Quick Facts/Contents NCAA Championships ...... Men T-33rd; Women-N/A Letterwinners Returning...... Men 22/6; Women 12/7 All-Americans ...... Evan Stowers (Platform/7th) ACC Champions ...... Evan Stowers (3-Meter)
2006-07 TEAM INFORMATION Newcomers ...... Men 8; Women 10 Returning All-Americans ...... Evan Stowers Returning ACC Champions ...... Evan Stowers Key Returnees MEN Ryan Bishop, Signal Mountain, Tenn., IM/Breast Evan Stowers, Independence, Ky., Diving Alex Williams, Indianapolis, Ind., Breast THE INSTITUTE WOMEN Official Name ...... Georgia Institute of Technology Stephanie England, Titusville, Fla., Diving Enrollment ...... 16,000 Elizabeth Stowe, Lawrenceville, Ga., Distance Free Location ...... Atlanta, Ga. Vesna Stojanovska, Skopje, Macedonia, Free/Fly Founded ...... 1885 Key Newcomers Nicknames ...... Rambling Wreck, Yellow Jackets MEN Mascots ...... Buzz, 1930 Model “A” Ford Ryan Crete, Sarasota, Fla., Distance Free Colors ...... Old Gold and White Way Joe Lee, Georgetown, Malaysia, IM/Breast/Back Institute Website...... www.gatech.edu Alex Roan, Wareham, Mass., Distance Free Athletic Website ...... www.ramblinwreck.com WOMEN Facility ...... Georgia Tech Aquatic Center (1,900) Taylor Flynn, Memphis, Tenn., Free/Fly Conference ...... Atlantic Coast Agatha Kwasnik, Lake Bluff, Ill., Sprint Free President...... Dr. G. Wayne Clough (Georgia Tech, 1964) Jing Li, Chapel Hill, N.C., Distance Free/Fly Director of Athletics ...... Dan Radakovich (IU of Pa., 1980) Senior Women’s Admin...... Theresa Wenzel (Marquette, 1991) CREDITS The 2006-07 Georgia Tech swimming and SPORTS INFORMATION diving media guide was written and edited Director ...... Allison George (Georgia Tech, 1988) by Scott MacDonald, with assistance from Associate Director ...... Mike Stamus (Virginia Tech, 1982) Dan Goldberger. Head shots and team Assistant Directors ...... Miranda Bryen (Auburn, 2002) photos taken by Stanley Leary. Action ...... Scott MacDonald (St. Andrews, 1999) photos taken by Mitch Guttenplan and Rob Skinner. Outside covers designed by ...... Cheryl Watts (Georgia Tech, 2002) Baseline Sports Media. Printed by EBSCO Intern ...... Dan Goldberger (Suny New Paltz, 2003) Media of Birmingham, Ala. Swimming Contact ...... Scott MacDonald MacDonald’s Office Phone ...... (404) 894-5467 MacDonald’s Cell Phone ...... (919) 619-4137 TABLE OF CONTENTS SID Fax ...... (404) 894-1248 Page 16 ...... Quick Facts/Table of Contents Page 18 ...... Men’s Roster SWIMMING AND DIVING INFORMATION Pages 19-29 ...... Men’s Profiles Head Coach ...... Stu Wilson (Georgia, 1989) Page 30 ...... NCAA Qualifying Standards Office Phone ...... (404) 385-0521 Page 32 ...... Women’s Roster E-Mail...... [email protected] Pages 33-39 ...... Women’s Profiles Year at Tech ...... Fifth (Second as Head Coach) Page 40 ...... Head Coach Stu Wilson Overall Record ...... 4-6 (men); 4-5 (women) Page 41 ...... Coaching Staff Assistant Coach ...... Marty Hamburger (Iowa, 1991) Page 42 ...... Tech Administration Year at Tech ...... Second Page 43 ...... Support Staff Office Phone ...... (404) 894-1734 Pages 44-45 ...... 2004-05 Season Review E-Mail...... [email protected] Pages 46-47 ...... Season Outlook Diving Coach ...... John Ames (Ohio, 1993) Page 48 ...... The Atlantic Coast Conference Year at Tech ...... Sixth Page 49 ...... 2006 ACC Championships Office Phone ...... (404) 385-1293 Page 50 ...... Men’s Records E-Mail...... [email protected] Page 51 ...... Women’s Records Student Assistants ...... Meghan DeVinney, Liz Foster Pages 52-53 ...... Men’s Honor Roll ...... Laura Heiser, Teemu Kettunen, Laurissa Prystaj Page 53 ...... Women’s Honor Roll Manager ...... Mario Montalvo Page 54 ...... All-Time Record vs. Opponents Page 55 ...... Year-by-Year Results 2005-06 TEAM INFORMATION Pages 56-57 ...... Men’s Top Performances Overall Record ...... Men (4-6, 2-3 ACC) Pages 58-59 ...... Women’s Top Performances ...... Women (4-5, 1-4 ACC) Pages 60-61...... History ACC Championships ...... Men-4th; Women-9th Pages 62-63 ...... All-Time Letterwinners
Page 64 ...... Georgia Tech Aquatic Center
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Men’s Profiles
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Back Row (L-R): Student Assistant Teemu Kettunen, Student Assistant Jacob Wilson, Onur Uras, Ofer Finkler, Jeff Burton, Jacob Kwasnik, Kevin Skenes, Alex Williams, Noah Copeland, Johnny Hagaman, Alex Roan, Diving Coach John Ames, Head Coach Stu Wilson. Middle Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Marty Hamburger, Student Assistant Laura Heiser, Student Assistant Laurissa Prystaj, Way Joe Lee, Kelsey Duffy, Jason Bourgeois, Conrad Aach, Tony Burkhardt, Michael Bennett, Evan Stowers, Peter Doblar, Trainer Allison Murphy, Student Assistant Meghan DeVinney, Student Assistant Liz Foster. Front Row (L-R): Mauricio Sousa, Ryan Crete, Chris Lee, Will Woodworth, Drew Showalter, Chris Ewald, Greg Tunning, Andy Miller, David Rifkin, Jeremy Jackson, Ryan Bishop. (Not pictured: Rob Miller) Name Cl. Ht. Events Hometown/High School/Club Team Conrad Aach Sr. 5-10 IM/Back North Country, Canada/Silverthorn Collegiate Institute/Etobicoke Michael Bennett Jr. 5-8 Diving Lilburn, Ga./Parkview/Atlanta Diving Ryan Bishop Sr. 6-0 IM/Breast/Back Signal Mountain, Tenn./Baylor/Baylor Swim Jason Bourgeois Jr. 5-9 Fly/Free River Ridge, La./Jesuit/Elmwood Sharks Tony Burkhardt Sr. 5-11 Diving Phoenix, Ariz./Shadow Mountain/Clavadistas del sol Jeff Burton Jr. 6-5 Free/IM Federal Way, Wash./John F. Kennedy/King Aquatic Club Noah Copeland So. 6-3 Free Fayetteville, Ga./Stars Mill/Southern Crescent Aquatic Team Ryan Crete Fr. 6-2 Distance Free Sarasota, Fla./Riverview/Sarasota YMCA Sharks Peter Doblar Jr. 5-8 Diving Woodinville, Wash./Woodinville/Pacific Northwest Diving Kelsey Duffy Fr. 5-10 Fly Sugar Land, Texas/Austin/First Colony Swim Team Chris Ewald* So.-R 6-0 Free/Fly Alpharetta, Ga./South Forsyth/Dynamo Swim Ofer Finkler Sr. 6-3 Sprint Free Rishon Le-Zion, Israel/Ramot/Hapoel Jerusalem Johnny Hagaman Fr. 6-2 Back Black Mountain, N.C./Charles D. Owen/YMCA of Western N.C. Jeremy Jackson Fr. 6-1 Breast Dalton, Ga./Dalton/Carpet Capital Aquatic Jacob Kwasnik Jr. 6-5 Sprint Free Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest/Scout Aquatics Chris Lee So. 5-8 Sprint Free/Fly Peachtree City, Ga./McIntosh/Southern Crescent Aquatic Way Joe Lee Fr. 6-1 IM/Breast/Back Georgetown, Penang (Malaysia)/The Bolles School/Bolles Sharks Andy Miller So. 6-1 Breast/IM Alpharetta, Ga./Chattahoochee/Dynamo Swim Rob Miller Jr. 6-0 Distance Free Alpharetta, Ga./Chattahoochee/Dynamo Swim David Rifkin So. 5-7 Free/Fly Sydney, Australia/Masada College/Warringah Aquatic Central Alex Roan Fr. 6-0 Distance Free Wareham, Mass./Bishop Stang/Cape Cod Swim Drew Showalter Fr. 5-11 IM/Breast Knoxville, Tenn./Knoxville Catholic/Pilot-Knoxville Kevin Skenes So. 6-5 Breast Augusta, Ga./Lakeside/Greater Augusta Swimming Mauricio Sousa So. 5-11 Free/Back/IM Madison, Wis./James Madison Memorial/Badger Aquatics Evan Stowers Jr. 5-11 Diving Independence, Ky./Simon Kenton/Tri-State Diving Greg Tunning So. 5-10 Fly Lawrenceville, Ga./Collins Hill/Swim Atlanta Onur Uras Jr. 6-1 Fly/IM/Free Istanbul, Turkey/German/Galatasaray Swimming Alex Williams* Sr. 6-5 Breast/IM Indianapolis, Ind./North Central/Washington Township Will Woodworth Fr. 6-1 Middle Distance Atlanta, Ga./Lakeside/Dynamo Swim * - Team Captain Head Coach: Stu Wilson (Georgia, 1989), 2nd season, 5th overall Assistant Coaches: Marty Hamburger (Iowa, 1991), 2nd season
Diving Coach: John Ames (Ohio University, 1993), 6th season
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Aach’s Career Top Times 200 IM 1:52.42 400 IM 3:57.38
200 Back 1:51.59
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As a Sophomore (2004-05): Clocked a NCAA B qualifying River Ridge, La. standard and lifetime-best time of 1:48.82 in the 200 IM to finish Jesuit HS fourth at the ACC Championships ... Qualified for the finals of As a Sophomore (2005-06): Clocked a personal-record time the 400 IM at the ACC meet with a NCAA B qualifying time of of 50.09 in the prelims of the 100 backstroke at the ACC Champi- 3:52.53, finishing in sixth place ... Tallied a ninth-place finish in onships to advance to the consolation finals, finishing in 16th the 200 breaststroke with a lifetime-best time of 2:01.25 at the place ... Swam a season-best time of 20.96 in the prelims of the conference championship ... Held Tech's top times for the season 50 free at the ACC meet ... Posted a season-best time of 48.37 in in the 200 breast and 200 IM, and ranked second on the team in the 100 free against Clemson (1/21) ... Tallied a second lifetime- the 400 IM and 200 backstroke (1:53.34). best time at the conference championship in the prelims of the As a Freshman (2003-04): Competed in the finals in three 100 butterfly with a mark of 50.19 ... Led off both the medley different events for the Yellow Jackets at the ACC Champion- relay teams that posted season-best times of 1:30.62 and 3:18.90 ships ... Earned All-ACC honors in the 400 individual medley at the ACC meet ... Held Tech's fastest time for the season in the with a NCAA `B' cut time of 3:53.86, finishing third ... Posted a 100 back ... Recipient of team's Chapman/Hines Most Improved second NCAA `B' cut time at the ACC meet in the 200 IM, Athlete. finishing fifth with a lifetime-best time of 1:49.64 ... Tallied a As a Freshman (2004-05): Set lifetime-best times in the 100 career-best time of 2:02.76 in the preliminaries of the 200 and 200 butterfly events at the ACC Championships with times breaststroke at the conference meet, finishing the finals in of 50.31 and 1:50.99, respectively ... Won the bonus finals heat of eighth place ... His time in the 400 IM ranks second all-time in the 200 fly, finishing in 17th place, and finished 18th in the 100 Tech history ... Ranks third all-time in the 200 IM and fourth in fly at the conference championship ... Ranked second on the the 200 breast ... Tallied a 12th-place finish in the 400-meter IM Tech squad in the 200 fly and third in the 100 fly for the season. at the U.S. Olympic Trials (4:27.06) ... Posted a 24th-place finish High School: Four-year letterwinner under coaches Bret in the 200m breast (2:21.25) and 39th-place finish in the 200m IM Haneman and Wesley Harris ... Helped guide high school team (2:08.16) at the U.S. Trials. to its 17th consecutive state championship in Division I by High School: Lettered for four seasons at Baylor High School winning individual state crowns in the 200 freestyle and 100 under head coach Rick Bishop ... Named captain for 2002 and butterfly ... Also swam a leg of the winning 200 medley relay 2003 seasons ... Two-time state champion ... Broke the school team at the state meet ... NISCA All-American, all-state, all- record in the 200 IM with a time of 1:50.11 en route to winning a district and all-metro in his junior and senior seasons ... Tabbed state title ... Earned All-America honors 10 different times ... Male Swimmer of the Meet Named Swimmer of the Year as a junior and senior ... Finished at the 2003 New Orleans 11th at Spring Nationals ... Placed 10th in the U.S. Summer Metro High School Champi- Nationals in the 400 IM and 22nd in the 200 IM ... Has three onship after setting a new Olympic Trial qualifying standards in the 200, 400 IM and 200 record in the 100 fly ... breast ... Coaches' Award winner as a sophomore ... Finished Selected as the Male ninth at the U.S. Open in 2001 ... Also lettered for one season in Swimmer of the Year in crew ... Member of the French club, philosophy club and was a senior season by the New peer tutor ... Earned Honor Roll honors in all four years. Orleans Times Picayune ... Personal: Born Ryan Tyler Bishop on June 11, 1985, in Chatta- Earned most valuable nooga, Tenn. ... Parents are Teresa and Monty Bishop ... Has a swimmer honors for his younger brother, Evan ... Majoring in management. team in senior season ... Swimming instructor and Bishop’s Career Top Times group leader for Jo Jo's 200 IM 1:48.82 Hope for underprivileged 400 IM 3:52.03 children ... Graduated Cum 100 Breast 56.74 Laude from high school and 200 Breast 2:01.25 was a National Merit
200 Back 1:53.01 semifinalist for the 2003-04
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Bourgeois’ Career Top Times 100 Fly 50.19 200 Fly 1:50.99 100 Free 47.35 200 Free 1:43.03 100 Back 50.09 Tony Burkhardt Senior • Diving Phoenix, Ariz. Jeff Burton Shadow Mountain HS Junior • Free/IM As a Junior (2005-06): Set new Tech records on the one- and Federal Way, Wash. three-meter springboards with scores of 374.50 and 387.95 at the John F. Kennedy HS Georgia Tech Invitational (11/18-19) ... Qualified for the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships ... Advanced to the finals of the As a Sophomore (2005-06): Swam a lifetime-best time of one-meter board at NCAA Zone meet, finishing 10th with a score 15:56.35 in the 1650 freestyle at the ACC Championships ... of 574.65 ... Finaled on the one-meter board at the ACC Champi- Tallied a second personal-best time of 4:37.24 in the 500 free at onships, finishing in sixth place with a score of 302.65 ... Fin- the ACC meet ... Finished the 400 IM race at the conference ished 12th on the three-meter board with a score of 280.05 at the championship with a lifetime-best time of 4:00.72 ... ACC ACC meet. Academic Honor Roll. As a Sophomore (2004-05): Became the third Tech diver in As a Freshman (2004-05): Tallied lifetime-best times in the program history to garner All-ACC honors, finishing third on the distance freestyle events for the Yellow Jackets ... Swam in the one-meter board with a six-dive score of 345.95 at the ACC prelims of the 500 freestyle at the ACC Championships and Championships ... Broke the school record on the one-meter finished with a time of 4:41.52 ... Posted a 21st-place finish in the springboard with a score of 346.58 against Emory (1/29) ... finals of the 1650 free with a time of 16:04.27 ... Posted a per- Qualified for the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships for the sonal-best time in the 1000 free at the ACC meet with split mark second consecutive season ... Advanced to the finals of the one- of 9:43.45 ... Clocked a lifetime-best time of 4:02.80 in the and three-meter diving events, finishing 17th on the three-meter prelims of the 400 IM at ACC's ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. (490.20) and 18th on the one-meter (567.05) ... Dove his way into High School: Four-year letterwinner under coach Mark Stock the finals of the three-meter diving event at the conference ... Elected team captain in junior and senior seasons ... Tabbed championship, sustaining an injury in the finals and managing Most Valuable Swimmer in 2003 and '04 ... Earned first team all- to finish in eighth place (400.85) ... Named team's Shilo Ayalon league honors from 2002-04 ... Seamont League champion and Most Valuable Athlete Award winner, along with teammate Jason record holder in 200 individual medley ... Captured league titles Howard. in 200 IM and 100 breaststroke in senior season ... Won three As a Freshman (2003-04): Qualified for NCAA Zone B Diving straight league championships in the 500 freestyle (2002-04) ... Championships ... Finished 12th on the three-meter springboard League meet record holder in 500 free ... Swam part of a leg of with a season-best score of 513.85 (11 dives) ... Tallied a 24th- the 400 medley relay team that set a school record ... U.S.A place finish on the one-meter board ... Posted the highest finish Swimming Scholastic All-American ... National Honor Society at the ACC Championships for the Yellow Jackets, finishing fifth and Spanish National Honor Society ... President's Education on the three-meter board (495.85) ... Finished seventh on the Award and Washington State Honor Award recipient. one-meter board at the ACC meet with a score of 266.85. Personal: Born Jeffrey Michael Burton on April 17, 1986, in High School: Was a four-year letterwinner in diving at Shadow Tacoma, Wash. ... Parents are Patrick and Carole Burton ... Sister, Mountain High School ... Inducted into school Hall of Fame ... Tricia, swam at Whitworth College Named SMHS Male Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Was a two- in Spokane, Wash. ... Enjoys scuba time state champion in the one-meter event ... Became a junior diving, mountain biking and RC car national champion as a junior ... Named most valuable player for racing ... Majoring in mechanical all four seasons ... Earned all-state in all four seasons ... Gar- engineering. nered All-America honors as a sophomore ... Ranked sixth in country as a junior ... Named captain for junior and senior Burton’s Career Top Times seasons ... National Honor Society and Principal's Honor Roll ... 500 Free 4:37.24 Vice President of National Honor Society. 1000 Free 9:43.45 Personal: Born Anthony William Burkhardt on Jan. 18, 1985, in 1650 Free 15:56.35
San Diego, Calif. ... Parents are Cathy and Rob Burkhardt ... Has 400 IM 4:00.72
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Doblar’s Career Top Marks 1-Meter 335.18 Ryan Crete 3-Meter 332.93 Freshman • Distance Free Sarasota, Fla. Kelsey Duffy Riverview HS Freshman • Fly High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming under coach Sugar Land, Texas Larry Shole ... Won the Florida state championship in the 500 freestyle in 2005 ... Finished runner-up in the 200 free at the Austin HS state meet that same season ... Garnered All-America honors in High School: Lettered in four seasons in swimming under the 200 and 500 free events in '05 ... School record holder in 500, coach Jennifer Collins ... Elected team captain ... Won the Region 1000 and 1650 free events ... Broke club team record this past 5 100 butterfly event as a senior ... Was a district champion in the season with a personal-record time of 9:08.15 in the 1000 free. 100 fly as a junior ... Garnered all-state accolades in junior and Personal: Born Christopher Ryan Crete on April 12, 1988, in senior seasons ... Academic All-American for junior and senior Palm Harbour, Fla. ... Parents are Randall and Karen Crete ... Has seasons ... Named team's most valuable swimmer as a senior ... a brother, Drew ... Undecided major in the College of Engineer- Earned Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman ... Holds school ing. record in 100 backstroke ... National Honor Society and Mu
Alpha Theta member.
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 22 Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s NCAA Top-35 Finishes Men’s Profiles Personal: Born Kelsey Tristan Duffy on March 3, 1988, in Ofer Finkler Lafayette, La. ... Parents are Robert and Elizabeth Duffy ... Sister, Katie, swam at Tech from 2001-03 ... Has an older brother, Rob ... Senior • Sprint Free Enjoys soccer, football and computers ... Plans to major in Rishon Le-Zion, Israel mechanical engineering. Hapoel Jerusalem Duffy’s Career Top Times As a Junior (2005-06): Swam the second leg of the 800 100 Fly 51.70 freestyle relay team that touched the wall in fifth place at the 200 Fly 1:55.07 ACC Championships with a NCAA 'B' standard time of 6:37.09 ... Was part of the record setting 400 free relay team that posted a Chris Ewald • Captain time of 2:59.52 at the conference championship ... Qualified for Redshirt Sophomore • Free/Fly the consolation finals of the 200 free at the ACC meet with a personal-best time of 1:39.69 in the prelims, finishing in 16th Alpharetta, Ga. place in the finals ... Posted a lifetime-best time of 20.81 in the South Forsyth HS bonus finals of the 50 free at the ACC Championships ... Swam a season-best time of 46.12 in the 100 free at the ACC meet ... As a Freshman (2005-06): Clocked a personal-best and NCAA Participated on his third relay of the conference championship in 'B' standard time of 4:27.15 in the prelims of the 500 freestyle at the 200 free relay which posted a season-best time of 1:21.15 ... the ACC Championships to qualify for the consolation finals, Ranked third on the Tech squad in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 finishing in 12th place ... Swam the third leg of the 800 free relay free events ... Recipient of team's Tommy Towles Scholar-Athlete team that touched the wall in fifth place with a NCAA 'B' cut Award ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. time of 6:37.09 at the ACC meet ... Posted a lifetime-best time of As a Sophomore (2004-05): Joined the Tech squad in 1:40.00 in the prelims of the 200 free at the conference champi- January after transferring from Penn State ... Quickly became onship to advance to the bonus finals, finishing in 18th place ... one of Tech's top sprint freestyle competitors ... Swam a leg of Tallied a second 18th-place finish at the ACC Championships the record setting 800 freestyle relay team at the ACC Champion- with a personal-best time of 1:51.27 in the 200 butterfly ... Swam ships, tallying a NCAA 'B' cut time of 6:34.45 ... Qualified for the a season-best time of 48.87 in the 100 free against Savannah consolation finals of the 200 freestyle at the ACC Champion- College (1/7) ... Finished the year third on the Tech squad in the ships, finishing in 13th place with a season-best time of 1:39.77 ... 500 free and 200 fly, and fourth in the 200 free. Clocked a season-best time of 21.00 in the prelims of the 50 free In 2004-05: Missed the entire season due to an injury ... Was at the ACC meet ... Posted a season-best time of 46.46 in the redshirted. prelims of the 100 free at the conference championship ... High School: Four-year letterwinner under coach Kris Hunt ... Ranked third on the Tech squad in the 200 free for the season. Member of the U.S. National Junior Team ... Named NISCA All- At Penn State (2003-04): Earned one letter while swimming American in the 200 and 500 freestyle events as a junior and for the Nittany Lions ... Competed at the 2004 Big Ten Champi- senior ... Scholastic All-American in sophomore, junior and onships in the 50 and 100 freestyle events ... Finished the senior seasons ... Named 4A Swimmer of the Year in 2003 and preliminaries of the 50 free with a season-best time of 21.30 ... '04 ... Earned all-state honors in each season, honorable mention Posted a second season-best time at the Big Ten meet in the 100 as a freshman, second team as a sophomore and first team as a free with a time of 47.01. junior and senior ... Won state crowns in the 200 and 500 free Club: Swam on Hapoel Jerusalem club team ... Helped lead events in three consecutive seasons (2002-04) ... Anchored the team to six straight club championships from 1999-2004 ... Won 200 and 400 free relay teams to state titles in junior and senior the 2003 Israeli Senior Championship in the 50-meter freestyle seasons ... Tabbed All-American in the 800-meter freestyle for and 50-meter butterfly ... Tallied runner-up finishes at the 2002 U.S.A Swimming ... Holds Georgia state record in 500 free Israeli Senior Championships in the 50-meter free, 100-meter (4:28.18) and 400-meter free (3:59.51) ... National Honor Society free and 50-meter fly ... Finished first in the 50- and 100-meter and graduated with honors, carrying a perfect 4.0 G.P.A. free and 50-meter fly at the 2000 Israeli Junior Championships ... Personal: Born Christopher Robert Ewald on Jan. 8, 1986, in Swam on the same club team as Houston, Texas ... Parents are Stephen and Laura Ewald ... former Tech men's swimming Majoring in civil engineering. standout Shilo Ayalon. Personal: Born Ofer Finkler on Ewald’s Career Top Times Sept. 13, 1982, in Rishon Le-Zion, 200 Free 1:40.00 Israel ... Parents are Vitold and 500 Free 4:27.15 Rika Finkler ... Sister, Maya, is a 1000 Free 9:17.30 junior swimmer at Maryland ... 200 Fly 1:51.27 Majoring in electrical engineer- ing.
