Georgia Tech Men's Swimming

Hart was named head coach of the Yellow Jackets' on April 30, 2009 and is the eighth head coach in the history of the program. Thanks in part to deep recruiting classes and a development of talent, Hart has steadily built Georgia Tech into a program that can compete in the rugged Atlantic Coast Conference. Hart, who has served on the NCAA Swimming & Diving Committee since 2012, has presided over a fantastic stretch for the Tech program that has seen multiple men's swimmers compete in three straight NCAA Championships. Since the 2013 season, 14 program records have been established in both swimming & diving. She will serve as the host head coach when the NCAA Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championship comes to Georgia Tech in 2016. The success has extended beyond the pool as the Yellow Jackets have annually been one of the nation's top academic swimming & diving programs. The men's swimming & diving team has earned APR Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA in 2013 and 2014, while both the men and women's programs annually earn CSCAA Academic honors. Her sixth season was a banner year as the men's team capped a record-breaking regular season with a sixth-place finish at the ACC Championship. Led by senior All-American Andrew Kosic, the men spent time in the Top 25 polls and finished with an ACC-best 10 dual-meet victories (10-4), including wins over Florida State, Pitt, Duke, South Carolina and Navy. The women were 8-8 in the dual-meet season, highlighted by victories over conference foes Florida State, Miami and Notre Dame. Kosic, the 2015 ACC silver-medalist in the 100 free and the bronze-medalist in the 50 free, garnered repeat All-America honors at the NCAA Championship with his fifth-place showing in the 50 free and 12th-place in the 100 free. He was an individual NCAA qualifier, along with divers Brad Homza and Shannon Lumbra, and four men's relays. In 2013-14, Hart's fifth season on the Flats, the Jackets totaled seven new school records and saw Andrew Kosic and Nico van Duijn qualify for the NCAA Championship along with a pair of men's relays. Tech's men finished seventh at the ACC Championships, while the women recorded a 10th-place finish. Kosic went on to All-America honors with his 15th-place finish in the 50 free. Her fourth season on the Flats was highlighted by Eric Chiu clinching an individual spot in the NCAA Championship in the 100 fly, and opening the door for the Yellow Jackets to send four men's relays to the NCAA meet. Chiu, the ACC bronze medalist and the school record-holder in the 100 fly, and the relays marked Tech's first men's swimmers to compete in the NCAA Championship since 2010. Tech swimmers accumulated 20 NCAA 'B' cuts, and the men's 200 free relay achieved an NCAA 'A' cut during the ACC Championship in 2013-14. Four divers qualified for the Zone Diving Championship, including Brandon Makinson, who shattered the school's 3-meter record during the season and was named the ACC's Diver of the Week three times. The summer of 2013 saw Hart inducted to the Georgia Aquatic Hall of Fame, signifying both her achievements as a collegiate All-American and National Swimmer of the Year at the University of Georgia and as a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist. Hart's third year at the helm was capped off by freshman Andrew Chetcuti competing in the London Olympic Games for his home country of Malta, while a program record 11 swimmers achieved cuts to compete in the United States Swimming Olympic Team Trials. In 2011-12, both the men's and women's programs improved on their ACC Championship finish from the previous season, while the women picked up impressive conference victories during the dual-meet season again both Clemson and Miami. In all, the Yellow Jackets set two men's records, six women's and a pair earned All-ACC honors in sophomore Anton Lagerqvist and junior Brandon Makinson. Lagerqvist became the first Tech male to win the ACC title in the 200 breast, while Makinson claimed silver on the 1-meter. On the women's side, senior Keren Siebner's fifth-place finish in the 100 fly was the best for a Tech women's swimmer at the ACC Championship since a bronze medal by Agatha Kwasnik in the 100 free in 2008. In year two, Hart helped to bring the ACC Championships back to the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center breaking eight school records in the process. Alongside Diving Coach John Ames, Hart helped to coach Brandon Makinson to the NCAA Championships where he participated in the 1 and 3-meter dives. The Jackets also faced off against some of the toughest competition in the country as Hart scheduled six ranked teams and four teams receiving votes into Atlanta for the Georgia Tech Invite as well as some dual meets with SEC powers Florida and Georgia and perennial ACC powerhouse, Florida State. Her first year as the head of the swimming and diving program in 2009-10, saw Hart lead the men's team to a fifth place performance and the women's team to a ninth place showing at the ACC Championships. The men's meet was highlighted by three first place finishes by Gal Nevo -- a two-time Olympian for Greece (2008 and 2012) -- while the women broke four school records. Nevo's success continued into the NCAA Championships where Hart helped the senior to All-American status in each of his races, a runner-up finish up in the 400-IM for the second-straight season, and a school record time in the 200-Fly in his final