SWIM JOB: TOWSON UNIVERSITY SEEKS VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING COACH

Towson University Department of Athletics invites applicants for the position of Volunteer Assistant Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach. We are seeking individuals with on-deck coaching duties, possible team travel, video database management and analysis, and additional duties as determined by the head coach.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Must have the ability to coach student athletes in the sport of swimming.
• Experience coaching on the collegiate or club level and/or collegiate swimming experience preferred.

HOW TO APPLY

Adrienne Phillips, Assistant Swimming and Diving Coach; aphillips@towson.edu

ABOUT TOWSON UNIVERSITY

Towson University is located 20 miles north of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, in Baltimore Maryland. Towson is an NCAA Division I program and competes in the CAA (Colonial Athletic Association).

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Fossil Ridge wins 5A boys swimming state championship

AIR FORCE ACADEMY – The Class 5A boys state swimming crown fell under new ownership Saturday.

For just the second time in 21 years, Regis Jesuit was dethroned of its title as team champion at the Air Force Natatorium — and that was all because of Fossil Ridge High School.

“To be honest, Regis has been so good for so long that I didn’t really think anybody had a chance of beating them for the foreseeable future,” Fossil coach Mark Morehouse said.

“We got into the season and went, ‘Wow. We’ve got a chance at this.’ From that point on, we became a team on a mission.”

The SaberCats won their first-ever state title by scoring 297 overall points, 23 more than runner-up Regis Jesuit.

It was a cap on an untouched season for Fossil, which went 5-0 in dual meets, notched four first-places finishes at invitationals and brought home its sixth-straight Front Range League championship title this spring.

In Saturday’s finals, the SaberCats took early control after the second event and never surrendered their lead.

“I’ll admit that I was calculating the team scores there after every event,” Morehouse said. “It starting adding up our way, and then it became about holding on to it.”

Fossil reached the podium on three occasions before landing on the top spot. The 200 freestyle relay team of Mason Fine, Matt Willis, Danny Kovac and Walter Dauksherwon in a photo finish, edging Cherry Creek by 0.01 seconds.

“When you look up and see that ‘1’ by your team’s name (on the timing board), you’re just so happy that you could have done that for your team,” said senior captain Dauksher, who anchored the relay. “It’s fulfilling because it’s not only for you, but for others.”

Kovac, a freshman, then added Fossil’s only individual championship in the following event, winning the 100 backstroke in 50.53, a Consideration All-American mark.

Third-place finishes were contributed by Dauksher in both the 200 and 500 free, and from Fine in the 100 fly. Kovac added a fourth-place finish in the 200 IM, and Loren Gillilan was fifth in the 100 fly.

Willis took fifth in the 100 fly and sixth in the 200 free, while Carson Clear was sixth in the 100 back. Teammates Kris Malinin and Fine tied for seventh in the 50 free.

Fossil’s 400 freestyle relay finished second, and its 200 medley relay team took fourth.

Fort Collins was represented by Kurt Seitzinger, who was 12th in dive, and Alex Dragan, with 16th-place finishes in both the 100 free and 100 back.

Rocky Mountain’s Timothy Landau competed in dive, finishing 14th.

Windsor’s 4A finish

Windsor had two individuals and two relays compete in the finals at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton.

The 200 medley relay team of Justin Krebs, Alan Whitehead, Jacob Wiedeman andColby Horton finished 13th in 1:46.85. Wiedeman and Horton then joined Garrett Ludwick and Tucker Wright on the Wizards’ 200 freestyle relay squad that swam 1:35.61 to finish 15th.

Horton was 15th individually in the 100 backstroke, while Wiedeman finished 16th in the 100 breaststroke.

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5A BOYS STATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

at US Air Force Academy Natatorium

Team results — Fossil Ridge 297, Regis Jesuit 274, Cherry Creek 209, Boulder 177, Fairview 149, Highlands Ranch 125, Arapahoe 118, Chatfield 115, Lewis-Palmer 108, Grandview 107, Ponderosa 97, Smoky Hill 85, Coronado 71, Pomona 62, Heritage 58, Rampart 47, Lakewood 39, Bear Creek 38, Cherokee Trail 33, Greeley West 33, Broomfield 13, Palisade/Grand Junction/Fruita 10, Fort Collins 8, Fountain-Fort Carson 7, George Washington 6, Loveland 5, Legacy 5, Denver East 4, Rocky Mountain 3.

