2008-09 Tennessee Swimming and Diving TABLE OF CONTENTS Media Information 1 Quick Facts and Phone Numbers 1 2008-09 Schedule and Top Returning Times 12 Team Roster 13 Season Outlook 14 2008-09 Opponents 15 Head Coach John Trembley 16-17 Coaching Staff 18-19 Bud Ford Drew Rutherford Diving Coach Dave Parrington 18 Associate Athletics Director Swimming Contact Assistant Coach Joe Hendee 19 The 2008-09 Tennessee Men’s Swimming and Diving Media Guide is published pri- University Administration 20 marily as a source of information for reporters representing newspapers, television and Support Staff 21 radio stations, wire services and magazines. Persons with any questions regarding Tennessee men’s swimming and diving should not hesitate to call the UT Sports Th e Volunteers 22-33 Information Office. 2007-08 Season Review 34-37 PRESS SERVICES: Members of the media are provided official results at the conclusion 2008 SEC/NCAA Meet Results 36 of each home meet. Coaches and athletes are made available upon request as quickly as pos- 2008 Volunteer Honorees 37 sible after the meet. Telephones and a fax machine are available at the Tennessee Sports Through the Years 38 Information Office, 1720 Volunteer Blvd., in Room 261 of Stokely Athletics Center. Swimming and diving notes, information on upcoming meets and previous meet results are Dual-Meet History 39 available via the University of Tennessee’s athletics Web site at www.utsports.com. Year-by-Year Results 40-42 1978 NCAA Champions 43 FACILITIES: The Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center is located on Andy Holt Avenue. It is on the west end of the UT campus and directly west of Tom Black Track. All-SEC Performers 44 SEC Championships History 45 INTERVIEWS: All athlete interviews must be coordinated with the Sports Information SEC Individual Champions 46 Office. It is suggested that interview requests be submitted at least 24 hours in advance in order to be brought to the athlete’s attention. Coach John Trembley can usually be reached NCAA Individual Champions 47 in his office during the morning hours. Vol Olympians 48-49 World Champions 49 MAILING ADDRESS OVERNIGHT ADDRESS Vol All-Americas 50-51 Tennessee Sports Information Tennessee Sports Information All-Time Top 10 52 P.O. Box 15016 Room 261 Knoxville, TN 37901-5016 1720 Volunteer Boulevard All-Time Records/NCAA Standards 53 Knoxville, TN 37996 All-Time Lettermen 54-55 Tennessee Traditions 56-57 Tennessee Swimming and Diving Tennessee Swimming and Diving Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center Student Aquatic Center UT Student Aquatic Center 58 Knoxville, TN 37901-5016 2200 Andy Holt Boulevard UT Facilities 59 Knoxville, TN 37996 Vol Academics 60-61 CONTACT INFORMATION Thornton Athletics Student Life Center 62-63 Sports Information: (865) 974-1212 This is Big Orange Country 64 Sports Information Fax: (865) 974-1269 Swim Contact: (865) 974-2743 Swim Contact E-mail: [email protected] Tennessee Quick Facts Web site: www.utsports.com Swimming Office: (865) 974-1258 FOUNDED: 1794 ENROLLMENT: 27,308 Swimming Fax: (865) 974-1287 LOCATION: Knoxville, Tennessee Head Coach E-mail: [email protected] Diving Coach E-mail: [email protected] NATATORIUM: Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center NICKNAME: Volunteers or Vols Assistant Coach E-mail: [email protected] CONFERENCE: Southeastern MASCOT: Smokey (Blue Tick Coon Hound) CREDITS COLORS: Orange & White Writing/Editing/Design: Drew Rutherford, Dave Garner, Tom Satkowiak, Printing: UT Graphic Arts PRESIDENT: Dr. John D. Petersen UT Sports Information Cover Art Work: John Schaffhauser ATHLETICS DIRECTOR: Mike Hamilton E01-8601-001-014-09 SWIMMING COACH: John Trembley (Tennessee 1975) Photography: Nick Myers, UT DIVING COACH: Dave Parrington (Houston 1983) Photography Center; Elizabeth Olivier ASSISTANT COACH: Joe Hendee (Tennessee 1983) Editorial Assistance: Bud Ford, John LETTERMEN RETURNING/LOST: 11/6 Painter, Tom Satkowiak, Josh Battle, Tony ALL AMERICAS RETURNING/LOST: 6/2 Williams, Craig Hammel, Melissa 2007-08 OVERALL (SEC) RECORD: 6-2 (3-2) Anderson, Christen Kardatzke, Beth 2008 SEC FINISH: 3rd (562 pts.) Sparks, and Megan Stinnett. 2008 NCAA FINISH: 8th (231 pts.) Tennessee Volunteers 1 Season Outlook 2008-09 Schedule 2007-08 Results (6-2, 3-2 SEC) Date Opponent Location Date Opponent Result Oct. 10 Orange & White Knoxville, Tenn. Oct. 20 Louisville W (165-130) Oct. 16 College of the Cumberlands Knoxville, Tenn. Oct. 26 Kentucky/ S. Carolina W (157-141) Louisville W (202-96) Nov. 1 Kentucky Lexington, Ky. Nov. 2 Auburn W (170-127) Nov. 6 Virginia Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 15 at Virginia W (156-144) Nov. 19-22 Tennessee Swimming Inv. Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 30- at Texas Invitational 4th Jan. 3-5 Tennessee Diving Inv. Knoxville, Tenn. Dec. 2 Jan. 10 Inidana/Michigan Bloomington, Ind. Jan. 3-5 at Georgia Diving Invitational No Team Score Jan. 24 Georgia Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. 4 Georgia Tech W (98-63) Jan. 30 Florida Gainesville, Fla. Jan. 19 Indiana L (134-166) Jan. 26 at Georgia L (140-160) Feb. 20-23 SEC Championships Auburn, Ala. Feb. 28- NCAA Last Chance Meet Athens, Ga. Feb. 2 Florida W (160-140) March 1 Feb. 20 at SEC Diving Champ. 2nd (86 pts.) March 13-15 Zone B Diving Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 21-23 at SEC Swimming Champ. 3rd (562 pts.) Chamionships March 2-4 at NCAA Zone B Diving No Team Score March 26-28 NCAA Championships College Station, Texas March 15-17 at NCAA Championships 9th (172 pts.) Top Returning Performances From 2007-08 50 Free (19.60/20.18) 100 Back (47.43/48.85) 400 Free Relay (2:54.21/2:59.43) Barry Murphy 20.00 Nolan Morrell 49.33 DeRocco Morrell 2:51.82 Jonas Persson 20.06 Michael Christy 51.18 Murphy Persson Michael DeRocco 20.08 Jordan Walters 54.13 200 Medley Relay (1:26.52/1:29.11) 100 Free (43.19/44.48) 200 Back (1:43.60/1:46.70) Christy Craig 1:32.28 Jonas Persson 43.33 Andrew Thirwell 1:45.79 DeRocco Wherry Nolan Morrell 43.55 Michael Christy 1:46.88 Barry Murphy 44.29 Nolan Morrell 1:48.56 400 Medley Relay (3:11.65/3:17.39) Jones Kahlin 3:21.96 200 Free (1:35.09/1:37.94) 100 Breast (53.60/55.20) Morrell