Duke University Men's Swimming

Esposto's direction, freshman Evan Moretti turned in an impressive NCAA Championships debut in 2016, garnering honorable mention All-America accolades on the 3-meter springboard. One of just two rookies to advance to the 3-meter finals, Moretti finished 16th overall at the national meet after also reaching the 3-meter final at the ACC Championships.  Esposto directed MaryEllen Targonski to consecutive appearances in the ACC women's platform final in 2015 and 2016, with Targonski taking home All-ACC honors in 2016. Five Blue Devil divers qualified for the NCAA Zone B Championships in 2016, while Esposto's group also accounted for 170 points at the conference championship, up from 61 points a year prior.  In his first season at Duke, Esposto guided Nick McCrory to his fourth NCAA title in mens platform diving and a pair of All-America accolades. Under Espostos tutelage, Dukes six divers accounted for 125 points at the 2014 ACC Championships. Four of the Blue Devil divers competed at the 2014 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, with McCrory winning the 1-meter and platform events. Esposto also boasts international coaching experience, working most recently with former Duke standout Abby Johnston, who qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in women's individual 3-meter diving. Esposto was selected to serve on the U.S. Olympic Team coaching staff in Rio, and has also overseen athletes at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, the 2011 FINA World Series in Dubai, UAE, the 2006 Junior World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the 2005 Junior Pan American Games in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.  Esposto returned to the collegiate coaching ranks after previously serving as the head diving coach at North Carolina from 1998 to 2002. During that time he also was the head coach of the North Carolina Aquatic Club Diving program, guiding his athletes to senior and junior nationals qualification as well as multiple North Carolina high school state titles.  Following his tenure in Chapel Hill, Esposto served as the head coach of the Blue Devil Diving club program from 2003 to 2007. He directed McCrory, a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, to a spot on the USA Diving Junior National team, as well as a junior national championship and a silver medal at the Junior World Championships in 2006. After a short period away from coaching, Esposto returned to the sport as a coach at The American School for Diving in Durham in 2011, overseeing several junior national qualifiers. Throughout his coaching career he has also worked as a regional practice administrator in radiation oncology at Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, N.C. An 11-time junior nationals finalist during his own diving career, Esposto earned a scholarship to North Carolina, where he was an All-ACC performer in each of his four seasons. He qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving Championships each year, garnering a trip to the NCAA Championships as a senior in 1991. Esposto was also named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll on three occasions and was the recipient of the Osterneck Award as the teams unsung hero his final year. He graduated from North Carolina with a degree in radiologic science in 1991. A 1987 graduate of Butler High School in Butler, Pa., Esposto was inducted into the Butler, Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.

Colella's tenure at Duke. The 2014-15 season also saw Takabayashi, Kropp, Armstrong and Peek garner the men's program's first 'A' cut in a relay event since the new qualification standards were implemented. The 200 medley relay team earned a podium finish in second at the ACC Championship before reaching the consolation final at NCAAs. Kropp also punched his ticket to the national meet as an individual, while his 52.02 swim at the Nike Cup Invitational in the fall broke the previous ACC record in the event. In 2014, the Duke women took six swimmers to the NCAA Championship, qualifying a relay to the national meet for the first time. On the men's side, Nick McCrory became the first athlete in NCAA Championship history to win four national championships in mens platform diving. He captured his fourth title in thrilling fashion to round out a storied collegiate career with 11 All-America accolades. McCrory also solidified his legacy as the most decorated diver in the history of the ACC, sweeping the three disciplines once again at the 2014 ACC Championships.  A program record 18 swimmers with Duke ties competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, up from nine in 2012. Blue Devil alumna Ashley Twichell advanced to the finals of the women's 800-meter freestyle after excelling in open water swimming with 5K and 10K open water national championships in 2012. Michael Miller also shined at the 2016 meet in Omaha, reaching the semifinals of the men's 100 butterfly.  