Table of Contents/Quick Facts

QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL INFORMATION Schedule ...... IFC HISTORY Location ...... USAFA, Colo. Table of Contents ...... 1 2007-08 Season Review ...... 19 Colors ...... Blue & Silver Quick Facts/Media Information ...... 1 Swimming History ...... 20-21 Nickname ...... Falcons Diving History ...... 21 Enrollment ...... 4,400 THE STAFF Honors and Awards ...... 22-23 Founded ...... 1954 Head Coach Rob Clayton ...... 2 Air Force Records ...... 24 Affiliation ...... NCAA Div. I Diving Coach Stan Curnow ...... 3 Service Academy Records ...... 25 Conference ...... Mountain West Assistant Coach Capt. Charlie Toth . . . .3 Letterwinners ...... 26-27 Home Pool ...... Cadet Natatorium Academic Support ...... 4 Superintendent ...... Lt. Gen. John Regni Frequently Asked Questions ...... 4 LIFE AFTER THE ACADEMY Athletic Director ...... Dr. Hans Mueh World Class Athlete Program ...... 28 Vice Athletic Director ...... Brad DeAustin MEET THE FALCONS Where Are They Now ...... 29-30 Season Outlook ...... 5 COACHING STAFF Roster ...... 6 THE ACADEMY Head Coach ...... Rob Clayton Cadet Athlete Bios ...... 7-18 The Air Force Academy ...... 31 Alma Mater/Year ...... Wyoming/1991 Academy Leadership ...... 32 Phone ...... 719-333-4726 E-mail ...... [email protected] Career Record/Years ...... 92-40-1/10 Media Guide Post-Meet Procedures School Record/Years ...... Same The 2008-09 Air Force men’s and Head swim coach Rob Clayton and head Assoc. Head Coach ...... Casey Converse women’s swimming and diving media diving coach Stan Curnow will be available Head Diving Coach ...... Stan Curnow guide is produced as a source of informa- 10 minutes following the end of the meet Asst. Coach ...... Capt. Charlie Toth tion for the media. Other materials may on the pool deck. Swimmers and divers be obtained by contacting the athletic will be available immediately after. The TEAM INFORMATION communications office: Air Force locker room and training room 2007-08 Dual Record ...... 4-7 are closed to all media. 2007-08 Conference Record ...... 1-4 Air Force Athletic Communications 2007-08 Conference Finish ...... 4th 2169 Field House Dr. Final results are available following the Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...... 20/6 USAF Academy, CO 80840 meet upon request. Newcomers ...... 11 Phone: 719-333-2313 Fax: 719-333-3798 In-Season Interviews ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS All Air Force athletes and coaches are Assoc. AD/Communications ...... Troy Garnhart Working Press Credentials available for interviews with the following Asst. Director (Swimming SID) . . . .Melissa McKeown Press and Photograph credentials are guidelines: All interviews must be set up Office Phone ...... 719-333-9025 issued to members of the working media through the athletic communications Fax ...... 719-333-3798 only. These credentials may be obtained office at 719-333-9025 or 719-333-2313. E-mail ...... [email protected] by contacting the athletic communica- All interview requests must be made at Mailing Address ...... Athletic Communications tions office. Upon acceptance of applica- least one day in advance so that the ath- ...... 2169 Field House Drive tions, appropriate passes can be picked up lete or coach can be properly notified...... USAFA, CO 80840 at the Athletic Communications office. Web Site ...... GoAirForceFalcons.com Credits Press Parking The 2008-09 Air Force men’s swimming There is no press parking available. The and diving guide was written and Pictured below is the OKCCC Aquatic Center, site of the earlier you arrive, the better parking designed by assistant athletic communi- 2009 Mountain West Conference Championships. you’ll find. cations director Melissa McKeown. Editoral assistance provided by the Air Air Force Practices Force athletic communications office and All Air Force practices, both the men’s swimming and diving staff. home and on the road, are Photos courtesy of DenMar Services, Josh open to the media. Media Duplechian and Trevor Brown, Jr., of members wishing to film NCAA Photos, and the men’s swimming practice must make and diving staff. Printing done by arrangements with the ath- McCormick Armstrong, Wichita, Kan. letic communications office to attend practice. A repre- On the Cover sentative from the athletic Featured on the front cover are 2008 communications office Olympic Trial qualifiers Bryan Avery, must accompany you. Justin Day and Benjamin Gunn, and 2008 MWC platform diving champion Kyle Van Valkenburg.

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 1 Coaching Staff

Rob Clayton The Clayton File Head Swimming Full Name: Robert Clayton III Hometown: Fort Collins, Colo. Coach High School: Rocky Mountain, four-year 11th year letterman in swimming. College: Wyoming, 1991 graduate with a Wyoming (1991) bachelor’s in chemical engineering with a 3.75 GPA. Academic All-American, individ- ual conference champion and winner of the Head coach Rob "The Academy is the number one under- 1991 Stan Bates Award as the league’s most Clayton enters graduate school in the country," the coach outstanding student-athlete. his 11th season said. "The men come here primarily to get the as the Academy's head men's swimming best education possible and to prepare for a Inside the Numbers with Clayton coach. After 10 years, his enthusiasm for the fabulous career in the Air Force and beyond. Year W L T Pct. Finish Academy and Falcon swimming hasn't dimin- While we desire success in the pool, we insist 1999 11 2 .846 6th ished a bit. "I love coaching at the Air Force on success in the classroom." Not surprisingly, 2000 8 3 .727 3rd Academy. It is the perfect school for the young the Falcon swimmers and divers were the 2001 9 4 .692 3rd man who is serious about pursuing excellence recipients of the Academy's Team Excellence 2002 6 4 .600 3rd in school, swimming and life. I'm thrilled to Award for the 2003-04 school year. 2003 12 2 .857 2nd wake up and go to work in the morning," said Clayton is a 1991 graduate of Wyoming 2004 8 4 .667 2nd 2005 13 7 .650 5th Clayton. where he earned a bachelor's degree in chem- 2006 8 4 1 .654 3rd Clayton has led the Falcons to a 92-40-1 ical engineering. While at Wyoming, Clayton 2007 13 3 .813 3rd overall dual record and seven top-three finish- was one of the premier swimmers in the 2008 4 7 .364 4th es in the MWC. After a sixth-place league fin- Western Athletic Conference. Totals 92 40 1 .695 -- ish his first season, Clayton led the Falcons to A four-year letterman, Clayton swam in third-place finishes in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006 the NCAA Championships in the 200 freestyle, WAC champions and several WAC champion and 2007. In 2003 and 2004, the Falcons fin- 200 IM and 400 IM. He stole the show at the relay teams at BYU. Additionally, he coached ished second at the MWC Championships. In 1991 conference championships, winning the an NCAA finalist and an athlete to a spot on addition, Clayton was named MWC Men’s 200 and 400 individual medley, becoming only the U.S. National team in the summer of 1997. Coach of the Year in 2007. the second Cowboy to ever win an IM confer- He was very active in USA Swimming during At USAFA, Clayton has coached men to 18 ence title. His time in the 400 IM set a confer- his time in Utah, serving as a senior coach with individual conference championships and two ence championship record. Hilltop Aquatic Swim Team in American Fork, relay conference championships. Eight of his Clayton excelled outside the pool as well. Utah. swimmers have competed in the Olympic His 3.75 grade point average in chemical engi- Clayton came to the Academy in 1997 Trials, including this past summer when five neering helped earn him Academic All- and made an immediate impact on the pro- former and current Falcons participated in the American honors. He received the WAC's Stan gram. He worked with women's coach Casey Trials. In addition to the team's success in the Bates Award in 1991, as the league's most out- Converse to coach the Academy's first woman pool, Clayton’s swimmers have earned more standing student-athlete. The Bates Award is to qualify for the NCAA Division I than 115 academic all-conference honors and the most prestigious award an athlete in the Championships. Clayton then took over the 17 MWC Scholar-Athlete selections, while five conference can win. reins of the men's program for the 1998-99 others were both designated Academic All- Following college, Clayton served as an season. Americans by the College Swimming Coaches age group coach for the Fort Collins Area Swim In addition to his coaching duties, Clayton Association of America. Clearly, Clayton Team (FAST). also instructs cadets in swimming and water expects excellence in the classroom as well as In the fall of 1991, he began a six-year survival classes. He was recognized for his the pool. stint as the men's assistant coach at Brigham teaching accomplishments by being named Young University. the 2003-04 Department of Athletics Civilian While at BYU, Instructor of the Year and was recently named Clayton was instru- the Aquatics Instructor of the Semester. mental in building Clayton comments on his teaching duties, "I one of the most enjoy teaching aquatics classes. It provides me successful swim- with opportunity to interact with the rest of ming programs in the cadets at the Air Force Academy." the region. The Originally from Fort Collins, Colo., Clayton Cougars won the was a standout swimmer at Rocky Mountain 1996 WAC title, High School where he was a four-year letter- their first since man. The 39-year-old Clayton is married to the 1979. During former Kelly Costigan, a 1992 graduate of the Clayton's tenure in Academy who competed for the women's ten- Provo, BYU never nis team. They have three sons, Robert, Daniel finished below third and Joshua, and two daughters, Noel and at the WAC Anna. The Claytons are very active in their Championships. church, International Anglican Church, and Clayton helped live in Monument. coach 11 individual

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Stan Curnow Head Diving Coach 16th year BYU (1977)

Stan Curnow ence titles, 17 All-Americans and two begins his 16th NCAA Division I champions. year with the A native of Denver, Colo., Curnow Falcons as head diving coach, the longest was named a high school All-American in tenure in Academy history for a diving coach. diving and was a champion performer on During his first 15 years, Curnow has con- the trampoline. He attended BYU and Curnow, shown with his family, is a three-time tinued Air Force’s proud tradition in diving. graduated in 1977 with a degree in phys- Mountain West Conference Diving Coach of the Year Three women have earned first-team All- ical education. He completed his mas- American honors at the Division II level while ter’s degree in the same field in 1978. As a the men annually place among the confer- competitor at BYU, Curnow was the Western ence’s elite. For the last three years, a Falcon Athletic Conference diving champion three has won the men’s platform dive at the MWC out of four years and earned All-American Championships (Brady Lindberg in 2006 and honors in 1972 and 1974. He was also a final- 2007, Kyle Van Valkenburg in 2008). ist in the 1972 Olympic Trials. Outside of the pool, Curnow has been an Curnow was named the Mountain West asset to the Academy as well, being named Conference’s diving coach of the year in 2001, the 1998 athletic department Instructor of the 2002 and 2006, and was formerly a member Year. of the NCAA Diving Rules Committee. Curnow came to Air Force from BYU, where he coached for 14 years. His record there was impeccable, including 26 confer- Capt. Charlie Toth Assistant Coach Second year USAFA (2001)

Capt. Charlie expectations in the pool and beyond,” said Toth enters his Toth. Additionally, he was an All-American second season water polo player in 2000 and was awarded as the Air Force men’s swimming assistant an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the coach. Academy’s Athletic Excellence Award in A 2001 graduate of the Academy, Toth 2001. earned four letters as a sprinter and four let- Toth received his master’s degree in ters as a goalie for the water polo team. Toth management/business administration in became Air Force’s first Mountain West 2005 and served as an Air Force bioenviron- Conference champion when he won the 100 mental engineer for six years. Prior to freestyle in 2000. Toth still holds school returning to the Academy, Toth was sta- records in the 50 and 100 freestyle and was a tioned at Aviano AB, Italy. During that time, member of the 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle he was a swimmer/coach for the AIRNORTH and 200 medley relay record-setting teams. He Swimming Championships held annually in swam at the 2001 NCAA Championships and Europe. the 2000 Olympic Trials. In addition, Toth was deployed to Iraq places.” As a cadet, Toth was named the most from January 2007 to May 2007, where he Toth is married to the former Alessia valuable swimmer in 2000 and 2001 and the served as the Bioenvironmental Engineering Annoni of Tradate, Italy. most valuable water polo player in 2001. “The Flight Commander. “My experience in the Air Academy was the perfect setting and enabled Force has been amazing,” said Toth. “I have me to realize my potential and far exceed my done so many things and been to so many

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 3 Academic Support/Frequently Asked Questions

Academic Support

Assisting the Air Force swimming & diving teams are the officer representatives. The OR’s, as they are known to the cadets, assist the Falcons in all phases of academics. The OR’s monitor the academic progress of the swimmers and divers. In addition to providing support at the Academy, the officer representatives travel with the team, providing academic monitoring/counseling, tutoring, logistic support and serving as military role models.

This year’s officer representatives are (from left to right): Lt. Col. Thomas Lear, Maj. Melissa May, Maj. Michael May and Capt. Blake Williams.

Frequently Asked Questions... Head coach Rob Clayton answers some frequently asked questions about the Air Force swimming program:

 WHAT IS YOUR TRAINING PHILOSOPHY AT AIR FORCE? We are as our regimen is concerned, during our off-season, we generally train a military academy, so there is a balance between academics, athlet- as one team but our distance guys frequently receive additional train- ics and military (although most of the military training is done during ing. Then during the season, we have different groups (distance, mid- the summers). However, we are a Division I program and train accord- dle distance, strokes, sprinters, IM) that will have individualized work- ingly. We compete in the Mountain West Conference (BYU, UNLV, outs. Utah, TCU and Wyoming) and continually strive to qualify guys for the NCAA Championships. This year, three of our guys got their Olympic  WHAT IS THE COMMITMENT OF THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Trials cuts and our training has reflected their accomplishments. IN TERMS OF FUNDING FOR TRAVEL, EQUIPMENT, ETC.? We have unsurpassed support from our athletic department. We normally  HOW MANY DIFFERENT COACHES AND TRAINERS DO YOUR travel 16-20 guys on our trips and everything is paid for. We also take SWIMMERS WORK WITH? I have been at the Academy for 10 years a Christmas training trip (San Diego, Fort Lauderdale, Hawaii, Tucson) and Charlie Toth, the assistant coach and 2001 graduate, has been every year and everything is paid for there as well. There is no cost back at the Academy since September 2007. We also have a strength put on the swimmers and there is NO fundraising. Additionally, we and conditioning coach and a full-time athletic trainer assigned to our are sponsored by Nike, so every swimmer receives a good supply of team. In addition, the women’s team has a head coach and an assis- Air Force Swimming gear every year. We swim in Nike suits during the tant coach but we generally train as men’s teams and women’s teams. season and then compete in Speedo for the Championship meets.

 WHAT IS THE TEAM ATMOSPHERE LIKE? (i.e. Does the team do  WHAT IS YOUR TEAM'S AVERAGE GPA? Our team’s average GPA random activities outside of swimming just to hang out with each this year was 3.0 and usually hovers right around there. other? Do swimmers room with other swimmers? etc.) The team atmosphere is a complete cohesive unit. The team goes to football  IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL ME games as a team, camping trips as a team and many other activities. ABOUT YOUR PROGRAM THAT I HAVE FAILED TO ASK ABOUT Because of the challenges that are involved with a military academy, ABOVE? I just wanted to explain the Academy and how things work. the team forms a very tight bond. The pool is the place where they No one here is on an “athletic scholarship.” Everyone receives an come together, work hard and achieve goals together. In regards to appointment and everything is paid for while you are here (room, the question about rooming together, each student is put into a board, meals, etc). In fact, the students receive a monthly stipend in squadron (roughly 100 students per squadron, 40 squadrons, total addition that starts at about $120/month as a freshman and goes up student body of approximately 4000) randomly, so most of the swim- to about $800/month as a senior. All students are undergraduate stu- mers do not room with other swimmers. Last year, we had two fresh- dents. There are 32 different majors that range in many possibilities. men room together. The big difference is that when you graduate, you are commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force. About half (about 500) of the  WHAT IS AN AVERAGE WEEK OF TRAINING LIKE IN TERMS OF graduates will go off to pilot training. The other half will go off to var- PRACTICE TIME, YARDAGE, DRYLAND, ETC.? We train every other ious other jobs to include additional schooling. Think of an Air Force morning (lift and swim) and every afternoon for roughly 2.5 hours (to base as a little community and all the jobs that are required. The Air include dryland). The distance varies by workout but usually it is Force requires doctors, civil engineers, meteorologists, police officers, about 6000 yards for our middle distance group. However, when we etc. If you decide not to fly, the service commitment is five years; for do power days, we swim much less. Our weight room training is flyers, the commitment is 10 years. You can think of that in one of two designed especially for swimmers by our strength and conditioning ways—as a service commitment, or as a guaranteed job that pays you coach. Additionally, we TIVO normally every other day before practice a competitive salary and includes unsurpassed benefits. for about 30 minutes and concentrate on starts/turns/strokes. As far

