2015-16 Uc Davis Women's Swimming & Diving Record
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2015-16 UC DAVIS WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING RECORD BOOK GENERAL Lampron/Laughlin/Leung/Nowack/Owyoung/Proshak/Ramos/Roberts ..7 Quick Facts ........................................................................................1 Rojo/Schultz/Schumann/Sena/Silvas/Straus/Toropov/Troup .................8 2014-15 Roster...................................................................................2 Vemury/Wright/Yee.............................................................................9 Head Coach Barbara Jahn ...................................................................3 Assistant Coach Pete Motekaitis ..........................................................3 RECAP & RECORDS Administrative Assistant Rick Henderson ...........................................4 2015 MPSF Championships .............................................................10 Diving Coach Phil Tonne ....................................................................4 Conference Championship History ...................................................11 Volunteer Assistant Scott Weltz ...........................................................4 School Records ............................................................................12-13 Schaal Aquatics Center .......................................................................9 Schaal Aquatics Center Records ........................................................14 Aggie All-Americans ....................................................................15-16 MEET THE AGGIES Autrey/Benavidez/Brand/Brown/Cheung/Chung/DeNeffe/Dresel .........5 Facey/Ferko/Fernandez/Goyal/Geuniot/Johnson/ Lafranchise/LaFreniere.....................................................................6 PROGRAM QUICK FACTS School University of California, Davis (UC Davis) Head Coach Barbara Jahn (UC Santa Barbara ’73) Address One Shields Avenue / Davis, CA 95616 Email [email protected] Established/Founded 1905/1908 Cell (530) 979-1719 Enrollment 35,415 Nickname Aggies Associate Head Coach Peter Motekaitis (UC Davis ’83) Colors Yale Blue & Gold Email [email protected] National Affiliation NCAA Division I Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Head Diving Coach Phil Tonne (San Diego State ’79) Home Facility Schaal Aquatics Center (500) Email [email protected] Cell (925) 876-8855 Chancellor Dr. Linda P.B. Katehi (Athens Polytechnic ’77) Director of Athletics (Interim) Teresa Gould (Iowa State ’90) Administrative Assistant Rick Henderson (Sacramento State ’80) Executive Sr. Associate A.D./ TBA Email [email protected] Senior Associate A.D./Interim SWA Cell (530) 979-1555 Ext. Affairs & Resource Dev.: Sharon Takeda (UCLA ’89) Executive Assistant A.D. Media Relations Contact Jason Spencer (USC ’99) Business Operations: Mike Bazemore (Sam Houston State ’82) Email [email protected] Assistant A.D.s Office (530) 752-2663 Athletics Communications: Mike Robles (Cal Poly ’88) Cell (707) 904-7547 Performance Services: Josh Flushman (UC Davis ’00) Marketing & Promotions: Scott Brayton (UC Davis ‘94) Facilities Matt Blankenheim (UC Davis ’04) Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Scott Carrell (Air Force ’95) Director of Sports Medicine Tina Tubbs (Humboldt State ’00) Director of Academic Services Michelle Roppeau (Carleton) 2015-16 UC DAVIS WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING • 1 2015-16 WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTER Name Events Ht Yr Hometown Schools Major Allie AUTREY Diving 5-4 RFr. Pleasant Grove, Calif. Saint Francis HS ’14 Animal Science Maddie BENAVIDEZ*** Breast/IM 5-8 Sr. San Ramon, Calif. Carondelet HS ’12 Communication Kirsten BRAND** Free 5-5 Jr. Pleasanton, Calif. Amador Valley HS ’13 Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Marissa BROWN*** Dist. Free 5-5 Sr. Danville, Calif. San Ramon Valley HS ’12 Sustainable Environmental Design Hilvy CHEUNG** Back/Fly 5-4 Jr. Fremont, Calif. American HS ’13 Animal Science Eva CHUNG Breast/IM 5-5 Fr. Pleasanton, Calif. Amador Valley HS ’15 Biological Sciences Audrey DeNEFFE*** Diving 5-6 Sr. Menlo Park, Calif. St. Francis HS ’12 Design Aislinn DRESEL* Back/Fly 5-9 So. Novato, Calif. Marin Catholic HS ’14 Managerial Economics Mia FACEY Free 5-10 Fr. Napa, Calif. Napa HS ’15 Biological Sciences Hailey FERKO*** Breast/Fly 5-7 Sr. Sacramento, Calif. Rio Americano HS ’12 Human Development Jessica FERNANDEZ Diving 5-7 Fr. Laguna Hills, Calif. Dana Hills HS ’15 Biological Sciences Shaifali GOYAL Diving 5-6 Fr. Campbell, Calif. Westmont HS ’15 Computer Science & Engineering Jordan GUENIOT* Fly/Free 5-6 So. La Mesa, Calif. Steele Canyon HS ’14 Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior Keely JOHNSON Free 5-8 Fr. Chico, Calif. Pleasant Valley HS ’15 Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior Lucy LAFRANCHISE*** Diving 5-4 Sr. Bakersfield, Calif. Liberty