORDS 50-YARD FREESTYLE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 8t. 10.
Janet Kemper _______ 23.94 __________ 3/10/1984 Megan Rupe ________ 24.21 __________ 2/26/2009 Nishani Cicilson _____ 24.42 __________ 2/26/2009 Brittany Senn _______ 24.45 __________ 2/20/2008 Lena Arens _________ 24.55 __________ 2/28/2004 Leigh Bareman ______ 24.86 _________ 11/19/2006 Katy Malys__________ 25.24 __________ 2/23/2005 Alana Kane _________ 25.34 _________ 2/21/2008 Missy Wiese ________ 25.34 _________ 11/5/2004 Kirstin Walker _______ 25.57 __________ 2/26/2009
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Janet Kemper _______ 51.80 __________ 3/15/1986 Megan Rupe ________ 52.21 __________ 2/28/2009 Becky Bertuzzi ______ 53.31 __________ 2/24/2007 Brittany Senn _______ 53.35 __________ 2/23/2008 Kirstin Walker _______ 53.47 __________ 2/28/2009 Nishani Cicilson _____ 53.49 __________ 2/28/2009 Lena Arens _________ 53.76 __________ 2/28/2004 Carol Sipka _________ 54.45 __________ 2/20/1987 Cathy Sipka _________ 54.65 _________ 2/16/1985 Alana Kane _________ 54.68 _________ 2/23/2008
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Megan Rupe ________ 1:54.54 ________ 2/27/2009 Becky Bertuzzi ______ 1:55.11_________ 2/23/2007 Janet Kemper _______ 1:55.51 ________ 2/12/1983 Olivia Arnold ________ 1:56.13 ________ 2/25/2009 Kirstin Walker _______ 1:57.04 _________ 11/7/2008 Cathy Sipka _________ 1:57.11 _________ 2/11/1984 Audria Grubbs _______ 1:57.90 _________ 2/26/2009 Erin Carter__________ 1:57.98 _________ 2/28/2004 Jessica Front________ 1:58.30 _______ 11/19/2006 Alana Kane _________ 1:59.06 ________ 2/22/2008
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Olivia Arnold ________ 5:03.43 _______ 11/21/2008 Cathy Sipka _________ 5:08.31 _________ 3/8/1984 Kirstin Walker _______ 5:12.66 ________ 10/24/2008 Caitlin Cook _________ 5:12.91 _________ 2/26/2009 Natasha Bray _______ 5:13.69 ________ 2/25/2009 Jordan Dunn ________ 5:15.04 ________ 2/28/2005 Megan Rupe ________ 5:17.96 _______ 11/15/2007 Carol Sipka _________ 5:18.47 ________ 1/27/1984 Erin-Michelle Gordon __ 5:19.45________ 11/19/2006 Jessica Front________ 5:19.69 _______ 11/19/2006
1 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Olivia Arnord ________ 10:21.05 _______ 2/26/2009 Natasha Bray _______ 10:35.44 _______ 2/26/2009 Jordan Dunn ________ 10:43.86 _______ 2/23/2005 Cathy Sipka _________ 10:50.95 _______ 2/12/1983 Leah Krout__________ 10:53.98 _______ 2/20/2008 Erin-Michelle Gordon _ 10:56.00 ______ 11/19/2006 Hilary Barrett________ 10:56.82 _______ 11/7/2008
100-YARD FREESTYLE
200-YARD FREESTYLE
500-YARD FREESTYLE
1,000-YARD FREESTYLE
8. Erika Gregos ________ 11:03.30 _______ 2/23/2005 9. Michelle Von Duhn ___ 11:08.12 _______ 2/28/2004 10. Katie Wolf __________ 11:10.38 ________ 2/26/2009
1,650-YARD FREESTYLE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Olivia Arnold ________ 17:11.30________ 2/28/2009 Natasha Bray _______ 17:33.41 _______ 2/28/2009 Jordan Dunn ________ 17:56.50 _______ 2/26/2005 Cathy Sipka _________ 18:06.60 _______ 2/15/1986 Leah Krout__________ 18:07.93________ 2/23/2008 Hilary Barrett________ 18:30.05 ______ 10/24/2008 Erika Gregos ________ 18:32.31 _______ 2/26/2005 Erin-Michelle Gordon __ 18:32.75 _______ 2/24/2007 Katie Wolf __________ 18:37.32 ________ 2/28/2009 Michelle Von Duhn ___ 18:59.59 _______ 2/26/2005
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Ashley Williamson ____ 56.68 __________ 2/27/2009 Janet Kemper _______ 57.43 __________ 3/16/1985 Becky MacFadyen ___ 58.92 __________ 2/10/1984 Caitlin Cook _________ 1:00.18 _________ 2/25/2009 Erin Carter__________ 1:00.54 _______ 10/26/2003 Brittany Senn _______ 1:00.83 ________ 2/22/2008 Carol Sipka _________ 1:00.90 ________ 2/20/1987 Sarah Porchak ______ 1:01.24_________ 2/25/2005 Becky Bertuzzi ______ 1:01.99 _______ 10/28/2008 Kirstin Walker _______ 1:02.12 ________ 11/14/2008
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Caitlin Cook _________ 2:08.36 ________ 2/28/2009 Ashley Williamson ____ 2:09.49 _______ 11/23/2008 Becky MacFadyen ___ 2:10.69_________ 2/15/1986 Erin Carter__________ 2:11.34 ________ 11/5/2004 Becky Bertuzzi ______ 2:13.44 ________ 2/24/2007 Lara Munro _________ 2:13.63 _________ 2/1/2007 Janet Kemper _______ 2:16.23 _____________ 1983 Brittany Senn _______ 2:18.76_________ 1/26/2007 Natasha Bray _______ 2:18.97_________ 11/7/2008 Carol Sipka _________ 2:19.37_________ 2/20/1987
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Jennifer Johnstone ___ 1:07.83 _________ 2/25/2009 Julia Darling ________ 1:08.46 ________ 2/25/2005 Danielle Blagg _______ 1:09.46 ________ 2/28/2004 Olivia Arnold ________ 1:10.13 __________ 2/3/2006 Angie Wood _________ 1:10.88 ________ 2/21/1998 Carol Sipka _________ 1:11.26 _________ 2/11/1984 Laura Hanley ________ 1:12.11 _________ 2/23/2008 Pam Strainak _______ 1:12.67_________ 2/20/1987 Kari Tridle __________ 1:12.48 _______ 11/14/2008 Gwynee Stacy _______ 1:13.11 _________ 1/21/1998
1. 2. 3. 4.
