2013-14 MEN’S SWIMMING MEDIA INFORMATION
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING CONTACT
MIKE BASFORD Offi ce Phone: 614-292-1389 Cell Phone: 908-892-8951 E-mail: [email protected]
ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS UNIVERSITY FACTS CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Associate Athletics Director/Communications ...... Dan Location ...... Columbus, Ohio (pop. 1.7m) Members of the working media needing credentials ...... Wallenberg Founded ...... 1870 should contact Mike Basford in the athletics com- Director ...... Leann Parker Enrollment ...... 56,867(Columbus campus) munications offi ce at 614-292-0134 or at basford.16@ Associate Directors...... Jerry Emig, Adam Widman ...... 64,429 (all campuses) osu.edu. Assistant Directors...... Mike Basford, Brett Rybak Nickname ...... Buckeyes ...... Kendra Willard, Danielle Warner, Alex Morando Colors ...... Scarlet (PMS 200) and Gray (PMS 429) PHOTOGRAPHERS Interns...... Julie Brown, Ben Vondal Mascot ...... Brutus Buckeye Photo passes are issued to newspapers, wire Website ...... OhioStateBuckeyes.com Interim President ...... Joseph Alutto services and special periodical publications. Flash Main Offi ce Phone ...... (614) 292-6861 Director of Athletics ..Eugene Smith (Notre Dame ’77) photography is prohibited and strobe use must be Fax ...... (614) 292-8547 Faculty Representative ...John Bruno (Pittsburgh ’75) approved in advance. Men’s Swimming Contact ...... Mike Basford Conference ...... Big Ten (1913) Offi ce Phone ...... 614-292-0134 STUDENT-ATHLETE INTERVIEWS Cell Phone ...... 908-892-8951 SWIMMING & DIVING HISTORY Media wishing to conduct interviews with members E-mail ...... [email protected] Big Ten Championships ...... 13 of the men’s swimming and diving team should Student Assistant ...... Ashley Albertson Swimming All-Americans ...... 283 contact Mike Basford. Please call at least one day in Address ...... 6th Floor, The Fawcett Center Diving All-Americans ...... 175 advance...... 2400 Olentangy River Rd. All-Big Ten Selections (fi rst team; since 1984) ...... 53 ...... Columbus, Ohio 43210 Academic All-Big Ten Selections ...... 268 PRACTICES Big Ten Distinguished Scholars (since 2009) ...... 24 The Buckeyes practice Monday, Tuesday, Thursday MEET DAY MANAGEMENT Home Facility ...... McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion and Friday at 6 a.m. and again from approximately Press Row ...... 614-292-1813 Building 247, 1847 Neil Ave. 2:00-4 p.m. at the Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Facility Operations ...... 614-292-6532 Columbus, OH 43210 Pavilion. Ticket Offi ce ...... 614-292-2624 Total Seating Capacity ...... 1,750 Marketing ...... 614-292-3672 Total Capacity in Gallons ...... 1,557,968 WEEKLY RELEASE Training Room ...... 614-292-7880 A weekly release, which includes notes and statistics, Equipment Room ...... 614-292-2654 TEAM FACTS is available each week on the offi cial Ohio State Head Coach ...... Bill Wadley, 25th year athletics web site at: OhioStateBuckeyes.com. THE BIG TEN CONFERENCE Alma Mater, Year ...... Austin Peay, ’79 Swimming and Diving contact ...... Olivia Truby OSU Record (Years) ...... 213-38 (24) POST-MEET PROCEDURES Phone ...... 847-696-1010 (x129) Career Record (Years) ...... 237-48 (27) Interviews will begin 10 minutes after the meet ends. Swimmers, divers and coaches will be available on the E-mail ...... [email protected] Assistant Coach ...... Dave Rollins, Arizona ’07 pool deck. Fax ...... 847-696-1110 Diving Coach ...... Justin Sochor, 1st year Web site ...... bigten.org Alma Mater, Year ...... Cleveland State, ’96 OHIOSTATEBUCKEYES.COM Mailing Address ...... 5440 Park Place Swimming Phone ...... (614) 292-1542 This is the offi cial web site of the Ohio State Athletics ...... Rosemont, IL 60018 Diving Phone ...... (614) 282-0527 Department. Women’s swimming and diving releases Fax (614) 292-5736 as well as a wide variety of athletics department infor- Swimming E-mail mation can be found here. Head Coach ...... [email protected] Assistant Coach ...... [email protected] VIDEO SERVICES Diving E-mail ...... [email protected] For information regarding video services and meet 2013 NCAA Qualifi ers Returning/Lost ...... 9/3 footage (if available), contact Mark Smith at 614-688- 2012-13 Overall Record ...... 8-2 5359. 2013 Big Ten Championships Finish ...... 3rd 2013 NCAA Championships Finish ...... 12th
1 2013-14 MEN’S SWIMMING MEDIA INFORMATION McCORKLE AQUATIC PAVILION
Considered one of the fi nest competition pools and diving wells in the nation, the 1,750-seat Bill and Mae McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion’s new technology provides a venue for some of the fastest times and best diving in the country. The facility, in the heart of campus and adjacent to three other world-class facilities – Ohio Stadium, Thomp- son Library and the Recreation and Physical Activity Center – has earned a reputation for fast water in its fi ve years. In fact, that’s what the Columbus Dispatch wrote about the facility in an in-depth article titled “Built for Speed.” The article stated that “it’s not one thing that makes this pool fast, but a collection of things – the depth, number and width of lanes, deep gutters, and water inlets at the bottom of the pool – that reduce waves.” And the July 2007 issue of Aquatics International magazine stated this about McCorkle: “…a state-of-the-art competition pool loaded with the latest technology sets a university apart from the competition.” Completed in the summer of 2005 and edicated Octo- ber 14, 2005, the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion is the newest addition to Ohio State’s top-notch athletics facilities. The Pavilion consists of the Mike Peppe Natatorium and the Ron O’Brien Diving Well. Holding nearly 1.56 million gallons of water in the entire facility, the Pavilion is part of Ohio State’s new Recreation and Physical Activity Center (RPAC). The McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion has already hosted numerous championship competitions. Here is a look at the championship slate to date: