Columbia Women's Swimming Guide

COLUMBIA-BARNARD ATHLETICS CONSORTIUM

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYin the city of new york

COLUMBIA - 1 - WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

QUICK FACTS

Location

New York, N.Y. 10027

Founded/Enrollment Columbia - 1754/5,708Barnard - 1889/2,389

President, Columbia University

Lee C. Bollinger

President, Barnard College

Debora L. Spar

Director of Athletics Dr. M. Dianne Murphy

Home Pool Uris Swimming Center

Nickname/Colors Lions/Columbia Blue and White

Affiliation/Conference NCAA Division I/Ivy League

Head Coach of Swimming Diana Caskey (Princeton ‘85)17th season

Head Coach of Diving

Gordon Spencer (Indiana ‘77)27th season

Assistant Coach Abby Brethauer (Kenyon ‘02)Sixth season

Women’s Swimming Contact Information [email protected]

Captains Caitlin Bertelsen ’10CC, Allison Hobbs ’10CC, Katie Omstead ’10CC

2008-09 Record 9-2, 5-2 Ivy League 5th of 9 at Ivy League Championships, 3rd in dual meets

Sports Information Contact

Casey Snedecor, Asst. Dir. of Sports Information/Media [email protected] • 212-851-5643 (w) • 610-357-0441 (c)

Website

gocolumbialions.com

Columbia University Athletics Mission Statement

The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics of Columbia University in the City of New York serves the needs of its students, faculty, staff, alumni and the New York City community. To achieve and maintain excellence, we will:• Recruit student-athletes who will excel in our academic and athletic environment• Foster the physical, mental and emotional development of our student-athletes• Strengthen the bonds between the University and its alumni• Provide outstanding entertainment• Promote and exhibit appropriate sporting behavior by student-athletes, coaches, administrators and fans• Instill integrity and values that enhance decision-making• Comply with all NCAA and Ivy League rules and regulations• Empower the Columbia community through a diverse and equitable athletics program that meets the needs of students, alumni, faculty and staff

Credits

The 2009-10 Columbia Women’s Swimming & Diving Media Guide was designed and written by Casey Snedecor. Edited by Dan Lobacz and Pete McHugh. Additional contributions by Darlene Camacho, Kate Lombard, Diana Caskey, Abby Brethauer and Gordon Spencer. Photos by Gene Boyars, Mike McLaughlin and Eileen Barroso.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THIS IS COLUMBIA2-3 Columbia University in the City of New York

4 Prominent Columbians

COACHES & STAFF6 Head Coach of Swimming Diana Caskey

7 Head Coach of Diving Gordon Spencer

8-9 Assistant Coach and Support Staff

THE STUDENT-ATHLETES11 2009 Roster

12-23 Student Athlete Profiles

HISTORY AND RECORDS25 Swimming Records

26 Diving Records/NCAA Qualifiers

27 Ivy League Champions

ADMINISTRATION29 Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger

29 Barnard College President Debora L. Spar

30-31 Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical

Education Dr. M. Dianne Murphy

2009-10 COLUMBIA WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING MEDIA GUIDE

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NEW YORK CITY ISFrom its beginnings in a schoolhouse in

lower Manhattan, Columbia University has

grown to encompass two principal campus-

es in New York City: the historic, neoclas-

sical campus in the Morningside Heights

neighborhood and the modern Medical

Center further uptown, in Washington

Heights.

New York, the greatest city in the world,

has everything at your fingertips. A

baseball game at Yankee Stadium, a

world-class Broadway show, or just a ride

around the city where neighborhoods flow

freely into one another, New York has it

all.

Today, Columbia is one of the top aca-

demic and research institutions in the world,

conducting pathbreaking research in medi-

cine, science, the arts, and the humanities.

It includes three undergraduate schools,

thirteen graduate and professional schools,

and a school of continuing education.

A member of the Ivy League, Columbia

sponsors 29 intercollegiate varsity sports

for men and women which compete at the

Division I level. Columbia has won 11 Ivy

League titles over the past three years, the

most in any three-year span in school his-

tory.


COLUMBIA’S HOME


BARACK OBAMA COLUMBIA COLLEGECLASS OF 1983

44TH PRESIDENT OFTHE UNITED STATESColumbia University has produced a large number of

distinguished alumni in many different fields, including

but not limited to:

David Altchek, CC 1978 • Renowned orthopedic surgeonRoone Arledge, CC 1952 • Former president, ABC News & SportsCaitlin “Katy” Bilodeau, CC 1987 • Two-time OlympianKatherine Boo, BC 1988 • Reporter, The Washington PostWilliam V. Campbell, CC 1962 • Chairman, Intuit, Inc.DeWitt Clinton, CC 1786 • Former N.Y. state senator and governorGary Cohen, CC 1981 • TV play-by-play announcer, New York Mets Brian De Palma, CC 1962 • FilmmakerBrian Dennehy, CC 1960 • Actor, Tony award-winnerAmelia Earhart, GS 1919-1920 • AviatorEileen Ford, BC 1943 • Co-founder, Ford Modeling AgencyChet Forte, CC 1957 • Director, creator of “Monday Night Football”Matthew Fox, CC 1989 • Actor, “Lost”, “We Are Marshall”Ellen Futter, BC 1971 • Barnard College President EmeritaArt Garfunkel, CC 1965 • Musician, Grammy award-winnerLou Gehrig, CC 1923-25 • Baseball Hall of Fame inducteeAllen Ginsberg, CC 1948 • Author, Howl and Other PoemsJudd Gregg, CC 1969 • U.S. Senator, New HampshireMaggie Gyllenhaal, CC 1999 • Actress, “The Dark Knight”Alexander Hamilton, King’s College 1774-76 • Secretary of the TreasuryPatricia Highsmith, BC 1942 • Author, The Talented Mr. RipleyLangston Hughes, School of Mines 1921-22 • PoetZora Neale Hurston, BC 1928 • Author, Their Eyes Were Watching GodJohn Jay, King’s College 1764 • Judge, statesman, abolitionistJack Kerouac, CC 1940-1942 • Author, On The RoadJeanne Kirkpatrick, BC 1948 • First female U.S. ambassador to the U.N.Joel Klein, CC 1967 • Chancellor, New York City school systemJohn Kluge, CC 1937 • Entrepreneur, founder of Metromedia, Inc.Robert Kraft, CC 1963 • Owner, New England PatriotsGene Larkin, CC 1983 • Former Major League Baseball championAlfred Lerner, CC 1955 • Owner, Cleveland BrownsSid Luckman, CC 1939 • Football Hall of Fame inducteeJim McMillian, CC 1970 • Former NBA championPhilip L. Milstein, CC 1971 • Principal, Ogden CAP PropertiesJanice Min, CC 1990 • Editor-in-Chief, Us Magazine Martha Nelson, BC 1976 • Managing editor, People; founder, InStyleCynthia Nixon, BC 1988 • Actress, “Sex and the City”Fernando Perez, CC 2004 • Current Major League Baseball player Joyce Purnick, BC 1967 • Writer, The New York TimesJoan Rivers, BC 1954 • Emmy Award-winning comedienneAttoosa Rubenstein, BC 1993 • Editor-in-chief and creator, CosmoGIRL!Michael Sovern, CC 1953 • Columbia University President EmeritusGeorge Stephanopoulos, CC 1982 • Anchor of ABC’s “This Week”Julia Stiles, CC 2005 • Actress, “Save The Last Dance”Cristina Teuscher, CC 2000 • Olympic gold medalist, swimmingMarcellus Wiley, CC 1997 • Former All-Pro football player

Amelia EarhartMarcellus WileyAlexander Hamilton

Robert KraftCristina Teuscher

Janice Min

Jim McMillian

Maggie Gyllenhaal Jack Kerouac


UNLEASH THE ROAR!