Finkler’s Career Top Times 50 Free 20.81 100 Free 46.12
200 Free 1:39.69
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 23 Men’s Profiles Johnny Hagaman Academic teams in junior and senior seasons ... Young Republi- Freshman • Back cans club member. Black Mountain, N.C. Personal: Born Jacob Matthew Charles D. Owen HS Kwasnik ... Parents are Richard and Joanna Kwasnik ... Younger sister, High School: Lettered four seasons in swimming ... Won the Agatha, is a freshman on the swim North Carolina A/AA state titles in the 100 backstroke and 100 team ... Enjoys building remote freestyle with meet record times of 52.78 and 47.57, respectively control airplanes ... Majoring in ... Was a three-time state champion in the 100 back (2004-06) ... aerospace engineering. Won the 50 free at the state meet ... Tabbed Speedo All-American in 2006 ... Won the 100-meter back at the YMCA long course Kwasnik’s Career Top Times nationals. 50 Free 21.08 Personal: Born Steven John Hagaman on June 8, 1988, in 100 Free 46.88 Asheville, N.C. ... Parents are Steve and Penny Hagaman ... Has an older sibling, Jessie ... Enjoys snow boarding and basketball ... Chris Lee Undecided major in the College of Engineering. Sophomore • Sprint Free/Fly Hagaman’s Career Top Times Peachtree City, Ga. 100 Back 52.04 McIntosh HS 200 Back 1:54.20 As a Freshman (2005-06): Clocked a lifetime-best time of Jeremy Jackson 52.61 in the 100 butterfly against Emory (1/28) ... Swam a Freshman • Breast season-best time of 22.10 in the 50 freestyle against Emory ... Posted a season-best time of 50.50 in the 100 free against NC Dalton, Ga. State (11/5) ... Recipient of team's J. Herb McAuley Freshman Dalton HS Unity Award ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Lettered in swimming for four seasons under High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming ... Helped head coach Tommy Stockdale ... Elected team captain during lead 400 medley relay team to three state championships (2004- junior and senior seasons ... Holds the school record in the 50 06) ... Garnered all-state honors in final three seasons ... Earned freestyle ... Earned all-county honors in the 50 free and 100 All-America honors in the 200 medley relay in sophomore and breaststroke ... Named Academic All-American ... National senior seasons ... Two-time junior national qualifier in the 100 Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and Beta club member. breaststroke ... Holds the school record in the 100 breast and 200 Personal: Born William Christopher Lee on Sept. 19, 1986, in medley relay ... Summa Cum Laude, Latin club, Environmental Satelite Beach, Fla. ... Parents are Tony and Nina Lee ... Has a club president and honor roll member. younger brother, Matt, and sister, Annie ... Majoring in polymer Personal: Born Jeremy Alton Jackson on June 16, 1988, in textile engineering. Ocala, Fla. ... Parents are David and Joyce Jackson ... Has an older brother, Jacob ... Enjoys fishing, hunting, camping and Lee’s Career Top Times hiking ... Plans to major in management. 50 Free 21.74 100 Free 48.23 Jackson’s Career Top Times 100 Fly 52.61 100 Breast 59.25 200 Breast 2:14.22 Jacob Kwasnik Junior • Sprint Free Lake Bluff, Ill. Lake Forest HS As a Sophomore (2005-06): Clocked lifetime-best times in the prelims of the 50 freestyle (21.08) and 100 freestyle (46.88) at the ACC Championships ... Swam a season-best time of 1:51.10 in the 200 free against Savannah College ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. As a Freshman (2004-05): Swam a lifetime-best time of 21.46 in the prelims of the 50 freestyle at the ACC Championships ... Clocked a personal-record time of 47.47 in the 100 free at the ACC meet ... Recipient of team's J. Herb McAuley Freshman Unity Award ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Four-year letterwinner under coaches Lea and Erik Maurer ... Elected team captain in senior season ... Led team to a state title in 2003 and a runner-up finish in '02 ...
Tabbed most improved athlete as a senior ... Named to the All-
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 24 Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s NCAA Top-35 Finishes Men’s Profiles Way Joe Lee Rob Miller Freshman • IM/Breast/Back Junior • Distance Free Georgetown, Malaysia Alpharetta, Ga. The Bolles School Chattahoochee HS High School: Lettered for two seasons in swimming under As a Sophomore (2005-06): Clocked a NCAA 'B' standard coach Jeff Poppell ... Won the 100 breaststroke at the Florida time of 15:21.16 in the 1650 freestyle to finish in seventh place at State Championships with a time of 58.35 ... Finished runner-up the ACC Championships ... Posted his second NCAA 'B' cut time at the state meet in the 200 IM with a time of 1:54.08 ... Helped of the ACC meet in the prelims of the 500 free with a personal- lead team to 18th consecutive state championship during his best mark of 4:27.06 to qualify for the consolation finals, finish- senior season ... Elected team captain as a senior ... Swam a leg ing in 16th place ... Swam a lifetime-best time of 1:40.91 in the of state champion 200 medley relay team ... Won seven Gold prelims of the 200 free at the conference championship ... ACC medals in seven different events at the Malaysian nationals. Academic Honor Roll. Personal: Born Way Joe Lee on Nov. 2, 1988, in Georgetown, As a Freshman (2004-05): Became just the second Tech Penang ... Parents are Eng Sia Lee and Lee Hian Tan ... Has two athlete to qualify for the NCAA Championships as a freshman older brothers, Ee Joe Lee and Nian Joe Lee ... Water polo, (Sam Morgan-2003) ... Tallied a 29th-place finish in the prelims of mountain biking and reading ... Undecided major in the College the 1650 freestyle (15:20.18) and 48th-place finish in the 500 free of Engineering. (4:32.16) at the NCAA swim meet ... Clocked a NCAA 'B' stan- dard and personal-best time of 15:16.10 in the 1650 free to finish Lee’s Career Top Times fifth at the ACC Championships ... Tallied an 11th-place finish in 100 Back 52.16 the 500 free at the ACC meet with a NCAA 'B' cut time of 4:27.11 200 Back 1:53.20 ... Made the bonus finals of the 200 free at the ACC meet with a 100 Breast 58.19 lifetime-best time of 1:41.50 in the prelims, finishing 22nd in the finals ... Ranked second on the Tech squad in the 1000 free 200 Breast 2:07.10 (9:17.11), mile and fifth in the 200 free ... Held the fifth fastest 200 IM 1:53.80 times in the ACC in the 500 free and 1650 free ... ACC Honor 400 IM 4:02.60 Roll. Andy Miller High School: Four-year letterwinner at Chattahoochee and Peters Township High School ... As a senior, won the Georgia Sophomore • Breast/IM state title in the 200 freestyle ... Southeast sectional champion in Alpharetta, Ga. the 1650 free in spring 2004 ... Elected team captain in senior Chattahoochee HS season ... NISCA All-American in the 200 free (2003-04), 500 free (2003-04) and as part of the 400 freestyle relay team (2003-04) ... As a Freshman (2005-06): Tallied season-best times in the 100 U.S.A Academic All-American in sophomore, junior and senior breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 200 IM events against Emory seasons ... Broke school records in the 100, 200 and 500 freestyle (1/28) ... Clocked a time of 1:00.23 in the 100 breast, 2:09.18 in events at the Georgia State Championships in senior season ... the 200 breast and 1:56.53 in the 200 IM ... Posted a season-best AP Scholar, National Merit of Commendation and ranked No. 25 time of 4:19.01 in the 400 IM at the ACC Quad Meet (10/21) ... in his class out of 475 ... National Honor Society. ACC Academic Honor Roll. Personal: Born Robert Louis Miller on Oct. 23, 1985, in Cleve- High School: Lettered in four seasons under coach Sharon land, Ohio ... Parents are Mark Miller and Sharon Evans ... Both Evans ... Elected team captain as a senior ... Helped lead team to parents swam for Cleveland State University, Mark (1978-82), a North Fulton Championship in senior year ... Garnered All- Sharon (1979-83) ... Mother coached him for final three seasons America honors in sophomore, junior and senior seasons. at Chattahoochee High School ... Younger brother, Andy is a Personal: Born Andrew Todd Miller on July 11, 1987, in sophomore on the Tech squad ... Majoring in computer science. Westlake, Ohio ... Parents are Mark Miller and Sharon Evans ... Brother Rob is currently a swimmer on the Tech squad ... Mother Miller’s Career Top Times Sharon coached both Andy and Rob in high school ... Hobbies 200 Free 1:40.91 include golf and paintball ... 500 Free 4:27.06 Majoring in civil engineering. 1000 Free 9:16.69 1650 Free 15:16.10 Miller’s Career Top Times 100 Breast 58.91 200 Breast 2:06.69 200 IM 1:54.19
400 IM 4:03.65
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 25 Men’s Profiles David Rifkin Drew Showalter Sophomore • Fly Freshman • Breast/IM Sydney, Australia Knoxville, Tenn. Masada College Knoxville Catholic HS As a Freshman (2005-06): Joined the team after the fall High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming under coach semester ... Clocked a personal-best time of 1:50.61 in the Anita Diowiddie ... 2006 Academic All-American Swimmer by prelims of the 200 butterfly at the ACC Championships to NISCA ... Garnered All-America honors in the 100 breaststroke in advance to the bonus finals, finishing 21st ... Posted a lifetime- 2005 ... Helped lead team to Southeastern Championships in best time of 51.59 in the prelims of the 100 fly at the ACC meet ... 2003 and '04 ... Tallied multiple top-eight finishes at the Tennes- Tallied a 29th-place finish in the 500 free at the conference see State Championships in '05 ... School record holder in the 100 championship with a season-best time of 4:42.60 ... Ended the breast ... National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Multiple First season No. 2 on the Tech squad in the 200 fly and fifth in the 100 Honors, National Merit commended scholar and AP scholar. fly. Personal: Born John Drew Showalter on Dec. 10, 1987, in High School: Lettered in four seasons in swimming ... Helped Colby, Kan. ... Parents are John and Tammy Showalter ... Sister lead team to back-to-back zone championships as a junior and Ashley was a diver at the University of Tennessee from 2002-03 senior ... Finaled at the World Cup, representing South Africa ...... Uncle Ted Hall is a TV anchor for WXIA (NBC affiliate) in Finished eighth in the 200-meter butterfly with a short course Atlanta ... Enjoys all water sports and snowboarding ... Plans to time of 2:01 at the 2003 Durban World Cup ... Finished second in major in aerospace engineering. the 200m fly at the 2004 South African Olympic Trials with a long course time of 2:05. Showalter’s Career Top Times Personal: Born David Norman Rifkin on Sept. 7, 1984, in 100 Breast 59.89 Johanesburg, South Africa ... Parents are Julian and Michelle 200 Breast 2:11.20 Rifkin ... Has three siblings, Daniel, Michale and Mikala ... Great 200 IM 1:56.80 Uncle Moris swam for the South African Olympic Team ... Plans 400 IM 4:07.81 to major in biomedical and electrical engineering. Kevin Skenes Rifkin’s Career Top Times Sophomore • Breast 100 Fly 51.59 200 Fly 1:50.61 Augusta, Ga. Lakeside HS As a Freshman (2005-06): Walked on to the team during the fall ... Clocked a season-best time of 1:01.45 in the 100 breast- stroke at the NCAA Last Chance Meet (3/4) ... Posted a season- best time of 2:14.61 in the 200 breast against Emory (1/28) ... Swam a season-best time of 2:14.86 in the prelims of the 200 IM at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/18) ... Finished the season fourth on the Tech squad in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke events ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Lettered in swimming for four seasons under coach Jessica Hales ... Helped guide team to CSRA Champion- Alex Roan ships in 2002 and '05 ... Elected team captain as a senior ... Freshman • Distance Free Named NISCA Academic All-America during senior season ... Broke school record in the 100 breaststroke and swam a leg of Wareham, Mass. the record setting 200 medley relay team at the 2005 Georgia Bishop Stang HS State Championships ... National Merit Finalist, Honor Council Chairman, Spanish Honor Society, School Vice President, Debate Club: Won New England Swimming's Distance High Point team co-captain. Award as a sophomore ... Won state titles in the 400-meter free, 800m free and 1500m free at the 2004 LCM ... Holds personal- record times of 4:32.90 (500 free), 9:26.70 (1000 free) and 15:53.60 (1650 free). Personal: Born Alexander Gerald Roan on March 7, 1988, in New Bedford, Mass. ... Parents are Jerry and Marianne Roan ... Has a younger brother, Chris ... Enjoys web design, racing cars and music ... Plans to major in mechanical engineering.
Roan’s Career Top Times 500 Free 4:31.50 1000 Free 9:14.53
1650 Free 15:33.35
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 26 Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s NCAA Top-35 Finishes Men’s Profiles Personal: Born Kevin Lilley Skenes on Sept. 22, 1986, in Evan Stowers Augusta, Ga. ... Parents are Ronald and Linda Skenes ... Has a younger sister, Carol ... Enjoys playing the guitar, cars, reading Junior • Diving and ultimate frisbee ... Majoring in mechanical engineering. Independence, Ky. Simon Kenton HS Skenes’ Career Top Times 100 Breast 1:01.45 As a Sophomore (2005-06): Became Tech's first diver in 200 Breast 2:14.61 program history to qualify for the NCAA Championships ... Made the most of his first opportunity, finishing sixth in the finals of Mauricio Sousa the platform diving event with a score of 310.70 to earn All- Sophomore • Free/Back/IM America honors ... Became just the second Tech diver to win an Madison, Wis. ACC title, capturing the three-meter springboard with a score of 373.05 ... Garnered his second All-ACC honor of the ACC meet James Madison Memorial HS with a third-place finish on the one-meter board (335.95) ... Advanced to the NCAA meet by finishing sixth on the platform at As a Freshman (2005-06): Held Tech's top time for the season the NCAA Zone Diving Championships with a score of 630.50 ... in the 200 backstroke ... Clocked lifetime-best times in the 50 Tallied a pair of 25th-place finishes at the NCAA Championships freestyle, 100 back and 200 back events ... Qualified for the on the one-meter board (272.80) and three-meter board (269.40). bonus finals of the 200 back with a time of 1:53.15 at the ACC As a Freshman (2004-05): Quickly became one of Tech's top Championships, finishing 20th in the finals ... Tallied a pair of two divers ... Came within five points of qualifying for the NCAA 24th-place finishes at the ACC meet in the 100 back (52.60) and Championships with a score of 424.65 on the platform at the 200 IM (1:53.49) ... Clocked a personal-best time of 21.36 in the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships ... Made the finals of the 50 free at the NCAA Last Chance Meet (3/4) ... Finished second three-meter springboard and finished in 13th place with a score on the team in the 100 back and third in the 200 IM ... ACC of 513.40 at the Zone meet ... Broke the school record on the Academic Honor Roll. three-meter board at the ACC Championships, finishing with a High School: Lettered in four seasons under coach Gary Kolpin score of 537.20 in 11 dives, finishing in fourth place ... Tallied a ... Helped guide team to a state title as a senior ... Won state titles 16th-place finish on the one-meter board (246.10) at the ACC in the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay, breaking the state meet. record in both events ... Swam a leg of the winning 200 and 400 High School: A four-year letterwinner at under coach Allyson free relay teams at the USA Swimming Junior Championships in Heger ... Team captain in from 2002-04 ... Finaled at East 2005 ... Holds three school and conference records ... Elected Nationals on the one- and three-meter springboards ... Competed team captain as a senior ... Garnered all-state honors during all at U.S. Jr. Nationals on the three-meter board and platform ... four years and earned All-American honors in final three Earned all-region and all-state honors as a senior ... Tallied all- seasons ... Tabbed team's Most Valuable Swimmer as a junior. region and second team all-state honors in junior season ... 2003 Personal: Born Mauricio Sousa on Oct. 14, 1897, in Lima, Peru NISCA All-American and ranked in the Top 40 on the one-meter ... Parents are Jose Sousa and Gaby Castellanos ... Has a younger springboard ... Broke school and pool record with a score of 569.6 brother, Sebastian Sousa ... Enjoys playing the guitar and soccer on Feb. 7, 2004 ... Lettered in basketball for four seasons as a ... Majoring in chemical engineering. point guard ... Elected team captain in final season and was named to the first team all-district squad ... Member of the Sousa’s Career Top Times Fellowship of Christian Athletics (FCA), Student Leaders and 50 Free 21.36 Spanish clubs ... Graduated in the Top 20 of his class ... Dean's 100 Free 46,24 List in all four years ... Spanish Honor Society and National 100 Back 52.60 Honor Society. 200 Back 1:53.15 Personal: Born Evan Tyler Stowers on Feb. 20, 1986, in 200 IM 1:53.41 Covington, Ky. ... Parents are Jeff and Mary Stowers ... Father (1972- 76) and three brothers, Keith Green, Brenden (1999-2003) and Jordan (2001-present) all played basketball at Northern Kentucky (NCAA Div. II) ... Father is the 10th leading scorer all-time at NKU with 1,410 points ... Brenden was a 2003 All-American and ranks seventh in career free throw percentage (.822) and eighth in assists (344) ... Majoring in international affairs.
Stowers’ Career Top Marks 1-Meter 359.30 3-Meter 373.05
Platform 357.65
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 27 Men’s Profiles Greg Tunning Onur Uras Sophomore • Fly Junior • Fly Lawrenceville, Ga. Istanbul, Turkey Collins Hill HS German As a Freshman (2005-06): Mainly swam the butterfly events As a Sophomore (2005-06): Was Tech's top sprint butterfly for the Jackets ... Clocked a personal-best time of 52.16 in the competitor during the season ... Advanced to the consolation prelims of the 100 fly at the ACC Championships ... Posted a finals of the 200 fly at the ACC Championships, finishing 10th lifetime-best time of 1:52.61 in the 200 fly against Emory (1/28) with a personal-record time of 1:49.34 ... Tallied a 13th-place ... Ranked fourth on the team for the season in the 200 fly and finish in the 100 fly at the ACC meet with a lifetime-best time of sixth in the 100 fly ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. 49.56 ... Held the team's top time in the 200 fly and ranked High School: Lettered in swimming under coach Jennifer second in the 100 fly. Weaver in four seasons ... Helped lead team to consecutive state As a Freshman (2004-05): Clocked a lifetime-best time of titles in junior and senior seasons ... Won the 100 butterfly at the 1:50.01 in the 200 butterfly to win the consolation heat at the county championship meet as a senior ... Named Academic All- ACC Championships, finishing in ninth place ... Tallied a 15th- American in final three seasons ... Earned all-county honors as a place finish in the 100 fly at the ACC meet with a personal-best sophomore, junior and senior ... Broke the school record in the time of 49.76 ... Swam the second fastest time of the season for 100 fly in junior campaign ... National Honor Society and Tech in the 200 IM (1:54.28) in the prelims at the conference Spanish Honor Society member ... Graduated with a perfect 4.0 championship ... Held the fastest time on the team in the 200 fly, grade point average. and ranked second in the 100 fly. Personal: Born Gregory Alan Tunning on March 18, 1987, in Snellville, Ga. ... Parents are Jeff and Kathy Tunning ... Has one Athens Olympics: Finished 49th in 100 butterfly with a time of older brother, Chris ... Enjoys running and playing tennis ... 56.37. Majoring in international affairs. Club: Swam for 12 seasons for Galatasaray Swimming Club under coach Yilmaz Ozuak ... Is a four-time Turkish National Tunning’s Career Top Times Champion (2000-04) ... Won the 200-meter fly at the `04 Grand Prix Meet in Belgium ... Cij Lux meet champion in `02 and '03 ... 100 Fly 52.16 Earned a No. 1 national ranking in the 100 fly ... Set Turkish 200 Fly 1:52.61 national junior records in the 100m fly (55.37), 200 fly (2:02.78), 100 IM (58.49) and 200IM (2:06.75) [SCM]. Personal: Born Onur Uras on Jan. 1, 1985, in Istanbul, Turkey ... Parents are Fatih and Aysun Uras ... Father played football from 1969-74 for Bursa Demirtas-1st Feneryolu Spor Club ... Uncle, Tuncay Ismar, played basketball in 1988 for Besiktas club ... Aunt, Tangul Ismar, played basketball for one season (1980) for Fenerbahce-Tofois-Sas Spor Club ... Uncle Alper Atamturk earned a PhD in industrial engineering from Tech in 1997 and Aunt Nilgun Atamturk earned a master's degree in public policy in 1997 from Tech ... Enjoys playing the guitar, computers and playing chess ... Majoring in industrial engineering.
Uras’ Career Top Times 100 Free 47.03 100 Fly 49.56 200 Fly 1:49.34
200 IM 1:54.28
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climbing ... Mechanical engineering major.
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2007 Women’s NCAA Qualifying Standards 25-Yard 25-Meter 50-Meter ‘A’ Cut ‘B’ Cut ‘A’ Cut ‘B’ Cut ‘A’ Cut ‘B’ Cut 50 Free 22.75 23.43 25.40 26.16 26.13 26.91 100 Free 49.49 50.97 55.24 56.89 56.63 58.32 200 Free 1:47.09 1:50.30 1:59.53 2:03.11 2:02.54 2:06.21 500 Free 4:45.46 4:54.02 4:09.75 4:17.24 4:16.71 4:24.41 1650 Free 16:23.54 16:53.04 16:20.60 16:50.01 16:48.76 17:19.02 100 Back 54.47 56.10 1:00.80 1:02.62 1:03.86 1:05.77 200 Back 1:57.79 2:01.32 2:11.47 2:15.41 2:17.45 2:21.57 100 Breast 1:01.70 1:03.55 1:08.87 1:10.93 1:10.93 1:13.05 200 Breast 2:13.65 2:17.65 2:29.17 2:33.63 2:32.23 2:26.78 100 Fly 53.75 55.36 59.99 1:01.79 1:01.29 1:03.13 200 Fly 1:58.99 2:02.55 2:12.81 2:16.78 2:15.07 2:19.11 200 IM 2:00.52 2:04.13 2:14.51 2:18.54 2:19.01 2:23.18 400 IM 4:15.63 4:23.29 4:45.31 4:53.86 4:51.82 5:00.57 200 Free Relay 1:31.01 1:33.74 1:41.58 1:44.63 1:44.49 1:47.63 400 Free Relay 3:18.95 3:24.91 3:42.05 3:48.70 3:47.64 3:56.46 800 Free Relay 7:10.49 7:23.40 8:00.46 8:14.87 8:12.56 8:27.33 200 Medley Relay 1:39.49 1:42.47 1:51.04 1:54.37 1:54.49 1:57.92 400 Medley Relay 3:38.02 3:44.56 4:03.33 4:10.63 4:11.18 4:18.72 1-Meter Diving – 255/265* 3-Meter Diving – 270/280* Platform Diving – 260/225# * = qualifying point total when using six optional dives with standard D.D.
