SWIMMING NEWS WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY

SEASON HIGHLIGHTS LOOKING BACK AT ANOTHER RECORD SETTING SEASON

record. Tallman re-broke her own

200 Breast record, finishing

second overall. She also claimed a

new 100 breaststroke record.

Santos re-broke her 100 butterfly

record becoming the first Bearcat

to go sub-59. Lin continued the

streak and re-broke her 100

backstroke record as well as the

200 backstroke mark.

Other notable accomplishments

for your Bearcats include both

teams being named CSCAA

Scholastic All-American Teams

both semesters. Senior Malia

Santos was awarded the Oregon

Play it Forward Student-Athlete

award in May and will attend the

Oregon Sports Awards on June

6th.

A huge thank you to assistant

coach Brent Summers who joined

our staff in August. Coach

Summers has made a great

impact on our sprint group and our

academic success. I look forward

to an even better 2016-2017.

Willamette University Swimming

had another record setting year.

Our returning swimmers picked up

right where they left off at the 2015

NWC Championship meet. The

freshmen class came in ready to

be a part of the fun.

Our annual Alumni meet is always

a favorite for our current Bearcats.

Thank you to everyone that came

out to support our program by

racing, hanging out or introducing

us to the new additions to the

Bearcat family. It has been great

for me to connect with more

Alumni throughout the year at

weddings and the occasional lunch

on the road or in Salem.

The men had a successful regular

season, with wins against Pacific,

Lewis & Clark and a close meet

versus UPS in November.

The men’s team swam strong at

the NWC Championships in

Federal Way, WA finishing 6th.

Junior Alika Masei led the men

finishing 6th in the 200 backstroke.

Masei had to compete in a swim

off to make it into the finals heat of

the 100 backstroke. With only 15

minutes between his prelim race

and the swim off, Masei defeated

David Olson from UPS to finish 8th

at night. Also finishing in the top 16

in their respective events were

Mark Yuvienco (So.), Reuben

White (So.), Andrew Lum (Sr.),

Jason Bayang (Jr.), Dan Aki (Jr.),

Josh Bumgarner (Jr.) and Shelby

Merrill (Jr.). With our junior class

swimming so well this season, look

for the men to have strong

leadership in 2017.

Cassie Tallman (So.) and Kiley Lin

(Fr.) kicked off the regular season

for the women, finishing 3rd place

and 11th place respectively out of

82 women at the NWC Sprint

Meet. Lin also set a new school

record in the 100 backstroke,

swimming a 59.92, during the

Northwest Invitational hosted by

Willamette University. The

women’s team had a huge win

over Whitman College in

November. This is the first time the

Bearcats have defeated a

Washington school during my

tenure.

The women continued to find

success at the NWC meet with a

6th place finish, their highest finish

since 2010. The women also set a

total of 2 relay and 5 individual

records. Lin, Tallman, Malia

Santos (Sr.) and Michaela Zuber

(Sr.) broke the 200 Medley Relay

record. Jamie Johnson (So.)

joined Lin, Tallman and Santos to

break the 400 Medley Relay

“Not Unto Ourselves Alone Are We Born” June 7th, 2016

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

15-16 Season Recap

16-17 Season Preview

Alumni Meet Date/Info

Danny James awarded

Alumnus of the Year

MEET SCHEDULE Oct. 8th 9:30am Alumni Meet

Oct. 28th 5pm NWC Relays @ L&C

Oct. 29th 11am NWC Sprints @ Pacific

Nov. 4th 6pm @ Whitman College

Nov. 5th 1pm @ Whitworth University

Nov. 11th 6pm vs. Pacific Lutheran U.

Nov. 12th 1pm vs. U. of Puget Sound

Dec. 2-4 All Day CAT Senior Open

Jan. 2nd-7th All Day @ Winter Training

Jan. 14th 5pm vs. SWOCC

Jan. 20th* 6pm vs. Lewis & Clark College

Jan. 21st 1pm @ Pacific University

Jan. 28th 1pm @ Linfield College

Feb. 10th-12th All Day NWC Championships @ Weyerhaeuser Aquatic Center

Alika Masei (Jr.) and Josh Bumgarner (Jr.)

