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Media Information 20 0 3 -0 4 Seawolves Swimming and Diving S Table of Contents Quick Facts Quick Facts ......................... 1 Location: ................................................... Stony Brook, N.Y. Season Outlook 5 Enrollment: ................................................................. 22,355 e Media Information ............... 1 Founded: ....................................................................... 1957 Season Schedule ................ 1 President: ....................................... Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny Director of Athletics: .............................................. Jim Fiore a About Stony Brook ........... 2-3 Nickname: ............................................................ Seawolves Coaching Staff..................... 4 Colors:........................................................ Scarlet and Grey Athletic Dept. Phone: ......................................631-632-7205 w Season Outlook................... 5 Athletic Dept. FAX: .........................................631-632-7122 Roster.................................. 5 Seawolves Hotline: ...................................... 631-632-WOLF o America East ....................... 5 Meet the Seawolves 6 Swimming and Diving Info Meet the Seawolves ....... 6-13 Affiliation: .................................................... NCAA Division I l Conference: ......................................................America East 2002-03 Season Review ... 13 Head Coach: ............................................... David Alexander 2002-03 Results ................ 13 Alexander’s Phone: ........................................631-632-7204 v Collegiate Record/Years ........................ Men: 56-51 (.523)/8 All-time Season Results .... 14 ............................................... Women: 198-102-3 (.653)/24 Record Book ..................... 14 Years at SBU: .............................................................. Same e Honors/Awards .................. 15 Athletic Media Relations Info Athletic Facilities 16 All-time Coaching History .. 15 Asst. AD/Media Relations: ...................... Rob Emmerich, Jr. Asst. Dir. Ath. Media Relations: .............. Christine Graziano s AD Jim Fiore ..................... 16 Swimming/Diving Contact:........................... Matthew Wrynn President Shirley Strum Kenny . 16 Media Relations Phone: .................................631-632-6312 Media Relations Fax: ......................................631-632-8841 Athletic Facilities ............... 16 Academic Center............... 16 2003-04 Stony Brook Schedule Credits: The 2003-04 swimming and diving media guide was Date Opponent Time written, designed and edited by Matthew Wrynn. Cover designed Oct. 25 @ Providence College 11 am by John Schaffhauser of Schaffhauser Design. Editorial assis- Oct. 28 @ Army 4:45 pm tance provided by Rob Emmerich, Jr., and Christine Graziano. Photos by Bob O’Rourk and Moira Jones. Special thanks to the Nov. 12 @ Fordham 5 pm Athletic Media Relations staff. Additional copies of this media Nov. 22 @ Boston University 1 pm guide can be obtained by writing the Athletic Media Relations Office, Stony Brook University, Sports Complex, Stony Brook, Nov. 25 Iona/St. Francis (NY) @ St. Francis 6 pm N.Y., 11794-3500, or by calling 631-632-6312. Jan. 9 @ University of Hawaii 6 pm Hawaii (M&W), Wisconsin (M&W), San Diego State (W) Jan. 17 Vermont/St. Peters 12 pm (Parent’s Day) Jan. 18 University of Maine 11 am Jan. 24 @ St. John’s University 1 pm Jan. 31 Fairfield University 1 pm Feb. 7 Binghamton University 1 pm For the latest information on Stony Brook Athletics, visit (Senior Day) Feb. 20-22 America East Championships @ Maine Stony Brook Swimming/Diving Media Guide - 1 S T O N Y B R O O K 2 - Stony Brook Swimming/Diving Media Guide S e a w o l v e s Stony Brook Swimming/Diving Media Guide - 3 Coaching Staff Head Coach Dave Alexander Dave Alexander enters his ninth season as head coach of the Stony Brook University men’s swimming program and is the only swimming coach in the 24-year history of the women’s program. He has posted a record of 56-51 coaching the men’s side and a superb 198-102-3 (.653) record as women’s head coach. The swimming and diving team continued to build on its success in 2002-03, becoming a force in America East competition and breaking numerous school records. The men finished third at the America East Championships for the second straight year, finishing 9-3, an im- provement on their 2001-02 record by two wins. The women’s team finished in sixth-place in the America East, swimming to its first .500 record in three years. During his career, over 100 of Alexander’s women swimmers have earned All-Metropolitan Conference accolades, four were named All-America