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U.S. Air Force Academy 2006-07 Men's Swimming & Diving U.S. Air Force Academy 2006-07 Men’s Swimming & Diving Media Guide Quick Facts Table Of Contents The 2006-07 Air Force men’s and women’s swimming and diving media guide is pro- General Information Schedule . IFC duced as a source of information for the Location . 2168 Field House Drive Table of Contents/Quick Facts/Media Info. 1 media. Other materials may be obtained by . USAF Academy, CO 80840 contacting the athletic media relations office: Colors. Blue & Silver The Staff Nickname. Falcons Head Coach Rob Clayton . 2 Air Force Athletic Media Relations Enrollment . 4,000 Diving Coach Stan Curnow. 3 2168 Field House Dr. Founded . 1954 Academic Support Staff. 3 USAF Academy, CO 80840-9500 Affiliation . NCAA Div. I Phone: 719-333-2313 Conference . Mountain West Meet The Falcons Fax: 719-333-3798 Home Pool . The Cadet Natatorium Roster . 4 Superintendent . Lt. Gen. John Regni Season Outlook . 5 Working Press Credentials Athletic Director . Dr. Hans Mueh Cadet Athlete Bios . 6-12 Press and Photograph credentials are issued Vice A.D.. Brad DeAustin to members of the working media only. History These credentials may be obtained by con- Coaching Staff 2005-06 Season Recap. 13 tacting the athletic media relations office. Head Coach. Rob Clayton Swimming History . 14-15 Upon acceptance of applications, appropri- Alma Mater/Year . Wyoming/1991 Diving History . 16 ate passes can be picked up at the Athletic Phone . 719-333-4726 Air Force Records . 17 Media Relations office. E-mail . [email protected] Service Academy Records. 18 Career/School Record. 75-30-1/Same Letterwinners. 19-20 Press Parking Assoc. Head Coach. K.C. Converse Where Are They Now. 21-22 There is no press parking available. The ear- Head Diving Coach . Stan Curnow lier you arrive, the better parking you’ll find. The Academy Team Information The Academy Experience . 23 Air Force Practices 2005-06 Dual Record . 8-4-1 Senior Leadership . 24 All Air Force practices both home and on the 2005-06 Conference Record . 3-2 road are open to the media. Media mem- 2005-06 Conference Meet . 3rd bers wishing to film practice must make Letterwinners Returning/Lost. 19/5 arrangements with the athletic media rela- Newcomers . 11 tions office to attend practice. A representa- tive from the athletic media relations office Media Relations must accompany you. Asst. A.D./Media Relations . Troy Garnhart Swimming Contact . Nick Arseniak Post-Meet Procedures Office Phone . 719-333-9251 Head swim coach Rob Clayton and head Fax . 719-333-3798 diving coach Stan Curnow will be available E-mail. [email protected] 10 minutes following the end of the meet on Mailing Address . Athletic Media Relations the pool deck. Swimmers and divers will be . 2168 Field House Drive available immediately after. The Air Force . USAF Academy, CO 80840 locker room and training room are closed to Web Site . www.goAirForceFalcon.com all media. Final statistics are available following the meet upon request. In-Season Interviews All Air Force players and coaches are avail- able for interviews with the following guide- lines. All interviews must be made through the athletic media relations office at 719-333- 9251 or 333-2313. All interview requests must be made at least one day in advance so that the player or coach can be properly notified. 2006-07 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving - 1 - Air Force and beyond. While we desire success in The Clayton File Rob Clayton the pool, we insist on success in the classroom." Not surprisingly, the Falcon swimmers and divers were the recipients of the Academy's Team Full Name: Robert Clayton III Excellence Award for the 2003-04 school year. Hometown: Fort Collins, Colo. Clayton is a 1991 graduate of Wyoming where High School: Rocky Mountain, four-year he earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engi- letterman in swimming. neering. While at Wyoming, Clayton was one of the College: Wyoming, 1991 graduate with a premier swimmers in the Western Athletic bachelor’s in chemical engineering with a Conference. 3.75 GPA. Academic All-American, individ- A four-year letterman, Clayton swam in the ual conference champion and winner of NCAA Championships in the 200 freestyle, 200 IM the 1991 Stan Bates Award as the league’s and 400 IM. He stole the show at the 1991 confer- most outstanding student-athlete. ence championships, winning the 200 and 400 individual medley, becoming only the second Inside the Numbers with Clayton Cowboy to ever win an IM conference title. His time Year W L T Pct. Finish in the 400 IM set a conference championship 1999 11 2 .846 6th record. 