2009-10 MEN’S SEASON OUTLOOKSprintThis season could potentially see some of the fastest sprinting in GW pro-

gram history. The sprint group will be led by senior Rick Rogers and soph-omore Marshall Seedorff. They will be joined by freshmen Paolo De Luca,Alexander Etz, Niklas Glenesk, Sean Malinoski, and Luke Quimby. “Weare so excited about the direction that our sprint program has taken. Thesemen have the ability to put GW relays back on the medal podium,” headcoach Dan Rhinehart said.

Middle/DistanceThe middle distance and distance programs will experience a complete

transformation this season with the addition of freshmen Duncan Galler,Stephen Nelson, Mitch Reed, De Luca and Glenesk, while sophomoreDavin Harding will round out the group.

BackstrokeSenior Cascade Tuholske will add some experience to the young group

of backstrokers, which includes Jim Coleman, Stephan Franke, ZachPeart, Etz and Malinoski.

BreaststrokeJunior captain Andrew Maguire and Rogers will pace the GW breast-

strokers along with sophomore Dan Krizan and De Luca. “Our returneesare extremely hard workers and I know that they will all push each other toget better every single day,” Rhinehart said.

ButterflyHarding will return to again make a push for an Atlantic 10 title as he was

the highest-placing freshman last year in the 100-yard fly. He also had afourth-place finish in the 200. Maguire, along with Tuholske and Etz, will alsobe in the mix.

Individual MedleyDouble event finalist Tuholske will lead Konrad Kopczynski, De Luca,

Franke, and Peart. Tuholske was able to post a 6th-place finish in the 400 IM and an eighth-place finish in the 200-yard IM. The Colonials havedominated the IM events, winning both the 200 and 400 Atlantic 10 Cham-pionship title for the last four consecutive years.

2009-10 WOMEN’S SEASON OUTLOOKSprintThe Colonials return one for the fastest sprinters in the Conference in

Paola Leor. In 2009, Leor posted the Atlantic 10’s second-fastest time in the100-yard freestyle and the seventh best time in the 50-yard freestyle. Leor isjoined by freshman Jordan Liedholm, sophomore Isabel Tawney, and sen-ior captain Katrina Timlin as the Colonials will attempt to top the record-set-ting performances of last season’s 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays.

Middle/DistanceSophomores Kayla Jensen and Sarah Richards join senior Cissy Ye in

the distance events. Liedholm will add some much needed depth in the200- and the 800-yard freestyle relays.

BackstrokeSenior Emily Leik and Tawney will lead the Colonials in the backstroke

events. Last season, Tawney consistently posted some of the A-10’s fastest100-yard backstroke times, despite being injured for the majority of theseason. She threatened to break Maggie Moss’s 100-yard backstrokerecord on several occasions.

BreaststrokeGW has enjoyed a strong tradition of producing some of the most tal-

ented breaststrokers in the Atlantic 10. Despite graduating school record-holder Ariana Berdini and fellow classmate and finalist Lauren Fuchs, theColonials are looking to Timlin and senior Jen Cohn to turn in fast times inthe breaststroke events.

ButterflyThe 2009-10 season features a deep corps of butterflyers. Juniors Sarah

Beggs and Leor were both ranked among the top-16 in the 100-yard fly lastseason and the two are looking to break Ruth Dubyel’s seven-year-old schoolrecord. Joining them are freshmen Paige Dingess, Christine O’Connell andLiedholm “We are very excited about our butterfly group this year. The fresh-men are joining us mostly as 100-yard specialists; however, I am excited to see how they will develop in the 200-yard fly alongside junior veteranNoelle Miesfeld,” Rhinehart said.

Individual MedleyReturnees Leik and Leor are both coming off career-best performances

at the 2009 Atlantic 10 Championships. Leor posted a 200-yard IM time inthe top eight. “Our IM group is small, but extremely capable,” Rhinehartsaid. “I have no doubt that this season will see more best times and ourwomen back on the top of the conference ladder.”