4 2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 2008-09 Outlook

Bryan Avery mile,” said Clayton. “He had a break- Erickson of Moraga, Calif. through season last year and contin- Meanwhile, the diving team is led by jun- ues to improve. In his off-season, he ior Kyle Van Valkenburg, the returning confer- has made some commitments to ence champion in the platform. Also an all- changing the way he races and the conference performer in the 1-meter spring- way he swims. I think he’s ready to board event, Van Valkenburg will look to make another huge leap forward in defend his title in the platform and continue his swimming.” the streak of Air Force champions in the event Also returning for the class of 2010 (following Brady Lindberg, who won the title in are Greg Edmonds and Chris Morin, 2006 and 2007). who both had solid sophomore cam- Classmate David Arlington is also a tal- paigns. After decent freshman sea- ented diver who is expected to contribute to sons, both showed great improve- the team’s success. He certainly has shown ment over the past season. Edmonds that he has the ability to contend for a confer- After a rebuilding year in 2007-08, the Air now ranks among the Academy’s top 10 in ence title, earning All-MWC honors in the 3- Force men’s swimming and diving team will both breaststroke events, while Morin is meter dive as a freshman. look to continue its progress this season, build- ranked in the top 10 in the 100 fly and 100 Adding valuable experience is senior ing on the accomplishments of some of its top breast. Randy Rogers, who has shown improvement athletes. The Falcons return three swimmers The sophomore class of swimmers is over the past few seasons, and sophomore who qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in seven-deep, with Benjamin Gunn leading the Nathaniel Gilbert. Meanwhile, two newcom- June, along with the 2008 Mountain West way. Gunn was the youngest Air Force swim- ers join the diving corps, as Jesse Bicknell and Conference platform diving champion. mer to qualify for the Olympic Trials after a Cheyne Clark are expected to be contributors, “The exciting thing is that we’ve come off standout freshman campaign. An all-confer- especially in the years to come. a great spring and summer training, especially ence performer in the 100 and 200 butterfly “Our men’s team will be solid,” said diving with the three Olympic Trial athletes,” said events, Gunn also proved himself as one of the coach Stan Curnow. “We’ll have depth and men’s swimming head coach Rob Clayton. top backstrokers in Air Force history. hopefully we’ll be consistent.” “Even beyond that, all of our returning guys “Ben looks terrific,” said Clayton. “It looks Among the highlights on this year’s swim- did a super job in our off-season training pro- like he’s made a quantum leap from last year. ming schedule include a dual meet at service gram and have come into the season in great He had that stellar freshman season, but he academy rival Army on Oct. 31. The Falcons shape and ready to build on what we did last looks like he’s going to be even better this will also head to the Big West Shootout and year. We’re really excited about this season.” year.” the prestigious Nike Cup, both hosted by UC Bryan Avery, who set the Air Force school Tom Hansen also had a solid season in his Irvine, while they head to Tucson, Ariz., for record in the 100 butterfly at last year’s MWC first year at the Academy, and adds great depth their annual Christmas Break training. Of Championships, leads the senior class as this in the distance events along with O’Keefe. course, there is the always challenging year’s team captain. The conference runner-up Meanwhile, great things are also expected Mountain West Conference dual slate in in the 200 freestyle last year, Avery was one of from Josh Hammervold, whose performance preparation for the conference meet at the the three current Falcons who competed at at the conference meet was hampered by ill- end of February. this U.S. Olympic Trials this past summer. ness. Meanwhile, for the diving team, the key Joining him at the Trials was classmate Justin Other sophomore swimmers include events are the Arizona Diving Invitational in Day, a breaststroke specialist who earned all- Robert Dawson, Jared Jaime, Karl Mohrmann mid-November, as well as the Air Force conference honors in the 100 breast. Kai and Eric Robinson, who are all expected to Invitational at the end of January. The invita- Yamashiro returns to anchor the backstroke show improvement over the season. tionals provide the Falcons with a champi- events after winning All-MWC accolades in “We usually see a huge bump between a onship-meet atmosphere, while also giving both the 100 and 200 back in 2008, while Nick guy’s freshman year and his sophomore year,” them the opportunity to compete on the plat- Dixon also posted some impressive times at said Clayton. “We have some great talent in form, an event which has been strong for Air the conference meet as a finalist in the 200 fly. that class of 2011, and they’re ready to step up Force in recent years. Rounding out the swimmers’ senior class and be right at the top of the Mountain West With so many changes around the are Spencer Butt, Matt Jurcak and Layne Conference.” Mountain West Conference—from graduated Wilson, who are all expected to help lead the The incoming class of swimmers features superstars to highly touted recruiting classes— team in their final year at the Academy. eight athletes, some of whom are expected to the Falcons are ready to get back into the top “Our seniors have had great careers here contribute immediately. Among them is Kaleb three of the league in 2008-09. at the Air Force Academy and are hoping to fin- Jenkins, who just missed qualifying for the ish off really strong at the conference meet,” Olympic Trials in the 100 butterfly. Nate said Clayton. “With Avery and Day coming off Roesler will also add his talent in the but- their Olympic Trial experience, they’re ready Kyle Van Valkenburg terfly, as a standout from Minnesota. to win some Mountain West Conference Corydon Butler and Cole Smith should help championships and hopefully make it to the out in the distance events after tremendous NCAA Championships.” seasons in their final year in high school. The junior class is led by distance Meanwhile, Cody Deacon returns to the freestyler Sean O’Keefe, who recorded a pair Academy after a medical turnback year and of NCAA ‘B’ standard marks at the MWC is ready to compete after a year of extra Championships in 2008, en route to all-confer- training. ence honors in the 200, 500 and 1650 freestyle Rounding out the group of newcomers events. are Aleks Ans of Lithia, Fla., Johnathan Cox “Sean is ready to challenge for Mountain from Kingwood, Texas, and Nathan West championship titles in the 500 and the

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 5 2008-09 Men’s Roster

Name Cl. Ht. Event(s) Hometown (High School) Aleks Ans Fr. 5-9 Fly/IM Lithia, Fla. (Newsome) David Arlington Jr. 5-9 Diving Eagle River, Alaska (Pacific Northern Academy) *Bryan Avery Sr. 6-2 Free/Fly/IM Mililani, Hawaii (Mililani) Jesse Bicknell Fr. 5-9 Diving Westtown, Pa. (Minisink Valley) Corydon Butler Fr. 6-2 Freestyle Williamsburg, Va. (Jamestown) Spencer Butt Sr. 5-10 Breaststroke Sterling, Va. (Potomac Falls) Cheyne Clark Fr. 5-11 Diving Bainbridge Island, Wash. (Bainbridge) Johnathan Cox Fr. 6-2 Freestyle Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood) Robert Dawson Fr. 6-1 Freestyle Colorado Springs, Colo. (Rampart) Justin Day Sr. 6-1 Breaststroke Peyton, Colo. (Home School) Cody Deacon Fr. 5-9 Breast/IM Portland, Ore. (Lake Oswego) Nick Dixon Sr. 5-10 Fly/IM Canton, Mich. (Plymouth-Salem) Greg Edmonds Jr. 5-9 Breaststroke Fairfax Station, Va. (Hayfield Secondary School) Nathan Erickson Fr. 5-10 Back/IM Moraga, Calif. (Campolindo) Nathaniel Gilbert So. 5-10 Diving River Falls, Wis. (River Falls) Benjamin Gunn So. 6-1 Fly/Back Gainesville, Ga. (Riverside Military Academy) Josh Hammervold So. 6-1 Breast/IM Sugar Land, Texas (Hightower) Tom Hansen So. 6-0 Freestyle Berkeley Heights, N.J. (Governor Livingston) Jared Jaime So. 6-2 Free/Fly Anchorage, Alaska (Grace Christian) Kaleb Jenkins Fr. 5-11 Fly/IM Savannah, Ga. (Richmond Hill) Matt Jurcak Sr. 6-4 Free/Back Plymouth, Mich. (Plymouth-Salem) Karl Mohrmann So. 5-10 Butterfly Lake Forest, Ill. (Lake Forest) Chris Morin Jr. 5-10 Fly/Free/Breast Crown Point, Ind. (Crown Point) Sean O'Keefe Jr. 6-0 Freestyle Lake Oswego, Ore. (Jesuit) Eric Robinson So. 6-0 Free/Fly Lakewood, Colo. (D’Evelyn) Nate Roesler Fr. 6-1 Butterfly Hastings, Minn. (Hastings) Randy Rogers Sr. 5-8 Diving Fort Worth, Texas (Arlington Heights) Cole Smith Fr. 6-1 Free/IM Charlotte, N.C. (Hickory Grove Christian) Kyle Van Valkenburg Jr. 5-8 Diving Tucson, Ariz. (St. Gregory College Prep) Layne Wilson Sr. 6-2 Breast/IM Austin, Texas (Lake Travis) Kai Yamashiro Sr. 5-10 Back/IM Kaneohe, Hawaii (Iolani)

Head Coach: Rob Clayton (Wyoming, 1991) Assistant Coach: Capt. Charlie Toth (USAFA, 2001) Diving Coach: Stan Curnow (BYU, 1977) Managers: Thiago Huxley, Anthony Jadick, Catherine Robertson (diving), Joshua Stevens * Denotes Team Captain

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Bryan Bryan’s Personal Bests

Avery 100 free 45.33 Sr. √ 6-2 √ Free/Fly/IM 200 free 1:37.22 Mililani, Hawaii 500 free 4:31.26 (Mililani) 100 fly 48.38* 200 fly 1:50.10 Team captain for 2008-09 season … one of three current Air Force * Denotes school record swimmers to qualify for 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials … competed in the 100 butterfly at the meet held in June. 2007-08 Highlights: Named team MVP … conference runner-up in the trade places with one of his teammates for a day, it would be Matt 200 freestyle for the second-straight season, earning individual all-con- Jurcak, because “he has an ice cream maker and a big screen” … ference honors … mark of 1:37.22 in the event was an NCAA ‘B’ stan- favorite quote: “Fear is where there is no love. Love is where there is no dard and ranks second all-time in the Air Force record book … member fear.” –Axl Rose. of All-MWC 800 free relay and 400 medley relay teams … also set the school record in the 100 butterfly with a mark of 48.38 during a time trial at the MWC Championships … conference finalist in both the 100 Spencer free (seventh) and 200 fly (eighth) … moved up on the Falcons’ top 10 lists in the 100 free (seventh), 500 free (seventh) and 200 fly (ninth) … Butt named MWC Co-Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 25. 2006-07 Highlights: Member of the first-team All-MWC 800 free relay Sr. √ 5-10 √ Breaststroke team which set a new school record (6:34.64) ... also earned all-confer- Sterling, Va. ence honors in the 200 free, posting the third-fastest time in school his- tory (1:38.17) to tie for second ... posted a school top 10 time in the (Potomac Falls) prelims of the 200 butterfly (1:50.1) before finishing sixth to earn All- MWC honors ... consolation finalist in the 500 free. At AFA: Reached the con- 2005-06 Highlights: Consolation finalist in the 1650 free at the MWC solation finals of the 200 Championships. breaststroke at the 2008 High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming at Mililani HS ... MWC Championships … Hawaii long course state champion ... on Hawaii state all-star team and named to MWC All- team MVP three times ... on the all-star team four times ... OIA cham- Academic team in 2006 pion as a junior and senior ... team captain as a senior ... on the honor and 2008. roll and graduated Magna Cum Laude … coached by John and Kevin High School: Four-year Flanagan with the Kamehameha Swim Club. letterwinner in swimming Personal: Member of cadet squadron 33 ... majoring in systems engi- at Potomac Falls HS ... neering human factors ... son of Kirk and Jeanne Avery … has four coached by Holly Ward … younger siblings, Ben (18), Kevin (16), Daniel (12) and Kalyn (8) ... helped swim team to four father, Kirk, was a wrestler at the University of Missouri-Rolla ... enjoys district championships ... “reading, taking naps, cooking, listening to music, dancing with myself, swam for the AVST swim team, coached by Eric Moore … National watching movies, camping and random adventures with the ’09 fellas” Honor Society member. ... plans to be a communications officer after graduation and possibly Personal: Member of cadet squadron 4 ... son of Arthur and Deborah join the World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) down the road … greatest Butt … has three younger siblings, Alex (20), Meghan (18) and Nicole moment in sports was qualifying for the Olympic Trials … favorite (18) ... majoring in math ... future plans are to be a “super scientist” … movies are The Shawshank Redemption and The Dark Knight … person favorite food is tacos … what is on his iPod: Wolf Parade, The Flaming in history he’d most like to meet is Miyamoto Musashi, because “he car- Lips, Ben Folds and Andrew W.K. … favorite movie is The Life Aquatic ried a samurai sword and was the best with it” … favorite athlete is with Steve Zissou … biggest influence on his sports career has been Eric Ryan Lochte … if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be MTV Moore, because “he taught me how to be an athlete and what it takes True Life: I Go to USAFA … biggest influence on his sport career was to succeed in swimming” … something not many people know about Kalen Darling, because “he helped me find my love for swimming again him is that he is a business owner … favorite quote: “Aim careful, and when I wanted to quit, and I haven’t looked back since” … if he could look the devil in the eye.” Spencer’s Personal Bests

100 breast 59.47 200 breast 2:07.26

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Justin Nick Day Dixon Sr. √ 6-1 √ Breaststroke Sr. √ 5-10 √ Fly/IM Peyton, Colo. Canton, Mich. (Home School) (Plymouth-Salem)

One of three current Air Force swimmers to qualify for 2008 U.S. 2007-08 Highlights: Placed seventh in the 200 butterfly at the MWC Olympic Trials … competed in the 100 breaststroke at the meet held in Championships … consolation finalist in the 200 and 400 IM … owned June. the team’s second-fastest times for the season in all three events. 2007-08 Highlights: Finished third in the 100 breast at the MWC 2005-06 Highlights: Consolation finalist in the 400 IM, 200 fly and 1650 Championships, earning all-conference honors with a mark of 55.43, free at MWC Championships … named to MWC All-Academic team. the third-fastest time in school history … member of all-conference 400 High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming at Plymouth-Salem medley relay team … consolation finalist in the 200 breast at the MWC HS ... seven-time all-state selection in the 200 IM and 100 back ... five- Championships … time of 2:04.46 in the 200 breast ranks 10th in Air time All-American selection in the 200 IM and 100 back ... along with Force history. fellow Falcon Matt Jurcak, led Plymouth-Salem to conference champi- 2006-07 Highlights: Swam on 200 medley relay team at MWC onships in 2002 and 2003 ... team MVP in 2004 and 2005 ... high school Championships ... finished seventh in 100 breaststroke with fourth- swimming coach was Chuck Olson ... member of National Honor fastest time in school history (56.06) in the prelims ... consolation final- Society ... USS Scholastic All-American. ist in the 200 breast. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 28 ... majoring in social science ... 2005-2006 Highlights: Placed eighth in the 100 breast at MWC enjoys movies, eating and just having fun ... has a younger brother, Jon Championships with fifth-fastest time in school history (56.98) in the (17) ... son of Bryce and Betty Dixon. prelims. High School: Home-schooled but competed for Liberty HS for two years and Lewis-Palmer HS for senior year ... three-time all-league selection by the Gazette ... named most valuable athlete in 2003, 2004 and 2005 ... on the Liberty Wall of Fame ... three-time Colorado Springs Metro Champion in the 100 breast. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 7 ... majoring in economics ... enjoys “caroling at retirement homes, driving with the top down, stargazing and watching the sun set” ... has seven siblings ... son of Roger and Carol Day.

Justin’s Personal Bests Nick’s Personal Bests

100 breast 55.43 200 IM 1:52.72 200 breast 2:04.46 400 IM 4:02.56 200 fly 1:50.50

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Matt Randy Jurcak Rogers Sr. √ 6-4 √ Free/Back Sr. √ 5-8 √ Diving Plymouth, Mich. Fort Worth, Texas (Plymouth-Salem) (Arlington Heights)

At AFA: Has competed in several dual meets for the Falcons. Diving team captain for 2008-09 season. High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming at Plymouth-Salem 2007-08 Highlights: Finalist in the platform dive at the MWC HS ... coached by Charles Olson … four-time all-conference selection ... Championships, finishing seventh … also placed 12th in the one-meter four-time All-Observerland ... four-time academic all-state ... along with dive and 13th at three-meters. Falcon teammate Nick Dixon, helped lead Plymouth-Salem to confer- 2006-07 Highlights: Finished 14th in the one-meter dive at the MWC ence and division championships in 2002-2003 ... team captain as a Championships ... also a consolation finalist in the platform dive. senior ... member of National Honor Society ... scholar athlete of the 2005-06 Highlights: Had the second-highest one-meter dive scored on year … also swam for the Plymouth-Canton Cruisers, coached by Aaron the team with 229.49 points at the CC/CSM/Metro State three-way Reeder. meet ... also second on the team with 234.15 points in the three-meter Personal: Member of cadet squadron 25 ... son of Brad and Fran Jurcak dive scored against BYU. … has two sisters, Michelle (22) and Carie (18) … majoring in astronau- High School: Four-year letterwinner in swimming & diving at Arlington tical engineering ... hobbies include guitar and camping … favorite food Heights HS ... placed fifth in div- is ice cream … noteworthy thing about his hometown is its world- ing and eighth in the 100 fly at renowned ice sculpture festival … person in history he’d like to meet is the Texas state swim meet ... Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook), “to thank him” … if he could all-regional ... led Arlington be on any reality TV show, it would be Ninja Warrior … biggest influence Heights to district champi- on his sports career has been his high school coach, Charles Olson, onships as a junior and senior ... because “he got me started out on this whole trip with swimming” … high school swimming coach favorite athlete is Michael Jordan … favorite quote: “When the wall was Ron Forrest and diving comes, I’ll touch it” –Coach Rob Clayton. coach was sister Robyn Rogers ... member of National Honor Society ... Jacket scholar. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 17 ... majoring in aeronautical engineering ... enjoys movies and video games ... nickname is Roo ... has two siblings, Rusty (32) and Robyn (30) ... son of Thomas and Sarah Rogers.

