Media Guide www.thesundevils.com ASU Swimming & Diving 2002-2003 Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME Friday Oct. 4 ASU Intrasquad Mona Plummer A.C. 3:00 p.m. Saturday Oct. 12 Alumni and Pentathlon# Mona Plummer A.C. 12 p.m. Saturday Oct. 12 New Mexico (diving only) Mona Plummer A.C. 12 p.m. Friday Oct. 25 UNLV (men) Mona Plummer A.C. 1 p.m. Friday Oct. 25 UNLV/Northern Arizona (women) Mona Plummer A.C. 1 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Nov. 1-2 Wisconsin @ Arizona Tucson, Ariz. TBA Sunday Nov. 3 Auburn (men) Mona Plummer A.C. 11 a.m. Friday Nov. 22 @ USC (men) Los Angeles, Calif. 1 p.m. Friday Nov. 22 @ UCLA (women) Los Angeles, Calif. 2 p.m. Saturday Nov. 23 @ USC (men) Los Angeles, Calif. 9 a.m. Saturday Nov. 23 @ USC (women) Los Angeles, Calif. 12 p.m. Fri.-Sun. Dec. 6-8 Texas Invitational Austin, Texas All Day Fri. Jan. 2 Harvard (men) Mona Plummer A.C. TBA Sun. Jan. 4 Missouri/Wyoming Mona Plummer A.C. 12 p.m. Thur.-Sat. Jan. 9-12 U.S. Open Diving Championships TBA TBA Senior All-American Fri.-Sat. Jan. 17-18 @ Dallas Morning News Invitational Dallas, Texas All Day Bobby Zaabadich Friday Jan. 24 California Mona Plummer A.C. 2 p.m. Saturday Jan. 25 Stanford Mona Plummer A.C. 12 p.m. Fri.-Sat Jan. 31-Feb.1 @ Texas w/Arizona Austin, Texas TBA Saturday Feb. 15 @ Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 12 p.m. Thu.-Sat. Feb. 27-Mar. 1 Pac-10 Championships (women) # Federal Way, Wash. All Day Thu.-Sat. Feb. 27-Mar. 1 Pac-10 Diving Championships Federal Way, Wash. All Day Sunday March 2 Pac-10 Invitational (women) # Federal Way, Wash. 11:00 a.m. Thu.-Sat. Mar. 6-8 Pac-10 Championships (men) #** Long Beach, Calif. All Day Sunday March 9 Pac-10 Invitational (men) #** Long Beach, Calif. 11:00 a.m. Thu.-Sat. March 13-14 NCAA Zone E Diving Championships TBA All Day Thu.-Sat. March 20-22 NCAA Championships (women) Auburn, Ala. All Day Thu.-Sat. March 27-29 NCAA Championships (men) Austin, Texas All Day All Contests include men’s and women’s competition unless otherwise noted. # indicates non-diving date, **ASU will serve as host school. all times local to site/subject to change Sophomore All-American Credits Russell MacDonald The Arizona State Swimming & 2003 Pac-10 Men’s Championships Diving media guide is produced by March 6-9, 2003 • Long Beach, Calif. the University’s media relations (Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool) office. Editor: Jeff Evans, ASU Assistant Media Relations Director. and Jon Evans, ASU Media Relations Assistant. Photography: Jason Wise, Scott Troyanos. Typesetting and Printing: Ben Franklin Press. On the Cover: Clockwise from top- left – Junior diver Jessica Stenson, sophomore All-American Agnes Kovacs, junior All-American Nick Brunelli, senior All-American Christian Harcsas, junior All- American Miranda Shald, senior All- American Claire Hedenskog. Junior All-American Florence Mauro Host: Arizona State University ASU Swimming & Diving Devil Data Table of Contents UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Assistant Swimming Coach: . .Aimee Schmitt 2002-2003 Schedule . .IFC Location: . .Tempe, Ariz. 85287-2505 Schmitt Phone: . .(480) 965-8355 Devil Data . .1 Founded: . .1885 Schmitt E-Mail . [email protected] Enrollment: . .45,693 Swimming Graduate Assistant: . .Rich Murphy Media Information . .1 Conference: . .Pacific-10 (Pac-10) . .Chris Taylor Mona Plummer Aquatic Center . .1 Nickname: . .Sun Devils Strength Coach: . .Cheyenne Pietri Colors: . .Maroon and Gold Trainer . .Ian McLeod Arizona State University . .2-3 President: . .Michael Crow Secretary: . .Amy Mortensen Director of Athletics: . .Gene Smith Facility: . .Mona Plummer Aquatic Center (2,000) ASU Academics . .4-5 Sr. Associate AD (SWA): . .Sandy Hatffield Clubb Mona Plummer Aquatic Life In The Valley . .6-7 Faculty Representative: . .Dr. Jerry Kingston Center Coordinator: . .Robert May Head Coach Michael Chasson . .8 SUN DEVIL MEDIA RELATIONS Mona Plummer Aquatic Center Phone: . .(480) 965-4040 Assistant AD for Media Relations: . .Mark Brand ASU Pac-10/NCAA Finishes . .8 Associate Director: . .Doug Tammaro ASU MEN IN 2001-2002 Diving Coach Mark Bradshaw . .9 Associate Director: . .Rhonda Lundin Dual Record: . .6-3 (3-2 Pac-10) Assistant Director: . .Will Phillips Pac-10 Finish: . .5th ASU Diving Records . .9 Assistant Director: . .Alex Ryan NCAA Finish: . .14th Coaches John Pontz, Adam Schmitt, Aimee Schmitt .10 Assistant Director: . .Jeff Evans All-Americans: . .10 Media Relations Phone: . .(480) 965-6592 All-America Honors: . .23 Support Staff . .10 Media Relations Fax: . .(480) 965-5408 ASU WOMEN IN 2001-2002 Men’s Roster . .11 Swimming & Diving Contacts: . .Jon Evans . [email protected] Dual Record: . .6-4 (3-3 Pac-10) Men’s Prospectus . .12 Pac-10 Finish: . .6th . .Jeff Evans Men’s Swimming & Diving Bios . .13-18 . [email protected] NCAA Finish: . .t-10th Jon Evans @ Work . .