UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

CARDINALS -DIVING 2011-2012

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2011-2012 SCHEDULE

DATE DAY OPPONENT SITE TIME September 30-Oct. 1 Fri-Sat at Grand Canyon Phoenix, Ariz. TBA

October 21 Friday at Ouachita Baptist Arkadelphia, Ark. 7 p.m. 22 Saturday at Henderson State Arkadelphia, Ark. 10:30 a.m.

November 18-19 Fri-Sat at Drury Invitational Springfield, Mo. 6 p.m.

December 17-19 Sat-Mon UIW CHRISTMAS INVITATIONAL Palo Alto College TBA

January 13-16 Fri-Sat at Austin Grand Prix Austin TBA 27-28 Fri-Sat UIW INVITATIONAL Palo Alto College TBA

February 15-18 Wed-Sat RMAC CHAMPIONSHIPS Palo Alto College TBA

March 14-17 Wed-Sat NCAA D-II National Championships Mansfield, Texas TBA

www.cardinalathletics.com 1 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012 UIW QUICK FACTS SWIMMING-DIVING Name The University of the Incarnate Word FACTS Address 4301 Broadway STAFF WHERE TO FIND IT... San Antonio, Texas 78209 Coach Phillip Davis Davis, Phillip, Coach ...... 3 University Telephone (210) 829-6000 Alma Mater Ouachita Baptist '01 History ...... 30 Athletic Depart. Telephone (210) 829-2722 BA, Physical Education All-Americans ...... 31 Sports Info. Telephone (210) 829-3828 Henderson State '03 All-Time Honors ...... 32-33 President Dr. Louis J. Agnese Jr. MA, Physical Education National Champions ...... 31 UIW Years 2006-present (5 Yrs) Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Lydia Andrade Records ...... 36-37 Director of Athletics Mark Papich Career Same Rosters ...... 34 Athletic Trainer B. J. Lough Office Telephone (210) 805-3078 Sports Information Director Wayne Witt e-mail [email protected] Yearly Results ...... 35 Enrollment 8,455 Fax (210) 805-3574 Incarnate Word Founded 1881 Assistant Coach / Diving Tommy Law Athletic Department ...... 2 Mascot Cardinals Alma Mater Texas-San Antonio '93 Coaches ...... 2 Colors Red, Black and White BA, Interdisciplinary Studies Quick Facts ...... 2 National Affiliation NCAA Division II UIW Years 1 Year Johnson, Kaitlyn, Grad. Asst...... 4 Career Same Conference Rocky Mountain Kliewer, Allison, Grad. Asst...... 4 Sports 19 teams, 13 sports Office Telephone (210) 805-3078 Law, Tommy, Diving Coach ...... 4 (9 men, 10 women) e-mail [email protected] web site www.cardinalathletics.com Fax (210) 806-3574 Pronunciation Guide ...... 4 Graduate Assistant Allison Kliewer Rocky Mountain Conference . . .38-39 Alma Mater Henderson State '10 Rosters ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT BS, Science Specialty-Dietetics Men ...... 5 Director of Athletics Mark Papich Office Telephone (210) 805-3078 Women ...... 16 829-6053 Fax (210) 805-3574 Sports Information ...... 2 Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Lydia Andrade Swimmers-Divers 829-3877 2010-2011 SEASON NCAA Division II Men, 10th Men ...... 6-15 Asst. AD-Sr. Woman Adm. Angela Lawson Women ...... 17-24 829-3827 Women, 6th Asst. AD-Compliance Coord Stacy Nordquist Rocky Mountain Men, 1st Swimming Facts ...... 2 Athletic Trainer B. J. Lough Women, 1st 2011-2011 Schedule ...... 1 All-Americans 829-3834 2010-2011 ...... 25 Sports Info. Director Wayne Witt Men, 7--12 1st team, 11 HM Women, 9-12 1st team, 14 HM NCAA Championships . . . .29 829-3828 Results ...... 26-27 Marketing Director Rick Smith National Qualifiers Men, 7 Women, 12 283-6448 National Champions Rocky Mountain Honors . . .28 Operations Manager Kevin Rubel Casey Hurrell-Zitelman (1,000-free, 829-6048 400-IM, 500-free, 1,650-free) Administrative Assistant Lisa Townzen Tamiris Nascimento (500-free) 829-2722 Justin McDonald (1-meter diving) UIW HEAD COACHES HISTORY First Year Men, 2007-2008 Danny Heep Women, 2002-2003 829-3830 NCAA Basketball--Men Ken Burmeister Men 17th, 2007-2008 SPORTS INFORMATION 829-6052 11th, 2008-2009 Director Wayne Witt Basketball--Women Angela Lawson (coach) 2nd, 2009-2010 Telephone (210) 829-3828 829-3827 10th, 2010-2011 Fax (210) 829-3825 Cross Country-M&W Derek Riedel Women 16th, 2008-2009 e-mail [email protected] 805-3566 11th, 2009, 2010 Assistant Director Mark Turner Football Mike 6th, 2010-2011 Graduate Assistant Ryan Eschenburg 805-3011 New South Conference Graduate Assistant Kaysie Boomhower Golf--M&W Brad Martin Men, 6th, 2007-2008 Mailing Address 4301 Broadway 829-2795 Women 8th, 2002-2003 San Antonio, Texas 78209 Soccer Vincent Martinez 8th, 2003-2004 Web Site www.cardinalathletics.com 841-7396 9th, 2004-2005 Soccer Tina Patterson 5th, 2006-2007 GENERAL 829-3941 5th, 2007-2008 Softball Todd Bradley Rocky Mountain Conference The goal at The University of the Incarnate 829-3969 Men 1st, 2008-2009 Word is to provide fair and accurate services Swimming--M&W Phillip Davis 1st, 2009,2010 to members of the media and, in turn, the 805-3078 1st, 2010-2011 University's athletic programs ask for fair and Synchronized Swim. Kim Wurzel-LoPorto Women 1st, 2008-2009 accurate coverage. As a result UIW staff per- 829-2796 1st, 2009-2010 sons will strive to meet any and all reasonable Tennis--M&W John Newman 1st, 2010-2011 requests. As the 2010-2011 athletic year pro- 283-5006 gresses, new and updated information about --M&W Derek Riedel (coach) UIW will be available. Please contact the 805-3566 Office of Sports Information at (210) 829-3828. Jennifer Montoya 829-3567 www.cardinalathletics.com 2 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012

The adventure for COACH Coach Phillip Hometown Camden, Ark. Davis and his Education Graduate, Camden, Ark., Cardinals swim- PHILLIP DAVIS Fairview HS mers just seems BA, Physical Education, to get better and Ouachita Baptist, 2001 better. At the end MS, Sports Administration, of the 2010-2011 Henderson State, 2003 season Davis and Head Coaching Career Incarnate Word ed that league's championships. Cardinals 2006-present Incarnate Word had three national teams every year are voted pre-season 2003-2006 Arkadelphia, Ark., HS champions and 16 favorites to win the conference titles and so far Assistant Coaching Career All-Americans- they have fulfilled those predictions. Davis was 2003-2006 Ouachita Baptist seven men and named coach of the year both for men and Other nine women. And, women the first two years. 2000-2003 Graduate Assistant at the Division II National Championships- Ouachita Baptist hosted by UIW in San Antonio and directed by Currently serving as the Division II representa- 2001-2006 Instructor, Health, Davis-the Cardinals women finished sixth tive on the College Swimming Coaches Physical Education, while the men were 10th. Association board of directors, Recreation Coach Davis received an Award of Excellence Ouachita Baptist That is a year to remember. It was a time in from the American Swimming Coaches 2001-2006 Assistant Supervisor, which both Cardinals squads won their third Association in 2009. That award comes when a Sturgis Physical consecutive Rocky Mountain Conference coach, in this case Davis, directs a swimmer to Education Center championships and Davis was named men's a top eight finish at one of several USA nation- Ouachita Baptist coach of the year. al-level competitions. 2003-2006 Coach, Little Rock, Ark., Dolphins And for the fourth consecutive year the Davis joined the Cardinals after working three 2006 Adjunct Instructor, Cardinals came home with an individual NCAA years as the assistant swimming coach for both Physical Education champion-three in fact. In 2010 Conrado men and women at Ouachita Baptist University Henderson State Chede won the 500-meter event and in the in Arkansas. While he was there two OBU Student-Athlete process defeated Aliaksandr Yatsko who had swimmers participated in the US Olympic trials Four-year Letterman won that particular event the previous two and 26 athletes achieved All-American status. Ouachita Baptist years. Team Captain On the women's side, after he arrived at Honors Three athletes upheld that national title desig- Ouachita Baptist in the spring of 2003, every ASCA Award of Excellence, 2009 nation in 2011. Diver Justin McDonald cap- single mark in the school's record book was RMAC Men's Coach of the Year, tured the one-meter event while Tamiris broken. Additionally, during his time at OBU 2009, 2011 Nascimento touched first in the 100-freestyle. twice the swimming teams had the nation's RMAC Women's Coach of the Year, highest cumulative grade point average 2009 And then there was Casey Hurrell-Zitelman. NCAA Division II For Casey it was four individual events, four For five years, he was an instructor in the Men's Coach of the Year national titles including a Division II record Ouachita Baptist health, physical education and 2011 time of 4:14.00 in the 400-meter individual recreation department. Additionally, he was an UIW National Rankings medley. She was the female individual high- adjunct teacher in the physical education Women point person and she was the national swim- department at Henderson State University. 16th, NCAA Championships, 2009 mer of the year. 11th, NCAA Championships, 2010 Three years he was the head USAS coach for 6th, NCAA Championships, 2011 The previous year Davis was named the 2010 the Satellite team of the Little Rock, Ark., Men NCAA Division II Men's Swimming and Diving Dolphins. Over that same time span, he 17th, NCAA Championships, 2008 Coach of the Year. In a vote cast from among coached swimming and diving at Arkadelphia, 11th, NCAA Championships, 2009 his peers Phillip Davis garnered the highest Ark., High School where his teams consistently 2nd, NCAA Championships, 2010 award a collegiate coach can earn after his were in the state's top 10 and where two of his 10th, NCAA Championships, 2011 men's team swam its way to second place at squads won state titles. UIW National Champions the national championships in March. That Men was a nine-step improvement over the previ- He has been president of the South Arkansas Aliaksandr Yatsko, 500-free, 2008 ous year. Swimming Association. Aliaksandr Yatsko, 500-free, 2009 Conrado Chede, 500-free, 2010 Phillip Davis came to Incarnate Word athletic As a swimmer at Ouachita Baptist, he earned Justin McDonald, 1-meter dive,2011 staff as the women's swimming coach in June four varsity letters and was the team captain. Women of 2006. In that first year his squad increased Casey Hurrell-Zitelman, 1,000- from the remaining three swimmers from the A native of Camden, Ark., Davis holds a bache- free, 400-IM, 500-free, previous season to more than one dozen. lor's degree in physical education from Ouachita 1,650-free, 2011 Then in the summer of 2007 under his tute- Baptist and a master's degree in sports admin- Tamiris Nascimento, 100-free, 2011 lage the University initiated men's swimming istration from Henderson State. and added diving to both squads.

Now, the Cardinals can count more than five dozen swimmers and divers. Plus, Davis was instrumental in moving UIW to a new alliance with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference and Incarnate Word in February of 2009 host-

www.cardinalathletics.com 3 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012 TOMMY LAW DIVING COACH ALLISON KLIEWER KAITLYN JOHNSON Tommy Law came to UIW in the fall of 2010 GRADUATE ASSISTANT as the Cardinals diving coach. And immedi- GRADUATE ASSISTANT ately his influence was Allison Kliewer completed felt. His protégé Justin A native of Uniontown, McDonald went out and her collegiate career at Henderson State in Pa., Kaitlyn Johnson won the one-meter came to Incarnate Word event at the NCAA Arkansas and moved to Incarnate Word in the fall in the fall of 2011 to work Division II National as a graduate assistant Championships meet. of 2010 as the graduate assistant for the for the Cardinals swim- ming and diving teams. Before that meet, Cardinals swimming and diving program. McDonald won the She earned her bache- Rocky Mountain A native of Somerset, lor's degree in communi- Athletic Conference cations in the spring of (RMAC) won the one- Texas, Kliewer earned her undergraduate 2011 at Clarion University meter event and finished second in the three- in Pennslyvania. meter. On the women's side at the RMAC degree in science with a specialty in dietetics. meet, Law saw Emily Haddox set a UIW At UIW she is studying nutrition. She is a mem- ber of the American Dietetic Association. At Clarion 28 times she earned All-American school record for points before finishing sec- honors in swimming. She holds three school ond in the three-meter and then finish third in records in individual events-500-freestyle, 100- the one-meter. At Henderson State four times she was a swim- ming All-American. And four years she was freestyle and 100-butterfly. Also, she swam on five Clarion relay teams which set school Quite a year for Law, a year which culminated named an All-American Scholar-Athlete. She and her sister Amanda swam together two marks-200 and 400-medley, 200, 400 and 800- in him being thrown into the pool when freestyle. McDonald won the national title. years at Henderson State and both of those years both were honored as All-Americans. They graduated together last spring and now At the NCAA Division II National Championships A native of San Antonio and a product of in 2011 hosted by Incarnate Word, she finished Marshall High School, Law received his bach- Amanda is a member of the US Army Reserves. tied for 9th with 47 individual points. Seven of elor's degree from the University of Texas-San her All-American awards came at this meet Antonio. His degree is in interdisciplinary Away from swimming Allison paints, sings in a including a second in the 100-freestyle and a studies with a specialization in kinesiology. third in the 100-butterfly. He also holds an equivalency minor in choir and plays the bass guitar for her church Russian. groups. She says she can get excited about the San Antonio Spurs basketball team and She is studying communications at Incarnate chocolate milk. Word and wants to work in public relations with Prior to Incarnate Word he was the coach for a professional sports team. the San Antonio Divers and he continues to coach the Alamo Area Aquatics Diving team Her favorite team is the football Steelers, her and he continues as the diving coach for the favorite athlete is Dara Torres and she is into Northside ISD. Along the way he has been working out, shopping and reading. district and regional diving coach of the year and he has tutored multiple AAU national champions. HOW TO PRONOUNCE He is diving chairman for TISCA and in 2008- 2009 he was on the NISCA All-American MEN selection committee. He is a member if both TISCA and NISCA, San Antonio Sports and Nikita Belousov nuh-KEE-ta the Community Olympic Development pro- bel-OH-sov gram. Alex Brouwer Alex BROW-er Ben Brouwer Ben BROW-er He has been a member of the Sea Conrado Chede Conrado CHEA-dee "Viva" diving company. Rudy Escalante Rudy ess-kah-LOUN-tay Law and his wife Elaine reside in San Kody Gagne Kody GAHN-yea Antonio. Thiago Parravicini chee-AH-go Pear-ah-vee-CHINI Moshe Rios MO-she Rios