Matt’s Personal Bests Randy’s Personal Bests

100 free 47.91 1-meter 246.38 200 free 1:45.17 3-meters 257.35 500 free 4:41.90 Platform 225.60 100 back 56.05 200 back 1:58.19

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Layne Kai Wilson Yamashiro Sr. √ 6-2 √ Breast/Free Sr. √ 5-10 √ Back/IM Austin, Texas Kaneohe, Hawaii (Lake Travis) (Iolani)

At AFA: Three-time MWC All-Academic team selection ... competed at 2007-08 Highlights: All-conference performer in both the 100 and 200 the 2008 Mountain West Championships in the 200 IM and 100 and backstroke events, finishing sixth and fourth, respectively … ranks 200 breaststroke events. fourth in the Air Force record books in both events, with marks of 50.25 High School: Lettered four years in swimming at Lake Travis HS ... first- (100 back) and 1:48.03 (200 back) … named Air Force Male Athlete of team all-state in the 100 back, 200 IM, 400 free and 200 medley relay the Week on Feb. 11. ... second-team all-state in the 100 free ... all-state honorable mention 2006-07 Highlights: Consolation finalist in the 100 and 200 back ... in the 50 free ... led Lake Travis to third -place finish in states and first- posted the seventh-fastest time in school history in the 200 back place finish in region and district ... UIL scholar ... member of National (1:50.54) and eighth-fastest time in the 100 back (51.36). Honor Society ... Lake Travis scholar. 2005-06 Highlights: Consolation finalist in the 100 and 200 back. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 20 ... son of Bruce and Denise High School: Lettered four years in swimming and one year in football Wilson … two siblings, Kyle (18) and Bonnie (15) ... majoring in opera- and volleyball ... swimming All-American ... ILH All-Star in 2004 & 2005 tions research ... plans on attending pilot training after graduation … in the 100 back and 200 IM ... helped lead Iolani to two consecutive nickname is “Willy Wonka” … loves vacations at the beach … favorite state championships ... high school swim coach was Brian Lee. meal is a “nice, big, juicy steak” … enjoys the Colorado outdoors, espe- Personal: Member of cadet squadron 13 ... son of Ward and Nan cially camping, hiking and extreme mountain running … born in Sydney, Yamashiro … brother, Kimo (24), is a 2006 USAFA graduate and was on Australia. the swim team for two years … majoring in legal studies ... hobbies are “surfing left at Pyramid Rock, surfing right at North Beach, long walks on the beach, romantic candle light dinners, reading poetry to the eld- erly and kittens.”

Layne’s Personal Bests Kai’s Personal Bests

200 IM 1:54.38 100 back 50.25 100 breast 59.21 200 back 1:48.03 200 breast 2:07.19 200 IM 1:53.57

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David Greg Arlington Edmonds Jr. √ 5-9 √ Diving Jr. √ 5-9 √ Breaststroke Eagle River, Alaska Fairfax Station, Va. (Pacific Northern Academy) (Hayfield Secondary School)

2007-08 Highlights: Finished At AFA: Consolation finalist in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the 2008 ninth in the one-meter dive, david’s Mountain West Championships … moved onto the Academy’s top 10 10th at three-meters and lists in both events, ranked ninth in the 200 breast (2:04.28) and 10th in 11th in the platform dive at Personal Bests the 100 breast (57.32). High School: Lettered four years in swimming the Mountain West and one year in track ... All-American ... two-time all-district first-team Championships. 1-meter 277.20 ... team captain as a senior ... district title winner in the 100 breast as a 2006-07 Highlights: Earned senior ... swam for Curl Burke swim club and qualified for nationals ... all-conference honors with 3-meter 295.65 high school swim coach was Lisa Broadhead ... club swim coach was fourth-place finish in three- Platform 247.00 Pete Morgan ... National, Science and Music Honor Society member. meter dive ... finished 10th in Personal: Member of cadet squadron 31 ... son of David “Bob” and Ann the conference in the one- Edmonds … has a younger sister, Katie (14) … father is an Air Force pilot meter dive ... consolation and graduate of the Academy, where he played on the tennis and rugby finalist in the platform dive. teams ... majoring in civil engineering ... plans to become a pilot … High School: Lettered four greatest moment in sports was making the Junior National team in high years in diving ... All- school on his last possible swim … hobbies include golf and baseball … American ... was named favorite movie is Gone in 60 Seconds … biggest influence on his sports Pacific Northern Academy career have been his parents, who “always encouraged me to do any- Athlete of the Decade ... High thing I wanted and supported me in everything I did” … pre-race ritual School All-American ... two- is listening to techno music … favorite quotes: “If you’re not first, you’re time regional and state diving last” and “Everybody Wang Chung tonight.” champion ... took second in the USDA Region 10 three-meter Diving Championships in 2006 ... club team was KNIK Aquatics ... coached by Art Saltmarsh. Greg’s Personal Bests Personal: Member of cadet squadron 39 ... has an older sister, Rachel (23) ... son of James and Kim Arlington. 100 breast 57.32 100 breast 2:04.28 200 IM 1:57.29

Nick Dixon and Kai Yamashiro at the 2008 Mountain West The Class of 2009 Conference Championships.

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Chris Sean Morin O’Keefe Jr. √5-10 √ Fly/Free/Breast Jr. √ 6-0 √ Freestyle Crown Point, Ind. Lake Oswego, Ore. (Crown Point) (Jesuit)

2007-08 Highlights: Finalist in the 100 butterfly at the MWC 2007-08 Highlights: All-conference performer in the 200, 500 and 1650 Championships, placing seventh with a mark of 49.12 … time in the 100 freestyle events … finished fourth in the 1650 free, fifth in the 500 free fly is the fifth-best in school history … consolation finalist in the 100 and sixth in the 200 free … posted NCAA ‘B’ standard marks in both the breaststroke … time of 57.12 in the 100 breast ranks ninth in the Air 500 and 1650 free … also swam on the all-conference 800 free relay Force record books … also swam on the 200 medley and 200 free relays team which finished second … ranks third in the Academy record books at the conference meet … named to MWC All-Academic team for sec- in both the 500 free (4:25.83) and 1650 free (15:24.43), fourth in the ond-straight year. 200 free (1:39.10) and fifth in the 1000 free (9:28.15). 2006-2007 Highlights: Consolation finalist in the 100 fly and 100 breast 2006-07 Highlights: Finished ninth in the 1650 free at the MWC … named to MWC All-Academic team. Championships ... consolation finalist in the 200 and 500 free ... record- High School: Lettered four years in swimming and two years in track ... ed Academy top 10 times in the 500 free, 1000 free and 1650 free. All-American in the 50 free and 100 fly ... two-time team MVP... state High School: Lettered four years in swimming ... two-time high school champion in the 100 fly ... team captain ... swam club for Nike Swim All-American in the 200 free and 200 free relay ... team captain as a sen- Team ... high school swim coach was Doug Norris ... club coach was ior, leading Jesuit to state title ... team MVP all four years ... junior Bryon Angerman ... National Honor Society member. national finalist and US Open qualifier for the Tualatin Hills Swim Club. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 14 ... son of Bruce and Bridget Personal: Member of cadet squadron 26 ... majoring in management ... Morin … has two younger brothers, Brendan (17) and Nicholas (12) ... hobbies are cooking, politics and go-cart driving ... has a younger broth- majoring in mathematical science … plans to become a special tactics er, Kyle (17) ... father, Neil, played tennis at LSU ... son of Neil and Cindy officer … hobbies are skydiving, running, skiing and poker ... favorite O’Keefe. movie is Pulp Fiction … person in history he’d like to meet is Napoleon, “to let him know Russia was a really bad idea” … favorite athlete is Ian Thorpe … biggest influence on his sports career has been his high school coach, Doug Norris, who “helped me reach the quantum leap” … spent his summer skydiving across the country … favorite quote: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” –Aristotle.

Sean’s Personal Bests

Chris’s Personal Bests 200 free 1:39.10 500 free 4:25.83 1000 free 9:17.35 50 free 21.33 1650 free 15:24.43 100 free 46.86 100 breast 57.12 100 fly 49.12

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Kyle Robert Van Valkenburg Dawson Jr. √ 5-8 √ Diving So. √ 6-1 √ Freestyle Tucson, Ariz. Colorado Springs, Colo. (St. Gregory College Prep) (Rampart)

2007-08 Highlights: Conference champion in the platform dive … also 2007-08 Highlights: Consolation finalist in the 50 freestyle at the MWC earned all-conference honors at one-meter, finishing fourth … consola- Championships … held the Falcons’ second-fastest 50 free time for the tion finalist at three-meters, finishing ninth … competed at the NCAA season. Zone E Regionals … won the platform event at the Air Force Diving High School: Lettered four years in swimming ... coached by Ron Invitational, while finishing fifth at one-meter and seventh at three- Lockwood … team captain … two-time all-area selection … received All- meters … named MWC Diver of the Week on Oct. 18 and Air Force Male America consideration … swam for the Falfins club team, coached by Athlete of the Week on Feb. 4 … named to the MWC All-Academic Scott Allen … member of National Honor Society. team. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 35 ... son of Greg and Monica 2006-07 Highlights: Finished seventh in platform dive and 12th in the Dawson … has a sister, Gina (17) … nickname is “Stiffler” … majoring in one-meter dive at the MWC Championships ... also a consolation final- engineering management … plans to attend pilot training after leaving ist in three-meter dive. the Academy … greatest moment in sports was USA’s victory over High School: Lettered two years in diving and cross country and four France in the men’s 400 freestyle relay … favorite food is barbecue … years in tennis ... competed for the Tucson Diving Club, coached by hobby is cars … favorite movie is The Fifth Element … person in history Michelle Rocha … all-state as a junior and senior ... regional champion he’d like to meet is his grandma, because “I never had the opportunity” as a junior and senior ... state champion in 2006 ... finished second in … something not many people know about him is that he has a fear of the Nike Invitational as a senior boats … on his iPod: British punk rock … if he could trade places with and third as a junior. one of his teammates for a day, it would be Ben Gunn, “so I could see Personal: Member of cadet what it’s like to be the best” … spent his summer “jumping out of a squadron 37 ... son of Scott and plane five times” … favorite quote: “I shall not waste my days in trying Wendy Van Valkenburg … has an to prolong them” –Ian Fleming. older brother, Zachary (21) ... majoring in political science … favorite movies are Crash, Life of Robert’s Personal Bests David Gale, Lust Caution and Why Did I Get Married? … person in history he’d like to meet is Bob 50 free 20.99 Marley, because “he just seems 100 free 46.77 like a cool guy” … spent part of his summer in China with the Academy’s language immersion program … if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be I Survived a Japanese Game Show … something not many people know about him is that his high school job was being the range boy at a golf course—“I was the person in the tractor that people tried to hit” … if he could trade places with one of his teammates for a day, it would be Ashleigh Peck, because “she always has fun with whatever she’s doing” … favorite quote: “Isn’t it pretty to think so?” –Ernest Hemingway.

Kyle’s Personal Bests

1-meter 306.82 3-meter 308.95 Platform 323.65 Distance standouts Sean O’Keefe and Tom Hansen before a meet at the Academy.

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Nathaniel Benjamin Gilbert Gunn So. √ 5-10 √ Diving So. √ 6-1 √ Fly/Back River Falls, Wis. Gainesville, Ga. (River Falls) (Riverside Military Academy)

At AFA: Competed in sever- One of three current Air Force swimmers to qualify for 2008 U.S. al dual meets … named to Olympic Trials … competed in the 100 butterfly at the meet held in MWC All-Academic team in June. 2008. 2007-08 Highlights: Earned all-conference accolades in both the 100 High School: Lettered two Nathaniel’s and 200 butterfly, finishing sixth and third, respectively, in the events … years in diving ... coached mark of 49.11 in the 100 fly ranks fourth in Air Force history, while time by Roxanne VanDeWater … Personal Bests of 1:48.14 in the 200 fly is tied for fourth in the Falcons’ record books recorded a pair of top 10 … also anchored the all-conference 800 free relay team, which placed finishes at state champi- 1-meter 194.25 second … finalist in the 200 backstroke at the MWC Championships, fin- onships … also lettered a ishing seventh … ranks fifth in Air Force history in the 200 back (1:48.57) year in wrestling. 3-meters 192.15 and ninth in the 100 back (51.05). Personal: Member of cadet Platform 143.95 High School: Lettered two years in swimming ... coached by Marc squadron 3 ... son of Paglia … eight-time all-state selection … two-time All-American as a William and Deanna Gilbert senior … swam for the Lanier Aquatics club team, coached by Jim Young … majoring in electrical … also lettered two years in tennis … member of National Honor Society engineering … named to … class salutatorian. superintendent’s list his first semester at the Academy … plans to Personal: Member of cadet squadron 30 ... son of Joe and Jo Gunn … become a pilot ... one noteworthy thing about his hometown is that has three siblings, Alison (27), Jerry (27) and Max (21) … majoring in for- the Kansas City Chiefs have training camp there … favorite athlete is eign area studies … plans to become a pilot … hobbies include whitewa- Brett Favre, because “he is incredibly passionate about doing what he ter kayaking, guitar and relaxing … favorite food is sushi … favorite loves” … if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Survivor … if movie is Robin Hood: Men in Tights … favorite athlete is Bryan Avery – he could trade places with one of his teammates for a day, it would be “he’s in the dualogy” … favorite quote: “One fish, two fish, red fish, blue Kyle Van Valkenburg, because “he is actually good at what he does” … fish.” favorite quote: “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming— WOW—what a ride!”

Ben’s Personal Bests

50 free 21.63 200 free (relay) 1:38.84 100 back 51.05 200 back 1:48.57 Eric Robinson and Josh Hammervold pose at the SeaWorld gift 100 fly 49.11 shop. 200 fly 1:48.14

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iPod: alternative rock, classic rock, jazz, French music and Christian Josh music … went to Kunsan AB, Korea, for Operation Air Force this past summer … favorite athlete is Michael Phelps … if he could trade places Hammervold with one of his teammates for a day, it would be Justin Day, because “I’ve always wondered what it would be like to swim breaststroke fast” So. √ 6-1 √ Breast/IM … favorite quote: “True soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” –G.K. Sugar land, Texas Chesterton. (Hightower) Tom’s Personal Bests 2007-08 Highlights: Posted the team’s third-fastest time on the season in the 200 breaststroke and 200 and 400 IM events … named to MWC All-Academic team. High School: Lettered three years in swimming … 200 free 1:41.76 coached by Jeff Bonser … state champion in the 100 breaststroke in 500 free 4:30.02 2007 … competed for the Sienna Plantation Aquatics club team, coached by Bill Bailey … named the Outstanding Engineering Computer 1000 free 9:38.96 Design Student … earned the Academic Excellence award for four years. 1650 free 15:54.47 Personal: Member of cadet squadron 32 ... son of Jerry and Sue 200 back 1:52.80 Hammervold … has a sister, Christina (22) … majoring in computer engi- neering … favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption … favorite food is orange chicken … enjoys rock climbing, going to the beach, playing Xbox and watching movies … favorite athlete is Tom Wilkins, because “he went from a no-name swimmer to the Olympics” … club coach Bill Jared Bailey has had the biggest influence on his sports career. Jaime Josh’s Personal Bests So. √ 6-2 √ Free/Fly 200 IM 1:52.87 Anchorage, Alaska 100 breast 56.88 (Grace Christian) 200 breast 2:03.53 2007-08 Highlights: Competed at the season-opening Air Force Invitational ... had season-ending knee surgery following the Air Force Invitational. High School: Lettered two years in swimming … coached by Ben Kitchen … two-time state champion in the 100 butterfly … state champion in Tom the 50 freestyle in 2004 and runner-up in 2003 … named Outstanding Swimmer of the Year in 2004 … team MVP and All-American … compet- Hansen ed for the Northern Lights Swim Club, coached by Ben Kitchen, and ORCA, coached by Mark Tierney … member of National Honor Society. So. 6-0 Freestyle Personal: Member of cadet squadron 8 ... son of Joe Jaime and Teri √ √ Miller … has a sibling, Jordan (18) … nicknames are “Jarweed” and Berkeley Heights, N.J. “Rally” … attended the Academy Prep School … received the top athlet- ic score for his first term at the Prep School … hobbies include anything (Governor Livingston) outdoors, snowboarding and sitting by a warm fire when it’s snowing outside, reading a book … favorite food is ribs … favorite movie is Lord 2007-08 Highlights: Reached the finals in the 500 freestyle at the MWC of the Rings … something not many people know about him is that he Championships, finishing eighth … also finished 12th in the 1650 free … could swim before he could walk … favorite quote: “Worrying is like a posted the Falcons’ second-fastest times of the season in the 500, 1000 rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you any- and 1650 free events … moved into the Academy’s record books in the where.” 500 and 1650 free, ranking sixth and 10th, respectively … named to the MWC All-Academic team. High School: Swam for the Berkeley Aquatic Club … coached by Jim Wood … three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … received the N.J. Swimming High Point Award in 2006 … member of National Jared’s Personal Bests Honor Society and French Honor Society … received a National Merit letter of commendation. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 26 ... son of Paul and Theresa 50 free 21.58 Hansen … has four siblings, Laura (24), Kate (21), Mark (17) and Julie 100 free 47.73 (14) … father, Paul, graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1981 100 fly 51.40 ... sister, Laura, is a 2005 graduate of the Air Force Academy … hobbies include sports, reading, music and relaxing … favorite food is his mom’s homemade stuffing … favorite movie is Citizen Kane … pre-race ritual is to wait to put his goggles on until the last possible opportunity … on his

