WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM THE HISTORY THE OPPONENTS THE TEAM THE STAFF THIS IS BAMA SWIMMING & DIVING 2005 Crimson Tide Men’s Roster 2005 Alabama Men’s Swimming and Diving Team: Back row, from the left - Mike Jones, JT Jones, Vlad Polyakov, Apostolis Tsagkarakis, Igor Erhartic, Spiros Bitsakis, Ryan Latone, Darren Erasmus and Greg St.Cyr . Middle row - Hunor Mate’, Stephen Ryan, Waleed Al-Qahtani, Chris Flamion, Jay Soulliere, Franck Southon, Stewart Smith and Alan Harris Bottom row - Will Burke, Andrew Neff, Tim Hansen, Chad Fritchl, Timothy Bellan, Aaron Ashworth and Guido Arroyo. NAME EVENT CL EXP HT HOMETOWN Waleed Al-Qahtani Butterfly/Freestyle JR 1VL 5-9 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Guido Arroyo Butterfly/IM JR SQ 5-11 Quito, Ecuador Aaron Ashworth Diving JR RS-1VL 5-7 Columbia, Mo. Spiros Bitsakis Freestyle/Butterfly JR RS-2VL 6-7 Athens, Greece Will Burke Freestyle/Backstroke FR HS 5-8 Opelika, Ala. Darren Erasmus Freestyle JR 2VL 6-0 Spring, Texas Igor Erhartic Freestyle SO 1VL 6-6 Novi Sad, Serbia Chris Flamion Butterfly/Freestyle JR RS-2VL 6-1 Plainfield, Indiana Chad Frichtl Diving FR HS 5-8 Eagle River, Alaska Tim Hansen IM SO SQ 5-11 Houston, Texas Alan Harris Diving SO RS-1VL 5-11 West Blocton J.T. Jones Freestyle/Butterfly JR 2VL 6-0 Madison, Miss. Mike Jones Freestyle/Backstroke FR HS 6-0 Klein, Texas Ryan Latone Freestyle FR HS 6-2 Corpus Christi, Texas Hunor Mate' Breaststroke SO HS 6-1 Csongard, Hungary Andy Neff Butterfly/IM FR HS 5-8 Chesterland, Ohio Vlad Polyakov Breaststroke SO RS-1VL 6-2 Petropaul, Kazakhstan Stephen Ryan Freestyle FR HS 6-0 Acworth, Georgia Stewart Smith Diving JR 2VL 5-8 Chattanooga, Tenn. Jay Soulliere Breaststroke SR TR 5-9 Sao Paulo, Brazil Franck Southon Freestyle/IM/Backstroke SR 3VL 6-0 Paris, France Greg St. Cyr Freestyle/Butterfly FR HS 5-11 Houston, Texas Apostolis Tsagkarakis Freestyle/Butterfly SO RS-1VL 6-2 Athens, Greece Staff Head Coach: Eric McIlquham Assistant Coaches: Nichole Ellis and Craig Nisgor Assistant Head Coach: Sonya Porter Athletic Trainer: Brian Cramer Diving Coach: Pat Greenwell 43 THIS IS BAMA SWIMMING & DIVING THE STAFF THE TEAM THE OPPONENTS THE HISTORY WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM All-American diver Stewart and Jones. Southon is also a The 2005 Men’s Smith and 200 backstroke school standout IMer who will be record holder and All-American joined by Arroyo, sophomore Franck Southon, both seniors. Tim Hansen and Neff. Jones, Bitsakis and Ashworth Joining the All-American duo will serve as team captain this of Ashworth and Smith in the Preview season. The Tide's returning dis- diving events will be sophomore The Alabama men have to be by season's end." tance ace, Jones finaled in the Alan Harris and freshman Chad increased their numbers, not Polyakov was second in the 200 butterfly at the United States Frichtl. only with 10 newcomers, but also 200 breaststroke at the NCAA National Championships this with the return of three athletes Championships as a freshman. summer. who took last season off from At the Olympics, he finaled in Flamion, the Tide's top collegiate competition to train both the 100 and 200m breast- returning butterflyer, will also see for the summer Olympics. strokes, one of only three athletes distance freestyle action. He will The men had four swimmers to