WYOMING Brandon Fischer SENIOR ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST Marshall Dilworth SENIOR ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST Morgan Hartigan SOPHOMORE ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST Kelsey Conci SENIOR ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST SCHEDULE 2011-2012 Date Opponent / Event Location Time 10/07/11 Brown and Gold Dual Corbett Pool 5:00 p.m. MT 10/15/11 Denver Relays Denver, Colo. 12:00 p.m. MT 10/29/11 at New Mexico (W) Albuquerque, N.M. 10:00 a.m. MT 11/04/11 at SMU Dallas, Texas 5:00 p.m. MT 11/05/11 at TCU Fort Worth, Texas 12:00 p.m. MT 11/11/11 vs. Air Force (M & W) Corbett Pool 5:00 p.m. MT 11/17/11 Arizona Diving Invite (Diving Only) Tuscon, Ariz. All Day Houston Invitational Houston, Texas All Day 11/18/11 Arizona Diving Invite (Diving Only) Tuscon, Ariz. All Day Houston Invitational Houston, Texas All Day 11/19/11 Arizona Diving Invite (Diving Only) Tuscon, Ariz. All Day Houston Invitational Houston, Texas All Day 12/31/11 vs. Miami (Ohio) (M) Colorado Springs, Colo. 1:00 p.m. MT 01/07/12 Citrus Classic Mesa, Ariz. All Day 01/14/12 at Denver Denver, Colo. 1:00 p.m. MT 01/20/12 at Air Force (M) Colorado Springs, Colo. 6:00 p.m. MT 01/27/12 Air Force Diving Invite (Diving Only) Colorado Springs, Colo. All Day 01/28/12 vs. Colorado School of Mines (M) Greeley, Colo. 12:00 p.m. MT at Northern Colorado (W) Greeley, Colo. 12:00 p.m. MT Air Force Diving Invite (Diving Only) Colorado Springs, Colo. All Day 02/03/12 vs. Colorado State (W) Corbett Pool 5:00 p.m. MT 02/15-19/12 Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation Championships (M) Long Beach, Calif. All Day 02/22-25/12 Mountain West Conference Women’s Championships Oklahoma City, Okla. All Day 03/08-10/12 NCAA Zone ‘E’ Diving Championships Colorado Springs, Colo. All Day 03/15-17/12 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships Auburn, Ala. All Day 03/22-24/12 NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships Federal Way, Wash. All Day In Memory Of David Schmitt Lead, Inspire, Serve ‘always and forever a cowboy’ The 2011-12 Wyoming Swimming And Diving Guide is being dedicated to celebrate the life of former Cowboy swimmer David Schmitt. In 2011-12 Wyoming Swimming and Diving will compete under the three words, lead, inspire and serve. Also during the season, they will wear the initials ‘DS’ on their Wyoming Swimming and Diving shirts and swim caps. Schmitt was an outstanding student leader and swimmer at UW. He was a team captain for the Cowboys this past season, and served as the President of the UW Athletic Department’s Student- Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) both his junior and senior seasons. He was scheduled to participate in graduation ceremonies at UW on the morning of his death. He was completing his bachelor’s degree in geology. In addition to serving as the SAAC President, he was a member of UW’s SAAC throughout his four years at UW, including serving as the Organizational Relations Offi cer his sophomore year. He was also a representative to the Mountain West Conference’s SAAC program and Co-Chaired the Mountain West Region. As a team captain for the Cowboys, Schmitt helped lead the Pokes to a third-place fi nish at the 2011 MWC Championships. Individually, he swam to a 14th-place fi nish in the 200 butterfl y. At the 2010 MWC Championships, Schmitt fi nished in the Top 15 in both the 100 and 200-breaststroke events. He earned Academic All-MWC honors all four years at UW. WYOMING SWIMMING & DIVING 1 Media Information Table of Contents Media Information 2011-12 Schedule ................................................ Inside Front Cover The University of Wyoming Athletics Media Relations offi ce is David Schmitt Memorial Page ........................................................ 1 always available to assist any media needs. Please contact swim- UW Swimming Facts/Media Information ......................................2 ming and diving contact Nicholas Kinney or any member of the Swimming and Diving Coaching Staff .........................................3-6 media relations staff for assistance. Contact the media relations Cowgirl Roster ................................................................................. 7 offi ce via phone (307) 766-2256, fax (307) 766-2346 or by Cowgirl Outlook ...............................................................................8 e-mail [email protected]. All interviews for coaches or any Cowgirl Profi les ...........................................................................9-18 student-athlete should be arranged through the offi ce at least 24 Cowboy Roster ............................................................................... 19 hours in advance. Athletes are available as their class schedules, Cowboy Outlook ............................................................................20 work-outs and team meetings permit. Student-athletes are not Cowboy Profi les ........................................................................21-27 available on meet days until after the meet. Wyoming Swimming and Diving Records .............................. 