University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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t %m 3 ' ,. - Swiinming m the 200 butterfly is three-time NCAA champion Ugur Taner. This senior captain brings expenence to the team and is a top contender for the Olympic team {above] Senior backstroker Larissa Herold competes, hierold was named IVIost Valuable Player her freshman and sophomore years and currently has Top 5 all-time Cal marks in five events right 144 SPOKIS

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TRADITION CONTINLES S V1M IIN(, sfdfs ■ Women ' s captain Akiko Thomson competed in both the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games for the Phillipines. ■ Both Akiko Thomson and Men ' s teammate Mark Henderson will compete in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. ■ Larissa Herold has Top 5 all-time Cal marks in five events, including the 200 backstroke and individual medley. ■ Men ' s head coach Nort Thornton was recently inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. A tradition of strength continued for the men ' s swimming team as 1 3 lettermen. four all-Amencans, and a two-time NCAA champion returned for the season Senior captain, and NCAA champion Ugur Taner came back in the 200 butterfly to compete against the Cai career best record he set with a time of 1 44 39. According to Nort Thornton, in his 22nd year as head coach, Ugur is probably one of the least known of the top swimmers in the nation Ability-wise he is one of the top three or four All-Americans and NCAA Champions return for winning season swimmers to have ever competed at Cal Ugur is extremely gifted with great body awareness, and he always nses up against the competition He definitely has the ability to win a national title again Taner ended his reign at the NCAA championships with a third NCAA title and a new time of 1 43 22 His three consecutive national titles place him in an elite group with former Bear three- time winners Matt Biondi, Par Arvidsson, and Graham Smith In addition to Taner, sophomore Bart Sikora returned, who, as a freshman, earned all-Amencan honors as a member of the 400 medley relay team and set a school record in the 200 backstroke. Bart had one of the best freshman years in Cal history, and he ' s just going to get better, Thornton said Other returning all- Amencans include juniors Markus Dicke, a spnnt freestyler and butterfly competitor: and Aaron Shapley. a talented breaststroker. International newcomers Fabian Hieronimus, the German national champion in the 100 butterfly and Gordan Kozulj, the Croatian record holder in the 100 and 200 meter backstroke entered as a sophomore and a freshmen, respec- tively, for their first seasons on the team. Finishing 13th at the NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas with [continues] SWI.MMING , ND D1 IM. 145 Men ' s Swimming FRONT row: Enc Lopez, Alex Silver, Ryan Duncan, Robbie Williams, Ahmad Filsoof SECOND row: Tim Mak, Matt McFarland, Markus Dicke, Gordan Kozuli, Ben Sheppard, Ryan Cox, Damon Szymanowski, Fabian Hieronimus back row: William Moore, Bart Sikora, David Gaggero, Ugur Taner, Domink Galic, George-John Tsianos, Aaron Shapley, Christian Claytor