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3 M I N N E S O A S W I M M I N G & D I V I N G QUICK FACTS Founded: 1851 Location: Minneapolis, Minn. Enrollment: 47,518 Colors: Maroon and Gold Nickname: Golden Gophers Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Big Ten University President: Robert H. Bruininks Faculty Athletics Representative: Dr. Richard Weinberg, Linda Brady Director of Athletics: Joel Maturi Co-Head Coaches: Kelly Kremer and Terry Nieszner Record at Minnesota: 7-1 Diving Coach: Jason Baumann Swimming & Diving Office Phone: Swimming & Diving Fax: Home Facility: University Aquatic Center (2,500) University Aquatic Center Phone: Dual Meet Record: 7-1, 5-1 in the Big Ten Big Ten Finish: 6th (314 points) Swimming and Diving SID: Michelle Traen Phone: traen001@umn.edu Athletic Trainer: Carolan Whitney The Minnesota Women s Swimming & Diving media guide is published by the University of Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Communications Office. Additional copies of may be purchased for $8 (shipping & handling included) by sending a check made payable to the University of Minnesota to: University of Minnesota Athletic Communications Office 244 Bierman Field Athletic Building th Ave. SE Minneapolis, Minn For more information, please contact the athletic office at: Phone: Fax: gophers@umn.edu CREDITS The Minnesota Swimming & Diving media guide was written and compiled by Michelle Traen. Layout, design and covers by Sara Berhow and Jeff Keiser. Photography: Jerry Lee and Eric Miller Printing: University of Minnesota Printing Services Special thanks to Bob Swoverland and the staff at University of Minnesota Printing Services. TABLE OF CONTENTS Season Outlook Roster Student-Athlete Profiles University Aquatic Center The University of Minnesota A-C University Campus D-E The Twin Cities F-G Twin Cities Sports Scene H-I University Intercollegiate Athletics J-K Athletics Facilities L-M Student-Athlete Development N Academic Counseling and Student Services O President Robert H. Bruininks P Athletics Director Joel Maturi P Head Coaches Terry Nieszner and Kelly Kremer Diving Coach Jason Baumann Assistant Coaches and Support Staff Former Gopher Head Coach Jean Freeman Dorothy L. Sheppard - Friend of Swimming & Diving Minnesota Swimming & Diving Honors Year in Review Top Times Big Ten Championships Letterwinners Year-by-Year Records/Hall of Fame Minnesota Recordbook Minnesota s Big Ten Champions Minnesota s All-Americans ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Director: Mike Lockrem Senior Associate Director: Kyle Coughlin Associate Directors: Becky Bohm, Shane Sandersfeld Assistant Directors: Steve Geller, Kevin Kurtt, John Romo, Michelle Traen Director of Publications & Graphics: Jeff Keiser Assistant Director of Publications and Communications: Sara Berhow Photography: Jerry Lee, Eric Miller 1 Golden Gopher Swimming & Diving

4 S E A S O N O U T L O O K Mary Patrek Valerie Tukey Terry Nieszner and Kelly Kremer STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION The University of Minnesota women s swimming and diving team embarks on its second season with co-head coaches Kelly Kremer and Terry Nieszner at the helm. With a star-studded freshmen class and a quality finish at the Big Ten Championships in their first year, the coaches look for this year to be a constant step forward in the building of their regime. Last year was a starting point for us. I felt good about where we placed as a team because I don t think that we could have finished better than the teams in front of us, Kremer said. I hope we are better this year. We d like to move up in the Big Ten rankings, whether that s fifth, fourth, I just want us to be better. I d like to take some positive steps forward this year. I think we want to increase our sense of pride within our team and earn respect within the Big Ten and at NCAAs, Nieszner added. We hope that other schools say that Minnesota is a team to be reckoned with and that is a team that you want to be a part of. NEWCOMERS Minnesota welcomes one of its best freshmen classes in recent history this year. The Golden Gophers have 15 freshmen on the roster. Of the 15, four were 2005 summer national qualifiers in Christine Jennings (Longmont, Colo.), Yuen Kobayashi (Osaka, Japan), Meredith McCarthy (The Woodlands, Texas) and Kait Strickland (North Berwick, Maine). The Gophers also kept their home-state swimmers in the area with Minnesota state champions Stephanie Gross (Sauk Rapids, Minn), Stacy Busack (Fergus Falls, Minn.), Erica Schiffler (Woodbury, Minn.) and Jenny Shaughnessy (Rochester, Minn). Also adding depth to Minnesota s roster will be Linzey Bachmeier (Mandan, N.D.), Katie Brosseau (Rogersville, Mo.), Jenna Gamble (Tucson, Ariz.), Erin Holtmeyer (Omaha, Neb.), Brianna Hubbard (Stacy, Minn.), Danielle Ridder (Ballwin, Mo.) and Andrea Rosenberg (Grafton, Wis.). We have a great class of freshmen coming in to swim for us, Kremer said. There s just a number of our freshmen that can make such an immediate impact this year for us. A majority of them have big meet experience and can help us on relays at the conference level and individually can make it to the NCAA s. SENIOR CLASS The Gophers have a strong group of talented freshmen, but the coaches want make sure that in order for their team to be successful takes strong leadership. That leadership will be looked upon from the Gophers 10 seniors. Heading up the senior class are captains Bridget McCoy and Sarah Perrott. McCoy, a breaststroker, and Perrott, a sprint freestyler, will especially be looked upon to lead this young group. Along with McCoy and Perrott, the Gophers will also look to Kate Hardt, Cecile Lamour, Katherine Marshall, Mary Patrek, Katie Proell, Abby Ruess, Jennifer Warmington and Katie Wind to mold the team into a strong force within the conference and nationally. We ll need that leadership with our big freshman class that we have swimming this year, Nieszner said. We have a new group of talented freshmen, but we need our seniors to help this group move forward and lay the ground work for them. They have been through a lot of change here and have dealt with that change well. They are a great group of people and we feel confident that they can help us improve this program. SPRINT FREE Although the Gophers lost Katy Coombe, who holds the school record in the 50-yard freestyle, to graduation, they return three of their top five swimmers this year. Leading the pack is senior captain Sarah Perrott. In her junior campaign, Perrott clocked a time of and participated in the free relays at the Big Ten Championships. She finished second on the team with 112 dual meet points. Perrott was a member of the Gophers recordholding 200 free relay team in Also returning is Jennifer Hasling, who will compete in both the 50 free and the backstroke events. Krista Kezbers also returns for the Gophers after finishing with the fourth-fastest time in the 50 free. Kezbers competed at the Big Ten Championships and finished the season with a time of in the event. The Gophers also add freshmen freestylers Erin Holtmeyer, Meredith McCarthy, and Stacy Busack to the mix. Holtmeyer was a four-time state champion and a U.S. National qualifier in the 50 free. McCarthy was a national qualifier in the 100 free. She finished second in the 100 free and was a member of the champion 800 free relay at the 2004 Junior Nationals. Busack is the state recordholder in the 50 free and won the state championship in 2003 and I think our sprint freestyle may be stronger than it was last year, Kremer said. Sarah is one of our captains and is the leader in our sprints. Jenny Hasling is back and is a year better. We ll be very strong in the sprint free. Krista Kezbers MIDDLE DISTANCE AND DISTANCE FREE The Gophers strongest events are their freestyles, including the middle distance and distance frees. With the the likes of the returning swimmers and the incoming freshmen joining the mix, the Gophers will excel in the stroke. The Gophers return two versatile swimmers in Kate Hardt and Valerie Tukey. Hardt finished the season as the team s most valuable swimmer. She led the team in dual meet points with 211 and is the Gophers top returning point scorer at the Big Ten Championships a year ago with 35 points. She held the Gophers fastest times in the 200 free (1:48.38) and the 500 free (4:49.39) and the second fastest in the 1,000 (10:06.54) and the 1,650 free (17:08.10). Tukey led the Gophers in the 1,000 free and the 1,650 free with times of 10:04.67 and 16: Tukey finished the season with CSCAA Academic All-America honorable mention honors, her first accolade. Kelly and I know that we need Kate and Val to be leaders in the free events, Nieszner said. They ll be competitive in the middle distance group throughout the season and in the dual meets. Along with Hardt and Tukey, the Gophers will also look to returners Jennifer Chang, Amy Killpatrick, Sharon Leary, Erin O Neil and Jennifer Warmington to help the Gophers score points this season. Minnesota adds seven newcomers that will make an immediate impact to the free events. Yuen Kobayashi finished sixth at the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 200-meter free and competed with Mission Viejo this past summer. She participated in the 200-meter free and the 400 free at summer nationals. Christine Jennings was a U.S. national qualifier in the 200, 400, 800, 1500 free events. She placed 25th at the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 400 free. Also competing in the middle distance free events will be freshmen Meredith McCarthy. In her senior year, McCarthy won the Texas state championship in the 100 free. Also adding depth to the freestyle events will be Katie Brosseau, Jenna Gamble, Jenny Shaughnessy and sophomore transfer Morgan Sonstegard. Gamble will be used in the distance free events, while Brosseau and Sonstegard will compete in the individual medley. Shaughnessy will compete in the free, the butterfly and the IM. Last year when we went into a Big Ten meet and if one of our four freestylers weren t performing well, we were in trouble because we didn t have the depth, Kremer said. This year we ll probably have five or six people contending for the four spots. We are much deeper and stronger in these events than a year ago. This will raise the level of performance for everyone and gives us the opportunity to be more competitive both individually and with our relay teams. 2

5 S E A S O N O U T L O O K Katie Wind Bridget McCoy Kate Hardt BACKSTROKE The Golden Gophers return a strong backstroker in senior Katie Wind. In her junior campaign, Wind led the backstrokers with a time of in the 100 back and 1:59.72 in the 200 back. Wind set a lifetime best time of 2:17.51 at the 2005 ConocoPhillips Summer National Championships in Irvine, Calif. Wind's preliminary time was good enough to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Trials. She s a different swimmer now then she was four months ago, Kremer said. In swimming, you can go to best times or go to another level all together and she did that for us in August. She s not just going to be a leader in the backstroke events, but she s a leader by example for the others because of her work ethic. Also returning for the Maroon and Gold is Jennifer Hasling. In her sophomore season, Hasling competed in the 100 back and posted the team s second-best time of Hasling was a CSCAA Academic All-American honorable mention. Jaclyn Gazvoda will also compete in the back events, clocking the team s third-best time in the 200 in 2: Erin O Neil and Emma Sinkler return for their second seasons with the Gophers. The Gophers add one freshmen to the backstroke event in Stephanie Gross. Gross was the Minnesota state 100 backstroke champion in 2004 and held six school records and four section records with Cathedral High School. Jackie made our Big Ten team for the first time as a sophomore, Nieszner said. Emma put in a great summer of training and I think that will show in the short course season. BREASTSTROKE Like last year, one of Minnesota s deepest strokes is the breaststroke. The Gophers return six swimmers in the 100 and 200 events. The Minnesota coaches feel that the best is yet to come from this group. Leading the pack is senior captain Bridget McCoy. Last year, McCoy held the team s best time in the 100 (1:03.58) and the second-best time in the 200 (2:17.49). She led the breaststrokers in dual meet points (100) and the Big Ten Championships (30.5). McCoy was also an CSCAA Academic All- American honorable mention. Also returning are seniors Katherine Marshall, Mary Patrek, Katie Proell and Abby Ruess. The group of seniors combined for 90 points in dual meet action and two earned points at the Big Ten Championships. Also returning for the Gophers is junior Erika Bjorklund. In her sophomore season, Bjorklund competed in her second Big Ten Championship and earned 27 points in the regular season. The Gophers add transfer Jamie Howard and one freshmen in Andrea Rosenberg. Rosenberg held the high school record in the 100 breaststroke and was the Speedo sectional qualifer. We have a great group of breaststrokers, Kremer said. We have a nice balance of sprint and 200 breaststrokers. They push each other in practice, support one another, and have goals of being one of the top breaststroke groups in the Big Ten this year. INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Minnesota will have a variety of swimmers that will compete in the individual medley this season with eight listed on the roster. The Gophers leader from the season was Kate Hardt. Last year, Hardt held the team s fastest time in both the 200 and 400 individual medley. Abby Ruess held the team s second-fastest time in each event, clocking 2:05.37 and 4:28.92, respectively. Erika Bjorklund returns for her second year in the event. Minnesota will have a few new faces in the IM this season. Jamie Howard, who did not compete last year, will race in the event this season. Freshmen Danielle Ridder, Kait Strickland, Katie Brosseau and Jenny Shaughnessy will be looked upon to make an immediate impact in the IM events. Ridder was a junior National qualifier in the 400 IM as well as a sectional qualifier. Strickland competed in the 400 IM at the 2005 and 2004 national championships, finishing as high as 24th overall. BUTTERFLY The Gophers lost a few key seniors from last year, but Minnesota hopes to fill the void this year with the returners as well as adding a few freshmen to the equation. One of the most versatile swimmers on the team returns for her sophomore season in Erin O Neil. As a freshmen, O Neil clocked the second-fastest times in both the 100 and 200 fly. Lindsey St. Martin returns for her third year as a Golden Gopher. Last year, St. Martin held the team s third-fastest time in the fly events as well as swimming the freestyle strokes. Like St. Martin, Krista Kezbers will swim both the fly and free events. Jamie Howard will also look to contribute in the fly this year. Lindsey St. Martin will be back and can certainly be the leader of the group, Nieszner said. Krista Kezbers is swimming well in the 100 fly and we hope that she can step up this season. The Gophers will add freshmen Linzey Bachmeier, Danielle Ridder, Jenny Shaughnessy and Kait Strickland. Kremer and Nieszner feel that some of the freshmen will really step up in the fly events and be able to contribute points. Although I think Jenny can have an impact in whatever she swims, I think she ll have a major impact in the fly events, Kremer said. Her sprint fly is great and is certainly capable of swimming a 200. DIVING If Minnesota diving looks a little different this year, it s because it is. Jason Baumann takes over the role as the diving coach after holding an assistant coach role at Indiana. With only three divers on the women s team, Baumann will take this year to take small steps, but hopes to make great strides in the end. I m really looking forward to this year, Baumann said. I m excited to be here. If we work together, we can accomplish great things. We look toward this year as a transition year. It s going to take time, but I think by the time we get around to our conference season we can be prepared to do very well. Minnesota s lone returner is junior Holly Jakits. In her sophomore season, Jakits was a Big Ten finalist in the platform, finishing sixth overall. Baumann thinks she ll have a good year and do well by the end of the year. The Gophers have two freshmen that will gain experience in just their first season. Brianna Hubbard was a Minnesota State finalist and a member of the Twin Cities Divers. She was also a three-time Junior West National qualifier. Erica Schiffler was named an All-American in 2002 and Schiffler was a member of the Twin City Divers and went to Junior Nationals three years. Erica is going to be a fantastic diver for us, Baumann said. She s very capable, talented and qualified to compete at this level. I m looking forward to work with Brianna. I think that she has a lot of athletic potential and good athletes will do very well in this sport because it takes a lot of ability. MINNESOTA SCHEDULE Sept. 23 Alumni Meet 7 p.m. Oct 8 Kansas 1 p.m. Oct. 21 Iowa 4 p.m. Oct. 29 Indiana 1 p.m. Nov. 4 North Carolina/North Dakota 6 p.m. Nov. 5 North Carolina/North Dakota 12 p.m. Nov. 11 Notre Dame 2 p.m. Nov. 18 Minnesota Invitational 12 p.m./6 p.m. Nov. 19 Minnesota Invitational 11 a.m./6 p.m. Nov. 20 Minnesota Invitational 10 a.m./3 p.m. Dec. 2-3 Ohio State Invitational 9 a.m./6 p.m. Dec. 4 Ohio State Invitational 9 a.m./3 p.m. Jan. 15 T B A (Winter Training Trip) TBA Jan. 21 Ohio State 1 p.m. Jan. 27 llinois/purdue/wisconsin 6 p.m. Jan. 28 Illinois/Purdue/Wisconsin 12 p.m. Feb. 3 Minnesota Challenge 6 p.m. Feb. 4 Minnesota Challenge 12 p.m. Feb. 15 Big Ten Championships (@ Ohio State) 7 p.m Feb Big Ten Championships (@ Ohio State) 7 p.m Feb. 26 GO-PHER-IT Invite 1 p.m. Mar Speedo Section Meet 9 a.m./6 p.m. Mar NCAA Championships 11 a.m./7p.m. home meets in bold 3

6 T E A M R O S T E R WOMEN S SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTER Name Yr. Major Event Hometown/High School/College Linzey Bachmeier Fr. Chemical Engineering Sprint Free/Fly Mandan, N.D./Mandan Erika Bjorklund Jr. Biology Breast/IM Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie Katie Brosseau Fr. Nursing Distance Free/IM Rogersville, Mo./Logan-Rogersville Stacy Busack Fr. Nursing Sprint Free Fergus Falls, Minn./Fergus Falls Jennifer Chang Jr. Global Studies M. Distance Free Fort Wayne, Ind./Northrup/Connecticut Jenna Gamble Fr. Business Management Distance Free Tucson, Ariz./Sabino Jaclyn Gazvoda Jr. Marketing Back Madison, Wis./Madison Memorial Stephanie Gross Fr. Biology Back Sauk Rapids, Minn./Cathedral Kate Hardt Sr. English Free/IM Carson City, Nev./Carson Jennifer Hasling Jr. Finance Back/Free Blaine, Minn./Spring Lake Park Erin Holtmeyer Fr. Genetics Sprint Free Omaha, Neb./Marian Jamie Howard Jr. English IM/Fly Apple Valley, Minn./Eastview/Arizona State Brianna Hubbard Fr. Psychology Diving Stacy, Minn./Forest Lake Holly Jakits Jr. Nutritional Science Diving Boca Raton, Fla./Spanish River Christine Jennings Fr. Marketing M. Distance Free Longmont, Colo./Niwot Krista Kezbers Jr. Kinesiology Free/Fly Oklahoma City, Okla./Putnam City North Amy Killpatrick So. Political Science Distance Free Elk River, Minn./Elk River Yuen Kobayashi Fr. Business Distance Free Osaka, Japan/Kindai Cecile Lamour Sr. Biology Fly/Free Sevres, France/Eagan Sharon Leary So. Undecided Free Newtown, Pa./Council Rock Katherine Marshall Sr. Psychology Breast/Free Madison, Wis./Madison Memorial Meredith McCarthy Fr. Liberal Arts Free The Woodlands, Texas/Oak Ridge Bridget McCoy * Sr. Sports Management Breast W. St. Paul, Minn./Henry Sibley Erin O'Neil So. Undecided Free/Back/Fly Batavia, Ill./Lyons Township Mary Patrek Sr. Kinesiology Breast Eden Prairie, Minn./Minnetonka Sarah Perrott * Sr. Child Psychology Free/Back Northfield, Minn./Northfield Katie Proell Sr. Sports Studies Breast Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins Danielle Ridder Fr. Health Sciences IM/Fly Ballwin, Mo./Parkway West Andrea Rosenberg Fr. Biomedical Engineering Breast/Free Grafton, Wis./Grafton Abby Ruess Sr. Accounting & Finance Breast/IM/Fly Edina, Minn./Edina Lindsey St. Martin Jr. Business Administration Fly/Free Mendota Heights, Minn./Cretin-Derham Hall Erica Schiffler Fr. Undecided Diving Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury Jenny Shaughnessy Fr. Undecided Free/Fly/IM Rochester, Minn./John Marshall Emma Sinkler So Undecided Back Chanhassen, Minn./Minnetonka Morgan Sonstegard So. Pre-nursing M. Distance/IM Sioux Falls, S.D./Bolles/S. Illinois Univ. Kait Strickland Fr. Linguistics IM/Fly North Berwick, Maine/North Berwick Valerie Tukey Jr. Journalism Free San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines Jennifer Warmington Sr. Public Relations Distance Free New Berlin, Wis./Brookfield Academy Katie Wind Sr. Family Social Science Back/Free St. Paul, Minn./Trinity School Co-Head Coach: Terry Nieszner Co-Head Coach: Kelly Kremer Diving Coach: Jason Baumann Volunteer Asst. Swim Coach: Ryan Purdy Volunteer Asst. Diving Coach: Mike Hilber Student Managers: Caroline Schik; Alyssa Murray Captains: Bridget McCoy, Sarah Perrott 4

