2012-13 Vanderbilt Swimming Fact Book 2012-13 ROSTER/SCHEDULE 2012-13 Roster Name Class Event Hometown/High School Erika Deardorf Sr. Freestyle/IM The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands Jess Eccher Sr. Backstroke/Freestyle Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School Elly Faulkner So. Breaststroke/Free Louisville, Ky./Sacred Heart Academy Margaret Freeman So. Fly/Distance Free Atlanta, Ga./Greater Atlanta Christian Betsy Galenti Sr. Freestyle Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater Area Margaux Georgiadis Jr. Sprint Free/Mid Free Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel Area Celeste Jones So. Sprint Freestyle West Lafayette, Ind./Harrison Sarah Lynch Sr. Freestyle Burke, Va./Lake Braddock Jenn Mann Fr. Breaststroke Victoria, British Columbia/Reynolds Secondary Hannah Martin Fr. Freestyle/Backstroke Greensboro, N.C./The Early College at Guilford Alexis Mayhall So. Backstroke Las Vegas, Nevada/Palo Verde Chelsea Morey Sr. Backstroke Hutchinson, Kan./Hutchinson Senior Chrissy Oberg So. Backstroke/Fly Spartanburg, S.C./Spartanburg Melissa Roberts Jr. Sprint Freestyle Collierville, Tenn./Collierville Amy Salce Sr. Freestyle Naples, Fla./Community School of Naples Caroline Thomas So. Sprint Free Louisville, Ky./DuPont Manual Lauren Torres So. Fly/Spring Free Phoenix, Ariz./Desert Vista Alyxandra Vernon Jr. Butterfly/Back/Mid/IM Fair Oaks, Calif./Sacramento Country Day Michelle Williamson Jr. Distance Free/Butterfly Cypress, Texas/Cypress Creek Rebecca Young Jr. Breaststroke/IM Montgomery, Ala./Trinity Presbyterian Head Coach: Jeremy Organ (seventh season, North Dakota ‘96) Assistant Coach: Angie Nicolletta (first season, Louisville ‘05) GENERAL INFO 2012-13 VANDERBILT SWIMMING SCHEDULE Location ........................................................Nashville, Tenn. Date Opponent/Event Location Founded ........................................................................ 1873 Oct. 6 Arkansas Relays Fayetteville, Ark. Enrollment .................................................................... 6,794 Oct. 10 LSU Nashville, Tenn. Nickname..........................................................Commodores Oct. 26 Alabama Nashville, Tenn. Colors ............................................................... Black & Gold Nov. 3 Tulane/Western Kentucky Nashville, Tenn. Conference ............................................Southeastern (SEC) Nov. 10 Marshall Huntington, W. Va. Chancellor ..............................................Nicholas S. Zeppos Nov. 15-17 WKU Invite Bowling Green, Ky. Vice-Chancellor .......................................... David Williams II Jan. 12 Evansville Nashville, Tenn. Senior Woman Administrator .............................Candice Lee Jan. 30 Tennessee Knoxville, Tenn. Associate Director of Student Athletics ..............Kevin Colon Feb. 2 Arkansas-Little Rock Nashville, Tenn. Student Athletics Phone ............................... (615) 322-4727 Feb. 19-23 SEC Championships College Station, Texas Home Swimming Facility ....................Centennial Sportsplex Year Opened ................................................................. 1990 Official Web site ....................................vucommodores.com SEC Web site .................................................secsports.com 2 2012-13 Vanderbilt Swimming 2011-12 REVIEW • The Commodores picked up their first win of • Oberg met the qualifying standard for the the season on senior day versus Marshall, United States Olympic trials in the 200 meter 167-120. Vandy has now won two-straight in backstroke and represented Vandy in Omaha, the pool versus Marshall. Neb. • Vanderbilt picked up its second win of the sea- • Oberg became the first Vanderbilt swimmer to son in a dual with Arkansas-Little Rock. The head to the Olympic trials since the program Commodores just edged out the win, 113-107. was resurrected in 2006. • Caroline Thomas set a school record in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 52.11 at Tulane. Her time was nearly two seconds fast- er than all other participants. • The 200 medley relay team set a new school record while competing at the 2012 SEC Championships. Chrissy Oberg, Elizabeth Brunk, Lauren Torres and Caroline Thomas made up the relay team. • Four swimmers set personal bests at the 2012 SEC Championships. • Vanderbilt finished 10th at the 2012 SEC Championships with 78 total points. Fact Book 3 COACHING & SUPPORT STAFF Jeremy Organ • Head Coach Jeremy Organ enters his seventh season as the head coach of the Vanderbilt swimming team. He continues to show improvement with a program that was resurrected in 2006. During the 2011-12 season, he oversaw his 200 medley relay team that set a new school record at the SEC Championships and Caroline Thomas set a new school record in the 100 yard