2009 COLUMBIA WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING


Record-breaking performances and monumental accomplishments have been the norm during Diana Caskey’s 17-year tenure as Co-lumbia’s head coach.

Under her tutelage, Columbia and the Ivy League have had their first NCAA women’s swimming champion and Honda-Broderick Cup award winner in Cristina Teuscher ’00CC. Additionally, all university records have been broken and Lion swimmers won individual and relay titles for the first time at the Ivy League Championships (known as the Eastern Championships until 1998). Columbia also had its first-ever NCAA qualifier in Danicia Ambron ’94CC and Olympian in Teuscher. In 2001, Caskey had her third swimmer go to nationals when Lucy Eccleston ’03BC qualified by winning the 200 butterfly at the Ivy League Championships in a school-record time of 2:00.43.

The 2008-09 women’s swimming season marked several highlights for the program. The Lions set nine new school records in the 200 and 400 medley relays, 200 and 400 free relates, the 100 butterfly, the 100 and 200 back, the 200 breast, and the 100 free. The team also set a new pool record in the 200 free relaym and tied the most dual meet wins in history (nine). Columbia went on to finish fifth at the Ivy League Championships, and saw outstanding performances from Hannah Galey (100 free champion), Allison Hobbs (100 fly champion) and Mariele Dunn (200 breast runner-up).

2007-08 saw the Lions break seven different school records on their way to finishing third at the Ivy League championships, equalling the best result in school history. Columbia also tallied the most dual wins in school history with a 9-2 overall record, and closed with a 5-2 Ivy League mark in dual competition.

Columbia posted an 8-3 record in 2002-03, including a 4-3 mark in Ivy League competition. In 2005-06, the Lions duplicated those re-cords, and, in 2006-07, the Lions had their seventh consecutive season with a winning percentage of .500 or better.

Caskey’s coaching career at Columbia began in 1991 when she served as the assistant coach of the men and women’s teams. She took over the women’s program the following year, leading the Lions to one of their most successful seasons ever with a fourth-place Ivy League finish.

Prior to Columbia, Caskey spent three years at her prep school alma mater, The Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey, teaching English and assisting with both the school and USS club swim teams. During her tenure, the school team won two National High School championships. At the club level, Peddie Aquatics placed second in two Senior National Championships. Caskey coached two Olympians as well as numerous Olympic qualifiers, NCAA finalists, USS National Champions and senior and junior national qualifiers.

A 1985 graduate of Princeton University, Caskey was a standout swimmer for the Tigers, earning All-American and All-Ivy League honors. She held the Princeton record in the 500 freestyle for 14 years and led off the 800 free relay that won the AIAW Intercollegiate Champion-ships in 1982. Before graduating from Peddie in 1981, she also enjoyed a fine prep swimming career. As the team captain, she set school records in both the 200 and 500 freestyle and won Peddie’s scholar-athlete award.

Caskey and her husband, Larry Good, reside in Morningside Heights with their daughters, Sierra, 8, and Stella, 5.

HEAD SWIMMING COACH DIANA CASKEY


HEAD DIVING COACH GORDON SPENCER

Gordon Spencer, now in his 27th year at Columbia, is one of the senior members of the Columbia Athletics coaching staff. He has built

the Lions’ diving program into one of the most respected in the East, most recently with athletes such as Scott Troob ’04CC, who earned

honorable mention All-America honors in 2003, and five-time EISL Champion Mark Fichera ’02CC. Also the women’s diving coach, he

coached the 2008 Ivy League three-meter diving champion and Co-Diver of the Meet, Shannon Hosey ’09SEAS, as well as the 2002 Ivy

League three-meter diving champion and Outstanding Diver of the Meet Teresa Herrmann ’05CC. He has also coached two-time All-Ivy

League honoree Grace Coyle ’05CC and school record-holder Leah Berger ’00CC.

Spencer came to Columbia from Kent State University, where he built a diving power in just two years. A native of Canton, Ohio, he was a

three-time state finalist at Canton McKinley High School and attended Indiana University, where he competed under the legendary Hobie

Billingsley, and reached the national championships. Spencer later coached at Billingsley’s diving school.

After his 1977 graduation, Spencer became an assistant diving coach at two Miami high schools. He returned to Kent State in 1981 and

earned a master’s degree in athletic administration.

While his Columbia divers have been a deciding factor in many Lion victories, Spencer also has made a name for himself away from

Morningside Heights. In 1991, he was named the Junior Olympic Zone A Coach of the Year.

Spencer is active in the diving scene outside of Columbia. He has served as a judge for the Senior National Diving Championships, and

coaches an elite U.S. Diving club comprised of some of the best Junior Olympic divers in the nation. That program consistently produces

East Coast champions and national age-group finalists on both platform and springboard. Former Lion standout Daniel Brown ’00CC dove

for Spencer’s famed Morningside Heights club team. Most recently, Spencer coached Linus Altman-Kurosaki. Kurosaki was a US Junior

World team member in 2006, and he is now a diver on scholarship at Indiana University.

Spencer and his wife, Bertica, reside in Morningside Heights. They have one daughter, Caitlin.


Abby Brethauer is in her sixth season with Columbia’s women’s

swimming team. In her five seasons with the Lions, the team has

experienced great improvement.

The 2008-09 women’s swimming season marked several highlights

for the program. The Lions set nine new school records in the 200

and 400 medley relays, 200 and 400 free relates, the 100 butterfly,

the 100 and 200 back, the 200 breast, and the 100 free. The team

also set a new pool record in the 200 free relay, and tied the most

dual meet wins in history (nine). Columbia went on to finish fifth at

the Ivy League Championships, and saw outstanding performanc-

es from Hannah Galey (100 free champion), Allison Hobbs (100 fly

champion) and Mariele Dunn (200 breast runner-up).

The 2007-08 season saw the Lions break seven different school

records, including the 100 butterfly, 100 breaststroke, 100 free-

style, 200 free relay and both medley relays, on their way to fin-

ishing third at the Ivy League championships, the best result in

school history. Columbia tallied a program-best 9-2 overall record,

and a 5-2 Ivy League mark in dual competition. In 2006-07, the

Lions again finished with a winning record at 6-5. The 2005-06

season also culminated in a third-place finish at the Ivy League

Championships. At that meet, the Lions posted an 86 percent im-

provement over seed time and recorded more than 30 lifetime best

times and 40 collegiate best times. Columbia finished with an 8-3

record, including a 4-3 mark in Ivy League competition in the 2005-

06 season.

Prior to working at Columbia, Breathauer spent time in Park City,

Utah and coached at Hamilton College. While she was at Hamil-

ton, both the men’s and women’s teams finished in the top 15 at

the NCAA Championships and eight student-athletes were named

All-American.

Brethauer graduated from Kenyon College in 2002 with a BA in

women’s and gender studies. While at Kenyon, she earned All-

American status as a member of the swim team each year and

helped lead her team to three NCAA Championship titles in four

years. In her senior year she was runner-up in both the 200 back-

stroke and 200 butterfly at the NCAA Championships.