7 LINZEY BACHMEIER Sprint Free Fly Fr. Mandan, N.D. Mandan High School PERSONAL: Born May 8, 1985 biology major daughter of Dick and Kris Bjorklund grandfather Bob Bjorklund played football for the Gophers from BJORKLUND S TOP TIMES Year Event Time breast : breast : IM :08.21 S W I M M E R P R O F I L E S STACY BUSACK Sprint Free Back Fr. Fergus Falls, Minn. Fergus Falls High School HIGH SCHOOL: Mandan High School (2005) All-American in 2003, 2004 and 2005 seven-time all-state selection was a 12-time North Dakota State High School champion, winning seven individual events and five relays helped her team to a state championship in 2003 holds the North Dakota state record in the 50 free and the 100 butterfly named the North Dakota State High School Senior Swimmer of the Year was a six-time academic all-conference selection earned six letters in swimming and track. KATIE BROSSEAU Distance Free IM Fr. Rogersville, Mo. Logan Rogersville High School HIGH SCHOOL: Fergus Falls High School (2005) Minnesota State High School champion in the 50 and 100 freestyle events in both 2003 and 2004 state record holder All-America honoree her junior and senior years named the Minnesota State High School Swimmer of the Year in 2003 and co-swimmer of the Year in 2004 earned all-state honors five consecutive years from eighth grade to her senior year five-year letterwinner in swimming and a two-time letterwinner in track. PERSONAL: Born January 7, 1987 chemical engineering major daughter of Rod and Lori Bachmeier. ERIKA BJORKLUND Breaststroke IM Jr. Eden Prairie, Minn. Eden Prairie High School HIGH SCHOOL: Logan-Rogersville High School (2005) member of the Springfield Aquatics Club under coaches Brian Reynolds and Bryan Beatty earned a Junior National championship in the 400 IM enters her college career with a time of 4:54 in the 500 free, 16:44 in the 1,650 free and 4:20.4 in the 400 IM National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Born February 26, 1987 plans to major in nursing and German daughter of Daniel and Sheril Brosseau. PERSONAL: Born December 2, 1986 plans to major in nursing daughter of Dave and Julie Busack has an older brother Kyle and a younger sister Heidi. JENNIFER CHANG Middle Distance Free Jr. Fort Wayne, Ind. Northrup High School SOPHOMORE SEASON: Held the team s third-fastest time in the 100 breaststroke at 1:04.40 scored 27 points for the Gophers in dual meet action and earned two points at the Big Ten Championships member of the third-place 200 medley relay at the Minnesota Invite (11/20) placed 12th in the 100 breast at the Georgia Invite (12/3) helped the 200 medley relay set a meet record against Michigan State finished 15th in the 100 breast at the Big Ten Championships, clocking her fastest time of the year also finished 19th overall in the 200 breaststroke at Big Tens earned second varsity letter FRESHMAN SEASON: Held the fourth-best time on the team in the 100 breaststroke added 14 dual meet points competed in the Big Ten Championships as a freshman, finishing 15th in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.65) for a season best time also competed in the 200 breaststroke and the 200 individual medley at Big Ten Championships competed at the Georgia Invite, finishing 12th in the 100 breast, 14th in the 200 breast, seventh in the 200 free relay and eighth in the 400 free relay finished 13th in the 200 IM at the Minnesota Invitational named the team s Most Improved Swimmer earned first varsity letter. HIGH SCHOOL: Eden Prairie High School (2003) was a four-year letterwinner for EPHS from member of the state championship team her freshman season earned all-conference honors in 2001 and 2002 and was an all-state selection three consecutive years in 2000, 2001 and 2002 earned All-America honorable mention honors in 2001 and 2002 finished sixth in state her senior year in the 200 IM and eighth in the 100 breaststroke was a member of the section winning 200 medley relay as a junior team captain her senior season also competed with Team Foxjet from Erika Bjorklund SOPHOMORE SEASON: Scored 36 dual meet points in her first season as a Gopher earned first varsity letter recorded the team s third-fastest time in the 200 free (1:51.34) and the fourth-fastest time in the 500 free (4:59.17) placed second in the 200 free against Iowa State (10/29) member of the 800 free relay that finished second at the Minnesota Invite also competed with the 400 free relay that finished fourth at the Georgia Invite (12/3) finished fifth overall in the 200 free in the double dual against Ohio State and Michigan State (1/22) helped the 800 free relay finish third at the Quad Duals (1/28) competed in the 100, 200 and 500 free at the Big Ten Championships. PRIOR TO MINNESOTA: Swam her freshman year at the University of Connecticut held the Huskies top times in the 100 free (51.56) and 200 free (1:50.72), both set at the Big East Championships member of the 400 free and the 800 free relays at the Big East Championships. HIGH SCHOOL: Northrup High School (2003) earned four varsity letters held eight high school records, two conference records and finished third in state all-conference selection from earned All-America honors in 2002 and 2003 also competed with the Fort Wayne Aquatics Club Team. PERSONAL: Born Oct. 10, 1983 majoring in global studies daughter of Roy and Elise Chang. CHANG S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free free : free :

8 6 S W I M M E R JENNA GAMBLE Distance Free Fr. Tucson, Ariz. Sabino High School P R O F I L E S HIGH SCHOOL: Sabino High School (2005) named the school s swimmer of the year in 2004 holds the school record in the 200 and 500 freestyles named an Arizona All-Star from earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-American honors enters her freshman season with career-best times of 2:08.32 in the 200- meter free, 4:26.69 in the 400 free and 17:46.38 in the 1500-meter free. PERSONAL: Born April 7, 1987 plans to major in business management daughter of Steve and Nancie Gamble SOPHOMORE SEASON: Earned 12 points in dual meet action earned varsity letter Big Ten All-Academic Team honoree and a Minnesota Scholar Athlete finished fifth in the 100 back and the 200 medley relay in the dual meet against Iowa (11/6) finished 11th overall in the 100 back at the Minnesota Invitational (11/20) earned a fourth-place finish in the 200 back in the double dual against Ohio State and Michigan State (1/22) placed ninth in the 100 back at the Quad Duals (1/28) competed in the 100 butterfly and the 100 and 200 back at the Big Ten Championships FRESHMAN SEASON: Competed in seven meets as a freshman placed second at the Minnesota Challenge in the 100 backstroke and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay finished 18th at the Minnesota Invite with the 200 free relay and the 200 medley relay added a fifth-place 200 back finish in the dual against Kansas. HIGH SCHOOL: James Madison Memorial (2003) earned four varsity letters in swimming was the 2001 state champion in the 100 back earned All-America honors from her high school from named a Big Eight All-Conference selection five consecutive seasons also earned all-city and all-state honors from PERSONAL: Born January 25, 1985 marketing major daughter of Jim and Nikki Gazvoda. GAZVODA S TOP TIMES Year Event Time back back :06.00 JACLYN GAZVODA Back Jr. Madison, Wis. Madison Memorial High School STEPHANIE GROSS Back Fr. Sauk Rapids, Minn. Cathedral High School HIGH SCHOOL: Cathedral High School (2005) earned six letters in swimming at Cathedral High School named all-conference and all-state in 2002, 2003 and 2004 All- America candidate in 2004 Minnesota state 100 backstroke champion in 2004 holds six school records, four section records and one West Central Conference record member of the conference championship team in 2003 and section championships in 2002 team also placed fourth in the state in 2003 also swam with the Sauk Rapids Swim Club and the St. Cloud Swim Club enters her collegiate career with a time of in the 50 free, in the 100 free and in the 100 back. PERSONAL: Born March 19, 1987 plans to major in biology plays piano and enjoys biking, rollerblading, coin collecting and canoeing. KATE HARDT Free IM Sr. Carson City, Nev. Carson High School JUNIOR SEASON: Voted by her peers as the team s most valuable swimmer and earned her third letter held the team s fastest time in four events (200 free, 500 free, 200 IM and 400 IM) and second fastest in two events (1,000 free and 1,650 free) member of the team s fastest relays in the 400 and 800 free relays led the Gophers in dual meet points with 211 and had 35 at the Big Ten Championships, ranking third on the team earned third varsity letter Academic All-Big Ten honoree ranks in the top five in school history in two events holds the second-fastest time in school history in the 200 free (1:48.38) and the fourth-fastest in the 500 free (4:49.11) won both the 200 and 500 free events in the dual against Iowa (11/6) placed second in the 200 IM and the 400 free relay at the Minnesota Invite (11/22) member of the 400 and 800 free relays that finished third and fifth at the Georgia Invite set meet records against Michigan State in the 200 and 500 free and the 200 IM during the double dual against the Spartans and Ohio State (1/22) won the 500 free and the 200 IM against MSU/OSU won the 200 free for the second consecutive year in the Quad Duals, setting a meet record (1:49.57) earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Week honors for her performance at the Minnesota Challenge, the first Minnesota swimmer to earn the award since 2002 placed sixth in the 200 free and eighth in the 500 free at the Big Ten Championships (2/17) SOPHOMORE SEASON: Made her first trek to the NCAA Championships, competing in the 100 free, 200 free, 400 free and the 200 medley relay holds the school s second fastest time in the 200 free (1:48.52) highest returning dual meet point swimmer, earning points collected 36.5 points at the Big Ten Championships finished fifth in the 200 free and the 400 free relay at Big Ten Championships held NCAA provisional times in the 100 free (50.62), 200 free (1:48:42 ) and the 500 free (4:50.59), at the Big Ten Championships held the team s fastest time in the 200 and 500 free and second fastest in the 100 free placed sixth in the 200 free and seventh in the 100 free at the Georgia Invite member of the second-place 400 free relay at the Georgia Invite finished first in the 200 free in dual meets against Kansas and Northwestern earned second letter voted by her teammates as the Hardest Worker member of the Academic All-Big Ten team FRESHMAN SEASON: The Golden Gophers top scoring freshman and overall fourth on the team, contributing 119 points in dual-meet action named a CSCAA Academic All-American ranked on the team s top five list in six individual events and two relays competed in five events at the Big Ten Championships helped 400 free relay (3:22.72) to a fifth-place finish and the 800 free relay (7:19.95) to a sixth-place showing individually placed 14th in the 400 individual medley (4:27.63), 20th in the 200 IM (2:05.06) and 30th in the 200 free (1:53.24) her time in the 400 IM at the Big Tens was the second fastest on the team, while her clocking in the 200 IM was third won the 200 free and 200 IM in her first collegiate meet, a dual meet victory versus Iowa State tallied four first-place finishes varsity letterwinner. HIGH SCHOOL: Carson High School (2002) competed at junior nationals in 2000, earning a high point trophy finished second in the state in the 200 freestyle, fourth in the 100 breaststroke and was a three-time member of the All-American relays named a two-time Academic All-American won the 100 freestyle at the state championships in 2000 and 2001 won the 200 freestyle event in 2001 finished second in the 200 free and third in the 100 free in 2002 member of a three-time Carson High state championship teams and runner-up in 2002 swam with the Reno Aquatic Club. PERSONAL: Born July 18, 1984 majoring in English daughter of Adrienne Hardt and Chris Hardt mother was a swim coach sister Julie was a member of the swim team at Georgia sister-in-law to former Gopher swimmer Dana Baum. HARDT S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free free : free : IM : IM :23.70

9 JENNIFER HASLING Back Free Jr. Blaine, Minn. Spring Lake Park High School ERIN HOLTMEYER Sprint Free Fr. Omaha, Neb. Marian High School S W I M M E R P R O F I L E S BRIANNA HUBBARD Diving Fr. Forest Lake, Minn. Forest Lake High School SOPHOMORE SEASON: Earned 72 dual meet points, ranking eighth on the team CSCAA Academic All- American honorable mention member of the Academic All-Big Ten team and a Minnesota Scholar Athlete competed in every meet during the season, earning her second letter held the team s second-fastest time in the 50 free (23.33) and the 100 back (57.36) holds the ninthfastest 50 free time in school history set two meet records in the 50 free and the 200 medley relay against Iowa members of the 200 free and 200 medley relays that finished second at the Minnesota Invite finished second with the 200 free relay at the Georgia Invite (12/3) placed third overall in the double dual against Ohio State and Michigan State (1/22) finished fourth overall in the 100 back in the Quad Duals (1/28) earned 12 points for the Gophers in the Big Ten Championships placed 15th in the 50 free with a career best time of also placed 13th in the 100 back at Big Tens. HIGH SCHOOL: Marian High School (2005) 12-time NISCA All-American was a 10-time Nebraska state champion was a four-time champion in the 50 free, two-time champion in the 100 free and won the 500 free once member of the Marian High School swim team that went undefeated in all meets from All-Metro Conference selection in 2003, 2004 and 2005 also swam with Swim Omaha U.S. national qualifier in the 50 free and is the Midwest Athlete representative for USA Swimming enters her collegiate career with career times of 23.3 in the 50-yard free, 26.7 in the 50-meter free, 51.2 in the 100-yard free and 58.8 in the 100-meter free. PERSONAL: Born March 2, 1987 graduated with high honors and was a member of the National Honor Society plans to major in genetics daughter of Dan and Karen Holtmeyer has two brothers, Jim and Joseph. HIGH SCHOOL: Forest Lake High School (2005) threeyear letterwinner in both diving and gymnastics earned All-America honors in 2003 and 2004 named all-state in 2004 and all-conference in 2003 and 2004 Minnesota State finalist member of the Twin Cities Divers threetime Junior West National qualifier. PERSONAL: Born December 10, 1986 plans to major in psychology daughter of Lisa and Keven Hubbard FRESHMAN SEASON: Earned 34 dual meet points as a freshman had the second-best time in the 50 free in her first year as a Gopher (23.34) ranks ninth in school history in the 50 free member of the 200 free relay that broke a school record at the Big Ten Championships (1:31.96) finished 15th in the 50 free at the Big Ten Championships (23.49) also competed in the 100 free (52.24) and the 100 back (58.96) member of the fourthplace 200 free relay and the seventh-place 200 medley relay at the Georgia Invite member of the third-place 200 free relay at the Minnesota Invite named Most Improved earned her first letter CSCAA Academic All- American honorable mention. HIGH SCHOOL: Spring Lake Park High School (2003) was a two-year letterwinner in swimming earned all-state honors her senior season named all-conference in 1997 and 2002 member of the conference championship team in 1997 also lettered four years with volleyball and track named all-conference in volleyball in 2001 and PERSONAL: Born April 7, 1985 majoring in finance daughter of Jim and Barb Hasling. HASLING S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free free back JAMIE HOWARD Back Free Jr. Apple Valley, Minn. Eastview High School/Arizona State SOPHOMORE SEASON: Due to transfer rules, could not compete. HIGH SCHOOL: Eastview High School (2004) four-year letterwinner all-state selection in the 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons earned all-conference honors three consecutive years, named the team s rookie of the year her freshman season was the Minnesota state runner-up in the 200 individual medley her senior season team captain her senior season voted the team s Most Valuable Swimmer in her senior year held a career best time of 2:06.86 in the 200 IM, 1:06.66 in the 100 fly, and in the 100 free. PERSONAL: Transferred from Arizona State born April 1, 1985 majoring in English daughter of Tim and Suzanne Howard. Jennifer Hasling 7

