DUKE UNIVERSITY 2015-16 Swimming & Diving Media Guide 2015-16 DUKE SWIMMING AND DIVING TABLE OF CONTENTS QUICK FACTS 2015 INFORMATION UNIVERSITY INFORMATION 2015-16 Schedule 3 Location Durham, N.C. 2015-16 Roster 4 Founded 1838 as Trinity College Enrollment 6,504 undergraduates COACHING STAFF Colors Duke Blue and White Head Coach Dan Colella 5-6 Nickname Blue Devils Head Diving Coach Nunzio Esposto 7 Conference Atlantic Coast Associate Head Coach Dawn Kane 8 Affiliation NCAA Division I Assistant Coach/Dir. of Recruiting & Communication Jesse Moore 9 Facility Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion Asst. Coach Athena Miller, Vol. Assts. Ashley Twichell & Katie Hazelton 10 President Dr. Richard Brodhead Athletic Administration and Support Staff 11 Athletic Director Kevin White Senior Woman’s Administrator Jacki Silar TAISHOFF AQUATICS PAVILION 12 COACHING STAFF STUDENT-ATHLETES Head Coach Dan Colella Blue Devil Men 13-29 Alma Mater Sewanee, 1984 Blue Devil Women 30-50 Years at Duke/Overall 10/22 Office Phone (919) 684-2723 HISTORY AND RECORDS Head Diving Coach Nunzio Esposto 2014-15 Season In Review 51 Alma Mater North Carolina, 1991 Program Records 52 Office Phone (919) 681-5624 Blue Devils in the ACC Record Books 53 Associate Head Coach Dawn Kane Men’s Year-by-Year Results 54-59 Alma Mater Brown, 2002 Men’s Opponent-by-Opponent Results 60-63 Office Phone (919) 668-2172 Women’s Year-by-Year Results 64-67 Assistant Coach/Dir. of Recruiting & Communication Jesse Moore Women’s Opponent-by-Opponent Results 68-70 Alma Mater William & Mary, 2008 Duke at the ACC Championships 71-72 Office Phone (919) 684-6285 Duke at the NCAA Championships 73 Assistant Coach Athena Miller Program Honors and Awards 74-76 Alma Mater University of Mount Union, 2008 Men’s All-Time Letterwinners 77-80 Volunteer Assistant Coach Ashley Twichell Women’s All-Time Letterwinners 81-82 Alma Mater Duke, 2011 Volunteer Assistant Diving Coach Katie Hazelton Alma Mater Leeds University [UK], 2005 DUKE SPORTS INFORMATION 2014-15 IN REVIEW All interviews with student-athletes must be arranged through the Duke Sports Duke Men Record: 4-6 (0-4 ACC) Information Office. Please contact Leslie Gaber at (919) 668-7938 or lgaber@ 2015 ACC Championship: 9th/12 (435) duaa.duke.edu with any interview requests. All requests must be made at least 2015 NCAA Championship: NTS one day in advance. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 23/4 Newcomers: 8 Duke Women Record: 8-2 (2-2 ACC) 2015 ACC Championship: 10th/13 (478) 2015 NCAA Championship: NTS Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 23/2 Newcomers: 9 PROGRAM HISTORY First Year of Program M-1927; W-1971 NCAA Championship Appearances M-14; W-7 Individual NCAA Championships M-4; W-1 All-America Selections M-21; W-12 CREDITS The 2015-16 Duke swimming and diving media guide is a product of the Duke Sports Information Office. Editors ....................................................................................................Leslie Gaber Editorial Assistance ...................................................... Duke Sports Information Photos ............................................................ Jon Gardiner/Duke Photography, The ACC, Reagan Lunn, Brendan Maloney, USA Swimming 2 2015-16 DUKE SWIMMING AND DIVING 2015-16 SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION VENUE LAST MEETING/APPEARANCE Saturday, Oct. 3 Pittsburgh * Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion M: L, 128-170 (2014); W: W, 162-138 (2015) Friday, Oct. 23 Florida State * Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion M: L, 112-186 (2012); W: L, 91-203 (2012) Friday, Oct. 23 Queens University Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion M: N/A; W: W, 220-53 (2012) Saturday, Nov. 7 Old Dominion Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion M: W, 158-130 (2014); W: W, 184-111 (2014) Saturday, Nov. 7 William & Mary (swimming) Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion M: W, 143-119 (2014); W: W, 156-106 (2014) Thurs-Sat, Nov. 19-21 Nike Cup Invitational Chapel Hill, N.C. Koury Natatorium 2014 - M: 7th/9 (708) ; W: 4th/9 (1206.5) Weds-Fri, Dec. 2-4 USA Swimming Winter Nationals Federal Way, Wash. WKCAC N/A Tues-Sun, Dec. 15-20 USA Diving Winter Nationals Indianapolis, Ind. IUPUI Natatorium N/A Friday, Jan. 8 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. Carolina Natatorium M: L, 136-158 (2015); W: W, 165-135 (2015) Saturday, Jan. 9 SC Long Course Time Trials Columbia, S.C. Carolina Natatorium N/A Saturday, Jan. 16 Georgia Tech * Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Tech Aquatic Center M: L, 88-200 (2015); W: W, 196-104 (2015) Saturday, Jan. 16 Indiana Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Tech Aquatic Center N/A Saturday, Jan. 16 Michigan Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Tech Aquatic Center N/A Saturday, Jan. 30 North Carolina * Durham, N.C. Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion M: L, 90-176 (2015); W: L, 113-175 (2015) Fri-Sun, Feb. 5-7 Carolina College Invitational Chapel Hill, N.C. Koury Natatorium N/A Weds-Sat, Feb. 17-20 Women’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro Aquatic Center 2015 - 10th/13 (478) Weds-Sat, Feb. 24-27 Men’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. Greensboro Aquatic Center 2015 - 9th/12 (435) Mon-Weds, March 7-9 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Tech Aquatic Center N/A Thurs-Sat, March 17-19 Women’s NCAA Championship Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Tech Aquatic Center 2015 - NTS Thurs-Sat, March 24-26 Men’s NCAA Championship Atlanta, Ga. Georgia Tech Aquatic Center 2015 - NTS 3 2015-16 DUKE SWIMMING AND DIVING 2015-16 DUKE SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTER DUKE MEN: Name Year Event(s) Hometown (Previous School) David Armstrong Sr. Fly/Free Thousand Oaks, Calif. (BYU) Nick Bigot So. Freestyle San Rafael, Calif. (Terra Linda) Victor Chen Sr. Breaststroke Los Altos, Calif. (St. Francis) Rahul Chokshi Jr. Fly/IM/Back Ahmedabad, India (Ahmedabad International School) Lee Christensen Fr. Diving Darien, Conn. (Darien) Bradley Cline Jr. Mid-Free/IM/Back San Francisco, Calif. (The Peddie School [N.J.]) Jack Forese RSr. Freestyle New Canaan, Conn. (St. Luke’s School) Kevin Fraser Jr. Sprints/Breast Westmount, Quebec, Canada (Lower Canada College) Riley Hickman Fr. Mid-Free Davis, Calif. (Davis School for Independent Study) Marco Hosfeld So. Mid-Free/Distance Coral Springs, Fla. (Univ. Schl. of Nova Southeastern University) Judd Howard Fr. Breast/IM/Free Irvine, Calif. (University High School) Matt Johnson So. Mid-Free/Distance Valencia, Calif. (Hart) Peter Kropp Jr. Breast/IM Los Angeles, Calif. (Loyola) Delaney Lagrew Sr. Free/Back Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Pine Crest) Yusuke Legard Fr. Sprints/Fly/Back Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom (Eton College) Joey Maginnis Jr. Fly/Back/Sprints Flourtown, Pa. (La Salle College H.S.) Michael Miller Jr. Fly/IM Houston, Texas (Stratford) Evan Moretti Fr. Diving Scarsdale, N.Y. (Scarsdale) Kenny