ASSISTANT COACH ABBY BREATHAUER


SUPPORT STAFF

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER JIM GOSSETTJim Gossett is one of the best-known and most highly-honored athletic trainers in the nation. Gossett is in his 30th year at Columbia, his 24th as head athletic trainer. He administers a staff of seven full-time assistants that works with all 29 Columbia teams and operates modern training facilities on the main campus and at Baker Field Athletics Complex. He has worked with most of Columbia’s teams, but has been particularly identified with football, soccer, fencing, rowing and wrestling. Gossett has worked with several championship squads, including the men and women’s fencing team, which won two NCAA championships while he was associated with them. He worked with men’s soccer and wrestling from 1979 to 1983, when they won a combined seven Ivy League titles and made two trips to the Final Four. As a well-known athletic trainer in the New York Metropolitan area, Gossett was selected recently to serve as a spokesperson for Gatorade, Inc., and the National Athletic Trainers Association. His role is to promote healthy practices in order to prevent heat-related illness during the hot weather months, and to serve as a resource, including on-air interviews, for CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox television affiliates in the New York area. The New York State Board of Regents reappointed Gossett to the State Committee for Athletic Trainers. His five-year appointment is to the State Board for Professions, which regulates athletic trainers in New York State. On the national scene, Gossett was the head athletic trainer for the United States fencing team in the 1991 World University Games in Sheffield, England, and spent three seasons as trainer of the U.S. National Light-weight Crew. He was athletic trainer for rowing at the 1988 Olympic Sports Festival, and for track & field at the

1987 Festival and Pan American Games. He also spent four summers as athletic trainer for the ABCD/Nike basketball camps. Gossett has been frequently honored for his work. In 2004, he was presented the Dan Libera Service Award for outstanding contribution to the Board of Certification, while in 2003, he was honored by the National Athletic Trainers Association with the Most Outstanding Athletic Trainer Award, for which he was nominated and chosen by his peers, and received the All-American Football Foundation’s Outstanding Athletic Trainer Award. Previously, he had been honored by the New York State Athletic Trainers Association with the Thomas J. Sheehan, Sr. Award, its highest honor, and by the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association (EATA) with the Joseph A. Blankowitsch Award. A former president of the EATA, he was further honored with the 1994 Cramer Award for outstanding service, presented by Cramer Products in conjunction with the EATA. Gossett, a native of Indianapolis, attended Indiana State University, graduating in 1978. He joined the Columbia staff in August 1979, shortly after receiving his master’s degree from the University of Arizona. Jim and his wife Dianne, the former director of the Baker Athlet-ics Complex, now manager of Columbia’s famed Nevis Laboratories, live in Ardsley, N.Y., with their 18-year old son, Bryant.

DIRECTOR OF STRENGTH & CONDITIONING TOMMY SHEEHAN

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER JUMPEI HARADAJumpei Harada joined the Columbia training staff in July 2007 as an assistant athletic trainer and works with football, lacrosse, indoor track and men and women’s swimming. Harada came to Morningside Heights from Pennsylvania State University, where he served as an assistant athletic trainer, working with football for three years. During this time, the Nittany Lions attended two bowl games (FedEx Orange Bowl and Outback Bowl). Previously, Harada also worked as an athletic training intern with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2004, and as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at the University of Florida for two years. From 2001 to 2002, he was the head athletic trainer for Japan’s Women’s National FID Basketball team, which participated in the World FID Basketball Tournament in Portugal. Harada graduated from the University of Alabama in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in human environmental science with an athletic training certification. In 2004, Harada also received a master’s degree in health and human performance with a focus in athletic training and sports medicine from the University of Florida.

Tommy Sheehan is in his 11th year as a full-time Athletics Department staff member, his ninth as Director of Strength and Conditioning. In that position, he supervises a two-person staff in all aspects of strength and conditioning for Columbia’s 29 intercollegiate teams. Well-known throughout the strength and conditioning profession, he was asked to produce an instructional DVD during the past year for the Cleveland Indians, on movement training in an off-season conditioning program. It was shot at the Indians’ Jacobs Field and distributed to the players in the Cleveland system. Sheehan first came to Columbia in the fall of 1990 as a graduate assistant on the football staff, reuniting him with Columbia’s head coach at the time, Ray Tellier. Tellier had originally recruited the Buffalo, N.Y., native when he was head coach at the University of Rochester. Sheehan spent three years on the Columbia staff, and earned a master’s in applied physiology. He then joined the New York State Police as a physical training instructor before attending the State Police academy and becoming a New York State trooper. He left the police force two years later and returned to Co-lumbia as assistant strength and conditioning coach. He was named Director of Strength and Conditioning in 2001. Sheehan is one of the finest offensive players in the University of Rochester’s gridiron history. An All-American as a junior and senior, he twice earned All-ECAC and all-conference honors. He ranks among the Yellowjackets’ all-time leaders in every receiving category, and topped the list at the completion of his playing career in receiv-

ing yardage for a game (189), season (835), and career (1,982). In 2005, he was inducted into Rochester’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Sheehan, his wife, Dr. Tricia Lipani, and their daughter Guiliana live in Morningside Heights. Dr. Lipani, a former track and field athlete at Columbia, is a psychologist in the hematology department at Columbia University Medical Center.


2009-10 WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES


2009-10 COLUMBIA WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTERName Event Yr. School Hometown/High SchoolErin Adams FREE Jr. CC Los Angeles, Calif./Marlborough SchoolCaitlin Bertelsen DISTANCE Sr. CC Ridgewood, N.J./RidgewoodCasey Bresee DIVING So. BC Santa Margarita, Calif./TesoroEmily Brown IM Jr. CC Snohomish, Wash./Seattle PrepRenee Brown DISTANCE Fr. BC Takoma Park, Md./Edmund Burke SchoolMolly Dengler BACK, IM Fr. CC New Albany, Ohio/New AlbanyMariele Dunn BREAST Jr. CC Weston, Mass./Mount AlverniaPaige Endsley FREE So. CC Richmond, Va./Maggie L. Walker’s Governor’s School

Stephanie Foster DIVING So. CC Kansas City, Mo./Bishop MeigeAlex Hammerberg BREAST Fr. SEAS Raleigh, N.C./William G. EnloeLacey Harris-Coble BACK, FLY Fr. CC Orlando, Fla./Trinity PreparatoryKristin Hehir DIVING Fr. CC Wayland, Mass./WaylandAllison Hobbs FREE Sr. CC Darien, Conn./DarienTina Hughes FREE Sr. GS Manchester, Conn./ManchesterErin Kampschmidt DISTANCE So. CC Houston, Texas/Langham CreekCaroline Lukins FLY, FREE Fr. CC Lafayette, Calif./CampolindoAshley MacLean FREE Jr. CC Seattle, Wash./International SchoolNicole Marsh DISTANCE So. CC Riverdale, N.Y./Horace MannKatie Meili IM, FREE Fr. CC Colleyville, Texas/Nolan CatholicBunge Okeyo FREE, FLY Fr. BC Roanoke, Va./Roanoke CatholicKatie Omstead FREE Sr. CC Acton, Mass./Acton-BoxboroughKristina Parsons FLY, FREE Fr. CC Tiburon, Calif./RedwoodAshley Ramsden BACK Jr. CC Brentwood, Tenn./Harpeth Hall SchoolAbby Reilly FREE Jr. CC Philadelphia, Pa./Germantown AcademyCaitlin Rogers BACK, FLY So. CC Plano, Texas/Plano SeniorAmanda Stewart BREAST Jr. CC Pittsburgh, Pa./Oakland CatholicDelghi Urubshurow BACK Sr. CC Chevy Chase, Md./Bethesda-Chevy ChaseIsabelle Vandenbroucke IM, FREE So. CC Montclair, N.J./Bolles School

Head Coach of Swimming: Diana Caskey (Princeton ’85, 18th season)Head Coach of Diving: Gordon Spencer (Indiana ’77, 27th season)Assistant Coach: Abby Brethauer (Kenyon ’02, sixth season)

CC - Columbia College • BC - Barnard College • SEAS - Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences • GS - School of General Studies

Bertelsen - Bert-el-senDengler - Dang-ler

Harris-Coble - Hair-is Co-bullHehir - Hair

Kampschmidt - Camp-schmidt

Meili - My-leeBunge Okeyo - Bun-gay O-kay-oVandenbrouke - Van-den-brook

Delhir Urubshurow - Delg-E Yur-ub-sure-row

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE


2009-10 STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES - SENIORS

CAITLIN BERTELSENSr. • CC • DistanceRidgewood, N.J.Ridgewood

2008-09: Had a breakthrough season as a junior

... given the team’s “Most Improved” award ... Ivy

League point-scorer in the 400 IM (13th – 4:29.78p),

the 100 breast ((23rd – 1:07.61) and the 200 fly

(21st – 2:06.64p).