race as a Yellow Jacket to give Tech a 23rd finish at the event. In two seasons as an assistant coach, Hart worked primarily with the middle distance free and stroke group and also served as recruiting coordinator. The Georgia Tech swimming programs enjoyed unprecedented success in the two year's since Hart's arrival and she has worked with multiple NCAA participants. In 2007-08, the women's team finished 30th at the NCAA Championships for the best finish in program history. In 2008-09, the men's squad turned in its best NCAA effort with a 19th-place finish. Nevo was an All-American in both the 200 IM and 400 IM as well as being named ACC Swimmer of the Year. His mark in the 400 IM was the second-fastest in NCAA history and third-fastest in the world. Nigel Plummer was named the ACC Freshman of the Year, the first time a Georgia Tech swimmer earned either swimmer of freshman of the year awards in school history. All told, 24 school records were broken during the 2008-09 season and a school-record nine men's swimmers participated in the NCAA Championships. Hart spent one season (2006-07) as an assistant coach at North Florida prior to arriving on The Flats. She helped guide North Florida to a fifth-place finish at the Pacific Coast Swimming Conference Championships and led nine individuals to top-16 finishes at the meet. Shealy Hart guided one athlete to a top-eight finish in the conference championship. Before heading into the coaching scene, Hart participated in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games for the United States. She took home a pair of gold medals in Sydney, Australia, in the 400-meter medley relay and 400-meter freestyle relay. Hart also competed on the international scene in the Pan-American Games (1999, 2003), Pan Pacific (2002) and the United States World Cup Teams (2000-04). At the University of Georgia, Hart led the Bulldogs to NCAA team championships in 1999 and 2000. She was named the 2000 NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year after capturing individual national titles in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 back. She also captured NCAA titles as a member of the 400 free relay and 400 medley relay teams. She finished her NCAA career with 26 All-America honors the most in UGA history, plus two more honorable mention citations. Hart won nine individual Southeastern Conference titles, 10 SEC relay crowns and set five conference records. She was named SEC Female Swimmer of the Year in 2000. Hart played volleyball for the Bulldogs and lettered from 1997-99. She was named the team's most valuable player in 1998 and was the first NCAA Division I female student-athlete to compete in two sports on the same day, accomplishing that feat three times at Georgia. After graduating from Georgia in 2001 cum laude with a degree in sports studies/communications, Hart worked as a motivational speaker for the NCAA, Coca-Cola, Healthsouth and Arby's, and served as the director of the Golden West Swim Lessons Program in Huntington Beach, Calif., before heading to North Florida. Hart earned her master's degree from UGA in sports management in 2005. A native of Columbia, S.C., Hart, her husband Justin and their children Jackson and Mara, reside in Atlanta. 9/14/2016 This weekend, Sept. 16-17, the Georgia Tech swimming and diving program will host its annual... 8/29/2016 Georgia Techs swimming and diving program is excited to announce its complete 2016-17... 8/1/2016 Georgia Tech's Olympic history came to life once again Saturday as the U.S. Olympic swimming team... 7/27/2016 Former Georgia Tech swimmer Keren Siebner, class of 2012, is set to make history as she competes ... 07/18/2016 Georgia Tech's Coach Herb McAuley Aquatic Center will be the home of the USA Olympic Diving Team ... 07/13/2016 Two former Georgia Tech swimmers, Gal Nevo `10 and Andrew Chetcuti `16, have qualified for the...

Koppelman serves as the recruiting coordinator and also works with the middle distance swimmers for both the mens and womens rosters. In his time at both Georgia Tech and TCU, he has aided in the development of numerous top-level swimmers that have landed spots in the Olympics, NCAA Championships and World Championships. Koppleman has guided a Tech swimmer to the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in each year that he has been on The Flats with Andrew Kosic (2013, 2014 and 2015) and Alex Kimpel (2016). In 2015-16, Koppelman tutored a number of middle distance performers to career marks throughout the season and worked with Kimpel, who qualified for the NCAA Championships in both the 100 and 200 breast events. Kimpel set a new school record in the 200 breast event with a time of 1:54.91, while also touching the wall with the fourth best time in the 100 breast and the fifth-best time in Tech history in the 200 IM. On the womens side, Iris Wang set a new Tech record in both the 100 free (48.97) and the 200 free (1:46.94), while Chiara Ruiu posted two program bests in the 200 breast (2:12.90) and the 200 IM (2:00.97). The top-times on the mens side belonged to Yuval Safra (500 free, 1000 free, 200 back), Rodrigo Correia (200 free, 50 back, 100 back, 200 IM), Kimpel (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM), Youssef Hammond (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly), Ben Southern (200 fly) and Moises Loschi (400 IM). The 2015-16 top-times for the women were Wang (50 free, 100 free, 200 free), Ruiu (500 free, 1000 free, 200 breast, 200 IM), Maddie