2000 8 3 .727 3rd Clayton excelled outside the pool as well. His Head coach Rob Clayton enters his ninth sea- 2001 9 4 .692 3rd 3.75 grade point average in chemical engineering son as the Academy's head men's swimming 2002 6 4 .600 3rd helped earn him Academic All-American honors. coach. After eight years, his enthusiasm for the 2003 12 2 .857 2nd He received the WAC's Stan Bates Award in 1991, as Academy and Falcon swimming hasn't diminished 2004 8 4 .667 2nd the league's most outstanding student-athlete. The a bit. "I love coaching at the Air Force Academy. It 2005 13 7 .650 5th Bates Award is the most prestigious award an ath- is the perfect school for the young man who is seri- 2006 8 4 1 .654 3rd lete in the conference can win. ous about pursuing excellence in school, swimming totals 75 30 1 .712 -- Following college, Clayton served as an age and life. I'm thrilled to wake up and go to work in group coach for the Fort Collins Area Swim Team the morning," said Clayton. duties, "I enjoy teaching aquatics classes. It pro- (FAST). Clayton has led the Falcons to a 75-30-1 over- vides me with the opportunity to interact with the In the fall of 1991, he began a six-year stint all dual record and six top-three finishes in the rest of the cadets at the Air Force Academy." as the men's assistant coach at Brigham Young MWC. After a sixth-place league finish his first sea- Originally from Fort Collins, Colo., Clayton was University. son, Clayton led the Falcons to third-place finishes a standout swimmer at Rocky Mountain High While at BYU, Clayton was instrumental in in 2000, 2001 and 2002. In 2003, 2004 and 2006, School where he was a four-year letterman. The 36- building one of the most successful swimming pro- the Falcons finished second at the MWC year-old Clayton is married to the former Kelly grams in the region. The Cougars won the 1996 Championships. Costigan, a 1992 graduate of the Academy who WAC title, their first since 1979. During Clayton's At USAFA, Clayton has coached men to 16 competed for the women's tennis team. They have tenure in Provo, BYU never finished below third at individual conference championships and two relay two sons, Robert and Daniel, and two daughters, the WAC Championships. conference championships. Three of his swimmers Noel and recently born Anna. The Claytons are very Clayton helped coach 11 individual WAC competed in the Olympic Trials. In addition to the active in their church, International Anglican Church, champions and several WAC champion relay team's success in the pool, Clayton has coached 56 and live in Monument with their dog, Aspen. teams at BYU. Additionally, he coached an NCAA academic all-conference swimmers and five aca- finalist and an athlete to a spot on the U.S. National demic All-Americans. He expects excellence in the team in the summer of 1997. He was very active in classroom as well as the pool. USA Swimming during his time in Utah, serving as "The Academy is the number one undergrad- a senior coach with Hilltop Aquatic Swim Team in uate school in the country," the coach said. "The American Fork, Utah. men come here primarily to get the best education Clayton came to the Academy in 1997 and possible and to prepare for a fabulous career in the made an immediate impact on the program. He worked with women's coach Casey Converse to coach the Academy's first woman to qualify for the NCAA Division I Championships. Clayton then took over the reins of the men's program for the 1998-99 season. In addi- tion to his coaching duties, Clayton also instructs cadets in swim- ming and water survival classes. He was recog- nized for his teaching accomplishments by being named the 2003- 04 Department of Athletics Civilian Instructor of the Year. Clayton com- The Clayton Family ments on his teaching - 2 - 2006-07 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving Stan Curnow Head Diving Coach 14th year Brigham Young - 1977 The Curnow family Stan Curnow begins his 14th year with the Curnow came to Air Force from Brigham BYU, Curnow was the Western Athletic Conference Falcons as head diving coach, the second-longest Young, where he coached for 14 years. His record diving champion three out of four years and earned tenure in Academy history for a diving coach. there was impeccable, including 26 conference All-American honors in 1972 and 1974. He was also During his first 13 years, Curnow has contin- titles, 17 All-Americans and two NCAA Division I a finalist in the 1972 Olympic Trials. ued Air Force’s proud tradition in diving. Three champions. Curnow, named the Mountain West women have earned first-team All-American hon- A native of Denver, Colo., Curnow was named Conference’s diving coach of the year in 2001, 2002 ors at the Division II level while the men annually a high school All-American in diving and was a and 2006, is currently a member of the NCAA place among the conference’s elite.
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