DUKE UNIVERSITY 2014-15 Swimming & Diving Media Guide MEDIA GUIDE 2014-15 DUKE SWIMMING & DIVING TABLE OF CONTENTS u 2014-15 INFORMATION 2013-14 Schedule 3 u DUKE QUICK FACTS 2014-15 Roster 4 Location Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion 5 Founded 1838 as Trinity College Enrollment 6,484 undergraduates u COACHING STAFF Colors Duke Blue and White Dan Colella 6-7 Nickname Blue Devils Nunzio Esposto 8 Conference Atlantic Coast Dawn Kane 9 Affiliation NCAA Division I Jesse Moore 9 Facility Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion Ben Grafchik 10 President Dr. Richard Brodhead Katie Hazelton 10 VP/Director of Athletics Dr. Kevin White Ashley Twichell 10 Senior Woman’s Administrator Jacki Silar Athletic Administration/Support Staff 11 u HISTORICAL INFORMATION u STUDENT-ATHLETES First Year of Program M-1927; W-1971 Men’s Team 12-37 NCAA Championship Appearances M-13; W-6 Women’s Team 38-60 u 2013-14 SEASON IN REVIEW u HISTORY & RECORDS Duke Men Record: 2-4 (0-3 ACC) 2013-14 Season in Review 61 2014 ACC Championship: 8th/11 (482) Program Records 62 2014 NCAA Championship: 21st/48 (36) Year-by-Year Results - Men 63-69 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 23/6 Opponent-by-Opponent Results - Men 70-74 Newcomers: 9 Year-by-Year Results - Women 75-78 Duke Women Record: 4-4 (1-3 ACC) Opponent-by-Opponent Results - Women 79-81 2013 ACC Championship: 7th/12 (592) Honors & Awards 82-84 2014 NCAA Championships: t-51st/53 (1) Men’s All-Time Letterwinners 85-88 Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 15/12 Women’s All-Time Letterwinners 89-90 Newcomers: 8 u DUKE SPORTS INFORMATION Sports Information Director Art Chase Swimming & Diving Contact Leslie Gaber Email: [email protected] Office Phone: (919) 668-7938 Cell Phone: (614) 519-9872 Social Media Twitter: @Duke_SWIM_DIVE Facebook: facebook.com/dukeswimming 2014-15 Media Guide Editorial Credits: Brad Amersbach, Cory Foote, Duke Sports Information 2014-15 Media Guide Photo Credits: Jon Gardiner/Duke Photography, Tim Binning, Mary Rhodes - 2 - MEDIA GUIDE 2014-15 DUKE SWIMMING & DIVING 2014-15 SCHEDULE Date Opponent Location Venue Last Meeting/Appearance Saturday, Oct. 4 Blue/White Meet Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion N/A Saturday, Oct. 11 Pittsburgh * Pittsburgh, Pa. Trees Pool M: L, 33-51 (1954); W: N/A Saturday, Oct. 25 UNC Wilmington Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion M: W, 156.5-143.5 (2013); W: W, 195.5-101.5 (2013) Sunday, Oct. 26 Virginia Tech * Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion M: L, 92-208 (2012); W: L, 99-197 (2012) Friday, Nov. 7 William & Mary (swimming) Williamsburg, Va. Recreation Center M: W, 144-118 (2013); W: W, 162-100 (2013) Saturday, Nov. 8 Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. Swimming & Diving Facility M: W, 143-94 (2002); W: W, 149-92 (2002) Thurs-Sat, Nov. 20-22 Nike Cup Invitational Chapel Hill, N.C. Koury Natatorium 2014 - M: 4th/6 (1214.5) ; W: 4th/7 (1456.5) Fri-Sun, Dec. 5-7 AT&T Winter Diving Nationals Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro Aquatic Center N/A Saturday, Jan. 10 South Carolina/Harvard Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion M: L, 116-184 (2014); W: L, 133-167 (2014) Saturday, Jan. 17 Georgia Tech * Atlanta, Ga. Aquatic Center M: W, 171.5-128.5 (2009); W: W, 178-120 (2009) Friday, Jan. 30 North Carolina * Chapel Hill, N.C. Koury Natatorium M: L, 120-172 (2014); W: L, 134-157 (2014) Sat-Sun, Feb. 7-8 Carolina College Invitational Chapel Hill, N.C. Koury Natatorium N/A Weds-Sat, Feb. 18-21 Women’s ACC Championship Atlanta, Ga. Aquatic Center 2014 - 7th/12 (592) Weds-Sat, Feb. 25-28 Men’s ACC Championship Atlanta, Ga. Aquatic Center 2014 - 8th/11 (482) Mon-Weds, March 9-11 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships Athens, Ga. Gabrielsen Natatorium N/A Thurs-Sat, March 19-21 Women’s NCAA Championship Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro Aquatic Center 2014 - t-51st/53 (1) Thurs-Sat, March 26-28 Men’s NCAA Championship Iowa City, Iowa Campus Recreation and Wellness Center 2014 - 21st/48 (36) Friday, Apr. 17 Blue/White Meet Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion N/A - 3 - MEDIA GUIDE 2014-15 DUKE SWIMMING & DIVING 2014-15 DUKE SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTER DUKE MEN: Name Year Event(s) Hometown (Previous School) David Armstrong Jr. Fly/Free Thousand Oaks, Calif. (BYU) Nick Bigot Fr. Freestyle San Rafael, Calif. (Terra Linda) Michael Camarda Fr. Sprint Free Laguna Hills, Calif. (Phillips Academy [Andover, Mass.]) Jack Carey So. Sprints/Back/IM Tappan, N.Y. (Tappan Zee) Victor Chen Jr. Breaststroke Los Altos, Calif. (St. Francis) Rahul Chokshi So. Fly/IM/Back Ahmedabad, India (Ahmedabad International School) Bradley Cline So. Mid-Free/IM/Back San Francisco, Calif. (The Peddie School [N.J.]) Jack Forese rJr. Freestyle New Canaan, Conn. (St. Luke’s School) Kevin Fraser So. Sprints/Breast Westmount, Quebec, Canada (Lower Canada College) Josh Furth Fr. Mid-Free/Back Stamford, Conn. (Hopkins School) Marco Hosfeld Fr. Mid-Free/Distance Coral Springs, Fla. (Univ. Schl. of Nova Southeastern University) Matt Johnson Fr. Mid-Free/Distance Valencia, Calif. (Hart) Stefan Knight Sr. Free/Fly Carlsbad, Calif. (La Costa Canyon) Peter Kropp So. Breast/IM Los Angeles, Calif. (Loyola) Delaney Lagrew Jr. Free/Back Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Pine Crest) Joey Maginnis So. Fly/Back/Sprints Flourtown, Pa. (La Salle College H.S.) Michael Miller So. Fly/IM Houston, Texas (Stratford) Kenny Ng Jr. Fly/IM Singapore (Raffles Institution) Ryan Nicholson Fr. Sprint Free/Fly Ithaca, N.Y. (Ithaca) Benedict Parfit So. Sprints/Breast Paget, Bermuda (Harrow School [London]) Dylan Payne So. Breast/Fly/Sprints Laguna Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei) Parker Pearson Fr. Distance Free New Vernon, N.J. (Delbarton) James Peek So. Sprint Free Forest Row, Sussex, England (Millfield School) Alex Peña Fr. Mid-Free/Distance/Back Orlando, Fla. (Lake Highland Preparatory) Cole Plambeck So. Diving Palo Alto, Calif. (Palo Alto) Ryan Prince Jr. Back/IM Johns Creek, Ga. (Northview) Clay Sanders Sr. Free/Fly Moraga, Calif. (Campolindo) Mike Seaberg So. Breast/IM Gambrills, Md. (South River) Sam Sherman So. Mid-Free/Distance New York, N.Y. (Leman Manhattan Preparatory School) Kaz Takabayashi So. Fly/Back Glastonbury, Conn. (Glastonbury) Tyler Toren Sr. IM/Back Sinking Spring, Pa. (Wilson) Adriaan Venter So. Sprint Free/Back Johannesburg, South Africa (Helpmekaar Kollege) DUKE WOMEN: Name Year Event(s) Hometown (Previous School) Verity Abel Fr. Mid-Free/Distance/IM Westport, Conn. (Staples) Abby Artmann Fr. Breast/IM Cedar Park, Texas (Round Rock) Liza Bragg So. Back/IM Darien, Conn. (Deerfield Academy) Linsay Cooper Jr. Fly/Free Huntersville, N.C. (North Mecklenburg) Lizzie Devitt