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UMBC SWIMMING & DIVING 2007-08 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Table of Contents/Quick Facts 1 

2007-08 Men’s Season Outlook 2 

2007-08 Women’s Season Outlook 3 

Coaching Staff 4-5 

Head Coach Chad Cradock 4 

Assistant Coach Chris Gibeau 5 

Assistant Coach Josh Garner 5 

Diving Coach Kirsty Carrihill-Knoll 5 

Diving Coach Jon Gdowik 5 

2007-08 Retriever Rosters 6 

Men’s Profiles 7-14 

Auchter/Eiben/Lopez 7 

Sementelli/Skrabacz/Bronson 8 

Bronson/Djukic/Nachman/Reitz 9 

Roseberry/Sterba/Deal/Hamel 10 

Hamel/Kutt/Mattingly/Seniz/Vonder Haar 11 

Vonder Haar/Carson/Cheng/Deery 12 

Donovan/Freeman/Gray 12 

Grippi/Guseman/Jones/McNew 13 

Morabito/Novotny/Reitz/Schneider 13 

Schneider/Weston-Dawkes 14 

Women’s Profiles 14-20 

Engler 14 

Fitzpatrick/Lesslie/Mathews 15 

Mathews/Robinson/Scott/Aichele 16 

Cantwell/Ng/Surkovich 17 

Surkovich/Wilde/Chialastri/Johnson 18 

Johnson/Kaplanova/Sherman 19 

Cantwell/Cruz/Dobrzanski 19 

Gall/Godwin/Johnston 20 

Ryan/Shinholser/Wohlers 20 

2006-07 In Review 21-22 

Retriever Records 23 

This Is UMBC Athletics 24 

This Is UMBC Swimming & Diving Inside Front 

Annapolis, Baltimore, Washinton, D.C. Inside 

Back 

2007-08 UMBC Schedule Back Cover 

Getting To UMBC: From the North: Take Interstate 95 to Route 

166 (Exit 47B, Catonsville) or take Interstate 83 to Baltimore 

Beltway (I-695, West) to Exit 12C (Wilkens Avenue, West). Follow 

the signs to UMBC. From The South: Take Interstate 95 to 

Route 166 (47B, Catonsville) and follow the signs to UMBC. 

Credits: The 2007-08 UMBC Men’s and Women’s Swimming 

and Diving Media Guide was produced by the office of Athletic 

Communications at UMBC, written and edited by Tim Conway, 

Assistant Director of Athletic Communications and Kristin 

Drabyn, Athletic Communications Intern. Designed by Tim Conway 

and Jessica Bernheim, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications. 

Editorial assistance by Steve Levy, Associate 

Athletic Director/Director of Athletic Communications, Jessica 

Bernheim and Kristin Drabyn. Covers designed by Jessica Bernheim. 

Inside front cover designed by Tim Conway. Principal 

Photography: Gail Burton. Other Photography includes institutional 

advancement, the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County 

Conference and Visitors Bureau, the Baltimore Area Convention 

and Visitors Association, Washington, DC Convention and 

Tourism Corporation, David Sinclair, and Jon Gdowik. Printing 

by: Ridge Printing Co., Baltimore, Maryland. Comments or suggestions 

are welcome at conway1@umbc.edu. 

UMBC is committed to assuring equal opportunity with respect 

to both education and employment and does not discriminate 

on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, or 

disability. UMBC complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964, Title IX of the Educational Admendments of 1973, Section 

503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and other applicable 

statutes. 

UNIVERSITY FACTS 

Location: Baltimore, Md. 

Enrollment: 12,000 

Founded: 1966 

President: Dr. Freeman Hrabowski 

School Colors: Black and Gold 

Nickname: Retrievers 

Conference: America East 

Affiliations: NCAA I, ECAC 

Home Pool: UMBC Natatorium (1,000) 

NCAA Faculty Representative: Dr. Marvin Mandell 

Athletics Director: Dr. Charles Brown 

Sr. Associate Athletic Director/SWA: Kathy Zerrlaut 

Sr. Associate Athletic Director: Gary Wohlstetter 

Associate Athletic Director/Marketing: Tom Maier 

Director of Sports Medicine: Cindy Kubiet 

COACHING STAFF 

Head Coach: Chad Cradock, 7th year 

Alma Mater: UMBC, 1997 

Overall Men’s Record: 56-10 (.848)/6 seasons 

Overall Women’s Record: 57-15 (.792)/6 seasons 

Records at UMBC: Same 

Assistant Coaches: Chris Gibeau, 7th year 

Josh Garner, 2nd year 

Diving Coaches: Kirsty Carrihill-Knoll, 2nd year 

Jon Gdowik, 1st year 

Swimming & Diving Office: 410-455-2670 

Athletic Trainer: Michelle Daniels 

Academic Advisor: Chris Driscoll 

SWIMMING & DIVING FACTS 

2006-07 Men’s Record/AEC Finish: 8-1/1st 

2006-07 Women’s Record/AEC Finish: 10-1/1st 

Men’s Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 17/8 

Women’s Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 15/7 

Men’s Newcomers: 15 

Women’s Newcomers: 9 

UMBC All-Time Men’s Record: 160-91 (.637)/21 years 

UMBC All-Time Women’s Record: 152-101-1 (.601)/21 years 

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 

Associate AD/Communications: Steve Levy 

Assistant Director of Communications: Jessica Bernheim 

Assistant Director of Communications: Tim Conway 

Swimming & Diving Contact: Tim Conway 

Office Phone: 410-455-1530 

Cell Phone: 908-783-5257 

Office Fax: 410-455-3994 

Hotline: 410-455-2129 

Website: www.umbcretrievers.com 

Mailing Address: UMBC 

307 RAC Arena 

1000 Hilltop Circle 

Baltimore, MD 21250

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2007-08 MEN’S SEASON OUTLOOK 

he UMBC men’s swimming and diving team has won a league championship for the 

T past 10 years. 

After claiming their first-ever championship title at the 1998 ECAC Championship 

meet, the Retrievers proceeded to win another five straight ECAC titles, but just as the 

Retriever dynasty was being established, UMBC made its move into the America East 

Conference. Without missing a turn, the Retrievers swam into history, claiming UMBC’s 

first-ever America East title in 2004, and quickly made a place for themselves in the 

America East record book, setting a new record for most points ever scored in the 

championship meet, posting 920 points at the 2005 contest. 

The Retrievers captured their fourth straight championship title in the 2006-07 season, 

tying Delaware for most consecutive wins by a men’s team since the championship 

meet began in 1990, and completed their decade of dominance. 

In the 2007-08 season, the UMBC men’s swimming and diving team will vie for an unprecedented 

fifth straight America East Conference title and seek to make history— 

again. As the Retrievers embark on their journey to what could be an 11th straight 

conference title, head coach Chad Cradock will be helping his swimmers attempt to 

achieve another milestone in UMBC history—sending a male swimmer or diver to the 

NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. 

“Most people associated with the [UMBC] athletic department know that we haven’t 

had an NCAA qualifier,” Cradock said. “That is the ultimate goal, and we have individuals 

on this team that have big goals like qualifying for Olympic Trials, or even 

making the Olympic team. We have to look individually [for goals] as well as for the 

team. We want to keep the team together as far as winning championships, but we 

need to improve on our current athletes and bring in well-developed talent as well.” 

With that improvement from the returning athletes and the addition of 15 newcomers 

comes stronger, faster swimmers and divers, and ultimately more conference championships, 

but that end result is no cakewalk. 

After besting second-place Binghamton by more than 200 points in 2006, the Retrievers 

held only a 71.5-point advantage in 2007, something Cradock attributes to 

complacency and comfort. “Our team took [the conference championship] for granted 

in the past,” he said. “Winning usually breeds success but also adds comfort. We got 

comfortable where we were. With the conference getting stronger, we have to take 

a step forward from here and be willing to put the work in that’s necessary in order 

to improve.” 

With 16 returning swimmers on the 2007-08 squad and an enormous incoming class 

of 14 freshmen and one transfer, Cradock has plenty of places to see improvement. 

A big part of that focus will be on the newcomers. Making up almost half of the 

team, the freshmen will be relied upon heavily and will need to step up in order to 

fill gaps in the Retrievers’ lineup. 

SPRINT FREESTYLE 

Cradock will look for the core group of sprinters—sophomores Matt Mattingly, Rasmus 

Kutt and Zach Vonder Haar and junior Milos Djukic—to lead the Retrievers in 

the sprints, after three of the four (Kutt, Vonder Haar, Djukic) placed in the top-16 at 

the conference meet. Kutt, who tied for third at the America East Championships in 

the 50 freestyle, specialized in backstroke, but surprised everyone at the end of the 

season with his sprinting ability, while Vonder Haar also placed in the top of the conference. 

“We’re looking for Zach to improve and grow and I actually see it happening 

already,” Cradock said. “I see it in his attitude and I know he’ll be a lot 

stronger swimmer this year.” Cradock also expects to see major contributions from junior 

transfer Sven Schneider, as well as senior tri-captain Scott Auchter, junior Josh 

Nachman, sophomores Fred Deal and John Seniz and freshman Mitchell Donovan. 

MIDDLE DISTANCE FREESTYLE 

Junior tri-captain Justin Bronson will continue to lead the way for the Retrievers in the 

mid-distance events, but will have a high level of competition and support from his fellow 

teammates, most notably junior Freddie Reitz. Reitz surprised just about everyone 

but Cradock last year as he took down the coach’s last remaining record, in the 

500 freestyle. “Freddie can put things together at the right time as long as everything’s 

in the right place,” Cradock said. “He has a tremendous amount of talent and 

that certainly was proven last year.” That record is in no way out of reach for Bronson, 

however, and Reitz will find that he will need to work just as hard to keep it as 

he did to break it. “Justin has learned a lot over the last two years of swimming,” 

Cradock said. “The first year he was learning how to race against people. Last 

year he finished his races stronger. He’s learning how to 

swim his own race, be his own competitor.” Bronson and 

Reitz will also have help from seniors Joey Sementelli 

and tri-captain Adam Eiben, juniors 

Evan Roseberry and P.J. Sterba, freshmen 

Keilan Freeman, Eric Jones, Brad Reitz, Dan 

Weston-Dawkes, Danny Gray and Deal. 