10 S W I M M E R HOLLY JAKITS Diving Jr. Boca Raton, Fla. Spanish River High School P R O F I L E S CHRISTINE JENNINGS Middle Distance Free Fr. Longmont, Colo. Niwot High School KRISTA KEZBERS Free Fly Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla. Putnam City North High School SOPHOMORE SEASON: Earned her second letter, competing in every meet of the season CSCAA Academic All-American honorable mention Academic All-Big Ten selection finished third in the platform at the Minnesota Invite (11/21) placed second in the platform at the Georgia Invite with a score of earned 13 points at the Big Ten Championships for the Gophers Big Ten finalists in the platform, finishing sixth overall placed fifth overall in the platform at the Zone C diving zones (3/13) FRESHMAN SEASON: Earned her first varsity letter competed in the Big Ten Championships, earning 16 points finished third in the platform at the Big Ten Championships (387.00) added a fourth-place finish in the platform at the Georgia Invite (392.85) placed sixth in the 1-meter diving at quad duals (Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin) finished second on the platform at the Minnesota Invite (377.00). HIGH SCHOOL: Spanish River High School (2003) fouryear letterwinner in diving three-time Florida High School State Championship finalist a four-time U.S. Junior National selection finishing ninth overall in the platform a four-time U.S. Senior National honoree finished second in the platform diving competition at the 2003 All-Star International Invitational at the junior level. PERSONAL: Born April 4, 1985 nutritional science major daughter of Ann and Bernie Jakits. JAKITS TOP SCORES Year Event Score meter meter (11 dives) Platform HIGH SCHOOL: Niwot High School (2005) swam for Boulder Swim Club U.S. national qualifier in the 200, 400, 800, 1500 free events competed in the 200, 400, 800 and 1500 at the 2005 U.S. nationals placed 25th at the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 400 free won the 2004 Junior National championship in the 400 free NISCA All-American and Academic All-American enters her freshman season with lifetime best times of 2:04.05 in the 200 free, 4:17.65 in the 400-meter free, 8:52.30 in the 800-meter free, 16:38.9 in the 1650-yard free and 17:03.59 in the 1500-meter free. PERSONAL: Born May 7, 1987 plans to major in marketing daughter of Stephen and Gail Jennings lists going to the 2004 Olympic Trials as her most memorable sports thrill. Holly Jakits SOPHOMORE SEASON: Earned her second letter after competing in all but one meet for the Gophers had 16 dual meet points held Minnesota s fourth-fastest time in the 50 free (23.72) and fifth-fastest time in the 100 free (51.74) member of the 400 free relay that held the best time of the season at 3:22.99 member of the Academic All-Big Ten team placed second with the 200 medley relay in duals against Iowa State (10/29) and the Minnesota Invite (11/20) placed fifth with the 200 medley relay at the Georgia Invite (12/4) finished seventh in the 50 free at the Quad Duals (1/28) competed in the 50 free, the 100 fly and 100 free at the Big Ten Championships helped the Gophers to an eighth-place finish in the 400 free relay at Big Tens FRESHMAN SEASON: Earned her first varsity letter competed in the 50, 100 and 200 free at the Big Ten Championships finished fourth with the 200 free relay and the 400 free relay at the Georgia Invite placed 16th in the 50 free at the Georgia Invite placed eighth against Illinois and Purdue and ninth against Wisconsin at quad duals (25.01) finished seventh in the 100 free against Northwestern competed in the 50, 100 and 200 free at the Minnesota Invitational. HIGH SCHOOL: Putnam City North (2003) won the state championship in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle earned NISCA All-America honors in 2003 named the 2003 Oklahoma Female Swimmer of the Year and the Daily Oklahoma Female Swimmer of the Year was the Oklahoma state runner-up in the 50 free and the 100 fly her junior season a four-time conference champion in the 50 and 100 free was named the Putnam City North MVP as a sophomore in 2001 gained all-state, all-city and all-conference honors four straight seasons also a member of the Kerr-McGee Swim Club was a four-year letterwinner in track earned two conference championships in the high jump and was a three-time state qualifier. PERSONAL: Born July 22, 1985 kinesiology major daughter of John and Annette Kezbers. KEZBERS TOP TIMES Year Event Time free free free : fly

11 AMY KILLPATRICK Distance Free So. Elk River, Minn. Elk River High School CECILE LAMOUR Fly Free Sr. Sevres, France Eagan High School S W I M M E R P R O F I L E S SHARON LEARY Free Fly So. Newton, Pa. Council Rock High School FRESHMAN SEASON: Earned her first varsity letter scored 20 points in dual action held the team s thirdfastest time in the 1000 free (10:28.93) and fourth-fastest in the 1650 free (17:24.63) placed third in the 1000 freestyle during her first two varsity meets against Iowa State (10/29) and Iowa (11/6) finished ninth overall in the 1650 free at the Minnesota Invite (11/21) competed in the 1650 free against Ohio State and Michigan State (1/22), finishing third overall participated in her first Big Ten Championships, competing in the 500 free, the 400 IM and the 1650 free. HIGH SCHOOL: Elk River High School (2004) named an all-conference selection six consecutive years from all-state selection from NISCA 2003 All-America consideration in the 200 medley relay team s Most Valuable Swimmer four straight seasons ( ) competed in the Speedo Sectionals in the summer of 2003, finishing eighth in the 1500-meter free also competed in the Speedo Sectionals in the 2004, finishing seventh in the 800-meter free and the 1500 free enters the Gophers with a 17:17.43 time in the 1650 free, 10:29.0 in the 1000 free, 5:03.72 in the 500 free and 1:55.69 in the 200 free. PERSONAL: Born September 23, 1985 political science major daughter of Phil and Colleen Killpatrick father, Phil, swam for the Golden Gophers mother, Colleen, swam for Iowa State. KILLPATRICK S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free : free : free :24.63 YUEN KOBAYASHI Distance Free Fr. Osaka, Japan Kindai High School JUNIOR SEASON: Competed in five events during the regular season competed in the 500 free in the dual against Iowa (11/6) placed 20th overall in the 200 fly at the Minnesota Invite (11/20) also competed in the 100 fly and the 500 free at the Minnesota Invite placed sixth overall in the 200 fly and seventh overall in the 500 free at the Minnesota Challenge (2/5) competed in the 50 and 100 free at the Speedo Champion Series (3/10) SOPHOMORE SEASON: Swam in six events placed first with the 400 free relay and second in the 200 butterfly at the Minnesota Challenge (2:16.83) finished seventh in the 500 free and eighth in the 200 fly against Iowa State added a seventh-place and a fifth-place showing in the 200 fly in the double dual against North Carolina and North Dakota FRESHMAN SEASON: Swam in three meets during her rookie season helped the 400 medley relay to a fourth-place finish at the Minnesota Challenge placed eighth in the 200 butterfly in the Gophers dual meet victory over Iowa. HIGH SCHOOL: Eagan High School (2002) member of the Eagan High School team that finished third at the state championships all-state selection in the 200 and the 400 free relay All-American honorable mention in the 200 medley relay member of the Clearwater Aquatics team in and the Dolphin Aquatics team in graduated high school with a 3.8 GPA. PERSONAL: Born May 14, 1984 biology major daughter of Didier Lamour. LAMOUR S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free : free : fly : FRESHMAN SEASON: Competed in four events during the regular season for the Gophers finished sixth in the 400 individual medley against Iowa (11/6) earned a 13th-place finish in the 200 fly and 19th in the 1650 free at the Minnesota Invitational (11/19) placed third in the 200 and the 1650 free at the Minnesota Challenge (2/4). HIGH SCHOOL: Council Rock High School (2004) state qualifier all four years won the state championship in the 200 free in 2001 won the 200 and 500 district championship in 2001 and the 500 free championship in 2002 all-conference and all-state selection four straight seasons competed at the 2004 Speedo Sectionals in 2004 held a career-best time of 1:51.13 in the 200 free and 4:57.00 in the 500 free. PERSONAL: Born Oct. 8, 1985 undecided on a major daughter of Joyce and Edward Leary. LEARY S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free : free : fly :13.45 HIGH SCHOOL: Kindai High School (2005) competed with Mission Viejo this past summer and competed at the U.S. summer nationals competed in the 200-meter free and the 400 free at summer nationals placed sixth in the 400 meter at the 2005 Japan Nationals finished sixth at the 2004 Olympic Trials in the 200-meter free enters her freshman season with times of in the 100-meter free, 2:03.73 in the 200-meter free, 4:17.99 in the 400-meter free and 8:53.24 in the 800-meter free. PERSONAL: Born May 16, 1986 plans to major in business daughter of Satoshi Kobayashi. Cecile Lamour 9

12 10 S W I M M E R P R O F I L E S JUNIOR SEASON: Competed in nine events, earning her third varsity letter placed sixth in the 100 breaststroke and seventh in the 200 breaststroke at the Minnesota Invitational member of the 200 free relay that finished eighth overall at the Georgia Invite placed 14th and 20th in the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Georgia Invite competed in the 50 free, the 100 breast and the 200 breast at the Big Ten Championships (2/16) finished 16th in the 100 breast at the Speedo Champion Series (3/10) SOPHOMORE SEASON: Competed in the 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships earned her second letter member of the seventh-place 200 free relay at the Georgia Invite finished ninth at the Georgia Invite in the 100 breast added an eighth-place 100 breast finish at the Quad Duals placed fifth in the 100 breast against Kansas finished 19th in the 100 breast at the Minnesota Invite FRESHMAN SEASON: Saw action in seven meets swam in three individual events at the Big Ten Championships posted a 25th-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.32), 36th place in the 200 breaststroke (2:25.46) and 52nd in the 200 individual medley (2:12.44) a member of the second-place 400 medley relay in dual meet win over Florida Atlantic and the runner-up 200 medley relay at the Minnesota Challenge varsity letterwinner. HIGH SCHOOL: Madison Memorial (2002) member of the Madison Memorial team that was ranked third in the nation among public schools and won three state championships won state in the 100 breast in 2001 set a state record in the 200 free relay qualified for Junior Nationals from in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, 50 free and 200 IM qualified for senior nationals in the 100 breaststroke in 1998 All-American selection in the 100 breaststroke, 200 medley relay and the 200 free relay member of Team Wisconsin in 1997 winning zones in the 100 breaststroke placed third at the Speedo Championship series in the 100 breaststroke as a member of the Badger Aquatics Club in PERSONAL: Born July 3, 1984 psychology major daughter of Gerrit and Sharon Marshall. MARSHALL S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free free breast : breast :23.43 KATHERINE MARSHALL Breast Free Sr. Madison, Wis. Madison Memorial High School MEREDITH MCCARTHY Free Fr. The Woodlands, Texas Oak Ridge High School HIGH SCHOOL: Oak Ridge High School (2005) 12-time NISCAAll-American won the state championship in the 200 free held the team record in the 50, 100 and 200 free events four-time all-state selection named the regional swimmer of the year in 2002 and 2003 district champion in also competed with the Woodlands Swim Team selected to participate in the USA Swimming National camp national qualifier in the 100 free finished second in the 100 free and was a member of the champion 800 free relay at the 2004 Junior Nationals enters her freshman season with lifetime best times of in the 50-yard free, in the 100-yard free and 1:51.22 in the 200-yard free. PERSONAL: Born August 9, 1987 interested in majoring in liberal arts daughter of David and Karen McCarthy lists music, reading, camping and art as her hobbies. BRIDGET MCCOY Co-Captain Breast Sr. West St. Paul, Minn. Henry Sibley High School JUNIOR SEASON: Scored 100 points in dual meet action, as well as 30.5 in the Big Ten Championships member of the Academic All-Big Ten team and a Minnesota Scholar Athlete CSCAA Academic All- American honorable mention held the team s best time in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.58) helped the 200 medley relay set a meet record against Iowa (11/6) finished second overall in the 200 breast and fourth overall in the 100 breast at the Minnesota Invite (11/19) placed third in the 200 breast and sixth in the 100 breast at the Georgia Invite (12/3) won the 100 and 200 breaststroke events in the double dual against Ohio State and Michigan State (1/22) placed third in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke in the Quad Duals (1/28) earned points for the Gophers in four of five events contested at the Big Ten Championships (2/16) finished seventh and 13th in the 100 and 200 breast events and helped the 200 and 400 medley relays to a seventh and sixth-place finish SOPHOMORE SEASON: Collected 16 points in dual meets and 15 in the Big Ten Championships finished ninth in the 100 breaststroke and 11th in the 200 breast at the Big Ten Championships accomplished provisional qualifying times at the Big Ten Championships in the 100 (1:03.53) and 200 breaststroke (2:17.69), career bests holds the eighth fastest time in school history in the 200 breast (2:17.69) and ninth in the 100 (1:03.53) held the team s second-fastest time in the 200 breast (2:17.69) placed 10th in the 100 breast and 11th in the 200 at the Georgia Invite competed in the 200 breast- stroke at the Minnesota Invite earned her second letter Academic All-Big Ten honoree FRESHMAN SEASON: Competed in nine meets, concentrating on the breaststroke placed 11th in the 100 breast (1:04.17) at the Big Ten Championships, with the third-fastest time on the team this season added a 20th-place finish in the 200 breast (2:21.75) and a 46th place showing in the 200 individual medley (2:10.89) captured her first race title, winning the 200 breast in the Gophers dual meet win over North Dakota helped 400 medley relay to win at the Minnesota Challenge varsity letterwinner. HIGH SCHOOL: Henry Sibley High School (2002) was the 2002 junior national champion in the 50-meter breaststroke finished fourth in the 100-meter and sixth in the 200-meter breaststroke at junior nationals four-year all-conference selection holds the school record in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 IM 2002 state champion in the 100 breaststroke and placed third in the 200 IM voted the team s most valuable swimmer her sophomore, junior and senior seasons All-American consideration in the 100 breaststroke named a St. Paul Pioneer Press Prep Athlete of the Week in her sophomore and senior seasons USA Swimming Academic All-American her sophomore and senior years. PERSONAL: Born Dec. 6, 1983 majoring in sport management daughter of Louis and Peg McCoy. McCOY S TOP TIMES Year Event Time breast : breast : IM :10.83 Erin O Neil

13 ERIN O NEIL Free Back Fly So. Batavia, Ill. Rosary High School MARY PATREK Breast Sr. Eden Prairie, Minn. Minnetonka High School S W I M M E R P R O F I L E S SARAH PERROTT Co-Captain Free Back Sr. Northfield, Minn. Northfield High School FRESHMAN SEASON: Led the freshmen class in dual meet points with 73 earned first varsity letter CSCAA Academic All-American honorable mention made an immediate impact for the Gophers, ranking in the top five in six individual events and one relay held the team s second-fastest time in the 100 (56.34) and 200 fly (2:04.87) held the team s third-fastest time in the 500 free (4:57.88) and fourth in the 100 back (58.15) in her first meet of the season, helped the Gophers place in the top eight in the 200 and 400 medley relays and the 800 free relay at the Georgia Invite (12/3) finished second in the 100 fly, third in the 200 fly and first with the 400 free relay in the double dual against Ohio State and Michigan State (1/22) finished fourth overall in the 100 fly at the Quad Duals member of the 800 free relay that placed sixth at the Big Ten Championships (2/16). HIGH SCHOOL: Rosary High School (2004) NISCA All- America honoree in named the team s Most Valuable Swimmer for three straight seasons finished third in the 200 free and fourth in the 100 free at the 2003 Illinois state meet was the state runner up in the 200 free in 2002 U.S. Open qualifier all-state selection from won the conference championship with Rosary in 2003 and finished second in the state also swam on the Westmont Swim Club team from and the Academy Bullets Swim Club team from PERSONAL: Born November 24, 1985 undecided on a major daughter of Lori and Brian O Neil high school teammate of former Gopher swimmer Megan Moore. O NEIL S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free : back fly fly : JUNIOR SEASON: Earned her third varsity letter Academic All-Big Ten selection had 51 dual meet points, ranking second among breaststroke swimmers held the team s fourth-fastest time in the 100 (1:04.56) and the 200 (2:20.06) breaststroke events won the 100 and 200 breast in the dual against Iowa State (10/29) followed her Iowa State performance with a first-place 100 breast showing in the dual against Iowa (11/6) finished fifth in the 200 and seventh in the 100 breast in the double dual against Ohio State and Michigan State (1/22) earned fifth place in the 200 breast at the Quad Duals (1/29) scored three points at the Big Ten Championships finished 15th in the 200 and 16th in the 100 breast at Big Tens earned lifetime bests in both the 100 and 200 breaststrokes during the prelims of the Big Ten Championships SOPHOMORE SEASON: Swam in the Big Ten Championships, earning her second letter competed in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley at the league championships, setting a lifetime best in the 100 breast (1:05.80) placed 11th in the 200 individual medley at the Minnesota Challenge finished ninth with as a member of the 200 free relay at the Georgia Invite added a 13th-place 200 breast finish at the Minnesota Invite placed fourth in the 100 breast against Northwestern Academic All-Big Ten selection FRESHMAN SEASON: Swam in five events in her rookie season swam in three individual events at the Big Ten Championships placed 28th in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.99), 30th in the 200 breast (2:23.33) and 83rd in the 50 free (26.06) her top individual finish was a sixth-place showing in 200 breast at the meet against Kansas and Colorado State placed seventh in the 200 breast and 10th in the 100 breast at the Speedo Series meet varsity letterwinner. HIGH SCHOOL: Minnetonka High School (2002) four-year letterwinner in swimming named the team s rookie of the year three-time all-conference selection all-state selection in the 100 breaststroke two-time team captain broke school and pool record in the 100 breaststroke as a junior All-American honorable mention in the 200 medley relay, which was a school and pool record placed ninth at Junior Nationals in 2000 voted team s Hardest Worker her junior and senior seasons part of five school records at Minnetonka National Honor Society three-year letterwinner in nordic skiing team captain in nordic skiing an all-conference honorable mention. PERSONAL: Born November 16, 1983 kinesiology major daughter of Bill and Irene Patrek high school teammate of current Gopher swimmer Emma Sinkler JUNIOR SEASON: Finished the season with 112 dual meet points, ranking second on the team held the team s second-fastest time in the 100 free (50.71) and third-fastest in the 50 free (23.34) member of the team s fastest 200 (1:32.28) and 400 free relays (3:22.99) and the 200 medley relay (1:43.41) won the 50 and 100 free in the dual against Iowa State (10/29) set a meet record of in the 100 free against Iowa (11/6) competed in eight events at the Minnesota Invitational (11/19) won the 100 free and finished second in the 50 free at the Minnesota Invite and was a member fo the second-place 200 free relay competed in three individual events and four relays at the Georgia Invite (12/3) set a meet record against Michigan State with the 400 medley relay finished third overall in the 50 free at the Quad Duals (1/28) competed in six events at the Big Ten Championships, earning 19 points placed 13th in the 100 free and 18th in the 50 free set a personal best time in the 100 free at Big Tens earned third varsity letter SOPHOMORE SEASON: Member of the 200 free relay that set a school record (1:31.96) held the third-fastest time in the 50 free (23.41), provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Championships had 85.5 dual meet points holds the school s 10th fastest time in the 50 free finished 18th in the 100 free at the Big Ten Championships member of the fifth-place 400 free relay at the Big Ten Championships helped the Gophers to a second-place 400 free finish at the Quad Duals against Illinois, Purdue and Wisconsin placed second with the 200 and 400 free relays and seventh with the 200 medley relay at the Georgia Invite finished eighth in the 50 free at the Minnesota Invite earned her second letter FRESHMAN SEASON: Competed in nine meets in her first season with the Golden Gophers swam three individual events at the Big Ten Championships placed 33rd in the 100 backstroke (59.01), 36th in the 100 freestyle (52.19) and 40th in the 50 free (24.08) swam the Gophers third-fastest 100 free time of the season at the conference meet anchored the winning 400 free relay at the Minnesota Challenge varsity letterwinner. HIGH SCHOOL: Northfield High School (2002) six-year letterwinner in swimming five-time all-conference selection and four-time all-state honoree All-American honorable mention member of the 1998 Northfield state championship team two-time member of the state championship 400 free relay event two-time state champion in the 100 free in 2000 and 2001 state champion in the 50 free and the 200 medley relay. PERSONAL: Born June 2, 1983 child psychology major daughter of Larry Perrott and Cathy Priess-Perrott. PATREK S TOP TIMES Year Event Time breast : breast :20.06 PERROTT S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free free back

