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1 Auburn Swimming and Diving Coaches and Support Staff In This Section... Head Coach Richard Quick Diving Coach Jeff Shaffer Co-Head Women s Coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker Director of Operations Tom Healey...36 Assistant Coach Brett Hawke...37 Assistant Coach Richard Long...38 Assistant Coach Brian Pursley...39 Strength and Conditioning Staff...40 Auburn Sports Medicine...41 Support Staff

2 Richard QUICK Head Coach Southern Methodist University (1965) Sixth Season Overall at Auburn Head Coach Richard Quick Quick Facts: Five-time NCAA Coach of the Year Three-time United States Olympic Team Head Coach Served on six Olympic staffs from 1984 to 2004 Coached teams to 12 NCAA Championships Is tied with former coach David Marsh for most NCAA Championships won Is in his second trip to Auburn after coaching the Tigers from Enters the season with a record in dual meets Has also coached at Southern Methodist, Iowa State, Texas and Stanford Richard Quick, a six-time United States Olympic coach who directed 12 teams to NCAA titles, returns to the Plains a er serving as Auburn s head coach from Quick returned to the Plains prior to the season, replacing 17- year head coach David Marsh, one of Quick s former swimmers. One of the most respected names in the swimming and diving community, Quick has guided teams to 12 NCAA titles - seven at Stanford and five at Texas - the most in the history of Division I coaching, until Marsh tied the mark with his 11th and 12th in Internationally, Quick was the head coach of the United States team at the 1988, 1996, and 2000 Olympic Games and also served as an assistant at the 1984, 92, and 2004 Olympics. Richard has experienced tremendous success at every level of coaching and is very familiar with Auburn, the Auburn community and the swimming and diving program, said Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs. He was the architect of the Auburn program in its early stages and helped lay the foundation for what the program is today. Richard has built a reputation as one of the top swimming coaches in the world. We are excited for what he brings to Auburn, not only for his experience on the collegiate level and internationally, but for his ability to develop student-athletes both competitively and as individuals. Quick, 65, served as the head women s swimming and diving coach at Stanford for 17 seasons from While at Stanford, Quick led the Cardinal to seven NCAA Championships, including five consecutive from He also led the program to titles in 1989 and Stanford won 14 Pacific-10 Conference crowns under Quick s direction including 11 consecutive from While at Head coach Richard Quick with his wife, June Stanford, Quick coached 96 All-Americans to 757 All-America honors and helped develop 41 NCAA champions who have captured a combined 63 NCAA individual and 29 NCAA relay titles. He has picked up five NCAA Coach of the Year honors and four Pacific-10 Coach of the Year awards. Prior to his arrival at Stanford, Quick led the Texas women to a thenunprecedented five straight NCAA titles ( ), a string he extended to six in a row in his first season at Stanford. He was inducted into the Texas Women s Athletics Hall of Fame in November of 2004 for his coaching accomplishments with the Longhorns. While the head coach of both the men s and women s programs at Auburn from , Quick built the foundation for where the program is today. He led both programs to a combined four top-10 finishes on the national level, while coaching 30 athletes who earned 152 All-American honors. On the Plains, Quick coached five NCAA individual and two relay national champions, including Rowdy Gaines, Dave McCagg, Rick Morley and Bill Forrester. Gaines, one of the most decorated swimmers in Auburn history, went on to win three gold medals at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, where Quick served as an assistant coach. Quick also served as the men s head coach at Iowa State during the season and the women s head coach at Southern Methodist in In his first season back at Auburn, in , Quick guided both squads to a sweep of the SEC Championships. The men s title was his first conference title coaching a men s team and he was named SEC Men s Coach of the Year for his efforts. Quick also coached the teams to top-five finishes at the NCAA Championships. In , Auburn swimmers and divers earned 85 All-America honors while winning five NCAA titles and 19 SEC titles. Quick is also one of the most recognizable American figures on the international level. In his first Olympic head coaching assignment at the 1988 Games in Seoul, the American men and women brought home 17 medals. At the 1996 Games in Atlanta, the women garnered seven gold, five silver and two bronze medals, while the men s and women s swimming squads combined for a total of 26 medals, the most by any team at the 1996 Olympic Games. His 2000 club brought home 16 medals, including seven gold. As an assistant at Athens in 2004, Quick s Team USA easily won the swimming medal count as the men s and women s team combined for 28 medals. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the United States captured 27 medals. A list of other international coaching assignments for Quick include four consecutive World Championships as the head coach in 1986, 1990 and 1994, and an assistant in He has also coached at the 1990 Goodwill Games, three Pan Pacific Games (1983, `85, `87), the 1985 World University Games and the 1979 Pan American Games. Quick became a Distinguished Alumnus at his alma mater, Southern Methodist in 2002, where he earned a Bachelor s degree in Physical Education (1965) and a Master s degree in Physiology of Exercise (1977). He began his coaching career at Houston s Memorial High School ( ), guiding his team to six state championships before returning to SMU, where he served as an assistant coach on the men s side for four years ( ) before starting the SMU women s program in Quick and his wife, June, reside in Auburn. He is the step-father to June s two children, Tiffany (27) and Benjamin (25). His daughter, Mrs. Kathy Brown (42), lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, Tosh, and their two children, Blake (16) and Emily (14). Quick s son, Michael (38), who is a 1994 graduate of Auburn, resides in Los Angeles AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING

