UNIVERSITY OF UTAH UTAH SWIMMING & DIVING NOTES

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1 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH UTAH SWIMMING & DIVING NOTES Jon M. Huntsman Center 1825 E. South Campus Dr., Front Salt Lake City, Utah Phone Fax Media Information SID Contact: Mikael Short Office Phone: (801) Cell Phone: (801) Fax: (801) Schedule/Results SEPTEMBER 18 New Mexico (W)...2 p.m. OCTOBER 7 BYU (Fresh/Soph)...6 p.m. 8-9 Mesa State Invitational...All Day 15 Colorado State (W)...5 p.m. 29 Denver...6 p.m. NOVEMBER 11 Notre Dame...5 p.m. ET SDSU, Arena, Wildcat Dive..All Day DECEMBER 3 Seattle...6 p.m. 4 Arkansas (W) a.m. JANUARY 8 Arizona State...All Day 15 TCU...12 p.m. CT 21 Wyoming...5 p.m. 22 Air Force...1 p.m. 29 UNLV... 2 p.m. FEBRUARY 4 BYU*...6 p.m MWC Championships...All Day Bold indicates home meets * MWC Meets All times Mountain unless indicated All meets coed unless noted Utah Swimming & Diving Hires New Coach Lisa Pursley will join the Ute program as an assistant coach. March 22, 2011 THIS WEEK The University of Utah swimming and diving program welcomes Lisa Pursley as an assistant swimming coach, beginning in the season. Pursley previously swam under head coach Greg Winslow while attending Coronado High in Colorado Springs before becoming a three-time All-American at the University of Arizona. She was also named an Academic All-American, earning the Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award as well. In 2006, the Olympic Trials qualifier helped the Wildcats to the Pac-10 championship. She graduated from Arizona with a B.A. in elementary education in 2007 and has worked as a swimming coach at the Phoenix Swim Club while pursuing her Master s degree at Arizona State. During the summer of 2008, Pursley worked for the Auburn Tigers swim camp where she helped create and coach dry land and swimming workouts for high school athletes. The following summer, she was an assistant coach for the Pine Crest swim team in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., under the direction of the head coach Mark Zmuda. Last year, Pursley was an assistant swimming coach at Rutgers University in New Jersey under head coach Phil Spiniello. Pursley s whole family has a swimming background. David Pursley, her brother, is a record-holding former Ute swimmer. Her father, Dennis Pursley, is the former Director of USA Swimming and is currently the Director of Swimming for Great Britain. LAST WEEK Last weekend, Hannah Caron competed in the 2011 NCAA Women s Swimming and Diving Championships in Austin, Texas. The junior is one of only a few Ute women to ever swim at the national meet. On Thursday, Caron placed 46th in the 200 IM (2:01.69). From there, Caron saw increasing success in the lanes as she posted a 30th-place time of 53.49, which was her second-fastest time ever in the event. She then touched in a personal best time in the 200 fly on Saturday to place 29th, her highest placement at nationals (1:57.98). QUOTING HEAD COACH GREG WINSLOW I could not be more excited about Lisa [Pursley] coming into our program. She s someone who knows the direction we re going and want to go. She has been there, being an All-American and a Pac-10 championship winner. She s going to add a lot of enthusiasm to our staff as well as a lot of knowledge, especially with the experience that she gained under Spiniello at Rutgers. I m really excited with what Lisa s going to add to our team.

2 Utah Swimming and Diving Page Women s Top Times Chardonnay Biter-Mundt 50 Free Free Free - 1: Free - 5: Free - 11:28.53 Rebecca Bott 500 Free - 5: Free - 10: Free - 17:17.96 Sarah Boylen 100 Back - 58: Back - 2: Fly Fly - 2: Free - 5:34.48 Kayla Buck 100 Breast - 1: Breast - 2: Free - 10: Free - 17: IM - 4:29.90 Danielle Caldwell 100 Back Back - 2: Free Free Free - 1: Free - 4:59.91 Hannah Caron 200 Breast - 2: Fly Fly - 1: IM - 1:59.18 Sarah Cox 100 Back Fly Free IM - 2:05.10 Natalie Edge 50 Free Free Free - 1:49.13 Kristina Evans 50 Free Free Free - 1:52.39 Nicole Ligeza 50 Breast Breast- 1: Breast- 2: IM- 2:04.93 Valerie McMullan 100 Free Free - 1: Free -5: Back Maiya Otsuka 200 Breast - 2: IM - 2: IM - 4:23.38 Traycie Swartz 50 Free Free Back Elizabeth Thompson 50 Free Free Breast - 1: Fly Jana Willsey 100 Fly Fly - 2: IM - 4:33.19 Alyssa Woodliff 50 Free Free 2: Fly 1:00.27 Samantha Zuch 50 Free Free Free - 1: Free - 4:51.14