14 S W I M M E R KATIE PROELL Breast Sr. Minnetonka, Minn. Hopkins High School P R O F I L E S DANIELLE RIDDER IM Fly Fr. Ballwin, Mo. Parkway West High School ANDREA ROSENBERG Breast Free Fr. Grafton, Wis. Grafton High School JUNIOR SEASON: Earned her third varsity letter, competing in every meet of the season held the team s fifth-fastest time in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.79) placed 11th overall in the 100 breaststroke at the Minnesota Invitational (11/19) competed in the 50 free and the 100 and 200 breaststrokes at the Georgia Invite finished third in the 200 free relay and the 200 medley relay at the Minnesota Challenge (2/4) competed in the 50 free and the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships placed 26th in the 100 breast at Big Tens SOPHOMORE SEASON: Held 25 dual meet points competed in the 50 free and the 100 and 200 breaststrokes at the Big Ten Championships clocked a time of 1:05.37 in the 100 breast for 19th overall, while adding a time of 2:22.22 in the 200 breast for 26th overall chipped in a time of 1:06.14 in the 100 breast at the Quad Duals placed seventh with the 200 medley relay at the Georgia Invite finished 10th in the 100 breast and 17th in the 200 at the Georgia Invite competed in three individual events and one relay at the Minnesota Invite earned her second varsity letter FRESHMAN SEASON: Swam in three individual events at the Big Ten Championships placed 22nd in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.94), 33rd in the 200 breast (2:24.67) swam the team s fourth-fastest time in the 100 breast (1:04.51) to finish fourth in the event at the Minnesota Invite swam the breaststroke leg of the 400 medley relay that placed second in the dual meet victory over Iowa varsity letterwinner. HIGH SCHOOL: Hopkins High School (2002) five-year letterwinner in swimming junior national qualifier and USS state champion five-year all-state and all-conference selection from All-American honoree in 2000 won the state championship in 2000 in the 100 breaststroke placed third in the state in the 100 breaststroke in 1999 member of the Hopkins team that finished second in the state holds the school record in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 medley relay. PERSONAL: Born June 28, 1984 sports studies major daughter of Duane Proell and Cindy Shaughnessy Proell father, Duane, is the events director for the Minnesota Aquatic Center. PROELL S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free breast : breast :22.22 HIGH SCHOOL: Parkway West graduate (2005) competed with Parkway West her freshman and senior seasons held the high school record in the 100 fly and the 200 free relay runner-up in the 100 fly and placed third in the 200 IM at the Missouri State High School Championships all-metro first team in 2005 also competed with the Parkway Swim Club Junior National qualifier in the 400 IM sectional qualifier. PERSONAL: Born February plans to major in health science daughter of Elmer and Robyn Ridder club teammate of Minnesota men s swimmer Michael Woodson. Katie Proell HIGH SCHOOL: Grafton High School (2005) four-year letterwinner in swimming and a letterwinner in track holds the high school record in the 100 breaststroke, the 200 and 400 free relay and the 200 medley relay Speedo sectional qualifier was a member of the Grafton High School state runner-up team in 2003 and state champion team in 2004 named a NISCA and a WISCA Academic Scholar was also a National Honor Society member. PERSONAL: Born February 17, 1987 plans to major in biomedical engineering daughter of Neal II and Donna Rosenberg has a younger brother Neal III. 12

15 ABBY RUESS Breast Fly IM Sr. Edina, Minn. Edina High School ERICA SCHIFFLER Diving Fr. Woodbury, Minn. Woodbury High School S W I M M E R P R O F I L E S JENNY SHAUGHNESSY Free Fly IM Fr. Rochester, Minn. Lourdes High School JUNIOR SEASON: Recorded the team s second fastest time in the 200 IM (2:05.37) and third-fastest in the 200 breaststroke (2:19.59) scored 34 dual meet points Academic All-Big Ten selection and a Minnesota Scholar athlete placed third in the 200 breast and eighth in the 200 IM at the Minnesota Invite (11/19) finished eighth overall in the 200 breast at the Georgia Invite (12/3) finished fifth overall in the 200 IM and sixth in both the 200 breast and the 400 IM at the Quad Duals (1/28) finished 14th overall in the 200 breast and 16th in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships also finished 22nd overall in the 400 IM. HIGH SCHOOL: Woodbury High School (2005) finished high school career as a five-time all-conference selection and a four-time all-state honoree was also named an All-American in 2002 and 2003 member of the state championship team in 2004 earned five varsity letters in diving and four letters in gymnastics member of the Twin City Divers and went to Junior Nationals three years Athena award winner. PERSONAL: Born August 25, 1987 undecided a major daughter of Bill and Lisa Schiffler father, Bill, played basketball at Augustana. HIGH SCHOOL: Lourdes High School (2005) swam with John Marshall High School earned NISCA All- American honors in 2002, 2003 and 2004 named the Minnesota State High School Swimmer of the Year her senior season four-time all-state and all-conference selection from her freshman to senior seasons fouryear letterwinner state champion in the 200 individual medley and 100 free competed in club swimming for 11 years, recently with Med-City Aquatics enters her freshman year with career-best times of in the 50 free, in the 100 free and 2:02.95 in the 200 individual medley SOPHOMORE SEASON: Had 49.5 dual meet points competed in three individual events at the Big Ten Championships added a career best in the 200 individual medley (2:05.89), 100 fly (56.95) and 200 breaststroke (2:19.10) at Big Tens held the team s third fastest time in the 200 breast and the 200 fly, while adding the fourth best in the 100 fly and the 200 IM finished seventh overall in the 200 breaststroke and 200 IM and 12th overall in the 100 fly at the Georgia Invite also a member of the seventh-place 200 free and medley relays at the Georgia Invite voted by her teammates as Hardest Worker earned her second letter Academic All-Big Ten selection FRESHMAN SEASON: Competed in 10 meets in her rookie season the second-highest freshman scorer and seventh overall with 69 dual meet points swam times on the team s top five in all three events she swam at the Big Ten Championships placed 15th in the 200 breaststroke (2:19.96), 18th in the 400 individual medley (4:28.58) and 24th in the 200 IM (2:05.91) won the 200 IM in the dual meet victory over Iowa swept the 100 and 200 butterfly versus North Dakota varsity letterwinner. HIGH SCHOOL: Edina High School (2002) member of the 2000, 2001 and 2002 state championship teams threetime participant of the U.S. Open in five events threetime junior national participant national qualifier in the summer of 2001 placed 10th at the U.S. Open in 2000 national select camp participant named the Minnesota Class AA 2001 Swimmer of the Year earned All- America honors nine times four-year all-conference selection was the state champion in the 100 breaststroke and the 200 IM her senior year holds the state Class AA record in the 100 breaststroke holds three school records named the KARE 11 Athlete of the Week. PERSONAL: Born August 1, 1984 majoring in accounting and finance daughter of Bernard and Barb Ruess. RUESS TOP TIMES Year Event Time fly breast : IM : IM :31.38 Abby Ruess PERSONAL: Born January 15, 1987 undecided on a major daughter of William and Heidi Shaughnessy parents were members of the St. Olaf (Minnesota) swim team uncle, Shaun, was on the U.S. biathlon team and cousin Torin was on a member of the Olympic cross-country ski team. EMMA SINKLER Back So. Chanhassen, Minn. Minnetonka High School FRESHMAN SEASON: Competed in six meets in her rookie campaign finished sixth in the 100 back at the Iowa State meet (10/29) placed sixth in the 100 back and seventh in the 200 back in the dual against Iowa (11/6) competed with the 400 medley relay that finished ninth at the Minnesota Invite (11/20) finished eighth overall in the double dual against Ohio State and Michigan State (1/22) won the 200 back and the 200 medley relay at the Minnesota Challenge (2/5) had the team s fourth-fastest time in the 200 back (2:06.78). HIGH SCHOOL: Minnetonka High School (2004) earned four letters NISCA All-American in 2004 all-conference selection four straight seasons from helped the 200 medley and free relays to school records all-state honoree three years team captain also swam for the Twin Cities Swim Club team entered her Gopher career with a time of in the 100 back and 2:09.86 in the 200 back. PERSONAL: Born July 15, 1986 undecided on a major high school teammate of current Gopher swimmer Mary Patrek daughter of Paul and Maureen Sinkler. SINKLER S TOP TIMES Year Event Time back back :

16 S W I M M E R LINDSEY ST. MARTIN P R O F I L E S Free Fly Jr. Mendota Heights, Minn. Cretin-Derham Hall High School MORGAN SONSTEGARD Middle Distance Free IM So. Sioux Falls, S.D. The Bolles High School/Southern Illinois KAIT STRICKLAND IM Fly Fr. North Berwick, Maine Noble High School SOPHOMORE SEASON: Earned 37 dual meet points named to the 2005 Academic All-Big Ten team letterwinner started the season with fourth-place finishes in both the 200 butterfly and the 200 medley relay in the dual at Iowa State (10/29) finished second overall in the 200 fly in the Iowa dual (11/6) placed fifth with the 400 medley relay and eighth in the 100 fly at the Minnesota Invite (11/19) competed in seven events at the Georgia Invite, highlighted by a seventh-place finish with the 800 free relay (12/4) helped the 200 medley relay establish a meet record against Michigan State (1/22) finished fifth overall in the 200 fly at the Quad Duals (1/28) won the 100 fly and the 100 back at the Minnesota Challenge (2/5) competed in the 100 and 200 fly and the 100 back at the Big Ten Championships (2/18) FRESHMAN SEASON: Competed in eight meets in her freshman campaign finished second in the 100 fly and fourth in the 200 back and the 200 individual medley at the Minnesota Challenge competed in three individual events and three relays at the Minnesota event placed fourth with the 400 free relay against Iowa State. HIGH SCHOOL: Cretin-Derham Hall (2003) named an allstate selection in 2002 and 2003 earned all-conference honors four straight seasons named the team s most valuable swimmer in both her sophomore, junior and senior seasons member of the four-time conference championship team from sections champions in 2002 competed at junior nationals in 2002 also a letterwinner in track. PERSONAL: Born April 16, 1985 plans to major in business administration daughter of Mike and Mary Beth St. Martin. ST. MARTIN S TOP TIMES Year Event Time back back : fly fly :05.41 PRIOR TO MINNESOTA: Swam at Southern Illinois-Carbondale swam in three events at the conference championships. HIGH SCHOOL: The Bolles High School (2004) swam with The Bolles Shark swim team earned three letters in swimming member of the national high school championship team Florida state qualifier. PERSONAL: Born March 15, 1985 pre-nursing major daughter of Phil and Jackie Sonstegard sister Meghan and brother Peter swam for the Minnesota women s and men s swim teams enjoys playing volleyball, soccer, scrapbooking and collecting stamps. HIGH SCHOOL: Noble High School (2005) swam for the New England Barracudas club team competed in the 400 IM at the 2005 national championships also competed in the 400 IM at the 2004 national championships, finishing 24th overall graduated summa cum laude and was a three-time scholastic All-American. PERSONAL: Born April 2, 1987 plans to major in linguistics daughter of James and Diane Strickland. Katie Wind 14

17 VALERIE TUKEY Free Jr. San Diego, Calif. Torrey Pines High School JENNIFER WARMINGTON Distance Free Sr. New Berlin, Wis Brookfield Academy High School S W I M M E R P R O F I L E S KATIE WIND Back Free Sr. St. Paul, Minn. Trinity High School SOPHOMORE SEASON: Held the team s fastest time in the 1000 and 1650 frees and second-fastest in the 500 free 2005 CSCAA Academic All-American honorable mention named to the Big Ten All-Academic team letterwinner scored 62 dual meet points and 22 points in the Big Ten Championships finished second in the 200 and 500 free events at Iowa (11/6) placed second overall with the 800 free at the Minnesota Invite and fourth individually in the 200 free finished fifth in the 500 free and the 800 free relay at the Georgia Invite (12/3) finished second overall in the 1650 free in the double dual against Ohio State and MIchigan State (1/22) placed sixth overall in the 500 free at the Quad Duals (1/29) competed in four events at the Big Ten Championships, finishing in the top 10 in three events set a career-best time in the 500 free (4:49.39) and in the 1650 free (16:55.03) at the Big Ten Championships FRESHMAN SEASON: Added the more points in dual meets than any other freshmen with CSCAA Academic All-American honorable mention provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 free competed in three individual events and one relay event at the Big Ten Championships added a 16thplace finish in the 200 free event at Big Tens (1:51.39) helped the 800 free relay to a sixth-place finish at Big Tens clocked a time of 5:00.13 in the 500 free against Illinois, Purdue and Wisconsin at the Quad Duals finished third with the 800 free relay and fifth with the 400 medley relay at the Georgia Invite placed ninth in the 200 free at the Minnesota Invite earned first letter. HIGH SCHOOL: Torrey High School (2003) won eight California Interscholastic Federation championships in both the 100 and 200-yard freestyle led Torrey Pines High School to a first-place CIF finish in 2001 earned NISCA All-America honors four consecutive seasons holds the San Diego record in the 200 free also a member of the North Coast Aquatics club team and is an Olympic trial qualifier. PERSONAL: Born November 23, 1985 journalism major daughter of Robert and Joan Tukey. TUKEY S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free : free : free : free : JUNIOR SEASON: Earned 12 dual meet points during the season competed in five meets placed fourth in the 1000 free in the Iowa State and Iowa duals finished seventh overall with the 800 free relay at the Minnesota Invite (11/19) placed ninth in the 1000 free and 13th in the 200 back at the Quad Duals (1/28) won the 500 free and the 1650 free at the Minnesota Challenge (2/5) SOPHOMORE SEASON: Ranked in the top fivefastest times in the 200 free (1:52.49), 500 free (5:00.37), 1000 free (10:24.98) and 1650 free (17:19.18) added 45.5 dual meet points competed in three individual events at the Big Ten Championships won the 500 free at the Minnesota Challenge finished 16th in the 500 free at the Georgia Invite member of the ninthplace 800 free relay at the Georgia Invite helped the 800 free relay to a seventh-place finish at the Minnesota Invite Academic All-Big Ten honoree letterwinner FRESHMAN SEASON: Competed in 10 meets during her rookie season swam three freestyle events varying in distance from 200 to 1,650 yards at the Big Ten Championships placed 24th in the 200 free (1:51.87) and the 1,650 free (17:13.16) and 25th in the 500 free (4:56.82) her times in all three of those events ranked as the third-fastest on the team during the season varsity letterwinner. HIGH SCHOOL: Brookfield Academy (2002) competed in the 200 and 500 free for Brookfield Academy four-time varsity captain in swimming competed in softball and track was the captain of the track team in 2001 member of the Waukesha Express Swim Team held the team record in the 500 free and the 200 IM received the senior leadership award in 2002 member of the service club, the academic decathlon and the ambassadors club. PERSONAL: Born September 8, 1983 public relations major daughter of Thomas and Cathy Warmington. WARMINGTON S TOP TIMES Year Event Time free : free : free : free : JUNIOR SEASON: CSCAA Academic All-American honorable mention held the team s fastest time in the 100 and 200 back named to the Academic All-Big Ten team won the 100 and 200 back at the Iowa State dual (10/29) helped the 200 and 400 medley relays to thirdplace finishes at the Minnesota Invite (11/19) set meet records against Michigan State in the 100 and 200 backs finished third in the 100 and 200 backs at the Quad Duals (1/28) scored 29.5 points at the Big Ten Championship, ranking fifth on the team placed seventh in the 200 back (1:59.72) and eighth in the 100 back (56.66) at the league championships, setting the year s best times letterwinner SOPHOMORE SEASON: Collected 57.5 dual meet points held the second-fastest time in the 100 and 200 backstrokes competed in three individual events in the Big Ten Championships placed 12th in the 100 back with a career best time of added a 13th-place finish in the 200 back adding a lifetime best time of 2:02.37 placed 10th in the 100 back at the Georgia Invite helped the 200 medley relay to a fifth-place finish and the 400 free relay to a eighth-place showing at the Georgia Invite finished sixth in the 200 back at the Minnesota Invite CSCAA Academic All-American earned second varsity letter FRESHMAN SEASON: Swam in nine meets in her first season collegiate season scored in the 200 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships, placing 13th in a time of 2:02.94, the second-fastest time for the Gophers during the season added another team top-five time in the 100 back, placing 24th in also finished 33rd in 200 freestyle (1:53.47) won the 100 back and placed second in the 200 back in dual meet victory over North Dakota varsity letterwinner. HIGH SCHOOL: Trinity High School (2002) four-year letterwinner in swimming competed at the junior nationals in 2000 and 2002 competed at junior nationals, finishing fourth in the 200 back, fifth in the 50 back and 100 back in 2002 competed at the U.S. Open in 2001 finished 14th in the 200 back at nationals in 2000 as a freshman, finished first at sections in the 200 and 500 free and went on to place second in the Class A state tournament won the two state titles in the 200 and three in the 500 free in 1999, 2000 and 2001 set a state record in both the 200 and 500 free in 2001 named the Pioneer Press Athlete of the Season in 2001 and was the Class A Female Swimmer of the Year. PERSONAL: Born August 11, 1984 family social science major daughter of Jerry and Susan Wind. WIND S TOP TIMES Year Event Time back back :