At Ridgewood: First team all-league in the 500 free as a senior ... team

was league and section champion ... earned two letters ... captained club

team New Jersey Wave.

Personal: Biological sciences major ... uncle, Paul Krause, is a 1965

graduate of Columbia ... father, Arthur, played football and lacrosse for

Princeton ... cousin, Emily Colaneri, swam for Harvard.

ALLISON HOBBSSr. • CC • Butterfly/FreeDarien, Conn.Darien

2008-09: Named the team’s Most Outstanding

Swimmer for 2008-09 ... Ivy League champion in

the 100 butterfly (54.92) ... holds the school record

in the 100 fly ... part of school-record holding squads

in the 200 medley relay (1:42.06), the 400 medley

relay (3:41.23), and the 200 free relay (1:33.76) ... earned first-team All-Ivy

League honors in the 100 butterfly ... earned second-team All-Ivy League

honors in the 200 and 400 medley relays ... Ivy League finalist in the 50

free, finishing fourth in a lifetime-best 23.45 ... part of the 200 medley and

400 medley relay teams that finished second ... also scored points for the

team in the 200 fly (17th – 2:05.55).

At Darien: Twice all-conference, all-state and All-American in relays ... four-

year letterwinner ... seventh in 50 fly at YMCA Long Course Nationals.

Personal: Music major ... a talented percussionist ... mother, Elizabeth,

played field hockey and lacrosse at Cornell and went on to graduate school

at Columbia ... father, Steve, is also a Cornell grad.


TINA HUGHESSr. • GS • FreestyleManchester, Conn.Manchester

2008-09: Part of the school-record holding 200

and 400 free relay squads ... scored points for the

Lions in four different events at the 2009 Ivy League

championships, notching three lifetime-best times

along the way ... finished 11th in the 100 fly (56.80)

and the 100 free (51.78) ... came in 18th in the 50 free (23.99) ... part of the

400 free relay that finished fifth (3:24.29).

Personal: Enrolled in a joint program with Columbia’s School of General

Studies and the Jewish Theological Seminary.

2009-10 STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES - SENIORS

KATIE OMSTEADSr. • CC • FreestyleActon, Mass.Acton-Boxborough

2008-09: Scored points for the Lions at the ECAC

championships as a member of the 200 free relay, the

400 free relay and the 200 medley relay squads.

At Acton-Boxborough: State champion in the 50

free and 200 free relay ... as a junior, swam for All-American 200 free relay

... earned four letters in swimming and three in softball ... team captain in

both sports ... three-time league all-star in both events.

Personal: Economics major ... sister, Kelsey, swam for Bates College

... father, Daniel, earned a post-graduate degree from Columbia

Engineering.


2009-10 STUDENT ATHLETE PROFILES

DELGHI URUBSHUROWSr. • CC • BackstrokeChevy Chase, Md.Bethesda-Chevy Chase

2008-09: Part of the school-record holding 200

free relay squad ... was a finalist in three individual

events at the 2009 Ivy League championships ...

came in fourth in the 100 back (56.03) and the

200 back (2:01.39) ... finished eight in the 200 IM

(2:03.80 prelims) ... also scored points for Columbia in the 800 free relay

(7th – 7:34.55) ... had lifetime bests at the Big Al Invite in December, in both

the 100 and 200 back.

Personal: Psychology major.

ERIN ADAMSJr. • CC • FreestyleLos Angeles, Calif.Marlbourough School

2008-09: Added depth to the sprint corps, both in

individual events and relays ... recorded lifetime

bests in the 50 free (25.32) and the 100 free (55.87)

this season ... ECAC point-scorer in the 200 free

relay, the 400 free relay, and the 200 medley relay.

At Marlborough: Finished 16th in the 50 free at the Junior Olympics as

a senior ... personal bests of 25.19 and, in the 100 free, 54.85 ... league

champion in both events in 10th through 12th grades ... four-time All-CIF in

the 50 ... competed for Westside Aquatics club ... National Merit Finalist ...

Head of School List since seventh grade.

Personal: Biological sciences major ... plans to become a doctor.


2009-10 STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES - JUNIORS

EMILY BROWNJr. • CC • IMSnohmish, Wash.Seattle Prep

2008-09: Ivy League point-scorer in the 200 breast

(23rd – 2:28.37 prelims) ... key part of Columbia’s

relay squads in the dual meet season ... won the

200 IM against Dartmouth (2:12.76).

At Seattle Prep: Team MVP in 2006 and 2007 and captain her senior

year.

Personal: Liberal arts student ... Majoring in psychology ... sister, Megan

‘09CC, swam for the Lions.

MARIELE DUNNJr. • CC • BreaststrokeWeston, Mass.Mount Alvernia

2008-09: School record holder in the 200 breast

(2:13.99) ... part of school-record holding squads

in the 200 medley relay (1:42.06), the 400 medley

relay (3:41.23), and the 400 free relay (3:24.29) ...

earned second-team All-Ivy League honors in three

events: the 200 breast, and the 200 and the 400 medley relays) ... finished

second in the 200 breast at the 2009 Ivy League championships ... also

had top-five finishes in the finals of the 100 breast (third – 1:03.02) and

the 200 IM (fourth – 2:02.51) ... part of the second-place 400 medley relay

team (3:41.23) and the second-place 200 medley relay team (1:42.60) ...

also scored points as a part of the 400 free relay team that finished fifth

in 3:24.29.

At Mount Alvernia: Was ranked as high as 16th nationally in 200 breast ...

Junior National and World Championship Trial qualifier.

Personal: Third of her siblings to compete in swimming for Columbia

(sister, Meredith ’05BC, brother, Patrick ’05CC) ... two other sisters swim

as well: Deidre at MIT, and Tressa at Fordham ... majoring in art history

and archeology.



ASHLEY MACLEANJr. • CC • FreestyleSeattle, Wash.International School

2008-09: Was the top individual performer for the

Lions at the ECAC championships ... scored points

for the team in six different events ... notched a 13th

place finish in the 50 free (24.36) ... came in 16th in

the 100 free (53.43) ... was a part of the 200 medley

relay, the 400 medley relay, the 400 free relay and the 800 free relay ...

swam a lifetime best in the 200 free (1:55.15) and a season-best time in

the 100 fly (59.37).

At International School/Bellevue High School: Second-place finisher in

Washington state competition as a senior in 50 and 100 free ... Bellevue

High team captain in 2006 ... state qualifier and top-eight finisher all four

years ... US Swimming Scholastic All-American National Honor Society

President in 2006.

Personal: Liberal arts student ... economics major.

ASHLEY RAMSDENJr. • CC • BackstrokeBrentwood, Tenn.Harpeth Hall School

2008-09: ECAC point scorer in the 200 medley

relay, the 400 medley relay and the 800 free relay.

At Harpeth Hall School: All-region in the 500 free

and all-state in the 100 back and 500 free in her

senior year ... member of the Cum Laude Society and Mu Alpha Theta.

Personal: Liberal arts student ... majoring in history.



ABBY REILLYJr. • CC • FreestylePhiladelphia, Pa.Germantown Academy

2008-09: Scored points for Columbia in three different

events at the 2009 Ivy League championships ...

finished 18th in the 1000 free (10:29.86) ... finished

18th in the 1650 free (17:21.79) ... came in 23rd in

the 500 free (5:05.56).

At Germantown Academy: Was on honor roll every semester and elected

to the Spanish Honor Society.

Personal: Liberal arts student ... majoring in art history.

AMANDA STEWARTJr. • CC • BreaststrokePittsburgh, Pa. Oakland Catholic

2008-09: Ivy League point-scorer in the 100 breast

(18th – 1:06.63) and the 200 breast (20th – 2:26.11)

for the Lions ... also recorded a lifetime best in the

200 IM at the 2009 Ivy League championships

(35th – 2:10.51).

