Men s Team Facts. Alma Mater Springfield 92 Year at Navy as Head Coach Year at Navy. Phone (410) Alma Mater Michigan 70

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1 Table of Contents Men s Team Facts Women s Team Facts Program Information 1 Summertime for a Mid 2-5 Coaching / Support Staff Schedule Men s Team 13 Season Outlook / Roster Meet the Men s Team Women s Team 33 Season Outlook / Roster Meet the Women s Team Season in Review 47 Regular Season Results / Top Times 48 Championship Meet Results Honors and Award Winners Program History 53 Coaching History / Yearly Records & Results The Army-Navy Series 63 Event Records Yearly National / Conference Results Academic Honors / NAAA Award Winners Former Navy Assistant Coaches 84 All-Time Letterwinners The U.S. Naval Academy 91 Navy Head Coaches 91 The U.S. Naval Academy, History & Traditions Academic Achievement Community Service Beat Army! Chet Gladchuk, Director of Athletics Annapolis and the Chesapeake Region Patriot League Athletic Facilities / Lejeune Hall The Blue & Gold 112 Navy Quick Facts School Title U.S. Naval Academy, Navy Athletic Nicknames Midshipmen, Mids Location Annapolis, Md. Founded Oct. 10, 1845 Enrollment 4,400 Superintendent Vice Adm. Michael H. Miller, USN Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk Colors Navy Blue (PMS 281) and Gold (PMS 4525) Home Pool Lejeune Hall (1,000) Conference Affiliations Patriot League Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Coaching Staff Head Swimming Coach Bill Roberts Alma Mater Springfield 92 Year at Navy as Head Coach Ninth Year at Navy 12th Navy Record (Eight Seasons) Career Record (11 Seasons) Phone (410) robertsw@usna.edu Head Diving Coach Joe Suriano Alma Mater Michigan 70 Year at Navy 34th Phone (410) suriano@usna.edu Assistant Swimming Coach Chris Maiello Alma Mater Hartwick 02 Year at Navy Fourth Phone (410) maiello@usna.edu Team Information Overall Record Patriot League Meet First (1056 pts.) ECAC Meet First (765.5 pts.) Letterwinners Returning / Lost 28 / 13 Newcomers Program Season 91st All-Time Record (90 Seasons) All-Time Patriot League Titles 8 in 8 Seasons Results (12-1) O9 at George Mason W O9 vs. Loyola W O22 UMBC W O29 at Virginia L N6 at Bucknell W N6 vs. American W N6 vs. Lafayette W N18-20 at Nike Cup Second pts. D9 vs. Army W J8 Maryland W J22 Yale W F4 at Columbia W F5 at Princeton W F11 Johns Hopkins W F17-19 at Patriot League Meet First 1056 pts. F25-27 at ECAC Meet First pts. M25-27 at NCAA Meet n/a 0 pts. Coaching Staff Head Swimming Coach John Morrison Alma Mater North Carolina 93 Year at Navy as Head Coach Eighth Year at Navy 12th Navy Record (Seven Seasons) Career Record (10 Seasons) Phone (410) morrison@usna.edu Head Diving Coach Joe Suriano Alma Mater Michigan 70 Year at Navy 34th Phone (410) suriano@usna.edu Assistant Swimming Coach Rob Lias Jr. Alma Mater Mount Union 00 Year at Navy Sixth Phone (410) lias@usna.edu Team Information Overall Record Patriot League Meet Second (760 pts.) ECAC Meet Sixth (285.5 pts.) Letterwinners Returning / Lost 23 / 8 Newcomers Program Season 34th All-Time Record (33 Seasons) All-Time Patriot League Titles 10 in 20 Seasons Results (10-0) O9 at George Mason W O9 vs. Loyola W O15 James Madison W O22 UMBC W N6 at Bucknell W N6 vs. American W N6 vs. Lafayette W N18-20 at Nike Cup Fifth 309 pts. D9 vs. Army W J15 Vermont W J22 Yale W F17-19 at Patriot League Meet Second 760 pts. F25-27 at ECAC Meet Sixth pts. Sports Information Swimming SID Justin Kischefsky Phone (410) Fax (410) kischefs@usna.edu Website Media Guide Credits The Navy swimming & diving media guide was written and edited by Assistant Sports Information Director Justin Kischefsky. Cover design and interior template were created by the Navy sports information staff and Mark Leddy, Director of Publications. Cover work by Mark Leddy. Photography by Phil Hoffmann, Debbie Latta, USA Swimming, the Annapolis & Anne Arundel County, Baltimore and Maryland visitor bureaus, Justin Kischefsky, the sports information offices at Pacific, South Carolina, and Miami (OH), and the USNA Photo Lab. 1