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friends working toward the same goal” … went to RAF Mildenhall, Karl England, for Operation Air Force this past summer … favorite quote: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; Mohrmann you are mine” –Isaiah 43:1. So. √ 5-10 √ Butterfly Lake Forest, Ill. Eric’s Personal Bests (Lake Forest) 100 free 46.89 2007-08 Highlights: Competed in several dual meets for the Falcons … 200 free 1:41.24 named to the MWC All-Academic team. 500 free 4:35.94 High School: Lettered in swimming for four years … coached by Cindy Dell … three-time state qualifier … three-time recipient of the Coaches 200 fly 1:53.77 Award … competed at Junior Nationals in senior season … went to Speedo Sectionals in seven consecutive seasons … medaled at Speedo's … competed for the Lake Forest Swim Club, coached by Maureen Sheehan … also lettered in water polo two years. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 34 ... son of Richard and Andrea Mohrmann … has two siblings, Sarah (22) and Derek (15) … majoring in Aleks systems engineering management … hobbies include camping, reading and hiking… favorite TV show is Scrubs … favorite movies are Top Gun, Ans Mortal Kombat, Casino Royale, 300 and Boondock Saints … noteworthy thing about his hometown is that it is the home of the Bears’ training Fr. √ 5-9 √ Fly/IM center … biggest influence on his sports career has been his coach, Maureen Sheehan, who has “been my coach for a long time and has Lithia, Fla. gone a long way towards making me better and making sure I love the (Newsome) sport” … advice to young people: High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coach Peter Banks … “Life is an adven- Karl’s Personal swam for the Brandon Blue Wave club team, also coached by Banks … ture, treat it as Bests state finalist in sophomore, junior and senior years … named to USA such. It can be fun Scholastic All-America team in 2007. and exciting, just Personal: Member of cadet squadron 11 ... son of Matthew and remember, it 50 free 22.29 Christine Ans … has a sister, Amanda (12) … favorite movies are Fight might be danger- 100 fly 51.59 Club and Across the Universe … something not many people know ous every once in 200 fly 1:57.14 about him is that he plays the piano … favorite athlete is Ryan Lochte, awhile.” because he is also from Florida … pre-race rituals include listening to Lil’ Wayne and T.I. on his iPod … favorite quote: “I just don’t want to die without a few scars, I say. It’s nothing any more to have a beautiful Eric stock body. You see those cars that are completely stock cherry, right out of a dealer’s showroom in 1955, I always think, what a waste” Robinson –Tyler Durden from Fight Club. So. √ 6-0 √ Free/Fly Jesse Lakewood, Colo. (D’Evelyn) Bicknell

2007-08 Highlights: Consolation finalist in the 200 freestyle and 200 Fr. √ 5-9 √ Diving butterfly at the MWC Championships … named to the MWC All- Westtown, N.Y. Academic team … also named an MWC Scholar-Athlete. High School: Lettered four years in swimming ... coached by Josh Griffin (Minisink Valley) … four-time team MVP … second-team all-conference as a sophomore … two-time first-team all-conference … all-state and All-America as a High School: Lettered three years in swimming and diving for coach senior … set league record in 500 freestyle in senior season … compet- Donna Wolslayer ... two-time state finalist in diving … Section IX cham- ed for the North Jeffco club team, coached by Brett Stoyell … member pion … competed for the West Point Dive Club, coached by Ron of National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta … class valedictorian. Kontura. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 5 ... son of John Robinson and Personal: Member of cadet squadron 33 ... son of James Bicknell and Susan Smith … has a sister, Kimberly (21) … plans to attend pilot train- Ana Romero … has a sister, Courtney (16) … person in history he’d like ing after leaving the Academy … hobbies include swimming, snow- to meet is Jacques Rousseau, “to see what he would think of my out- boarding and sleeping … favorite movie is The Dark Knight … favorite look on life” … something not many people know about him is that he athlete is John Elway, because “he is amazing and won two Super Bowls can “draw real well” … favorite athlete is Paul Hamm, because he for the Broncos” … the biggest influence on his sports career has been “made gymnastics his own” … favorite quote: “You are always on his teammates here, because “I am constantly reminded that we are all parade.”

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Corydon Johnathan Butler Cox Fr. √ 6-2 √ Freestyle Fr. √ 6-2 √ Freestyle Williamsburg, Va. Kingwood, Texas (Jamestown) (Kingwood)

High School: Lettered two High School: Swam for four years in swimming ... coached years at Kingwood High School by Molly Sandling and Matt ... coached by Russell Duin … Dryden … swam for the team won mythical national Williamsburg Aquatic Club, championship in 2006, state coached by Harold Baker. championship in 2007 … team Personal: Member of cadet finished third in the state in squadron 34 ... son of Cory 2008 … swam for the Blue Tide and Allison Butler … has three Aquatics club, coached by siblings, Cameron (16), Dane Kevin Milak … named to the (12) and Mason (10) … plans to become a pilot … hobbies include fish- honor roll. ing and sailing … favorite food is fettucine alfredo with chicken … Personal: Full name is Johnathan Ryan Cox … also goes by Ryan … mem- favorite athlete is Brett Favre, because “he reigns supreme in the foot- ber of cadet squadron 29 ... son of Bruce and Christine Cox … nickname ball world” … most noteworthy things about his hometown is “Frodo” … plans to become a pilot … member of the Basic Training (Williamsburg, Va.) are Jamestown 1607 and the “757 athletes” … if he Honor Squadron … hobbies include guitar and flying … favorite food is could trade places with any of his teammates for a day, it would be ice cream ... favorite movie is Fight Club … pre-meet ritual: eat pancakes Robert Dawson, because “he’s a sprinter” … pre-race ritual is to “listen before every meet … on his iPod: rock music and techno … favorite to some Wheezy” … favorite quote: “A hero is no braver than an ordi- quote: “Don’t fight a battle if you don’t gain anything by winning” nary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson. –Erwin Rommel. Cheyne Cody Clark Deacon Fr. 5-9 Breast/IM Fr. √ 5-11 √ Diving √ √ Bainbridge Island, Wash. Portland, Ore. (Bainbridge) (Lake Oswego)

High School: Lettered four High School: Lettered four years in swimming and diving ... coached by years in swimming for coach Kaycee Taylor … four-time state finalist in diving … All-American and Don King ... team captain in second-place state finisher in 2007-08 season … team captain in 2007- junior and senior seasons … 08 … state finalist in team relays for three years … finished third in the four-time state finalist … All- state in the 200 medley relay with a new school record … competed for American in the 100 breast- the Bainbridge Island Dive Club, coached by Chris Miller … also lettered stroke as a senior … Academic three years in water polo and three years in track and field … All-West All-American in senior year … Washington first-team goalie … water polo team captain in 2006-07 … four-year member of National three-time Metro League champion and two-time state qualifier in the Honor Society … also swam for pole vault … holds school record of 15’ … team captain in 2007-08 sea- Tualatin Hills Swim Club, coached by Linck Bergen. son. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 37 ... son of Gregg and Shauna Personal: Member of cadet squadron 22 ... son of Craig and Celia Clark Deacon … has one brother, DJ (27) … planning to major in engineering … has one sister, Caroline (20) … plans to become a pilot … hobbies … plans to become a pilot … hobbies include SCUBA and traveling … include wakeboarding, skiing and hiking … favorite movie is Gladiator … greatest moment in sports was Jason Lezak finishing the 400 free relay on his iPod: everything but country and metal … favorite athlete is John in Beijing … favorite movie is Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ... biggest influence on Roethlisberger, three-time Olympic gymnast, because he “always had his career have been his parents, because “they allowed me to partici- amazing sportsmanship and always seemed to be having so much fun pate in any sport I wanted and always provided positive motivation” … while competing” … pre-meet ritual is eating two strips of bacon, a favorite athlete is Brendan Hansen, because “he’s not that big, he just bagel without cream cheese and Gatorade … favorite quote: “It is one has an amazing work ethic” … favorite quote: “Don’t take life too seri- of the greatest compensations in life, that no man can sincerely try to ously. No one makes it out alive anyway.” help another, without helping himself.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson.

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 17 Meet The Falcons

Nathan Nate Erickson Roesler Fr. √ 5-10 √ Back/IM Fr. √ 6-1 √ Butterfly Moraga, Calif. Hastings, Minn. (Campolindo) (Hastings)

High School: Lettered four High School: Lettered six years in swimming for coach Jerry Rupp ... years in swimming for coach two-time All-American in the 100 butterfly … three-time all-state hon- Ron Heidery ... five-time All- oree … five-time all-conference performer … holds school record in 100 American … team was a four- fly and 200 medley relay … team captain in junior and senior seasons … time CIF North Coast Section 4 named to academic honor roll all four years of high school … member Champion … also swam for the of National Honor Society … also swam for the Black Dog club team, Orinda Aquatics club team, coached by Rocky O’Neill. also coached by Heidery. Personal: Member of cadet squadron 1 ... son of Mark and Laura Personal: Member of cadet Roesler … has three siblings, Carl (20), Leah (16) and Telma (9) … major- squadron 12 ... son of Bernie ing in political science … was the outstanding basic for his flight during and Ann Erickson … has one sister, Eva (15) … plans to become a pilot BCT (Basic Cadet Training) … greatest moment in sports was winning … hobby is surfing … favorite movie is Gladiator … person in history he’d sections in the 100 fly by .02 in his senior year … hobbies include sleep- most like to meet is Alexander the Great, “one of the greatest leaders ing, eating and disc golf … favorite movie is 28 Days Later … most note- in history” … something not many people know about him is that he worthy thing about his hometown is that it used to have a spiral bridge doesn’t like potatoes … favorite athlete is Monte Ellis ... if he could … favorite athlete is Kirby Puckett, trade places with one of his teammates for a day, it would be Cody because “he made the coolest Deacon, because “he can do breaststroke” … pre-race rituals are listen- catches and stayed with the Twins ing to music and eating power bars … the biggest influence on his sports his whole career” … pre-race ritu- career has been his mom, because “she would always work out more al is tightening his goggles “way than me so I would never be able to think that she doesn’t understand too tight constantly” … favorite how tired I am” … favorite quote: “Just be happy.” quote: “I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It’s the smell of victory” –Apocalypse Now. Kaleb Jenkins Cole Smith Fr. √ 5-11 √ Fly/IM Savannah, Ga. Fr. √ 6-1 √ Free/IM (Richmond Hill) Charlotte, N.C. (Hickory Grove Christian) High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coach High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coach David Haynes Pat Paruso ... also swam for ... state champion in the 200 and 500 freestyle events as a senior … also the Georgia Costal Aquatic swam for the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club, coached by David Marsh, Team, coached by Bill Thad Schultz and Kathy McKee … class president freshman through jun- Forrester. ior years … student body president as a senior … Eagle Scout. Personal: Member of cadet Personal: Full name is Warren Cole Smith … member of cadet squadron squadron 4 ... son of Mike and 9 ... son of Warren and Anna Marie Smith … has three siblings, Brittany Kim Jenkins … has two siblings, (22), Walker (15) and Morgan (8) … favorite movie is Master and Kara (21) and Preston (14) … Commander … has played the piano for 10 years and guitar and drums plans to become a pilot … nickname is “Leroy” … hobby is sports … for four years … person in history he’d like to meet is Lance P. Sijan, favorite food is ice cream … if he could trade places with any of his because “he was extremely courageous and never faltered” … some- teammates for a day, it would be a firsty, “because they’re firsties” … thing not many people know something not many people know about him is that he can sing pretty about him is that he built his own well … pre-race rituals are to sleep, listen to music and eat … most note- road bike and rides it often … worthy thing about his hometown is that it was the only city not burned favorite athlete is Jackie Robinson, in Sherman’s March during the Civil War … favorite quote: “Only two because “he was more than simply defining forces have ever offered to die for you…Jesus Christ and the an athlete” … pre-race ritual is to American Soldier. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.” listen to music … on his iPod: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty, John Mayer, U2 and the Papertongues.

18 2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 2007-08 Season Review

Date Opponent Results (4-7 overall, 1-3 MWC/4th) 10/13 Colorado School of Mines W, 203-40 10/13 Denver L, 110-131 10/13 Metro State W, 192-38 10/19-20 at Early Bird Invitational 1st 11/2 at TCU* L, 112-131 11/3 at SMU L, 93-147 11/15-17 at Nike Cup 3rd 1/4 at UC San Diego W, 76-37 1/12 at Denver L, 92-146 1/19 at UNLV* L, 123-176 1/24 BYU* L, 93.5-147.5 1/26 Utah* W, 167-131 2/9 at Wyoming* L, 123-175 2/27-3/1 2008 MWC Championships (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 4th

Team Captain: Spencer Liedl Honors and Awards:

Team MVP: Bryan Avery MWC Champion - Kyle Van Valkenburg (Platform Diving) Bryan Avery was named the men’s swimming MVP for the 2007-08 sea- son. Avery, named the MWC Co-Swimmer of the Week in late October, All-MWC First Team earned all-conference honors in the 200 freestyle for a second-straight - Bryan Avery (200 free) season, finishing as the runner-up with a personal-best mark of 1:37.22. - Justin Day (100 breast) His time, an NCAA provisional mark, moved him into second place on - Benjamin Gunn (100 fly, 200 fly) the Academy’s top 10 list. He was also a member of two all-conference - Spencer Liedl (200 IM, 400 IM) relay teams, the 800 freestyle relay (which achieved an NCAA provision- - Sean O’Keefe (200 free, 500 free, 1650 free) al mark) and the 400 medley relay team. Avery also set a school record - Kyle Van Valkenburg (1-meter Diving, Platform Diving) in the 100 butterfly, clocking in at 48.38 in time trials at the Mountain - Kai Yamashiro (100 back, 200 back) West Conference Championships. Avery now owns Air Force top-10 - 800 Free Relay (Avery, O’Keefe, T.J. Cowling, Gunn) marks in five different events (100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 fly and - 400 Medley Relay (Yamashiro, Day, Avery, Cowling) 200 fly). In addition, Avery qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 butterfly. MWC Swimmer of the Week - Bryan Avery (Oct. 25, 2007) Season In Review: After losing a trio of conference champions to graduation, the Air MWC Diver of the Week Force men's swimming & diving team underwent a rebuilding campaign - Kyle Van Valkenburg (Oct. 18, 2007) in 2007-08, finishing the year with a 4-7 overall record and 1-4 mark in the Mountain West Conference. Meanwhile, the Falcons took fourth Air Force Male Athlete of the Week place at the 2007 MWC Swimming & Diving Championships held at - Kyle Van Valkenburg (Feb. 4, 2008) Oklahoma City Community College. - Kai Yamashiro (Feb. 11, 2008) Seven individuals and two relays earned all-conference honors for their performances at the conference meet, including sophomore Kyle 2007-08 Air Force men’s swimming highlights: Van Valkenburg, who captured the title in the platform dive. With Van - Bryan Avery sets new school record in the 100 butterfly with a mark Valkenburg’s performance, the platform title remained at the Academy of 48.38 for a third-straight season (Brady Lindberg was the champion in both - Kyle Van Valkenburg wins MWC title in platform diving, giving Air 2006 and 2007). Also at the conference championships, junior Bryan Force the title in the event for the third-straight year Avery set a new school record in a time trial of the 100 butterfly. - Eight different Falcons earn All-MWC honors in a total of 15 events Meanwhile, Avery, junior Justin Day and freshman Benjamin Gunn - Bryan Avery, Justin Day and Benjamin Gunn qualify for Olympic Trials all recorded U.S. Olympic Trial qualifying times at the All-American Long - Bryan Avery named MWC Swimmer of the Week Course Championships and - Kyle Van Valkenburg named MWC Diver of the Week headed to the Trials, which - Kyle Van Valkenburg participates in NCAA Zone E Diving Regional were held June 29-July 6 in - Senior captain Spencer Liedl named to ESPN The Magazine Men’s At- Omaha, Neb. Large Academic All-District Team - Eleven Falcons earned academic all-conference honors, including two Avery and Van Valkenburg MWC Scholar-Athletes (Spencer Liedl and Eric Robinson) were also honored by the MWC early in the season as the men’s swimmer/diver of the week, respectively.

Spencer Liedl, the Falcons’ team captain in 2007-08, earned all-conference honors in two events and was an academic all-district selection and MWC Scholar-Athlete.