At Oakland Catholic: All-American and top 16 in the nation ... captain and

four-year letterwinner ... earned 15 league medals and 11 state medals ...

selected as one of the top 100 scholar-athletes in Pennsylvania.

Personal: Plans to be a pre-medical student for a career as a physician, or

major in economics ... father, Jay, swam for Indiana University.


2009-10 STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES - SOPHOMORES

CASEY BRESEESo. • BC • DivingSanta Margarita, Calif.Tesoro

2008-09: Did not compete.

At Tesoro: Competed as a trampolinist for private

gymnastics club … two-time California State

Champion in trampoline (2004 & 2007) … two-

time Western Regional Champion in trampoline … was a silver medalist

in trampoline at the 2005 National Championships … member of the 2007

USA Gymnastics World Championship Team.

Personal: Daughter of Dawn and Mark Bresee … born 9-27-90 … plans to

double major in Political Science and French.

PAIGE ENDSLEYSo. • CC • FreestyleRichmond, Va.Maggie L. Walker’s Governor’s School

2008-09: Made a name for herself as one of the top

distance swimmers for Columbia in her first year

... scored points for the Lions in four events at the

2009 Ivy League championships ... finished 12th in

the 1000 free (10:15.66) ... finished 15th overall in

the 1650 free (17:08.96) ... came in 17th in the 500 free (4:59.01) ... also

helped the 800 free relay squad to a seventh place finish (7:34.55).

At Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School: Earned four varsity letters

in swimming ... holds high school record in 200 free (1:55.53) ... holds

club record in 1650 free (17:06) ... named USA Swimming Scholastic All-

American in 2007 ... served as junior and senior athlete representative for

Virginia Swimming Board of Directors ... finished 24th in the 1650 at the

NCSA Junior Nationals ... given the Chantal Grissom Award by Poseidon

Swimming Club for dedication, hard work and team leadership ... personal

bests include 1:53.67 in 200 free, 5:01.34 in the 500 free, 10:17.95 in the

1,000 free and 17:06.49 in the 1,650 free ... National Honor Society ...

National French Honor Society ... National Latin Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Peggy and Mike Endsley ... born 5-23-90 ... plans to

attend medical school ... mother, Peggy, and aunt Paula, ran track & field at

Shippensburg ... aunt Mary Frances played basketball at Shippensburg.



STEPHANIE FOSTERSo. • CC • DivingKansas City, Mo.Bishop Meige

2008-09: Dove in every dual meet for the Lions, in

both the 1- and 3-meter ... will look to improve on

her finishes at the 2009 Ivy League championships

... point-scorer in the 3m dive, finishing with 201.65

points, 24th overall.

At Bishop Meige: Earned seven varsity letters in swimming (4) and

cross country (3) ... team captain of both the cross country team and

the swimming and diving team her senior year ... four-time team MVP of

swimming and diving team ... Kansas City Star Scholar Athlete (2008)

... three-time Eastern Kansas League Scholar Athlete for cross country

(2006, 2007, 2008) ... four-time Eastern Kansas League Scholar Athlete for

swimming/diving (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) ... KIAAA Scholarship nominee

for diving in 2008 ... finished in top eight at state diving competition in

2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 ... led both the cross country team and the

swim team to Kansas state championships ... holds a club league record

in the 200 free relay ... three-time Academic Excellence Award recipient ...

named Ursuline Award recipient in 2008 ... two-time National Honor Society

... Kansas Honor Scholar, Kansas State Scholar and Kansas Governor’s

Scholar Award in 2008.

Personal: Daughter of Camille and Mark Foster ... born 5-10-89.

ERIN KAMPSCHMIDTSo. • CC • DistanceHouston, TexasLangham Creek

2008-09: Made a name for herself in the last meet

of the season, as she was Columbia’s top distance

swimmer at the ECAC championships ... finished

15th in the 500 free, with a time of 5:06.48, which

marked a ten-second drop from her season times

... finished 13th in the 1650 free (17:55.03) ... dropped four second off of

her 200 free time, finishing the event in 1:57.17 ... also scored points for

Columbia as a member of the 400 medley relay team and the 800 free

relay.

At Langham Creek: Earned four letters in swimming ... three-time member

of the TISCA All-State swim team ... three-time National Interscholastic

Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) All-American in the 200 free relay and

the 400 free relay ... Texas high school district medalist in the 50 free in

2007 ... five-time high school regional finalist in three different events (50,

200 and 500 free) ... member of high school regional champion 400 free

relay team that set regional and pool record times ... high school state

finalist in 200 free relay and 400 free relay ... helped lead swim team to

back-to-back district and regional team championships in 2007 and 2008

... personal bests include 25.10 (50 free), 53.79 (100 free), 1:55.79 (200

free), 5:06.86 (500 free), 10:33.26 (1000 free) and 17:48.34 (1650 free)

... graduated summa cum laude ... National Honor Society ... Spanish

National Honor Society ... science honors graduate ... Mu Alpha Theta

(Mathematics Honor Society) member ... recipient of the 2008 Presidential

Award for Educational Excellence ... NISCA Academic All-American ...

University Interscholastic League Scholar Award recipient.

Personal: Daughter of Ann and Kit Kampschmidt ... born 12-27-89 ... plans

to major in biology and attend medical school.



NICOLE MARSHSo. • CC • DistanceRiverdale, N.Y.Horace Mann

2008-09: Earned valuable points for the Lions at the

2009 Ivy League championships ... finished 15th in

the 200 free (1:54.69) ... came in 20th in the 500

free (5:03.42) ... part of the 800 free relay squad

that finished seventh in 7:34.55.

At Horace Mann: Swam for the Badger Swim Club all four years of high

school ... personal bests include 52.04 (100 free), 1:51.35 (200 free),

4:59.09 (500 free) and 10:13.29 (1,000 free) ... National Merit Scholar ...

graduated cum laude.

Personal: Daughter of Yvonne and Michael Marsh ... brother, Justin, swam

and played water polo at Williams College ... born 9-27-90.

CAITLIN ROGERSSo. • CC • Backstroke/ButterflyPlano, TexasPlano Senior

2008-09: Finalist in the 200 back at the 2009 Ivy

League championships (8th – 2:02.41) ... scored

points for the Lions in the 100 fly (12th – 56.51),

the 200 fly (13th – 2:05.41) and the 800 free relay

(seventh) ... recorded a lifetime best leading off the

preliminaries of the 400 medley relay (56.58).

At Plano Senior: Earned four varsity letters in swimming ... served as

captain of the swim team her senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Vanessa and Bob Rogers ... born 12-7-89 ... plans

to study pre-med, and go into sports medicine.


2009-10 STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES

ISABELLE VANDENBROUCKE

So. • CC • IM/FreestyleMontclair, N.J. Bolles School

2008-09: A key part of Columbia’s distance squad

during the dual meet season ... came in 14th in the

1650 free at the 2009 Ivy League championships

with a lifetime best 17:08.12 ... also earned points

for the Lions in the 400 IM, as she finished 19th in

4:34.17.

Prior to Columbia: Grew up primarily in China and Japan ... earned

four varsity letters in swimming ... Mexican national championship finalist

(2005, 2006, 2007) ... Pre-IASAS Manila Invitational Swimmer of the Meet

(2007) ... Florida Sectional finalist (2007, 2008) ... was a five-time age

group finalist, a two-time open finalist, won a bronze individual medal and

two relay gold medals at the 2007 Mexican National Olympics ... personal

bests include 1:54.4 (200 free), 5:03.5 (500 free), 10:30.7 (1000 free),

2:26.3 (200 back) and 5:14.5 (400 IM) ... National Honor Society ... AP

Scholar with Honors ... National Spanish Exam Silver Medal (2007).