2 Summertime for a Mid NAVY SWIMMING & DIVING The summer months is when Midshipmen at the Naval Academy have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the Navy or Marine Corps. During this time Midshipmen are scattered all over the world visiting a number of ships and bases to learn about the different communities available to them in the Fleet. Following are some of the pictures from experiences of the members of the swimming and diving teams during the Summer of

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6 Men s Swimming Head Coach Bill Roberts Ninth Season (Springfield College 92) 2004, 05 & 09, 11 P.L. & 09, 10, 11 ECAC Coach of the Year (M. Swimming) Bill Roberts is in his ninth season as the head coach of the Navy men s swimming team. Additionally, this is his 12th year of being a member of the program s coaching staff. Navy s regular season was highlighted by the Mids becoming the first team in the two-decade existence of DeNunzio Pool to defeat Princeton. The Mids posted a win over the Tigers that day to snap Princeton s home-pool winning streak of 94 meets. Navy would then go on to win the program s eighth Patriot League title in as many years of competing at the event. The Mids established a new team points tally for the third consecutive year (1,031.5 pts.) to win the meet by points. The year was capped off by Navy winning its third ECAC title in the last three seasons. Roberts was tabbed as the Patriot League and ECAC Coach of the Year in Navy has totaled 88 individual and relay event titles under Roberts over the last eight years at the Patriot League Championship, more than three times as many as the number of titles won by the next best program in the league. With the success of the overall program, Navy also has consistently qualified individual athletes for national meets under Roberts. The program returned to the NCAA Championship Meet for the first time in nearly a decade during his inaugural season of 2004, with four swimmers competing in a combined six individual events at the national meet which included Noah White s A cut time in the 50 free and earning a pair of Honorable Mention All- America certificates in two relay events. Navy again sent multiple swimmers to the 2009 NCAA Championship, with both Adam Meyer and Erik Hunter competing in a trio of events. Meyer would join the illustrious list of Navy swimmers to have garnered All-America accolades when he received Honorable Mention All-America honors that year. He then duplicated his efforts in 2010 to become the first swimmer in 40 years to garner multiple All-America accolades in a career. Meyer s brother, Mark, joined Justin Vagts in competing at the 2011 NCAA Championship. The Mids have also enjoyed great success during the regular season under Roberts. After posting an 8-9 record during his initial season, Navy has totaled double digit wins in each of the last six seasons, including a 17-2 record during the campaign. Navy has tallied an record over the last seven seasons and is overall under Roberts. Additionally during the Roberts era, Navy swimmers have annually taken part in such national meets as the World Championship Trials, the World Military Games, the ConocoPhillips National Championship and the USA Swimming Spring Championship. A trio of current or former Navy swimmers qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, as well, with current senior Mark Meyer already having qualified for the 2012 trials. Success has also been achieved by the men s swimming and diving team in the classroom under Roberts. A total of 94 Mids have earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll accolades over the last eight years, and the team has a whole has been recognized multiple times as an Academic All-America Team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The goal of our program is to provide an environment that will allow every team member to reach their potential academically, athletically and personally. We want to be the premier service academy for those interested in swimming and diving in college. Additionally, it is our expectation that we will annually compete for a conference championship while sending athletes to the NCAA and Olympic Trial meets. Bill Roberts Roberts first arrived at Navy during the summer of 1997 when he joined Lee Lawrence s coaching