2012-13 AFA Men's S&D Guide

2012-13 Air Force 1 Men’s Swimming & Diving

United States Air Force AcademyMen’s Swimming & Diving 2012-13

Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IFCTable of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Quick Facts/Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The Staff

Head Coach Rob Clayton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3Asst. Coach Anthony Boettcher . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Diving Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5FAQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Meet The Falcons

Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Roster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Athlete Bios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-20

History

2011-12 Season Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Air Force Swimming History. . . . . . . . . . . 22-23Diving HIstory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Honors & Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-25Air Force Top 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Service Academy Top 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-29

WCAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Where are they now? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-32Cadet Natatorium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

The Academy

The Air Force Academy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Academy Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Director of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36Air Force Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Table of Contents

Quick Facts

General Information

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .USAFA, Colo.Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blue & SilverNickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FalconsEnrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1954Affi liation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Div. IConference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain WestHome Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cadet NatatoriumSuperintendent . . . . . . Lt. Gen. Michael GouldAthletic Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Hans Mueh

Coaching Staff

Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rob ClaytonAlma Mater/Year . . . . . . . . . . . . Wyoming/1991Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719-333-4726E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Record/Years . . . . . . . . . . . . 121-71-1/14School Record/Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SameHead Diving Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stan CurnowAsst. Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony BoettcherAsst. Diving Coach. . . . . . . . .Capt. Lauren Berg

Team Information

2011-12 Dual Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9Letterwinners Returning/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . 19/7Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Athletic Media Relations

Assoc. AD/Communications . . .Troy GarnhartAsst. Director (Swimming SID) . Nick ArseniakOffi ce Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .719-333-9251E-mail . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Address . . . . Athletic Media Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2169 Field House Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . USAFA, CO 80840Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . GoAirForceFalcons.com

Media Guide

The 2012-13 Air Force men’s swimming and diving media guide is produced as a source of information for the media. Other materials may be obtained by contacting the athletic media relations offi ce:

Air Force Athletic Media Relations2169 Field House Dr.USAF Academy, CO 80840Phone: 719-333-2313Fax: 719-333-3798

Working Press Credentials

Press and Photograph credentials are issued to members of the working media only. These credentials may be obtained by contacting the athletic media relations offi ce. Upon ac-ceptance of applications, appropriate passes can be picked up at the Athletic Media Rela-tions offi ce.

Press Parking

There is no press parking available. The earlier you arrive, the better parking you’ll fi nd.

Air Force Practices

All Air Force practices, both home and on the road, are open to the media. Media members wishing to fi lm practice must make arrange-ments with the athletic media relations offi ce to attend practice. A representative from the athletic media relations offi ce must accom-pany you.

Post-Meet Procedures

Head swim coach Rob Clayton and head diving coach Stan Curnow will be available 10 minutes following the end of the meet on the pool deck. Swimmers and divers will be available immediately after. The Air Force locker room and training room are closed to all media. Final results are available following the meet upon request.

In-Season Interviews

All Air Force athletes and coaches are avail-able for interviews with the following guide-lines: All interviews must be set up through the athletic media relations offi ce at 719-333-9025 or 719-333-2313. All interview requests must be made at least one day in advance so that the athlete or coach can be properly notifi ed.

Credits

The 2012-13 Air Force men’s swimming and diving guide was written and designed by assistant athletic media relations director Nick Arseniak. Editoral assistance provided by the Air Force athletic media relations offi ce and the women’s swimming and diving staff . Photos courtesy of DenMar Services.

On the Cover

Featured on the front cover is the 2012-13 team on the deck of the Cadet Natatorium.


Head Coach Rob Clayton

Rob ClaytonHead Swimming Coach

14th SeasonWyoming (1991)

Head coach Rob Clayton enters his 15th sea-son as the Academy’s head men’s swimming coach. After 14 years, his enthusiasm for the Academy and Falcon swimming hasn’t dimin-ished a bit. “I love coaching at the Air Force Academy. It is the perfect school for the young man who is serious about pursuing excellence in school, swimming and life. I’m thrilled to wake up and go to work in the morning,” said Clayton. Clayton has led the Falcons to a 121-71-1 over-all dual record and eight top-three fi nishes in the MWC. After a sixth-place league fi nish his fi rst season, Clayton led the Falcons to third-place fi nishes in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006 and 2007. In 2003, 2004 and, most recently, 2009, the Falcons fi nished second at the MWC Championships. In addition, Clayton was named MWC Men’s Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2010.

At USAFA, Clayton has coached men to 20 individual conference championships and two relay conference championships. Eight of his swimmers have competed in the Olym-pic Trials, including in 2008 when fi ve former and current Falcons participated in the Trials. In addition to the team’s success in the pool, Clayton’s swimmers have earned more than 137 academic all-conference honors and 24 MWC Scholar-Athlete selections, while six oth-ers were both designated Scholar All-Amer-icans by the College Swimming Coaches As-sociation of America. Clearly, Clayton expects excellence in the classroom as well as the pool. “The Academy is the number one undergradu-ate school in the country,” the coach said. “The men come here primarily to get the best edu-cation possible and to prepare for a fabulous career in the Air Force and beyond. While we desire success in the pool, we insist on success

in the classroom.” Not surprisingly, the Falcon swimmers and divers were the recipients of the Academy’s Team Excellence Award for the 2003-04 school year. Clayton is a 1991 graduate of Wyoming where he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical en-gineering. While at Wyoming, Clayton was one of the premier swimmers in the Western Ath-letic Conference. A four-year letterman, Clayton swam in the NCAA Championships in the 200 freestyle, 200 IM and 400 IM. He stole the show at the 1991 conference championships, winning the 200 and 400 individual medley, becoming only the second Cowboy to ever win an IM conference title. His time in the 400 IM set a conference championship record. Clayton excelled outside the pool as well. His 3.75 grade point average in chemical engi-neering helped earn him Academic All-Amer-ican honors. He received the WAC’s Stan Bates Award in 1991, as the league’s most outstand-ing student-athlete. The Bates Award is the most prestigious award an athlete in the con-ference can win. Following college, Clayton served as an age group coach for the Fort Collins Area Swim Team (FAST). In the fall of 1991, he began a six-year stint as the men’s assistant coach at Brigham Young University. While at BYU, Clayton was instru-mental in building one of the most successful swimming programs in the region. The Cou-gars won the 1996 WAC title, their fi rst since


Head Coach Rob Clayton

1979. During Clayton’s tenure in Provo, BYU never fi nished below third at the WAC Cham-pionships. Clayton helped coach 11 individual WAC champions and several WAC champion relay teams at BYU. Additionally, he coached an NCAA fi nalist and an athlete to a spot on the U.S. National team in the summer of 1997. He was very active in USA Swimming during his time in Utah, serving as a senior coach with Hilltop Aquatic Swim Team in American Fork, Utah. Clayton came to the Academy in 1997 and made an immediate impact on the pro-gram. He worked with women’s coach Casey Converse to coach the Academy’s fi rst woman to qualify for the NCAA Division I Champion-ships. Clayton then took over the reins of the men’s program for the 1998-99 season.

In addition to his coaching duties, Clayton also instructs cadets in swimming and water survival classes. He was recognized for his teaching accomplishments by being named the 2003-04 Department of Athletics Civilian Instructor of the Year and was recently named the Aquatics Instructor of the Semester. Clay-ton comments on his teaching duties, “I enjoy teaching aquatics classes. It provides me with opportunity to interact with the rest of the ca-dets at the Air Force Academy.” Originally from Fort Collins, Colo., Clayton was a standout swimmer at Rocky Mountain High School where he was a four-year letter-man. The 41-year-old Clayton is married to the former Kelly Costigan, a 1992 graduate of the Academy who competed for the women’s ten-nis team. They have three sons, Robert, Dan-iel and Joshua, and two daughters, Noel and Anna. The Claytons are very active in their church, International Anglican Church, and live in Monument.

The Clayton File

Full Name: Robert Clayton IIIHometown: Fort Collins, Colo.High School: Rocky Mountain, four-year let-terman in swimming.College: Wyoming, 1991 graduate with a bachelor’s in chemical engineering with a 3.75 GPA. Academic All-American, individual con-ference champion and winner of the 1991 Stan Bates Award as the league’s most outstanding student-athlete.

Conference Champions Under Clayton

2000Matt Ihlenfeld (200 Breast)Charlie Toth (100 free)2001Matt Ihlenfeld (100, 200 breast)200 Medley Relay2002Paul Brehm (100, 200 back)400 Medley Relay2003Paul Brehm (200 back)2004Chris Knaute (1650 free)2005Chris Knaute (400, IM, 500, 1650 free)2006Chris Knaute (400 IM, 500, 1650 free)Paul Parmenter (200 IM)2007Chris Knaute (400 IM, 500 free)Paul Parmenter (200 IM)2009Benjamin Gunn (200 IM)2010Benjamin Gunn (200 IM)2011Benjamin Gunn (200 fl y)

Inside the Numbers with Clayton

Year W L T Pct. Place

1999 11 2 .846 6th2000 8 3 .727 3rd2001 9 4 .692 3rd2002 6 4 .600 3rd2003 12 2 .857 2nd2004 8 4 .667 2nd2005 13 7 .650 5th2006 8 4 1 .654 3rd2007 13 3 .813 3rd2008 4 7 .364 4th2009 7 12 .368 2nd2010 3 4 .429 2nd2011 11 6 .647 3rd2012 8 9 .471 6thTotals 121 71 1 .629


Assistant Coach Anthony Boettcher

Anthony BoettcherAssistant Swimming Coach

Second SeasonWyoming,1986

New to the Academy is men’s swim-ming assistant coach, Anthony Boettcher. Boettcher is a lifelong resident of Colorado and brings nearly 30 years of experience as a club coach in the state. He is excited about bringing that experience to the USAFA men’s team. Boettcher comes to the Academy most recently from Falfi ns Swimming, a USA Swimming club team in the Colorado Springs area, and has coached seasonally in the Den-ver area as the head coach for the Wheat Ridge Piranhas (1982-1990), and as a year round USA Swimming Coach in the town of Evergreen. As the head coach for the Evergreen swim team from 1990- 2005, Boettcher built what has become known as a small town pow-erhouse, posting consistent top 10 fi nishes at the Colorado State Junior Olympics. His ath-letes there won over 60 individual state titles, fi ve relay titles, and set numerous state re-cords. Athletes from the Evergreen Swim Team have competed at Zones, Sectionals, Junior and Senior Nationals, and Olympic Trials, with 20-plus athletes going on to compete at NCAA Division I schools, and one representing the USA at the World University Games in 2000. While at Evergreen, Boettcher also coached the boy’s and girl’s high school teams at Evergreen High School. He began concen-trating only on the boy’s team in 1995, and had unprecedented success there until leav-ing in 2005. His boys won 58 straight dual meets from 1995 through 2003, winning 9-of-11 Jeff erson County titles in the process, and fi nished in the top three at the Boys 4A state meet numerous times. Many athletes achieved all-conference, all-state and All-American sta-tus. He retired as the winningest coach in the history of Jeff erson County men’s swimming.

During his time at Evergreen, Boettcher was named the Colorado Swim-ming Age Group Coach of the Year in 1998, 2003 and 2005 for his work at the club level, and was the Colorado High School Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2002 as well. In 2003, the American Swim Coaches Association be-stowed it’s Colorado Swim Coach of the Year on him. In addition, Boettcher won the Jeff er-son County High School Swim Coach of the Year 10 times, and the Jeff co League honored him with their 2001 Boy’s Coach of the Year Award for all sports. Moving on to a new challenge in 2005, as the age group coach at Falfi ns Swim-ming in Colorado Springs, he continued to produce state champions and state record holders, and helped that club grow from 130

swimmers to over 200. Boettcher took the reins as the head coach in April, 2007 and has remained there until his recent move to the Academy. Boettcher has also invested 17 years as a volunteer for Colorado Swimming, Inc., and USA Swimming. Among his duties were stints as the Age Group Chair and Coaches Representative. He has attended the Western Zone Meet an unprecedented 13 times as a coach on the Colorado Staff , serving as head coach six of those times. He also served as Head Coach of the Colorado Swimming All Star team six times. In 1998 and again in 2003, USA Swimming gave Boettcher it’s Phillips 66 Outstanding Service Award for his role as a volunteer.


Diving Coaches

Stan CurnowHead Diving Coach

20th SeasonBrigham Young University (1997)

Stan Curnow begins his 20th year with the Fal-cons as head diving coach, the longest tenure in Academy history for a diving coach. During his fi rst 19 years, Curnow has contin-ued Air Force’s proud tradition in diving. Three women have earned fi rst-team All-American honors at the Division II level while the men annually place among the conference’s elite. A recent four-year stretch saw the Falcons win the men’s platform dive at the MWC Cham-pionships (Brady Lindberg in 2006 and 2007, Kyle Van Valkenburg in 2008 and 2009). Outside of the pool, Curnow has been an asset to the Academy as well, being named the 1998 athletic department Instructor of the Year. Curnow came to Air Force from BYU, where he coached for 14 years. His record there was

impeccable, including 26 conference titles, 17 All-Americans and two NCAA Division I cham-pions. A native of Denver, Colo., Curnow was named a high school All-American in diving and was a champion performer on the trampoline. He attended BYU and graduated in 1977 with a degree in physical education. He completed his master’s degree in the same fi eld in 1978. As a competitor at BYU, Curnow was the Western Athletic Conference diving cham-pion three out of four years and earned All-American honors in 1972 and 1974. He was also a fi nalist in the 1972 Olympic Trials. Curnow was named the Mountain West Con-ference’s diving coach of the year in 2001, 2002 and 2006, and was formerly a member of the NCAA Diving Rules Committee.

Curnow, shown with his family, is a three-time Mountain West Conference Diving Coach of the Year.

Capt. Lauren BergAssistant Diving Coach

4th SeasonUSAFA (2007)

Capt. Lauren Berg enters her third year as the as-sistant diving coach for both men’s and women’s diving teams at Air Force. In addition to diving coach duties, Berg works in the Academy athlet-ics department assisting in managing the athletic department scheduling and grading offi ce. Berg is a 2007 graduate of USAFA. The Englewood, Colo., native was a four-year letter winner in diving and team captain as a junior while at the Acade-my. Bursey was a standout in the classroom at the Academy, earning Mountain West Conference All-Academic honors all four years.

Berg received her commission through the United States Air Force Academy in May 2007. Upon re-ceiving her commission, she received her fi rst as-signment and moved to Lackland AFB in San An-tonio, Texas, where she assumed her duties with the 33rd Network Warfare Squadron. Formely Lauren Bursey, she was married in July 2012, to Andy Berg, who is an assistant coach with the Air Force Hockey team.


FAQ

• What is your training philosophy at Air Force?

We are a military academy, so there is a balance between ac-ademics, athletics and military. However, we are a Division I program and train accordingly. We compete in the Mountain Pacifi c Sports Conference (BYU, Cal State Bakersfi eld, Hawai’i, North Dakota, Pacifi c, Seattle, UNLV, Wyoming) and continually strive to qualify guys for the NCAA Championships.

• How many diff erent coaches and trainers do your

swimmers work with?

I have been at the Academy for 13 years and assistant coach Anthony Boettcher enters his fi rst year. We also have a strength and conditioning coach and a full-time athletic trainer assigned to our team. In addition, the women’s team has a head coach and an assistant coach but we generally train as men’s teams and women’s teams.

• What is the team atmosphere like? (i.e. Does the team

do random activities outside of swimming just to hang out

with each other? Do swimmers room with other swimmers?

etc.)

The team atmosphere is a complete cohesive unit. The team goes to football games as a team, camping trips as a team and many other activities. Because of the challenges that are involved with a military academy, the team forms a very tight bond. The pool is the place where they come together, work hard and achieve goals together. In regards to the question about rooming together, each student is put into a squadron (roughly 100 students per squadron, 40 squadrons, total stu-dent body of approximately 4000) randomly, so most of the swimmers do not room with other swimmers. Last year, we had two freshmen room together.

• What is an average week of training like in terms of

practice time, yardage, dryland, etc.?

We train every other morning (lift and swim) and every after-noon for roughly 2.5 hours (to include dryland). The distance varies by workout but usually it is about 6000 yards for our middle distance group. However, when we do power days, we swim much less. Our weight room training is designed espe-cially for swimmers by our strength and conditioning coach. Additionally, we TIVO normally every other day before practice for about 30 minutes and concentrate on starts/turns/strokes. As far as our regimen is concerned, during our off -season, we generally train as one team but our distance guys frequently receive additional training. Then during the season, we have diff erent groups (distance, middle distance, strokes, sprinters, IM) that will have individualized workouts.