# = qualifying point total when using five optional dives with standard D.D.
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Back Row (L-R): Assistant Coach Marty Hamburger, Student Assistant Teemu Kettunen, Student Assistant Laurissa Prystaj, Agatha Kwasnik, Vesna Stojanovska, Ryann Kopacka, Taylor Flynn, Heather Matz, Amanda Korell, Dana West, Katie Wright, Lauren Rhea, Dalton Hedberg, Student Assistant Meghan DeVinney, Student Assistant Laura Heiser, Student Assistant Jacob Wilson, Head Coach Stu Wilson. Front Row (L-R): Student Assistant Liz Foster, Stephanie England, Jing Li, Hannah Krimm, Caroline Jones, Lisa Pucci, Alison Skala, Lauren Barnes, Alison Walker, Megan Campbell, Amanda Gannon, Elizabeth Stowe, Trainer Allison Murphy, Diving Coach John Ames. (not pictured: Mari McLeod). Name Cl. Ht. Events Hometown/High School/Club Team Lauren Barnes Fr. 5-8 Sprint Free Suwanee, Ga./North Gwinnett High/Swim Atlanta Megan Campbell Jr. 5-6 Fly/IM Lawrenceville, Ga./Providence Christian/Swim Atlanta Stephanie England Jr. 5-0 Diving Titusville, Fla./Astronaut/Team Orlando Diving Taylor Flynn Fr. 5-8 Free/Fly Memphis, Tenn./Briarcrest Christian School/Memphis Tiger Swimming Amanda Gannon Jr. 5-7 Free/Fly/IM Evans City, Pa./Oakland Catholic/Team Pittsburgh Dalton Hedberg Fr. 5-10 Back Mobile, Ala./St. Paul's Episcopal/City of Mobile Swim Association Caroline Jones So. 5-8 Back/IM/Free St. Simmons, Ga./Glynn Academy/Brunswick Swim Team Ryann Kopacka Fr. 5-8 Back Alpharetta, Ga./Blessed Trinity/Swim Atlanta Amanda Korell Sr. 5-11 Back/IM/Fly Lawrenceville, Ga./Central Gwinnett/Swim Atlanta Hannah Krimm Fr. 5-5 Diving Upper Arlington, Ohio/Upper Arlington/U.S. Elite Diving Agatha Kwasnik Fr. 5-8 Middle Distance Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest/Scout Aquatics Jing Li Fr. 5-1 Dist. Free/Fly Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill/Tar Heel Aquatic Heather Matz Sr. 5-8 Free/Fly/IM Puyallup, Wash./Puyallup/Tacoma Mari McLeod So. 5-6 Sprint Free Kalamazoo, Mich./Kalamazoo Central/Great Lakes Aquatics Lisa Pucci Fr. 5-5 Sprint Free/Breast Raleigh, N.C./Cardinal Gibbons/YMCA Triangle Area Swim Team Lauren Rhea Fr. 5-10 Dist. Free Acworth, Ga./Harrison/Tidal Waves Swim Team Alison Skala So. 5-4 Free/Breast Marietta, Ga./Wheeler/SwimAtlanta Vesna Stojanovska Sr. 5-10 Free/Fly/IM Skopje, Macedonia/Pine Crest/Pine Crest Elizabeth Stowe Jr. 5-4 Distance Free Lawrenceville, Ga./Dacula/Swim Atlanta Alison Walker* Sr. 5-3 Breast/IM Marietta, Ga./Walton/Dynamo Swim Dana West* Sr. 5-7 Free/Fly/Back Brookeville, Md./Sherwood/Rockville Montgomery Katie Wright Jr. 5-8 Free Macon, Ga./Mount de Sales Academy/Swim Macon
* - Team Captain
Head Coach: Stu Wilson (Georgia, 1989), 2nd season, 5th overall Assistant Coaches: Marty Hamburger (Iowa, 1991), 2nd season
Diving Coach: John Ames (Ohio University, 1993), 6th season
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High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming under coach Debbie As a Sophomore (2005-06): Posted a sixth-place finish on the Carey ... Two-time captain ... Garnered all-state honors en route to platform at the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships with a score of earning team MVP honors as a senior ... Holds school record in the 100 477.80, the highest finish ever by a women's diver ... Finaled on the free ... Earned varsity letters in tennis and cross country ... Member of three-meter springboard at the ACC Championships, tallying a sixth- the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, Beta club and Who's Who place finish with a score of 295.25 ... Finished 13th on the one-meter Among American High School students. board with a point total of 235.90 at the ACC meet ... Set new personal- Personal: Born Lauren Ashley Barnes on Sept. 30, 1988, in Marietta, best marks on the one- and three-meter boards at the Georgia Tech Ga. ... Parents are Jeff and Marcia Barnes ... Has two younger siblings, Invitational (11/18-20) ... Tallied a pair of third-place finishes with scores Kenny and Anna ... Enjoys reading, painting, drawing, shopping and of 278.55 (1-M) and 328.30 (3-M), respectively ... Finished 16th on the watching football ... Plans to major in psychology. three-meter board at the NCAA Zone diving meet ... Recipient of the team's Shilo Ayalon Most Valuable Athlete Award ... ACC Academic Barnes’ Career Top Times Honor Roll ... Academic All-ACC Team. 50 Free 25.06 As a Freshman (2004-05): Qualified for the NCAA Zone B Diving 100 Free 53.66 Championships ... Finished 11th on the platform at the Zone Diving meet with a score of 353.05 ... Advanced to the finals on the three-meter Megan Campbell board at the ACC Championships with a season-high score of 434.30, finishing in eighth place ... Tallied a 16th-place finish on the one-meter Junior • Fly/IM board at the ACC meet ... Recipient of team's J. Herb McAuley Fresh- Lawrenceville, Ga. man Unity Award. High School: Three-year letterwinner in diving under coach Tracey Providence Christian HS Pendina ... Two-time team captain ... Qualified for the America Cup, advancing to the semifinals on the platform ... Participated in the As a Sophomore (2005-06): Clocked a season-best time of 59.55 in platform diving event at U.S. Jr. Nationals ... Won district championship the 100 butterfly at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) ... Posted a in three consecutive seasons (2001-03) ... Pool record holder at Satellite season-best time of 2:14.67 in the preliminaries of the 200 fly at the GT High School ... Particpated in the 2004 East Nationals, Senior Zones, Invite ... Swam a season-best time of 2:13.14 in the 200 IM at the ACC Regionals and East Zone Championships ... Quad Meet (10/21) ... Swam in the prelims of the 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 Ranked No. 3 in her class ... National Honor IM at the ACC Championships. Society, Chemistry Honor Society, German As a Freshman (2004-05): Posted a season-best time of 59.47 in the Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta member. prelims of the 100 butterfly at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) ... Personal: Born Stephanie Danielle England Finished 18th in the 200 fly with a season-best time of 2:10.42 at the GT on June 12, 1986, in San Antonio, Texas ... Invite ... Clocked a season-best time of 2:11.80 in the prelims of the 200 Parents are Gordon England and Susan IM at the ACC Championships. Eggers ... Has two older brothers, Eric Eggers High School: Four-year letterwinner under coach Katie Landis ... and Evan Eggers ... Enjoys rollerblading and Elected team captain as a senior ... School record holder in the 100 going to the beach ... Majoring in chemical freestyle (55.84), 200 individual medley (2:08.90) and swam a leg of the engineering. record-setting 200, 400 free relay and 200 medley relay teams ... Earned all-state honorable mention honors in 2002-03 and second team honors England’s Career Top Marks in 2001-02 ... Member of the school Newspaper and French clubs ... 1-Meter 278.55 National Honor Society and National Beta club. 3-Meter 328.30 Personal: Born Megan Katherine Campbell on Dec. 16, 1985, in Atlanta Platform 373.20 ... Parents are Darrell and Debbie Campbell ... Grandfather, Paran Chase, won the Bronze Medal of Honor in World War II ... Enjoys music, water Taylor Flynn skiing and dancing ... Majoring in biology. Freshman • Free/Fly Campbell’s Career Top Times Memphis, Tenn. 100 Fly 57.34 Briarcrest Christian School 200 Fly 2:07.60 High School: Four-year letterwinner under coach Christi Whaley ... 200 IM 2:07.20 Two-time team captain ... Two-time U.S. Swimming Scholastic All- 400 IM 4:25.70 American ... Five-time All-American ... U.S. Open and JR Nationals qualifier in the 200 butterfly and 400 freestyle ... Eight-time state finalist ... Southern Zone meet champion ... National Honor Society. Personal: Born Taylor Bianca Flynn on June 22, 1988, in Memphis, Tenn. ... Parents are Kevin and Nancy Flynn ... Enjoys traveling ... Undecided major in the College of Engineering.
Flynn’s Career Top Times 100 Free 52.92 200 Free 1:53.00 500 Free 4:59.62 1000 Free 10:12.49 100 Fly 57.96
200 Fly 2:04.70
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Dalton Hedberg Ryann Kopacka Freshman • Back Freshman • Back Mobile, Ala. Alpharetta, Ga. St. Paul’s Episcopal Blessed Trinity HS High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming under coach Bill High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming ... Named team Quina ... Garnered all-state and all-county honors in all four seasons in captain ... Two-time all-state honorable mention ... Finished in third the 100 backstroke, 200 IM and 200 medley relay ... Helped lead team to place in the 100 backstroke at the state meet as a senior ... Helped lead Alabama 1A-6A state titles in 2003 and '04 ... Student Government 200 medley relay team to a third-place finish at state championships ... Association, Headmaster's List and Spanish club member. Team won the North Region Championship and she won the 100 back as Personal: Born Emily Dalton Hedberg on May 17, 1988, in Mobile, Ala. a senior ... North Fulton Prep Club Academic Athlete of the Year ...... Parents are Rpbert and Virginia Hedberg ... Has two younger siblings, Holds four school records in the 50 freestyle, 100 back, 200 free relay John and Lillie ... Enjoys playing tennis and going to the beach ... Plans and 200 medley relay ... Became the first ever athlete at Blessed Trinity to major in polymer textile fiber engineering. to qualify in every event at the state championships ... Named school's
Valedictorian ... Wendy's High School Heisman.
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Kwasnik’s Career Top Times 50 Free 24.29 100 Free 51.90 200 Free 1:52.05
100 Back 57.85
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 35 Women’s Profiles Jing Li Matz’s Career Top Times 200 Free 1:52.63 Freshman • Distance Free/Fly 500 Free 4:56.62 Chapel Hill, N.C. 200 Fly 2:04.30 Chapel Hill HS 200 IM 2:06.80 400 IM 4:22.43 High School: One-year letterwinner at Chapel Hill High School (2006) and three-year letterwinner at Horizon High School in swimming (2003- 05) ... Won the 4A North Carolina state title in the 200 freestyle as a senior ... Swam legs of the North Carolina state champion 200 medley and 400 free relay teams ... Three-time All-American ... Named team MVP in two consecutive seasons at HHS ... Chapel High School school record holder in 200 free and Horizon High School record holder in 500 free ... President of Society of Women Scholars and National Honor Society member ... Graduated with a class rank of three out of 428 students. Personal: Born Jing Li on Aug. 6, 1988, in Tucson, Ariz. ... Parents are Philip and Yvonne Li ... Has one younger sister, Celina ... Enjoys playing the violin and paintball ... Plans to major in electrical engineering.
Li’s Career Top Times Mari McLeod 200 Free 1:50.66 Sophomore • Sprint Free 500 Free 4:54.84 Kalamazoo, Mich. 1000 Free 10:08.55 1650 Free 16:54.82 Kalamazoo Central HS 100 Fly 57.18 As a Freshman (2005-06): Led off the 200 freestyle relay team that 200 Fly 2:04.70 posted a season-best time of 1:36.31 at the ACC Championships with a 200 IM 2:07.07 split time of 24.82 ... Swam a season-best time of 52.71 to finish first in 400 IM 4:24.67 the 100 free against NC State and New Orleans ... Posted a time of 1:56.05 in the 200 free against Savannah College (1/7) ... Clocked a Heather Matz season-best time of 59.36 in the prelims of the 100 butterfly at the Senior • Free/Fly/IM Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) ... Held Tech's second fastest times in the 100 and 200 freestyle events ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. Puyallup, Wash. High School: Lettered in swimming under coach Tom Belco in four seasons ... Earned All-American, all-district and all-state honors ... Puyallup HS Elected team captain as a senior ... National Honor Society. As a Junior (2005-06): Swam a season-best time of 54.09 in the Personal: Born Mari Eden McLeod on March 9, 1987, in Ann Arbor, prelims of the 100 freestyle at the ACC Championships ... Clocked Mich. ... Parents are Michael and Terry McLeod ... Brother Trevor earned second top season time at the ACC meet in the prelims of the 200 free two letters on the tennis squad (2002-04) and is a senior at Tech ... with a mark of 1:55.82 ... Top 200 IM time of the season came against Attended the same high school as New York Yankee star Derek Jeter ... archrival Georgia (10/14), finishing with a time of 2:10.02 ... Finished Enjoys traveling and running ... Majoring in architecture. the season ranked second on the Tech squad in the 200 IM. As a Sophomore (2004-05): Clocked season-best times of 1:56.23 McLeod’s Career Top Times (200 free) and 2:10.11 (200 IM) at the ACC Championships ... Swam a 50 Free 23.78 season-best time of 5:03.16 in the 500 freestyle against NC State (11/5) ... 100 Free 51.32 Posted a season-best time of 1:04.62 in the 100 backstroke against Emory 200 Free 1:55.60 and North Florida (1/29) ... Ranked third on the Tech squad in the 400 100 Fly 58.30 IM (4:30.90) and fourth in the 200 IM. As a Freshman (2003-04): Swam the second fastest times on the Tech squad in the 500 freestyle and 400 individual medley events ... Part of the 800 free relay team that broke the school record with a time of 7:29.38 at the ACC Championships ... Posted a season-best time of 4:59.42 in the 500 free to finish 20th at the ACC meet ... Swam the 400 IM at the ACC meet and finished with a time of 4:37.27 in the prelims ... Had the sixth fastest time on the team in the 200 fly with a mark of 2:12.28 versus Kentucky (1/30) ... Posted a season-best time of 4:32.71 in the 400 IM versus Purdue/Florida Atlantic (11/15) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. High School: Earned one letter at Puyallup High School under coach Ruth Conrad ... Finished fifth in the 200 individual medley and seventh in the 500 freestyle at the state championships ... Helped 200 medley relay and 400 free relay teams claim state titles ... U.S. Open competitor as a sophomore ... Senior National competitor in four meets ... Washing- ton State Honors and Pathway Honors awards winner ... National Honor Society and member of the school Orchestra (2nd chair). Personal: Born Heather Janelle Matz on May 2, 1985, in Puyallup, Wash. ... Parents are Fran and Leon Matz ... Has three sisters, Leane, Kim and Becky ... Enjoys the Orchestra, reading, arts and crafts ...
Majoring in earth and atmospheric sciences.
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High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming under coach As a Junior (2005-06): Clocked NCAA 'B' qualifying standard times in Jonah Turner ... Helped lead team to four consecutive Georgia state the 200 freestyle (1:49.22) and 500 freestyle (4:51.36) at the ACC titles and three conference championships ... Garnered All-America Championships, finishing seventh and 12th, respectively ... Posted a honors in sprint freestyle relays ... National Honor Society. season-best time of 2:01.93 in the 200 butterfly to finish in fifth place at Personal: Born Lisa Elizabeth Pucci on June 5, 1988, in Waddsworth, the ACC meet ... Led off both the 400 and 800 free relay teams that posted season-best times of 3:29.63 and 7:33.25 at the conference Ohio ... Parents are Mike and Barb Pucci ... Has an older sister, Mallory championship ... Held Tech's top times for the third consecutive season ... Enjoys water skiing, wake boarding and making jewelry ... Plans to in the 200 free, 500 free and 200 fly ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. major in management. As a Sophomore (2004-05): Won ACC title in the 200 butterfly with a school record time of 1:59.27 ... Posted a runner-up finish in the 200 Pucci’s Career Top Times freestyle with a school record time of 1:47.67 at the ACC Champion- 50 Free 24.21 ships, garnering her second All-ACC honor of the meet ... Qualified for 100 Free 52.15 her second consecutive NCAA Championships ... Finished 24th in the 100 Breast 1:06.68 200 fly (2:00.77), 26th in 200 free (1:48.55) and 28th in 500 free (4:48.04) 200 Breast 2:24.12 ... Finished fifth in the 500 free at the ACC meet with a school record time of 4:47.36 ... Swam legs of three school-record setting relay teams Lauren Rhea at the conference championship ... 800 free relay team posted a NCAA 'B' cut time of 7:24.06 ... Anchored the 400 free relay and 400 medley Freshman • Distance Free relay teams that set new school records at the ACC meet with times of Acworth, Ga. 3:26.47 and 3:48.63, respectively ... Recipient of team's Fred Lanuoe Athletic Achievement Award for the second consecutive season. Harrison HS Athens Olympics: Posted a time of 2:16.51 in the 200 butterfly to finish in 26th place ... Tallied a 27th-place finish in the 400 freestyle High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming at Harrison High (4:19.39) and a 34th-place finish in the 200 free (2:04.64). School (2004-06) and Houston County High (2002-04) ... Won the As a Freshman (2003-04): Established herself as one of Tech's top Georgia AAAAA state championship in the 200 freestyle with a time of athletes in the freestyle, butterfly and individual medley events ... 1:53.23 as a senior ... Led team to a fifth-place finish at the state meet in Became the first Tech competitor to earn All-America honors, finishing 2006 ... Named AJC Cobb County and Marietta Daily Journal Swimmer 10th in the 200m butterfly (2:11.02) at the NCAA Championships ... of the Year as a senior ... Two-time U.S. Scholastic All-American ... Posted a time of 4:10.90 in the 400m freestyle to finish 23rd at NCAAs ... Georgia all-star in all four seasons ... Holds school records in the 200 Tallied a 37th-place finish at the NCAA meet in the 200m free (2:01.58) free, 500 free and 400 free relay ... National Honor Society, Beta club ... Competed in the ACC Championship finals in both the 200 fly and member. 200 free, finishing fourth (2:02.35) and eighth (1:50.68) ... Broke her own Personal: Born Lauren Charlotte Rhea on May 16, 1988, in Fort Myers, school record in the 200 free with a leadoff split time of 1:49.90 at the Fla. ... Parents are John and Mary Rhea ... Has two older sisters, Rachel ACC meet in the 800 free relay ... Held the top time in the ACC in the and Jennifer ... Plans to major in management. 200 fly with a converted time of 1:58.82 at the SCM European Champi- onships (12/11) ... Recipient of team's Fred Lanoue Award. High School: Two-year letterwinner under coach Jay Fitzgerald ... Rhea’s Career Top Times Named captain in junior and senior seasons ... Selected as team's most 500 Free 5:00.60 valuable swimmer as a senior ... Coaches' Award winner ... Swam the 1000 Free 10:12.00 200 free, 400 free and 200 fly at the World Championships ... Partici- 1650 Free 17:26.00 pated in the 2000 Olympics, in Sydney, Australia, representing her native country Macedonia ... Florida state champion in the 200 freestyle Alison Skala as a senior ... District and conference champion in the 200 free in junior and senior seasons ... Earned All-America, All-Broward and Sun Sentinel Sophomore • Free/Breast honors ... Named Rookie of the Year as a freshman. Marietta, Ga. Personal: Born Vesna Stojanovska on Jan. 20, 1985, in Skopje, Macedonia ... Parents are Jordan and Elizabeth Stojanovska ... Has an Wheeler HS older sister, Tijana ... Enjoys listening to music, dancing, reading and computers ... Majoring in aerospace engineering. High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming ... Named most valuable performer in three seasons ... Garnered all-county honorable Stojanovska’s Career Top Times mention honors and was named a Georgia all-star from 2000-04 ... Math 200 Free 1:47.67 Honor Society, Science Honor Society, National Honor Society and 500 Free 4:47.36 Spanish Honor Society member. 1000 Free 10:11.58 Personal: Born Alison Genevieve Skala on Sept. 1, 1986, in Atlanta, Ga. 200 Fly 1:59.27 ... Parents are Gerald and Catherine Skala ... Sister Ashley swam at Tech from 2001-04 ... Enjoys surfing, traveling and skiing ... Majoring in mechanical engineering.