In 2009 the Colonials will practice and compete in a newly renovated pool as part of themulti-million dollar renovation of Charles E. Smith Center. The GW pool has added newchair-back seating for spectators that allows for more space on the deck, as well asgreatly improved lighting, a new audio system and a new ventilation system.

Paola Leor

Andrew Maguire

T H E G E O RG E WA S H I NG T O N U N I V E R S I T Y 2 0 0 9 - 10 M E N ’ S & WO M E N ’ S SW I M M I NG

MEN’S ROSTERName Yr. Event Hometown/High SchoolJim Coleman Fr. Free/Back Moorestown, NJ/MoorestownPaolo DeLuca Fr. Breast/IM Warwick, RI/LaSalle AcademyAlexander Etz Fr. Free/Back Austin, TX/Stephen F. Austin HSStephan Franke Fr. Free Kansas City, MO/Pembroke HillDuncan Galler Fr. Free Jacksonville, FL/Stanton College PrepNiklas Glenesk Fr. Free Austin, TX/WestlakeDavin Harding So. Fly/Free Coral Springs, FL/HomeKonrad Kopczynski Jr. Fly/IM New York, NY/MCSMDan Krizan So. Breast/IM Battle Creek, MI/LakeviewAndrew Maguire Jr. Breast/Fly/IM Westford, MA/Westford AcademySean Malinoski Fr. Free West Linn, OR/LaSalle College PrepAlix Montes So. Free Miami, FL/Coral ReefStephen Nelson Fr. Free Overland Park, KS/RockhurstZach Peart Fr. IM/Back Scotch Plains, NJ/FanwoodLuke Quimby Fr. Free Perkiomenville, PA/Perkiomen ValleyMitch Reed Fr. Free Gig Harbor, WA/Gig HarborRick Rogers Sr. Free/Breast Newberg, OR/NewbergMarshall Seedorff So. Free Marietta GA/PopeCascade Tuholske Sr. Fly/Back/IM Missoula, MT/Hellgate

WOMEN’S ROSTERName Yr. Event Hometown/High SchoolSameer Al Betar So. Free Garden City, Cairo, Egypt/Bahrain SchoolSarah Beggs Jr. Back/Fly Voorhees, NJ/Eastern RegionalJennifer Cohn Sr. Breast New Orleans, LA/Isadore NewmanPaige Dingess Fr. Fly/IM Shaker Heights, OH/Shaker HeightsKayla Jensen So. Free/Back/IM Plano, TX/Plano WestEmily Leik Sr. Back/Free/IM Greensboro, NC/Walter Hines PagePaola Leor Jr. Free/Fly/IM Miami, FL/Miami KillianJordan Liedholm Fr. Fly/Free Hershey, PA/HersheyCarolyn Mehrtens So. Free Hillsborough, NJ/HillsboroughNoelle Miesfeld Jr. Free/Fly Tucson, AZ/UniversityChristine O’Connell Fr. Fly/Free Kildeer, IL/Adali E. Stevenson HighSarah Richards So. Free Lubbock, TX/LubbockIsabel Tawney So. Free/Back Baltimore, MD/Roland Park Country SchoolKatrina Timlin Sr. Breast Winchester, MA/WinchesterCissy Ye Sr. Free/Fly Beaverton, OR/Sunset

