SUNY-New Paltz Women's Swimming

Whitbecks eighth year at the helm of the State University of New York at New Paltz womens and mens swimming programs. During his tenure at the controls, he has fielded competitive teams that have boasted both top-end talent and depth. He has mentored 22 All-State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) honorees (13 women and nine men), two James Fulton Award recipients, three Grace Mowatt Award recipients, a SUNYAC Female Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet and five All-Americans. Whitbeck is a one-time SUNYAC Women's Coach of the Year, which he achieved during the 2010-11 campaign. Molly McCulloch made an immediate impact during her freshman season in 2014-15, as she won the SUNYAC title in the 100 butterfly (57.10), which established a SUNYAC meet record and a program record. The women placed third at the SUNYAC Championships for the second year in a row, while the men advanced up to fourth. The Hawks' women went 6-1 in dual meets, while the men fashioned a 4-3 record. Chelsea Allocco finished her career as one of the best distance swimmers in the history of the conference under Whitbeck's direction in 2013-14, claiming her seventh and eighth SUNYAC individual titles at the conference meet. The women posted a third-place finish at SUNYACs, while the men took sixth in spite of a small roster size. In dual meets, the women went 6-2, while the men posted a 2-6 dual-meet record. In 2012-13, Whitbeck sent a program-record five women to the NCAA Championships, and all five returned to campus as Honorable Mention All-Americans. The women went a perfect 7-0 in dual meets and placed fourth at the SUNYAC Championships, while the men went 2-5 in dual meets and took sixth at the conference meet. Yuka Suzuka highlighted a 2011-12 season in which both the women's and men's teams were competitive. The Hawk women went 9-3 in dual meets, and Suzuka became the women's program's fourth-ever top-eight finisher at the NCAA Championships. Suzuka, who earned a pair of "A" cuts, was also named the SUNYAC Female Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet. The men fashioned a 4-8 dual-meet record and finished fourth at the SUNYAC Championships. 2010-11 proved extremely successful for Whitbeck's teams, as the women placed second at the 2011 SUNYAC Swimming & Diving Championships, while the men took third. As a result of his women's team's performance at the conference meet, he was named the SUNYAC Women's Coach of the Year. Six different women were crowned as individual conference champions, marking the first time since the league started recognizing All-Conference teams in 2004 that a single women's team earned six First-Team All-SUNYAC honorees in one season. New Paltz's women's 200 medley relay team, which won the event at the 2011 SUNYAC Swimming & Diving Championships in conference-record time, qualified for the 2011 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., and 13 women's varsity program records fell. During the 2009-10 campaign, both the womens and mens teams took third at the SUNYAC Championships. A total of four men and five women brought home All-SUNYAC honors, while five different individuals captured conference titles. The Hawks had four women and one man provisionally qualify in individual events for the 2010 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in addition to two womens relays.  Whitbeck made an immediate impact as he helped the Hawks re-write the record board in his first season as head coach. The women set nine varsity records and won three individual SUNYAC titles, setting new conference and meet records in the two events. Sophomores Marissa Morris and Christine Rieth qualified for the NCAA Championships as the Hawks made their fifth consecutive trip to the national pool. On the mens side, the team set six new varsity records and one SUNYAC meet and conference record while placing third at the SUNYAC Championship, their highest finish since 2003.  Prior to New Paltz, Whitbeck spent two seasons as the assistant coach at the NCAA Division I University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Whitbeck assisted the Minutemen with all aspects of running a perennially successful Atlantic 10 program, including training, stroke technique, recruiting and meet preparation. The men's team won the Atlantic 10 championship both seasons while the women finished second and fourth. Twelve varsity records were set during his two seasons as an assistant.  Before UMass, Whitbeck served as the assistant coach/aquatics director at the College of Wooster for two seasons where he coached the 2005 NCAA champion in the 1,650 freestyle. In addition, he spearheaded the recruitment of 50 athletes to the program, maintained the aquatic facility and directed a triathlon. Whitbeck has worked three summers as a swim counselor at the University of Michigan Swim Camps and assisted the meet director in running the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships four times since 2005.  Whitbeck spent four seasons on the varsity swim team at Kalamazoo College where he was a 12-time NCAA All-American and a two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American. In 2004, he was named team captain and elected as the team's Most Valuable Swimmer. In addition to swimming, he also earned an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship and a Charles Monroe departmental award in Economics. Since graduation, Whitbeck has stayed active in swimming through US Masters, winning two open water national championships. He currently holds the 3000-yard freestyle national record. Whitbeck earned a bachelor's degree from Kalamazoo in 2004 and completed two master degree programs at UMass in 2008: one in business administration and the other in sports management.  