do that in Athens. The other be joined in the 100 fly by in Greece who are back in the two were World Record holder Tsagkarakis, who owns the sec- line up this season, ready to Brendan Hansen and double ond fastest time in school histo- make a renewed impact on the gold medalist Kosuke Kitajima. ry. Junior Waleed Al-Qahtani and Tide's fortune. Junior Spiros At the FINA World Guido Arroyo will see butterfly Bitsakis and sophomores Vlad Championships, held this action along with freshmen Polyakov and Apostolis October in Indianapolis, Andrew Neff and Greg St.Cyr. Tsagkarakis all redshirted last Polyakov brought home a pair of Polyakov will have company season to train for the Games. bronze medals back to in the breaststroke lane with the Their return will bolster the Tuscaloosa, taking third in the addition of sophomore transfer Tide's lineup considerably. 100 and 200m breaststrokes. Hunor Mate' and senior transfer Sophomore Igor Erhartic was Bitsakis, Tsagkarakis and Jay Soulliere. Soulliere is in grad- also in Athens after training and Erhartic competed in the sprint uate school and is using his last competing for the Tide as a events and relays at the Olympics year of eligibility here at the freshman last season. and should bring that experience Capstone after a standout career "Having those guys back in to bear for the Tide. The four at Maryland-Baltimore County. the lineup is really going to be a Olympians will remake the Tide's With the return of Bitsakis, boost for us," second-year head relay lineups and dramatically Erasmus, Erhartic and coach Eric McIlquham said. increase its scoring potential Tsagkarakis, the Tide's sprint "They will be in the mix for some come championship season. freestyle events will be extremely big individual points and will Joining the Tide's Olympic strong, not to mention its relay certainly help our relays tremen- foursome will be All-American prospects. Joining them in the dously. It's going to be a team diver Aaron Ashworth, All- freestyle events will be rookies Will Burke, Mike Jones, Ryan Top photo - Sophomore All-American, effort this year, to get us where American sprinter Darren Olympic Finalist and FINA World we want to go, and everybody on Erasmus, the butterfly/freestyle Latone, Stephen Ryan and St.Cyr. Championship double bronze medalist this team, athletes, coaches and tandem of JT Jones and Chris While the backstrokes will Vlad Polyakov. once again belong to Southon, he Bottom photo - Junior All-American staff are going to have to do their Flamion - all from the junior and team captain Aaron Ashworth part for us to be where we want class. The Tide will also look to will get some help from Burke 44 WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM THE HISTORY THE OPPONENTS THE TEAM THE STAFF THIS IS BAMA SWIMMING & DIVING 2005 Opponents Louisiana State Delta State La - Monroe Auburn Louisiana State October 30 October 30 November 19 October 29 Cleveland, Miss. Cleveland, Miss. Tuscaloosa Baton Rouge, LA LOCATION: Cleveland, Miss. LOCATION: Monroe, LA LOCATION: Auburn, AL LOCATION: Baton Rouge, LA NICKNAME: Lady Statesmen NICKNAME: Indians NICKNAME: Tigers NICKNAME: Fighting Tigers COLORS: Green and White COLORS: Maroon and Gold COLORS: Burnt Orange and Navy Blue COLORS: Purple and gold FACILITY: HPER Aquatics Center FACILITY: Lake C. Oxford Natatorium FACILITY: James E. Martin