3 Head Coach Richard Quick Richard Quick Year-By-Year Collegiate Coaching Dual Conference NCAA Year School Record Finish Finish Auburn (m) 4-2 1st SEC 5th Auburn (w) SEC 2nd Stanford 7-1 1st Pac-10 5th Stanford 5-2 1st Pac-10 5th Stanford 8-2 2nd Pac-10 6th Stanford 8-0 1st Pac-10 3rd Stanford 6-1 4th Pac-10 2nd Stanford 6-1 2nd Pac-10 3rd Stanford 9-2 1st Pac-10 2nd Stanford 7-0 1st Pac-10 1st The Richard Quick File Collegiate Coaching Career Auburn Men s and Women s Head Coach present Stanford Women s Head Coach Texas Women s Head Coach Auburn Men s and Women s Head Coach Iowa State Men s Head Coach Southern Methodist Women s Head Coach Southern Methodist Men s Assistant Coach Collegiate Coaching Honors NCAA Coach of the Year , 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992 Southeastern Conference Men s Coach of the Year Pacific-10 Coach of the Year , 1992, 1995, 2001 Southwest Conference Coach of the Year High School Coaching Career Memorial High School (Houston, Texas) Head Coach International Coaching Career Olympics U.S. Men s and Women s Assistant Coach...Los Angeles, United States U.S. Men s and Women s Head Coach...Seoul, Korea U.S. Women s Assistant Coach... Barcelona, Spain U.S. Women s Head Coach...Atlanta, United States U.S. Women s Head Coach...Sydney, Australia U.S. Women s Assistant Coach...Athens, Greece World Championships U.S. Women s Assistant Coach...Guayaquil, Ecuador U.S. Women s Head Coach... Madrid, Spain U.S. Women s Head Coach...Perth, Australia U.S. Women s Head Coach...Rome, Italy Pan-Pacific Championships U.S. Women s Head Coach U.S. Women s Head Coach...Tokyo. Japan U.S. Women s Head Coach... Brisbane, Australia Pan-American Games U.S. Women s Assistant Coach... San Juan, Puerto Rico Goodwill Games U.S. Women s Head Coach... Seattle, United States World University Games U.S. Women s Head Coach...Kobe, Japan College Education Southern Methodist University Bachelor s Degree in Physical Education Master s Degree in Physiology of Exercise Stanford st Pac-10 2nd Stanford 6-1 1st Pac-10 1st Stanford 8-0 1st Pac-10 1st Stanford 6-0 1st Pac-10 1st Stanford 8-0 1st Pac-10 1st Stanford 5-0 1st Pac-10 1st Stanford st Pac-10 2nd Stanford 8-0 1st Pac-10 2nd Stanford 6-0 1st Pac-10 1st Texas 9-0 1st SWC 1st Texas 9-0 1st SWC 1st Texas 6-2 1st SWC 1st Texas 4-1 1st SWC 1st Texas 6-1 1st SWC 1st Texas 8-1 1st SWC 3rd Auburn (m) 4-2 3rd SEC 11th Auburn (w) 7-1 3rd SEC 4th Auburn (m) 6-2 3rd SEC 6th Auburn (w) 3-2 3rd SEC 7th AIAW Auburn (m) 6-2 3rdSEC 5th Auburn (w) 3-4 N/A 12th AIAW Auburn (m) 7-2 3rd SEC 5th Auburn (w) 0-6 N/A 21st AIAW Iowa State (m) 9-1 3rd Big 8 DNC Southern Methodist 2-2 N/A DNC Career Dual Meet Record: Conference Championships: 22 NCAA Championships: 12 *All teams were women s teams unless noted with an (m) for men s teams AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING 31

4 Jeff SHAFFER Head Diving Coach University of Wisconsin (1980) 10th Season Diving Coach Jeff Shaffer Shaffer Quick Facts: Has coached five of the last six NCAA men s platform champions Has coached the past seven SEC platform champions Shaffer s divers accounted for 50 points at the 2008 NCAA Championships Two-time NCAA Diving Coach of the Year Four-time SEC Diving Coach of the Year Coached on eight U.S. National Team staffs His divers have won nine NCAA titles Has coached 17 individuals to 74 All-America honors Jeff Shaffer came to Auburn 10 years ago as one of the most respected coaches in the diving community. Now, 51, Shaffer has improved the Auburn diving program in Olympic-size proportions. In nine short years, Shaffer, who was named the SEC Men s Diving Coach of the Year in 2008, has made the Auburn diving program into a complete complement to the Auburn swimming program, no small task when you consider that the swimming and diving squad has amassed 12 national titles. Last season, under the direction of Shaffer, Auburn s Kelly Marx and Dan Mazzaferro made the finals on all three boards at the NCAA Championships, accounting for 50 of Auburn s points at the meet while earning six All-America honors. His divers also won two of the three boards at the SEC Championships with Marx taking top honors on the 1-meter and Mazzaferro earning first on the platform. During the season, Steven Segerlin captured his first NCAA springboard title on the 3-meter while picking up his second platform title in a row, extending the AU streak to five, and with this victories secured the Tigers seventh overall NCAA team crown. For his efforts, Segerlin was named NCAA Male Diver of the Year. Segerlin also swept the titles on all three boards at the SEC Championships, becoming just the third diver in SEC history to pull off the feat. Another impressive feat from the 2007 NCAA Championships was the 99 points contributed to Auburn s total of 566 by the divers. The mark breaks the previous high total of 93 points at the 2004 Championships. The three Tiger divers, Segerlin, Kelly Marx and Dan Mazzaferro, also accounted for seven All-America honors. Just one week prior to Segerlin s performance, Shaffer coached sophomore Corey Gerlach and senior Lynnsey Segraves to All-America honors. Gerlach finished 10th on the 3-meter and 15th on the 1-meter as Segraves was sixth on the 3-meter and ninth on the platform. The points earned by their finishes proved to be vital in the women s fi h NCAA team crown. In the last six years alone, Shaffer s charges have claimed seven SEC and five NCAA titles - and in 2004, it was a Auburn sweep on the platform at the conference championships. The success of the season was evident as the Tigers set new records and received more honors in nearly every event during the course of the season, including the most diving points scored by a group of Auburn divers at a SEC or NCAA Championship. At the conclusion of the year, he was given USA Diving s Coach of Excellence Award a er guiding the Tigers to the 2004 USA Diving Men s Team Championship. Shaffer s biggest accomplishment to this point may have been the signing of Caesar Garcia in his first recruiting class seven years ago. Garcia went from an All-American as a freshman, who had also finished deadlast at the 2000 USA Olympic Team Trials, to a two-time NCAA platform champion the SEC and NCAA Male Diver of the Year in 2004 and a XXVIII Olympian by the time his stay on the Plains had ended. This earned Shaffer a coaching spot on the 2004 USA Olympic Coaching roster. He also drastically helped Ashley Rubenstein, one of his other first-class signees, transform into a fourth-place finisher on the 1-meter as a senior, as well as a 2004 USA Olympic Team Trials finalist, a National Team Member and most recently the 2006 U.S. National title on 1-meter. In 2003, Shaffer guided the Auburn diving program s to its most successful season up to that point. Garcia became just the second NCAA champion that the Auburn diving program has ever had when he tied Jason Coban of Michigan for the platform title at the men s championships in Austin, Texas. Garcia also picked up the squad s second straight SEC platform title a er teammate Ma Bricker captured it in On the women s side, Rubenstein earned a silver medal at the SEC Championships on the 1-meter, becoming the first AU woman to medal at the conference championship more than once since Marina Smith picked up three medals from , while freshman Kelsey Pa erson placed third on the platform. Shaffer s influence has also catapulted Bricker and Garcia to national and international prominence. The pair spent most of the 2003 summer Matt Bricker Steven Segerlin Cesar Garcia Lynnsey Segraves AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING

5 season competing in international events, including the World Championship Team Trials (the pair placed second in the synchronized 3-meter competition), the Speedo-FINA USA Diving Grand Prix, the FINA Italian Grand Prix (Bricker won the platform), the Speedo National Championships (the pair won the synchronized platform) and the World University Games, to which Shaffer served as a coach for the USA team. The icing on the cake came when Auburn captured the men s team title at the USA Diving Championships. A three-time Pacific-10 Diving Coach of the Year while at Southern California, Shaffer helped guide USC s women s team to a national title in 1997 and was also named the United States Olympic Commi ee s National Diving Coach of the Year in both 1997 and In 15 years of coaching Division I, Shaffer has coached five national champions, three silver medalists and seven bronze medalists - most recently Segerlin, who won the platform and 3-meter titles in as well as 17 individuals to 68 All-America honors. Bricker and Garcia each earned All-America honors during the 2002 meet as Garcia finished eighth on the 3-meter, which made the duo the first in school history to earn All-America honors in the same season, a feat they repeated in 2003 and 2004, bringing freshman Steven Segerlin along with them. In 2001, Shaffer coached Garcia to the team s first All-America honor since Koffi Kla in Garcia placed eighth on the platform at the NCAA Championships to become an All-American. Shaffer also guided Andrew Sivulka to the NCAA Championships in 2001, which had marked the first time two divers from Auburn had qualified for the men s NCAA Championships in the same year. On the women s side, Rubenstein captured a silver medal in the 1-meter event at the 2001 SEC Championships, which was the first medal for an Auburn woman diver since Marina Smith in Jeff Shaffer is one of, if not the very best, NCAA coaches in diving, said head coach Richard Quick. He has really improved athletes when they come into the program and improved them to a level that diving here has played a role in several of the national championships that we have. Prior to USC, he coached at LSU for two years. At LSU, Shaffer coached The Jeff Shaffer File Diving Coach Jeff Shaffer Collegiate Coaching Career Auburn Diving Coach present USC Diving Coach LSU Diving Coach Collegiate Coaching Honors NCAA Men s Diving Coach of the Year , 2007 SEC Men s Diving Coach of the Year , 2007, 2008 SEC Women s Diving Coach of the Year Pacific-10 Men s Diving Coach of the Year , 1999 Pacific-10 Women s Diving Coach of the Year four All-Americans, including a 1-2 finish in the 1994 NCAA platform competition (Susie Ryan and Kathy Carboy), and earned the SEC Women s Diving Coach of the Year honor. At the 1995 NCAAs, he guided his divers to four top-six finishes. His 20-year coaching career at the club level has proven even more successful. During that span, he has coached divers of all ages and ability levels and demonstrated the ability to develop divers to world renowned status. Shaffer s ability was recognized by the United States Olympic Commi ee in 1996 when they honored him as the inaugural recipient of the USOC National Developmental Coach of the Year for all Olympic Sports. Shaffer s divers include 10 World Junior Champions, 39 National Junior Champions, eight Senior National Champions, three Junior National Team titles and three Senior National Team titles. Shaffer has been honored twice by United States Diving as the Age Group Diving Coach of the Year and was also awarded the Coach of Excellence award in 1996 by United States Diving. Shaffer has served as a National Team coach for United States Diving in international competitions throughout the world including the 1994 and 1998 Goodwill Games, the 1997 FINA World Cup Championships and 1998 FINA World Aquatic Championships, the National Team coach in the summer of 2002 and the 2003 World University Games in Dague, Korea. At the 2004 Olympic Games, Shaffer was an assistant coach and most recently served as the co-head coach of the U.S. team at the 2005 World University Games in Izmir, Turkey, where he coached current AU junior Segerlin and former All-American Ashley Rubenstein, among others. Because of his involvement in the United States Diving program, Shaffer was honored with ringing the bell at the New York Stock Exchange in January of A 1980 graduate of Wisconsin, he earned a bachelor s degree in physical education. Shaffer and his wife, Jenny, have two daughters, Amy (20), a junior at Auburn this year, and Kelly (19) and a son, J.J. (Jeffrey Jr.) (14). Amy is a mid-distance runner on the Auburn track team while Kelly is a sophomore om the Samford University soccer team. Two-time United States Olympic Committee s National Diving Coach of the Year Inaugural recipient (1996) of the USOC National Developmental Coach of the Year for all Olympic Sports Two-time United States Age Group Diving Coach of the Year 1997 United States Diving Coach of Excellence Award recipient International Coaching Career Olympics U.S. Assistant Diving Coach...Athens, Greece World Championships U.S. Diving Coach...Perth, Australia FINA World Cup U.S. Diving Coach...Mexico City, Mexico Goodwill Games U.S. Diving Coach... St. Petersburg, Russia U.S. Diving Coach...New York City, United States World University Games U.S. Diving Coach...Daegu, South Korea U.S. Co-Head Coach... İzmir, Turkey College Education University of Wisconsin Bachelor s Degree in Physical Education Coach of: 10 World Junior Champions 39 National Junior Champions (27 silver, 24 bronze) 8 Senior National Champions (3 silver, 3 bronze) 3 Junior National team titles 3 senior National team titles 9 NCAA Champions 4 NCAA Silver Medalists 8 NCAA Bronze Medalists 10 SEC Champions 17 individuals to 74 All-America honors AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING 33

6 Co-Head Women s Coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker Dorsey TIERNEY-WALKER Co-Head Women s Coach University of Texas (1992) Fourth Season Tierney-Walker Quick Facts: 2007 NCAA Women s Coach of the Year 2007 SEC Women s Coach of the Year Has won NCAA Championships in two of her three years at Auburn Holds a record in dual meets Two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year honoree Won three gold medals at the 1999 Pan-American Games Won NCAA Championships as a swimmer in 1991 and 1992 Has also coached at Indiana, Southern Methodist, Texas and Massachusetts Dorsey Tierney-Walker begins her fourth season as the co-women s head coach on the Auburn staff a er directing the Tiger women s team to its fi h overall SEC title last season, the second of her career. Tierney- Walker has a record in dual meets, including a 21-2 mark since taking over at Auburn. The Tigers have definitely been impressive since she arrived on campus as Auburn has two NCAA team titles to go along with seven individual NCAA titles in her three years on campus. Auburn has also racked up 155 All-America honors from 30 different athletes. AU has also picked up 23 SEC individual titles along with two team titles since Tierney-Walker came to the Plains. Dorsey Tierney-Walker has a pre y extraordinary record here at Auburn, winning two NCAA Championships in the two years she has been here, said head coach Richard Quick. I definitely think the intensity and the caring that she brings to her athletes is the reason that the women s team has been so successful the last two years. She is one of the really fine coaches in this country and she can coach the developing swimmer as well as the international-level athlete. Last season, Tierney-Walker coached the Tigers to their fi h SEC team title, the second in a row, and a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships. Auburn won nine SEC individual titles, including an American record 800 free relay, en route to scoring points for the title in Tuscaloosa. At NCAAs, Ava Ohlgren picked up AU s lone individual title (200 IM) as the Tigers used a total team effort to finish second with 348 points. In , Auburn erased a 32-point final-day deficit for a 58-point victory over Arizona. In all, the Tigers earned 57 All-America honors from 19 student-athletes. The Tigers also picked up four individual NCAA titles as Rachel Goh won the 100 back, Ohlgren won the 400 IM, Hayley Peirsol won the 1,650 free and Adrienne Binder won the 500 free. Following the meet, Tierney-Walker and David Marsh shared the NCAA Coach of the Year honors. The performance at NCAAs was a carry-over from a dominating performance at the SEC Championships. Earning her third conference title as a coach, Tierney-Walker led the Tigers to 899 points at SECs, beating out their nearest competitor, Georgia, by 228 points. Auburn won 10 SEC titles at the meet, including three by Ohlgren as she was named SEC Freshman of the Year. Tierney-Walker and Marsh picked up SEC Coach of the Year honors. The 2006 NCAA Women s Championships will go down in history as the most exciting national meet ever, as the team race was decided by the final relay. Auburn came out on top by three points over defending national champion and host Georgia. Under the direction of Tierney- Walker 17 swimmers earned 53 All-America honors and two individuals were crowned national champions. In addition, Tierney-Walker saw three individuals and a relay to SEC crowns in her first season on The Plains. Under the tutelage of Tierney-Walker, Hoosier swimmers claimed a total of 99 All-American certificates during her time in Bloomington. Additionally, Tierney-Walker s swimmers secured nine individual and two relay Big Ten titles. As a team, the Hoosiers finished in the top 16 at the NCAA Championships in each of her final four seasons, including a ninthplace finish in 2005, the highest finish in Indiana history. The 2001 and 2002 Big Ten Coach of the Year, Tierney-Walker inherited a team that finished fi h in the conference the season prior to her first year at the helm of the Indiana program. Seven seasons later, she had coached IU to five top-three finishes in the Big Ten and amassed a (.731) dual meet record. In 2005, her final season at Indiana, the Hoosiers had five swimmers earn a total of 17 All-America honors while in 2004, 12 swimmers claimed honorable mention All-American honors in some fashion. The 2004 season also saw another first for a Tierney-Walker as she instructed the 200 freestyle relay team of Annica Lofstedt, Erin Smith, Tammy Kostner and Meghan Medendorp to All-America honors with an eighth-place finish. It was the first time during her tenure that a Hoosier relay team qualified for the championship finals. In six out of Tierney-Walker s seven years, a Hoosier relay or individual claimed a Big Ten title. Remarkably, over her last four years, Tierney-Walker s swimmers broke every IU swimming record. During the season, IU set 10 school records and prior to that, the campaign, 12 of the 19 records fell, including four of five relays. At the 2001 Big Ten Championships, her swimmers broke 18 of the 19 IU swimming records and set 36 personal best times. At the 2003 Big Ten Championships, Indiana outdistanced second-place Wisconsin, , behind the force of tremendous team depth. At the 2002 Big Ten Championships, the Hoosiers fell just short of winning the AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING

7 Co-Head Women s Coach Dorsey Tierney-Walker Tierney-Walker celebrates at the 2007 NCAA Championships in Minneapolis, Minn. school s first Big Ten Championship since 1981 as the team took second to Penn State. In addition to Tierney-Walker s Coach of the Year recognition at the 2001 and 2002 Big Ten Championships, Indiana s Susan Woessner received Swimmer of the Year (2002) and Jen Cristy won Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships (2001). Before her stint at Indiana, Tierney-Walker served as an assistant coach at swimming powerhouse Southern Methodist. During her three-year stay at SMU, the Mustangs grabbed three top-four finishes at the NCAA Championships, taking second in 1996, third in 1997 and fourth in They also were crowned the Western Athletic Conference champions in 1997 and Internationally, Tierney-Walker served as an assistant coach for the United States at the World University Games in 2001, coaching Woessner to a silver medal in the 100m backstroke, a bronze medal in the 50m backstroke and a silver medal as a part of the 400m medley relay team. Tierney-Walker made her way back on the World University Games coaching staff for the 2007 Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Being able to coach on the team was made even more special as she coached alongside her brother, Jimmy Tierney, who is the women s head coach at Northwestern. The siblings coached under UCLA s Cyndi Gallagher. The United States women s team picked up 10 medals at the Pan-Am Games with four of those being gold. The U.S. also had three silver and three bronze. She also gained international head coaching experience as the coach for the Egyptian National Team at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, where one of her swimmers, a SMU recruit originally from Egypt, finished with three gold medals. While her coaching career is well documented, so are Tierney-Walker s swimming accomplishments. In 1987, she earned her first gold medal in the 200m breaststroke at the Pan-American Games in Indianapolis. In 1991, she was ranked third in the world in the 200 breaststroke and in that same year she was named captain of the USA National Team at the Pan-American Games held in Havana, Cuba, where she collected three gold medals and set the Pan-Am Games record in the 200 breaststroke. A finalist in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Trials, she swam for the University of Texas where she was a member of the 1990 and 1991 Longhorn National Championship teams. With the Longhorns, she set an NCAA record winning the 200 breaststroke in A two-time captain, she collected 16 All-American honors. Tierney-Walker earned her bachelor s degree in English with a minor in history in 1992 from Texas. Upon graduation, she began her coaching career at Texas as an assistant coach in In 1993, she took the assistant s role at the Texas Aquatic Club and Texas Gold Swim Team. Following her experience in Texas, she moved to Amherst, Mass., to accept a graduate assistant coaching position at the University of Massachuse s. The Minutewomen posted a under head coach Bob Newcomb while Tierney-Walker was there. During her two years at Massachuse s, she helped guide the team to a school-record third-place finish at the Mid-Atlantic Conference Championships. The next season, UMass switched to the Atlantic 10 conference and finished fi h in their first year in the league. In 1995, she obtained a masters of science in sports management from Massachuse s. Tierney-Walker was an also an assistant at Indiana in 1995 under Nancy Nitardy before heading to SMU. Tierney-Walker is married to Jeff Walker. Her brother, Jimmy Tierney, is the head coach of the women s program at Northwestern and is in his 14th season with the Wildcats. The Dorsey Tierney-Walker File Collegiate Coaching Career Auburn Co-Head Women s Coach present Indiana Head Women s Coach Southern Methodist Assistant Coach Indiana Assistant Coach Massachusetts Graduate Assistant Coach Texas Assistant Coach Collegiate Coaching Honors NCAA Women s Coach of the Year SEC Women s Coach of the Year Big Ten Women s Coach of the Year , 2002 International Coaching Career Mediterranean Games Egypt Head Coach... Bari, Italy World University Games U.S. Assistant Coach...Beijing, China U.S. Assistant Coach...Bangkok, Thailand College Education University of Texas Bachelor s Degree in English University of Massachusetts Masters Degree in Sport Management Tierney-Walker Year-By-Year Collegiate Coaching Dual Conference NCAA Year School Record Finish Finish Auburn 6-1 1st SEC 2nd Auburn 6-1 1st SEC 1st Auburn 9-0 2nd SEC 1st Indiana 6-3 2nd Big Ten 9th Indiana 7-2 3rd Big Ten 12th Indiana 8-1 1st Big Ten 16th Indiana nd Big Ten T10th Indiana 8-1 3rd Big Ten T13th Indiana 5-4 6th Big Ten 21st Indiana 6-5 8th Big Ten 22nd Career Dual Meet Record: Conference Championships: 2 NCAA Championships: AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING 35

