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Kathleen Van Ess William Paterson University 2005-06 Swimming and Diving Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS University Information .................... Inside Front Cover Fast Facts ............................................................... 2 2005-06 Men’s and Women’s Rosters ...................... 3 Coaching Staff ....................................................... 4 Men’s Pioneer Profiles ............................................. 6 Women’s Pioneer Profiles ........................................ 8 Kristin Clegg’s Achievements ................................. 11 2004-05 Men’s Top Times ..................................... 12 2004-05 Women’s Top Times ................................ 13 Men’s All-Time Records ......................................... 14 Women’s All-Time Records .................................... 15 Pioneer All-Americans .......................................... 16 Athletic Hall of Fame....................... Inside Back Cover For further swimming and diving information ... For further information on the William Paterson swimming and diving program, please check out the team’s Web site at: www.wpunj.edu/athletics/swimming Front cover (from top): Kristin Clegg, Jason Wong and Colleen Takemoto Back Cover (top): Angel Camacho, Kathleen Van Ess and Dennis Schlereth The 2005-06 William Paterson University Swimming and Diving Guide was produced by the Department of Sports Information. Photography courtesy of Steven R. Smith, Joseph Camporeale and Bill Blanchard. FAST FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Location ............................300 Pompton Road, Wayne, NJ, 07470 Founded .............................................................................. 1855 Enrollment ......................................................................... 11,000 President .................................................................. Arnold Speert Vice President for Administration and Finance ............. Steve Bolyai Vice President for Institutional Advancement .............. Sandra Deller Vice President for Student Development ..................... John Martone Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs ....................Steve Hahn Director of Athletics ................................................. Sabrina Grant Associate Director of Athletics/Baseball Coach ............... Jeff Albies Associate Director of Athletics .................................... Cindy Cohen Nickname ........................................................................ Pioneers Colors ............................................................... Orange and Black Affiliation ............................................... NCAA Division III, ECAC Conference ................................... New Jersey Athletic Conference SWIMMING AND DIVING FAST FACTS 2004-05 Men’s Record .......................................................... 11-2 2004-05 Women’s Record ..................................................... 11-4 Home Pool ............................................................Wightman Gym Head Coach ............................................. Ed Gurka (30th season) Gurka’s Career Record ..... 486-259-3 (238-130 M, 248-129-3 W) Gurka’s E-Mail ................................................. [email protected] Diving Coach ............................... Steve McDonough (24th season) Assistant Coach ................................. Kimberly Plewa (first season) Assistant Coach ....................................Bilyl Schreyer (first season) Swimming and Diving Office Number ..................... 973-720-3267 DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS INFORMATION Director of Sports Information ............................... Brian Falzarano Falzarano’s E-Mail ..................................... [email protected] Assistant Director of Sports Information .......................... Jim Henry Sports Information Office Number .......................... 973-720-2705 Sports Information Fax Number .............................. 973-720-3017 Athletics Web Site ................................. www.wpunj.edu/athletics/ Pioneer Hotline ....................................................... 973-720-2547 2 2005-06 SWIMMING & DIVING 2005-06 ROSTERS MEN’S ROSTER Name YR EVENTS Hometown/HS Angel Camacho JR Dist. Free Parsippany, NJ/Parsippany David Caputo FR Dist. Free Staten Island, NY/Curtis Todd Correia SO Breast/Free Point Pleasant, NJ/ Point Pleasant Boro Chris Danze SR Free/Back W. Deptford, NJ/W. Deptford Sean Davenport JR Diving Highland Lakes, NJ/ Vernon Township David Green FR Fly/Bk/Free/Breast Plainfield, NJ/Plainfield Kyle Leary FR Free/Fly Galloway, NJ/Holy Spirit Cyle Nadzan SO Diving Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo Michael O’Shea FR Diving Edgewater, NJ/Leonia Stefan Rosales FR Free/Back/I.M. Rahway, NJ/St. Joseph’s (Met.) Chad Sajnoski SO Fly/I.M. Garfield, NJ/Garfield Dennis Schlereth SR Breast/I.M./Free Teaneck, NJ/Bergen Catholic Jason Wong SR Breast/Fly Marlboro, NJ/Marlboro WOMEN’S ROSTER Name YR EVENTS Hometown/HS Elizabeth Auerbach FR Diving Haskell, NJ/Lakeland Regional Emily Buhler JR Dist. Free Mays Landing, NJ/Holy Spirit Kristin Clegg SR Back/Free Lincoln Park, NJ/DePaul Cath. Traci Dombrowski JR Free Union, NJ/Union Katelyn Esposito SO Free/Back Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township Christine Grygorcewicz SO Free/Back Parsippany, NJ/ St. Elizabeth’s Academy Cathy Hartwell FR Free Toms River, NJ/Toms River East Ashley Hessenkemper FR Free Brick, NJ/Brick Township Jessica Lyon SO Breast/I.M. Pequannock, NJ/Pequannock Melanie Mejias FR Free/Fly Union, NJ/Union Kristin Reilly SO Free/Back Clifton, NJ/Clifton Loni Sansevere JR Free Brick, NJ/Brick Township Donivyn Schmidt FR Free Mansfield, NJ/Warren Hills Colleen Takemoto JR Fly Marlton, NJ/Cherokee Kathleen Van Ess SR Fly/Free Franklin Lakes, NJ/Indian Hills Head Coach: Ed Gurka (30th season) Assistant Coaches: Kimberly Plewa (first season), Billy Schreyer (first season) Diving Coach: Steve McDonough (24th season) MEN’S CLASS WOMEN’S CLASS BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN Seniors: 3 Seniors: 2 Juniors: 2 Juniors: 4 Sophomores: 3 Sophomores: 4 Freshmen: 5 Freshmen: 5 MEN’S WOMEN’S PRONUNCIATIONS PRONUNCIATIONS Caputo (Ca-poo-toe) Auerbach (Hour-back) Danze (Dan-zee) Grygorcewicz (Gre-gor-sa-witz) Nadzan (Nad-zen) Hessenkemper (Hess-in-kem-per) Rosales (Row-sol-es) Donivyn (Don-ih-vin) Schmidt Sajnoski (Saj-na-skee) Schlereth (Sh-lehr-eth)) 2005-06 SWIMMING & DIVING 3 COACHING STAFF Gurka enters his 30th season as William Paterson’s men’s and women’s swimming and diving coach on the cusp of three milestones. He begins the 2005-06 season two wins away from 250 victories coaching the women and 12 from 250 for the men. Overall, this leaves him just 14 triumphs away from 500 in a distinguished career that has seen him build the Pioneers into one of the most successful programs in the region. Making history is nothing new to Gurka. In 1989, he became the first swim coach in NCAA (all levels) history to win 100 meets as coach of both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams at one school. However, he is quick to deflect the praise and points out that it is the day-in, day-out dedication and preparation of his student-athletes that produced these results. Gurka has coached 19 All-Americans, the most recent being six-time honoree and current standout Kristin Clegg, who has set school records in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard backstroke. He also helped Joe Gentile win five national championships (including two then-Division III records) in the 1980s en route to being named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Male Student-Athlete of the 1980s. Gentile is one of six former swimmers Gurka coached that have earned entry into the William Paterson University Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame. The other five