Julia Darling ________ 2:28.27 ________ 2/26/2005 Olivia Arnold ________ 2:29.04 ________ 11/7/2008 Danielle Blagg _______ 2:30.69 ________ 11/5/2004 Jennifer Johnstone ___ 2:32.24_________ 2/28/2009
100-YARD BUTTERFLY
200-YARD BUTTERFLY
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE
200-YARD BREASTSTROKE
OLIVIA ARNOLD
5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Carol Sipka _________ 2:34.25 ________ 1/26/1985 Laura Hanley ________ 2:34.29 ________ 2/23/2008 Angie Wood _________ 2:34.62 ________ 2/21/1998 Hilary Barrett________ 2:37.83 _________ 11/1/2008 Kari Tridle __________ 2:37.90 ________ 11/15/2008 Pam Straniak _______ 2:38.80 ________ 2/20/1987
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Ashley Williamson ____ 58.18 __________ 2/27/2009 Nishani Cicilson _____ 59.91 __________ 2/27/2009 Gwynee Stacy _______ 1:00.34 ________ 2/21/1998 Erin Carter__________ 1:00.36 ________ 2/28/2004 Sarah Porchak ______ 1:01.37_________ 2/28/2005 Lori Greenlee _______ 1:02.31 ________ 1/31/1984 Audria Grubbs _______ 1:02.98_________ 2/27/2009 Becky MacFadyen ___ 1:03.17_________ 2/16/1985 Megan McAtee ______ 1:03.28 ________ 12/4/1999 Brittany Senn _______ 1:03.97 ________ 2/22/2007
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Ashley Williamson ____ 2:06.01 ________ 2/23/2008 Gwynee Stacy _______ 2:09.57 ________ 2/21/1998 Erin Carter__________ 2:12.87 _______ 10/17/2004 Nishani Cicilson _____ 2:16.95 ________ 11/23/2008 Lori Greenlee _______ 2:18.20 ________ 1/27/1984 Megan McAtee ______ 2:18.37 ________ 12/4/1999 Natasha Bray _______ 2:18.86 ________ 11/1/2008 Audria Grubbs _______ 2:18.98 _________ 11/7/2008 Cathy Sipka ________ 2:19.15 _________ 2/26/1983 Sarah Porchak ______ 2:19.48 ________ 11/5/2004
100-YARD BACKSTROKE
200-YARD BACKSTROKE
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Ashley Williamson ____ 2:10.77 ________ 11/21/2008 Erin Carter__________ 2:11.15 _________ 2/28/2004 Olivia Arnold ________ 2:13.15_________ 1/30/2009 Kirstin Walker _______ 2:15.29 ________ 11/21/2008 Carol Sipka _________ 2:15.68 ________ 2/15/1985 Julia Darling ________ 2:15.82 ________ 2/24/2005 Becky MacFadyen ___ 2:15.91_________ 2/15/1985 Natasha Bray _______ 2:18.50 ________ 1/12/2007 Laura Hanley ________ 2:18.70________ 11/21/2008 Brittany Senn _______ 2:18.87 _______ 11/15/2007
400-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Erin Carter__________ 4:33.82 ________ 2/28/2004 Olivia Arnold ________ 4:36.20 _______ 11/22/2008 Natasha Bray _______ 4:39.26 ________ 2/26/2009 Hilary Barrett________ 4:49.30 ________ 2/26/2009 Jordan Dunn ________ 4:50.09 _________ 3/1/2003 Kirstin Walker _______ 4:50.22 _______ 11/22/2008 Gwynee Stacy _______ 4:51.12 _________ 2/21/1998 Laura Hanley ________ 4:56.00 ________ 2/22/2008 Carol Sipka _________ 4:57.43 _________ 2/4/1984 Lara Munro _________ 4:57.82_________ 2/23/2007 Current Members in Italics
ERIN CARTER
School-Record Holder 500, 1,000 and 1,650-yard freestyle
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YSU SWIMMING & DIVING SCHOOL RECORDS 1-METER DIVING (6 DIVES) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Kalyn Leveto ________ 329.55 ________ 1/31/2004 Brandi Goettsch _____ 269.48 ________ 11/13/1999 Mandie Smail _______ 264.10 __________ 2/1/2003 Kelly Reese _________ 254.80 _________ 2/4/2006 Amanda Carpin ______ 232.00 __________ 2/8/2009 Erin Mazzant ________ 221.15 _________ 1/29/2005 Cortney Harless _____ 218.20 __________ 2/3/2006 Sherrie Zimmerman __ 217.10 _________ 1/24/1987 Sara Weigel _________ 215.45 _______ 10/28/2007 Aren Barbee ________ 204.30 _______ 11/15/1997
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Brandi Goettsch _____ 323.40 ________ 11/17/2001 Kalyn Leveto ________ 307.57 _________ 11/6/2004 Kelly Reese _________ 254.40 __________ 2/4/2006 Mandie Smail _______ 254.15 __________ 2/1/2003 Amanda Carpin ______ 239.00 __________ 2/8/2009 Sherrie Zimmerman __ 230.15 __________ 2/8/1986 Cortney Harless _____ 219.20 ________ 10/26/2003 Lynea Harrill ________ 210.50 _______ 10/26/2003 Sara Weigel _________ 209.62 ________ 11/2/2007 Erin Mazzant ________ 208.15 ________ 1/31/2004
3-METER DIVING (6 DIVES)
Cicilson, Johnstone, __ 3:58.60 ________ 2/26/2009 Williamson, Walker 2. Williamson, Darling___ 4:01.08 ________ 2/21/2008 Senn, Rupe 3. Porchak, Darling, ____ 4:03.12 ________ 2/26/2005 Carter, Senn 4. Senn, Darling, _______ 4:04.23 ________ 2/22/2007 Bertuzzi, Rupe 5. Williamson, Darling___ 4:05.13 _______ 11/15/2007 Senn, Rupe 6. Carter, Blagg, ______ 4:05.33 ________ 2/28/2004 Bertuzzi, Arens 7. Williamson, Johnstone 4:05.38 ________ 11/7/2008 Cook, Rupe 8. Greenlee, __________ 4:05.51 _________ 2/4/1984 Carol Sipka, MacFadyen, Kemper 9. Williamson, Darling___ 4:05.89 ________ 1/26/2008 Senn, Rupe 10. Cicilson, Johnstone, __ 4:06.83 ________ 1/31/2009 Williamson, Rupe
1-METER DIVING (11 DIVES) Kalyn Leveto ________ 522.95 __________ 2/9/2003 Mandie Smail _______ 453.10 __________ 2/9/2003 Brandi Goettsch _____ 406.00 _________ 12/5/1998 Nadine Churlik ______ 352.25 _________ 2/15/1986 Sherrie Zimmerman __ 348.95 _________ 2/15/1986 Anne Murphy ________ 273.70 _________ 2/16/1985 Amanda Bartolo _____ 266.20 _________ 2/21/1999 Courtney Schuller____ 253.10 _________ 2/21/1999 Katie Balestra _______ 221.00 _________ 12/4/1999 Kristin Doyle ________ 219.10 _________ 12/4/1999
3-METER DIVING (11 DIVES) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Brandi Goettsch _____ 499.75 _________ 2/20/2001 Kayln Leveto ________ 485.55 ________ 10/30/2001 Mandie Smail _______ 384.75 __________ 3/1/2003 Sherrie Zimmerman __ 365.55 _________ 1/26/1986 Nadine Churlik ______ 349.30 _________ 2/15/1986 Erin Mazzant ________ 338.30 _________ 2/28/2004 Anne Murphy ________ 304.55 _________ 2/15/1985 Amanda Bartolo _____ 294.50 _________ 2/21/1999 Lynea Harrill ________ 271.55 ________ 10/31/2004 Cortney Harless _____ 267.05 _________ 2/26/2005
200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 1.
Cicilson, ____________ 1:48.53 ________ 2/25/2009 Johnstone, Williamson, Rupe 2. Williamson, Darling, __ 1:49.00 ________ 2/20/2008 Senn, Rupe 3. Porchak, Darling, _____ 1:51.57_________ 2/26/2005 Carter, Malys 4. Cicilson, Johnstone __ 1:52.33 ________ 1/17/2009 Williamson, Rupe 5. Williamson, Darling___ 1:52.38 _________ 2/1/2008 Senn, Rupe 6. Greenlee, ___________ 1:52.58 ________ 3/10/1984 Carol Sipka, MacFadyen, Kemper 7. Cicilson, Johnstone __ 1:52.62 _______ 11/15/2008 Williamson, Rupe 7. Williamson, Johnstone 1:52.62 _______ 10/17/2008 Walker, Cicilson 9. Cicilson, Johnstone, __ 1:52.65 ________ 1/30/2009 Williamson, Rupe 10. Williamson, Darling, __ 1:52.75________ 11/15/2007 Senn, Rupe
Senn, Rupe, ________ 1:37.18 _________ 2/20/2008 Williamson, Kane 2. Cicilson, Rupe, ______ 1:37.43 _________ 2/25/2009 Walker, Kane 3. Senn, Rupe, ________ 1:38.51 ________ 2/21/2007 Bareman, Front 4. Cathy Sipka, ________ 1:39.60 _________ 3/1/1986 MacFadyen, Carol Sipka, Kemper 5. Arens, Wiese, _______ 1:39.74_________ 2/28/2004 Carter, Dunn 6. Malys, Senn, _______ 1:39.82 ________ 2/28/2005 Wiese, Dunn 7. Rupe, Cicilson, ______ 1:39.96 ________ 1/30/2009 Kane, Walker 8. Cicilson, Rupe _______ 1:40.04 _______ 11/21/2008 Walker, Kane 8. Senn, Barman _______ 1:40.04 _______ 11/17/2006 Front, Rupe 9. Cicilson, Rupe _______ 1:40.26 _________ 2/6/2009 Walker, Kane 10. Senn, Rupe _________ 1:40.28 _________ 2/2/2007 Bareman, Front
Walker, Williamson, __ 3:30.48 ________ 2/28/2009 Cicilson, Rupe 2. Kane, Williamson, ____ 3:31.73_________ 2/23/2008 Senn, Rupe 3. Kane, Cicilson, ______ 3:35.28 _______ 11/23/2008 Walker, Rupe 4. Cathy Sipka, ________ 3:35.41 ________ 3/10/1984 MacFadyen, Carol Sipka, Kemper 5. Bertuzzi, Rupe, _____ 3:36.08 ________ 2/24/2007 Senn, Front 6. Senn, Bertuzzi, _____ 3:37.42_________ 2/26/2005 Malys, Carter 7. Kane, Front, ________ 3:38.50 ________ 11/7/2008 Walker, Rupe 8. Kemper, Carol Sipka, _ 3:39.23 ________ 1/21/1984 Cathy Sipka, MacFadyen 9. Kane, Walker, _______ 3:39.27 ________ 1/31/2009 Cicilson, Rupe 10. Bertuzzi, Senn, ______ 3:39.41 ________ 2/25/2006 Front, Gordon
800-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY 1.