Walters Jonas Persson 1:33.82 Barry Murphy 53.91 Nolan Morrell 1:34.29 Mattias Kahlin 54.49 1-M Dual Diving (290) Andrew Thirlwell 1:37.08 Brad Craig 54.71 Michael Muscari 333.83 500 Free (4:19.49/4:27.27) 200 Breast (1:57.09/2:00.60) 3-M Dual Diving (310) Geoff Sanders 4:21.21 Brad Craig 1:57.18 Michael Muscari 355.35 Carl Jones 4:25.66 Mattias Kahlin 2:00.03 Chris Winchell 4:2.80 Stephen Fortney 2:01.61 Platform Diving (290) Michael Muscari 246.1 1000 Free Not NCAA event 200 I. M. (1:46.09/1:49.27) Geoff Sanders 9:16.06 Nolan Morrell 1:46.10 (Times and scores in parentheses are NCAA Carl Jones 9:23.87 Andrew Thirwell 1:46.32 Championship qualifying standards) Scott Friderichs 9:30.24 Michael Christy 1:47.10 *100 Fly (47.09/48.50) 400 I. M. (3:47.89/3:54.72) Michael DeRocco 47.70 Michael Christy 3:50.70 Jonas Persson 49.39 Geoff Sanders 3:53.51 Greg Houchin 49.91 Brad Craig 3:56.06 200 Fly (1:44.93/1:48.07) 200 Free Relay (1:18.47/1:20.82) Greg Houchin 1:48.58 DeRocco Morrell 1:18.18 Patrick Beasley 1:51.04 Murphy Persson Forrest Leary 1:51.87 12 Tennessee Volunteers Season Outlook 2008-09 Swimming and Diving Roster Name Event Class Height Weight Exp. Academic Major Hometown (Previous School) Patrick Beasley I.M. So. 6-0 175 SQ Engineering Kenosha, Wis. (Bradford) Michael Christy Back So. 6-2 185 1L Undecided Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central) Brad Craig Breast So. 6-0 185 1L Marketing Midland, Mich (H.H. Dow) Jimmy Dabney Free Sr. 6-3 180 2L H.R. & Management Charlotte, N.C. (Providence) Michael DeRocco Free So. 6-1 170 1L Marketing Niskayuna, N.Y. (Niskayuna) Jake Epperson Breaststroke Fr. 6-0 165 HS Undecided Toledo, Ohio (St. John’s Jesuit) Stephen Fortney Free Sr. 5-11 160 2L Business Administration Sacramento, Calif. (Jesuit) Scott Friderichs Dist. Free So. 6-0 165 SQ Undecided Toledo, Ohio (St. Francis de Sales) Ryan Harrison Diving Fr. 6-2 175 HS Marketing Londonderry, N. Ireland (Lisneal) Ryan Helms Diving Fr. 5-7 150 HS Pre-Med Moultrie, Ga. (Colquitt County) Ricky Henahan Backstroke Fr. 6-0 165 HS Education Rochester, N.Y. (Irondequoit) Greg Houchin Fly, Free Sr. 5-8 155 3L Business Administration Nashville (Martin Luther King) Carl Jones Dist. Free So. 6-0 165 1L Arts & Sciences Walla Walla, Wash. (Walla Walla) Mattias Kahlin Breast So. 6-7 235 1L Pre-Med Västerås, Sweden Forrest Leary Fly, Free So. 6-1 180 SQ Logistics Memphis (Houston) Sean Letsinger Diving So. 6-1 185 SQ Sports Management Knoxville (Knoxville-Catholic) Nolan Morrell Free, I.M. Sr. 6-6 205 3L Arts & Sciences Bend, Ore. (Summit) Barry Murphy Breast, Free Sr. 6-2 180 3L Business Administration Dublin, Ireland (Belvedere College) Michael Muscari Diving Jr. 5-6 150 2L Exercise Science Morristown (Knoxville Catholic) Derek Paul Breaststroke Fr. 6-2 170 HS Business McCordsville, Ind. (Hamilton-SW) Jonas Persson Free Sr. 6-4 220 1L Marketing/Int’l Bus. Malmô, Sweden (Univ. of Arizona) Geoffry Sanders Free So. 6-0 180 1L Engineering Raleigh, N.C. (Enloe) Brent Sterling Diving Fr. 5-6 120 HS Pre-Med Knoxville (Knoxville-Central) Anders Storvik Back, Fly, Free Fr.