Paschal (50 back, 100 back), Alex Rieger (200 back), Florina Ilie (100 breast), Laura Blanton (100 fly, 200 fly) and Kira de Bruyn (400 IM). In 2014-15, Koppelman guided Kosic to new heights, as he qualified for the NCAA Championships for the third straight year and was named an NCAA All-American in both the 50 and 100 free events. Kosic set four new school records in the 50 free (19.10), 100 free (42.30), 200 free (1:34.55) and in the 100 fly (46.36). Kosic (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 100 fly), Safra (500 free, 1000 free, 200 back), Richard Lehner (100 breast), Kimpel (200 breast), Southern (200 fly), Mark Sarman (200 IM) and Manuel Barragan (400 IM) all had the top-times for the Yellow Jackets mens team in 2014-15. The womens team top-times came from Morgan Lyons (50 free), Ruiu (100 free, 200 free), Sara Williford (500 free), Kathryn Woolbright (1000 free), Paschal (50 back, 100 back), Rieger (200 back), Darelle Cowley (100 breast, 200 breast), de Bruyn (100 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM) and Frederique Lefebvre (200 fly). The 2013-14 season saw Koppelmans middle distance swimmers set records in a number of events, while Kosic reached the NCAA Championships for the second straight year where he was named an NCAA All-American. Kosic set new top marks in the 50 free (19.42) and the 100 free (42.84) for the Jackets, and was part of the 800 free relay team along with Nico van Duijn (6:23.68) that set a new Tech record as well. Van Duijn also set a new school record in the 200 fly (1:43.00) for the Yellow Jackets. On the year, Kosic (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back), Safra (500 free, 1000 free, 200 back), Lehner (100 breast), Anton Lagerqvist (200 breast), van Duijin (100 fly, 200 fly), Sarman (200 IM) and Andreas Nilsson (400 IM) all led the Yellow Jackets with top-times overall. On the womens swimming team, a number of different Jackets set the top marks for the season in Ruiu (100 free, 200 IM), Hailey White (200 free), Williford (500 free, 400 IM), Woolbright (1000 free), Carly Sweeney (50 back, 100 back, 200 back), Cowley (100 breast, 200 breast), Lefebvre (100 fly) and Kate Brandus (200 fly). In his first season on the Tech coaching staff in 2012-13, the Yellow Jackets finished sixth overall on the mens side and eighth on the womens at the 2013 ACC Championships. Eric Chiu took home a third-place finish and All-ACC honors in the 100 fly event, while van Duijn placed fourth overall in the 100 fly and fifth in the 200 fly. Lagerqvist touched the wall in 11th in the 200 breast, edging Matthew Vaughan (12th) and Ryan Salmon (13th). Safra (14th) and Zach Tillman (16th) placed in the 500 free event, while Sarman finished 14th overall in the 200 fly and 16th in the 100 fly at the conference championship event. Kosic set a new school record in the 100 back with a time of 47.53 at the NCAA Championships, while Chius time of 46.65 in the 100 fly at the Yellow Jacket Qualifier was a new school record. Scoring for the womens team at the 2013 ACC Championship meet was Sweeney with a 16th-place finish in the 200 back, and both Lefebvre (14th) and Woolbright (15th) touching the wall back-to-back in the 400 IM. Tillman (200 free), Safra (500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free), Kosic (50 free, 100 free, 100 back), Kristopher Bryant (200 back), Vaughan (100 breast), Lagerqvist (200 breast), Chiu (100 fly), van Duijn (200 fly), Saman (200 IM) and Nilsson (400 IM) all posted the top-times across the board for the Tech mens team on the 2012-13 season. On the womens team, the 2012-13 top-times belonged to White (200 free, 500 free), Woolbright (1000 free, 400 IM), Sweeney (100 back, 200 back), Cowley (100 breast), Catherine Richards (200 breast), Brandus (100 fly) and Lefebvre (200 fly, 200 IM). While at TCU, the Horned Frogs skyrocketed in the national rankings, and their recruiting classes consistently gained recognition from around the country. Koppelman was an integral part of TCUs climb to the top of the Mountain West Conference in 2009-10 when the mens team stormed through its schedule to an 8-0 overall record and 5-0 record in the league. It was the first MWC team crown for TCU. Though he worked predominately with the mens program, Koppelman also tutored TCUs breaststroke and butterfly swimmers and saw all of those womens school records fall under his guidance, along with 14 of 19 mens swimming records. Koppelman, who has been involved with coaching since before he graduated college, helped two-time Olympian Edgar Crespo claim the 2010 Mountain West Conference title in the 100 breaststroke and Sabine Rasch win the 100 freestyle conference crown in 2011. Koppelman joined the TCU staff in the fall of 2006 after spending the previous year as head coach of Cyprus High School in Magna, Utah, as well as serving as head coach of the Pirate Swim Club, a USA Swimming Club team. Prior to his stint at Cyprus High School, Koppelman worked as a graduate assistant with the University of Utah swim team and was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Wyoming as an undergraduate. During his time at Utah, Koppelman worked with 11 U.S. National swimmers, one Canadian National finalist, 17 All-Mountain West Conference swimmers and two NCAA qualifiers. Koppelman earned a B.S. in mathematics at the University of Wyoming and a masters of mathematics at the University of Utah. Koppelman and his wife RheaAnn have a daughter, Adelyn, and a son, Knox.