Personal: Daughter of Adriana and Pol Vandenbroucke ... born 1-22-90, in

Mexico City, Mexico ... plans to major in political science.

RENEE BROWNFr. • BC • Middle DistanceTakoma Park, Md.Edmund Burke School

At Edmund Burke: Captain of the swim team

her senior year … Junior Olympics qualifier …

METROS Championships qualifier … Eastern

Zones qualifier.

Personal: Daughter of Suzanne Hubbard and Paul Brown … born 6-2-

90 … father, Paul, swam for Randolph-Macon … member of the National

Honor Society … on honor roll all four years of high school … plans to

major in Art History or Theater.

MOLLY DENGLERFr. • CC • Backstroke/IMNew Albany, OhioNew Albany

At New Albany: Earned eight varsity letters in

swimming (4), cross country (3) and track (1) …

cross country team captain junior and senior year,

swimming and track team captain senior year …

16-time All-Ohio honoree in swimming … named

team MVP of her swim team each of her four years … state champion in

200 IM and 200 free relay her senior year … state runner up in the 500

free … named the Dispatch Top Female Scholar-Athlete … three-time USA

Scholastic All-American.

Personal: Daughter of Mary and Brian Dengler … born 3-1-91 … plans to

major in biology … valedictorian … named AP Scholar with Honor … given

Citizenship Award and Outstanding Musician Award (cello).


2009-10 STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES - FIRST-YEARS

ALEX HAMMERBERGFr. • SEAS • BreaststrokeRaleigh, N.C. William G. Enloe

At William G. Enloe: Earned three varsity letters

in swimming.

Personal: Daughter of JoAnn and Bruce

Hammerberg … born 1-20-91 … mother, JoAnn,

was a cheerleader at Syracuse in the 70’s … uncle, Joe Havran, swam for

the University of Michigan from 1974-1978 … intends to major in Material

Science and Engineering.

LACY HARRIS-COBLEFr. • CC • Backstroke/ButterflyOrlando, Fla.Trinity Preparatory

At Trinity Preparatory: Earned five varsity letters

in water polo (1) and swimming (4) … served as

team captain of the swim team her junior and senior

year … was a state finalist all four years in high

school … three-time district champion and two-time

regional champion in the 50 free … earned All-American honors in the 50

free her junior year … three-time Academic All-American.

Personal: Daughter of Leslie O’Neal-Coble and Richard Coble …

born 8-3-91 … National Honor Society member … intends to major in

neuroscience.

KRISTEN HEHIRFr. • CC • DivingWayland, Mass. Wayland

At Wayland: Earned seven varsity letters in

swimming & diving (3) and cheerleading (4) … team

captain of both swimming & diving and cheerleading

as a senior … three-time Dual County League All-

Star in diving … two-time Massachusetts Division 2

state champion in diving.

Personal: Daughter of Susan and Michael Hehir … born 5-6-91 … brother,

Tom, dove for Harvard … cousin, Dave, played lacrosse at Dartmouth.

CAROLINE LUKINSFr. • CC • Freestyle/ButterflyLafayette, Calif. Campolindo

At Campolindo: Earned four varsity letters in

swimming … team captain her senior year …

three-time high school All-American … two-time

high school section finalist in the 100 butterfly …

sectional finalist in the 100 fly for Orinda Aquatics

… junior and national qualifier in the 100 fly with Orinda … member of the

USA Swimming Scholastic All-American team.

Personal: Daughter of Kit Lukins Bozzini and Ken Bozzini … born 9-21-90

… birth father, Peter Lukins, played on Cal’s first-ever national championship

rugby team in 1980 and 1981, and also played semi-professional cricket …

has seven siblings … holds dual citizenship in the US and Australia.


2009-10 STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES - FIRST-YEARS

KATIE MEILIFr. • CC • Freestyle/IMColleyville, TexasNolan Catholic

At Nolan Catholic: Earned four varsity letters in

swimming … captained swim team her senior

year … named team MVP each of her four years

… four-time TAPPS All-State honoree … two-time

Scholastic All-American … two-time All-American

… seven time TAPPS state champion in the 50 free (2), 100 breast (3) and

200 IM (2) … USA Swimming National team member … part of a team that

placed in the top four at state championships each of her four years … led

team to a second-place finish at states senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Karen and William Meili … born 4-16-91 … plans

to major in psychology … National Honor Society … graduated summa

cum laude … earned Award of Excellence in World Geography and

Economics.

BUNGE OKEYOFr. • BC • Freestyle/ButterflyRoanoke, Va.Roanoke Catholic

At Roanoke Catholic: Earned six varsity letters

in swimming (4), cross country (1) and track (1)

… took first place in the 500 free at the Junior

Olympics as a junior … Virginia state finalist for

Wendy’s Heisman award … earned All-Timesland

honors in swimming each of her four years.

Personal: Daughter of Ruphina Okeyo … born 8-9-91 … National Merit

finalist.

KRISTINA PARSONSFr. • CC • Freestyle/ButterflyTiburon, Calif.Redwood

At Redwood: Earned eight varsity letters in

swimming (4) and water polo (4) … two-time Marin

County Athletic League champion in the 100 butterfly

… two-time Scholastic All-American … helped lead

high school team to league championships her

senior year.

Personal: Daughter of Andrea Hong and James Parsons … born 12-21-90

… father, James, swam and played water polo at Claremont McKenna …

salutatorian.


HISTORY AND RECORDS2009-10 COLUMBIA WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING


THE RECORD BOOK - SWIMMING

RELAY RECORDS

Event Record Holders

200 Medley 1:42.06 (2009)

Lauren Fraley ’09CC,

Mariele Dunn ’10CC,

Allison Hobbs ’10CC,

Hannah Galey ’09CC

400 Medley 3:41.23 (2009)





200 Free 1:33.76 (2009)

Delghi Urubshurow ’10CC

Tina Hughes ’10GS


Hannah Galey ’09CC,

400 Free 3:24.29 (2009)

Christina Hughes ’10GS,




800 Free 7:28.21 (1999)

Amy Blume ’02CC,

Molly Conroy ’99CC,

Cristina Teuscher ’00CC

Angela Hyun ’02CC

INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

Event Record Holders Performance (Yr.)

50 Free Jessica Braun ’04CC . . . . . . 23.19 (2003)

100 Free Hannah Galey ’09CC . . . . . . 49.78 (2009)

200 Free Cristina Teuscher ’00CC . . . . 1.47.05 (1998)

500 Free Cristina Teuscher ’00CC . . . . 4:35.45 (1998)



100 Back Lauren Fraley ‘09CC . . . . . . . 55.30 (2009)

200 Back Lauren Fraley ‘09CC . . . . . . . 1:59.55 (2009)

100 Breast Amy Krakauer ‘08CC . . . . . . 1:02.67 (2008)

200 Breast Mariele Dunn ‘10CC . . . . . . . 2:13.99 (2009)

100 Fly Allison Hobbs ’10CC . . . . . . . 54.92 (2009)

200 Fly Lucy Eccleston ’03BC . . . . . . 2:00.43 (2001)

200 I.M. Cristina Teuscher ’00CC . . . . 1:57.69 (1999)

400 I.M. Cristina Teuscher ’00CC . . . . 4:05.62 (1998)

JESSICA BRAUN ’04CC

AMY KRAKAUER ‘08CC

MARIELE DUNN ‘10CC


THE RECORD BOOK - DIVING

LUCY ECCLESTON ’03BC

SHANNON HOSEY ‘09 SEASIvy League Champion

Diving Zones Qualifier

Olympic Gold Medalist

Four-time NCAA ChampionColumbia Athletics Hall of Fame

CRISTINA TEUSCHER ’00CC

TINA STECK ’80BC

Ivy League Champion

Metropolitan ChampionNew York State Champion

Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame

TERESA HERRMANN ’05CCIvy League Champion

DIVING RECORDSEvent Record Holders Score (Year)

1-Meter (6 dives) Teresa Herrmann ’05CC ................. 300.075 (2002)

1-Meter (11 dives) Tina Steck ’80BC ............................ 493.25 (1980)

3-Meter (6 dives) Grace Coyle ’05CC ......................... 308.7 (2003)

3-Meter (11 dives) Tina Steck ’80BC ............................ 510.00 (1980)

Platform Teresa Herrmann ’05CC ................. 440.60 (2004)

2001, Eisenhower Park, N.Y.

