AUBURN UNIVERSITY SWIMMING & DIVING

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1 AUBURN UNIVERSITY SWIMMING & DIVING TIGERS ON THE ROAD TO ROME name Country Class Event(s) Jakob Andkjaer Denmark /100 Free, 50 Fly Fred Bousquet France /100 Free, George Bovell Trinidad & Tobago /100 Free Adam Brown Great Britain 01 50/100 Free, Cesar Cielo Brazil /100 Free, Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe /00 Back, 00/00 IM Alana Dillette Bahamas /100 Back, 0/100 Fly, Mark Gangloff United States /100 Breast, Caitlin Geary United States FR Adam Klein United States /00 Breast Tyler McGill United States Fly, 100 Fly, Genaro Prono Paraguay 01 Alexei Puninski Croatia Free, 100 Fly, Eric Shanteau United States /00 Breast, 00 IM Matt Targett Australia Fly, A. Vanderpool-Wallace Bahamas 01 50/100 Free, Pascal Wollach Canada /100 Back, ALL-TIME AUBURN MEDAL COUNT AT THE FINA (LC) WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Event Total 50 Free Free Free Free Free Free Back back Breast Fly IM IM - - x100 FR x00 FR x100 MR 3 9 Totals AUBURN MEDIA RELATIONS Gary Thorne / thorngw@auburn.edu TEAM AUBURN SENDS 17 TO FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, REPRESENTING 1 NATIONS TIGER BITES Auburn swimming & diving will send 17 current and former athletes to the 009 FINA World Championships. Of those Tigers traveling to Rome, eight are current student-athletes back on the Plains, including Cailtin Geary (US), Adam Klein (US), Tyler McGill (US), Alana Dillette (BS), Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace (BS), Adam Brown (GB), Pascal Wollach (CA) and Genaro Prono (PY). Former Tigers Kirsty Coventry (ZW), Fred Bousuet (FR), Cesar Cielo (BR), Alexei Puninski (HR), George Bovell (TT), Mark Gangloff (US), Eric Shanteau (US), Jakob Andkjaer (DK) and Matt Targett (AU) will also be representing their respective countries. Auburn head swimming and diving coach Brett Hawke will serve as an assistant to the Brazilian national team. Auburn assistant coaches Aaron Ciarla and Richard Long will serve as assistants for the Bahamas and Paraguay, respectively. WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUICK HITS Auburn swimmers have made the medal stand a total of 38 times at the FINA Long Course World Championships since first appearing in The Tigers have totaled 19 gold medals in the process. Former Tiger Rowdy Gaines leads the way in the medal count, earning a total of eight - five in 198 and three in 78. Gaines also leads the way in the gold medal count, winning a total of five for Team USA. Current 50m free world record holder Fred Bousquet and defending Olympic Medalist Cesar Cielo have both been training on The Plains under Auburn head coach Brett Hawke. Former Tigers and 009 World Championships entrants George Bovell and Alexei Puniski have also been training under Hawke. FormerTiger Margaret Hoelzer is the only Tiger to own a Long-Course World Championships meet record. Hoelzer set the 00 back record in 007, touching in at : Auburn s most successful individual events of at the FINA World Championships in the 00 free and 00 back. The Tigers also have found abundant success in the relay events, most notably in the, as it has generated a total of nine medals through the years. The 1978 World Championships were the most fruitful for Auburn athletes. The Tigers earned a total of 10 medals - four gold. Dave McCagg led the way with three gold medals (100 free, 00 FR and ) LIVE RESULTS AND STREAMING VIDEO Live timing and complete results will be available throughout each session of the 009 FINA World Championships by logging on to Live streaming video will be made available at 1