Robins came to The Flats with an impressive resume of coaching some of the best sprinters in ACC history. In a career that spans two decades, Robins has directed the training of 43 ACC champions, 47 NCAA qualifiers and 26 All-Americans. He began his career at FSU in 1995 and was promoted to associate head in 2002. In his first year at Tech in 2015-16, freshman Iris Wang set school records in both the 100 free (48.97) and the 200 free (1:46.94). Wang also set the second-best mark in Tech history with a time of 22.09 in the 50 free, while fellow teammates Morgan Lyons (23.29) and Alex Rieger (23.30) rank fourth and fifth, respectively, in the top-10 times for the 50 free as well. On the mens side, Robins guided Youssef Hammoud all the way to the 2016 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships where he competed in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 fly events. Hammoud had a team-best 50 free time of 19.85 and a 100 free time of 42.92 on the season, the latter ranking second all-time in Tech history. Robins also tutored freshman Rodrigo Quadros Corriea who etched his name in the top-five of Techs record books with the third-fastest times overall in both the 100 free (43.32) and the 200 free (1:34.85). In Robins last season at Florida State, Paul Murray set a new ACC record in the 50 free of 19.04 while capturing gold in 2014. That same year, Tiffany Oliver became the first Seminole in history to defend her ACC sprinting titles. Murray went on to place seventh in the event to garner All-America honors at the NCAA Championships. Under Robins, Oliver became the first FSU female to break the 49-second mark in the 100 free as she turned in a time of 48.93 en route to an NCAA appearance. Robins graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1983 with a degree in psychology and received a masters degree in science education from Florida State in 1987. While in college, Robins swam both the backstroke and distance freestyle events. His swimming accomplishments at William & Mary include setting the school record in the 1650 freestyle while also serving as co-captain. His association with swimming in the Tallahassee-area began in 1985 when he took a position with the Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club. Robins took over the head coaching duties for ATAC in 1993 and led the squad to a top-10 finish at the 1996 Junior National Championships. He also served as the head coach at Leon High School in Tallahassee from 1986-91. After only his second year on the job he was named the High School Coach of the Year by the . Robins and his wife Karen have three daughters and one son, Beth, Kurt, Jenna, and Annemarie. 11/14/2016 Georgia Tech swimming and diving head coach Courtney Shealy Hart has announced that 14 student-at... 11/2/2016 The Georgia Tech swimming and diving teams recorded 18 career bests at McAuley Aquatic Center on ... 11/1/2016 Georgia Tech swimming and diving will face their toughest task to date when the Georgia Bulldogs ... 10/26/2016 The Georgia Tech mens swimming and diving team were recognized by not just one, but two... 10/25/2016 Georgia Tech swimming and diving sophomore co-captain Rodrigo Quadros Correia was named the men&#... 10/22/2016 The Georgia Tech swimming and diving teams recorded a number of personal-best times, as well as...

Versfeld is an NCAA Champion, an NCAA record-holder in the 200 breast, and a two-time SEC champion. He serves as the teams distance coach and acts as the programs academic liaison. In his first year with the Jackets in 2015-16, Versfeld saw a number of distance swimmers set personal best marks throughout the season. On the mens side, Moises Loschi, Colt Williamson and Edwin Zhao all set personal-best times in the 1000 free and the 1650 free events with Loschi qualifying for the NCAA Championships in the 1650 free. Loschi also etched his name in the Tech record books in both events with the third best time in the 1650 free and the fourth best time in Tech history in the 1000 free. Senior Yuval Safra capped off his Tech career with a career-best time in the 1000 free, which was also the third-best time in Tech history for the event. On the womens side in 2015-16, five different distance swimmers set personal bests times on the year in Lila Best (1000 free), Camille Felix (1000 and 1650 free), Frederique Lefebvre (1000 free), Chiara Ruiu (1000 free) and Carly Sweeney (1000 free). Out of the water and in the classroom, the Yellow Jackets had a total of 16 swimmers receive CSCAA Scholar All-American recognition in 2015-16, headlined by Brad Homzas first-team selection. The other 15 Tech honorees earned honorable mention honors. The mens team had the fifth most honorees nationally, as well as the second most in the ACC. Georgia Tech also had four Jackets in Homza, Noah Harasz, Yuval Safra and Iris Wang named to the 2015-16 All-ACC Academic Team. Coming to Georgia Tech from Swim Atlanta, Versfeld served as the programs head age-group and masters coach for two years from 2013-15 for the program. Prior to that, he spent one year in Durban, South Africa as an assistant coach for the Seals Swimming Club. Versfeld represented his native country of South Africa at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games where he was a semifinalist in the 200 meter breaststroke event. His international career was also highlighted by a fourth-place finish at the 2010 World Championships in Dubai, and semifinalist showings at both the 2009 World Championships in Rome and the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from UGA, graduating in 2010 after a standout swimming career. Versfeld was a three-time member of the Academic All-American Honor Roll and the SEC Honor Roll. Position: Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Georgia '10 Years at Tech: Second