Arnold, Grubbs, _____ 7:45.57 ________ 2/27/2009 Cook, Rupe 2. Cathy Sipka, ________ 7:47.64 _________ 3/10/1984 MacFadyen, Carol Sipka, Kemper 3. Bertuzzi, Senn, _____ 7:54.57 ________ 2/26/2005 Dunn, Carter 4. Arnold, Walker, ______ 7:58.52 _______ 11/22/2008 Kane, Rupe 5. Cathy Sipka, Walter, __ 7:58.75 _________ 1/6/1984 Carol Sipka, Kemper 6. Bertuzzi, Senn, ______ 8:01.70_________ 2/23/2007 Gordon, Front 7. Kemper, MacFadyen, _ 8:02.33 ________ 1/10/1985 Cathy Sipka, Carol Sipka 8. MacFadyen, ________ 8:03.55 _________ 2/1/1985 Cathy Sipka, Carol Sipka, Kemper 9. Bertuzzi, Front ______ 8:03.78 ________ 2/24/2006 Arnold, Gordon 10. Aronld, Bray ________ 8:03.79 ________ 2/22/2008 Front, Kane
2008-09 TOP RELAY PERFORMANCES 200 FREESTYLE RELAY Cicilson, Rupe, Walker, Kane Rupe, Cicilson, Kane, Walker Cicilson, Rupe, Walker, Kane
1:37.43 1:39.96 1:40.04
Horizon League Championship at UIC YSU Invitational
2/25/2009 1/30/2009 11/21/2008
3:30.48 3:35.28 3:38.50
Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational Cleveland State/Niagara
2/28/2009 11/21/2008 11/7/2008
7:45.57 7:58.92 8:04.86
Horizon League Championship YSU Invitational at Marshall
2/27/2009 11/21/2008 10/24/2008
1:48.53 1:52.33 1:52.62
Horizon League Championship Saint Francis (Pa.) at Ohio
2/25/2009 1/17/2009 11/15/2008
3:58.60 4:05.38 4:06.83
Horizon League Championship Cleveland State/Niagara at UWGB/Illinois State
2/26/2009 11/7/2008 1/31/2009
400 FREESTYLE RELAY Walker, Williamson, Cicilson, Rupe Kane, Cicilson, Walker, Rupe Kane, Front, Walker, Rupe
800 FREESTYLE RELAY Arnold, Walker, Kane, Rupe Arnold, Walker, Kane, Rupe Aronld, Kane, Cook, Walker
200 MEDLEY RELAY Cicilson, Johnstone, Williamson, Rupe Cicilson, Johnstone, Williamson, Rupe Cicilson, Johnstone, Williamson, Rupe
400 MEDLEY RELAY Cicilson, Johnstone, Williamson, Walker Williamson, Johnstone, Cook, Rupe Cicilson, Johnstone, Williamson, Rupe
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400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
400-YARD MEDLEY RELAY 1.
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YSU SWIMMING & DIVING ALL-TIME ROSTER 1975-76 to 1986-87; 1996-97 to Present (Program discontinued from 1987-1995)
~A~ Adair, Cheance ______ Alt, Michelle__________ Arens, Lena __________ Arnold, Olivia _________
1980-81 1986-87 2001-04 2005-09
~B~ Baca, Diana________ 1999-2000 Balestra, Kate ______ 1999-2000 Baker, Susan_________ 1975-76 Barbee, Aren _______ 1997-2002 Bareman, Leigh ______ 2005-07 Barrett, Hilary ____ 2006-present Bartolo, Amanda____ 1996-2000 Bastin, Jennifer _______ 1996-97 Bernard, Mary ________ 1977-79 Bertuzzi, Becky ______ 2003-07 Blagg, Danielle _______ 2001-05 Blazek, Megan _______ 2001-05 Blum, Michelle _______ 1977-78 Bradshaw, Julia _______ 1978-80 Bray, Natasha ________ 2005-09
~C~ Campean, Jeannette __ 1985-86 Campean, Mary Beth __ 1983-86 Capute, Mary Jane ____ 1975-77 Carpin, Amanda __ 2007-present Carter, Erin __________ 2001-05 Catheline, Shannon____ 1996-97 Chamberlain, Liz ______ 1983-85 Chuey, Wendy ________ 1980-82 Churlik, Nadine ______ 1984-87 Connolly, Lauren ______ 2002-04 Cicilson, Nishani __ 2008-present Cook, Caitlin _____ 2007-present Covert, Joni__________ 1984-85 Crelin, Abby__________ 1981-85 Crossley, Jeannine ____ 1977-79 Curry, Kelly __________ 1985-86
~D~ Darling, Julia _________ 2004-08 Davis, Caitlin _________ 2007-08 DeVall, Peggy ________ 1981-84 Dickson, Bonnie ______ 1978-80 Doyle, Kristen ______ 1997-2000 Dunn, Jordan_________ 2001-05
~E~ Eakin, Heidi __________ Edling, Margie ________ Emery, Maria_________ Evans, Nancy ________
1984-85 1977-78 1975-76 1996-98
~F~ Fortunato, Cara ______ 1977-78 Front, Jessica ________ 2005-09 Fulks, Heather________ 2000-01
~G~ Galvin, Mary _________ 1980-81
Gellatly, April _________ 2001-03 Goda, Agnes _________ 1980-82 Goettsch, Brandi______ 1998-02 Golden, Kelli _________ 1982-83 Gordon, Erin-Michelle __ 2005-08 Grace, Traci _________ 1980-82 Gregos, Erika ________ 2001-05 Greenlee, Lori ________ 1982-86 Groza, Sandra________ 1975-76 Grubbs, Audria ___ 2008-present Gurski, Denise _______ 1977-78
~H~ Hanley, Kim __________ 2003-07 Hanley, Laura ________ 2007-09 Hanson, Erin _________ 2001-03 Harless, Cortney______ 2003-07 Harrill, Lynea _________ 2003-05 Herbberts, Jan _______ 1976-77 Herman, Becky _______ 2002-03 Hibbard, Bonnie ______ 1976-77 Holan, Lisa __________ 1978-80 Horwatt, Lynn ________ 1975-76 Humes, Kara _______ 1997-2001
McAtee, Megan_____ 1997-2001 McAtee, Molly ________ 1999-02 McCracken, Traci _____ 1980-81 McGee, Marla ________ 1999-01 Meese, Julia _________ 1986-87 Mizer, Melissa ________ 2001-02 Moffatt, Kristen _______ 2003-05 Montgomery, Susan ___ 1976-77 Moorehead, Pamela ___ 1976-77 Moran, Grace ________ 1975-76 Morgan, Shannon _____ 1996-97 Moser, Carla _________ 1985-87 Munro, Lara _________ 2006-07 Muntean, Dianna ______ 1996-97 Murphy, Anne ________ 1983-85 Murphy, Marnie _______ 1986-87 Murphy, Michelle ______ 1976-77
Ihle, Stephanie _______ 1976-78
~J~ Johnstone, Ann _______ 1977-78 Johnstone, Jennifer _ 2006-present
~K~ Kane, Alana ______ 2007-present Katz, Laura ________ 1998-2001 Keim, Valerie _________ 2002-’03 Kemper, Janet _______ 1982-’86 Kenney, Valerie _______ 1978-’80 Kilpatrick, Alaina ____ 1997-2001 Knight, Dawn_________ 2001-’02 Kohut, Kathryn _______ 2001-’03 Krainock, Karen ______ 1976-’77 Kralka, Nicole ________ 2000-’01 Krout, Leah __________ 2006-’08
~L~ Ladd, Amanda _______ LaFace, Alycia________ Leihgaber, Kelly ______ Leszunov, Tiffany _____ Leveto, Kalyn ________ Loeber, Leotine ______
2004-08 1998-01 1985-86 2006-07 2001-05 1996-97
~M~ MacFadyen, Becky ____ Malys, Katy __________ Martin, Patty _________ Martin, Rita __________ Maurer, Marlene ______ Mazzant, Erin ________ McAllen, Beth ________ McAtee, Heather______
1982-86 2002-05 1980-81 1975-76 1983-85 2003-05 1976-77 1996-98
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~T~ Thompson, Amy ____ 1998-2002 Tornero, Melissa ______ 1998-99 Tridle, Kari _______ 2008-present
~O~ O’Connell, Carol ______ Ondich, Stephanie ____ Osborne, Cherylin _____ Ossoff, Michelle ______
1976-77 1980-81 1975-77 1975-76
Parillo, Sharon _______ 1996-97 Parker, Susan ________ 1986-87 Payne, Kristen _______ 2003-04 Peterson, Joanie______ 1977-78 Pike, Megyn _________ 2002-03 Pitlik, Erica ________ 1998-2000 Plummer, Kasey ______ 2003-04 Porchak, Sarah _______ 2004-05
