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1 INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING hoosier coaches RAY LOOZE HEAD SWIMMING COACH personal Date of Birth: May 12, 1967 Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wis. Wife: Kandis Children: Bryce (11), MacKenzie (9) High School: Serra, San Mateo, Calif., 1985 College: USC, 1990 B.S., Finance University of Texas, 1992 M.A., Education Coaching Experience university of TEXAS : Men s Graduate Assistant HARVARD UNIVERSITY : Assistant Men s Coach THE PEDDIE SCHOOL : Head Coach UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC : Head Men s Coach : Head Women s Coach INDIANA UNIVERSITY 2002-present: Head Coach Ray Looze is in his fifth year at the helm of both the men s and women s swimming programs and his eighth year of mentoring the men at Indiana University. Looze has achieved unparalleled success as both a coach and a world-class swimmer, accomplishments that he carried into his reign over the Hoosiers since his hiring in June Since arriving in Bloomington, Looze has made it his mission to return Indiana swimming to the elite level it had maintained throughout the 1960s and 70s. To say that he has made significant progress over his first seven years at IU would be an understatement. Under Looze s leadership, the Indiana men claimed IU s first Big Ten title since In just his second season directing the women s program, he led the team to its third Big Ten title in school history in In , Looze guided the women to their second Big Ten title in three seasons and led a group of 12 women to the NCAA Championships where the team finished 10th. Kate Zubkova defended her Big Ten titles in the 100 back and 200 back and went on to earn All- America honors in both events. Freshman Nikki White made a splash in the distance events, winning the 500 free at Big Tens and posting a top-10 finish in the 1,650 free at NCAAs. For his efforts Looze was named Big Ten Coach of the Year, while Zubkova was honored as the Big Ten Swimmer of the Year. A young men s squad finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships, led by freshman Eric Ress. Ress finished second in the 100 and 200 backstroke and fifth in the 500 free. He went on to earn All-America honors in the 100 back at the NCAA Championships. In , Looze became the first coach in IU history to lead both the men s and women s squads to top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships. Individual success came in the form of Ben Hesen who captured the NCAA title in the 100 backstroke, becoming the first Hoosier individual swimming national champion since At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, Hesen set a new American record in the 50-meter backstroke. On the women s side, Zubkova picked up secondand third-place finishes in the 200 back and 100 back, respectively, at the national meet. Both the men and women finished 10th, with the men s point total of 166 the most since Indiana tallied 173 points for fourth place at the 1977 NCAA Championships. In Big Ten competition, the men finished second, capturing four individual and relay titles, the most ever under Looze s tutelage. The women s squad came home from Big Tens with seven event titles, while setting 10 school records and two conference records along the way. In addition, Leila Vaziri became the first female swimmer in school history to set a world record when she clocked a time of in the 50-meter backstroke at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Australia. In 2007 the men posted a fourth-place finish at the Big Ten meet. The group tallied 13 All-America citations at the NCAA Championships, led by four from Hesen. Hesen became the first IU swimmer in 28 years to reach the championship finals of two individual events, finishing second in the 100 backstroke and eighth in the 200 back. Following the Hoosiers Big Ten championship performance in 2006, Kevin Swander earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships for the second time in his Hoosier career. He joined three other former Big Ten swimmers in earning two Swimmer of the Championships awards since its inception in Looze picked up his first Big Ten Swimming Coach of the Year. Nick Walkotten became the first swimmer to earn Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors in IU school history. He joined former diver Tom Davidson, who earned the honor in 1997, to win the Freshman of the Year honor. Additionally, Indiana men have snared 90 All- America certificates under Looze s tenure, with 20 of those coming in Meanwhile, Indiana closed out the 2006 NCAA Championships in Atlanta, Ga., with a 12th-place total of points. For the women, 2007 was a magical season, culminating in just its second official Big Ten title since the conference began sponsoring the sport in Vaziri won the 100-yard backstroke, setting a then-big Ten record in the process. Allison Kay won the 200 butterfly, becoming the first female swimmer in school history to win the event. 70

2 hoosier coaches INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVNG Looze was named Swimming Coach of the Year for the first time on the women s side. IU led league schools with nine All-Big Ten selections. At the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis, the Hoosiers finished 11th with points. Vaziri took third in the 100-yard backstroke and also earned All-America certificates in the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard medley relay. Vaziri closed her amazing IU career with 15 All-America citations, eclipsing the previous school record of 13 held by Erin Smith ( ) In 2006, the Hoosiers claimed six All-America certificates at the NCAA Championships. Allison Kay garnered an individual citation with a 10th-place finish in the 400 IM, while Vaziri captured 10th in the 100 back. Additionally, the quartet of Annica Lofstedt, Clarissa Wentworth, Vaziri and Kay each picked up All-America honors with a 14th-place effort in the 400 freestyle relay. Overall, the Hoosiers tallied 91 points to finish in 14th place at NCAAs. With her performance in the 100 back, Vaziri claimed her third individual All-American certificate, and 12th overall including relay action. In the Hoosiers finished second at the Big Ten Championships, just three points behind first-place Minnesota. Indiana followed the league meet with a 16th-place effort at the NCAA Championships. Additionally, the Hoosiers acquired an incredible haul of All-American accolades with 24 citations over the three-day meet. Looze s swimmers accounted for 60 of the team s 76 points at the national meet. The list of accomplishments for the Hoosier program only grows from there. In 2004, IU had its first national champion (at the ConocoPhillips Summer National Championships) since 1980 and the school s initial Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships in Swander. Vaziri became the school s first female world champion when she won the 50-meter backstroke. Overall, IU swimmers have set 82 (51 men s and 31 women s) standards under Looze s tutelage. Fourteen of the women s records were set in , with 10 men s records also being broken. At the 2005 Big Ten Championships, the Hoosiers captured seven All-Big Ten selections. Additionally, Swander claimed the 200-yard breaststroke title to become IU s first back-to-back swimming titleist since Cliff Looschen won in 1985 and Meanwhile, Indiana finished with seven swimming All-Americans (Fesenko, Hesen, Lee Houchin, Patrick, Russell, Swander and Scott Tanner) in IU also qualified for all five relays. The feat marked the first time in school history that Indiana swam in all five relays. A proven winner before arriving at IU, the highlights of Looze s career are remarkable: Five seasons as the head men s swimming coach at the University of the Pacific produced four Big West Conference Coach of the Year honors Two seasons as the head coach at the esteemed Peddie School resulted in a mythical national championship One season as a graduate assistant at the University of Texas ended in a NCAA team championship In four years as a varsity swimmer at the University of Southern California, Looze s career was highlighted with: both academic and athletic All-America honors; top 10 finishes in eight NCAA events, including a second-place swim in the 400-yard individual medley at the 1990 NCAA Championships; a finance degree magna cum laude; an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and being recognized as a finalist for both the Rhodes Scholarship and the Walter Byers Award On the international swimming scene, was a member of the 1990 United States Goodwill Games team and that year was ranked among the world s best in the 200-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medleys At the United States Olympic Trials in Indianapolis in 1992, just missed qualifying for the Olympic Games by placing third in the 400 individual medley and fifth in the 200 IM. Looze arrived at Indiana after spending five seasons as head swim coach at the University of the Pacific. He took over the helm of the men s swimming program on August 16, 1997, and beginning in 1998, he assumed the role as head coach for both the men s and women s swimming programs. Looze was named the Big West Conference Men s Swimming Coach of the Year in four consecutive seasons ( ). In , Looze led both teams to Big West Conference championships and subsequently was named the Big West Coach of the Year in both men s and women s swimming. Prior to his tenure at Pacific, Looze served as the head coach at the Peddie School in Hightstown, N.J., from , where he led the storied prep school to Swimming World s mythical national championship in As a men s swimming graduate assistant at the University of Texas, he was part of another national championship team as he helped the Longhorns capture the 1991 NCAA title. He also worked as the assistant men s swimming coach at Harvard from At the club level, Looze has coached the Phoenix (Ariz.) Swim Club from and Tiger Aquatics in Stockton, Calif., during his tenure at Pacific. Success has followed Looze throughout his coaching career. In only a short period of time, the University of Southern California product took Pacific s program to new heights. After taking over the men s program in 1997, he guided his 1999 squad to a secondplace finish at the Big West Championships and earned Big West Coach of the Year accolades for his efforts. At the same meet, the Pacific women s team won its first-ever Big West title, outscoring second-place UC-Santa Barbara by 112 points. As a student-athlete at Southern California, Looze was a standout in and out of the pool. He became the first non-football playing Trojan in school history to earn GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. In 1989, he was recognized as the school s Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He was also a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner and received recognition as a finalist for the 1989 Rhodes Scholarship and the 1990 NCAA Walter Byers Award. As a Trojan, Looze was a four-time All-America selection in swimming. At the 1990 NCAA Championships, he finished second in the 400 individual medley and ultimately earned a spot on the 1990 U.S. Goodwill Games squad. He finished the 1990 campaign ranked among the world s best in the 200-meter breaststroke and the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medleys. Looze graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor s degree in business finance from the University of Southern California and earned a master s degree from the School of Education at the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife, Kandis, have two children: Bryce Ryan (11) and MacKenzie Kay (9). LOOZE AT INDIANA MEN Dual Meets NCAA Big Ten Year Overall Big Ten Place Points Place Points th 21 3rd th th th 76 2nd th st th 72 4th th 166 2nd th 25 5th WOMEN Year Overall Big Ten Place Points Place Points th 91 4th th st th 128 3rd th 152 1st

3 hoosier coaches JEFF HUBER INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING HEAD DIVING COACH personal Date of Birth: March 28, 1953 Birthplace: Long Beach, Calif. Wife: Lesa Children: Julia, David High School: Sunny Hills, Fullerton, Calif., 1971 College: Wisconsin, 1975 B.S., English/Education CS Fullerton, 1978 M.A., English University of Nebraska, 1985 M.ED., Curriculum and Instruction University of Nebraska, 1989 PH.D., Educational Psychology Widely regarded as the finest diving coach in the nation, Dr. Jeff Huber is in his 21st year as the men s and women s diving coach at Indiana University and his 34th year of collegiate coaching. During his tenure, Indiana divers have flourished under the nine-time U.S. National Coach of the Year. In Huber, Indiana divers work daily with a mentor who served as a coach for the United States at the last three Olympic games. He has been recognized as the Big Ten Coach of the Year on 13 occasions (six for women s and seven for men s) and has coached student-athletes to 39 Big Ten titles and 18 Big Ten Divers of the Year in his 20-year tenure at IU. The season was a big one for Huber and his protége Christina Loukas as Loukas won the NCAA 3-meter diving title with a record score of Loukas also took second in the one-meter competition to earn NCAA Diver of the Year honors. She was also the Big Ten champion on the 3-meter and was named Big Ten Diver of the Year as well as Big Ten Diver of the Championships. Indiana nearly swept the 3-meter event at NCAAs with Brittney Feldman placing third, while she also placed 13th on the 1-meter. During the summer of 2009, Feldman and Heidi Mahnken teamed up to win a bronze in synchronized platform at the AT&T National Diving Championships, while Loukas won a national title on the 1-meter. Indiana Diving won the women s and combined team championships at the meet, while Loukas was awarded the individual high scorer award. Feldman had her coming-out party in 2008, capturing the 1-meter and 3-meter titles at the Big Ten Championships, before going on to finish third on the one-meter and fifth on the three-meter at the NCAA Championships. For her efforts she was named Big Ten Diver of Coaching Experience CYPRESS COLLEGE : Head Coach UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA : Head Coach INDIANA UNIVERSITY 1989-present: Head Coach 72 the Year and Big Ten Diver of the Championship. Loukas redshirted the season to focus on the 2008 Olympics and it paid off as the All-American was named to her first Olympic squad with a win on the 3-meter springboard at the U.S. Olympic Diving trials. It is the third-straight Olympics that IU has been represented by a female diver, following in the footsteps of Sara Reiling-Hildebrand (2000, 2004), Kimiko Hirai (2004) and Cassandra Cardinell (2004). When you include the men s competitors, Indiana has had an Olympic diver at every games since On the men s side, Landon Marzullo made a splash at the national level by winning Big Ten titles on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboards. Those victories resulted in Big Ten Diver of the Year, Big Ten Diver of the Championship and Big Ten Freshman of the Year accolades. Marzullo went on to earn All-America honors in both events at the NCAA Championships. At the 2007 Big Ten Championships, Loukas turned in one of the most dominant performances in Big Ten diving history, becoming just the fourth league diver to win all three diving events at the meet. Loukas set a new school and Big Ten record in winning the platform and a new school record in taking the 3-meter, earning Big Ten Diver of the Year and Diver of the Championships honors for the third straight year. Huber was named the Big Ten Women s Diving Coach of the Year for the fifth time. Loukas went on to earn first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish in the 1-meter, blowing away her old school record with a six-dive total of Feldman finished 10th, and Lindsay Weigle 13th to earn honorable mention AllAmerica honors. Weigle finished as runner-up on the platform and was a finalist on the 3-meter.