Hart was named head coach of the Yellow Jackets' on April 30, 2009 and is the eighth head coach in the history of the program. Thanks in part to deep recruiting classes and a development of talent, Hart has steadily built Georgia Tech into a program that can compete in the rugged Atlantic Coast Conference. Hart, who has served on the NCAA Swimming & Diving Committee since 2012, has presided over a fantastic stretch for the Tech program that has seen multiple men's swimmers compete in three straight NCAA Championships. Since the 2013 season, 14 program records have been established in both swimming & diving. She will serve as the host head coach when the NCAA Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving Championship comes to Georgia Tech in 2016. The success has extended beyond the pool as the Yellow Jackets have annually been one of the nation's top academic swimming & diving programs. The men's swimming & diving team has earned APR Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA in 2013 and 2014, while both the men and women's programs annually earn CSCAA Academic honors. Her sixth season was a banner year as the men's team capped a record-breaking regular season with a sixth-place finish at the ACC Championship. Led by senior All-American Andrew Kosic, the men spent time in the Top 25 polls and finished with an ACC-best 10 dual-meet victories (10-4), including wins over Florida State, Pitt, Duke, South Carolina and Navy. The women were 8-8 in the dual-meet season, highlighted by victories over conference foes Florida State, Miami and Notre Dame. Kosic, the 2015 ACC silver-medalist in the 100 free and the bronze-medalist in the 50 free, garnered repeat All-America honors at the NCAA Championship with his fifth-place showing in the 50 free and 12th-place in the 100 free. He was an individual NCAA qualifier, along with divers Brad Homza and Shannon Lumbra, and four men's relays. In 2013-14, Hart's fifth season on the Flats, the Jackets totaled seven new school records and saw Andrew Kosic and Nico van Duijn qualify for the NCAA Championship along with a pair of men's relays. Tech's men finished seventh at the ACC Championships, while the women recorded a 10th-place finish. Kosic went on to All-America honors with his 15th-place finish in the 50 free. Her fourth season on the Flats was highlighted by Eric Chiu clinching an individual spot in the NCAA Championship in the 100 fly, and opening the door for the Yellow Jackets to send four men's relays to the NCAA meet. Chiu, the ACC bronze medalist and the school record-holder in the 100 fly, and the relays marked Tech's first men's swimmers to compete in the NCAA Championship since 2010. Tech swimmers accumulated 20 NCAA 'B' cuts, and the men's 200 free relay achieved an NCAA 'A' cut during the ACC Championship in 2013-14. Four divers qualified for the Zone Diving Championship, including Brandon Makinson, who shattered the school's 3-meter record during the season and was named the ACC's Diver of the Week three times. The summer of 2013 saw Hart inducted to the Georgia Aquatic Hall of Fame, signifying both her achievements as a collegiate All-American and National Swimmer of the Year at the University of Georgia and as a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist. Hart's third year at the helm was capped off by freshman Andrew Chetcuti competing in the London Olympic Games for his home country of Malta, while a program record 11 swimmers achieved cuts to compete in the United States Swimming Olympic Team Trials. In 2011-12, both the men's and women's programs improved on their ACC Championship finish from the previous season, while the women picked up impressive conference victories during the dual-meet season again both Clemson and Miami. In all, the Yellow Jackets set two men's records, six women's and a pair earned All-ACC honors in sophomore Anton Lagerqvist and junior Brandon Makinson. Lagerqvist became the first Tech male to win the ACC title in the 200 breast, while Makinson claimed silver on the 1-meter. On the women's side, senior Keren Siebner's fifth-place finish in the 100 fly was the best for a Tech women's swimmer at the ACC Championship since a bronze medal by Agatha Kwasnik in the 100 free in 2008. In year two, Hart helped to bring the ACC Championships back to the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center breaking eight school records in the process. Alongside Diving Coach John Ames, Hart helped to coach Brandon Makinson to the NCAA Championships where he participated in the 1 and 3-meter dives. The Jackets also faced off against some of the toughest competition in the country as Hart scheduled six ranked teams and four teams receiving votes into Atlanta for the Georgia Tech Invite as well as some dual meets with SEC powers Florida and Georgia and perennial ACC powerhouse, Florida State. Her first year as the head of the swimming and diving program in 2009-10, saw Hart lead the men's team to a fifth place performance and the women's team to a ninth place showing at the ACC Championships. The men's meet was highlighted by three first place finishes by Gal Nevo -- a two-time Olympian for Greece (2008 and 2012) -- while the women broke four school records. Nevo's success continued into the NCAA Championships where