DISTANCE FREESTYLE 

The Retrievers take a big hit in the distance 

events with the loss of Ryan Karrer, 

the UMBC record-holder in the 

1,650 free and three-time conference 

champion in the same event. Roseberry 

was neck-and-neck with Karrer in the mile 

at last year’s conference meet, however, and pulled out numerous dual meet victories 

in the “iron cross” events (swimming the 1,000 free, 200 fly and 500 free at the same 

meet) events. “We need new leadership in the distance area,” Cradock said, “and 

Evan will take that role, but he has a challenge within the distance program as it is with 

Mat Carson coming in as a freshman. Along with Sementelli the distance group should 

pack a powerful 1-2-3 punch. They will be able to press through and be successful.” 

BACKSTROKE 

After an extremely successful freshman campaign where he set a new conference 

record and was named the male Rookie of the Meet, Kutt will have his eyes set on the 

backstroke school records in the 2007-08 season, but he won’t be alone in that endeavor. 

Djukic has always been strong in the backstroke events and “has always had 

the potential [to break the school records],” Cradock said. The returners should not 

get too comfortable, however, as the addition of Freeman provides another challenger 

for the top backstroke spot. “The school records are within the grasp of three 

people,” Cradock said. “The three of them have to work together to push themselves, 

and I think they can make themselves get there.” Cradock also expects to see senior 

Eric Skrabacz step up in the backstroke events this year, as well as contributions from 

senior Alejandro Lopez and Schneider. 

BREASTSTROKE 

The Retrievers return school-record holder Auchter for the 2007-08 campaign and 

add a supporting cast in freshmen Kregg Deery and Phillip Novotny, to go along 

with continued contribution from Freddie Reitz. “I think Scott will improve, if only just 

because of hard work,” Cradock said. “He also has more people that can actually 

do breaststroke and I think there’s going to be a little bit more challenge in the training 

this year. I want Scott and the rest of the breaststrokers to be a little bit more solid 

during dual meets and in turn be a force to be reckoned with at the end of season. I 

want to see three guys in the top eight instead of just one.” 

BUTTERFLY 

The butterfly events are where Cradock’s newcomers must make an impact. “If our 

freshmen don’t come into their own we’re going to be in trouble in this area,” he said. 

With Roseberry in the 200 fly during dual meets, the Retrievers have a solid top-finisher, 

but to supplement that finish, Cradock will need Jones and Brad Reitz, as well 

as Sterba and Nachman to provide depth in the butterfly. “I think people forgot 

about P.J. because he did exhibition at conference last year, but quite frankly he 

would have finished in the top four,” Cradock said. “He really swam well at the end 

of the season.” Bronson will also provide a solid performance in the butterfly as he 

was the runner-up in the 100 fly at last year’s meet, while Mattingly and Vonder Haar 

also finished in the top eight. Lopez will also contribute to the butterfly events. 

INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 

Cradock has just about as much depth as he can handle in the IM events, but with an 

IM swimmer comes versatility, something that Cradock will be sure to utilize in the upcoming 

season. The Retrievers return top-finishers in the IM events in Roseberry, Mattingly, 

Eiben, Auchter, Sementelli and Skrabacz and also add a host of talent with 

Carson, Deery, Novotny, Weston-Dawkes and Freeman. “Last year this area saw a 

lot of improvement in Eiben Mattingly, and Sementelli and I expect it to continue,” 

Cradock said. With so many swimmers capable of swimming the event, however, the 

coach may look to shuffle some of them around. “You have to be careful about loading 

up an individual event,” he said. “We do have versatile people and we might 

have to put them in different areas to spread the wealth throughout the conference.” 

DIVING 

The Retrievers return only one diver from last season in sophomore Matt Hamel, who 

saw competition in two meets during the 2006-07 season, and add an entirely new 

coaching staff as well as five freshmen in Chris Cheng, Daniel Grippi, Greg Guseman, 

Seth McNew and Mike Morabito. “Diving is the biggest question mark of our 

program,” Cradock said. “We have to have one, two, or even three of those men willing 

to step up and challenge themselves to be better each and every day. If all six 

do it together we could do really great things.” 

The Retrievers will kick off the 2007-08 season with an unscored meet at Bucknell on 

Oct. 6, and will then travel to Lawrenceville, N.J., to face Rider in their first scored meet 

on Oct. 20. UMBC will be challenged this year with the addition of a meet against 

Maryland and will also travel to Rider, Binghamton, and Marist for the first time since 

being defeated at those pools during the 2005-06 season. 

In order for Cradock and his team to succeed, his athletes 

must “never leave anything behind,” he said. “If 

they come into the pool each and every day and they 

don’t leave anything behind in the water or on dryland, 

and they’ve done the best they can, then we 

should have a great season. We are looking to 

go beyond our success of past years.” 

UMBC coaching staff with captains (L to R): 

Justin Bronson, Adam Eiben and Scott 

Auchter. 

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2007-08 WOMEN’S SEASON OUTLOOK 

welve gold medals, six won by lost letterwinners. Ten school records, two set by 

T lost letterwinners, and four relays that included two lost letterwinners. Two championship 

meet relay records, both which included two lost letterwinners. 

The 2007-08 women’s swimming and diving team has some holes to fill. 

With the departure of Agnes Stanislawska, Ashley Houghton and Meghan Sackett, the 

Retrievers lose three individuals that accounted for 154 of their 719 total points 

scored en route to the first-ever America East Championship won by a women’s team 

for UMBC, in any sport. 

After such a monumental season, head coach Chad Cradock and his team will have 

some high standards to live up to, and in order to be successful in a conference that’s 

wide open when it comes to the league championship, the Retrievers are going to 

need to step up. 

“We’re going to have to rely heavily on our team as a whole,” Cradock said. “You 

can’t say that we definitely have replaced everyone we’ve lost, but we could if we 

increase the depth amongst our program. In order to do that, we need our returning 

ladies to place higher at the conference and our freshmen to really improve. I feel 

that we have that potential.” 

Not only was New Hampshire unseated from its two-time conference champion throne, 

but a new player entered the mix, as Boston University finished as the 2007 runnerup 

at the America East Championships. 

“The best thing about this conference is that we can’t take anything for granted,” 

Cradock said. “The women have never been comfortable in this conference and it’s 

wide open this year. We have to accept the challenge. We need the whole team as 

a group to accept it.” 

And that group includes the nine freshmen that Cradock brought in for the 2007-08 

season, in addition to the 15 returning athletes. “We have the numbers coming in,” 

he said. “And quality can be there as well, but that comes with improvement, from 

newcomers and the returners.” 

SPRINT FREESTYLE 

One of those returners has improved from the moment she started at UMBC and now 

her name appears on the UMBC record board a grand total of seven times. Junior 

tri-captain Daniele Surkovich set new records in the 50, 100 and 200 freestyle events 

last year and was also a part of the 200, 400 and 800 free, and 400 medley relays, 

but Cradock sees more for her. “Daniele has her eyes set much higher. She 

comes into the pool and never leaves anything behind. She puts her all in everything,” 

he said. “She is very focused on the sport and to her improvement. I know she 

will do great things.” Right behind her every step of the way will be senior Lindsey 

Engler, and the two will form a strong 1-2 combo for the Retrievers. Experience from 

senior Carly Fitzpatrick, juniors Christina Ng and Joy Wilde, and the additions of 

freshmen Danielle Cruz, Gabby Johnston, Sarah Ryan, and Erin Wohlers will form 

an extremely solid sprint group. 

MIDDLE-DISTANCE FREESTYLE 

The loss of Sackett and Stanislawska delivered big hits to the Retrievers’ mid-distance 

category, and Cradock may have to look at moving some people around in order to 

achieve the strength that he needs. “We’re going to have to look at Daniele maybe 

taking a move a little bit over there,” he said. “The newcomers and returners are 

going to have to fill in the gaps, and someone is going to have to step up and be a 

leader in those events.” Surkovich and Engler will most likely see their fair share of 

action in the mid-distance events, while Cradock will also look to seniors Erin Mathews 

and tri-captain Lisa Robinson, junior Sarah Aichele, sophomores Kate Chialastri, 

Brittany Johnson and Lindsay Sherman and freshman Julia Cantwell and Cruz, 

Ryan, Ng and Fitzpatrick to contribute as well. 

DISTANCE FREESTYLE 

The Retrievers’ losses may shake things up in 

the distance events a little, but with the addition 

of freshmen Rebecca Godwin and Cassie 

Dobrzanski, coupled with the veteran 

experience of senior Rachel Lesslie, 

Mathews, Robinson and Aichele, 

Cradock foresees success in the distance 

category. “I see improvement in 

Rachel already,” Cradock said. “She 

already has a different attitude towards 

swimming. I don’t see the distance 

taking a step back, but moving forward from last year.” 

BACKSTROKE 

Lesslie will also provide much-needed experience in the backstroke events, while sophomore 

Tereza Kaplanova will also have an increased role. Kaplanova began making 

contributions in the backstroke towards the end of last season but did not compete 

in the events at the conference meet. “Tereza is someone we have to count on in the 

backstroke,” Cradock said. With Fitzpatrick’s tremendous improvement last year and 

the addition of Julia Cantwell, Cradock is “pretty excited to actually see where we 

can go with this event.” He also expects Robinson and senior Mary Scott to make 

contributions as well. 

BREASTSTROKE 

With a double conference champion in the 100 and 200 breast in junior tri-captain 

Tina Cantwell and top-eight finishers in Wilde and Kaplanova, one of the Retrievers 

strongest areas are the breaststroke events. And according to Cradock, it will get 

even stronger. “All of those ladies will get stronger,” he said. “We have to focus on 

our real strengths and this is one of them. We need them to step up together and accept 

the fact that this is probably the strongest part of our team and go with it.” 

Cradock also expects a bigger role in the breaststroke events from Johnson and contributions 

from Johnston. 