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THE 2011-12 CARDINALS MEN NAME EVENT CLASS HOMETOWN (SCHOOL) Cody Armstrong Free, Fly SO Clute (Brazoswood) Nikita Belousov Back, IM JR St. Petersburg, (Universal) Luke Bernhard Free SR Round Rock (Round Rock) Ryan Black Free FR San Antonio Paul Bove Free SO Fair Oaks Ranch Jonathan Brandt Diver SR Universal City (Christian Heritage) Alex Brouwer Back, IM FR Scottsdale, Ariz. (Notre Dame Prep) Ben Brouwer Free FR Scottsdale, Ariz. (Notre Dame Prep) Cody Bryant Free FR San Antonio Patrick Cardenas Free, Fly SR Phoenix, Ariz. (St. Mary’s) Conrado Chede Free JR Rio de Janiero, Brazil (Universal) Cameron Cuda Fly, Free JR San Antonio (Alamo Heights) Luke Davis Free FR Richmond (Richmond) Rudy Escalante Fly, Back SR Houston (Jersey Village) Kody Gagne Free, Fly SO Houston (Cypress-Fairbanks) Gabriel Garcia Free, Fly FR The Woodlands (The Woodlands) Scott Jonsson Free, Breast FR New Braunfels (Canyon) Michael Knox Free SO Phoenix, Ariz. (Mountain View) Ben Leach Breast, IM FR Round Rock (Round Rock) Brendon Leach Breast, IM FR Round Rock (Round Rock) Jeff Martin Diver JR Corpus Christi (Ray) Patrick McCloskey Back, Free JR San Antonio (Churchill) Justin McDonald Diver JR San Antonio (Brackenridge) Matt McLaughlin Fly, Free JR San Angelo (Central) Weston Medley Diver SO San Antonio ( ; Cornell) Robbie Morris Breast, IM SO San Antonio (O’Connor) Daniel Murata Fly, Free SR Schertz (Believers Academy) Aaron Norton Back, IM SO Tyler (Grace Community) Thiago Parravicini Breast, IM JR Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (C.E.L.) Chris Prewit Breast, Free SO Corpus Christi (Flour Bluff) Joey Reeves Fly, Free SO Austin (Home School) Moshe Rios Diver FR McAllen Mark Rubin Free, IM JR Phoenix, Ariz. (Shadow Mountain) Daniel Ryan Free, Fly JR Redford, Mich. (Detroit Country Day) James Shake Fly, Back SR San Antonio (Madison) Alex Spalding Free JR San Antonio (Madison) Luke Tomas Free FR Richmond Daniel Torres Back, IM SO Chihuahua, (COBACH 3: Lake Erie U.) Chris Turner Fly, Free FR Austin ( ; Maryland) Jon Paul Waldinger Free SO Edinburg (McAllen Memorial) Mauricio Zambrano Free FR College Station (A&M Consolidated)

www.cardinalathletics.com 5 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012 CODY ARMSTRONG NIKITA BELOUSOV LUKE BERNHARD SOPHOMORE JUNIOR SENIOR FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY BACKSTROKE, IM FREESTYLE

5-10 6-0 6-6 CLUTE, TEXAS GATCHINA, ROUND ROCK, BRAZOSWOOD RUSSIA TEXAS HS #2 GATCHINA HS ROUND ROCK HS BIRTHDATE- ST. PETERSBURG BIRTHDATE- 8/4/92 ENGINEERING AND 5/26/89 MAJOR-VISION ECONOMICS MAJOR-ATHLETIC SCIENCES UNIVERSITY TRAINING BIRTHDATE-3/5/89 PERSONAL MAJOR- -- His parents are Lynn and 2010-2011 Chris Armstrong INTERNATIONAL -- He was All-Rocky Mountain Conference -- He has played baseball and BUSINESS 2nd team in the 200-freestyle relay -- His favorite professional team is the football Texans 2010-2011 CAREER -- His favorite athlete is Ryan Lochte -- Four-time NCAA All-American-200-IM -- In 2010 he was honorable mention -- He is into fishing, recreation room sports, (2nd, 1:47.87), 400-IM (7th, 3:58.49), All-America in the 200-medley, water sports, boating 100-backstroke (5th, 49.58), 200-free and 400-free relays -- The most amazing trip he has made 200-backstroke (5th, 1:48.42) -- He was in 2010 All-Rocky Mountain was to Arkansas -- Two-time NCAA All-American honorable Conference in the 200-free relay -- He wants to be an optometrist mention-200-free relay (14th), -- He holds the UIW school mark in the 400-medley relay (15th) 50-freestyle (20.80) -- At the NCAA championships he was -- He was on the UIW record 200-freestyle RYAN BLACK 5th among individuals with 57 points relay team (1:22.46) -- CoSIDA Academic All-District -- And he was on the UIW record FRESHMAN -- Rocky Mountain Conference co-swimmer 400-freestyle relay team (3:01.51) FREESTYLE of the year -- He also was on the UIW record -- At the RMAC championship meet he won 200-medley relay team (1:32.40) four events-200 and 400-IM, 100 and 6-1 200-backstroke HIGH SCHOOL SAN ANTONIO -- He was Rocky Mountain Conference -- Twice he was a state qualifier All-Academic -- In 2008 he was 3rd in the 400-free relay ANTONIAN PREP -- He was the Henderson State Invitational and 4th in the 200-medley relay HS outstanding swimmer where he won -- In the past he has played football BIRTHDATE- three events-200 and 400-IM, and basketball 7/11/923 200-breaststroke -- At the UIW Invitational he won the PERSONAL MAJOR-NURSING 200-backstroke and the 200-IM -- His parents are Theresa and Thomas Bernhard CAREER -- His siblings are Mary, Jessalyn, -- 2010 CSCAA Academic All-America Katrina, Gabrielle HIGH SCHOOL -- NCAA two-time All-America-200-IM, -- His favorite team is the basketball Spurs -- He was both a gold and silver medalist in 200-backstroke -- His amazing visit was to Jamaica TAAPS competition -- Rocky Mountain Conference swimmer -- He wants to be an officer in the US Army -- He also has played football, baseball of the year and basketball -- RMAC swimmer of the championship meet -- collegeswimming.com national swimmer PERSONAL of the week -- His parents are Bridget and -- He holds the UIW record in the Bruce Bykowski and Darrell Black 100-backstroke (49.58) -- His siblings are Denise, Bryan and -- He holds the UIW mark in the Chris Bykowski 200-IM (1:47.87) -- His favorite professional team is the football Bears PERSONAL -- His memory is his team winning a state -- His parents are Irina Belousova and championship Vladimir Belousov -- He is into skating and music -- He started swimming at age 4 -- His amazing trips have been to the -- His favorite team is his hometown Bahamas, the Grand Canyon and club Kiwi South Dakota -- His most amazing trip was to the -- He is bilingual in English and Spanish Great Pyramid of Giza in -- He wants to be either a doctor or nurse -- He is bilingual in English and Russian

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ALEX BROUWER PAUL BOVE FRESHMAN BACKSTROKE, IM SOPHOMORE JONATHAN BRANDT FREESTYLE SENIOR 6-0 DIVER 6-2 SCOTTSDALE, FAIR OAKS ARIZONA RANCH, TEXAS NOTRE DAME UNIVERSAL CITY, BOERNE PREP HS TEXAS CHAMPION HS BIRTHDATE- CHRISTIAN HER- BIRTHDATE- 11/8/92 ITAGE HS 1/15/91 MAJOR- MAJOR- UNDECIDED UNDECIDED HIGH SCHOOL -- He was an All-American HIGH SCHOOL -- He won four individual state titles -- He was on the state champion -- He has played basketball 200-freestyle relay team -- He was twice All-American in the PERSONAL 200-free and 200-medley relays -- His parents re Judy and Frank Brouwer -- He has played baseball -- His twin brother is Ben who swims at UIW PERSONAL -- His favorite team is the Netherlands -- His parents are Teresa and Kevin Bove National soccer team -- His siblings are Christina, Isabella, -- His favorite professional team is the Elliana, Luke football Cardinals -- His favorite professional team is the -- His sports memory is the Dutch winning baseball Yankees the World Cup -- His favorite athlete is Michael Phelps -- Rome, London, Amsterdam all were his -- His sports memory is of his school's amazing trips state qualifying 200-free relay team -- He is into skateboarding and Nintendo 64 BEN BROUWER FRESHMAN FREESTYLE 6-2 SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA NOTRE DAME PREP HS BIRTHDATE-11/6/92 MAJOR- UNDECIDED

HIGH SCHOOL -- He won the high school state title in the 500-freestyle -- He has played basketball

PERSONAL -- His parents are Judy and Frank Brouwer -- His twin brother Alex swims at UIW -- His favorite professional team is the football Cardinals -- His sports memory is Jason Lezak winning the 400-freestyle relay at the Beijing Olympics -- His hobby is watching Adam Richman and Man vs. Food -- Amsterdam is his amazing trip -- He wants to be an athletic trainer or a physical therapist www.cardinalathletics.com 7 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012

PATRICK CARDENAS CONRADO CHEDE SENIOR JUNIOR FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY FREESTYLE CAMERON CUDA 6-2 6-4 JUNIOR RIO DE JANEIRO, PHOENIX, BUTTERFLY, FREESTYLE ARIZONA BRASIL ST. MARY'S HS CENTRO BIRTHDATE- EDUCACIONAL 5-9 9/29/89 FARIA BRITO HS SAN ANTONIO MAJOR- BIRTHDATE-1/21/87 ALAMO POLITICAL MAJOR-SPORTS HEIGHTS HS SCIENCE MANAGEMENT BIRTHDATE- 2010-2011 2010-2011 1/30/91 -- First team NCAA All-American in the -- Three-time NCAA All-American-- MAJOR-BIOLOGY 800-freestyle relay 500-freestyle (4th, 4:28.16), 1,000- -- He was All-American (HM) in two relays- freestyle (8th, 9:21.59), 400-medley and 400-freestyle 800-freestyle relay (8th) -- At the UIW Invitational he was 4th in the -- Two-time NCAA All-American HM-- PERSONAL 200-freestyle (1:45.31) 1,650-freestyle (10th, 15:39.54), -- His parents are Suzanne and -- He anchored the winning 200-free relay 400-medley relay (15th) Darryl Cuda team at the Henderson State -- Rocky Mountain Conference Swimmer -- His siblings are Joel, Bryce, Invitational of the Year 2011 Alyssa, Lauren -- Rocky Mountain Conference co-swimmer -- He has played soccer and water polo CAREER of the championship meet -- Everyone in his family either swims -- In 2010 he was NCAA All-American in -- Four-time RMAC champion-500, 1,000, or competes in triathlons the 800-freestyle relay 1,650-freestyle, 800-free relay team -- His favorite team is the basketball Spurs -- He was NCAA All-American (HM) in the -- At the UIW Invitational he won -- His favorite athletes are Michael Jordan 200 and 400-freestyle relays two events-200 and 500-freestyle and Eric Greitens -- He was All-Rocky Mountain Conference -- At the Henderson State Invitational he -- He is into camping and biology in the 200 and 800-freestye relays won the 500-freestyle -- The most amazing place he has visited is in 2010 Eagle Pass near Portland, Ore. -- He holds the UIW mark in the CAREER 100-freestyle (45.64) -- NCAA National Champion in the 2010 -- He was 2nd on the UIW record-setting 500-freestyle 400-freestyle relay team (3:01.51) -- 2010 four-time NCAA All-American -- And he was 2nd on the UIW record team -- 2010 won three events at the RMAC in the 800-freestyle (6:42.47) meet-1,000, 1,650-freestyle, 800-freestyle relay PERSONAL -- Swam anchor on the UIW record-setting -- His mother is Sheila Fitzgibbons 800-freestyle relay team (6:42.47) -- His sister Julia swims at UIW -- In 2006 he won the Brazilian and South American titles in the 1,500-freestyle

PERSONAL -- His parents are Monica Italo Correia de Araujo and Igor Cezar Gama e Chede -- His younger brother is Igor Knud Chede -- He has been swimming since age 3 -- His favorite professional team is Flamingo -- His sports memories are all from 2006-the World Championships in , and World Cup meets in Berlin and Stockholm -- He is into aviation and sailing -- The most amazing place he visited was Cyprus -- He speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and German -- He would like to be an airline pilot

www.cardinalathletics.com 8 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012 RUDY ESCALANTE SENIOR GABRIEL GARCIA BUTTERFLY, BACKSTROKE FRESHMAN 6-2 FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY HOUSTON, TEXAS JERSEY VILLAGE 6-0 HS THE WOOD- TEXAS A&M KODY GAGNE LANDS, TEXAS BIRTHDATE- SOPHOMORE THE WOOD- 10/16/89 FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY LANDS HS MAJOR- BIRTHDATE- ENGINEERING 6-0 4/26/93 MANAGEMENT HOUSTON, TEXAS MAJOR- ENGINEERING CAREER CYPRESS FAIR- -- 2010 Rocky Mountain Conference BANKS HS HIGH SCHOOL 3rd team in the 400-IM BIRTHDATE-4/16/92 -- He was an All-American MAJOR-MEDIA -- He has played golf HIGH SCHOOL -- 2006 state qualifier in the 500-freestyle STUDIES PERSONAL -- National qualifier for the Mexico Olympic -- His parents are Hae and Cesar Garcia trials -- His favorite team is the soccer Dynamo -- He also has played soccer, tennis, -- His favorite athlete is Tiger Woods basketball, water polo and 2010-2011 -- His amazing visit was to Mexico Tae Kwon Do -- NCAA All-America in the 800-free relay -- All-America honorable mention in the PERSONAL 200-freestyle relay -- His parents are Emilia Carolina -- First team All-Rocky Mountain Conference and Rodolfo Escalante in the 200-medley relay -- His younger sister is Tania -- Second team All-RMAC in the -- He has been swimming since age 4 200-freestyle relay -- His favorite teams are Joest Audi, Ferrari, -- He won the 50-free (20.93) at the Total Peugeot Christmas Invitational -- Among his favorite athletes are Ayrton -- At the Henderson State Invitational he SCOTT JONSSON Senna, Tom Kristensen, Fernando won the 50-free (21.00) Alonso FRESHMAN -- His sports memory is driving to Florida for HIGH SCHOOL FREESTYLE, BREAST- the 12-hour Sebring event -- He was a state qualifier -- He is into motorsports, fixing and -- He also played water polo, basketball, STROKE racing cars football, Karate -- His amazing visits were to Sebring and to 6-4 Circuit of the Ermanos Rodriguez in PERSONAL NEW BRAUN- Mexico -- His parents are Kerri and Dennis Gagne -- He is bilingual in English and Spanish -- His older siblings are Kris and Kory FELS, TEXAS -- Later he wants to be a race car driver, -- He began swimming at age 4 CANYON HS an engineer, work in the auto -- His favorite sports are all Houston-area BIRTHDATE- industry, produce his own car squads -- His favorite athlete is Tom Brady 10/7/92 -- His amazing trip was to New York City MAJOR- -- After UIW he wants to coach and do REHABILITATIVE mission trips SCIENCES

HIGH SCHOOL -- He was a state qualifier three years -- He has played baseball

PERSONAL -- His parents are Sheryl and Gunnar Jonsson -- His older sibling is Kris -- His favorite professional team is the football Cowboys -- He is into music -- His amazing trip was to Iceland -- He wants to be a coach

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MICHAEL KNOX BEN LEACH SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN FREESTYLE BREASTSTROKE, IM 6-4 MESA, ARIZONA 5-8 MOUNTAIN ROUND ROCK, VIEW HS TEXAS BIRTHDATE- ROUND ROCK HS 5/25/92 BIRTHDATE-3/3/93 MAJOR- MAJOR- ACCOUNTING UNDECIDED