Lucy Eccleston ’03BC........................................ 200 butterfly, 2:01.49, 21st

2000, Indianapolis, Ind. (short-course meters)

Cristina Teuscher ’00CC .................................... 400 free, 4:04.09, NCAA Champion

........................................................................... 400 IM, 4:33.81, NCAA Champion

1998, Minneapolis, Minn.

Cristina Teuscher ’00CC .................................... 500 free, 4:35.45, NCAA Champion

........................................................................... 400 IM, 4:05.62, NCAA Champion

1993, Minneapolis, Minn.

Danicia Ambron ’94CC ...................................... 50 free, 23.92, 47th

........................................................................... 100 breast, 1:04.12, 32nd

NCAA QUALIFIERS


IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

2009, Long Island, N.Y.

100 freestyle Hannah Galey ‘09CC .......................................... 49.78

100 fly Allison Hobbs ‘10CC ........................................... 54.92

2008, Princeton, N.J.

3-meter dive Shannon Hosey ‘09SEAS ................................. 305.30

200 Medley Relay Lauren Fraley ‘09CC, Amy Krakauer ‘08CC,

Allison Hobbs ‘10CC, Hannah Galey ‘09CC .... 1:42.60

2006, Cambridge, Mass.

400 freestyle relay Hannah Galey ’09CC, Kathryn Taylor ’07CC

Casey Weddle ’09CC, Mary McCue ’07CC ...... 3:26.43


1000 freestyle Lauren Morford ’07CC ...................................... 9:57.16


3-meter dive Teresa Herrmann ’05CC .................................... 482.10


200 fly Lucy Eccleston ’03BC ...................................... 2:00.43


200 IM Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ................................... 1:58:87

400 IM Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ................................... 4:09.27

100 freestyle Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ...................................... 50.32


200 IM Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ..................................1:57.63*

400 IM Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ..................................4:06.74*

200 breaststroke Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ................................... 2:14.64


200 freestyle Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ..................................1:47.05*

500 freestyle Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ..................................4:43.74*

200 breaststroke Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ..................................2:14.27*




1650 freestyle Cristina Teuscher ’00CC ................................16:16.94*

400 freestyle relay Jen White ’00CC, Lyssa Roberts ’99CC,

Cristina Teuscher ’00CC, Rachel Strong ’97CC ....3:28.32

1993, Buffalo, N.Y.

50 freestyle Danicia Ambron ’94CC ........................................ 23.51

200 freestyle relay Danicia Ambron ’94CC, Julie Dempster ’96CC,

Amanda Bailey ’93CC, Melissa Reilly ’93CC ........1:36.01

* Ivy League Championship meet record

LAUREN MORFORD ‘07CC

1993 EASTERN CHAMPION 200 FREE RELAY.CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP L: JULIE DEMPSTER ‘95CC,

AMANDA BAILEY ‘93CC, DANICIA AMBRON ‘94CC, MELISSA REILLY ‘93CC

HANNAH GALEY ‘09CC

ALLISON HOBBS ‘09CC


ADMINISTRATION


Lee C. Bollinger was named President of Columbia University in June 2002. He is also on the faculty of Columbia’s Law School. From November 1996 to 2002, he was the President of the University of Michigan. He also served as Provost, and Professor of Government, at Dartmouth College from 1994 to 1996; and from 1987 to 1994 he was the Dean of the University of Michigan Law School.

A leading scholar on free speech and First Amendment issues, he is the author of numerous books, articles and essays on these subjects, and he teaches an undergraduate course, “Freedom of Speech and Press” at Columbia each year. Bollinger is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the American Philosophical Society. He is a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a trustee of the Kresge Foundation, and a Governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company of Great Britain.

Bollinger was the named defendant in the twin Supreme Court cases—Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)—which respectively affirmed and clarified diversity as a compelling justification for affirmative action. For this leadership, he received the

National Humanitarian Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice and the National Equal Justice Award from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. He received the Clark Kerr Award, the highest award conferred by the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, for his service to higher education, especially on matters of freedom of speech and diversity.

Since graduating from the University of Oregon and Columbia Law School, where he was an Articles Editor of the Law Review, he has earned several honorary degrees. After serving as law clerk for Judge Wilfred Feinberg on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Chief Justice Warren Burger on the United States Supreme Court, he joined the University of Michigan Law School faculty in 1973.

Bollinger was born in Santa Rosa, California, and raised there and in Baker, Oregon. He is married to artist Jean Magnano Bollinger, and they have two children.

LEE C. BOLLINGERPresident, Columbia University

DEBORA L. SPARPresident, Barnard CollegeDebora L. Spar was named President of Barnard College in June 2008. She is the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration and has been Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development at Harvard Business School. In one, she epitomizes the teacher-scholar model that is the linchpin of Barnard’s superb faculty. In the other, she has been a stellar administrator who has brought innovative leadership to governance issues. And despite the demands of both, she has also devoted herself to the concerns of social justice that are so important to our students; she has served as Chair of the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights and is the creator and Chair of Making Markets Work, a program to develop leaders in both the private and public sector in African nations.

As Senior Associate Dean, Professor Spar was responsible for distributing nearly $20 million in research funds by working closely with faculty on their project goals and demands. She instituted a fellowship that allows faculty

members to live abroad to work on international research, and a program that brings visiting scholars from other countries to Harvard. Professor Spar also developed a new policy on family leave and led the effort to develop a part-time tenure track.

Professor Spar has been awarded the Student Association Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching and often serves as an advisor for students on research projects. She is the author of dozens of the case studies that are used in Harvard Business School classes. These reflect her expertise in both international affairs and ethical issues, and include “The Pharmaceutical Industry Responds to AIDS,” “Union

Carbide’s Bhopal Plant,” and “Nike and International Labor Practices.” She frequently acts as a consultant for multinational corporations, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations.

Professor Spar has written four books and co-authored two. Her most recent, “The Baby Business,” was published in 2006 and explored

the economic, political and social issues surrounding reproductive technologies. She has appeared on 60 Minutes, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, ABC World News Tonight, and in many newspapers and magazines. Her own articles have appeared in publications ranging from The New England Journal of Medicine to Foreign Affairs to The Review of International Political Economy.

Professor Spar received her doctorate in government from Harvard; her thesis on international commodity cartels was published as a book in 1994. She is a 1984 graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. She is married to Miltos Catomeris, an architect whose specialty is academic, institutional and corporate campuses. They are the parents of three children.

ADMINISTRATION


Dr. M. Dianne Murphy with the Head Coaches of the 2008-09 Ivy League Team and Individual Champions. (L-R) Head Cross Country and Track & Field Coach Willy Wood; Director of Golf and Head Men’s Golf Coach Rich Mueller; Head

Women’s Swimming and Diving Coach Diana Caskey; The Columbia Tennis Alumni and Friends Head Coach of Men’s Tennis Bid Goswami

DR. M. DIANNE MURPHYDirector, Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education

The Lions’ trend of success continued in 2007-08, when four Columbia teams won Ivy League championships, including the first title in nine years for men’s golf and the first in 31 years

for baseball. To cap a memorable year, Murphy was named the Football Championship Subdivision Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators.

In 2008-09, men’s golf and men’s tennis continued their excellence within the Ivy League as the Lions won their second

straight Ivy League title in men’s golf and the second league championship in three years in men’s tennis.