MEN’S ATLANTIC 10 TITLESINDIVIDUAL A-10 TITLE CHAMPIONSName Event YearsRich DeWet 50 Freestyle 1999, 2000Glendon Flint 500 Freestyle 1996Sean Flaherty 500 Freestyle 2004David Dillehay 1,650 Freestyle 2001George Eversmann 1,650 Freestyle 1997Chad Senior 1,650 Freestyle 1994, 1996Bryan Ferretti 1,650 Freestyle 2003Sean Flaherty 1,650 Freestyle 2004Tim Champney 100 Backstroke 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000Chris Scuderi 100 Backstroke 1993, 1994, 1995Carroll Mann 100 Backstroke 1983David Zenk 100 Backstroke 2006Alvaro Fortuny 100 Breaststroke 1999, 2001Rush Taylor 100 Breaststroke 1998Glendon Flint 100 Breaststroke 1995Bill Karasinski 100 Breaststroke 1986David Simonetti 100 Butterfly 2000Juan Bocanegra 100 Butterfly 1998David Zenk 200 Backstroke 2006, 2008, 2009Tim Champney 200 Backstroke 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000Chris Scuderi 200 Backstroke 1993Carroll Mann 200 Backstroke 1983, 1984, 1985Rush Taylor 200 Breaststroke 1997, 1998Glendon Flint 200 Breaststroke 1995, 1996Peter Madden 200 Breaststroke 1984Wesley Teter 200 Freestyle 2001Brendt Garlick 200 Freestyle 1994Bruce Manno 200 Freestyle 1983David Zenk 200 Individual Medley 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009Juan Bocanegra 200 Individual Medley 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000David Zenk 400 Individual Medley 2007, 2008, 2009Juan Bocanegra 400 Individual Medley 1998Armando Serrano 400 Individual Medley 1993

GW OlympiansJuan Bocanegra (1996)Alvaro Fortuny (2000, 04)

WOMEN’S ATLANTIC 10 TITLESINDIVIDUAL A-10 TITLE CHAMPIONSName Event YearsKristen Fagley 500 Freestyle 2002, 2001Bambi Bowman 500 Freestyle 1995,1994Meghan Mitchell 500 Freestyle 1993Crystal Freeman 1650 Freestyle 2001Bambi Bowman 1650 Freestyle 1996, 1995, 1994Meghan Mitchell 1650 Freestyle 1993Ruth Dubyel 100 Backstroke 2001Suzanne Grega 100 Backstroke 1999Kristen Robertson 100 Backstroke 1997, 1996, 1995Maggie Moss 100 Backstroke 2006Kristen Rasmuson 100 Breaststroke 2002Nell Friar 100 Breaststroke 2001, 2000Tuba Guvelioglu 100 Breaststroke 1994Ruth Dubyel 100 Butterfly 2001Stephanie Ballou 100 Butterfly 1994Nell Friar 200 Breaststroke 2001Connie Shelton 200 Breaststroke 1995Tuba Guvelioglu 200 Breaststroke 1994, 1993Ruth Dubyel 200 Butterfly 2003Stephanie Ballou 200 Butterfly 1994Kristen Fagley 200 Freestyle 2003, 2001Bambi Bowman 200 Freestyle 1995, 1994Meghan Mitchell 200 Freestyle 1993Jocelyn Finch 200 Individual Medley 2001Sarah Griffin 200 Individual Medley 1996

NCAA Championship CompetitorsBambi Bowman (1995)Tim Champney (1999)Alvaro Fortuny (2001)

NCAA Championship Consideration TimesJuan Bocanegra (1999)Meghan Mitchell (1995)David Zenk (2009)

Chad Senior (2000, 04)Amano Serrano (1996)

DAN RHINEHART / HEAD COACH Head Coach Dan Rhinehart is in his 12th year at the helm of the GW

Men's and Women's Swimming program. During the past 11 seasons, the Colonials have rewritten both the univer-

sity and Conference record book by establishing 54 school records and 17Atlantic 10 records. Since joining GW in 1995,Rhinehart has erased every single school recordbar except two (men’s 1000 freestyle and women’s200 breaststroke.) Rhinehart has coached a totalof 71 Atlantic 10 Champions, eight ConferenceSwimmers of the Year, and has produced four ath-letes with Division I NCAA Championship consid-eration times; the most recent being David Zenkin 2009. Three of these athletes continued on tocompete in the NCAA Championships

In addition to these historic performances GW swimmers have seen suc-cess in the classroom. Last season, the CSCAA awarded Rhinehart’s Colo-nials for having the 6th-best GPA in the country. The 2009 saw the fourthconsecutive season that a GW swimmer had been named to the Atlantic 10All-Academic squad.

