FLORIDA SWIMMING & DIVING 2015-16 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT FLORIDA SWIMMING & DIVING 2015-16 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT 2015-16 SCHEDULE Date Meet Competition Site Time (ET) 2015 Fri.-Sun. Sep. 18-20 All Florida Invitational Gainesville, FL All Day Thu. Oct. 8 Vanderbilt (Women Only - No Divers)* Nashville, TN 7 p.m. Sat. Oct. 10 Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 10 a.m. Fri-Sat. Oct. 16-17 Texas/Indiana Austin, TX 7 p.m. Fri (50 LCM) / Sat (25 SCY) Fri. Oct. 30 Georgia (50 LCM)* Gainesville, FL 11 a.m. Fri. Nov. 6 South Carolina* Gainesville, FL 2 p.m. Fri-Sun. Nov. 20-22 Buckeye Invitational Columbus, OH All Day Thu-Sat. Dec. 3-5 USA Swimming Nationals (50 LCM) Federal Way, WA All Day Tue-Sun. Dec. 15-20 USA Diving Nationals Indianapolis, IN All Day 2016 Sat. Jan. 2 FSU Gainesville, FL 2 p.m. Sat. Jan. 23 Auburn (50 LCM)* Gainesville, FL 11 a.m. Sat. Jan. 30 Tennessee* Knoxville, TN 10 a.m. Tue-Sat. Feb. 16-20 SEC Championships Columbia, MO All Day Fri-Sun. Feb 26-28 Florida Invitational (Last Chance) Gainesville, FL All Day Mon-Wed. March 7-9 NCAA Diving Zones Atlanta, GA All Day Thu-Sat. March 16-19 Women’s NCAA Championships Atlanta, GA All Day Thu-Sat. March 23-26 Men’s NCAA Championships Atlanta, GA All Day Key: SCY - Standard Course Yards, LCM - Long Course Meters, * - Denotes SEC events 1 FLORIDA SWIMMING & DIVING 2015-16 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT CONTENTS / QUICK facts Schedule ......................................1 Elisavet Panti ..........................33 Gator Men’s Bios – Freshmen ................... Table of Contents/Quick Facts. 2 Paige Scheriger ........................34 Balough/Heath ........................66 Media Information ............................3 Gator Women’s Bios – Freshmen. Lebed/Main ...........................67 Head Coach Gregg Troy bio .................4-6 Burns/Goss/Howell ....................35 Nash/Palazzo ..........................68 Associate Head Coaches ....................... Kaisrlik/Martin/Pulte ...................36 Smith/Szaranek ........................69 Anthony Nesty .........................7 Sell/Spilman/Syskakis ..................37 Switkowski/Wu ........................70 Martyn Wilby ...........................8 Gator Women’s 2014-15 Year in Review ...38-39 Gator Men’s 2014-15 Year in Review ......71-72 Head Diving Coach 2014-15 Florida Men’s Roster. History and Records Cover Page ..............73 Dale Schultz ............................9 Pronunciation Guide ...................40 National Championship History ..............74 Assistant Coaches Gator Men’s Bios – Seniors. Gator All-Americans ......................75-80 Steve Jungbluth .......................10 Arthur Frayler ..........................41 SEC Championships ..........................81 Leah Martindale-Stancil ...............11 Zach Hernandez .......................42 SEC Championships History. .82-84 2015-16 Florifa Women’s Roster ..............12 Justin Kaisrlik ..........................43 SEC Academic Honor Roll (W) ................85 2015-16 Florida Women’s Roster/ Corey Main ............................44 SEC Academic Honor Roll (M) ................86 Pronunciation Guide ..................13 Austin Manganiello ....................45 Women’s Records ............................87 Gator Women’s Bios – Seniors .................. Luke Torres ............................46 Men’s Records ................................88 Delaney Dye ...........................14 Pawel Werner ..........................47 All-Time Top-10 Women’s Times ..............89 Natalie Hinds ..........................15 Gator Men’s Bios – Juniors. All-Time Top-10 Men’s Times ..................90 Sierra Kuhn ............................16 Jack Blyzinskyj .........................48 Florida Honors & Awards Cover Page .........91 Ashley Linn ............................17 Mitch D’Arrigo ................................49 Gator Honors & Awards ......................92 Lindsey McKnight .....................18 Alex Dehner ...........................50 Team Awards .................................93 Emily Mosher ..........................19 Gator Men’s Bios – Sophomores ................ All-Time Women’s Roster .................94-95 Megan Rankin .........................20 Andrew Brady .........................51 All-Time Men’s Roster .....................96-99 Taylor Roy .............................21 Max Bungert ...........................52 All-Time Series Records .....................100 Jessica Thielmann .....................22 Quinn Cassidy .........................53 Kahlia Warner ..........................23 Caeleb Dressel, ........................54 Gator Women’s Bios – Juniors .................. Emiro Goosen .........................55 Autumn Finke .........................24 Dalton Goss ...........................56 Taylor Katz .............................25 Harrison Haines ........................57 Alyssa Yambor-Maul ...................26 Eric Kahr ...............................58 Gator Women’s Bios – Sophomores. Alex Katz ..............................59 Brianna Felegi .........................27 Ben Kennedy ..........................60 Georgia Hohmann .....................28 Ben Lawless ...........................61 Chelsea Lawson .......................29 Blake Manganiello .....................62 Georgia Marris .........................30 Enzo Martinez-Scarpe. .................63 Lexie Martorana .......................31 Colin Rockwell .........................64 Amelia Maughan ......................32 Mark Szaranek .........................65 UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS 2014-15 MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING UF SWIMMING AND DIVING MEDIA Founded: ....................................1853 REVIEW INFORMATION Location: .........................Gainesville, Fla. NCAA Finish: ..................................5th Contact: .............................Ben Schmitz Enrollment: ................................49,042 SEC Championships Finish: .....................1st Office Phone: ................352-375-4683 x 6125 Nickname: .................................Gators Record:. .6-1 overall; 4-1 SEC Cell Phone: ........................(319) 238-1354 Colors: ...........................Orange and Blue Final CSCAA Poll Ranking: .....................5th E-Mail: [email protected] Conference: ........................Southeastern All-Americans: ..................15 with 40 honors Communications Fax: ..............(352) 375-4809 President: ......................Dr. W. Kent Fuchs All-SEC: ................................13 athletes Comm unications Mailing Address: Athletics Director: ..................Jeremy Foley SEC Academic Honor Roll:. .18 P.O. Box 14485 Gainesville, FL 32604 Facility: ..Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorium Letter winners returning/lost: ...............31/10 Comm unications Overnight Address: (1,200) 303 Gale Lemerand Drive Stadium West Gainesville, FL 32611 SWIMMING AND DIVING QUICK FACTS 2014-15 WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND Official Florida Athletics Website: www.GatorZone. Head Coach: ..................Greg Troy (TCU ’72) DIVING REVIEW com Years at UF: ..........................19th Season NCAA Finish: ..................................9th Twitter: ..www.Twitter.com/GatorsSwimDv UF Dual Meet Record: .......Women: 153-38 (.801) SEC Championships Finish: ....................3rd Men: ...............................133-36-1 (.782) Record: .......................6-2 overall; 5-1 SEC Facebook: ...........www.Facebook.com/ Associate Head Coaches: .. Anthony Nesty (UF ‘94) Final CSCAA Poll Ranking: .....................9th GatorsSwimDive . Martyn Wilby (Kentucky ‘86) All Americans: ...................6 with 15 honors Diving Coach: ......Dale Schultz (Kansas State‘84) All-SEC: .........................................8 Assistant Coaches: ..Steve Jungbluth (UMass ‘94) SEC Academic Honor Roll:. .16 . Leah Stancil (UF ‘02) Letterwinners returning/lost: ................25/4 Director of Swimming Operations: ....Erva Gilliam Swimming Office Phone: . (352) 375-4683 ext. 4545 2 FLORIDA SWIMMING & DIVING 2015-16 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT MEDIA INFORMATION The 2015-16 University of Florida swimming and diving media supplement was created and produced for the assistance in gathering detailed information regarding the University, coaches, staff and student-athletes of the Gator swimming and diving program. Any additional media information, special requests or needs should be directed to the Florida Communications Department, specifically Ben Schmitz. MEDIA SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT GATORZONE.COM Members of the media are provided with weekly The Florida Communications Department is World Wide Web users can access the University release packages containing updated statistics, located on the third floor on the west side of Ben Athletic Association’s website, “GatorZone.com” features and information about the most current Hill Griffin Stadium, directly across Gale Lemerand through a Web browser at www.GatorZone. swim meet. On meet days, the UF Communications Drive from Gate 1 of the Stephen C. O’Connell com. Obtainable information on the site includes staff will issue meet notes, team statistics, and Center. Please enter the stairwell to the left of Gate schedules, results and statistics as well as updated conference and national rankings, as well as other 1, at Florida Field. Swimming and Diving Contact notes on each Gator athletic team. significant information. Ben Schmitz’ office is located at 313A. 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