2 Stadio del Nuoto Part of the Foro Italico, a massive sports complex outside of Rome completed in 1938, the Stadio del Nuoto is a 13,000 seat swimming facillity designated to host the 009 FINA World Championships. The Foro Italico, inspired by the Roman forums of the imperial age, contains numerous sports venues, such as the Stadio Olimpico, the Stadio dei Marmi and the Stadio del Nuoto ( Swimming Stadium ), and it has hosted important events, most prominently the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 199 FINA World Championships. The tennis center is the host of the Internazionali d Italia, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and WTA Premier event. The tennis stadium court has a capacity of 8,000 spectators. QUOTING AUBURN HEAD COACH BRETT HAWKE On the sprinters The 50 free is looking pretty stacked for Auburn. We ve got the defending world champion and now the defending world-record holder. Fred and Caesar will be going up against each other - No. 1 and in the world this year. It s just looking like a battle. It s exciting for Auburn and exciting for the world of swimming because I think the world record s going to be broken. On Auburn representing twelve countries I think this is an amazing blend of experience and youth. It s one of the biggest contingent of Auburn athletes we have going after any major meet, ever. It s exciting in the fact that we could stand to win lots of medals and come away with more medals than what we did at the Olympics last year. I think it s a pretty good position for Auburn University right now. On the amount of Auburn athletes in competition Yeah I think if we put everybody together under the same flag, we d probably be the fourth or fifth biggest team out of any country. It s a huge number of athletes representing different countries. It just goes to show the diversity of our program and we have a proud history and athletes from all over the world representing Auburn. On Tyler McGill Tyler s at his first major international meet and has the second fastest butterfly in the country after Michael Phelps, and I think it s just a good position for him to be in. He can learn a lot from being next to Michael [Phelps] and representing the U.S. It s great for us because he ll be our captain for next year and we need that kind of leadership going into his senior year. It ll be a great experience for him. On the offseason We re using a lot of momentum from the Olympics last year. I think we got a lot of great results and people feel proud of to represent Auburn in such a classy way. I think we really wanted to use that momentum and kick into this year. It s really paying off, the dedication and the effort that these guys are putting in as far as representing Auburn and also representing their countries. I think they re learning that swimming is now an international sport and you have many opportunities to represent your country so I think people are making the most of those opportunities now. On Cailtin Geary... I think it s a huge step for Caitlyn, obviously, representing the U.S. That s our fi rst female athlete in a long time representing the U.S. in a sprint event so we re pretty proud of her and what she s done. We re hoping that she can have a great meet at the championships, as well. AUBURN IN THE 009 FINA WORLD RANKINGS (TOP-5) Men s 50 Freestyle 1. Fred Bousquet 0.9 /6. Cesar Cielo 1.1 7/7 9. Bryan Lundquist /7 13. George Bovell /7 Men s 100 Freestyle. Fred Bousquet 7.15 /3. Cesar Cielo /9 10. Matt Targett /7 Men s 100 Backstroke 18. Pascal Wollach /8 Men s 50 Breaststroke 9. Mark Gangloff f 7.3 7/7 Men s 100 Breaststroke. Mark Gangloff f /7. Eric Shanteau /7 Men s 00 Breaststroke 1. Eric Shanteau : /7 1. Adam Klein : /7 Men s 50 Butterfly. Fred Bousquet.8 /. Matt Targett.98 7/7 8. Jakob Andkjaer 3.36 /7 9. Cesar Cielo 3. 5/7 Men s 100 Butterfly 3. Tyler McGill /7 Men s 00 Individual Medley. Eric Shanteau 1: /7 Women s 100 Backstroke 9. Kirsty Coventry 59.9 /1. Margaret Hoelzer 1: /7 Women s 00 Backstroke 1. Kirsty Coventry : / Margaret Hoelzer : /7 Women s 00 Individual Medley 13. Kirsty Coventry :11.39 /1 Women s 00 Individual Medley. Kirsty Coventry :3.15 6/11