JEFF MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL -- He was a state medalist in the JUNIOR -- At the Arizona state meet he captured 400-freestyle relay a pair of silver medals DIVER -- He has played basketball, soccer, football -- He also picked up a bronze at the and baseball state meet -- He has played basketball, football, PERSONAL 6-0 baseball, soccer, tennis and -- His parents are Lauren and Mike Leach run track CORPUS CHRISTI -- His twin brother is Brendon who swims RAY HS at UIW PERSONAL -- Father Mike played baseball at BIRTHDATE- -- His parents are Tracy and Jayson Knox Bee County College 4/5/91 -- His older siblings re Anne, Seth, Daniel -- Uncle Steve Leach played baseball -- His favorite professional team is the at UIW basketball Suns -- His favorite athlete is Colt McCoy -- His favorite athletes are Jay Adams, -- He is into wake boarding and things Stacy Peralta, Jason Lezak outdoors 2010-2011 -- His memories are of anchoring his state -- At the Rocky Mountain championships he 200-freestyle relay team was 4th in the one-meter -- He plays the guitar BRENDON LEACH -- Also he was 4th in the one-meter at the -- His amazing visit was to Istanbul, RMAC meet Turkey FRESHMAN -- He wants to teach kayak lessons BREASTSTROKE, IM HIGH SCHOOL -- He was a state meet qualifier -- Along the way he played baseball, 5-8 football, soccer, basketball and ROUND ROCK, TEXAS PERSONAL ROUND ROCK HS -- His parents are Mary Martin and BIRTHDATE-3/3/93 Steve Schindler -- His older brother is Ryan MAJOR- -- Brother Ryan is a diver at Trinity UNDECIDED University -- His favorite team is soccer's Barcelona -- His sports memory is returning a football HIGH SCHOOL kickoff for a touchdown -- His 200-medley relay team won -- He is into drawing, skating, cliff diving, a state title bicycling -- His team was third in the 2009 state meet -- He is bilingual in English and -- He has played baseball, soccer, American Sign basketball, football and run track -- He wants to be a sports photographer

PERSONAL -- His parents are Lauren and Mike Leach -- His twin brother Ben swims at UIW -- His favorite professional team is the football Cowboys -- His favorite athlete is Steve Prefontaine -- His sports memory was the USA winning the 400-free relay in Beijing

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PATRICK MCCLOSKEY JUNIOR JUSTIN MCDONALD MATT MCLAUGHLIN FREESTYLE, BACKSTROKE JUNIOR JUNIOR DIVER FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY 6-2 6-0 SAN ANTONIO SAN ANGELO, 5-11 CHURCHILL HS TEXAS SAN ANTONIO BIRTHDATE- CENTRAL HS BRACKENRIDGE 12/20/90 BIRTHDATE- HS MAJOR-HISTORY 5/25/91 MAJOR- MAJOR- COMMUNICATIONS KINESIOLOGY 2010-2011 2010-2011 -- Rocky Mountain Conference -- At the Rocky Mountain Conference meet All-Academic (2nd) 2010-2011 -- NCAA D-II National Champion in the he swam anchor on the 6th place 800-free relay team HIGH SCHOOL one-meter dive -- He was 7th in the 1,650-freestyle -- He was all-area and all-state -- He was 3rd in the three-meter (17:14.58) -- He also played basketball -- He was All-American in both events -- At the Rocky Mountain championship meet -- He finished 6th in the 1,000-freestyle (10:09.30) PERSONAL he won the one-meter and was 2nd in -- He anchored the 6th place 800-freestyle -- His parents are Karen and the three-meter relay team Tom McCloskey -- He was Rocky Mountain diver of the meet -- His favorite professional team is the -- He was the UIW Male Athlete of the Year HIGH SCHOOL basketball Spurs -- He was all-state in three events -- His favorite athlete is Drew Brees CAREER -- His sports memory is winning a high -- He was NCAA D-II All-America in the PERSONAL school medal by 0.01 seconds one-meter in 2010 -- His parents are Jill and Sean McLaughlin -- The amazing place he has visited -- In 2010 he was Rocky Mountain -- His sister is Megan was Alaska diver of the year -- His favorite professional team is the -- He wants to teach and coach -- Also he was the 2010 RMAC football Cowboys at the high school level diver of the meet -- He holds UIW records in both the -- His memory is qualifying for the state meet one-meter (576.35) and the as a freshman three-meter (536.50) -- He is into movies

WESTON MEDLEY PERSONAL SOPHOMORE -- His parents are Suzanne and DIVER Jimmie Casias -- Over time he has played basketball, ROBBIE MORRIS baseball, football SOPHOMORE 5-9 -- His favorite team is the football Packers SAN ANTONIO -- His sports memory is winning the 2011 BREASTSTROKE, IM NCAA title and throwing Coach CORNELL Tommy Law into the pool UNIVERSITY -- His amazing visits have been to Louisiana 6-3 BIRTHDATE- State University and Penn State SAN ANTONIO 6/26/91 -- He is bilingual in English and German O'CONNOR HS -- He wants to teach speech and BIRTHDATE- MAJOR coach diving -UNDECIDED 4/15/92 MAJOR- ENGINEERING HIGH SCHOOL MANAGEMENT -- He had a 4th place finish in the state meet -- Over time he has played baseball, PERSONAL football and water polo -- His parents are Barb and Will Morris -- -- His younger sister is Alexandra PERSONAL -- His favorite teams are the baseball Cubs -- His parents are Elizabeth and and football Patriots Christopher Medley -- He is into video games -- His older siblings are Christopher -- His most amazing trip was to the and Amy Canal -- His favorite athlete is Antonio Silva -- He is into video games -- His amazing trip was to Egypt

www.cardinalathletics.com 11 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012 DANIEL MURATA SENIOR BUTTERFLY, FREESTYLE AARON NORTON SOPHOMORE THIAGO DE MELLO 6-0 IM, BACKSTROKE PARRAVICINI SCHERTZ, TEXAS JUNIOR BELIEVERS 5-11 BREASTSTROKE, IM ACADEMY HS TYLER, TEXAS 5-9 BIRTHDATE- GRACE RIO DE JANEIRO, 3/21/90 COMMUNITY HS BRAZIL MAJOR- BIRTHDATE-12/9/91 C.E.L. HS COMMUNICATION MAJOR- PUC-RIO AND ARTS ACCOUNTING FUMEC-BH 2010-2011 BIRTHDATE- -- He was Rocky Mountain Conference 8/24/88 All-Academic HIGH SCHOOL MAJOR- -- He was All-RMAC in the 800-freestyle -- Twice he was the TAPPS state champion relay in the 200-IM BUSINESS -- He earned 2nd team RMAC honors in -- As a senior he also won the TAPPS title ADMINISTRATION the 200 and 400-free relays and the in the 100-breaststroke 400-medley relay -- He was a senior year All-American CAREER -- He led off the UIW record-setting -- He also has run cross country and -- He was a junior South American 200-freestyle relay team (1:22.46) played baseball champion -- He was a South American champion CAREER PERSONAL -- He was a junior Brazilian champion -- In 2010 he was D-II All-America in the -- His parents are Karen and Philip Norton -- He was a Brazilian champion 100-butterfly and the 400-medley -- His siblings are William and Brittany -- And he was a junior Italian champion relay -- Brittany swims for Ouachita Baptist -- He was D-II honorable mention -- William swims at the Naval Academy PERSONAL All-America in the 200 and 400-free -- His favorite professional team is the -- His parents are Luciana Mesquita relays basketball Mavericks de Mello and Pierfranco Parravicini -- He holds the UIW record in the -- His amazing trips were to -- His sister is Carolina de Mello Parravicini 100-butterfly (48.81) and to Dubai -- His mother was a swimmer -- He swam 3rd on the UIW record-setting -- His father played rugby and was a skier 400-medley relay team (3:19.63) -- His favorite athlete is Ayrton Senna -- He is into activities at the beach HIGH SCHOOL -- His amazing place to visit is -- He was an All-American hometown Rio -- He was eight TAAPS state titles and CHRIS PREWIT -- He speaks Portuguese, English, Italian set six records -- Sixteen times he was TISCA all-state SOPHOMORE BREASTSTROKE, PERSONAL -- His parents are Woody and Rick Murata FREESTYLE -- His siblings are Melissa, Jonathan, Megan, Michael, Andrew -- His favorite athlete is Ian Crocker -- His sports memory is the 2005 NCAA football championship game CORPUS CHRISTI, -- He is into video games, TV, movies TEXAS -- His amazing trip was to Corinth, FLOUR BLUFF HS -- He is fluent in English, Greek, American Sign, Latin -- He wants to work in television editing

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JOEY REEVES MOSHE RIOS SOPHOMORE FRESHMAN FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY DIVER MARK RUBIN JUNIOR 5-11 FREESTYLE, IM 5-11 MCALLEN AUSTIN, TEXAS MCALLEN HS 6-0 HOMESCHOOL SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE PHOENIX, BIRTHDATE- BIRTHDATE-12/4/92 ARIZONA 11/7/91 MAJOR- SHADOW MOUN- MAJOR- ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT TAIN HS BUSINESS HIGH SCHOOL BIRTHDATE- 2010-2011 -- He was a state champion 2/22/91 -- He was All-Rocky Mountain Conference -- He also won the regional title MAJOR-BIOLOGY 2nd team in the 400-medley and -- Over time he played football, soccer 400-freestyle relays 2010-2011 PERSONAL -- CoSIDA Academic All-District -- His parents are Joyce Zeldis and CAREER -- Rocky Mountain Conference David Trevino -- His 4x100 relay team finished 6th at the All-Academic -- His older brother are Aleck, Justin, 2009 Speedo Junior Nationals -- All-Rocky Mountain Conference in the Jonathan -- He also has played basketball, soccer, 800-freestyle relay -- His favorite professional team is the baseball -- RMAC 2nd team in the 500, 1,000 and football Texans 1,650-freestyles -- His favorite athlete is Usain Bolt PERSONAL -- He won 3 events at the Christmas -- He is into long boarding and beach sports -- His parents are Sheri and Invitational-500 free (4:31.85), -- His amazing trip was to the Grand Canyon Marshall Reeves 1,000-free (15:40.63), 400-IM -- He is bilingual in English and Spanish -- His older siblings are Sean, Katie, April (4:04.81) -- Brother Sean swam at UIW -- He wants to attend graduate school -- His favorite professional team is the CAREER football Cowboys -- CSCAA Academic All-American in 2010 -- His hobby is ultimate Frisbee -- 2010 NCAA four-time All-America-500, -- His amazing trip was to England 1,000, 1,650-freestyle and 800-free -- He wants to be an accountant relay -- Rocky Mountain Conference freshman of the year -- Swam third on the 2010 UIW record-setting 800-free relay team (6:42.47)

HIGH SCHOOL -- In the 500-freestyle he was top three all four years

PERSONAL -- His parents are Wendy Rubin and the late Udo Rubin -- His older sister is Jennifer -- His favorite professional team is the German National Soccer Team -- His favorite athlete is Bastian Schweinsteiger -- His sports memory is the second place NCAA finish by the UIW men's team -- The amazing place he has visited is Austria -- He is bilingual in English and German -- He wants to go to either dental or pharmacy school

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DANIEL RYAN JAMES SHAKE ALEX SPALDING SENIOR SENIOR JUNIOR FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY BACKSTROKE, FREESTYLE FREESTYLE 5-8 6-1 REDFORD, SAN ANTONIO 5-9 MICHIGAN MADISON HS SAN ANTONIO DETROIT SMU MADISON HS COUNTRY DAY BIRTHDATE- BIRTHDATE- HS 1013/89 3/18/91 BIRTHDATE- MAJOR- MAJOR- 2/10/91 COMPUTER ACCOUNTING MAJOR- INFORMATION GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS AND HIGH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL 2010-2011 -- He was National Honor Society AFFAIRS -- Twice he was All-American (HM)- -- He was academic all-district 100-butterfly and 400-medley relay 2010-2011 -- He was twice All-Rocky Mountain PERSONAL -- He was 2nd team Rocky Mountain Conference-200-medley relay and -- His parents are Teresa and Conference All-Academic 100-butterfly Clem Spalding -- He was second team RMAC in the -- His siblings are Nick and Katie CAREER 200-butterfly -- In time he has played baseball -- He is UIW Dean's List -- He won the RMAC in the 100-butterfly and basketball -- He is a member of Pi Sigma Alpha (49.39) -- His favorite teams are the football and Phi Alpha Delta -- At the RMAC meet he was 2nd in the Steelers, the baseball Astros, the 200-butterfly (1:51.43 basketball Spurs HIGH SCHOOL -- At the UIW Invitational he won three -- His favorite athlete is Tim Duncan -- He was all-state and all-area events-100 and 200-butterfly, -- His sports memory is the final dual meet -- He also was all-county and all-league 100-backstroke in high school he won every event -- Along the way he played baseball, -- At the Christmas Invitational he won the -- He is into fishing football, basketball and ran track 200-butterfly -- His amazing trip was to China and cross country -- He won the 200-butterfly and the -- He is bilingual in English and German 200-backstroke at the Henderson PERSONAL State Invitational -- His parents are Mary and Dan Ryan LUKE TOMAS -- His siblings are Katie, Kendall, Michael, CAREER FRESHMAN Justin, Conor, Nicholas, Jacob, -- He was a three-time NCAA All-American Anna in 2010-400-medley relay, 100 FREESTYLE -- His brother Michael runs cross country and 200-backstroke -- Four times in 2010 he was 5-11 at the Naval Academy RICHMOND, -- Everyone else either runs or swims All-Rocky Mountain Conference -- His favorite team is Notre Dame football -- He holds the UIW record in the TEXAS -- His favorite professional team is the 200-butterfly (1:51.29) RICHMOND HS baseball Tigers -- He led off the UIW record-setting 400-medley relay team (3:19.63) BIRTHDATE- -- His favorite athlete is Justin Verlander 12/4/91 -- He is into reading, working out, politics -- His amazing trip was the Micronesian HIGH SCHOOL MAJOR- islands -- He was a six-time All-American ENVIRONMENTAL -- He is bilingual in English and Arabic SCIENCES -- He wants to be either a naval officer PERSONAL or go to law school -- His parents are Paula and Terry Shake -- His older sisters are Nicci and Katie HIGH SCHOOL -- His favorite team is the basketball Spurs -- He won two bronze 200-free relay -- He is into computers and video games medals at the state meet -- He has played football, basketball, baseball and run track