4 hoosier coaches INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVNG Not done yet, Loukas snagged her first national title with a win in the 1-meter at the 2007 Kaiser Permanente National Championships, a title she defended in 2008 and She was also a silver medalist in the 3-meter and earned a bronze in the 3-meter synchro at the World University Games. The Indiana women secured the team title at the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Senior National Diving Championships. At the 2006 NCAA Championships, Loukas became the first three-time championship finalist for the Hoosiers since Reiling-Hildebrand in Loukas placed fifth on the 1-meter, second on the 3-meter and sixth on the tower. Overall, the Hoosiers claimed a total of 11 All-America certificates under Huber in The Hoosiers also performed well at their respective Big Ten Championships. On the men s side, Brian Mariano garnered Big Ten Diver of the Championships. It marked the seventh time since the inception of the award in 1991 that a Hoosier claimed or shared the award. He also received co-big Ten Diver of the Year. Mariano snared the platform crown, while Taylor Roberts seized the three-meter title. On the women s side of the ledger, Loukas became the first back-to-back conference titleist for the Hoosiers with a 1-meter win since Reiling-Hildebrand won the 1-meter and platform events in 2002 and That effort netted Loukas Big Ten Co-Diver of the Year and Co-Diver of the Championships for the second consecutive season. Huber s pupils had a breakout campaign in At the NCAA Championships, Cassandra Cardinell acquired several noteworthy addendums to her resume with a triumph on the tower at NCAAs. Cardinell became the first Hoosier to win a national championship since Kimiko Hirai claimed the one-meter crown in 1996 and became IU s first non-onemeter national champion. For Cardinell s efforts and the performances of Loukas and Lisa Silvestri, Huber picked up NCAA National Coach of the Year honors. At the Big Ten Championships, the men combined to score 233 of the 497 team points. The total bested the Big Ten diving mark of 183 points, established by IU in Additionally, the women combined to score 214 of the 497 team points at Big Tens. The total bested the Big Ten diving mark of 123 points, established by the Hoosiers in Meanwhile, Loukas earned Big Ten Diver of the Year and Diver of the Championships, while Huber, the lone unanimous award winner, claimed the Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year honor. Additionally, Cardinell garnered first team recognition. On the men s side, Huber picked up his second Diving Coach of the Year honor in two weeks, while Carlton captured Diver of the Year, Diver of the Championships and First Team All-Big Ten accolades. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, Huber served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Diving Team. Three former and current Hoosier divers represented the U.S. at the Games. Former Hoosier All-Americans Reiling-Hildebrand and Cardinell, both of which trained with Huber, were among the members of the U.S. Olympic Diving team. Reiling- Hildebrand and Cardinell competed in the synchro 10-meter platform event and finished seventh overall. Reiling-Hildebrand also competed in the 10-meter platform competition at the 2004 Olympics. Reiling-Hildebrand qualified for the finals with an 14th-place finish in the semifinals and finished 10th overall in the event. The Reiling-Hildebrand-Cardinell duo won the 10-meter synchro event at the U.S. Olympic Trials to earn their spot in Athens. Huber led a contingent of nine Hoosiers to the U.S. Olympic Trials. In 2003, Huber s divers won three Big Ten titles on the women s side. That year he sent four divers to the NCAA Championships, with all four earning All-America honors. Huber and his divers captured a clean sweep of the Big Ten Conference diving awards that year. Reiling-Hildebrand was named the Big Ten Women s Diver of the Year and the Diver of the Championship. Carlton also earned Big Ten Diver of the Year honors and the Co-Diver of the Championship award. Huber was named the Big Ten Women s Diving Coach of the Year and Big Ten Men s Diving Coach of the Year. Individually, several current and former Hoosiers produced successful performances at the 2003 Speedo National Diving Championship. Reiling-Hildebrand and Cardinell finished first and second, respectively, for the women s all-around award. IU also captured three event titles. Cardinell and Reiling-Hildebrand were champions in both the synchro three-meter and synchro platform events. Reiling-Hildebrand also added a title on the three-meter. For the men, Carlton and Mariano placed second in the synchro three-meter event. The duo also finished sixth in the synchro platform. Carlton came in eighth on the platform and 10th on the three-meter. The Hoosier men and women captured the combined team national championship at Speedo U.S. Nationals. IU won the women s category and the Hoosier men took third. There has hardly been enough room on the podium for Huber and his divers at the Big Ten Championships. In 1999, Mike Collier was the 1-meter Big Ten champion and was also named Big Ten Diver of the Year for the third time. He completed the season with All- American honors in all three events and was also the World University Games U.S. team captain. That same year, the men s and women s diving teams each placed second and combined to win their fourth straight national championship at the indoor and outdoor U.S. Nationals. The 1998 Big Ten Championships featured Collier s victory on the 10-meter platform and Tom Davidson s win on 1-meter springboard. Collier earned Diver of the Year and Davidson garnered Diver of the Championships. In 1998 and 1999, Huber won his second and third Big Ten Coach of the Year honors, respectively. At the 1997 Big Ten Championships, IU accomplished a quadruple-double as Huber earned both the women s and men s Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year, Jenny Dixon won the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events, Collier captured the 1-meter championship, and Davidson secured the 3-meter title. Dixon and Collier both claimed Diver of the Year while Davidson picked up Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. At the national level, Huber s U.S. Diving résumé is extensive. He has coached the Indiana diving program to 13 (four indoor, nine outdoor) U.S. Diving Combined Team National Championships, with the 13th earned in August of In 2003, Huber also claimed induction into the State of Indiana Swimming and Diving Wall of Fame. Internationally, Huber earned the honor of serving as a coach for the United States Olympic Team in the summer of This marked the second time that the Indiana head coach appeared on the world s biggest stage, as he also coached for the Dominican Republic at the 1984 Olympic Games. Huber added to his already impressive international experience during the summer of 2003, serving as the head coach of the U.S. National Team. He was the co-head coach for the United States at the Pan-American games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Among his other international experience includes coaching at the 2009 World Championships, the 1998 Goodwill Games, the 1991, 2005 and 2007 World University Games and numerous Grand Prix international meets. He has been named a U.S. Olympic Festival coach twice. Huber s success at Indiana has been remarkable. During his 20 years, Indiana divers have achieved All-America status 72 times. That list of divers includes Loukas, the 2009 NCAA 3-meter champion, Cardinell, the 2005 NCAA platform champion, Kimiko Hirai-Soldati, the 1996 NCAA 1-meter diving champion and Mark Lenzi, the 1989 and meter NCAA champion and 1992 Olympic gold medalist. Prior to his arrival at Indiana, Huber placed his name squarely on the coaching map with the success his teams achieved at the University of Nebraska. Huber coached both the Cornhuskers men and women for 11 years. During that time, Nebraska divers won 27 Big Eight Conference championship titles, 20 NCAA All-America awards, and two Academic All-America accolades, while setting nine conference records. Huber coached 10 U.S. national finalists and directed his team to a third-place team award at the 1988 U.S. Indoor National Championships. He garnered Big Eight Coach of the Year recognition in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, and While at Nebraska in 1987, Huber received the coaches Whosam Award. In honor of former Olympic gold medalist Dr. Sammy