In a historic showing for the program during the summer of 2012, McCrory and fellow Blue Devil diver Abby Johnston represented the United States at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Johnston and Kelci Bryant garnered the United States first Olympic medal in a synchronized diving event, taking silver in the womens synchronized 3-meter competition. One day later, McCrory and David Boudia brought home the second medal for the U.S., a bronze in the mens synchronized platform event. The Blue Devils continue to establish a legacy of excellence in the pool, boasting 27 All-America selections over the past 11 seasons. Duke swimmers and divers have also captured five NCAA individual titles and totaled 41 podium finishes at the ACC Championships under Colellas watch. The program record books have been completely re-written in that time, with the oldest standing school record dating back to just 2010. Colella has led the Blue Devils to a number of program firsts in recent years, highlighted by the five NCAA individual titles. The 200 medley relay team of Steven Gasparini, Piotr Safronczyk, Ben Tuben and Ben Hwang broke an ACC record during the 2011-12 season with a 1:25.98 clocking. Safronczyk and Tuben went on to represent Duke at the 2012 NCAA Championships, becoming the first Blue Devil swimmers on the mens side to receive All-America honors in over 30 years. The mens and womens teams each broke into the top 20 nationally a year earlier, with the Blue Devil women earning a 19th-place finish at the 2011 NCAA Championships to place among the top 20 programs for the first time in school history. Twichells 16th-place performance at the 2008 NCAA Championships gave Duke its first All-American since Olympian Nancy Hogshead in 1981. At the conference level, the Duke men took sixth at the ACC Championships in 2010 and fifth in 2011 while the women placed sixth for three consecutive years from 2008 to 2010 and again in 2016 following the expansion of the conference. The 2011 conference meet saw the mens 200 freestyle relay of Hwang, Spencer Booth, Tuben and Nick Garvy shatter the previous school record with a mark of 1:18.52 and collect the programs first ACC crown in a relay event. Equally as impressive in the classroom, the program has landed student-athletes on the All-ACC Academic Teams and ACC Academic Honor Roll each year since Colellas arrival in 2005, in addition to featuring two Academic All-Americans in Katie Ness (2006) and Jessica Lyden (2012). Two Blue Devils have been awarded scholarships for postgraduate study, with Allie Speidel (2010) receiving a Marshall Scholarship and Johnston (2013) the Weaver-James-Corrigan Award from the ACC as well as a postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA. Colella came to Duke after a successful 12-year tenure as the head coach of the womens swimming program at the University of Tennessee. He arrived in Knoxville in 1990 as the assistant womens swimming coach and served in that capacity until being promoted to head coach in 1993. Ten of Colellas 12 teams at Tennessee finished in the nations top 25. At the 2005 NCAA Championships, his team garnered 11 All-America honors and broke five school records. Colella coached 34 student-athletes to a total of 143 All-America honors and 18 of his student-athletes earned Southeastern Conference titles. In just his third year of serving as the head coach at Tennessee, Colella guided one of the schools most successful teams to a top-10 showing at the NCAA Championships. Along the way, Colellas student-athletes notched 30 All-America nods and Nicole deMan won the schools first NCAA individual championship in the 50 freestyle. From 1986-90 Colella was the assistant swimming coach at Indian River Community College in Fort Pierce, Fla., where he helped guide his team to four NJCAA mens and womens championships. Colellas coaching accomplishments have not been limited to the collegiate level, as he has tutored athletes who have competed in the Olympic Games, Olympic Trials, Pan American Games, Pan Pacific Games, World Championships and World University Games. Three of his swimmers made appearances at the 2004 Olympic Trials and nine competed at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, while former Tennessee swimmer Fabiola Molina represented Brazil at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Colella earned a bachelors degree in natural resource management and geology from Sewanee, The University of the South in 1984. In addition to being a member of the Order of the Gownsmen, an academic honor society, and Beta Theta Pi, Colella was a member of the schools swimming team. He served as captain for two years and earned three accolades as the teams MVP from 1981-83, as well as two Southern College Athletic Conference titles - the 100 and 200 backstroke in 1981. Specializing in butterfly and the IM events, Colella was the universitys all-time leading scorer in championship meets when he graduated. Colella and his wife, Victoria, have four children - Henry, George, Ellinor and Caroline - and reside in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Kane has been instrumental in building the Duke swimming and diving program to its current level of success, guiding student-athletes to numerous achievements at the conference, national and international levels. Under Kanes guidance, the Duke men and women have made appearances at the last eight NCAA Championship meets and continue to make strides within the ACC. A historic 2015-16 season saw Duke's 200-yard medley relay of Kaz Takabayashi, Peter Kropp, David Armstrong