Justin Wolfe Csaba Gercsak Thomas Defay 2012-13 Swimming and Diving Media Guide J Anderson Kirsten Groome Melissa Laracque Anna Beeck Salukis at the 2012 London Olympics Csaba Gercsak 10K Open Water Pamela Benitez 800m Free Rick Walker Mazen Aziz 10K Open Water 2012-13 Swimming and Diving Media Guide Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION School ............Southern Illinois University Schedule/Quick Facts.......................................................................................1 City/Zip .........Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Founded .................................................1869 Media Information ...........................................................................................1 Enrollment ......................18,847 (Fall 2012) 2012-13 Roster ..................................................................................................2 Nickname ...........................................Salukis 2012-13 Headshots ....................................................................................... 3-5 School Colors .............. Maroon and White Web site .............................. SIUSalukis.com Pronunciation Guide ........................................................................................5 Facility ......Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium Coach Bios ..................................................................................................... 6-9 Affiliation ........................ NCAA Division I Athlete Bios ............................................................................................... 10-18 Women’s Conference ........ Missouri Valley Men’s Conference ................Mid-American Missouri Valley Conference ..........................................................................19 President .......................Dr. Glenn Poshard Mid-American Conference ...........................................................................20 Chancellor ............................Dr. Rita Cheng Athletics Director ................ Mario Moccia Alma Mater ........New Mexico St. (1989) Women’s Swimming and Diving Athletics Phone .................. (618) 453-5311 MVC Champions / All-Conference .............................................................21 Home Facility Phone ......... (618) 453-1291 2011-12 Recap / Conference Honorees .......................................................22 TEAM INFORMATION All-Time All-Americans ................................................................................23 Women’s 2011-12 Dual Record ............. 4-5 School and Pool Records ......................................................................... 24-25 MVC Dual Meet Record ..................... 2-1 All-Time Letterwinners ........................................................................... 26-27 MVC Championship Results .......3rd of 5 Men’s 2011-12 Dual Record ................... 6-5 Academic All-Conference / All-Americans ................................................28 MAC Dual Meet Record ..................... 3-1 MAC Championship Results .......3rd of 7 Men’s Swimming and Diving COACHING STAFF 2011-12 Recap / Conference Honorees .......................................................29 Head Coach ......Rick Walker (21st season) All-Time Conference Champions ................................................................30 Alma Mater ................Texas A&M (1984) All-Time International Competitors / Coaching Honors .........................31 Record at SIU (yrs) ..............136-112 (20) Career Record (yrs) ..........................Same All-Time All-Americans .......................................................................... 32-33 Office Phone .................... (618) 453-7230 School / Pool Records .............................................................................. 34-35 E-Mail [email protected] All-Time Letterwinners ........................................................................... 36-37 Diving Coach .............Chunhua “Joy” Zhao Alma Mater .... Tian-Jin University (‘89) Year ..............................................10th year Office Phone .................... (618) 453-5461 E-Mail [email protected] S c h e d u l e Asst. Coach ................................Scott Olson Alma Mater ............... North Dakota (‘96) Date Opponent/Event Location Time Year ..........................................Fourth year Sept. 21 Saluki Miler Carbondale, Ill. 6 p.m. Office Phone .................... (618) 453-3149 Sept. 22 Open Water 5K Carbondale, Ill. 10 a.m. E-mail [email protected] Oct. 13 at Evansville Evansville, Ind. Noon Graduate Asst. .......................Chris Gaffney Oct. 26 at Missouri, vs. Kentucky, Arkansas (W) Columbia, Mo. 2 p.m. Alma Mater ..............................SIU (2010) Nov. 16-18 Phoenix Fall Classic Chicago, Ill. 10 a.m./6 p.m. Year...............................................First year Nov. 16-18 Purdue Invitational West Lafayette, Ind. 10 a.m./6 p.m. Office Phone .................... (618) 453-3149 Nov. 29-Dec. 1 USA National Championships Austin, Texas 10 a.m./6 p.m. E-mail [email protected] Jan. 18 at Missouri S&T (Men) Rolla, Mo. 5 p.m. Jan. 26 at Washington (Mo.) (Women) St. Louis, Mo. 1 p.m. MEDIA SERVICES Feb. 2 Evansville Carbondale, Ill. 1 p.m. S&D Contact .............................John Lock Feb. 14-16 MVC Championships (Women) Carbondale, Ill. 10 a.m./6 p.m. Cell ........................................309.333.0132 March 7-9 MAC Championships (Men) Carbondale, Ill. 10 a.m./6 p.m. Email ................................ [email protected] March 21-23 NCAA Women’s Championships Indianapolis, Ind. All Day Media Services Director ........Tom Weber March 28-30 NCAA Men’s Championships Indianapolis, Ind. All Day Assistant Director .......................Bill Ford Assistant Director .............Scott Gierman Graduate Assistant ........Robin Thuringer Follow us on Twitter @SIU_SwimDive - 1 - 2012-13 Swimming and Diving Media Guide Men’s and Women’s Rosters Name Year Height Event Hometown (High School or Last College) Esteavo Andrade Fr. 5-10 Free/Back/Fly Belo Horizonte, MG (Calevio Pitavoras) Juan Arbelaez Jr. 5-11 Free/Fly Ibague, Columbia (St. Peter American) Jeffrey Chen Jr. 5-6 Breast Peoria, Ill. (Richwoods) Caleb Coots So. 5-8 Freestyle Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Cape Central) Thomas Defay Sr. 5-11 Backstroke Nantes, France (Université de Nantes) Matt Frey So. 5-10 Fly Bloomington, Ill. (Normal Community West) Csaba Gercsak Sr. 5-8 Freestyle Budapest, Hungary (Csik Ferenc Gimnazium) Calvin Kolar So. 6-2 Breast Makanda, Ill. (Carbondale) Jacob Lucheon Jr. 5-9 Fly Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic) Eddy Lynk Jr. 6-2 Freestyle Collinsville, Ill. (Collinsville) Marco Madeira Sr. 5-9 Freestyle Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Escola Alemã Corcovado) Olaf Meller Fr. 6-2 Fly/Free Olsztyn, Poland (Szkola Mistrzostwa Sportowego w Gdansku) George Minkel Jr. 6-3 Freestyle Montgomery, Ill. (Oswego East) Till Pallmann Fr. 6-6 Freestyle Zweibrucken, Germany (Helmholtz-Gymnasium) Oleg Rabota Jr. 5-10 Back/Free Almaty, Kazakhstan (Alma-Ata) Nathan Ray Fr. 6-0 Freestyle Russellville, Ark. (Russellville) Kegan Skelton So. 6-2 Diving Champaign, Ill. (Centennial) Andrew Spencer So. 5-10 Breast Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Central) Brandon Vuong Fr. 5-8 Butterfly Sugar Land, Texas (Kempner) Evan Wiedeman Jr. 5-11 Freestyle Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern) Justin Wolfe Sr. 5-11 Back/Fly Bloomington, Ill. (Bloomington) Shaun Wolfe So. 5-8 Freestyle Bloomington, Ill. (Bloomington) Name Year Height Event Hometown (High School or Last College) Jessica Anderson Sr. 5-7 Back/IM Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead) Rachael Barry Jr. 5-11 Free/Fly Morrison, Ill. (Morrison Community) Anna Beeck Sr. 5-3 Diving Oakland, Fla. (Coronado) Pamela Benitez Jr. 5-4 Freestyle San Salvador, El Salvador (Liceo Cristiano (Central)) Shailey Brumley Jr. 5-6 Freestyle Keller, Texas (Central) Mardi Buchanan So. 5-9 Freestyle Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley North) Isabela Castro Jr. 5-3 Back/Fly/Free Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil (Timpview) Charlotte Davies So. 5-5 Fly/Free/IM Margate, England (The Charles Dickens School) Carly Dvorak Jr. 5-6 Back/Freestyle Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. (Willowbrook) Kirsten Groome Sr. 5-11 Distance Free Shreveport, La. (Home-schooled) Kiley Handley Fr. 5-10 Back/Freestyle Louisville, Ky. (Dupont Manual) Kristy Hinkle Jr. 5-8 Back Rockford, Ill. (Keith Country Day School) Holly Johnson So. 5-10 Free/Breast Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead) Melissa Larocque Sr. 5-0 Fly/IM Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada (John Abbott College) Molly Matzoll Jr. 5-5 Diving Reno, Nev. (McQueen) Ella Otto So. 5-7 Back/Free Stuttgart, Germany (Wirtemberg Gym) Hannah Pinion So. 5-8 Back/IM Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden) Carly Schlupp Jr. 5-5 Freestyle/IM Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley) Samantha Schneider Jr. 5-5 Freestyle Pinckneyville, Ill. (Lincoln CC) Austyn Sigler Fr. 5-5 Breaststroke Carterville, Ill. (Carterville) Luisa Silveira Jr. 5-7 Freestyle Floriandpolis, SC, Brazil (Pitá goras) Brittany Weigel Jr. 5-3 Diving Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Ross Sheppard) Sherry Zhang Fr. 5-0 Diving Hu Bei, China (Carbondale) Rick Walker - Head Coach (21st Season) // Chunhua “Joy” Zhao - Diving Coach (10th Season) // Scott Olson - Assistant Coach (4th Season) // Chris Gaffney - Graduate Assistant (Second Season) - 2 - 2012-13 Swimming and Diving Media Guide Jessica Anderson Esteavo Andrade Juan Arbelaez Rachael Barry Anna Beeck Back/IM • 5-7 • Sr.