Skala’s Career Top Times 100 Breast 1:09.69 200 Breast 2:32.68
200 IM 2:15.10
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 37 Women’s Profiles Elizabeth Stowe Alison Walker • Captain Junior • Distance Free Senior • Breast Lawrenceville, Ga. Marietta, Ga. Dacula HS Walton HS As a Junior (2005-06): Posted a time of 1:04.54 in the prelims of the As a Sophomore (2005-06): Clocked a NCAA 'B' standard and season- 100 breaststroke at the ACC Championships to qualify for the consola- best time of 16:50.33 in the 1650 freestyle to finish eighth at the ACC tion finals, finishing in 15th place ... Clocked a season-best time of Championships ... Swam a season-best time of 4:56.48 in the 500 free to 1:04.48 at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) to finish the race in finish in 20th place at the ACC meet ... Tallied an 11th-place finish in the fourth place ... Swam a season-best time of 2:24.26 in the 200 breast 200 free at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) with a season-best time against Emory (1/28) ... Top 200 IM time of the season came at the ACC of 1:54.56 ... Held Tech's top time in the 1000 free, 1650 free, and ranked meet in the prelims with a mark of 2:11.30 ... Participated on both second in the 500 free ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. medley relays at the conference championship that set season marks of As a Freshman (2004-05): Became Tech's top distance freestyler as a 1:45.33 and 3:52.42 ... Finished the year No. 1 on the Tech squad in the rookie ... Set school records in the 1000- and 1650-yard freestyle events 100 and 200 breaststroke events ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. ... Garnered All-ACC honors at the ACC Championships with a third- As a Sophomore (2004-05): Broke her own school record in the 100 place finish in the mile, shaving almost 32 seconds off her personal-best breaststroke with a time of 1:03.47 in the prelims at the ACC Champion- time to log a school record mark of 16:28.08 ... Qualified for the NCAA ships, qualifying for the finals and finishing in sixth place ... Advanced Championships in the 500 and 1650 freestyle events ... Tallied a 35th- to the consolation finals of the 200 breast at the ACC meet and posted a place finish in the mile (16:48.26) and 58th-place finish in the 500 free season-best time of 2:20.77 to finish in 15th place ... Swam a leg of the (4:58.74) ... Posted a second school record at the ACC meet with a 1000 Tech record-setting 400 medley relay team (3:48.63) at the conference free split time of 10:00.90 during the 1650 free ... Finished the 500 free championship ... Finished with a season-best time of 2:15.67 in the 200 in ninth place with her second NCAA 'B' standard time of the meet, IM at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) ... Held the top times for the finishing with a personal-best mark of 4:50.52 ... Swam the third leg of season in the 100 and 200 breast. the Tech 800 freestyle relay team that tallied a NCAA 'B' cut time of As a Freshman (2003-04): Was Tech's top breaststroker all season 7:24.06 en route to setting a new school record ... Swam a lifetime-best long ... Broke the school record in the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.00 time of 1:52.24 in the prelims of the 200 free at the ACC meet, finishing in the preliminaries at the ACC Championships, finishing 10th in the in 18th place ... Ranked third in the ACC in the mile and seventh in the finals ... Tallied her second 10th-place finish at the ACC meet in the 200 500 free and 1000 free ... Recipient of team's Shilo Ayalon Most Valuable breast with a season-best time of 2:19.66 ... Swam a leg of the record- Athlete and Chapman/Hiles Most Improved Athlete Awards ... ACC setting Tech relay teams at the conference championship in the 200 Honor Roll. medley (1:44.95) and 400 medley (3:49.39) ... Held Tech's top times in the 100 and 200 breast ... Selected as the team's J. Herb McAuley High School: Four-year letterwinner under coach Erik Spoto ... Won Freshman Unity Award winner ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. the state crown in the 500-yard freestyle in senior season ... As a junior, High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming under coach won the 500 free at the country championship ... School record holder in Todd McAlpine ... Was a county champion in the 100 breaststroke and the 100, 200 and 500 free ... Was part of the 200 and 400 free relay teams helped guide team to a state title in the 200 medley relay in junior and that broke school records in senior season ... Tabbed most valuable senior seasons ... Named captain as a senior ... Earned all-state first swimmer from 2001-04 ... Garnered all-state honors as a senior and team honors as a senior, honorable mention as a junior and third team earned all-county honors for final three seasons ... Beta and Latin club honors as a sophomore ... Winner of the National Age Group Award member ... National Honor Society and National Latin Honor Society. presented by U.S.A Swimming ... Finished 11th at the U.S. Nationals as a Personal: Born Nancy Elizabeth Stowe on Aug. 19, 1986, in freshman in the 100-meter breast (1:13.55) ... Named all-county second Lawrenceville, Ga. ... Parents are Gary and Nancy Stowe ... Has two team ... NISCA All-America in the 200 medley relay in 2001 and ‘02 ... older brothers, Neil (24) and Josh (22) ... Neil lettered in swimming at Georgia all-star in all four years ... U.S.A Scholastic All-American as a Georgia Southern (1999) and Delta State University (2000-02) ... sophomore ... Finished eighth in the 100 breast at U.S.A Spring Nationals Undecided College of Sciences major. ... Helped 400 medley relay team place eighth at Spring Nationals ... School record holder in the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay ... Stowe’s Career Top Times Member of the Spanish, Interact and National Honor clubs ... National 200 Free 1:52.24 Merit Scholar Commended student ... Member of the Principal's Honor 500 Free 4:50.52 Roll in all four years and graduated with over a 4.0 GPA. Personal: Born Alison Emery Walker on Oct. 22, 1984 in Atlanta, Ga. ... 1000 Free 10:00.92 Parents are Peggy and Emery Walker ... Has three sisters, Rebecca, 1650 Free 16:28.08 Beverly and Grace ... All three sisters have participated on the Dynamo Swim Club team ... Majoring in management.
Walker’s Career Top Times 100 Breast 1:03.47 200 Breast 2:18.25
200 IM 2:07.76
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As a Junior (2005-06): Posted season-best times in the 50 freestyle As a Sophomore (2005-06): Clocked a season-best time of 17:56.96 in and 100 backstroke events at the ACC Championships ... Swam a time of the 1650 freestyle to finish 26th at the ACC Championships ... Swam a 25.51 in the prelims of the 50 free and a time of 1:00.83 in the prelims of season-best time of 1:59.67 in the prelims of the 200 free at the ACC the 100 back ... Clocked a season-best time of 55.88 in the 100 free meet ... Posted a season-best time of 5:10.63 in the prelims of the 500 against Emory (1/28). free at the conference championship ... Finished with a season-best time As a Sophomore (2004-05): Posted season-best times in the 50 of 10:36.69 in the 1000 free at the ACC Quad Meet (10/21). freestyle (24.76), 100 free (53.95) and 200 free (1:55.07) in the prelims at As a Freshman (2004-05): Posted a season-best time of 10:44.08 in the ACC Championships ... Clocked a season-best time of 1:01.62 in the the 1000 freestyle against archrival Georgia (10/23) ... Clocked a season- 100 backstroke at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) ... Tallied a best time of 1:58.80 in the prelims of the 200 free at the ACC Champion- season-best time of 1:03.34 in the 100 butterfly at the ACC Quad Meet ships. (10/29) ... Finished the season No. 5 on the team in the 200 free and 100 High School: Five-year letterwinner under coaches Dr. Lee Stockslager back. and Mary Pat Dadisman ... Helped lead team to five straight state As a Freshman (2003-04): Ranked second on the Tech squad in the championships (2000-04) ... As a senior, won the individual state title in 200 freestyle with a time of 1:53.75 versus NC State (10/25) ... Competed the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events ... Won the 200 and 500 free in the consolation finals of the 100 backstroke at the ACC Champion- events at the 2003 state meet and swam a leg of the championship 200 ships, finishing in 21st place with a time of 59.79 ... Posted a time of free relay team in junior season ... Captured the 200 free crown at the 54.14 in the 100 free at the ACC meet ... Tallied a mark of 1:54.81 in the state meet in sophomore season ... Earned all-state honors from 2000-04 prelims of the 200 free at the conference championship ... Swam season- ... U.S.A Swimming Scholastic All-American in '02 and '03 ... Georgia All- best times of 24.90 in the 50 free and 59.73 in the 100 back at the UGA Star from 2000-04 ... Recipient of Swim Macon Award ... Was part of the Invitational (12/6) ... ACC Academic Honor Roll. state record holding 200 freestyle relay team ... Lettered in cross country High School: Four-year letterwinner at Sherwood High School under for one season ... National Honor Society. coach Bill Shechtman ... Montgomery County champion in senior year Personal: Born Katherine Elizabeth Wright on Dec. 22, 1985, in Macon, ... Named captain ... Selected as the team's most valuable swimmer as a Ga. ... Parents are John and Lisa Wright ... Has an older brother, Kevin ... junior and senior ... Earned all-county honors by the Journal and Enjoys reading, arts and crafts and camping/hiking ... Majoring in Gazette in all four years ... 2002 Metropolitan 200 freestyle champion ... management. Holder of the 200 free relay county record (2001) and 200 medley relay Montgomery County record (2002) ... National and Spanish Honor Wright’s Career Top Times Society ... Member of the Student Government Association (treasurer) 200 Free 1:58.80 and project change, principal's committee ... Honor Roll student for all 500 Free 5:09.73 four years and a Scholar Athlete ... Graduated in top five percent of her 1000 Free 10:32.95 class ... Named Academic Senior Athlete of the Year. 1650 Free 17:41.76 Personal: Born Dana Lindsay West on Sept. 7, 1985 in Takoma Park, My. ... Parents are Gail and Gregg West ... Has two sisters, Rachel and Sasha ... Majoring in management.
West’s Career Top Times 50 Free 24.46 100 Free 51.41 200 Free 1:52.52 100 Fly 57.47
100 Back 58.71
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John Ames National qualifiers, as well as a number of Diving Coach Junior World Championship qualifiers. 6th Season His duties with team included selection of team members, designing workouts and Ohio, 1993 coaching and preparing the team for John Ames is in his sixth season as competition. diving coach for the Yellow Jacket In his six season at George Washing- swimming and diving program. ton, he guided the Colonials to numerous Under his tutelage, Evan Stowers upper-tier Atlantic 10 Conference finishes, became the first Tech diver to qualify for with both the men's and women's teams the NCAA Championships in 2006. In the finishing as high as second. He also Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Stowers coached several NCAA Zone Diving again made history by finishing seventh Championships qualifiers. on the men's platform, becoming the first Prior to his stint with Montomery and Along with working with the Dynamo Tech diver to garner All-America honors. George Washington, Ames served as an Swim Club, Hamburger also assisted with At the 2006 ACC Championships, assistant coach with the Northern Virginia three-time defending NCAA men's Stowers became just the second GT diver, Dive Club. He also worked as a graduate national champion Auburn and its Tiger first under Ames, to win an ACC champi- assistant and diving coach at Western Masters Swim Camp from 2000-04. He onship, capturing the men's three-meter Illinois University. was part of the development of Master springboard. He also became the first Ames graduated from Ohio Univer- swimmers, covering topics of race diver to earn All-ACC honors on both sity in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in strategy and developing a successful springboards. psychology after completing his collegiate lifestyle as a competitive athlete. Sophomore Stephanie England diving career with the Bobcats. He earned Hamburger has also worked with U.S. finaled on the women's three-meter board a Master of Science degree in sport Olympic coaches Eddie Reese and Mark for the second consecutive season, administration while at Western Illinois. Schubert at the Texas Longhorn Swim finishing in sixth place for the Jackets. Marty Hamburger Camps in Austin, prior to coming to Tech. She went on to finish sixth on the plat- Hamburger, a native of Fort Dodge, form at the NCAA Zone diving meet. Assistant Coach Iowa, graduated from the University of Besides Stowers, two other Tech 2nd Season Iowa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in divers have garnered all-conference Iowa, 1991 1991. He resides in Decatur with his wife, honors under Ames' guidance. Former the former Amanda Johnson, and two- men's diving standout Paul McCarty Marty Hamburger enters his second year old son, Ellis. (2001-04) earned All-ACC honors on the season as assistant coach at Georgia Tech. one-meter springboard in 2002, while Hamburger serves as the men's recruiting Student Assistants current diver Tony Burkhardt accom- coordinator for the Yellow Jackets, along plished that same feat at the '05 ACC with assisting with the design of the Championships. dryland and weight program. Another piece of history was made During his first season, Hamburger for the Yellow Jackets in 2006. A total of guided Ryan Bishop and Alex Williams to six divers qualified for the NCAA Zone NCAA 'B' qualifying standards. Diving Championships; Michael Bennett, Bishop clocked NCAA 'B' cut times in Meghan Liz Burkhardt, Peter Doblar, England, the 200 IM and 400 IM events for the DeVinney Foster Laurissa Prystaj and Stowers. Jackets. He also qualified for the champi- In 2005, the women's diving program onship finals of the 200 IM, 400 IM and took its next step at the ACC Champion- 200 breaststroke for Tech at the ACC ships, as Junior Laurissa Prystaj and Championships. England both finaled on the three-meter Williams posted a personal-best and board, making it the highest scoring event first ever NCAA 'B' standard in the 100 for Tech in women's diving history. Laura Teemu breast at the ACC meet, finishing a career- Along with his coaching duties at Heiser Kettunen best fifth in the finals. Tech, Ames also mentors the Atlanta Hamburger worked with the Dynamo Diving Association, which has quickly Swim Club from 1999-2004, charged with become the top United States Diving all aspects of daily operations, administra- program in Atlanta, as well as one of the tion and marketing for the Masters top programs in the state of Georgia. program. While at Dynamo, Hamburger Hired in August 2001, Ames came to produced over 100 nationally-ranked, Laurissa Jacob Tech from George Washington University national champion and All-America Prystaj Wilson and the Montgomery Dive Club, one of swimmers, four World record holders and the largest diving programs in the nation. five American record holders. With Montgomery, Ames served as Hamburger's Dynamo Masters led the the team's associate head coach. He Georgia Masters team to a National coached multiple Junior and Senior
Championship in 2000.
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The chief engineer of Georgia Tech’s effort Named Georgia Tech’s Director of Athletics to leverage the opportunities inherent in economic, on February 22, 2006, Dan Radakovich brings nearly cultural, social and technological transitions, Dr. G. Wayne Clough two decades of experience in collegiate athletics management is the Institute’s tenth president and the first alumnus to serve as positions to Tech’s nationally-prominent program. president. Radakovich comes to Georgia Tech after five years as senior Dr. Clough received a bachelor of science degree in civil associate athletics director at Louisiana State (2001-06), and he engineering in 1964 and then added a master of science in civil previously served as the athletics director at American University engineering from the Institute in 1965. He later earned his Ph.D. in in Washington, D.C., in 2000-01. That followed stints as associate 1969 from the University of California at Berkeley. athletics director at South Carolina (1994-2000) and Long Beach His leadership continues to make undergraduate education State (1989-94) as well as two years as the athletics business more dynamic. After implementing a required computer initiative manager at Miami (1983-85). for all students, he oversaw the revision of the curriculum to Just the seventh Director of Athletics in Tech history, include Web-based enhancements. The next step was a broad Radakovich was named by Institute President Dr. Wayne Clough initiative to engage students more fully with faculty in the classroom to succeed Dave Braine, who retired after nearly nine years in the and research lab, expand study abroad programs, and create more post. Radakovich also follows in the footsteps of storied names student leadership opportunities. The positive impact is reflected such as John Heisman, Bobby Dodd and Homer Rice. in higher quality students and higher retention rates. In his position at LSU, Radakovich was responsible for the Clough’s skills as a civil engineer are evident as the campus is day-to-day operation of an athletics program with an annual reshaped to meet the needs of Tech’s world-class programs and budget of more than $50 million, encompassing 20 sports and students. He has overseen an ambitious $1 billion building program, more than 450 student-athletes. He directly supervised LSU’s with the construction of more than a dozen academic and research men’s basketball and baseball programs. buildings. LSU athletics reached unparalleled heights during his tenure, Sponsored research has also increased every year since Clough highlighted by the 2003 national championship in football and the became president. In the past seven years, research expenditures basketball team’s berth in the 2006 NCAA Final Four, as well as have increased significantly, doubling over the past decade to $425 national titles in men’s and women’s track and field and top five million in the past year, as Tech moves into exciting interdisciplinary national rankings in baseball, women’s basketball, softball and fields like bioengineering, sustainable technology, and nanoscience. gymnastics. Outside of the Tech campus, Clough is also recognized as a In his stint as athletics director at American, he coordinated leader. He gives Georgia Tech a voice in Washington, D.C., as the the school’s move into the Patriot League. only person to serve on both the National Science Board and the As associate athletics director at South Carolina, Radakovich President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). directed financial operations for a $30 million athletics budget He is also vice chairman of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and while supervising financing and logistics for $33 million in facilities chaired the National Academy of Engineering’s Engineer of 2020 improvements. He also worked closely with then-South Carolina initiative. Since September of 2001, he has represented the Atlantic athletics director Mike McGee in laying the groundwork for the Coast Conference (ACC) on the National Collegiate Athletic new $70 million Colonial Center Arena in downtown Columbia, Association (NCAA) Division I Board of Directors. S.C. Clough was provost and vice president for academic affairs at At Long Beach State, where he served as senior associate the University of Washington in Seattle when he answered the call athletics director from 1989-94, Radakovich managed a $5 million to return to his alma mater as president in September of 1994. Prior budget while reorganizing the department operations and to that, he had spent a decade at Virginia Tech as head of the coordinating the production and sales of radio broadcasting Department of Civil Engineering, then as dean of the College of packages. He also supervised the men’s basketball and baseball Engineering. He also served on the faculties of Duke and Stanford programs. universities. Radakovich began his career in athletics administration as the Among his many national awards for teaching and research, athletics business manager at Miami from 1983-85. He then Clough holds eight from the American Society of Civil Engineers worked in the private sector for four years before moving to Long and is one of a select few to have twice been awarded the Norman Beach State in 1989. Medal, civil engineering’s oldest honor. In 2001, he received the A native of Monaca, Pa., Radakovich, 47, was a football National Engineering Award from the American Association of letterwinner and student coach at Indiana University of Pennsyl- Engineering Societies, and he recently received the American vania, where he graduated in 1980 with a bachelor of science Society of Civil Engineers’ 2004 Outstanding Projects and Leaders degree in finance. He added a master’s degree in business admin- (OPAL) lifetime award for his contributions to education. He has istration from Miami in 1982. He also completed the Sports been a member of the National Academy of Engineering for fifteen Management Institute’s executive education program in 1992. years. He is married to the former Marcie McDonald, and the couple A native of Douglas, Ga., Dr. Clough has been married to Anne has two children, Christian, 16, and Grant, 12. Robinson Clough for more than 30 years, and the couple has two
grown children.
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She was tabbed team’s Most Valuable offen- including serving as administrator for the 2006 Men’s women’s swimming and diving, softball and men’s and sive and defensive player and earned a BS in Athletic NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships, 2005 women’s track and field. Training in 2004. Men’s and Women’s ACC Swimming and Diving Before coming to Tech, MacDonald served as an Murphy also earned all-county and all-conference Championships and NCAA Zone B Diving intern at the University of North Carolina in 2002-03. honors at Bloomingdale Senior High School in softball Championships. At Carolina, he was the primary contact for men’s and and was named Hillsborough County Player of the Year Robinson spent 17 years as Clemson’s Director women’s cross country, softball and wrestling. in 2000. of Athletics, serving from 1985 until stepping down Prior to Carolina, MacDonald was a graduate as- She will earn her master’s degree in sports medi- on June 30, 2002. sistant at Oakland University in the sports information cine from Georgia State in May ‘07. During his time at Director of Athletics, the office from 1999-2002. There he worked with men’s Tigers won 56 Atlantic Coast Conference team titles and women’s basketball, baseball, women’s soccer, soft- Ethan Shapiro as well as the 1987 NCAA championship in men’s ball and swimming and diving, along with serving as a soccer, and Clemson student-athletes captured 24 part-time pitching coach for the baseball team. Director of individual national titles and over 400 All-America MacDonald graduated from Oakland with a master’s citations. The Clemson football team went to a bowl degree in Public Administration in ‘02. Operations game in 14 of his 17 years, and the men’s basketball As a collegiate athlete, MacDonald was a four-year program advanced to postseason play 12 of 17 years. letterwinner in baseball at Henry Ford C.C. (1994-96) Over his career, 16 of the 19 Tiger sports and St. Andrews Presbyterian College (1996-98). He programs had at least one final top 10 national earned all-region and all-conference honors at Henry Ehtan Shapiro enters his fifth year at Georgia Tech ranking, and Clemson finished in the top 30 of the Ford after going 8-3 in 1996, leading the Hawks to two and his third as Director of Operations for the men’s national all-sports rankings in nine of Robinson’s 17 straight conference titles and a regional final in 1996, and women’s swimming and diving teams. years. falling to eventual national champion Grand Rapids C.C. Prior to working at this position, Shapiro was a Tiger student-athletes also made great strides in the regional final. graduate assistant for the men’s basketball team from academically during Robinson’s tenure, thanks in At St. Andrews, MacDonald finished16-8 and 2002-04. He earned a master’s degree in sports admin- large part to the construction of Vickery Hall, ranked nationally in strikeouts and ERA. istration from Georgia State Univesity in ‘04. Clemson’s student-athlete enrichment center. In The Bloomfield Hills, Mich., native, also lettered A native of Newton, Mass., Shapiro earned a bach- addition to that facility, Robinson also launched an in golf for two seasons at St. Andrews (1998-99). He elor of science degree in management from Georgia $82 million fundraising project to enhance all of graduated from SAPC in 1999 with a degree in physi- Tech in ‘01 and was a manager for the men’s basketball Clemson’s athletics facilities, including Clemson cal education and sport. team for two-plus seasons. Memorial Stadium and Littlejohn Coliseum. He and his wife, the former Carrie Haskin, re- Robinson first went to Clemson in 1970, Mario Montalvo cently had a newborn son, Cameron, on Oct. 4, 2006. working in the housing office until moving to the athletics department three years later. After serving Team Manager the athletics department in various capacities, he was Leah Moore Thomas named business manager in 1975. He was promoted Mario Montalvo enters his sec- to assistant athletic director in 1977 and then ond season as team manager for the Sports Nutritionist associate athletic director in 1980. He served in that men’s and women’s swimming and Leah Moore capacity until being named Director of Athletics in diving teams. Thomas enters her fourth year at March of 1985. Montalvo, a native of Monterrey, Mexico, lettered Georgia Tech as the sports dietitian/ Along with his administrative duties, Robinson for the men’s team in two seasons (2003-05), finishing nutritionist. served as Clemson’s golf coach from 1974-83, guiding his career with lifetime-best times of 51.41 (100 fly)and Thomas works with all the Tech athletes, the Tigers to one ACC title and three NCAA 1:53.69 (200 fly). He qualified for the bonus finals dur- developing eating plans designed for optimal Tournament appearances. ing the 2005 ACC Championships, hosted by Tech, fin- performance and health. A native of Columbia, S.C., Robinson was honored by ishing 18th in the 200 fly and 24th in the 100 fly. Before Tech, Thomas earned a master’s degree the State of South Carolina with the Order of the A mechanical engineering major, Montalvo was from Georgia State in exercise science in 2003. She Palmetto, the highest honor a resident of the state an ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree in 2005 and re- performed an internship in the Dietetic program at can receive, and in 2002, he was inducted into the cipient of Tech’s J. Herb McAuley Freshman Unity GSU. Clemson Hall of Fame. Award in ‘04. Prior to Georgia State, Thomas attended Robinson earned a bachelor of arts degree in Tennessee-Chattanooga, where she earned a B.S. business and political science from Furman in 1968. degree in nutrition in 1999. While attending UTC, Thomas ran cross country and track for the Mocs Eddie Lee Ivery from 1996-99. She helped lead the team to three conference championships and earned Academic Strength Coach Female Athlete of the Year honors as a senior. In 2004, Thomas became an U.S. Olympic Trials Eddie Lee Ivery is in his fifth Marathon qualifier. season as strength coach at Georgia Along with her duties at Tech, Thomas writes a Tech. Ivery primarily works with monthly nutrition column to the “Wingfoot”, an swimming and diving and men’s tennis. Atlanta Track Club publication and “Net News”, an Ivery was a four-year letterwinner for the Tech Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) publication. football team from 1974-78. He continues to hold the She also authored a chapter on Weight Management record for most rushing yards in a game (356) and sea- for the 4th edition of Sports Nutrition: A Guide for the son (1,562) and earned All-America honors in 1978. He Professional Working with Active People, published by currently stands third on the all-time rushing list at Tech the Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists and was a first round draft pick (15th overall) by the Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Green Bay Packers in 1979, playing 10 seasons in the Association. NFL. Ivery returned to Tech and received his degree in 1992. Ivery’s son, Eddie Jr., participated on the Yellow
Jacket football team.
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NOV. 12 #9 MINNESOTA (MEN) ...... L, 171-120
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$—School Record; @—NCAA Automatic Qualifying Mark; ^—NCAA “B” Qualifying Mark; %—NCAA Zone Diving Qualifying Mark; # - Split.
