2013-14 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 ......................17,964 (Fall 2013) 2013-14 Roster ..................................................................................................2 Nickname ...........................................Salukis 2013-14 Head Shots ..................................................................................... 3-5 School Colors .............. Maroon and White Web site .............................. SIUSalukis.com Pronunciation Guide ........................................................................................5 Facility ......Dr. Edward J. Shea Natatorium Coaches’ Bios ................................................................................................ 6-9 Affiliation ........................ NCAA Division I Athlete Bios ............................................................................................... 10-17 Women’s Conference ........ Missouri Valley Men’s Conference ................Mid-American Missouri Valley Conference ..........................................................................18 President .......................Dr. Glenn Poshard Mid-American Conference ...........................................................................19 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 .............................................................20 Home Facility Phone ......... (618) 453-1291 2012-13 Recap / Conference Honorees .......................................................21 TEAM INFORMATION All-Time All-Americans ................................................................................22 Women’s 2012-13 Dual Record ............. 4-4 School and Pool Records ......................................................................... 23-25 MVC Dual Meet Record ..................... 2-1 All-Time Letterwinners ........................................................................... 25-26 MVC Championship Results .......3rd of 5 Men’s 2012-13 Dual Record ................... 4-4 Academic All-Conference / All-Americans ................................................27 MAC Dual Meet Record ..................... 3-2 MAC Championship Results .......5th of 7 Men’s Swimming and Diving COACHING STAFF 2012-13 Recap / Conference Honorees .......................................................28 Head Coach ....Rick Walker (22nd season) All-Time Conference Champions ................................................................29 Alma Mater ................Texas A&M (1984) All-Time International Competitors / Coaching Honors .........................30 Record at SIU (yrs) ..............141-116 (22) Career Record (yrs) .....................141-116 All-Time All-Americans .......................................................................... 31-32 Office Phone .................... (618) 453-7230 School / Pool Records .............................................................................. 33-34 E-Mail [email protected] All-Time Letterwinners ........................................................................... 35-36 Diving Coach .............Chunhua “Joy” Zhao Alma Mater .... Tian-Jin University (‘89) Year ..............................................11th year Schedule Office Phone .................... (618) 453-5461 Date Opponent/Event Location Time E-Mail [email protected] Sept. 21 Saluki Miler Carbondale, Ill. 6 p.m. Asst. Coach ................................Scott Olson Sept. 28 5K Open Water Swim Carbondale, Ill. 10 a.m. Alma Mater ............... North Dakota (‘96) Oct. 5 Maroon & White Fan Appreciation Day Carbondale, Ill. 10 a.m. Year ............................................. Fifth year Oct. 12 at Evansville Evansville, Ind. 10 a.m. Office Phone .................... (618) 453-3149 Oct. 24 Kentucky/Missouri Carbondale, Ill. 6 p.m. E-mail [email protected] Oct. 25 Kentucky/Missouri Carbondale, Ill. 10 a.m. Graduate Asst. ............................ Mike Firth Nov. 2 at Missouri State Springfield, Mo. All Day Alma Mater... ....Illinois Wesleyan (2012) Nov. 8 at Henderson Invitational Arkadelphia, Ark. All Day Year...............................................First year Nov. 9 at Henderson Invitational Arkadelphia, Ark. All Day Office Phone .................... (618) 453-3149 Nov. 22-24 at Missouri Invitational (Split Squad) Columbia, Mo. All Day E-mail [email protected] Nov. 22-24 at Phoenix Invitational (Split Squad) Chicago, Ill. All Day Jan. 18 at Arkansas-Little Rock/Ouachita Baptist Little Rock, Ark. All Day MEDIA SERVICES Jan. 20 at Illinois Champaign, Ill. 2 p.m. S&D Contact ................. Tim McCaughan Jan. 20 Olivet Nazarene Champaign, Ill. 2 p.m. Cell .................................... (618) 841-2139 Feb. 1 Evansville Carbondale, Ill. All Day Email [email protected] Feb. 13-15 MVC Women’s Championships Carbondale, Ill. All Day Media Services Director ........Tom Weber Mar. 6-8 at MAC Men’s Championships Buffalo, N.Y. All Day Associate Director .............Scott Gierman Mar. 14-16 at NCAA Zone Diving TBD All Day Graduate Assistant ........Robin Thuringer Mar. 20-22 at NCAA Women’s Championships Minneapolis, Minn. All Day Graduate Assistant... .......... Tyler Wooten Mar. 23-25 at CSCAA Collegiate Classic Rockwell, Texas All Day Mar. 27-29 at NCAA Men’s Championships TBD All Day Follow us on Twitter @SIU_SwimDive - 1 - 2013-14 Swimming and Diving Media Guide Men’s and Women’s Rosters Name Year Event Hometown (High School or Last College) Esteavo Andrade SO Free/Back/Fly Belo Horizonte, MG (Calevio Pitavoras) Jeffrey Chen SR Breast Peoria, Ill. (Richwoods) Aidan Chipps FR Diving Perth, Australia (St. Stephens-Duncraig) Caleb Coots JR Freestyle Cape Girardeau, Mo. (Cape Central) Matt Frey JR Fly Bloomington, Ill. (Normal Community West) Calvin Kolar JR Breast Makanda, Ill. (Carbondale) Josh LeClair FR Breast Louisville, Ky. (Trinity) Jacob Lucheon SR Fly Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Catholic) Eddy Lynk SR Freestyle Collinsville, Ill. (Collinsville) Olaf Meller SO Fly/Free Olsztyn, Poland (Szkola Mistrzostwa Sportowego w Gdansku) George Minkel SR Freestyle Montgomery, Ill. (Oswego East) Till Pallmann SO Freestyle Zweibrucken, Germany (Helmholtz-Gymnasium) Oleg Rabota SR Back/Free Almaty, Kazakhstan (Alma-Ata) Nathan Ray SO Freestyle Russellville, Ark. (Russellville) Andy Ross FR Breast West Lafayette, Ind. (Harrison) Andres Saavedra SO Back/Free Villavicencio, Colombia (Espiritu Santo) Kegan Skelton JR Diving Champaign, Ill. (Centennial) Eric Sparks GS Free/Back Topeka, Kans. (Topeka) Andrew Spencer JR Breast Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville Central) Kristian Troxel FR Free/IM Jackson, Mo. (Jackson) Dusan Vukobrat FR Free/Fly The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) Brandon Vuong SO Butterfly Sugar Land, Texas (Kempner) Evan Wiedeman SR Freestyle Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern) Shaun Wolfe JR Freestyle Bloomington, Ill. (Bloomington) Bobby Wood FR Breast O’Fallon, Mo. (Francis Howell) Name Year Event Hometown (High School or Last College) Helena Amorim SO Freestyle Rio de Janeiro (Colegio Santo Inacio) Rachael Barry SR Free/Fly Morrison, Ill. (Morrison Community) Pamela Benitez SR Freestyle San Salvador, El Salvador (Liceo Cristiano (Central)) Shailey Brumley SR Freestyle Keller, Texas (Central) Mardi Buchanan JR Freestyle Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley North) Isabela Castro SR Back/Fly/Free Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil (Timpview) Fengting Chen SR Diving Wuhan, China (Guangxi) Charlotte Davies JR Fly/Free/IM Margate, England (The Charles Dickens School) Jordyn Dover FR Back/Free Knoxville, Tenn. (Knoxville) Kiley Handley SO Backstroke/Freestyle Louisville, Ky. (Dupont Manual) Kristy Hinkle SR Back Rockford, Ill. (Keith Country Day School) Sarah James FR Back/IM Colorado Springs, Colo. (Donerty) Holly Johnson JR Free/Breast Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead) Kristina Ksarjian FR Freestyle Knoxville, Tenn. (Farragut) Ella Otto JR Back/Free Stuttgart, Germany (Wirtemberg Gym) Katy Ovington SO Back/Fly Durham, UK (Framwellgate) Hannah Pinion JR Back/IM Knoxville, Tenn. (Bearden) Carly Schlupp SR Freestyle/IM Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley) Samantha Schneider SR Freestyle Pinckneyville, Ill. (Lincoln CC) Riley Schroedter FR Freestyle Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley) Luisa Silveira SR Freestyle Florianopolis, SC, Brazil (Pitá goras) Lauren Stockton FR Free/Fly Washington, Ill. (Washington) Morgan Timms SO Backstroke Brisbane, QLD, Australia (St. Peters Lutheran) Alyssa Walsh FR Freestyle Wilmington, Ill. (Wilmington) Brittany Weigel SR Diving Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Ross Sheppard) Kaixuan “Sherry” Zhang SO Diving Hu Bei, China (Carbondale) - 2 - 2013-14 Swimming and Diving Media Guide Esteavo Andrade Helena Amorim Rachael Barry Pamela Benitez Shailey Brumley Fr/Back/Fly • So. Free • So. Free/Fly • Sr. Freestyle • Sr. Freestyle • Sr. Belo Horizonte,