8 Tom HEALEY Director of Swimming and Diving Operations Auburn University(1995) 24th Overall Season at Auburn Director of Operations Tom Healey Healey Quick Facts: Entering his first season as Director of Operations Has worked with the Auburn Swimming and Diving Team since 1985 Worked under three of Auburn s five all-time head coaches A native of Scranton, Pa. Earned both his bachelor s and master s degrees at Auburn Got into coaching at the age of 13 A er spending 23 seasons in various positions with the Auburn swimming and diving teams, Tom Healey will assume the duties of Director of Swimming and Diving Operations for the season. Healey first came to Auburn as an assistant coach to John Asmuth, beginning with the season. During his time as an assistant, he was responsible for recruiting, on-deck coaching and various administrative duties, including team travel. When David Marsh took over the Tiger teams in 1990, Healey assumed the roles of a student assistant until he finished his degree from Auburn in 1995, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in sport worked as an assistant coach with the team until Staying in the northern Virginia area, Healey then took a job with the Solotar Swim Team, working first as an assistant from before taking over as head coach from While with the team, he oversaw the training and development of more than 500 swimmers. The team trained a five different pools and utilized 20 assistant coaches in the program. Since 2002, Healey has been involved with the Auburn Masters Swim Team. During his time with the nationally-ranked masters team, he has seen numerous national records fall and taken the team to several national championships. management and recreation. He then worked as a graduate assistant under Marsh until completing his master s degree in higher educaiton administration in From 1999 until 2008, Healey worked in various capacities as a volunteer assistant coach under Marsh and Richard Quick, serving as the meet director for home meets in the James E. Martin Aquatics Center. In that time he worke the United States Swimming Junior Nationals as the Co-Meet Director, United States Open swim meet and the NCAA Swimming Championships. It was in 1995 that Healey took an active role with the Friends of Auburn Swimming Alumni Group, maintaining relationships with a base of more than 600 alumni from the Auburn swimming and diving program. He coordinated annual reunions while also helping to raise funds for the Ralph Crocker Scholarship Fund. Before coming back to Auburn full-time, Healey worked with the Alabama Sports Festival in Montgomery as a director of operations. he was in charge of recruiting and coordinating volunteers for the sports festival in which more than 8,000 athletes participate in more than 20 different events. The Scranton, Pa., native got his start in swimming as a teenager, helping his uncle coach summer league teams. He got his first full-time coaching job in 1970 with the Starlit Aquatic Club in Fairfax, Va. He AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING

9 Assistant Coach Brett Hawke Brett HAWKE Assistant Coach Auburn Third Season Hawke Quick Facts: In his third season on staff at Auburn Assistant Coach for the Brazilian National Team at the 2008 Olympics A 17-time All-American at Auburn University from Winner of nine NCAA Individual Titles and seven SEC Individual Titles Member of Auburn s first NCAA Championship-winning team A two-time Olympian with the Australian national team Held the Australian record in the 50m freestyle (22.07) Bre Hawke returned to The Plains in the summer of 2006 as an assistant coach for the National Champion Tigers swimming & diving program and now enters his third season on staff. Hawke, a native of Sydney, Australia, was a 17-time All-American swimmer for Auburn from 1997 to Bre Hawke is a young coaching genius, particularly in the area of sprinting, said head coach Richard Quick. He has a great feel for working with the elite level sprinters as well as the developing sprinters that end up making it a core of the success of the Auburn swimming and diving program. As a member of the coaching staff, Hawke works directly with the Auburn sprinters. Under his direction, Cesar Cielo provided one of the top highlights from the 2008 NCAA Championships as he became the fastest swimmer in the world with his in the 50 free. What made the mark even more impressive was not that he did it once, but he reached the mark three times. He won the 50 free with a time of a er qualifying with an in the preliminary. His time of came as the 200 free relay leadoff. In all, Auburn sprinters won six All-America honors with Cielo sweeping the 50 and 100 freestyle titles. He also became the first swimmer to break the 41-second barrier in the 100 free with a For his efforts, Cielo was named the NCAA Swimmer of the Year for the second year in a row. Hawke also had the opportunity to coach Cielo at the 2008 Olympic Games. Serving as an assistant coach with the Brazilian national team, Hawke mentored the South American star as he won a bronze in the 100m free and a gold in the 50m free with an Olympic record time of Other Auburn sprinters trained by Hawke at the 2008 Olympics included Ma Targe, George Bovell, Fred Bousquet, Jakob Andkjaer and Alexei Puninski. Targe and Bousquet both brought home medals a er their performance on relay teams. Auburn sprinters overall were very impressive at the 2007 NCAAs with 13 swimmers advancing to finals. In the men s 50 free, Auburn took the top two spots with Cielo taking the title and Targe right behind him. Sco Goodrich and Bryan Lundquist also made the championship final. In the women s 50 free, it was Kara Denby leading the team in eighth. In the 100 free, Cielo picked up another NCAA Championship with a time of Targe followed in sixth place as three other Tigers trailed in the B final. In the women s 100 free, it was Denby again leading the team in fourth place, followed by Emily Kukors in fi h. During his time in Auburn, Hawke captured nine NCAA titles to go along with seven SEC crowns. In 1997, Hawke became part of Auburn history as he was a member of the first NCAA Championship team. At the 1997 NCAA meet, Hawke won four titles, including one as part of the 200 medley relay team that set a new U.S. Open and NCAA record. Hawke split an on the freestyle leg, which was then the fastest split ever recorded. At the same meet, Hawke claimed Auburn s second ever 50m free title. He duplicated the relay performance the following year with the medley relay team that took the crown in a NCAA meet, NCAA and U.S. Open record time. In 1999, Hawke helped lead the Tigers to their second NCAA team title en route to capturing four titles of his own at the meet. During his three years as a student-athlete, Hawke was also part of three SEC team championships. A two-time Olympian, Hawke finished sixth in the 50m free in Athens. Hawke has three Commonwealth Games medals in his collection, including silver in the 50m free from Adding to his long list of international experience, in 2001 and 2003, Hawke was a World Championship finalist in the 50m free and at the 2002 Pan Pacific Championships, Hawke won bronze in the 50m free. A five-time Australian champion, Hawke is the former Australian record holder in the 50m free with a time of that he set at the 2004 Olympic Games in the semifinal round. Hawke is married to the former Trudi James and the couple have four children: Kirra (10), Kobe (6) and newborn twins Yasmin and Lily. James was a member of the Auburn University soccer team from Hawke is currently working towards his bachelor s degree in health and human performance. Assistant Coach Brett Hawke with his wife, Trudi, their son, Kobe, daughter, Kirra, and twins Yasmin and Lily AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING 37