Contact Scott Whitbeck at ext. 2671 or Scott Whitbeck Head Swimming Coach The 2015-16 season marks head coach Scott Whitbecks eighth year at the helm of the State University of New York at New Paltz womens and mens swimming programs. During his tenure at the controls, he has fielded competitive teams that have boasted both top-end talent and depth. He has mentored 22 All-State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) honorees (13 women and nine men), two James Fulton Award recipients, three Grace Mowatt Award recipients, a SUNYAC Female Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet and five All-Americans. Whitbeck is a one-time SUNYAC Women's Coach of the Year, which he achieved during the 2010-11 campaign. Molly McCulloch made an immediate impact during her freshman season in 2014-15, as she won the SUNYAC title in the 100 butterfly (57.10), which established a SUNYAC meet record and a program record. The women placed third at the SUNYAC Championships for the second year in a row, while the men advanced up to fourth. The Hawks' women went 6-1 in dual meets, while the men fashioned a 4-3 record. Chelsea Allocco finished her career as one of the best distance swimmers in the history of the conference under Whitbeck's direction in 2013-14, claiming her seventh and eighth SUNYAC individual titles at the conference meet. The women posted a third-place finish at SUNYACs, while the men took sixth in spite of a small roster size. In dual meets, the women went 6-2, while the men posted a 2-6 dual-meet record. In 2012-13, Whitbeck sent a program-record five women to the NCAA Championships, and all five returned to campus as Honorable Mention All-Americans. The women went a perfect 7-0 in dual meets and placed fourth at the SUNYAC Championships, while the men went 2-5 in dual meets and took sixth at the conference meet. Yuka Suzuka highlighted a 2011-12 season in which both the women's and men's teams were competitive. The Hawk women went 9-3 in dual meets, and Suzuka became the women's program's fourth-ever top-eight finisher at the NCAA Championships. Suzuka, who earned a pair of "A" cuts, was also named the SUNYAC Female Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet. The men fashioned a 4-8 dual-meet record and finished fourth at the SUNYAC Championships. 2010-11 proved extremely successful for Whitbeck's teams, as the women placed second at the 2011 SUNYAC Swimming & Diving Championships, while the men took third. As a result of his women's team's performance at the conference meet, he was named the SUNYAC Women's Coach of the Year. Six different women were crowned as individual conference champions, marking the first time since the league started recognizing All-Conference teams in 2004 that a single women's team earned six First-Team All-SUNYAC honorees in one season. New Paltz's women's 200 medley relay team, which won the event at the 2011 SUNYAC Swimming & Diving Championships in conference-record time, qualified for the 2011 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., and 13 women's varsity program records fell. During the 2009-10 campaign, both the womens and mens teams took third at the SUNYAC Championships. A total of four men and five women brought home All-SUNYAC honors, while five different individuals captured conference titles. The Hawks had four women and one man provisionally qualify in individual events for the 2010 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in addition to two womens relays.  Whitbeck made an immediate impact as he helped the Hawks re-write the record board in his first season as head coach. The women set nine varsity records and won three individual SUNYAC titles, setting new conference and meet records in the two events. Sophomores Marissa Morris and Christine Rieth qualified for the NCAA Championships as the Hawks made their fifth consecutive trip to the national pool. On the mens side, the team set six new varsity records and one SUNYAC meet and conference record while placing third at the SUNYAC Championship, their highest finish since 2003.  Prior to New Paltz, Whitbeck spent two seasons as the assistant coach at the NCAA Division I University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Whitbeck assisted the Minutemen with all aspects of running a perennially successful Atlantic 10 program, including training, stroke technique, recruiting and meet preparation. The men's team won the Atlantic 10 championship both seasons while the women finished second and fourth. Twelve varsity records were set during his two seasons as an assistant.  Before UMass, Whitbeck served as the assistant coach/aquatics director at the College of Wooster for two seasons where he coached the 2005 NCAA champion in the 1,650 freestyle. In addition, he spearheaded the recruitment of 50 athletes to the program, maintained the aquatic facility and directed a triathlon. Whitbeck has worked three summers as a swim counselor at the University of Michigan Swim Camps and assisted the meet director in running the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships four times since 2005.  Whitbeck spent four seasons on the varsity swim team at Kalamazoo College where he was a 12-time NCAA All-American and a two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American. In 2004, he was named team captain and elected as the team's Most Valuable Swimmer. In addition to swimming, he also earned an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship and a Charles Monroe departmental award in Economics. Since graduation, Whitbeck has stayed active in swimming through US Masters, winning two open water national championships. He currently holds the 3000-yard freestyle national record. Whitbeck earned a bachelor's degree from Kalamazoo in 2004 and completed two master degree programs at UMass in 2008: one in business administration and the other in sports management.  Contact Scott Whitbeck at ext. 2671 or Scott Whitbeck Head Swimming Coach The 2015-16 season marks head coach Scott Whitbecks eighth year at the helm of the State University of New York at New Paltz womens and mens swimming programs. During his tenure at the controls, he has fielded competitive teams that have boasted both top-end talent and depth. He has mentored 22 All-State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) honorees (13 women and nine men), two James Fulton Award recipients, three Grace Mowatt Award recipients, a SUNYAC Female Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet and five All-Americans. Whitbeck is a one-time SUNYAC Women's Coach of the Year, which he achieved during the 2010-11 campaign. Molly McCulloch made an immediate impact during her freshman season in 2014-15, as she won the SUNYAC title in the 100 butterfly (57.10), which established a SUNYAC meet record and a program record. The women placed third at the SUNYAC Championships for the