~R~ Raupach, Heidi _______ Reagle, Sabra ________ Reese, Kelly _________ Reinhardt, Katharina ___ Ricci, Amanda ________ Ricciulli, Angel________ Romack, Donna ______ Ropar, Melinda _______ Rose, Meredith _______ Ruby, Shannon _______ Rupe, Megan_________ Rutousky, Gail ________
~V~ Vaughn, Evie _________ 1980-81 Virgalitte, Julie _______ 1996-97 Von Duhn, Michele ____ 2001-05
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Sipka, Carol _________ 1983-87 Smail, Amanda _____ 1999-2003 Smith, Cheryl ________ 1977-78 Sommerlad, Joan _____ 1981-83 Soroka, Mariellen _____ 1976-77 Spiropoulos, Maria ____ 1980-81 Stacey, Gwynne ______ 1997-98 Stipe, Bonnie ______ 1998-2000 Straniak, Pam ________ 1986-87 Stubler, Monica_______ 1996-98 Swan, Beth __________ 1976-79 Swearingen, Tammy ___ 1980-83
1986-87 1980-83 2005-07 1980-81 2002-03 1996-97 1975-76 1976-78 1975-77 1997-99 2006-09 1975-76
Walker, Kirstin ____ 2008-present Wallace, Sylvia _______ 1986-87 Walter, Kay __________ 1983-87 Washnut, Debbie______ 1976-77 Weigel, Sara _________ 2007-09 Wiese, Melissa _______ 2001-05 Will, Heather _________ 1996-97 Williams, Karen _______ 1979-83 Williamson, Ashley _ 2007-present Wolf, Katie _______ 2008-present Wood, Angela ______ 1997-2000 Wynn, Barb __________ 1976-78
~Y~ Yarb, Nancy _________ 1976-77 Yasher, Cindy ________ 1983-85 Yozwiak, Kelly ________ 2000-01
~Z~ Zhelesnik, Amanda ____ 2005-07 Zimmerman, Sherrie __ 1984-87
~S~ Salata, Judy _________ 1975-77 Salata, Kathlene ______ 1976-77 Sanders, Patty _______ 1980-81 Sayre, Erin __________ 2005-06 Schmidt, Kristi _____ 1998-2001 Schuller, Courtney __ 1999-2002 Sciortino, Missy ______ 1980-81 Seiple, Joyce ________ 1978-82 Senn, Brittany ________ 2004-08 Serich, Jane _________ 1980-81 Shilliday, Karen _______ 1980-81 Shoaff, Katie _________ 1996-97 Simpson, Rebecca ____ 1998-99
ERIN CARTER Horizon League Champion 400 IM 2004
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YSU SWIMMING & DIVING HISTORY
Penguins Strive to Maintain Level of Excellence Women’s swimming and diving began at Youngstown State in the 1975-76 season with Cindy Loehr as the sport’s first head coach. For the first few years, the team steadily built up to be competitive, but the program took off in the 1982-83 season under head coach Joe Kemper. On March 16, 1983, at the Division II National Championship, six Penguins combined to score over 50 team points and earn 14th place. Janet Kemper earned All-America status in five events, setting school records in all five. She won the 50-yard fly while setting a national record with a time of 26.24 seconds that still stands. She also finished second in the 100 fly, third in the 50 free, third in the 100 free and was part of the 200 medley relay that placed 10th. Cathy Sipka, Peggy DeVall and Becky MacFadyen also earned All-America honors as part of the 200 medley relay. YSU had its highest finish ever at the 1984 National Championship as it scored 81 points to place 11th. Kemper again had a standout meet, placing third in the 50 free in a school-record time of 23.94, second in the 100 free and third in the 100 fly. Her time of 57.96 in the preliminary heat of the 100 fly set a meet record. The Penguins also fared well in the relays as Cathy Sipka, MacFadyen, Carol Sipka and Kemper finished fourth in the 800 free relay and fifth in the 400 free relay. Lori Greenlee, Cathy Sipka, MacFadyen and Kemper finished 12th in the 200 medley relay while Greenlee, Carol Sipka, MacFadyen and Kemper teamed up to place 14th in the 400 medley relay. Kemper had another good showing in the 1985 national competition as she placed third in the 100 fly in a school-record time of 57.43, fourth in the 100 free and sixth in the 50 free to pace the team to a 20th-place finish with 58 points.
The Penguins accumulated a school-best 85.5 points in 1986 to place 15th in the nation. Kemper closed out her career finishing third in the 50 free, fourth in the 100 free and ninth in the 100 fly. She also teamed up with the Sipka sisters and MacFadyen to place seventh in the 400 free relay and eighth in the 800 free relay. The program was discontinued after the 1986-87 season until 1996 when Kristie Stacey took over as the sixth head coach in school history. Brandi Goettsch began her run of helping turn coach Nick Gavolas’ diving program into a regional power by sweeping both diving events and being named Diver of the Year at the Mid-Continent Conference Championships. She also won the conference title in the 1-meter in the 1999-2000 series and was named Diver of the Year for winning the 3-meter in 2000-01. Kalyn Leveto was then named Horizon League Diver of the Meet twice and earned four Horizon League individual titles from 2002 to 2005. Matt Anderson is the longest tenured coach in YSU history. Anderson took over the program in 2003 and has been at the reigns for five seasons. The previous high of any Penguin coach had been four years. In 2004, Erin Carter became the first-ever swimmer to win a Horizon League championship. Carter won the 400 IM at the Horizon League Championships. The Beeghly Natatorium holds its own bit of history as it was the venue for the 1977, 1980 and 1981 Men’s Division II Swimming and Diving Championships. Three members of the program have been inducted into the YSU Athletics Hall of Fame -- Janet Kemper in 1995, Becky MacFadyen in 2006 and Cathy Sipka in 2009..
Conference Champions 1-Meter Diving 1999 ___ ___Brandi Brandi Goettsch _______________ 406.00 (Mid-Con) 2000 ___ ___Brandi Brandi Goettsch _______________ 374.90 (Mid-Con) 2003 ___ ___Kalyn Kalyn Leveto __________________ 243.00 (Horizon) 2005 ___ ___Kalyn Kalyn Leveto __________________ 284.00 (Horizon)
3-Meter Diving 1999 ___ ___Brandi Brandi Goettsch _______________ 464.20 (Mid-Con) 2001 ___ ___Brandi Brandi Goettsch _______________ 492.20 (Mid-Con) 2002 ___ ___Brandi Brandi Goettsch _______________ 458.05 (Horizon) 2003 ___ ___Kalyn Kalyn Leveto __________________ 416.40 (Horizon) 2004 ___ ___Kalyn Kalyn Leveto __________________ 449.20 (Horizon)
Horizon League Diver of the Meet 2002 • Brandi Goettsch 2003 • Kalyn Leveto 2004 • Kalyn Leveto
400 IM • Horizon League 2004 ___ ___Erin Erin Carter ___________________ 4:33.82
NCAA Division II Team Finishes 1983 • 14th 1984 • 11th 1985 • 20th 1986 • 15th
NCAA Division II National Champion 1983 | 50-Yard Butterfly Janet Kemper _________________________ 26.24
Carol Sipka, Becky MacFadyen, Janet Kemper, Cathy Sipka and Lori Greenlee helped turn YSU into a Division II national power in the mid 1980s.