and James Peek became the first relay in program history to earn All-America honors of any kind. The group placed 14th in the country for honorable mention All-America recognition after automatically qualifying for NCAAs for a second consecutive season. The Duke men were also ranked 19th in the final CSCAA Division I poll of the season, while both the men's and women's programs entered the national rankings during the year for the first time in school history. The Blue Devil women qualified a program record seven swimmers to the 2016 NCAA Championships, while Leah Goldman and Isabella Paez competed at the national meet as freshmen the year before. In 2015, Goldman turned in a third-place showing in the 100 butterfly at the ACC Championships, becoming just the second female swimmer to garner all-conference accolades as a rookie during Colella's tenure at Duke. The women featured six swimmers at the 2014 NCAA Championships, qualifying a relay to the national meet for the first time. On the mens side, Nick McCrory became the first athlete in NCAA Championship history to win four national championships in mens platform diving. McCrory also swept the three diving events once again at the 2014 ACC Championship.  A program record 18 swimmers with Duke ties competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, up from nine in 2012. Blue Devil alumna Ashley Twichell advanced to the finals of the women's 800-meter freestyle after excelling in open water swimming with 5K and 10K open water national championships in 2012. Michael Miller also shined at the 2016 meet in Omaha, reaching the semifinals of the men's 100 butterfly.  In a remarable showing for the program during the summer of 2012, McCrory and fellow Blue Devil diver Abby Johnston represented the United States at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Johnston and Kelci Bryant garnered the United States first Olympic medal in a synchronized diving event, taking silver in the womens synchronized 3-meter competition. One day later, McCrory and David Boudia brought home the second medal for the U.S., a bronze in the mens synchronized platform event. Kane has directed the Duke men and women to numerous program firsts, including five NCAA individual titles, a conference crown in a relay event (200 freestyle relay - 2011) and two ACC records (Peter Kropp, 100 breaststroke - 2014; 200 medley relay - 2012). The school record books and all-time top-10 lists have been completely re-written under her watch, and both the mens and womens teams have broken into the top 20 nationally at the NCAA Championships. In addition, Kane was nominated for CollegeSwimming.coms Honorable Mention Assistant Coach of the Year Award at the conclusion of the 2011-12 campaign. A 2002 graduate of Brown University and an eight-year member of the Jamaican National Swimming Squad, Kane brought extensive international and collegiate swimming experience to the Duke program. She is a two-time participant in the Olympic Games, having represented Jamaica in 2000 and 2004, and has earned medals in the Carifta Games, Caribbean Island Swimming Championships, Centro Americano y del Caribe Nataciones and Caribbean and Central American Games. Kane also represented Jamaica at the Pan American Games in 1999 (Winnipeg) and 2003 (Santo Domingo), as well as the Commonwealth Games in 2002 (Manchester) and added even more international experience to her resume when she coached the Jamaican National team at the 2007 World Championship meet in Melbourne, Australia. Kane graduated in 2002 with a bachelor of science degree in psychology from Brown, where she was team captain of the swim team her senior year and is still in the record books as a member of the 400 and 800 freestyle relay teams that set school records in 2001. She was the Ivy League Champion in the 200 freestyle in 2001 and the 100 freestyle in 2002, and participated in the 2002 NCAA Championships. Kane went on to earn a masters degree in Human Performance at the University of Florida in 2005. While in Gainesville, she worked as a swim instructor for Swim America of Gainesville and the Gator Swim Club. Kane and her husband, Lee, have two children - Hayley and Logan.

Hazelton saw Nick McCrory capture his fourth NCAA title in mens platform diving and a pair of All-America accolades. Four of the Blue Devil divers competed at the 2014 NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, with McCrory winning the 1-meter and platform events. A native of Harpenden, Hertfordshire, England, Hazelton joined the Blue Devils after serving as the program director for the Duke Diving club team for the past year. Prior to coming to Durham, she was a diving technical operations manager with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, overseeing planning and development for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hazelton also worked as an aquatics officer with the American Swimming Association from 2010-11 and was previously a diving talent development officer with the organization from 2007-10. A 2005 graduate of Leeds University in Leeds, England, Hazelton earned a bachelor of sports science and physiology degree. She is the daughter of Jackie and Brian Hazelton, who are both involved with diving in Great Britain. Hazelton currently resides in Durham.

