FLORIDA SWIMMING & DIVING 2017-18 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT FLORIDA SWIMMING & DIVING 2017-18 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT 2017-18 SCHEDULE Date Meet Competition Site Time (ET) 2017 Sept. 22-24 All-Florida Invite Gainesville, Fla. All Day Oct. 20-21 Indiana/Texas Tri-Meet Gainesville, Fla. Fri: 6 p.m. Sat: 10 a.m. Oct. 25 Alabama* Tuscaloosa, Ala. TBA Oct. 27 Georgia* Gainesville, Fla. 10 a.m. Nov 4 Florida Gulf Coast (Women) Gainesville, Fla. 10 a.m. Orange/Blue (Men) Nov 16-18 Purdue Invite Purdue, Ind. All Day Nov 29-Dec 2 US Nationals Columbus, Ohio All Day Dec 17-19 Auburn Invite (Diving) Auburn, Ala. All Day 2018 Jan 5 FSU Gainesville, Fla. 5 p.m. Jan 6 FAU Gainesville, Fla. 1 p.m. Jan 20 Auburn* Gainesville, Fla. TBA Jan 26 Tennessee* Knoxville, Tenn. TBA Feb 2-4 Carolina Invite Chapel Hill, N.C. All Day Feb 14-18 SEC Championships College Station, Texas All Day Feb 23-25 Florida Last Chance Invite Gainesville, Fla. All Day March 5-7 NCAA Diving Zones Knoxville, Tenn. All Day March 14-17 Women’s NCAA Championships Columbus, Ohio All Day March 21-24 Men’s NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn. All Day Key: SCY - Standard Course Yards, LCM - Long Course Meters, * - Denotes SEC events 1 FLORIDA SWIMMING & DIVING 2017-18 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT CONTENTS / QUICK FACTS Schedule ...................................................................................1 UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS Table of Contents/Quick Facts ..........................................2 Founded ............................................................................1853 Media Information ................................................................3 Location........................................................Gainesville, Fla. Enrollment ............................................54,854 (as of 2017) Nickname ...................................................................... Gators COACHES Colors ...............Orange (PMS 172) and Blue (PMS 287) Head Coach Gregg Troy .................................................. 4-7 Conference ..........................................Southeastern (SEC) Associate Head Coach Anthony Nesty ...................... 8-9 President .................................................. Dr. W. Kent Fuchs Associate Head Coach Jeff Poppell ........................ 10-11 Athletic Director ...........................................Scott Stricklin Diving Coach Bryan Gillooly ............................................12 Facility ......Stephen C. O’Connell Center Natatorim (1,200) Assistant Coach Steve Jungbluth ..................................13 Assistant Coach Leah Martindale-Stancil ...................14 SWIMMING AND DIVING QUICK FACTS Head Coach ................................................ Gregg Troy (TCU ‘72) STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES Years at UF ....................................................................20th season Roster Cover Page ...............................................................15 UF Dual Meet Record ......................... Women: 161-51-1(.758) 2017-18 Florida Women’s Roster ....................................16 ........................................................................Men: 144-45-1 (.761) Gator Women’s Bios ..................................................... 17-30 Associate Head Coaches .................... Anthony Nesty (UF ‘94) Gator Women’s 2016-17 Year in Review ............... 31-32 ................................................................Jeff Poppell (Georgia ‘93) Diving Coach ..................................... Bryan Gillooly (Miami ‘99) 2017-18 Florida Men’s Roster ..........................................33 Assistant Coaches .......................Steve Jungbluth (UMass ‘94) Gator Men’s Bios ........................................................... 34-52 ......................................... Leah Martindale-Stancil (Florida ‘02) Gator Men’s 2016-17 Year in Review ...................... 53-55 Director of Swimming Operations ....................... Erva Gilliam History and Records Cover Page ....................................56 Swimming Office Phone: .................352-375-4683 ext. 4545 National Championship History.............................. 57-58 Gator All-Americans .................................................... 59-64 UF SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA INFORMATION SEC Championships............................................................65 Contact ...................................................................... Katie Callahan SEC Championships History ..................................... 66-69 Office Phone ..........................................352-692-6648 ext. 6121 SEC Academic Honor Roll (W) ........................................70 Cell Phone ................................................................. 607-226-1438 SEC Academic Honor Roll (M) .........................................71 Email............................................................KatieC@gators.ufl.edu Women’s Records ................................................................72 Communications Fax ............................................ 352-375-4809 Men’s Records .......................................................................73 Communications Mailing Address: All-Time Top-10 Women’s Times .....................................74 P.O. Box 14485 Gainesville, FL 32604 All-Time Top-10 Men’s Times ...........................................75 Communications Overnight Address: 303 Gale Lemerand Drive Stadium Florida Honors & Awards Cover Page ...........................76 West Gainesville, FL 32611 Gator Honors and Awards ................................................77 Official Florida Athletis Website ....www.FloridaGators.com Team Awards .........................................................................78 Twitter ...................................................................@GatorsSwimDv All-Time Women’s Roster ........................................... 79-80 Facebook .......................... Florida Gators Swimming & Diving All-Time Men’s Roster .................................................. 81-84 Instagram .............................................................@GatorsSwimDv All-Time Series Records .....................................................85 2016-17 Men’s Swimming & Diving Review 2016-17 Women’s Swimming & Diving Review NCAA Finish ..................................................................... 3rd place NCAA Finish .................................................................................N/A SEC Championship Finish ............................................1st place SEC Championship Finish ............................................7th place Record ............................................................5-5 overall; 3-1 SEC Record ............................................................ 4-8 overall; 1-3 SEC Final CSCAA Poll Ranking .......................................................3rd Final CSCAA Poll Ranking .......................................................N/A All-Americans ............................................8 athletes/31 honors All-Americans .......................................................................... None All-SEC .............................................................................................10 All-SEC ................................................................................................1 Freshman All-SEC .......................................................................... 3 SEC Academic Honor Roll ......................................................... 20 SEC Academic Honor Roll .........................................................19 Letterwinners returning/lost ............................................... 23/3 Letterwinners returning/lost ...............................................33/2 2 FLORIDA SWIMMING & DIVING 2017-18 MEDIA SUPPLEMENT MEDIA INFORMATION The 2016-17 University of Florida swimming and diving media supplement was created and produced for the assistance in gathering detailed information regarding the University, coaches, staff and student-athletes of the Gator swimming and diving program. Any additional media information, special requests or needs should be directed to the Florida Communications Department, specifically Katie Callahan. MEDIA SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT FLORIDAGATORS.COM Members of the media are The Florida Communications World Wide Web users provided with weekly release Department is located on the can access the University packages containing updated third floor on the west side of Athletic Association’s website, statistics, features and information Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, directly “FloridaGators.com” through about the most current swim across Gale Lemerand Drive from a Web browser at www. meet. On meet days, the UF Gate 1 of the Stephen C. O’Connell FloridaGators.com. Obtainable Communications staff will issue Center. Please enter the stairwell information on the site includes meet notes, team statistics, and to the left of Gate 1, at Florida schedules, results and statistics conference and national rankings, Field. Swimming and Diving as well as updated notes on each as well as other significant Contact Katie Callahan office is Gator athletic team. information. located at 314B. INTERVIEWS TICKETS PARKING All coaches and student-athlete Admission to all Gator regular- Stephen C. O’Connell Center interviews for swimming and season swim meets is free. parking is available in the parking diving must be coordinated with garage next to the arena, located the Communications