All-Time Head Coaches Coach Cindy Loehr Tucker DiEdwardo Gretchen Julian Joe Kemper Tammy Swearingen Kristie Stacey Nick Gavolas Jackie Bak Matt Anderson
Years 1975-76 1976-78 1978-81 1981-84 1984-87 1996-98 1998-99 1999-03 2003-Present
Total 1 2 3 3 3 2 1 4 6
YSU Hall of Fame Inductees Janet Kemper • 1995 | Becky MacFadyen • 2006 Cathy Sipka • 2009
YSU Student-Athletes of the Year Brandi Goettsch • 2001-02 | Kalyn Leveto • 2004-05 Olivia Arnold • 2008-09
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BEEGHLY CENTER NATATROIUM...HOME OF THE GUINS The Beeghly Center Natatorium is the home of the Youngstown State University women’s swimming and diving teams. The pool features a diving well and a 25yard by 50-meter swimming pool. With 10 lanes, the racing course starts at six feet and reaches to 16 feet at its deepest. The Natatorium is also equipped with two one-meter springboards and a three-meter springboard. There are also fi ve-meter, seven-and-a-half meter and 10-meter diving platforms. The arena features an 800-seat capacity on the east side, a high-powered sound system and four underwater viewing windows. In the summer of 2005, the natatorium received $300,000 in improvements that included a new ceiling, new lighting, painting of the walls and painting of the pool lining. The Natatorium played host to the 1977, 1980 and 1981 NCAA Division II Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships.
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THIS IS YOUNGSTOWN STATE SWIMMING & DIVING
The Youngstown State swimming and diving program took the trip of a lifetime last January when they traveled to Hawaii to spend 10 days training and sightseeing. In recent years, YSU has been to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (2007-08), San Juan, Puerto Rico (2006-07), Cocoa Beach, Fla. (2005-06) and Nassau, Bahamas (2004-05). This year’s training trip is in Fort Myers, Fla. Prior to the 2009-10 season, the Penguins held their first “Learn to Swim” clinic at the Beeghly Center Natatorium. Nearly 20 children participated in the event with the student-athletes.
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• ACADEMIC SERVICES • ATHLETIC WELLNESS • FACILITIES • ATHLETIC SUCCESS STORIES • ATTRACTIVE CAMPUS • STUDENT LIFE • UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION • ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION • PENGUIN NICKNAME TRADITION • CITY OF YOUNGSTOWN • MEDIA COVERAGE
The recent academic success of YSU’s student-athletes is unprecedented. During the 200809 academic year, 88 studentathletes earned a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. More than fifty percent of YSU’s studentathletes achieved at least a 3.0 GPA. Eleven of the 16 sponsored teams achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher in either the spring or fall semesters. Most notably, 424 student-athletes have earned their degree since the Athletic Academic Advising Spring 2001 semester. Coordinator Marilyn O’Bruba Eleven YSU Student-Athletes oversees a talented and have earned Academic All-America dedicated five-person staff. accolades, including seven since 2001. A Penguin has been named Academic All-District 46 times, and there have been 252 academic all-league honorees.
Former Penguin diver and Female Athlete of the Year Kalyn Leveto accepting her degree at graduation.
Jermaine Hopkins Academics Center The Jermaine Hopkins Academics Center is a state-of-the-art learning area located in Stambaugh Stadium in Room 1099 on the first floor. The Academics Center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday though Friday. The Center has been completely refurbished and is one of the best learning facilities in the Horizon League and Missouri Valley Football Conference. The center features 19 private study cubicles, four study tables and 20 computer terminals. Student-athletes have access to the Internet as well as several other resources and multiple software packages on all systems within the lab. Youngstown State University is a teaching-centered university where the focus is on students and their professional development. Specializing in undergraduate education, there are more than 100 undergraduate majors, 35 master’s programs and doctoral programs in educational leadership and physical therapy. YSU is also a member of the Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM), which offers an accelerated sixyear B.S./M.D. The university was recently re-accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association, and individual programs are accredited by national and international accrediting bodies, including AACSB (business); ABET (engineering); and NCATE (education). With accessible faculty members, 83 percent of whom hold the highest degree attainable in their field, YSU offers a smalluniversity feel to go along with opportunities typically available only at larger institutions. The average class size is 22 in lecture classes and 10 in labs. The student to faculty ratio is 19:1.
University Support Areas • The Center for Student Progress features special mentoring and support for first-year students, multicultural students and students with disabilities. • The Reading and Study Skills Center provides help in reading, studying, test-taking and time management. • The Writing Center and Mathematics Center offers tutorial assistance. • The Language Learning and Resource Center supports foreign-language learning. • Career and Counseling Services assists students and alumni in exploring career and future employment possibilities and developing plans to achieve academic and career goals.
Seven Academic Colleges School of Graduate Studies & Research Beeghly College of Education Williamson College of Business Administration College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Bitonte College of Health & Human Services College of Fine & Performing Arts College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics For a complete list of majors, visit www.ysu.edu/majors
With the help of the Jermaine Hopkins Academics Center, 90 percent or more of YSU’s student-athletes who exhausted their eligibility have graduated with a four-year degree every year since 2002.
Sports Medicine YSU student-athletes have two recently upgraded sports medicine centers at their disposal to treat and prevent injuries. The Willard Webster Sports Medicine Center inside of Stambaugh Stadium is the main hub and serves the majority of YSU’s athletic teams. There is also a training and rehabilitation room in Beeghly Center that caters to the needs of the volleyball, swimming and diving and men’s and women’s basketball squads. The centers is well equipped to handle any needs with the Veteran John Doneyko has latest available and innovative equipment worked with student-athletes for more than 20 years. for the care and prevention of injuries. John Doneyko was promoted to Head Athletic Trainer in 2008 after serving in the department for 22 years. A licensed athletic trainer in Ohio and a nationally-certified Athletic Trainer, Doneyko is assisted by Erica Chung, Jenna Lesko, Jeff Wills, Todd Burkey and Kenny Layman. Also, numerous student assistants are on hand throughout the year and work closely with all teams attending games (home and away) and practices. The Penguins staff is assisted by a host of health care professionals in the Youngstown area, providing state-of-the-art care in prevention and treatment of athletic injuries. Dr. Ray Duffett, Dr. James Shina and Dr. Mike Miladore are on hand for all home football and basketball contests and work with all sports throughout the year.
YSU has strength and conditioning as well as Athletic Training facilities in both Stambaugh Stadium and the Beeghly Center.
Strength and Conditioning The Penguin Advantage Program is designed to promote student-athlete development in physical fitness and athletic ability. This comprehensive program incorporates some of the latest and basic methods to train the university’s full complement of athletic teams. The emphasis of the Advantage Program is on total physical development to improve performance and reduce the likelihood of injury. A variety of weight-training styles consistently challenges athletes to perform John Patrick returned to YSU better as well as understand how the in Spring 2008 to run the strength program. body adapts to training. Combined with nutritional education and consultation, the Advantage Program strives to prepare YSU athletes for success in and out of the sports arena. The Stambaugh Stadium Weight Room, which continues to be one of the best facilities in the FCS and Horizon League, features 28,000 pounds of free weights, 8,000 pounds of dumbbells, 14,000 pounds of machine weights and a number of cardiovascular machines. Strength and conditioning coach John Patrick is entering his second year overseeing the program. A Youngstown native, he is a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Association and is certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association, the International Sports Science Association and the United States Weightlifting Association. He is assisted by Liz Vlad along with undergraduate and graduate assistants. In addition, Dr. Mohammed Shayesteh, a licensed sports nutritionist, provides advice and counseling to athletes in conjunction with their training programs.
Few areas play a role as essential to the continued success of Youngstown State athletics as the athletic training staff.
The Beeghly Center weight room opened in 2008.