18 16 U N I V E R S I T Y A Q U A T I C C E N T E R Designed as an international-caliber facility and opened in 1990, the University Aquatic Center (UAC) is also a broad-based programming facility that serves not only athletics, but the entire University community. The facility has its own training room adjacent to the 50-meter pool. The swimmers and divers have their own weight room, which includes mini-gyms and free weights. The divers conduct dry land training with a Porta-Pit. A bubbler system in the diving well serves the platforms and one 3-meter springboard. There are two underwater viewing windows one for the diving well and one in the main pool which can be used for training purposes or television cameras. A wet classroom off the pool deck serves for team meetings, classes, media work areas and rub-downs. Major competitions held or upcoming at the University Aquatic Center: 2007 NCAA Men s and Women s Swimming & Diving Championships 2005 Big Ten and NCAA Men s Swimming & Diving Championships 2004 Big Ten Women s Swimming & Diving Championships 2002 US Senior Nationals 2001 Big Ten Men s Swimming & Diving Championships 2000 NCAA Zone Diving, NCAA Men s Swimming & Diving Championships 1999 Big Ten Women s Swimming & Diving Championships 1998 NCAA Women s Swimming & Diving Championships, Big Ten Men s Swimming & Diving Championships, USS Collegiate National Synchronized Swimming Championships 1997 NCAA Zone Diving, NCAA Men s Swimming & Diving Championships, Junior National Synchronized Swimming Championships 1996 Big Ten Women s Swimming & Diving Championships, Phillips 66 Preliminaries Zone C diving meet, West Junior National Diving Championships, Midwest Senior Championships 1995 Big Ten Men s Swimming & Diving Championships, Phillips 66 Senior National Swimming Indoor Championships, U.S. Open Synchronized Swimming Championships, Midwest Senior Swimming Championships, Phillips 66 Outdoor Diving Preliminaries 1994 Men s NCAA and Big Ten Championships, Phillips 66 National Diving Championships, International Aquatic Exercise Association Convention, National Age Group Synchronized Swimming Championships 1993 NCAA Women s Swimming & Diving Championships, Speedo Junior National Swimming Championships, Masters National Swimming Championships, Midwest Senior Championships 1992 Big Ten Men s Swimming & Diving Championships, NCAA Zone C Diving Meet, The 1993 and 1998 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships were held at the University Aquatic Center, as well as Big Ten Women s Championships in 1991, 1996 and Midwest Regional Senior Swimming Championships 1991 U.S. Open, Big Ten Women s Swimming & Diving Championships, International Summer Special Olympics U.S. Championships, U.S. Olympic Festival

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34 Robert H. Bruininks was appointed the 15th president of the University of Minnesota on Nov. 8, He has served the University for 38 years, previously as professor, dean, and executive vice president and provost. Positioning for the future Bruininks is managing a major strategic positioning effort aimed at making the University one of the top three public research universities in the world within a decade. In many ways, we are already a leading research university, but the rapidly changing world of higher education requires that we not rest on our laurels and instead anticipate future needs and opportunities for education and research, Bruininks said. If we do not become more intentional about priorities and directions, our ability to serve our students and Minnesota will suffer. Bruininks vision for the University includes continued improvements to the student experience, building on recent successes such as special programming for first-year students, new and newly renovated residence halls and classrooms, improved academic counseling, and streamlined registration and financial aid processes. These innovations have helped fuel increased student satisfaction rates, increased numbers of applicants for admissions and enrollment, and significantly improved graduation rates. With more than 50,000 students enrolled in , the University of Minnesota Twin Cities is the second largest campus in the nation. To maintain that level of access for students there and at the University s three coordinate campuses, Bruininks has made funding for scholarships his No. 1 private fundraising priority. That includes a major new scholarship program for low income students called the Founders Opportunity Scholarship. Students at the University have unparalleled opportunities from which to choose among, from laboratories on the cutting edge of science to study abroad experiences to the chance to serve their communities through service learning. I want to be sure they re able to choose the University of Minnesota, he said. About President Bruininks Initially joining the University s faculty as an assistant professor of educational psychology, Bruininks s career has centered on accountability, policy research and development, and strategic improvement in the fields of prekindergarten to grade 12 and higher education. As a researcher, he has authored or coauthored nearly 90 journal articles and more than 70 book chapters, as well as training materials and several nationally standardized tests. Throughout his tenure at the University, he has founded and co-founded centers including the National Center on Educational Outcomes, the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Living, and the Institute on Community Integration. Bruininks has been honored with numerous awards, including a Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellowship. He is president emeritus of the American Association on Mental Retardation, serves on the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, and is a member of the Board of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges. Bruininks and his wife, Dr. Susan Hagstrum, have three grown sons, two of whom played sports at the Division I level, one grandson and another on the way in late July. Athletics Administration Senior Associate Athletics Director (Sport Administrator) Regina Sullivan Senior Associate Athletics Director (Finance & Administration) Liz Eull Associate Athletics Director (Development) Mike Halloran Associate Athletics Director (Championships & Sports Administration) Marc Ryan Associate Athletics Director (Facilities & Sports Administration) Scott Ellison Associate Athletics Director (External Relations) Gregg Shimanski Director of Athletic Compliance Frank Kara Director of Academic Counseling & Student Services Mark Nelson Director of Administrative Projects Sue Graupmann Faculty Athletic Representatives Richard Weinberg, Linda Brady In just three years as Director of Athletics at the University of Minnesota, Joel Maturi has develop the Golden Gopher athletic department into one of the elite programs in the country while maintaining a vision for a bright future. This past year, Maturi was instrumental in getting Gopher football one step closer to returning to campus when Twin Cities Federal (TCF) agreed to a $35 million corporate sponsorship, the largest corporate sponsorship of its kind involving college football. Gopher athletics is a window to our great university and we are fortunate that TCF realized the importance of what we are trying to accomplish, Maturi said. Bringing football Saturday s back to campus will not only reward our football program, but the students, alumni, fans and anyone else associated with the event. Maturi has led a department that has produced 412 Big Ten All-Academic selections the past two years, the highest two-year total in the history of athletics at Minnesota. Over 50 percent of Gopher student-athletes maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Since Maturi s arrival, more than 20 Gopher student-athletes have earned Academic All-America honors. During the academic year, the Gophers climbed to sixth-place in the NACDA Director s Cup standings following the winter sports season, the highest ranking ever for Minnesota in the competition. The Director s Cup recognizes overall athletic excellence by awarding points for NCAA competition in 10 men s and 10 women s sports. Eight Gopher teams advanced to NCAA post-season competition; with six teams ending the year with top 20 national finishes. Among the highlights from the past year was the football program s accomplishment of earning its third consecutive bowl win for the first time in school history with a victory over Alabama in the Music City Bowl. The Gopher women s hockey team won its second consecutive NCAA championship by defeating Harvard, 4-3, while the men s hockey team reached its third NCAA Frozen Four in the past four seasons. The Gopher women s volleyball team advanced to its second consecutive Final Four and reached the national championship game for the first time in school history. After a six-year absence from the NCAA Tournament, the men s basketball team returned to the NCAA tournament, while the women s basketball team reached its third consecutive Sweet 16. Two other Gopher teams finished the season in the top 20 with men s swimming & diving earning an 11th-place finish and men s cross country had an 18th-place showing at the NCAA Championships. Everyone associated with Golden Gopher athletics should be proud of our accomplishments this past year, Maturi said. The student-athletes, coaches, campus community and people of Minnesota all had a hand in our success. It is a credit to the quality student-athletes we have at Minnesota when you are able to combine academic accomplishments with athletic success. Maturi increased his leadership role within the Big Ten and NCAA during the past couple of years by being named to several prominent committees, most notably the NCAA Division I Management Council. He will serve as the Management Council s liaison to the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Maturi is also a member of the NCAA Division I Men s Ice Hockey Committee. Maturi was named the Director of Athletics at the U of M on July 12, The University s Board of Regents unanimously voted to name him the first Athletics Director of a combined athletics department. Maturi, a native of Chisholm, Minn., came to the U of M from Miami University (Ohio). He was the Director of Athletics at Miami since At Miami, Maturi was responsible for the management and leadership of 19 sports programs; all support staffs and nearly 600 student-athletes. His first season at Miami was an extremely successful one. The synchronized skating team won a national championship, the men s basketball team reached the NCAA Sweet 16, the volleyball team earned its first NCAA Tournament win, the men s cross country team advanced to the NCAA meet and the football team won 10 games against an impressive schedule. That year, six teams won Mid-American Conference titles while five coaches garnered Coach of the Year honors. The men s program captured the school s 20th Reese Trophy, an award that measures overall success of men s teams in the MAC. During his tenure at Miami, Maturi spearheaded fund-raising efforts for two important and necessary projects. In his final year, the Walter L. Gross Jr. Family Student-Athlete Development Center was opened and a new baseball field, McKie Field at Hayden Park, was dedicated. Prior to Miami, Maturi served as the Director of Athletics at the University of Denver from At Denver, Maturi led the school s move from Division II to Division I and oversaw the search for Division I conference affiliation. Maturi also assisted in the planning and the development of a $50 million Sports and Wellness Center and a $2.1 million tennis complex. Maturi is no stranger to the Big Ten. From , he worked at the University of Wisconsin. While there, he assisted in taking the financially challenged and struggling athletics program to profitability and unparalleled success. From , he was the Associate Director of Athletics with direct responsibility for all aspects of the football, ice hockey, wrestling, softball, men s and women s cross country, men s and women s rowing, men s and women s indoor and outdoor track and field, and the office of academic affairs. Maturi was named the Wisconsin Sports Person of the Year in Before entering the college ranks, Maturi spent 19 years as a high school coach and administrator at Madison Edgewood High School. He coached football, basketball, baseball and track and field, leading his teams to 10 state tournaments. Maturi was inducted into the Wisconsin Basketball Hall of Fame in Maturi received a B.A. in government from the University of Notre Dame in He also served on the support staff of Ara Parseghian s first national championship team. He earned a master s degree and certification for educational administration from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville in Maturi and his wife, Lois, have three children, Mark (29), Katie (28) and Anne (25).

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36 C O A C H I N G S T A F F TERRY NIESZNER CO-HEAD COACH SECOND SEASON Last year, the University of Minnesota set out to create something that had never been done in Minnesota women s swimming. Terry Nieszner and Kelly Kremer joined together and became co-head coaches. With the knowledge and experience of Nieszner as a long-time assistant from the women's program and Kremer, an associate from the men's program, the Maroon and Gold hoped that it would form into the perfect tandem. And it did. In just their first year at the helm of Minnesota swimming, Nieszner and Kremer s team ranked in the top 25 of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. After an impressive performance at the Georgia Invite, the Gophers entered the poll at No. 24. Minnesota was ranked as high as No. 23 following the Quad Duals against Big Ten opponents Wisconsin, Illinois and Purdue. The Gophers finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships, a higher finish then predicted. Minnesota finished the season with a 7-1 dual meet record and a 5-1 mark in Big Ten action. Not only did the Gophers improve in the pool, but also landed one of the best recruiting classes in the nation. Nieszner and Kremer recruited four summer national qualifiers (Christine Jennings, Yuen Kobayashi, Meredith McCarthy and Kait Strickland) as well as keeping Minnesota swimmers in state (Stephanie Gross, Stacy Busack and Jenny Shaughnessy). After serving as the women's swimming assistant coach for 27 years, Nieszner was named the interim head coach immediately following former head coach Jean Freeman's retirement. Nieszner worked closely with Freeman for nearly three decades, and their coaching philosophies, styles and skills complemented one another very well. Nieszner is a well-known and highly respected member of the swimming community. During Nieszner's tenure as an assistant, Minnesota won back-to-back Big Ten Championships in 1999 and 2000, and she coached 48 student-athletes to Big Ten titles in 53 individual events and 23 relay events. Since the start of Nieszner's coaching career, the Minnesota women's swimming and diving program has had 58 swimmers earn over 200 All-America certificates and have placed in the NCAA Championships 17 of the last 18 years. Nieszner guided some of the greatest swimmers, not only in the Big Ten, but in the nation. In her 27 years, Nieszner coached six-time All-American Diane Wallner, 12-time All-American and American record holder Gretchen Hegener and 10-time All-American Terri Jashinsky. Since the start of Nieszner's career, five student-athletes have earned the Big Ten Medal of Honor award, while seven were named the Women's Athletics Senior Athlete of the Year. Minnesota also excelled in the classroom, earning two GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in Uta Herrmann and Dana Baum. The Gophers have had over 100 Academic All-Big Ten honorees, since the award was initiated in A former Gopher swimmer, Nieszner was the first woman to earn All-America honors at the University of Minnesota. As a student-athlete, Nieszner was a fourtime All-American (1974, twice in 1975, 1976) and a twotime Big Ten champion (1974, 1977). She was inducted into the Minnesota Aquatics Hall of Fame in 1984, the M Club Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Minnesota Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in She graduated in 1977 with a degree in physical education. Nieszner, her husband, Tom, and sons Joe and Pat, reside in St. Paul, Minn. I think Kelly and I compliment each other well. We both have different ways of coaching, but it s good to get different perspectives. Kelly brings a certain strength and I think I bring a balance that you sometimes need. By being named co-head coaches, we doubled our strengths. We were both very strong in our positions and successful, which is another asset to the program. Terry Nieszner NIESZNER AT A GLANCE EDUCATION B.S. Physical Education, 1977 University of Minnesota COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Served as Minnesota women s swim coach under Jean Freeman for 27 years Coached the Golden Gophers to back-to-back Big Ten Championships in 1999 and 2000 Coached the Gophers to a 10th-place NCAA finish in and a 13th-place showing in Has coached 58 swimmers to over 200 All-America certificates Coached 12-time All-American and American record holder Gretchen Hegener Coached 10-time All-American Terri Jashinsky Over 80 swimmers have been named Academic All-Big Ten, while over 50 were CSCAA Academic All- Americans under Nieszner s tutelage ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Former Gopher swimmer from First woman at the University of Minnesota to ever earn All-America honors Four-time All-American Big Ten champion in 1974 and 1977 HONORS AND AWARDS Inducted into the Minnesota Aquatics Hall of Fame in 1984 Inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame in 1990 Inducted into the Minnesota Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame in

37 KELLY KREMER CO-HEAD COACH SECOND SEASON After just one year under Kelly Kremer and Terry Nieszner s tutelage, the duo has already made their mark on Gopher women s swimming. In just one season at the helm of the program, Kremer and Nieszner s team ranked in the top 25 of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. Minnesota finished the season with a 7-1 dual meet record and a 5-1 mark in Big Ten action. The Gophers finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships, a higher finish then predicted. Not only did the Gophers improve in the pool, but also landed one of the best recruiting classes in the nation. Kremer and Nieszner recruited four summer national qualifiers (Christine Jennings, Yuen Kobayashi, Meredith McCarthy and Kait Strickland) as well as keeping some of the top Minnesota swimmers in state (Stephanie Gross, Stacy Busack and Jenny Shaughnessy). Shortly after being named as co-head coach, Kremer was also named as an assistant coach with USA Swimming at the 2004 USA World Cup Team in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to becoming the women s swimming and diving co-head coach in the spring of 2004, Kremer was a member of the Minnesota men's swimming staff with head coach Dennis Dale. Kremer was an assistant coach for the Golden Gophers for four years before being promoted to the associate head coach position in Since Kremer's arrival in 1998, the Golden Gopher men s team won three Big Ten Championships, including back-to-back titles in 2001 and 2002 and again in The other three years the Maroon and Gold finished second at the league championships. The Gophers have also placed in the Top 10 at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships the past five years. Primarily responsible for middle distance and distance swimmers at Minnesota, Kremer was the personal coach for more then 30 NCAA All-America performances. Kremer coached some of the best men's swimmers in the country. Under his tutelage, Jeff Hackler was a 15-time All-American, a school record holder and a multiple Big Ten Champion in the breaststroke events. Kremer also coached All-American and Canadian Olympian Mike Brown and All-Americans Travis Beckerle, Ryan Plummer and Matt Taylor. Kremer has placed three of his athletes on teams that represented the United States in International competition. Justin Mortimer competed at the 2003 World University Games after winning the Big Ten Championship in the 1650 free. Mortimer went on to compete at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials, placing third in the 1500-meter freestyle. Hackler competed in the 2002 World University Games, while former women's swimmer Keri Hehn swam in the 2003 World University Games. Kremer also coached Keam Ang, who competed for Malaysia, and Yoav Meiri, who competed for Israel in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In addition, Kremer had the honor of being Team Mexico s coach at the 2002 Short Course World Championships in Moscow, Russia. A native of Mandan, N.D., Kremer began his coaching career in 1988 with the Springfield Aquatics Swim Team in Springfield, Mo. From Kremer was the Graduate Assistant Coach for Drury University, also in Springfield. He served as Head Coach for John Brown University for one year before moving to Mission Viejo, California in 1995 to serve as Assistant National Team Coach to Bill Rose and the Mission Viejo Nadadores from As an athlete, Kelly finished fifth in the 100 backstroke at the 1991 US Open and participated in the 1992 Olympic Trials in the same event. During his collegiate career, he was a 24-time NAIA National Champion and 29-time NAIA All American for Drury University, and was elected to the school s Sports Hall of Fame in the summer of Coach Kremer owns both a B.A. and M.Ed. in education, both from Drury. He resides in Apple Valley, Minn. with his wife, Eva Marie. C O A C H I N G S T A F F KREMER AT A GLANCE EDUCATION B.A. Education, Drury Univ. M.Ed., Drury Univ. COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS Served as an assistant coach with USA Swimming at the 2004 USA World Cup Team in Melbourne, Austrailia Served as the Minnesota mens assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach in 2002 Was the assistant coach to the Gophers 2001, 2002 and 2004 Big Ten Championships While serving as coach on the men s team, the Gophers placed in the Top 10 at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships the past five years Coached all middle distance events for the men s team since his arrival in 1998 Personally coached over 30 swimmers to NCAA All- America honors Recruited and coached four-time U.S. National Champion and two-time world short-course medalist Justin Mortimer Coached Canadian Olympian Mike Brown and All- Americans Travis Beckerle, Ryan Plummer and Matt Taylor Coached 15-time All-American Jeff Hackler Coached Keam Ang and Yoav Meiri in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Success relies so much on continuity, and the opportunity student athletes have in our program is hard to find. Terry and I both have been at Minnesota for many years, and will be here for many years to come! Kelly Kremer ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS Competed with Drury University Finished his career as a 24-time NAIA National Champion and 29-time NAIA All-American Finished fifth in the 100 back at the 1991 U.S. Open and participated in the 1992 Olympic Trials HONORS AND AWARDS Inducted into the Drury Sports Hall of Fame in the summer of 1997 Coached Team Mexico at the 2002 Short-Course World Championships Selected to serve as a coach to the U.S. Team in the 2004 World Cup in Melbourne 35