PERSONAL -- His parents are Doris and Gene Tomas -- His older brother is Matt -- His father played college football and his mother college volleyball -- His favorite professional team is the football Texans -- His favorite athlete is Colt Brennan -- His sports memory is being a varsity quarterback for three years -- He is into Xbox, movies, music -- His amazing trip was to Honolulu www.cardinalathletics.com 14 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012 DANIEL TORRES SOPHOMORE CHRIS TURNER JON PAUL WALDINGER BACKSTROKE, IM FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE 5-9 BUTTERFLY, FREESTYLE FREESTYLE CHIHUAHUA, 6-1 MEXICO EDINBURG, COBACH 3 HS 6-3 TEXAS LAKE ERIE C. AUSTIN, TEXAS MCALLEN BIRTHDATE- LAKE TRAVIS HS MEMORIAL HS 6/9/91 U. OF MARYLAND BIRTHDATE-5/7/92 MAJOR- BIRTHDATE-2/1/92 MAJOR- INTERNATIONAL MAJOR-MUSIC REHABILITATION BUSINESS SCIENCES HIGH SCHOOL CAREER HIGH SCHOOL -- He won two state titles-2008 200-freestyle -- He was 2009 Mexican Nationals -- He was a state qualifier and 2010 500-freestyle sub-champion in the 200-IM and -- He was all-district and all-region -- In 2008 he was 4th in the Short Course 50-backstroke for the 17-18 -- His teams won four district and Junior Nationals in the 200-butterfly age group regional titles -- Over time he has played football, baseball, -- He also has played soccer, baseball basketball, tennis and archery and did Karate PERSONAL -- His parents are Karla and PERSONAL PERSONAL Joseph Waldinger -- His parents are Kathleen and Roy Turner -- His parents are Cristy Samaniego -- His younger sister is Alexandra -- His older brothers are Alan and Brendan and Jerry Torres -- He has played football and soccer -- His favorite teams are the Arkansas -- His younger sister is Luisa -- His favorite professional team is the Razorbacks, Team USA and -- His mother was a collegiate swimmer football Giants Brazil's soccer team in Mexico -- His memory is winning a 100-butterfly -- His favorite professional team is the -- His favorite pro team is El America race against his biggest rival football Packers -- He is into video games and outdoors -- He plays the guitar -- He is into music sports -- His amazing trips have been to -- His amazing trip was to Puget Sound for -- His two amazing visits were to New York San Francisco and the 2009 junior nationals and to Cancun San Miguel Allende, Mexico -- He wants to work in the music industry -- He is bilingual in English and Spanish -- He wants to be a physical therapist -- He wants to go to graduate school MAURICIO ZAMBRANO FRESHMAN FREESTYLE 5-7 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS A&M CONSOLIDATED HS BIRTHDATE-4/21/93 MAJOR- UNDECIDED

HIGH SCHOOL -- He was a state qualifier as a junior -- He has played soccer, baseball and run track and cross country

PERSONAL -- His parents are Rosa and Felipe Zambrano -- His brothers are Felipe and Fernando -- The Texas A&M Aggies are his favorite teams -- His favorite professional team is soccer's Real Madrid -- He is into spring boarding and video games -- His amazing trip was to Martha's Vineyard -- He speaks English and Spanish -- He wants to work for Pixar or Dreamworks www.cardinalathletics.com 15 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012

THE 2011-12 CARDINALS WOMEN

ATHLETE EVENT CLASS HOMETOWN(SCHOOL) Kaitlin Armus Fly, Free SR Austin (Westwood) Julia Cardenas Free JR Phoenix, Ariz. (St. Mary’s) Quirina Cohn Free, Back FR Helotes (O’Connor) Audrey Contreras Back, Free SO San Antonio (Madison) Kelsey Cooke Back, Free SO Phoenix, Ariz. (Thunderbird) Carly Covington Breast, IM SO New Braunfels (Canyon) Leah Evans Free JR Del Rio (Del Rio) Mykayla Felchak Free, IM FR Tomball (Tomball) Molly Freeman Free SO Houston (Clear Brook) Emily Haddox Diver SO Cypress (Cypress Creek) Kara Lindeman Diver FR Seguin (Incarnate Word HS) Victoria Lowe Breast, Fly SO Surrey, B.C., ( Clayton Heights; Lindenwood U.) Danica Lubbers Fly, Free SR El Paso (Eastwood; U. of Houston) Aileen McCleaf Breast, IM JR McAllen (Home School) Micaela Moncada Breast, IM FR Pflugerville (Hendrickson) Celeste Morgen Breast, Free FR San Antonio (Johnson) Adrienne Morrow Breast, Free FR Hot Springs, Ark. (Hot Springs) Megan Murata Fly, Back SO Schertz (Believers Academy) Tamiris Nascimento Free, Breast JR Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Salesianos) Lana Nguen Free FR Kiev, Ukraine (National Pedagogical of Dragomanova) Morgan Palmanteer Free FR Chandler, Ariz. (Perry) Ashley Paul Free, IM JR San Antonio (Clark) Carla Perim Free, Fly FR Sao Paulo, Brazil (The Woodlands; SF Austin U.) Alexis Ramirez Back, Free SO Frisco (Centennial) Emmaline Reyes Fly FR San Antonio (Stevens) Jillian Richard Diver SR Houston (Austin) Hannah Sprado Breast JR Kerrville (Our Lady of the Hills) Kim Tench Free, Fly SR San Antonio (U. of Tampa) Joy Turner Fly, Free SR Rockwall (Rockwall) Stephanie Voltz Diver SR San Antonio (Churchill) Kaitlyn Whalen Free, Fly FR Orlando, Fla. (Apopka)

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HIGH SCHOOL CAREER -- She also played volleyball, water pole 2010-2011 -- In 2010 she was 3rd team All Rocky and ran track Mountain Conference in the -- At the NCAA championships she swam 3rd in the 800-freestyle relay team 200-butterfly PERSONAL which was 2nd and set a UIW -- Her parents are Marti and Chris Cohn record (7:27.25) HIGH SCHOOL -- Her siblings are Sammi, Allie, Erin -- That earned her All-American status -- Twice she won the school's Warrior -- All of her sisters are swimmers -- She had two 4th places at the Rocky award -- She lived in Okinawa, , Mountain Conference for seven years championships-200-free (1:54.88), PERSONAL -- She is bilingual in English and Japanese 500-free (5:07.98) -- Her parents are Kathy and Juny Armus -- After college she wants to own -- She also swam anchor on the winning -- As a child she was a gymnast a physical therapy clinic -- Her favorite professional team is the 800-freestyle relay team (7:37.03) baseball Astros and was All-RMAC -- Her favorite athlete is swimmer -- And she was 5th in the 100-freestyle Josh Davis (54.06) -- She is into writing poetry and stories -- She was on the RMAC Academic and shopping Honor Roll -- The most amazing trip was to Hawaii -- She is bilingual in English and Spanish CAREER -- She wants to be a teacher -- 2010 Rocky Mountain Conference 200-freestyle champion -- 2010 NCAA honorable mention All-America in the 400 and 800-free relays -- She swam third on the UIW record- setting 800-free relay team (7:27.25)

PERSONAL -- Her mother is Sheila Fitzgibbons -- Her older brother Patrick swims at UIW; her younger brother is Martin -- She has played softball and has been an Irish dancer -- Her favorite professional team is the basketball Suns -- She enjoys cooking -- Ireland is the most amazing place she has visited -- She wants a master's degree

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AUDREY CONTRERAS CARLY COVINGTON SOPHOMORE SOPHOMORE BACKSTROKE, FREESTYLE BREASTSTROKE, IM KELSEY COOKE 5-9 SAN ANTONIO SOPHOMORE 5-8 MADISON HS BACKSTROKE, FREESTYLE GARDEN RIDGE, BIRTHDATE- TEXAS 6/30/92 5-11 CANYON HS MAJOR-FASHION PHOENIX, ARI- BIRTHDATE- MERCHANDISING ZONA 9/12/91 THUNDERBIRD HS MAJOR-BIOLOGY BIRTHDATE-7/1/92 2010-2011 MAJOR- -- At the Rocky Mountain Conference KINESIOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL championships she was 4th in the -- Regional qualifier all four years 200-backstroke (2:10.42) -- She was National Honor Society -- At the RMAC meet she was 5th in the -- She also played softball, volleyball, 100-backstroke (1:00.25) 2010-2011 basketball and ran track -- At the UIW Invitational she was 8th in -- At the NCAA meet she led off the UIW 9th -- Her softball team won the 2009 state title the 100-back and 6th in the place 200-free relay team and was 200-back honorable mention All-America PERSONAL -- At the Christmas Invitational she was -- That same team won the Rocky Mountain -- Her parents are Mary Kay and 6th in the 100-back and 4th in the Conference 200-meters and she was David Covington 200-back All-RMAC -- Her older brothers are Chris, Curt, Cody -- She was RMAC second team after being -- Her favorite team is the HIGH SCHOOL 2nd in the 200-backstroke with a UIW Texas A&M Aggies -- Two years she was the team MV record (2:04.91) -- Her favorite professional team is the -- She also has played basketball -- She also was RMAC second team with basketball Spurs and volleyball a 2nd in the 100-backstroke (58.16) -- Her favorite athlete is Michael Phelps -- She is into kayaking, fishing, reading, PERSONAL CAREER offshore and wade fishing -- Her parents are Cari Schroeded -- She holds the UIW record in the -- Her most amazing trip was to the and Charles Contreras 200-backstroke (2:07.95) Bahamas -- Her siblings are Alaina and Kendal -- She swam leadoff on the UIW -- She wants a Ph.D. -- Her favorite team is the basketball Spurs record-setting 200-medley relay team -- Her sports memory is breaking (1:44.83) a 17-year-old record in the 100-backstroke HIGH SCHOOL -- She is into reading -- She was state champion in the -- Her amazing trip was to Cozumel, 200-freestyle Mexico -- She was 2nd in the state 100-backstroke

PERSONAL -- Her parents are Beth and John Cooke -- Her brothers are Nathan and Austin -- She began swimming at age four -- She has played volleyball and basketball -- Her favorite athletes are Natalie Coughlin and Leandro Barbosa -- Her sports memory is qualifying for the A finals at sectionals and swimming against Elizabeth Beisel -- The most amazing place she has visited was Waikiki, Hawaii, and staying in a house facing the drop off to the ocean -- She wants to attend physical therapy school

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LEAH EVANS MIKAYLA FELCHAK JUNIOR FRESHMAN FREESTYLE FREESTYLE, IM MOLLY FREEMAN SOPHOMORE FREESTYLE 5-3 TOMBALL, TEXAS DEL RIO, TEXAS TOMBALL HS 5-3 SAN FELIPE HS BIRTHDATE-3/3/93 HOUSTON, BIRTHDATE-6/5/91 MAJOR- TEXAS MAJOR-CHILD UNDECIDED CLEAR BROOK PSYCHOLOGY HS BIRTHDATE- 6/14/92 HIGH SCHOOL 2010-2011 -- She was a state qualifier MAJOR-HISTORY -- She was on the Rocky Mountain -- She also swam in the junior nationals Conference Academic Honor Roll -- She has played T-ball, water polo 2010-2011 and run track -- She was a two-time All-American- HIGH SCHOOL 500-free and 800-free relay -- She played volleyball, ran cross country PERSONAL -- She was twice All-American honorable and track and played flag football -- Her parents are Suzanne and mention-1,650-free, 400-free relay Bryan Felchak -- At the NCAA championships she had PERSONAL -- Her sisters are Shelby and Abbie a 7th place in the 500-free (5:00.48) -- Her parents are Mary and Bret Evans -- Her favorite athletes are Michael Phelps -- Also at the NCAA's she swam anchor on -- Her siblings are Bret Jr., James, Laura and Ryan Lochte the 400 and 800-free relay teams -- Her favorite teams are the football Colts, -- She is into team bonding sessions -- At the Rocky Mountain meet she was the hockey Canucks, baseball 3rd in the 1,000-freestyle (10:30.05) Rockies, football Broncos -- She was 4th in the RMAC -- Her favorite athletes are Aaron Piersol, KARA LINDEMAN 1,650-freestyle (17:44.35) Peyton Manning -- She swam 3rd on the winning 800-free -- She is into sleeping, running, eating, FRESHMAN relay team and on the 2nd place music, concerts and reading DIVER 200-free relay team -- She wants to go to graduate school for -- She won the 500-freestyle (5:08.29) a master's and a Ph.D. at the UIW Invitational -- She won both the 200 (1:53.81) and EMILY HADDOX 5-7 500-freestyles (5:08.30) at the Henderson State Invitational SOPHOMORE SEGUIN, TEXAS INCARNATE WORD DIVER HIGH SCHOOL HS -- Three times she won the school's 5-1 BIRTHDATE-7/5/93 most improved award CYPRESS, TEXAS MAJOR-BIOLOGY -- As a senior she was the co-MVP CYPRESS CREEK -- She was Academic All-America HS -- Five times she was a collegiate level All-American BIRTHDATE- -- She had a Top 8 nationals finish HIGH SCHOOL 9/11/91 -- She was runnerup at the state meet PERSONAL MAJOR- as a senior -- Her parents are Raynel and INTERDISCIPLI- -- She was a junior year state qualifier Ron Freeman NARY STUDIES -- Her younger brother is Jake PERSONAL -- She has played tennis and run track -- Her parents are Linda and 2010-2011 -- Her favorite professional team is the David Lindeman -- She was All-Rocky Mountain Conference football Saints -- She has twin sisters Kate and Kendra 2nd team in the 1-meter dive -- She likes to read -- She didn't begin diving until she was 16 -- She also was All-RMAC 3rd team in the -- She has been a competitor in Tae Kwon Do 3-meter -- Her favorite professional team is the -- At the Christmas Invitational she finished baseball Yankees 2nd in the 1-meter and 3rd in the -- Her favorite athletes are Mark Texeira 3-meter and Nick Swisher -- Her sports memory is the invitation to the PERSONAL US Open team in Tae Kwon Do and -- Her parents are Melissa competing against international and Tommy Haddox athletes with a chance for the -- Her brother is David Olympic team -- Earlier she was a gymnast -- She is into paintball -- She is into reading and running -- New York is the most amazing place -- Her amazing trip was to Africa's Kenya she has visited -- She would like to teach overseas -- She wants to attend dental school www.cardinalathletics.com 19 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012