Lee, the award is given annually to a person who has demonstrated the high values and ideals and a commitment to the sport of diving. Huber remains very active in the diving community. He has served on the Board of Directors of U.S. Diving, Inc. and was Rules Chairman for the organization. He is a member of the NCAA Rules Subcommittee for Diving, and former Chairman for the United States Diving Foundation Board of Trustees, and the Big Ten Diving Coaches Committee. He also has authored numerous articles for several publications, including The Diver, National Strength and Conditioning Journal, RIP Magazine, U.S. Diving Coach Development Manual and The Sport Psychologist, an international research journal. In 2001, he authored a series of diving training videotapes and in 2006 he authored two chapters in the USA Diving coach development reference manual. A native of Buena Park, Calif., Huber was a California state high school diving champion and record-holder, a four-time letterman at the University of Wisconsin, and was a finalist at both the Big Ten and U.S. National Championships. He also qualified for and competed at the 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials. He received a bachelor s degree in English and Education in 1975 from the University of Wisconsin and went on to earn a master s in English in 1978 at California State University-Fullerton, while working as head diving coach at Cypress College. Huber completed a master s in education in curriculum and instruction and a Ph.D. in educational psychology in 1985 and 1989, respectively, both from the University of Nebraska. Huber is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, and the Department of Kinesiology. Huber s wife, Dr. Lesa Huber, is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Applied Health Science and the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University. Their daughter Julia (23) graduated from IU in May 2008 and is a staff assistant for Sen. Evan Bayh in Washington, D.C. Their son David (20) is a junior at IU in the Kelley School of Business. 73

5 INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING hoosier coaches MIKE WESTPHAL ASSISTANT HEAD COACH- MEN S SWIMMING personal Date of Birth: July 26, 1973 Birthplace: Aberdeen, Wash. Wife: Sarah Children: Hope High School: Capital, Olympia, Wash., 1992 College: Linfield College B.S., Elementary Education Coaching Experience CAPITAL (WASH.) HIGH SCHOOL : Head Coach EVERGREEN SWIM CLUB : Head Coach EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE : Head Coach UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC : Assistant Coach UNLV : Assistant Coach INDIANA UNIVERSITY : Assistant Coach 2009-present: Assistant Head Coach Mike Westphal is in his first year as assistant head coach for the men s swimming program and his seventh year overall with Indiana swimming. As the Hoosiers distance coach the last six seasons, Westphal helped tutor Nikki White to a Big Ten title in the 500 free and placed two swimmers (Allison Kay, White) in the top-10 of the 1,650 free at the NCAA Championships. The Hoosiers took four of the top five spots in the event at the Big Ten Championships, where IU won its second team title in the last three years. In 2008, Westphal saw J.K. Koehler earn All- America honors in the 1,650-yard freestyle and top finishes from Alex Brunfeldt (500 free, 1,650 free) and Koehler (1,650 free) at the Big Ten Championships. Westphal also accompanied former IU distance standout Sergiy Fesenko and 2008 All-American Kate Zubkova to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China as a member of the Ukrainian coaching staff. On the women s side, Amanda Smith made a splash at the NCAA Championships by picking up All- America honors in the 500 free (14th) after finishing second in the event at the Big Ten Championships. In 2007, Westphal helped Koehler and Brunfeldt to top-eight finishes in the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyle at Big Tens. Koehler went on to finish 12th in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships. Emma Berry placed eighth in the 1,650-yard freestyle as the women claimed the Big Ten title in In 2006, Westphal was a crucial component of a coaching staff that led the men s squad to its first Big Ten title in more than two decades. The men s squad also finished 12th at the NCAA Championships in 2006, its highest finish since Westphal mentored the most prolific distance freestyle swimmer in Indiana history in Fesenko. While only with the program for two years, Fesenko left with records in all the distance freestyle events. Fesenko eclipsed the school records for the 500-yard freestyle, 1,000-yard freestyle 1,650-yard freestyle in his first season with the Hoosiers, then broke his own marks again as a senior. Westphal, who was an assistant for Indiana s women s team before the two programs were merged prior to the season, was on the deck to see Fesenko pick up two All-America certificates in After earning three citations in 2005, Fesenko followed that up with two more honorable mention nods in 2006 in the 500 free and 1,650 free. The distance squad put three Hoosiers in the top five of the 1,650 free at the 2006 Big Ten Championships, with Fesenko, Koehler and Brunfeldt finishing second, fourth and fifth, respectively. Fesenko finished second in the 500 free. In Westphal s second campaign with IU, the Indiana women s swimming and diving squad finished in a program-best ninth place with 112 points at the 2005 NCAA Championships. In Westphal s first season with the Hoosiers, the women s program had 12 swimmers earn honorable mention All-America honors in some form. Indiana also took third at the Big Ten Championships with Big Ten titles in the 50-yard freestyle and 200-yard freestyle relay. IU also had what was then its third-best finish at the NCAA Championships, taking 12th with 119 points. Westphal joined the Hoosier women s staff in July of 2003 after previously serving as the head assistant swim coach at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. At UNLV, Westphal handled recruiting duties for both the men s and women s programs, provided training programs for swimmers and managed the graduate assistants on the staff. Prior to his stint with the Rebels, he served for two seasons ( ) as an assistant swim coach at the University of Pacific under Looze. In 2002, the Pacific men s and women s teams won Big West Conference titles, and the women s squad placed 15th at the NCAA Championships. From 1999 to 2000, Westphal was the pool manager and head swim coach at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash. He was also the head coach of the Evergreen Swim Club from 1997 to Westphal began his career as the head coach at Capital High School in Olympia, where he coached from 1996 to Westphal experienced great success as a collegiate swimmer. He was a four-time NAIA All-American from at Linfield College in McMinnville, Ore., and also earned Academic All-America honors as a senior in Westphal was a three-time captain ( ) and garnered Linfield College Athlete of the Year honors in Westphal earned his bachelor s degree in elementary education from Linfield in He also is working towards a master s degree in sports management and athletic administration. Westphal married the former Sarah Ewan in The couple resides in Bloomington with their daughter, Hope. 74