Hart helped the senior to All-American status in each of his races, a runner-up finish up in the 400-IM for the second-straight season, and a school record time in the 200-Fly in his final race as a Yellow Jacket to give Tech a 23rd finish at the event. In two seasons as an assistant coach, Hart worked primarily with the middle distance free and stroke group and also served as recruiting coordinator. The Georgia Tech swimming programs enjoyed unprecedented success in the two year's since Hart's arrival and she has worked with multiple NCAA participants. In 2007-08, the women's team finished 30th at the NCAA Championships for the best finish in program history. In 2008-09, the men's squad turned in its best NCAA effort with a 19th-place finish. Nevo was an All-American in both the 200 IM and 400 IM as well as being named ACC Swimmer of the Year. His mark in the 400 IM was the second-fastest in NCAA history and third-fastest in the world. Nigel Plummer was named the ACC Freshman of the Year, the first time a Georgia Tech swimmer earned either swimmer of freshman of the year awards in school history. All told, 24 school records were broken during the 2008-09 season and a school-record nine men's swimmers participated in the NCAA Championships. Hart spent one season (2006-07) as an assistant coach at North Florida prior to arriving on The Flats. She helped guide North Florida to a fifth-place finish at the Pacific Coast Swimming Conference Championships and led nine individuals to top-16 finishes at the meet. Shealy Hart guided one athlete to a top-eight finish in the conference championship. Before heading into the coaching scene, Hart participated in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games for the United States. She took home a pair of gold medals in Sydney, Australia, in the 400-meter medley relay and 400-meter freestyle relay. Hart also competed on the international scene in the Pan-American Games (1999, 2003), Pan Pacific (2002) and the United States World Cup Teams (2000-04). At the University of Georgia, Hart led the Bulldogs to NCAA team championships in 1999 and 2000. She was named the 2000 NCAA Female Swimmer of the Year after capturing individual national titles in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 back. She also captured NCAA titles as a member of the 400 free relay and 400 medley relay teams. She finished her NCAA career with 26 All-America honors the most in UGA history, plus two more honorable mention citations. Hart won nine individual Southeastern Conference titles, 10 SEC relay crowns and set five conference records. She was named SEC Female Swimmer of the Year in 2000. Hart played volleyball for the Bulldogs and lettered from 1997-99. She was named the team's most valuable player in 1998 and was the first NCAA Division I female student-athlete to compete in two sports on the same day, accomplishing that feat three times at Georgia. After graduating from Georgia in 2001 cum laude with a degree in sports studies/communications, Hart worked as a motivational speaker for the NCAA, Coca-Cola, Healthsouth and Arby's, and served as the director of the Golden West Swim Lessons Program in Huntington Beach, Calif., before heading to North Florida. Hart earned her master's degree from UGA in sports management in 2005. A native of Columbia, S.C., Hart, her husband Justin and their children Jackson and Mara, reside in Atlanta. 9/14/2016 This weekend, Sept. 16-17, the Georgia Tech swimming and diving program will host its annual... 8/29/2016 Georgia Techs swimming and diving program is excited to announce its complete 2016-17... 8/1/2016 Georgia Tech's Olympic history came to life once again Saturday as the U.S. Olympic swimming team... 7/27/2016 Former Georgia Tech swimmer Keren Siebner, class of 2012, is set to make history as she competes ... 07/18/2016 Georgia Tech's Coach Herb McAuley Aquatic Center will be the home of the USA Olympic Diving Team ... 07/13/2016 Two former Georgia Tech swimmers, Gal Nevo `10 and Andrew Chetcuti `16, have qualified for the...

Koppelman serves as the recruiting coordinator and also works with the middle distance swimmers for both the mens and womens rosters. In his time at both Georgia Tech and TCU, he has aided in the development of numerous top-level swimmers that have landed spots in the Olympics, NCAA Championships and World Championships. Koppleman has guided a Tech swimmer to the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in each year that he has been on The Flats with Andrew Kosic (2013, 2014 and 2015) and Alex Kimpel (2016). In 2015-16, Koppelman tutored a number of middle distance performers to career marks throughout the season and worked with Kimpel, who qualified for the NCAA Championships in both the 100 and 200 breast events. Kimpel set a new school record in the 200 breast event with a time of 1:54.91, while also touching the wall with the fourth best time in the 100 breast and the fifth-best time in Tech history in the 200 IM. On the womens side, Iris Wang set a new Tech record in both the 100 free (48.97) and the 200 free (1:46.94), while Chiara Ruiu posted two program bests in the 200 breast (2:12.90) and the 200 IM (2:00.97). The top-times on the mens side belonged to Yuval Safra (500 free, 1000 free, 200 back), Rodrigo Correia (200 free, 50 back, 100 back, 200 IM), Kimpel (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM), Youssef Hammond (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly), Ben Southern (200 fly) and Moises Loschi (400 IM). The 2015-16 top-times for the women