VICTORIA LOWE DANICA LUBBERS AILEEN MCCLEAF JUNIOR SENIOR JUNIOR BREASTSTROKE, FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY BREASTSTROKE, IM BUTTERFLY 5-4 5-6 5-5 MCALLEN, SURREY, B.C., EL PASO, TEXAS TEXAS CANADA EASTWOOD HS HOME SCHOOL CLAYTON HTS. U. OF HOUSTON SO. TEXAS C. SECONDARY BIRTHDATE-7/15/90 BIRTHDATE- LINDENWOOD U. MAJOR- 11/30/90 BIRTHDATE- ELEMENTARY MAJOR- 6/25/91 EDUCATION MATHEMATICS MAJOR- BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2010-2011 2010-2011 -- At the Rocky Mountain Conference meet -- At the Rocky Mountain championships she was 8th in the 200-free (2:17.71) CAREER she swam 3rd in the 200-medley -- At the RMAC championships she was 9th -- At Lindenwood she was the 2011 relay team in the 1,650-freestyle (18:21.54) most improved athlete -- She finished 12th in the 100-breast -- And she was 11th in the 1,000-freestyle -- She ran track in high school stroke at the RMAC meet -- For eight years she was a CAREER synchronized swimmer PERSONAL -- In 2010 she was All-RMAC 2nd team in the -- She began swimming at age 18 -- Her parents are Kathy and 1,000 and 1,650-freestyle Allen McCleaf PERSONAL -- Her brothers re Roy, Dan, Kirk HIGH SCHOOL -- Her parents are Shere and -- She has competed in triathlons -- She was the 2008 swimmer of the year Raymond Lowe -- She enjoys open water sports -- She was a state qualifier in the -- Her siblings are Natasha, Michael, John, -- Former club teams are her favorites- 100-butterfly, 200-IM and 400-free Alexandra, Matthew York YMCA and Great Lakes relay -- Her siblings' activities range from hockey Aquatics to horseback riding to triathlon -- Erick Vendt is her favorite athlete PERSONAL -- Her favorite swimming group is -- She is into music and DJing -- Her mother is Dina Lubbers Team Canada -- Her amazing visit was to Michigan's -- Her younger siblings are Alexis, -- Her favorite professional team is Mackinac Island Jessica, Jaycie Canucks -- She is bilingual in English and -- She has played volleyball and basketball -- Her sports memory is swimming her best American Sign Language -- Her favorite teams are the baseball in the 200-IM and placing third -- She wants to go to graduate school Yankees and basketball Spurs -- She is into discovering new music artists - Her favorite athletes are Derek Jeter and learning about nutrition and Dara Torrez MICAELA MONCADA -- To England's Westminster Abbey -- She is into TV, reading and teaching Cathedral has been her most FRESHMAN swimming amazing trip -- Alaska is the most amazing place she has BREASTSTROKE, IM -- Her future might include training for the visited 2012 Olympics and then living in -- She wants to teach elementary school Nottingham, England, and working 5-5 as a marketing person for Speedo PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS HENDRICKSON HS BIRTHDATE- 4/19/92 MAJOR- KINESIOLOGY

HIGH SCHOOL -- Twice she was a state qualifier in the 100-breaststroke -- Twice she was the regional champion in the 100-breaststroke -- She also has played basketball -- She was the newspaper's sports editor

PERSONAL -- Her mother is Imelda Moncada -- Her younger brother is Noah -- Her favorite athlete is Rebecca Soni -- She wants to be a physical therapist www.cardinalathletics.com 20 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012 CELESTE MORGEN MEGAN MURATA FRESHMAN SOPHOMORE NATIONAL CHAMPION BREASTSTROKE, BUTTERFLY, BACKSTROKE TAMIRIS NASCIMENTO FREESTYLE JUNIOR 5-6 FREESTYLE, 5-8 SCHERTZ, TEXAS BREASTSTROKE SAN ANTONIO RIVER CITY 5-11 JOHNSON HS BELIEVERS RIO DE JANEIRO, BIRTHDATE- ACADEMY BRAZIL 10/7/92 BIRTHDATE- SALESIANOS HS MAJOR- 10/7/91 BIRTHDATE-7/7/87 NUTRITION AND MAJOR-BIOLOGY DIETETICS MAJOR- NUTRITION AND HIGH SCHOOL 2010-2011 DIETETICS -- As a senior she was at the state meet -- At the Rocky Mountain Conference in the 200-medley and 200-freestyle championships she was 9th in the relays 200-back (2:11.15) 2010-2011 -- She was in both those events as a -- She swam first on the winning 400-medley -- NCAA national champion in the freshman also relay team and was All-RMAC 100-freestyle (49.37) -- Along the way she played basketball, -- She also was 10th in the 100-back -- She was 2nd in the NCAA 50-freestyle volleyball, soccer (1:00.68) (23.10) -- She was All-America in three events-50 PERSONAL HIGH SCHOOL and 100-freestyle, 800-free relay -- Her parents are Lisa and Max Morgen -- At the TAPPS state meet she won the -- She was All-America (HM) in both the -- Her younger brother is Max 100-butterfly with a new state record 200-medley and 400-freestyle -- Her favorite professional team is the time but was disqualified for a relays and in the 200-freestyle football Titans starting block twitch -- At the Rocky Mountain Conference -- Her favorite athlete is Usain bolt -- She was TISCA all-state 13 times championships she won both the -- Her sports memory is the 100-breast -- She was TAPPS all-state nine times 50 and 100-freestyle stroke regional finals in high school -- She was TAPPS academic all-state twice -- At the RMAC meet she was on the -- Her amazing trip was to Disney World -- Four times she was San Antonio winning 400-freestyle and -- She is trilingual in English, Spanish, EXPRESS-NEWS all-area 400-medley relay teams German -- At the UIW Invitational she won both the -- She wants to be a dietitian PERSONAL 100 and 200-freestyles -- Her parents are Woody and Rick Murata -- At the Henderson State Invitational she ADRIENNE MORROW -- Her siblings are Melissa, Jonathan, won the 50 and 100-freestyles Daniel, Michael, Andrew FRESHMAN -- She is into hiking, camping, photography, CAREER BREASTSTROKE, animal training and movies -- In 2010 she was a three-time NCAA -- She has visited three amazing places, All-American-50 and 100-freestyles FREESTYLE Yellowstone National Park, and 200-medley relay Redwood Forest and Istanbul, -- She was honorable mention All-America Turkey in 400 and 800-freestyle relays and -- She is fluent in English, Greek, Latin the 400-medley in 2010 5-7 and Spanish -- In 201 she was swimmer of the HOT SPRINGS, -- She wants to go to veterinary school and RMAC championship meet ARKANSAS care for animals as an overseas -- She holds the UIW school records in the BIRTHDATE- missionary 50-freestyle (23.38) and the 100-freestyle (49.37) 5/19/93 -- She anchored the UIW record-setting MAJOR-VISION 200-medley relay team (1:44.83) SCIENCES -- She also anchored the UIW record 400-medley team (3:49.15) -- She led off the UIW record 200-freestyle team (1:36.32) HIGH SCHOOL -- And she was leadoff on the UIW record -- She was the state champion in the 400-freestyle team (3:29.58) 200 freestyle -- She also won the state title in the PERSONAL 100-breaststroke -- Her parents are Marcia and Marcelo Agra Nascimento PERSONAL -- Her younger brother is Matheus -- Her parents are Patricia and -- She has played soccer and volleyball Daniel Morrow -- She is bilingual in English -- Her sisters are Hannah and Hilary and Portuguese -- She began swimming at age 6 -- Ryan Lochte is her favorite athlete www.cardinalathletics.com 21 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012

LANA NGUYEN FRESHMAN MORGAN PALMANTEER ASHLEY PAUL FREESTYLE FRESHMAN 5-8 FREESTYLE JUNIOR KIEV, UKRAINE FREESTYLE, IM NATIONAL 5-6 PEDAGOGICAL CHANDLER, OF ARIZONA 5-8 DRAGOMANOVA PERRY HS SAN ANTONIO BIRTHDATE-4/9/93 BIRTHDATE-12/7/92 CLARK HS MAJOR-INTERIOR MAJOR- BIRTHDATE- ENVIRONMENTAL UNDECIDED 5/26/91 DESIGN MAJOR-BIOLOGY

CAREER HIGH SCHOOL -- She is a Master of Sports -- She won the state title in the 100-freestyle -- She was a junior champion in the 2010-2011 -- She also was a gymnast and played soc- Ukrainian National Cup -- At the Rocky Mountain Conference cer championships she was 6th in the PERSONAL 400-IM (4:49.30) PERSONAL -- Her parents are Nguyen Manh Ha and -- Also she was 8th in the 200-IM (2:14.54) -- Her parents are Kathy and Babiychuk-Nguyen Elena -- She was 10th in the 200-backstroke Norm Palmanteer -- Her younger brother is Tom (2:13.18) -- Her favorite athlete is Ryan Lochte -- Her favorite athletes include Malin -- Her amazing visit was to Spain Therese Alshammar, Frederick CAREER Bousquet, Federica Pellegrini -- In 2010 she was honorable mention -- Her sports memories are of the European All-America in the 400-free relay Junior Championships in Prague -- She was All-Rocky Mountain Conference and the World in Qatar CARLA PERIM on the 400 and 800-freestyle relay -- She likes to paint and draw teams -- She speaks English, Russian SOPHOMORE -- She was on the UIW record-setting and Ukrainian FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY 400-freestyle team 5-3 PERSONAL SAO PAULO, -- Her parents are Priscilla and David Paul BRASIL -- Her older brothers are Bobby THE WOODLANDS, and Anthony -- Over time she has played soccer, TEXAS, HS basketball, water polo, tennis S.F. AUSTIN U. and track BIRTHDATE- -- Her father played soccer at St. Mary's 11/21/92 -- Her favorite teams are the baseball Cardinals and the basketball Spurs MAJOR- -- The most interesting place she has REHABILITATION visited is St. Louis, Mo. SCIENCES -- She wants a master's degree and then to teach and coach PERSONAL -- Her parents are Regina and Otavio Perim -- Her siblings are Tatiana, Marco, Vitor, Otavio, Fabio, Pedro, Iolanda -- She has played soccer and tennis and danced ballet -- Her favorite team is the Brazilian soccer club -- Her favorite professional team is the baseball Rangers -- Her favorite athlete is Michael Phelps -- She is into dancing, music and the beach -- Her most amazing trip was to Italy -- She speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese -- She wants to attend physical therapy school

www.cardinalathletics.com 22 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012 ALEXIS RAMIREZ EMMALINE REYES SOPHOMORE JILLIAN RICHARD FRESHMAN BACKSTROKE, FREESTYLE SENIOR BUTTERFLY DIVER 5-4 5-7 5-0 RICHMOND, FRISCO, TEXAS SAN ANTONIO TEXAS CENTENNIAL HS STEVENS HS RICHMOND HS BIRTHDATE-3/4/92 BIRTHDATE-6/5/93 BIRTHDATE- MAJOR-BIOLOGY MAJOR-NURSING 4/12/90 MAJOR- ATHLETIC TRAINING 2010-2011 -- At the UIW Invitational she was 9th in the PERSONAL 2010-2011 100-backstroke -- Her parents are Heather and Robert Reyes -- At the Rocky Mountain Championships -- At that same meet she finished 7th in the -- Her siblings are Alana, Clayton, Leela she finished 6th in the 3-meter dive 200-backstroke -- She has played soccer also -- She was 8th in the RMAC 1-meter event -- And she was 9th in the 100-freestyle at -- She is into music, puzzles, shopping -- At the Christmas Invitational she was the UIW meet and movies 5th in the one-meter -- She was 6th in the Christmas Invitational -- The most amazing place she has visited -- She won the 3-meter event at the 100-back and 7th in the 200-back is New Jersey Christmas Invitational with a UIW -- She wants to be an OR nurse record 327.85 points HIGH SCHOOL -- She was a four-time state finalist PERSONAL -- She was an All-American Scholar-Athlete -- Her parents are Karen and Kirk Richard -- She was a district and regional champion KIMBERLY TENCH -- Her brothers re Mitchell, Luke and Derek SENIOR -- Along the way she has played baseball, PERSONAL golf, basketball, softball and been a -- Her parents are Jennifer and FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY gymnast and cheerleader Jake Ramirez -- Her favorite professional team is the -- Father Jake played UIW baseball 5-4 football Texans -- Mother Jennifer played UIW soccer SAN ANTONIO -- Her amazing trip was to Italy -- She likes the basketball Spurs and football Saints CHURCHILL HS -- She also likes the Texas A&M Aggies U. OF TAMPA HANAH SPRADO and the Oregon Ducks BIRTHDATE-1/31/89 -- Her memory is winning a 500-freestyle JUNIOR MAJOR- and having her parents present BREASTSTROKE the medal NUTRITION -- She is into cooking, mechanics, designing SCIENCE -- Her amazing trip was to Washington D.C. KERRVILLE, -- She is bilingual in English and Spanish TEXAS -- She wants to go to medical school 2010-2011 OUR LADY OF -- She was second team All-Rocky Mountain Conference THE HILLS HS -- She anchored the 2nd place BIRTHDATE- 400-freestyle relay team 4/15/91 -- At the Christmas Invitational she anchored MAJOR-ART two 2nd place relay teams-200 and 400-freestyle -- At the Henderson State Invitational she anchored the 2nd place 2010-2011 200-freestyle relay team -- She won the 100-breaststroke at the UIW Invitational (1:13.07) HIGH SCHOOL -- She was All-America PERSONAL -- Her parents are Mitzi and Doug Sprado PERSONAL -- Her older brother is Corey -- Her parents are Nancy and Mark Tench -- She began swimming in the 6th grade -- Her siblings are Chris, Christy, Katie -- She has played tennis, soccer, and -- Her favorite team is the basketball Spurs run cross country -- Her favorite athlete is Dirk Nowitski -- Her favorite athlete is Andy Schleck -- She plays the cello -- She is into photography, biking, hiking and triathlons -- She wants to be a National Geographic photographer

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JOY TURNER STEPHANIE VOLTZ KAITLYN WHALEN SENIOR SENIOR FRESHMAN BUTTERFLY, FREESTYLE DIVER FREESTYLE, BUTTERFLY

5-7 5-5 ROCKWALL, 5-0 ORLAND, TEXAS SAN ANTONIO FLORIDA ROCKWALL HS CHURCHILL HS APOPKA HS BIRTHDATE- BIRTHDATE-1/21/91 BIRTHDATE- 12/22/89 MAJOR- 6/23/93 MAJOR-BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL MAJOR- BUSINESS EDUCATION

2010-2011 2010-2011 HIGH SCHOOL -- She was All-America in the 100-butterfly -- At the Rocky Mountain Conference -- Ranked 2nd in the nation in the -- She was HM All-America in the championships she finished 9th in the 200-butterfly 200-medley and 400-free relays 1-meter -- Was 16th in the nation in the -- At the NCAA meet she was 8th in the 1,650-freestyle 100-butterfly in a UIW record 56.08 PERSONAL -- Had an Olympic Trials cut in the -- She swam 3rd on the 6th place team at -- Her parents are Amy and Steve Voltz 200-butterfly the NCAA meet in a UIW record -- Her siblings are Jeremy, Joshua, Valerie -- She also has played soccer and time 1:44.55 and Rachel was a gymnast -- She was Rocky Mountain Conference -- She also has played tennis second team All-Academic -- Her favorite team is the football Cowboys PERSONAL -- She was Rocky Mountain All-Conference -- Her sports memory is of watching -- Her parents are Sue and Kirk Whalen in the 200-medley relay Novak Djokavic win the BNP Paribas -- Her younger brothers are Noah, -- In the 100-butterfly and the 200-freestyle Open Drew, Sam relay she was RMAC 2nd team -- She enjoys reading -- She began swimming at age 2 and -- The most amazing place she has visited swimming competitively at age 5 CAREER is Croatia -- Her favorite team is the Fast Lane -- In 2010 she was CSCAA Academic -- She hopes to work for the family's Aquatics All-America Atkinson Candy Company -- Her memories are of two days, one, -- She was NCAA All-America in the when she was to get an Olympic cut 200-medley relay and the meet was cancelled -- And in 2010 she was All-America HM in because of a storm and, two, when the 100-butterfly and the she got the Olympic cut 400-medley and 400-free relays -- Michigan is the most amazing place -- She holds the UIW record in the she has visited 100-backstroke (57.44) -- After college she will trail for the -- She holds the UIW record in the 2016 Olympics 100-butterfly (56.08) -- She was on the UIW record-setting 200-medley relay team (1:44.38) -- She was on the UIW record 400-medley relay team (3:49.15) -- And she was on the UIW record 200-freestyle relay team (1:36.22)