Stambaugh Stadium Is the home venue for Youngstown State’s soccer program and fourtime NCAA Football Championship Subdivision football team, is one of the top facilities in the entire Northeast. Nicknamed the “Ice Castle,” the stadium celebrated its 25th anniversary during the 2007 season. The tallest building in the city, Stambaugh Stadium has been defended well by the Penguins. The football team has won nearly 75 percent of its games at Stambaugh, including 14 straight playoff contests. The stadium seats 20,630 Penguins fans, and nine of the 10 all-time largest Missouri Valley Football Conference crowds have been at Stambaugh. Renovations since in recent years include a new concourse-level elevator, a new scoreboard and Mitsubishi DiamondVision videoboard and a state-of-the-art SprinTurf playing surface. Improvements have also been made to the football and administrative offices, locker rooms, athletic training room, weight room and seating areas.
Vytas Sulskis and the Penguins’ faithful celebrate a 64-60 win over Cleveland State in front of a nationally-televised crowd on ESPNU.
Beeghly Center Serves as the home for the Youngstown State University men's and women's basketball, volleyball and swimming and diving teams. Opened in the 1972-73 school year, the arena has seen a major facelift totaling more than $4 million this decade. The last two years have been especially busy as new basketball hoops were acquired, locker rooms were refurbished, a new basketball floor and weight room were installed. Since 2000, significant improvements have been made to lobbies, hallways, locker rooms, the sound system, scoreboards and press row seating. The Beeghly Natatorium, which is in the north end of the building, has received $300,000 in improvements since 2005. Beeghly Center has also served as a venue for presidential campaign rallies, World Wide Wrestling (WWE) events, the Harlem Globetrotters and concerts.
Watson and Tressel Training Site (WATTS) Is set to break ground within the coming year, will provide a competitive advantage to YSU’s student-athletes, particularly those participating in baseball, football, soccer, softball and track programs. The indoor facility will also serve as a university and community resource, providing a large, climate–protected venue for events and a training facility for local youth organizations and high schools.
2008-09 Athletic Highlights • The women’s outdoor track and field team and the women’s golf team each won the 2009 Horizon League Championship. • Football player Brad Samsa was named AFCA All-American. • Women’s golfer Samantha Formeck won both the Newcomer- and Player-of-the-Year Awards after earning medalist honors at the 2009 Horizon League Women’s Golf Championship. • Five student-athletes were CoSIDA Academic All-District selections. • Eighteen student-athletes were named academic all-league during the fall and winter seasons. • Quarterback Brandon Summers was named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Year. • YSU coaches were recognized as Coach of the Year twice. • Kiplangat Tisia finished the season as the top-ranked freshman in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the 2009 NCAA Mideast Regional.
Samantha Formeck led the Youngstown State women’s golf team to the 2009 Horizon League Championship and was named the Golfer and Newcomer of the Year.
Competing Against the Nation’s Elite • The Youngstown State football team played at Ohio State in 2008 and 2007. It opens the 2009 season at Pittsburgh, playing the Panthers at Heinz Field for the second time in five years. YSU has also played at Penn State (2006) and returns to Beaver Stadium in 2010. • In the last three years the men’s basketball team has played at Maryland, Charlotte, UCLA, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Michigan and Ohio State while the women’s squad has played at Cincinnati, Ohio State and Pittsburgh. • Since 2005, the baseball team has scheduled games at Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, Alabama, Cincinnati, Penn State and West Virginia. • The softball team has played against Michigan State, Penn State, George Mason, Purdue, Michigan and Kentucky since 2006. • The track and field teams have routinely competed at the Penn Relays and Sea Ray Relays, and in 2008-09 they traveled to New York City, Virginia Tech, Florida, Louisville and Arkansas.
Playing and Working Professionally • A large number of Penguins have gone on to play professionally in the United States or overseas in recent years. • Notable past YSU student-athletes who have played professionally are Ron Jaworski (current ESPN Analyst), Jeff Wilkins (NFL Pro Bowl kicker), Paul McFadden (NFL Rookie of the Year), Dave Dravecky (MLB all-star and World Series participant) and Brad Hennessey (current San Francisco Giants pitcher) • Football players are frequently invited to tryouts for NFL teams. Running back Marcus Mason made the Washington Redskins’ roster in 2006, and wide receiver Kyle Smith was in camp with the Minnesota Vikings in 2005. Other recent football players have played overseas or gone on to play in the Arena Football League. • Quin Humphrey played professional basketball in Europe and the NBDL after a successful playing career that ended in 2006. • YSU student-athletes have also gone on to work in athletic administration and in the front office of professional sports teams. • Outside of athletics, YSU student-athletes have been admitted to top-level medical and graduate schools, become police officers, engineers, teachers, coaches, financial planners, broadcasters, university developers, hotel executives and much more.
In 2009, the Youngstown State women’s outdoor track and field team won its fifth Horizon League title in the last six seasons.
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The experience at Youngstown State was great for me. I would recommend Youngstown State to any player with pro aspirations, but more importantly, to get your education.
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Ron Jaworski - ESPN Analyst Former YSU Student-Athlete
Your Success is Our Story You have a story. Everyone does. It’s about where you come from, what you think about, what you value. It’s about your friends, your family, your language, your music, your school. It’s about your particular skills and interests, what you’ve learned so far in life, how you relate to the world and other people. Right now, you’re about to start a whole new chapter in your story. In the book called My Life—by you, of course—the theme of this chapter is “Where do I want to go, and who do I want to become?” You have options you want to explore, places you want to see, things you want to do, ideas you want to propose, a career you want to pursue. That’s one reason you’re planning to go to college—to get going on that next chapter of your life, to become who you want to be. Colleges and universities have stories, too. How they started, what traditions they maintain, the way they look, the students they serve, the things they offer academically and socially, the role they play in their communities, and the role they play in the generation of new knowledge. Youngstown State University’s story is all those things. YSU is about outstanding academic quality, diversity of people and programs, and broad access to opportunity. But it is, overall, a culmination of the stories of all the students who in the past 100 years graduated and went on to make a difference. Our students - while they are here and after they graduate - are what YSU is all about.
Campus Overview • Opened in 1908, YSU celebrated its centennial during the 200708 academic year. As part of the celebration, the university launched a $44 million campaign for campus improvements. In addition to endowments for students and colleges, the centennial plan calls for a new $34.3 million business building, improved engineering and science labs and an indoor athletics practice facility. • With enrollment at its highest in the last 13 years, the student population is 13,497, more than 12,000 of which are undergraduate students. Based on demographics, 44 percent are male, 56 percent are female; 17 percent are minority students and 1 percent are international students. 218 current YSU students were high school valedictorians, and there are more than 85,000 alumni. • YSU’s 145-acre urban campus is one of the nation’s most attractive and among Ohio’s safest. • The new $30-million Williamson College of Business Administration building broke ground in the spring of 2009.
Campus Housing • Four university residence halls house 1,000 students in comfortable, spacious rooms. • The $22 million University Courtyard Apartments, operated by the Ambling Corporation exclusively for YSU students, is one of the finest facilities of its kind in Ohio. Opened in 2003, Courtyard Apartments offer singles, doubles, and quads for 408 students. • Buechner Hall, a privately-run residence, accommodates 72 women on campus and includes a meal plan, weekly room-cleaning services and a stately European ambience. • All university-operated residence halls, as well as University Courtyard Apartments, have in-room high-speed Internet connections, cable and telephone terminals.
Library Resources • Six-story Maag Library on campus features 700,000 bound volumes, 300,000 government documents and 800,000 microforms. • A member of OhioLink research consortium, which provides access to over 39 million items. • The Youngstown Public Library is located across the street from the South end of campus.
The University Courtyard Apartments on the West end of campus houses many student-athletes.