Murphy came to Columbia after six years as Director of Athletics

and Recreation at the University of Denver, where she led the Pioneers’ program from NCAA Division II to one of the nation’s top Division I athletics programs. Under Murphy’s leadership, eight Denver sport programs made NCAA tournament appearances and, on four occasions, Denver teams won a national title.In 2003-04, Denver enjoyed its best season when it won the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship, placed third in the NCAA Skiing Championship, and advanced to NCAA tournaments in women’s soccer, women’s tennis, and men and women’s golf.

The scope of Denver’s athletics excellence was recognized

nationally through the United States Sports Academy’s Directors’ Cup, which recognized the best overall athletics programs in the nation, determined by an award of points based on teams’ finishes. The University of Denver finished among the nation’s top

third of athletics programs in each of its six years since becoming

a Division I member in 1998-99. In 2004, the Pioneers set a University record when they finished 58th in the Directors’ Cup, in

the top 20 percent of all NCAA Division I schools.

Denver’s athletics program served as a model for national and regional academic, as well as athletics, excellence. The Pioneers

gained numerous academic honors, among them the Sun Belt Conference Graduation Rate Award, which it earned for five

consecutive years.

When Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger set out to hire a new athletics director in 2004, he knew he needed someone with the vision to attain national excellence

and put Columbia Athletics on par with the rest of the University, one of the greatest in the world. Five years later, there is little doubt that Dr. M. Dianne Murphy was the perfect fit for

Columbia.

Now beginning her sixth full year as

Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education, Murphy has presided over the three most

successful years in recent Columbia Athletics history, including tangible improvements in football, men and women’s basketball, and a combined 11 Ivy League titles over the past three years – the most in any three-year span in school history.

Murphy has been Columbia University’s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education since November 2004. In five

years at the helm of the athletics program at Columbia, she has demonstrated the same passion and commitment to achieving excellence in intercollegiate athletics that has marked her entire

career as an athletics administrator.

She has overseen a number of initiatives aimed at transforming the experience of Columbia’s more than 800 student-athletes. She has

undertaken a complete strategic planning process aimed at short- and long-term excellence in athletics.

She has attracted several new high-level head coaches and administrators to the program, and spearheaded the creation of the Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame, which had its inaugural ceremony on February 18, 2006. The second Athletics Hall of Fame class was inducted on October 2, 2008.

During the 2008-09 academic year, Murphy spearheaded the celebration of the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium Silver Anniversary, honoring 25 years of women’s

athletics at Columbia. She also initiated the Leaders for Life program, designed to provide comprehensive leadership training to student-athlete representatives from all 29 of Columbia’s varsity sports programs.

In 2006-07, women’s golf won an Ivy League title in just its fourth season as a varsity program, and women’s soccer won its first-ever Ivy League crown.

The All-American Football Foundation recognized the success of the football program under Murphy, and, in March 2007, selected her as one of two recipients of the General Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award for excellence in football.

ADMINISTRATION


AWARDS AND HONORS

• Launched the largest capital campaign for Athletics in the history of Columbia University, the $100 Million Columbia Campaign for Athletics: Achieving Excellence (2007)

• Established the Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame (2006)• Established The Leaders for Life program, a comprehensive leadership training program for student-athlete leaders (2008)• Serves on NCAA Athletics Certification

Committee, 2006-present• Serves on Board of Directors for the Women’s Collegiate Sports Awards, the organization that presents the Honda Award and the Honda-Broderick Cup, 2007-present• Named NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Administrator of the Year, National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators, 2008• Named General Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletics Director Award for excellence in football, 2007

• Served on NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee, 2006-07• Named Grad Made Good, The Florida State University, 2005

• Earned Distinguished Alumna Award, Tennessee Technological University, 2005

• Appointed to NCAA Division I Gambling Task Force, 2004-05

• Chosen General Sports Turf West Region Athletic Director of the Year, National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, 2004• Serves on State Farm Wade Trophy Selection Committee, presented annually to the top collegiate women’s basketball student-athlete in NCAA Division I, 2003-present• Selected Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s Administrator of the Year, 2003-04 • Served as the President of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators, 2002-03• Elected chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Issues Committee, 2002-04• Named NCAA Division I-AAA Athletics Administrator of the Year, National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators, 2001• Earned Senior Sports Administrator Award, All-American Football

Prior to joining the University of Denver, Murphy served as associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Cornell University from 1995 to 1998.

She oversaw nine Division I sports, marketing and promotions, sports information and alumni and booster activities. She helped hire football and basketball coaches and was an advocate for the coaches. Cornell enhanced its equity initiatives and increased its fundraising revenues under her guidance.

From 1988 to 1995, she was the assistant

athletics director at The University of Iowa, serving as the university’s lead administrator for external activities. She

worked on behalf of Iowa’s coaches, and was effective in enhancing a strong compliance program.

Murphy began her athletics administrative career in 1987-88 as the assistant athletics director at Kentucky State University. From 1986 to 1988, she chaired the school’s Division of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, served as an associate professor and advised undergraduate students.

Prior to becoming an athletics administrator, Murphy coached basketball for 13 years. She was the head women’s basketball coach at Shorter College (1973-76), Florida State University (1976-79) and Eastern Kentucky University (1979-86).

Murphy was named the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Administrator of the Year in 2004. She chaired the NCAA Division I Basketball Issues Committee from 2002 to 2004 and currently is a member of the State Farm Wade Trophy Women’s Basketball Player of the Year Committee. She also served on the NCAA Certification

and Diversity Committee and the Board of Directors for the Women’s Collegiate Sports Awards, the organization that presents the Honda Award and the Honda-Broderick Cup.

She is active in several national organizations, including the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA), the National Association of College Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and the WBCA. She was named NACWAA’s Division I (Football Championship Subdivision) National Administrator of the Year for 2007-08 and served as NACWAA’s president during 2002-03. In 2004, NACDA honored her as the General Sports Turf West Athletic Director of the Year. The All-American Football Foundation has presented her with the Senior Sports Administrator Award.

At Columbia, she helped initiate the University’s Sports Management master’s degree program. She serves on the faculty as an instructor.

Murphy holds a Ph.D. in administration and curriculum from Florida State (1980), and master’s (1973) and bachelor’s (1972) degrees from Tennessee Technological University. The Tennessee Tech Alumni Association honored her with its 2005 Distinguished Alumna Award.

Florida State presented her with its ”Grad Made Good“ award at its 2005 Homecoming.

She lives in Manhattan, near the Columbia campus.

Murphy poses with senior quarterback M.A. Ola-wale at the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium

Silver Anniversary Gala Luncheon

ADMINISTRATION

2009-10 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING

SCHEDULEDAY DATE OPPONENT TIME

Fri, Oct. 30 Toronto (scrimmage) 6 p.m.

Fri. Nov. 13 YALE * 5 p.m.

Fri. Nov. 20 - Sun. Nov. 22 Harvard Invitational All Day

Sun. Nov. 22 Harvard * All Day

Sat. Dec. 5 Wagner 1 p.m.

Wed. Dec. 09 PENN * 6 p.m.

Sun. Jan. 17 Bucknell 1 p.m.

FrI. Jan. 22 CORNELL * 4 p.m.

Sat. Jan. 30 Brown * 7 p.m.

Fri. Feb. 5 Princeton * 4 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 13 DARTMOUTH * 12 p.m.

Thu. Feb. 25 - Sat. Feb. 27 Ivy League Champ.* TBA

Fri. Feb. 26 - Sun. Feb. 28 ECAC Champ. TBA

Fri. Mar. 12 - Sat. Mar. 13 NCAA Diving Zones TBA

Thu. Mar. 18 - Sat. Mar. 20 NCAA National Champ. TBA

* Denotes Ivy League matchHome matches in BoldHome meets played at Uris Pool

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