Cleveland State University Men's Swimming

Graham was named the Horizon League Mens Swimming Coach of the Year in 2016 after leading the Vikings to a runner-up finish, a vast improvement from the year prior. Graham guided Philipp Sikatzki to the highest honor in CSU history as he earned All-America accolades with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Championships in the 100 Butterfly. Sikatzki, who swam in two other events at the NCAA Championships, was also named Horizon League Mens Swimmer of the Year and Horizon League Mens Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Year. Graham has guided his student-athletes to seven conference titles (individual or relay races) in his first two years. He also helped Molly McNamara to Horizon League Womens Freshman of the Year honors in 2016. It is a great honor to be named the head coach at Cleveland State University, said Graham when he was named the head coach. The swimming and diving program has achieved amazing success and I look forward to continuing that legacy with the help of the University, athletic administration, alumni and current athletes. Graham came to CSU after spending the last 14 years as the head swimming and diving coach at Ashland University. In his 14 years at Ashland, Graham led his teams to 13 top-20 finishes at the NCAA Championships and a pair of Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference titles. In the 2013-14 season, he led the men's squad to an 18th place finish at the national championships while his womens team placed 20th. He took 10 swimmers to nationals that season, a group that claimed 13 All-America honors. From 2009-12, the women's squad finished no lower than seventh at nationals, including a fifth place showing in 2011, the best finish in program history. The 2010 NCAA Women's Coach of the Year, Graham has coached more than 100 All-America athletes, including his women's 200 freestyle relay team that won national championships in 2010, 2011 and 2013. He also coached the women's 100 backstroke national champion in 2012 and the national champion in the men's 50 freestyle in 2007. The GLIAC Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2010, Graham's teams posted 32 out of 38 team records during his tenure at Ashland. Graham's teams have also excelled outside of the pool with the women's team sporting a 3.36 cumulative grade point average and the men having a 3.12 GPA. He has mentored five Academic All-Americans, including Sean McGraw who was one of two Ashland swimmers to earn an NCAA post-graduate scholarship under Graham's direction. McGraw, who earned the honor in 2009-10, became the first AU student-athlete to receive the honor since 1991. He also guided 23-time All-American Julie Widmann, who earned the incredible honor of Women's At-Large Academic All-American of the Year. Graham has also coached three student-athletes who earned GLIAC Commissioner Awards, as well as an Olympic Trial participant and World Championship Trial qualifier. Outside of the college swimming season, Graham developed the popular AU Swim School, which was a popular program tailored to teach the basics of swimming to youngsters. Prior to arriving at Ashland, Graham was an assistant coach at Horizon League member Wright State from 1995-00, helping the Raiders to five conference championships. He directed the middle-distance and distance training group at WSU, while supervising and coordinating the university's swimming lesson programs. He was also active in recruiting and developed and implemented training plans. Graham, who is a member of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America, earned a Bachelor's of Arts in sports management and marketing from Marshall in 1988 where he also competed on the swim team.

Rapien is entering his fifth season on the Cleveland State coaching staff in 2016-17. Rapien made an immediate impact upon arrival at CSU as he helped the Vikings to the Horizon League mens title in 2013, the programs first in seven years. He also guided the womens program to a runner-up finish at the league championships the same year and has helped the mens program to two more runner-up finishes in his tenure. Rapien has helped three different Cleveland State swimmers to Horizon League Swimmer of the Year honors in his first four years with the program. He helped Philipp Sikatzki to the highest honor in CSU history as he earned All-America accolades with a fourth-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Championships in the 100 Butterfly. Sikatzki also swam in two other events at those NCAA Championships. Rapien has assisted his student-athletes in securing 28 conference titles (individual or relay races) at CSU. He also helped Molly McNamara to Horizon League Womens Freshman of the Year honors in 2016. Prior to arriving at Cleveland State, Rapien spent the last two seasons as the Head Assistant Swim Coach at the University of North Dakota. While at North Dakota, Rapien was the Distance Coach as well as Recruiting Coordinator for the program. In 2011-12, he coached three NCAA Division I B standards and helped swimmers break three school records in distance races. Prior to working at the University of North Dakota, Rapien spent one season as an Assistant Swim Coach at Delta State University. While at Delta State he was the Sprint Group Coach, helping guide 18 student athletes to the NCAA Division II Championships. As a swimmer, Rapien was a four-time letterwinner and team captain from 2005-2007 at Ashland University.

Inozemtseva enters her fourth season as an assistant coach with the Cleveland State swimming and diving program. Inozemtseva has coached two Horizon League Swimmers of the Year in her first three years at CSU and has helped the mens program to a pair of runner-up finishes at the conference championships. Inozemtseva helped Philipp Sikatzki to the highest honor in CSU history as he earned All-America accolades with a fourth-place finish at the 2016 NCAA Championships in the 100 Butterfly. Sikatzki also swam in two other events at the NCAA Championships. Inozemtseva has assisted her student-athletes in securing 13 conference titles (individual or relay races) at CSU. She also helped Molly McNamara to Horizon League Womens Freshman of the Year honors in 2016. Prior to arriving at CSU, Inozemtseva directed and monitored training programs for sprint and mid-distance swimmers at Fairmont State. Her efforts helped the program earn five All-America honors and set 26 school records. In addition, Inozemtseva led the Fairmont Area Swim team over the last three years. She was the West Virginia Age Group Coach of the Year in 2011. She also was a personal fitness trainer at the World Class Fitness Center in N. Novgorod, Russia from 2006-08. Inozemtseva has more than 17 years of success at the international level and was an alternate for the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. An Olympic Trial qualifier in 2000 and 2004, she participated at the Swimming World Cup in 2004 and 2005 and was a runner-up at the Russian National Championship in 2001 and 2002. She won the conference championships in the 50 and 100 free in 2008 at Fairmont State where she holds multiple school records. Inozemtseva earned her Bachelor's of Science in marketing and her Master's of Education in Exercise Science in 2013. Both degrees were earned at Fairmont State.

Karban has had tremendous amounts of success. He is not only viewed as one of the top coaches in Cleveland State history, but also the entire Horizon League. Karban has claimed six Horizon League Diving Coach of the Year honors, combining mens and womens awards. He has coached student-athletes that have won a combined eight Horizon League Diver of the Year accolades, and his mens and womens divers have won 15 conference titles, combining 1-meter and 3-meter events. Karban coached Chris Dalman to top-20 finishes in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events at the 2007 NCAA Championships. The Horizon League all-time records in both the 1-meter and 3-meter mens events are held by CSU divers coached by Karban. During the early 1980's, Karban had a very successful diving career at Cleveland State. In 2000, he became just the second diver and the fourth member of the swimming and diving team to be voted into the Cleveland State Athletics Hall of Fame. Karban also became the first CSU diver and just the second swimming and diving team member to win an Eastern Intercollegiate Championship, claiming the three-meter title in 1984. During each of his four seasons on the team, he also helped the Vikings to a team title at the Penn-Ohio Championships. His career culminated in 1984 after being named the team's most outstanding athlete and qualifying for zones. Karban spent three years with CSU from 1984-1987 before leaving to work with Olympic diving coach Ron O'Brien. He spent the first two seasons as an assistant and was the head diving coach for the Vikings for the 1986-87 season. Karban then coached the diving team at Eastern Michigan from 1989-94, earning the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year honor in 1992. He also coached his U.S. Diving Junior Olympic Club to a fifth-place finish at the national championships in 1990. Karban and his wife, Betsy, were married in 1988 and have two children, Rich and Elyssa.