• What is the commitment of the athletic department in

terms of funding for travel, equipment, etc.?

We have unsurpassed support from our athletic department. We normally travel 16-20 guys on our trips and everything is paid for. We also take a winter training trip (San Diego, Fort Lau-derdale, Hawaii, Tucson) every year and everything is paid for there as well. There is no cost put on the swimmers and there is NO fundraising. Additionally, we are sponsored by Nike, so every swimmer receives a good supply of Air Force Swimming gear every year. We swim in Nike suits during the season and then compete in Speedo for the Championship meets.

• What is your team’s average GPA?

Our team’s average GPA this year was 3.0 and usually hovers right around there.

• Is there anything else that you would like to tell me

about your program that I have failed to ask about above?

I just wanted to explain the Academy and how things work. No one here is on an “athletic scholarship.” Everyone receives an appointment and everything is paid for while you are here (room, board, meals, etc). In fact, the students receive a monthly stipend in addition that starts at about $120/month as a fresh-man and goes up to about $800/month as a senior. All students are undergraduate students. There are 32 diff erent majors that range in many possibilities. The big diff erence is that when you graduate, you are commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Air Force. About half (about 500) of the graduates will go off to pilot training. The other half will go off to various other jobs to include additional schooling. Think of an Air Force base as a little community and all the jobs that are required. The Air Force requires doctors, civil engineers, meteorologists, police offi cers, etc. If you decide not to fl y, the service commitment is fi ve years; for fl yers, the commitment is 10 years. You can think of that in one of two ways—as a service commitment, or as a guaranteed job that pays you a competitive salary and includes unsurpassed benefi ts.

Frequently Asked Questions...Head coach Rob Clayton answers some frequently asked questions about the Air Force swimming program:


Season Outlook

Air Force men’s swimming & diving enters the 2012-13 season with raised expecta-tions. The team goal for the season is to move into the upper-echelon of teams in the Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation and head coach Rob Clayton is confi dent his team can achieve the goal. Air Force returns 18 letter winners off the 2012 team that went 8-9 overall and fi nished sixth at the MPSF Champion-ships. The Falcons return four swimmers that swam school top 10 times last sea-son in senior Tim Martinelli, junior Angus MacDonald and sophomores Ryan Dunne and Max Evans-Nolan. Senior Anthony Chiaro is the team captain this season. When asked what stands out about his team this season, Clayton mentions the team’s dedication to off -season train-ing headed into the Fall. “We’re coming off the best Spring and Summer training ever since I’ve been here,” Clayton said. “Our guys have put in signifi cant hours at the pool during the off -season, more so than I can ever re-member here. We are very prepared to swim well right away.” The Falcons are led by a senior class consisting of seven members. Clayton is very high on seniors Ryan Brigman, Chia-ro, Kaleb Jenkins, Jon Jones, Tim Martinel-li, Matt Millikin and diver Brent White. Brigman is a distance free specialist and Jones will specialize in the middle distance free. Jenkins can swim several events, including breaststroke, medley and butterfl y. Chiaro and Martinelli will be some of Air Force’s top sprint-free-stylers and Millikin looks to return to the form that had him at the top of the con-ference as a sophomore in the back and fl y events. “Tim is poised to have a breakout sea-son, Kaleb has been strong for us in many events and Anthony is looking to give us a boost in the sprint events,” Clayton said. “Matt is ready to return to dominance in the back and fl y. Each of our seniors needs to come through for us and fi nish out their four-year careers on a high note.” The junior class features one swim-mer in Angus MacDonald, in addition to divers Peter Cialkowski and Alexander Pecci. MacDonald was Air Force’s top back stroker last season. “Angus was our top back stroker last season and we expect the same from him this season,” Clayton said. “We will also need him to step up in the sprint-relay

events as well.” The sophomore class features sev-eral up-and-coming swimmers, led by Ryan Dunne and Max Evans-Nolan. The group also consists of Kyle Casias, Peter Shelbourne, Sam Sloan, Alex Strom, Sam Wieser and diver Greg Copeland. Dunne was one of AFA’s top swim-mers in the 100 and 200 free and Evans-Nolan was all-MPSF in the 1650 free. Both Casias and Shelbourne will compete in the fl y and free events. Strom will bol-ster a strong distance free group and Wi-eser will contribute in the breast and IM events. Sam Sloan will be looked on to head up the 400 IM group and contribute in fl y and back. “Our sophomores had a great fresh-man season in 2011-12,” Clayton said. “We’re expecting them to make signifi -cant strides with a year of college experi-ence under their belt. Ryan just missed being a fi nalist in the free events at con-ference and looks much improved. Max was one of the top distance swimmers in the conference last year and comes into the fall looking in great shape as well. Sam Sloan, Sam Wieser and Alex Strom give us some solid depth across several events.” The freshman class features several talented newcomers according to Clay-ton. The group consists of 10 swimmers and three divers. “We have an outstanding freshman group,” Clayton said. “We have two fresh-men from Tennessee, Robert Graves and Kevin Jackson, that will be pushing Max for top times in the distance free. These events (500 free, 1650 free) will be one of our team strengths. Michael Barnosky

is another freshman we’re real excited about. He came along very strong late in the high school season and will lead our breaststrokers. George Frank and Kevin Mitchell will be competing for relay spots immediately.” Individually, Frank and Mitchell will also be factors in the sprint free, butter-fl y and IM events. Kyle Castro, Sean Led-ford and Alex Leighton will bolster the fl y events. Matthew Walls will swim the back and free and Aaron Tipton can swim the breast and fl y events. The Falcons also welcome three freshmen divers in Jaron Swinburn, Dominic Vallejo and Nathaniel Zillweger. “Our freshman class gives us a lot of talent and versatility across the board,” Clayton said. “We expect them to contrib-ute immediately” The Falcon divers will be led by junior Alexander Pecci and senior Brent White. Pecci was all-MPSF in the platform diving as a sophomore. Junior Peter Cialkowski, sophomore Greg Copeland and the three freshmen, Swinburn, Vallejo and Zillwe-ger will provide added depth. With a strong group of upper class-men, an up-and-coming sophomore class and a talented freshman class, Clayton likes his chances for success in 2012-13. “It’s our second year in the MPSF and our team goal is to move up in the conference standings at conference. This conference is loaded with strong teams so we have our work cut out for us. We’ll have the chance to swim against several conference rivals during the dual meet season. That should help us prepare to be at our best for the MPSF Championships in February.”

Senior

Tim Martinelli


Team Roster

Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving

2012-13 Roster

Name Year Event Height Hometown/High School

Michael Barnosky Fr. Breast/IM 6-3 Cedaredge, CO/CedaredgeRyan Brigman Sr. Free 5-9 Las Vegas, NV/Bishop Gorman Kyle Casias So. Fly/Free 6-1 Jacksonville, Fl/Fleming Island Kyle Castro Fr. Fly/Free 6-0 Vacaville, CA/VacavilleAnthony Chiaro Sr. Free 6-0 Tucson, AZ/Sahuaro Peter Cialkowski Jr. Diving 5-10 Allentown, PA/Salisbury Gregory Copeland So. Diving 6-1 Richmond, VA/Douglas S. Freeman Ryan Dunne So. Free 6-0 Bristow, VA/Brentsville District George Frank Fr. Utility 6-1 Jacksonville, FL/Bolles SchoolRobert Graves Fr. Distance Free 6-2 Brentwood, TN/Brentwood Max Evans-Nolan So. Free 5-9 New Berlin, WI/Waukesha South Kevin Jackson Fr. Free/IM 6-0 Memphis, TN/GermantownKaleb Jenkins Sr. Fly/IM/Breast 5-11 Savannah, GA/Richmond Hill Jon Jones Sr. Free 6-3 Highlands Ranch, CO/Heritage Sean Ledford Fr. Fly/IM/Breast 5-10 Sebastain, FL/Sebastain River Alex Leighton Fr. Free/Fly 5-11 Tucson, AZ/Salpointe CatholicAngus MacDonald Jr. Back/Fly/Free 6-1 Woodbridge, VA/Bishop Ireton Tim Martinelli Sr. Free 6-6 Vero Beach, FL/Sebastian River Matt Millikin Sr. Back/Fly/Free 6-0 Pittsburgh, PA/Carlynton Kevin Mitchell Fr. Fly/Free/IM 6-1 London, England/TASIS Alexander Pecci Jr. Diving 6-1 Oviedo, FL/Trinity Prep Peter Shelbourne So. Fly/Free 5-11 Charleston, SC/Summerville Sam Sloan So. Fly/Back/IM 5-11 Murfreesboro, TN/Siegel Alex Strom So. Free 6-1 Fort Walton Beach, FL/Choctawhatchee Jaron Swinburn Fr. Diving 5-11 Rancho Cucamonga, CA/Rancho Cucamonga Aaron Tipton Fr. Breast/Free/Fly 5-11 Mansfi eld, TX/Mansfi eldDominic Vallejo Fr. Diving 5-11 Laguna Hills, CA/Laguna HillsMatt Walls Fr. Back/Free 6-1 Ellicott City, MD/Chapelgate ChristianSam Wieser So. Breast/IM 6-0 Las Vegas, NV/Bonanza Brent White Sr. Diving 5-6 Loveland, CO/Homeschooled Nathaniel Zillweger Fr. Diving 5-10 Phoenix, AZ/Willow Canyon

Head Coach: Rob Clayton (Wyoming 1991) 14th season Diving Coach: Stan Curnow (BYU 1997) - 20th season Assistant Coach: Anthony Boettcher (Wyoming 1986) - 2nd season Assistant Diving Coach: Capt. Lauren Berg (USAFA 2007) – 4th season


Meet The Falcons

Ryan

Brigman

Sr. • 5-9 • Distance Freestyle

Las Vegas, NV

(Bishop Gorman)

Anthony

Chiaro

Sr. • 6-0 • Sprint Freestyle

Tucson, AZ

(Sahuaro)

2011-12 Highlights: Swam the third-fastest 500 free and fourth-fastest 1000 and 1650 free and 400 IM times for the Falcons...swam second-fastest 500 free time for AF at MPSF Champion-ships ... named team junior that contributed most to Air Force swimming.

2010-11 Highlights: Swam the team’s second-fastest 1000 and 1650 free times and fourth-fastest 500 free time ...shaved 37 seconds off his previous 1650 best time, 15 seconds off his previous 1000 free best time and 17 seconds off his previous 500 free best time.

2009-10 Highlights: Competed in several dual meets throughout the season ... specialties are the 500, 1000 and 1650 freestyle events ... also swam the 200 but-terfl y and the 200 and 400 individual medley events last season.

High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coach Ron Aitken … All-American in the 500 freestyle … regional champion in the 500 free ... four-time state qualifi er in the 200 and 500 free ... also swam for the Boulder City Hender-son club team, coached by Mike Polk … member of National Honor Society … Scholastic All-American.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 33 ... son of Michael and Nadine Brigman … has two siblings … major is military history ... plans to become a pilot … nickname is Bleeps ... hobbies include video games, skydiving and golfi ng … favorite food is steak … favorite movie is The Other Guys ... favorite book is Game of Thrones … most notable thing about his hometown is The Strip … something most people don’t know about him is that he was on TV when he was younger ... person in history he’d like to meet is Lord Nelson … biggest infl uence on his sports career has been his mother ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Deadliest Catch ... favorite quote is “The night is darkest before the dawn.”

2012-13: Team Captain.

2011-12 Highlights: Set career-bests in the 50 and 100 free ... third-fastest 100 fl y time on the team.

2010-11 Highlights: Swam the team’s fourth-fastest 100 and 200 fl y times and fi fth-fastest 50 free ... shaved .55 seconds off his 50 free time ... also swam career-bests in the 100 fl y, 200 fl y and 200 free.

2009-10 Highlights: Ranked in the team’s top fi ve in the 50 & 100 freestyle and 100 & 200 butterfl y events ... best times were 21.89 in the 50 free, 47.63 in the 100 free, 50.77 in the 100 fl y and 1:53.87 in the 200 fl y.

High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coach Lou Sassi … state champion in the 500 freestyle in 2007 … state champion in the 200 free in 2008 … three-time All-American ... broke the 400 free national age group record at 2:58.33 … also swam for the Tucson Ford club team, coached by Roric Fink … member of National Honor Society … three-time USA Swimming Academic All-American.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 30 ... son of Ken Chiaro and Donna Drill-ing … has an older sister … major is management ... career plans are to become a pilot ... nickname is Cheese ... favorite food is hot wings … favorite movie is Zoolander … favorite book is Decision Points by George Bush ... hobbies are swimming, shooting, beach and road trips ... person in history he’d like to meet is Johnny Cash … favorite athlete is Ryk Neethling ... credits his teammates as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be The Bachelor ... Favorite quote: “One of the best….”

Personal Bests500 free 4:27.541000 free 9:36.171650 free 15:49.80400 IM 4:08.86

Personal Bests50 free 21.32100 free 47.63100 fl y 49.81200 fl y 1:51.97


Meet The Falcons

Kaleb

Jenkins

Sr. • 5-11 • Fly/IM/Breast

Savannah, GA

(Richmond Hill)

Jon

Jones

Sr. • 6-3 • Freestyle

Highlands Ranch, CO

(Heritage)

2011-12 Highlights: Swam the fastest 100 fl y time on the team ... swam the second-fastest 100 and 200 breaststroke times on the team ... also swam the 200 and 400 IM events ... set career-bests in both breast events.

2010-11 Highlights: Swam the team’s third-fastest 100 and 200 breaststroke times ... swam a 59.61 in the 100 breast and a 2:13.95 in the 200 breast.

High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coach Pat Paruso ... also swam for the Georgia Costal Aquatic Team, coached by Bill Forrester.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 15 ... son of Mike and Kim Jenkins ... has two siblings ... major is political science ... plans to become a pilot ... nickname is Leroy ... hobby is skydiving and sports ... favorite food is ice cream ... favorite book is the Hunger Games ... pre-race rituals are to stretch and listen to music ... most noteworthy thing about his hometown is that it was the only city not burned in Sherman’s March during the Civil War ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be the Bachelorette ... favorite quote: “It sucks to suck” – Jon Jones.

2011-12 Highlights: Swam the fourth-fastest 200 free and fi fth-fastest 500 free on team ... also swam the 100 free.

2010-11 Highlights: Swam the team’s third-fastest 500 and 1650 free events ... swam the fourth-fastest 200 and 1000 free events ... set ca-reer-best’s in the 500, 1000 and 1650 free ... shaved 24 seconds off his 1650 time.

2009-10 Highlights: Ranked in the team’s top fi ve in the 200, 500, 100 and 1650 freestyle events ... time of 1:39.27 in the 200 free is the seventh-fastest in school history ... swam the third-leg of team’s fastest 800 free relay group, which clocked a time of 6:45.11.

High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coaches Bob Schlegel and Tom Bynek … six-time All-American … school record-holder … Junior Nationals qualifi er … also swam for the ACES club team, coached by Eric Craven.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 23 ... son of Robert and Marcia Jones … has a sister … attended the Academy Prep School … greatest moment in sports was winning the 400 free relay at states … hobbies include hunting, climbing 14ers and biking … favorite movie is Fight Club … person in history he’d like to meet is Lance Armstrong … biggest infl uence on his sports career has been his parents.

Personal Bests100 breast 57.27200 breast 2:05.40100 Fly 49.54200 IM 1:58.06

Personal Bests100 Free 48.12200 Free 1:39.27500 Free 4:32.57


Meet The Falcons

Tim

Martinelli

Sr. • 6-6 • Sprint Freestyle

Vero Beach, FL

(Sebastain River)

Matt

Millikin

Sr. • 6-0 • Backstroke/Butterfl y

Pittsburgh, PA

(Carlynton)

2011-12 Highlights: Swam the team’s fastest 100 free and second-fastest 50 and 200 free ... career-best time of 1:39.13 in the 200 free is ninth-fastest in Academy history ... leadoff swimmer in the fastest 400 free relay group.

2010-11 Highlights: Swam the team’s second-fastest 100 free time, the third-fastest 200 free and fourth-fastest 50 free times ... 100 free time of 45.27 is the 10th fastest in school history ... swam the third-leg of the team’s fastest 400 and 800 free relay groups, which earned NCAA B-cuts ...earned all-MW in the 800 free relay ... set career-bests in all three individual events.