Prior to becoming head coach at GW, Rhinehart served as the assistantcoach for the Colonials for three seasons. Rhinehart has been involved withswimming and coaching since 1976, working with a wide variety of athletesincluding Olympic and world-ranked swimmers. He came to the Washing-ton D.C. area from San Diego where he was the head swim coach at MountCarmel High School for five years. Under his direction, several of his swim-mers qualified for high school All-America status and his boys’ team wasranked nationally in 1993. While in San Diego, Rhinehart also served as thefounder, head coach and president of the PQ Aquatics Corporation, a Unit-ed States Swim program, from 1991-95.

Before moving to San Diego, Rhinehart was an assistant swim coach in theIvy League at Brown University from 1984-90. In addition to his duties atBrown, he coached the Little Rhody Aquatic Club, where he developednationally and internationally ranked swimmers. Rhinehart resides inRockville, MD, with his wife, Jenny, and their 16-year-old son, Sean.

MITCH DALTON / ASSISTANT COACH Assistant Coach Mitch Dalton is in his second season with the Colonials.A native of Australia, Dalton will again assist head coach Dan Rhinehart in

all aspects of the GW program. Dalton will continue to lead the recruitmentof future Colonials. The 2009-10 freshman class is one of the largest classesthe program has signed.

When asked about the upcoming season Dal-ton said, “GW Swimming is entering a new eraand I feel so lucky to be part of the program dur-ing this exciting time. I truly believe that thisschool and athletic department are one of thefinest in the country. I look forward to seeing GWswimming get to the top of the Atlantic 10.”

In his first season with GW, Dalton and Rhinehartguided the team to three Atlantic 10 records, 12school records, an NCAA “B” cut, and the Atlantic 10 Swimmer of the Year inDavid Zenk.

Prior to GW, Dalton was an assistant coach at his alma mater, James Madi-son University. While coaching at JMU, his athletes broke nine school records,had an average team GPA of 3.1 and improved their overall W-L record from1-9 to 8-4.

A four-year letterwinner and a team captain at James Madison, Daltonmade a name for himself in the Colonial Athletic Association by swim-ming the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke, as well as the 200IM and400IM. He was a four-event finalist and scored every year of his eligibili-ty. As a senior, Dalton led the Dukes to a third-place finish, just 20 pointsshy of the CAA Championship. He still holds top-10 school records in fourevents.

T H E G E O RG E WA S H I NG T O N U N I V E R S I T Y

2009-10 SCHEDULEDAY DATE OPPONENT TIMEOCTOBERFri 2 Potomac Relays (at American) 3:00 pmFri 16 at Catholic (with American) 5:00 pmSat 17 at American (with Catholic) All DaySat 24 Georgetown (Alumni Meet) 1:00 pmNOVEMBERSat 7 at Drexel 1:00 pmFri-Sun 20-22 at Patriot Invitational All DayDECEMBERSat 5 Old Dominion 1:00 pmJANUARYFri-Sat 15-16 at Rhode Island Invitational All DaySun 24 Howard (Senior Meet) 1:00 pmSat 30 at Navy All DaySun 31 at George Mason TBAFEBRUARYWed-Sat 17-20 Atlantic 10 Championships All Day

(Flickinger Aquatics Center, Buffalo, NY)MARCHThu-Sat 17-20 Women’s NCAA Championships All DayThu-Sat 25-27 Men’s NCAA Championships All Day

Home meets (in CAPS) at Charles E. Smith Center PoolAll dates and times are subject to change

2008-09 RESULTSDAY DATE OPPONENT RESULTOCTOBERFri 3 Potomac Relays (at American) men: 2nd (of 5)

women: 4th (of 5)Fri 17 at Catholic w/ American T-1st (of 3)Sat 18 at American w/ Catholic T-1st (of 3)Sat 25 at Georgetown w/ Providence men def. PC, 187-99

men lost to GU, 160-133women def. GU, 148-145

women def. PC, 197-86 NOVEMBERSat 1 at La Salle men lost, 200-98; women lost, 202-91Sun 9 Drexel men lost, 176-117; women won, 177-103Fri-Sun 21-23 Patriot Invitational (at George Mason) men: 7th (of 8)