Women’s Season Best Times (25-yard short course) Event Performer (Meet) Time/Score 50 Free Natanya Harper (ACC Championships) 23.09 100 Free Vesna Stojanovska (ACC Championships) 51.79# 200 Free Vesna Stojanovska (ACC Championships) 1:49.22^ 500 Free Vesna Stojanovska (ACC Championships) 4:51.36^ 1000 Free Elizabeth Stowe (Georgia) 10:03.65 1650 Free Elizabeth Stowe (ACC Championships) 16:50.33^ 100 Back Ashley Kracke (ACC Championships) 56.93 200 Back Ashley Kracke (ACC Championships) 2:01.37^ 100 Fly Liz Foster (Georgia Tech Invitational) 57.00 200 Fly Vesna Stojanovska (ACC Championships) 2:01.93 100 Breast Alison Walker (Georgia Tech Invitational) 1:04.48 200 Breast Alison Walker (Emory) 2:24.26 200 IM Liz Foster (Georgia Tech Invitational) 2:08.42 400 IM Amanda Korell (NC State/New Orleans) 4:36.81 200 Free Relay McLeod, Harper, Foster, McGraw (ACC Championships) 1:36.31 400 Free Relay Stojanovska, Jones, McLeod, Foster (ACC Championships) 3:29.23 800 Free Relay Stojanovska, Stowe, McLeod, Jones (ACC Championships) 7:33.25 200 Medley Relay Kracke, Walker, DeVinney, Harper (ACC Championships) 1:45.33 400 Medley Relay Kracke, Walker, DeVinney, Harper (ACC Championships) 3:52.42 1-Meter Diving Laurissa Prystaj (Georgia Tech Invitational) 305.95$% 3-Meter Diving Laurissa Prystaj (Georgia Tech Invitational) 351.60$% Platform Diving Stephanie England (Georgia Tech Invitational) 308.35%
$—School Record; @—NCAA Automatic Qualifying Mark; ^—NCAA “B” Qualifying Mark; %—NCAA Zone Diving Qualifying Mark;
# - Split.
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Ryan Crete and Alex Roan.
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Caroline Jones platform she did not disappoint
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 47 The Atlantic Coast Conference The Tradition A History became officially the Atlantic Coast Consistency. It is the mark of true The Atlantic Coast Conference was Conference. excellence in any endeavor. founded on May 8, 1953, at the Sedgefield Suggestions from fans for the name of However, in today’s intercollegiate Inn near Greensboro, N.C., with seven the new conference appeared in the athletics, competition has become so charter members - Clemson, Duke, region’s newspapers prior to the meeting balanced and so competitive that it is Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina in Raleigh. Some of the names suggested virtually impossible to maintain a high State, South Carolina and Wake Forest - were: Dixie, Mid South, Mid Atlantic, East level of consistency. drawing up the conference by-laws. Coast, Seaboard, Colonial, Tobacco, Blue- Yet the Atlantic Coast Conference has The withdrawal of seven schools from Gray, Piedmont, Southern Seven and the defied the odds. Now in its 54th year of the Southern Conference came early on Shoreline. competition, the ACC has long enjoyed the the morning of May 8, 1953, during the Duke’s Eddie Cameron recommended reputation as one of the strongest and Southern Conference’s annual spring that the name of the conference be the most competitive intercollegiate meeting. On June 14, 1953, the seven Atlantic Coast Conference, and the motion conferences in the nation. And that is not members met in Raleigh, N.C., where a was passed unanimously. The meeting mere conjecture, the numbers support it. set of bylaws was adopted and the name concluded with each member institution assessed $200.00 to pay for conference 2005-06 in Review expenses. The 2005-06 academic year On December 4, 1953, conference concluded with the league pocketing an BOSTON COLLEGE — Charter member of the officials met again at Sedgefield and Big East Conference in 1979; joined the ACC in officially admitted the University of all-time high six national team titles and July, 2005. 15 individual NCAA crowns. In all, the Virginia as the league’s eighth member. CLEMSON — Charter member of the Southern The first, and only, withdrawal of a school ACC has won 57 national team titles Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1894, a over the last 16 years. The ACC has won charter member of the Southern Conference in from the ACC came on June 30, 1971, two or more NCAA titles in 24 of the 1921, a charter member of the Atlantic Coast when the University of South Carolina past 26 years. Conference (ACC) in 1953. tendered its resignation. DUKE — Joined the Southern Conference in The ACC operated with seven December, 1928; charter member of the ACC in 2005-06 National Championships members until April 3, 1978, when the 1953. Georgia Institute of Technology was Field Hockey...... Maryland FLORIDA STATE — Charter member of the admitted. The Atlanta school had Men’s Soccer ...... Maryland Dixie Conference in 1948; joined the Metro withdrawn from the Southeastern Women’s Basketball ...... Maryland Conference in July, 1976; joined the ACC July, 1991. Conference in January of 1964. Men’s Lacrosse ...... Virginia GEORGIA TECH — Charter member of the The ACC expanded to nine members Women’s Golf ...... Duke Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in on July 1, 1991, with the addition of Men’s Track and Field ...... Florida State 1894, charter member of Southern Conference Florida State University. in 1921, charter member of the SEC in 1932, The conference expanded to 11 The Championships joined the ACC in April, 1978. MARYLAND — Charter member of the members on July 1, 2004, with the The conference will conduct Southern Conference in 1921, charter member addition of the University of Miami and championship competition in 25 sports of the ACC in 1953. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State during the 2006-07 academic year - 12 for MIAMI — Charter member of the Big East University. On October 17, 2003, Boston men and 13 for women. Football Conference in 1991; joined the ACC in College accepted an invitation to become The first ACC championship was held July, 2004. NORTH CAROLINA — Charter member of the the league’s 12th member starting July 1, in swimming on February 25, 1954. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 2005. conference did not conduct 1894, charter member of the Southern championships in cross country, wrestling Conference in 1921, charter member of the ACC or tennis during the first year. in 1953. The 12 sports for men include football, NC STATE — Charter member of the Southern cross country, soccer, basketball, Conference in 1921; charter member of the ACC in 1953. swimming, indoor and outdoor track, VIRGINIA — Charter member of the Southern wrestling, baseball, tennis, golf and Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1894, lacrosse. Fencing, which was started in charter member of the Southern Conference in 1971, was discontinued in 1981. 1921, resigned from Southern Conference in Women’s sports were initiated in 1977 December 1936, joined the ACC in December, with the first championship meet being 1953. VIRGINIA TECH — Charter member of the held in tennis at Wake Forest University. Southern Conference in 1921; withdrew from Championships for women are the Southern Conference in June, 1965; became currently conducted in cross country, a charter member of the Big East Football volleyball, field hockey, soccer, basketball, Conference in Feb. 5, 1991; joined the ACC in swimming, indoor and outdoor track, July, 2004. tennis, golf, lacrosse, softball and rowing. WAKE FOREST – Joined the Southern Conference in February, 1936; charter member
of the ACC in 1953.
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Vesna Stojanovska, GT ... 2:01.96 7. Clemson ...... 293 pts. 6. Teemu Kettunen, GT ...... 48.83 8. NC State ...... 206.5 pts. 11. Meghan DeVinney, GT . 2:05.16 8. Maryland ...... 222.5 pts. 13. Onur Uras, GT ...... 49.56 9. Georgia Tech ...... 189 pts. 9. Duke ...... 99 pts. 10. Duke ...... 160 pts. 200 IM 10. Boston College ...... 70 pts. 200 Butterfly 11. Boston College ...... 79 pts. 1. Sara Smith, VT ...... 2:00.71 11. Maimi ...... 37 pts. 1. Gus Calado, VT ...... 1:44.64 10. Onur Uras, GT ...... 1:49.34 50 Freestyle 400 IM 50 Freestyle 18. Chris Ewald, GT ...... 1:51.27 1. Christie Raleigh, CU ...... 22.75 1. Sasha Malanina, MD ...... 4:14.77 1. Cullen Jones, ST ...... 19.07*^ 21. David Rifkin, GT ...... 1:51.83 24. Natanya Harper, GT ...... 24.05 8. Jason Howard, GT ...... 20.48 200 Freestyle Relay 10. Teemu Kettunen, GT ...... 20.54 200 IM 100 Freestyle 1. Florida State ...... 1:31.54 19. Ofer Finkler, GT ...... 20.81 1. Pat Mellors, VA...... 1:46.62 1. Carrie Ellis, FS ...... 49.46 Ellis, King, Sparg, Raleigh 5. Ryan Bishop, GT ...... 1:49.36 10. Georgia Tech ...... 1:35.86 100 Freestyle 24. Mauricio Sousa, GT ...... 1:55.95 200 Freestyle McLeod, Harper, Foster, McGraw 1. Cullen Jones, ST ...... 43.35 1. Romy Altmann, FS ...... 1:48.67 13. Teemu Kettunen, GT ...... 45.28 400 IM 7. Vesna Stojanovska, GT ... 1:49.53 400 Freestyle Relay 1. Pat Mellors, VA...... 3:45.10 15. Caroline Jones, GT ...... 1:51.72 1. Florida State ...... 3:21.54 200 Freestyle 4. Sam Morgan, GT ...... 3:52.72 Raleigh, Holderness, Kenney, Ellis 1. Hank Browning, NC ...... 1:36.29 6. Ryan Bishop, GT ...... 3:53.67 500 Freestyle 10. Georgia Tech ...... 3:29.23 8. Noah Copeland, GT ...... 1:38.37 1. Katie Gordon, VA...... 4:46.41 Stojanovska, Jones, McLeod, Foster 9. Jason Howard, GT ...... 1:38.09 200 Freestyle Relay 9. Vesna Stojanovska, GT ... 4:51.36 16. Ofer Finkler, GT ...... 1:42.33 1. Florida State ...... 1:19.43 23. Elizabeth Stowe, GT ..... 5:01.01 800 Freestyle Relay 18. Chris Ewald, GT ...... 1:40.39 Botha, Denton, Kennon, Roycik 1. Virginia ...... 7:16.72 19. Jacob Wilson, GT ...... 1:41.85 6. Georgia Tech ...... 1:21.15 1650 Freestyle Evo, Bland, Gordon, Burke Kettunen, Huff, Finkler, Howard 1. Rachael Burke, VA...... 16:13.65 8. Georgia Tech ...... 7:33.25 500 Freestyle 8. Elizabeth Stowe, GT ..... 16:50.33 Stojanovska, Stowe, McLeod, Jones 1. Fran Crippen, VA ...... 4:18.99 400 Freestyle Relay 24. Amanda Gannon, GT . 17:44.96 7. Sam Morgan, GT ...... 4:26.62 1. Florida State ...... 2:55.92 200 Medley Relay 12. Chris Ewald, GT ...... 4:27.61 Kennon, Botha, Denton, Roycik 100 Backstroke 1. Florida State ...... 1:38.59^ 15. Noah Copeland, GT ...... 4:29.70 7. Georgia Tech ...... 2:59.52$ 1. Brielle White, VA...... 53.35 Raleigh, Brick, Sparg, Ellis 16. Rob Miller, GT ...... 4:30.68 Howard, Huff, Finkler, Kettunen 7. Ashley Kracke, GT ...... 57.53 9. Georgia Tech ...... 1:45.33 Kracke, Walker, DeVinney, Harper 1650 Freestyle 800 Freestyle Relay 200 Backstroke 1. John Millen, VA ...... 15:03.09 1. Virginia ...... 6:27.16^ 1. Brielle White, VA...... 1:55.83^ 400 Medley Relay 2. Sam Morgan, GT ...... 15:06.69 Mellors, Millen, Hirniak, Crippen 7. Ashley Kracke, GT ...... 2:01.77 1. Florida State ...... 3:40.60 7. Rob Miller, GT ...... 15:21.16 5. Georgia Tech ...... 6:37.09 20. Caroline Jones, GT ...... 2:05.79 Altmann, Brick, Raleigh, Ellis Copeland, Finkler, Ewald, Howard 9. Georgia Tech ...... 3:52.42 100 Backstroke 100 Breaststroke Kracke, Walker, DeVinney, Harper 1. Kevin Velleca, ST ...... 48.65 200 Medley Relay 1. Lauren Brick, FS ...... 1:00.93 16. Jason Bourgeois, GT ...... 50.64 1. NC State ...... 1:26.88^ 15. Alison Walker, GT ...... 1:05.67 24. Mauricio Sousa, GT ...... 52.70 Velleca, Valez, Cowling, Jones 22. Laura Heiser, GT ...... 1:07.55 7. Georgia Tech ...... 1:30.62 23. Natanya Harper, GT ..... 1:07.63 200 Backstroke Bourgeois, Williams, Kettunen, Riebesell 1. Jarryd Botha, FS ...... 1:45.54 200 Breaststroke 20. Mauricio Sousa, GT ...... 1:53.23 400 Medley Relay 1. Georgia Holderness, FS .. 2:14.06 1. Virginia ...... 3:13.15 23. Katie McGraw, GT ...... 2:26.16 100 Breaststroke Stahl, Rogulj, Hirniak, McCoy 1. Vanja Rogulj, VA...... 53.31 7. Georgia Tech ...... 3:19.90 5. Alex Williams, GT ...... 55.55 Bourgeois, Williams, Kettunen, Howard $ = School Record; ^ = ACC Championship Meet Record;
Sam Morgan * = ACC Conference Record.
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GEORGIA TECH ACC GEORGIA TECH EVENT AQUATIC CENTER ACC RECORDS CHAMPIONSHIP NCAA RECORDS SCHOOL RECORDS 25-yd. RECORDS MEET RECORDS 50-yd. FREE Teemu Kettunen, 2006 Cullen Jones, NC State Cullen Jones, NC State Cullen Jones, NC State Fred Bousquet, Auburn 20.35 19.18 (2006) 19.07 (2006) 19.07 (2006) 18.74 (2005)
100-yd. FREE Josh Hersko, 2003 Garrett Weber-Gale, Texas Brendon Dedekind, Brendon Dedekind, Duje Draganja, California 44.29 42.11 (2006) Florida State, 42.96 (1999) Florida State, 42.96 (1999) 41.49 (2005)
200-yd. FREE Shilo Ayalon, 2003 Simon Burnett, Arizona John Davis, John Davis, Simon Burnett, Arizona Matt Figh, 2004 1:31.20 (2006) North Carolina North Carolina 1:31.20 (2006) 1:37.70 1:35.59 (1990) 1:35.59 (1990) 500-yd. FREE Shilo Ayalon, 2003 Peter Vanderkaay, Ian Prichard, Virginia Ian Prichard, Virginia Peter Vanderkaay, 4:19.31 Michigan 4:16.32 (2001) 4:16.32 (2001) Michigan 4:08.60 (2006) 4:08.60 (2006) 1,000-yd. FREE Shilo Ayalon, 2003 Sebastien Rouault, Fran Crippen, Virginia No Record Tom Dolan, Michigan 9:02.69 Georgia 8:54.56 (2003) 8:45.27 (1995) 8:48.03 (2006) 1,650-yd. FREE Shilo Ayalon, 2003 Sebastien Rouault, Fran Crippen, Virginia Shilo Ayalon, Chris Thompson, 14:47.31 Georgia 14:46.05 (2003) Georgia Tech Michigan 14:29.43 (2006) 14:47.31 (2003) 14:26.62 (2001) 100-yd. BACK Jeremy Raines, 2004 Ryan Lochte, Florida Stephen Perry, Rob Braknis, Florida State Ryan Lochte, Florida 48.72 44.60 (2006) Florida State (1995); Ted Brisson, North 44.60 (2006) 47.72 (1999) Carolina (1998), 48.10 200-yd. BACK James Salazar, 2002 Ryan Lochte, Florida Luke Wagner, Virginia Luke Wagner, Virginia Ryan Lochte, Florida 1:45.53 1:37.58 (2006) 1:42.67 (2001) 1:43.00 (2004) 1:37.58 (2006)
100-yd. BREAST Tomonori Tsuji, 2002 Henrique Barbosa, Ed Moses, Virginia Ed Moses, Virginia Jeremy Linn, Tennessee 54.85 California 52.60 (2000) 52.60 (2000) 51.86 (1997) 52.52 (2006) 200-yd. BREAST Tomonori Tsuji, 2001 Henrique Barbosa, Ed Moses, Virginia Gary Marshall, Virginia Brendan Hansen, Texas 1:58.37 California 1:53.99 (2000) 1:54.79 (2002) 1:52.62 (2003) 1:53.97 (2006) 100-yd. FLY David Laitala, 2002 Lyndon Ferns, Arizona Tucker Shade, North Scott Beard, Virginia Tech Ian Crocker, Texas 47.68 45.89 (2006) Carolina 47.05 (2006) 44.72 (2004) 46.86 (1998) 200-yd. FLY Tim Halligan, 1989 Davis Tarwater, Michigan Michael Raab, Virginia Doak Finch, Virginia Melvin Stewart, 1:47.09 1:41.84 (2006) 1:42.84 (2003) 1:43.54 (2000) Tennessee 1:41.78 (1991) 200-yd. IM David Laitala, 2002 Ryan Lochte, Florida Bo Greenwood, Virginia Bo Greenwood, Virginia Ryan Lochte, Florida 1:47.95 1:40.55 (2006) 1:46.20 (2002) 1:46.20 (2002) 1:40.55 (2006)
400-yd. IM Shilo Ayalon, 2003 Ryan Lochte, Florida Bo Greenwood, Virginia Bo Greenwood, Virginia Ryan Lochte, Florida 3:48.31 3:38.15 (2006) 3:44.99 (2002) 3:44.99 (2002) 3:38.15 (2006)
200-yd. FREE RELAY Kettunen, Maier, Auburn, 1:16.15 Florida State, 1:18.75 Florida State, 1:18.75 California, 1:15.78 Riebesell, Howard, 1:20.81 Cielo, Targett, Lundquist, Santos, Flanagan, Santos, Flanagan, Draganja, Gimbutis, Tilly, (2005) Bovell (2006) McVittie, Dedekind (1998) McVittie, Dedekind (1998) Cavic (2005)
400-yd. FREE RELAY Howard, Huff, Finkler, Arizona, 2:48.39 Florida State, 2:55.22 Florida State, 2:55.22 California, 2:47.70 Kettunen, 2:59.52 (2006) Burnett, Ferns, Subirats, Dedekind, Coelho, Dedekind, Coelho, Draganja, Cavic, Tilly, Ritter (2006) McVittie, Braknis (1997) McVittie, Braknis (1997) Gimbutis (2005)
800-yd. FREE RELAY Figh, Finkler, Morgan, Arizona, 6:16.67 North Carolina, 6:26.71 Virginia, 6:27.16 Florida, 6:16.25 Howard, 6:34.45 (2005) Burnett, Ferns, Deberry, Monasterio, Hamrick, Mellors, Millen, Hirniak, Lochte, Townsend, Ritter (2006) Summerlin, deFabrique (1993) Crippen (2006) Hartley, Sioui (2005) Arizona, 1:23.88 Arizona, 1:23.88 200-yd. MEDLEY Raines, Foster, Kettunen, NC State, 1:26.88 NC State, 1:26.88 Subirats, Rollins, Ferns, Subirats, Rollins, Ferns, RELAY Riebesell, 1:29.90 (2003) Velleca, Velez, Cowling, Velleca, Velez, Cowling, Burnett (2006) Jones (2006) Jones (2006) Burnett (2006)
400-yd. MEDLEY Salazar, Tsuji, Laitala, Arizona, 3:06.08 Virginia, 3:11.60 Virginia, 3:11.60 (2000) Texas, 3:04.47 (2003) RELAY Hersko (2002), 3:16.44 Thoman, Barns, Subirats, Mousetis, Moses, Finch, Mousetis, Moses, Finch, Piersol, Hansen, Crocker, Ritter (2006) Johnson (2000) Johnson Kemp 1-Meter DIVING Tony Burkhardt, 2006 — — Miguel Velazquez, Miami — 374.50 365.40
3-Meter DIVING (6) Tony Burkhardt, 2006 ——Evan Stowers, — 387.95 Georgia Tech 373.05 3-Meter DIVING (11) Evan Stowers, 2005 ——Louis Gagnet, Florida State — 537.20 621.05 (2003)
Platform DIVING Evan Stowers, 2005 ——No Record —
489.70
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GEORGIA TECH ACC GEORGIA TECH EVENT AQUATIC CENTER ACC RECORDS CHAMPIONSHIP NCAA RECORDS SCHOOL RECORDS 25-yd. RECORDS MEET RECORDS 50-yd. FREE Natanya Harper, 2005 Mason Walsh, Richelle Fox, Christy Watkins, Kara Lynn Joyce, Georgia 23.68 Virginia Tech North Carolina North Carolina 21.63 (2006) 22.61 (2005) 22.40 (1998) 22.45 (2002) 100-yd. FREE Liz Foster, 2004 Chrissy Miller, Maryland Mitzi Cremer, Clemson Richelle Fox, Natalie Coughlin, 51.49 49.67 (2005) 48.84 (1989) North Carolina California 49.35 (1998) 47.00 (2003) 200-yd. FREE Vesna Stojanovska, Chrissy Miller, Maryland Mitzi Cremer, Clemson Jessi Perruquet, Natalie Coughlin, 2005 1:47.56 (2005) 1:44.78 (1989) North Carolina California 1:47.67 1:46.36 (2004) 1:42.65 (2002) 500-yd. FREE Vesna Stojanovska, Kim Routh, Clemson Mitzi Cremer, Clemson Cara Lane, Virginia Janet Evans, Stanford 2005 4:44.47 (2005) 4:39.18 (1989) 4:42.35 (2002) 4:34.39 (1990) 4:47.36 1,000-yd. FREE Elizabeth Stowe, 2005 Meghan Sackett, Maryland Cara Lane, Virginia No Record Janet Evans, Stanford 10:00.90 9:54.69 (2004) 9:36.35 (2001) 9:29.49 (1990)
1,650-yd. FREE Elizabeth Stowe, 2005 Kim Routh, Clemson Cara Lane, Virginia Cara Lane, Virginia Janet Evans, Stanford 16:28.08 16:18.26 (2005) 15:53.49 (2003) 15:58.64 (2001) 15:39.14 (1990)