2009-10 Highlights: Competed in several dual meets throughout the season ... specialiazes in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle events.

High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coach Scott Barlow … two-year team captain … All-American in the 100 and 200 freestyle … also swam for Treasure Coast Swimming, also coached by Scott Barlow … named Treasure Coast Swimmer of the Year … team co-MVP … fi nished third at the state cham-pionships in the 100 and 200 free.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 6 ... son of Frank and Joan Martinelli … has fi ve sisters … nickname is Tiny ... major is general engineering and plans on becoming a pilot … hobbies include playing sports and watching movies … favorite movie is Zoolander … favorite food is steak ... favorite book is Game of Thrones ... biggest infl uence on his sports career has been his dad … favorite athlete is Nathan Adrian ... pre-race rituals are to listen to music and stretch … favorite quote: “If winning doesn’t matter then why do we keep score?”

2011-12 Highlights: Second fastest-times in the 100 and 200 back ... sixth-fastest 100 fl y on team.2010-11 Highlights: Swam the team’s second-fastest 100 and 200 back times and third-fast-est 100 fl y event ... placed seventh at the MW Championships in the 100 back with a time of 49.45, swimming the fourth-fastest time in school history ... swam the sixth-fast-est 200 back time in school history, placing 10th.

2009-10 Highlights: Swam the team’s third-fastest 100 backstroke (52.08) and fourth-fastest 200 back (1:53.70) ... also swam the 100 fl y.

High School: Lettered four years in swimming for coach Mike Schneiderlochner … two-time All-American (in the butterfl y and backstroke) … WPIAL record-holder … three-time WPIAL champion … four-time all-state honors recipient … academic All-American … member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 4 ... son of Sam and Diane Millikin … has a younger sister … nickname is FC ... major is mechanical engineering ... plans on becoming a pilot or developmental engineer ... hobbies include sleeping, watch-ing the Steelers, cars and photography … favorite movie is Inception … favorite food is anything off the grill … biggest infl uence on his sports career has been his dad because “he was my second coach and always went the extra mile for me” … pre-race rituals are stretching and listening to music … listens to country, rock and Top 100 … favorite quote is: “Never doubt in the dark, what you knew in the light.”

Personal Bests50 Free 21.01100 Free 45:27200 Free 1:39.13

Personal Bests100 Back 49.45200 Back 1:47.93100 Fly 49.18


Meet The Falcons

Brent

White

Sr. • 5-6 • Diving

Loveland, CO

(Homeschooled)

Peter

Cialkowski

Jr. • 5-10 • Diving

Allentown, PA

(Salisbury)

2011-12 Highlights: High-scorer on the team in 3-meter diving with 314.18 points ... second on team in 1-meter and platform ... season-best 273.35 points in 1m at AFA Diving Invite ... scored 228.10 points in platform diving at MPSF Championships ... MPSF All-Academic.

2010-11 Highlights: Competed in the 1-meter diving event ... had a career-high 381.65 points at the Intermountain Shootout, which was second-best on the team ... earned second MW all-academic honor.

2009-10 Highlights: Competed in all three-diving events ... had a season-high 249.60 points in the 1-meter springboard against BYU ... had a season-high 223.13 points in the 3-meter springboard against Utah ... had a season-high 175.15 points in the platform dive at the AF Diving Invitational ... Mountain West Conference all-academic.

High School: Lettered three years in diving for coaches Amon McCrary and Ran-dy Huff at Thompson Valley High School … placed 13th in the state 4A meet as a sophomore, sixth as a junior and third as a senior … lettered one year in soccer and one year in basketball … also competed for Fort Collins Dive Club, coached by Kevin Witt … named to President’s List at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins in spring 2008 … member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 38 ... major is environmental engineer-ing ... on the Commandant’s, Dean’s and Superintendent’s list ... son of John and Sharlane White … has a younger sister … hobbies include ultimate frisbee, guitar, hiking, rappelling, skiing, climbing, mountain biking, herpetology, pho-tography, church activities and essentially anything outdoors … most notewor-thy thing about his hometown is that it holds the second-largest community of artists in the nation … things most people don’t know about him is that he wrestled seven alligators this past summer ... credits diving coach Stan Curnow as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... favorite quotes: “when God throws you a curveball don’t duck, you might miss something”—Extreme Days “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen; not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” --C.S. Lewis.

2011-12 Highlights: Fourth on the team in 1-meter diving ... missed most of the season due to injury.

2010-11 Highlights: Highest scorer for Air Force in the 1m diving with 393.55 points at the Intermountain Shootout ... second on the team in the 3m diving with 381.10 points at the Intermountain Shootout ... placed 11th in the platform fi nals, 12th in the 3m and 16th in the 1m prelims at the MW Championships. HIGH SCHOOL (Salisbury): Lettered four years in diving ... two-time NISCA All-American ... two-time all-state ... four-time PIAA District 11 medalist ... fi nished fourth in states as a senior ... helped lead Salisbury to district runner-up fi nish... high school diving coach was Amy Simpson ... also dove for Parkland Aquatic Club and was coached by Cary Lehman ... National Honors Society member.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 16 ... has two siblings ... hobbies are playing frisbee and listening to music ... favorite movie is Caddyshack ... most noteworthy thing about his town is that its the one Billy Joel sang about ... cred-its his father as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... favorite ath-lete is Phil Mickelson ... son of Edward and Mary Cialkowski.

Personal Bests1M 381.653M 314.18Platform 228.10



Meet The Falcons

Angus

MacDonald

Jr. • 6-1 • Back/Fly/Free

Woodbridge, VA

(Bishop Ireton)

Alex

Pecci

Jr. • 6-1 • Diving

Oviedo, FL

(Trinity Prep)

2011-12 Highlights: Fastest swimmer on team in the 100 and 200 back ... fourth in the 100 fl y and fi fth in the 100 free ... 100 back time of 49.98 is the sixth-fastest in school history ... led off fastest 200 free, 200 medley and 400 medley relays ... named team sophomore that contrib-uted most to AF swiming ... MPSF All-Academic.

2010-11 Highlights: Swam third-fastest 100 and 200 back times for team ... cracked school top 10 in both back events, ranking sixth in the 100 and eighth in the 200 back events ... placed 13th in the 100 back and 14th in the 200 back at the MW Championships ... also swam the 50 free and 100 fl y.

HIGH SCHOOL (Bishop Ireton): Lettered four years in swimming and two years in water polo ... All-American in 100 backstroke ... All-American consideration in the 50, 100 and 200 free and 100 fl y ... Virginia Independent Schools State Cham-pion in the 100 back ... four-time all-state ... two-time all-league ... school record holder in the 100 and 200 free, 100 fl y and 100 back ... two-time team captain ... two-time team captain in water polo ... school single-season record holder with 55 goals in water polo ... was on the fi rst-ever water polo team at Biship Ironton ... high school swimming coach was John Gullickson ... also swam club for Oc-coquan Swimming Inc., coached by Aaron Dean.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 7 ... has four siblings ... major is systems engineering management ... nickname is Woody ... on the dean’s list as a fresh-man ... favorite food is ice cream ... favorite book is Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ... favorite movie is The Natural ... credits his father as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... favorite athlete is Ted Williams ...if he could be on any real-ity TV show, it would be Surreal World ... favorite quote: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” -- Mark Twain ... son of Angus and Gail MacDonald.

2011-12 Highlights: Top Falcon in the 1-meter and platform diving ... MPSF All-Conference in platform diving ... career-best 288.80 points in the 1-meter at AF Invite ... scored 287.10 points at Denver ... 278.55 points in platform at MPSF Championships ... MPSF All-Academic.

2010-11 Highlights: Top Falcon in the platform and 1m diving at the MW Championships, placing 10th in the platform and 12th in the 1m ... placed 14th in the 3m diving at MW Championships ... had a career-high for points in the 3m diving at the Georgia Tech Invite.

HIGH SCHOOL (Trinity Prep - Winter Park, FL): Lettered four years in diving ... fi nished third in states on the 1-meter springboard as a senior ... dove for back-to-back state champion The Bolles School in Jacksonville, FL, as a freshman and sophomore ... diving MVP as a senior ... set school 1-meter diving record ... high school diving coach was Katie Adams ... also dove for team Orlando and was coached by Jay Lewer ... National Honors Society member.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 15 ... has four siblings ... major is me-chanical engineering with a minor in Japanese ... plans on becoming a pilot ... hobbies are anything with water (lakes, beaches, etc.) ... favorite food is Japa-nese... credits his parents as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... most notable thing about his hometown is that Disney and Universal Studios are located there ... favorite athlete is David Boudia ... if he could be on any real-ity TV show, it would be Great Escape ... favorite quote is: “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” -Dr. Seuss ... son of Alexander and Leslie Pecci.

Personal Bests50 Free 21.80100 Fly 50.27100 Back 49.98200 Back 1:48.36



Meet The Falcons

Kyle

Casias

So. • 6-1 • Butterfl y/Backstroke

Jacksonville, FL

(Fleming Island)

Greg

Copeland

So. • 6-1 • Diving

Richmond, VA

(Douglas S. Freeman)

2011-12 Highlights: Swam the fi fth-fastest 200 fl y on the team ... also swam the 100 fl y, 100 back and 50 free in competition.

HIGH SCHOOL (Fleming Island): Lettered three years in swimming ... three-time top 10 fi nisher in the Florida 3A 100 Fly Finals ... placed 10th in the 100 fl y at the 2011 YMCA Nationals ... two-time scholastic All-Amer-ican ... Winter National Qualifi er ... high school swim coach was Jordan Bright ... swam club for YMCA of Florida’s First Coast coached by Shawn Delifus ... Florida Medallion scholar.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 39 ... has seven siblings ... nickname is Rome ... majoring in foreign area studies ... is an Eagle Scout ... hobbies are mo-torsports, outdoors, and incentivized learning ... favorite food is Italian cuisine ... favorite book is One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish ... favorite movie is The Dark Knight Rises ... person in history he’d most like to meet is Frank Sinatra ... credits club coach Shawn Delifus as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... favorite quote is: “Talent is God given. Be Humble. Fame is man-given. Be Grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be Careful.” ... son of David and Ruth Casias.

2011-12 Highlights: Third on the team in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving ... scored career-high 242.65 points in 1m at AF Diving Invite ... scored 184.73 points in 3m against Wyoming.

HIGH SCHOOL (Douglas S. Freeman): Gradu-ated with 4.2 GPA ...dove for Capitol Dive Club (CDC), coached by Erika Matheis and Eliot Clark.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 2 ... has two older brothers ... hobbies are mountain biking, playing frisbee, hiking and hanging out with friends ... fa-vorite food is steak ... something most people don’t know about him is that he’s solved a Rubik’s cube in under a minute ... credits his mom as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... favorite athlete is Pat Tillman ... favorite quote: “There is no limit to the good you can do if you don’t care who gets the credit”- General George C. Marshall ... son of John and Tina Copeland.

Personal Bests100 Fly 51.38200 Fly 1:54.65100 Back 54.37

Personal Bests1m 242.653m 184.73


Meet The Falcons

Ryan

Dunne

So. • 6-0 • Free/Fly/IM

Bristow, VA

(Brentsville District)

Max

Evans-Nolan

So. • 5-9 • Distance Freestyle

New Berlin, WI

(Waukesha South)

2011-12 Highlights: Third-fastest swimmer in the 100 and 200 free on the team ... time of 1:39.16 in 200 free is 10th fastest in school his-tory ... also swam the 400 IM in a meet ... swam the opening leg of the fastest 800 free relay and anchored the 400 free relay group ... named freshman who contributed most to Air Force swimming.

HIGH SCHOOL (Brentsville District): Lettered four years in swimming ...four-time state champ ... helped lead Brenstville District to two state titles ... three-time team MVP ... is a state record holder ... scholastic All-American ... National Beta Club member ... high school swim coach was Ashleigh Krzywicki ... swam club for the Curl Burke Swim Club, coached by Jeremy Linn.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 16 ... has two older sisters ... hobbies are Xbox, paintball and long walks on the beach ... favorite food is Chipotle ... favorite book is The Last Lecture ... favorite movie is Warrior ... something most people don’t know about him is that he can solve a Rubik’s cube in under a min-ute ... credits his parents as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... favorite athlete is Erik Vendt ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be The Buried Life ... favorite quote is: “This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time.” ... son of Richard and Catherine Dunne.

2011-12 Highlights: Swam the fastest 1000 and 1650 free and second-fastest 500 free time on the team ... All-MPSF in 1650 free ... 1000 free time of 9:17.78 is fourth all-time at the Academy ... 1650 free time of 15:28.69 is also fourth.

HIGH SCHOOL (Waukesha South): Lettered four years in swimming ... all-city, all-area, all-conference and all-state consid-eration in the 200 and 500 free ... National Honor Society member ... National Society of High School Scholars ... high school swimming coach was Blaine Carl-son ... swam club for the Waukesha Express Swim Team, also coached by Blaine Carlson.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 38 ... has four siblings ... nickname is Simple Jack ... major is military history ... hobby is swimming ... favorite food is cheese burger with a salad ... favorite movie is The Avengers ... favorite book is Gods and Generals ... credits coach Clayton as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... has Lady Gaga and pop music on is iPod ... favorite athlete is Ryan Lochte ... favorite quote is: “There is nothing to fear but fear itself” Winston Churchill ... son of Jerry Nolan, step father Jim Gatzke and Eliesha Gatzke.

Personal Bests100 Free 45.41200 Free 1:39.16400 IM 4:22.09

Personal Bests500 Free 4:33.991000 Free 9:17.781650 Free 15:28.69


Meet The Falcons

Peter

Shelbourne

So. • 5-11 • Butterfl y

Charleston, SC

(Summerville)

Sam

Sloan

So. • 5-11 • Fly/Back/IM

Murfreesboro, TN

(Siegel)

2011-12 Highlights: Seventh on team in 200 fl y ... also swam the 100 fl y and 1000 free in competition ... swam fi fth-fastest 200 breast.

HIGH SCHOOL (Summerville): Lettered four years in swimming ... state champion in the 200 free and 200 fl y ... high school coach was Carolyn Keller ... swam club for South-ern Marlins Racing Team, coached by Dan McDonough.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 38 ... has fi ve siblings ... nickname is Hawt Sauce ... major is foreign area studies with a minor in Spanish ... hobbies are hiking and backpacking ... favorite food is Italian ... favorite movie is Incep-tion ... credits his parents as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... the most noteworthy thing about his hometown is that it’s known as the Holy city ... pre-race/meet rituals are sleeping and listening to music ... son of Brandt and Pam Shelbourne.

2011-12 Highlights: Second fastest 400 IM, third fastest 200 back and fourth fastest 200 fl y on team ... also swam the 100 back and 200 IM.

HIGH SCHOOL (Siegel): Lettered four years in swimming ... eight-time state fi nalist ... Junior Nationals qualifi er ... Academic All-American ... swam club for Nashville Aquatic Club, coached by John Morse.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 8 ... has two siblings ... nickname is Nu-wana ... hobbies are working on cars and woodworking ... favorite food is steak and potatoes ... favorite book is Where the Red Fern Grows ... favorite movie is Little Soldiers ... credits his father as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... favorite athlete is Michael Phelps ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Overhaulin ... favorite quote: “1$ 2013” ... regards Tennessee as the best state ever ... son of Kevin and Cathy Sloan.

Personal Bests100 Fly 54.84200 Fly 1:58.89

Personal Bests100 Back 54.26200 Back 1:52.04200 Fly 1:53.98200 IM 2:01.58400 IM 4:01.25


Meet The Falcons

Alex

Strom

So. • 6-1 • Distance Freestyle

Fort Walton Beach, FL

(Choctawhatchee)

Sam

Wieser

So. • 6-0 • Breaststroke/Medley

Las Vegas, NV

(Bonanza)

2011-12 Highlights: Swam the third fastest 1000 and 1650 free times on the team ... fourth fastest 500 free and fi fth-fastest 200 free ... Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL (Choctawhatchee): Lettered four years in swimming and two years in track ... All-American in the 200 and 500 free ... North-west Florida Daily news swimmer of the year in 2010 and 2008 ... graduated Summa cum Laude ... Grand Prize Science Fair winner ... Scholastic Athlete of the Year ... high school swimming coach was Jamie Garea ... swam club for Emerald Coach Swimming, coached by father Len Strom.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 40 ... has three younger sisters ... sister, Olivia, is a freshman at the Academy and on the swim team ... nickname is Jar Jar ... hobby is gaming ... favorite movie is Monty Python and the Holy Grail ... some-thing most people don’t know about him is that he used to pole vault ... credits his father as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be the Amazing Race ... has mostly classic rock on his iPod ... son of Len and Tracy Strom.

