INDIANA HOOSIERS Media Relations • Phil Pe rry, S/D Contact • Phone - (812 ) 8 5 6 - 0145 • Fax - (812) 855-9401 • Hoosiers on the Web: www.iuhoosiers.com MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING QUICK FACTS HOOSIER NOTES 2006-07 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS Location . Bloomington, Ind. MEET INFORMATION SEPTEMBER Founded . 1820 Indiana’s men’s and women’s swim- Sept. 6-10 OMP Training Camp (Diving) Indianapolis, Ind. All Day Colors . Cream and Crimson ming and diving teams kick off their Sept. 29 CREAM VS. CRIMSON Bloomington, Ind. 3 p.m. Nickname . Hoosiers seasons with the annual Cream vs. Enrollment . 38,903 Crimson meet on Friday, Sept. 29. OCTOBER Facility . Counsilman-Billingsley Oct. 21 KENTUCKY Bloomington, Ind. 1 p.m. Aquatic Center BACK ON TOP Oct. 27 NORTHWESTERN Bloomington, Ind. 4 p.m. President. Dr. Adam Herbert Twenty-one years after its last title, Oct. 28 ARIZONA STATE Bloomington, Ind. 12 p.m. Director of Athletics . Rick Greenspan Indiana finally returned to the top of the Conference. Big Ten heap in the Big Ten in 2006. IU led the NOVEMBER Athletic Dept. Phone . 812-855-0866 Big Ten Championships from the first Nov. 3-4 Texas, California Austin, Texas TBA day of competition, eventually compil- Nov. 17-19 IU OPEN INVITATIONAL Bloomington, Ind. All Day IU SWIMMING AND DIVING ing 760.5 team points to run away with Nov. 30-2 US Open West Lafayette, Ind. All Day First year of varsity competition. 1923 the team crown. The title was the 24th All-Time Record . 553-231 in program history, but the first since DECEMBER NCAA Championships. 6 (1968-73) 1985. This year the Hoosiers will look to Dec. 16-23 Training Trip Fort Myers, Fla. All Day Big Ten Championships . 24 go back-to-back for the first time since Dec. 17-21 World Champ. Camp I (Diving) Indianapolis, Ind. All Day . (1961-80,19 83-85, 2006) I U won three straight from 1982-85. Dec. 20 Competition TBA (M) Fort Myers, Fla. All Day NCAA Individual Titles . 79 Indiana won 20 straight Big Ten titles Swimming All-America Honors . 827 from 1961-80. JANUARY Diving All-America Honors . 157 Jan. 6 Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 1 p.m. Big Ten Swimming Champions. 194 BIG GUNS Jan. 13 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. 1 p.m. Big Ten Relay Team Champions . 44 Indiana returns four All-Americans Jan. 20 MISSOURI – SENIOR DAY Bloomington, Ind. 10 a.m. Big Ten Diving Titles . 28 from a successful 2006 campaign. Jan. 21-25 World Champ. Camp II (Diving) Indianapolis, Ind. All Day Swimmers Ben Hesen, Todd Patrick Jan. 27 Purdue West Lafayette, Ind. 1 p.m. 2006-07 COACHING STAFF and Nick Walkotten and diver Taylor Head Coach . Ray Looze, Jr. Roberts all come back for the 2007 sea- FEBRUARY Alma Mater . Southern California, 1990 son. Hesen finished tied for fourth in Feb. 15-17 Big Ten Championships Columbus, Ohio All Day Indiana Record . 30-15 (4 Years) the 100-yard backstroke at the 2006 Feb. 24 IU LAST CHANCE INVITE Bloomington, Ind. 10 a.m. Career Record. 65-53 (9 Years) N C A A Championships to earn first Sprint Coach. Donny Brush team All-America distinction, while MARCH Middle Distance Coach . Pam Swander Roberts earned All-America status March 1-4 NCAA Zone C Diving Champs TBA All Day Distance Coach . Mike Westphal from the three-meter (first team) and March 15-17 NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn. All Day Head Diving Coach . Dr. Jeff Huber the platform (honorable mention). March 18-25 FINA World Champs (D) Melbourne, Australia All Day Alma Mater. Wisconsin, 1975 Hesen and Patrick both earned honor- March 25-1 FINA World Champs (S) Melbourne, Australia All Day Assistant Diving Coach . Todd Waikel able mention in both the 200-yard med- March 27-31 Spring Championships East Meadow, N.Y. All Day 2005-06 Record . 7-3 ley relay and 400-yard medley relay, 2005-06 Big Ten Record . 4-2 while Walkotten earned honorable APRIL 2006 Big Tens. 1st, 760.5 pts. mention in the 400 medley relay and the TBA US Open (Diving) TBA All Day 2006 NCAAs . 