were Wang (50 free, 100 free, 200 free), Ruiu (500 free, 1000 free, 200 breast, 200 IM), Maddie Paschal (50 back, 100 back), Alex Rieger (200 back), Florina Ilie (100 breast), Laura Blanton (100 fly, 200 fly) and Kira de Bruyn (400 IM). In 2014-15, Koppelman guided Kosic to new heights, as he qualified for the NCAA Championships for the third straight year and was named an NCAA All-American in both the 50 and 100 free events. Kosic set four new school records in the 50 free (19.10), 100 free (42.30), 200 free (1:34.55) and in the 100 fly (46.36). Kosic (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 100 fly), Safra (500 free, 1000 free, 200 back), Richard Lehner (100 breast), Kimpel (200 breast), Southern (200 fly), Mark Sarman (200 IM) and Manuel Barragan (400 IM) all had the top-times for the Yellow Jackets mens team in 2014-15. The womens team top-times came from Morgan Lyons (50 free), Ruiu (100 free, 200 free), Sara Williford (500 free), Kathryn Woolbright (1000 free), Paschal (50 back, 100 back), Rieger (200 back), Darelle Cowley (100 breast, 200 breast), de Bruyn (100 fly, 200 IM, 400 IM) and Frederique Lefebvre (200 fly). The 2013-14 season saw Koppelmans middle distance swimmers set records in a number of events, while Kosic reached the NCAA Championships for the second straight year where he was named an NCAA All-American. Kosic set new top marks in the 50 free (19.42) and the 100 free (42.84) for the Jackets, and was part of the 800 free relay team along with Nico van Duijn (6:23.68) that set a new Tech record as well. Van Duijn also set a new school record in the 200 fly (1:43.00) for the Yellow Jackets. On the year, Kosic (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 100 back), Safra (500 free, 1000 free, 200 back), Lehner (100 breast), Anton Lagerqvist (200 breast), van Duijin (100 fly, 200 fly), Sarman (200 IM) and Andreas Nilsson (400 IM) all led the Yellow Jackets with top-times overall. On the womens swimming team, a number of different Jackets set the top marks for the season in Ruiu (100 free, 200 IM), Hailey White (200 free), Williford (500 free, 400 IM), Woolbright (1000 free), Carly Sweeney (50 back, 100 back, 200 back), Cowley (100 breast, 200 breast), Lefebvre (100 fly) and Kate Brandus (200 fly). In his first season on the Tech coaching staff in 2012-13, the Yellow Jackets finished sixth overall on the mens side and eighth on the womens at the 2013 ACC Championships. Eric Chiu took home a third-place finish and All-ACC honors in the 100 fly event, while van Duijn placed fourth overall in the 100 fly and fifth in the 200 fly. Lagerqvist touched the wall in 11th in the 200 breast, edging Matthew Vaughan (12th) and Ryan Salmon (13th). Safra (14th) and Zach Tillman (16th) placed in the 500 free event, while Sarman finished 14th overall in the 200 fly and 16th in the 100 fly at the conference championship event. Kosic set a new school record in the 100 back with a time of 47.53 at the NCAA Championships, while Chius time of 46.65 in the 100 fly at the Yellow Jacket Qualifier was a new school record. Scoring for the womens team at the 2013 ACC Championship meet was Sweeney with a 16th-place finish in the 200 back, and both Lefebvre (14th) and Woolbright (15th) touching the wall back-to-back in the 400 IM. Tillman (200 free), Safra (500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free), Kosic (50 free, 100 free, 100 back), Kristopher Bryant (200 back), Vaughan (100 breast), Lagerqvist (200 breast), Chiu (100 fly), van Duijn (200 fly), Saman (200 IM) and Nilsson (400 IM) all posted the top-times across the board for the Tech mens team on the 2012-13 season. On the womens team, the 2012-13 top-times belonged to White (200 free, 500 free), Woolbright (1000 free, 400 IM), Sweeney (100 back, 200 back), Cowley (100 breast), Catherine Richards (200 breast), Brandus (100 fly) and Lefebvre (200 fly, 200 IM). While at TCU, the Horned Frogs skyrocketed in the national rankings, and their recruiting classes consistently gained recognition from around the country. Koppelman was an integral part of TCUs climb to the top of the Mountain West Conference in 2009-10 when the mens team stormed through its schedule to an 8-0 overall record and 5-0 record in the league. It was the first MWC team crown for TCU. Though he worked predominately with the mens program, Koppelman also tutored TCUs breaststroke and butterfly swimmers and saw all of those womens school records fall under his guidance, along with 14 of 19 mens swimming records. Koppelman, who has been involved with coaching since before he graduated college, helped two-time Olympian Edgar Crespo claim the 2010 Mountain West Conference title in the 100 breaststroke and Sabine Rasch win the 100 freestyle conference crown in 2011. Koppelman joined the TCU staff in the fall of 2006 after spending the previous year as head coach of Cyprus High School in Magna, Utah, as well as serving as head coach of the Pirate Swim Club, a USA Swimming Club team. Prior to his stint at Cyprus High School, Koppelman worked as a graduate assistant with the University of Utah swim team and was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Wyoming as an undergraduate. During his time at Utah, Koppelman worked with 11 U.S. National swimmers, one Canadian National finalist, 17 All-Mountain West Conference swimmers and two NCAA qualifiers. Koppelman earned a B.S. in mathematics at the University of Wyoming and a masters of mathematics at the University of Utah. Koppelman and his wife RheaAnn have a daughter, Adelyn, and a son, Knox.