10 Richard LONG Assistant Coach Richard Long Long Quick Facts: In his third season on staff at Auburn A three-time All-American at Auburn University Has served on staff as a volunteer assistant, videographer and assistant coach Assistant Coach Auburn University (2005) Third Season Former Auburn All-American Richard Long enters his first season as an assistant coach on the Tiger staff. It will mark his third season overall on the team s staff a er previously serving as a volunteer assistant and videographer. Long moves into the position vacated by Brian Barnes a er he le the Auburn staff to take over as the women s head coach at Notre Dame. Auburn in While onthe Plains, Long spent two seasons as a member of the SEC-champion Tiger swimming and diving team. A three-time All- American, Long scored in the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay. Long resides in Auburn and is married to the former Erin Hebert. Erin played field hockey at Radford University. The native of Hampton, Va., moves into the coaching role a er serving last season as Auburn s first videographer. As the team s videographer, he focused on gathering underwater and above water video of meets and taking footage of the swimmers in practice to pass along to the coaching staff for stroke analysis. Using the Darkfish program for stroke analysis, Long was able to take stroke and swimmer evaluation at Auburn to a new level. An obvious change that came about through Long s work are the televisions that are now mounted with cameras near the critical areas of the pool. With more cameras on deck, there is more opportunity for the coaching staff to go document and archive thr training techniques used in practice. Prior to coming on as videographer, Long spent one season working as a volunteer assistant coach with the team, helping the Tigers to a sweep of the NCAA Championships in While working as a volunteer assistant, Long also spent part of his time working as an assistant with the Auburn Aquatics club team. Long returned to the Plains in 2007 a er spending a year as head site coach fo the New Wave Swim Team in Raleigh, N.C. While with New Wave, Long took a team that had produced only three sectional qualifiers Assistant Coach Richard Long and his wife, Erin. the year before and improved the team s total to 25 sectional qualifiers before he le. He also produced a North Carolina state champion while working with the New Wave team. While living in Raleigh, Long also gained valuable experience by working as head coach of the Raleigh Area Masters club. Long completed his bachelor of science degree in exercise science from AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING

11 Assistant Coach Brian Pursley Brian PURSLEY Assistant Coach North Carolina State (2004) Second Season Brian Pursley enters his second season on the Auburn staff a er helping the team to a sweep of the SEC Championships and a pair of top-five finishes at the NCAA Championships last season. Coaching is in the blood for Pursley as he comes from a swimming family. His father, Dennis, is one of the most respected names in swimming and spent last season as Auburn s director of swimming and diving operations. The elder Pursley is now the head coach of Great Britain Swimming, helping the country to prepare to host the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Prior to coming to Auburn, Pursley spent the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant coach at Arizona State, where he helped guide both the men s and women s teams to top-25 finishes at the 2007 NCAA Championships. During his time in Arizona, he also served as the Head Masters Coach for the Brophy Swim Club Masters, and was the Maroon Group Head Coach for the Sun Devil Aquatics Gold Medal Club from For the last couple of years at Arizona State, Brian has worked with head coach Mike Chasson, who was a former assistant of mine at Stanford, said head coach Richard Quick. Brian is a superstar in the making, and I believe that he will be a huge asset to Auburn swimming and diving. Brian Pursley started his coaching career as the Head Age Group Coach for the Brophy East Swim Team in the summer of 2004 before serving as a volunteer assistant at North Carolina State during the season. Brian Pursley is a blossoming, young coach who is already having an impact on our program here at Auburn, said Quick. He has brought a lot of wisdom and intuition with regard to what we should be doing as a team. He really has a special feel for what kind of a team feel the group needs and has brought that to the a ention of the staff and it has worked out phenomenally well for the athletes. Prior to coaching at North Carolina State, he was a two-year swimmer for the Wolfpack, serving as team captain during the season. He is currently ranked in the top-five all-time at N.C. State in the 100 breast (55.47) and the 200 breast (2:01.18). For his efforts during the 2003 season, Pursley was awarded the Willis Casey Coaches Award for exhibiting excellent work ethic, dedication and team spirit. He was also awarded the Don Easterling Chime Award in 2003 for the most outstanding performance of the year. In 2004, he was given the Pat Gavaghan Hardest Worker. He received his bachelor s degree from North Carolina State in business management before earning a master s degree in recreation management Pursley Quick Facts: In his second season on staff at Auburn NCAA Division II national champion in the 100 breast Earned bachelor s degree in business management from N.C. State Holds masters in recreation managemtn from Arizona State Conference champion in 100 breast while at Colorado School of Mines from Arizona State. Pursley was a two-year le erwinner for the swim team at the Colorado School of Mines before transferring to N.C. State. He was the NCAA Division II national champion in the 100 breast while at the Colorado School of Mines, and was a two-time Central States Conference champion in that event. He still holds the individual records at the Colorado School of Mines in the 100 breast (55.94) and 200 breast (2:02.07). Pursley also swam on the school-recrd 400 medley, 200 free, 400 free and 800 free relay teams. Definitely part of a swimming family, Brian s younger brother and sister, David and Lisa, are former swimmers at the University of Arizona AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING 39

12 Bryan KARKOSKA Auburn Strength and Conditioning PK Quick Facts: Played on the Auburn football team as a place kicker Works in strength and conditioning with Auburn s Olympic sports Earned both his bachelors and masters degrees at Auburn Infamous among Auburn student-athletes for his ATUBS training Strength and Conditioning Coach Auburn (1994 ) 13th Season Carrie McCAMBRIDGE The Auburn swimming and diving program - like all other sports at AU - are expected to be able to compete at the highest levels possible. With that in mind the Auburn swimming staff, just like all other Olympic sports, entrusts Olympic sports strength and conditioning coach Bryan PK Karkoska with their athletes. At Auburn, athletes are made faster, stronger and more athletic through the intensity and genius of the strength and conditioning program. Karkoska and his staff transfers his intensity and enthusiasm into his weight room through workouts. PK is an extraordinary coach, teacher, motivator and has had a lot to do with building the physical and mental side of being a great competitor in the Auburn program, said head coach Richard Quick. He has had a lot to do with building the team spirit of Auburn s program and then you couple that with the expertise that he has in the weight room and with his dry-land program and the ATUBS with his ability to transition what happens in the weight room to the water is really extraordinary. He is just a great asset to the Auburn team. Known throughout the Auburn swimming and diving program for its legendary workouts is PK s ATUBS training, which combines weight li ing and cardio-vascular exercises. ATUBS, formerly known as circuit training, stands for Auburn Team Unifying and Building Sessions. The sessions last for approximately an hour during the preseason and are used to establish and build team cohesiveness and the Auburn swimming work ethic and discipline. The circuit-training coincides with the training in the pool with an increased intensity on the dryland side, as well as, challenges the student-athlete both physically an mentally. The circuit was by far the hardest part of the season, but PK made sure that it was never an individual effort, the team got though circuit together. It s what bonded us in the end, and in essence made us tougher, said Aaron Ciarla, former men s team captain and a member of the 1997 and 1999 national championship teams. PK s workouts are just as hard, if not harder, than swim workouts, former AU swimmer and 2003 national champion Justin Caron said. Swimmers here are the ultimate champions, and they take a lot of pride in that, Karkoska said. If any other team on campus got secondplace in the nation, the city would shut down. Only the swim team sees second-place as a failure. They have the most pride of any team I coach. Karkoska s credible reputation follows him. Numerous universities call on a regular basis to find out what exactly he does with his program and in the weight room. He has also worked closely with the physiology department on several issues and has had numerous articles and essays published about exercise physiology and general health. A 1994 graduate of Auburn with a bachelor of science degree in exercise science, Karkoska, a Chicago, Ill., native, also earned his Masters of Education with an emphasis in exercise physiology on the Plains in McCambridge Quick Facts: Is in her second season as a graduate assistant on the Auburn staff Was a four-year letterwinner and All-American diver at Purdue Finished her career as a four-time All-American Was a two-time Big Ten Diver of the Year honoree Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Purdue University (2006) 2nd Season Carrie McCambridge enters her second season as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Auburn swimming and diving team. Working closely with PK in his weight room, McCambridge s primary area of focus is with the Auburn diving, cross country and gymnastics teams. Working with divers is nothing new to McCambridge, who was an accomplished diver herself while in college. McCambridge le ered all four years on the diving team at Purdue and was a four-time All-America honoree. For her work on the boards, she was also honored twice as the Big Ten Diver of the Year. She is still the Purdue record holder on the 3-meter and platform, and ranks second all-time on the 1-meter. In 2004, McCambridge swept all three boards at the Big Ten Championships. She returned in 2006 to take the title on the platform for her fourth conference championship. Prior to coming to Auburn, McCambridge spent a year as an intern in strength and conditioning at Purdue, working mainly with the men s and women s tennis, men s and women s swimming and diving, cheerleading, soccer and so ball teams. The native of Columbus, Ohio, earned her undergraduate degree from Purdue in 2006 in organizational leadership and supervision. She is currently working toward her masters in exercise science at Auburn and expects to graduate in August, AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING

13 Auburn Sports Medicine Auburn Sports Medicine Auburn athletes benefit greatly from the athletic department s association with Auburn Sports Medicine through the Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center. Dr. Andrews center helps provide primary and orthopaedic health care for Auburn University s student-athletes. The team includes Auburn team physician Dr. Michael Goodle and the top orthopaedic surgeon in the country, Dr. James Andrews. Auburn Sports Medicine began its association with the Auburn University Athletic Department in 1993 and since then, has provided and coordinated health care for all of Auburn University s varsity sports. Dr. Andrews is a founding member of both Alabama Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center (ASMOC) and the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI). ASMI is involved in research as well as the training of orthopaedic/sports medicine fellows through its fellowship program. Dr. James R. Andrews Orthopaedic Surgeon Responsibility: Serves as orthopaedic surgeon and Co- Medical Director for Auburn student-athletes. Professional Experience: A member of the Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, Chairman of the Board of the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) in Birmingham, Ala. and Medical Director of the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Has been mentor for more than 250 orthopaedic/sports medicine fellows who have trained with him through the American Sports Medicine Institute. A member of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Has been awarded a Doctor of Laws Degree from Livingston University, Doctor of Science Degree from Troy State and a Doctor of Science Degree from Louisiana State University. Currently serves as Senior Orthopaedic Consultant for the Washington Redskins, Medical Director for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and is Co-Medical Director for the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Personal Information: Graduated from Louisiana State University in 1963 where he was Southeastern Conference indoor and outdoor pole vault champion. Completed medical school in 1967 and completed his orthopaedic residency at Tulane Medical School in Elected to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in Dr. Michael D. Goodlett Team Physician Responsibility: Serves as Auburn University Sports Medicine team physician, overseeing all aspects of the daily sports medicine/primary care needs of all Auburn student-athletes. Coordinates care with the athletic training staff, local medical community, and Auburn University Medical Directors, Dr. Lawrence Lemak and Dr. James Andrews. Professional Experience: A charter member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. A member of the American Sports Medicine Fellowship Society. Also affiliated with American Medical Society, Medical Association of the State of Alabama and Lee County Medical Society. An affiliate professor in Health and Human Performance at Auburn University. Was medical director at Etowah County Hospice Organization. Also worked at East Gadsden Clinic, was the Team Physician at Jacksonville State University and was director of Auburn University Health Center. Personal Information: Married to the former Donna Webster of Tanner, Ala., and has two children, Haley and Hunter. Graduated summa cum laude from the University of North Alabama in Florence, Ala., with a bachelor of science in Chemistry. Graduated from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile, Ala. with a Doctor of Medicine. Family practice residency at University of Alabama-Birmingham/Baptist Memorial Hospital. Fellow, American Board of Family Practice. Certified Team Physician-American College of Sports Medicine. Joe-Joe Petrone Sports Medicine Director Responsibility: Administration of sports medicine for all Auburn s student-athletes, and coordinates medical coverage. Professional Experience: Petrone spent the previous six years as Middle Tennessee State University s Director of Sports Medicine, overseeing the entire athletic training operation. He was also the primary liaison for the football program. The Nashville, Tenn., native came to MTSU a er spending five years as the athletic trainer and therapist at Health- South Sports Medicine Center in Tampa, Fla. He was responsible for the rehabilitation of all injuries and in charge of the sports medicine outreach program at his facility. Petrone was the assistant athletic trainer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from where he saw to the care and prevention of player injuries and handled all needs for his team physicians. From , Petrone was the assistant athletic trainer at Ole Miss where he assisted with the football program and was the head athletic trainer for basketball. He was the New York Yankees AA farm team s interim head athletic trainer in July 1981 and was a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Kentucky from He served as a summer assistant athletic trainer for the New York Jets in Hempstead, N.Y., during the summers of 1979 and 1980 and began his career as a student athletic trainer at Vanderbilt University from Personal Information: Native of Nashville, Tenn. Earned B.S. in physical education from Vanderbilt in 1980 and M.S. from South Florida in Certified member of National Athletics Trainers Association. David Walsh Manager of Plainsman Park Phyiscal Therapy Responsibility: Oversees rehabilitation at Plainsman Park Physical Therapy. Professional Experience: Director of the HealthSouth Physical Therapy Clinic at Auburn from 1998 until accepting current position. Was the Co-Curriculum Director and offisite physical therapy clinic director at East Tennessee State University from Served on the medical staff (track and field) for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Director and Chief Physical Therapist at Northside Hospital in Johnson City, Tenn., from Served as the director of Physical Therapy (rehabilitation services) at Doctor s Hospital in Columbus, Ga., from Was a staff physical therapist at the Hughston Sports Medicine Clinic in Columbus from An assistant athletic trainer for football, basketball and baseball at The Citadel (Charleston, S.C.) from Was a graduate assistant athletic trainer for football and track at Auburn ( ). Personal Information: Born July 10, 1962, in Bluff City, Tenn. Married to the former Kelly Ladye of Columbus, Ga. Has one daughter, Emily Michelle. Earned B.S. in physical education/sports medicine from East Tennessee State in Earned Masters in Education from Auburn in B.S. in physical therapy from Medical University (Charleston, S.C.) in Is a certified member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. Current member of the American Physical Therapy Association and Alabama Athletic Trainers Association. Founding member of Mountain Empire Sports Medicine Society. Board appointed commi ee member to advocate working relationships between physical therapists and athletic trainers in 1992 in Nashville, Tenn AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING 41