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2016 Winter Training Trip—Coronado Island, CA

SWIMMING NEWS WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY

Have some fun in the pool where you spent so

much time while at Willamette. Get to know the

current team and show that, after all these

years, you still got it!

This year, the Alumni Meet will be on October

8th. It will begin at 9:30am with the pool

opening at 9:00am for warm-up.

Following the meet, we invite you to join the

team in Goudy for the always important

Saturday morning brunch, hang out with

Coach Shevlin at the Ram or attend the

football game vs. Pacific Lutheran. A reminder

and call for RSVP’s will go out in August. We

look forward to seeing you.

SEASON PREVIEW

ALUMNI MEET

As we look ahead to the 2016-2017 season,

we will combine the strength of our

upperclassmen with the increased depth and

talent of our incoming freshmen class.

The regular season will kick off at Lewis &

Clark College on October 28th with the NWC

Relay meet. Our new freshmen will be ready to

compete after spending eight weeks back in

the water.

We are looking forward to bringing in five new

men and four new women to our incoming

freshmen class.

Below is our incoming group. If you would to

learn more about them, please take a look at

our swimming page on the website for details

and quotes from Coach Shevlin.

Callan Beaver Moraga, CA Colin Hakeman Bellingham, WA Ben Hedman Davis, CA Alex Hougan Olympia, WA Derek Ludwig Moraga, CA Jamie Beers Seattle, WA Mikayla Costello Nipomo, CA Niki Kates Truckee, CA Jensine Rasmussen Tacoma, WA

DANNY JAMES NAMED WILLAMETTE ATHLETICS ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR

On Monday, May 2nd, 2016 Willamette University

Athletics hosted it’s annual Senior Awards banquet.

This event honors all of the graduating seniors with a

dinner. It is also the event at which they receive their

Pendleton blanket recognizing their commitment to

Willamette University Athletics.

At this event, the athletics department also recogniz-

es the outstanding efforts of a Professor of the Year,

a Distinguished Service Award to a support staff

member on campus and to an athletics Alumnus of

the Year.

It was an honor to present this years award to our

very own Danny James ‘92. Danny was nominated

because of his continued support of Bearcat Swim-

ming and Bearcat Athletics.

In the fall of 2014, Danny came up to Salem and

spoke to the swimmers about his experience as a

Navy SEAL. He also shared strategies for being

mentally tough and the importance of being able to

rely on your teammates and for them to be able to

depend on you.

During our winter training trip in 2015, Danny ar-

ranged an afternoon on the Navy SEAL base in

Coronado, CA. The swimmers and coaching staff

spent three hours doing pushups and sit ups in the

ocean and carrying logs. It was unforgettable.

Danny James with coaching staff and the Class of 2016

We missed our opportunity to participate in the event

in 2016. Danny knew how much it meant to the swim-

mers to have the experience with the SEALs. He kept

in touch with the men he knew on the base and, when

he found out a group of them were coming up to

Oregon, he reached out.

Three Navy SEALs came to the Willamette University

campus in February. This event was open to all stu-

dent-athletes. They spent an hour speaking about

what their jobs entail, mental toughness and commit-

ment to team. The student-athletes then had the

chance to be “trained” out on the soccer field for a

couple of hours. With hose in hand, each student-

athlete was drenched from head to toe and then the

running and push ups began.

It was another unforgettable experience. We are so

grateful that Danny has been able to support our team

and Bearcat Athletics by connecting us with the US

Navy SEALs. We look forward to continuing both

partnerships.

For more about the event held in February and how it

effected a few of our student-athletes, be on the look-

out for the story featured in the summer edition of the

Willamette Magazine.