3 Utah Swimming and Diving Page Men s Top Times Karson Applin 100 Breast Breast - 2: Free Free Fly IM - 1:56.40 Garret Beaman 100 Free Fly Eric Bonicelli 100 Fly Fly - 1: Free - 4: Free - 9: Free - 15: IM - 4:00.82 Andrew Choi 100 Breast - 1: Breast - 2:13.81 Luke Donohue 200 Free - 1: Fly Fly - 1:51.09 Austin Fiascone 100 Fly Back Back - 1:59.09 Bjorn Gunnarsson 50 Free Free Ryan Hansen 100 Free Free - 1: Free - 4: Free - 16:07.23 Derek Lair 50 Free Free Fly IM - 2:10.45 Andy Lamb 100 Back Fly Free Free Free - 1:39.76 Tim Leonhart 100 Breast Breast - 2: IM - 1:57.91 Rick Mason 100 Breast - 1: Free - 1: Free - 4: Free - 9: Free - 15: IM - 4:04.35 Brent Murray 50 Free Free Free - 1: Back Eric Murray 100 Free Free - 1: Free - 4: IM - 1: IM - 3:57.39 Garrett Peterson 50 Free Breast Breast - 2: IM - 1:56.25 Major Robinson 100 Back Back - 1: Free - 1: Free - 4:32.68 Corey Williams 100 Breast Utah Head Coach Greg Winslow Greg Winslow Head coach Fourth season Last season, the men s swimming and diving team finished with a 3-5 overall record and a 1-4 record in MWC competition. The Utes finished sixth at the MWC Championships, scoring 401 points along with eight athletes being named to the All-MWC team. As for the Ute women, they finished their campaign with a 7-7 overall record and a 4-4 record in the MWC competition. At the MWC Championships, the women finished fifth with 377 points and six athletes were selected to the All-MWC team. Greg Winslow enters his fourth season as the University of Utah swimming and diving head coach. In his first season, Winslow led the Utah women s squad to third place at the 2008 Mountain West Conference Championships and served notice that this young team will be a contender for years to come. The Ute women ended their regular season with a 6-5 overall record and were 5-3 in conference. In its first season under Winslow, a young Utes men s team showed flashes of its potential with a sixth-place finish at the 2008 MWC Championships. In his second season, Winslow coached the third women s All-American in Utah history. He also coached his team to break five MWC records and ten University of Utah records on the women s side and four University of Utah men s records during the season. Winslow came to Utah after four years as an assistant coach at Arizona State University. He coached 12 All-Americans during his tenure, which began in Six of his swimmers qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials, while other swimmers represented Great Britain and Hungary in the 2004 Olympics. Winslow helped lead the 2005 women s squad to a 12th place finish at the NCAA Championships, while the men s squad finished in 14th in Winslow swam for the University of North Dakota for four years, where he earned All-America status in He played a key role in leading the men s team to four conference titles, serving as team captain in his final two years. Winslow earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from North Dakota in He was married in August 2002 to his wife Jessica, and the couple s first child, son Noah, was born in August 2008.