HS ’12 Biological Sciences Marrisa LaFRENIERE** Free 5-7 Jr. Davis, Calif. Davis HS ’13 Psychology Robin LAMPRON* Free 5-5 So. San Ramon, Calif. California HS ’14 Animal Science Solie LAUGHLIN Back/IM 5-10 Fr. Ventura, Calif. Ventura HS ’15 Undeclared Kaitlin LEUNG** Fly 5-5 Jr. San Francisco, Calif. Lowell HS ’13 Animal Science Angelica NOWACK* Fly 5-6 So. Santa Rosa, Calif. Montgomery HS ’14 Biological Sciences Jordan OWYOUNG* Back/IM 5-4 So. Oakland, Calif. College Prep ’14 Undeclared Angelina PROSHAK* Diving 5-3 So. Sacramento, Calif. El Camino HS ’14 Nutrition Science Sara RAMOS*** Fly/IM 5-3 Sr. Bakersfield, Calif. Stockdale HS ’11 Sociology Elise ROBERTS** Breast/IM 5-9 Jr. Vallejo, Calif. Napa HS ’13 Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior Brittany ROJO* Free/Fly 5-4 Sr. West Sacramento, Calif. Cal State East Bay/ Christian Bros. HS ’11 Art Studio Courtney SCHULTZ* Free 5-5 So. Cupertino, Calif. Cupertino HS ’14 Exploratory Kristin SCHUMANN Breast/IM 5-10 Fr. Danville, Calif. San Ramon Valley HS ’15 Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior Ali SENA* Free 5-7 So. Walnut Creek, Calif. Northgate HS ’14 Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior Cara SILVAS Distance Free 5-4 Sr. Truckee, Calif. Truckee HS ’11 Neurobiology, Physiology & Behavior Allison STRAUS Fly 5-5 Jr. Windsor, Calif. Santa Rosa JC/Cardinal Newman HS ’12 Art Studio Inessa TOROPOV Diving 5-6 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. El Camino HS ’15 Civil Engineering Lexy TROUP** Distance Free 5-3 Sr. Danville, Calif. UCLA/Monte Vista HS ’12 Environmental Science & Management Ani VEMURY* Diving 5-4 So. Los Gatos, Calif. Leigh HS ’14 Biological Sciences Elise WRIGHT* Breast/IM 5-5 So. Carlsbad, Calif. Carlsbad HS ’14 International Relations Serena YEE** Diving 5-4 Jr. Palo Alto, Calif. Palo Alto HS ’13 Biological Sciences Barbara JAHN Head Coach, 41st Year (UC Santa Barbara ’73) Peter MOTEKAITIS Assistant Coach, 21st Year (UC Davis ’83) Phil TONNE Diving Coach, 12th Year (San Diego State ’79) Scott WELTZ Volunteer Assistant Coach, 5th Year (UC Davis ’10) Rick HENDERSON Administrative Assistant, 18th Year (Sacramento State ’80) 2015-16 UC DAVIS WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING • 2 COACHING STAFF BARBARA PETER JAHN MOTEKAITIS Head Coach Associate Head Coach 41st Year 21st Year overall UC Santa Barbara ’73 6th Year with women UC Davis ’83 Barbara Jahn enters her 41st year at the helm of the UC Davis women’s Motekaitis enters his 21st overall season at UC Davis and his sixth as swimming program, having guided the team from AIAW Division III assistant coach with the women’s swimming program. through the ranks of NCAA Division II to Division I status. She owns the As head coach of the UC Davis men’s swimming program for his first unusual distinction of earning Coach of the Year honors in four different 15 years, Motekaitis guided the Aggies into conference and national conferences. She captured that award numerous times in the Division prominence at his alma mater, culminating with a Big West Conference II Northern California Athletic Conference, won it again in the team’s Championship during the 2010 season. Under his leadership, the Ag- final year of the multi-divisional Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference gies set two schools records and hit 12 NCAA “B” Consideration times. (2003), then garnered similar honors in the last season of the Big West He was named Men’s Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Conference (2010). Most recently, she earned Mountain Pacific Sports Under his tutelage, Scott Weltz became the first UC Davis student-ath- Federation Coach of the Year awards in 2011 and 2013. lete in its Division I history to earn All-American honors after finishing Since the university completed its transition to NCAA Division I, Jahn 15th in the 200 individual medley at the 2009 NCAA championships. has guided the Aggies to new levels of success. In 2008-09, the women’s The 2006 Big West Conference Freshman of the Year was named Male team earned a second-place at the Big West Championships, with Heidi Athlete of the Year in back-to-back seasons in 2009 and 2010. Kucera capturing Athlete of the Year accolades. Kucera, in turn, became Then in 2012, Weltz achieved an even loftier goal in his sport, qual- the first female swimmer of the D-I era to automatically qualify for the ifying for the Olympic Games in London. The Motekaitis protegé had NCAA Championships, where she competed in three individual events. placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke at the Olympic Trials, then upset A year later, just the third official year of D-I competition, Jahn led Eric Shanteau and Brendan Hansen in the 200 breast final with a Trials the 2009-10 UC Davis women’s swimming program to its first ever record of 2:09.01. Weltz finished third in his prelim (2:09.67), set a new Big West Conference championship. Under Jahn’s guidance,