6 hoosier coaches INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING PAM SWANDER ASSISTANT HEAD COACH- WOMEN S SWIMMING personal Date of Birth: January 8, 1959 Birthplace: Muncie, Ind. HUsband: Jeff Children: Kevin, Laura High School: Yorktown, Yorktown, Ind., 1977 College: Arizona State, 1986 B.S., Secondary Education Coaching Experience YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL : Head Coach YORKTOWN SWIM CLUB : Head Coach CENTER GROVE AQUATICS CLUB : Head Coach INDY DOLPHINS : Assistant Coach CLEMSON UNIVERSITY : Middle Distance Coach INDIANA UNIVERSITY : Middle Distance Coach 2009-present: Assistant Head Coach Assistant coach Pam Swander is in her first season as assistant head coach with the women s team and her fifth season overall at Indiana, having joined the Hoosier program after a one-year stint at Clemson University. Over the last two seasons, Swander has guided the development of Olympian and All-American Kate Zubkova. In her first season at IU, Zubkova assaulted the record book with new marks in the 100-yard back, 200-yard back. 100-yard butterfly, 100-meter back, 200-meter back and 100-meter butterfly. She won Big Ten titles in the 100 back and 200 back and finished third and second, respectively, in both events at the NCAA meet. In 2009 she topped her own school marks en route to defending her Big Ten titles in the 100 and 200 back and earned All-America honors in both events at the NCAA meet. Zubkova also competed at the 2009 World University Games, as well as the FINA World Championships. In addition, she helped coach Presley Bard (100 back, 200 back, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay), Sarah Stockwell (200 medley relay, 400 medley relay) and Donna Smailis (200 medley relay, 400 medley relay) to All-America honors in Under Swander s tutelage, the Indiana women captured the Big Ten Championship in That squad featured Leila Vaziri and Bard and 1-2 finishers in the 100-yard backstroke. Bard was crowned the Big Ten Champion in the 200 back, with Vaziri placing third. The pair would go on to earn All-America honors at the NCAA Championships with Vaziri finishing third in the 100-yard backstroke and Bard ninth in the 200-yard back. It was Vaziri who took the swimming world by storm at the 2007 FINA World Championships with a world record in the 50-meter backstroke to earn her first world title. In 2006, Swander was an integral part of a Hoosier coaching staff that produced two national champions within a year of her hiring. Vaziri and Kristen Bradley won titles for their respective countries in the summer of 2006, as Vaziri claimed gold in the 100-meter backstroke at the ConocoPhillips National Championships in August, while Bradley won the 400-meter individual medley championship at the Canadian National Championships. Vaziri posted the second-best American time of the year at the Pan Pacific Championships that August en route to earning a spot on the U.S. FINA World Championship team. During the collegiate season, Swander coached Vaziri and Allison Kay to consolation finals at the NCAA Championships in 2006, with Vaziri taking 10th in the 100-yard back and Kay claiming 10th in the 400-yard IM. In addition to her coaching duties, Swander is also the recruiting coordinator for the Hoosiers. Swander has excelled in that area, as well, helping bring in outstanding freshman classes for both the men and the women for over the last four seasons. At Clemson in , Swander mentored several student-athletes that made championship finals at the ACC Championships. She worked extensively with Jen Grove, who appears in the top 10 in Clemson history in both the 100 fly and 200 fly. Swander also oversaw the training of Charlie Dillon, who owned top-five marks in four events for the men, and Buddy Reed, the then-school record-holder in the 200 free. Prior to entering the collegiate ranks, Swander made a name for herself on the club and high school levels, coaching a pair of Olympic Trial and 10 senior qualifiers, while also mentoring four top-16 nationally ranked student-athletes. She claimed four coach of the year awards at those levels. From , Swander served as senior coach and Swim-America Director at Washington Township Swimming Club. While there, she coached 60 senior and 45 age group swimmers at one of the top clubs in the state of Indiana. Additionally, Swander coached some of Indiana s finest swimming talent while at Washington Township, as five former pupils went on to participate in NCAA Championships (Elizabeth Christy, Alex Dawson, Brian Hartley, Susan Hentschel and Alex Williams) and 12 others competed on the NCAA Division I level. From , Swander functioned as assistant senior and age group coach with the Indy Dolphins at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis, Ind., where she coached gold elite and senior developmental groups. Prior to a three-year stint as head age group coach at Center Grove Aquatics Club in Greenwood, Ind., Swander headed the Yorktown Swim Club and Yorktown High School programs from Additionally, Swander made an impact on the administrative side of swimming in the state of Indiana. She was tabbed to the Indiana Board of Directors and performed as the Age Group Chairman from During that time period, Swander garnered the 1999 Jim Hartzner Award, which goes to the most outstanding volunteer of Indiana Swimming. Swander also served on the 2000 Olympic Trial Planning Committee and functioned as the meet director for the senior state championship and central zone meets. She also performed as the team coach for the quad team in 1995, 1998 and 2000 and coached Team Indiana for the zone championship meets in 1995, 1998 and Swander graduated from Arizona State in 1986 with a bachelor s degree in secondary education. She and her husband, Jeff, are the parents of two All-American collegiate swimmers. Her son, Kevin, completed his swimming career at Indiana University as one of the most lauded swimmers in the history of the program with 13 All-America certificates. Her daughter, Laura, earned 11 All-America citations swimming for Auburn University. 75

7 INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING hoosier coaches DONNY BRUSH ASSISTANT HEAD COACH FOR COORDINATION OF TRAINING & STUDENT-ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT personal Date of Birth: January 30, 1974 Birthplace: Terre Haute, Ind. High School: Terre Haute South, Terre Haute, Ind., 1992 College: Indiana State, 2001 B.S., Physical Education Coaching Experience TERRE HAUTE AQUATIC CLUB : Co-Head Coach TERRE HAUTE TORPEDOES : Head Coach NEWBURGH SEA CREATURES : Head Coach/CEO CARMEL SWIM CLUB : Head Age Group Coach/Senior Assistant Coach LONGHORN AQUATICS : Assistant Coach Indiana University 2005-present: Assistant Coach Donny Brush is in his fifth season at Indiana and his first season as assistant head coach for the coordination of training and student athlete development. Concentrating on the IU sprinters, in , Brush saw his charges topple school records in the men s 50 free and 100 free (Matt Lenton), place second in the 100 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships and earn All-America honors (Eric Ress). Nowhere has Brush s influence been more obvious than in the performance of Ben Hesen. Hesen capped off his three seasons under Brush with an NCAA title in the 100 back in 2008, IU s first individual NCAA swimming champion since Hesen s winning time of was a new school record and the second-fastest time in NCAA history. Hesen also set a new Indiana mark in the 100 butterfly and 200 back, and captured Big Ten titles in all three events. He was named the 2008 IU Male Athlete of the Year and is ranked 12th in the world in the 100-meter backstroke. At the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials he set a new American record in the 50-meter back. In 2006, Hesen showed the most noticeable improvement under Brush s tutelage, moving from a 31st-place showing in the 100-yard backstroke at the 2005 NCAA Championships to a fourth-place showing in In 2007, Hesen made his presence known on the international level, finishing third in the 100-meter backstroke at the ConocoPhillips National Championships with a school-record time of Along with that went a second-place finish in the 100-yard back at the 2007 NCAA Championships and the Big Ten title in the same event. Todd Patrick also competed at the international level in the summer of 2007, picking up a silver medal in the 200-meter IM at the Japan International Swim Meet. He touched the wall in 2:00.59, setting a new school mark. Patrick set a new school mark in the 200-yard IM at the 2008 Big Ten Championships and went on to earn All-America honors with a thirdplace finish at the NCAA Championships. He set new IU records in the 200 fly and 50 free, and is ranked 17th in the world in the 200 IM. Both medley relay squads earned All-America status under Brush s watch for the third-straight year in 2008, taking fifth in the 200-yard medley in schoolrecord time, and 10th in the 400. Brush served as a member of the New Zealand coaching staff at the 2008 World Youth Games, where IU s Kurt Bassett set a new meet record in winning the 200 back. In all, the New Zealand squad produced five gold medals and meet records. On the women s side, Brush has guided the development of 2008 Olympian and All-American Kate Zubkova. In her first season at IU, Zubkova assaulted the record book with new marks in the 100-yard back, 200-yard back. 100-yard butterfly, 100-meter back, 200-meter back and 100-meter butterfly. She won Big Ten titles in the 100 back and 200 back and finished third and second, respectively, in both events at the NCAA meet. Brush helped the Hoosiers eclipse seven school records en route to the 2007 Big Ten Championship. Leading the charge