BUTTERFLY 

The Retrievers boast another strong group of returners in the butterfly, as well as the 

additions of Johnston and Ryan to the ever-expanding list of butterfliers. Surkovich 

and Engler add depth in the 100 fly, while Sherman and Chialastri provide experience 

in both the 100 and 200 fly events, along with veteran Scott, providing Cradock 

with another event in which he will be able to score major points. “We have brought 

in some great freshmen,” he said. “This is the strongest part of our freshman class. This 

is another strong event for us.” 

INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY 

Much like the men’s team, the women’s squad has an enormous amount of talent in the 

IM events, even with the loss of school record-holder Stanislawska. Tina Cantwell and 

Kaplanova were right behind Stanislawska last season and will lead the IM group, 

which Cradock believes will continue to pack a powerful 1-2-3 punch. Chialastri, 

Johnson and Wilde provide experience in the event, while newcomers Dobrzanski, 

Godwin and Julia Cantwell will bolster an already strong Retriever lineup. “We have 

the opportunity to do even better this year with the new class and with the amount of 

improvement the returners have made,” Cradock said. 

DIVING 

Like the men’s diving team, the women will be starting anew in 2007-08, with no returning 

athletes and suffer a huge loss in Houghton, the two-time Diver of the Meet 

and school record-holder. The incoming freshmen, Crystal Gall and Amanda Shinholser, 

have great potential and Cradock “sees tremendous growth in this area. Crystal 

is an extremely talented diver,” he said. “She has the potential to be as good as— 

if not better than—our past divers, if when challenged she accepts that challenge.” 

With new perspectives from the new diving coaching staff, Cradock believes the divers 

will perform to the highest standards. 

The Retrievers kick off the 2007-08 campaign with an unscored meet at Bucknell on 

Oct. 6, and then travel to Rider on Oct. 20 for their first scored meet. Aside from the 

addition of the Maryland, the Retrievers’ schedule is essentially unchanged, but the 

ladies will be looking to avenge the loss to Navy last season and will face the Mids 

at home, where they have generally had success. 

That success, of course, is dependent upon the individual athletes’ 

progress, and in order to claim another conference 

crown, hard work and improvement will be essential, as the 

league is getting stronger. “We have a great challenge before 

us,” Cradock said. “This could be a three, four, 

maybe a five-way race at the championships. 

We have to rely and count on each individual. 

We will have an opportunity to win 

this conference if we are improving and 

we are a stronger and better program.” 

UMBC coaching staff with captains (L 

to R): Tina Cantwell, Daniele 

Surkovich and Lisa Robinson. 

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CHAD CRADOCK 

HEAD COACH 

7TH SEASON AT UMBC 

UMBC, 1997 

When Chad Cradock took over at the helm 

of the UMBC swimming and diving teams 

in 2001, becoming only the second head coach 

in the program’s 15-year history, he took over a program that was already 

one of UMBC’s most successful in the school’s Division-I era. 

But in his six years as head coach, Cradock has raised the teams’ stature 

even higher. 

In UMBC’s final two seasons in the Northeast Conference, Cradock led both 

his men’s and women’s teams to two league titles, and the men also won 

their fifth and sixth consecutive ECAC crowns. In 2002, Cradock coached 

UMBC’s first NCAA qualifier in 13 years, Lindsey Prather. When UMBC 

joined the America East Conference in 2003, Cradock guided the Retrievers 

through a seamless transition, as both teams finished with school-best 

12-1 records, and the men’s squad dominated at the league championships, 

scoring a then-record 901 points to take the title, while the women placed 

second. 

In 2004-05, the men finished 10-0, becoming UMBC’s first-ever undefeated 

team, and captured another conference title by repeating as AEC champions 

and breaking their own league record for points with 920. 

The 2005-06 campaign proved to be record-breaking for the women’s 

team, which posted a 9-1 dual meet record, winning the first eight meets 

of the season, and shattered 11 school records. The Retrievers took seven 

gold medals and finished second at the America East Championships, just 

54 points behind two-time conference titlist New Hampshire, a huge improvement 

from a year earlier when UMBC was a distant third, 252 points 

behind the Wildcats. And though the men were just 6-4 in dual meets, they 

captured their ninth straight conference crown and third in the America East. 

Then in 2007, Cradock made history as his women’s squad became the first 

women’s team from UMBC to claim an America East title in any sport, while 

the men once again displayed their dominance, capturing their fourthstraight 

America East title and 10th straight conference championship overall. 

In addition, Cradock earned his 100th career victory in the 2006-07 season, 

when the Retrievers defeated Binghamton on Nov. 4. and his success 

has not gone unnoticed. He and his staff have been awarded numerous 

honors over the last five years, including 2001-02 Northeast Conference 

Women's Coach of the Year, ECAC Men's Coach of the Year in 2001-02 

and 2002-03 and America East Men's Coaching Staff of the Year in 2003- 

04 and 2004-05. 

Now entering his seventh season, Cradock 

holds an incredible 113-25 men’s and 

women’s combined record, good 

for an .819 winning percentage, 

and the Retriever 

men will go 

for an unprecendented 

fifth 

straight America East title 

in 2007-08. Cradock has been a 

part of nine of the 10 league titles, 

as he served as an assistant coach 

for three seasons from 1997-2000. 

A native of Barrie, Ontario, Cradock 

earned a bachelor's degree in psychology 

from UMBC in 1997 and was a four-year letter-winner 

for the Retriever swimming and 

diving program. “I really enjoyed my experience 

as an athlete at UMBC,” said 

Cradock, the recipient of UMBC’s Matt 

THE CRADOCK FILE 

MEN’S CAREER RECORD: 56-10 

WOMEN’S CAREER RECORD: 57-15 

Cradock Year-By-Year At UMBC 

Year Men's Record Women's Record 

2001-02 11-1*^ 7-6* 

2002-03 9-3*^ 11-3* 

2003-04 12-1! 12-1 

2004-05 10-0! 8-3 

2005-06 6-4! 9-1 

2006-07 8-1! 10-1! 

Career 56-10 (.848) 57-15 (.792) 

* Northeast Conference Champion 

! America East Conference Champion 

^ Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Champion 

Cradock’s Accolades 

1995-96 - UMBC Swimming and Diving MVP 

1996-97 - UMBC Matt Skalsky Scholar Athlete; 

UMBC Swimming and Diving MVP; 

ECAC Swimmer of the Meet 

2001-02 - Northeast Conference Women's Coach of the Year; 

ECAC Men's Coach of the Year 

2002-03 - ECAC Men's Coach of the Year 

2003-04 - America East Men's Coaching Staff of the Year 

2004-05 - America East Men's Coaching Staff of the Year 

Skalsky Outstanding Scholar-Athlete award as a senior. “The friends that 

I made here are friends that I'll have for a lifetime, and the whole school 

experience was a tremendous run for me. Being from Canada, it was a 

dream-come-true to swim at UMBC, since I always wanted to go to the 

States to compete. To be successful on top of it all was even more amazing.” 

While at UMBC, Cradock swam at the U.S. Open and was fifth in the 400meter 

freestyle at the Canadian Olympic Trials in 1996. A mid-free and 

distance swimmer, he capped his senior season of 1997 by earning ECAC 

Swimmer of the Meet honors after winning the 200, 500 and 1,650-yard 

freestyle events and breaking pool records in the 200 and 500 free to 

lead the Retrievers to a second-place finish. The previous season he won 

both the 500 free and the mile. 

Cradock’s name stood on the UMBC record board until last season, when 

Freddie Reitz broke his final school record in the 500 free. Cradock set the 

mark of 4:28.62 in 1996, but Reitz’s time of 4:28.52 erased Cradock’s 

name from the board. During the 2005-06 season, Cradock’s record of 

15:34.61(‘97) in the 1,650 free was broken when Ryan Karrer went 

15:31.99 at the 2006 America East Championships. 

“After many years of seeing my name on the board and 

being the head coach of UMBC, I was excited to see Ryan 

and Freddie break my records, as it shows the team is 

heading in a new direction,” Cradock said. Cradock also 

held the school mark in the 200 free before another one 

of his own swimmers, Evan Patrick, bested it in 2001. 

Following his graduation, Cradock guided the 

UMBC Masters team to the 1998 YMCA short 

course national championship. Before arriving to 

coach the Masters team, Cradock was the assistant 

director at Camp Chikopi in Magnetawan, 

Ontario, where he coached alongside Olympic 

coaches. Cradock has also served as head coach 

of the Retriever Aquatic Club since 2000. 

Cradock, who was inducted into the UMBC Athletic 

Hall of Fame in 2004, currently resides in Severn, 

Md., with his wife Christie, their four-year-old 

daughter Amanda and one-year-old son Geoffrey, 

and their dog Riley. 

Cradock with UMBC freshman Eric Jones. 

2007-08 UMBC SWIMMING & DIVING

Chris Gibeau is back for his seventh season 

as assistant coach. Prior to returning for his 

second stint with the Retrievers, Gibeau coached 

at the Monocacy Aquatic Club (MAC), where he 

served for two years as head age group coach and four years as head 

coach. 

"It's exciting to be back," said Gibeau, who swam at UMBC from 1989-93. 

"People always talk about coming home because they are comfortable 

where they grew up. UMBC is where I'm comfortable." 

While at MAC, Gibeau had several swimmers achieve National Age Group 

Top 16 consideration, as well as a number of Junior National and U.S. 

Open qualifiers. Under his guidance, MAC placed third in the inaugural 

Maryland LSC Swimming Championships in March 2003. In addition, 

Gibeau helped MAC double in size during his six-year tenure. 

Prior to coaching with MAC, Gibeau spent three years as an assistant coach 

at UMBC and as age group coach with the Retriever Aquatic Club (RAC), 

where he helped lay the foundation for the future success of the men's and 

women's swimming programs. Since returning to UMBC, Gibeau has also 

picked up where he left off with RAC, serving as senior coach and guiding 

swimmers to the sectional and junior national levels. 

“Chris has been a part of the program for so long,” UMBC head coach 

Chad Cradock said. “The athletes absolutely respect him. He relates extremely 

well to the athletes, and we couldn’t do it without him.” 

Gibeau has been on the Maryland Swimming Board of Directors for the 

past nine years. He was selected as a Maryland All-Star Coach by his 

peers five years in a row, and he served as Head All-Star Coach for the 

team that competed in Buffalo, N.Y., in the summer of 2004. 

