La Salle & Diving Record Book

*Updated January 2018

WOMEN School Records Pool Records

Event Record Holder Time Year Record Holder, School Time Year

50 Free Katie Snee 23.17 2014 Megan Peart, G.A. 22.93 2000 100 Free Elizabeth Jordan 50.32 2013 Grace Cornelius, E.A. 49.76 1989 200 Free Emma Smith 1:49.73 2015 Katie Reifenstal, G.A. 1:46.60 2008 500 Free Emma Smith 4:49.77 2016 Rachel Zilinskas, G.A. 4:40.04 2012 1000 Free Colleen Larkin 10:01.28 2014 Jane Skillman, Peddie 9:57.73 1989 1650 Free Dina Dormer 16:38.61 1998 Jane Skimman, Peddie 16:21.09 1989

100 Back Olivia DiStefano 54.80 2017 Teresa Crippen, G.A. 54.16 2008 200 Back Hannah Elliott 2:00.91 2017 Emma Sieberlich, E.A. 2:01.90 2014

100 Breast Kelsey Jenkinson 1:02.58 2013 Spindrift Beck, Hockaday 1:01.33 2008 200 Breast Shannon Duval 2:14.64 2009 Shannon Duval, La Salle 2:15.55 2010

100 Fly Jessica Simunek 55.55 2013 Yoshimura 54.17 2013 200 Fly Eva Marie Osterhus 2:03.47 2016 Trina Radke, Fox 2:01.20 1992 200 IM Shannon Duval 2:04.08 2009 Alicia Aemisegger, G.A. 1:58.55 2006 400 IM Gina Dormer 4:22.65 1997 Madison Visco, G.A. 4:26.94 2013

Relays 200 Medley Curran, Jordan, Simunek, Snee 1:43.08 2013 Peddie School 1:43.38 2009 400 Medley Curran, Jenkinson, Wilson, Snee 3:46.83 2013 La Salle 3:56.73 2012 200 Free Jordan, Snee, McCluskey, Wilson 1:33.75 2012 Germantown Academy 1:33.30 2013 400 Free Biro, Stoddart, Jordan, Snee 3:26.06 2011 Germantown Academy 3:21.63 2013 800 Free Smith, Finn, Hay, Kearns 7:26.14 2015 Villanova University 7:40.84 1988

Diving 1-M Cheryl Coppola 302.20 1994 Cheryl Coppola, La Salle 302.20 1994 (11 Dives) Kitt Watkins 415.90 2003 Cheryl Coppola, La Salle 408.10 1993 3-M Melanie Coots 293.93 2000 Andrea Krok, Fordham 303.50 2012 (11 Dives) Melanie Coots 470.70 2001 Cheryl Coppola, La Salle 455.80 1993

MEN School Records Pool Records

Event Record Holder Time Year Record Holder, School Time Year

50 Free Austin Thomas 20.35 2012 Gustave Borges, Bolles 20:08 1990 100 Free Cameron Fadley 44.85 2017 Gustave Borges, Bolles 43.85 1990 200 Free Aleksandar Nikolic 1:38.87 2017 Jim Wells, Peddie 1:36.66 1989 500 Free Bill Weibking 4:27.53 1991 Arthur Frayler, G.A. 4:17.96 2012 1000 Free Mattias Glenesk 9:12.78 2015 Drew Whitting, Peddie 9:19.21 1989 1650 Free Mattias Glenesk 15:15.17 2015 Drew Whitting, Peddie 15:36.92 1989

100 Back Fabian Bergman 47.41 2017 Thomas 47.56 2014 200 Back Fabian Bergman 1:43.25 2017 Fabian Bergman, La Salle 1:44.01 2018

100 Breast Johan Roth 54.96 2015 Nelson Diebel, Peddie 54.35 1990 200 Breast Johan Roth 1:57.12 2015 Nelson Diebel, Peddie 2:01.61 1989

100 Fly Cameron Fadley 47.92 2015 , Merc. 48.09 1987 200 Fly M. Chris Cummings 1:48.61 1987 Melvin Stewart, Merc. 1:47.74 1987 200 IM Cameron Fadley 1:47.73 2017 Nick Kaschik, Peddie 1:48.10 2012 400 IM 3:53.21 1986 , G.A. 3:53.22 1986

Relays 200 Medley Bergman, Mladenovic, Fadley, Odtallah 1:29.41 2017 Mercersburg Academy 1:31.10 1992 400 Medley Bergman, Mladenovic, Fadley, Forsgren 3:14.69 2017 La Salle University 3:23.22 2014 200 Free Odtallah, Forsgren, Gregory, Bartosieweicz 1:22.04 2017 Mercersburg Academy 1:22.77 1992 400 Free Bergman, Fadley, Nikolic, Forsgren 2:59.67 2017 Bolles School 2:59.98 1991 800 Free Nikolic, Gravel, Bergman, Forsgren 6:36.57 2017 Villanova University 6:49.43 1988