staff as an assistant coach. In three seasons together the Lawrence-Roberts duo guided Navy to a record, including an 18-9 mark in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League. Roberts coached Navy s 200 freestyle relay team that won the 1999 EISL title, and helped develop sprinter Clint Cornell to a 2000 Olympic Trials appearance and to the 2001 EISL 50-yard freestyle title. A 1992 graduate of Springfield College, where he was a four-year letterwinner and served as team captain for two seasons, Roberts began his coaching career upon graduation as the head coach of the women s team at Wells College in his hometown of Aurora, N.Y. After two seasons at Wells, he served as a graduate assistant coach at East Carolina, during which time he earned a master s degree in athletic administration. In the summer of 1996, he joined the Villanova program for one year before coming to the Naval Academy. Roberts left Navy in 2000 to become the head coach at Colgate, during which time his men s and women s teams combined to post a three-year record of Roberts and his wife, Nicole, have three sons Will, age 12; Nick, age 10; and Jackson, age eight. Personal History Hometown Aurora, N.Y. Education B.S., Springfield 92 M. Ed., East Carolina 96 Coaching History Head Coach, Wells College (Women) Graduate Asst. Coach, East Carolina (M&W) Assistant Coach, Villanova (M&W) Assistant Coach, U.S. Naval Academy (Men) Head Coach, Colgate (M&W) 2003-pres. Head Coach, U.S. Naval Academy (Men) Men s Patriot League Meet Titles ( ) Swim Events Relay Events Total Events Navy Navy Navy Army 2. 4 Army Army American 3. 3 Bucknell Bucknell 6

7 Women s Swimming Head Coach John Morrison Eighth Season (North Carolina 93) 2007, 08 & 10 Patriot League Coach of the Year (W. Swimming) John Morrison is entering his eighth year as the head coach of the Navy women s swimming program, as well as his 12th year of being associated with the team. Morrison and the Mids have posted undefeated regular seasons in two of the last three seasons, including a 10-0 mark during the campaign. Navy would follow last year s regular season performance by placing second at the Patriot League Championship. Last season s success came on the heels of a record-breaking season for the Mids. After posting a 10-1 record during the regular season, with Navy s lone loss coming to No. 11 Virginia, the Mids totaled 14 event victories on their way to winning the Patriot League title for the first time in three years. Additionally, 2010 graduates Tara Chapmon and Thuy-Mi Dinh made their second and third, respectively, appearances at the NCAA Championship in The recipient of the Patriot League Coach-of-the-Year award three times in the last five years, Morrison has guided the Mids to a pair of league crowns, four second-place showings and a third-place finish at the meet in his time with the program. A Navy swimmer has earned at least a share of five league swimmer-of-the-year accolades during Morrison s seven years, while the Mids have won a league-best 55 swimming event titles under Morrison s guidance. The program also has made strides at national events during Morrison s tenure. A contingent of Navy swimmers are regular participants in U.S. Swimming meets such as the USA Short Course National Championship, ConocoPhillips National Championship and the World Championship Trials. The 2008 season saw Dinh become the first women s swimmer in Patriot League history to attain an A cut qualifying time for the NCAA Championship, then she and Chapmon advanced to the national meet in both 2009 and 10. Additionally, Laura Gorinski posted a pair of 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying times during the season. Navy also posted the program s first undefeated season during the campaign, part of a winning streak that would span to 25 meets before the aforementioned loss to the Cavaliers. The Mids have compiled a 47-2 record over the last four years and a record in all under Morrison s leadership. In addition to the team s success in the water, the program under Morrison has been regularly recognized as an Academic All-America Team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America and has accounted for 56 