(480) 965-9544 All-Americans: . .10 Women’s Roster . .19 All-America Honors: . .27 Jeff Evans @ Work . .(480) 965-6594 Women’s Prospectus . .20 ASU Athletics Web Site: .www.thesundevils.com ASU MEN IN 2002-2003 SWIMMING & DIVING INFORMATION All-Americans Returning/Lost: . .5/5 Women’s Swimming & Diving Bios . .21-25 Head Swimming Coach: . .Michael Chasson Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . .18/16 2001-02 Men’s Quick Review . .26 Newcomers: . .12 Alma Mater . .Stanford ’74 NCAA Men’s Qualifying Marks . .26 ASU Record – Men . .22-23 (4 years) Captains: . .Ace Tate, Brian Spetman Career Record – Men . .89-35 (11 years) ASU WOMEN IN 2002-2003 2001-02 Women’s Quick Review . .27 ASU Record – Women . .22-19-1 (4 years) All-Americans Returning/Lost: . .6/4 NCAA Women’s Qualifying Marks . .27 Career Record – Women . .22-19-1 (4 years) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: . .16/12 Chasson Phone . .(480) 965-2974 Newcomers: . .9 2001-02 Men’s Top-Five In Review . .28 Chasson E-Mail . [email protected] Captains: . .Josie Jedick, Miranda Shald Head Diving Coach : . .Mark Bradshaw 2001-02 Women’s Top-Five In Review . .29 NOTE TO MEDIA Alma Mater . .Ohio State ’85 ASU Swimming & Diving History . .30-31 ASU Tenure . .6th Year Media in need of information regarding Arizona State Bradshaw Phone . .(480) 965-3636 swimming and diving should contact Assistant Media ASU Olympians . .30-31 Bradshaw E-Mail . [email protected] Relations Director Jeff Evans or Jon Evans (info above). While interview requests with members of the coaching ASU Swimming & Diving Accolades . .32-33 Assistant Swimming Coach: . .John Pontz staff may be arranged by contacting each coach directly, any Pontz Phone . .(480) 965-5661 and all requests with athletes must be arranged through the ASU Swimming All Time Top Times . .34-36 Pontz E-Mail: . [email protected] ASU media relations office. ASU President and Director of Athletics . .IBC Assistant Swimming Coach: . .Adam Schmitt Press releases, results and other up-to-date information Schmitt Phone: . .(480) 965-3100 about ASU’s swimming and diving teams can be obtained Sun Angel Foundation . .BC Schmitt E-Mail: . [email protected] online at www.thesundevils.com. Mona Plummer Aquatic Center he Mona Plummer Aquatic Center, hosted the NCAA Zone E Diving Champion- swimming coach for 22 years (1957-79) at ASU located at the intersection of Stadium ships. The complex also served as the site to and coached the Sun Devils to eight national T Drive and College Street on the campus the Pac-10 and NCAA Zone E Diving championships. She was named assistant ath- of Arizona State University, is regarded as one Championships in 1991 and 1989. Other letic director in 1975 before being promoted to of the country’s finest outdoor swimming and notable events which have been held at the associate athletic director duties in 1977. diving facilities. complex include the 1990 U.S. Junior National While at ASU, Plummer tutored nine The plant, which opened in July, 1981, con- Diving Championship, the 1988 USS Junior Olympians and nearly four dozen all- sists of three pools — an Olympic-size, 50 National West Region Championship, the U.S. Americas. The graduate of the University of meter by 25 yards, seven-foot deep competi- Masters Diving Championship and a 1988 Alabama was selected the national coach of tion pool with a movable bulkhead; a 25-yard, competition between ASU and Team USA the year in 1979, when the Sun Devils finished 18-foot diving well; and a 25-yard eight-lane prior to the Olympic Games. In 1983 the second at the AIAW Championships after win- warm-up pool. WCAA Championship and a water polo exhi- ning the 1977 and 1978 titles. ASU captured The complex also offers a diving tower. bition between the U.S. National team and the national crown from 1967 through 1974. The tower has three platforms (5, 7.5 and 10 ASU also took place at the complex. “She was the premier swimming coach meters), four springboards and a pair of 1- and The formal dedication for the aquatic cen- during her era and her success helped all other 3-meter boards, which flank the tower. ter was held Oct. 31, 1986 after the Arizona women’s sports at Arizona State University The Mona Plummer Aquatic Center, which State Board of Regents named the facility on prosper,” ASU associate athletic director seats 2,000 spectators, was host to the 1993 and Mar. 1, 1985, after the late Mona Plummer. Herman Frazier said. “The dedication of our 1998 Pac-10 Diving Championships. In 1999 it Plummer, who passed away during the aquatic center could not have gone to a spring of 1985, served as the head women’s better person.” 2002-2003 SWIMMING & DIVING 1 Arizona State rizona State University is the countries. ASU Main offers 94 bachelor’s, communities, and an engaged university.