28-29 Swimming and Diving Facilities/Corbett Pool Records ...............30 Phone Numbers Mountain West Champions/NCAA Participants .......................... 31 Athletics Media Relations Offi ce (307) 766-2256 First Team All-MWC Performers ............................................ 32-33 UW Swim Offi ce (307) 766-6265 Letterwinners............................................................................34-35 UW Athletics Department (307) 766-2292 Academics/Strength and Conditioning ........................................36 Athletics Media Relations Fax (307) 766-2346 Mountain West/Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation .................. 37 Nicholas Kinney’s Offi ce Phone (307) 766-5509 This Is Wyoming Swimming and Diving ................................ 38-45 Nicholas Kinney’s Cell Phone (307) 534-5546 Wyomingathletics.com/themwc.com/mpsports.org ....................46 Athletic Academic Counseling (307) 766-5385 2010-11 Swimming and Diving Results Credits The 2010-11 Swimming and Diving Media Guide was produced by Date Event Result the UW Athletics Media Relations Offi ce and designed by Modern Fri., Oct. 8 Brown and Gold Bn 494-262 Printing, Laramie, Wyo. Photos are courtesy of UW Photo Service, the Mountain West Conference, the NCAA, and Mike Cotterman. Fri., Oct. 15 Mesa State University (M) W (169-121) The covers were designed by Modern Printing of Laramie, Wyo. (W) W (172-116) This guide was written and edited by Wyoming Athletics Media Sat., Oct.16 at DU Relays (M) 3rd Relations Assistant Director Nicholas Kinney, with additional assistance from the Athletics Media Relations Offi ce. (W) 2nd Fri., Nov. 5 New Mexico* (W) W 133.5-104.5 UW Swimming & Diving Quick Facts Sat., Nov. 6 Denver (M) L 152-146 Location: Laramie, Wyo. (W) W 193-104 Enrollment: 13,476 Fri., Nov 12 at Nebraska (W)% W 177-123 Founded: 1886 Fri., Nov. 12 vs. North Dakota% (W) W 231-69 President: Dr. Tom Buchanan Nickname: Cowboys/Cowgirls (M) W 194-98 Colors: Brown and Gold Fri., Nov. 19 TCU* (M) L 168-132 Conference: Mountain West (W) W 190-104 Home Pool: Corbett Pool Thur.-Sat.Dec.2-4 at Texas Invite (M) 8th (W) 8th Capacity: 225 Athletic Director: Tom Burman Sat., Dec. 4 Northern Colorado (W) W 179-117 Head Coach: Tom Johnson (Wyoming ‘86) 14th Year Sun., Jan. 2 Penn State (Diving Only) No Team Scores Overall Dual Record (13 years): Men 67-48, Women 97-56 Sat., Jan. 15 UNLV* (M) L 161-133 Associate Head Coach: Matt Leach (Indiana ‘04) Diving Coach: Pat Bukowski (Penn State ‘08) (W) W 187-113 Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Fri., Jan 21 at Utah* (M) W 179-121 Manabu “Manny” Noguchi (Cal Poly ‘98) (W) L 160-140 2010-11 Dual Record: Women (11-4 overall, 5-3 MW) Sat., Jan. 22 at BYU* (M) L 177-123 Men (6-5 overall, 2-3 MW) (W) L 188-112 Fri., Jan 28 at San Diego State* (W) L 161-128 at UC-San Diego (M) W 147-96 Sat., Jan 29 vs. Hawaii# (M) L 179.5-120.5 (W) L 155-145 at UC-San Diego# (M) W 182-118 (W) W 226-72 Fri., Feb. 4 at Colorado State (W)* W 189-111 Sat., Feb 5 Air Force* (M) W 165-135 (W) W 175-112 2011-12 Coaching Staff Web.-Sat.,Feb. 23-26 MW Championships (M) 3rd of 6 Left to Right: Manny Noguchi, Matt Leach, Tom Johnson, Pat Bukowski (W) 3rd of 8 Home Meets in BOLD; % Indicates Meet in Lincoln, Neb.; # Indicates Meet in San Diego, Calif.; *Indicates Mountain West Conference Dual Meet; 2 WYOMING SWIMMING & DIVING Wyoming Coaching Staff O. THOMAS JOHNSON Head Coach (Wyoming ‘86) Wyoming swimming has been a part of Johnson’s coaching philosophy emphasizes maximizing the talent and the Tom Johnson’s life for a total of 19 years now. potential of our student athletes both academically and athletically. “We want Johnson swam at the University of Wyoming for to maximize their potential athletically to swim at the highest levels of our sport, four years, he spent one season as an assistant academically achieving goals allowing them to graduate.” coach, and for the past 14 years has been head coach. The success Wyoming has had in the pool has been matched in the classroom. In the past 14 seasons at the helm of the Wyoming swimming and diving In fact, over the past four years, 11 UW swimmers and divers have earned Academic program, Johnson has led the Cowboys and Cowgirls to their highest conference All-District VII honors from ESPN the Magazine and CoSIDA. Recently, Aimee fi nishes ever and has been named conference coach of the year three times. Stinson and Tyler Miller were each Academic All-District VII following both the At UW, he has seen 27 individual Mountain West Champions, two Honorable 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons. Emily Huth joined this list following her Mention All-Americans and fi ve student- athletes earn Academic All-America junior season in 2008-09. honors. Possibly his greatest achievement came in 2004 when he helped Scott Johnson has also coached fi ve individual Academic All-Americans in his time Usher reach the 2004 Olympic Games.