placings on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll over the last seven seasons. Morrison s hiring in 2004 returned him to The Yard where he served as an assistant coach to Dick Purdy for four seasons beginning in the fall of The Purdy-Morrison duo coached the Mids to a record and to league titles during each of its four years together. After leaving Navy following the school year, Morrison served as a volunteer assistant men s coach at Tennessee during the season in which the Volunteers placed fourth at the NCAA Championship, followed by one year as an assistant at Rutgers. After serving as the head coach and aquatics director at the Ocean County YMCA in his hometown of Toms River, N.J., for two years starting in 1999, he was named as the head swimming coach at Lehigh in Morrison coached the Mountain Hawks to a combined record during his three seasons in Bethlehem, a period highlighted by the men s team winning the We want our swimmers and divers to attain success both in the pool and in the classroom. Continuing to have success during our regular season, at the Patriot League Championship and striving to be competitive at the NCAA Championship will always be key foundations of our program, as is having both individuals and the team garner academic recognition. But we as coaches are here to do more than that. Developing a person away from the pool and fostering a sense of family within the team are also very important to us. The U.S. Naval Academy is known for producing great leaders, and we want the women s swimming and diving program to reflect that, as well. Additionally, being a member of our program should be a fun and enjoyable experience. We want the relationships and memories developed as a member of our team to last a lifetime. John Morrison 2002 Patriot League title. A successful athlete in his own right, Morrison earned four letters in swimming and in golf while a student-athlete at Toms River High School and was selected as a member of the school s inaugural Hall of Fame class in the spring of He would go on to earn four letters in swimming at North Carolina, helping the Tar Heels win a pair of Atlantic Coast Conference titles in the process. Morrison would enter the coaching ranks in 1991 as an assistant swimming coach at Washington & Lee where he helped coach four NCAA Division III All-Americans. He also assisted with the school s 1992 water polo team that won the Division III Eastern Championship and served as the interim golf coach. Morrison and his wife, Amy, have a 12-year-old son, John, and an eight-year-old daughter, Avery Grace. Personal History Hometown Toms River, N.J. Education B.S. North Carolina 93 Coaching History Assistant Coach, Washington & Lee (M&W) Assistant Coach, U.S. Naval Academy (Women) Volunteer Assistant Coach, Tennessee (Men) Assistant Coach, Rutgers (M&W) Head Coach & Aquatics Director, Toms River YMCA Head Coach, Lehigh (M&W) 2004-pres. Head Coach, U.S. Naval Academy (Women) Women s Patriot League Meet Titles ( ) Swim Events Relay Events Total Events Navy Navy Navy Colgate Colgate Colgate Bucknell 3. 4 Bucknell Bucknell 7

8 Roberts Yearly Division I Head Coaching Record Year Team W-L PLC Place (pts.) Swim PLC Titles (I/R) All-P.L. P.L. Academic H.R. East. Place (Pts.) Swim East. Titles (I/R) NCAA Place (Pts.) 2001 Colgate M 5-6 Fifth (327.5) 0 (0 / 0) 0 4 DNC DNC DNC 2001 Colgate W 6-5 Fifth (414) 2 (2 / 0) 3 9 DNC DNC DNC 2002 Colgate M 6-6 Fifth (396) 1 (1 / 0) 2 5 DNC DNC DNC 2002 Colgate W 7-5 Fifth (372) 0 (0 / 0) 2 10 DNC DNC DNC 2003 Colgate M 6-8 Fifth (365) 2 (2 / 0) 3 4 DNC DNC DNC 2003 Colgate W 9-6 Fourth (494) 1 (1 / 0) 3 11 DNC DNC DNC 2004 Navy M 8-9 First (810) 10 (5 / 5) 11 8 Sixth (659.5) 1 (0 / 1) 28th (14) 2005 Navy M 10-6 First (822.5) 7 (3 / 4) Eighth (686) 0 (0 / 0) DNC 2006 Navy M 10-5 First (853) 11 (7 / 4) Sixth (770) 0 (0 / 0) 0 pts Navy M 12-4 First (864) 6 (5 / 1) Sixth (801.5) 0 (0 / 0) DNC 2008 Navy M 15-2 First (887) 8 (5 / 3) Fifth (869.5) 0 (0 / 0) DNC 2009 Navy M 17-2 First (1031.5) 15 (10 / 5) First (703.5) 6 (3 / 3) 37th (4) 2010 Navy M 13-1 First (1047) 15 (10 / 5) First (673.5) 5 (5 / 0) T-32nd (3) 2011 Navy M 12-1 First (1056) 16 (11 / 5) First (765.5) 5 (5 / 0) 