An American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Level 3 lifetime member, 

Gibeau currently resides in Baltimore, Md. 

Josh Garner returns to the Retrievers for his 

second season as assistant coach after spending 

two years as a graduate assistant at the University 

of Virginia. 

“We’re excited to have Josh on our staff,” UMBC head coach Chad 

Cradock said. “We know he can bring us many new ideas that will help our 

program move to the next level.” 

Garner spent two seasons at nationally ranked Virginia before coming to 

UMBC, assisting as the Cavalier men won their seventh and eighth consecutive 

Atlantic Coast Conference titles, and the women were runners-up both 

years. Numerous Virginia swimmers achieved All-ACC and All-America status. 

Garner assisted with the distance and individual medley stroke groups 

with the Cavaliers. 

While pursuing a Master’s degree in sports psychology at Virginia’s Curry 

School of Education, Garner also coordinated sports psychology education 

for the Cavalier swimming and diving teams. 


CHRIS GIBEAU 

ASSISTANT COACH 

7TH SEASON AT UMBC 

UMBC 

JOSH GARNER 

ASSISTANT COACH 

2ND SEASON AT UMBC 

CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, 2003 

Garner spent the 2003-04 season as an assistant coach at Allegheny College 

in Pennsylvania, and he has also coached at the Schroeder YMCA in 

Wisconsin, as well as at several swim camps in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, 

Florida and Virginia. 

A four-year swimmer at Connecticut College, Garner graduated with honors 

in 2003 with a degree in psychology and resides in Baltimore, Md. 

KIRSTY CARRIHILL- 

KNOLL 

DIVING COACH 

2ND SEASON AT UMBC 

FLORIDA STATE, 2000 

Kirsty Carrihill-Knoll returns to the Retrievers 

after serving as a part of the 

UMBC diving staff during the 2003-04 season. 

Carrihill-Knoll, a native of Harare, Zimbabwe helped propel fellow diving 

coach Jon Gdowik to two new school records in the 1-meter and 3meter 

diving events, as well as an NCAA Zone Championship 

qualification. 

Prior to coming to UMBC, Carrihill-Knoll served as the head diving coach 

at Georgia Southern University from 2001-2003 and has also coached 

at Arundel Girls High School in Harare, Zimbabwe, and Leon County and 

Lincoln high schools in Tallahassee, Fla. 

Carrihill-Knoll was a member of the diving team at Florida State University 

from 1997-2000 where she represented the Seminoles at the Atlantic 

Coast Conference and NCAA Championships and she has also 

competed for the Zimbabwean national team. 

In 1996 and 1997, Carrihill-Knoll was crowned the Zimbabwean 

Women’s Open National Champion and qualified for the Zimbabwean 

Olympic team in 1996 and 2000. 

In addition, Carrihill-Knoll is an active member of the USA and Baltimore 

Field Hockey Association after serving as head coach of the Arundel 

Girls High School and St. John’s College field hockey teams in Zimbabwe. 

Carrihill-Knoll graduated from Florida State in 2000 with a degree in 

psychology and minor in business and earned her master’s of science in 

kinesiology from Georgia Southern in 2003. She resides in Baltimore, 

Md. with her husband, Michael Knoll. 

JON GDOWIK 

DIVING COACH 

1ST SEASON AT UMBC 

UMBC, 2005 

Former UMBC diver Jon Gdowik joins the 

Retrievers after serving as a coach for the 

Retriever Diving Club, as well as the Padonia 

Park, and West Howard diving clubs. 

Gdowik, a member of the UMBC swimming and diving team from 2000- 

2004, competed in the 1- and 3-meter diving events, placing second in 

both at the 2004 America East Swimming and Diving Championships. 

Gdowik also set new school records on both boards during his senior 

season in addition to qualifying for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships. 

The West Chester, Pa., native graduated from UMBC in 2005 with a 

bachelor’s degree in geography, as well as a minor in sociology and a 

certificate in cartography. Gdowik resides in Baltimore, Md. 


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2007-08 RETRIEVER ROSTERS 

TEAM BREAKDOWN 

Head Coach: Chad Cradock 

Diving Coaches: Kirsty Carrihill-Knoll, 

Jon Gdowik 

Assistant Coaches: Chris Gibeau, 

Josh Garner 

Men’s Captains: Scott Auchter, 

Justin Bronson, Adam Eiben 

Women’s Captains: Tina Cantwell, 

Lisa Robinson, Daniele Surkovich 

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

Sarah Aichele:Aichele rhymes with Rachel 

Scott Auchter: AUK-ter 

Kate Chialastri: key-LAHS-tree 

Milos Djukic: MEE-loesh JEW-keech 

Cassie Dobrzanski: duh-BRAN-ski 

Adam Eiben: EYE-bin 

Keilan Freeman: KAY-lin 

Chris Gibeau: ji-BOE 

Tereza Kaplanova: te-RAY-za KAP-la-NO-va 

Rasmus Kutt: RAHS-mus KOOT 

Christina Ng: ING 

Joey Sementelli: SEH-men-TELL-ee 

John Seniz: sha-NEEZ 

Amanda Shinholser: SHIN-hole-zer 

Eric Skrabacz: skra-BAHTZ 

Daniele Surkovich: don-YELL sur-KO-vich 

BY STATE/COUNTRY 

Colorado 1 

Connecticut: 3 

Florida: 2 

Maryland: 19 

Massachusetts: 1 

New Jersey: 3 

New York: 6 

North Carolina: 1 

Ohio: 1 

Pennsylvania: 9 

Canada: 5 

Czech Republic: 1 

Estonia: 2 

Mexico: 1 

Serbia: 1 

2007-08 UMBC MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTER 

Name Events Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/Previous School 

Scott Auchter Breast/Sprint Free/IM Sr.. 6-2 Wernersville, Pa./Wilson 

Justin Bronson Mid Free/Fly Jr. 6-2 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada/MSGR. Paul Dwyer 

Mat Carson Distance Free/IM Fr. 5-9 Toronto, Ontario, Canada/Silverthorn Colleg. Instit. 

Chris Cheng Diving Fr. 5-8 Raleigh, N.C./Enloe 

Fred Deal Sprint/Mid Free So. 6-0 Richboro, Pa./Father Judge/Council Rock South 

Kregg Deery Breast/IM Fr. 5-10 Ormond Beach, Fla./Spruce Creek 

Milos Djukic Back/Sprint Free Jr. 6-1 Novi Sad, Serbia/Svetozar Markovic 

Mitchell Donovan Sprint/Mid Free Fr. 5-10 Ellicott City, Md./Centennial 

Adam Eiben Mid Free/IM Sr. 5-9 Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin 

Keilan Freeman IM/Back/Mid Free Fr. 5-11 Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Argyll Centre 

Danny Gray Mid Free Fr. 6-0 New Market, Md./Linganore 

Daniel Grippi Diving Fr. 5-10 Voorhees, N.J./Eastern 

Greg Guseman Diving Fr. 5-9 Uniontown, Pa./Laurel Highlands 

Matt Hamel Diving So. 5-7 Jessup, Md./Glenelg Country School 

Eric Jones Mid Free/Fly Fr. 6-3 Gambrills, Md./Arundel 

Rasmus Kutt Back/Sprint Free So. 6-4 Tallinn, Estonia/Gustav Adolf Gymnasium 

Alejandro Lopez Fly/Back/IM Sr. 5-11 Mexico City, Mexico/Bolles School (Jacksonville, Fla.) 

Matt Mattingly Sprint Free/Fly/IM So. 5-8 Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West 

Seth McNew Diving Fr. 5-9 Lakewood, Colo./Lakewood 

Mike Morabito Diving Fr. 6-3 Owego, N.Y./Owego Free Academy 

Josh Nachman Fly/Sprint Free Jr. 5-5 Ellicott City, Md./Wilde Lake 

Phillip Novotny Breast/IM Fr. 5-11 Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde 

Brad Reitz Mid Free/Fly Fr. 6-2 Ellicott City, Md./Howard 

Freddie Reitz Mid Free/Breast Jr. 5-11 Ellicott City, Md./Howard 

Evan Roseberry Mid/Distance Free/IMJr. 6-0 Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson 

Sven Schneider Sprint Free/Back Jr. 6-3 Tallinn, Estonia/Tallinn German Gymnasium/LSU 

Joey Sementelli Mid/Distance Free/IMSr. 5-8 Framingham, Mass./Framingham 

John Seniz Sprint Free So. 6-1 Severna Park, Md./Severna Park 

Eric Skrabacz Back/IM/Fly Sr. 6-3 Hollywood, Md./Leonardtown 

P.J. Sterba Mid Free/Fly Jr. 6-2 Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Johnson 

Zach Vonder Haar Sprint Free/Fly So. 5-9 Gahanna, Ohio/Columbus Academy 

Dan Weston-DawkesMid Free/IM Fr. 5-9 Ellicott City, Md./Wilde Lake 

2007-08 UMBC WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING ROSTER 

Name Events Cl. Ht. Hometown/High School/Previous School 

Sarah Aichele Mid/Distance Free Jr. 5-1 Middletown, Md./Middletown 

Julia Cantwell Back/IM/Mid Free Fr. 5-5 Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson 

Tina Cantwell Breast/IM Jr. 5-4 Sinking Spring, Pa./The Hill School 

Kate Chialastri Fly/Mid Free So. 5-7 Flourtown, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh 

Danielle Cruz Sprint/Mid Free Fr. 5-3 Catonsville, Md./Western Tech 

Cassie Dobrzanski IM/Distance Fre Fr. 5-4 Maugansville, Md./North Hagerstown 

Lindsey Engler Sprint/Mid Free/Fly Sr. 5-8 Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett 

Carly Fitzpatrick Sprint Free/Back Sr. 5-8 Delran, N.J./Delran 

Crystal Gall Diving Fr. 5-4Balgonie, Saskatchewan, Canada/Dr. Martin LeBoldus 

Rebecca Godwin Distance Free/IM Fr. 5-8 Catonsville, Md./Notre Dame Prep 

Brittany Johnson Breast/IM/Mid Free So. 5-5 Ponte Vedra, Fla./Bolles School 

Gabby Johnston Sprint Free/Fly/Breast Fr. 5-7 Windsor, Conn./Loomis Chafee School 