Campus Recreation and Student Programming is the central hub for student life on campus. There are more than 40 intramural sports programs, fitness classes and workshops that are taught by certified student staff. The department organizes the Penguin Pre-Party every other Thursday, which features live entertainment on campus. The department also oversees Greek life and more than 120 student organizations ranging from the American Marketing Association to Fellowship of Christian Athletes to the Ski and Snowboarding Club. The 70,000 square foot Andrews Recreation and Wellness Center opened in 2005 and features the latest in recreation, fitness and wellness space. In the “rec” are more than 70 pieces of cardio equipment, 24 weight-training pieces and a combination of 40 plate-loaded and freeweight stations. There are four multi-purpose courts to play basketball, volleyball, badminton and many other activities; an aerobics studio; a meditation center and a five-story climbing wall. There is also a wellness resource center that offers comprehensive programming in areas of fitness, nutrition, mental and spiritual health and personal safety. Penguin Productions, a group of motivated students and advisers from campus, has helped bring popular musical artists such as Ludacris, Korn, Sugarland, Puddle of Mudd and Saliva to the area. The Kilcawley Student Center features amenities for student entertainment and academic wellness. The KC Food Court, Arby’s, candy counter, Peaberry’s Cafe and lounge areas are ideal places to mingle with friends. Kilcawley also has full copy and graphic centers, wireless hotspots, computer labs and ample meeting space. The YSU Bookstore and Andrews Recreation and Wellness Center are connected. The College of Fine & Performing Arts Series features talented YSU students in events ranging from art shows to plays to dance ensembles. The Dana School of Music is nationally renowned, and its students are showcased in weekly concerts at the Butler Institute of American Art and major performances both on and just off campus. The YSU Symphonic Wind Ensemble performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 2005.
Off-campus venues within walking distance also provide students with a wide variety of entertainment choices. The DeYor Performing Arts Center houses the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and popular performances such as Beauty and the Beast, Rent and High School Musical. Jerry Seinfeld and other comedians have performed at Stambaugh Auditorium. The Covelli Centre has been the venue for events ranging from boxing to 3 Doors Down and Carrie Underwood concerts to Disney on Ice to USHL hockey and arena football.
The Youngstown State student section at Stambaugh Stadium is a popular spot during Penguins’ football games. The Andrews Recreation and Wellness Center is a popular spot for students.
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David C. Sweet became Youngstown State University’s sixth president in July 2000, he mapped out a course that included three priorities: enrollment, partnerships, and diversity. Now in his tenth year, the University has made great strides in all three areas. Enrollment has jumped more than 16 percent since fall 2000 and is now at its highest level in 14 years. Over the last nine years, the number of minority students has increased more than 60 percent. And the University has initiated partnerships with the city of Youngstown, the Youngstown city school district, business, government, and non-profit organizations throughout the region. The University has also expanded academic programs at the associate, baccalaureate and graduate levels, including a new doctor of physical therapy degree. YSU reorganized its academic structure to better address the growing importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics at the state and national levels. As a result, two new colleges were created: the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. In partnership with the Youngstown city schools, the University opened Youngstown Early College, a high school on the YSU campus aimed at helping city school students earn college credit and a high school degree at the same time. YSU has worked in collaboration with the city of Youngstown to complete a nationally-recognized urban development plan, Youngstown 2010, in conjunction with the Centennial Campus Master Plan. In addition, the University has been a leader in the development of Wick Neighbors, a non-profit community organization that is spearheading a major redevelopment project on the 70 acres of land that comprises the Smoky Hollow neighborhood. Since 2000, the University has opened the $22 million University Courtyard Apartments and the $12.1 million Andrews Student Recreation and Wellness Center. The campus has recently completed the YSU Centennial Capital Campaign that has raised more than $50 million, exceeding the original goal by 14 percent. It is the largest fund-raising effort in YSU’s history. A centerpiece of the campaign is the construction of the new $34.3 million building for the Williamson College of Business Administration, which is now underway. In partnership with federal, state and local agencies, major improvements have been made to corridors leading to the campus. Prior to coming to YSU, Dr. Sweet was dean and professor of the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State from 1978 to 2000. His leadership resulted in national recognition for the college’s graduate studies and its city’s management/urban policy program. Prior to joining Cleveland State, Dr. Sweet held a number of state cabinet posts, including the director of the State Department of Development. He also served as commissioner of the Ohio Public Utilities Commission and head of the state’s first energy agency. Prior to state service, he was director of regional economic research at the Battelle Institute in Columbus.
He previously served as the chairman of the Northeast-Midwest Institute, a Washington, D.C. policy research institute, president of the American Economic Development Council; and has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. Dr. Sweet holds a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, an M.A.from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and a B.A. from the University of Rochester. He and his wife, Pat, live in Liberty, Ohio, and have two daughters, two sons and seven grandchildren. After a decade of success and service, Dr. Sweet will retire from the presidency on June 30, 2010, and the Board of Trustees is undertaking a search for his replacement.
YOUNGSTOWN STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Millicent S. Counts
Larry D. DeJane
Dr. Sudershan Garg
Dr. John R. Jakubek
Harry Meshel
John L. Pogue
Scott R. Schulick
Carol S. Weimer
Daniel J. DeMaiolo Student Trustee
Lyndsie Hall Student Trustee
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xecutive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Ron Strollo, a former Penguin student-athlete, has worked diligently to ensure that today’s student-athletes have the support system in place to succeed not only at Youngstown State, but also in their future. Now in his ninth year as Athletics Director and 14th as a member of the department, his vision for successful broad-based programs and providing student-athletes tools to succeed on and off the playing fields is coming to fruition. Strollo has concentrated his priorities on facility improvements; full compliance of NCAA regulations; fiscal management and budgetary maintenance; streamlining department organization; increasing visibility and fundraising efforts of the Penguin Club; and enhancing the overall experience and competitiveness of studentathletes and programs. Outside of YSU, Strollo is also very involved on the regional and national level serving on several prominent committees. He is in his first of four years on the NCAA Division I Football Championship Selection Committee; is on the NCAA Division I Football Issues Committee; serves as the Central Region Chair of the NCAA Regional Advisory Committee; is on the Executive Committee of the FCS Athletic Directors Association; and serves as the Chair of the Horizon League Executive Committee. During his tenure, Strollo has placed a priority on the construction and enhancements of athletic venues. Currently, he is leading the final phases of a capital campaign to construct the Watson and Tressel Training Site, a $10 million indoor athletic practice facility which will include an indoor track and football practice field. The Beeghly Center has undergone more than $4 million in renovations. In the past year, Youngstown State acquired the 2009 Men’s Final Four basketball hoops, new strobe lighting was installed and the volleyball and men’s basketball locker rooms were refurbished. Last year, a new Dom Rosselli Court was installed and a weight room was built for the men’s and women’s basketball, volleyball and swimming and diving programs. Within the past two years in Stambaugh Stadium, office space in the athletic marketing and ticket offices and football suite received an enhancement, the weight room and athletic training offices were renovated, and upgrades were made to the baseball, soccer and softball locker rooms. Other recent upgrades include new chair-back seating (2009), a new southstadium scoreboard (2009), a concourse-level elevator (2005), a scoreboard and a Mitsubishi DiamondVision videoboard (2004) and a state-of-the-art SprinTurf playing surface (2002). He has also secured agreements for Eastwood Field, the home of the Cleveland Indians’ Class-A affiliate, and Cene Park to be the baseball team’s home fields and McCune Park to serve as the softball team’s home venue. Thanks to the benevolence of the Andrews Trust and the priority Strollo places on academics, the academic counseling center underwent a significant renovation and expansion and continues to receive technology upgrades. In the past eight years, the department, which has been recognized as a national leader for its graduation rates, has had many successes on and off the playing field. Under his leadership, Youngstown State earned full NCAA certification in 2007. This review of governance and commitment to rules, academic integrity, and equity and student-athlete well-being showed YSU athletics
operates in substantial conformity with the operating principles adopted by the NCAA Division I membership. More than half of the current 300-plus student-athletes have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher while nine teams have an overall GPA of at least 3.0. YSU’s Academic Progress Rate is well above the national average for public institutions, and its 93 percent graduation rate is at an all-time high. Eleven student-athletes have captured Academic All-America accolades while a total of 46 have been named to Academic All-District teams. YSU has won 13 Horizon League titles, and it won back-to-back Gateway Football Conference (now the Missouri Valley Football Conference) championships in 2005 and 2006. Most recently, YSU added the 2009 Horizon League Women’s Outdoor Track and Field and Women’s Golf Championships to its trophy cases. In Strollo’s role as the Executive Director of the Penguin Club, the organization has increased athletic endowed scholarship contributions annually. Annual events keep improving every year, and the growth of the Football Alumni Club has had a positive impact on the department. Strollo returned to his alma mater in 1996 as athletic business manager. In March 2000, he was named the school’s Associate Executive Director of Athletics. In his short time in that capacity, he helped spearhead the transition into the Horizon League. He has strong ties to the local community and to the athletic department. He grew up in nearby Austintown and attended Fitch High School. He played football for YSU from 1988 through 1991 for Coach Jim Tressel and was named captain of the first Division I-AA National Championship team in 1991. He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Youngstown State in June, 1993. Ron and his wife, Nicole, reside in Austintown with their two children, Ryan and Rachel. Nicole is a former YSU student-athlete who competed in track and cross country from 1989 through 1993.