Ames guidance, Tech divers continue to excel at the national level while re-writing the program record books. Last season in 2015-16, junior Brad Homza qualified for the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships for the second straight season where he earned All-America Honorable Mention honors with his 11th-place finish in the 1-meter dive and a 14th-place finish in the platform diving event. Homza also earned a gold medal for his first-place finish in the platform at the 2016 ACC Mens Swimming & Diving Championships, the lone ACC All-Conference performer for the Jackets on the year. Homza, who also set school records in the 1-meter and platform diving events on the season, joined fellow Tech divers Matt Casillas (1-meter, 3 meter, platform), Omar Eteiba (1-meter), Nolan Mallet (1-meter, 3-meter, platform), Andrea Demick (1-meter) and Kayla Williams (1-meter, 3 meter) with new personal best marks on the season. Eteiba, Mallet and Demick were all recognized as 2016 CSCAA Scholar All-American honorable mentions, while Homza earned CSCAA Scholar All-American accolades on the season. In 2014-15, junior Shannon Lumbra and Homza each qualified for the NCAA National Championships to mark the first time in school history that divers were in both the mens and womens championships in the same year. Homza became Techs first male diver since Brandon Makinson in 2012 to earn a national spot, while Lumbra became the Jackets first female diver since 2008 to qualify. Homza won nine events during his sophomore season after an impressive rookie campaign in 2013-14 that saw him break the schools platform record. Lumbra claimed the programs 1-meter springboard record that same season. In 2012-13, Tech divers won a total of 10 events. Senior Brandon Makinson capped his remarkable career by crushing the school record on the 3-meter board with a score of 422.55 points in winning the event versus rival Georgia. The week prior, he also set a 3-meter record with a score of 408.85. Makinson was named the ACC Diver of the Week three times during the 2012-13 season. He, along with fellow senior Chris Khosravi and female divers Lumbra and Ashley Hardy, each qualified for the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships. In his 11th season, Georgia Tech divers set both the mens and womens 1-meter school records, while Makinson, a junior, was a repeat All-ACC honoree. Makinson scored a school-record 375.25 points in earning the ACC silver medal on the 1-meter board, after earning All-ACC honors on the 3-meter board in 2011. For the women, Helen Alvey scored a school-record 310.42 points on the 1-meter board in a dual meet versus rival Georgia. Led by 10 individual wins from Makinson, the Yellow Jacket divers won 19 times in the 2011-12 season. Ames guided four divers to the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships in 2011-12, while incoming freshman diver Shannon Lumbra competed at the United States Olympic Trials and Makinson competed in the Canadian Olympic Trials. The 2010-11 season saw the fall of all three mens diving school records, each toppling at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center. Makinson broke the 1-meter (360.35) and 3-meter (408.10) diving records, while Khosravi took down the platform (375.90) diving record at the ACC Championships. For his efforts, Makinson earned All-ACC honors in the 3-meter dive. Ames also helped coach four of his five divers to the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships where Makinson took eighth-place overall to earn a spot at the NCAA Championships. The 2009-10 season included the career conclusion of the swimming and diving teams most decorated female athlete, Hannah Krimm. Krimms distinctions consist of NCAA All-America honors on the 3-meter springboard, NCAA 1-meter Honorable Mention All-America, All-ACC Honors on the 1-meter, and was a four-time CSCAA Academic All-America honoree. Krimm made the finals in six of eight springboard events at the ACC Championships during her career, and was the highest individual point scorer for the womens program in each of her last two seasons at Tech. The 2009-10 season was a very successful rebuilding year for the mens divers. The freshmen duo of Makinson and Khosravi finished the dual meet season as the fourth and fifth individual point leaders for the mens swimming and diving program. The duo duplicated that effort at the ACC Championships, with the highlight being Khosravis fourth-place finish in the platform event. In 2008, Ames coached Techs first female diving All-American as then-sophomore Krimm finished seventh on the 3-meter springboard. Krimm was also recognized as an honorable mention All-American on the 1-meter board, while Stephanie England was an honorable mention All-American in both the 3-meter and platform events. The Tech divers accounted for all 21 of the Jackets total points at the NCAA Championships helping them to a 30th-place finish -- its highest in program history. At the 2007-08 ACC Championships, Ames led Krimm to a second-place finish on the 1-meter board, while England placed second in the platform and third in the 3-meter. Krimm, England and freshman Michele Bertolino all qualified for the NCAA Zone B Championships, with Krimm and England moving on to the NCAA Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Under Ames tutelage, Evan Stowers became the first Tech diver to qualify for the NCAA Championships in 2006. At the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, Stowers again made history by finishing seventh on the mens platform, becoming the first Tech diver to garner All-America honors. In 2007, Stowers returned to the NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors for the second consecutive season. At the 2006 ACC Championships, Stowers became just the second diver, first under Ames, to win an ACC championship as he captured the mens 3-meter springboard. He also became the first diver to earn All-ACC honors on both springboards. Besides Stowers, Krimm and England, two other Tech divers garnered all-conference honors under Ames guidance. Former mens diving standout Paul McCarty (2001-04) earned All-ACC honors on the 1-meter springboard in 2002, while former diver Tony Burkhardt accomplished that same feat at the 2005 ACC Championships. In 2005, the womens diving program took its first steps towards being a force at the ACC Championships, as junior Laurissa Prystaj and England both reached the finals on the 3-meter board, making it the highest scoring event for Tech in womens diving history. The duo of England and Krimm trumped that performance when both Yellow Jacket divers qualified for the finals in all events. The duo then took another step forward when they combined to garner All-ACC honors in every diving event at the 2008 conference championship meet and followed that up with All-American honors. Along with his coaching duties at Tech, Ames also mentors the Atlanta Diving Association, which has quickly become the top United States Diving program in the state of Georgia. Hired in August 2001, Ames came to Tech from George Washington University and the Montgomery Dive Club, one of the largest diving programs in the nation. Prior to his stint with Montgomery and George Washington, Ames served as an assistant coach with the Northern Virginia Dive Club. He also worked as a graduate assistant and diving coach at Western Illinois University. Ames graduated from Ohio University in 1993 with a bachelors degree in psychology after completing his collegiate diving career with the Bobcats. He earned a Master of Science degree in sport administration while at Western Illinois. Position: Diving Coach Alma Mater: Ohio '93 Years at Tech: 16th