100-yd. BACK Ashley Kracke, 2003 Brielle White, Virginia Brielle White, Virginia Brielle White, Virginia Natalie Coughlin, 56.00 53.44 (2005) 53.12 (2004) 53.12 (2004) California 49.97 (2002) 200-yd. BACK Ashley Kracke, 2003 Brielle White, Virginia Brielle White, Virginia Brielle White, Virginia Natalie Coughlin, 1:59.76 1:57.67 (2005) 1:55.83 (2006) 1:55.83 (2006) California 1:49.52 (2002) 100-yd. BREAST Alison Walker, 2005 Lauren Brick, Dana Wizniuk, Virginia Danica Wizniuk, Virginia Tara Kirk, Stanford 1:03.47 Florida State 1:00.45 (1999) 1:00.52 (1999) 58.41 (2003) 1:02.35 (2005) 200-yd. BREAST Cara DeVinny, 2002 Lizzy Bruce, Katie Hathaway, Danica Wizniuk, Virginia Tara Kirk, Stanford 2:18.70 North Carolina North Carolina 2:11.82 (1999) 2:07.36 (1999) 2:14.73 (2005) 2:11.12 (2002) 100-yd. FLY Liz Foster, 2004 Gigi DeToll, Maryland Richelle Depold, Richelle Fox, Natalie Coughlin, 55.47 53.77 (2005) North Carolina North Carolina California 52.34 (1997) 53.45 (1998) 50.01 (2002) Vesna Stojanovska, 200-yd. FLY Vesna Stojanovska, Kelly Weeks, Melanie Buddemeyer, Natalie Coughlin, 2005 Georgia Tech, 1:59.27 North Carolina North Carolina, 1:58.41 California 1:59.27 (2005) 1:57.66 (2003) (1985) 1:51.91 (2002) 200-yd. IM Lisa Hancock, 2003 Marina Mulyayeva, Mirjana Bosevska, Virginia Mirjana Bosevska, Virginia Maggie Bowen, Auburn 2:03.89 Maryland 1:59.31 (2002) 1:59.31 (2002) 1:53.91 (2002) 2:00.78 (2005) 400-yd. IM Cara DeVinny, 2002 Liz Lavell, Maryland Mirjana Bosevska, Virginia Mirjana Bosevska, Virginia Summer Sanders, Stanford 4:16.60 4:14.33 (2005) 4:09.75 (2002) 4:11.76 (2002) 4:02.28 (1992)
200-yd. FREE RELAY Keys, Wallis, Foster, Maryland, 1:31.84 Virginia, 1:30.98 Maryland, 1:31.34 (2001) Arizona, 1:27.98 Harper, 1:34.25 (2004) Knepper, Weir, Walter, Georoff, Ellis, Crane, Novotny, Catterson, Cashion, Gresdal, Turner, Mulyayeva (2005) Roesch (2002) Adamkova, Bowman Kelly (2006) 400-yd. FREE RELAY Harper, Foster, Wallis, Maryland, 3:20.55 Virginia, 3:19.81 North Carolina, 3:20.45 Arizona, 3:12.77 Stojanovska, 3:26.47 Knepper, Weir, Roesch, Ellis, Georoff, Watkins, Hathaway, Cashion, Gresdal, Myers, (2005) Mulyayeva, Miller (2005) Dykehouse (2002) Perruquet, Acuff (2001) Nymeyer (2006) 800-yd. FREE RELAY Stojanovska, Foster, Stowe, Maryland, 7:13.29 Maryland, 7:13.29 Maryland, 7:13.29 Florida, 7:00.25 DeVinney, 7:24.06 (2005) Lavell, Miller, Sackett, Lavell, Miller, Sackett, Lavell, Miller, Sackett, Farrell, Burckle, Uhle, Malanina (2005) Malanina (2006) Malanina (2006) Retrum (2005) 200-yd. MEDLEY Saum, Walker, DeVinney, Maryland, 1:40.98 Florida State, 1:38.59 Florida State, 1:38.59 Auburn, 1:36.69 RELAY Harper, 1:44.95 (2004) Knepper, Mulyayeva, Raleigh, Brick, Sparg, Ellis Raleigh, Brick, Sparg, Ellis Anderson, Swander, DeToll, Weir (2005) (2006) (2006) Hoelzer, Short (2003) 400-yd. MEDLEY Kracke, Walker, Foster, Maryland, 3:40.13 Virginia, 3:39.28 Virginia, 3:39.28 Auburn, 3:31.45 RELAY Stojanovska, 3:48.63 Knepper, Mulyayeva, Iffland, Wizniuk, Iffland, Wizniuk, Coventry, Bowen, Hoelzer, (2005) DeToll, Miller (2005) McCubbins, Cronk (1999) McCubbins, Cronk (1999) Short (2003) 1-Meter DIVING Laurissa Prystaj, 2006 — — Jenna Dreyer, Miami — 305.95 320.75 (2005)
3-Meter DIVING (6) Laurissa Prystaj, 2006 ——Melanie Rinaldi, Miami — 351.60 324.35 (2006)
3-Meter DIVING (11) Laurissa Prystaj, 2005 ——Tiffany Manning, — 488.70 Florida State 538.75 (2004) Platform DIVING Stephanie England, 2005 ——No Record —
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○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 51 Men’s Honor Roll National Champions Tommy Towles 200 breast 1927 Dave Young 150 Back 1950 Tommy Towles 200 breast John Hiles 100 back NCAA All-Americans 1952 Frank Strickland 200 back 1953 Frank Strickland 100 back 2001 Shilo Ayalon (HM) 1650 free (11th) 1957 Bob Browne 100 breast Tomonori Tsuji (HM) 200 breast (13th) 1964 Larry Kaghan 200 free 2002 Shilo Ayalon 1650 free (8th) 2003 Shilo Ayalon 1650 free (4th) Coaching History 2004 Sam Morgan (HM) 1500 free (15th) 2005 Sam Morgan (HM) 1650 free (14th) 1930-31 Raymond Eaton 2006 Evan Stowers Platform (7th) 1932-35 Kenneth Thrash, Sr. 1936-37 Professor Hartzell NCAA Qualifiers 1936-64 Fred Lanoue 1965-87 Herb McAuley 1989 Tim Halligan 200 fly 1989-91 Brad Lehman 2001 Shilo Ayalon 500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM 1992-97 Bill Humber 2002 Shilo Ayalon 500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM 1998-2004 Seth Baron David Laitala 100 fly, 200 IM 2005-present Stu Wilson James Salazar 200 back Tomonori Tsuji 100 breast 2003 Shilo Ayalon 500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM Year-by-Year Captains Sam Morgan 500 free, 1650 free 1919 ...... G.R. Fraser 1972 ...... Steve Heck, John Gripp 2004 Sam Morgan 400 free, 1500 free 1920 ...... Unknown ...... Benny Barralles 2005 Rob Miller 500 free, 1650 free 1921 ...... G.R. Fraser 1973 ...... Jim Shelander Sam Morgan 500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM 1922 ...... Unknown 1974 ...... Dick Bergman 1923 ...... C.W. Saussy ...... Jim Hellmann, Bob Pahr 2006 Sam Morgan 500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM 1924 ...... J.R. Armstrong 1975 ...... Dick Bergman Evan Stowers 1-Meter, 3-Meter, Platform 1925 ...... J.R. Armstrong ...... Screven Farmer, Bill Shelander 1926 ...... J.B. Glover 1976 ...... Tim Redgrave Conference Championships 1927 ...... S. Hollingsworth ...... Carl “Bubby” Flinn, Terry D. Brown 1942 Southeastern Conference 1928 ...... W.B. Brown 1977 ...... Keenan Carter 1929 ...... McKinstry ...... Paul Thompson 1948 Southeastern Conference 1930 ...... C.Y. House 1978 ...... Paul Thompson 1949 Southeastern Conference 1931 ...... F. Cooper 1979 ...... Alfred Martin 1950 Southeastern Conference 1932 ...... Ed Fain 1980 ...... Jan Fridrichsen, Will Wells 1933 ...... Harry Stover 1981 ...... Dick Odum ACC Champions 1934 ...... Vemon Brown 1982 ...... John Wise 1935 ...... Gordon Catts 1983 ...... Jack Oltman 1994 Brandon Lumm 3-Meter 1936 ...... Unknown 1984 ...... Doug Thomason 2002 David Laitala 100 fly 1937 ...... Henry Plage ...... John Hensley 2003 Shilo Ayalon 1650 free 1938 ...... Unknown 1985 ...... Bruce Elgin Jeremy Raines 100 back 1939 ...... Herbert Hillenmeyer 1986 ...... Mike Wise 2005 Sam Morgan 1650 free 1940 ...... Dick Bates 1987 ...... Russ Ashenden 2006 Evan Stowers 3-Meter 1941 ...... Dunn Ward 1988 ...... No Team 1942 ...... G. Stradtman 1989 ...... Christopher Gay 1943 ...... Herb McAuley ...... Andrew Geiszley, Tim Halligan All-ACC 1944 ...... George Backus 1990 ...... Andy Gale 1989 Tim Halligan 200 fly 1945 ...... George Hiles 1991 ...... David Codelli 1994 Brandon Lumm 3-Meter 1946 ...... Rial Rolfe ...... Brandt Engstrom 1996 Brandon Lumm 3-Meter 1947 ...... Herb McAuley 1992 ...... Blake Patton, Duane Shippy 2000 David Laitala 100 fly 1948 ...... Charlie Flowers 1993 ...... Blake Patton, Brian Jones 1949 ...... Johnny Hiles 2001 Shilo Ayalon 1650 free 1994 ...... Karl Greenbaum 1950 ...... Johnny Hiles ...... Bryan Graves David Laitala 100 fly 1951 ...... Ed Teson 1995 ...... Andrew Old Scott Lenyk 200 back 1952 ...... Jim Thrasher, Oscar Crouch ...... Chris Seeton, Matt Hendrey Tomonori Tsuji 100 breast, 200 breast 1953 ...... Cab Childress 1996 ...... Mark Champney 2002 Shilo Ayalon 500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM 1954 ...... Sammy Van Leer ...... Brandon Lumm, Chuck Marmor Josh Hersko 100 free 1955 ...... Sammy Van Leer 1997 ...... Grant Mussman David Laitala 100 fly, 200 IM ...... Bob Browne, Joey Walker ...... Ryan Ouderkirk, Alex McGillivary 1956 ...... Joey Walker Paul McCarty 1-Meter 1998 ...... Christer Rundlof 1957 ...... Unknown ...... Jeff Quinlivan James Salazar 200 back 1958 ...... Charlie Wiggins, Bob Dudley 1999 ...... Kevin Brooks 2003 Shilo Ayalon 500 free, 1650 free, 400 IM 1959 ...... Bob Dudley ...... Glenn Goldstein Jeremy Raines 100 back 1960 ...... Bob Dudley ...... Jason Williams 2004 Ryan Bishop 400 IM 1961 ...... Charles LeMoyne 2000 ...... James Nozar 2005 Tony Burkhardt 1-Meter 1962 ...... Steve Halleck 2001 ...... David Laitala Sam Morgan 500 free, 1650 free 1963 ...... Bob Popp ...... James Nozar 1964 ...... Larry Caghan 2006 Sam Morgan 1650 free 2002 ...... David Laitala ...... Marty Kater ...... Carl Nylander Evan Stowers 1-Meter, 3-Meter 1965 ...... Dave Kirby 2003 ...... Shilo Ayalon 1966 ...... Edward Coopat ...... James Salazar SEC Champions 1967 ...... George Fauerbach 2004 ...... Itai Eden 1937 Howard Duncan 1-Meter 1968 ...... Geroge Fauerbach ...... Eduardo Oliver 1940 Howard Duncan 1-Meter ...... John Burrows 2005 ...... Matt Figh 1969 ...... John Burrows, David Burrows ...... Ryan Riebesell 1941 Dick Bates 50 free 1970 ...... John Savage, Bill Hardin 2006 ...... Teemu Kettunen 1942 Herb McAuley 220 free, 440 free 1971 ...... Don Karanovich ...... Ryan Riebesell
1949 John Hiles 440 free ...... Steve Heck, Allan Spreen 2007 ...... Chris Ewald, Alex Williams
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CoSida/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III NCAA Qualifiers 2003 Shilo Ayalon (1st team) 2002 Cara DeVinny 200 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM 2006 Jason Howard (2nd team) 2004 Vesna Stojanovska 200 free, 400 free, 200 fly 2005 Vesna Stojanovska 200 free, 500 free, 200 fly CSCAA Academic All-American Elizabeth Stowe 500 free, 1650 free 2001 Shilo Ayalon Leo Salinas (HM) ACC Champions 2002 Shilo Ayalon 2005 Vesna Stojanovska 200 fly David Laitala Itai Eden (HM) All-ACC Eduardo Oliver (HM) 2002 Anna Saum 100 back Leo Salinas (HM) 2005 Vesna Stojanovska 200 free, 200 fly 2003 Shilo Ayalon Elizabeth Stowe 1650 free Yonatan Cohen (HM) Matt Figh (HM) Coaching History 2004 Matt Figh (HM) 2002-05 Seth Baron Jason Howard (HM) 2005-present Stu Wilson 2005 Matt Figh (HM) Jason Howard (HM) Year-by-Year Captains 2006 Noah Copeland (HM) 2002 Ashley Skala Ofer Finkler (HM) 2003 Lisa Hancock Jason Howard (HM) Ashley Skala Teemu Kettunen (HM) 2004 Lisa Hancock Sam Morgan Jill Vukmanic 2005 Lisa Hancock All-ACC Academic Team Michelle Maguire 2006 Noah Copeland 2006 Liz Foster Peter Doblar Ashley Kracke Ofer Finkler 2007 Alison Walker Jason Howard Dana West Teemu Kettunen Rob Miller CoSida/ESPN Academic All-District III Alex Williams 2002 Jennifer Christenson 2006 Ashley Kracke (2nd team) ACC James Weaver Corrigan Post-Graduate Scholarship 2003 Shilo Ayalon CSCAA Academic All-American 2002 Cara DeVinny NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship Award 2003 Cara DeVinny (HM) 2003 Shilo Ayalon Lisa Hancock (HM) Ashley Kracke (HM) 2006 ACC Academic Honor Roll 2004 Ashley Kracke (HM) Thirty-four swimming and diving athletes were named to the 2005 Ashley Kracke (HM) Atlantic Coast Conference Honor Roll. 2006 Stephanie England (HM) The ACC Academic Honor Roll, now in its 50th year, is comprised Ashley Kracke (HM) of all ACC student-athletes who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered a grade point average of 3.0 or better for the full academic All-ACC Academic Team year. 2006 Stephanie England Men Women Ashley Kracke Ryan Bishop 1 Meghan DeVinney 1 Elizabeth Stowe Jeff Burton 2 Stephanie England 2 Noah Copeland 1 Liz Foster 3 Peter Doblar 2 Natanya Harper 3 Ofer Finkler 1 Laura Heiser 1 Jason Howard 4 Caroline Jones 1 Brian Huff 4 Amanda Korell 2 Teemu Kettunen 4 Ashley Kracke 4 Jacob Kwasnik 2 Katie McGraw 2 Chris Lee 1 Mari McLeod 1 Andy Miller 1 Laurissa Prystaj 4 Rob Miller 2 Alison Skala 1 Sam Morgan 2 Vesna Stojanovska 1 Ryan Riebesell 2 Elizabeth Stowe 2 Kevin Skenes 1 Alison Walker 3 Mauricio Sousa 1 (Years on ACC Honor Roll) Greg Tunning 1 Alex Williams 2 Ashley Kracke
Jacob Wilson 1
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 53 All-Time Record Against Opponents MEN (1919-2006) Muskingum ...... 1-0 Washington & Lee ...... 1-0 Air Force ...... 0-3 Navy ...... 0-2 West Georgia ...... 8-0 Alabama ...... 2-8 Nebraska ...... 1-0 Western Kentucky ...... 3-9 American ...... 1-0 N.E. Louisana ...... 1-1 Wisconsin-Stevens Point ...... 1-0 Appalachian ...... 1-0 North Carolina ...... 1-19 William & Mary ...... 1-1 Arkansas ...... 0-1 UNC Ashville ...... 4-0 Xavier ...... 1-1 Arkansas-Little Rock ...... 1-0 Charlotte ...... 4-1 Yale ...... 0-1 Atlanta YMCA ...... 5-0 UNC Wilmington ...... 1-5 Auburn ...... 13-3 NC State ...... 6-12 WON ...... 483 Augusta ...... 14-2 Ohio State ...... 0-1 LOST ...... 398 Belmont Abbey ...... 1-0 Pennsylvania...... 1-0 TIED ...... 3 Birmingham Southern ...... 3-0 Pittsburgh...... 1-1 Bowling Green State ...... 1-0 Princeton ...... 0-1 WOMEN (2001-2006) Boys High...... 1-0 Purdue...... 0-2 Alabama ...... 0-3 Brooklyn YMCA ...... 0-1 Rhodes College ...... 1-0 American ...... 1-0 Campbellville College...... 1-0 Rice ...... 1-0 Boston College ...... 0-0 Cincinnati ...... 1-0 Rutgers ...... 0-1 Cincinnati ...... 1-0 Citadel ...... 12-9-1 Savannah College ...... 2-0 Clemson ...... 1-4 Clemson ...... 29-35 Sewanee Duke...... 1-0 Coll. of Charleston ...... 11-7-1 (Univ. of South) ...... 27-9 Emory ...... 5-0 Davidson College ...... 14-8 Shippenburg State ...... 1-0 Florida Atlantic ...... 1-0 Delta State ...... 1-0 South Carolina ...... 2-7 Florida State ...... 0-5 Dillard ...... 2-0 South Florida ...... 1-7 Georgia ...... 0-3 Duke...... 20-25 SE Missouri ...... 1-1-1 Georgia Southern ...... 1-0 Eastern Kentucky ...... 1-2 SW Missouri ...... 1-0 Kentucky ...... 0-1 Edward Waters ...... 1-0 SMU ...... 0-1 Maryland ...... 0-5 Emory ...... 78-4 Southern Mississippi ...... 1-1 New Orleans ...... 1-0 Florida ...... 17-24 Springfield ...... 0-1 North Carolina ...... 0-1 Florida Atlantic ...... 2-2 Tampa ...... 5-0 NC State ...... 2-3 Florida A&M ...... 14-0 Tennessee ...... 10-5 North Florida ...... 3-0 Florida State ...... 1-28 Tennessee State...... 14-0 Purdue ...... 1-1 Furman ...... 4-9 Texas A&M ...... 1-2 Rice ...... 0-1 Georgia ...... 25-56 Tulane ...... 5-15 Savannah College ...... 1-0 Georgia Preflight ...... 2-2 Tulane (club) ...... 1-0 South Carolina ...... 0-0 Georgia Southern ...... 9-9 Union (KY) ...... 2-0 Virginia...... 0-2 Georgia State (club) ...... 1-0 Vanderbilt ...... 17-11 Virginia Tech ...... 0-2 Georgia State ...... 13-4 VMI ...... 2-0 Western Kentucky ...... 1-0 Henderson State ...... 1-0 Virginia...... 0-2 Howard ...... 2-0 Virginia Commonwealth ...... 0-1 WON ...... 20 Illinois ...... 0-1 Virginia Tech ...... 4-1 LOST ...... 31 Indiana (PA) ...... 1-1 Wake Forest ...... 0-2 James Madison ...... 1-0 Kentucky ...... 15-15 Knoxville YMCA ...... 2-0 Lamar ...... 1-0 Lee ...... 1-0 Louisville ...... 2-1 LSU...... 1-4 Marshall ...... 0-1 Maryland ...... 5-1 Maryville...... 2-0 Mercer ...... 1-0 Miami (OH) ...... 2-6 Minnesota ...... 0-1 Morehead State (KY) ...... 1-0
Morehouse ...... 8-1
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 54 Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s NCAA Top-35 Finishes Year-by-Year Results Men’s Swimming Year-by-Year Results (1919-2006) 1938 Lanoue 3-4 1-4 3rd-SEC — 1937 Lanoue 4-3 2-2 2nd-SEC — Dual Conf. Conf. NCAA 1936 Hartzell 6-2 — Southern Conf. Champs Year Coach Meet Meet Champ. Champ. 1935 Thrash 6-1 — Southern Conf. Champs 2006 Wilson 4-6 2-3 4th-ACC 33rd 1934 Thrash 7-0 — Southern Conf. Champs 2005 Baron 5-4 4-2 3rd-ACC T-32nd 1933 Thrash 6-0 — Southern Conf. Champs 2004 Baron 4-7 2-3 5th-ACC T-35th 1932 Thrash 5-0 — Southern Conf. Champs 2003 Baron 4-7 2-4 4th-ACC T-28th 1931 Eaton 6-0 — Southern Conf. Champs 2002 Baron 6-3 3-1 2nd-ACC 27th 1930 Eaton 6-1 — Southern Conf. Champs 2001 Baron 11-3 1-2 3rd-ACC 29th 1929 Unknown 7-2 — Southern Conf. Champs 2000 Baron 5-6 0-3 6th-ACC — 1928 Gray 7-2 — Southern Conf. Champs 1999 Baron 6-7 1-1 7th-ACC — 1927 Unknown 2-2 — Southern Conf. Champs 1998 Baron 4-7 0-2 7th-ACC — 1926 Unknown 5-0 — Southern Conf. Champs 1997 Humber 7-8 0-3 8th-ACC — 1925 Unknown 1-0 — — 1996 Humber 4-7 0-2 8th-ACC — 1924 Unknown 4-0 — — 1995 Humber 6-8 1-2 8th-ACC — 1923 Bulloch 2-2 — — 1994 Humber 6-8 0-4 7th-ACC — 1922 Unknown — — — 1993 Humber 8-8 0-4 6th-ACC — 1921 Strum 2-0 — — 1992 Humber 7-6 0-3 8th-ACC — 1920 Alexander 2-0 — — 1991 Lehman 11-1 0-1 7th-ACC — 1919 Owens 1-0 — — 1990 Lehman 3-6 0-2 7th-ACC — 1989 Lehman 5-6 0-2 7th-ACC DNS 1988 No Team Women’s Swimming Year-by-Year Results (2001-2006) 1987 McAuley 7-4 0-1 7th-ACC — Dual Conf. Conf. NCAA 1986 McAuley 8-6 0-2 7th-ACC — Year Coach Meet Meet Champ. Champ. 1985 McAuley 6-3 0-1 7th-ACC — 2006 Wilson 4-5 1-4 9th-ACC — 1984 McAuley 7-3 0-1 7th-ACC — 2005 Baron 3-6 1-5 6th-ACC DNS 1983 McAuley 8-4 0-1 7th-ACC — 2004 Baron 4-7 1-4 6th-ACC 33rd 1982 McAuley 6-6-1 0-1 7th-ACC — 2003 Baron 4-7 1-5 6th-ACC DNS 1981 McAuley 4-9 0-1 7th-ACC — 2002 Baron 5-6 0-4 8th-ACC DNS 1980 McAuley 7-8 0-2 8th-ACC — 1979 McAuley 5-9-1 0-2 DNP — DNS = Qualified swimmers for the NCAA meet, but did not score any 1978 McAuley 9-5 — 3rd-Metro — points. 1977 McAuley 6-6 — 2nd-Metro — 1976 McAuley 9-6 — 2nd-NIC — 1975 McAuley 10-8 — 10th-NIC — Tech Men at the ACC Championships 1974 McAuley 10-5 — 9th-NIC — Year Place Points 1973 McAuley 10-4 — 7th-SIC — 2006 4th 371 1972 McAuley 10-7 — 6th-SIC — 2005 3rd 429 1971 McAuley 9-8 — 5th-SIC — 2004 5th 392 1970 McAuley 7-8 — 4th-SIC — 2003 4th 471 1969 McAuley 7-8 — 4th-SIC — 2002 2nd 580.5 1968 McAuley 8-7 — — SIC — 2001 3rd 434.5 1967 McAuley — — — SEC — 2000 6th 289 1966 McAuley — — — SEC — 1999 7th 192.5 1965 McAuley 4-10 — — SEC — 1998 7th 156.5 1964 Lanoue 4-9 0-4 5th-SEC — 1997 8th 147 1963 Lanoue 8-7-1 2-4 5th-SEC — 1996 8th 158 1962 Lanoue — — — SEC — 1995 8th 149 1961 Lanoue — — — SEC — 1994 7th 166 1960 Lanoue — — — SEC — 1993 6th 198 1959 Lanoue — — — SEC — 1992 8th 135 1958 Lanoue — — — SEC — 1991 7th 125 1957 Lanoue — — — SEC — 1990 7th 125 1956 Lanoue — — 3rd-SEC — 1989 7th 36 1955 Lanoue 4-3 2-2 3rd-SEC — 1988 No Team 1954 Lanoue — — 2nd-SEC — 1987 7th 0 1953 Lanoue 3-6 1-2 3rd-SEC — 1986 7th 0 1952 Lanoue — — 3rd-SEC — 1985 7th 83 1951 Lanoue — — 3rd-SEC — 1984 7th 42 1950 Lanoue — — 1st-SEC Champs 1983 7th 47 1949 Lanoue — — 1st-SEC Champs 1982 7th 42 1948 Lanoue — — 1st-SEC Champs 1981 7th 44 1947 Lanoue — — — SEC — 1980 8th 23 1946 Lanoue 2-2 — — SEC — Tech Women at the ACC Championships 1945 Lanoue 2-4 — — SEC — Year Place Points 1944 Lanoue 0-1 — — SEC — 2006 9th 189 1943 Lanoue 3-0 — — SEC — 2005 6th 286.5 1942 Lanoue 7-0 — 1st-SEC Champs 2004 6th 282 1941 Lanoue 4-3 3-2 2nd-SEC — 2003 6th 259 1940 Lanoue 3-6 2-4 4th-SEC — 2002 8th 220
1939 Lanoue 1-6 0-4 5th-SEC —