women: 6th (of 8)DECEMBERSat 6 at Old Dominion men lost, 159-109

women lost, 156-102JANUARYSat 10 vs. UW-Eau Claire (at Ponce, Puerto Rico) not scoredFri-Sat 16-17 at Rhode Island w/ UMass & La Salle men: 3rd (of 4)

women: 3rd (of 4)FRI 30 CONNECTICUT men lost, 167-120;

women lost, 172-119FEBRUARYSUN 1 GEORGE MASON (SENIOR MEET) men lost, 161-132

women lost, 171-123Wed-Sat 18-21 Atlantic 10 Championships (Buffalo, NY) men: 8th (of 8)

women: 9th (of 10)

KATRINA TIMLIN RICK ROGERS EMILY LEIK

CISSY YEJENNIFER COHN

MEN’S RECORDS EVENT NAME TIME YEAR50 Freestyle Rich de Wet 20.42 1999100 Freestyle David Zenk 45.18 2009200 Freestyle David Zenk 1:38.71 2009500 Freestyle Glendon Flint 4:27.48 19961,000 Freestyle Chad Senior 9:20.20 19931,650 Freestyle Chad Senior 15:36.48 1997100 Backstroke Tim Champney 48.40 1999200 Backstroke David Zenk 1:45.67 2009100 Breaststroke Alvaro Fortuny 54.65 2001200 Breaststroke Alvaro Fortuny 1:59.37 2001100 Butterfly Juan Bocanegra 49.34 1999200 Butterfly Juan Bocanegra 1:50.58 1999200 IM David Zenk 1:48.30 2009400 IM David Zenk 3:52.17 2009200 Medley Relay Champney, Fortuny 1:31.44 1999

Simonetti, De Wet400 Medley Relay Champney, Taylor 3:19.83 1998

Simonetti, Bocanegra200 Free Relay Bocanegra, Serino 1:22.01 1999

De Wet, Champney400 Free Relay De Wet, Champney 3:01.74 1999

Teter, Bocanegra800 Free Relay Champney, Corallo 6:43.58 1999

Teter, Bocanegra1-meter Dive (6) Jeremy Hoders 308.85 20011-meter Dive (11) Jeremy Hoders 531.30 19993-meter Dive (6) Eric Wagner 327.30 19913-meter Dive (11) Jon Klonsky 501.55 1997

WOMEN’S RECORDS EVENT NAME TIME YEAR50 Freestyle Paola Leor 23.69 2009100 Freestyle Paola Leor 51.10 2008200 Freestyle Bambi Bowman 1:49.14 1995500 Freestyle Bambi Bowman 4:48.24 19951,000 Freestyle Bambi Bowman 9:57.92 19951,650 Freestyle Bambi Bowman 16:32.08 1995100 Backstroke Maggie Moss 57.01 2005200 Backstroke Maggie Moss 2:02.35 2003100 Breaststroke Ariana Berdini 1:04.83 2009200 Breaststroke Tuba Guvelioglu 2:20.45 1992100 Butterfly Ruth Dubyel 56.14 2003200 Butterfly Ruth Dubyel 2:05.31 2003200 IM Paola Leor 2:05.66 2009400 IM Jocelyn Finch 4:30.04 1999200 Medley Relay Tawney, Berdini 1:45.05 2009

Miga, Leor400 Medley Relay Moss, Rasmuson, 3:50.53 2004

Dubyl, Fagley200 Free Relay Miga, Timlin 1:35.93 2009

Myers, Leor400 Free Relay Leor, Timlin, 3:31.17 2009

Myers, Miga800 Free Relay Ballou, Shelton 7:35.45 1995

Mitchell, BowmanMyers, Miga

1-meter Dive (6) Lynne McCormick 278.20 20011-meter Dive (11) Bobbi Ferraro 307.35 19911-meter Dive (12) Katura Horton-Perinchief 543.05 20053-meter Dive (6) Bobbi Ferraro 417.68 19903-meter Dive (11) Katura Horton-Perinchief 511.05 2005

2009-10MEN’S & WOMEN’S SWIMMING