Moores four seasons with the program, he has helped guide Duke swimmers to nine podium finishes at the ACC Championships. Leah Goldman became just the second female swimmer to garner all-conference accolades as a rookie during head coach Dan Colella's tenure at Duke after taking third in the 100-yard butterfly in 2015. The 200 medley relay of Kaz Takabayashi, Peter Kropp, David Armstrong and James Peek placed second at the 2015 ACC Championships en route to garnering the men's program's first 'A' cut in a relay event since the new qualification standards were implemented, and captured honorable mention All-America honors in 2016 with a 14th-place finish at NCAAs.  The 2016 NCAA Championships also saw the Blue Devils qualify a program record seven swimmers on the women's side. The women's program sent a relay to the national meet for the first time in 2014, while Christine Wixted earned honorable mention All-America honors individually in the 200 breaststroke that same year.  Diver Nick McCrory won a pair of NCAA titles on the platform in 2013 and 2014 while concluding his career the most decorated diver in the history of the ACC with 10 conference crowns. Moore has directed the Blue Devils to increased success on the national level, as both the men's and women's programs entered the CSCAA Division I rankings during the 2015-16 season. The Duke men rounded out the year at No. 19 in the final coaches poll. In addition, a program record 18 swimmers with Duke ties competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, up from nine in 2012. The trials were highlighted by the performances of Michael Miller, who reached the semifinals of the men's 100 butterfly and finished top 25 in all four of his events. Since arriving in Durham, Moore has also been key in the recruiting process, helping to sign four highly-touted classes of swimmers from across the globe. Most recently, he helped bring in a group of six female swimmers and divers that was tabbed the No. 11 recruiting class in the country, according to SwimSwam. Moore came to Duke after previously spending two seasons at William & Mary, where he was a graduate assistant in the summer of 2010 before being promoted to the programs assistant coach in the summer of 2011. At William & Mary, his responsibilities included overseeing the teams middle-distance and distance swimmers, in addition to assisting with recruiting and administrative duties. During Moores tenure at William & Mary, the mens team finished as high as third and the women fourth at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships. Under his direction, Tribe swimmers captured CAA titles in 10 events, broke 46 program records and turned in 17 NCAA provisional qualifying standards. Moores two seasons also saw the program have its first CAA Mens Rookie of the Year honoree, first CAA Mens Scholar-Athlete of the Year and its first U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier. In addition, both the mens and womens squads were named Scholastic All-American teams on multiple occasions. Prior to his arrival in Williamsburg, Moore spent one season (2009-10) as the assistant coach at Drexel. During that time, the Dragons swimming & diving teams earned CAA championships in two events and had five student-athletes garner All-CAA recognition. The teams also broke 12 program records and had one individual post an NCAA provisional qualifying time. In addition, the mens and womens squads were named Academic All-American teams for the 2009-10 season. Before being promoted to the role of assistant coach, Moore also served as the graduate assistant at Drexel for two seasons (2008-10). A four-year member of the Tribe swimming & diving program, Moore graduated from William & Mary in 2008 with a degree in neuroscience. He went on to earn a masters degree in Public Health from Drexel in 2010 and an MBA from William & Mary's Mason School of Business in 2014. Moore is a member of the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).

Twichell serves as a volunteer assistant coach, working with the programs male and female swimmers. Twichell has excelled in professional open water swimming since concluding her collegiate career, making the U.S. open water national team roster for the fifth consecutive year in 2015-16. She won the womens 10K open water title at the inaugural Crippen Cup in 2015 and turned in a pair of top-three finishes at the 2015 U.S. Open Water National Championships before representing the U.S. at the 2015 FINA World Aquatic Championships.  Twichell is also the winner of two consecutive Midmar Mile events and previously claimed a gold medal in the 10K at the 2013 World University Games. Her other accomplishments include sweeping the 5K and 10K titles at the 2012 Open Water National Championships, capturing the inaugural 5K open water team pursuit title at the 2011 World Championships and being named the 2011 Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year by USA Swimming. A two-time U.S. Olympic Team Trials qualifier in the pool, Twichell reached the final of the women's 800-meter freestyle and was top 12 in the 400 freestyle in 2016.  During her career at Duke, Twichell was an All-American and All-ACC champion in the 1,650-yard freestyle. She qualified for the NCAA Championship all four seasons and as a freshman was the first Duke swimmer to compete at the national meet in four years. As a senior in 2011, Twichell guided the Blue Devil women to a top-20 finish at NCAAs for the first time in school history, placing a career-best fifth in the mile. Also an Academic All-American at Duke, she remains the womens program record holder in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650-yard freestyle events.