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1. 20.35 Teemu Kettunen 2006 1. 9:02.69 Shilo Ayalon 2003 1. 1:45.53 James Salazar 2002 2. 20.36 Jason Howard 2006 2. 9:03.01 Sam Morgan 2005 2. 1:47.77 Jeremy Raines 2004 3. 20.58 Josh Hersko 2003 3. 9:16.03 Eduardo Oliver 2003 3. 1:47.93 Scott Lenyk 2001 4. 20.81 Ofer Finkler 2006 4. 9:17.11 Rob Miller 2005 4. 1:48.08 Matt Figh 2002 5. 20.62 Ryan Riebesell 2004 5. 9:17.94 Matt Figh 2005 5. 1:49.90 David Laitala 2002 6. 20.73 Mike Comer 2002 6. 9:22.65 Leo Salinas 2000 6. 1:50.42 Jorge Oliver 2003 7. 20.76 Marc Maier 2005 7. 9:38.32 Hank Longmire 2001 7. 1:51.31 Carl Nylander 2001 8. 20.94 Brian Huff 2006 8. 9:39.96 Ofir Sorias 2003 8. 1:52.07 Conrad Aach 2004 9. 20.95 Brendan Forbes 2002 9. 9:43.45 Jeff Burton 2005 9. 1:52.92 Ryan Shanteau 1999 10. 20.96 Jason Bourgeois 2006 10. 9:43.64 James Salazar 2000 10. 1:53.15 Mauricio Sousa 2006 100 Freestyle 1650 Freestyle 100 Breaststroke Josh Hersko Shilo Ayalon Tomonori Tsuji 2003 2003 2002
1. 44.29 Josh Hersko 2003 1. 14:47.31 Shilo Ayalon 2003 1. 54.85 Tomonori Tsuji 2002 2. 44.57 Jason Howard 2005 2. 14:54.71 Sam Morgan 2005 2. 55.49 Robbie Foster 2002 3. 45.15 Teemu Kettunen 2005 3. 15:16.10 Rob Miller 2005 3. 55.55 Alex Williams 2006 4. 45.55 David Laitala 2001 4. 15:18.32 Eduardo Oliver 2003 4. 56.20 Theral Mackey 1999 5. 45.75 Jorge Oliver 2002 5. 15:22.84 Matt Figh 2005 5. 56.56 Yonatan Cohen 2003 6. 45.78 Ryan Riebesell 2004 6. 15:24.70 Leo Salinas 2001 6. 56.67 Travis McQuinn 2000 7. 46.03 Marc Maier 2005 7. 15:56.35 Jeff Burton 2006 7. 57.14 Ross Dye 2000 8. 46.04 Brian Huff 2004 8. 16:11.01 Hank Longmire 2001 8. 57.37 Gerry Hale 1992 9. 46.12 Ofer Finkler 2006 9. 16:14.12 Todd Testrake 1990 9. 58.25 Ryan Bishop 2006 10. 46.24 Yonatan Cohen 2003 10. 16:15.02 Ricky Rauch 2002 10. 58.51 Carl Greenbaum 1993 200 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 200 Breaststroke Shilo Ayalon Jeremy Raines Tomonori Tsuji Matt Figh 2003 2001 2003, ‘04
1. 1:37.70 Shilo Ayalon 2003 1. 48.72 Jeremy Raines 2003 1. 1:58.37 Tomonori Tsuji 2001 1. 1:37.70 Matt Figh 2004 2. 49.57 David Laitala 2001 2. 2:01.25 Ryan Bishop 2005 3. 1:37.75 Jason Howard 2005 3. 49.58 James Salazar 2002 2. 2:01.25 Robbie Foster 2002 4. 1:37.94 Josh Hersko 2003 4. 50.09 Jason Bourgeois 2006 4. 2:02.48 Alex Williams 2005 5. 1:38.09 Noah Copeland 2006 5. 50.51 Jorge Oliver 2002 5. 2:02.71 Chris Biedrzycki 2002 6. 1:39.26 Itai Eden 2002 6. 51.83 Scott Lenyk 2000 6. 2:04.52 Gerry Hale 1992 7. 1:39.30 Leo Salinas 2002 7. 52.32 James Nozar 1998 7. 2:05.36 Travis McQuin 2000 8. 1:39.69 Ofer Finkler 2006 8. 52.60 Mauricio Sousa 2006 8. 2:05.92 Ross Dye 2000 9. 1:39.97 David Laitala 2002 9. 52.60 Matt Figh 2004 9. 2:06.38 Theral Mackey 1999 10. 1:40.00 Chris Ewald 2006 10. 53.22 Bryan Graves 1992 10. 2:08.31 Franklin Coleman 1994 500 Freestyle 100 Butterfly Shilo Ayalon David Laitala 2003 2002
1. 4:19.31 Shilo Ayalon 2003 1. 47.68 David Laitala 2002 2. 4:21.49 Sam Morgan 2005 2. 48.55 Teemu Kettunen 2006 3. 4:24.01 Matt Figh 2004 3. 49.55 Jorge Oliver 2002 4. 4:24.09 Leo Salinas 2002 4. 49.56 Onur Uras 2006 5. 4:27.11 Rob Miller 2005 5. 49.69 Tim Halligan 1989 6. 4:27.15 Chris Ewald 2006 6. 50.01 Itai Eden 2001 7. 4:28.40 Eduardo Oliver 2003 7. 50.13 Brady Skaggs 2002 8. 4:29.08 Itai Eden 2002 8. 50.19 Jason Bourgeois 2006 9. 4:29.70 Noah Copeland 2006 9. 50.35 James Nozar 1999
10. 4:31.92 Jason Howard 2004 Jeremy Raines 10. 50.39 Brendan Forbes 2001
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ 56 Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s NCAA Top-35 Finishes Men’s Top Times 200 Butterfly 200 FREESTYLE RELAY Tim Halligan 1. 1:20.81 ...... Kettunen, Maier, Riebesell, Howard ...... 2005 2. 1:21.15 ...... Kettunen, Huff, Finkler, Howard ...... 2006 1989 3. 1:21.46 ...... Riebesell, Howard, Huff, Kettunen ...... 2004 4. 1:21.56 ...... Hersko, Kettunen, Raines, Riebesell...... 2003 1. 1:47.09 Tim Halligan 1989 5. 1:22.62 ...... Howard, Riebesell, Sousa, Kettunen ...... 2006 2. 1:48.25 David Laitala 2002 6. 1:22.74 ...... Hersko, Laitala, Comer, Forbes ...... 2002 3. 1:49.04 Itai Eden 2002 7. 1:22.78 ...... Forbes, J. Oliver, Laitala, Hersko ...... 2001 4. 1:49.18 Matt Figh 2004 8. 1:23.96 ...... Brinkman, Williams, Reed, Cerceo ...... 1999 5. 1:49.34 Onur Uras 2006 9. 1:24.35 ...... Riebesell, Huff, Sousa, Kettunen ...... 2006 6. 1:49.66 Brady Skaggs 2002 10. 1:24.40 ...... Comer, Hersko, Quillen, Riebesell ...... 2003 7. 1:49.99 James Salazar 2002 8. 1:50.61 David Rifkin 2006 400 FREESTYLE RELAY 9. 1:50.99 Jason Bourgeois 2005 1. 2:59.52 ...... Howard, Huff, Finkler, Kettunen ...... 2006 10. 1:51.27 Chris Ewald 2006 2. 2:59.82 ...... Kettunen, Maier, Riebesell, Howard ...... 2005 3. 3:01.64 ...... Kettunen, Riebesell, Huff, Howard ...... 2004 4. 3:01.73 ...... Hersko, Laitala, J. Oliver, Salinas ...... 2002 5. 3:01.98 ...... Laitala, J. Oliver, Forbes, Hersko ...... 2001 6. 3:03.21 ...... Hersko, Howard, J. Oliver, Riebesell ...... 2003 7. 3:04.09 ...... Howard, McGinley, Maier, Kettunen ...... 2005 8. 3:04.35 ...... Kettunen, Copeland, Huff, Howard ...... 2006 9. 3:04.84 ...... Laitala, Cerceo, Williams, Brinkman ...... 1999 10. 3:05.26 ...... Laitala, Hersko, J. Oliver, Ayalon ...... 2000
800 FREESTYLE RELAY 1. 6:34.45 ...... Figh, Finkler, Morgan, Howard ...... 2005 2. 6:36.12 ...... Ayalon, Hersko, Morgan, Figh ...... 2003 3. 6:36.39 ...... Hersko, Ayalon, Salinas, Figh ...... 2002 Tomonori Tsuji 4. 6:37.09 ...... Copeland, Finkler, Eward, Howard ...... 2006 5. 6:37.49 ...... Finkler, Ewald, Miller, Copeland ...... 2006 200 IM 6. 6:37.93 ...... Figh, Huff, Eden, Howard ...... 2004 David Laitala 7. 6:38.98 ...... Salinas, Hersko, Eden, Ayalon ...... 2001 2002 8. 6:41.58 ...... Ayalon, Laitala, Salinas, Hersko ...... 2000 9. 6:46.02 ...... Hersko, Eden, Salinas, Rauch ...... 2001 10. 6:46.65 ...... Laitala, Ayalon, Tsuji, Salazar ...... 2002 1. 1:47.95 David Laitala 2002 2. 1:48.82 Ryan Bishop 2005 200 MEDLEY RELAY 3. 1:49.45 Chris Biedrzycki 2002 1. 1:29.90 ...... Raines, Foster, Kettunen, Riebesell ...... 2003 4. 1:49.86 Yonatan Cohen 2003 2. 1:30.49 ...... Raines, Foster, Laitala, Comer...... 2002 5. 1:52.21 Carl Nylander 2000 6. 1:52.42 Conrad Aach 2006 3. 1:30.62 ...... Bourgeois, Williams, Kettunen, Riebesell ...... 2006 7. 1:53.11 Travis McQuinn 2000 4. 1:30.93 ...... Raines, Williams, Kettunen, Riebesell ...... 2005 8. 1:53.38 Jorge Oliver 2001 5. 1:32.43 ...... Laitala, Tsuji, Nozar, J. Oliver ...... 2000 9. 1:53.49 Mauricio Sousa 2006 6. 1:32.47 ...... Laitala, Foster, Forbes, J. Oliver ...... 2001 10. 1:53.85 Jacob Wilson 2003 7. 1:32.72 ...... Raines, Foster, Kettunen, Comer ...... 2003 8. 1:32.82 ...... Laitala, Mackey, Nozar, Cerceo ...... 1999 400 IM 9. 1:33.04 ...... Bourgeois, Williams, Kettunen, Sousa ...... 2006 Shilo Ayalon 10. 1:33.06 ...... Raines, Tsuji, Laitala, Comer ...... 2002 2003 400 MEDLEY RELAY 1. 3:16.44 ...... Salazar, Tsuji, Laitala, Hersko ...... 2002 1. 3:48.31 Shilo Ayalon 2003 2. 3:16.55 ...... Raines, Foster, Kettunen, Hersko ...... 2003 2. 3:52.03 Ryan Bishop 2004 3. 3:52.31 Sam Morgan 2005 3. 3:18.90 ...... Bourgeois, Williams, Kettunen, Howard ...... 2006 4. 3:54.46 Chris Biedrzycki 2002 4. 3:18.75 ...... Oliver, Tsuji, Laitala, Hersko ...... 2001 5. 3:57.57 Carl Nylander 2002 5. 3:19.70...... Salazar, Tsuji, Laitala, Ayalon ...... 2002 6. 3:59.01 Jacob Wilson 2003 6. 3:20.23 ...... Raines, Williams, Kettunen, Howard ...... 2004 7. 4:00.45 James Salazar 2001 7. 3:21.74 ...... Raines, Foster, Laitala, Hersko ...... 2002 8. 4:00.72 Jeff Burton 2006 8. 3:22.93 ...... Laitala, Mackey, Nozar, Cerceo ...... 1999 9. 4:01.53 Conrad Aach 2004 9. 3:23.24 ...... Raines, Foster, Kettunen, Maier ...... 2003
10. 4:02.70 Hank Longmire 2001 10. 3:23.39 ...... Raines, Foster, Oliver, Forbes ...... 2002
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 57 Women’s Top Times 50 Freestyle 1000 Freestyle 200 Backstroke Natanya Harper Elizabeth Stowe Ashley Kracke 2005 2005 2003
1. 23.68 Natanya Harper 2005 1. 10:00.90 Elizabeth Stowe 2005 1. 1:59.76 Ashley Kracke 2003 2. 23.74 Moeko Wallis 2004 2. 10:11.58 Vesna Stojanovska 2004 2. 2:01.22 Anna Saum 2003 3. 23.77 Jaclyn Keys 2004 3. 10:20.34 Amanda Gannon 2005 3. 2:03.15 Caroline Jones 2006 4. 23.93 Anna Saum 2002 4. 10:22.55 Michelle Maguire 2003 4. 2:05.00 Michelle Maguire 2003 5. 24.16 Katie McGraw 2005 5. 10:22.84 Ann Battle 2004 5. 2:05.82 Katie Duffy 2002 6. 24.19 Jill Vukmanic 2005 6. 10:26.04 Lisa Hancock 2003 6. 2:06.49 Lisa Hancock 2002 7. 24.22 Meghan DeVinney 2003 7. 10:26.99 Caroline Jones 2006 7. 2:05.79 Amanda Korell 2005 8. 24.32 Sara Gilli 2002 8. 10:36.69 Katie Wright 2006 8. 2:10.23 Cara DeVinny 2002 9. 24.33 Jen Christenson 2004 9. 10:37.32 Mimi Murad 2003 9. 2:10.64 Melissa Vander Wood 2002 10. 24.38 Liz Foster 2004 10. 10:40.09 Michelle Maguire 2005 10. 2:12.27 Heather Matz 2005 100 Freestyle 1650 Freestyle 100 Breaststroke Liz Foster Elizabeth Stowe Alison Walker 2004 2005 2005
1. 51.49 Liz Foster 2004 1. 16:28.08 Elizabeth Stowe 2005 2. 51.79 Vesna Stojanovska 2006 2. 17:04.15 Amanda Gannon 2005 1. 1:03.47 Alison Walker 2005 3. 51.92 Natanya Harper 2005 3. 17:05.06 Ann Battle 2004 2. 1:04.97 Laura Heiser 2003 4. 51.98 Moeko Wallis 2002 4. 17:11.66 Michelle Maguire 2002 3. 1:05.19 Jenny Lentz 2002 5. 52.49 Jaclyn Keys 2004 5. 17:39.82 Kathy Wood 2003 4. 1:05.44 Katie McGraw 2005 6. 52.57 Sara Gilli 2002 6. 17:56.96 Katie Wright 2006 5. 1:06.63 Sara Gilli 2003 7. 52.46 Jen Christenson 2002 6. 1:07.35 Cara DeVinny 2002 8. 52.71 Mari McLeod 2006 7. 1:07.40 Natanya Harper 2005 9. 52.81 Jenny Lentz 2002 8. 1:11.29 Ashley Skala 2003 10. 52.95 Anna Saum 2002 9. 1:11.82 Jaclyn Keys 2004 200 Freestyle 200 Breaststroke Vesna Stojanovska Cara DeVinny 2005 2003
1. 1:47.67 Vesna Stojanovska 2005 2. 1:50.60 Caroline Jones 2006 10. 1:12.32 Michelle Maguire 2005 3. 1:52.24 Elizabeth Stowe 2005 1. 2:18.70 Cara DeVinny 2003 4. 1:52.88 Ashley Kracke 2004 2. 2:19.66 Alison Walker 2004 5. 1:53.75 Dana West 2004 3. 2:23.04 Katie McGraw 2005 6. 1:53.75 Moeko Wallis 2004 4. 2:23.67 Laura Heiser 2003 7. 1:54.16 Jen Christenson 2002 5. 2:29.17 Ashley Skala 2003 8. 1:54.82 Heather Matz 2004 6. 2:30.89 Heather Matz 2004 9. 1:54.87 Liz Foster 2005 Elizabeth Stowe 7. 2:32.73 Sara Gilli 2002 10. 1:55.43 Meghan DeVinney 2003 500 Freestyle 100 Backstroke 100 Butterfly Vesna Stojanovska Ashley Kracke Liz Foster 2005 2003 2004
1. 4:47.36 Vesna Stojanovska 2005 1. 56.00 Ashley Kracke 2003 1. 55.47 Liz Foster 2004 2. 4:50.52 Elizabeth Stowe 2005 2. 56.19 Anna Saum 2003 2. 56.14 Meghan DeVinney 2003 3. 4:57.68 Michelle Maguire 2002 3. 57.53 Jaclyn Keys 2005 3. 56.41 Anna Saum 2003 4. 4:58.28 Ashley Kracke 2003 4. 58.38 Jenny Lentz 2002 4. 57.12 Jill Vukmanic 2004 5. 4:59.42 Heather Matz 2004 5. 59.14 Melissa Vander Wood 2002 5. 57.40 Natanya Harper 2004 6. 5:00.33 Ann Battle 2004 6. 59.25 Caroline Jones 2006 6. 57.36 Jen Christenson 2003 7. 5:01.82 Amanda Gannon 2005 7. 59.46 Katie Duffy 2002 7. 58.58 Meghan Martinez 2006 8. 5:02.82 Caroline Jones 2006 8. 59.73 Dana West 2004 8. 58.90 Cara DeVinny 2002 9. 5:04.02 Lisa Hancock 2004 9. 1:01.11 Amanda Korell 2005 9. 59.36 Mari McLeod 2006
10. 5:09.67 Kathy Wood 2003 10. 1:02.69 Michelle Maguire 2002 10. 59.47 Megan Campbell 2005
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200 MEDLEY RELAY 1. 1:44.95 ...... Saum, Walker, DeVinney, Harper ...... 2004 2. 1:45.24 ...... Saum, Gilli, Lentz, Wallis ...... 2002 3. 1:45.33 ...... Kracke, Walker, DeVinney Harper ...... 2006 4. 1:45.89 ...... Saum, Heiser, Foster, Wallis ...... 2003 Lisa Hancock 5. 1:46.00 ...... Saum, Heiser, DeVinney, Wallis ...... 2003 6. 1:47.61 ...... Saum, Walker, DeVinney, Wallis ...... 2004 7. 1:47.67 ...... Kracke, Heiser, DeVinney, Harper ...... 2005 400 IM 8. 1:48.22 ...... Saum, Heiser, DeVinney, Harper ...... 2005 Cara DeVinny 9. 1:48.32 ...... Keys, Lentz, Saum, Wallis ...... 2002 2002 10. 1:48.47 ...... Jones, Heiser, DeVinney, McLeod ...... 2006 400 MEDLEY RELAY 1. 4:16.60 Cara DeVinny 2002 1. 3:48.63 ...... Kracke, Walker, Foster, Stojanovska ...... 2005 2. 4:27.08 Lisa Hancock 2003 2. 3:49.39 ...... Kracke, Walker, Foster, Wallis ...... 2004 3. 4:27.14 Vesna Stojanovska 2004 3. 3:49.55 ...... Saum, Heiser, DeVinney, Wallis ...... 2003 4. 4:28.93 Michelle Maguire 2002 4. 3:51.00 ...... Saum, Lentz, DeVinny, Wallis ...... 2002 5. 4:30.74 Amanda Korell 2005 5. 3:52.42 ...... Kracke, Walker, DeVinney, Harper...... 2006 6. 4:30.90 Heather Matz 2005 6. 3:53.63 ...... Kracke, Heiser, DeVinney, Harper ...... 2005 7. 4:35.89 Ashley Skala 2002 7. 3:53.84 ...... Saum, Walker, DeVinney, Harper ...... 2004 8. 4:36.02 Elizabeth Stowe 2005 8. 3:53.87 ...... Saum, Heiser, Foster, Wallis ...... 2004 9. 4:39.05 Kathy Wood 2003 9. 3:54.09 ...... Saum, Walker, DeVinney, Wallis ...... 2004 10. 4:39.19 Amanda Gannon 2005
10. 3:54.55 ...... Saum, Walker, DeVinney, Harper ...... 2005
○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Georgia Tech Swimming and Diving • 6 Consecutive Men’s ACC Top-5 Finishes 59 History EARLY YEARS KENNETH THRASH, SR. Championships meet in 1980. The Georgia Tech first fielded a swim (1932-35) program took a one-year hiatus upon team in 1918-19, when the first tryout After playing football at McAuley’s retirement in 1987, which was held at the city Y.M.C.A. and about Tech, Kenneth Thrash, Sr., signaled the end of a 40-year stint on the 60 men came out. According to the took over the swimming Tech coaching staff. Blueprint, the fledgling squad featured reigns and led the Jackets “some of the fastest water splashers that to four straight Southern Conference BRAD LEHMAN the South has ever turned out and one Championships from 1932-35. (1989-91) that would make any Eastern college Almost as impressive as five The swimming program hustle to beat.” The team was captained consecutive conference titles, Thrash resumed under Brad by G.R. Fraser, described as the best only tasted defeat once in dual meets, Lehman in 1988-89. In swimmer in the South and holder of the finishing with an astonishing record of Lehman’s first year, senior Southern record in both the 220-yard 24-1. His winning percentage of .960 Tim Halligan earned All-Atlantic Coast swim and the 50-yard swim. is the best all-time in school history. Conference honors following his second- Tech’s first swim meet was on the As a former football player for the place finish in the 200 butterfly. Halligan road against the Clemson Tigers. In Rambling Wreck (1926-28), Thrash helped qualified for the NCAA Championships in addition to Fraser, the first Tech team the Yellow Jackets win two conference the event, finishing 21st. included Weiss, Scott, Carson, Evans and titles (1927-28) and a national Lehman coached the team for three Owens, who returned with a 50 to 19 championship in 1928. seasons, amassing an overall record of victory. Fraser swam the 220 yards in 19-13. 2:50.00, cutting four seconds off his own FRED LANOUE Southern record. (1936-64) BILL HUMBER The program enjoyed success against Fred Lanoue, a (1992-97) Southern competition throughout the graduate of Springfield 1920s. In 1927, Tech defeated all Bill Humber took over College and former New the Tech program in 1991- Southern opposition and made a good England diving champion, showing against two strong eastern 92. In 1993, he guided the began working with the Tech swimmers Jackets to their then-best teams. The Jackets broke into in prominence by forcing the famous showing at the ACC Championships 1936 and became the Yellow Jackets’ with a sixth-place finish and a then Brooklyn Y team to the limit, but fell 46 full-time head coach in 1938 when the to 16. Two days later, Yale handed the school-record point total of 198. Tech pool was completed. In 1994, diver Brandon Lumm won Jackets the short end of a 46 to 16 score. Under Lanoue’s guidance, Tech won In 2003-04, the Yellow Jackets gave the first ACC championship in the four Southeastern Conference program’s history with his victory in the birth to a brand new renovated Georgia championships in nine years, the first in Tech Aquatic Center. Tech opened the three-meter event. He earned All-ACC 1942 and then three in a row in 1948, recognition that year and qualified for enclosed Olympic pool by hosting NC 1949 and 1950. Lanoue coached the State on Oct. 25, 2003. Bill Humber tallied a dual meet record of Jackets for 27 years, stepping down after 38-45 during his six-year tenure at With the home fans cheering them the 1964 season. on, the Rambling Wreck swam past the Georgia Tech. visiting Wolpack, 132-107 (men) and 152- HERB MCAULEY 91 (women). SETH BARON (1965-87) (1998-2005) EARLY CHAMPIONS The star of the 1942 In August 1997, Tech The Yellow Jacket tankmen, despite SEC championship squad hired Seth Baron to take the the lack of an on-campus facility, won 10- was Herb McAuley, who helm of the men’s straight unofficial Southern won the SEC 220 and 440 swimming and diving championships from 1926-35. freestyle championships that year. program. The Jackets’ women’s program In 1927, Dave Young tied the McAuley had his schooling debuted in 2001-02, and Baron now pilots national intercollegiate record in the 150- interrupted the combined program. Baron, formerly yard backstroke in 1:43.20. by World War II, serving in the Army an assistant coach at South Carolina and Representing Tech in the national Signal Corps before graduating from Tech Auburn, also previously worked with the intercollegiate, Young set a new record of with a degree in electrical engineering in U.S. National Swim Team and was the 1:46.10 seconds and in the finals 1947. Upon graduation he joined the head coach for the U.S. squad at the 1997 established a new record of 1:44.00, Yellow Jacket staff as assistant coach and 2001 World Maccabiah Games in Tel finishing four seconds ahead of Spindle of under Lanoue, a position he held for 17 Aviv, Israel. Michigan to win Tech’s only national years. Under Baron’s direction, the Tech championship in swimming. He also McAuley succeeded Lanoue as head men finished in the top five at the ACC earned All-America honors with a coach for the 1965 season. He coached Championships in five consecutive second-place finish in the 220-yard free the Jackets for 23 seasons, compiling a seasons, including a third-place finish in style. record of 169-144-1. He was inducted into his final season as head coach in 2005. the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1982. Tech finsihed 32nd at the 2005 NCAA Under McAuley, Championships, cracking the Top 35 for
Tech competed in its first ACC the fifth striaght year.