3 Sunday, July 6 W 100m Fly Prelims M 00m Free Prelims W 00m IM Prelims M 50m Fly Prelims W 00m Free Prelims M 100m Breast Prelims W x100m Free Prelims M x100m Free Prelims W 100m Fly Semifi nals M 00m Free Semifi nals W 00m IM Semifi nals M 50m Fly Semifi nals W 00m Free Semifi nals M 100m Breast Semis W x100m Free Finals M x100m Free Finals SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Monday, July 7 Tuesday, July 8 W 100m Back Prelims M 50m Breast Prelims M 00m Free Prelims M 00m Fly Prelims W 100m Breast Prelims W 00m Free Prelims M 100m Back Prelims M 800m Free Prelims W 1500m Free Prelims M 100m Breast Finals M 00m Free Finals W 100m Fly Finals W 100m Back Finals M 100m Back Semis M 50m Breast Semis W 100m Breast Semis W 1500m Free Finals M 50m Fly Finals M 100m Back Finals W 100m Back Semis W 00m Free Semis M 00m Free Semis M 00m Fly Semifi nals W 00m IM Finals W 100m Breast Finals Wednesday, July 9 W 500m Back Prelims M 100m Free Prelims W 00m Fly Prelims M 00m IM Prelims M 100m Free Semifi nals W 50m Back Semifi nals M 00m Fly Finals W 00m Free Finals M 50m Breast Finals W 00m Fly Semifi nals M 00m IM Semifi nals M 800m Free Finals Thursday, July 30 W 100m Free Prelims M 00m Back Prelims W 00m Breast Prelims M 00m Breast Prelims W x00 Free Prelims Friday, July 31 M 50m Free Prelims W 50m Fly Prelims M 100m Fly Prelims W 00m Back Prelims M x00m Free Prelims W 800m Free Prelims Saturday, August 1 W 50m Free Prelims W 50m Breast Prelims M 50m Back Prelims W x100 Medley Prelims M 1500m Free Prelims Sunday, August M 00m IM Prelims W 00m IM Prelims M x100m Medley Pre. W 100m Free Semifi nals M 00m IM Finals W 00m Breast Semis M 100m Free Finals W 00m Fly Finals M 00m Breast Semis W 50m Back Finals M 00m Back Semis W x00 Free Finals W 100m Free Finals M 00m Back Finals W 50m Fly Semifi nals M 50m Free Semifi nals W 00m Breast Finals M 100m Fly Semifi nals W 00m Back Semifi nals M 00m Breast Finals M x00m Free Finals W 50m Fly Finals M 50m Free Finals W 00m Back Finals W 50m Breast Semis M 100m Fly Finals W 50m Free Semifi nals M 50m Back Semifi nals W 800m Free Finals W x100 Medley Finals M 50m Back Finals W 50m Breast Finals M 00m IM Finals W 50m Free Finals M 1500m Free Finals W 00m IM Finals M x100 Medley Finals 3

4 Anne Amardeilh Jakob Andkjaer Romain Barnier Tigers in International Competition Adrienne Binder Greg Busse Demerae Christianson Aaron Ciarla Cesar Cielo Kara Denby Dave Denniston Alana Dillette Magda Dyszkiewicz Scott Goodrich Oliver Gumbrill Andy Haidinyak John Hargis Dean Hutchinson Scott Jett Heather Kemp Emily Kukors Alessandra Lawless Jeri Moss Maggie Bird Kevin Clements George Bovell Eileen Coparropa Kirsty Coventry Mark CesarGangloff Garcia Rachel Goh Brett Hawke Margaret Hoelzer Bryce Hunt Clay Kirkland Jeremy Knowles Jana Kolukanova Kristie Kruger Shai Livnat Bryan Lundquist Abby MacGregor Annemieke McReynolds Gisela Morales Brock Newman Ava Ohlgren Rada Owen Hayley Peirsol Alexei Puninski Oswaldo Quevedo Keri Reynolds Jose Rocha Ashley Rubenstein Steven Segerlin Eric Shanteau Becky Short Jeff Somensatto Christina Swindle Matt Targett Erin Volcan Amy Wheatley Doug Van Wie Ryan Wochomurka Pascal Wollach Mimi Bowen Fred Bousquet Will Brandt Matt Bricker Auburn athletes know that to compete against the best, you have to be the best and it is that drive that pushes Tiger swimmers not only during their collegiate careers, but in international competition as well. For many AU swimmers, the summertime means diligent training for competitions among the country s and the world s best. For the swimming and diving athlete, international competition is the World Series of the sport and for the past several years, Auburn s swimmers have continued to make the playoffs. Auburn men and women have represented their respective countries in such international events as the Olympics, World Championships, Goodwill Games, Pan Pacific Games, World University Games and many more. Tiger swimmers were busy in 008 as 3 current, former and future Auburn swimmers competed in the Olympic Games, winning a total of 13 medals. Kirsty Coventry set an Auburn record with four medals, including a gold in the 00 back, while Cesar Cielo and Mark Gangloff also earned medals. Former