Arkansas Swimming & Diving Record Book, 2018-2019
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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Arkansas Swimming and Diving Athletics 2019 Arkansas Swimming & Diving Record Book, 2018-2019 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Athletics Media Relations Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/swimming-diving Citation University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Athletics Media Relations. (2019). Arkansas Swimming & Diving Record Book, 2018-2019. Arkansas Swimming and Diving. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/ swimming-diving/13 This Periodical is brought to you for free and open access by the Athletics at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Arkansas Swimming and Diving by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact [email protected]. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Page 3 | 2018-19 Schedule and Roster Page 4 | Head Coach Neil Harper All-Time Results Page 6-8 | Year-By-Year Results Page 9-11 | Series History Awards and Honors Swimming Venue: University of Arkansas Natatorium located within the Page 13-14 | Southeastern Conference History Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) Building Page 15 | Razorbacks at the NCAA Championships Page 16 | All-Americans Location: Stadium Drive and Meadow Street Page 17 | Olympians Address: 155 Stadium Drive, Fayetteville, AR Doors to the HPER building will be open 45 minutes prior to the start of each Records and Times meet. Doors to the HPER Building can be accessed from Parking Lots 67, 59 or Stadium Drive. Guests are strongly discouraged from entering the HPER Page 19 | Top Event Times and Dives of 2018-19 Natatorium from Meadow Street. Guests will be denied entry and re-routed Page 20 | All-Time Arkansas Records to the 1st or 3rd level entry. Guests will access the Natatorium from the 3rd level balcony entrance. Elevators are located in the center of the Page 21-22 | All-Time Roster building at all levels of the building. Page 23 | School, Pool and NCAA Records 2018-19 Arkansas Razorback Swimming and Diving Team Front Row: Madeline Johnson, Maha Amer, Anna Hopkin, Peyton Palsha, Maddie Umberger, Emma Garfield, Estilla Mosena, Brooke Scultz, Marissa Green, Katelin Wollner Middle Row: Ian O’Rourke, Caroline Welch, Vanessa Herman, Erin McGuirt, Carly Holland, Svea Torres, Alyssa Lemon, Sydney Angell, Kiera Michailoff-Russell, Cri Roberts, Rachel Rodriguez, Marlena Pigliacampi, Chris Grimmett-Norris Back Row: Neil Harper, Kobie Melton, Erin Kelly, Annah Carney, Maddie Pearl, Molly Moore, Brittney Pike, Andrea Sansores, Kenedy Thaman, Lexi Ljunggren, Sarah Dalton Chambliss, Madison Strathman, Anthony Harris 2018-19 SWIMMING AND DIVING @RAZORBACKSD 2018-19 SCHEDULE AND ROSTER SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME Sat, Oct. 13 Georgia * Fayetteville, Ark. 2 p.m. Sat, Oct. 20 @ South Carolina * Columbia, S.C. 12 p.m. Fri, Oct. 26 Vanderbilt * Fayetteville, Ark. 5 p.m. Thurs, Nov. 1 vs. Kentucky * Columbia, Mo. 4 p.m. Fri, Nov. 2 @ Missouri * Columbia, Mo. 10 a.m. Nov. 14-16 Texas Diving Invite Austin, Texas All Day Nov. 15-17 Missouri Invite Columbia, Mo. All Day Nov. 28-Dec. 1 US Swimming Nationals Greensboro, N.C. All Day Dec. 16-22 World University Games Qualifier T.B.A. All Day Jan. 3-5 Georgia Diving Invite Athens, Ga. All Day Sat, Jan. 12 vs. Rice Dallas, Texas 11 a.m. Sat, Jan. 12 vs. SMU Dallas, Texas 11 a.m. Fri, Jan. 18 Houston Fayetteville, Ark 5 p.m. Sat, Feb. 2 Kansas Fayetteville, Ark. 10 a.m. Feb. 19-23 SEC Championships Athens, Ga. All Day March 2-3 NCAA Last Chance Columbia, Mo. All Day March 4-6 NCAA Zone Diving Championships Austin, Texas All Day March 20-23 NCAA Championships Austin, Texas All Day ROSTER NAME EVENTS YR HT HOMETOWN HIGH SCHOOL (PREVIOUS SCHOOL) / CLUB Maha Amer Diving So 5-2 Cairo, Egypt Nefertari International Schools Sydney Angell Breast / IM Sr 5-8 Bettendorf, Iowa Pleasant Valley HS / Piranhas Swim Club Annah Carney Free Sr 5-9 Springfield, Ill. Springfield HS / Springfield YMCA Sarah Dalton Chambliss Free / Fly / Back Jr 5-8 Prattville, Ala. Prattville HS / Prattville YMCA Emma Garfield Breast / IM Fr 5-4 The Colony, Texas The Colony HS / Lakeside Swim Team Marissa Green Diving Sr 5-4 Ofallan, Mo. Fort Zumwalt West HS / St. Louis Diving Club Vanessa Herrmann Breast / IM Fr 5-6 Bismarck, N.D. Century HS / Aquastorm Carly Holland Back Jr 5-10 Rogers, Ark. Rogers HS / RAC Aquahawgs Anna Hopkin Free / Fly Jr 5-6 Preston, England University of Bath / Ealing Swim Club Erin Kelly Free Sr 5-8 Collierville, Tenn. Collierville HS / Collierville Swimming Alyssa Lemon Free So 5-9 Ellisville, Mo. Marquette HS / Rockwood Swim Club Lexi Ljunggren Free Fr 5-9 East Grand Forks, Minn. East Grand Forks Senior HS / RRVY Wahoos Erin McGuirt Fly /IM Fr 5-7 Searcy, Ark. Searcy HS / Shark ATAC Kobie Melton Free / Back Fr 5-9 Athens, Ala. Athens HS / Huntsville Swim Association Kiera Michailoff-Russell