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Stowe posted a third- established, led by Ayalon’s four marks. place finish in the women's 1650 free to Matt Figh Seth Baron In 2000, Baron and the Yellow earn All-ACC honors. All three clocked Jackets finished the regular season with a lifetime-best times in their respective In just four seasons of existence, the 5-6 dual-meet record. Laitala became the events for Yellow Jackets. women’s program tallied a 33rd-place first Yellow Jacket swimmer in 11 years Prior to joining the Yellow Jacket finish at the 2004 NCAA Championships to earn All-ACC recognition, placing staff in 2002, Wilson spent 11 years with and crowned its first All-American in second in the 100 butterfly at the ACC nationally-prominent club team Swim Vesna Stojanovska. The Jackets posted Championships. In his first season at Atlanta from 1990-2001, serving as the three consecutive sixth-place finishes at Tech, Baron guided the team to a 4-7 team's Head Senior Coach for his last the ACC meet, tallying a program-best dual-meet record and a seventh-place four seasons there. In this position, he 286.5 points last season. The Jackets also finish in the ACC Championships. planned and implemented strength and qualified two swimmers for the 2005 As an athlete, Baron also competed conditioning programs for swimmers age NCAA Championships for the first time for the U.S. National Team, winning 10 13-and-over. He also handled in program history; Stojanovska and gold medals in international administrative duties, including freshman Elizabeth Stowe competitions, including the 1985 World fundraising, travel arrangements, public Junior Sam Morgan qualified for his Maccabiah Games and the 1983 Pan Am relations and record-keeping. He worked third consecutive NCAA meet after Maccabiah Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil. as a head age group coach with Swim winning his first ACC title in the mile at He participated in the Atlanta from 1990-98. the 2006 ACC meet, hosted in the Georgia U.S. Olympic Trials in 1984 and qualified Wilson coached several successful Tech Aquatic Center. Morgan garnered for the 1988 Trials. swimmers at Swim Atlanta, including his second straight All-America honors, 2004 U.S. Olympian Amanda Weir, who finishing 14th in the mile. STU WILSON set national age-group records (11-12 and Stojanovska advanced to her second (2005-PRESENT) 13-14) in the 50 free. Additionally, he straight NCAA meet in 2005, after Stu Wilson became the mentored swimmers that posted more becoming the first women’s athlete to 14th head coach in than 50 national top-16 age-group win an ACC title, doing so in the 200 fly. swimming and diving performances. Stowe garnered All-ACC honors in the history in 2005 and helped As an athlete, Wilson competed at mile, making her and Stojanovska the lead the Yellow Jackets to their sixth the University of Georgia from 1984-88, first all-conference tandem at a consecutive top-35 finish at the Men’s reaching the finals of the SEC conference championship. NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in the 200 and 500 free in Along with collegiate Championships. The Jackets hosted the each of his last three seasons. He was an accomplishments, the Tech combined national championship event in the NCAA qualifier in the 400 free relay and program witnessed its first two Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. held the school record in the 200 free at Olympians in 2004 as Stojanovska The men finished fourth at the ACC one time. Wilson also qualified for U.S. (Macedonia) and incoming freshman Championships, tallying a top-five finish Nationals in his final six seasons of Onur Uras (Turkey) competed at the for the sixth straight season. competitive swimming. Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Wilson led Sam Morgan to his fourth Joining them in Athens were former straight NCAA Championship in the men’s swimming standouts Leo Salinas distance events for Tech. (Mexico) and volunteer assistant coach In his three years as an assistant Jorge Oliver (Puerto Rico). coach with the Tech program, Wilson has Tech recorded its most successful guided four swimmers to the NCAA season to date in 2001-02. Tech’s men Championships and tutored two Atlantic tallied 580.5 points to finish a program- Coast Conference champions in the best second at the ACC Championships, distance events. as a record five Jackets earned All-ACC Tech sent four swimmers to the 2005 honors. Tech also placed 27th at the NCAA Championships, the second most NCAA Championships, led by Shilo in school history, and four of the six All- Ayalon’s eighth-place finish in the 1650 America honors earned by Yellow Jackets free. He earned All-America accolades have come during Wilson's tenure. for th esecond consecutive season. Former Tech standout Shilo Ayalon
In 2000-01, the Yellow Jackets Sam Morgan Stu Wilson
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Figh, Matt ...... 2002-04 Johnson, Mark ...... 1984-85 Finelli, Daniel ...... 1978-81 Jones, Brian ...... 1990-93 MEN’S LETTERWINNERS Finkler, Ofer ...... 2005-06 Justice, Steve ...... 1977-80 AA Fish, Russ ...... 1971-74 Aach, Conrad ...... 2004-06 Fitzgerald, Sean ...... 1984-85 KK Abadi, Richard ...... 1981 Flinn, Carl ...... 1973-76 Kamat, Sulush ...... 1991 Abraham, Scott ...... 1998 Flowers, Charles ...... 1949 Karanovich, Donald ...... 1969-71 Aikenhead, Malcolm ...... 1967 Matt Figh Forbes, Brendan ...... 2001-02 Karkus, James ...... 1954 Arundel, Casey ...... 2004 Foster, Brian ...... 1974 Kater, Martin ...... 1962-64 Aloisio, Charles ...... 1987 Campbell, W.J...... 1946 Foster, Jimmy ...... 1987 Kendrick, Mike ...... 1984 Anderson, Matthew ...... 2003 Candela, Alex ...... 1990-92 Foster, Robbie ...... 2000-03 Kenehan, Ed ...... 1972 Andruzzi, Anthony ...... 1993 Carter, Keenan ...... 1974-77 Foust, Greg ...... 1991 Kennedy, Craig ...... 1974 Armbruster, Bob ...... 1989-92 Castellow, Kevin ...... 1994-96, 98 Frank, V.R...... 1946 Kettunen, Teemu ...... 2003-06 Ashenden, Russell ...... 1986-87 Champagne, Casey ...... 1998 Frederick, Jarvis ...... 1991-93 Kiehle, Andy ...... 1995 Ashley, Scott ...... 1990-91 Champney, Mark ...... 1993-96 Fridrichsen, Jan ...... 1980 Kirby, David ...... 1963-65 Audleman, Alfred ...... 1965 Center, Landrum ...... 1995 Fuller, Christopher ...... 1992-94 Kirk, George ...... 1949 Avery, Richard ...... 1947-50 Cerceo, Jay ...... 1999 Kisling, Scott ...... 1985 Ayalon, Shilo ...... 2000-03 Champney, Mark ...... 1993-95 GG Knauff, Erik ...... 1993 Chang, Michael ...... 1984-87 Gale, Andrew ...... 1987, 89-90 Knutsen, Pete ...... 1971 BB Chang, Tony ...... 1990-91 Gallaher, Mike ...... 1976 Korengel, Jeffrey ...... 1985-87 Baker, Fred ...... 1972 Chapman, John ...... 1947-50 Gaw, Kevin ...... 1987 Kossenko, George ...... 1992-95 Ballard, Robert ...... 1954-57 Charles, Michael ...... 1954-57 Gay, Christopher ...... 1987, 89 Kwasnik, Jacob ...... 2005-06 Ballentine, Thomas ...... 1966-68 Chen, Timothy ...... 1968 Geiszler, Andrew ...... 1987, 89-90 Barr, Todd...... 1970-72 Childress, Guion ...... 1952-54 Genet, Richard ...... 1989 LL Barrales, Benny ...... 1972 Chilton, Hugh ...... 1972 Gersbach, Charlie ...... 1999-2001 Laitala, David ...... 1999-2002 Bashar, Chris ...... 1995-98 Chislett, Jack ...... 1976 Gissendanner, Tom ...... 1970 Lang, Barry ...... 1981 Baskin, Leland ...... 1971 Codelli, David ...... 1989-91 Goettsche, Dennis ...... 1963 Langley, Robert ...... 1957-59 Baumgardner, Carl ...... 1954-57 Cohen, Yonatan ...... 2003 Goldcamp, Thomas ...... 1980-81 Laube, David ...... 1998 Belcher, John ...... 1966 Cole, Greg ...... 1982 Goldstein, Glenn ...... 1996-99 Lee, Chris ...... 2006 Bennett, Michael ...... 2005-06 Collins, James ...... 1948-49 Graham, Tyler ...... 1993 Lee, Norman ...... 1955-57 Benton, Louis ...... 1962 Comer, Mike ...... 2002-03 Graves, Bryan ...... 1991-94 Lehman, Bradley ...... 1985-87 Benton, William ...... 1964-65 Cook, Joseph ...... 1966 Greenbaum, Carl ...... 1991-94 LeMoyne, Irve ...... 1959-61 Bergmark, George ...... 1970, 73 Coopat, Edward ...... 1965-66 Greenlee, R.K...... 1946 Lenyk, Scott ...... 2000-01 Bergmark, Richard ...... 1972-75 Copeland, Noah ...... 2006 Gresham, Tom ...... 1971 Lindsey, Warren ...... 1967 Berry, Brian ...... 1986-87 Corbett, Peter ...... 1987 Griffin, Randolph ...... 1947-50 Lionberger, Mike ...... 1993 Best, John ...... 1946-47 Cormican, Robert ...... 1993 Griffin, Sean ...... 1984 Livingston, John ...... 1977-80 Bitencourt, Jean Paul ...... 1993 Cranford, Drew ...... 2005-06 Gripp, Jon ...... 1969-72 Lofblad, Robert ...... 1956-58 Biedrzycki, Chris ...... 2001-02 Crouch, Julian ...... 1948-49, 51-52 Longmire, Hank ...... 1999-2002 Biegel, Alex ...... 1997-98 Crutcher, William ...... 1947-49 HH Lowe, Jonathan ...... 1984 Bishop, Ryan ...... 2004-06 Curlin, Fred ...... 1947-48 Hagar, Robert ...... 1960 Ludwig, Nena ...... 1977-78 Blanton, James ...... 1950-51 Hale, Gerry ...... 1992-93 Lumm, Brandon ...... 1993-96 Bloomberg, Coe ...... 1966 DD Halligan, Tim ...... 1985-87, 89 Boddy, Scott ...... 1970 Daly, James ...... 1986-87 Halleck, Stephen ...... 1960-62 MM Bomar, Alan ...... 1981-82 Dannelly, William ...... 1981 Hannon, Charlie ...... 1976-78 MacLean, James ...... 1965-67 Bourgeois, Jason ...... 2005-06 Danneman, Ben ...... 2000 Hannon, Gerard ...... 1973-75 Mackey, Theral ...... 1996-99 Brannon, Derek ...... 1992-95 Daves, Joe ...... 1970-72 Hardin, William ...... 1969-70 Maier, Marc ...... 2002-04 Brantley, Haskew ...... 1947-48 Davis, Jesse ...... 1950 Harp, Robert ...... 1949-51 Malarkey, Chris ...... 1975 Brier, Judith ...... 1979 Davis, Richard ...... 1954-55 Harris, Paul ...... 1961-63 Maletto, Rich ...... 1998 Brinkman, Ed ...... 1996-99 De La Guardia, Mario ...... 1952 Harrell, David ...... 1958 Mangin, Albert ...... 1966-67 Brock, W.J...... 1946 Derrick, Jack ...... 1967-69 Harrison, Charles ...... 1950-51 Marmor, Charles Sr...... 1970-73 Brooks, Kevin ...... 1996-99 Dewald, Charles ...... 1947-48 Hawkins, Holmes ...... 1986, 89 Marmor, Charles Jr...... 1993-96 Brown, Bob ...... 1972 Doblar, Peter ...... 2005-06 Heapy, Gary ...... 1985-86 Marsden, Frankie ...... 1989-92 Brown, Hubert ...... 1961 Dudley, Robert ...... 1957-60 Heck, Steve ...... 1970-72 Martin, Alfred ...... 1976-79 Brown, John ...... 1954 Dunbar, Jeffrey ...... 1966-67 Hellmann, Jim ...... 1970-71, 73-74 Mathes, Daniel ...... 1950-51 Brown, Joseph ...... 1947-48 Dye, Ross ...... 2000 Hendry, Matthew ...... 1992-95 Matthews, W.C...... 1946 Brown, Terry ...... 1975-76 Hensley, John ...... 1981-82, 84 McAuley, James H...... 1947 Browne, Robert ...... 1953-55, 57 EE Hernandez, Francis ...... 1980-81 McCabe, John ...... 1989 Browning, Brian ...... 2003 Eastin, Robert ...... 1968 Herrera, Guillermo ...... 1953-54 Bruninga, Robert ...... 1968-69 Eddy, Peter ...... 1987 Hersko, Josh ...... 2000-03 Bueker, Kermit ...... 1967 Edelson, Bert ...... 1947-51 Hiles, Gordon ...... 1954 Bullock, Cullen ...... 1962-63 Eden, Itai ...... 2001-04 Hiles, John ...... 1947-50 Buran, Wally ...... 1972 Eidson, Randall ...... 1966 Hirschel, Adam ...... 1997-98 Burkhardt, Tony ...... 2004-06 Einersson, Sarkis ...... 1998 Hirshberg, William ...... 1947-49 Burrows, David ...... 1967-69 Eley, Nathan ...... 1998 Hirth, Roy ...... 1975-78 Burrows, John ...... 1967-69 Elgin, Bruce ...... 1982, 84-85 Hoadley, David ...... 1973-74 Burton, Jeff ...... 2005-06 Ellars, Otto ...... 1964 Honan, Matt ...... 1989-92 Emkin, Leroy ...... 1963-64 Hornbuckle, William ...... 1985 CC Enderica, Jorge ...... 1961 Howard, Jason ...... 2003-06 Caghan, Lawrence ...... 1962, 64 Engstrom, Brandt ...... 1990-91 Hubner, Robert ...... 1960 Caldwell, Roland ...... 1985-87 Ewald, Chris ...... 2006 Huff, Brian ...... 2003-06 Jason Howard
Hungerford, Edward ...... 1958
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Douglas ...... 1981-82, 84 Christenson, Jennifer ...... 2002-05 QQ Thompson, Paul ...... 1975-78 McCanless, Edgar ...... 1977-78 Quinlivan, Jeff ...... 1995-98 Thorn, Dustin ...... 1998-2001 DD McCanless, Henry ...... 1969, 71-72 Thrasher, James...... 1951-52 DeVinney, Meghan ...... 2003-06 McCarty, Kevin ...... 1984 RR Tieslau, Timothy ...... 1966-68 DeVinny, Cara ...... 2002-03 McCarty, Paul ...... 2001-04 Rafajko, Ron ...... 1975-76 Titterton, George ...... 1982, 84 Duffy, Katie ...... 2002-04 McCoy, Reagan ...... 1967 Raines, Jeremy ...... 2002-04 Topp, Julio ...... 1946-49 McEachron, Jim ...... 1976-77 Rauch, Ricky ...... 2001 Towles, Tommy ...... 1948-50 EE McGahey, Craig ...... 1972 Redgrave, Timothy ...... 1973-76 Toy, James ...... 1967-69 England, Stephanie ...... 2005-06 McGillivray, Alex ...... 1994-97 Reed, Matt ...... 1999 Tribble, James ...... 1970 McGillivray, David ...... 1969 Reeves, Hazard ...... 1956-57 Tsuji, Tomonori ...... 2000-03 FF McGillivray, Ross ...... 1964, 67 Richards, Clifton ...... 1996-97 Tunning, Greg ...... 2006 Foster, Liz ...... 2003-06 McGinley, Matt ...... 2004-05 Ricketts, Rodney ...... 1965 Tyler, David ...... 1993 McKay, Mark ...... 1974-77 Riebesell, Ryan ...... 2003-06 GG McKenry, Robert ...... 1977-78 Rifkin, David ...... 2006 UU Gannon, Amanda ...... 2005-06 McKenzie, James ...... 1951 Robertson, Eric ...... 1993 Uras, Onur ...... 2005-06 Gilli, Sara ...... 2002-03 McKeown, Patrick ...... 1963, 65 Rodriquez, Elias ...... 1993-94 Urda, Martin ...... 1998 McLellan, Bill ...... 1970 Roecker, Steven ...... 1973 HH McQuinn, Travis ...... 2000 Rolfe, Rial ...... 1946-47 VV Hancock, Lisa ...... 2002-05 Michaelis, Milton ...... 1948 Rubel, Jon ...... 1975-79 Van Lear, Samuel ...... 1953-57 Harper, Natanya ...... 2004-06 Miller, Rob ...... 2005-06 Rundlof, Christer ...... 1995-98 VanPelt, Andy ...... 2002-05 Heiser, Laura ...... 2003-06 Miller, Andy ...... 2006 Ruskin, Mike ...... 1970 Van Voorhis, Kenneth ...... 1964-65 Minor, Lewis ...... 1962 Vieira, Raymond ...... 1978 JJ Moan, Jim ...... 1989 SS Von Gontard, Percy ...... 1969 Jones, Caroline ...... 2006 Montalvo, Mario (Mgr. 06) ...... 2004-06 Salazar, James ...... 2000-03 Jopek, Jessica ...... 2002-03 Moore, David A...... 1956 Salinas, Leo ...... 1999-2002 WW Moore, David F...... 1956-57 Sanks, Eric ...... 1994 Wahler, Edwin ...... 1968 KK Morch, J.B...... 1989 Satterfield, Rick ...... 1976-77 Walker, Joseph ...... 1953-56 Keys, Jaclyn ...... 2002-05 Morgan, Sam ...... 2003-06 Savage, John ...... 1968-70 Walton, Jay ...... 1953 Korell, Amanda ...... 2004-06 Morrison, John ...... 1948 Scarlett, Gordon ...... 1984 Washburn, Thomas ...... 1969-71 Kracke, Ashley ...... 2003-06 Moss, William ...... 1954 Scheuer, Hugo ...... 1946-48 Watson, James ...... 1951 Moter, Cassius ...... 1969-70 Schilling, Mark ...... 1998-99 Ways, George ...... 1969 LL Mujica, Gerardo ...... 1989 Schultz, Larry ...... 1964-65 Weigle, James ...... 1951 Lentz, Jenny ...... 2002 Mulherin, Matthew ...... 1950 Sebestyen, Joseph ...... 1993 Weir, Edward ...... 1966-67 Munn, Scott ...... 1991 Seeton, Chris ...... 1992-95 Wells, William ...... 1977-80 MM Mussman, Grant ...... 1994-97 Shanteau, Ryan ...... 1999 Whidden, Charles ...... 1961-62 Matz, Heather ...... 2004-06 Sherris, Scott ...... 1995 Whitaker, Kenneth ...... 1969 Maguire, Michelle ...... 2002-05 NN Shippy, Duane ...... 1989-92 Wiggin, Charles ...... 1957-59 Martinez, Meghan ...... 2006 Nabell, Mark ...... 1980-81 Shippy, Timothy ...... 1991-92 Wilson, Jacob ...... 2003-04 McLeod, Mari ...... 2006 Nenon, David ...... 1977-78, 80 Shaw, Greg ...... 1974 Wilson, John ...... 1991-92 McGraw, Katie ...... 2005 Nicklaw, Chris ...... 1974-76 Shelander, Bill ...... 1972-75 Williams, Alex ...... 2004-06 Nicol, David ...... 1998 Shelander, Dianna ...... 1973-76 Williams, David ...... 1958 PP Norton, Robert ...... 1960 Shelander, Jim ...... 1970-73 Williams, Jason ...... 1996-99 Prystaj, Laurissa ...... 2003-06 Norwood, Grant ...... 1989 Silver, David ...... 1999-2002 Williams, Mark ...... 1973 Nozar, James ...... 1998-2001 Simpson, Steven ...... 1973 Williams, Robert ...... 1951 SS Nylander, Carl ...... 1999-2002 Skaggs, Brady ...... 1999-2002 Wilson, Andy ...... 1997-98 Saum, Anna ...... 2002-05 Skenes, Kevin ...... 2006 Wilson, Jacob ...... 2003-06 Skala, Ashley ...... 2002-03 OO Small, G.H...... 1948 Wise, John ...... 1980-82 Stojanovska, Vesna ...... 2004-06 Odum, Richardson ...... 1978-81 Smith, Chuck ...... 1971 Wise, Michael ...... 1985-86 Stowe, Elizabeth ...... 2005-06 Old, Andrew ...... 1992-95 Smith, Justin ...... 1993 Wolczynski, Matt ...... 1999 Sutton, Amy ...... 2002-04 Oliver, Eduardo ...... 2001-04 Smith, Michael ...... 1997-99 Oliver, Jorge ...... 2000-03 Smith, Myles ...... 1963 VV Oltman, Jack ...... 1980-82 Sorias, Ofir ...... 2003 Vander Wood, Melissa ...... 2002 Ostrander, Rick ...... 1975-76 Sousa, Mauricio ...... 2006 Vukmanic, Jill ...... 2002-05 Ouderkirk, Ryan ...... 1994-97 Spaziano, Robert ...... 1994-95 O’Toole, Michael ...... 1998 Spray, James ...... 1986-87 WW Outland, John ...... 1965 Spreen, Allan ...... 1969-71 Walker, Alison ...... 2004-06 Owen, Charles ...... 1947 St. Julien, Upaji ...... 1994 Wallis, Moeko ...... 2002-05 Stevens, Scott ...... 1989 West, Dana ...... 2004-06 PP Steves, Robert ...... 1958 Wood, Kathy ...... 2003 Packard, B.A...... 1946 Stowers, Evan ...... 2005-06 Wright, Katie ...... 2005-06 Pacofsky, Mark ...... 1977 Strickland, Frank ...... 1952-53 Pahr, Robert ...... 1973-74 Susaneck, Steve ...... 1970
Parker, Jordan ...... 2002-05 Swanson, Edward ...... 1947-49 Moeko Wallis
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