14 James WIKE Support Staff Dede McKELLER Videographer Auburn University James Wike begins his first season with the Auburn swimming and diving team staff. As the team s videographer, he focuses on gathering underwater and above water video of meets and taking footage of the swimmers in practice to pass along to the coaching staff for stroke analysis. Wike is using Darkfish for the stroke analysis and plans to launch a Webcast over the Internet to allow swimmers to access footage at their convenience. Wike is working on his bachelor of science degree from Auburn University in exercise science a er spending two years on the swimming and diving team, earning nine All-America honors (100 back, 200 back, 200 IM, 400 FR, 200 MR, 400 MR). He was also a three-time SEC champion, competing on winning 200 and 400 medley relay teams. During the summer of 2007, Wike competed as part of the U.S. National Team at the Japan International Grand Prix. While in Japan, he competed in the 100m back, 200m back and 200m IM. Wike, a native of Sterling, Ill.., resides in Auburn. Academic Counselor Auburn University (1995) University of Oklahoma (2002) Dede McKeller is the academic counselor for the men s and women s swimming and diving teams. While also working with Auburn s men s tennis team, McKeller is responsible for the student-athelte support services career education, the student-athelte handbook and teaching junior/senior-level career classes. She has previously worked with the AU gymnastics, soccer, women s teannis and men s golf teams. Prior to coming to Auburn, McKeller was an athletic academic counselor at the University of Oklahoma. McKeller earned her bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Auburn University in She then went on to earn a masters degree in counseling from the University of Oklahoma in She has one son, Tristan, who was born on Oct. 11, McKeller is also a member of the National Career Development Association (NCDA) and the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics (N4A). Matt CROUCH Eli WILKERSON Media Relations Contact University of Tennessee at Martin (2003) Southern Illinois University (2007) Marketing Assistant University of North Carolina (2008) Ma Crouch enters his second season with the Auburn swimming and diving team a er joining the AU Media Relations staff on June 7, Crouch came to Auburn a er spending two years as a graduate assistant in the medis services office at Southern Illinois University where he was the contact for the Saluki so ball, men s golf, cross country and swimming & diving teams. He was also the secondary contact for the SIU men s basketball team that advanced to the Sweet 16 in Prior to his stint at SIU, Crouch worked as a manager of media relations with the American Junior Golf Association and as a student assistant in the sports information office at the University of Tennessee at Martin. The Paris, Tenn. native holds a bachelor of arts degree in communications from UT Martin and a master s degree in kinesiology (sport studies) from SIU. Eli Wilkerson begins his first year with Auburn athletics. Wilkerson comes to Auburn from the University of North Carolina where he served as an undergraduate intern for two years in the UNC sports marketing office. He also spent a year in the athletic ticket office. While working with the sports marketing office, Wilkerson worked primarily with soccer, lacrosse, field hockey and women s basketball. He also worked closely with the Carolina Kids Club, organizing events with the Tar Heel teams. In the summer of 2007, Wilkerson worked in the operations office with the Durham Bulls minor-league baseball team. The Bulls are a AAA member of the International League. Wilkerson graduated from North Carolina with degrees in psychology and sports administration. He is a native of Cary, N.C AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING

15 Adam DEIMLING Support Staff Debra HAZELDINE Athletic Trainer Central Michigan University (2007) Administrative Assistant University of Maryland Adam Deimling begins his second season with the Auburn swimming and diving team as one of the team s athletic trainers. He completed his undergraduate education at the Central Michigan University. During his time at CMU, he had the opportunity to work with men s basketball and volleyball teams. He also worked with the Northwood University football team. Deimling arrived in Auburn in the spring of 2007 and completed an internship with the Tiger baseball team, assisting the athletic training staff. He graduated from Central Michigan with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training/Sports Medicine. Deimling, a native of Hartland, Mich., is currently pursuing a Masters in Higher Education with a minor in Sport Management. Deimling is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association. Debra Hazeldine joined the Auburn swimming and diving staff in August of 2008 as its administrative assistant. She is entering her first season with the Tiger swimming and diving teams. As the team s administrative assistant, Hazeldine assists the coaching staff in the day-to-day management of the office, including parent correspondence and functioning as the advisor to the Tiger Splashers. A native of Holmdel, N.J., Hazeldine is married to James, who is an air traffic controller at Ft. Benning, Ga. The couple has two daughters Stefani (19) and Melissa (17). Stefani is currently a sophomore at Auburn, majoring in fisheries/aquaculture. Lana MEEKS Bryan LUNDQUIST UIST Athletic Trainer Palm Beach Atlantic University (2007) Operations Intern Auburn University Lana Meeks begins her second season with the Auburn swimming and diving teams as one of the team s athletic trainers. Meeks completed her undergraduate education at Palm Beach Atlantic University. During her time at Palm Beach Atlantic, she had the opportunity to work with the women s volleyball and men s basketball. She also did an internship at Florida Atlantic University, working with the Owl football team. Meeks graduated from Palm Beach Atlantic with a Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training. Meeks, a native of Eustis, Fla., is currently pursuing a Masters in Exercise Science with a concentration in Biomechanics. Meeks is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, Southeast Athletic Trainers Association and Alabama Athletic Trainers Association. Bryan Lundquist is in his first season as an operations intern with the Auburn swimming and diving team. A native of Marie a, Ga., Lundquist swam at Auburn from , helping the Tigers to four SEC team championships and four NCAA team championships. A sprint freestyler and bu erflier, Lundquist tallied 12 All-America honors while winning three NCAA titles and four SEC titles. Last spring, Lundquist was selected as a meber of the U.S. National Team for the FINA World Short Course Championships. He made the finals in the 50m free and 100m free while winning a silver medal as part of the runner-up 400m free relay team. A 2008 Olympic Trials finalist in the 50m freestyle, Lundquist is working toward his degree in building science at Auburn. As the operations intern, Lundquist will assist with the day-to-day operations of the swimming and diving team, help with home meet management and perform selected office duties AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING 43

16 Support Staff James E. Martin Aquatics Center Staff Sarah STALKAMP Aquatics Center Director University of Minnesota (2003) Sarah Stalkamp joined the Auburn athletic department in April of 2008, taking over for long-time Aquatics Center Director John Asmuth. As the Aquatics center Director, Stalkamp is responsible for the dayto-day operations of the facility, including maintenance, sanitation and management of events held at the center. She comes to the Plains from Minnesota where she served as the Aquatic Director for Programs and Events at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. While there, she served as either the meet director or associate meet director for the 2008 Paralympic Trials, 2007 NCAA division I Championships, 2007 Big Ten Championships, 2007 Minnesota Grand Prix, 2006 NCAA Division III Championships and the 2006 Synchronized Swimming Junior National Championships. She also returned to Minnesota in August of 2008 to volunteer for the 2008 U.S. Open, an event she helped plan while on staff. Stalkamp earned her bachelor of science degree in computer science at Minnesota in 2003 and is currently working on her master s in sport management. Ken Adams Aquatics Center Operator David Smith Aquatics Center Operator Auburn Swimming and Diving Managers Courtney Brown Sophomore Gulf Breeze, Fla. Jessica Froning Junior Charlotte, N.C AUBURN SWIMMING AND DIVING Leigh Hendry Freshman Birmingham, Ala. Auburn Swimming and Diving Massage Therapists Connie Sellers C.M.T.N.M.T.S.M.T. Soft Tissue Therapist Lionel Moreau Soft Tissue Therapist