was 2007 IU Female Athlete of the Year Leila Vaziri who was victorious in the 100- yard back at the Big Ten meet and went on to finish third at the NCAA Championships. Brush was involved with the technique and power training of Vaziri, who took the swimming world by storm at the 2007 World Championships with a world record in the 50-meter backstroke. Presley Bard won the 200-yard back title at the Big Ten meet and went on to finish ninth at the NCAA Championships. Sarah Stockwell set the new Indiana standard in the 100 breast at the NCAA Championships, while Amilee Smith accomplished the same feat in the 200 breast. During his initial season as a Hoosier, Brush also served as an assistant coach for the Ukrainian National Team at the European Championships. Prior to coming to IU, Brush served as an assistant swimming coach for Longhorn Aquatics in Austin, Texas, from 2004 to During his time in the Lone Star State, Longhorn was recognized by USA Swimming as the top Gold Medal Club in the nation. Additionally, Longhorn Aquatics won the 2004 ConocoPhillips Spring National team and women s national championships as well as the ConocoPhillips Summer National team, women s, men s and U-18 national titles. Meanwhile, seven Longhorn Aquatics swimmers earned berths on the 2005 World Championship Team for the United States. In 2004, Brush assisted in placing 11 other swimmers on both the Olympic roster as well as the World Short Course Championship team. Overall, 49 athletes qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials during his tenure. Previously, Brush operated as the Head Age- Group and Senior Assistant Coach for the Carmel Swim Club from 2002 to At Carmel, he recruited to rebuild and revitalize the age group swimming program for the private swim club. His charges at the Carmel Swim Club captured the Indiana Long Course Age Group State Championship in 2002 and the 2003 Short Course Senior State title. Under his tutelage, the squad received national recognition as the top USA Swimming Silver Medal Club. During his two years at Carmel, the Greyhounds claimed both the men s and women s Indiana High School State crowns. Prior to his time at Carmel, Brush served as the head swimming coach and CEO of the Newburgh Sea Creatures from 2000 to Brush began his head coaching career in Terre Haute, Ind., where he served as the co-head coach for the Terre Haute Aquatic Club from 1993 to 1996, head swimming coach at Terre Haute South Vigo from 1996 to 1997 and head swimming coach for the Terre Haute Torpedoes from 1997 to The Torpedoes garnered six consecutive Central Indiana State Conference Championships during that time. The Terre Haute native graduated with a bachelor s degree in physical education from Indiana State University in 2001 and is currently pursuing his master s in sport psychology from the Indiana State. 76

8 hoosier coaches INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING TODD WAIKEL ASSISTANT DIVING COACH personal Date of Birth: August, 31, 1969 Birthplace: Warsaw, Ind. Wife: Marlene Children: Damian, Hannah, Nathan, Dominic, Jonah, Paul, Christopher, Clare High School: Warsaw Community, Warsaw, Ind., 1988 College: IPFW, 1994 B.S., Speech Communications Coaching Experience CENTRAL OHIO DIVING : Head Coach NORTHERN INDIANA DIVING : Head Coach INDIANA UNIVERSITY 2005-present: Assistant Coach Todd Waikel is in his fifth season as the assistant diving coach at Indiana University. Last year Waikel helped Christina Loukas to Big Ten and NCAA titles on the 3-meter springboard, as well as NCAA Diver of the Year, Big Ten Diver of the Year and Big Ten Diver of the Championships honors. Brittney Feldman posted a third-place finish on the 3-meter springboard at the NCAA meet, earning All-America recognition. In 2008, Waikel and Huber put together another dominating squad, capturing four Big Ten titles and earning diver of the year, diver of the championship and coach of the year on both the men s and women s sides. Feldman captured conference titles on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard and went on to earn All-America honors in both events. Landon Marzullo won the same events on the men s side and was named All-American for all three diving events. In 2007, Loukas turned in one of the most dominant performances in Big Ten diving history, becoming just the fourth league diver to win all three diving events at the meet. Loukas set a new school and Big Ten record in winning the platform and a new school record in taking the 3-meter, earning Big Ten Diver of the Year and Diver of the Championships honors for the third straight year. For the men, David Legler finished second on the platform at the Big Ten meet, while Taylor Roberts was fifth on the platform and sixth on the 3-meter. Loukas went on to earn first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships with a secondplace finish in the 1-meter. Feldman finished 10th, and Lindsay Weigle 13th to earn honorable mention All-America honors. Not done yet, Loukas snagged her first national title with a win the 1-meter at the 2007 Kaiser Permanente National Championships and defended that title in 2008 and She was also a silver medalist in the 3-meter and earned a bronze in the 3-meter synchro at the World University Games. In his first season with the Hoosiers, Waikel helped the IU divers post impressive showings on both the Big Ten and NCAA levels. On the men s side, Waikel assisted Huber in coaching Big Ten Co- Diver of the Year and Diver of the Championships Brian Mariano. Mariano advanced to the championship finals in all three boards, winning the platform. The Hoosiers produced two male diving All- Americans in 2006, Waikel s first season with the program. Taylor Roberts, the Big Ten champion on the 3-meter, finished seventh on that board at the NCAA Championships and was 16th from the tower. Ryan Fagan placed eighth in the platform and was 15th in the one-meter. The women s diving team turned in a season for the ages in 2006, as well. Loukas was named Big Ten Co-Diver of the Year and Co-Diver of the Championships after winning the 1-meter and finishing second from the tower. Indiana had three finalists in the platform, with Weigle finishing third behind Loukas and Heather Chapman placing fifth. That success carried over into the NCAA Championships, as Loukas earned All-American status from all three boards. She finished second on the three-meter, fifth on the one-meter and was sixth on the platform. Weigle also earned a trip to the awards stand, as she took bronze from the tower. Prior to joining the Hoosiers, Waikel served as the head diving coach for Northern Indiana Diving in Fort Wayne, Ind., from In 2005, Waikel guided Daniel Freble to the U.S. Open, Andrew Krafft to the U.S./Canadian All-Star Meet and the Junior Open Winter Nationals silver medal. He also served as a judge at both the men s and women s Big Ten Championships. In 2004, Waikel tutored Krafft to All-American honors on both the one- and three-meter, and he helped Freble to the U.S./Canadian All-State Meet Bronze Medal on the one-meter in Before working with Northern Indiana, Waikel worked with Fort Wayne Community Schools as an assistant director of its natatorium in 2000, and at Michiana College as a college recruiter from He also served as the head coach of Central Ohio Diving and was the owner-operator of the Columbus Creed from On the administrative side of the sport, Waikel is a member of the U.S. Diving Committee for Continued Excellence sub committee, and is a senior representative for the Indiana Diving Association (IDA). He also is the Junior Olympic Chairperson for the IDA, and a voting delegate for U.S. Diving. Previously, Waikel operated as the vice president of the Ohio Diving League from , and was on the U.S. Diving Grassroots Committee from Additionally, Waikel chaired the Junior Olympic Committee for the Ohio Diving Association from Internationally, Waikel served as the team leader for the 2005 U.S./Canada Challenge, the 1999 Alpine Diving Tour in 1999 and the 1997 Italian Diving Tour. He also hosted the Denmark National Team in Waikel also is certified by U.S. Diving to travel throughout the nation certifying coaches in safety policies and procedures. Additionally, Waikel teaches for U.S. Diving s Grassroots and Dive Safe. He also instructs the U.S. Diving Spotting Training courses. The Warsaw, Ind., native graduated in 1994 with a bachelor s degree in speech communications from Purdue University. Waikel and his wife, Marlene, are the parents of eight children: Damian, Hannah, Nathan, Dominic, Jonah, Paul, Christopher and Clare. 77