0 pts. at Navy (46 / 27) (13 / 4) Overall (52 / 27) (13 / 4) = Navy competed at the EISL Meet from and at the ECAC Meet from 2009-present Morrison s Yearly Division I Head Coaching Record Year Team W-L PLC Place (pts.) Swim PLC Titles (I/R) All-P.L. P.L. Academic H.R. ECAC Place (Pts.) Swim ECAC Titles (I/R) NCAA Place (Pts.) 2002 Lehigh M 7-2 First (694) 2 (2 / 0) 3 3 DNC DNC DNC 2002 Lehigh W 4-5 Fourth (506) 0 (0 / 0) 2 5 DNC DNC DNC 2003 Lehigh M 6-5 Second (632.5) 0 (0 / 0) 1 3 DNC DNC DNC 2003 Lehigh W 6-6 Third (530) 1 (1 / 0) 2 10 DNC DNC DNC 2004 Lehigh M 4-4 Fourth (462) 1 (1 / 0) 5 4 DNC DNC DNC 2004 Lehigh W 4-5 Fifth (422) 0 (0 / 0) 5 5 DNC DNC DNC 2005 Navy W 10-3 Second (598) 6 (4 / 2) 7 6 DNC DNC DNC 2006 Navy W 6-7 Third (615.5) 1 (1 / 0) 4 6 DNC DNC DNC 2007 Navy W 11-2 First (805) 14 (9 / 5) 9 8 DNC DNC DNC 2008 Navy W 13-1 Second (679) 10 (7 / 3) 8 9 Ninth (181) 0 (0 / 0) 0 pts Navy W 14-0 Second (759.5) 4 (4 / 0) Fifth (341) 0 (0 / 0) 0 pts Navy W 10-1 First (887) 14 (9 / 5) 12 6 Sixth (259) 4 (2 / 2) 0 pts Navy W 10-0 Second (760) 6 (4 / 2) 12 8 Sixth (285.5) 4 (2 / 2) DNC at Navy (38 / 17) (4 / 4) Overall (42 / 17) (4 / 4) Career Records vs. Opponents Morrison Morrison Roberts Roberts Opponent at Navy - W Overall - M/W at Navy - M Overall - M/W Air Force American Army Binghamton 1-1 Boston College Brown Bucknell Catholic Colgate College of New Jersey 4-0 Columbia Cornell Dartmouth George Mason George Washington Harvard Hamilton 2-0 Holy Cross 6-0 James Madison Johns Hopkins Morrison Morrison Roberts Roberts Opponent at Navy - W Overall - M/W at Navy - M Overall - M/W La Salle 2-0 Lafayette Lehigh Loyola (Md.) Marist Maryland UMBC Navy Niagara 6-0 New Hampshire 4-2 UNC - Wilmington Penn Princeton Richmond Rider Syracuse 0-4 Vermont Virginia West Chester 1-5 Yale

9 Diving Coach Joe Suriano 34th Season (Michigan 70) 1992, 2005, 07, 08 Patriot League Diving Coach of the Year Long recognized as one of the top diving coaches in the country, Joe Suriano begins his 34th season as Navy s diving coach this fall. Under his tutelage, 10 divers on Navy s men s team and two divers on the women's team have qualified for a combined 22 NCAA Division I Championship meets and earned 15 Division I All-America accolades during his tenture. The most recent NCAA qualifier for Suriano was Olaf Olson, who advanced to the 2011 national championship meet. Additionally, Suriano s divers have totaled won 26 Patriot League, 17 Eastern Swimming League and eight Colonial Athletic Association titles. Among his most recent accomplishments was guiding Navy divers to victories on all four contested boards at the 2007 and 08 Patriot League Championship Meets. Suriano himself was named as the 1991 Division II Coach of the Year after Stacia Johnson captured the NCAA title, is a four-time Patriot League Coach of the Year and was selected as the 1997 EWSL Coach of the Year. On the national and international levels, Suriano was named an International Olympic Committee diving expert in 1985 and conducted a 21-day clinic for 30 diving coaches in New Delhi, India. In 1994, he was named an official and an assistant diving coach for U.S. Diving at the Dive Canada International Championships. He served as an official in 1995 at the World University Games in Fukouka, Japan, and at the World Military Games in Rome, Italy, later that year. He also served as a diving coach at two U.S. Diving National Training Camps and was named to the U.S. Diving national coaching staff. Suriano directed the American diving team at the 1999 World Military Games in Zagreb, Croatia, then completed a term as the chairman of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Rules Sub-Committee in the fall of Suriano earned a bachelor s degree from Michigan in 1970 and a master s degree from Eastern Michigan in Prior to coaching at Navy, he served as the diving coach at Eastern Michigan ( ) and Vanderbilt ( ). He and his wife, Patty, are the parents of two adult sons, including Michael, a 2005 graduate of Navy. Personal & Coaching History Hometown Dearborn, Mich. Education B.S., Michigan 70; M. Ed., E. Michigan 78 NCAA Division II Coach of the Year 1991 Patriot League Coach of the Year 1992, 2005, 07, 08 