Tiger Dave Denniston marked a first as he competed for the U.S. in the Paralymic Games in Beijing, China. Auburn swimmers also won 13 medals at the FINA Short Course World Championships. In the summer of 007, current and former Tigers picked up 8 medals in international competition, including 17 gold medals. Coventry was the standout among the Auburn swimmers as she earned five medals, four of which were gold. Cielo also had a solid summer, picking up three gold medals, four medals overall at the Pan-Am Games. At the 006 Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, nine current and former Tiger swimmers competed. Hayley Peirsol claimed silver in the 1500m free and bronze in the 800m free and Margaret Hoelzer won silver in the 00m back. Also competing were Geroge Bovell, Kirsty Coventry, Mark Gangloff, Jeremy Knowles, Cesar Cielo, Eric Shanteau and Pascal Wollach. Nine AU swimmers made the trip to Canada for the 005 FINA World Championships and Coventry and Mark Gangloff walked away with a total of six medals (3 gold, 3 silver). In Izmir, Turkey, later in the summer, Tigers Demerae Christianson, Peirsol, Eric Shanteau and Doug Van Wie grabbed eight medals - five of them gold. At the 00 Olympics, a total of 1 Auburn swimmers competed, bringing home an Auburn record-tying five medals, including the first three Olympic medals by an Auburn female as Coventry took home gold, silver and bronze. During the 003 summer season, the Tigers went spanning the globe in Barcelona, Spain, for the 10th FINA World Championships, Santo Dominogo, Dominican Republic, for the Pan American Games and Dague, Korea, for the World University Games. A mixture of AU alums and current team members combined to bring home four medals in the as Scott Tucker and Ryan Wochomurka swam for the silver medal-winning USA team and Romain Barnier and Fred Bousquet for the bronze medal-winning French team. Bousquet s 7.03 anchor leg was the second-fastest split in the history of swimming. David Marsh was the head coach for the men s team in Barcelona while Kim Brackin was an assistant coach for the women s team in Korea. During the 00 summer season, brought home a silver (00 IM) and bronze (00 IM) medal from the Pan Pacific Games while AU teammate Margaret Hoelzer claimed gold in the 00 back at the same games. Kirsty Coventry also brought home a gold, taking first-place in the 00 IM at the Commonwealth Games. In the summer of 001, Bowen became Auburn swimming s first female World Champion as she swam to a first place finish in the 00-meter individual medley at the 001 FINA World Championships with a time of :11.93, just two one-hundredths off the American Record. With her first place finish, Bowen defeated defending Olympic champion Yana Klochova of the Ukraine. In January 1998, the world was stunned as AU alum and current graduate assistant Bill Pilczuk upset sprinting Russian great Alexandar Popov in the 50-meter free at the World Championships in Perth, Australia. Pilczuk was the first to defeat Popov, who hadn t lost a 50- or 100-meter event in a major event since With a lifetime best.9, Pilczuk won the world title by.1 of a second. Not only do the athletes at Auburn make the cut for international competition, but several coaches have been called upon to share their experience and knowledge of the sport. David Marsh was an assistant coach on both the 000 and 1996 U.S. Olympic teams, assistant coach Ralph Crocker served as the US National distance team coach in 001 and head diving coach Jeff Shaffer coached in various roles for the U.S. at the Goodwill Games, the 1997