freestyle, while four individual swimmers set new personal records at the SEC Championships. The squad picked up meet wins versus Marshall and Arkansas-Little Rock for the season. The 2010-11 squad continued to improve throughout the season, culminating with seven school records being set at the 2011 SEC Championships (five individual, two relay). The team also scored a dual meet win at Marshall. This came following a 2009-10 season that saw progress, as well. While the team finished 10th at the SEC Champi- onships, the swimmers posted 92% season best times with almost half being lifetime bests. In 2006, Organ directed the first swim team at Vanderbilt since the 1992 season when the university was forced to drop the team. The Commodores finished the season with an 0-3 dual meet record and finished 10th at the team’s first Southeastern Conference meet since 1992. Before coming to Vanderbilt, Organ served as the senior assistant coach of the Nashville Aquatic Club, one of swim- ming’s most competitive club teams. While coaching the NAC, Organ mentored six national championship qualifiers in addition to assisting 20 swimmers earn Division I scholarships. Organ also served as the senior coach at the Greater Pensacola Aquatic Club. While in Pensacola, the club pro- duced several national qualifiers and national age group top-16 swimmers. Organ enjoyed a highly successful collegiate career, swimming at the University of North Dakota. While at UND, Organ was a six-time All-American. Organ also earned North Central Conference Swimmer of the Year honors in 1995. Following graduation, Organ stayed with North Dakota to become Head Assistant Coach from 1996-2000. He helped establish the swimming strength and conditioning program, supervising student-athlete’s academic progress and implementing community service programs. While working as a coach at UND, Organ also served as the head coach for the Forks Area Swim Team. During that time, he garnered North Dakota Age Group Coach of the Year honors in 1998 and 1999. Organ also has extensive experience in overseeing the growth of several swim pro- grams, including the Great Pensacola Aquatic Club, where he nearly doubled the senior swim program in just two years. Also, while Organ was with the Nashville Aquatic Club, the program grew from 250 participants in 2002, to over 300 swimmers in 2005. A native of Cranbrook British Columbia Canada, Organ is married to the former Margaret Davidson. They have two daughters, Ella and Kathryn Rose, and are the proud owners of two dogs, Nash and Napa. COACHING CAREER SWIMMING CAREER 2006–present...........................Vanderbilt, Head Coach 1992-96 ................................................... North Dakota 2001-06 ............... Nasvhille Aquatic Club, Headmaster Six-time All American, 1995 North Central Conference 1996-2000 .......... North Dakota, Head Assistant Coach Swimmer of the Year 4 2012-13 Vanderbilt Swimming COACHING & SEASON RECAP Angie Nicolletta • Assistant Coach/Recruting Coordinator First Season Louisville, 2005 Angie Nicolletta is in her first season at Vanderbilt as assistant coach. Nicolletta joins the Commodores after spending the past season as volunteer assistant coach at the United States Air Force Academy. Nicolletta spent 2011-12 at the Air Force Academy, while also serving as swim coach and aquatic supervisor at The Club at Flying Horse in Colorado Springs. She helped the Falcons set five school records at this season’s Mountain West Championships. Prior to her time at the Air Force Academy, Nicolletta served as the Head Site Coach for Stingrays Swimming in Marietta, Ga. With Sting- rays, she directly coached swimmers aged eight to 17, while also overseeing four assistant coaches. Before Stingrays, Nicolletta spent three years as an assistant coach with the Lakeside Seahawks in Louisville, Ky. As a collegiate swimmer at Lou- isville, Nicolletta set a school record in the 200-fly, while also contributing to school records in the 200-free relay, 400-medley relay and 400-free relay. She also scored a number of top-five fin- ishes for the Cardinals at Confer- ence USA Championship meets, competing predominantly in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. A native of Marietta, Ga., Nicol- letta graduated from Louisville in 2005 with a degree in sports ad- ministration. Support Staff Lori Alexander Candice Lee Associate Director of Senior Woman Student Athletics Administrator Fact Book 5 MEET THE COMMODORES Erika Jess DEARDORF ECCHER Senior Senior Freestyle/Individual Medley Backstroke/Freestyle The Woodlands, Texas • The Woodlands Jacksonville, Fla. • The Bolles School Elly Margaret FAULKNER FREEMAN Sophomore Sophomore Breaststroke/Freestyle Fly/Distance Freestyle Louisville, Ky. • Sacred Heart Academy Atlanta, Ga. • Greater Atlanta Christian Betsy Margaux GALENTI GEORGIADIS