2011-12 Highlights: Third on team in 100 and 200 breast ... also third on team in 400 IM and fourth in 200 IM.

HIGH SCHOOL (Bonanza): Lettered four years in swimming ... placed third in the 200 IM at states twice and the 100 free once ... placed fourth in the 200 IM once and 100 breast twice at states ... graduated with a 3.9 grade-point average ... high school swimming coach was mother, Mary Wieser ... swam club for the Sandpipers, coached by Ron Aitken.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 20 ... has two older siblings ... nickname is Weezy ... major is economics ... hobbies are any and all sports ... favorite food is bacon ... favorite book is Ender’s Game ... favorite movie is Troy ... person in his-tory he’d like to meet is Teddy Roosevelt ... something most people don’t know about him is that he has the same interests in movies and music as most teen-age girls ... enjoys listening to Justin Bieber ... credits his parents as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career ... if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be The Real World ... favorite quote: “Don’t take life too seriously. You’ll never get out alive.” ... son of Daniel and Mary Wieser.

Personal Bests200 Free 1:42.26500 Free 4:35.891000 Free 9:28.201650 Free 15:54.27

Personal Bests100 Breast 57.80200 Breast 2:05.31200 IM 1:54.36400 IM 4:04.75


Meet The Falcons

George

Frank

Fr. • 6-1 • Utility

Jacksonville, FL

(Bolles School)

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in swimming...All-American...part of 2011-12 National Championship team...part of national record-setting 400 free relay...part of state record-setting 200 free relay...two-time team MVP...National Honors Society member...high school coach was Sergio Lopez...swam club for the Bolles School Sharks, also coached by Sergio Lopez...junior nationals champions and owned the state record in the 100 free for 13-14 year olds.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 40...has two older siblings...hobby is going to the beach...favorite food is Chipotle...favorite movie is Forrest Gump...person in history he’d like to meet is Benjamin Franklin...credits his sister as hav-ing the biggest infl uence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Lebron James...son of Jeff rey and Valerie Frank.

Robert

Graves

Fr. • 6-2 • Distance Freestyle

Brentwood, TN

(Brentwood)

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in swimming...beat USAFA teammate Kevin Jackson in the 500 free and was runner up to Jackson in the 200 free at the state championships...swam club for Excel Aquatics, coached by Mark Walker.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 31...mother is a USAFA graduate...both his parents are airline pilots...nickname is Robby...has three younger siblings...favorite food is apple pie...favorite movie is Endless Summer...credits Luke Her-line as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Matt Grevers...if he could be on any reality TV show it would be American Idol...son of Rob and Sandy Graves.

Michael

Barnosky

Fr. • 6-3 • Breaststroke/Medley

Cedaredge, CO

(Cedaredge)

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in swimming...All-American...Scholastic All-American...National Honors Society member...high school swimming coach was Silas Almgren...swam club for the Montrose Marlins, also coached by Silas Almgren.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 38...owns private pilot license and is also a hot air balloon pilot...hobbies are fl ying and swimming...favorite foods are pasta and steak...favorite movie is Prometheous...person in history he’d like to meet is Neil Armstrong...credits his dad as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career...pre-race/meet ritual is to play Holding for a Hero by Bonnie Tyler...favorite quote: “To give anything less that your best, is to sacrifi ce the gift.”...son of Joseph and Susan Barnosky.

Kyle

Castro

Fr. • 6-0 • Butterfl y/Freestyle

Vacaville, CA

(Vacaville)

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in swimming...holds school records in the 200 free and 100 fl y...California Scholastic Federation lifetime member...gradu-ated with high honors...high school swimming coach was David Van Buskirk...swam club for Vacaville Swim Team, coached by Darin Mai and Andy Wedaman.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 10...both his parents are retired Air Force offi cers...has two siblings...hobby is going to the movies...favorite movie is Inception...person in history he’d like to meet is Abraham Lincoln...something most people don’t know about his is that he’s an Eagle Scout...favorite athlete is Jason Lezak...pre-meet/race rituals are to eat and listen to music...favorite quote: “It’s not what you’re looking at but what you see.” - Henry David Thoreau...son of David and Katherine Castro.


Meet The Falcons

Alex

Leighton

Fr. • 5-11 • Freestyle/Butterfl y

Tucson, AZ

(Salpointe Catholic)

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years in swimming...Arizona state champion in the butterfl y...school record-holder in the 100 fl y and 200 medley relay...on hon-or roll all four years...high school swimming coach was Matthew Hough...swam club for Tucson Ford Aquatics, coached by Johno Fergusson.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 39...mother, Crissy, won two gold med-als (4x100 medley relay and 4x100 freestyle relay) and silver in the 100 butterfl y at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...has a younger sibling...nickname is Leightron...favorite food is chicken salad sandwich...favorite movie is The Royal Tenenbaums...person in history he’d like to meet is Ernest Hemingway...credits his mom as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Brian Wilson because of his beard...pre-race/meet ritual is listening to very, very loud music...if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Top Gear...favorite quote: “To give anything less that your best is to sacrifi ce the gift.” -- Steve Prefon-taine...son of Charlie and Crissy Leighton.

Kevin

Mitchell

Fr. • 6-1 • Fly/Free/IM

London, England

(TASIS: The American School in England)

HIGH SCHOOL: Swam club for Bracknell & Workingham Swim Club, coached by Nigel Willis...team captain as a senior...Junior Nationals qualifi er...10 time British National qualifi er.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 31...greatest moment in sports is swim-ming the English Channel and setting the three-person channel swimming world record...has two younger siblings...hobbies are photography, hiking, play-ing FIFA soccer...favorite food is Chicken Tika Marsala...favorite movie is Gladi-ator...person in history he’d like to meet is Ronald Reagan...enjoys listening to Blink 182...son of Russ and Susan Mitchell.

Kevin

Jackson

Fr. • 6-0 • Freestyle/Medley

Memphis, TN

(Germantown)

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in swimming...All-American in 500 free...school record-holder in 200 and 500 free...top fi ve swimmer in 500 free all four years...beat USAFA teammate Robert Graves in the 200 free and was runner up to Graves in the 500 free at the state championships...Scholastic All-American...French National Honors Society...Third place winner of Battle of the Brains Sci-ence Competition...high school swimming coach was Scott Robinson...swam club for Germantown Swim Team, also coached by Scott Robinson...national qualifi er.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 15...has a younger sister...hobby is sleeping...favorite food is Chipotle burritos...favorite movie is The Hangover...most noteworthy thing about his hometown is that its the home of Justin Tim-berlake and Elvis...pre-race/meet ritual is listening to music...son of Richard and Karen Jackson.

Sean

Ledford

Fr. • 5-10 • Fly/IM/Back

Sebastian River, FL

(Sebastian River)

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years in swimming...team captain and team MVP...owns three school records (100, fl y, 100 back, 200 IM)...graduated in top 10 percent of class...Gilliam academic award recipient...high school swimming coach was Scott Barlow...swam club for Treasure Coast Swimming Conquista-dors, also coached by Scott Barlow.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 29...has three younger brothers...hob-bies are paintball, scuba diving and swimming...favorite food is brisket...favorite movie is The Avengers...something most people don’t know about him is that he has two extra ribs...credits his father as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career...favorite athlete is Brenden Hansen...pre-race/meet rituals are deep breathing, loosening up and visualizing...favorite quote: “Suff er now and live the rest of your life a champion.”...son of Patrick and Carolyn Ledford.


Meet The Falcons

Dominic

Vallejo

Fr. • 5-11 • Diving

Laguna Hills, CA

(Laguna Hills)

Notable: Began diving in 2010 after graduating from high school.

Saddleback College: California State Diving Champion in 2010 after winning 1m and 3m diving at the California Community College Athletic Association Swimming and Diving Championships...went undefeated during his time at Sad-dleback...also dove for Crown Valley Divers club team, coached by Curt Wilson.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered three years in wrestling...was runner-up in CIF wres-tling championships.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 11...has a sister...nickname is Dom...hobbies are snowboarding and mountain biking...favorite food is chocolate...favorite movie is American History X...credits his father as having the biggest infl uence on his sports career...son of Bob and Doris Vallejo.

Nate

Zillweger


Phoenix, AZ

(Willow Canyon)

HIGH SCHOOL: High school diving coach was Melynda Fenn...dove for AZ Heat, coached by Jeff Kunselman.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 38...has two siblings...nicknames are Z, Zilly, Ziggy and Taterz...major is aeronautical engineering...future plans are to be-come a pilot or engineer... son of Cliff and Mary Zillweger.

Jaron

Swinburn


Rancho Cucamonga, CA

(Rancho Cucamonga)

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered one year in swimming and diving...Diver of the year, scholar athlete, placed 11th at California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Cham-pionships.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 24...has three siblings...hobbies are snowboarding and skateboarding...favorite food is Nutter Butter...favorite movie is V for Vendetta...favorite book is Slaughterhouse Five...if he could be on any reality TV show, it would be Fear Factor... Favorite quote:“Tough times don’t last. Tough people do”...son of Michael and Barbara Swinburn.

Aaron

Tipton

Fr. • 5-11 • Beast/Free/Fly

Mansfi eld, TX

(Mansfi eld)

2011-12: Attended the USAFA Prep school and swam club for the Falfi ns Swim Club, coached by Mike Stromberg.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered four years in swimming...All-American...high school swimming coach was Cody Huckabay...swam club for Mansfi eld Aquatic Club, coached by Cody Huckabay.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 29...has two younger siblings...hobby is cooking...favorite food is barbeque...favorite movie is 300...something most people don’t know about him is that he has a private pilots license...pre-race/meet ritual is to eat pizza the night before...has country, rock and hip hop on his iPod...son of Craig and Dana Tipton.

Matt

Walls

Fr. • 6-1 • Backstroke/Freestyle

Ellicott City, MD

(Chapelgate Christian)

HIGH SCHOOL: Swam club for Retriever Aquatic Club, coached by Chris Gi-beau...set club team record in 100 and 200 back...multiple state, zone and region winner...won the New England Senior Championship winner in the 200 back.

PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 18...nickname is Matt...has a younger brother...hobbies are cooking, rock climbing and archery...favorite foods are chocolate donuts, buff alo chicken pizza and zebra cakes...favorite movie is Mon-ty Python and the Holy Grail...person in history he’d like to meet is George Wash-ington...favorite athlete is Aaron Piersol...pre-race/meet rituals are kicking every-thing out of his mind and just relax all his muscles...favorite quote: “The harder the conquest, the more glorious the triumph.”...son of Stephen and Linda Walls.


2011-12 Season Recap

2011-12 Season RecapDate Opponent/Meet Place/Score 10/9 at Colorado Mesa^ W, 263-91 vs. Utah^ L, 164-19010/28 ADAMS STATE W, 170-34 COLORADO COLLEGE W, 164-73 COLORADO MESA W, 138.50-92.50 COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES W, 155-7811/4 vs. Seattle W, 118.50-86.50 at Pacifi c W, 118-8711/5 at Pacifi c L, 96-166 vs. Seattle W, 136-126 vs. Cal State Bakersfi eld L, 108.50-153.5011/10 UTAH L, 142-15811/11 at Wyoming L, 109.5-190.511/17-19 Arena Invite % 5th, 546 pts1/13 BYU L, 120-1801/20 WYOMING L, 127-1731/21 DENVER L, 90-1531/28 at UNLV L, 91-1472/15-18 MPSF Championhips # 6th, 265 pts

^ Intermountain Shootout - Grand Junction, Colo.% Arena Invitational - Long Beach, Calif.! In Denver, Colo.# MPSF Championships - Los Angeles, Calif.

Record: 8-9MPSF Championships Finish: 6th, 265 pts

Men’s Swimming & Diving MVP - Corydon ButlerSenior Corydon Butler is Air Force men’s swim-ming & diving team MVP. Butler capped off a stellar four-year career by earning All-Mountain Pacifi c Sports Federation in a team-leading three events. Butler was AFA’s lone fi rst-team all-conference recipient, earning the honor in the 500 yard freestyle, where he was the MPSF runner-up. Butler also earned second-team All-MPSF in the 200 free and the 1650 free. Butler leaves the Academy ranking in the school’s top 10 list in four events.

Team Awards

Team Most Inspirational

Cody Deacon - Sr.

Senior who Contributed Most to Air Force

Swimming

Cody Deacon

Junior who Contributed Most to Air Force

Swimming

Ryan Brigman

Sophomore who Contributed Most to Air

Force Swimming

Angus MacDonald

Freshman who Contributed Most to Air

Force Swimming

Ryan Dunne

All-MPSF

1st Team

Corydon Butler - 500 free

2nd Team

Corydon Butler - 200, 1650 freeCody Deacon - 100 breastMax Evans-Nolan - 1650 freeAlex Pecci - Platform diving

MPSF All-Academic

Sr. Cody Deacon****Jr. Brent White***So. Angus MacDonald**So. Alex Pecci**So. Jonathan Eng** Times all-academic

MW Scholar-Athlete

Sr. Cody DeaconFr. Sam Weiser

Capital One Academic All-America®

Cody Deacon - First Team At Large

Capital One Academic All-District

Cody Deacon - First Team At Large

Air Force Academy All-Time Top 10 Swims

Event/Time/Rank

200 Free*Corydon Butler 1:38.41 (5)*Tim Martinelli 1:39.13 (9)*Ryan Dunne 1:39.16 (10)

1000 FreeMax Evans-Nolan 9:17.78 split in 1650 free (4)*Corydon Butler 9:21.76 split in 1650 free (6)

100 BackAngus MacDonald 49.98 (6)

Additional Honors/Highlights

Cody Deacon - Olympic Trials Qualifi er, 100 Breast- 6 Top 10 swims- 5 Top 10 swims at MPSF Championships

Team MVP

Corydon Butler


Air Force Men’s Swimming History

The Falcon swimming program had its begin-nings in 1955 with the fi rst Air Force Academy class. The Academy in Colorado Springs was not yet built and the cadets attended school in Denver at Lowry AFB. Dr. M.M. MacKenzie was the fi rst head coach and compiled a 15-11 record during the fi rst four years. The Cadet Natatorium was completed in 1959 and the Falcons hosted their fi rst home meet that fall. The 1960s were an exciting decade for the Fal-cons as Air Force swimmers qualifi ed for the NCAA Championships eight out of 10 years. Capt. Paul Cle-land was head coach for three years, achieving a 25-10 record. Capt. Bob Nugent took over in 1963 and went 23-19 in a three-year stint. Backstroker Barry Beilinski became the swimming program’s fi rst All-American in 1963. In 1966, the NCAA brought the Division I championships to the Academy. Swimming World Magazine complimented the meet organization: “The Academy, nestled in an 18,000 acre site at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, matched its architec-tural grandeur with outstanding organizational effi -ciency to make the championships one of the great-est ever held.” Nugent and Colonel E.A. Rafalko, the Falcons’ athletic director and meet director, were commend-ed for their contributions, especially for securing electronic timing. Later, this proved that the equip-ment should be mandatory for all important meets. The “7,000 plus feet above sea level” conditions created comment and controversy as coaches pre-dicted and evaluated their swimmers’ performance at the high altitude. That year, breaststroker Steven Seigler was the swimming team’s second All-American. He repeated in 1967, the year Maj. Paul Arata began his tenure as head coach. The fi nal year of the 1960s was one of the highlight years of the decade as the Falcons were 19-0 in dual meets. One of the most exciting dual meets came against Colorado State. The meet came down to the last relay. If the Falcons won, they would win the meet by a point. The packed stands cheered Bob Nieman, Warren Flaherty, D.K. Martin and Bryan Rye to a victory and an NCAA qualify-ing time of 3:12.02 (fastest in the country up to that point) , four seconds ahead of the Rams. The Air Force team took nine to the NCAAs that year and the same relay team placed 10th, good for All-American status. Rye, a transfer from Colorado State, would go down in Falcon history after that year. In the meet versus the Rams, he won the 50 and 100 free and anchored the 400 free relay team with a 45.6 split,