9 INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING SUPPORT STAFF JANET KITTELL Associate Athletic Director/Swimming and Diving Administrator 4th Year CHRISTY DUBOIS Administrative Assistant 2nd Year Dr. Janet R. Kittell, PhD, is in her fourth year as associate athletics director at Indiana University. She serves as the sport administrator for men s and women s track and field and cross country, field hockey, men s and women s golf, rowing, men s and women s swimming and diving, volleyball and water polo. She also oversees the Hoosiers sports medicine and strength and conditioning areas. Kittell brings more than 30 years of intercollegiate coaching and administrative experience to Bloomington. She arrived at Indiana after spending 11 years as associate athletics director for operations at Syracuse University. Kittell has also served on a variety of prestigious NCAA Committees. During her tenure at Syracuse, Kittell oversaw 19 men s and women s sport programs, including the addition of women s soccer, women s lacrosse and softball. She administered departmental search plans, financial aid, endowment management, housing and meal plans for Orange student-athletes and professional development for Syracuse coaches. In addition to her responsibilities at Syracuse, Kittell also served as chair of the NCAA Committee on Women s Athletics and vice-chair of the NCAA Olympics Sports Liaisons Committee. She worked on the Big East Conference s Championships and Competition Committee and Strategic Planning/Revision Sub Committee. She has also served on NCAA Women s Soccer, Walter Byers Scholarship and Nominating Committees, the Championships and Competition Cabinet and as the 2003 NCAA Women s Lacrosse Championships Tournament Director. Kittell worked as the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreational Sports at Chico State from Kittell played a critical role in Cal-State Chico s marketing, facilities and fund-raising plans, including the cultivation of $250,000 in grant money and $1.2 million in student referendum to help preserve 12 intercollegiate sports in the wake of a $4.5 million budget cut. Kittell also established a foundation for the NCAA Life Skills pilot program and orchestrated full department computerization. Prior to Cal State Chico, Kittell spent three years as the Director of Physical Education and Athletics at New England College. Kittell was instrumental in the school s move from NAIA Division III Independent to NCAA Division III status as a member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference, and she also played a key role in athletics facilities renovation on campus. Kittell worked as the Department Chair and Associate Athletics Director for Health, Physical Education, Sports Medicine and Sports Management at Ohio Northern University from She developed and implemented ONU s sports management major curriculum and played an important role in athletics facility upgrades. A 1972 graduate of Michigan with a bachelor s degree in English and Physical Education, Kittell earned her master s degree in English from the U-of-M in 1973 and her Ph.D in Athletic Administration at Michigan in She also pursued postdoctoral work at the Ohio Northern University Law School. Christy DuBois is in her second season as an administrative assistant with the Indiana swimming and diving program. A Bloomington native, DuBois worked in the medical field as a Contract Coordinator and Administrative Assistant for nine years. She and her husband, Ben, are the parents of two children, Peyton (9) and Katie (5). OWEN JOHNSON Announcer 13th Year Owen Johnson is in his 13th season announcing for the men s and women s swimming and diving squads at IU. He became the announcer in the season and has been going strong ever since. Not only does he serve IU Athletics at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center, he has filled in at men s and women s basketball games. Johnson began his college swim-announcing career with the 1995 Big Ten Women s Swimming and Diving Championships at the IU Natatorium in Indianapolis. Since then, Johnson has announced at nine more Big Ten Championships, two Junior National Championships and one Grand Prix event. As a master s swimmer, Johnson won several Indiana championships. Currently, he serves on IU s Athletics Committee. Academically, Johnson has been a member of IU s faculty since He primarily teaches journalism and history. He is working on a book of collected private letters of World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle. He has also served as director of IU s Russian and East European Institute. His journalistic work has appeared in various media, including the Christian Science Monitor and on National Public Radio s All Things Considered. Johnson, who has two grown daughters, received his bachelor s degree in history from Washington State, and both his master s and doctoral degrees from Michigan. He resides in Bloomington with his wife, Ann. 78

10 SUPPORT STAFF INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING CARTER CROSBY Volunteer Assistant Coach 2nd Year WILL BOHONYI Technical Support- Diving 1st Year Carter Crosby is in his second season as a volunteer assistant coach at Indiana. Crosby came to Indiana from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., where he spent the two seasons as an assistant coach with the men s and women s swimming programs. His responsibilities at Allegheny included writing and implementing workouts, constructing a strength and conditioning program, recruiting and mentoring student-athletes. In addition to his coaching duties at Allegheny, Crosby was also the director of the Community Swim Programs at the college. Crosby also has experience as a swim instructor at USC s Schubert Swim Camp, University of Tampa and Columbia University. Crosby is a 2006 graduate of Columbia where he was a four-year swimming letterwinner. He served as co-captain as a senior and helped lead the Lions to a record of over the course of his four seasons. TYSON HURST Volunteer Assistant Coach 1st Year Tyson Hurst is in his first year as a volunteer assistant coach with the Hoosier men and women. Hurst comes from Redmond, Oregon where he spent the last three years as a high school coach and also for the Cascade Aquatic Club. In both programs he was responsible for writing workouts, mentoring the athletes and recruiting. Hurst helped lead the Redmond High School men s team to three consecutive undefeated dual meet seasons in the Central Valley Conference. He was also in charge of the growth and development for both the novice and age group programs with the club team. Before coming to IU, Hurst spent his time in Oregon pairing his coaching responsibilities with entrepreneurial endeavors. An owner of two businesses in Central Oregon and a huge passion for music and community theater enabled him to continue his favorite hobbies. Hurst received his B.S. in Music Education in 2005 and his MAT in 2006, both from Oregon State University. Will Bohonyi is in his first year in the position of technical support for the Indiana diving program. Bohonyi recently concluded his four-year career at Indiana, where he recorded 10 top-20 finishes in Big Ten Championship action, including seventh-place finishes on the platform in 2007, 2008 and AMANDA FARK Academic Adviser 1st Year Amanda Fark is in her second year at Indiana. She was hired in June 2009 in the role of academic advisor after serving as an intern within the department of Academic and Student Development Services the previous year. Fark serves as the primary adviser for baseball, men s and women s swimming, and water polo. Fark graduated from Ohio University with her Master of Business Administration (2007) and Master of Sport Administration (2008). She graduated magna cum laude from Elmhurst in 2003 with a bachelor s degree in sociology. SCOTT MAXWELL Director of Learning Services and Retention 6th Year Scott Maxwell serves as the director of learning services and retention and is entering his sixth year with the Academic Services staff. He also serves as the academic adviser for men s and women s diving, men s golf, men s tennis, women s tennis and men s soccer. Maxwell earned his master s degree in multicultural counseling from San Diego State University and his undergraduate degree was in English literature. While working on his doctoral coursework in higher education and student affairs, he previously taught classes in study skills and critical reading as an associate instructor at IUB and worked as an academic advisor in California. 79