Individual results (top three) — 200 medley relay — Boulder 1:33.19, Regis Jesuit 1:33.50, Highlands Ranch 1:34.46; 200 free — Samuel Coffman, CC, 1:39.19; Griffin Eiber, ARAP, 1:41.09; Walter Dauksher, FR, 1:41.41; 200 IM — Keegan Foulke, POM, 1:50.13; Michael Zarian, FV, 1:51.90; Quinlan Stuart, RJ, 1:53.08; 50 free — Christian Feiler, BOU, 20.67; William Pieseski, RJ, 21.09; Max Grogan, PON, 21.27; Dive —Kyle Goodwin, RJ, 611.85; Devin Bellamy, SH, 583.55; Alan LeBlang, ARAP, 562.85;100 fly — Gabriele Sasia, HR, 49.16; Chris Nicholson, BOU, 50.52; Mason Fine, FR, 51.16; 100 free — Samuel Coffman, CC, 45.24; Christian Feiler, BOU, 45.68; Griffin Eiber, ARAP, 46.26; 500 free — Michael Zarian, FV, 4:36.98; Aaron Sett, LAKE, 4:38.62; Walter Dauksher, FR, 4:42.81; 200 free relay — Fossil Ridge 1:25.52, Cherry Creek 1:25.53, Grandview 1:25.66; 100 back — Danny Kovac, FR, 50.53; Gabriele Sasia, HR, 50.67; Chris Nicholson, BOU, 50.84; 100 breast — Brody Lewis, GW, 56.60; Quinlan Stuart, RJ, 56.90; Andrew Weiss, RAM, 56.97; 400 free relay — Cherry Creek 3:07.21, Fossil Ridge 3:07.42, Grandview 3:08.37.

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SWIMMING BROTHERS SET DONATION RECORD

LAGUNA HILLS, May 14 2015 – Goggles for Guppies, the nonprofit charity founded in 2011 by twin brothers Chris and Matt Hales, crossed the 10,000 mark in donated swim suits, swim caps and goggles distributed to learn-to-swim programs for underprivileged children. Goggles for Guppies was started four years ago by two 12-year old swimmers as a local initiative to encourage low income families in Orange County, CA to enroll their children in basic life-saving swimming lessons. The charitable organization has rapidly grown to become the official equipment distributor for USA Swimming’s nationwide Make a Splash initiative.

According to USA Swimming, two children under age 15 drown every day somewhere in America and 70% of African American children, 60% of Hispanic children and 42% of Caucasian children have little or no swimming ability. Accidental childhood drowning is preventable, but countless low-income families simply cannot afford the cost of basic swimming lessons. Even though many public and private organizations throughout the country offer low or no cost learn to swim programs for poverty level families and their children, the expense of proper swimming equipment can be prohibitive. That’s where Goggles for Guppies steps in. By soliciting unsold merchandise from manufacturers and retailers, and then packaging and shipping hundreds of suits, caps and goggles each month to domestic and international learn to swim programs, the Hales brothers help encourage thousands of young children to learn to swim – the best defense against accidental drowning.

Goggles for Guppies received its first donation of swim equipment from a sporting goods store in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2011. Since then thousands of donated suits, caps and goggles have poured in from manufacturers and retailers throughout the United States. Chris and Matt inventory, repackage and distribute the equipment to requesting learn-to-swim programs, most of which are “Make a Splash” Local Partners with USA Swimming. Additional YMCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs, Special Olympics, inner-city recreation departments, university outreach programs and even private outreach programs for children in Uganda and Guatemala have benefited from their tireless efforts.
Balancing a 4.4 GPA in rigorous high school honors classes with daily early morning and afternoon swim workouts, frequent Southern California Swimming competitions and high school swim meets, Chris and Matt find the way to devote dozens of hours each week to help prevent childhood drowning by encouraging underprivileged children to learn to swim and enjoy the sport of swimming. The brothers have no intention of stopping as long as accidental drowning in oceans, lakes, rivers, streams and backyard pools continues to claim the lives of innocent victims who could not learn to swim because they could not afford a swimsuit, a cap, or even a pair of goggles. While providing swim equipment to thousands of underprivileged children might sound like a big number, according to the young founders of Goggles for Guppies it’s still just a drop in the bucket.

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The May 2015 Issue of Swimming World Magazine Now Available: Top Stories From College Championships

On The Cover: Coach Eddie Reese

PHOENIX- Eddie Reese first took over the swimming program at the University of Texas Austin in 1978. It only took three years before his men’s team captured their first NCAA Division I team college championships. With two more team titles in the 1980s, an additional three in the ’90s, another four between 2000 and 2010 and the Longhorns’ 11th championship at Iowa City in March, Reese tied Ohio State’s Coach Mike Peppe for the most men’s NCAA Division I team titles making this one of our top stories from the college championships. -Photo by Peter Bick(See story, page 28, plus related feature, page 58).

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