one of the fastest splits in the country. Rye also beat CSU’s All-American sprinter, Dennis O’Connor, three times that day. After graduation, Rye fl ew helicop-ters and served in Vietnam where he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for a successful res-cue mission. Rye was killed in action in 1975 and posthumously promoted to the rank of Captain. The Most Valuable Swimmer Award is named in his honor and given each year at the Annual Individual Awards Banquet. In 1970, Nieman was an All-American in two events as he won the consolation heat in both the 100 and 200 freestyle at the NCAAs. A few years later, Nieman would become the Academy’s fi rst Olympi-an as he competed in the 1976 Games in modern pentathlon. He would qualify for the team again in 1980. The men entered the Western Athletic Confer-ence (WAC) in 1981 and a period of adjustment fol-lowed. The men had the depth to win dual meets as they were 4-0 in WAC contests that fi rst year but had a tough time at the WAC Championships. In 1981, John Sayre was the program’s fi rst WAC champion (200 IM) as he also qualifi ed for the NCAAs. Mike Brown qualifi ed for the Olympic trials in the 200 meter butterfl y, after placing ninth (2:03.71) at the NCAAs in 1984. Arata, after 16 years at the helm, retired after the 1983 season. His record was 188-10 for the men and 113-5-1 for the women, a combined total of 301-15-1, an unreal winning percentage of 95 per-cent. The men also had an undefeated home victory streak of 108, covering 16 years beginning in 1967. During Arata’s reign, there were six All-Americans in eight events and one national champion on the men’s team. On the women’s side there were six national champions in 12 events with 27 diff erent women achieving All-America honors in 112 diff er-ent events. Maj. Kelly Kemp was the next head coach and remained in that position until 1987. Maj. Jim Hogue took over in 1988, while Lt. Col. Mikki King returned to coach the diving team. The next few years were diving dominant, as Hogue was Division II coach of the year in both 1987 and 1988. In the fall of 1988, Keith “Casey” Converse began his fi rst year as head coach. In 1990, the Falcons beat WAC rivals BYU and Utah in home dual meets. That same year, Drew Whitting became the team’s second WAC champion by winning the 500 and 1,650 free and qualifying for the NCAAs. The 1991 WAC Championships saw the Falcons ascend to a second-place fi nish behind Utah, their highest WAC fi nish ever. The team gar-

nered four WAC individual titles, Whitting again in the 500 and 1650 free, Bucky MacLaughlin in the 50 free and Tony Bamsey in the 100 breaststroke. The team also won its fi rst-ever relay championship (200 free relay comprised of Bam-sey, MacLaughlin, Sheesley and Squires). For this remarkable fi nish, Converse was named WAC Coach of the Year. Whitting also became the fi rst All-American (HM) on the men’s team since 1975 as he placed 13th in both the 500 and the 1650 free at the NCAA Division I Champion-ships. The men continued to fare well, going 7-2 in dual meets in 1992 with Bamsey winning another WAC title (50 free). Joining him in the winner’s circle was Sam Chest-

nut (1650 free) as the Falcons placed fi fth at the WAC Championships. The following year brought an end to one great swimmer’s career but the beginning of another’s. Whitting won his third WAC title by win-ning a title in the 500 meter free. His time of 4:20.09 is still the WAC record. Freshman Matt Davis also won a WAC championship in the 400 IM as the men went 6-3 in dual meets. Davis continued his excellence, as the Falcons’ only WAC champion in 1994, repeating in the 400 IM. Jon Kalberer (distance freestyle) joined Davis on the All-WAC team. Davis won a total of three WAC championships during his career (400 IM in 1993 and 1994 and 200 fl y in 1995). The 1998-99 season saw Rob Clayton take over as head coach. He replaced Converse, who moved over to coach the women’s program full-time. The team continued to climb up the ranks in the confer-ence standings. After fi nishing 11-2 in dual meets, the team improved to a fi fth-place fi nish at the WAC Championships. With 11 dual wins, Air Force reached the double-fi gure mark in victories for the second consecutive year and only the second time since 1986. The eff ort at the WAC Championships was one of the best ever for the Falcons, with seven records being established, three of them in individ-ual events and four in relay events. In the fall of 1999, the Academy joined the Mountain West Conference as a founding institu-tion. Charlie Toth became the Academy’s fi rst MWC champion in any sport when he won the 100 free-style at the 2000 MWC Championships. Matt Ihlen-feld added an individual title in the 200 breast, as the team moved up again in the conference stand-ings to fi nish third. The highlight of the 2001 MWC Champion-ships was the team’s victory in the 200 medley re-lay. Paul Brehm, John Dayton, Nate Amidon and Toth brought home the title in record-setting time to claim the Academy’s fi rst relay championship in 10 years. Ihlenfeld swept the breaststroke events, establishing new MWC records of 54.70 and 1:58.67. The Falcons also sent two swimmers to the NCAA Championships (Toth and Ihlenfeld) for the fi rst time since 1995. At the 2002 MWC Championships, the Falcons won the 400 medley relay (Brehm, Dayton, Eric Pounds, Amidon) and Brehm won both the 100 and 200 backstroke. For the third consecutive year, the Falcons fi nished third at the MWC Championships. After a 12-2 season (3-1 in MWC) in 2002-03, the Falcons fi nished as conference runners-up at 2003 MWC Championships. It marked just the sec-ond time in Academy history that the program had fi nished this high. Brehm again led the eff ort, as he successfully defended his championship in the 200 backstroke. At the 2004 Championships, the Falcons re-peated as runners-up. This came on the heels of fi n-ishing the regular season with an 8-4 record in dual meets. Freshman Chris Knaute capped off a stellar rookie campaign by winning the 1650 free with a time of 15:28.21, then an MWC record and second-fastest mark in school history. As a sophomore, Knaute dominated the 2005 MWC Championships, winning the 500 and 1650 free and 400 IM. His accomplishments led to his be-ing named MWC Swimmer of the Year. He became the fi rst in the history of the program to receive Con-ference Swimmer of the Year Honors. Joining him on the All-MWC team were sophomore Justin Lapin and senior Evan Parr. In 2006, the Falcons took third place at the MWC Championships, setting four school records in the process. Knaute defended his titles in the 500

Bryan Rye

All-America, 1969


Air Force Men’s Swimming History

and 1650 free and 400 IM, while Paul Parmenter won the 200 IM and Brady Lindberg won the platform diving event. Stan Curnow was named co-diving coach of the year. Knaute also participated in the NCAAs, earning honorable mention All-America honors in the 400 IM and 500 free. Once again, the Falcons fi nished third in the MWC in 2007. Knaute was named the MWC Men’s Swimmer of the Year for the second time, winning two more conference titles in the 400 IM and 500 free. Parmenter and Lindberg defended their titles in the 200 IM and platform dive, respectively, while Rob Clayton was honored as the men’s swimming coach of the year. In addition, the 800 free relay team of Bryan Avery, T.J. Cowling, Parmenter and Knaute set a new school record, shattering the pre-vious mark by three seconds. Knaute went on to compete at the NCAA Championships for a second year. Knaute and Parmenter also competed at the U.S. Open, both qualifying for the Olympic Trials. The Falcons, who lost conference champi-ons Knaute, Lindberg and Parmenter, were forced to rebuild in 2008, but still fi nished fourth at the conference championships. Sophomore Kyle Van Valkenburg was the MWC champion in the platform

dive, giving the Falcons the title in the event for the third-straight season. In addition, Avery set a new school record in the 100 fl y, while he, fellow junior Justin Day and freshman Benjamin Gunn all earned qualifying marks for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. Air Force managed to put together one of its best-ever MWC Championship fi nishes in 2009, placing second behind UNLV. The Falcons claimed two individual titles, with Gunn winning the 200 IM in school-record fashion and Van Valkenburg de-fending his championship in the platform. In addi-tion, a total of eight school records (four individual, four relay) were set during the conference meet. Gunn led the way by turning in Academy-best marks in the 200 IM, 100 fl y and 200 fl y, while Day set the new standard in the 100 breast. The Falcons also set new school records in the 400 and 800 freestyle re-lays and the 200 and 400 medley relays. In 2010, the Falcons followed up the stellar 2009 season with another second-place fi nish at the MWC Championships. Gunn won his second 200 IM title, setting a new conference and school record. Gunn also set a school record in the 100 back. Nine individuals earned all-conference honors across 21 events. In addition, Clayton was named MWC Coach

of the Year for the third time in his career. In 2011, Air Force graduated a stellar senior class, led by Gunn. Gunn was the 200 fl y champion at the MW Championships, in addition to setting school records in the 100 fl y and 100 and 200 back events. Gunn also earned the MW Senior Recogni-tion award. In addition to Gunn, Corydon Butler and Paul Leonhardt earned all-MW honors. The 800 free relay group of Gunn, Leonhardt, Tim Martinelli and Butler also earned all-MW honors. In addition, se-nior Eric Robinson was named MW Scholar Athlete of the Year, becoming the third Falcon men’s swim-mer to earn the honor. The 2012 team made the jump to the Moun-tain Pacifi c Sports Federation, going 8-9 on the sea-son and fi nishing sixth at the championships. The Falcons had six all-conference swims, led by senior Corydon Butler. Butler earned fi rst-team honors in the 500 free and second-team in the 200 and 1650 free. Senior Cody Deacon qualifi ed for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200 breast and was also a First-team Academic All-American.

As with the Falcons’ swimming program, the Air Force diving team has also enjoyed enormous success over its history. Air Force has had a total of 16 fi rst-team All-Americans and three national champions (Division I and Division II) in just over four decades of compe-tition. The fi rst great diver in Academy history was Don McLean. A 1966 graduate, McLean was an All-American in 1965 and placed ninth in the nation on one-meter and 12th on three-meter. He was the fi rst Falcon diver to qualify for the NCAAs and earn All-America status. In the 1970s, the diving coach position was fi lled by Olympic diving coach Dick Smith, who began laying a solid foundation that would benefi t future Air Force divers. He was replaced in 1973 by Capt. Micki King, a springboard diving gold med-alist in the 1972 Olympic Games. Included in this era is Rick McAlister, one of the best athletes to ever attend the Academy. Coached by both Smith and King, McAlister is the most successful diver in Academy history. In 1974, he was the three-meter NCAA national champion and placed fourth on one-meter, single-handedly scoring 27 points as the Falcons placed 13th in the nation. A four-time All-American, he won fi ve national independent titles and took three second-place fi nishes on the one-meter board at the National AAUs. In 1976, Chuck Kennedy replaced King as the coach and a new era began as women entered the Academy. Janet Peterson, class of 1981, was the Academy’s fi rst female All-American in diving. She won the award eight times, twice each year on both boards, at the AIAW Division II National Champion-ships. Shawn Whitson, an ‘82 graduate and another outstanding diver, was a seven-time All-American. In 1982, Linda Telkamp became the fi rst female diver to claim a national title, winning the three-meter competition. Telkamp was also an eight-time All-American as the 1980s produced several diving legends including Nancy Burdick (‘83), a fi ve-time All-American. In 1983, Micki King returned to coach four more All-Americans. They were Tina Land-schultz (fi ve times), Dana Strong (three times), Pam Klein (one time) and Mary Rainaldi (one time). In 1990, King was replaced by Capt. Brian Shimel

and both had a hand in coaching the strongest duo of woman divers in the history of the Acad-emy, Kim Dornburg and Dawn Dishner. Dornburg, a six-time All-American, was national champion on one-meter and three-meter in 1988 and again won the one-meter title in 1991. Dishner, a seven-time All-American, was the three-meter national cham-pion in 1989. Dornburg won the Academy’s Most Valuable Swimmer/Diver award three times, while Dishner won it twice. Only one other women’s swimmer or diver (Patty Martinez) has ever won the award more than twice. In addition to the success of the women divers, the men also fi elded strong competitors. Jeff Faley qualifi ed for the NCAAs in 1987 on both boards. In 1991, another great Academy diver, Bo Bloomer, became Air Force’s fi rst WAC champion diver by winning the three-meter competition.In 1992, Stan Curnow took over the diving reins. In his tenure at the Academy, he has produced sev-eral female All-Americans. In his fi rst year, Sarah Saxer, class of 1993, earned All-American honors on both boards while Rebecca Currie was an All-American in the three-meter. The two repeated as All-Americans in 1993. With Saxer gone, Casey Cor-nish earned honorable mention on both boards in 1994 while Currie fi nished out her career with her fi rst top-eight fi nish in one-meter. In 1995, three women earned honorable mention All-American honors and helped the Falcons to the Division II national championship. They were Lauren Eckert, Cornish and Dawn McCown. Cornish, fi nishing out a brilliant career, was the only Falcon to score on both boards at the 1996 NCAAs, a year that brought another national championship to Air Force. Sophomore Elly Bunzendahl became the pro-gram’s fi rst fi rst-team All-American since Currie in 1993 when she earned the honor by placing sev-enth in the three-meter. As the Academy’s diving program forges ahead in the new millenium, a commitment to improve on both the men’s and women’s side has been evident. In their fi nal season competing in the WAC, the divers contributed to Air Force’s fi fth-place fi nish. Doug Hulse added a top-eight fi nish on the platform while Jim Marion placed in the one-meter.

After their strong showing at the WAC, the divers went on to record impressive performances at the NCAA Zone E Championships. Marion and Hulse each placed in two events while Dave Deve-mark placed in the platform competition. In 2002, Sarah Law won the one- and three-meter diving titles at the 2002 Mountain West Conference Swimming and Diving Championships. Law, who was also named the Diver of the Year, is a repeat winner in the one-meter. The four-time conference diving champion was also awarded with the conference’s senior recognition award for excellence in and out of the pool. Jessica Williams won the 2002 MWC platform title. She also holds the conference record on platform (384.55). In 2004, Ben Chapman earned a trip to the NCAA Zone E Diving Regionals with his win in the three-meter dive at the AFA Diving Invitational. The 2005-06 season was a solid year for Fal-con diving, as junior Brady Lindberg was the con-ference champion in the men’s platform diving. Sophomore Danielle Dowds was the lone fi rst-team all-conference selection on the women’s team, earning the honors in the platform diving and coach Stan Curnow was named co-diving coach of the year. Lindberg then defended his conference title in the platform dive in 2007, winning the event for a second time, while freshman David Arlington garned All-MWC honors at three-meters. Despite the graduation of Lindberg, the strength of the diving program remained evident in 2008, as Kyle Van Valkenburg was the lone con-ference champion for the Falcons, winning the men’s platform dive. The sophomore’s title marked the third straight year that an Air Force diver had won the event. Meanwhile, Dowds earned All-MWC honors once again in the platform dive. In 2009, the Falcons’ success on the platform continued, with Van Valkenburg defending his title, while junior Chelsea Tompkins earned all-confer-ence honors on the women’s platform. In addi-tion, Van Valkenburg posted all-conference honors on the three-meter springboard, while Arlington added an all-conference performance on the one-meter board.