Fr. IM/Free Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic) Kathryn Eckhart Jr. Sprint Free/Back Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek) Brittany Friese So. Free/Fly Newburgh, N.Y. (Newburgh Free Academy) Leah Goldman Fr. Fly/IM/Back Burlingame, Calif. (Burlingame) Jaimee Gundry Jr. Diving Lightwater, Surrey, England (TASIS: The American Schl. in England) Kendall McClenney Jr. Diving The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) Lexi Mendes Jr. Free/Back Chapel Hill, N.C. (Chapel Hill) Catie Miller Fr. Breast/IM Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman) Kiera Molloy Jr. Free/IM/Fly Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield) Isabella Paez Fr. Fly/IM Medley, Fla. (Ronald Reagan Doral) Katherine Plevka Sr. Breast/IM Charlotte, N.C. (Weddington) Kirby Quinn So. Diving Cherry Hill, N.J. (Bishop Eustace) Maddie Rusch So. Sprint Free/Fly New Canaan, Conn. (New Canaan) Lindsay Schlichte So. Distance Free Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City) Ashleigh Shanley So. Breast/IM Ann Arbor, Mich. (Ann Arbor Skyline) Maria Sheridan Fr. Fly/Back Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Catholic) Jessie Sutherland So. Back/Fly/Free Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier) MaryEllen Targonski Fr. Diving Gastonia, N.C. (South Point) Colleen Wixted So. Mid-Free/Fly Greenwood Village, Colo. (Cherry Creek) Chelsea Ye Jr. Sprints/Fly/Back Oklahoma City, Okla. (Classen Schl. of Advanced Studies) - 4 - MEDIA GUIDE 2014-15 DUKE SWIMMING & DIVING TAISHOFF AQUATICS PAVILION Duke University’s spacious Taishoff Aquatic Center, completed in 1972, serves as the home for the Duke University swimming and diving teams. In the past, the facility has hosted many major meets, including the AIAW Women’s National Swimming Championships (1978), the National Junior Olympic Swimming Championships (1979), the NCAA Diving Regionals (1979), the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships (1979, 1983, 1984) and the New South Collegiate Invitational (1986), as well as numerous state championships. The facility boasts a 25-yard, eight-lane racing pool with seven-foot lanes and a depth tapering from 4 ½ feet at each end to a depth of seven feet in the center. Other features include custom built stainless starting blocks and ample spectator seating. An eight-lane Omega electronic timing system with a full eight-lane display board is used for all collegiate meets. The facility includes one of the few indoor 10-meter towers in the Southeast, as well as five and seven-meter platforms. The facility also has two one- meter and two three-meter springboards, equipped with maxiflex boards. The separate diving well measures 66 feet by 42 feet with a depth of 17 feet. - 5 - COACHING STAFF 2014-15 DUKE SWIMMING & DIVING DAN COLELLA Head Coach • 10th Season at Duke • Sewanee, 1984 The fifth head coach in school history, head coach Dan Colella has helped the divers have also captured five NCAA individual titles and totaled 38 podium fin- Duke men’s and women’s swimming and diving squads make great strides in each ishes at the ACC Championships under Colella’s watch. The program record books of his nine years at the helm of the program. Under Colella’s direction, the Duke have been completely re-written in that time, with the oldest standing school re- men and women have made appearances at the NCAA Championships in each of cord dating back to just 2009.