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 19 History

The Falcon swimming program had its begin- Rye to a victory and an NCAA qualifying time 112 different events. nings in 1955 with the first Air Force Academy (fastest in the country up to that point) of Maj. Kelly Kemp was the next head coach class. The Academy in Colorado Springs was not 3:12.02, four seconds ahead of the Rams. The Air and remained in that position until 1987. yet built and the cadets attended school in Force team took nine to the NCAAs that year and Maj. Jim Hogue took over in 1988, while Lt. Denver at Lowry AFB. Dr. M.M. MacKenzie was the same relay team placed 10th, good for All- Col. Mikki King returned to coach the diving the first head coach and compiled a 15-11 record American status. team. The next few years were diving dominant, during the first four years. The Cadet Natatorium Rye, a transfer from Colorado State, would as Hogue was Division II coach of the year in both was completed in 1959 and the Falcons hosted go down in Falcon history after that year. In the 1987 and 1988. In the fall of 1988, Keith "Casey" their first home meet that fall. meet versus the Rams, he won the 50 and 100 Converse began his first year as head coach. The 1960s were an exciting decade for the free and anchored the 400 free relay team with a In 1990, the Falcons beat WAC rivals BYU Falcons as Air Force swimmers qualified for the 45.6 split, one of the fastest splits in the country. and Utah in home dual meets. That same year, NCAA Championships eight out of 10 years. Capt. Rye also beat CSU's All-American sprinter, Dennis Drew Whitting became the team's second WAC Paul Cleland was head coach for three years, O'Connor, three times that day. After graduation, champion by winning the 500 and 1,650 free and achieving a 25-10 record. Capt. Bob Nugent took Rye flew helicopters and served in Vietnam qualifying for the NCAAs. The 1991 WAC over in 1963 and went 23-19 in a three-year stint. where he was awarded the Meritorious Service Championships saw the Falcons ascend to a sec- Backstroker Barry Beilinski became the swimming Medal for a successful rescue mission. Rye was ond-place finish behind Utah, their highest WAC program's first All-American in 1963. killed in action in 1975 and posthumously pro- finish ever. The team garnered four WAC champi- In 1966, the NCAA brought the Division I moted to the rank of Captain. The Most Valuable ons, Whitting again in the 500 and 1650 free, championships to the Academy. Swimming World Swimmer Award is named in his honor and given Bucky MacLaughlin in the 50 free and Tony Magazine complimented the meet organization: each year at the Annual Individual Awards Bamsey in the 100 breaststroke. The team also "The Academy, nestled in an 18,000 acre site at Banquet. won its first-ever relay championship (200 free the foot of the Rocky Mountains, matched its In 1970, Nieman was an All-American in two relay comprised of Bamsey, MacLaughlin, architectural grandeur with outstanding organi- events as he won the consolation heat in both the Sheesley and Squires). For this remarkable finish, zational efficiency to make the championships 100 and 200 freestyle at the NCAAs. A few years Converse was named WAC coach of the year. one of the greatest ever held." later, Nieman would become the Academy's first Whitting also became the first All-American (HM) Nugent and Colonel E.A. Rafalko, the Olympian as he competed in the 1976 Games in on the men's team since 1975 as he placed 13th Falcons' athletic director and meet director, were modern pentathlon. He would qualify for the in both the 500 and the 1650 free at the NCAA commended for their contributions, especially for team again in 1980. Division I Championships. securing electronic timing. Later, this proved that The men entered the Western Athletic The men continued to fare well, going 7-2 in the equipment should be mandatory for all Conference (WAC) in 1981 and a period of adjust- dual meets in 1992 with Bamsey winning another important meets. The "7,000 plus feet above sea ment followed. The men had the depth to win WAC title (50 free). Joining him in the winner's level" conditions created comment and contro- dual meets as they were 4-0 in WAC contests that circle was Sam Chestnut (1650 free) as the versy as coaches predicted and evaluated their first year but had a tough time at the WAC Falcons placed fifth at the WAC Championships. swimmers' performance at the high altitude. Championships. In 1982, John Sayre was the pro- The following year brought an end to one great That year, breaststroker Steven Seigler was gram's first WAC champion (400 IM) as he also swimmer's career but the beginning of another's. the swimming team's second All-American. He qualified for the NCAAs. Mike Brown qualified for Whitting won his third WAC title by winning a repeated in 1967, the year Maj. Paul Arata began the Olympic trials in the 200 meter butterfly, title in the 500 meter free. His time of 4:20.09 is his tenure as head coach. The final year of the after placing ninth (2:03.71) at the NCAAs in still the WAC record. Freshman Matt Davis also 1960s was one of the highlight years of the 1984. won a WAC championship in the 400 IM as the decade as the Falcons were 19-0 in dual meets. Arata, after 16 years at the helm, retired men went 6-3 in dual meets. One of the most exciting dual meets came against after the 1983 season. His record was 188-10 for Davis continued his excellence, as the Colorado State. The meet came down to the last the men and 113-5-1 for the women, a combined Falcons' only WAC champion in 1994, repeating relay. If the Falcons won, they would win the total of 301-15-1, an unreal winning percentage in the 400 IM. Jon Kalberer (distance freestyle) meet by a point. The packed stands cheered Bob of 95 percent. The men also had an undefeated joined Davis on the All-WAC team. Davis would Nieman, Warren Flaherty, D.K. Martin and Bryan home victory streak of 108, covering 16 years win three more WAC championships during his beginning in career (400 IM in 1993 and 1994 and 200 fly in 1967. During 1995). Arata's reign, The 1998-99 season saw Rob Clayton take Bryan Rye there were over as head coach. He replaced Converse, who All-America, 1969 six All- moved over to coach the women's program full- Americans in time. The team continued to climb up the ranks in eight events the conference standings. After finishing 11-2 in and one dual meets, the team improved to a fifth-place national finish at the WAC Championships. With 11 dual champion on wins, Air Force reached the double-figure mark in the men's victories for the second consecutive year and team. On the only the second time since 1986. The effort at the women's WAC Championships was one of the best ever for side there the Falcons, with seven records being estab- were six lished, three of them in individual events and four national in relay events. champions in In the fall of 1999, the Academy joined the 12 events Mountain West Conference as a founding institu- with 27 dif- tion. Charlie Toth became the Academy's first ferent MWC champion in any sport when he won the women 100 freestyle at the 2000 MWC Championships. achieving All- The team moved up again in the conference America standings to finish third. honors in The highlight of the 2001 MWC

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Championships was the team's victory in the 200 of finishing the regular season with an 8-4 record Men’s Swimmer of the Year for the second time, medley relay. Paul Brehm, John Dayton, Nate in dual meets. Freshman Chris Knaute capped off winning two more conference titles in the 400 IM Amidon and Toth brought home the title in a stellar rookie campaign by winning the 1650 and 500 free. Parmenter and Lindberg defended record-setting time to claim the Academy's first free with a time of 15:28.21, an MWC record and their titles in the 200 IM and platform dive, relay championship in 10 years. Matt Ihlenfeld the second-fastest mark in school history. respectively, while Rob Clayton was honored as swept the breaststroke events, establishing new As a sophomore, Knaute dominated the the men’s swimming coach of the year. In addi- MWC records of 54.70 and 1:58.67. The Falcons 2005 MWC Championships, winning the 500 and tion, the 800 free relay team of Bryan Avery, T.J. also sent two swimmers to the NCAA 1650 free and 400 IM. His accomplishments led Cowling, Parmenter and Knaute set a new school Championships (Toth and Ihlenfeld) for the first to his being named MWC Swimmer of the Year. record, shattering the previous mark by three time since 1995. He became the first in the history of the program seconds. Knaute went on to compete at the NCAA At the 2002 MWC Championships, the to receive Conference Swimmer of the Year Championships for a second year. Knaute and Falcons won the 400 medley relay (Brehm, Honors. Joining him on the All-MWC team were Parmenter also competed at the U.S. Open, both Dayton, Eric Pounds, Amidon) and Brehm won sophomore Justin Lapin and senior Evan Parr. qualifying for the Olympic Trials. both the 100 and 200 backstroke. For the third In 2006, the Falcons took third place at the The Falcons, who lost conference champions consecutive year, the Air Force Academy finished MWC Championships setting four school records Knaute, Lindberg and Parmenter, were forced to third. in the process. Knaute defended his titles in the rebuild in 2008, but still finished fourth at the After a 12-2 season (3-1 in MWC) in 2002- 500 and 1650 free and 400 IM, while Paul conference championships. Sophomore Kyle Van 03, the Falcons finished as conference runners-up Parmenter won the 200 IM and Brady Lindberg Valkenburg was the MWC champion in the plat- at 2003 MWC Championships. This was only the won the platform diving. Stan Curnow was form dive, giving the Falcons the title in the event second time in Academy history that the program named co-diving coach of the year. Knaute also for the third-straight season. In addition, Avery had finished this high. Brehm again led the effort, participated in the NCAAs, earning honorable set a new school record in the 100 fly, while he, as he successfully defended his championship in mention All-America honors in the 400 IM and fellow junior Justin Day and freshman Benjamin the 200 backstroke. 500 Free. Gunn all earned qualifying marks for the 2008 At the 2004 Championships, the Falcons Once again, the Falcons finished third in the U.S. Olympic Trials. repeated as runners-up. This came on the heels MWC in 2007. Knaute was named the MWC

Air Force Diving Program Has Rich History As with the Falcons’ swimming program, the to coach four more All-Americans. They were Tina As the Academy’s diving program forges ahead in Air Force diving team has also enjoyed enormous Landschultz (five times), Dana Strong (three times), the new millenium, a commitment to improve on both success over the last 32 years. Pam Klein (one time) and Mary Rainaldi (one time). the men’s and women’s side has been evident. In their Air Force has had a total of 16 first-team All- In 1990, King was replaced by Capt. Brian final season competing in the WAC, the divers con- Americans and three national champions (Division I Shimel and both had a hand in coaching the tributed to Air Force's fifth-place finish. Doug Hulse and Division II) in just over three decades of compe- strongest duo of woman divers in the history of the added a top-eight finish on the platform while Jim tition. Academy, Kim Dornburg and Dawn Dishner. Marion placed in the one-meter. The first great diver in Academy history was Dornburg, a six-time All-American, was national After their strong showing at the WAC, the Don McLean. A 1966 graduate, McLean was an All- champion on one-meter and three-meter in 1988 divers went on to record impressive performances American in 1965 and placed ninth in the nation on and again won the one-meter title in 1991. Dishner, at the NCAA Zone E Championships. Marion and one-meter and 12th on three-meter. He was the a seven-time All-American, was the three-meter Hulse each placed in two events while Dave first Falcon diver to qualify for the NCAAs and earn national champion in 1989. Dornburg won the Devemark placed in the platform competition. All-American status. Academy’s Most Valuable Swimmer/Diver award In 2002, Sarah Law won the one- and three- In the 1970s, the diving coach position was three times, while Dishner won it twice. Only one meter diving titles at the 2002 Mountain West filled by Olympic diving coach Dick Smith, who other swimmer or diver (Patty Martinez) has ever Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. began laying a solid foundation that would benefit won the award more than twice. In addition to the Law, who was also named the Diver of the Year, is a future Air Force divers. He was replaced in 1973 by success of the women divers, the men also fielded repeat winner in the one-meter. The four-time con- Capt. Micki King, a springboard diving gold medalist strong competitors. Jeff Faley qualified for the ference diving champion was also awarded with the in the 1972 Olympic Games. Included in this era is NCAAs in 1987 on both boards. conference’s senior recognition award for excel- Rick McAlister, one of the best athletes to ever In 1991, another great Academy diver, Bo lence in and out of the pool. Jessica Williams won attend the Academy. Coached by both Smith and Bloomer, became Air Force’s first WAC champion the 2002 MWC platform title. She also holds the King, McAlister is the most successful diver in diver by winning the three-meter competition. conference record on platform (384.55). Academy history. In 1974, he was the three-meter In 1992, Stan Curnow took over the diving In 2004, Ben Chapman earned a trip to the NCAA national champion and placed fourth on one- reins. Thus far he has produced several female All- NCAA Zone E Diving Regionals with his win in the meter, single-handedly scoring 27 points as the Americans. In his first year, Sarah Saxer, class of three-meter dive at the AFA Diving Invitational. Falcons placed 13th in the nation. A four-time All- 1993, earned All-American honors on both boards The 2005-06 season was a solid year for Falcon American, he won five national independent titles while Rebecca Currie was an All-American in the diving, as junior Brady Lindberg was the conference and took three second-place finishes on the one- three-meter. The two repeated as All-Americans in champion in the men’s platform diving. Sophomore meter board at the National AAUs. 1993. With Saxer gone, Casey Cornish earned hon- Danielle Dowds was the lone first-team all-confer- In 1976, Chuck Kennedy replaced King as the orable mention on both boards in 1994 while Currie ence selection on the women’s team, earning the coach and a new era began as women entered the finished out her career with her first top-eight finish honors in the platform diving and coach Stan Academy. Janet Peterson, class of 1981, was the in one-meter. In 1995, three women earned honor- Curnow was named co-diving coach of the year. Academy’s first female All-American in diving. She able mention All-American honors and helped the Lindberg then defended his conference title in the won the award eight times, twice each year on both Falcons to the Division II national championship. platform dive in 2007, winning the event for a sec- boards, at the AIAW Division II National They were Lauren Eckert, Cornish and Dawn ond time. Championships. Shawn Whitson, an ‘82 graduate McCown. Cornish, finishing out a brilliant career, The success of the diving program continued and another outstanding diver, was a seven-time was the only Falcon to score on both boards at the in 2008, as Kyle Van Valkenburg was the lone confer- All-American. In 1982, Linda Telkamp became the 1996 NCAAs, a year that brought another national ence champion for the Falcons, winning the plat- first female diver to claim a national title, winning championship to Air Force. form dive. The sophomore’s title marked the third the three-meter competition. Telkamp was also an Sophomore Elly Bunzendahl became the pro- straight year that an Air Force diver had won the eight-time All-American as the 1980s produced sev- gram’s first first-team All-American since Currie in event. Meanwhile, Dowds earned All-MWC honors eral diving legends including Nancy Burdick (‘83), a 1993 when she earned the honor by placing seventh once again in the platform dive. five-time All-American. In 1983, Micki King returned in the three-meter.

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 21 Honors & Awards

Team MVP Drew Whitting MWC Men’s Swimmer of the Year (Sponsored by the family of 1993 500 Freestyle Chris Knaute, 2005, 2007 Captain Bryan Rye, Class of ‘71) Matt Davis 1995 200 Butterfly Conference Champions 1969 Bob Nieman Chris Knaute John Sayre 1970 Bob Nieman 2006 400 IM 1981 200 IM 1971 Bruce Fisher 2006 500 Freestyle 1982 200 IM 1972 Jim Thompson Bucky MacLauglin 1973 Rick McAlister, Diver Diving All-Americans 1990 50 Free 1974 Rick McAlister, Diver Daniel McLean 1991 50 Free 1975 Rick McAlister, Diver 1965 One-meter 1991 100 Free 1976 Frank Snyder 1965 Three-meters Tony Bamsey 1977 Frank Snyder Rick McAlister 1991 100 Breaststroke 1978 Doug Poorman 1973 Three-meters 1992 50 Freestyle 1979 Steve Waters 1974 One-meter Drew Whitting 1980 Steve Waters 1974 Three-meters 1991 500 Free 1981 John Sayre 1975 One-meter 1991 1,650 Free 1982 John Sayre 1993 500 Free 1983 Garrett Thompson U.S. Olympic Trials Sam Chesnut 1984 Garrett Thompson Drew Whitting 1992 1,650 Freestyle 1985 James Boegman 1992 400 Freestyle Matt Davis 1986 James Boegman 2000 1,500 Freestyle 1993 400 IM 1987 Tom McGinnis Matt Davis 1994 400 IM 1988 Bucky MacLaughlin 1996 200 Butterfly 1995 200 Butterfly 1989 Bucky MacLaughlin Matt Horner Paul Brehm 1990 Drew Whitting 2000 200 Backstroke 2002 100 Backstroke 1991 Drew Whitting Matt Ihlenfeld 2002 200 Backstroke 1992 Sam Chesnut 2000 100 Breaststroke 2003 200 Backstroke 1993 Matt Davis 2000 200 Breaststroke Matt Ihlenfeld 1994 Matt Davis Charlie Toth 2000 200 Breast 1995 Matt Davis 2000 50 Freestyle 2001 100 Breast 1996 Jon Kalberer 2000 100 Freestyle 2001 200 Breast 1997 Matt Davis Bryan Avery Charlie Toth 1998 Tim Paschke 2008 100 Butterfly 2000 100 Free 1999 Cody Rasmussen Justin Day Brehm, Dayton, Amidon, Toth 2000 Charlie Toth 2008 100 Breaststroke 2001 200 Medley Relay 2001 Charlie Toth Benjamin Gunn Brehm, Dayton, Pounds, Amidon 2002 Paul Brehm 2008 100 Butterfly 2002 400 Medley Relay 2003 Paul Brehm Chris Knaute Chris Knaute 2004 Chris Knaute 2008 200 IM 2004 1650 Free 2005 Chris Knaute 2008 400 IM 2005 1650 Free 2006 Chris Knaute Paul Parmenter 2005 500 Free 2007 Chris Knaute 2008 100 Backstroke 2005 400 IM 2008 Bryan Avery 2008 100 Butterfly 2006 1650 Free 2008 200 IM 2006 500 Free Diving National Champions 2006 400 IM Rick McAlister U.S. World Championships Trials 2007 500 Free 1974 Three-meters Chris Knaute 2007 400 IM 2005 200 Freestyle Brady Lindberg Swimming All-Americans 2005 400 Freestyle 2006 Platform Diving Barry Bielinski 2007 Platform Diving 1963 100 Backstroke Olympic Team Paul Parmenter Stephen Seigler Bob Nieman 2006 200 IM 1966 200 Breaststroke 1976 Modern Pentathlon 2007 200 IM 1967 200 Breaststroke 1980 Modern Pentathlon, fencing Kyle Van Valkenburg Warren Flaherty 1988 Modern Pentathlon 2008 Platform Diving 1969 400 Freestyle Relay Eli Bremer Douglas Martin 2008 Modern Pentathlon MWC Senior Recognition Award 1969 400 Freestyle Relay Matt Horner, 2002 Bob Nieman MWC Swimming Coach of the Year Paul Brehm, 2004 1969 400 Freestyle Relay Rob Clayton, 2007 Matt Karmondy, 2006 1970 100 Freestyle Chris Knaute, 2007 1970 200 Freestyle MWC Diving Coach of the Year Bryan Rye Stan Curnow, 2001, 2002, 2006 MWC 10th-Anniversary Team 1969 400 Freestyle Relay Chris Knaute