Tereza Kaplanova IM/Breast/Back So. 5-5Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnazium J.G. Jarkovskeho 

Rachel Lesslie Back/Distance Free Sr. 5-7 Kingston, Ontario, Canada/Holy Cross 

Erin Mathews Mid/Distance Free Sr. 5-9 Newtown, Pa./Council Rock 

Christina Ng Sprint/Mid Free Jr. 5-2 Bethpage, N.Y./Plainedge 

Lisa Robinson Mid/Distance/Back Sr. 5-3 Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman 

Sarah Ryan Fly/Mid Free Fr. 5-8 Rockville Centre, N.Y./Oceanside 

Mary Scott Fly/Back Sr. 5-7 Plainview, N.Y./Bethpage 

Lindsay Sherman Fly/Mid Free So. 5-6 Bethany, Conn./Amity 

Amanda Shinholser Diving Fr. 5-4 Burtonsville, Md./Springbrook 

Daniele Surkovich Sprint/Mid Free/Fly Jr. 5-9 Ellicott City, Md./Wilde Lake 

Joy Wilde Breast/IM/Sprint Free Jr. 5-4 Greenlawn, N.Y./Harborfields 

Erin Wohlers Sprint Free Fr. 5-6 Baldwinsville, N.Y./Charles W. Baker 


2006-07: Set a new school record in the 100yard 

breaststroke (56.59) as he took silver at 

the America East Conference Championships… Also took silver in the 200 

breast, and as part of the 200 and 400 medley relays, and placed 

fourth in the 200 individual medley… Was part of the Patriot 

Invitational meet record-setting 400 medley relay 

(3:23.19)… Also crowned Patriot Invite champion in the 

200 breast and as part of the 200 medley relay… 

Finished second in the 100 breast and fifth in the 200 

IM at the same meet… Undefeated in dual 

meet competition in the 100 breast… Swam on 

the winning 200 and 400 medley relays four times 

each… Also won the 200 breast four times… Posted UMBC’s 

fastest times in the 100 breast (56.59) and 200 breast (2:05.46) 

and saw a personal best 1:55.24 in the 200 IM… Named to the America 

East Winter All-Academic Team… 200 breast time ranks fifth on all-time 

top 10 list. 

2005-06: Took bronze in the 100-breast and placed fourth in the 200breast 

and 13th in the 50-free at the America East Championships… Also 

won silver with the 400-medley relay and bronze with the 200-medley 

relay at AEC’s… Won a share of the gold in the 100-breast and took 

bronze in the 200-breast at ECAC’s… Only individual dual meet win of the 

season came in the 200-breast against Bucknell… Broke New Hampshire’s 

pool record as part of the winning 400-medley relay…placed second in 

the 100-breast at the George Mason Invitational… Swam UMBC’s fastest 

100-breast (56.97) and 200-breast (2:05.90) times of the season… Swam 

on the winning 400-medley relay at six different meets and on the winning 

200-medley relay against Howard… Selected to the America East Winter 

All-Academic Squad and the America East Honor Roll. 

2004-05: Tied for second place in the 100-breast at the ECAC’s… Also 

finished 19th in the 200-breast and swam on four relays at that meet… 

Came in eighth in the 100-free and swam on the sixth-place 400-medley 

relay against William and Mary in his first collegiate meet… Highest individual 

finish of the season was second in the 200-breast against Rider 

and in the 50-free at Howard. 

Background: Was an NISCA All-American in the 100-breast and 200medley 

relay… An Academic All-American, Pennsylvania All-State, All- 

League and All-County selection his senior year… Is the county record 

holder in the 200-meter medley relay… Won three gold medals at the 

District 3 Class AAA Swim Meet… Helped lead his team to the state championship 

as a freshman and sophomore… Also lettered in water polo at 

Wilson and was All-State as a senior…a National Honor Society member. 

Personal: Son of Ray and Sandy Auchter… Has a younger sister, Amy… 

Born March 14, 

1986… A biological 

sciences 

major who 

hopes to become 

a doctor. 

SCOTT AUCHTER 

6-2 - SENIOR 

BREAST/IM/SPRINT FREE 

WERNERSVILLE, PA. 

WILSON 

ADAM EIBEN 

5-9 - SENIOR 

MID FREE/IM 

PITTSBURGH, PA. 

BALDWIN 

2006-07: Earned bronze in the 400 individual 

medley, was part of the silver medal-winning 

400 freestyle relay and placed sixth in the 200 IM and 11th in the 100 

MEN’S PROFILES 

Event 2006-07 Best Date UMBC Best 

50 Free 22.24 11/4/06 22.17 

100 Breast 56.59* 2/10/07 56.59* 

200 Breast 2:05.46 2/11/07 2:05.46 

200 IM 1:55.24 2/9/07 1:55.24 

*-UMBC Record 

free at the America East Championships… Finished sixth in the 200 IM, seventh 

in the 400 IM, 14th in the 100 free, and was part of the bronze 

medal-winning 800 free relay, fourth place 400 free relay and sixth place 

200 free relay at the Patriot Invite… Swam on the winning 400 free relay 

four times during the season… Also won the 200 free against Marist and 

the 200 IM against Bucknell… Swam UMBC’s second-fastest time in the 

400 IM (4:08.80), which was also a career best… Also swam career bests 

in the 100 free (47.78) and 200 IM (1:55.50) at the America East Championships 

and in the 200 free (1:45.28) at the Patriot Invitational... Named 

to the America East Honor Roll and Winter All-Academic Team. 

2005-06: Placed second in the 200-IM and led off the winning 400-free 

relay against New Hampshire… Came in third in the 200-free against Towson… 

Swam UMBC’s second-fastest time in the 400-IM of the season 

(4:12.27)… Selected to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll… 

Swam a season best in the 100-free (49.13) at the America East Championships 

and in the 200-free (1:47.14) and 200-IM (1:58.43) at the George 

Mason Invitational. 

Adam Eiben 

2004-05: Came in sixth in the 200-IM and anchored the third-place 

400-medley relay team against William 

and Mary in his first collegiate meet… 

Highest individual finish of the season was 

third in the 500-free in the dual meet 

against Marist… Placed 19th in the 400-IM 

at ECAC’s. 

Background: Helped lead his high school team to the Pennsylvania state 

meet at Penn State… Also lettered in lacrosse at Baldwin… Earned aca- 

demic honors all 

four years of 

high school. 

Personal: Son 

of Ron and 

Christine Eiben… Has an older brother, Ron Jr… Born May 8, 1986… Majoring 

in political science and hopes to become a lawyer. 

2006-07: Finished 13th in the 100 backstroke, 

19th in the 100 butterfly and 24th in the 200 

individual medley at the Patriot Invite… Won 

the 100 back against Howard… Swam UMBC’s fourth-fastest 200 back 

and fifth-fastest 100 back and 100 fly times of the season… Also swam 

career bests in the 50 free (22.33) at East Carolina and the 200 IM 

(1:55.30) at the America East Championships. 

2005-06: Placed ninth in the 100-back and the 100-fly and 16th in the 

200-IM at the America East Championships… Highest individual finish of 

the season was fourth in the 100-back against Howard… Anchored the 

winning 400-free relay at Seton Hall… Swam season bests in the 100back 

(53.35), 100-fly (52.10) and 200-IM (1:59.38) at AEC’s; in the 50free 

(23.17) against Navy; and in the 100-free (48.91) at the George 

Mason Invitational. 

2004-05: Highest individual finish of the season was fifth in the 200-back 

at George Washington and in the 50-free at Howard… Took sixth in the 

200-back and swam on the fifth-place 400-medley relay against William 

and Mary in his first collegiate meet… Came in 23rd in the 200-back and 

29th in the 100-fly at ECAC’s. 

Background: 

Helped lead his 

high school 

team to the nationalchampionship. 


100 Free 47.78 2/11/07 47.78 

200 Free 1:45.28 11/18/06 1:45.28 

200 IM 1:55.50 2/9/07 1:55.50 

400 IM 4:08.80 2/10/07 4:08.80 

ALEJANDRO LOPEZ 

5-11 - SENIOR 

FLY/BACK/IM 

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO 

BOLLES SCHOOL 


50 Free 22.33 1/20/07 22.33 

100 Back 53.68 11/17/06 53.35 

200 Back 1:55.30 2/8/07 1:55.30 

100 Fly 52.48 2/8/07 52.10 

200 IM 2:00.54 1/17/06 1:59.38 

Personal: Son of Hector and Gabriela Lopez… Has an older brother, Hector… 

Born Feb. 6, 1986… Majoring in mechanical engineering. 


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2006-07: Took bronze in the 1,650 freestyle 

and finished seventh in the 500 free and eighth 

in the 400 individual medley at the America East 

Championships… Finished eighth in the 1,650 free, 18th in the 500 free, 

and 21st in the 400 IM at the Patriot Invite… Highest individual finish came 

against Towson where he finished second in the 1,000 free… Posted 

UMBC’s third-fastest 1,650 free and fourth-fastest 1,000 free times of the 

season… Also swam career bests in the 500 free (4:39.98) and 1,650 free 

(16:05.26)… 1,650 free time ranks eighth on the all-time top 10 list… 

Named to the America East Winter All-Academic Team. 

2005-06: Placed fifth in the mile, sixth in the 400-IM and seventh in the 

500-free at the America East Championships… Took 25th in the 200-fly 

and 400-IM and 27th in the 500-free at ECAC’s… Won the 500-free 

against Howard… Placed third in the 500-free against Towson and in the 

1,000-free against Towson and New Hampshire… Swam UMBC’s thirdfastest 

times of the season in the mile and the 400-IM… Selected to the 

America East Honor Roll… Swam season bests in the 500-free (4:44.74) 

and 400-IM (4:12.45) and in the 1000-free in his split from the mile 

(9:54.31) at AEC’s and in the 200-fly (2:00.13) at ECAC’s. 