Diving 1-M Karo Isajan 378.90 2006 Karo Isajan, La Salle 378.90 2006 (11 Dives) Jamie Davidson 543.50 2001 John Madden, La Salle 529.75 1986 3-M Karo Isajan 358.45 2004 Dan Watson, Harvard 376.20 1983 (11 Dives) Jamie Davidson 558.80 2001 Clifton Johnson, La Salle 522.85 1991

Swimming & Diving Hall of Athletes Inductees

Joe Verdeur ‘50 champion in 400 IM, 500 free and 1,650 free. Named to All-East each year. Charter Member - Inducted 1961 Set Explorer record in 500 freestyle (1987) and 400 IM relay (1988). During Lifetime set 19 world records. Repeatedly broke his own USA and world records in the 200-yard and 200-meter events. Thomas F. McKeon III Participated in the 1948 Olympics in London and won the 200-meter '78 Inducted 2001 breaststroke with a new Olympic record time of 2:39.3. Named Swimmer One of the premier ECC swimmers of the 1970's. ECC champion in the 100 of the Year by Sport Magazine in 1948 and 1949. Inducted into the and 200 freestyle events, 1976 and 1977. Won Eastern Seaboard 100 International Swimming Hall of Fame and the Helms Foundation Hall of freestyle, 1977. Member of the 400 freestyle relay team which set the ECC Fame. Legendary sportswriter Grantland Rice called him “the greatest record in the Conference Championship final and which qualified for swimmer of the first half century.” NCAA's. Set Explorer records in the 100 and 200 freestyle and 200 IM.

George Haggerty '55 John K. Lyons Inducted 1955 Inducted 2002 Named All-American swimmer, 1955. Finished fifth in the NCAA Coaches' Corner Championships and third in the Eastern Intercollegiates the same year. His Coached La Salle men's and women's swimming from 1982-1999. Guided time in the 200-yard breaststroke was an Explorer record for many years. Explorer teams to 17 conference titles (12 in MAAC, three in MCC and two in ECC). His victory total is the highest of any swimming coach in La Salle Peter E. Walheim, Jr. '60 history. Named MAAC Coach of the Year eight times and MCC Coach of the Inducted 1966 Year three times. Became associate athletic director for the Explorers in Cross Country, Swimming, and Track and Field Was the only La Salle athlete 1999. for decades to have captained three sports, winning eight letters in cross country, swimming, and track and field. Unbeaten in dual meets in 1959, Joseph Dieterle '65 won the MAC mile title in 1960 and scored consistently in backstroke and Inducted 2003 butterfly events in swimming. Set La Salle record (which stood for nine years) in the MAC Championship in 100-yard breaststroke, 1964. Helped set and re-set La Salle records in Patrick Kennedy '55 the 400-yard medley relay. Selected by College Swimming Coaches Inducted 1975 Association of America to NCAA All-American teams, 1964 and 1965. One of La Salle's greatest divers. Undefeated in 27 dual meet competitions in Explorer career. Among his various titles, Pat captured both the 1-meter Dina Dormer '98 and 3-meter diving board Middle Atlantic AAU Senior championships in Inducted 2005 1949 and 1950. Later coached diving at La Salle in the 1970's. Named Most Outstanding Performer at the A-10 Championships, 1996. Received same award and also ECAC Most Outstanding Swimmer recog- Thomas Johnson '69 nition, 1997. Named to A-10 All-Conference team, 1998. First female Inducted 1990 Explorer swimmer to qualify for NCAA Championships, 1998. Voted as La Established MAC records in the 200-yard individual medley in 1967, the Salle's Outstanding Woman Swimmer four times (1995-98), setting seven 200-yard butterfly and 500-yard freestyle in 1968, and the 400-yard school records. freestyle in 1969, when he won All-American honors. With teammate, set the Explorers' 800-yard relay record in the 1968 College Division Deidre Lynch ‘94 championships. Inducted 2006 Captured three events to help La Salle win the MAAC Championship Kathleen Smith Prindible '82 (1992). Named to MAAC All-Academic Team (1992). Chosen Midwestern Inducted 1993 Collegiate Conference Outstanding Swimmer (1993 and 1994). Named Outstanding diver from the 1-meter and 3-meter boards during four years National Catholic Championships MVP (1994). Throughout career broke six of competition. As a sophomore, was unbeaten in the 3-meter event and individual Explorer records. At time of her induction, 200 backstroke record had only one loss at the 1-meter. In 1980-81, helped lead a team which still standing. was 12-2 in dual meets. As a senior, continued dominance in both events and was the only La Salle female diver ever selected AIAW All-American. Charles "Skip" Trowbridge ‘65 Inducted 2006 Cheryl Coppola '95 Initially helped set La Salle record for 400-yard medley relay (1963). Named Inducted 1991 All-American in 400-yard medley relay 1964 and 1965. Also swam 100-yard Outstanding Diver of the MAAC by winning 1-meter and 3-meter champi- backstroke at NCAA Championship in 1964. Twice helped La Salle team to onships in 1991 and 1994. Won some honors for ECAC and MCC, 1993 and overall runner-up finish in MAC Championship meet (1964-1965). He and 1994. Named National Catholic League Diver of the Year 1992 and 1994. his teammates went on to break 400-yard medley relay several times Holds Explorer records for 1 and 3 meter diving. Qualified for NCAA throughout career. Championships all four years. After La Salle career, reached semifinals in US Senior Nationals. Participated in Olympic Torch relay, 1996. John Madden ‘87 Inducted 2008 Kimberly Long '88 Madden was an NCAA qualifier in both 1987 and 1988 in diving, finish- ing Inducted 2001 16th in 1-meter in '87. He was also a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Became first La Salle woman swimmer to win an Eastern championship (MAAC) Diving Champion. Madden set school and pool records in the 1- with a victory in the 1,650-yard (1985). Named Outstanding Woman meter in both '86 and '87 with a score of 529.75, which after the '99-00 Swimmer in MAAC Championships (1985). Was three-time MAAC season became just Kirk Pool records. Karo Isajan ‘07 Inducted 2012 Isajan was the four-time Atlantic 10 Diver of the Year from 2004-07 and was the first Explorer to qualify for the NCAA Diving Championship in 20 years. He holds the school record in the 1-meter and 3-meter spring- board events, the Kirk Pool record in the 1-meter event and set the Atlantic 10 Championship record in the 3-meter in 2007. Isajan also won the NCAA Zone A 3-meter springboard diving event as a senior. He won five Atlantic 10 Championships, including four in the 3-meter spring- board event