HIGH SCHOOL -- She was an Academic All-American -- She also has done ballet, tap and played soccer

PERSONAL -- Her parents re Jossie and Robert Turner -- Her sister is Nicole who swam at Centenary College -- Her favorite professional team is the basketball Mavericks -- And Dirk Nowitzki is her favorite athlete -- She is into yoga, running, crossfit, shopping -- Her amazing trip was to Cozumel, Mexico -- She wants to attend physical therapy school, then be a therapist in either sports rehabilitation or geriatrics

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2010-2011

WOMEN ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS NCAA DIVISION II 6TH PLACE

MEN ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS NCAA DIVISION 10TH PLACE

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2010-2011 RESULTS

DATE DAY EVENT SITE RESULTS

October 23 Saturday 3-Way--UIW, UofNew Orleans, Trinity San Antonio M--d. UNO 206-55 W--d. UNO 218-34

November 6 Saturday 3-Way--UIW, Trinity, Texas-Permian Basin UIW M--d. UTPB 186-86 M--d. Trinity 200-76 12-13 Fri-Sat at Henderson State Invitational Arkadelphia, Ark. M--1st W--2nd

December 3-4 Fri-Sat at Christmas Invitational Mansfield, Texas No Team Scores

January 8 Saturday 3-Way--UIW, Tampa, Iowa Tampa, Fla. M--T3rd W--3rd 15 Saturday at LSU Baton Rouge, La. M--L 200-93 W--L 198-98 28-29 Fri-Sat UIW Invitational Palo Alto College M--1st W--1st

February 10-12 Thur-Sat at Rocky Mountain Conference Championships Grand Junction, Colo. M--1st W--1st

March 9-12 Wed-Sat NCAA D-II NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Palo Alto College M--10th W--6th

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2010-2011 ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE

UIW AND THE RMAC 2011 RMAC RESULTS Incarnate Word has its largest squad ever for swimming and diving (more than WOMEN 70 men and women) for the 2011-2012 PLACE SCHOOL POINTS season and when they compete for a 1 Incarnate Word 896 2 Grand Canyon 849.50 conference title the Cardinals will be 3 Mesa State (Colo) 614 swimming against an alliance of schools 4 Minnesota State-Moorhead 594.50 for the fourth straight year. 5 Colorado Mines 270 6 Texas-Permian Basin 259 UIW will compete for honors as associate 7 Northern State (Minn) 252 members of the Rocky Mountain 8 Nebraska-Kearney 165 Conference (RMAC). 9 Adams State (Colo) 116

Incarnate Word is a member of the Lone MEN Star Conference but that league does not PLACE SCHOOL POINTS sponsor swimming and diving competi- 1 Incarnate Word 1,025.50 tion. So, UIW and Texas-Permian Basin 2 Grand Canyon (Ariz) 795.50 (UTPB) out of the Heartland Conference 3 Mesa State (Colo) 663.50 will compete in the RMAC. 4 Colorado Mines 563 5 Texas-Permian Basin 557.50 The RMAC, upon greeting Incarnate Word in the summer of 2008, promptly said the Cardinals could host the 2009 conference meet. That event was con- ducted at San Antonio’s Josh Davis Natatorium. The Cardinals obliged by winning both the men’s and women’s 2011 RMAC AWARDS titles. WOMEN Freshman of the Year Catherine Polito, Grand Canyon Then in 2008 UIW and UTPB on the women’s side joined Colorado Mines of Swimmer of the Year the RMAC and Grand Canyon (Ariz) of Casey Hurrell-Zitelman, Incarnate Word the Pacific West Conference. Then. in 2009, Minnesota State-Moorhead, Mesa Diver of the Year State, Northern State, Nebraska-Kearney, Shayna Dugger, Minnesota State-Moorhead and Adams State have come on board as associates. Swimmer of the Meet Casey Hurrell-Zitelman, Incarnate Word Inha Kotsur, Grand Canyon For the men, the Cardinals and UTPB for the fourth year will swim against Grand Diver of the Meet Canyon and RMAC schools Colorado Shayna Dugger, Minnesota State-Moorhead Mines, Mesa State (Colo) and Adams State (Colo). Coach of the Year Steve Schaffer, Grand Canyon The 2011-2012 season will see women’s MEN teams competing from Adams State Freshman of the Year (Colo), Colorado Mines, Grand Canyon, Michael Branning, Grand Canyon Mesa State (Colo), Minnesota State- Moorhead, Northern State, Nebraska- Swimmer of the Year Kearney, UTPB and UIW. Conrado Chede, Incarnate Word

Since the inception of swimming at UIW Diver of the Year (2002 for the women and 2007 for the Brock Martin, Mesa State men) the Cardinals had competed in the Swimmer of the Meet New South Intercollegiate Swimming Conrado Chede, Incarnate Word Conference, an alliance of schools from Nikita Belousov, Incarnate Word the lower Midwest and southeastern parts of the nation. Diver of the Meet Justin McDonald, Incarnate Word

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2010-2011 ALL-RMAC 2010-2011 ALL-RMAC UIW MEN UIW WOMEN FIRST TEAM (1ST PLACE) 500-Freestyle Conrado Chede FIRST TEAM (1ST PLACE) 200-IM Nikita Belousov 200-IM Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 200-Medley Relay James Shake, Nikita 50-Freestyle Tamiris Nascimento Belousov, Sean Reeves, 400-Medley Relay Megan Murata, Casey Kody Gagne Hurrell-Zitelman, Lesley 1,000-Freestyle Conrado Chede Murray, Tamiris 400-IM Aliaksandr Yatsko Nascimento 100-Butterfly James Shake 200-Medley Relay Kelsey Cooke, Melissa 100-Backstroke Nikita Belousov Ralston, Joy Turner, 800-Free Relay Conrado Chede, Mark Tamiris Nascimento Rubin, Michael Knox. 400-IM Casey Hurrell-Zitelman Daniel Murata 100-Breaststroke Melissa Ralston 1,650-Freestyle Conrado Chede 800-Free Relay Casey Hurrell-Zitelman, 200-Backstroke Nikita Belousov Paulina Alexander, 1-Meter Dive Justin McDonald Molly Freeman, Julia Cardenas SECOND TEAM (2ND PLACE) 100-Freestyle Tamiris Nascimento 200-Free Relay Damontre Pamilton, Kody 200-Breaststroke Casey Hurrell-Zitelman Gagne, Luke Bernhard, 200-Butterfly Lesley Murray Daniel Murata 500-Freestyle Mark Rubin SECOND TEAM (2ND PLACE) 3-Meter Dive Justin McDonald 200-Free Relay Tamiris Nascimento, 400-Medley Relay Oleksii Ilchenko, Nikita Morgan Duin, Molly Belousov, Daniel Murata, Freeman, Joy Turner Joseph Reeves 500-Freestyle Paulina Alexander 1,000-Freestyle Mark Rubin 1,000-Freestyle Paulina Alexander 1,650-Freestyle Mark Rubin 100-Butterfly Joy Turner 200-Butterfly James Shake 100-Backstroke Kelsey Cooke 400-Free Relay Joseph Reeves, 1,650-Freestyle Paulina Alexander Damontre Pamilton, 200-Backstroke Kelsey Cooke Michael Knox, Daniel 3-Meter Dive Emily Haddox Murata 400-Free Relay Tamiris Nascimento, Casey Hurrell-Zitelman, THIRD TEAM (3RD PLACE) Morgan Duin, Kim Tench 200-IM Aliaksandr Yatsko 100-Butterfly Daniel Murata THIRD TEAM (3RD PLACE) 1-Meter Dive Emily Haddox 1,000-Freestyle Molly Freeman 200-Freestyle Tamiris Nascimento

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FINAL 2011 WOMEN’S CARDINALS FINAL 2011 MEN’S NCAA STANDINGS NCAA STANDINGS QUALIFYING PLACE SCHOOL POINTS 1 Drury (Mo) 483.5 PLACE SCHOOL POINTS FOR 2011 NCAA 2 Wayne State (Mich) 388 1 Drury (Mo) 600.5 3 California-San Diego 338 2 California-San Diego 345 CHAMPIONSHIPS 4 Clarion (Pa) 272 3 Wayne State (Mich) 295 5 Ashland (Ohio) 240 4 Grand Canyon (Ariz) 292.5 WOMEN – INVITED EVENT(S) 6 Incarnate Word 235 5 Wingate (NC) 252 7 Florida Southern 206 6 Bridgeport (Conn) 213 ATHLETE EVENT (SEEDING) 8 West Chester (Pa) 195 7 Grand Valley (Mich) 211.5 Paulina Alexander 1,000-free (4th) 9 Grand Valley (Mich) 184 8 Florida Southern 200 500-free (7th) 10 U. of Indianapolis (Ind) 166 9 Missouri S&T 178 1,650-free (6th) Henderson State (Ark) 166 10 Incarnate Word 166.5 Julia Cardenas 800-free relay Grand Canyon (Ariz) 166 11 Ashland (Ohio) 163.5 Molly Freeman 1,000-free (11th) 13 Tampa (Fla) 125 12 Quachita Baptist (Ark) 147 1,650-free (13th) 14 California-Pennsylvania 105 13 Northern State (SD) 145 Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 1,000-free (1ST) 15 Southern Connecticut 96 14 Henderson State (Ark) 116 200-IM (1st) 16 Ouachita Baptist (Ark) 90 15 Tampa (Fla) 110 400-IM (1st) 17 Wingate (NC) 65 16 Clarion (Pa) 101 500-free (1st) 18 Truman State (Mo) 61 17 St. Cloud State (Minn) 79 1,650-free (1st) 19 Indiana-Pennsylvania 53 18 U. of Indianapolis (Ind) 73 200-breast (4th) 20 Northern State (SD) 47 19 West Chester (Pa) 62.5 Emily Haddox 1-meter dive 21 Bentley (Mass) 45 20 Lewis Ill) 59 3-meter dive 22 Bridgeport (Conn) 43 21 Queens (NC) 45 Kelsey Cooke 200-back (13th) 23 Nebraska-Omaha 37 22 Gannon (Pa) 34 Lesley Murray 200-fly (15th) 24 LeMoyne-Owen (Tenn) 36 23 Delta State (Miss) 30 Tamiris Nascimento 50-free (4th) 25 St. Cloud State (Minn) 27 24 Limestone (SC) 21 100-free (5th) 26 C.W. Post (NY) 19 Colorado Mines 21 Joy Turner 200-medley relay 26 Shippensburg State (Pa) 19 26 Mesa State (Colo) 16 400-medley relay 28 Queens (NC) 15 27 Minnesota State-Mankato 11 Melissa Ralston 200-medley relay 29 Saint Rose 14.5 28 Mars Hill (NC) 7 Kim Tench 400-free relay 30 Lock Haven (Pa) 14 29 West Virginia Wesleyan 6 Jessica Wilde 1-meter dive 30 Minnesota State-Mankato 14 30 Truman State (Mo) 5 TEAM 200-medley relay (9) 32 Gannon (Pa) 11 400-medley relay (9) 33 Northern Michigan 10 800-free relay (3rd) 34 Alaska-Fairbanks 9 400-free relay (13th) 35 Kutztown (Pa) 7 2011 UIW ALL-AMERICANS 36 Mesa State (Colo) 6 Conrado Chede 500-freestyle MEN-- INVITED EVENT(S) 37 Findlay (Ohio) 5 1,000-freestyle 38 Hillsdale (Mich) 2 800-freestyle relay ATHLETE EVENT (SEEDING) 38 Converse (SC) 2 1,650-freestyle (HM) Nikita Belousov 200-IM (5th) 400-medley relay (HM) 100-back (5th) 400-free relay (HM) 200-back (2nd) 2011 UIW ALL-AMERICANS Nikita Belousov 200-IM Patrick Cardenas 800-free relay Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 1,000-freestyle 100-backstroke Kody Gagne 800-free relay 400-IM 200-backstroke Conrado Chede 1,000-free (1st) 500-freestyle 400-IM 1,650-free (9th) 1,650-freestyle 400-medley relay (HM) Justin McDonald 1-meter dive 800-freestyle relay Justin McDonald 1-meter dive 3-meter dive 400-freestyle relay(HM) 3-meter dive James Shake 200-fly (8th) Tamiris Nascimento 100-freestyle Aliaksandr Yatsko 800-freestyle relay Aliaksandr Yatsko 400-IM (2nd) 50-freestyle 400-IM (HM) TEAM 800-free relay (9th) 800-freestyle relay 400-free relay (HM) 200-medley relay (HM) James Shake 100-butterfly (HM) Note: Once qualified, a swimmer may enter 400-free relay (HM) 400-medley relay (HM) up to four individual and three relay 200-free relay (HM) Patrick Cardenas 800-freestyle relay events at the national championships. Kelsey Cooke 200-medley relay (HM) 400-medley relay (HM) 200-backstroke (HM) 400-free relay (HM) Melissa Ralston 200-medley relay (HM) Kody Gagne 800-freestyle relay Joy Turner 100-butterfly 400-free relay (HM) 200-medley relay (HM) 400-free relay (HM) Paulina Alexander 400-IM (HM) 1,650-freestyle (HM) Molly Freeman 800-freestyle relay 500-freestyle 400-free relay (HM) 1,650-freestyle (HM) Leslie Murray 200-butterfly (HM) Julia Cardenas 800-freestyle relay www.cardinalathletics.com 29 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012

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Women Men Paulina Alexander Aliaksandr Yatsko 2008 (1 event) 2008 2009 (4 events) UIW NATIONAL 2009 (5 events) 2010 (6 events); 2011 (1 event) Lesley Murray 2008 (1 event) CHAMPIONS Blake McKay 2010 (1 event) 2009 (1 event) 2010 (3 events) Rachel Watson 2009 (3 events) Patrick Cardenas 2010 (1 event) NCAA DIVISION II 2009 (3 events) 2010 (1 event) Jessica Wilde 2011 (1 event) 2009 (1 event) 2008 Aliaksandr Yatsko Alex Bobst Tamiris Nascimento 500-freestyle 2009 (2 events) 2010 (3 events) 2011 (3 events) Daniel Murata 2009 2009 (1 event) Nora Szilagyi Aliaksandr Yatsko 2010 (2 events) 2010 (1 event) 500-freestyle Luke Bernhard Joy Turner 2009 (2 events) 2010 (1 event) 2010 2011 (1 event) Conrado Chede Oleksii Ilchenko 500-freestyle 2009 (1 event) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 2010 (1 event) 2011 (5 events) 2011 Sean Reeves Molly Freeman Justin McDonald 2009 (1 event) 2011 (2 events) 1-Meter Dive Conrado Chede Julia Cardenas 2010 (4 events) 2011 (1 event) Tamiris Nascimento 2011 (3 events) 100-freestyle

Mark Rubin 2010 (4 events) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 500-freestyle Nikita Belousov 1,000-freestyle 2010 (2 events) 1,650-freestyle 2011 (4 events) 400-individual medley James Shake (Division II Record 4:14.00) 2010 (3 events)

Justin McDonald 2010 2011 (2 events)

Kody Gagne 2011 (1 event)