Free / Fly Sr 5-8 Toronto, Canada Northern Secondary School / North York AC Molly Moore Free / Back Fr 5-11 Brookline, Mo. New Covenant Academy / Springfield Aquatics Estilla Mosena Diving Fr 5-5 Trieste, Italy Peyton Palsha Free / IM So 5-5 St. Petersburg, Fla. St. Petersburg HS / St. Petersburg Aquatics Maddie Pearl Back Fr 5-9 Kirkwood, Mo. Kirkwood HS / Flyers Aquatic Swim Team Marlena Pigliacampi Fly / Free Sr 5-6 Ormond Beach, Fla. Seabreeze HS / University of North Dakota Brittney Pike Free Fr 6-0 Boerne, Texas Boerne Samuel V. Champion HS / San Antonio Wave Cris Roberts Fly Sr 5-6 Tupelo, Miss. Tupelo HS / Shockwave Aquatics Rachel Rodriguez Free / Back Fr 5-7 San Antonio, Texas Ronald Reagan HS / Alamo Area Aquatics Association Andrea Sansores Free / Back / Fly Fr 5-8 Cancun, Mexico International American School Cancun / Casablanca Cancun Brooke Schultz Diving So 5-1 Fayetteville, Ark. Fayetteville HS / Razorback Dive Club Madison Strathman Breast / IM Sr 5-10 Kearney, Mo. Kearney HS / Tsunami Swim Team Kenedy Thaman Free / Fly / Back So 5-9 Missouri City, Texas Ridge Point HS / Houston Swim Club Svea Torres Free Fr 5-9 Greenville, N.C. D.H. Conley HS / East Carolina Aquatics Madison Umberger Back Sr 5-5 Kalamazoo, Mich. Portage Central HS / Lakeview Aquatic Club Caroline Welch Diving Jr 5-8 The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands HS / Woodlands Diving HEAD COACH ASSISTANT COACH DIVING COACH GRADUATE ASSISTANT GRADUATE ASSISTANT NEIL HARPER ANTHONY HARRIS DALE SCHULTZ CHRIS GRIMMETT-NORRIS IAN O’ROURKE @RAZORBACKSD HEAD COACH NEIL HARPER Championship as both came away with a 14th place showing. As a student-athlete at LSU, Harper was a seven-time All-American, four-time SEC Champion and team captain in 1988. He also competed in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games on the British National Team where he was a member of the 400-meter Medley Relay team that finished sixth at the 1984 games and fourth in the 1988 games. Harper and his wife, Paige, who was also an All-American and SEC champion swimmer at LSU, have two daughters, Katherine and Kelly. Head Coaching Resume Years Position School 2016-Present Head Coach University of Arkansas 2015-16 Head Coach University of Nevada 2013-15 Head Coach Aiken-Augusta Swim League (Club) 1999-13 Head Coach Florida State University 1997-99 Head Women’s Coach Ohio State University 1994-97 Assistant Coach Florida State University 1988-94 Assistant Coach Louisiana State University INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004 Swaziland Olympic Team Athens, Greece 2004 Stephen Parry Bronze (200 Fly) 2003 Swaziland World Championship Team Barcelona, Spain 2002 Commonwealth Games Swaziland 2001 Swaziland World Championships Team Fukuoka, Japan 2000 South African Olympic Team Sydney, Australia HONORS Neil Harper was named the eighth head coach in Arkansas Swimming and Diving program history on May 2004, 2006, 2007 ACC Coach of the Year 4, 2016. 1986, 1987, 1988 Seven-Time All-American at LSU A native of London, Harper enters his third year in Fayetteville, 26th year as a collegiate coach, after 1988 Senior and Team Captain on LSU’s only SEC Team Title taking the Razorbacks to a 9-3 record a season ago. He holds a combined 186-53 (.777) record in his 19 1984, 1988 Two-Time Olympian with Great Britian years as a women’s head coach. During his coaching career, Harper has worked with nearly 200 student-athletes, both individual and relay All-Time Razorback Coaches swimmers, who have produced NCAA All-America honors. Year Coach Dual Rec. Conf. NCAA Finish During the 2015-16 season, Harper led Nevada to the highest finish of a non-Power Five team at the NCAA 2017-18 Neil Harper 9-3 10th (SEC) 27th Championships. He guided the Wolf Pack to a 7-0 overall record in the regular season and won the first 2016-17 Neil Harper 5-3 11th (SEC) -- Mountain West title in program history during his first season. 2015-16 Sean Schimmel 7-1 9th (SEC) -- 2014-15 Sean Schimmel 4-3 10th (SEC) T-44th His coaching accomplishments at Nevada include sophomore Sharae Zheng earning College Swimming 2013-14 Sean Schimmel 9-1 6th (SEC) -- Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Diver of the Year and Jian Li You being selected as CSCAA Diving 2012-13 Sean Schimmel 10-1 6th (SEC) 26th Coach of the Year. In addition, the Wolf Pack swimming and diving teams exceeded the benchmark for 2011-12 Jeff Poppell 3-3 6th (SEC) 41st Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores during the last two years. 2010-11 Jeff Poppell 9-2 8th (SEC) T-32nd 2009-10 Jeff Poppell 6-2 6th (SEC) 34th Prior to Nevada, Harper served as the program director and head coach of the Aiken Augusta Swim 2008-09 Jeff Poppell 10-1 5th (SEC) 27th League in Augusta, Georgia (2013-15), head coach at Florida State (1999-2013), head women’s coach at Ohio State (1997-99), assistant coach at Florida State (1994-97) and assistant coach at his alma mater LSU 2007-08 Jeff Poppell 7-5 7th (SEC) -- (1988-94).