22 2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving Honors & Awards

MWC Scholar-Athlete of the Year John Dayton (2000, 01, 02, 03) Inside the Numbers John Dayton, 2003 Dave Devemark (1997) Matt Karmondy, 2006 Matt Dunker (1997) Year W L Coach Matt Durkin (1995, 96, 97) 1957 3 4 Dr. M.M. MacKenzie NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Dave Dutcher (1995, 96) 1958 4 5 Dr. M.M. MacKenzie Bill Lauritzen, 1973 John Fitzsimmons (1991, 92) 1959 8 2 Dr. M.M. MacKenzie Shawn Whitson, 1982 Mike Foster (1997, 98, 99) 1960 10 1 Capt. Paul Cleland Charlie Toth, 2001 Steve Frank (1994) 1961 9 3 Capt. Paul Cleland John Dayton, 2003 Paul Gannett (2007) Matt Karmondy, 2006 Nathaniel Gilbert (2008) 1962 6 6 Capt. Paul Cleland Nathan Glandon (2008) 1963 5 6 Capt. Bob Nugent ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Josh Hammervold (2008) 1964 5 6 Capt. Bob Nugent Academic All-American Tom Hansen (2008) 1965 7 2 Capt. Bob Nugent John Dayton, 2003 Andrew Hauffe (2006) 1966 6 5 Capt. Bob Nugent Justin Hauffe (2004) 1967 6 7 Capt. Paul Arata College Swimming Coaches Marshall Haylett (2000, 01, 02) 1968 12 1 Capt. Paul Arata Association of America (CSCAA) Matt Horner (2000, 01, 02) 1969 19 0 Maj. Paul Arata All-Academic Team Scott Hudson (1997, 98, 99) 1970 12 0 Maj. Paul Arata John Dayton, 2000-03 Matt Ihlenfeld (2000, 01) Tim Paschke, 2000 Matt Karmondy (2003, 04, 05, 06) 1971 13 1 Maj. Paul Arata Charlie Toth, 2000 Greg Kraus (1995) 1972 13 3 Maj. Paul Aehnlich Paul Brehm, 2001 Coby Leslie (1996) 1973 12 0 Maj. Paul Arata Paul Parmenter, 2007 Spencer Liedl (2005, 06, 07, 08) 1974 11 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata Brady Lindberg (2007) 1975 12 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata Academy Awards Sean Londrigan (1991, 92) 1976 6 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata Athletic Leadership Rolf Lundemark (1993, 95) 1977 10 1 Lt. Col. Paul Arata 1960 Derry Adamson James Marion (2000) 1978 9 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata 1968 John Graham James McCroan (2001, 02) 1979 12 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata 1969 Chris Curtis Karl Mohrmann (2008) Scholar Athlete McKay Morgan (2000) 1980 13 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata 1966 Ronald Grabe Chris Morin (2007, 08) 1981 13 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata 1967 Gary Reid Ryan Moss (2004, 05, 06, 07) 1982 13 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata 1979 Frank Synder John Olson (2000) 1983 15 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata 1980 Dirk Jordan Paul Parmenter (2004, 05, 06. 07) 1984 14 2 Capt. Kelly Kemp 2003 John Dayton Evan Parr (2002, 03, 04, 05) 1985 13 5 Capt. Kelly Kemp 2006 Matt Karmondy Tim Paschke (1998, 99, 00) 1986 12 4 Maj. Kelly Kemp Athletic Excellence Eric Patten (1991) 1987 4 5 Capt. Jim Hogue 1975 Rick McAlister Scott Percival (1998, 99, 00, 01) 1988 6 3 Maj. Jim Hogue 2001 Charlie Toth Rory Peterson (2001, 02, 03, 04) 2007 Chris Knaute Mason Phelps (2001, 02, 03, 04) 1989 7 3 Casey Converse Outstanding Athletic Achievement Eric Pounds (2001, 02, 03, 04) 1990 9 3 Casey Converse 2006 Chris Knaute Cody Rasmussen (1997, 98, 99) 1991 9 4 Casey Converse Eric Robinson (2008) 1992 7 2 Casey Converse Rhodes Scholar Nate Rump (1991) 1993 6 3 Casey Converse Ken Davison, 1984 Matt Shipstead (1998, 99, 00) 1994 5 5 Casey Converse Matt Sievers (2004, 05, 06, 07) 1995 7 5 Casey Converse Mountain West Conference Scholar- Tim Songster (1992, 93) 1996 6 4 Casey Converse Athlete Race Steinfort (2000, 01, 02) 1997 3 6 Casey Converse John Dayton, 2003 Andrew Stolee (2001) Matt Karmondy, 2003-06 Shawn Strabley (2001) 1998 10 1* Casey Converse Rory Peterson, 2003-04 Derek Tharaldson (1997) 1999 11 2 Rob Clayton Matt Sievers, 2004-07 Charlie Toth (2000, 01) 2000 8 3 Rob Clayton Spencer Liedl, 2005-08 Nick Uzelac (2005, 06, 07) 2001 9 4 Rob Clayton Paul Gannett, 2007 Patrick Vandam (2003) 2002 6 4 Rob Clayton Eric Robinson, 2008 Kyle Van Valkenburg (2008) 2003 12 2 Rob Clayton Mike Vetter (1991, 92) 2004 8 4 Rob Clayton Academic All-Conference Layne Wilson (2006, 07, 08) 2005 13 7 Rob Clayton Andrew Badgett (1999, 00) 2006 8 4* Rob Clayton James Bales (1998, 99, 00, 01) Andrew Bergman (2004, 05, 06, 07) 2007 13 3 Rob Clayton Casey Bowen (2001, 02, 03, 04) 2008 4 7 Rob Clayton Paul Brehm (2001, 02, 03, 04) 474-148-2 Spencer Butt (2006, 08) Ben Chapman (2001, 04) (76% winning percentage) T.J. Cowling (2005, 06, 07) * season record includes a tie

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 23 Record Book (USAFA Top 10)

50 FREESTYLE 1,650 FREESTYLE 100 BACKSTROKE 1. Charlie Toth ('01) 19.99 2001 1. Chris Knaute ('07) 15:09.15 2005 1. Paul Brehm ('04) 48.85 2003 2. Trevor Kildare ('97) 20.17 1995 2. Drew Whitting ('93) 15:10.13 1991 2. Charles Lebeau ('06) 49.76 2003 3. Bucky MacLaughlin ('91) 20.28 1991 3. Sean O’Keefe (‘10) 15:24.43 2008 3. Evan Parr ('05) 50.16 2005 4. John Dayton ('03) 20.32 2001 4. Sam Chesnut ('92) 15:30.33 1991 4. Kai Yamashiro (‘09) 50.25 2008 5. Tim Paschke ('00) 20.37 1998 5. James Boegman ('86) 15:39.85 1985 5. Justin Lapin (‘07) 50.36 2007 6. Tyler Paige ('01) 20.58 2000 6. Matt Karmondy (06) 15:41.03 2006 6. Lance Bohlman ('94) 50.59 1992 7. Tony Bamsey ('92) 20.61 1992 7. Steve Sharpe ('91) 15:43.32 1991 7. Spencer Liedl (‘08) 50.89 2008 8. Garrett Lowe ('95) 20.68 1994 8. Jon Kalberer ('96) 15:47.46 1994 8. Race Steinfort ('02) 51.02 2001 9. Quoc-Nam Nguyen ('02) 20.75 2002 9. James McCroan ('03) 15:49.51 2000 9. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 51.05 2008 10. Ryan Moss (‘07) 20.85 2006 10. Tom Hansen (‘11) 15:54.47 2007 10. Paul Parmenter (‘07) 51.18 2006 Nate Amidon ('03) 20.85 2003 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 200 BACKSTROKE 100 FREESTYLE 1. Paul Parmenter (‘07) 1:48.72 2006 1. Paul Brehm ('04) 1:46.27 2003 1. Charlie Toth ('01) 43.79 2001 2. Nick Burton (‘07) 1:48.87 2006 2. Matt Horner ('02) 1:47.19 2001 2. Bucky MacLaughlin ('91) 44.50 1991 3. Matt Davis (‘97) 1:49.07 1997 3. Justin Lapin ('07) 1:47.21 2006 3. Tim Paschke ('00) 44.67 1998 4. Cody Rasmussen (‘99) 1:49.68 1999 4. Kai Yamashiro (‘09) 1:48.03 2007 4. John Dayton ('03) 45.17 2002 5. Chris Knaute (‘07) 1:49.86 2006 5. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 1:48.57 2008 5. Tyler Paige ('01) 45.21 1999 6. Justin Lapin (‘07) 1:49.98 2005 6. Race Steinfort ('02) 1:49.39 2001 6. Garrett Thompson ('84) 45.27 1984 7. Spencer Liedl (‘08) 1:50.44 2008 7. Charles Lebeau ('06) 1:50.03 2003 7. Bryan Avery (‘09) 45.33 2008 8. Eric Pounds (‘04) 1:50.95 2002 8. Evan Parr ('05) 1:50.48 2005 8. Chris Knaute (‘07) 45.38 2007 9. Matt Horner (‘02) 1:51.36 2001 9. Joe Alkire ('97) 1:50.63 1995 9. T.J. Cowling (‘08) 45.54 2008 10. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 1:51.54 2008 10. Spencer Liedl (‘08) 1:51.42 2008 10. Charles Lebeau ('06) 45.60 2004 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 100 BREASTSTROKE 200 FREESTYLE 1. Chris Knaute (‘07) 3:48.98 2006 1. Matt Ihlenfeld ('01) 54.70 2001 1. Chris Knaute ('07) 1:36.98 2006 2. Matt Davis (‘97) 3:51.82 1994 2. John Dayton ('03) 54.98 2003 2. Bryan Avery (‘09) 1:37.22 2008 3. Justin Lapin (‘07) 3:53.52 2006 3. Justin Day (‘09) 55.43 2008 3. Drew Whitting ('93) 1:37.49 1993 4. Drew Whitting (‘93) 3:56.44 1991 4. Shanon Anderson ('99) 55.93 1999 4. Sean O’Keefe (‘10) 1:39.10 2008 5. Paul Parmenter (‘07) 3:57.45 2006 5. Andrew Bergman (‘07) 56.49 2007 5. Garrett Thompson ('84) 1:39.32 1983 6. Matt Horner (‘02) 3:57.64 2001 6. Tony Bamsey ('92) 56.75 1991 6. Tim Paschke (‘00) 1:39.70 1998 7. Cody Rasmussen (‘99) 3:57.72 1999 7. Wes Hallman ('90) 56.98 1988 7. Nate Amidon ('03) 1:39.83 2003 8. Josh Finch (‘01) 3:58.80 1999 8. Todd Scherm ('95) 57.00 1995 8. Jon Kalberer ('96) 1:39.99 1996 9. John Sayre (‘84) 3:59.04 1982 9. Chris Morin (‘10) 57.12 2008 9. Greg Robertson ('92) 1:40.03 1991 10. Jim Boegman (‘86) 3:59.72 1985 10. Greg Edmonds (‘10) 57.32 2008 10. Casey Bowen ('04) 1:40.15 2003 100 BUTTERFLY 200 BREASTSTROKE 500 FREESTYLE 1. Bryan Avery (‘09) 48.38 2008 1. Matt Ihlenfeld ('01) 1:58.67 2001 1. Chris Knaute (‘07) 4:20.00 2006 2. Nick Burton (‘07) 48.90 2006 2. Shanon Anderson ('99) 2:02.20 1999 2. Drew Whitting ('93) 4:20.09 1993 3. Eric Pounds (‘04) 48.91 2003 3. John Dayton ('03) 2:02.60 2001 3. Sean O’Keefe (‘10) 4:25.83 2008 4. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 49.11 2008 4. Nick Burton (‘07) 2:02.62 2006 4. Jon Kalberer ('96) 4:29.07 1994 5. Chris Morin (‘10) 49.12 2008 5. Ellis Eaton (‘93) 2:03.78 1992 5. Sam Chesnut ('92) 4:29.10 1991 6. Bucky MacLaughlin (‘91) 49.29 1991 6. Paul Heitmeyer (‘96) 2:03.92 1994 6. Tom Hansen (‘11) 4:30.02 2008 7. Charles Lebeau (‘06) 49.30 2004 7. Andrew Bergman (‘07) 2:04.16 2007 7. Bryan Avery (‘09) 4:31.26 2007 8. Matt Sievers (‘07) 49.39 2007 John Doolittle (‘92) 2:04.16 1992 8. Steve Sharpe ('91) 4:31.45 1991 9. Garrett Lowe (‘95) 49.47 1995 9. Greg Edmonds (‘10) 2:04.28 2008 9. Brian Smith ('81) 4:31.46 1978 10. Charlie Toth (‘01) 49.50 2001 10. Justin Day (‘09) 2:04.46 2008 10. James McCroan ('03) 4:33.62 2002 200 BUTTERFLY Bold indicates current swimmer 1,000 FREESTYLE 1. Matt Davis ('97) 1:46.71 1994 1. Drew Whitting ('93) 9:07.72 1991 2. Cody Rasmussen ('99) 1:47.06 1999 2. Chris Knaute ('07) 9:11.98 2006 3. Mike Brown ('86) 1:47.65 1984 3. Sean O’Keefe (‘10) 9:17.35 2008 4. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 1:48.14 2008 4. Sam Chesnut ('92) 9:19.24 1991 Eric Pounds ('04) 1:48.14 2003 5. James Boegman ('86) 9:26.53 1986 6. Chris Knaute (‘07) 1:49.31 2007 6. Matt Karmondy (‘06) 9:31.02 2006 7. Paul Parmenter (‘07) 1:49.71 2006 7. James McCroan ('03) 9:33.55 2000 8. Matt Sievers (‘07) 1:49.74 2006 8. Jon Kalberer ('96) 9:33.91 1994 9. Bryan Avery (‘09) 1:50.10 2007 9. Steve Sharpe ('91) 9:34.01 1991 10. Paul Brehm ('04) 1:50.26 2003 10. Ryan Fitzgerald ('05) 9:35.87 2003

24 2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving Record Book (Service Academy Top 10)

50 FREESTYLE 100 BACKSTROKE 200 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1. Noah White Navy 19.74 2004 1. Kevin Mukri Navy 48.61 2007 1. Adam Meyer Navy 1:48.69 2008 2. Charlie Toth Air Force 19.99 2001 2. Paul Brehm Air Force 48.85 2003 2. Paul Parmenter Air Force 1:48:72 2006 3. Mike Linn Navy 20.04 2005 3. Charles Lebeau Air Force 49.76 2003 3. Nick Burton Air Force 1:48.87 2006 4. Clinton Cornell Navy 20.07 2001 4. Evan Parr Air Force 50.16 2005 4. Matt Davis Air Force 1:49.07 1997 5. Joe Novak Army 20.12 1998 5. Kai Yamashiro Air Force 50.25 2008 5. John VanSant Army 1:49.56 1986 6. Joseph Smutz Navy 20.13 2006 6. Justin Lapin Air Force 50.36 2007 6. Cody Rasmussen Air Force 1:49.68 1999 7. Trevor Kildare Air Force 20.17 1995 7. Chris Ornee Navy 50.39 1994 7. Chris Knaute Air Force 1:49.86 2006 Coll Haddon Army 20.17 1987 8. Lance Bohlman Air Force 50.59 1992 8. Justin Lapin Air Force 1:49.98 2005 9. Terrence Fenningham Navy 20.25 2004 9. Spencer Liedl Air Force 50.89 2008 9. Spencer Liedl Air Force 1:50.44 2008 10. Bucky MacLaughlin Air Force 20.28 1991 10. Race Steinfort Air Force 51.02 2001 10. Ian Johnston Navy 1:50.73 1996

100 FREESTYLE 200 BACKSTROKE 400 INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 1. Charlie Toth Air Force 43.79 2001 1. Kevin Mukri Navy 1:45.62 2007 1. Chris Knaute Air Force 3:48.98 2006 2. Mike Linn Navy 43.96 2006 2. Paul Brehm Air Force 1:46.27 2003 2. Matt Davis Air Force 3:51.82 1994 3. Joseph Smutz Navy 44.08 2006 3. Matt Horner Air Force 1:47.19 2001 3. Adam Meyer Navy 3:52.76 2008 4. Joe Novak Army 44.13 1998 4. Justin Lapin Air Force 1:47.21 2006 4. Justin Lapin Air Force 3:53.52 2006 5. Noah White Navy 44.37 2003 5. Kai Yamashiro Air Force 1:48.03 2008 5. Drew Whitting Air Force 3:56.44 1991 6. Bucky MacLaughlin Air Force 44.50 1991 6. Benjamin Gunn Air Force 1:48.57 2008 6. Paul Parmenter Air Force 3:57.45 2006 7. Tim Paschke Air Force 44.67 1998 7. Billy Vey Navy 1:49.05 2007 7. Matt Horner Air Force 3:57.64 2001 Brett Cline Navy 44.67 2002 8. Race Steinfort Air Force 1:49.39 2001 8. Cody Rasmussen Air Force 3:57.72 1999 9. Clinton Cornell Navy 44.69 2001 9. Paul Kress Navy 1:49.41 1995 9. Rob Roland Army 3:58.14 1993 10. Coll Haddon Army 44.73 1987 10. Mike Heiny, Jr. Navy 1:49.73 2000 10. Patrick Veltman Navy 3:58.39 2008