38 C O A C H I N G S T A F F JASON BAUMANN DIVING COACH DUANE PROELL AQUATIC CENTER PROGRAM DIRECTOR Jason Baumann enters his first season as the diving coach for the University of Minnesota. Prior to his hiring at Minnesota, Baumann served as the assistant coach at Indiana University. During Baumann s tenure, the Hoosiers won four combined team U.S. National Championships and four women s U.S. National Championships. At the 2005 Men s and Women s Big Ten Championships, three Indiana divers earned first-team All-Big Ten honors. Cassandra Cardinell, a 2004 U.S. Olympian, went on to become a NCAA champion in the platform event, while freshman diver Christina Loukas was named the Big Ten Diver of the Year. Marc Carleton also earned Big Ten Diver of the Year and first-team All-Big Ten honors. Along with his Division I experience, Baumann was also involved in both the Indiana Diving Club and the Indiana Diving Academy. With the diving club, Baumann served as the junior team head coach and was the assistant coach of the senior team. In his career, Baumann has coached a three-time Junior National champion, eight Junior National qualifiers, 25 Zone qualifiers and two Olympic Trail qualifiers. In 1999, Baumann became the head diving coach at the University of Wyoming. In his two years in Laramie, eight divers made the finals at the Mountain West Conference Championships. In 2000 he coached the men s conference platform champion, and in 2001 he was named the Mountain West Men s Diving Coach of the Year after all but one of his divers was a finalist in all three events. A native of Lincoln, Neb., Baumann won the Nebraska State High School Championship his junior season and was a two-time high school All- American. Following his high school career, Baumann was a four-year team captain for Indiana, a five-time Big Ten Championship finalist and was runnerup in the platform event in As a senior, Baumann qualified for the NCAA Championships and earned All-America honors in the platform. Along with his college experience, Baumann went on to compete at the U.S. National Championship 10 times. Baumann graduated from Indiana in 1995 with a bachelor s degree in political science and criminal justice with a minor in Mathematics. He later earned his master s degree in applied sport science in Baumann is married to Jenifer, a native of Belgrade, Mont., who earned a Juris Doctorate from Indiana University in The couple have a daughter Sidney, who is two years old. Duane Proell begins his 15th season with the Golden Gophers. He is responsible for operations and management of the University Aquatic Center and five related aquatic facilities on the U of M campus. He has presided over countless youth, high school, collegiate and national swimming championships during his tenure at the U of M. Proell, who has held several teaching and coaching positions, most recently was the aquatic coordinator and building director at the the Campbell County School Aquatics Center in Gillette, Wyo. A nationally certified pool operator and certified teacher, Proell has received several awards for aquatic expertise, including the Outstanding Aquatic Achievement Award from the National Spa and Pool Institute. In addition, he won the Citation and Exhibit Award at the 1983 American Association of School Administration Convention. He was chosen as the 1988 Supervisor of the Year by the Campbell County School District, and in 1989 was selected as the Educator of the Year by the Gillette Chamber of Commerce. A native of St. Cloud, Minn., Proell is a 1972 graduate of Mankato State University. 36

39 RYAN PURDY VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT SWIM COACH S U P P O R T S T A F F CAROLAN WHITNEY ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER JOHN WENDT MEET ANNOUNCER SARA WILEY STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING MIKE HILBER VOLUNTEER DIVING COACH LINDA ROBERTS MARKETING MICHELLE TRAEN ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS CHRIS CORDS ACADEMIC COUNSELOR Alyssa Murray Student Manager Caroline Schik Student Manager Crystal Dudley Graduate Assistant Trainer Dr. Elizabeth Arendt Medical Director Dr. Pat Morris Associate Medical Director Linda Schissel Neuromuscular Therapist 37

40 J E A N F R E E M A N JEAN FREEMAN After 31 years of service, Jean Freeman, who was the first Division I coach at Minnesota, retired from coaching the Golden Gopher women s swim team following the season. Although Freeman is no longer on the pool deck she can still be found at University of Minnesota functions, serving as a special assistant to the athletics director. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Freeman was a member of the swimming and diving team from She served as a Golden Gopher assistant coach for one season before being named head coach in Freeman was Minnesota's head coach before the women's athletics program began in She coached Terry Ganley (Nieszner), Minnesota's first woman athlete to earn All-America honors. Nieszner earned All- America status in and was Freeman's assistant coach for 27 years. During her career, Freeman led Minnesota to back-toback Big Ten Championships in 1999 and 2000 and was named Big Ten Coach of the Year four times. At the Big Ten level, Freeman coached 48 athletes to Big Ten titles in 53 individual events and 23 relay events. Under Freeman's tutelage, five Gophers earned the Big Ten Medal of Honor. Freeman earned her 200th career victory on January 27, 2001 against Purdue and Illinois and has led the Gophers to an upper-division finish in the Big Ten Conference 19 of 24 seasons. Minnesota teams placed at the NCAA Championships in each of the last 20 years. Minnesota earned top-20 national finishes at the NCAA Championships during seven seasons, highlighted by a 10th-place showing in Freeman is the only female recipient of the National Collegiate and Scholastic Swimming Trophy. She was inducted into the Minnesota Women's Athletics Hall of Fame on October 28, Freeman coached 58 swimmers to All-America status 203 times. More than 100 swimmers garnered All-Big Ten honors during Freeman s reign, during which time the Gophers posted winning records in 20 consecutive seasons. With Minnesota s first-ever Big Ten championship in 1999, Freeman earned her fourth Big Ten Coach of the Year Award. In May of 1999, Freeman was named the recipient of the National Collegiate and Scholastic Swimming Trophy, awarded by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. The award is the highest of its kind in the United States. It is presented annually to an individual for having contributed in an outstanding way to swimming as a competitive sport and healthful recreational activity at schools and colleges. Freeman was the first female to win the award in its 41-year history. In 1995, Freeman was named to Team Speedo, an advisory board for swimming and diving, and is one of only three women serving on the board. She also received an award from the College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), recognizing over 15 years of excellence in college coaching and service to the coaching association. Freeman, coached nationally and internationally, was the assistant coach to the women s USS Junior National Team that won the Quebec Cup in In 1991, Freeman helped coach the West team to a gold medal at the U.S. Olympic Festival. Freeman was inducted into the Minnesota Swim Coaches Association Hall of Fame in She was an assistant coach at the 2003 World University Games, held in South Korea. FREEMAN S RECORD Year Overall Big Ten Big Ten Ch. NCAA th 34th th 25th th 32nd th T45th st 23rd st 24th nd 16th nd 13th rd 15th nd T19th th 22nd th 21st rd 10th nd 18th th 26th nd 20th th 43rd nd 21st nd 21st nd 29th nd rd th 15th th 29th th T34th rd 30th th 37th th 27th th 29th th 37th th 34th Career (.797) (.735) FREEMAN BY THE NUMBERS 2 Big Ten Championships (1999, 2000) 2 National Champions Coached 4 Big Ten Coach of the Year Honors (1999, 1996, 1986, 1984) 9 American Swimming Coaches Certificate of Excellence Awards 28 Winning Seasons at Minnesota 31 Seasons at Minnesota 143 Big Ten Champions Coached 175 All-Americans Coached 1999 National Collegiate and Scholastic Swimming Trophy Recipient 38

41 D O R O T H Y L. S H E P P A R D D orothy Lestina Sheppard, a longtime swimming activist, philanthropist and Minnesota women s swimming and diving supporter, made the largest private contribution to the former women s athletics department at the University of Minnesota. She established the Dorothy L. Sheppard Athletic Swimming and Diving Scholarship, which funded 15 scholarships for female student-athletes in addition to providing for team training trips, facility projects and regularly hosting the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. In 1987, when the University was seeking to build a new aquatic center on campus, Sheppard gave a gift of $250,000, the only private money obtained for the project. When the facility was dedicated in 1990, Sheppard took to the water in her 1920s wool suit for an inaugural swim. She died on Sept. 26, 1993, her 87th birthday. On Oct. 18, 1997, the University Aquatic Center pool was named the Dorothy L. Sheppard Pool. Sheppard, a charming and energetic woman, stayed active in swimming her entire life. Swimming is the finest individual sport because you can stick with it, she said in I can swim a half a mile easier than I can walk a couple of blocks. A St. Paul native and graduate of Central High School, Sheppard attended the University of Minnesota, where she earned an M letter sweater by gathering 1,000 points from competing on 10 different athletic teams. She participated in field hockey, soccer, ice hockey, tennis, fencing, tumbling, softball and archery. However, swimming, where she concentrated on the backstroke and freestyle, Dorothy Sheppard (right) with Jean Freeman during one of Dorothy s many visits to the University Aquatic Center construction site. was her favorite sport. Sheppard was an inaugural inductee to the University of Minnesota Women s Athletics Hall of Fame in 1985, was inducted into the Gopher Aquatics Hall of Fame in 1986, and served on the Women s Athletics Advisory Council. While at the U, Sheppard served as president of the Aquatic League in 1927, as a member of the Women s Athletic Association (W.A.A.) Board from , and as captain of the field hockey team. Upon graduating from the College of Education in 1929, Sheppard taught competitive and synchronized swimming from in Two Rivers, Wis. Sheppard resigned her teaching position and moved back to St. Paul. In 1953, under her supervision, an outdoor pool was constructed at her Beechwood home. Ten different construction companies built the 20 x 40 pool by hand with a filtration system designed by the University. Sheppard then taught all the neighborhood children how to swim and was proud of their success aquatically and personally. In addition to her love for swimming, Sheppard found time to serve on the Altar Guild for St. Clement s Church and on the Girl Scout board. She was active in the League of Women Voters. Sheppard later moved to a condominium (with an indoor swimming pool) along the Mississippi river in St. Paul. From her balcony, Sheppard quickly befriended the riverboat captains on her marine radio; her handle was Mermaid. Dorothy had a ship-to-shore radio and followed the river traffic. Below the bluff in Lilydale on the Sunday afternoon of Dorothy s passing, the Josiah Snelling riverboat stopped in midstream of the Mississippi and gave a rare full-trumpet salute. Captain Bowles announced to passengers, Dorothy Sheppard was a friend of all riverboat crews. But even more, she was a friend to all of good faith. Sheppard loved to be around young people, particularly the University women s swimming team. She traveled with the team on its annual training trip and attended several Big Ten meets. Sheppard charmed a national audience at the participants banquet of the 1993 NCAA Division I Women s Swimming and Diving Championships, for which Sheppard was the honorary chair. In a 1983 interview, Sheppard maintained she was born 50 years too soon for women s athletics. Her philosophy of life was simple: The more you can do for other people, the better. What s life worth without that? Dorothy Sheppard (center) with former coach Jean Freeman and former women s athletics director Chris Voelz during ceremonies celebrating the opening of University Aquatic Center in

42 A W A R D S & H O N O R S AWARDS/HONORS 1999 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS 2000 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS 40 MINNESOTA SENIOR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR 1977 Terry Ganley 1979 Cindy Anderson 1982 Chris Curry 1986 Diane Wallner 1987 Sue Roell 1988 Jodi Schirmers 1995 Kara Martin 1998 Gretchen Hegener BIG TEN MEDAL OF HONOR 1982 Chris Curry 1987 Sue Roell 1992 Uta Herrmann 1993 Laura Herman 2000 Terri Jashinsky GTE/COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA 1992 Uta Herrmann (second team) 2003 Dana Baum (third team) GTE/COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT 1990 Uta Herrmann (first team) 1992 Uta Herrmann (first team) 2003 Dana Baum (first team) MINNESOTA TOP 5 ACADEMIC AWARD 1990 Juli Gunard 1992 Uta Herrmann 1993 Alison Lucas, Laurie Nelson, Kris Zeller 1994 Kara Martin 1996 Stefanie Bradford, Tressia Shaw 1997 Stefanie Bradford 1998 Andrea Simakova 1999 Krissy Berglund 2003 Dana Baum 2005 Sarah Solfelt ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN 1990 Anne Eldegard, Juli Gunard, Kristin Gunard, Uta Herrmann, Cass Moe, Stacey Niedenfuer, Linda Oegema 1991 Anne Eldegard, Kristin Gunard, Laura Herman, Alison Lucas, Linda Oegema 1992 Laura Herman, Uta Herrmann, Tonya Hess, Alison Lucas, Laurie Nelson, Stacey Niedenfuer, Anne Peters, Marsha Reid, Kris Zeller 1993 Kristen Anderson, Laura Herman, Alison Lucas, Kara Martin, Laurie Nelson, Linda Oegema, Pan Smith, Kris Zeller 1994 Kristen Anderson, Rachel Clafin, Jenny Cook, Michelle Hamren, Kara Martin, Laurie Nelson, Anne Peters, Tressia Shaw, Pam Smith, Susan Suomu, Leslie Wilcox, Wendy Woods 1995 Kristen Anderson, Stefanie Bradford, Rachel Clafin, Jenny Cook, Michelle Hamren, Suzie Helvig, Alicia Hicken, Cassandra Holmer, Jennifer Koski, Kara Martin, Tressia Shaw, Jessica Smith, Elizabeth Weld, Kate Wendt, Wend Woods 1996 Andrea Berg, Stefanie Bradford, Rachel Clafin, Jenny Cook, Michelle Hamren, Carrie Hansen, Suzie Helvig, Alicia Hicken, Omodele Masha, Carrie Raeth, Tressia Shaw, Jessica Smith, Elizabeth Weld, Kate Wendt, Wendy Woods 1997 Andrea Berg, Krissy berglund, Stefanie Bradford, Devon Coellner, Carrie Hansen, Suzie Helvig, Alicia Hicken, Carrie Raeth, Jessica Smith, Elizabeth Weld, Kim Wilson 1998 Krissy berglund, Nicole Feist, Kate McMillan, Brianna Rygg, Andrea Simakova, Kim Wilson 1999 Krissy Berglund, Ann Cahoy, Katy Christoherson, Emily Deppe, Kim Harrod, Terri Jashinaky, Tracy LaVoi, Kate McMillan, Amy Miller, Elizabeth Pierce, Jocelyn Pogue, Andrea Simakova 2000 Ann Cahoy, Katy Christoferson, Rachel Degener, Emily Deppe, Karen Egerman, Rachelle Giese, Kim Harrod, Terri Jashinsky, Anne Koller, Tracy LaVoi, Kate McMillan, Amy Michschl, Elizabeth Pierce, Andrea Simakova 2001 Dana Baum, Ann Cahoy, Emily Deppe, Karen Egerman, Ariana Gardner, Rachelle Giese, Holly Hanneman, Anne Koller, Tracy LaVoi, Elizabeth Pierce, Joceclyn Pogue, Sara Rutkowski, Kristin Rygg 2002 Kim Bahmer, Dana Baum, Sarah Bohlsen, Jessica Crawford, Carol Crouthamel, Karen Egerman, Ari Gardner, Lauren Guzauskas, Holly Hanneman, Shannon Jackson, Ane Koller, Shauna Riggs, Juleen Rodakowski, Kristin Rygg 2003 Kim Bahmer, Dana Baum, Maria Bigwood, Abbie Bowden, Rebecca Cornthwaite, Jessica Crawford, Carol Crouthamel, Ariana Gardner, Lauren Guzauskas, Holly Hanneman, Keri Hehn, Shannon Jackson, Melissa Kaiser, Juleen Rodakowski, Kristin Rygg, Sarah Solfelt 2004 Abbie Bowden, Rebecca Cornthwaite, Jessica Crawford, Carol Crouthamel, Kate Hardt, Shannon Jackson, Lindsay Marko, Bridget McCoy, Mary Patrek, Juleen Rodakowski, Abby Ruess, Sarah Solfelt, Sara Vine, Jennifer Warmington, Katie Wind 2005 Abbie Bowden, Amy Cahoy, Thea Fleming, Jaclyn Gazvoda, Kate Hardt, Heather Harris, Jenny Hasling, Holly Jakits, Krista Kezbers, Cecile Lamour, Bridget McCoy, Colleen Morgan, Mary Patrek, Julia Quinn, Abby Ruess, Caroline Schik, Sarah Solfelt, Lindsey St. Martin, Valerie Tukey, Sara Vine, Jennifer Warmington, Katie Wind MINNESOTA WOMEN S ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME Terry Ganley Nieszner (inducted in 1990) Jean Freeman (inducted in 2000) Terri Jashinsky was the 1999 Big Ten champion in the 100 butterfly and was bestowed with the 2000 Big Ten Medal of Honor