Emily Haynam Assistant A.D.
Elaine Jacobs Associate A.D./SWA
Rick Love Associate A.D.
Tom Morella Assistant A.D.
Robb Schmidt Assistant A.D.
Dr. Chet Cooper NCAA Faculty Rep.
Penguin Nickname Legend Prior to 1933, Youngstown College had been referred to as "Y" College, YoCo, Wye Collegians and many times, simply the "Locals." There are two accounts of how the Penguin nickname came to be, and interestingly enough they come from the same evening on Jan. 30, 1933. But throughout the season prior to that contest, many of the members of the 1932-33 varsity men’s basketball team and their friends on campus spent idle moments in the cafeteria discussing suitable new names for our school sports combines, basketball, and fencing that year. The names considered covered every conceivable spectrum of animals, birds, and things associated with the steel city, but none seemed to fit. There was always someone who pointed out an inadequacy of some sort. The first account states that on a cold, freezing night at a men’s basketball game at West Liberty State Teachers College, in West Liberty, W. Va., a spectator watching the members of the team stomp on the floor and swing their arms made them look like Penguins and without a nickname, the fans took a liking to the word. The second account comes from the trip to West Liberty in which the road that evening had been YSU Alma Mater hit by a snowfall between one and two feet deep. All hail to thee O Youngstown, The passengers in two of the cars found it necessary Our Alma Mater fair; on several occasions to get out and help push their In sunlight and starshine vehicles out of snow drifts or road area with snow We see thee in all thy glory. ruts, difficult to drive through. The Red and White, thy glorious colors, During the trip, Bennett Kunicki recalls, the Ever we praise and hold them discussion of a nickname for the school was the High to the breeze as the symbol of our hot topic of conversation. In Kunicki’s car, the Most loyal allegiance. name Penguins came up and was well received by This anthem, O Youngstown, everyone in the car. Upon arrival at the West Liberty Our pledge of trust shall be gym, the name was mentioned to the members of That thy sons and daughters the team, who thought it was perfect. Shall keep faith with thee forever By the end of that school year, the nickname was unanimously accepted by the student body without YSU’s Fight Song the necessity of a formal polling vote. Plans were The Red and White are waving then made to introduce the new name during the Over the field 1933-34 basketball season. Our teams are fighting The nickname Penguins was formally introduced With a spirit that will not yield to the school in the "Jambar" (Vol. IV, No. 3) at the Rah-Rah-Rah beginning of the 1933-34 basketball season. Page Hail to thee O’Youngstown three of that issue was set up to cover YSU’s first game We’ll fight for you to introduce the members of that season’s team and Once again the Penguins to give the schedule for the season. The date of the Will win for YSU "Jambar" issue was Dec. 15, 1933. Within the next five or six weeks, Penguins became our newly accepted nickname both in the Jambar and on the sports pages of the then two local newspapers. The name was introduced after the first game with Slippery Rock in the Dec. 15, 1933 issue of the "Jambar". The Youngstown Telegram first used the nickname in a headline on Dec. 29, 1933 while The Vindicator first acknowledged the nickname in its Jan. 27, 1934 edition.
The City of Youngstown was incorporated in 1867 and named for John Young, who purchased approximately 15,000 acres (the entire township) for slightly more than $16,000 in 1797 from the United States Government. With its setting in the Mahoning Valley along the Mahoning River, Youngstown quickly grew to become a thriving city in the 1920s as part of the industrial belt that stretched from Massachusetts to the Mississippi River. The iron and steel industry created a strong blue-collar work ethic in the city and surrounding areas that is still very evident, even decades after the closing of the mills. At its peak, Youngstown was the third-largest steel producing city in the country. Today, with a new citywide revitalization plan coordinated between the city, Youngstown State University and nearly 200 volunteers, neighborhood organizations and businesses, a new vision for Youngstown Quick Facts exists. The award-winning plan, Population: 83,906 Youngstown 2010, calls for a more Area: 34.2 square miles diverse and vibrant economy Metropolitan: 586,939 founded on the current strengths with the city and region, such as YSU, the health care sector and Attractions • More than 50 area golf courses the arts community. Wick Neighbors, Inc., was • The 2,537 acre Mill Creek Park situated created from a broad-based within miles of downtown group of leaders from YSU and • Two large malls and shopping districts religious and cultural institutions within 20 minutes of campus along Wick Avenue, which borders • USHL hockey and arena football campus to the East. Its mission is franchises downtown and a nearby minor to redevelop the historically rich league baseball team Smoky Hollow neighborhood just • Several museums and auditoriums off campus and promote a place for creative living and working in Within 100 Miles the city. • The bright lights of both Pittsburgh and Youngstown is very well-known Cleveland for its dedication to the arts. • Lake Erie The Butler Institute of American • 24 state parks and three national parks Art, located within the confines • Pro Football Hall of Fame of campus, is one of the most • Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame and Museum unique and respected museums • Numerous professional sports franchises in the nation. There are also two auditoriums in the city, several museums and the Covelli Centre, a modern arena opened in 2005. Youngstown is also a hotbed for football. In addition to YSU’s four national championships in the 1990s, many coaches have ties to the city. Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel is formerly the head coach at YSU, and current college head coaches Bo Pelini (Nebraska), Bob Stoops (Oklahoma), Mike Stoops (Arizona) and Mark Mangino (Kansas) are all from the Valley.
The view of Lake Glacier from Fellows Riverside Gardens in Mill Creek Park is one of the most scenic areas in the Mahoning Valley.
Five boxing champions have their roots in Youngstown. The most recent champion, middleweight Kelly Pavlik, wore the Youngstown State “Y” and Pete the Penguin on his trunks when he beat Jermaine Taylor on HBO in 2008.
Built in 2005, the 5,700-seat Covelli Centre is a large part of the downtown revitalization project. It houses minor league hockey and arena football, concerts, ice shows and much more.
The amount of local media coverage dedicated to Youngstown State athletics ranks near the top in both the Horizon League and the Missouri Valley Football Conference. As the main sports attraction in the Mahoning Valley, the Penguins receive daily coverage from five television stations, two major newspapers and several radio stations. Regional media coverage extends to Akron, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. Missouri Valley Football Conference contests are frequently featured as nationally televised games of the week, and the Horizon League has a partnership with ESPN and its stations to broadcast men’s and women’s basketball games. Football and basketball games are broadcast locally on tape-delay.
Live Internet Coverage In addition to coverage provided by traditional media, the successes of Youngstown State studentathletes are regularly broadcast live across the world over the Internet. The Horizon League is a recognized leader in video streaming through the Horizon League Network (HLN) and produced more than 300 free, live events during the 2008-09 academic year. In addition to live games, HLN includes highlight vignettes of all-19 League championships, weekly highlight videos during the men’s and women’s basketball season and other special programming covering Horizon League institutions, coaches and student-athletes. Nearly every one of YSU’s home men’s and women’s basketball games and all league road contests are broadcast over the HLN. Video of several home volleyball and soccer games and audio of several baseball and softball games are When Cindy Martin (left) was named YSU’s women’s basketball coach, the news conference was streamed live over the Internet. broadcast live on AM 570 WKBN and the Horizon League Network. The hiring was also featured Broadcasts of Youngstown State’s home football as the top sports story on every local media outlet. games are also available over the Internet via paid subscriptions.
Weekly Coaches Shows Youngstown State head football coach Jon Heacock, head men’s basketball coach Jerry Slocum and head women’s basketball coach Cindy Martin are featured weekly on both radio and television coaches shows. Penguin Gameday, a production of the local NBC affiliate, showcases upcoming opponents, reviews past contests and provides an avenue for fans to become familiar with studentathletes. Penguin Playbook is an hour-long radio show broadcast on the high-power AM station 570 WKBN.
YSU received front-page coverage of its Horizon League track title in the Youngstown Vindicator.
Local exposure is also extended to Olympic sports.