2004-05: Finished third in the 500-free and fourth in the 1000-free against 

William and Mary in his first collegiate meet… Also placed third in the 

1000-free against Johns Hopkins… Came in 19th in the 1650-free and 

40th in the 500-free at ECAC’s. 

Background: Earned team MVP honors and was team captain as a junior 

and senior… Also captained his club team, the Shawmut Aquatic Club his 

last two years of high school… Chosen as a Metrowest Daily News All-Star 

in 11th and 12th grade… Selected as a Bay State conference All-Star all 

four years of high school… Finished third in the 200-free and fourth in the 

500-free at the Massachusetts state meet in 2004… Also placed fourth in 

the 1650-free at the New England Open in 2004… Helped lead his high 

school team to a conference championship and a fourth-place finish at the 

state meet in 2003-04… His club team finished third in New England that 

same year… Was an active member of the Key Club and SGA in high 

school. 

Personal: Son 

of Norman and 

Gale Sementelli… 

Has 

a younger sis- 


JOEY SEMENTELLI 

5-8 - SENIOR 

MID/DISTANCE FREE/IM 

FRAMINGHAM, MASS. 

FRAMINGHAM 


500 Free 4:39.98 2/8/07 4:39.98 

1000 Free 9:43.97* 2/8/07 9:43.97* 

1650 Free 16:05.26 2/8/07 16:05.26 

400 IM 4:14.44 2/8/07 4:12.45 

*-Split 

ter, Gina… Born Oct. 27, 1985… A psychology and economics major who 

hopes to become a swim coach. 

ERIC SKRABACZ 

6-3 - SENIOR 

BACK/IM/FLY 

HOLLYWOOD, MD. 

LEONARDTOWN 

2006-07: Finished seventh in the 200 butterfly, 

10th in the 100 fly and 11th in the 200 individual 

medley at the America East Championships… 

Also took bronze in the 200 fly, seventh in the 200 IM, ninth in 

the 100 fly and 17th in the 100 back at the Patriot Invite… Was part of 

the winning 400 medley relay against Rider… Swam UMBC’s secondfastest 

200 fly and third-fastest 100 fly times of the season and swam a 

career best in the 100 back (54.33) at the Patriot Invite. 

2005-06: Placed fourth in the 200-fly, sixth in the 200-fly and ninth in the 

200-IM at the America East Championships… Took second in the 200-fly 

in dual meets against Navy, Bucknell and Rider… Swam UMBC’s second- 

fastest times of the season in the 100- and 200-fly… Was part of the winning 

200-medley relay against Howard… Selected to the America East 

Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Swam season bests in the 100-fly (51.27) and 

200-fly (1:53.94) at the George Mason Invitational and in the 200-IM 

(1:57.17) at AEC’s. 

2004-05: Placed fourth in the 100- and 200-fly and fifth in the 100-back 

at the America East Championships… Came in 16th in the 100-fly and 

22nd in the 200-fly at ECAC’s… Finished second in the 200-fly and swam 

on the third-place 400-medley relay against William and Mary in his first 

collegiate meet… Also took second in the 200-fly against Rider and in the 

100-back 

a g a i n s t 

Howard. 

Personal: Son 

of Cathy Doer- 


100 Fly 51.62 11/17/06 51.27 

200 Fly 1:54.61 11/17/06 1:53.42 

100 Back 54.33 11/17/06 54.33 

200 IM 1:57.48 2/8/07 1:57.17 

ing and Theodore Skrabacz… Has a sister, Kelly… Last name is pronounced 

skra-BAHTZ… Born Aug. 30, 1985… Majoring in math. 

JUSTIN BRONSON 

6-2 - JUNIOR 

MID FREE/FLY 

OSHAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA 

MSGR. PAUL DWYER 

2006-07: Part of the school, America East 

Championship and Boston University pool 

record-setting 800-yard freestyle relay 

(6:44.18)… Also took gold in the 100 freestyle at the America East Championships 

and silver in the 500 freestyle, 100 butterfly and as part of the 

400 medley and freestyle relays… Part of the Patriot Invitational meet 

record-setting 400 medley relay (3:23.19)… Earned gold in the 200 

freestyle, 100 butterfly and as part of the 200 medley and 400 and 800 

freestyle relays, and earned silver in the 

500 and 100 freestyle at the 

same meet… Undefeated 

in dual 

meets in the 200 

freestyle and won 

the 100 freestyle 

at six meets during 

the season… Also won 

the 100 butterfly and 500 

freestyle at two meets, the 200 fly at 

one meet, and was part of the winning 400 

freestyle relay at eight different meets and the 200 medley relay at two 

meets… Held UMBC’s fastest times in the 100 free (45.98), 200 free 

(1:39.42), 100 butterfly (49.51), and swam a personal best 1:55.68 in the 

200 butterfly… 100 fly time was a personal best and ranks third on the 

all-time top 10 list. 

2005-06: Won gold in the 500-free and silver in the 100- and 200-free 

at the America East Championships, setting a new meet record in the 500 

(4:28.79)… Also grabbed gold with the 800-free relay and silver with the 

200- and 400-free relays… Placed 12th in the 100-fly and 15th in the 

100-free at ECAC’s… Swam UMBC’s fastest times of the season in the 100free 

(45.89), the 200-free (1:39.26) and the 500-free (4:28.79)… Won 

the 200-free at six dual meets and the 500-free three times… Also won 

the 50-free against New Hampshire, the 100-free against East Carolina 

and the 1000-free against Howard… Placed second in the 100- and 200free 

and swam on the winning 400-free relay against Rider in the first 

meet of his collegiate career… Broke New Hampshire’s pool record as 

part of the winning 400-medley relay… Also led off the winning 200-free 

relay against Howard, anchored three winning 400-free relays and the 

winning 800-free relay at the George Mason Invitational… Named America 

East Swimmer of the Week after the Towson meet… Competed at the 


100 Free 45.98 2/8/07 45.89 

200 Free 1:39.42 * 2/8/07 1:39.26 

500 Free 4:29.43 2/8/07 4:28.79 

100 Fly 49.51 2/8/07 49.51 

200 Fly 

*-Split 

1:55.68* 11/5/06 1:55.68 

Canadian Pan- 

Pacific Trials 

over the summer 

and placed 

sixth in the 400meter 

freestyle, 

15th in the 

200-meter free, 


21st in the 100-meter fly and 22nd in the 100-meter free. 

Background: Competed at the Canadian Olympic Trials, the Junior Pan-Pacific 

Games and the Canadian Summer Games… His team finished fourth 

in the 4 x100-free relay at the Junior Pan-Pacifics, just missing the bronze 

medal… Also lettered in soccer and hockey. 

Personal: Plays the guitar, piano and trombone… Son of Mary Jo and 

Dwight Bronson… Is the third of six children… Has four brothers, Mike, 

Alex, Kevin and Brandon, and a sister, Joelle… Born March 14, 1986... 

Majoring in biology and psychology. 

2006-07: Earned bronze in the 200 backstroke, 

was part of the silver medal 200 freestyle 

relay,and finished fourth in the 100 back and 

11th in the 50 free at the America East Championships… Finished fourth in 

the 100 back, 200 back and as part of the 400 free and 400 medley relays, 

and was also part of the sixth-place 200 medley and 200 free relays 

at the Patriot Invite… Swam on the winning 200 medley relay at two 

dual meets and the 400 free relay at one meet… Won the 100 back 

against Marist and the 200 back against Rider and Colgate… Swam 

UMBC’s second-fastest 100 and 200 back times of the season... Swam career 

bests in the 50 free (21.70), 100 back (51.26), and 200 back 

(1:51.62)… 200 back time ranks fifth and 100 back time ranks sixth on the 

all-time top 10 list... Named to the America East Honor Roll and Winter All- 

Academic Team. 

2005-06: Placed fourth in the 200-back, fifth in the 100-back and 14th in 

the 50-free at the America East Championships… Took fifth in the 100back 

and ninth in the 200-back at ECAC’s… Swam UMBC’s fastest times of 

the season in the 100-back (51.92) and the 200-back (1:52.88)… Tied for 

second in the 200-back and led off the runner-up 400-medley relay team 

against Rider in his first collegiate meet… Broke New Hampshire’s pool 

record in the 100-back leading off the winning 400-medley relay, which 

also broke the pool record… Won the 200-back at four dual meets, the 

100-back against Howard and the 100-free against UNH… Led off the 

winning 400-medley relays at six meets… Also led off the winning 200medley 

relay against Howard and anchored the winning 400-free relay 

against New Hampshire… Selected to the America East Honor Roll. 

Background: Won the 100-meter backstroke at the high school championships 

in 2004-05… Placed third in the 50-meter backstroke at the 

Balkan Junior Swimming Championships… was a Junior National champion 

in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter backstroke in 2003-04… Placed second 

in the 100-meter backstroke at the National Championships in 2005… 

Helped lead his team to six consecutive national championships. 

Personal: Name is pronounced MEE-losh (long o) JEW-kich… Son of Mirko 

and Milica Djukic… Has two older brothers, Nikola and Vladimir… Born 

Sept. 28, 

1986… Majoring 

in financial 

economics. 

MILOS DJUKIC 

6-1 - JUNIOR 

BACK/SPRINT FREE 

NOVI SAD, SERBIA 

SVETOZAR MARKOVIC 

JOSH NACHMAN 

5-5 - JUNIOR 

2006-07: Finished 10th in the 200 butterfly at 

the Patriot Invitational… Highest finish of the 

season came against Rider, where he finished 

second in the 200 fly… Also finished third in the same event against Tow- 



50 Free 21.70 2/8/07 21.70 

100 Back 51.26 2/8/07 51.26 

200 Back 1:51.62 11/17/06 1:51.62 

FLY/SPRINT FREE 

ELLICOTT CITY, MD. 

WILDE LAKE 

son… Swam all career bests at the America East Championships in the 50 

freestyle (22.96), 100 fly (52.99) and 200 fly (1:55.85)… 200 fly time 

was the fifth-fastest on the team… Named to the America East Commissioner’s 

Honor Roll. 

