Men’s Swimming and Diving Auburn University 2009 NCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships March 26-28 Texas A&M Student Center Natatorium College Station, Texas Hosted by Texas A&M University 2009 NCAA Post-Season Guide NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOST: TEXAS A&M MARCH 26-28, 2009 TEXAS A&M STUDENT CENTER NATATORIUM AUBURNAUBURN UNIVERSITUNIVERSITYY NCAA Championships: 12 NCAA Individual champions: 81 MEN’S SWIMMINGSWIMMING & DIVINGDIVING All-Time All-America honors: 1,911 AUBURN MEN’S SWIMMING AND 2008-09 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent Location DIVING AIMS FOR EIGHTH Sept. 19 Intrasquad Lake Martin, Ala. Sept. 26 Intrasquad Auburn, Ala. NATIONAL TITLE Oct. 17-19 War Eagle Invitational Auburn, Ala. Nov. 14 at Georgia (W, 163-136) Athens, Ga. TIGER BITES Nov. 21-22 at Alabama (LC) (W, 206-165) Tuscaloosa, Ala. The Tigers have reached the championship Nov. 21-23 Georgia Tech Diving Invitational Atlanta, Ga. portion of the 2008-09 slate with a squad re- Dec. 4-6 USA Swimming Short Champ. Atlanta, Ga. turning 17 letterwinners, 12 all-americans, Dec. 5-7 Georgia Diving Invitational Athens, Ga. seven SEC and two NCAA champions Dec. 18-20 Auburn Diving Invitational Auburn, Ala. ... Fresh off the 2008 Olympics Dec. 28 - Jan. 3 Holiday Training Trip Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. in Beijing, the Auburn swim- Jan. 3-5 Tennessee Diving Invitational Knoxville, Tenn. ming & diving team boasts Jan. 8 Texas (L, 139-102) Auburn, Ala. olympic participants Matt Jan. 24 Florida (W, 166-132) Auburn, Ala. Targett (Australia), Jakob Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 Ralph Crocker Invitational Auburn, Ala. Andkjaer (Denmark), and Feb. 7 at Florida State (W, 167-122) Tallahassee, Fla. Gideon Louw (South Feb. 13-16 Missouri Grand Prix Columbia, Mo. Africa). Feb. 18-21 SEC Championships (Champions) Auburn, Ala. Feb. 27 - March 1 Bulldog Invitational Athens, Ga. NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK HITS March 5-8 American Short Course Champ. Austin, TexasTexas • Auburn looks to win its eighth NCAA Championship and sixth in seven March 8 James E. Martin Invitational Auburn, Ala. years. March 13-15 NCAA Zone Diving Knoxville, Tenn. • Head Auburn Diving Coach Jeff Shaffer has guided his divers to win fi ve March 19-21 Women’s NCAA Champ. College Station, Texas of the last six NCAA Platform Championships. Juniors Dan Mazzaferro March 26-28 Men’s NCAA Champ. College Station, Texas and Kelly Marx look to continue Auburn success in the event. April 19-20 USA Diving Nationals - Prelims Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. • Leading the Auburn charge in the lanes will be 2008 Olympian Matt April 22-26 USA Diving Nationals - Finals Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Targett. The 2009 SEC Swimmer of the Year is coming off a fl lawless outing in the 2009 SEC Championships, putting his name on an SEC COACHING STAFF record every time he jumped in the pool. Head Coach Richard Quick • Auburn’s most successful event of all-time is the 50 free as th tigers have Head Diving Coach Jeff Shaffer won the event eight times - beginning with Rowdy Gaines in 1979 and Co-Head Men’s Coach Brett Hawke continuing in 2008 with Cesar Cielo. Director of Swimming Operations Tom Healey • The Auburn coaching staff has combined for a total of 16 NCAA Cham- Assistant Coach Richard Long pionships. Co-head coach Brett Hawke has nine (50 free, 200 FR (2), 400 Assistant Coach Aaron Ciarla FR (2), 200 MR (3), 400 MR) while assistant Aaron Ciarla with seven (50 Athletic Trainer Adam Deimling free, 200 FR (3), 400 FR, 200 MR (2). Athletic Trainer Lana Meeks Strength and Conditioning Coach Bryan Karkoska LIVE STATS Live stats and timing will be available throughout each session of the NCAA Championships by logging on to www.AuburnTigers.com and accessing the Swim- TEAM INFORMATION ing & Diving schedule page. 2009 SEC Finish 1st (880.5 pts.) 2008 NCAA Finish 5th (316 pts.) TIGERS EARN 16 SPOTS ON PSYCHE SHEET Letterwinners Returning / Lost 17 / 13 Auburn has 16 swimmers listed on the offi cial psyche sheet for the NCAA All-Americans Returning / Lost 12 / 5 Championships. The Tigers had the third most entries to the event behind Stan- NCAA Champions Returning / Lost 2 / 5 ford and Texas, each with 18. California also has 16 swimmers in competition. Newcomers 8 SEC RECOGNITION MEDIA RELATIONS After a dominating performance at the 2009 SEC Championships, the Tigers presented several honors recognizing season-long accomplishments. Head Coach Swimming and Diving Contact Gary Thorne Richard Quick and co-head coach Breet Hawke received SEC Men’s Coach of the Offi ce Phone / Fax 334.844.9800 / 334.844.9807 Year Honors, Jeff Shaffer was named SEC Diving Coach of the Year, Matt Targett Cell Phone 334.663.6650 was named SEC Swimmer of the Year and dan Mazzaferro shared Diver of the E-mail [email protected] Year honors with Alabama’s Aaron Fleshner. Assistant AD/Media Relations Kirk Sampson Targett was also presented with the Commisiner’s Trophy, an award presented to Overnight Address Athletic Complex the high scorer of the SEC Championship. 