UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MEDIA ALMANAC 2010-11 COUGAR SWIMMING & DIVING WWW.UHCOUGARS.COM UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON MEDIA ALMANAC 2010-11 COUGAR SWIMMING & DIVING WWW.UHCOUGARS.COM 2010-11 HOUSTON SWIMMING & DIVING CREDITS Executive Editor Alissa Bauer Editors Jeff Conrad, Jamie Zarda, Cassie Arner, Michael McGrory Editorial Assistance Michael McGrory, Jamie Zarda Layout Alissa Bauer UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS 3100 Cullen Blvd. Houston, Texas 77204-6002 www.UHCougars.com MEDIA ALMANAC UNIVERSITY of HOUSTON SWIMMING & DIVING 2010-11 Quick facts QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2010-11 HOUSTON COUGARS Quick Facts 4 Media Information 5 SWIMMING AND DIVING ROSTER Season Outlook 6 Schedule 8 Name Event Ht. Cl.-Exp. Hometown (High School) COACHING STAFF 9 Jessalyn Almond Diving 5-3 Jr.-2L Calgary, Canada (National Sport School) Swimming Coach Mark Taylor 10-11 Kimmy Ballo Back 5-5 So.-1L Round Rock, Texas (Round Rock HS) Diving Coach Jane Figueiredo 12-13 Marissa Blumenthal Back/Fly 5-5 Fr.-HS Bloomfield, Mich. (Lahser HS) Assistant Coach Jaime Lewis 14 Colleen Donovan Free/Fly 5-8 Fr.-HS Slidell, Texas (Northshore HS) Vol. Asst. Coach Greg Orphanides 15 Kimberley Eeson Free 5-6 Jr.-2L Harare, Zimbabwe (Tuks Sport Study Center) 2010-11 COUGARS 16 Moira Fraser Free/Fly 5-10 So.-1L Harare, Zimbabwe (Tukssport Combined School) Andrea Kells 17 Lacey Truelove 18 Beccy Hillis Breast/Free 5-3 Jr.-2L Glasgow, Scotland (Bellahauston Academy) Jessalyn Almond/Kimmy Ballo 19 Andrea Kells Fly/Breast 5-8 Sr.-3L Red Deer, Alberta (Hunting Hills HS) Kim Eeson/Moira Fraser 20 Reka Kovacs Breast/IM 5-8 So.-1L Budapest, Hungary (Vonosmanty HS) Beccy Hillis/Reka Kovacs 21 Julia Lonnegren Diving 5-5 So.-1L Forolund, Sweden (ProCivitas) Julia Lonnegren/Natalie Newcomb 22 Laykin Lowry Free 5-5 Fr.-HS Magnolia, Texas (Magnolia HS) Holli Pisarski 23 Krystan Morrell Free 6-0 Fr.-HS Beaumont, Texas (Westbrook HS) Blumenthal/Donovan/Lowry/Morrell 24 Emma Nelson Free 5-4 Fr.-HS Willis, Texas (Willis HS) Nelson/Sanchez/Spano/Winn 25 Natalie Newcomb Breast/Free 5-6 Jr.-2L Slidell, Louisiana (Slidell HS) SEASON RECAP 26 Holli Pisarski Breast/Free 5-5 So.-1L Boynton Beach, Fla. (Lake Worth HS) 2009-10 Season Highlights 27 2009-10 Top 10 Times 28 Leah Sanchez Breast 5-6 Fr.-HS McAllen, Texas (McAllen Memorial HS) 2009-10 C-USA Championships 29 Lauren Spano Breast 5-8 Fr.-HS Manvell, Texas (Manvel HS) RECORDS & HISTORY 30 Lacey Truelove Diving 5-3 Sr.-3L London, Ontario (HB Beal) Phill Hansel 31 Heather Winn Free 5-11 Fr.-HS Slidell, La. (Northshore HS) Olympians 32 All-Americans 33-34 Coaching Staff CRWC Natatorium Records 35 Head Coach: Mark Taylor (Arizona State ‘01; 9th year at UH) Yulina Pakhalina/Anastasia Pozdniakova 36 Diving Head Coach: Jane Figueiredo (Houston ‘87; 21st year at UH) Diane Johannigman/Carin Cone 37 Assistant Swimming Coach: Jaime Lewis (Florida ‘05; 4th year at UH) NCAA History 38-41 Volunteer Assistant Swimming Coach: Greg Orphanides (Portsmouth ‘01; 2nd year at UH) Conference History 42-44 Support Staff Awards & Honors 45-46 Student Manager: TBA Top 10 Performances 47-48 Student Athletic Trainer: Long Lam Top 10 Performers 49-50 Strength & Conditioning: Kelly Spriggs Miscellaneous Records 51 Year-by-Year/Series Records 52 All-Time Roster 53 GENERAL INFORMATION Alma Mater, Year Florida, 2005 Dual Results 54-55 Location Houston, Texas Volunteer Assist. Coach Greg Orphanides Enrollment 37,000 Alma Mater, Year Portsmouth, 2001 Founded 1927 Best Time for Interview Contact SID SPORTS INFORMATION Nickname Cougars Colors Scarlet and White with Navy Trim TEAM INFORMATION Associate A.D./Communications Cassie Arner President Dr. Renu Khator 2009-10 Record 4-7 Swimming & Diving Contact Alissa Bauer Athletics Director Mack Rhoades 2009-10 C-USA Record 2-3 Email [email protected] Faculty Representative Dr. Richard Scamell 2009-10 C-USA Championship Finish 4th/9 teams Office Phone (713) 743-9407 SWA DeJuena Chizer 2009-10 NCAA Championships 17th (53 points) Cell Phone (785) 550-2990 Conference Conference USA Letterwinners Returning/Lost 11/2 Office Fax (713) 743-9411 Began C-USA Competition 1996 NCAA Qualifiers 9 Web Site UHCougars.com NCAA Qualifiers Returning/Lost 7/2 Shipping Address 3100 Cullen Blvd, Suite 2008 SWIMMING AND DIVING STAFF NCAA Participants Returning/Lost 1/1 Head Swimming Coach Mark Taylor Newcomers 10 Athletics/Alumni Center Alma Mater, Year Arizona State, 2001 Houston, Texas 77204 Record at Houston (Seasons) 67-67 (9) CAMPUS RECREATION & WELLNESS CENTER Career Record (Seasons) Same Home of the Cougar Natatorium Head Diving Coach Jane Figueiredo Capacity 900 Alma Mater, Year Houston, 1987 Lanes 8 (50 meters), 18 (25 yards) Assistant Coach Jaime Lewis Distance 75 meters x 25 yards 4 2010 HOUSTON SWIMMING & DIVING ›› All requests for working press, radio, television, photography or scouting credentials should be mailed or faxed on letter- head to Athletics Ccommunications Assistant Alissa Bauer at least one week prior to the meet. 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Photographers are not permitted in the team bench areas. 5 2010 HOUSTON SWIMMING & DIVING PAIR OF SENIORS TO LEAD YOUNG ROSTER IN 2010-11 The Cougar swimming and diving team will feature will go and bounce their ideas off of her and she’ll ary, by finishing second in the 500-yard freestyle at SEASON OUTLOOK many new faces this year, while saying goodbye to either give them the ‘No, no, no don’t even bring that the Conference USA Championships. Eeson has been very familiar ones. up,’ or she’ll say, ‘OK, let’s go talk to Mark and (as- a part of each relay team that holds the program’s sistant coach) Jaime (Lewis) about it.’” fastest times in the 200-, 400- and 800-yard free- A year ago, Anastasia Podzniakova was capitalizing style relays. Although she is primarily a breaststroke on her final collegiate season, winning her second- “I’m not afraid to bounce things off of her myself. I specialist, Hillis returns after competing in freestyle consecutive NCAA diving championship in the 1-me- like to ask questions of her to gauge how receptive relays a year ago. ter competition. Senior swimmer Jessica Shamburg- the team might be in a certain situation.” er was posting her best times all over the University Newcomb contributes primarily in the 1,000-yard of Houston’s record books despite a nagging injury.