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QQuickuick FFacts/Tableacts/Table OOff CContentsontents SSchedulechedule DATE DAY OPPONENT SITE TIME (PST) Oct. 04 Saturday Orange & Black Corvallis, Ore. 8:00 a.m. Oct. 10 Friday @ Stanford* Palo Alto, Calif. 1:00 p.m. Oct. 17-18 Friday-Saturday @ UOP Invitational Stockton, Calif. All Day Oct. 24 Friday Rice Corvallis, Ore. 5:00 p.m. Oct. 25 Saturday Rice Corvallis, Ore. 11:00 a.m. Nov. 01 Saturday Alumni Corvallis, Ore. 9:00 a.m. Nov. 07 Friday @ UCLA*/UCSB Los Angeles, Calif. 1:00 p.m. Dec. 04-06 Thursday-Saturday @ Husky Invitational Federal Way, Wash. All Day Dec. 19 Friday @ Florida Atlantic/Northern Arizona Boca Raton, Fla. TBA Jan. 02 Friday @ Arizona* Tucson, Ariz. 2:00 p.m. Jan. 03 Saturday @ Arizona State* Tempe. Ariz. 12:00 p.m. Jan. 09 Friday Washington* Corvallis, Ore. 5:00 p.m. Jan. 24 Saturday Washington State* Corvallis, Ore. 11:00 a.m. Feb. 07 Saturday @ Boise State Boise, Idaho 12:00 a.m. Feb. 25-28 Wednesday-Saturday @ Pacific-10 Championships Federal Way, Wash. All Day March 01 Sunday @ Last Chance Meet Federal Way, Wash. All Day March 19-21 Thursday-Saturday @ NCAA Championships College Station, Texas All Day ~All Times Listed as Pacific * Indicates Pac-10 Conference Meet Oregon State University Sports Information office Location .......................................Corvallis, Oregon Swimming office fax................... (541) 737-2140 Sports information director .................Steve Fenk Enrollment ......................................................19,000 Secretary ....................................................Holly Bell Women’s swimming contact .........Lauren Pullen Founded ............................................................ 1868 Bell office phone ........................ (541) 737-6119 Assistants ....... Jason Amberg, Michael Collins, President ........................................Dr. Edward Ray Conference .............................................. Pacific-10 .............................. Melody Stockwell, Hank Hager Athletic director .............................Bob De Carolis 2007-08 record ........... 0-5 Pac-10, 2-8 Overall Student assistants ..........................Caleb Hawley, Nickname ..................................................... Beavers Pacific-10 Championships ....................8th place .................................... Tucker Smith, Ryan McCall, Colors .........................................Orange and black NCAA Championships ....................................21st .......................... Sami Redmond, Brittney Ornelas Affiliation .........................................NCAA Division I Letterwinners returning/lost ...........................16/5 Pullen’s cell phone .....................(541) 207-8078 Conference .............................................. Pacific-10 Pacific-10 scorers returning/lost .....................6/2 Pullen’s e-mail [email protected] Women’s swimming NCAA qualifiers returning/lost .........................1/0 Pullen’s office phone .................(541) 737-7473 Head coach ..................Larry Liebowitz (6th year) All-Americans returning/lost .............................4/0 SIO fax .....(541) 737-3072 or (541) 737-4171 Career record ....................... 25-26 overall duals First varsity season .........................................1974 SIO address ..............................Gill Coliseum 209 Liebowitz office phone ..............(541) 737-1075 All-time dual meet record ...................186-193-1 Oregon State University Assistant coach ......................................................... Home pool ..............................Stevens Natatorium Corvallis, OR 97331 Marry Anne Gerzanick-Liebowitz ..........(1st year) Osborn Aquatic Center Athletics website ...............www.osubeavers.com Gerzanick-Liebowitz office phone ......................... Capacity ......................200 (Stevens Natatorium) ........................................................ (541) 737-7492 .............................1,200 (Osborn Aquatic Center) Office address ..........................Gill Coliseum 231 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 Media Information/Credits No credentials are required for covering Or- egon State’s home women’s swimming meets, Table of Contents which are held at Stevens Natatorium on the Oregon State Facts; Schedule; Media Information ..................................................................page 1 OSU campus and Osborn Aquatic Center in 2008-09 Oregon State Season Outlook ....................................................................................page 2 Corvallis. Arrangements for interviews, photos and information can be made through the OSU Oregon State Coaching Staff ......................................................................................................pages 3 Sports Information Office by calling Lauren 2008-09 Oregon State Roster ......................................................................................................page 4 Pullen at (541) 737-7473. 