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2006-2007 Rocky Mountain Conf. Swimmer of Year Heartland President's Honor Roll Paulina Alexander Crystal Straseske, Jacqueline Utz Rocky Mountain Conf. Coach of Year Heartland Commissioner's Honor Roll Phillip Davis Megan Jacobs, Kyndra King, Rocky Mountain Conf. Swimmer of Week Megan Long Paulina Alexander (2) Rachel Watson 2010-2011 2007-2008 2009-2010 NCAA D-II National Champion Casey Hurrell-Zitelman (1,000-free; NCAA Division II All-America 400-IM; 500-free; 1,650- Paulina Alexander (HM) NCAA D-II All-America free) Lesley Murray (HM) Paulina Alexander (1 HM) Tamiris Nascimento (100-free) NACDA Academic Achievement Award Tamiris Nascimento (3 events; 3 HM) NCAA D-II All-America Jay Utz Julia Cardenas (2 HM) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman CSCAA Academic All-America Kayln Davidson (1 HM) (5events;1HM) Paulina Alexander, Lesley Murray Ashley Paul (1 HM) Tamiris Nascimento (3 events; 3 HM) DII ADA Academic Achievement Award Rachel Watson (1 event; 1 HM) Kelsey Cooke (2 HM) Lesley Murray. Jay Utz Nora Szilagyi (1 event) Melissa Ralston (1 HM) New South Conference Scholar-Athlete Joy Turner (1 event; 3 HM) Joy Turner (1 event; 2 HM) Hillary Adkins. Paulina Alexander, Melissa Ralston (1 HM) Paulina Alexander (2 HM) Natalie Breault, Shaleen Doctor, Lesley Murray (1 event; 1 HM) Molly Freeman (2 events; 2 HM) Cynthia Gonzales, Dehlia Helser, Jessica Wilde (1 HM) Lesley Murray (1 HM) Courtney Hill, Kathryn Isaacson, Rocky Mountain Conference Julia Cardenas (1 event) Megan Long, Sachi Maekawa, Freshman of the Year Rocky Mountain Conference Lesley Murray, Jodi Patlan, Julia Cardenas Swimmer of the Year Hannia Ramos, Angelina Serna, Rocky Mountain Conference Casey Hurrell-Zitelman Chelsea Shoup, Jay Utz Swimmer of the Meet Rocky Mountain Conference Heartland President's Honor Roll Tamiris Nascimento Swimmer of the Meet Jay Utz Rocky Mountain Conference Coach of the Year Casey Hurrell-Zitelman Heartland Commissioner's Honor Roll Phillip Davis All-Rocky Mountain Conference Megan Long, Amanda Gonzales All-Rocky Mountain Conference Tamiris Nascimento (7 events) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman (1st-5 events; 2nd-1 event) 2008-2009 Kayln Davison (4 events) Joy Turner (4 events) Tamiris Nascimento (1st-4 events; 2nd-2 events; 3rd-1 event) D-II ADA Academic Achievement Award Rachel Watson (4 events) Lesley Murray (1st-2 events) Lesley Murray Melissa Ralston Megan Murata (1st-1 event) NCAA D-II All-America Nora Szilagyi (2 events) Kelsey Cooke (1st-1 event; 2nd Paulina Alexander (4 events) Paulina Alexander (2 events) 2 events) Rachel Watson (3 events) Julia Cardenas (4 events) Melissa Ralston (1st-2 events) Jessica Wilde Ashley Paul (2 events) Joy Turner (1st-1 event; collegeswimming.com Swimmer of Week Danica Lubbers (2 events) 2nd-2 events) Rachel Watson Allison Powell (2 events) Paulina Alexander (1st-1 event; ESPN CoSIDA Academic All-District 2nd-3 events) Paulina Alexander RMAC Swimmer of the Week Molly Freeman (1st-1 event; Rocky Mountain Conf. All-Academic Paulina Alexander 2nd-1 event; 3rd-1 event) Paulina Alexander RMAC Diver of the Week Julia Cardenas (1st-1 event) Natalie Breault Allison Powell Morgan Duin (2nd-2 events) Shaleen Doctor Emily Haddox (2nd-1 event; Kathryn Isaacson 3rd-1 event) Lesley Murray Kim Tench (2nd-1 event) Rocky Mountain All-Conference Henderson State Invitational Paulina Alexander (5 events) Outstanding Swimmer Rachel Watson (6 events) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman Shaleen Doctor (3 events) Lesley Murray (6 events) Joy Turner (4 events) Nora Szilagyi (5 events) Kayln Davidson (5 events) Jessica Wilde Melissa Corbett Elizabeth Pearce (2 events) Katie Armus Jillian Richard

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MEN”S ALL-TIME HONORS 2010-2011

2007-2008 NCAA National Champion Justin McDonald (1-meter diving) NCAA All-American NCAA D-II National Champion RMAC All-Conference Conrado Chede (6 events) Aliaksandr Yatsko (500-freestyle) Aliaksandr Yatsko (7 events) Justin McDonald (2 events) NCAA D-II All-America Blake McKay (5 events) Nikita Belousov (5 events) Aliaksandr Yatsko Patrick Cardenas (6 events) James Shake (2 events) CSCAA Academic All-America Alec Bobst (2 events) Kody Gagne (2 events) Aliaksandr Yatsko Daniel Murata (3 events) Aliaksandr Yatsko (3 events) Sean Reeves Luke Bernhard (4 events) Patrick Cardenas (3 events) D-II ADA Academic Achievement Oleksii Ilchenko (4 events) Rocky Mountain Conference Sean Reeves Sean Reeves (4 events) Swimmer of the Year Blake McKay Teofilo Reyes (1 event) Conrado Chede New South Conference Scholar-Athlete Rudy Escalante (1 event) Nikita Belousov Aliaksandr Yatsko, Jeremy Navarro (1 event) Rocky Mountain Conference Ryan Rivette RMAC Coach of Year Co-Swimmer of the Meet Taylor Rhoades, Phillip Davis Conrado Chede Sean Reeves RMAC Swimmer of the Week Rocky Mountain Diver of the Meet Blake McKay, Aliaksandr Yatsko (2) Justin McDonald Jesse Lund Blake McKay All-Rocky Mountain Conference Brad Kelley, UIW Male Athlete of the Year Conrado Chede (4 events) Matthew Garza Aliaksandr Yatsko Adrian Flores, Justin McDonald (2 events) Nikita Belousov (5 events) Kyle Copley 2009-2010 Jose Casanova, James Shake (3 events) Sean Reeves (1 event) David Cano NCAA National Champion Kody Gagne (2 events) Robert Brewer Conrado Chede (500-freestyle) Aliaksandr Yatsko (2 events) UIW Male Athlete of the Year NCAA All-America Mark Rubin (4 events) Aliaksandr Yatsko, 2008 Nikita Belousov (3 events) Michael Knox (2 events) Heartland Commissioner's Honor Roll Conrado Chede (5 events) Daniel Murata (5 events) Aliaksandr Yatsko Aliaksandr Yatsko (7 events) Damontre Pamilton (2 events) Mark Rubin (4 events) Luke Bernhard (1 event) 2008-2009 Sean Reeves (1 event) Oleksii Ilchenko (1 event) James Shake (5 events) Joey Reeves (2 events) D-II ADA Academic Achievement Award Blake McKay (4 events) Rocky Mountain Conference Sean Reeves Luke Bernhard (3 events) Coach of the Year NCAA National Champion Daniel Murata (4 events) Phillip Davis Aliaksandr Yatsko (500-freestyle) Patrick Cardenas (2 event) Henderson State Invitational NCAA All-America Damontre Pamilton (1 event) Outstanding Swimmer Aliaksandr Yatsko (6 events) Oleksii Ilchenko (2 events) Nikita Belousov Blake McKay (2 events) Justin McDonald (1 event) Patrick Cardenas (4 events) NCAA Coach of the Year Alec Bobst (2 events) Phillip Davis, men Daniel Murata (2 events) collegeswimming.com Swimmer of the Week Luke Bernhard (2 events) Nikita Belousov Oleksii Ilchenko (3 events) RMAC Diver of the Year Sean Reeves (1 event) Justin McDonald ASCA Award of Excellence RMAC Freshman of the Year Phillip Davis Mark Rubin Collegeswimming.com Swimmer of Week RMAC Coach of the Year Blake McKay (Feb. 10) Phillip Davis RMAC Championships MVP RMAC Swimmer of the Meet Aliaksandr Yatsko Nikita Belousov RMAC Swimmer of the Year RMAC Diver of the Meet Aliaksandr Yatsko Justin McDonald RMAC Freshman of Year RMAC Swimmer of the Week Patrick Cardenas Nikita Belousov (2 times) RMAC All-Academic Conrado Chede Aliaksandr Yatsko, Aliaksandr Yatsko (1 time) Matt Garza RMAC Diver of the Week Justin McDonald (2 times) UIW Accounting Award of Excellence Sean Reeves

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ALL-TIME ROSTERS WOMEN

Alexander, Paulina 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Allen, Taylor 2011 Armus, Kaitlin 2009, 2010, 2011 Barmasse, Madison 2009 MEN Bernal, Burgundi 2007 Bernal, Magenta 2007 Breault, Natalie 2008, 2009 Anthony, Russell 2010 Bronson, Macey 2008 Armstrong, Cody 2011 Brooks, Lauren 2009, 2010 Belousov, Nikita 2010, 2011 Broz, Hilary 2009 Bernhard, Luke 2009, 2010, 2011 Burke, Caitlyn 2010 Bobst, Alec 2009 Reeves, Joey 2011 Cardenas, Julia 2010, 2011 Bove, Paul 2010 Reeves, Sean 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Chilcoat, Paige 2010 Brandt, Jonathan 2009, 2010, 2011 Reyes, Teofilo 2009, 2010, 2011 Contreras, Audrey 2011 Brewer, Robert 2008 Rivette, Ryan 2009 Cooke, Kelsey 2011 Cardenas, Patrick 2009, 2010, 2011 Rubin, Mark 2011 Corbett, Melissa 2009, 2010 Casanova, Jose 2008 Russell, Anthony 2010 Covington, Carly 2011 Castillo, Jonathan 2010, 2011 Ryan, Daniel 2010, 2011 Davidson, Kalyn 2009, 2010 Chede, Conrado 2010, 2011 Reyes, teofilo 2008 Doctor, Shaleen 2008, 2009 Copley, Kyle 2008, 2009 Rhoades, Taylor 2008 Duin, Morgan 2011 Cuda, Cameron 2010, 2011 Rivette, Ryan 2008 Evans, Leah 2010, 2011 De La Vega, Jorge 2010, 2011 Rubin, Mark 2010 Free, Devin 2011 Delgado, Ricky 2008 Saenz, Gabriel 2008 Freeman, Molly 2011 Dickman, Matt 2008 Shake, James 2010, 2011 Gil, Jennifer 2010, 2011 Edwards, Nathan 2008, 2009 Sheridan, Eric 2008 Gillen, Jennifer 2002, 2003 Escalante, Rudy 2009, 2010, 2011 Silva, Damian 2008, 2009 Haddox, Emily 2011 Fitzgerald, Robert 2011 Spalding, Alex 2010, 2011 Helser, Dehlia 2008, 2009 Flanagan, Michael 2009 Waldinger, Jon Paul 2011 Hill, Courtney 2008, 2009, 2011 Flores, Adrian 2008, 2009 Whelan, Austin 2010 Hurrell-Zitelman, Casey 2011 Gagne, Kody 2011 Yatsko, Aliaksandr 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Ingle, Dorothy 2002, 2003 Garza, Matt 2008, 2009, 2011 Zander, Miles 2010 Isaacson, Kathryn 2008, 2009 Gonzalez, Marcos 2011 Jacobs, Meagan 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Haetchten, Kalym 2010, 2011 King, Kyrendra 2007 Hood, Tim 2003 Leger, Jessica 2010, 2011 Howell, Brian 2009 Little, Jamie 2009 Ilchenko, Oleksii 2010, 2011 Long, Megan 2006, 2007 Kelley, Brad 2008 Lubbers, Danica 2010, 2011 Knox, Michael 2011 Maekawa, Sachi 2007 Kruse, Eddie 2011 McCleaf, Aileen 2011 Little, Kyle 2010, 2011 McKay, Bethany 2010 Lund, Jesse 2008 Melancon, Allison 2007 Martin, Carlos 2009 Mendoza, Katie 2007 Martin, Jeff 2011 Moreno, Adrianna 2010, 2011 McCloskey, Patrick 2010, 2011 Murata, Megan 2011 McCombs, Mark 2008 Murray, Lesley 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 McDonald, Justin 2009, 2010, 2011 Nascimento, Tamiris 2010, 2011 McFarland, Mark 2003 Parshall, Marcy 2007 McKay, Blake 2008, 2009, 2010 Patlan, Jodi 2007 McKay, Trent 2009, 2010 Paul, Ashley 2010, 2011 McKenzie, Collier 2010 Pearce, Elizabeth 2009, 2010 McLaughlin, Matt 2010, 2011 Powell, Allison 2010 McCloskey, Patrick 2010 Ralston, Melissa 2010, 2011 Morris, Robbie 2011 Ramirez, Alexis 2011 Murata, Daniel 2009, 2010, 2011 Ramos, Hannia 2008 Navarro, Jeremy 2009, 2010, 2011 Ramsey, Allison 2002 Norton, Aaron 2011 Ravitz, Michal 2007 Orosco, Daniel 2008 Richard, Jillian 2009, 2010, 2011 Ortega, Adrian 2009 Rogers, Bridget 2010 Pamilton, Damontre 2010, 2011 Ryzhova, Victoria 2010, 2011 Potts-Hickey, Tyger 2008 Schoup, Chelsea 2008, 2009 Prewit, Chris 2011 Serna, Angelina 2008 Skinner, Jessica 2007 Spado, Hannah 2010, 2011 Straseske, Crystal 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Sundbeck, Keelah 2003 Szilagyi, Nora 2008, 2009, 2010 Tench, Kim 2011 Treon, Lindsay 2007 Turner, Joy 2009, 2010, 2011 Umana, Virginia 2007 Utz, Jacqueline 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Voltz, Stephanie 2011 Watson, Rachel 2009, 2010 Wilde, Jessica 2009, 2010, 2011