Eastern Women s Swimming League Coach of the Year 1997 Suriano s Diving Honor Roll NCAA Division I Championship Qualifiers (22) 1983 Arthur Conley Bill McCormick 1984 Bill McCormick 1985 Bill McCormick 1986 Bill McCormick* 1989 Brad Baell 1990 Paul Feduchak 1992 Stacia Johnson 1993 Nate Smith* 1994 Nate Smith* Darcy Stuart* 1995 Nate Smith* Patriot League Champions (26) Women, 1992-pres.; Men, 2004-pres Stacia Johnson* (1M, 3M) 1996 Darcy Stuart (1M) 1997 Darcy Stuart* (3M) 1999 Elizabeth Peterson* (1M, 3M) 2000 Elizabeth Peterson* (1M, 3M) 2004 Kevin Teague* (1M, 3M) 2005 Kevin Teague* (1M, 3M) 2006 Kevin Teague* (1M, 3M) Most Patriot League Meet Diving Titles ( ) One-Meter Three-Meter Total 1. 9 Navy 1. 9 Navy Navy 2. 6 Army 2. 6 Army Army Eastern Swimming League Champions (17) Women, ; Men, Stacia Johnson* (1M, 3M) 1997 Darcy Stuart* (1M) 1993 Nate Smith* (1M, 3M) 1994 Nate Smith* (1M, 3M) 1995 Nate Smith* (1M, 3M) 1996 Nate Smith* (1M, 3M) Colonial Athletic Association Champions (8) Women, ; Men, Bay Dobbins, Nate Smith* Darcy Stuart* 1997 Bay Dobbins 2000 Jonathan Schiffelbein 2001 Thatcher Carr 2004 Kevin Teague 2006 Kevin Teague 2009 Jon Galinski 2011 Olaf Olson * Earned All-America honors 2007 Katie Griffin* (1M, 3M) Kevin Teague* (1M, 3M) 2008 Katie Griffin* (1M, 3M) Jon Galinski* (1M, 3M) 2009 Olaf Olson* (1M, 3M) 2010 Ben Nicholas* (1M) 2011 Olaf Olson (3M) * Selected as the Diver of the Meet 1997 Bay Dobbins* (1M, 3M) 1998 Bay Dobbins* (1M) 2004 Kevin Teague (3M) 2005 Kevin Teague* (1M, 3M) * Selected as the Diver of the Meet Navy Coaching Seniority (NCAA Sports) Coach Sport Position Year at Navy Al Cantello M. Cross Country Head Coach 44th Joe Suriano Diving Head Coach 34th Stephen Cooksey M. Track Head Coach 28th 1987 Paul Feduchak (1M) Jason Michal (3M) 1988 Jason Michal (1M) Rich Bromhold (3M) 1989 Stacia Johnson (1M, 3M) 1991 Stacia Johnson* (1M, 3M) * Selected as the Diver of the Meet 9

10 Men s Swimming Asst. Coach Lt. j.g. Chris Maiello Fourth Season (Hartwick 02) Chris Maiello enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Navy men s swimming program. The Mids have posted a 42-4 record and won three Patriot League titles during his time at Navy. In addition to his USNA coaching duties, Maiello also served as the head coach of the U.S. team at the 2010 and 11 World Military Games and is the head coach of the Navy swimming club team that annually competes at U.S. Swimming meets. He arrived on The Yard during the summer of 2008 following a two-year stint as the head coach at Darton College (Albany, Ga.). His swimmers combined to set 36 school records and, while competing primarily against four-year schools, the junior college team produced a 10-9 record during the regular season. Maiello inherited a Darton program that saw its men s team place 12th and its women s team 15th at the 2006 NJCAA National Championship in the year prior to his arrival. His initial season at the school saw the women place seventh and the men place ninth at the 2007 national event, with both programs recording thirdplace showings at the 2008 championship meet. Among the swimmers he coached at Darton were two that won junior college national titles. Prior to accepting the position at Darton, Maiello was part of the coaching staff at Rochester for a little more than one year, first as an assistant coach and then as the program s interim head coach for six months. Maiello himself earned NCAA Division III All-America accolades in the 100 and 200 freestyle events (2002 and 01, respectively) as a swimmer at Hartwick. After graduating from the school in 2002 with Hartwick records in the 100, 200 and 500 freestyle events, he began his coaching career later that summer by serving as the head coach at Amsterdam High School (Amsterdam, N.Y.). He held that position until the summer of 2005 when he joined the Rochester staff. Maiello and his wife, Kimberly, are expecting their first child in December. Personal & Coaching History Hometown Amsterdam, N.Y. Education B.A., Hartwick 02; M.S., U.S. Sports Academy Asst. Coach/Interim Head Coach, Rochester Head Coach, Darton College 2008-pres. Assistant Coach, U.S. Naval Academy Derek Griesdorn Equipment Manager Cassandra Hodgson Athletic Trainer Justin Kischefsky Sports Information Eric Ruden Sport Administrator 10

