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

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[continued from page M5 only two seniors, the team will have a strong base for next year on the road to the NCAA championships. The expenence of Nort Thorton was paralleled in the Men ' s and Women ' s Diving teams as twelfth-year head coach Phil Tonne worked with both teams to improve their status in the rankings. Bolstered by the success of his 1991 diver Melissa Graviss. Tonne has been training his team, adding to the list of the nine all-Amencans and one state champion that he has produced in his career The women ' s team featured senior Knstin Cancilla. sophomores Andrea Jam and Jayne KanishaK and freshman Maya Charles who captured the individual title at the Far West Invitational in the fall. The men ' s team included three newcomers, sophomore Mark Monshige, and freshmen Kevin Dick and Dan O ' Connell. With the expenence of sophomore Cole Hooper and junior Steve Clack, the team was on their way to the goals that Tonne had set. After placing 1 7th at the NCAA championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the women ' s swim team made a marked improvement from their 28th ranking in Men ' s and Women ' s Diving Kevin Dick Kristin Cancilla, Cole Hooper, Jayne Kanishak Steve ' previous season. Clacl , Maya Charles. Mark Monshige. Andrea Jam. Dan y g PaciflC-10 ' S O ' Connell youngest conference team, the group of eight freshmen, four sophomores, four juniors, and four seniors had a lot to prove. According to fourth-year head coach Ten McKeever, Our freshmen have definitely added new life and energy to our program. The combination of our veterans and our freshmen class makes our team deep and versatile Freshman sensation Marylyn Chiang, the Canadian National Champion who swam the individual medley and freestyle, was the anchor of the incoming recruits. Other members of the young team included; Katie Aldworth. a Nevada state champion in the breaststroke: Margie Hollister, a freestyler and 1995 national all-Amehcan; Kristin Imwalle, an Oregon state champion in the 500 free: four-time all-American Cheryl Murphy: and Melanie von Hartitzsch, the Oklahoma state champion in four events. f 1«6 SPORTS

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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

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fc I 1 H I T Women ' s Swimming and Diving FRONT row: Marylyn Chiang. Giana Johnson, Melanie von Hartilzsch, Kristen Imwalle. Andrea Jam. Kristin Cancilla SECOND row: Maya Charles. Helen Salcedo. Lanssa Herold. Enn Jesfjeld. Jayne Kanishak. Wendy Whelan. Katy Anderson back row: diving coach Phil Tonne, assistant coach Michael Walker. Akiko Thomson. Katie Aldworth. Katie Reding. Margie Hoilister. Con Miller. Amy Vastine. Cheryl Murphy, head coach Ten McKeever -- C ., ■ A S Sophomore Bart Sikora competes in the backstroke. Sikora set the school record in the 200 back and earned all-Amencan honors as a member of the 400 medley relay team [above]. Freshmen Maya Chades aims for perfection in a back dive [left]. s vi i n (;sfafs ■ Men ' s team placed 10th or better in 18 of past 20 NCAA championships. ■ Women ' s freshmen team ranked as one of the nation ' s top five recruiting classes by Taper and Shave magazine. ■ Average GPA of women ' s swimming team; 3.23. highest of all NCAA sports teams at Cal. ■ Average GPA of men ' s swimming team; 3.04. highesr of all men ' s NCAA sports teams at Cal. SWIMMING . ' KND DIVING 147