Air Force Diving Program Has Rich History


Honors & Awards

Team MVP

(Sponsored by the family of

Captain Bryan Rye, Class of ‘71)

1969 Bob Nieman1970 Bob Nieman1971 Bruce Fisher1972 Jim Thompson1973 Rick McAlister, Diver1974 Rick McAlister, Diver1975 Rick McAlister, Diver1976 Frank Snyder1977 Frank Snyder1978 Doug Poorman1979 Steve Waters1980 Steve Waters1981 John Sayre1982 John Sayre1983 Garrett Thompson1984 Garrett Thompson1985 James Boegman1986 James Boegman1987 Tom McGinnis1988 Bucky MacLaughlin1989 Bucky MacLaughlin1990 Drew Whitting1991 Drew Whitting1992 Sam Chesnut1993 Matt Davis1994 Matt Davis1995 Matt Davis1996 Jon Kalberer1997 Matt Davis1998 Tim Paschke1999 Cody Rasmussen2000 Charlie Toth2001 Charlie Toth2002 Paul Brehm2003 Paul Brehm2004 Chris Knaute2005 Chris Knaute2006 Chris Knaute2007 Chris Knaute2008 Bryan Avery2009 Benjamin Gunn2010 Benjamin Gunn2011 Benjamin Gunn2012 Corydon Butler

Diving National Champions

Rick McAlister 1974 Three-meters

Swimming All-Americans

Barry Bielinski 1963 100 BackstrokeStephen Seigler 1966 200 Breaststroke 1967 200 BreaststrokeWarren Flaherty 1969 400 Freestyle RelayDouglas Martin 1969 400 Freestyle RelayBob Nieman 1969 400 Freestyle Relay 1970 100 Freestyle 1970 200 FreestyleBryan Rye 1969 400 Freestyle Relay

Drew Whitting 1993 500 FreestyleMatt Davis 1995 200 Butterfl yChris Knaute

2006 400 IM 2006 500 Freestyle

Diving All-Americans

Daniel McLean 1965 One-meter 1965 Three-metersRick McAlister 1973 Three-meters 1974 One-meter 1974 Three-meters 1975 One-meter

U.S. Olympic Trials

Drew Whitting 1992 400 Freestyle 2000 1,500 FreestyleMatt Davis 1996 200 Butterfl yMatt Horner 2000 200 BackstrokeMatt Ihlenfeld 2000 100 Breaststroke 2000 200 BreaststrokeCharlie Toth 2000 50 Freestyle 2000 100 FreestyleBryan Avery 2008 100 Butterfl yJustin Day 2008 100 BreaststrokeBenjamin Gunn 2008 100 Butterfl yChris Knaute 2008 200 IM 2008 400 IMPaul Parmenter 2008 100 Backstroke 2008 100 Butterfl y 2008 200 IM

U.S. World Championships Trials

Chris Knaute 2005 200 Freestyle 2005 400 Freestyle

Olympic Team

Bob Nieman 1976 Modern Pentathlon 1980 Modern Pentathlon, fencing 1988 Modern PentathlonEli Bremer 2008 Modern Pentathlon

WAC Swimming Coach of the Year

Casey Converse, 1991

MWC Swimming Coach of the Year

Rob Clayton, 2007, 2010

MWC Diving Coach of the Year

Stan Curnow, 2001, 2002, 2006

MWC Men’s Swimmer of the Year

Chris Knaute, 2005, 2007

Conference Champions**

John Sayre 1981 200 IM 1982 200 IMTony Bamsey 1991 100 Breaststroke 1992 50 FreestyleBo Bloomer 1991 Three-meters

Bucky MacLauglin 1991 50 Free 1992 50 FreeDrew Whitting 1991 500 Free 1991 1,650 Free 1993 500 FreeBamsey, MacLaughlin, Sheesley, Squires 2001 200 Medley RelaySam Chesnut 1992 1,650 FreestyleMatt Davis 1993 400 IM 1994 400 IM 1995 200 Butterfl yMatt Ihlenfeld 2000 200 Breast 2001 100 Breast 2001 200 BreastCharlie Toth 2000 100 FreeBrehm, Dayton, Amidon, Toth 2001 200 Medley RelayPaul Brehm 2002 100 Backstroke 2002 200 Backstroke 2003 200 BackstrokeBrehm, Dayton, Pounds, Amidon 2002 400 Medley RelayChris Knaute 2004 1650 Free 2005 1650 Free 2005 500 Free 2005 400 IM 2006 1650 Free 2006 500 Free 2006 400 IM 2007 500 Free 2007 400 IMBrady Lindberg 2006 Platform Diving 2007 Platform DivingPaul Parmenter 2006 200 IM 2007 200 IMKyle Van Valkenburg 2008 Platform Diving 2009 Platform DivingBenjamin Gunn 2009 200 IM 2010 200 IM 2011 200 Fly

** Western Athletic Conference (1981-1999)Mountain West Conference (2000-11)Mountian Pacifi c Sports Federation (2011-Present)

MWC Senior Recognition Award

Matt Horner, 2002Paul Brehm, 2004Matt Karmondy, 2006Chris Knaute, 2007Benjamin Gunn, 2011

MWC 10th-Anniversary Team

Chris Knaute

MWC Scholar-Athlete of the Year

John Dayton, 2003Matt Karmondy, 2006Eric Robinson, 2011

NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Bill Lauritzen, 1973Shawn Whitson, 1982


Honors & Awards/Dual W-L

Charlie Toth, 2001John Dayton, 2003Matt Karmondy, 2006Eric Robinson, 2011

ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA

Academic All-American

John Dayton, 2003Eric Robinson, 2010Cody Deacon, 2012

College Swimming Coaches

Association of America (CSCAA)

Scholar All-American

John Dayton, 2000-03Tim Paschke, 2000Charlie Toth, 2000Paul Brehm, 2001Paul Parmenter, 2007Eric Robinson, 2009 (honorable mention)Eric Robinson, 2010Cody Deacon 2010Eric Robinson, 2011

Academy Awards

Athletic Leadership 1960 Derry Adamson 1968 John Graham 1969 Chris CurtisScholar Athlete 1966 Ronald Grabe 1967 Gary Reid 1979 Frank Synder 1980 Dirk Jordan 2003 John Dayton 2006 Matt Karmondy 2011 Eric RobinsonAthletic Excellence 1975 Rick McAlister 2001 Charlie Toth 2007 Chris KnauteOutstanding Athletic Achievement 2006 Chris Knaute

Rhodes Scholar

Ken Davison, 1984

Mountain West Conference

Scholar-Athlete

John Dayton, 2003Matt Karmondy, 2003-06Rory Peterson, 2003-04Matt Sievers, 2004-07Spencer Liedl, 2005-08Paul Gannett, 2007Eric Robinson, 2008-11Johnathan Cox, 2009Cody Deacon, 2009-12Sam Wieser, 2012

Academic All-Conference

Andrew Badgett (1999, 00)James Bales (1998, 99, 00, 01)Andrew Bergman (2004, 05, 06, 07)Casey Bowen (2001, 02, 03, 04)Paul Brehm (2001, 02, 03, 04)Spencer Butt (2006, 08, 09)Ben Chapman (2001, 04)Peter Cialkowski (2011)T.J. Cowling (2005, 06, 07)Johnathan Cox (2009)John Dayton (2000, 01, 02, 03)Cody Deacon (2009, 10, 11, 12)Dave Devemark (1997)Matt Dunker (1997)

Matt Durkin (1995, 96, 97)Dave Dutcher (1995, 96)Nathan Erickson (2009)Jonathan Eng (2012)John Fitzsimmons (1991, 92)Mike Foster (1997, 98, 99)Steve Frank (1994)Paul Gannett (2007)Nathaniel Gilbert (2008, 09, 10, 11)Nathan Glandon (2008)Benjamin Gunn (2011)Josh Hammervold (2008)Tom Hansen (2008, 09, 11)Andrew Hauff e (2006)Justin Hauff e (2004)Marshall Haylett (2000, 01, 02)Matt Horner (2000, 01, 02)Scott Hudson (1997, 98, 99)Matt Ihlenfeld (2000, 01)Matt Karmondy (2003, 04, 05, 06)Greg Kraus (1995)Coby Leslie (1996)Spencer Liedl (2005, 06, 07, 08)Brady Lindberg (2007)Sean Londrigan (1991, 92)Rolf Lundemark (1993, 95)Angus MacDonald (2012)James Marion (2000)James McCroan (2001, 02)Karl Mohrmann (2008, 09)McKay Morgan (2000)Chris Morin (2007, 08)Ryan Moss (2004, 05, 06, 07)John Olson (2000)Paul Parmenter (2004, 05, 06. 07)Evan Parr (2002, 03, 04, 05)Tim Paschke (1998, 99, 00)Eric Patten (1991)Alex Pecci (2011, 12)Scott Percival (1998, 99, 00, 01)Rory Peterson (2001, 02, 03, 04)Mason Phelps (2001, 02, 03, 04)Eric Pounds (2001, 02, 03, 04)Cody Rasmussen (1997, 98, 99)Beau Reibe (2010)Eric Robinson (2008, 09, 10, 11)Nate Rump (1991)Matt Shipstead (1998, 99, 00)Matt Sievers (2004, 05, 06, 07)Tim Songster (1992, 93)Race Steinfort (2000, 01, 02)Andrew Stolee (2001)Shawn Strabley (2001)Derek Tharaldson (1997)Charlie Toth (2000, 01)Nick Uzelac (2005, 06, 07)Patrick Vandam (2003)Kyle Van Valkenburg (2008, 09, 10)Mike Vetter (1991, 92)Brent White (2010, 11, 12)Layne Wilson (2006, 07, 08)Paul Young (2010, 11)

Men’s Swimming & Diving

Men’s Dual Records

Year W L Coach 1957 3 4 Dr. M.M. MacKenzie1958 4 5 Dr. M.M. MacKenzie1959 8 2 Dr. M.M. MacKenzie 1960 10 1 Capt. Paul Cleland1961 9 3 Capt. Paul Cleland1962 6 6 Capt. Paul Cleland 1963 5 6 Capt. Bob Nugent1964 5 6 Capt. Bob Nugent1965 7 2 Capt. Bob Nugent1966 6 5 Capt. Bob Nugent 1967 6 7 Capt. Paul Arata1968 12 1 Capt. Paul Arata1969 19 0 Maj. Paul Arata1970 12 0 Maj. Paul Arata1971 13 1 Maj. Paul Arata1972 13 3 Maj. Paul Aehnlich 1973 12 0 Maj. Paul Arata1974 11 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata1975 12 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata1976 6 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata1977 10 1 Lt. Col. Paul Arata1978 9 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata1979 12 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata1980 13 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata1981 13 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata1982 13 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata1983 15 0 Lt. Col. Paul Arata 1984 14 2 Capt. Kelly Kemp1985 13 5 Capt. Kelly Kemp1986 12 4 Maj. Kelly Kemp 1987 4 5 Capt. Jim Hogue1988 6 3 Maj. Jim Hogue 1989 7 3 Casey Converse1990 9 3 Casey Converse1991 9 4 Casey Converse1992 7 2 Casey Converse1993 6 3 Casey Converse1994 5 5 Casey Converse1995 7 5 Casey Converse1996 6 4 Casey Converse1997 3 6 Casey Converse 1998 10 1* Casey Converse 1999 11 2 Rob Clayton 2000 8 3 Rob Clayton2001 9 4 Rob Clayton2002 6 4 Rob Clayton2003 12 2 Rob Clayton2004 8 4 Rob Clayton2005 13 7 Rob Clayton2006 8 4* Rob Clayton2007 13 3 Rob Clayton2008 4 7 Rob Clayton2009 7 12 Rob Clayton2010 3 4 Rob Clayton2011 11 6 Rob Clayton2012 8 9 Rob Clayton 503-179-2 (73.7 % winning percentage)* season record includes a tie


Air Force Top 10

50 Free

1. Charlie Toth (‘01) 19.99 20012. Trevor Kildare (‘97) 20.17 19953. Bucky MacLaughlin (‘91) 20.28 19914. John Dayton (‘03) 20.32 20015. Tim Paschke (‘00) 20.37 19986. Robert Dawson (‘11) 20.44 20097. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 20.51 20108. Tyler Paige (‘01) 20.58 20009. Tony Bamsey (‘92) 20.61 199210. Chris Morin (‘10) 20.63 2010

100 Free

1. Charlie Toth (‘01) 43.79 20012. Bucky MacLaughlin (‘91) 44.50 19913. Tim Paschke (‘00) 44.67 19984. Robert Dawson (‘11) 44.73 20105. Micah Newmann (‘14) 44.84 20116. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 44.90 20107. Tim Martinelli (‘13) 45.16 2012

8. John Dayton (‘03) 45.17 20029. Tyler Paige (‘01) 45.21 199910. Chris Morin (‘10) 45.24 2010

200 Free

1. Chris Knaute (‘07) 1:36.98 20062. Bryan Avery (‘09) 1:37.22 20083. Drew Whitting (‘93) 1:37.49 19934. Sean O’Keefe (‘10) 1:37.51 20095. Corydon Butler (‘12) 1:38.41 20126. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 1:38.90 20117. Eric Robinson (‘11) 1:38.98 20098. Paul Leonhardt (‘14) 1:39.12 20109. Tim Martinelli (‘13) 1:39.13 2012

10. Ryan Dunne (‘15) 1:39.16 2012

500 Free

1. Chris Knaute (‘07) 4:20.00 20062. Drew Whitting (‘93) 4:20.09$ 19933. Sean O’Keefe (‘10) 4:24.80 20094. Corydon Butler (‘12) 4:25.14 20125. Tom Hansen (‘11) 4:26.70 20096. Jon Kalberer (‘96) 4:29.07 19947. Sam Chesnut (‘92) 4:29.10 19918. Bryan Avery (‘09) 4:31.26 20079. Steve Sharpe (‘91) 4:31.45 199110. Brian Smith (‘81) 4:31.46 1978 1,000 Free

1. Drew Whitting (‘93) 9:07.72 19912. Chris Knaute (‘07) 9:11.98 20063. Sean O’Keefe (‘10) 9:15.14 20094. Max Evans-Nolan (‘15) 9:17.78$ 2011

5. Sam Chesnut (‘92) 9:19.24 19916. Corydon Butler (‘12) 9:21.76$ 20127. James Boegman (‘86) 9:26.53 19868. Tom Hansen (‘11) 9:29.80 20099. Matt Karmondy (‘06) 9:31.02 200610. James McCroan (‘03) 9:33.55 2000

1,650 Free

1. Chris Knaute (‘07) 15:09.15 20052. Drew Whitting (‘93) 15:10.13 19913. Sean O’Keefe (‘10) 15:24.41 20094. Max Evans-Nolan (‘15) 15:28.69 2011

5. Sam Chesnut (‘92) 15:30.33 19916. Corydon Butler (‘12) 15:31.09 20107. James Boegman (‘86) 15:39.85 19858. Matt Karmondy (06) 15:41.03 20069. Steve Sharpe (‘91) 15:43.32 199110. Tom Hansen (‘11) 15:46.60 2008

200 Individual Medley

1. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 1:47.22 20102. Paul Parmenter (‘07) 1:48.72 20063. Nick Burton (‘07) 1:48.87 20064. Matt Davis (‘97) 1:49.07 19975. Chris Morin (‘10) 1:49.58 20106. Cody Rasmussen (‘99) 1:49.68 19997. Paul Leonhardt (‘14) 1:49.78 20108. Chris Knaute (‘07) 1:49.86 20069. Justin Lapin (‘07) 1:49.98 200510. Spencer Liedl (‘08) 1:50.44 2008


1. Chris Knaute (‘07) 3:48.98 20062. Matt Davis (‘97) 3:51.82 19943. Justin Lapin (‘07) 3:53.52 20064. Drew Whitting (‘93) 3:56.44 19915. Paul Parmenter (‘07) 3:57.45 20066. Matt Horner (‘02) 3:57.64 20017. Cody Rasmussen (‘99) 3:57.72 19998. Tom Hansen (‘11) 3:58.15 20109. Eric Robinson (‘11) 3:58.54 201010. Josh Finch (‘01) 3:58.80 1999

100 Fly

1. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 47.64 20112. Chris Morin (‘10) 48.08 20093. Bryan Avery (‘09) 48.38 20084. Nick Burton (‘07) 48.90 20065. Eric Pounds (‘04) 48.91 20036. Paul Leonhardt (‘14) 49.13 20117. Matt Millikin (‘13) 49.18 2011

8. Robert Dawson (‘11) 49.23 20099. Bucky MacLaughlin (‘91) 49.29 199110. Charles Lebeau (‘06) 49.30 2004

200 Fly

1. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 1:45.57 20102. Matt Davis (‘97) 1:46.71 19943. Cody Rasmussen (‘99) 1:47.06 19994. Mike Brown (‘86) 1:47.65 19845. Eric Pounds (‘04) 1:48.14 20036. Nick Dixon (‘09) 1:48.81 20097. Paul Leonhardt (‘14) 1:48.97 20118. Chris Knaute (‘07) 1:49.31 20079. Eric Robinson (‘11) 1:49.51 200910. Paul Parmenter (‘07) 1:49.71 2006

100 Back

1. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 48.13 20112. Paul Brehm (‘04) 48.85 20033. Kai Yamashiro (‘09) 49.37 20094. Matt Millikin (‘13) 49.45 2011

5. Charles Lebeau (‘06) 49.76 20036. Angus MacDonald (‘14) 49.98 2012

7. Evan Parr (‘05) 50.16 20058. Justin Lapin (‘07) 50.36 20079. Paul Young (‘13) 50.48 201110. Lance Bohlman (‘94) 50.59 1992

200 Back

1. Benjamin Gunn (‘11) 1:45.60 20112. Paul Brehm (‘04) 1:46.27 20033. Kai Yamashiro (‘09) 1:46.44 20094. Matt Horner (‘02) 1:47.19 20015. Justin Lapin (‘07) 1:47.21 20066. Matt Millikin (‘13) 1:47.93 2011

7. Paul Young (‘13) 1:48.05 20108. Angus MacDonald (‘14) 1:48.36 2011

9. Tom Hansen (‘11) 1:48.49 200910. Race Steinfort (‘02) 1:49.39 2001

100 Breast

1. Justin Day (‘09) 53.87 20092. Matt Ihlenfeld (‘01) 54.70 20013. John Dayton (‘03) 54.98 20034. Cody Deacon (‘12) 55.37 20115. Josh Hammervold (‘11) 55.54 20096. Greg Edmonds (‘10) 55.76 20107. Shanon Anderson (‘99) 55.93 19998. Kaleb Jenkins (‘13) 56.23 2011