Ng Sr. Fly/IM Singapore (Raffles Institution) Josh Owsiany Fr. Diving Spring City, Pa. (Episcopal Academy) Benedict Parfit Jr. Sprints/Breast Paget, Bermuda (Harrow School [London]) Dylan Payne Jr. Breast/Fly/Sprints Laguna Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei) Parker Pearson So. Distance Free New Vernon, N.J. (Delbarton) James Peek Jr. Sprint Free Forest Row, Sussex, England (Millfield School) Alex Peña So. Mid-Free/Distance/Back Orlando, Fla. (Lake Highland Preparatory) Ryan Prince Sr. Back/IM Johns Creek, Ga. (Northview) Mike Seaberg Jr. Breast/IM Gambrills, Md. (South River) Max St. George Fr. Back/IM Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton North) Kaz Takabayashi Jr. Fly/Back Glastonbury, Conn. (Glastonbury) Sean Tate Fr. Sprint Free Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) Adriaan Venter Jr. Sprint Free/Back Johannesburg, South Africa (Helpmekaar Kollege) DUKE WOMEN: Name Year Event(s) Hometown (Previous School) Verity Abel So. Mid-Free/Distance/IM Westport, Conn. (Staples) Hunter Aitchinson Fr. Mid-Free/Dist Clearwater, Fla. (East Lake) Abby Artmann So. Breast/IM Cedar Park, Texas (Round Rock) Alyssa Arwood Fr. Breaststroke Asheville, N.C. (TC Roberson) Liza Bragg Jr. Back/IM Darien, Conn. (Deerfield Academy) Linsay Cooper Sr. Fly/Free Huntersville, N.C. (North Mecklenburg) Lizzie Devitt So. IM/Free Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. (Santa Margarita Catholic) Kathryn Eckhart Sr. Sprint Free/Back Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek) Lizzie Fitzpatrick Fr. Diving Darien, Conn. (Deerfield Academy) Brittany Friese Jr. Free/Fly Newburgh, N.Y. (Newburgh Free Academy) Leah Goldman So. Fly/IM/Back Burlingame, Calif. (Burlingame) Jaimee Gundry Sr. Diving Lightwater, Surrey, England (TASIS: The American Schl. in England) Maddie Hess Fr. Back/Free Brandon, Fla. (Newsome) Mickayla Hinkle Fr. Backstroke Woodbury, Minn. (Math & Science Academy) Susan Hynes Fr. Breast/IM Chesapeake, Va. (Hickory) Brittany Kahn Fr. Distance/Free Carlsbad, Calif (JSerra Catholic) Kendall McClenney Sr. Diving The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) Lexi Mendes Sr. Free/Back Chapel Hill, N.C. (Chapel Hill) Catie Miller So. Breast/IM Las Vegas, Nev. (Bishop Gorman) Kiera Molloy Sr. Free/IM/Fly Raleigh, N.C. (Wakefield) Isabella Paez So. Fly/IM Medley, Fla. (Ronald Reagan Doral) Anna Quinn So. Fly/Free Santa Rosa Valley, Calif. (Thousand Oaks) Kirby Quinn Jr. Diving Cherry Hill, N.J. (Bishop Eustace) Maddie Rusch Jr. Sprint Free/Fly New Canaan, Conn. (New Canaan) Lindsay Schlichte Jr. Distance Free Garden City, N.Y. (Garden City) Ashleigh Shanley Jr. Breast/IM Ann Arbor, Mich. (Ann Arbor Skyline) Maria Sheridan So. Fly/Back Charlotte, N.C. (Charlotte Catholic) Jessie Sutherland Jr. Back/Fly/Free Winnetka, Ill. (New Trier) MaryEllen Targonski So. Diving Gastonia, N.C. (South Point) Lindsey Trematerra Fr. Sprint Free/Fly Gainesville, Fla. (Oak Hall) Mackenzie Willborn Fr. Diving Flower Mound, Texas (Edward S. Marcus) Colleen Wixted Jr. Mid-Free/Fly Greenwood Village, Colo. (Cherry Creek) Chelsea Ye Sr. Sprints/Fly/Back Oklahoma City, Okla. (Classen Schl. of Advanced Studies) 4 2015-16 DUKE SWIMMING AND DIVING DAN COLELLA HEAD COACH • 11TH SEASON AT DUKE SEWANEE, 1984 The fifth head coach in school history, head coach Dan Colella has helped the Colella has led the Blue Devils to a number of program firsts in recent years, Duke men’s and women’s swimming and diving squads make great strides in each highlighted by the five NCAA individual titles.