12th, 115.5 pts. 200-yard butterfly. In addition, senior HOOSIERS ON THE NATIONAL SCENE Year, while Kevin Swander was tabbed Lee Houchin was an All-American in Indiana finished the 2006 season Swimmer of the Championships. Brian RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS 2005, earning honorable mention in ranked No. 11 in the CSCAA Top 25 Poll. Mariano was named Co-Diver of the SWIMMERS three different relays. Ben Hesen, Junior Michigan (8) and Minnesota (9) were Year and Diver of the Championships, the only two Big Ten teams ranked while Walkotten was named Freshman Lee Houchin, Senior CLIMBING THE LADDER ahead of the Hoosiers. Purdue (14), of the Year. Todd Patrick, Junior Indiana’s 12th-place finish at the 2006 Northwestern (15), Ohio State (19) and Nick Walkotten, Sophomore NCAA Championships was its highest Penn State (24) also appeared in the DIAPER DANDIES since a 12th-place finish in 1989. The poll. The Big Ten led all conferences The Hoosiers welcome 20 newcomers DIVERS Hoosiers have improved their NCAA with seven teams in the final poll. to the men’s roster this season. Taylor Roberts, Junior showing each year under head coach Eighteen of them are freshmen, while Ray Looze, starting with a 24th-place GOOD ON YA, MATT junior Patrick Penoyar transfered in MEDIA RELATIONS finish in 2003. IU finished 17th in 2004 Sophomore Matt Lenton claimed the from Washington and Lenton enrolled Director:. Pete Rhoda and 16th in 2005. Contact . Phil Perry 50-meter short course national title at in January and is a sophomore athleti- the Telstra Australian Short Course cally. E-mail . [email protected] BIG TEN POWER Championships in August. Direct Phone. (812) 856-0145 Looze has directed the Hoosiers to four THE SCHEDULE Office Phone . (812) 855-9399 top-four Big Ten finishes in as many BIG TEN HARDWARE The Hoosiers will get their first shot at Office Fax . (812) 855-9401 seasons at the helm of the Indiana pro- The Hoosiers came away from the 2006 outside competition on Saturday, Oct. Address. Assembly Hall gram. Indiana finished third in 2003, Big Ten Championships with a good 21, when they will host Kentucky at 1 . 1001 East 17th Street fourth in 2004, second in 2005 and first amount of hardware. Looze was named p.m. at the Counsilman-Billingsley . Bloomington, IN 47405 in 2006. the Big Ten Swimming Coach of the Aquatic Center. www.iuhoosiers.com 2006-07 ROSTER Names Cl./Elg. Ht. Wt. Event(s) Hometown/High School/College Rafael Alvarez Fr./Fr. 5-6 170 Diving Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North Andrew Bengtsen Fr./Fr. 6-0 170 Free Arlington Heights, Ill./Prospect Tim Blue Fr./Fr. 6-1 170 Free/Fly South Bend, Ind./South Bend Riley Will Bohonyi Jr./So. 5-7 168 Diving Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley Alex Brunfeldt Jr./Jr. 6-4 149 Free Lawrence, Kan./Lawrence Free State Bryan Chovanec Fr./Fr. 6-1 160 Free Munster, Ind./Munster Keith Dawley So./So. 5-10 165 Fly Allen, Texas/Allen Norman Ference Jr./So. 6-1 175 Free/IM Brecksville, Ohio/Hunting Valley George Grcevich So./Fr. 6-2 210 Breast/IM Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton J.D. Hala Fr./Fr. 5-11 160 Free Westmont, N.J./Haddon Township Alec Haley Jr./Jr. 6-3 165 Breast/IM Casper, Wyo./Kelly Walsch Kevin Happ Fr./Fr. 6-1 165 Free/IM Hunting Valley, Ohio/University School Christopher Head Fr./Fr. 5-10 175 Fly Evansville, Ind./North Ronald Hehn Jr./Jr. 6-1 155 IM/Breast Moorhead, Minn./Moorhead Ben Hesen Jr./Jr. 6-0 165 Back/Free Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville Lee Houchin Sr./Sr. 6-5 202 Free/Back Nashville, Tenn./Martin Luther King Sr. Jeremy Kline Fr./Fr. 6-3 180 Back Crawfordsville, Ind./Crawfordsville John Kevin Koehler, Jr. Jr./Jr. 6-0 170 Free/IM Springfield, Ohio/Central Catholic David Legler Jr./Jr. 5-7 145 Diving Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs Matt Lenton So./So. 6-4 200 Free/Fly Perth, Australia/John Septimus Roe Anglican Reed Martin Jr./So. 5-9 155 Free/IM Jeffersonville, Ind./Jeffersonville Tyler McGowan Fr./Fr. 6-2 200 Back/Free Vincennes, Ind./Lincoln Ryan McNeill * Sr./Sr. 5-11 170 Free/Fly Yorba Linda, Calif./Valencia Ryan Millard Sr./Sr. 5-11 150 Free/IM Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North/Ball State A.J. Miller So./So. 5-10 165 Breast Middlebury, Ind./Northridge Frazier Miller Fr./Fr. 6-2 180 Fly/Back/Free Louisville, Ky./Saint Xavier Justin Montrie Jr./Jr. 5-10 160 Diving Barrington, Ill./Barrington/Kentucky Edward Morrison Fr./Fr. 5-11 160 Free/Fly Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto Senior Steven Murry So./So. 6-1 170 Free/IM Memphis, Tenn./Gateway Christian Tyler Nielsen Fr./Fr. 6-2 180 Free Elkhorn, Neb./Elkorn Aaron Opell Fr./Fr. 6-2 180 Breast/IM Newburgh, Ind./Castle Drew Ossakow Sr./Jr. 6-2 185 Free/Breast North Canton, Ohio/Hoover Todd Patrick Jr./Jr. 6-3 185 Free/IM Chesterfield, Mo./Marquette Pat Penoyar Jr./Jr. 6-5 215 Breast Shelton, Wash./Shelton/Washington Justin Peterfish So./So. 6-0 148 Breast Delaware, Ohio/Worthington Christian David Piercy Fr./Fr. 5-10 150 Diving Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead Thiago Rebello Fr./Fr. 5-10 160 IM Frisco, Texas/Frisco Jensen Ried Fr./Fr. 6-1 180 Free Cypress, Texas/Cypress Springs Taylor Roberts * Sr./Jr. 5-7 150 Diving Aurora, Colo./Smoky Hill Jimmy Schwartz So./So.