and over 20 have competed in the NCAA National Championships, while the team has won six Metropolitan Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. Alexander enjoyed his most outstanding seasons with the men’s program from 1998-99, guiding the Seawolves to an 11-6 mark in 1999, fresh off the program’s first MET Conference Champion- ship crown in 1998. Alexander has been named the Metropolitan Conference’s Division I/II Men’s Coach of the Year three times--in 1991, 1996 and 1998. In 1998, he led the men’s team to its first-ever Division I/II MET Conference title. He was named MET Women’s Swimming and Diving Coach of the Year by his peers in 1991. Alexander has also earned Stony Brook University Female Athletics Coach of the Year honors on two occasions. A 1970 graduate of SUNY-New Paltz, Alexander earned his master’s degree from Adelphi University in 1974. Alexander is the father of four daughters — Allison, Erin, Kate and Molly. Assistant Coach Kerri Going Kerri Going enters her seventh season as assistant swimming coach at Stony Brook University. Going has developed into a key element to the swimming and diving program and Head Coach Dave Alexander. She has taken part in six consecutive intercession training trips, including last year’s trip to Mission Viejo, Calif., and handles numerous aspects of recruiting, training and meet management. S In addition to her coaching duties at SBU, Going is presently a USS head coach of the Connetquot Swim Club. She has coached numerous nationally ranked swimmers and relays throughout her 14- year career, including the current number one ranked 50 and 100 butterfly swimmer in the United T States for the 11-12 year-old age group. A 1991 graduate of Adelphi University in elementary education, Going achieved her master’s de- gree in arts and liberal sciences and her NYS coaching certification from Stony Brook in 1998. A professor in Stony Brook’s Physical Education Department, Going received the Professor of the Year Award for the 2000-01 school year. She recently O received her advanced master’s certificate in school district administration. Going currently resides in Sound Beach with her husband, Aroldo, and two-year old son, Rian. N Assistant Coach Diving Coach Igor Voloshin Dr. Brian Yodice Y Igor Voloshin joins the Stony Brook Dr. Brian Yodice enters his first sea- coaching staff for his first season as son as the diving coach for the Sea- an assistant coach. wolves. He will bring a high level of B A native of Kiev, Ukraine, Voloshin diving experience to the team, compet- was a member of the Seawolves ing and coaching for over 10 years. swimming and diving team from 1998-02 and will assist coach Yodice has been a certified US Diving coach since 2001 R Alexander in all aspects of the team. A very accomplished and is owner and operator of L.I.N.Y. Diving in West Islip. In swimmer, he will utilize his experience to assist at meets and addition, he is a chairperson of master’s diving for the South- in practice. ern New York Diving Association. While at Stony Brook, Voloshin swam breaststroke for As a competitor, he was a member of the Villanova men’s O the Seawolves, qualifying for the ECACs in three events as swimming and diving team from 1992-96, winning a Big East a junior and captaining the team his senior year. He was Team Conference Championship in 1992. He earned Academic voted team MVP in 2000 and 2001 and is the current SBU All-American honors in each of his four seasons on the squad. O record holder in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of After graduating from Villanova with a BS in comprehen- 2:10.55. sive studies, Yodice attended the New York Chiropractic Col- Voloshin graduated from SBU in 2002 with a degree in lege, earning a doctor of chiropractic in 1999. He is currently K health science. He resides in Huntington and is currently pursuing a certification as a chiropractic sports practitioner. pursuing his doctorate in physical therapy at Stony Brook. Yodice resides in West Islip, where he is a doctor of chiro- practic. 4 - Stony Brook Swimming/Diving Media Guide Season Outlook Talented Veterans The 2003-04 Stony Brook men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams will look backstroke events, he finished third in the 500 freestyle as well. to build on an impressive 2002-03 campaign that saw an influx of new talent join the The diving team saw a freshman newcomer compete at the highest level as Pat Marcel Seawolves program. Record after record was set last season, demonstrating the placed second in the 1-meter and 3-meter events at the championships, setting a school consistent improvement of coach Alexander’s team since joining the America East record in the 3-meter. He and new diving coach Dr. Brian Yodice will work together to take Conference two years ago. With only five seniors