Aquatics Cntr FACILITY: LSU Natatorium CONFERENCE: New South Intercollegiate CONFERENCE: Sun Belt CONFERENCE: Southeastern CONFERENCE: Southeastern Swimming Conference HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER): HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER): HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER): HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER): Sean Weddell (Kentucky, 1992) David Marsh (Auburn '81) Adam Schmitt (LSU, ‘89) Ronnie Mayers (Delta State '74) 2003-2004 RECORD: 7-6 2003-2004 RECORD: 9-0 2003-2004 RECORD: 2-7 2003-2004 RECORD: 9-7 2004 CONF. FINISH: 5th 2004 SEC FINISH: 1st 2004 SEC FINISH: 7th 2004 CONF. FINISH: 1st 2004 NCAA FINISH: N/A 2004 NCAA FINISH: 1st 2004 NCAA FINISH: 21st 2004 NCAA DIV II FINISH: 6th SID CONTACT: Adam Holland SID CONTACT: Dan Froehilch SID CONTACT: Bill Martin SID CONTACT: John Weaver SID E-MAIL: [email protected] SID E-MAIL: dfroehilch@ auburn.edu SID E-MAIL: [email protected] SID E-MAIL: [email protected] SID PHONE: (318) 342-5442 SID PHONE: (334) 844-9703 SID PHONE: (225) 578-8226 SID PHONE: (662) 846-4284 FAX: (318) 342-5464 FAX: (334) 844-9708 FAX: (225) 578-1861 FAX: (662) 846-4297 ATHLETIC DEPT. WEB SITE: ATHLETIC DEPT. WEB SITE: ATHLETIC DEPT. WEB SITE: ATHLETIC DEPT. WEB SITE: www.ulmathletics.com www.auburntigers.com www.lsusports.net www.gostatesmen.com Georgia Florida South Carolina Kentucky January 7 January 22 January 29 November 13 Athens, GA Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Lexington, Ky. LOCATION: Athens, GA LOCATION: Gainesville, FL LOCATION: Columbia, SC LOCATION: Lexington, Ky. NICKNAME: Bulldogs NICKNAME: Gators NICKNAME: Gamecocks NICKNAME: Wildcats COLORS: Red and Black COLORS: Orange and Blue COLORS: Garnet and Black COLORS: Blue and White FACILITY: Gabrielsen Natatorium FACILITY: O'Connell Center FACILITY: Carolina Natatorium FACILITY: Lancaster Aquatic Center CONFERENCE: Southeastern CONFERENCE: Southeastern CONFERENCE: Southeastern CONFERENCE: Southeastern HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER): HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER): HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER): HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER): Jack Bauerie (Georgia '74) Gregg Troy (TCU '72) Don Gibb (Florida '85) Gary Conelly (Indiana, ‘73) 2003-2004 RECORD: 9-2 2003-2004 RECORD: 9-2 2003-2004 RECORD: 3-5 2003-2004 RECORD: 6-3 2004 SEC FINISH: 3rd 2004 SEC FINISH: 2nd 2004 SEC FINISH: 8th 2004 CONF. FINISH: 5th 2004 NCAA FINISH: 10th 2004 NCAA FINISH: 6th 2004 NCAA FINISH: 20th 2004 NCAA FINISH: 15th SID CONTACT: Jean Garrett SID CONTACT: Bobby Pugh SID CONTACT: Andrew Kitick SID CONTACT: Travis Feldhaus SID E-MAIL: [email protected] SID E-MAIL: [email protected] SID E-MAIL: [email protected] SID E-MAIL: [email protected] SID PHONE: (706) 542-6306 SID PHONE: (352) 375-4683 ext. 6175 SID PHONE: (803) 777-5257 SID PHONE: (859) 257-3838 FAX: (706) 542-799. FAX: (352) 375-4809 FAX: (803) 777-2967 FAX: (859) 323-4310 ATHLETIC DEPT. WEB SITE: ATHLETIC DEPT. WEB SITE: ATHLETIC DEPT. WEB SITE: ATHLETIC DEPT. WEB SITE: www.georgiadogs.com www.gatorzone.com www.uscsports.com www.ukathletics.com 45 THIS IS BAMA SWIMMING & DIVING THE STAFF THE TEAM THE OPPONENTS THE HISTORY WWW.ROLLTIDE.COM 2005 Tide Men Aaron Ashworth Junior • RS-1VL 5-7 Columbia, Mo.