9. Andrew Bergman (‘07) 56.49 200710. Chris Morin (‘10) 56.52 2009

200 Breast

1. Matt Ihlenfeld (‘01) 1:58.67 20012. Cody Deacon (‘12) 2:00.90 20113. Josh Hammervold (‘11) 2:01.13 20104. Greg Edmonds (‘10) 2:01.85 20105. Shanon Anderson (‘99) 2:02.20 19996. Justin Day (‘09) 2:02.46 20097. John Dayton (‘03) 2:02.60 20018. Nick Burton (‘07) 2:02.62 20069. Ellis Eaton (‘93) 2:03.78 199210. Spencer Butt (‘09) 2:03.80 2008

200 Free Relay

1:20.94 (1999 - Paschke, Nguyen, Toth, Paige)

400 Free Relay

2:58.63 (2009 - Morin, O’Keefe, Gunn, Dawson)

800 Free Relay

6:32.32 (2009 - Hansen, O’Keefe, Robinson, Gunn)

200 Medley Relay

1:28.68 (2009 - Yamashiro, Day, Morin, Dawson)

400 Medley Relay

3:15.01 (2009 - Yamashiro, Day, Gunn, Dawson)

(updated 10/5/12)


Service Academy Top 10

50 Freestyle

1. Noah White Navy 19.74 20042. Charlie Toth Air Force 19.99 2001

3. Mike Linn Navy 20.04 20054. Clinton Cornell Navy 20.07 20015. Joe Novak Army 20.12 19986. Joseph Smutz Navy 20.13 20067. Coll Haddon Army 20.17 1987 Trevor Kildare Air Force 20.17 1995

9. Terrence Fenningham Navy 20.25 200410. Bucky MacLaughlin Air Force 20.28 1991

Alex Oldenkamp Navy 20.28 2009 100 Freestyle 1. Zach Ingold Navy 43.61 20122. Charlie Toth Air Force 43.79 2001

3. Mike Linn Navy 43.96 20064. Joseph Smutz Navy 44.08 20065. Joe Novak Army 44.12 19986. Mac Anthony Navy 44.34 20097. Noah White Navy 44.37 2003 Aaron Aiken Navy 44.37 20119. Ryan Dunne Air Force 44.47 2012

10. Bucky MacLaughlin Air Force 44.50 1991

200 freestyle 1. Mac Anthony Navy 1:36.29 20112. Aaron Aiken Navy 1:36.80 20093. Chris Knaute Air Force 1:36.98 2006

4. Bryan Avery Air Force 1:37.22 2008

5. Drew Whitting Air Force 1:37.49 1993

6. Sean O’Keefe Air Force 1:37.51 2009

7. Ben Gunn Air Force 1:38.18 2011

8. Efri Ruthenberg Army 1:38.20 20049. Britton Smith Navy 1:38.23 199710. William Norton Navy 1:38.34 2011 500 freestyle 1. Erik Hunter Navy 4:18.56 20092. James Anthony Navy 4:19.75 20093. Chris Knaute Air Force 4:20.00 2006


5. Justin Vagts Navy 4:21.12 20126. James Lascara Navy 4:23.15 20097. Sam Martinette Navy 4:23.98 20118. Sean O’Keefe Air Force 4:24.80 2009

9. Mark Mathson Army 4:24.99 199010. William Norton Navy 4:25.27 2011

1000 freestyle 1. Erik Hunter Navy 8:59.52 20092. Drew Whitting Air Force 9:07.72 1993

3. Justin Vagts Navy 9:08.73 20114. Chris Knaute Air Force 9:11.98 2006

5. Sam Martinette Navy 9:15.94 20116. Deni Cullum Navy 9:16.43 20117. Sean O’Keefe Air Force 9:17.35 2008

8. Sumner Rollings Navy 9:18.60 20009. Tim Gallaudet Navy 9:18.75 198610. Mark Mathson Army 9:18.87 1988 1650 Freestyle 1. Erik Hunter Navy 14:58.72 20092. Justin Vagts Navy 15:04.11 20113. Chris Knaute Air Force 15:09.15 2005


5. Sam Martinette Navy 15:19.61 20116. Sean O’Keefe Air Force 15:24.41 2009

7. Mark Mathson Army 15:25.48 19908. Eric Winter Navy 15:25.61 19929. William Norton Navy 15:26.63 201110. Max Evans-Nolan Air Force 15:28.95 2012

100 Backstroke 1. Benjamin Gunn Air Force 48.13 2011

2. Gage Trotter Navy 48.34 20123. Kevin Mukri Navy 48.61 20074. Andrew Hetzner Navy 48.69 20095. Paul Brehm Air Force 48.85 2003

6. Zach Ingold Navy 48.90 20127. Kai Yamashrio Air Force 49.29 2009

8. Matt Millikin Air Force 49.45 2011

9. Angus MacDonald Air Force 49.65 2012

200 Backstroke

1. Andrew Hetzner Navy 1:45.35 20092. Benjamin Gunn Air Force 1:45.60 2011

3. Matt Millikin Air Force 1:45.85 2012

4. Kevin Mukri Navy 1:45.62 20075. Paul Brehm Air Force 1:46.27 2003

6. Kai Yamashiro Air Force 1:46.40 2009

7. Conor Campbell Navy 1:46.79 20128. Mac Anthony Navy 1:47.13 20119. Matt Horner Air Force 1:47.19 2001

10. Justin Lapin Air Force 1:47.21 2006

100 Breaststroke 1. Justin Day Air Force 53.87 2009

2. Matt Ihlenfeld Air Force 54.70 2001

3. John VanSant Army 54.73 19874. John Dayton Air Force 54.98 2003

5. Ian Johnston Navy 55.05 19966. Sean Murphy Navy 55.32 20127. Cody Deacon Air Force 55.37 2011

8. James MacLaughlin Army 55.47 2009 Luke Hoff er Navy 55.47 201210. Joshua Hammervold Air Force 55.54 2009

200 Breaststroke

1. Adam Meyer Navy 1:57.26 20092. Luke Hoff er Navy 1:57.55 20123. John VanSant Army 1:57.65 19874. Ian Johnston Navy 1:58.51 19965. Matt Ihlenfeld Air Force 1:58.67 2001

6. Pete Donahue Navy 1:59.95 20117. Jake Mentele Army 2:00.87 20088. Cody Deacon Air Force 2:00.90 2011

9. Sean Murphy Navy 2:01.02 201210. Josh Hammervold Air Force 2:01.13 2010

100 Butterfl y 1. Adam Meyer Navy 47.33 20092. Benjamin Gunn Air Force 47.64 2011

3. Ayman Andrews Army 47.82 20124. Steve Duklueth Navy 48.01 20125. Ben Bondurant Navy 48.02 20126. Chris Morin Air Force 48.08 2008

7. Bryan Avery Air Force 48.38 2008

8. Joe Novak Army 48.44 1998, 999. Andrew Hetzner Navy 48.57 200910. Mike Linn Navy 48.67 2006 200 Butterfl y 1. Adam Meyer Navy 1:42.54 20092. Mark Meyer Navy 1:44.80 20113. Benjamin Gunn Air Force 1:45.57 2010

4. Ben Bondurant Navy 1:46.21 20125. Matt Davis Air Force 1:46.71 1994

6. Patrick Veltmann Navy 1:46.90 19877. Cody Rasmussen Air Force 1:47.06 1999

Jesse Cohen Navy 1:47.06 20099. Steve Dukleth Navy 1:47.26 201110. John Kilroy Army 1:47.61 1987


1. Adam Meyer Navy 1:44.49 20092. Benjamin Gunn Air Force 1:47.22 2010

3. Ben Bondurant Navy 1:47.60 20124. Paul Parmenter Air Force 1:48.72 2006

5. Nick Burton Air Force 1:48.87 2006

6. Matt Davis Air Force 1:49.07 1997

7. Billy Vey Navy 1:49.30 20098. John van Sant Army 1:49.56 19869. Mark Meyer Navy 1:49.57 201110. Cody Rasmussen Air Force 1:49.68 1999

400 Individual Medley 1. Chris Knaute Air Force 3:48.98 2006

2. Erik Hunter Navy 3:51.24 20093. Justin Vagts Navy 3:51.27 20124. Matt Davis Air Force 3:51.82 1994

5. Adam Meyer Navy 3:52.76 20086. Justin Lapin Air Force 3:53.52 2006

7. Billy Vey Navy 3:53.60 20098. James Lascara Navy 3:53.90 20099. Patrick Veltmann Navy 3:55.43 200910. Dan Warner Navy 3:55.80 2009 200 Freestyle Relay 1 Navy 1:18.92 2004(Smutz, Linn, Fenningham, White) 2 Air Force 1:20.94 1999(Paschke, Nguyen, Toth, Paige)3 Army 1:21.23 1990(Sarakatsannis, Tieke, Welch, Anderson) 400 Freestyle Relay 1 Navy 2:56.27 2012(Ingold, Bomberger, Davison, Anthony)2 Air Force 2:58.63 2009(Morin, O’Keefe, Gunn, Dawson)3 Army 3:00.10 1990(Anderson, Welch, Sarakatsannis, Williams) 800 Freestyle Relay 1 Navy 6:31.95 2011(Anthony, Martinette, Hunter, Norton)2 Air Force 6:32.32 2009(Hansen, O’Keefe, Robinson, Gunn)3 Army 6:40.98 2007(Disbrow, Soderberg, Ciliske, Ruthenberg) 200 Medley Relay 1 Navy 1:28.60 2012(Trotter, Murphy, Dukleth, Ingold)1 Air Force 1:28.68 2009(Yamashiro, Day, Morin, Dawson) 3 Army 1:31.47 2009(W. Blickle, McLaughlin, B. Blickle, Murphy) 400 Medley Relay 1 Navy 3:13.59 2012(Trotter, Murphy, Dukleth, Anthony)2 Air Force 3:15.01 2009(Yamashiro, Day, Gunn, Dawson)3 Army 3:19.56 2007(Walsh, Mentele, Disbrow, Ruthenberg)

Team Breakdown

Top 10 #1’s

Navy 50.7% 16

Air Force 38.6% 3

Army 10.7% 0


Letterwinners

Letterwinners are listed as following:Name, graduation year in parenthe-ses, and years letters were earned.Current athletes in bold.

AAbbott, Robert L. (64) 62 63 64Abramson, Richard S. (68) 65 66 68Abrigo, Joseph (88) 85 86 87 88Adamson, Derry (60) 57 58 59 60Alexander, James (Gary)(99) 96 97Alfred-Ockya, John (04) 01 02 03 04Alkire, Joe (97) 94 95 96 97Alonzo, Chuck (00) 97 98Amidon, Nate (03) 00 01 02 03Anderson, David K. (85) 82Anderson, Shanon (99) 96 97 98 99Anderson, Tom (91) 88 89 90 91Ans, Aleks (12) 09Arata, Alan (83) 80 81 82 83Arlington, David (10) 07 08 09 10Arnholt, Mark (93) 90 91 92 93Ashe, Jesse (86) 83 84 85 86Avery, Bryan (09) 06 07 08Ayres, Auston (07) 04

BBaake, Paul (95) 92 93Baber, Eric (04) 01 02Badgett, Andrew (01) 98 99Bailey, Steven D. (68) 66Bales, James (01) 98 99 00 01Bamsey, Tony (92) 89 90 91 92Bandow, Mike (90) 87Barnett, Robert (95) 92Barraza, Daniel T. (80) 77Bates, Stanley (84) 82 83Baudendistel, Joseph M. (77) 75 76 77Becker, Kurt (89) 86 87 89Benson, Gerald (93) 90 91 92 93Bergman, Andrew (07) 04 05 06 07Bertmaring, Tyson (05) 02Bicknell, Jesse (12) 09 10Biederman, Joshua (02) 99Bielinski, Barry T. (63) 61 62 63Blaisdell, Michael P. (62) 60 61 62Bloomer, Bo (T.B.) (92) 89 90 91Boegman, James (86) 83 84 85 86Bohn, Chris (01) 98Bolt, Russell T. (72) 70 72Bone, Michael J. (73) 71Bouma, Dirk (90) 87 88 89 90Bourland, Walter B. (78) 76 77 78Bowen, Casey (04) 01 02 03Boyd, John E., Jr. (70) 68Braun, Jeff (94) 91Brehm, Paul (04) 01 02 03 04Bremer, Eli (00) 97 98Brigman, Ryan (13) 10 11 12Brower, Douglas R. (72) 70Brown, Jeff rey H. (73) 70 71 72

Brown, Kevin (89) 86 87 88Brown, Michael L. (86) 83 84 85 86Bruskewitz, James W. (74) 71Buchanan, Robert J. (88) 85 86 87 88Burton, Nick (07) 03 04 06 07Burwell, John C. (63) 61 62 63Butler, Corydon (12) 09 10 11 12Butt, Spencer (09) 06 07 08 09

CCallaway, Bernard B. (73) 73Cannon, Lovick E. (68) 66Canterbury, Alfred L. (60) 58 59 60Carnes, Gary J. (81) 81Carpenter, Thomas J. (77) 74 75 76Carrier, Michael H. (69) 67 68Carrington, George W. (74) 71 72 73 74Casias, Kyle (15) 12Chaney, Blake (98) 95 96 97Chapman, Ben (04) 01 02 04Chesnut, Sam (92) 89 90 91 92Chiaro, Anthony (13) 10 11 12Chun, Mark C. (73) 70 71 72 73Chung, Tommy (05) 02Cialkowski, Peter (14) 11 12Clark, Cheyne (12) 09 10Clark, Howard, III (90) 87 88 89 90Cleary, James (89) 86Clegg, Charles S. (72) 69 70 71Cline, Clinton E. (73) 70 71Cole, Phillip (09) 06Collier, Mark (96) 93Congdon, Norman B. (60) 58Cook, Christopher A. (81) 78 79 80 81Cooper, Ralph C. (68) 66Copeland, Greg (15) 12Corbett, Jason (99) 96Cormier, Hank (91) 88Coryn, Charles E. (61) 59Cotton, Daniel (85) 82Covington, Gary N. (70) 68 69Cowling, Trebor (T.J.) (08) 05 06 07 08Cox, Johnathan (12) 09Curtis, Christopher L. (69) 67 68 69

DDavis, Matt (97) 94 95 96 97Davison, Kenneth (84) 82 83Dawson, Robert (11) 08 09 10 11Day, Justin (09) 06 07 08 09Dayton, John (03) 00 01 02 03Deacon, Cody (12) 09 10 11 12Deardorf, Erick W. (85) 82 83Deeley, William F. (72) 69 70Derrick, Marvin J. (77) 74 75Devemark, Carl (99) 96 97 98 99Dixon, Matthew (84) 82 83Dixon, Nick (09) 06 07 08 09Doolittle, John (92) 89 90 91 92Dow, John W. (73) 70Dunker, Matt (98) 95 96 97 98

Dunne, Ryan (15) 12Durkin, Matt (97) 94 95 96 97Dutcher, David (96) 93 94 95 96

EEast, Jack (94) 93 94Eaton, Ellis (93) 90 91 92 93Eberthardt, James A. (69) 67Edmonds, Gregory (10) 07 08 09 10Edwards, Matt (98) 95Eng, Jonathan (14) 12Erickson, Nathan (12) 09 10Evans, Kyle (14) 11Evans-Nolan, Max (15) 12Everard, Joel (98) 95

FFairlamb, Richard C. (61) 59 60Faley, Jeff (89) 86 87 88 89Falk, Eric (04) 01 02 Farquhar, Jerry (60) 58 59 60Fay, Robert (59) 57Feaster, Stephen J. (70) 68Fedel, Gary A. (67) 65 67Ferguson, Michael L. (63) 61 62 63Fiechtner, Robb (01) 98Fields, Philip (92) 89 90 91 92Finch, Josh (01) 98 99 00 01Finch, Samuel P., III (64) 63 64Fisher, Bruce D. (71) 69 70 71Fitzgerald, Ryan (05) 02 03 04 05Fitzsimmons, John (93) 90 91 92 93Flaherty, Warren T. (70) 68 69 70Fletcher, Derek (90) 87 88Flores, Frank (92) 89 90 91 92Foster, Michael (99) 96 97 98 99Foutch, Mike (95) 93 94 95Francis, John J., Jr. (63) 61 62Frank, Steve (96) 93 94 95 96

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World Class Athlete Program (WCAP)

World Class Athlete Program (WCAP)

The Air Force World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) is a two-year program that provides active duty, national guard and reserve Air Force personnel the opportunity to train and compete at na-tional and international sports competitions with the ultimate goal of selection to the United States Olympic team. The WCAP

is not a developmental pro-gram; it targets athletes who have achieved world class status in their sport. If selected, the athlete will be assigned to Headquarters Air Force Services Agency, San Antonio, Texas, with a duty location near elite coaches and/or world class training facilities. Candidates must remain competi-tive for a U.S Olympic team position to remain in the program, which ends with the Olympic Trials or after competing with the national team at the Olympics.