5 Tigers in International Competition World Championships (19 Medals) Melbourne, Australia Jakob Andkjaer 50 fly... Kristy Coventry 00 IM... Margaret Hoelzer 00 back... Hayley Peirsol 800 free e Montreal, Canada Kirsty Coventry 100 back, 00 back.. Kirsty Coventry 00 IM, 00 IM... Mark Gangloff... Mark Gangloff 50 breast Barcelona Spain Roman Barnier... Fred Bousquet... Margaret Hoelzer 00 back... Hayley Peirsol 1500 free... Scott Tucker... Ryan Wochomurka Fukuoka, Japan 00 IM IM Perth, Australia John Hargis... Bill Pilczuk 50 free e... Scott Tucker 00 FR Rome, Italy Scott Jett 00 FR Guayaquil, Ecuador Rowdy Gaines, 00 FR FR free, 00 free... Dave McCagg 00 FR West Berlin, Germany Bill Forrester 00 free, 800 free free e... Rowdy Gaines 00 FR, 800 FR free e... Dave McCagg 100 free, 00 FR World Championships - Short Course (11 Medals) Manchester, England Kirsty Coventry 100 back, 00 back.. 00 IM, 00 IM IM... Kara Denby... Mark Gangloff 50 breast,.. Rachel Goh... Margaret Hoelzer back... Bryan Lundquist 00 FR... Doug Van Wie 00 FR Shanghai, China Margaret Hoelzer 00 back Indianapolis, Indiana Cesar Cielo 00 FR... Margaret Hoelzer 00 back... Eric Shanteau 00 IM Moscow, Russia Dave Denniston breast... Scott Tucker 00 FR Athens, Greece Scott Tucker 800 FR, FR free e Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brett Hawke 00 FR Palma de Mallocra, Spain Kristie Krueger 100 fly, 00 FR Goodwill Games (1 Medal) Brisbane, Australia Adrienne Binder 800 free e... Greg Busse 00 FR... Brett Hawke 50 free... Leslie Lunsmann 00 breast... Scott Tucker 100 free, 00 FR St. Petersburg, Russia Scott Jett 100 free e... A. McReynolds 00 breast breast... Commonwealth Games (1 Medal) 00 - Manchester, England Kirsty Coventry 00 IM... Pan American Games (3 Medals) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cesar Cielo 50 free, 100 free FR George Bovell 50 free... Mark Gangolff breast... Emily Kukors 800 FR, 00 FR IM... Ava Ohlgren 800 FR, 00 free e... Pascal Wollach 800 FR Santo Domingo, Dom. Republic George Bovell 00 free, 00 IM free, 100 back.. Eileen Coparropa 50 free... Mark Gangloff 100 breast,.. Oswaldo Quevedo 00 FR... Christina Swindle 00 FR free e Winnepeg, Canada A. McReynolds 00 breast... Oswaldo Quevedo 00 FR Mar del Plata, Argentina Iian Mull 00 IM... Bill Pilczuk 50 free Indianapolis, Indiana Jose Rocha 3-meter Caracas, Venezuela Rowdy Gaines 100 free, 00 FR, FR, free e San Juan, Puerto Rico Rowdy Gaines 00 free, 00 FR FR... Dave McCagg free, 00 FR Pan Pacific Championships (3 Medals) Victoria, British Columbia Margaret Hoelzer 00m back... Hayley Peirsol 1500m free m Free Yokohama, Japan 00 IM IM... Margaret Hoelzer 00 back... Scott Tucker 00 FR Sydney, Australia Bill Pilczuk 50 free Fukuoka, Japan Bill Pilczuk 50 free... Scott Tucker 00 FR... World University Games (36 Medals) Bangkok, Thailand Kara Denby 00 free relay... Scott Goodrich 50 free... Bryan Lundquist 00 free relay... Doug Van Wie 800 free relay Izmir, Turkey D. Christianson, 50 free fly... Hayley Peirsol 1650 free e free e... Eric Shanteau 00 IM, 00 IM... Doug Van Wie 800 FR Dague, Korea Adrienne Binder 1500 free e... Will Brandt... D. Christianson 100 fly Magda Dyszkiewicz FR 00 free e... Heather Kemp 800 FR... Matt Kidd 00 FR... Jeremy Knowles 00 fly... Becky Short 00 FR... Eric Shanteau 00 IM... Erin Volcan 00 back Beijing, China Romain Barnier 100 free FR, 800 FR Will Brandt... Kevin Clements 00 IM IM... Dave Denniston... Andy Haidinyak... Bryce Hunt 00 back... Matt Kidd 00 FR... Clay Kirkland 00 free e FR... Jeff Somensatto 00 fly Mallorca, Spain Rada Owen 800 FR... Aaron Ciarla 50 free... Dean Hutchinson 50 free... Jeff Somensatto 00 fly... Greg Busse FR Sicily, Italy Mimi Bowen fly... Brock Newman 00 FR... Katie Taylor 50 free, 00 FR Fukuoka, Japan Oliver Gumbrill 00 FR... Kurt Jachimowski 100 back, FR... Iian Mull 00 IM... Bill Pilczuk 50 free... Scott Tucker 00 FR, 800 FR Buffalo, New York Iian Mull 00 IM... Kristie Krueger fly... Keri Reynolds Edmonton, Canada Sandy McIntyre 100 back... George Bovell Medals Kirsty Coventry 7 Medals Rowdy Gaines 15 Medals Margaret Hoelzer 5 Medals Matt Kidd Medals Iian Mull Medals Katie Taylor Medals Cesar Cielo Medals Kara Denby 1 Medal Bill Forrester Medals Kurt Jachimowski 3 Medals Emily Kukors Medals Bill Pilczuk Medals Scott Tucker 8 Medals Demerae Christianson Medals Dave Denniston 1 Medal Mark Gangloff Medals Bryan Lundquist 1 Medal Dave McCagg 7 Medals Eric Shanteau Medals Doug Van Wie 1 Medal 5