4 Utah Swimming and Diving Page Women s Roster Name Event Elig. Hometown (Last School) Chardonnay Biter-Mundt Free So. Napa, Calif. (Vintage) Rebecca Bott Free Fr. Fairfax Station, Va. (Robinson Second) Sarah Boylen Fly So. South Bend, Ind. (Mishawaka Marian) Kayla Buck Free/Breast/IM So. Folsom, Calif. (Folsom) Danielle Caldwell Free So. Glendale, Ariz. (Mountain Point) Hannah Caron Free/IM/Fly Fr. Raleigh, N.C. (Woods Charter) Sarah Cox Back Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chapparral) Natalie Edge Free So. South Jordan, Utah (Kearns) Kristina Evans Free So. Salt Lake City (Skyline) Nicole Ligeza Breast/IM Fr. Oswego, Ill. (Oswego East) Valerie McMullan Free/Back Fr. Leesburg, Va. (Heritage) Maiya Otsuka IM/Fly So. Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield) Chelsea Petersen Dive Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Ralston) Traycie Swartz Free/Back Fr. Chandler, Ariz. (Dobson) Elizabeth Thompson Free Fr. Layton, Utah (Layton) Ellis Walters Diving So. Indianapolis, Ind. (North Central) Jana Willsey Fly/IM So. Clearwater, Fla. (Countryside) Alyssa Woodliff Free/Fly/Back Sr. Taylorsville, Utah (University of Hawaii) Kwan Ling Yu Diving So. Yuen Long, Hong Kong (Pacific Coast) Samantha Zuch Free Fr. Napoleon, Ohio (Napoleon) Utah Coaching Staff Head Coach: Greg Winslow (Fourth season) Assistant Coaches: Charlie King, Annie Van Leeuwen Diving Coach: Richard Marschner Men s Roster Name Event Elig. Hometown (Last School) Karson Applin Fly/Breast So. Houston, Texas (Eisenhower) Garret Beaman Free/Back So. Kingwood, Texas (Kingwood) Eric Bonicelli Free/Fly Jr. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley Northwest) Andy Choi Breast Jr. Logan, Utah (Logan) Luke Donohue Free Jr. Portland, Ore. (Mt. Hood C.C.) Michael Dorman Diving Fr. Fishers, Ind. (Hamilton Southeastern) Austin Fiascone Back/Fly So. Hinsdale, Ill. (Hinsdale Central) Nelson Foo Diving So. Hong Kong (Chinese University of HK) Michael Glasson Diving Sr. Price City, Utah (Carbon) Bjorn Gunnarsson Free/Fly So. Norrkoping, Sweden (Linkoping Univ.) Ryan Hansen Free So. Schroeder, Wis. (Arrowhead) Caleb Herrick Diving Fr. Topeka, Kan. (Washburn Rural) Derek Lair Free/IM Fr. Great Falls, Mont. (C.M. Russell) Andy Lamb Back/Fly/Free So. Raleigh, N.C. (Athens Drive) Tim Leonhart Breast Sr. Fruita, Colo (Fruita) Rick Mason Free Sr. Corvallis, Ore. (Crescent Valley) Brent Murray Free Fr. Hayesville, N.C. (Legacy Academy) Eric Murray Free/Fly Jr. Woodstock, Ga. (Abeca Academy) Garrett Peterson Breast/IM Sr. Las Vegas, Nev. (Palo Verde) Major Robinson Back/Free Jr. Missoula, Mont. (Sentinel) Brandon Stoppelmoor Diving So. Olathe, Kan. (Olathe Northwest) Corey Williams Breast Fr. Winchester, Ore. (Roseburg) By Event Free Chardonnay Biter-Mundt, Rebecca Bott, Kayla Buck, Danielle Caldwell, Hannah Caron, Natalie Edge, Kristina Evans, Valerie McMullan, Traycie Swartz, Elizabeth Thompson, Alyssa Woodliff, Samantha Zuch Fly Sarah Boylen, Hannah Caron, Maiya Otsuka, Jana Willsey, Alyssa Woodliff Breast Kayla Buck, Nicole Ligeza, Chelsea Petersen Back Sarah Cox, Valerie McMullan, Traycie Swartz, Alyssa Woodliff IM Kayla Buck, Hannah Caron, Nicole Ligeza, Maiya Otsuka, Jana Willsey Diving Ellis Walters, Kwan Ling Yu, Chelsea Petersen By Event Free Garret Beaman, Eric Bonicelli, Luke Donohue, Bjorn Gunnarsson, Ryan Hansen, Derek Lair, Andy Lamb, Rick Mason, Brent Murray, Eric Murray, Major Robinson Fly Karson Applin, Eric Bonicelli, Austin Fiascone, Bjorn Gunnarsson, Andy Lamb, Eric Murray Breast Karson Applin, Andy Choi, Bjorn Gunnarsson, Tim Leonhart, Garrett Peterson, Corey WIlliams Back Garret Beaman, Austin Fiascone, Andy Lamb, Major Robinson IM Derek Lair, Garrett Peterson Diving Michael Dorman, Nelson Foo, Michael Glasson, Caleb Herrick, Brandon Stoppelmoor

5 Utah Swimming and Diving Page 5 Ute Natatorium The University of Utah men s and women s swimming and diving teams compete at one of the premiere venues in the Mountain West Conference. The fan-friendly Ute Natatorium is situated in the heart of Utah s competition sites. It was built in 1968 and has been the home of numerous championship events, including the 1970 NCAA Championship Meet. Ute Natatorium offers everything a collegiate swimmer needs to reach the pinnacle of their performance. It contains three pools, a six-lane, 25-yard training pool, an eight-lane, 25-yard competition pool and the newly refurbished 20x15 diving well, which reaches a depth of 16 feet and offers two 1-meter boards and two 3-meter boards. While the 38-year-old facility has been a fixture on campus, it received a new look in The renovations included an $800,000 improvement to the diving well. The facelift not only extended the depth of the diving well but added a new gutter system that brings the water level up to the deck. There are concrete platforms for both the 1- and 3-meter boards with a uniquely designed 3-meter that adds to the home-team atmosphere... a block U-shaped platform with boards extending from the top of both sides. In addition to the pools, the team benefitted from additions and renovations to its locker rooms. The locker rooms received a $100,000 improvement. The men s locker room was separated in order to create locker rooms for both the men s and women s teams. It also features clubhousesized lockers and an expanded team meeting lounge.