2005-06: Placed fourth in the 200-fly and was on the third-place 400free 

relay and the fifth-place 400-medley relay against Rider in the first 

collegiate meet of his career… Highest individual finish of the season was 

third in the 200-fly against Towson… Selected to the America East Commissioner’s 

Honor Roll… Swam season-best times in the 50-free (23.16), 

100-fly (53.28) and 200-fly (1:57.30) at the America East Championships. 

Background: Represented the United States in Israel for the 2001 World 

Maccabiah Games. 

Personal: Last name is pronounced NOCK-man… Son of Robert and Joan 

Nachman… Has a younger sister, Soshana… Born Oct. 7, 1987… Major- 

ing in math and 

physics and minoring 

in astronomy. 


50 Free 22.96 2/8/07 22.96 

100 Fly 52.99 2/8/07 52.99 

200 Fly 1:55.85 2/8/07 1:55.85 

FREDDIE REITZ 

5-11 - JUNIOR 

MID FREE/BREAST 


HOWARD 

2006-07: Set a new UMBC record in the 500 

freestyle to win the Patriot Invitational… Swam 

a time of 4:28.52 to break head coach Chad 

Cradock’s10-year-old record of 4:28.62 set in 1996… Was also part of 

the school, America East Conference Championship and Boston University 

pool record-setting 800 free relay which swam a time of 6:44.18… Also 

earned bronze in the 200 free and finished 

sixth in the 500 free and 10th in the 200 

breaststroke at the America East 

Championships… Was part of 

the Patriot Invite champion 800 

free relay and finished second 

in the 200 free and third 

in the 200 breast at the 

same meet… Finished second 

in the 200 free and 

200 breast in three 

dual meets each… 

Swam UMBC’s second-fastest 

200 breast and third-fastest 200 free 

times of the season. 

2005-06: Took silver in the 500-free, bronze in the 200-free and fifth in the 

200-breast at the America East Championships… Swam UMBC’s secondfastest 

200-free (1:41.45) and 500-free (4:29.69) times of the season… 

Placed second in the 200-breast and fifth in the 200-free and anchored 

the second-place 400-medley relay against Rider in the first collegiate 

meet of his career… Won the 200-breast in dual meets against Seton Hall, 

Navy and Towson… Swam a season-best time in the 200-breast (2:06.86) 

at the George Mason Invitational. 

Background: Broke his team record in the 200-breast at sectionals and 

was nationally ranked in 2002. 

Personal: Last name is pronounced REETZ… Son of Fred and Joanna 

Reitz… Has two younger brothers, Brad and Todd, and a younger sister, 

Chelsea… Brad is currently a freshman on the UMBC swimming and diving 


200 Free 1:41.98 11/17/06 1:41.45 

500 Free 4:28.52* 11/17/06 4:28.52* 

200 Breast 2:10.04 2/8/07 2:06.86 

*-UMBC Record 

team... Born 

May 17, 

1987… Majoring 

in economics 

and marketing. 


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2006-07: Was part of the school, America East 

Championship and Boston University pool 

record-setting 800 freestyle relay which swam 

a time of 6:44.18… Earned two silver medals at the America East Championships, 

in the 400 individual medley and 1,650 free… Also took bronze 

in the 500 free at the same meet… Won the Patriot Invitational in the 

1,650 free and 200 butterfly and finished second in the 400 IM and third 

in the 500 free… Was also part of the winning 800 free relay at the Patriot 

Invite… Won the 200 fly at six dual meets, the 500 free, 1,000 free 

and 400 IM at one during the season… Swam UMBC’s fastest 1,000 free, 

400 IM, and 200 fly, second-fastest 1,650 free, and third fastest 500 free 

times of the season… Also recorded career bests in the 200 fly (1:52.46) 

and 400 IM (4:03.40) which rank fifth and ninth on the all-time top 10 list. 

2005-06: Won silver in the mile and the 400-IM and bronze in the 500-free 

at the America East Championships… Also grabbed gold with the 800free 

relay at AEC’s… Took 17th in the 200-free, 

22nd in the 200-fly and 23rd in the 200- 

IM at ECAC’s… 

Finished second 

in the 

500-free and 

fifth in the 400- 

IM and swam on the 

winning 400-free relay against 

Rider in the first meet of his collegiate career… 

First collegiate wins came at New Hampshire in the 200-free and 

200-fly…also won the 100-free and 400-IM against Howard… Swam 

UMBC’s fastest times in the 1000-free (9:24.12) and the 400-IM (4:06.27) 

and the second-fastest in the mile (15:39.19)… Led off UMBC’s winning 

800-free relay at the George Mason Invitational, and also swam on the 

winning 400-free relay against Bucknell… Swam season bests in the 200free 

(1:43.93) and 200-fly (1:54.19) at the George Mason Invitational 

and in the 500free 

(4:32.14) 

at AEC’s. 

Background: A 

four-time PIAA 

All-State selection… 

An All- 

EVAN ROSEBERRY 

6-0 - JUNIOR 

MID/DISTANCE FREE/IM 

SINKING SPRING, PA. 

WILSON 



500 Free 4:32.60 2/8/07 4:32.14 

1000 Free 9:30.01* 2/8/07 9:24.12* 

1650 Free 15:39.97 2/8/07 15:39.19 

200 Fly 1:52.46 11/17/06 1:52.46 

400 IM 4:03.40 2/8/07 4:03.40 

*-Split 

American qualifier in the 200- and 500-free in 2005… Finished third in the 

200- and 500-free at the 2005 PIAA State Championships… Helped lead 

his team to the PIAA state championship… Was a member of the Spanish 

Club in high school. 

Personal: Enjoys playing piano… Chose UMBC over Maryland and East 

Carolina because of the team chemistry… Son of Scott Roseberry and 

Veronica Rosa… Has three siblings, Vonnie, Adrianne and Sydney… Born 

Nov. 5, 1987… Majoring in American studies. 

P.J. STERBA 

6-2 - JUNIOR 

MID FREE/FLY 

FREDERICK, MD. 

GOV. THOMAS JOHNSON 

2006-07: Finished sixth in the 200 butterfly, 

15th in the 200 freestyle, 19th in the 500 free 

and 20th in the 100 fly and was also part of 

the third-place 800 free relay at the Patriot Invite… Highest finish of the 

year came against Marist, where he finished third in the 200 free… Swam 

career bests in the 200 free (1:44.95) and 200 fly (1:54.69) at the America 

East Championships and in the 500 free (4:46.12) at the Patriot In- 

vite… 200 fly time was the fourth-fastest on the team for the season… 

Named to the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll. 

2005-06: Placed sixth in the 100-free and swam on the fourth-place 400free 

relay against Rider in the first meet of his collegiate career… Finished 

second in the 50-free and 200-fly against Towson… Contributed in 

numerous sprint freestyle and butterfly events, as well as relays, throughout 

the season… Selected to the America East Honor Roll… Swam season 

bests in the 50-free (22.31) and 100-free (48.89) at the George Mason 

Invitational. 

Background: Was a Frederick County All-County First Team selection in 

2004 and 2005… Helped his high school team to a 12th-place finish at 

Metros, the highest finish ever for a Frederick County school… Was a mem- 


100 Free 50.47 1/20/07 48.89 

200 Free 1:44.95 2/8/07 1:44.95 

500 Free 4:46.12 11/17/06 4:46.12 

100 Fly 53.57 11/17/06 53.23 

200 Fly 1:54.69 2/8/07 1:54.69 

ber of the National 

Honor 

Society and 

mock trial at 

Gov. Thomas 

Johnson. 

Personal: Son of Martin and Rebecca Sterba… Has an older sister, 

Meghan, and an older brother, Greg… Born Nov. 12, 1987… Majoring 

in computer science and hopes to become a computer programmer. 

2006-07: Finished fifth in the 100 and 200 

freestyle and was part of the fourth-place 400 

free and medley relays in his first collegiate 

meet against Rider… Won the 100 free against Marist… Swam season 

bests in the 50 free (21.99), 100 free (48.14) and 200 free (1:48.20) at 

the America East Championships. 

Background: Member of the National Honor Society and National Spanish 

Honor Society in high school… Also recipient of Presidential Scholarship 

as a freshman and sophomore… A three-time First Team All Catholic selection… 

Qualified for the Speedo Champions Series for three years… 

Also qualified for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class 

AAA State Championships his junior and senior year… Named his team’s 

Rookie of the Year in ninth grade and MVP in 10th grade… Led his team 

to an undefeated 

10-0 

season as a senior. 

Personal: Son of 

Frederick and Jennifer Deal… Father played football for Kutztown University… 

Has a younger brother, Stephen, and younger sister, Alexis… 

Born Aug. 26, 1988… Majoring in civil engineering. 

2006-07: Joined the Retrievers mid-season and 

saw action in two meets during the season... 

First collegiate competition occurred against 

Marist, where he placed fifth in both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards... 

Narrowly missed scoring at the America East Championships, as he placed 

ninth in both the 1-meter (186.25) and 3-meter (190.55), both of which 

were personal bests. 

Background: A trampolinist who 

converted to diving during his 

FRED DEAL 

6-0 - SOPHOMORE 

SPRINT/MID FREE 

RICHBORO, PA. 

COUNCIL ROCK 

Event 2006-07 Best Date 

50 Free 21.99 2/8/07 

100 Free 48.14 2/8/07 

200 Free 1:48.20 2/8/07 

500 Free 4:55.42 11/17/06 

MATT HAMEL 


DIVING 

JESSUP, MD. 

GLENELG COUNTRY SCHOOL 


1-Meter 186.25 2/8/07 

3-Meter 190.55 2/8/07 


freshman year of college... Competed internationally with Fairland Gymnastics 

for eight years. 

Personal: Majoring in computer engineering... Born Aug. 23, 1988. 