200 FREESTYLE 100 BREASTSTROKE 200 FREESTYLE RELAY 1. Chris Knaute Air Force 1:36.98 2006 1. Matt Ihlenfeld Air Force 54.70 2001 1 Navy 1:18.92 2004 2. Bryan Avery Air Force 1:37.22 2008 2. John VanSandt Army 54.73 1987 (Smutz, Linn, Fenningham, White) 3. Drew Whitting Air Force 1:37.49 1993 3. John Dayton Air Force 54.98 2003 2 Air Force 1:20.94 1999 4. Efri Ruthenberg Army 1:38.20 2004 4. Ian Johnston Navy 55.05 1996 (Paschke, Nguyen, Toth, Paige) 5. Britton Smith Navy 1:38.23 1997 5. Justin Day Air Force 55.43 2008 3 Army 1:21.23 1990 6. Zach Disbrow Army 1:38.61 2007 6. Coll Hadden Army 55.72 1987 (Sarakatsannis, Tieke, Welch, Anderson) 7. Lucas Meyers Army 1:38.62 2002 7. Jake Mentele Army 55.78 2008 8. Eric Winter Navy 1:38.90 1993 8. Shanon Anderson Air Force 55.93 1999 400 FREESTYLE RELAY 9. Noah White Navy 1:38.93 2004 Brooks Hollan Navy 55.93 1997 1 Navy 2:57.16 2004 10. Philip Williams Army 1:38.96 1990 10. Kevin Kysiak Navy 56.15 2006 (Smutz, Boyd, Fenningham, White) 2 Air Force 2:59.51 2001 500 FREESTYLE 200 BREASTSTROKE (Toth, Dayton, Amidon, Parker) 1. Chris Knaute Air Force 4:20.00 2006 1. John VanSant Army 1:57.65 1987 3 Army 3:00.10 1990 2. Drew Whitting Air Force 4:20.09 1993 2. Ian Johnston Navy 1:58.51 1996 (Anderson, Welch, Sarakatsannis, Williams) 3. Mark Matheson Army 4:24.99 1990 3. Matt Ihlenfeld Air Force 1:58.67 2001 4. Sean O’Keefe Air Force 4:25.83 2008 4. Jake Mentele Army 1:59.47 2007 800 FREESTYLE RELAY 5. Erik Hunter Navy 4:27.25 2008 5. Shanon Anderson Air Force 2:02.20 1999 1 Air Force 6:34.64 2007 6. Eric Winter Navy 4:27.47 1992 6. Dan Downs Army 2:02.50 2001 (Avery, Cowling, Parmenter, Knaute) 7. Sumner Rollings Navy 4:27.87 2000 7. John Dayton Air Force 2:02.60 2001 2 Army 6:40.98 2007 8. Tim Gallaudet Navy 4:28.52 1989 8. Nick Burton Air Force 2:02.62 2006 (Disbrow, Soderberg, Ciliske, Ruthenberg) 9. Britton Smith Navy 4:28.54 1995 9. Adam Meyer Navy 2:02.81 2006 3 Navy 6:41.12 2007 10. Kevin Mukri Navy 4:28.92 2007 10. M. Eliaszewskyj Army 2:02.82 2000 (Mukri, Wood, Fleming, Jenkins)

1000 FREESTYLE 100 BUTTERFLY 200 MEDLEY RELAY 1. Drew Whitting Air Force 9:07.72 1993 1. Bryan Avery Air Force 48.38 2008 1 Air Force 1:29.55 2001 2. Erik Hunter Navy 9:10.98 2008 2. Joe Novak Army 48.44 98, 99 (Brehm, Dayton, Amidon, Toth) 3. Chris Knaute Air Force 9:11.98 2006 3. Mike Linn Navy 48.67 2006 2 Navy 1:30.45 2006 4. Sean O’Keefe Air Force 9:17.35 2008 4. John Kilroy Army 48.72 1987 (Mukri, Kysiak, Linn, Smutz) 5. Sumner Rollings Navy 9:18.60 2000 5. Zach Disbrow Army 48.73 2007 3 Army 1:31.95 2007 6. Mark Matheson Army 9:18.87 1988 6. Nick Burton Air Force 48.90 2006 (Lesak, Mentele, Disbrow, Ruthenberg) 7. Eric Winter Navy 9:19.04 1992 7. Eric Pounds Air Force 48.91 2003 8. Eric Shangle Navy 9:19.20 1994 8. Benjamin Gunn Air Force 48.11 2008 400 MEDLEY RELAY 9. Sam Chesnut Air Force 9:19.24 1991 9. Chris Morin Air Force 48.12 2008 1 Air Force 3:17.98 2003 10. Cody Reeb Navy 9:20.90 2006 10. Bucky MacLaughlin Air Force 49.29 1991 (Brehm, Dayton, Pounds, Amidon) 2 Army 3:19.56 2007 1650 FREESTYLE 200 BUTTERFLY (Walsh, Mentele, Disbrow, Ruthenberg) 1. Chris Knaute Air Force 15:09.15 2005 1. Matt Davis Air Force 1:46.71 1994 3 Navy 3:19.96 2006 2. Drew Whitting Air Force 15:10.13 1991 2. Cody Rasmussen Air Force 1:47.06 1999 (Mukri, Kysiak, Linn, Smutz) 3. Sean O’Keefe Air Force 15:24.43 2008 3. John Kilroy Army 1:47.61 1987 4. Mark Matheson Army 15:25.48 1990 4. Mike Brown Air Force 1:47.65 1984 5. Eric Winter Navy 15:25.61 1992 5. Adam Meyer Navy 1:47.70 2008 Team Breakdown 6. Erik Hunter Navy 15:29.86 2008 6. Zach Disbrow Army 1:48.12 2007 7. Sam Chesnut Air Force 15:30.33 1991 7. Tom Albanese Army 1:48.13 1986 Top 10 #1’s 8. James Boegman Air Force 15:39.85 1985 8. Benjamin Gunn Air Force 1:48.14 2008 9. Matt Karmondy Air Force 15:41.03 2006 Eric Pounds Air Force 1:48.14 2003 Air Force 50.7% 11 10. Steve Sharpe Air Force 15:43.32 1991 10. Chris Knaute Air Force 1:49:31 2006 Navy 30.7% 7 Army 18.6% 1

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 25 All-Time Letterwinners

Dunker, Matt (98) 95 96 97 98 Hauffe, Andrew (09) 06 Matt Karmondy Durkin, Matt (97) 94 95 96 97 Hauffe, Justin (05) 03 04 05 Dutcher, David (96) 93 94 95 96 Haylett, Marshall (02) 99 00 01 02 Heath, Kevin (04) 01 02 03 E Heitmeyer, Paul (96) 93 94 95 96 East, Jack (94) 93 94 Hembrough, William M. (68) 66 67 68 Eaton, Ellis (93) 90 91 92 93 Henry, Tom (91) 88 89 Eberthardt, James A. (69) 67 Hepburn, Philip R., Jr., (62) 60 62 Edmonds, Gregory (10) 07 08 Hepler, William (98) 95 96 97 98 Edwards, Matt (98) 95 Hickok, John (88) 86 87 88 Everard, Joel (98) 95 Higham, James L. (66) 64 65 66 Hill, Lincoln (95) 92 93 94 95 F Hillen, Kimberly E. (82) 79 80 81 Fairlamb, Richard C. (61) 59 60 Hogan, Dan (96) 94 Faley, Jeff (89) 86 87 88 89 Hogue, James E. (76) 73 74 75 76 Falk, Eric (04) 01 02 Holloway, Charles D. (75) 72 Farquhar, Jerry (60) 58 59 60 Horner, Matthew (02) 99 00 01 02 Letterwinners are listed as following: Bremer, Eli (00) 97 98 Fay, Robert (59) 57 Hourin, James J. (61) 59 60 61 Name, graduation year in parenthe- Brower, Douglas R. (72) 70 Feaster, Stephen J. (70) 68 Hudson, Scott (99) 96 97 98 99 ses, and years letters were earned. Brown, Jeffrey H. (73) 70 71 72 Fedel, Gary A. (67) 65 67 Hughes, John S. (75) 72 73 Current athletes in bold. Brown, Kevin (89) 86 87 88 Ferguson, Michael L. (63) 61 62 63 Hulse, Douglas S. (04) 99 00 04 Brown, Michael L. (86) 83 84 85 86 Fiechtner, Robb (01) 98 Hutchinson, Karl T. (70) 69 70 A Bruskewitz, James W. (74) 71 Fields, Philip (92) 89 90 91 92 Abbott, Robert L. (64) 62 63 64 Buchanan, Robert J. (88) 85 86 87 88 Finch, Josh (01) 98 99 00 01 I Abramson, Richard S. (68) 65 66 68 Burton, Nick (07) 03 04 06 07 Finch, Samuel P., III (64) 63 64 Ihlenfeld, Matt (01) 98 99 00 01 Abrigo, Joseph (88) 85 86 87 88 Burwell, John C. (63) 61 62 63 Fisher, Bruce D. (71) 69 70 71 Adamson, Derry (60) 57 58 59 60 Butt, Spencer (09) 06 07 08 Fitzgerald, Ryan (05) 02 03 04 05 J Alexander, James (Gary)(99) 96 97 Fitzsimmons, John (93) 90 91 92 93 Jackson, Don E. (67) 65 66 67 Alfred-Ockya, John (04) 01 02 03 04 C Flaherty, Warren T. (70) 68 69 70 Jaep, William F., Jr. (67) 65 Alkire, Joe (97) 94 95 96 97 Callaway, Bernard B. (73) 73 Fletcher, Derek (90) 87 88 Jamerson, James L. (63) 61 62 63 Alonzo, Chuck (00) 97 98 Cannon, Lovick E. (68) 66 Flores, Frank (92) 89 90 91 92 Jett, Andrew (97) 94 95 96 97 Amidon, Nate (03) 00 01 02 03 Canterbury, Alfred L. (60) 58 59 60 Foster, Michael (99) 96 97 98 99 Johns, Brad (87) 84 85 86 Anderson, David K. (85) 82 Carnes, Gary J. (81) 81 Foutch, Mike (95) 93 94 95 Johnson, Eric M. (89) 86 Anderson, Shanon (99) 96 97 98 99 Carpenter, Thomas J. (77) 74 75 76 Francis, John J., Jr. (63) 61 62 Johnson, Richard K. (62) 60 61 62 63 Anderson, Tom (91) 88 89 90 91 Carrier, Michael H. (69) 67 68 Frank, Steve (96) 93 94 95 96 Jones, Brad (87) 85 85 86 87 Arata, Alan (83) 80 81 82 83 Carrington, George W. (74) 71 72 73 74 Jones, Francis V. (63) 61 Arlington, David (10) 07 08 Chaney, Blake (98) 95 96 97 G Jordan, Jarrett D. (80) 77 78 79 80 Arnholt, Mark (93) 90 91 92 93 Chapman, Ben (04) 01 02 04 Gannett, Paul (10) 07 Jurcak, Matt (09) 06 07 08 Ashe, Jesse (86) 83 84 85 86 Chesnut, Sam (92) 89 90 91 92 Gee, Matt (86) 83 84 85 86 Avery, Bryan (09) 06 07 08 Chun, Mark C. (73) 70 71 72 73 Gempler, Gregory J. (73) 70 71 72 73 K Ayres, Auston (07) 04 Chung, Tommy (05) 02 Gentice, Nicholas (90) 87 Kalberer, Jon (96) 93 94 95 96 Clark, Howard, III (90) 87 88 89 90 Gilbert, Nathaniel (11) 08 Kane, Timothy E. (82) 79 80 B Cleary, James (89) 86 Gillaspie, Tim (95) 92 94 95 Karmondy, Matt (06) 03 04 05 06 Baake, Paul (95) 92 93 Clegg, Charles S. (72) 69 70 71 Glandon, Nathan (08) 07 08 Kattau, Richard (97) 94 Baber, Eric (04) 01 02 Cline, Clinton E. (73) 70 71 Grabe, Ronald J. (66) 64 65 66 Kechter, Todd (90) 87 89 Badgett, Andrew (01) 98 99 Cole, Phillip (09) 06 Grace, Stephen (10) 07 08 Keddington, David (84) 82 83 Bailey, Steven D. (68) 66 Collier, Mark (96) 93 Grados, Mike (01) 98 99 00 01 Keltner, Tyler (06) 03 Bales, James (01) 98 99 00 01 Congdon, Norman B. (60) 58 Graham, John G. (72) 69 70 71 Kemp, Kelvin P. (74) 71 72 Bamsey, Tony (92) 89 90 91 92 Cook, Christopher A. (81) 78 79 80 81 Graham, John, Jr. (68) 66 67 68 Kennon, John W., III (75) 72 73 74 75 Bandow, Mike (90) 87 Cooper, Ralph C. (68) 66 Graham, Patrick (04) 01 02 Kildare, Trevor (97) 94 95 96 Barnett, Robert (95) 92 Corbett, Jason (99) 96 Greer, Davey (08) 05 Kincaid, David (95) 92 93 Barraza, Daniel T. (80) 77 Cormier, Hank (91) 88 Griffith, William M. (69) 67 68 69 Kirch, Robert K. (65) 63 64 65 Bates, Stanley (84) 82 83 Coryn, Charles E. (61) 59 Gunn, Benjamin (11) 08 Kitko, Paul (02) 01 Baudendistel, Joseph M. (77) 75 76 77 Cotton, Daniel (85) 82 Knaute, Chris (07) 04 05 06 07 Becker, Kurt (89) 86 87 89 Covington, Gary N. (70) 68 69 H Koraly, Steven C. (74) 72 73 74 Benson, Gerald (93) 90 91 92 93 Cowling, Trebor (T.J.) (08) 05 06 07 08 Hackbarth, Gary (78) 75 76 77 78 Korsedal, Brian (98) 95 Bergman, Andrew (07) 04 05 06 07 Curtis, Christopher L. (69) 67 68 69 Hackbarth, Joey R. (79) 76 77 78 79 Korsedal, John (97) 94 95 96 Bertmaring, Tyson (05) 02 Hagelin, Richard H., III (69) 67 68 69 Krauss, Greg (97) 94 95 96 Biederman, Joshua (02) 99 D Hale, Aaron (01) 96 98 99 Kux, Steven A. (68) 66 Bielinski, Barry T. (63) 61 62 63 Davis, Matt (97) 94 95 96 97 Hale, Ira D. (77) 74 75 Kyrazis, Theodore G., II (83) 80 Blaisdell, Michael P. (62) 60 61 62 Davison, Kenneth (84) 82 83 Hall, Matt (96) 93 94 95 96 Bloomer, Bo (T.B.) (92) 89 90 91 Dawson, Robert (11) 08 Hall, Zach (98) 95 96 L Boegman, James (86) 83 84 85 86 Day, Justin (09) 06 07 08 Hallman, Wes (90) 87 88 89 90 Lansford, Lars (90) 89 Bohn, Chris (01) 98 Dayton, John (03) 00 01 02 03 Halvorsen, Steven A. (79) 76 77 78 79 Lapin, Justin (07) 04 05 06 07 Bolt, Russell T. (72) 70 72 Deardorf, Erick W. (85) 82 83 Hamlin, Richard P., Jr. (79) 76 77 78 79 Laughrey, Wallis (98) 95 96 Bone, Michael J. (73) 71 Deeley, William F. (72) 69 70 Hamme, Doug (87) 84 85 86 Lauritzen, William G. (73) 70 71 72 73 Bouma, Dirk (90) 87 88 89 90 Derrick, Marvin J. (77) 74 75 Hammervold, Joshua (11) 08 Lazarus, Karim (95) 94 95 Bourland, Walter B. (78) 76 77 78 Devemark, Carl (99) 96 97 98 99 Hampson, Robert J. (72) 70 71 72 LeBeau, Charles (06) 03 04 Bowen, Casey (04) 01 02 03 Dixon, Matthew (84) 82 83 Hansen, Thomas (11) 08 Lee, Steve (05) 05 Boyd, John E., Jr. (70) 68 Dixon, Nick (09) 06 07 08 Happ, William K. (70) 68 69 Leek, Warren J. (66) 64 65 66 Braun, Jeff (94) 91 Doolittle, John (92) 89 90 91 92 Harris, Rufus D. (63) 61 62 Lennon, Jay (90) 87 88 89 Brehm, Paul (04) 01 02 03 04 Dow, John W. (73) 70 Hatelid, Carl M. (65) 63 64 65 Leonard, Michael C. (67) 65 66 Hauck, Les (98) 95 97 98 Leopold, Richard A. (76) 73