11 Women s Swimming Asst. Coach Rob Lias Sixth Season (Mount Union 00) Rob Lias returns for his sixth season as an assistant coach with the Navy women s swimming program. A full-time member of the coaching staff, Lias has been an integral part of Navy s regular season and postseason success over the last five seasons. The Mids have compiled a 58-4 regular season record during Lias time on The Yard, while winning the Patriot League title in 2007 and 10 and placing second at the meet in 2008, 09 and 11. Additionally, Lias served as the stroke coach for 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials competitor and three-time NCAA Championship qualifier Thuy-Mi Dinh. Lias, who serves as Navy s recruiting coordinator and designs the team s dryland and strength program, came to Navy after two seasons as a graduate assistant coach for the men s and women s programs at Auburn. After the men s team won the NCAA championship during his initial season, both teams claimed national titles during his final year at the school. He began his coaching career during the summer of 2002 when he served as a volunteer assistant coach at New Paltz High School. After one season on the prep level, he moved on to the collegiate ranks as an assistant at Mount Union College. A 2000 graduate of Mount Union, Lias was a four-year letterwinner for the Raiders and served as the team captain during his senior year. He earned his way onto All-Ohio Athletic Conference teams 13 times during his career, won a pair of individual event conference titles (1999 in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events) and was named as the team MVP during his junior and senior years. In addition to his coaching experience, Lias also has run technique based swimming camps across the country through Total Immersion Swimming, Inc. Lias married the former Courtney Harper in the spring of Personal & Coaching History Hometown Cleveland Heights, Ohio Education B.A., Mount Union 00; M. Ed., Auburn Assistant Coach, Mount Union Graduate Assistant Coach, Auburn 2006-pres. Assistant Coach, U.S. Naval Academy Cmdr. Sara Saltzstein, USN Women s Team Officer Representative Brigade Medical Maria Schroeder Women s Team Faculty Representative Chemistry Lt. Lauren Lawson, USN Men s Team Officer Representative Physical Education Capt. Andrew Jarrett, USN Men s Team Officer Representative Brigade Office Lt. Cmdr. Ethan Lust, USN Men s Team Faculty Representative Mechanical Engineering 11

12 Navy Swimming & Diving Schedule Day(s) Date(s) Opponent(s) / Meet Site Men Women Sat. Oct. 8 at Loyola, vs. George Mason Baltimore, Md. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. Fri. Oct. 14 at James Madison Harrisonburg, Va. 4 p.m. Fri. Oct. 21 at UMBC Baltimore, Md. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Fri. Oct. 28 Virginia Annapolis, Md. 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Sat. Nov. 5 American, Bucknell, Lafayette Annapolis, Md. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. Thu.-Sat. Nov at Nike Cup Chapel Hill, N.C. All Day All Day Thu. Dec. 8 at Army West Point, N.Y. 6 p.m. 6 p.m. Sat. Jan. 7 Princeton Annapolis, Md. 2 p.m. Sat. Jan. 14 at Penn State (M/W), vs. Arkansas (W) University Park, Pa. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. Wed. Jan. 25 Johns Hopkins Annapolis, Md. 5 p.m. Sat. Jan. 28 Navy Invitational Annapolis, Md. 12 p.m. 12 p.m. Fri. Feb. 3 Columbia Annapolis, Md. 2 p.m. Fri. Feb. 3 Johns Hopkins Annapolis, Md. 4:30 p.m. Thu.-Sat. Feb Patriot League Championship Annapolis, Md. 10:30 a.m. / 6 p.m. 10:30 a.m. / 6 p.m. Fri.-Sun. Feb at ECAC Championship Annapolis, Md. All Day All Day Fri.-Sun. March 9-11 at NCAA Zone A Diving Championship Buffalo, N.Y. All Day All Day Thu.-Sat. March at NCAA Championship Auburn, Ala. All Day Thu.-Sat. March at NCAA Championship Federal Way, Wash. All Day All times Eastern and subject to change Updated August 17, 2011 Home meets listed in bold and contested in Lejeune Hall Navy Swimming & Diving: A National Program The Navy swimming and diving program has student-athletes representing 23 different states on its roster. 12