43 GOPHERS FINISH SEASON The University of Minnesota completed the season with a 7-1 dual meet record, 5-1 against Big Ten competition. Minnesota finished the league championships with 314 points, posting a sixth-place finish. MINNESOTA RANKED 23RD IN CSCAA POLL The Golden Gophers were ranked as high as 23rd in the College Swim Coaches Association of America. The Gophers were ranked in the CSCAA poll following the Georgia Invitational and for the remainder of the second half of the season, including their final dual meet ranking of 23rd. LIVINGSTON EARNS ALL-BIG TEN HONORS Freshman diver Jessica Livingston made the most of her first Big Ten Championships, placing second in the platform event. With her second-place finish, Livingston earned second-team All-Big Ten honors. Livingston had a preliminary score of , followed by a finals score of to place second overall. The last time the Gophers have had an All-Big Ten platform diver dates back to the season when Laurie Nelson earned Big Ten champion honors. Livingston placed seventh in the 1- meter and ninth in the 3-meter events, respectively. GOPHERS FINISH SIXTH AT BIG TENS The Golden Gophers finished the 2005 Big Ten Championships in sixth place, earning 314 points. Penn State dominated the league championship with 693 points, becoming the Big Ten champions. Host Indiana finished second with a score of 497. The Golden Gophers had 19 members earn points at the conference championships. Jessica Livingston led the team with 38 points, while Katy Coombe earned 35.5 points. Kate Hardt finished with 35 points, while Bridget McCoy had GOPHERS NAMED TO ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN TEAM The Golden Gophers had 22 swimmers named to the Academic All-Big Ten team. In order to be a member of the team, swimmers had to be a letterwinner and be in their sophomore, junior or senior seasons. Named to the team was co-captain Abbie Bowden, Amy Cahoy, Thea Fleming, Jaclyn Gazvoda, Kate Hardt, Heather Harris, Jennifer Hasling, Holly Jakits, Krista Kezbers, Bridget McCoy, cocaptain Colleen Morgan, Mary Patrek, Abby Ruess, cocaptain Sarah Solfelt, Caroline Schik, Lindsey St. Martin, Valerie Tukey, Sara Vine, Katie Wind, Julia Quinn and Jenn Warmington S E A S O N R E V I E W In her final competition before the Big Ten Championships, the Carson City, Nev., native touched the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle in and was part of the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:38.28) and 200-yard medley relay (1:50.56) that finished second and third, respectively. Hardt, a freestyle and individual medley specialist, showed her versatility by also finishing first in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:21.42) and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (59.59). The award was Hardt s first career weekly accolade and the first for a Minnesota swimmer since former Gopher Megan Moore earned the award on Jan. 15, COACHES FINISH FIRST YEAR Kelly Kremer and Terry Nieszner completed their first season as co-head coaches. Under their tutelage, the Gophers finished sixth in the conference championships and helped the Gopher swimmers achieve lifetime best times. Minnesota was ranked as high as 23rd in the nation earlier this season. Along with coaching responsibilities, the duo attracted one of the best recruiting classes in the country. The Gophers welcome 15 newcomers to the group in the season. Nieszner was an assistant coach and former Gopher student-athlete for the past 30 years. Kremer was the associate head coach of the Minnesota men s program before taking over as co-head coach of the women s program. OVERALL AND BIG TEN RECORD The Golden Gophers finished the regular season with a 7-1 overall record and a 5-1 mark against Big Ten opponents. The Maroon and Gold started the conference season with a win over Iowa, Nov. 6. The Gophers next conference action was not until Jan. 22 when Minnesota faced Ohio State and Michigan State in a triple dual. The Gophers swept the competition, defeating the Buckeyes by a score of and the Spartans, The Gopher entered the Quad Duals with a 3-0 record the following week. Minnesota went 2-1 on the weekend, defeating No. 21 Purdue, and Illinois, Minnesota, however, fell for the first time in head-to-head competition against No. 8 Wisconsin, Besides the five dual conference wins, the Gophers also defeated Iowa State (194-98) and Northern Arizona (97-35) in the first half of the season. TEAM AWARDS ANNOUNCED Minnesota announced its team awards at the end-of-theyear banquet. Kate Hardt and Jessica Livingston were voted by their teammates as the Most Valuable members on the team. Hardt was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week for her performance at the Minnesota Challenge. She is the first Minnesota to garner the honor since Megan Moore earned the award in Hardt also competed in over four events at the Big Ten Championships. The junior from Carson City, Nev. had the top five best times in seven events contested for the Maroon and Gold. As a freshman, Livingston was named the Big Ten Diver of the Week after winning the 3- meter diving competition at the Georgia Invite. Livingston followed with a second-place finish at the Big Ten Championships. The Woodlands, Texas native, placed second in the platform event, earning All-Big Ten Second Team honors. Livingston led the entire Minnesota swimming and diving team in points at the league championships, posting 38 points. Sarah Solfelt, a co-captain, was honored with the Dorothy Lestina Sheppard Award. The award is given to the swimmer who best demonstrates her qualities of being a life long learner: learning things because they just want to know, values travel and getting to know those who live were you travel and simply enjoys the journey of life. The award was given to Solfelt by the swimming and diving coaching staff. Katie Wind earned the hardest worker award, while Lindsey St. Martin was voted the most improved. The Gophers had 17 members earn above a 3.5 grade point average this season, earning a spot on the Outstanding Student-Athlete Award. The 17 included Abbie Bowden, Heather Harris, Livingston, Bridget McCoy, Erin O'Neil, Abby Ruess, Solfelt, Valerie Tukey, Wind, Amy Cahoy, Jaclyn Gazvoda, Jennifer Hasling, Cecile Lamour, Cierra Mantz, Carissa Matenaer, Julia Quinn and Emma Sinkler. SENIOR SALUTE The Golden Gophers said goodbye to their seniors Abbie Bowden, Katy Coombe, Thea Fleming, Colleen Morgan and Sarah Solfelt. Bowden, Morgan and Solfelt served as captains for their senior season. Coombe leaves the Minnesota program with the fastest time in the 50-yard freestyle. Coombe set a school record of at the Big Ten Championships. Kate Hardt TWO GOPHERS EARN WEEKLY HONORS The Golden Gophers had two members of the swimming and diving team earn Big Ten Conference weekly honors this season. The first came on Dec. 7 when freshman diver Jessica Livingston earned Big Ten Diver of the Week honors for her performance at the Georgia Invitational in December. Livingston, a native of The Woodlands, Texas, had two first-place finishes, along with a third-place showing to earn the accolade. Livingston started the invite with a first-place finish over 12 divers in the 3-meter event (500.80). She followed with a third-place showing in the 1- meter event (248.40) and concluded the meet with her second event win, this time in the platform. She had the top score of , beating out eight divers. The second honor of the season came when Kate Hardt was named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Week for her performance in the Minnesota Challenge. Hardt competed in five events for Minnesota during her home event. 41

44 S E A S O N R E V I E W DUAL RECORD: 7-1 BIG TEN: 5-1 Times in (): (NCAA automatic qualifying standard, NCAA consideration standard, Minnesota school record) Points in (): (NCAA zone diving standard, Minnesota school record); (split): Leadoff Relay Split DATE MEET W/L/PLACE SCORE Oct. 16 Intrasquad Meet Maroon 179, Gold, 112 Oct. 22 Alumni Meet NTS Oct. 29 Iowa State W Nov. 6 Iowa W Nov Minnesota Invitational 1st 913 Dec. 3-5 Georgia Invitational 3rd 597 Jan. 8 Northern Arizona W Jan. 22 Ohio State W Jan Michigan State W Quad Duals (at Purdue) No. 21 Purdue W Illinois W No. 8 Wisconsin L Feb. 4 Minnesota Challenge NTS Feb. 5 Minnesota Challenge NTS Feb Big Ten Championships (at Ind.) 6th 314 Feb. 27 Go-PHER Invitational NTS Home events in bold Katy Coombe 50y Free (22.88, 23.56, 22.94) Katy Coombe 2/17/ (B) Jennifer Hasling 2/17/ (B) Sarah Perrott 2/17/ (B) Krista Kezbers 12/3/ Sara Vine 12/3/ y Free (49.78, 51.27, 50.01) Katy Coombe 12/5/ (B) Sarah Perrott 2/19/ (B) Kate Hardt 2/19/ Erin O Neil 2/19/ Krista Kezbers 2/19/ y Free (1:47.61, 1:50.83, 1:47.15) Kate Hardt 2/18/05 1:48.38 (B) Valerie Tukey 2/18/05 1:50.86 Jennifer Chang 2/18/05 1:51.34 Sarah Perrott 2/18/05 1:51.93 Katy Coombe 12/4/04 1: y Freestyle (4:45:46, 4:54:02, 4:46:11) Kate Hardt 2/17/05 4:49.11 (B) Valerie Tukey 2/17/05 4:49.39 (B) Erin O Neil 12/3/04 4:57.88 Jennifer Chang 12/3/04 4:59.17 Katie Wind 12/3/04 4: ,650y Freestyle (16: :53.04, 16:47.67) Valerie Tukey 2/19/05 16:55.03 Kate Hardt 2/19/05 17:08.10 Jennifer Warmington 2/19/05 17:24.09 Amy Killpatrick 2/19/05 17:24.63 Katie Wind 11/21/04 17: y Backstroke (54.47, 56.10, 54.21) Katie Wind 2/18/ (B) Jennifer Hasling 2/18/ Heather Harris 12/4/ Erin O Neil 2/18/ Lindsey St. Martin 12/4/ y Backstroke (1:58:24, 2:01:78, 1:59:60) Katie Wind 2/19/05 1:59.72 Heather Harris 2/19/05 2:04.60 Jaclyn Gazvoda 2/19/05 2:05.92 Emma Sinkler 2/5/05 2:06.78 Lindsey St. Martin 12/3/04 2: y Breaststroke (1:02.00, 1:03.86, 1:00.32) Bridget McCoy 2/18/05 1:03.58 (B) Julia Quinn 2/19/05 1:03.69 (B) Erika Bjorklund 2/19/05 1:04.40 Mary Patrek 2/19/05 1:04.56 Katie Proell 12/4/04 1: y Breaststroke (2:14:25, 2:18:27, 2:11:60) Julia Quinn 2/19/05 2:15.90 (B) Bridget McCoy 2/19/05 2:17.49 (B) Abby Ruess 2/19/05 2:19.59 Mary Patrek 2/19/05 2:20.06 Kate Hardt 2/5/05 2: y Butterfly (53.75, 55.36, 54.13) Colleen Morgan 2/18/ Erin O Neil 12/4/ Lindsey St. Martin 2/18/ Sarah Solfelt 2/18/ Sara Vine 12/4/ y Butterfly (1:58:11, 2:01:65, 1:59:34) Sarah Solfelt 2/19/05 2:04:38 Erin O Neil 12/5/04 2:04.87 Lindsey St. Martin 2/19/05 2:05.41 Michelle Omdahl 12/5/04 2:05.47 Katie Wind 11/21/04 2: y Individual Medley (2:00:67, 2:04:29, 2:00:22) Kate Hardt 11/19/04 2:04.14 (B) Abby Ruess 2/17/05 2:05.37 Sarah Solfelt 2/17/05 2:05.78 Julia Quinn 2/17/05 2:07.48 Erika Bjorklund 2/17/05 2: y Individual Medley (4: :23.60, 4:15.12) Kate Hardt 1/29/05 4:23.70 Abby Ruess 12/4/04 4:28.92 Lindsey St. Martin 2/18/05 4:31.82 Sarah Solfelt 1/29/05 4:33.46 Katie Wind 2/18/05 4: y Free Relay (1: :33.74, 1:31.96) Coombe, Perrott 2/17/05 1:32.28 (B) Hasling, Vine 400y Free Relay (3:18:95, 3:24:91, 3:20.28) Coombe, Perrott 2/19/05 3:22.99 (B) Hardt, Kezbers 800y Free Relay (7: :24.59, 7:18.49) Hardt, Tukey 2/16/05 7:20.48 Coombe, O Neil 200y Medley Relay (1:39:90, 1:42:89, 1:41:58) Hasling, McCoy, 2/16/05 1:43.41 Perrott, Coombe 400y Medley Relay (3: :44.86, 3:41.27) Wind, McCoy, 2/17/05 3:45.02 Morgan, Coombe 42

45 S E A S O N R E V I E W BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS FEB , 2005 INDIANA UNIVERSITY Event Medley Relay 1. Penn State 1: Minnesota (Hasling, McCoy, Perrott, Coombe) Event Free Relay 1. Michigan 7: Minnesota 7:20.48 (Hardt, Tukey, Coombe, O Neil) Event Free Relay 1. Michigan 1: Minnesota 1:32.49 (Coombe, Perrott, Hasling, Vine) Event Freestyle 1. Carly Piper (Wisconsin) 4: Kate Hardt 4: Valerie Tukey 4:49.39 Event Individual Medley 1. Justine Mueller (Michigan) 1: Sarah Solfelt 2:05.98 Event 6 50 Freestyle 1. Kaitlyn Brady (Michigan) : Katy Coombe : Jenny Hasling :23.63 Event 7 1 Meter Diving 1. Christina Loukas (Indiana) Jessica Livingston Abbie Bowden Event Medley Relay 1. Penn State 3: Minnesota 3:45.02 (Wind, McCoy, Morgan, Coombe) FINAL TEAM SCORES 1 Penn State Indiana Wisconsin Michigan Purdue Minnesota Northwestern Iowa Illinois Ohio State Michigan State 84 Event Individual Medley 1. Justine Mueller (Michigan) 4: Abby Ruess 4:31.38 Event Butterfly 1. Amberlee Biedermann (Penn State) Colleen Morgan Event Freestyle 1. Lindsey Smith (Michigan) 1: Kate Hardt 1:48.38 Event Breaststroke 1. Kristen Woodring (Penn State) 1: Bridget McCoy 1: Julia Quinn 1:03.69 Event Backstroke 1. Leila Vaziri (Indiana) : Katie Wind : Jenny Hasling :57.36 Event 14 3 Meter Diving 1. Julie Broms (Ohio State) Jessica Livingston Abbie Bowden Event Freestyle 1. Carly Piper (Wisconsin) 16: Valerie Tukey 16:55.03 Event Backstroke 1. Susan Johnson (Wisconsin) 1: Katie Wind 1:59.72 Event Freestyle 1. Lindsay Smith (Michigan) : Sarah Perrott : Katy Coombe :50.86 Event Breaststroke 1. Justine Mueller (Michigan) 2: Julia Quinn 2:16.41 Event Butterfly 1. Griet Buelens (Ohio State) 1: Sarah Solfelt 2:04.74 Event 20 Platform Diving 1. Cassandra Cardinell (Indiana) Jessica Livingston Holly Jakits Event Free Relay 1. Michigan 3: Minnesota 3:22.99 (Coombe, Perrott, Hardt, Kezbers) Mary Patrek Sarah Solfelt 43

46 44 A L L - T I M E L E T T E R W I N N E R S Karen Adams 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Shirley Marie Adams (Mans)% 1952 Diane Almstrom* 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Cindy Anderson 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 Kari Anderson 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Kirsten Anderson* 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Nancy Andries 1976 Ann Anklam% 1972 Sue Arne 1977, 1979 Kim Bahmer 2001, 2002, 2003 Shona Baillie 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Patty Banks 1988, 1989, 1990 Chandy Barr 1992 Dana Baum * 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Kath Bayers 1977, 1978, 1979 Laura Benedetti 1998 Jenny Benkusky 1987, 1988, 1989 Julie Benz 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 Andrea Berg 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Shelly Bergh 1975 Krissy Berglund 1996, 1997, 1999 Ann Berry 1957 Jenny Bierbaum 1993, 1994 Maria Bigwood 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Christina Billman 1994 Erika Bjorklund 2004, 2005 Mike Bjorkman# 1994 Sue Blosky 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Kim Bodin (Dennisson)% 1972 Laura Boehlke 1978, 1979 Sarah Bohlsen 2001, 2003, 2004 Marty Bopp 1977 Abbie Bowden* 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Laura Brackett 1979 Stefanie Bradford 1997 Mary Louise Brix 1987 Lori Brown 1979 Kim Bryant 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Mary Byrne* 1975 Ann Cahoy* 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Lisa Camillo* 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Jenni Carlson 1991 Jennifer Carpenter 1986, 1987 Coleen Carroll 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Jenny Chang 2005 Nelsine Christensen (Tidemann)% Ruth Christensen 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Patty Christiansen* 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 Katy Christoferson* 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Rachel Claflin 1993 Devon Coellner 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Jenny Cook 1993, 1995, 1996 Katy Coombe 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Gail Cording* 1976, 1977, 1979 Rebecca Cornthwaite * 2002, 2003, 2004 Amy Cottrill 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Melissa Coulter 1984 Jessica Crawford 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Carol Crouthamel 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Chris Curry* 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 Elizabeth Cutter% 1971 Geraldine Dahlen (Jennett)% 1944 Rosalee Dallman (Filstrup)% 1971 Gayle Damrow (Yoerks)% Lisa Davis* 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Ellen Dean 1978 Rachel Degener* 1999, 2000 Cathy Dehen 1978 Jen DeLong 1998, 1999 Emily Deppe 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Erin Driscoll 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Gail Drummer% Jenny Easter 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Karen Egerman 2000, 2001, 2002 Anne Eldegaard 1990, 1991 Joni Ellis 1975, 1976 Jo Elsen* 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Patricia Engst (Anderson)% pre-1974 Kathy Erickson 1978, 1979 Diane Erstad 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Jeanne Ewing 1983, 1984, 1985 Thea Fleming 2005 Nicole Fiest 1998 Michelle Fischer 1997 Andrea Flaa 1998 Sandra Forest (Campbell)% Jean Freeman% 1968 Patty Freeman* 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Jane Froehlich 1979 Gail Fuller 1975, 1976 Terry Ganley* 1975, 1976, 1977 Kelly Gallagher 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Arianna Gardner 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Judith Gaudette (Gehrke)% Jaclyn Gazvoda 2005 Jae Germond% 1974 Rachelle Giese 1999, 2000, 2001 Paige Gilgan 2002 Holly Graham 1976 Jessica Grass 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Laura Greenlee 1976 Tami Grewenow* 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Gail Griffin* 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 Juli Gunard 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Kristen Gunard 1989, 1990, 1991 Ruth Gunard 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Kaye Gustafson 1977 Shanna Gustafson 2000 Lauren Guzauskus 2001, 2002, 2003 Nancy Haines (Kunau)% Flo Halgren (Peterson)% 1928 Julie Hammond 1979 Michelle Hamrem 1996 Holly Hanneman 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Carrie Hansen 1994, 1996, 1997 Kate Hardt 2003, 2004, 2005 Sanna Harkonen 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Ann Harris* 1978, 1979 Kim Harrod* 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Jenny Hasling 2004, 2005 Amy Hathaway 1987, 1988, 1989 Heather Harris 2005 Linda Haworth 1985 Shelly Hecomovich 1983 Gretchen Hegener 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Kelsey Hegener 1999, 2000 Keri Hehn 2002, 2003 Heather Held 1987 Terri Helmbolt 1980 Suzie Helvig* 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Jenny Hennen 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Kari Henningsgaard 1977, 1978, 1979 Shannon Heringer* 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Laura Herman* 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Uta Herrmann 1990, 1992 Tonya Hess 1991, 1992 Alicia Hicken 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Chris Hillman 1988 Deanne Hop* 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Cindy Hovet* 1984, 1986, 1987 Mary Howell 1975 Peggy Huebsch-Lorinsor* 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983 Stephanie Iverson* 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 Elyce Iwerks* 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Mary Jablonski% Shannon Jackson 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Holly Jakits 2004, 2005 Terri Jashinsky* 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Diane Johansen 1979, 1981 Denise Johnson 1983, 1984, 1985 Jessica Johnson 2002 Krina Kabanuk 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Melissa Kaiser 2003 Lital Kashriel 1999 Kory Kaye 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 Carol Keane 1975 Peg Kennedy 1979 Krista Kezbers 2004, 2005 Amy Killpatrick 2005 Katie Klamer 2000 Kari Klassen 1995 Marta Knowles 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Anne Koller 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Jenny Koski 1994, 1995 Jenni Krajewski 1992 Tracy LaVoi* 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Jenny Larson* 1993 Maureen Lewis 1985, 1986 Carol Libbesmeier* 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Michelle Lieder 2002 Sara Lindner 1987, 1988, 1989 Jessica Livingston 2005 Michal Long 1982 Alison Lucas 1991, 1992, 1993 Corinna Maleike 1979, 1983 Mary Maley 1978 Lindsay Marko 2004 Katherine Marshall 2003, 2004, 2005 Kara Martin* 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Jaina McClure 1998 Kelly McClure* 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Cindy McCollum 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Bridget McCoy 2003, 2004, 2005 Linda McFeters% 1970 Kate McMillan* 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Pam Meyer (Richmond)% Amy Mickschl 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Heather Miller 1997 Shelby Miller 1997, 1998 Shelley Miller 1999 Cassandra Moe 1989, 1990 Megan Moore 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Colleen Morgan* 2003, 2004, 2005 Randi Nehring 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 Laurie Nelson 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Nicole Nelson 1994 Lynn Newton* 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Casey Nicholson 2001 Stacey Niedenfuer 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Lisa Novak 1984 Linda Oegema* 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 Kate Olson 1997 Kim Olson 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 Marci Olson* 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Christy Oman 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 Michelle Omdahl 2005 Erin O Neil 2005 Mary Patrek 2003, 2004, 2005 Karen Pearson% 1956 Penny Permuth 1991 Sarah Perrott 2003, 2004, 2005 Anne Peters 1994 Chris Peterson 1976 Kristi Peterson 1976 Lori Peyer 1979 Paula Photos 1981, 1982, 1983 Elizabeth Pierce 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Linda Pitmon 1985 Jocelyn Pogue 2001 Jen Power 2001, 2002 Erin Prasse 2001 Anne Pringle 1989 Katie Proell 2003, 2004, 2005 Sue Punch 1978 Julia Quinn 2004, 2005 Carrie Raeth 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Mana Raikkala 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Jillian Randell 1994 Julie Rezab 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 Tara Rehder 1987 Charlie Rezba 1975 Verle Rhoades% (Cote) pre-1974 Casey Richards 1978 Marsha Ried 1991, 1992 Shauna Riggs * 2002 Christina Rinkus 1999, 2000 Juleen Rodakowski * 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Angela Roehl 2001 Sue Roell* 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 T.D. Rowe* 1998, 1999 Andrea Rudser 1991, 1992 Abby Ruess 2003, 2004, 2005 Sara Rutkowski 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Andrea Ryan 1979