James Bales, a 2001 graduate, is cur-rently training in Colorado Springs under the WCAP in an attempt to qualify for the 2012 Olympics in the triathlon. Former Air Force swimmers that have served as members of the WCAP in 2008 include Capt. Eli Bremer, 2nd Lt. Chris Knaute and 2nd Lt. Paul Parmenter. Bremer, a 2000 graduate of the Academy, competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the mod-ern pentathlon. Meanwhile, Knaute and Parmenter,

both 2007 graduates, participated in the U.S. Olympic Trials in swimming in 2008. Both spent a year in Charlotte, N.C., training at the Mecklenburg Aquatic Center, mentored by former Auburn head coach Dave Marsh.

Capt. Eli Bremer, a 2000 gradute,

competed in the Beijing Olympics.

“The Air Force WCAP has al-lowed me to continue to swim and compete to pursue my athletic goals, while I still get to pursue my long-term goal of becoming a pilot.” -2nd Lt. Chris Knaute, class of 2007

James Bales (two photos above), a 2001

graduate, trained for the

2012 Olympics.

Lt. Chris Knaute (left) and Lt. Paul Parmenter (right) both trained for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials

at the Mecklenburg (N.C.) Aquatic Center, a USA Swimming Center of Excellence.


Where Are They Now?

Capt. Evan Parr (‘05)F-22 Pilot, 19th Flight Squadron,

Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

Matt Ihlenfeld (’01) USAF ReservesKC-135 PilotUniversity of Indiana Law Student

Capt. Mike Foster (‘99) Ph. D. CandidateRochester Institute of Technology, N.Y.

Matt Dunker (’98) JP Morgan Executive Director, Emerging Markets TradingMBA - Johnson School, Cornell UniversityLondon, UK

2012-13 Air Force Men’s Swimming & Diving


Capt. Matt Karmondy (‘06)Received Master’s Degree in Aeronautics/Astronautics from MIT; Attending pilot training

Capt. Eric Pounds (‘04)C-17 PilotDover AFB, Del.

Capt. Stewart Parker (‘02)Air Force Special Tactics

Combat Controller

1st Lt. T.J. Cowling (‘07) and

1st Lt. Spencer Liedl (‘07)Attending pilot trainingPensacola, Fla.


Cadet Natatorium

Newly Refurbished Cadet Natatorium

The Air Force Academy Cadet Natatorium under-

went a complete renovation during the 2010-11 season

and re-opened during the summer of 2011.

The upgrades make the Cadet Natatorium one of

the premier and state-of-the-art on-campus swimming

venues in college athletics.

- All new pool with ability to practice and compete at

short-course and long-course lengths.

- Starting blocks on both ends of pool.

- New platform diving tower.

- Added pool deck space during practices and

competition.

- Stairways leading up to stands (previously ladders).

- One of the nation’s fi nest Swimming Fitness Rooms

located adjacent to the Natatorium.

- New team rooms.

- New lockers for both teams.

- LED video board.

- Updated lighting.

- New roof design.


The Air Force Academy

The United States Air Force Academy offers a four-year program of instruction and experience de-signed to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation. Each cadet graduates with a bachelor of science de-gree and a commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force.

Course of Study Cadets are exposed to a balanced curriculum that provides the knowledge, skills and responsibilities essential to a career Air Force officer. The entire USAFA experience is integrated and mapped to achieve a set of desired outcomes in every graduate. The core academic curriculum includes courses in basic sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities. Cadets take additional elective courses to complete requirements for one of 32 major areas of study. About 50 percent of the cadets complete majors in science and engineering; the remainder graduate in the social sciences and humanities. Some of the most popular majors include manage-ment, aeronautical engineering, foreign area stud-ies, history, behavioral science, civil engineering, astronautical engineering, electrical engineering and engineering mechanics.

Faculty Composition The majority of the Academy’s faculty members, more than 500 total, are Air Force officers. They are selected primarily from career-officer volunteers who have established outstanding records of perfor-mance and dedication. Each has at least a master’s degree and more than 55 percent have doctorates or other terminal degrees in their field of study. About 30 percent of the faculty are civilians who bring great depth of disciplinary and educational expertise and provide academic stability and con-tinuity. Faculty members are intensely focused on cadet learning as an integral part of their officer develop-ment. The Air Force Academy has been ranked No. 1 in the nation for the most accessible and involved faculty for four years in a row. To provide greater contributions by a diverse faculty, the Academy has several distinguished vis-iting professors and endowed professors who serve one or more years. Officers from other services, as well as officers from allied countries are also members of the faculty. Distinguished civilian and military lecturers also share their expertise with the cadets during the academic year.

Athletic Program The Academy’s athletic program is designed to improve physical fitness, teach athletic skills and develop leadership qualities. To achieve its goals, the Academy offers some of the most extensive physical education, intramural sports and intercol-legiate athletic programs in the nation. Cadets take at least three different physical education courses each year.

Military Education and Training An air, space and cyberspace-oriented military education, training and leadership program begins with basic cadet training and continues through-out the four years. Seniors are responsible for the organizational leadership of the cadet wing, while juniors and sophomores seek to develop team and interpersonal leadership and instructional skills. Ca-dets are projected into as many active leadership roles as possible to prepare them to be effective Air Force officers. Fundamental concepts of military organization -- drill, ethics, honor, Air Force heritage and physical training -- are emphasized the first summer during basic cadet training. Freshmen then study the mili-tary role in United States society as well as the mis-sion and organization of the Air Force. Sophomores receive instruction in communication skills and ju-niors study the combat and operational aspects of the Air Force. The Academy offers courses in flying, naviga-tion, soaring and parachuting, building from basic skills to instructor duties. Some cadets may fly light aircraft with the Cadet Flying Team. Summer training for cadets is divided into three, three-week training periods. There are a variety of programs available and each cadet is required to complete two training periods each summer with leave during the other period. All new cadets take six weeks of basic cadet training in their first sum-mer. Combat survival training is a required three-week program during cadets’ second summer. For other second-summer training periods, cadets have options such as working with Airmen in an op-erational unit at an Air Force installation, airborne parachute training, soaring or basic free-fall para-chute training. During their last two summers, all cadets are of-fered leadership training as supervisors or instruc-tors in the summer programs listed above. Extracurricular activities also are an integral part of the education program. The cadet ski club, drum and bugle corps, cadet chorale and forensics are a few of the programs available.

Nominations Nominations to the Academy may be obtained through a congressional sponsor or by meeting eli-gibility criteria in other categories of competition established by law. For information on admission procedures, write to HQ USAFA/RRS; 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 200; USAF Academy, CO 80840-5025 or go to:

www.usafa.edu

History of The Academy

In 1948, a board of leading civil-

ian and military educators was ap-

pointed to plan the curriculum for an

academy that would meet the needs

of the newly established Air Force.

The board determined that Air Force

requirements could not be met by ex-

panding the other service academies

and recommended an Air Force Acad-

emy be established without delay.

In 1949, then Secretary of the Air

Force W. Stuart Symington appointed

a commission to assist in selecting a

site and on April 1, 1954, President

Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized

creation of the United States Air Force

Academy. After considering 580 sites

in 45 states, the commission narrowed

the choice to three locations. The

summer of 1954, Secretary of the Air

Force Harold Talbott selected a site

near Colorado Springs, Colo. Colo-

rado contributed $1 million toward

purchase of the property.

In July 1955, the first Academy

class entered interim facilities at

Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, while

construction began. It was sufficiently

completed for occupancy by the cadet

wing in late August 1958. Initial con-

struction cost was $142 million.

Women entered the Academy on

June 28, 1976, as members of the class

of 1980.


Senior Leadership

Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould is Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He directs a four-year academic,

military training, athletic and character development program leading to a bachelor’s degree and commission as an Air Force officer.

The general is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of 1976. His career encompasses a wide range of assignments,

ranging from head football coach of the Air Force Academy Preparatory School, to serving as Air Force aide to the President of the United

States.

He has held numerous command positions at the group, wing and numbered air force level, and was commander of Cheyenne

Mountain Operations Center during 9/11. Prior to his return to the Academy, he was Director of Operations and Plans, U.S. Transportation

Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. General Gould is a command pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours in the T-38, T-41, KC-10, C-5,

C-17, C-21, C-141 and KC-135R.

The general’s military awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Defense Superior

Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Force

Commendation Medal, Air Force Achievement Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.

Commandant of CadetsBrig. General

Gregory Lengyel

Dean of FacultyBrig. General

Dana Born

Vice SuperintendentColonel

Tamra Rank

Commander, 10th Air Base WingCol. Thomas Gibson

Senior Leadership


Director of Athletics

Dr. Hans J. Mueh is in his ninth year as the director of athletics at the Air Force Academy. A retired Air Force brigadier general, Mueh was vice dean of faculty for two years prior to his re-tirement from active duty in the summer of 2004. Mueh was heavily involved in Academy athletics before becoming director of athletics. He was the Academy’s faculty athletics representative from 1996-2004 and was a long-time member of the board of directors for the Air Force Academy Athletics Association.

Since becoming the director of athletics, Mueh has led the Academy to some remarkable feats. In 2007, the Academy was one of only three schools (Michigan State and Boston College) to reach post-season play in football (2007), men’s bas-ketball and ice hockey (2006-07). It marked the first time a service academy has ever had a team compete in the post-season in all three sports.

In addition, under Mueh’s watch the men’s basketball team has played in another NCAA tournament and the National Invitational Tourna-ment’s Final Four. The ice hockey team has won the conference championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament five of the last six years. Mueh was on the selection committee that hired current head coach Frank Serratore and led the Academy’s move into the Athletic Hockey As-sociation.

The football program, the Academy’s flagship sport, has gone through a major overhaul under Mueh. He led the transition from the retirement of the legendary Fisher DeBerry after 23 years at the helm to hiring current head coach Troy Calhoun, a 1989 Academy graduate. Calhoun’s impact was immediate, leading the Falcons to a 9-4 overall

mark and a second-place finish in the Mountain West Conference in 2007. The Falcons qualified for their first bowl game in five years, playing in the Armed Forces Bowl in 2007. The program has gone to a school-record five consecutive bowl games and averaged over 9,000 bowl tickets sold during that time.

Mueh has been just as successful behind the scenes with the administration of the department. Mueh restructured the department with an inter-nal/external model that has streamlined resources and made the department more effective from top to bottom. In addition, he has the department on course to become a federally chartered non-profit organization which will lead to more fund-raising opportunities.

Mueh was instrumental in the USAFA En-dowment and the announcement of the Holaday Athletic Center, an indoor training facility. The $15 million facility was completed in July 2011.

Mueh has also been active within the confer-ence and the NCAA. He was recently selected to be part of the NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet and has been active on the NCAA’s aca-demics/eligibility compliance cabinet, the men’s golf committee and the region 7 postgraduate scholarship committee. Mueh has been equally active within the conference on various leader-ship committees. He is currently on the awards and recognition committee and has previously served on the joint council executive committee, and committees on championships, television and sportsmanship.

Before assuming his duties as vice dean at the Academy, Mueh was permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry at the Acad-emy, a position he held since October 1987 where he oversaw the annual design and instruction of 25 undergraduate courses for 1,500 cadets annu-ally.

Mueh was born Jan. 8, 1944, in Celle, Ger-many, and emigrated to the United States in 1951. He entered the Air Force in 1962 as a member of the Academy’s eighth graduating class, and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry in 1966. While at the Academy, Mueh was a two-year letterwinner in soccer as a goalie. He still holds the Academy record for saves in a game with 30, accomplishing it twice in 1965 against North Carolina and Benedictine. In his

junior and senior years, Mueh helped the Falcons to the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Soccer League championship and quarterfinal berths in the NCAA tournament. He was a first-team all-league selection in 1965.

Following graduation, Mueh completed two assignments in intelligence before attending the University of Wisconsin where he earned his master’s degree in chemistry in 1970. He later earned a doctorate degree in chemistry from Wis-consin in 1976 as a distinguished graduate. He has also completed Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and Air War Col-lege.

Between earning the two degrees, Mueh re-turned to the Academy as an instructor in the department of chemistry from 1970-72. He also served as assistant soccer coach and played semi-pro soccer with the Aurora Internationals in Denver during those two years, leading the Inter-nationals to the Colorado state title in 1971. He volunteered for duty in Vietnam and served as an intelligence officer in Saigon, Republic of Viet-nam and at Nakhon Phanom RTAB, Thailand, in 1972 and 1973.

After earning his doctorate degree, Mueh re-turned to the Academy in 1976 as an associate professor of chemistry. He remained at the Acad-emy except for a stint in 1985-86 as the special assistant for technical matters at the Defense In-telligence Agency at the Pentagon.

In 1986, he assumed the position of acting head, department of chemistry, before being se-lected for his position of permanent professor and head of the department of chemistry in 1987. As faculty athletics representative, he was active in both the Western Athletic Conference and Moun-tain West Conference, and was the Academy’s representative on the transition team to form the new MWC, the only faculty athletics representa-tive on the team. He competes in golf, racquet-ball, handball and tennis, and has promoted Air Force Academy intercollegiate sports through-out his tenure, beginning with work as chairman of the hockey eligibility committee, officer rep-resentative to the men’s golf team and five years as the officer representative to the football team.

Mueh is married to the former Sally Flax of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have three children: Kris-tine, Kurt and Deborah.


Air Force Athletics

Few schools in the country have an athletic program as extensive as

the Air Force Academy’s.

The goals of the athletic program are to enhance the physical

conditioning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for

officership, to teach leadership in a competitive environment and to

build character. There are three subdivisions of the athletic program:

intercollegiate athletics, intramurals and physical education.

The intercollegiate program has 17 men’s and 10 women’s NCAA-

sanctioned teams, facing some of the top competition in the nation.

Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-

country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse,

rifle, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling.

The Academy fields women’s teams in basketball, cross-country, fenc-

ing, gymnastics, rifle, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving,

soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addition, the Academy sponsors two

non-NCAA programs; boxing and cheerleading.

The majority of the Academy’s men’s and women’s programs

compete at the NCAA Division I level in the Mountain West Confer-

ence. The Falcons compete in this conference against teams from Boise

State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawai’i (football only), Nevada,

New Mexico, San Diego State, UNLV and Wyoming. All sports also

compete against non-conference opponents, including many national-

lyranked teams.

The football team competes annually for the Commander-in-Chief’s

Trophy, which is emblematic of service academy football supremacy.

The Falcons have won the trophy 18 times, which is more than any

other academy. The winner of the annual rivalry visits the White House

to have the trophy presented by the President of the United States.

The USAFA Cadet Field House is one of the most impressive build-

ings in the country. It’s a modern, versatile structure with seemingly

endless uses. The $5.6 million building is five stories high and 396

feet by 426 feet, the size of three football fields laid side by side. The

structure is divided into three areas--basketball arena, ice hockey arena

and multipurpose area. The three sections have a combined seating

capacity of more than 9,000.

Clune Arena seats 5,858. The Cadet Ice Rink has a seating capacity

of 2,470, while the multipurpose area seats 1,000 fans for track and

field competitions.

John CoulahanAssociate AD

Finance

William CarpenterAssociate AD

Recruiting Support

Wayne KellenbenceAssociate AD

Support

Troy GarnhartAssociate AD

Info./Communications

Karen WarnerAssociate AD

Human Resources

Dermot CollAssociate AD

Development/Gov’t

Col. Billy WalkerDeputy AD

Marti GasserAssociate AD/SWA

Intercollegiate Program

Jim TregoSenior Associate AD

Col. Bart WeissVice Athletic Director

George NelsonAssociate AD

Athletic Programs

Air Force Athletics

Documents

2012-13 AFA Men's S&D Guide