second year in a row, while the men advanced up to fourth. The Hawks' women went 6-1 in dual meets, while the men fashioned a 4-3 record. Chelsea Allocco finished her career as one of the best distance swimmers in the history of the conference under Whitbeck's direction in 2013-14, claiming her seventh and eighth SUNYAC individual titles at the conference meet. The women posted a third-place finish at SUNYACs, while the men took sixth in spite of a small roster size. In dual meets, the women went 6-2, while the men posted a 2-6 dual-meet record. In 2012-13, Whitbeck sent a program-record five women to the NCAA Championships, and all five returned to campus as Honorable Mention All-Americans. The women went a perfect 7-0 in dual meets and placed fourth at the SUNYAC Championships, while the men went 2-5 in dual meets and took sixth at the conference meet. Yuka Suzuka highlighted a 2011-12 season in which both the women's and men's teams were competitive. The Hawk women went 9-3 in dual meets, and Suzuka became the women's program's fourth-ever top-eight finisher at the NCAA Championships. Suzuka, who earned a pair of "A" cuts, was also named the SUNYAC Female Most Outstanding Swimmer of the Meet. The men fashioned a 4-8 dual-meet record and finished fourth at the SUNYAC Championships. 2010-11 proved extremely successful for Whitbeck's teams, as the women placed second at the 2011 SUNYAC Swimming & Diving Championships, while the men took third. As a result of his women's team's performance at the conference meet, he was named the SUNYAC Women's Coach of the Year. Six different women were crowned as individual conference champions, marking the first time since the league started recognizing All-Conference teams in 2004 that a single women's team earned six First-Team All-SUNYAC honorees in one season. New Paltz's women's 200 medley relay team, which won the event at the 2011 SUNYAC Swimming & Diving Championships in conference-record time, qualified for the 2011 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in Knoxville, Tenn., and 13 women's varsity program records fell. During the 2009-10 campaign, both the womens and mens teams took third at the SUNYAC Championships. A total of four men and five women brought home All-SUNYAC honors, while five different individuals captured conference titles. The Hawks had four women and one man provisionally qualify in individual events for the 2010 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in addition to two womens relays.  Whitbeck made an immediate impact as he helped the Hawks re-write the record board in his first season as head coach. The women set nine varsity records and won three individual SUNYAC titles, setting new conference and meet records in the two events. Sophomores Marissa Morris and Christine Rieth qualified for the NCAA Championships as the Hawks made their fifth consecutive trip to the national pool. On the mens side, the team set six new varsity records and one SUNYAC meet and conference record while placing third at the SUNYAC Championship, their highest finish since 2003.  Prior to New Paltz, Whitbeck spent two seasons as the assistant coach at the NCAA Division I University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Whitbeck assisted the Minutemen with all aspects of running a perennially successful Atlantic 10 program, including training, stroke technique, recruiting and meet preparation. The men's team won the Atlantic 10 championship both seasons while the women finished second and fourth. Twelve varsity records were set during his two seasons as an assistant.  Before UMass, Whitbeck served as the assistant coach/aquatics director at the College of Wooster for two seasons where he coached the 2005 NCAA champion in the 1,650 freestyle. In addition, he spearheaded the recruitment of 50 athletes to the program, maintained the aquatic facility and directed a triathlon. Whitbeck has worked three summers as a swim counselor at the University of Michigan Swim Camps and assisted the meet director in running the NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Championships four times since 2005.  Whitbeck spent four seasons on the varsity swim team at Kalamazoo College where he was a 12-time NCAA All-American and a two-time ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American. In 2004, he was named team captain and elected as the team's Most Valuable Swimmer. In addition to swimming, he also earned an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship and a Charles Monroe departmental award in Economics. Since graduation, Whitbeck has stayed active in swimming through US Masters, winning two open water national championships. He currently holds the 3000-yard freestyle national record. Whitbeck earned a bachelor's degree from Kalamazoo in 2004 and completed two master degree programs at UMass in 2008: one in business administration and the other in sports management.  Contact Scott Whitbeck at ext. 2671 or

Christiansen begins his second year as an assistant swimming coach at the State University of New York at New Paltz in 2016-17 after leading both men's & women's teams to second place finishes at the 2016 SUNYAC Championships. Christiansen spent the past five years as a coach with Victor Swim Club, which won the 2015 Niagara LSC championship. While at Victor Swim Club, he developed dryland and strength & conditioning programs, managed meets and created seasonal and long-term athlete development plans. He also served as the head age group coach from 2011-13.   During the 2014-15 season, Christiansen served as the head junior varsity coach for the Penfield High School womens team, guiding the squad to a 8-1 dual-meet record while coaching one New York State meet qualifier.   He brings two seasons of college coaching experience, having worked as a volunteer assistant at the Rochester Institute of Technology from 2011-13. Christiansen broke into coaching in 2008 as an assistant coach with the Sea Dragons Swim Club.   Christiansen competed at Hiram College as an undergraduate from 2004-08, serving as team captain for three years and swimming a leg on the Terriers program-record-setting 800 freestyle relay his senior season.   Christiansen earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Hiram in 2008 and his Master of Science in communication & media technology from RIT in 2013.