392 South Donahue Drive Auburn, AL 36849 AUBURN AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Website www.AuburnTigers.com The Tigers are looking to claim their eighth NCAA title overall and sixth of the past seven years. In Auburn’s eight NCAA championships, the team’s largest margin of victory was 256.5 points in 2004 in East Meadow, N.Y., as the 2009 NCAA Post-Season Guide 3 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HOST: TEXAS A&M MARCH 26-28, 2009 TEXAS A&M STUDENT CENTER NATATORIUM Tigers scored 634 points, fi nishing ahead of Stanford in 1990. AU has won an individual NCAA title every career in the event as he defended his win from last (377.5). The closest margin of victoryvictory came in 2006 year since 2003 and 11 of the last 13 years. season. The only other Auburn swimmer to ever win in Atlanta as the Tigers scored 480.5 points to fi nish The Tigers have won individual titles in 14 two 100 free titles was Rowdy Gaines in 1980 and 40 points ahead of Arizona (440.5). of the 21 events on the NCAA Championships 1981. Auburn’s fi rst-ever NCAA Championship program. The only events Auburn has not won a While the win was the fourth for Auburn in the came in 1997 in Minneapolis, Minn. (also the home of championship in are the 500 free, 1650 free, 100 meet, it did not add up to a sixth-straight NCAA Auburn’s 2007 title), when the Tigers scored 496.5 back, 200 back, 100 fl y, 200 fl y and 400 IM. team title as Arizona won the meet with 500.5 points to fi nish ahead of Stanford (340), Georgia points. Auburn fi nished fi fth in the meet with 316 (297), Texas (286) and Tennessee (235.5). Current co- FOR THE RECORD points, its lowest fi nish since the team came in head coach Brett Hawke was the star for the Tigers The Tiger men hold, to date, NCAA records seventh in 2001. as he won four NCAA titles, coming home as the in two individual swimming events and three relay Texas followed Arizona in second place with 406 50 free champion while swimming on three winning events. At last yyear’sear’s NCAANCAA Championships, Cesar points with Stanford trailing in third with 344 points. relays (200 FR, 400 FR, 400 MR). The win capped off Cielo set new NCAA records in the 50 and 100 free, California, coached by former Auburn assistant coach an amazing turn-around for the team as just seven timing in at 18.47 and 40.92, respectively. Dave Durden, placed fourth with 332.5 points. years prior, in 1990, the Tigers did not even qualify Auburn’s three other records are in the relay for the NCAA Championships. Auburn returned to events. The team of Goodrich, Mars, Puniski and OWNING THE CONFERENCE the meet in 1991, fi nishing 20th, and crept its way Cielo set the record in the 200 medley relay with a The Auburn men’s swimming and diving team has into the top fi ve, fi nishing second in 1996 before time of 1:23.24 at last year’s NCAAs. been the most dominant team in the SEC since the winning the whole thing in 1997. Cielo, Targett, Goodrich and Lundqvuist hiold the mid-1990s. Besides winning the last 13 SEC Champi- The most individual titles won by the Tigers at current record in the 200 FR after timing in at onships (15 of the last 16), the Tigers have also won the NCAA Championships is seven. Auburn reached 1:14.71 in the 2007 Championships. In February’s 33 of their last 34 dual meets inside the conference. that mark in both 1999 and 2007. Altogether, AU has SEC Championships, the team of Andkjaer, Norys, Auburn’s last SEC defeat was in 2007 loss at Tennes- won 48 individual NCAA titles. Louw and Targett set a new NCAA record in the see, breaking a 28-meet win streak. Auburn ranks sixth all-time in NCAA Cham- 400 free relay, touching in at 2:46.03. pionships won with seven and would tie Stanford in TARGETT PICKS UP THIRD SEC fi fth by winning its eighth this season. Michigan and TIGERS DOMINATE EVENTS HONOR Ohio State are tied for the lead in NCAA titles won While Auburn has seen success in most of the Following his performance in last weekend’s 166- with 11 each, followed by Southern California and events on the championship program, a few events 132 win over sixth-ranked Florida, Auburn senior Texas with nine each.