11 INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING SUPPORT STAFF MEGAN EAST TEAM MANAGERS Athletic Trainer 2nd Year Megan East is in her second year as head trainer for Indiana s aquatics programs. A 2006 graduate of the University of Florida with a degree in applied physiology and kinesiology, East earned a master s degree from the University of North Carolina in exercise and sport science in In addition to working with men s and women s swimming and diving, she also handles women s water polo. JASON ROBBINS Strength and Conditioning 1st Year Joseph Ragsdale Diving Manager Jen Happ Head Swimming Manager Jason Robbins is in his first season as the strength and conditioning coach for the Indiana aquatics programs. Robbins came to IU in August 2009 from Michigan where he served as assistant strength and conditioning coach, working with men s and women s golf, gymnastics, rowing and novice rowing. Robbins spent two years with the Wolverines, serving as a graduate assistant coach during the season. During that time he was responsible for implementing sport-specific strength and conditioning programs for men s and women s diving, men s and women s golf, women s gymnastics, men s soccer, women s rowing and women s water polo. Robbins earned both his bachelor s (2004) and master s (2006) degrees in exercise science from the University of Toledo. He is a former football studentathlete for the Rockets where he was named the Mid-American Conference Special Teams Player of the Year in 2005 and was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award that season. Baillie Cole Swimming Manager Lindsay Hicks Swimming Manager Kara Kanorr Swimming Manager Sherill Thompson Swimming Manager 80

12 Season REVIEW INDIANA SWIMMING AND DIVING REVIEW INDIANA FIFTH AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Led by performances from freshman Eric Ress and junior Aaron Opell, Indiana finished fifth overall at the 2009 Big Ten Championships with points. Ress broke a 200 backstroke age group record held by Michael Phelps, finishing second with a time of 1: That is the second fastest time in school history. Doug Spraul finished second in the consolation heat and 10th overall with a lifetime best of 1:45.02, topping his old mark of 1:45.92 set in the prelims. Opell picked up a silver medal in the 200 breaststroke with a lifetime best of 1:56.24, the fourth-fastest time in school history. Teammate A.J. Miller finished sixth with a time of 1: Tyler Lemert and Daniel Sliwinski tied for 17th as both posted a mark of 1:59.88 in the bonus heat. That was a personal best for Sliwinski. Matt Lenton took sixth in the 100 free with a time of Ante Zoricic finished 15th overall with a time of in the consolation final. In the prelims, Lenton went a lifetime best to finish second in his heat, while Titus Knight was fifth, also with a career-best time (44.27). Indiana had three swimmers in the consolation final of the 200 butterfly in Cody Weik, Tyler Shedron and Tony Mattar. Weik finished 10th with a time of 1: Mattar was 12th, improving his career best to 1: Shedron took the 15th spot with a time of 1: Landon Marzullo posted a fourth-place finish on the platform, racking up points in the finals. Senior Will Bohonyi wrapped up his Big Ten career with a seventhplace finish, scoring points. Robert and Jonathan Dohring both qualified for the consolation final with Robert totalling points, good for 12th overall, and Jonathan 15th overall with points. Freshman Linus Altman-Kurosaki actually qualified for the consolation finals with points but opted not to participate, allowing Robert into the top 16. In the 1650 freestyle, Bart Ginocchio s time of 15:11.76 was a personal best, cutting more than 12 seconds off his previous time, and was good enough for sixth place. Butler finished ninth in a career best 15:14.14, more than 20 seconds faster that his career best entering the meet. Steffan Troxel also had a career best with a time of 15:21.96, which was good for 12th. In the 200 medley relay Ress, Lemert, Lenton and Bryan Chovanec placing fifth with a time of 1: Ress finished second in the 100 back with a time of Spraul took his turn in the bonus final where he finished 19th overall by touching the wall in Cody Weik and Brenden Butler represented Indiana in the championship final of the 400 individual medley, with Weik taking fifth in 3: Butler placed eighth in 3: Weik set a school record of 3:46.95 in the morning prelim. Matthew O Brien took 10th in the 100 butterfly (47.72). Miller took the 13th spot overall with a time of Lenton was eighth in the heat and 16th overall in In the 200 freestyle, Knight placed fifth in the consolation heat and 13th overall with a time of 1: Barbiere finished second in the consolation heat and 18th overall with a time of 1: Lemert took sixth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 54.10, just 4/100ths of a second off his career best. Swimming in the consolation heat, Heath Tameris picked up a point for IU with a 16th-place showing (55.41). Altman-Kurosaki led the Hoosiers with a fifth-place finish on the three-meter springboard with a score of , topping his previous career best of set in the morning prelims. Marzullo took seventh with a final score of In the consolation final, Bohonyi finished 14th with a score of The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Lenton, Ante Zoricic, Chovanec and Miller combined for a fifth-place finish with a time of 1: In the 500 freestyle, Ress posted the fastest time by a Hoosier this year with a fifth-place time of 4: Lenton took third in the 50 free with a time of Zoricic was seventh overall with a time of in the championship final. Chovanec placed sixth in the consolation heat and 14th overall with a time of On the one-meter springboard, Marzullo placed second with a score of Altman-Kurosaki placed fifth with a lifetime-best score of IU FINISHES 25th AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Indiana sent three swimmers and a pair of divers to the 2009 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships in College Station, Texas. Eric Ress finished 11th in the 100 backstroke (46.52), 21st in the 200 back (1:41.31) and 32nd in the 500 free (4:21.26). Senior Matt Lenton was 33rd in the 50 free (19.77) and 38th in the 100 free (43.84). Sophomore Cody Weik finished 20th in the 400 individual medley (3:48.09), 27th in the 200 butterfly (1:44.77) and 33rd in the 200 individual medley (1:45.72). Sophomore Landon Marzullo was fifth on the platform (425.20), 12th on the 1-meter springboard (357.45) and 20th on the 3-meter springboard (343.45) Freshman Linus Altman-Kurosaki was 21st on the platform (296.70), 23rd on the 3-meter springboard and 32nd on the 1-meter springboard (263.15). STRONG SUMMER FOR THE HOOSIERS Outside of collegiate competition, the Hoosiers had a very successful summer in the pool. Aaron Opell earned a spot on the U.S. National Team after taking fifth in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2009 World Championship Trials and second in the event at the U.S. Open with a new school record of 2: Titus Knight was sixth in the 400-meter free and 200-meter free at the U.S. Open. Ante Zoricic represented Croatia at the 2009 World University Games in Serbia, competing in the 50 free and 100 free. Jim Barbiere was ninth in the 400-meter free and 10th in the 200-meter free at the U.S. Open. He also took 18th in the 400 free and 20th in the 200 free at the World Championship Trials. Ryan Hinshaw took 12th in the 1,500-meter free and 14th in the 400 free at the U.S. Open. Eric Ress won a bronze medal at the 2009 World University Games as a member of France s 400-meter medley relay team. He also took fourth in the 200 back and seventh in his semifinal of the 100 back. Ress broke his own school record in the 200 back with a time of 1:57.59 to finish third at the U.S. Open. Tyler Shedron was 18th in the 200-meter butterfly at the World Championship Trials, and 13th in the same event at the U.S. Open. The Indiana men s diving squad contributed to a combined team title at the AT&T National Diving Championships. Head coach Ray Looze served as an assistant with USA Swimming at the 2009 World University Games. Head diving coach Dr. Jeff Huber was an assistant with the U.S. squad at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy. Huber was named co-recipient of the Coach of Excellence Award for his efforts at the AT&T National Diving Championships. He also earned the Mike Peppe Award from USA Diving. The award is presented to the outstanding senior diving coach in the U.S. 81