47 Brianna Rygg 1998 Kristin Rygg * 2001, 2002, 2003 Claudia Sanders* 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 Wendy Satterlee 1990 Lynn Sawitzke 1976, 1977, 1978 Janna Schaumann 1979, 1980 Alison Schiefelbein 1999 Jodi Schirmers* 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Michelle Schmid 1979, 1980 Stephanie Schoening* 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 Melissa Schold 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Tanya Schuh 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 Vivian See% 1950 Cindy Shaughnessy 1980 Tressia Shaw 1993, 1994 Anna Sheehan 1982, 1983 Barb Shields 1975 Beth Shimanski* 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Andrea Simakova 1998, 1999, 2000 Jeanne Simley* , 1989 Jane Simmons 1978, 1979 Jinny Smedstad 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Jessica Smith 1994, 1995, 1996 Joan Smith (Carlson)% Pam Smith* 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Sarah Solfelt * 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Meghan Sonstegard 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Sheryl Southwell 1975 Lissa Spencer 1975 Darcy Spielmann 1988, 1989, 1991 Olga Splichalova 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Kim Stanforth 1975, 1976, 1977 Nancy Stanway 1978 Lindsey St. Martin 2005 Julie Sullivan* 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Susan Suomu* 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Cheryl Swanum 1976, 1977 Nancy Swanum 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Laurie Talmage 1980 Nina Tatarko 1979 Trina Thames 1991, 1992 Maureen Thielen* 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Andrea Toft 1997 Nancy Touve* 1983, 1984, 1986 Sara Touve 1987, 1988 Stacey Truman 2002 Valerie Tukey 2004, 2005 DeAnne Twidwell 1987, 1988 Janet Usher* 1976, 1977, 1978 Sara Vine 2003, 2004, 2005 Kim Vogel 1988, 1989, 1990 Amy Volna* 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 Ashley Wallace 2000 Janet Wallace 1975, 1976, 1977 Diane Wallner* 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 Karyn Ward 1989, 1990 Jennifer Warmington 2003, 2004 Patricia Watkins (Auer)% 1950 Patty Weiss 1984, 1985 Cathy Weist 1975, 1976 Elizabeth Weld 1997 Kate Wendt* 1994, 1995 Sabine Westhoff 1990 Michelle Whale 1990, 1992 Leslie Wilcox* 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Britta Wilk* 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 Carole Williams 1979, 1982 Kimberly Wilson 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Katie Wind 2003, 2004, 2005 Wendy Woods 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 Jennifer Yasis 1990, 1991, 1992 Gaye Young 1978 Kris Zeller 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Names in bold are current team members. *Captains #Team manager % pre-varsity letterwinners M I N N E S O T A H I S T O R Y DUAL MEET, BIG TEN, NCAA & AIAW RECORDS Overall Big Ten Big Ten Finish/ National Finish/Points/ Dual Meet Dual Meets Points Gopher Participants th th th (t) th th th nd th th (t) st rd st th nd th nd th rd th nd th (t) th nd th st rd th nd th th th nd th th rd nd st nd (t) st nd th nd rd th th th th th th (t) rd st th th th th th th th th th th th th th to present - NCAA Championships to AIAW National Championships MINNESOTA AQUATICS HALL OF FAME The Minnesota Aquatics Hall of Fame was started in 1984 and was the first individual sport Hall of Fame of its kind at the University of Minnesota. The Hall of Fame gives recognition to outstanding alums who have contributed to the University s program Inductee George Bledsoe 1995 Inductees Jodi Schirmers Elyce Iwerks Amy Volna Dan Egeland 1994 Inductees Sue Roell Art Griffith 1992 Inductee Diane Wallner 1990 Inductees Britta Wilk Chip Peterson 1988 Inductees Cindy Anderson Marty Knight 1987 Inductees Bill Milota Dr. John Bergman Ray Hakomaki 1986 Inductees Dorothy L. Sheppard Bud Ericksen Virgil Luken Dr. Walt Richardson Dr. Steve Jackman 1985 Inductees John Faricy Jim Hill Sam Hill Lowell Marsh 1984 Inductees Mary Jablonski Dr. William W. Huesner G. Robert Mowerson Chris Curry Terry Ganley Nieszner Craig Lincoln Niels Thorpe 45

48 S C H O O L R E C O R D S & T O P T I M E S 50 FREESTYLE Katy Coombe Diane Wallner Amy Cottrill Dana Baum Stacey Niedenfuer FREESTYLE Dana Baum Jenny Hennen Katy Coombe Amy Cottrill Katy Christoferson FREESTYLE Dana Baum 1: Kate Hardt 1: Jodi Schirmers 1: Jenny Hennen 1: Amy Cottrill 1: FREESTYLE Dana Baum 4: Olga Splichalova 4: Jinny Smedstad 4: Kate Hardt 4: Kimberly Wilson 4: FREESTYLE Kimberly Wilson 9: Olga Splichalova 9: Lynn Newton 9: Jodi Schirmers 9: Dana Baum 10: FREESTYLE Kimberly Wilson 16: Olga Splichalova 16: Lynn Newton 16: Jodi Schirmers 16: Dana Baum 16: BACKSTROKE Trina Thames Beth Shimanski Katie Wind Megan Moore Lital Kashriel BACKSTROKE Emily Deppe 1: Katie Wind 1: Megan Moore 1: Trina Thames 1: Ann Cahoy 2: BREASTSTROKE Gretchen Hegener 1: Keri Hehn 1: Melissa Schold 1: Kelsey Hegener 1: Sue Roell 1: BREASTSTROKE Gretchen Hegener 2: Keri Hehn 2: Kelsey Hegener 2: Julia Quinn 2: Kate McMillan 2: BUTTERFLY Katy Christoferson Tanya Schuh Terri Jashinsky Sarah Bohlsen Jenny Hennen BUTTERFLY Jenny Hennen 1: Juleen Rodakowski 1: Tanya Schuh 2: Andrea Simakova 2: Terri Jashinsky 2: INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Katy Christoferson 2: Linda Oegema 2: Terri Jashinsky 2: Emily Deppe 2: Ann Cahoy 2: INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Katy Christoferson 4: Linda Oegema 4: Jinny Smedstad 4: Jessica Grass 4: Carol Crouthamel 4: FREE RELAY Coombe, Perrott, Vine, Hasling 1: FREE RELAY Christoferson, Cottrill, Sonstegard, Hennen 3: FREE RELAY Hennen, Christoferson, Smedstad, Cottrill 7: MEDLEY RELAY McClure, Hegener, Jashinsky, Hennen 1: MEDLEY RELAY Baillie, Hegener, Schuh, Hennen 3: METER DIVING (6 DIVES) Jessica Livingston Tracy LaVoi Chris Gentz T.D. Rowe Kim Bahmer METER DIVING (10 DIVES) T.D. Rowe Andrea Berg Jenny Koski Carrie Hansen Jenny Cook METER DIVING (6 DIVES) Chris Gentz Andrea Berg Wendy Satterlee Abbie Bowden Laurie Nelson METER DIVING (11 DIVES) T.D. Rowe Laurie Nelson Andrea Berg Jenny Koski Kim Bahmer PLATFORM DIVING Jessica Livingston Holly Jakits Rebecca Cornthwaite Christina Rinkus Holly Hanneman Names in bold are current athletes 46 Jenny Hennen left the Minnesota program as the school record holder in the 100 freestyle and the 200 butterfly, as well as a member of all five school record relay teams.

49 Katy Christoferson 200 individual medley Katy Christoferson 400 individual medley Terri Jashinsky 100 Butterfly Jenny Hennen 200 Butterfly Katy Christoferson 400 individual medley Gretchen Hegener 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke T.D. Rowe 1 meter diving, 3 meter diving Gretchen Hegener 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay Tanya Schuh 100 butterfly, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay Shona Baillie 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay Olga Splichalova 500 free Kimberly Wilson 1650 free Amy Cottrill 200 medley relay Jenny Hennen 400 medley relay Olga Splichalova 500 free, 1650 free Tanya Schuh 100 buttefly, 200 butterfly, 200 medley relay Gretchen Hegener 200 medley relay Suzie Helvig 200 medley relay Beth Shimanski 200 medley relay Kimberly Wilson 1650 free Kara Martin platform diving Laurie Nelson 3 meter diving, platform diving Laura Herman 50 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay Laurie Nelson 1 meter diving Trina Thames 200 free relay, 400 free relay Uta Herrmann 200 free relay, 400 free relay Pam Smith 200 free relay, 400 free relay Stacey Niedenfuer 50 free, 200 free relay Laura Herman 200 free relay Jenny Easter 200 free relay Trina Thames 200 free relay, 100 backstroke Laura Herman 200 free relay, 200 medley relay Linda Oegema 200 I.M., 400 I.M. Uta Herrmann 200 free relay, 200 medley relay Tami Grewenow 200 medley relay Kim Vogel 200 free relay Stacey Niedenfuer 200 free relay Shannon Heringer 200 medley relay Cass Moe 200 medley relay Tami Grewenow 200 medley relay Shannon Heringer 200 medley relay Ruth Gunard 200 medley relay, 400 free relay Stacey Niedenfuer 400 free relay Amy Volna 400 free relay, 100 free B I G T E N C H A M P I O N S Deanne Hop 400 free relay Nancy Swanum 100 backstroke Jodi Schirmers 200 free Tami Grewenow 100 breaststroke Sue Roell 100 breaststroke, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay Nancy Swanum 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay Shannon Heringer 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay Ruth Gunard 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 400 free relay Jodi Schirmers 400 free relay Amy Volna 400 free relay Diane Wallner 50 free, 100 free, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay Sue Roell 100 breaststroke, 200 free relay, 200 medley relay Jo Elsen 200 free relay, 200 medley relay Ruth Gunard 200 free relay, 200 medley relay Jodi Schirmers 1650 free, 400 free relay Jo Elsen 200 free relay Diane Wallner 200 free relay, 400 free relay Sue Roell 200 free relay Marci Olson 200 free relay, 400 free relay Elyce Iwerks 400 free relay Jo Elsen 200 free relay, 200 medley relay Sue Roell 200 free relay, 200 medley relay Erin Driscoll 200 free relay, 400 free relay Diane Wallner 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 50 free, 200 medley relay, 100 free Elyce Iwerks 400 free relay, 200 medley relay Marci Olson 400 free relay Denise Johnson 200 I.M., 400 free relay Mana Raikkala 400 I.M. Jo Elsen 200 free relay Anna Sheehan 200 free relay, 400 free relay Diane Wallner 200 free relay, 400 free relay Britta Wilk 200 free relay, 400 free relay Cindy McCollum 200 free relay Julie Benz 200 free relay Britta Wilk 200 free relay Steph Schoening 200 free relay Cindy Anderson 50 back, 100 individual medley Steph Schoening 100 free Cindy Anderson 100 backstroke, 50 backstroke Cindy Anderson 50 backstroke Terry Ganley 100 individual medley Sara James 200 individual medley, 200 backstroke Terry Ganley 50 backstroke Mary Jablonski 50 butterfly Mary Jablonski 50 butterfly GOLDEN GOPHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Chris Curry 3-meter diving, 1981 AIAW Championships Gretchen Hegener 100-yard breaststroke, 1997 NCAA Championships Chris Curry (center) on the awards stand after winning the 3-meter diving at the 1981 AIAW Championships. Gretchen Hegener was the NCAA Champion in the 100 breaststroke in 1997, and set an American record in her national championship race. Golden Gopher Swimming & Diving

50 A L L - A M E R I C A N S Rebecca Corthwaite Platform diving* Dana Baum 200 freestyle* Rebecca Cornthwaite Platform diving* Keri Hehn 200 breaststroke Dana Baum 500 freestyle* Keri Hehn 200 breaststroke Katy Christoferson 200 individual medley* Katy Christoferson 400 individual medley, 200 medley relay*, 400 free relay*, 800 free relay* Kelsey Hegener 100 breaststroke*, 200 medley relay* Jenny Hennen 200 medley relay*, 400 free relay*, 800 free relay* Terri Jashinsky 100 butterfly*, 200 medley relay*, 400 free relay*, 800 free relay* Tracy LaVoi 1 meter diving* Jinny Smedstad 400 free relay*, 800 free relay* Terri Jashinsky 100 butterfly*, 200 free relay*, 200 medley relay*, 400 medley relay* Katy Christoferson 200 free relay*, 400 free relay*, 800 free relay* Amy Cottrill 200 free relay*, 400 free relay*, 800 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Jenny Hennen 200 free relay*, 400 free relay*, 800 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Kate McMillan 200 medley relay*, 400 medley relay* Beth Shimanski 400 medley relay* Jinny Smedstad 800 free relay* Meghan Sonstegard 400 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Gretchen Hegener 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke Gretchen Hegener 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay* Olga Splichalova 500 free, 800 free relay* Tanya Schuh 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 100 butterfly* Shona Baillie 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay Amy Cottrill 200 medley relay, 200 free relay*, 800 free relay* Jenny Hennen 400 medley relay, 200 free relay*, 800 free relay* Terri Jashinsky 200 free relay*, 800 free relay* Kimberly Wilson 1650 free* Andrea Berg 3-meter diving* Carrie Hansen 1-meter diving* Olga Splichalova 1650 free, 500 free*, 400 medley relay* Tanya Schuh 100 butterfly, 200 free relay*, 200 medley relay*, 400 medley relay* Gretchen Hegener 100 breaststroke, 200 free relay*, 200 medley relay*, 400 medley relay* Beth Shimanski 200 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Suzie Helvig 200 free relay*, 200 medley relay*, 400 medley relay* All-Americans AIAW Championships (Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women) Chris Curry 3 meter diving Britta Wilk butterfly, free relay Anna Sheehan free relay Elyce Iwerks free relay Erin Driscoll free relay Chris Curry 3 meter diving Cindy McCollum free relay Julie Benz free relay Stephanie Schoening free relay Britta Wilk free relay Cindy Anderson backstroke Cindy Anderson backstroke Cindy Anderson backstroke Cindy Anderson 200 free relay, backstroke Cheryl Swanum 200 free relay Joni Ellis 200 free relay Terry Ganley 200 free relay Terry Ganley free, I.M Terry Ganley backstroke Terry Ganley Nieszner was Minnesota s first All-American in a women s sport Tanya Schuh 100 butterfly, 200 medley relay* Olga Splichalova 1650 free, 500 free* Kiki Anderson 200 medley relay* Andrea Berg 1-meter diving*, 3 meter diving* Gretchen Hegener 200 medley relay* Suzie Helvig 200 medley relay* Kara Martin platform diving* Kara Martin platform diving, 3 meter diving* Laurie Nelson platform diving Jessica Grass 200 butterfly* Laurie Nelson 1-meter diving, platform diving, 3 meter diving* Laura Herman 50 free* Laurie Nelson 1-meter diving, 3 meter diving, platform diving Trina Thames 100 backstroke, 200 medley relay, 50 free*, 200 free relay*, 400 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Kris Zeller 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay* Uta Herrmann 200 medley relay, 200 free relay*, 400 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Laura Herman 200 medley relay, 200 free relay*, 400 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Pam Smith 200 free relay*, 400 free relay* Lynn Newton 1650 free* Laurie Nelson platform diving Trina Thames 100 backstroke, 400 medley relay*, 200 medley relay*, 400 free relay Lisa Davis 1-meter diving* Kris Zeller 200 medley relay* Andrea Rudser 400 medley relay*, 200 medley relay* Stacey Niedenfuer 400 medley relay*, 400 free relay* Laura Herman 200 medley relay*, 400 free relay* Deanne Hop 400 free relay* Linda Oegema 200 individual medley*, 400 medley relay* Linda Oegema 400 indiviudal medley, 200 individual medley* Tami Grewenow 100 breaststroke* Lynn Newton 1650 free* Tami Grewenow 100 breaststroke, 400 medley relay*, 200 medley relay* Amy Volna 200 free relay*, 400 medley relay* Stacey Niedenfuer 200 free relay*, 400 medley relay*, 200 medley relay* Deanne Hop 200 free relay* Ruth Gunard 200 free relay* Nancy Swanum 400 medley relay*, 200 medley relay* Shannon Heringer 200 medley relay* Tami Grewenow 100 breaststroke* Sue Roell 100 breaststroke, 400 free relay* Amy Volna 400 free relay* Jodi Schirmers 400 free relay* Ruth Gunard 400 free relay* Diane Wallner 50 free, 100 free*, 200 free relay*, 400 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Sue Roell 100 breaststroke*, 200 free relay*, 400 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Ruth Gunard 200 free relay*, 400 free relay*, 200 medley relay* Amy Volna 200 free relay*, 400 free relay* Jo Elsen 200 medley relay* Elyce Iwerks 400 free relay Marci Olson 400 free relay Diane Wallner 400 free relay Jodi 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