2008-09 Oregon State Swimmer Profiles......................................................................... pages 5-18 The 2008-09 Oregon State University 2007-08 Oregon State Season Review ..........................................................................pages 19-21 swimming media guide was written by Lauren Oregon State Swimming History/Records ..............................................................................page 22 Pullen. Interior design completed by Lauren Olympics/NCAA Championships .............................................................................................. page 23 Pullen. Covers designed by Ben Little. Photos Oregon State All-Americans ....................................................................................................... page 24 by Denny Wolverton, Peter H. Bick/Swimming Oregon State Swimming Records/Results .....................................................................pages 25-29 World Magazine, Nan & Steve Nicponski, Dave Year-by-Year and All-Time Series Results ........................................................................pages 29-32 Nishitani and from the OSU Athletic Depart- Oregon State All-Time Letterwinners ........................................................................................page 32 ment archives. Printing by Lynx Communica- Oregon State Academics and Athletics ...........................................................................pages 33-48 tions, Inc. of Salem, Ore. 2008-09 Oregon State Swimming 1 SSeasoneason OOutlookutlook After a history making and record breaking 2007-08 season, the Iverson moved onto the Oregon State all-time list in three different Oregon State women’s swimming team hits the pool in the 2008-09 events - the 200 freestyle, 200 individual medley and the 400 individual season with big goals to accomplish. The Beavers broke 19 school medley - during the Pac-10 Championships and competed at the USA records by five different swimmers last season, including three at the Olympic Trials and has seven career dual wins. Crandall won two dual NCAA Championships. victories, to bring her career total to six, in two different events and “The depth that has been added with all of these young women will moved up the OSU all-time list in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 help our team in the dual meets,” head coach Larry Liebowitz said. “At freestyle and the 100 butterfly. the end of the year the women that went to the Olympic Trials and the Nicole Pressprich earned her third dual victory, while Sarah Mayzes women who have been to the NCAAs before, can help the team make earned her first dual victory last season. Lisa Chewning and Kate those strides we have been trying to accomplish. I believe we will have Hagan also return to the team for the new season. Hagan made it on our biggest group ever at the NCAA Championships, and I believe we the OSU all-time list in the 500 freestyle with her performance at the will be able to make it into the teens in points.” Pac-10 Championships. The Beavers have the largest senior class returning this season with New additions to the team were transfers Anna (Signe) Larson from seven. Three-time team co-captain and All-American Kayla Rawlings Louisiana State University, and Rachel Wahl, who swam for the Santa returns to help lead the Beavers forward. Rawlings has competed at Maria swim team in California. Wahl also competed at the USA Olympic the Canadian Olympic trials, the NCAA Championships and has won trials and holds several club records. 19 dual events during her career. Ginny Omundson is also co-captain “Their (juniors) potential remains to be seen,” Liebowitz said. “I think this season and returns to the pool along with Corrinne Burrow, Marissa they have great potential and I think we will see some really special Eng, Andria Breeden, Agata Szewczuk and Saori Haruguchi. The seniors things this year. If our team continues to move forward and breaks into combined to tally 32 dual wins last season. the top 20, then the leadership is going to come from Brittney Iverson “The senior class has done everything,” Liebowitz said. “They have and Anna Crandall within the next two years. Those young women gone to the NCAAs, we have an NCAA Champion among them, we have are really good. They are good students and have been great for our an Olympian amongst them as well and we had people at the Olympic school.” trials. We have great students and we have great athletes. They are a Karri-Ann Benthin, Rachel Polack and