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UIW 2008-2009 MEN'S ALL-TIME RESULTS MEET RESULTS Texas-Permian Basin Invitational Incarnate Word 1st 2007-2008 Centenary 193, Incarnate Word 69 McMurry Invitational Centenary 271, Incarnate Word 137 2010-2011 Incarnate Word 1st Incarnate Word 150, McMurry 67 Incarnate Word 108, Southwestern 88 TCU 59, Incarnate Word 39 Incarnate Word, 206, U. of New Orleans 55 Incarnate Word 175, Florida International 171 Incarnate Word 73, Texas / Permian Basin 28 Incarnate Word 186, Texas-Permian Basin 86 Rice 260, Incarnate Word 87 Centenary 60, Incarnate Word 41 Incarnate Word 200, Trinity 76 Houston 275, Incarnate Word 78 Arkansas / Little Rock Christmas Invitational Henderson State Invitational Incarnate Word 181, Vanderbilt 168 Incarnate Word 6th Incarnate word 1st Arkansas-Little Rock Invitational Cal Irvine Ayres Invitational Mansfield Christmas Invitational Incarnate Word 4th Incarnate Word 4th No Team Scores Air Force Academy 147, Incarnate Word 92 Trinity Invitational 3-Way at U. of Tampa, Incarnate Word T3rd Incarnate Word 132, Trinity 108 Incarnate Word 2nd Louisiana State 200, Incarnate Word 93 UIW Invitational New South Conference Championships UIW Invitational Incarnate Word 1st Incarnate Word 6th Incarnate word 1st Rice 189, Incarnate Word 104 NCAA D-II National Championships Rocky Mountain Conference Championships RMAC Championships Incarnate Word 17th Incarnate Word 1st NCAA D-II National Championships Incarnate Word 1st NCAA D-II National Championships 2008-2009 Incarnate Word 10th Incarnate Word 16th Texas / Permian Basin Invitational WOMEN'S ALL-TIME 2009-2010 Incarnate Word 2nd RESULTS Incarnate Word 134, Centenary 128 2002-2003 U. of North Texas Relays McMurry Invitational, Incarnate Word 1st Incarnate Word 5th Incarnate Word 102, Southwestern 66 Louisiana-Monroe 85, Incarnate Word 28 Incarnate Word 595, McMurry 323 Arkansas / Little Rock Invitational Ouachita Baptist, 80, Incarnate Word 33 Incarnate Word 604, Texas-Permian Basin401 Incarnate Word 3rd Centenary 39, Incarnate Word 33 Rice 262, Incarnate Word 65 Air Force Academy 134, Incarnate Word 103 New South Conference Championships, U. of New Orleans 218, Incarnate Word 128 UIW Invitational Incarnate Word 8th U. of Houston Invitational Incarnate Word 1st Incarnate Word 7th TCU 158, Incarnate Word 132 2003-2004 U. of Texas Invitational Rocky Mountain Conference Championships Incarnate Word 8th Incarnate Word 1st Palo Alto 68, Incarnate Word 38 Delta State Christmas Invitational NCAA D-II National Championships University of Houston Invitational Incarnate Word 5th Incarnate Word 11th Incarnate Word 5th Cal-San Diego 220, Incarnate Word 74 New South Conference Championships Incarnate Word 157, Grand Canyon 120 2009-2010 Incarnate Word 8th UIW Invitational Incarnate Word1st U. of North Texas Relays 2004-2005 Rocky Mountain Conference Championships Incarnate Word 3rd Incarnate Word 1st Incarnate Word 650, McMurry 332 Trinity 153, Incarnate Word 39 NCAA D-II National Championships Incarnate Word 643, Texas-Permian Basin400 Houston 73, Incarnate Word 62 Incarnate Word 11th U. New Orleans 192.5, Incarnate Word 141.5 Trinity Invitational U. of Houston Invitational Incarnate Word 5th 2010-2011 Incarnate Word 4th New South Conference Championships U. of Texas Invitational Incarnate Word 9th Incarnate Word 218, U. of New Orleans 34 Incarnate Word 7th Incarnate Word 191, Texas-Permian Basin 79 Delta State Christmas Invitational 2006-2007 Incarnate Word 179, Trinity 96 Incarnate Word 4th Henderson State Invitational Cal-San Diego 189, Incarnate Word 109 North Texas 124, Incarnate Word 13 Incarnate Word 2nd Incarnate Word 159, Grand Canyon 124 TCU, 126, Incarnate Word 11 Mansfield Christmas Invitational UIW Invitational Arkansas-Little Rock Christmas Invitational No Team Scores Incarnate Word 1st Incarnate Word 5th 3-Way at U. of Tampa, Incarnate word 3rd Rocky Mountain Conference Championships I Trinity Invitational Louisiana State 198, Incarnate Word 98 Incarnate Word 1st Incarnate Word 2nd UIW Invitational NCAA D-II National Championships New South Conference Championships Incarnate Word 1st Incarnate Word 2nd Incarnate Word 5th Rocky Mountain Conference Championships Incarnate Word 1st 2007-2008 NCAA D-II National Championships Incarnate Word 6th Incarnate Word 139, McMurry 72 Incarnate Word 152, Southwestern 107 Arkansas-Little Rock Christmas Invitational Incarnate Word 6th Trinity Invitational Incarnate Word 2nd New South Conference Championships Incarnate Word 5th www.cardinalathletics.com 35 CARDINALS SWIMMING-DIVING 2011-2012

UIW RECORDS WOMEN

EVENT TIME SWIMMER DATE SITE 50 Free 23.38 (1st) Tamiris Nascimento 2/10/11 Grand Junction, Colo. 100 Free 49.37 (1st) Tamiris Nascimento 3/1211 San Antonio--NCAA 200 Free 1:49.14 (9th) Rachel Watson 3/12/09 Houston--NCAA 500 Free 4:47.21 (1st) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 3/11/11 San Antonio--NCAA 800 Free 9:16.08 Jay Utz 1/21/05 UIW 1000 Free 9:52.60 (1st) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 3/9/11 San Antonio--NCAA 1650 Free 16:37.29 (1st) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 3/12/11 San Antonio--NCAA 50 Back 30.32 Meagan Jacobs 2/19/06 Cleveland, Miss. (1st leg, 200 Medley Relay) 100 Back 57.44 (prelim) Joy Turner 3/11/11 San Antonio--NCAA 200 Back 2:07.95 (2nd) Kelsey Cooke 12/4/10 Mansfield, Texas 50 Butterfly 28.98 Lesley Murray 1/5/08 Irvine, Calif. 100 Butterfly 56.08 (8th) Joy Turner 3/10/11 San Antonio--NCAA 200 Butterfly 2:03.47 Lesley Murray 3/12/10 Canton, Ohio--NCAA 50 Breast 34.99 Macey Bronson 1/5/08 Irvine, Calif. 100 Breast 1:06.56 Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 11/1510 Arkadelphia, Ark. 200 Breast 2:13.11 Lesley Murray 1/26/08 San Antonio 100 IM 1:15.06 Jay Utz 12/16/05 Austin 200 IM 2:01.53 (1st) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 2/10/11 Grand Junction, Colo. 400 IM 4:14.00 (1st) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 3/10/11 San Antonio--NCAA NCAA Record 200 Medley Relay 1:44.83 (6th) Kelsey Cooke 3/9/11 San Antonio--NCAA Melissa Ralston Joy Turner Tamiris Nascimento 400 Medley Relay 3:49.15 (2nd) Joy Turner 12/4/10 Mansfield, Texas Casey Hurrell-Zitelman Lesley Murray Tamiris Nascimento 200 Free Relay 1:36.32 (2nd) Tamiris Nascimento 2/10/11 Grand Junction, Colo. Morgan Duin Molly Freeman Joy Turner 400 Free Relay 3:29.58 (2nd) Tamiris Nascimento 12/4/10 Mansfield, Texas Casey Hurrell-Zitelman Molly Freeman Kimberly Tench 500-Free Cresendo 4:48.79 (2nd) Joy Turner 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Tamiris Nascimento Julia Cardenas Molly Freeman 3x500-Free Scramble 5:55.54 (6th) Molly Freeman 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Julia Cardenas Lesley Murray 800 Free Relay 7:27.25 (2nd) Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 3/11/11 San Antonio--NCAA Tamiris Nascimento Julia Cardenas Molly Freeman 3x100 Back Relay 3:06.85 (3rd) Kelsey Cook 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Audrey Contreras Joy Turner 3x100 Breast Relay 3:34.36 (3rd) Tamiris Nascimento 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Melissa Ralston Hannah Sprado 3x100 Butterfly Relay 3:06.57 (4th) Joy Turner 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Kim Tench Lesley Murray 1 Meter Dive 440.25 Jessica Wilde 1/23/09 San Antonio 3 Meter Dive 428.00 (Prelim) Emily Haddox 2/12/11 Grand Junction, Colo.

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UIW RECORDS MEN

EVENT TIME SWIMMER DATE SITE 50 Free 20:80 (33rd) Luke Bernhard 3/11/09 Houston--NCAA 100 Free` 45.64 (1st) Patrick Cardenas 2/21/09 San Antonio (RMAC) 200 Free 1:37.14 (3rd) Aliaksandr Yatsko 3/12/09 Houston--NCAA 500 Free 4:22.82 (1st) Aliaksandr Yatsko 3/13/09 Houston--NCAA 1000 Free 9:11.22 (5th) Aliaksandr Yatsko 3/11/09 Houston--NCAA 1650 Free 15:28.38 (5th) Aliaksandr Yatsko 3/14/09 Houston--NCAA 50 Back 27.99 (4th) Ryan Rivette 1/5/08 Irvine, Calif. 100 Back 49.58 (5th) Nikita Belousov 3/11/11 San Antonio--NCAA 200 Back 1:47.23 (4th) Alex Ilchenko 3/14/09 Houston--NCAA 50 Breast 27.67 (6th) Jose Casanova 1/5/08 Irvine, Calif. 100 Breast 56.47 (6th) Blake McKay 3/12/10 Canton, Ohio (NCAA) 200 Breast 2:01.27 (3rd) Blake McKay 3/14/09 Houston--NCAA 50 Butterfly 24.62 (1st) Sean Reeves 1/5/08 Irvine, Calif. 100 Butterfly 48.81 (1st) Daniel Murata 3/11/10 Canton, Ohio (NCAA) 200 Butterfly 1:51.29 (Prelim) James Shake 2/12/11 Grand Junction, Colo. 200 IM 1:47.87 (2nd) Nikita Belousov 3/9/11 San Antonio--NCAA 400 IM 3:54.27 (3rd) Aliaksandr Yatsko 3/11/10 Canton, Ohio (NCAA) 200 Free Relay 1:22.46 (3rd) Daniel Murata 12/4/10 Mansfield, Texas Kody Gagne Luke Bernhard Damontre Pamilton 1:24.21 (1st) Patrick Cardenas 2/19/09 San Antonio (RMAC) Alec Bobst Daniel Murata Luke Bernhard 400 Free Relay 3:01.51 (8th) Aliaksandr Yatsko 3/14/09 Houston--NCAA Patrick Cardenas, Luke Bernhard Alec Bobst 800 Free Relay 6:42.47 (3rd) Aliaksandr Yatsko 3/12/10 Canton, Ohio (NCAA) Patrick Cardenas, Mark Rubin, Conrado Chede 200 Medley Relay 1: 32.40 (9th) James Shake, 3/10/10 Canton, Ohio (NCAA) Blake McKay Sean Reeves Luke Bernhard 400 Medley Relay 3:19.63 (4th) James Shake 3/11/10 Canton, Ohio (NCAA) Blake McKay Daniel Murata Aliaksandr Yatsko 3x100 Back Relay 2:53.15 (4th) Aaron Norton 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Patrick McCloskey Cameron Cuda 3x100 Breast Relay 3:16.41 (6th) Robbie Morris 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Michael Knox Aaron Norton 3x100 Butterfly Relay 2:39.34 (2nd) Daniel Murata 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Sean Reeves Patrick Cardenas 500-Free Crescendo Relay 4:41.91 (7th) Cameron Cuda 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Cody Armstrong Patrick McCloskey Michael Knox 3x500 Free Scramble Relay 5:11.06 (3rd) Mark Rubin 1/8/11 Tampa, Fla. Matt McLaughlin Conrado Chede 1 Meter Dive 576.35 (1st) Justin McDonald 2/12/11 Grand Junction, Colo. 3 Meter Dive 536.50 (3rd) Justin McDonald 3/9/11 San Antonio-- NCAA

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UIW AND THE RMAC 2011 ROCKY Incarnate Word has its largest squad ever for swimming and diving (more MOUNTAIN than 70 men and women) for the 2011- 2012 season and when they compete CONFERENCE for a conference title the Cardinals will CHAMPIONSHIPS be swimming against an alliance of schools for the fourth straight year. MEN 2011-2012 UIW will compete for honors as associate PLACE SCHOOL POINTS members of the Rocky Mountain 1) Incarnate Word 1,025.50 RMAC Conference (RMAC). 2) Grand Canyon 795.50 PRE-SEASON POLLS 3) Mesa State 663.50 Incarnate Word is a member of the 4) Colorado Mines 563 Lone Star Conference but that league 5) Texas-Permian Basin 557.50 does not sponsor swimming and diving 6) Adams State 0 MEN competition. So, UIW and Texas- SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) POINTS Permian Basin (UTPB) out of the 1) Grand Canyon (5) 5 Heartland Conference will compete in 2) Incarnate Word (1) 9 the RMAC. WOMEN 3) Colorado-Mesa 15 PLACE SCHOOL POINTS Colorado Mines 15 The RMAC, upon greeting Incarnate 1) Incarnate Word 896 5) Texas-Permian Basin 21 Word in the summer of 2008, promptly 2) Grand Canyon 849.50 6) Adams State 25 said the Cardinals could host the 2009 3) Mesa State 614 conference meet. The Cardinals obliged by 4) Minnesota State-Moorhead 594.50 winning both the men’s and women’s 5) Colorado Mines 270 WOMEN titles. 6) Texas-Permian Basin 259 7) Northern State 252 SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) POINTS 1) Incarnate Word (5) 11 That conference meet is returning to San 8) Nebraska-Kearney 165 2) Grand Canyon (4) 12 Antonio in February of 2012 and to the site of 9) Adams State 116 3) Minnesota State-Moorhead 25 the 2011 NCAA Division II National 4) Colorado-Mesa 26 Championships, the Palo Alto Natatorium. 5) Colorado Mines 42 6) Texas-Permian Basin 43 In the previous three years for UIW and the 7) Northern State 50 RMAC, both Cardinals teams, men and 8) Adams State 53 women, have won every title--a grand total of 9) Nebraska-Kearney 62 six.

Back in 2008, UIW and UTPB on the women’s side joined Colorado Mines of the RMAC and Grand Canyon (Ariz) of the Pacific West Conference.

Then. in 2009, Minnesota State-Moorhead, Mesa State, Northern State, Nebraska- INCARNATE WORD Kearney, and Adams State have come 2011 RMAC on board as associates. CHAMPIONS For the men, the Cardinals and UTPB for the fourth year will swim against Grand Canyon and RMAC schools MEN WOMEN Colorado Mines, Mesa State (Colo) and Conrado Chede 500-Freestyle Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 200-IM Adams State (Colo). 1,000-Freestyle 400-IM 1,650-Freestyle 200-Breaststroke Since the inception of swimming at UIW Nikita Belousov 200-IM Tamiris Nascimento 50-Freestyle (2002 for the women and 2007 for the 100-Backstroke 100-Freestyle men) the Cardinals had competed in the 200-Backstroke Melissa Ralston 100-Breaststroke New South Intercollegiate Swimming Aliaksandr Yatsko 400-IM Lesley Murray 200-Butterfly Conference, an alliance of schools from James Shake 100-Butterfly the lower Midwest and southeastern Justin McDonald 1-Meter Dive 400-Medley Relay Megan Murata parts of the nation. Casey Hurrell-Zitelman 200-Medley Relay James Shake Lesley Murray Nikita Belousov Tamiris Nascimento Sean Reeves 200-Medley Relay Kelsey Cooke Kody Gagne Melissa Ralston 800-Freestyle Relay Conrado Chede Joy Turner Mark Rubin Tamiris Nascimento Michael Knox 800-Freestyle Relay Casey Hurrell-Zitelman Daniel Murata Paulina Alexander Molly Freeman Julia Cardenas

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