2006-07: Named Rookie of the Meet at the 

America East Championships... Set a new America 

East Championship and Boston University 

pool record in the 100 backstroke, swimming a time of 49.74 in the preliminaries 

of the America East Championships… Earned gold in the 100 

back and finished second in the 200 back and third in the 50 freestyle at 

the America East Championships and was part of the silver medal 400 

medley, 200 free and 200 medley relays and named Rookie of the 

Meet… Led off the winning 400 medley relays four times during the season, 

including as part of the meet 

record-setting relay at the Patriot 

Invitational (3:23.19)… 

Also was part of the winning 

200 medley relay, secondplace 

200 free relay, fourthplace 

400 free relay, and 

earned second-place finishes in 

the 100 and 200 back and a 

fourth-place finish in the 50 free 

at the Patriot Invite… Won the 

200 back at five dual meets, the 100 

back at two meets, and the 50 free 

and 100 free at one dual meet during 

the season… Swam season-best times in the 50 free 

(21.31), 100 free (48.35), 100 back (49.74) and 200 

back (1:49.84)… 100 and 200 back times were fastest on the 

team and rank second and 50 free time was second-fastest and 

ranks 10th on the all-time top 10 lists… Named to the America East Commissioner’s 

Honor Roll. 

Background: Took first place in the 50, 100 and 200 backstrokes at the 

Nordic Junior Championships in Oslo, Norway, and was also a part of the 

winning 400 medley relay… Took seventh in the 50-back at the 2003 European 

Junior Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. 

Personal: Son of Valdo and Ly 

Kutt… Born April 22, 1986… 

Majoring in information systems… 

Aspires to make 

Olympic or World Championship 

finals... Name is pronounced 

RAHS-mus KOOT 

(rhymes with boot). 

2006-07: Earned bronze in the 200 individual 

medley and silver as part of the 200 and 400 

freestyle and 200 and 400 medley relays at the America East Championships… 

Also finished fourth in the 100 free and fifth in the 100 butterfly 

at the same meet… Was part of the Patriot Invitational champion 400 

free, second place 200 free, third-place 800 free and sixth-place 200 

medley relays… Finished second in the 100 fly, third in the 200 IM, seventh 

in the 100 free and 12th in the 50 free at the same meet… Was part 

of the winning 400 free relay at four dual meets during the season and the 


RASMUS KUTT 


BACK/SPRINT FREE 

TALLINN, ESTONIA 

GUSTAV ADOLF GYMNAZIUM 


50 Free 21.31 2/8/07 

100 Free 48.35 11/17/06 

100 Back 49.74* 2/8/07 

200 Back 1:49.84 11/17/06 

*AEC Championship/BU Pool Record 

MATT MATTINGLY 


SPRINT FREE/FLY/IM 

CHERRY HILL, N.J. 

CHERRY HILL WEST 

won the 50 free against Colgate and the 100 fly against Marist… Swam 

UMBC’s fastest 200 IM (1:53.88), second-fastest 100 free (46.81) and 

100 fly (50.61) and third-fastest 50 free (21.37) times of the season… 

100 fly time ranks sixth on the all-time top 10 list… Named to the America 

East Honor Roll. 

Background: Named to All-South Jersey First Team in 2005 and 2006… 

Also named to All-Conference First Team all four years in high school… 

Placed sixth in the 100-fly at the state meet in 2006 and sixth in the 50free 

in 2005… Led his team to a second-place finish at the state meet in 

2006… Named team co-MVP as a junior and Unsung Hero as a senior… 

Captained his team as a junior and senior. 

Personal: Son of David and 

Julie Mattingly… Has two 

younger brothers, Jason and 

Bryan… Born Feb. 18, 1988… 

Majoring in financial economics. 

2006-07: Swam on the winning 400 freestyle 

relays against Colgate and Bucknell… Also 

won the 500 free against Howard… Finished 

third in the 200 free and fourth as part of the 400 free relay in his first 

collegiate meet against Rider… Finished 12th in the 1,650 free and 21st 

in the 500 free at the Patriot Invitational… Swam season best times in the 

100 free (49.00), 500 free (4:49.62), 1,000 free (10:13.51) and 1,650 

free (16:48.69) at the Patriot Invitational and in the 200 free (1:46.17) at 

the America East Championships. 

Background: Member of the honor roll in high school. 

Personal: Son of Claudette 

and Vedat Seniz… Has a 

younger sister, Esra… Born 

Sept. 13, 1988… Majoring in 

computer science... Last name is 

pronounced sha-NEEZ. 


50 Free 21.37* 2/8/07 

100 Free 46.81 2/8/07 

200 Free 1:45.35 11/17/06 

100 Fly 50.61 2/8/07 

200 IM 1:53.88 2/8/07 

*-Split 

JOHN SENIZ 


SPRINT FREE 

SEVERNA PARK, MD. 

SEVERNA PARK 


100 Free 49.00 11/17/06 

200 Free 1:46.17 2/8/07 

500 Free 4:49.62 11/17/06 

1000 Free 10:04.18* 2/8/07 

1650 Free 16:48.69 2/8/07 

*Split 

ZACH VONDER HAAR 


SPRINT FREE/FLY 

GAHANNA, OHIO 

COLUMBUS ACADEMY 

2006-07: Finished eighth in the 100 freestyle 

and 100 butterfly and 15th in the 50 free at 

the America East Championships… Was also part of the second-place 200 

free, fourth-place 400 medley and 400 free, and sixth-place 200 medley 

relays at the Patriot Invite… Finished 11th in the 50 free, 15th in the 100 

fly and 20th in the 100 free at the same meet… Highest individual finish 

of the year came against Marist, where he finished second in the 50 free 

with a season-best time of 21.68… Was also part of the winning 400 

medley relay at two dual meets, the 200 medley relay at three dual meets 

and the 400 free relay at one dual meet… Swam season bests in the 50 

free (21.68), 100 free (47.57) and 100 fly (51.95)… 50 free and 100 

fly times were the fourth-fastest and 100 free time was the fifth-fastest 

times on the team… Named to the America East Honor Roll. 

Background: Received All-America honors in the 200 medley relay… 

Named All-Ohio in the 50 and 100 freestyle… Placed fourth at the state 


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meet in the medley relay and eighth in the 50 free… Also lettered in track 

and field in high school. 

Personal: Son of Mark Vonder Haar and Laurie Kopec… Father ran track 

at Case Western… Has an 

older brother, Graham, and 

younger brother, Nathan… 

Born June 4, 1988… Majoring 

in chemical engineering. 



50 Free 21.68 1/27/07 

100 Free 47.57 2/8/07 

100 Back 56.12 11/17/06 

100 Fly 51.95 2/8/07 

MAT CARSON 

5-9 - FRESHMAN 

DISTANCE FREE/IM 

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA 

SILVERTHORN COLLEG. INST. 

Background: A Provincial champion in 2004 

and a Canadian Olympic Trials qualifier… 

Recorded a personal best in every event he swam in the Eastern Canadian 

Championships in 2006… His club team claimed the age group national 

championship in 2007… Competed at the 2006 Pan-Pacific Trials, where 

he finished tenth in the 1,500-meter freestyle... Also earned the award for 

sportsmanship and leadership during the 2005-06 season. 

Personal: One of two children to David and Alison Carson… Has a sister, 

Gemma (20)… Majoring in financial economics… Born April 12, 1989. 

CHRIS CHENG 


DIVING 

RALEIGH, N.C. 

ENLOE 

Background: A letterwinner in diving at Enloe 

High School in Raleigh, N.C.… Enloe diving 

team has won the 4A Eastern Regional Championship for the past nine 

years… Recorded his best score of 365 at the 2007 4A championships. 

Personal: One of two children to Bill and Barbara Cheng… Has two sisters, 

Katie and Kristan… Majoring in political science and psychology and 

plans to become a lawyer… Born Sept. 26, 1989. 

KREGG DEERY 


BREAST/IM 

ORMOND BEACH, FLA. 

SPRUCE CREEK 

Background: A three-time conference champion 

for Spruce Creek High School... Also won 

district titles his junior and senior years… Named First-Team All-County 

from 2004-2006 and Second-Team in 2003… Also named to the All-Conference 

team in 2005 and 2006 and named Second-Team All-Central 

Florida in 2006… Swam on the Daytona Beach Speed club team with 

Olympic gold medal-winner Ryan Lochte… Lettered in basketball for the 

Hawks and led his team in three-point field goal percentage… Member of 

the debate club. 

Personal: One of three children to Tom and Jana Deery… Brother Kyle 

(22) swims for Florida and sister Kelsey (26) swam for Colorado State… 

Majoring in new media studies and aspires to be a sportscaster…. Born 

Oct. 9, 1988. 

MITCHELL DONOVAN 


SPRINT/MID FREE 


CENTENNIAL 

Background: A letterwinner for Centennial 

High School in Ellicott City, Md….. Also swam 

for UMBC head coach Chad Cradock and assistant coach Chris Gibeau on 

the Retriever Aquatic Club… Named Most Improved for the Retriever 

Aquatic Club for the 15-16 age group… Also played soccer in high 

school… Member of the Honor Roll and National Honor Society. 

Personal: On of two sons to Mitchell and Janet Donovan… Has a brother, 

Preston (16)… Major is undecided… Born Sept. 7, 1989. 

KEILAN FREEMAN 


IM/BACK/MID FREE 

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA 

ARGYLL CENTRE 

Background: Won five gold, two silver and two 

bronze medals in the Manitoba and 

Saskatchewan Provincials… Won the 200 backstroke at the 2006 Western 

Canadian Championships… Also combined for 10 gold medals (six individual, 

four relay) at the 2004 Alberta Provincial Championships… Part 

of the 2005 Club National champion team … Named the Most Improved 

Male Swimmer for his club team from 2004-2007… Won the Pepsi Award 

in 2006 and the Rutherford Scholarship in 2007. 

Personal: One of two children to Larry and Annelise Freeman… Has a 

brother Spencer (14)… Majoring in mechanical engineering… Born Feb. 4, 

1990. 

DANNY GRAY 


MID FREE 

NEW MARKET, MD. 

LINGANORE 

Background: A letterwinner for Linganore High 

School in Frederick, Md…. Received Frederick 

News First-Team All-County honors from 2005-2007… Also named to the 

Frederick Area Swim Team Hall of Fame in 2007… Member of the National 

Honor Society… Received the Linganore Chemistry Department 

award. 

Personal: One of three children to Mark and Ann Gray… Has a sister, 

Becky, and a brother, Willy… Majoring in chemical engineering… Born 

Sept. 22, 1989.

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