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Leslie, Coby (99) 95 96 98 99 Nieman, Robert L. (70) 68 69 70 Sharif, Khalil (04) 01 03 04 U Leverett, David H. (63) 63 Nofziger, Ryan (99) 96 97 Sharpe, Steve (91) 88 89 90 91 Uzelac, Nick (07) 04 05 06 07 Lewandowski, Ronald (85) 82 83 Sheehan, Stephen D. (65) 64 Liedl, Spencer (08) 05 06 07 08 O Sheridan, Jim (91) 88 V Limbird, Keith G. (82) 79 80 O’Donnell, Terrence (66) 64 65 66 Shinnick, Joseph T. (85) 82 Vance, Brian A. (73) 70 71 Lindberg, Brady (07) 03 04 06 07 Offutt, Frederick W. (75) 72 73 74 75 Shipstead, Matt (01) 98 99 00 01 Vandam, David K. (77) 74 75 76 77 Linder, Cameron (08) 05 O’Keefe, Richard D. (60) 58 59 60 Sievers, Matt (07) 04 05 06 07 Vandam, Patrick (06) 03 Lindgren, Jason (95) 92 93 94 95 O’Keefe, Sean (10) 07 08 Simmons, Barry N. (81) 81 Van Valkenburg, Kyle (10) 07 08 Lipp, John R. (70) 68 69 Oliver, Carl W. (63) 63 Simpson, James R. (82) 79 80 81 Vetter, Mike (92) 89 90 91 92 Livingood, John M. (82) 80 81 Olson, Matt (88) 86 87 88 Simpson, Wendell P., III (80) 78 79 80 Londrigan, Sean (92) 89 90 91 92 O’Neal, James W., III (70) 68 69 70 Skillman, Thomas C. (75) 72 73 74 75 W Lorenz, Mark J. (82) 80 Outlaw, Mike (89) 86 87 88 Smiley, Floyd M., Jr. (70) 68 Walsh, Brian J. (83) 80 Losey, Brian L. (83) 80 81 82 83 Smiley, Jeffrey L. (69) 67 68 69 Ward, Timothy J. (83) 80 Lowe, Chris (88) 85 86 87 88 P Smith, Andrew (00) 97 98 99 Warner, John J. (69) 67 68 69 Lowe, Garrett M. (95) 92 93 94 95 Paige, Tyler (01) 98 99 00 01 Smith, Brian C. (81) 78 Waters, Steven C. (80) 77 78 79 80 Lowell, Jay (90) 87 88 Paquette, Michael P. (77) 77 Smith, Peter (89) 86 Watson, Charles D. (66) 64 65 66 Luette, Glen J. (84) 81 82 Parker, David (06) 03 Snyder, Francis E. (79) 76 77 78 79 Weber, David B. (71) 71 Lundmark, Rolf (95) 92 93 94 95 Parker, Robert H. (62) 60 61 62 Songster, Timothy (93) 90 91 92 93 Weinberg, Norman A. (76) 74 75 76 Parker, Stewart (02) 99 00 01 Soukup, Greg (92) 89 90 91 92 Welling, Karol R. (83) 80 M Parmenter, Paul (07) 04 05 06 07 Specht, David J. (83) 80 81 Whinnery, Cyrus C. (88) 85 86 87 88 Mackow, John (99) 96 Parr, Evan (05) 02 03 04 05 Spees, Jason (95) 92 White, Bishop, III (64) 62 63 MacLaughlin, Bucky (91) 88 89 90 91 Paschke, Tim (00) 97 98 99 Spires, Dan (88) 85 86 87 88 White, Gordon (06) 03 05 Magee, Donald W. (77) 74 75 76 77 Patten, Eric (91) 88 89 90 91 Squires, Dave (94) 91 92 93 94 White, Richard H. (69) 67 Mallard, John (95) 94 95 Paulson, Ralph W. (68) 66 Steadman, Drew (00) 97 Whitted, James M. (62) 60 Marion, James (00) 97 98 99 00 Paxton, Aerick (97) 94 95 96 Stedman, Randall S. (81) 78 79 80 81 Whitting, Drew (93) 90 91 93 Marshall, David L. (71) 69 70 Pendergast (97) 94 Stein, Eugene (93) 90 91 92 93 Wiegman, Stanley F. (80) 77 78 79 80 Marshall, Jeff (94) 91 92 94 Percival, Scott (01) 98 99 00 01 Steinfort, Edward (02) 99 00 01 Wierzbanowski, Jason (95) 92 93 94 95 Marshall, William C. (77) 74 75 77 Perich, Ty (11) 08 Steipp, Chad (01) 98 Wilcoxon, Robert B. (82) 79 80 Martignetti, Edward (89) 86 Perkowski, Raymond P. (65) 63 64 65 Steward, Parker (02) 99 Willhite, Brian (10) 07 Martin, Douglas K. (69) 67 68 69 Peterson, Rory (04) 01 02 03 04 Stinson, Robert W. (75) 72 Williams, David L. (82) 79 80 Martin, Timothy S. (76) 73 74 75 76 Phelps, Mason (04) 01 02 03 04 Stoddard, Jeffrey J. (84) 81 82 Williams, Earl R. (67) 65 Masin, John L. (69) 67 Phenicie, Dan (07) 04 05 Stolee, Andrew (04) 01 Williams, John (83) 82 83 Mason, William M. (84) 81 Phillips, Benjamin W., Jr. (75) 72 73 Strabley, Shawn (03) 00 Williams, Thomas A. (80) 77 78 79 80 Massey, John P. (73) 71 72 73 Pickrell, Robert L. (85) 82 Straw, William E. (67) 65 Wilson, Layne (09) 06 07 08 Matchefts, Marco J. (87) 84 85 86 87 Pilling, Richard A. (74) 72 Stump, Hugh D. (65) 63 64 Wise, Richard M. (78) 75 May, Mike (95) 94 Plescha, Franz (87) 84 85 86 87 Sullivan, Paul B. (81) 78 79 80 81 Woodward, Jasper S. (82) 79 80 81 McAlister, Richard W. (75) 72 73 74 75 Poehler, Marcus (11) 08 Sumrall, Rich (86) 83 84 85 86 Wooton, Joseph (81) 78 79 80 81 McCall, Grant (01) 98 Poole, James C., Jr. (61) 60 Symens, Terry M. (75) 72 73 74 75 McCorkle, Ben (09) 06 Poorman, Douglas A. (78) 75 76 77 78 Y McCorry, Daniel C., Jr. (75) 72 73 74 75 Pounds, Eric (04) 01 02 03 04 T Yamashiro, Kai (09) 06 07 08 McCoy, Andy (91) 88 89 91 Prior, Rich (86) 83 84 85 86 Talbott, Donald R. (65) 63 64 65 Yamashiro, Kimo (06) 03 05 McCrackin, Thomas M. (63) 62 63 Tharaldson, Derek (98) 95 96 97 98 Yee, Alex (10) 07 McCroan, James (03) 00 01 02 R Thompson, Garrett J. (84) 81 82 83 Young, George O., III (65) 64 65 McGarrity, John (86) 83 84 85 86 Rasmussen, Cody (99) 96 97 98 99 Thompson, James M. (73) 70 71 72 73 McGinnis, Tom (87) 84 85 86 87 Rechsteiner, Roger W. (76) 73 74 Thompson, Jeffrey G. (81) 78 79 80 Z McKeon, Matthew P. (83) 80 81 Reed, David J. (60) 58 Thurber, Alan (90) 85 86 89 90 Zappia, Michael A. (80) 77 McLain, George E. (70) 68 69 70 Reid, Jarve G. (670 65 66 67 Tibbitts, Stephen W. (75) 73 74 75 Zuber, Jay (89) 86 McLean, Daniel P. (66) 64 65 66 Riba, Bryan T. (84) 81 Toepfer, Michael W. (89) 85 86 87 88 Zwyer, James (95) 92 93 94 95 McLeod, William C., II (65) 64 65 Roberson, Jeff (03) 00 01 02 03 Toth, Charles (01) 98 99 00 01 McSwain, Donald L. (69) 67 Robertson, Greg (92) 89 90 91 92 Treason, Thomas A. (65) 64 65 Merrell, John C. (69) 67 Robinson, Eric (11) 08 Trimble, Eric (03) 00 03 Merrill, David L. (76) 73 74 75 Rogas, Peter N. (79) 77 Trimble, Jack R. (70) 68 69 70 Meyers, Jeff (87) 84 85 86 Rogers, Randy (09) 06 07 08 Tritico, Hans (99) 96 Miller, Robert F. (69) 67 Rough, Matt (90) 87 88 Mitchell, Andrew (01) 98 99 00 01 Rump, Nathan (91) 88 89 90 91 Mohrmann, Karl (11) 08 Ryan, Thomas M. (83) 80 Morgan, Mark E (79) 76 77 78 79 Rye, Bryan A. (71) 69 70 Morgan, Matthew (85) 82 Morin, Christopher (10) 07 08 S Eric Pounds Morse, Bob (87) 84 85 86 87 Saitz, Ted (09) 06 Moss, Ryan (07) 04 05 06 07 Sayre, John R. (84) 81 82 Mueller, Allan E., Jr. (67) 65 Schenck, Roswell M. (67) 65 Murra, Craig L. (77) 74 75 76 77 Scherm, Todd (95) 92 93 95 Murray, Ronald W. (65) 64 65 Schiffl, Louis (97) 94 Muttilainen, Mark A. (78) 75 76 Schmidt, Paul M. (72) 69 Scholtz, Joe (98) 95 N Schrott, John W., III (67) 66 Needham, Theodore E. (79) 76 77 78 79 Schulenberg, Michael S. (85) 82 83 Nelson, Bruce M. (76) 73 74 75 76 Scott, Christopher S. (71) 69 70 Nelson, George J. (82) 79 80 81 Seamster, Robert A. (79) 76 77 Nguyen, Quoc-Nam (02) 99 Seigler, Stephen S. (67) 65 66 67 Nichols, David C. (81) 78 79 80 81 Selz, Scott (92) 89 90 91 92 Nield, George C., IV (72) 72 Shaffer, Timothy A. (76) 74 75 76

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 27 World Class Athlete Program

WORLD CLASS ATHLETE PROGRAM (WCAP)

The Air Force World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) is a two-year program that provides active duty, national guard and reserve Air Force personnel the opportunity to train and compete at national and international sports competitions with the ultimate goal of selection to the United States Olympic team. The WCAP is not a developmental program; it targets athletes who have achieved world class status in their sport. If selected, the athlete will be assigned to Headquarters Air Force Services Agency, San Antonio, Texas, with a duty location near elite coaches and/or world class training facilities. Candidates must remain competitive for a U.S Olympic team position to remain in the program, which ends with the Olympic Trials or after competing with the national team at the Olympics.

Former Air Force swimmers that are “The Air Force WCAP has allowed me to served as members of the WCAP in continue to swim and compete to pursue 2008 include Capt. Eli Bremer, 2nd Lt. my athletic goals, while I still get to pur- Chris Knaute and 2nd Lt. Paul sue my long-term goal of becoming a Parmenter. Bremer, a 2000 graduate of the Academy, competed in the 2008 pilot.” -2nd Lt. Chris Knaute, class of 2007 Beijing Olympics in the modern pen- tathlon. Meanwhile, Knaute and Parmenter, both 2007 graduates, participated in the U.S. Olympic Trials in swimming this past Capt. Eli Bremer, a 2000 gradute, summer. Both spent the past year in Charlotte, N.C., training at the Mecklenburg Aquatic competed in the Beijing Olympics. Center, mentored by former Auburn head coach Dave Marsh.

2nd Lt. Chris Knaute (left) and 2nd Lt. Paul Parmenter (right) both trained for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials at the Mecklenburg (N.C.) Aquatic Center, a USA Swimming Center of Excellence.

Four other former Air Force athletes were also members of the WCAP in 2008 (pictured below from left to right): field perform- ers Paul Gensic (men’s pole vault), Olivia Korte (women’s weight throw) and Dana Pounds (women’s javelin), and Olympic fencer Seth Kelsey (men’s epee).

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Kelvin (Kelly) Kemp (‘74) Mission Systems Engineer, Scitor Corporation Launch and Range Systems Wing, Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

Capt. James Bales (‘01) Professional Triathlete/Fourth- Year Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, Wilford Hall Medical Center (59th Medical Wing), Lackland AFB, Texas

1st Lt. Evan Parr (‘05) F-15 Pilot, 19th Flight Squadron, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

Capt. Mike Foster (‘99) Ph.D. Candidate Rochester Institute of Technology, N.Y.

George Nelson (‘82) Associate AD, Athletic Programs U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo.

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 29 Where Are They Now?

1st Lt. Matt Karmondy (‘06) Maj. Bucky MacLaughlin (‘91) Received Master’s Degree in Aeronautics/Astronautics from MIT; F-117A Weapons School Instructor Attending pilot training 417th Weapons Squadron Holloman AFB, N.M.

Capt. JP McCroan (‘03) F-16 Pilot 35th Fighter Squadron Kunsan AB, South Korea

Maj. Joe Alkire (‘97) (left) HH-60G Pavehawk, Helicopter Pilot Air Force Special Ops 66th Rescue Squadron Nellis AFB, Nev. Capt. Matt Ihlenfeld (‘01) KC-135R Pilot Grissom AFB, Ind.

Capt. Marshall Haylett (‘02) C-17 Pilot Charleston AFB, S.C.

Capt. Matt Shipstead (‘01) C-130 co-pilot 37th Airlift Squadron Ramstein AB, Germany

30 2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving The Air Force Academy

The United States Air Force Academy offers a four- and sophomores seek to develop year program of instruction and experience team and interpersonal leader- designed to educate, train and inspire men and ship and instructional tasks. women to become officers of character, motivated Cadets are projected into as many to lead the United States Air Force in service to our active leadership roles as possible nation. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor of sci- to prepare them to be effective ence degree and a commission as a second lieu- Air Force officers. tenant in the Air Force. Fundamental concepts of mili- tary organization -- drill, ethics, COURSE OF STUDY honor, Air Force heritage and Cadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum that physical training -- are empha- provides the knowledge, skills and responsibilities sized the first summer during essential to a career Air Force officer. The entire basic cadet training. Freshmen USAFA experience is integrated and mapped to then study the military role in achieve a set of desired outcomes in every graduate. United States society as well as The core academic curriculum includes courses in the mission and organization of basic sciences, engineering, social sciences and the Air Force. Sophomores humanities. Cadets take additional elective courses receive instruction in commu- to complete requirements for one of 32 major areas nicative skills and juniors study the combat and HISTORY OF of study. Over 50 percent of the cadets complete operational aspects of the Air Force. Military studies majors in science and engineering; the remainder for the senior class focus on military thought. THE ACADEMY graduate in the social sciences and humanities. The Academy offers courses in flying, navigation, Some of the most popular majors include manage- soaring and parachuting, building from basic skills to In 1948, a board of leading civil- ment, aeronautical engineering, foreign studies, his- instructor duties. Cadets may fly light aircraft with ian and military educators was tory, behavioral science, civil engineering, astronau- the Cadet Flying Team. appointed to plan the curriculum tical engineering, electrical engineering and engi- Summer training for cadets is divided into three, for an academy that would meet neering mechanics. three-week training periods. There are a variety of the needs of the newly established programs available and each cadet is required to Air Force. The board determined FACULTY COMPOSITION complete two training periods each summer with that Air Force requirements could The majority of the Academy's faculty members, leave during the other period. All new cadets take not be met by expanding the other more than 500 total, are Air Force officers. They are six weeks of basic cadet training in their first sum- selected primarily from career-officer volunteers mer. service academies and recommend- who have established outstanding records of per- Combat survival training is a required three-week ed an Air Force academy be estab- formance and dedication. Each has at least a mas- program during cadets' second summer. For other lished without delay. ter's degree and more than 55 percent have doctor- second-summer training periods, cadets have In 1949, then Secretary of the ates or other terminal degrees in their field of study. options such as working with young airmen in an Air Force W. Stuart Symington Faculty members are intensely focused on cadets' operational unit at an Air Force installation, airborne appointed a commission to assist in learning as an integral part of their officer develop- parachute training, soaring or basic free-fall para- selecting a site and on April 1, ment. The Air Force Academy has been ranked No. chute training. 1954, President Dwight D. 1 in the nation for the most accessible and involved During their last two summers, all cadets are Eisenhower authorized creation of faculty for four years in a row. offered leadership training as supervisors or instruc- the United States Air Force To provide greater contributions by a diverse fac- tors in summer programs, such as basic cadet train- Academy. After considering 580 ulty, the Academy has several distinguished visiting ing, survival training, freefall parachuting and soar- sites in 45 states, the commission professors and associate professors who serve one ing. narrowed the choice to three loca- or more years. Officers from other services are Extracurricular activities also are an integral part tions. The summer of 1954, members of the faculty and a small number of offi- of the education program. The cadet ski club, drum Secretary of the Air Force Harold cers from allied countries teach as well. and bugle corps, cadet chorale and forensics are a Talbott selected a site near Distinguished civilian and military lecturers also few of the programs available. Colorado Springs, Colo. Colorado share their expertise with the cadets during the aca- contributed $1 million toward pur- demic year. NOMINATIONS chase of the property. Nominations to the Academy may be obtained ATHLETIC PROGRAM through a congressional sponsor or by meeting eligi- In July 1955, the first academy The Academy's athletic program is designed to bility criteria in other categories of competition class entered interim facilities at improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills and established by law. For information on admission Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, while develop leadership qualities. To achieve its goals, procedures, write to HQ USAFA/RRS; 2304 Cadet construction began. It was suffi- the Academy offers some of the most extensive Drive, Suite 200; USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025. ciently completed for occupancy by physical education, intramural sports and intercolle- the cadet wing in late August 1958. giate athletic programs in the nation. Cadets take at Initial construction cost was $142 least three different physical education courses each www.usafa.af.mil million. year. Women entered the academy on June 28, 1976, as members of the MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING class of 1980. An air, space and cyberspace-oriented military education, training and leadership program begins with basic cadet training and continues throughout the four years. Seniors are responsible for the organi- zational leadership of the cadet wing, while juniors

2008-09 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving 31 Academy Leadership

Lieutenant General John F. Regni is superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He directs a four-year academic, military training, athletic and character development program leading to a bachelor's degree and commission as an Air Force officer.

The general was commissioned in the Air Force following graduation from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1973. His career has encompassed a wide range of personnel, training and command assignments, and he has served at base, numbered air force, major command, Air Staff and joint unified command levels. Prior to his stint at the Academy, he served as Commander, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

The general’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with silver oak leaf cluster and Air Force Commendation Medal.

Vice Superintendent Commandant of Cadets Dean of Faculty Commander, Colonel Brig. General Brig. General 10th Air Base Wing Paul C. Ackerman Samuel D. Cox Dana H. Born Col. Jimmy McMillian

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