Bob Moore ‘66 Inducted 2012 Moore won the 200 butterfly at the 1966 NCAA Championships and also earned All-America honors in the 100 butterfly that season. A MAC champion in the 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 400 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay, Moore helped the Explorers finish third at NCAAs in 1964 and fifth in 1965 and 1966. He set school records in 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 400 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay. Moore also helped La Salle to the 1966 MAC Championship. The Philadelphia native also participated in the 1964 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in the 100m butterfly.

Melanie Coots Platchek ‘02 Inducted 2013 Became the first Atlantic 10 diver to win three consecutive “Diver of the Meet” awards from 2000-02. She was also a four-time qualifier for NCAA Zone 'A'. Coots won six Atlantic 10 Championships, three in the 1-meter and three in the 3-meter and still holds two school records, the 3-meter (293.93, 2001) and 3-meter, 11 dives (470.70, 2001). She also finished second twice at A-10s. Academically, she was the 2002 La Salle Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and a three-time Academic All-Atlantic 10 selection.

Jon Walheim ‘66 Inducted 2013 An All-American on five occasions during his career and reached the NCAA finals six other times. He finished second in the 100 freestyle at the 1964 NCAA Championship and fourth in the 50 and 100 freestyle at the 1965 NCAA Championship. He also played an integral role on the 400 free relay teams which earned All-America status in 1964 and 1965.He enjoyed tremendous success at the MAC Championships, taking home the gold in the 50 and 100 free in 1964 and 1966. His 400 free and medley relays captured the top spot at the 1966 conference championship as well.

Walheim graduated with school records in the 50 and 100 freestyle. Walheim also received an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship in the first year it was awarded.

James Abel ‘66 Inducted 2014

A two-time All-American for the Explorers in the 500 and 1650 yard freestyle. Abel helped the Explorers finish third at the NCAA Championship in 1964 and fifth in 1965 and 1966. He won the 1966 Middle Atlantic Conference Championship in the 500 freestyle and set school records in the 200, 500 and 1650 yard freestyle.

Jon Walheim - 400 free relay, 400 medley relay 800 All Americans free relay

1947 1968 Joe Verdeur - 200 breast Dick Close - 800 free relay Glenn Cook - 400 free relay Honorable Mention Tom Johnson - 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 100 free, Joe Verdeur - 220 free, 300 medley relay 500 free, 200 fly G. Shaw - 300 medley relay Paul Mayer - 400 free relay John Lumsden - 300 medley relay Pat McDonnell - 400 medley relay, 100 back, 200 back 1948 Mark McElwee - 400 medley relay Joe Verdeur - 200 breast, 220 free Greg McKiernan - 400 medley relay Don Strunk - 400 free relay, 400 medley relay, 800 free Honorable Mention relay, 100 free, 200 free Joe Verdeur - 300 medley relay E. Jay Tract - 800 free relay G. Shaw - 300 medley relay J. Lumsden - 300 medley relay 1986 Ron Karnaugh - 200 IM, 400 IM 1949 Joe Verdeur - 200 breast, 220 free, 400 free relay Allan Rhodes - 400 free relay Forrest Devlin - 400 free relay Robert Regan - 400 free relay

1950 Joe Verdeur - 200 breast, 150 IM, 300 medley relay Robert Fitzgerald - 100 breast William Dorsh - 300 medley relay Robert Regan - 300 free relay

1955 George Haggerty - 200 fly

1956 James Sheehan - 50 free

1964 James Abel - 500 free, 1650 free William Conroy - 200 IM, 400 IM Robert Moore - 400 medley relay, 100 fly, 200 fly Bruce Trainor - 400 free relay Jon Walheim - 100 free, 400 free relay, 400 medley relay

1965 McConnell - 400 free relay, 400 medley relay Dick Close - 400 medley relay Keane - 400 free relay Robert Moore - 400 free relay, 400 medley relay