University of Georgia Women's Swimming

Bauerle, the Olympic appointment became the crowning moment of his career. Bauerle has had unparalleled success in and out of the pool at Georgia, highlighted by seven team national championships with the Lady Bulldogs. Under Bauerles watch, individual national and Southeastern Conference champions, All-Americans, record-setters, Academic All-Americans and NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipients have become the norm. In his stint overseeing Georgias program (not to mention his time as a Georgia swimmer himself and assistant coach), Bauerle has produced seven team national championships and 12 SEC crowns with the Lady Bulldogs. He has been chosen as the SEC Coach of the Year 18 times (16 with the women, two with the men) and the National Womens Coach of the Year seven times. Bauerle piloted the Georgia women for the 37th year and the men for the 33rd in 2015-16. He has led the Lady Bulldogs to 310 dual-meet victories (joining Tom Groden of Boston College as the only members of the 300-wins club), seven national championships and 12 SEC titles during his tenure. Counting his 221 wins as the Bulldogs coach, Bauerle has an overall record of 531-124-3. That figure ranks first all-time in the SEC, second among active coaches and third on the all-time list. Bauerles Lady Bulldogs capped the 2016 campaign with the programs seventh NCAA title. He was chosen as the NCAA and SEC Coach of the Year and boasted NCAA winners Olivia Smoliga (50 and 100 freestyle), Brittany MacLean (200 freestyle) and the 800 freestyle relay. Georgia closed the regular season with its 100th consecutive victory at Gabrielsen Natatorium. That is an NCAA Division I swimming and diving record. Georgia is 101-1 all-time in Gabrielsen Natatorium. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Bauerle served as an assistant mens coach for the United States. Georgia also was represented by Americans Gunnar Bentz, Chase Kalisz, Jay Litherland, Hali Flickinger, Melanie Margalis, Allison Schmitt, Smoliga and Amanda Weir; Canadians Javier Acevedo, MacLean and Chantal Van Landeghem; and Finn Matias Koski. Moreover, diving coach Dan Laak was on the staff for Brazil and helped coach volunteer assistant Cesar Castro. Eight American swimmers at the Games was the high-water mark for the Georgia program. Georgias swimmers had an unprecedented medals haul as eight competitors earned nine medals, the highest totals in school history. Schmitt set school records for all sports with a career total of four golds and eight medals, while Kalisz became Georgia swimmings first male medalist and Bentz became the first male gold medalist (and just the third overall in school history). In 2013 and 2014, Bauerles Lady Bulldogs earned team titles at the NCAA and SEC Championships. The conference crown in 2015 gave Georgia its sixth straight, establishing the programs high-water mark, and the Lady Bulldogs took second at the NCAAs. The Bulldogs came in second in the SEC (their best finish since 1998) and seventh at the NCAAs. In 2012, 13 swimmers (representing eight nations) with ties to the Georgia program competed in the Olympics, highlighted by Schmitts five medals, including three golds, and Shannon Vreelands gold medal. At the 2008 Olympics, the United States women, under Bauerles watch, earned a total of 14 medals (two golds, seven silvers, five bronze), the most of any nation. Two of his pupils, Kara Lynn Joyce and Schmitt, were included in the medals haul as Joyce won two silvers and Schmitt secured a bronze. Bauerles handiwork was on display as 12 athletes and coaches from his Georgia program joined him in Beijing. Georgia can claim one achievement that no other collegiate sports program can three NCAA Woman of the Year Award winners in Lisa Coole (1997), Kristy Kowal (2000) and Kim Black (2001). Georgia is the only program in the nation to have more than one winner and Bauerle has coached all three. Bauerle has been inducted into the State of Georgia, the Georgia Aquatics and the Montgomery County (Pa.) Coaches halls of fame. He also received the Bill Hartman Award, which is one of the highest honors given to a former UGA student-athlete based on 20 years of excellence in his profession. Besides coaching, Bauerle has dedicated his time and efforts to several community service endeavors. In 1983, Bauerle and three partners played 125 hours of tennis at the Jennings Mill Country Club to raise more than $50,000 for the American Cancer Society. He received the Billy Hudson Distinguished Citizen Award from the Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America for his community service efforts. Bauerle has been selected to Sphinx Club, Blue Key Society, the Gridiron Society and Phi Kappa Phi. He is also an avid outdoorsman. Bauerle, a native of Glenside, Pa., and his wife, Leigh Ann, have three sons: John, Magill (who is named after legendary Georgia tennis coach and swimming letterman Dan Magill) and Duke. | 11/10/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams remained undefeated as they swept Missouri with two hard-fought victories on Thursday at Mizzou Aquatic Center. | 11/9/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will put their unbeaten streaks on the line this week as they visit Missouri. | 11/8/2016 Georgia swimmer Javier Acevedo has been chosen as the Southeastern Conference Male Freshman of the Week, according to an announcement Tuesday by... | 11/7/2016 Georgia's returning Olympians are pushing themselves even harder and motivating their teammates, as well | 11/5/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/4/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/2/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams defeated in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at the McAuley Aquatic Center. | 11/1/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will travel to Atlanta to face in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the McAuley Aquatic... | 11/1/2016 Four members of the Georgia swimming and diving team earned Southeastern Conference honors after their wins over Florida, as announced on Tuesday... | 10/28/2016 ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia swimming and diving teams won their first home meet of the season against Florida on Friday in Gabrielsen Natatorium.

Laak has coached two divers to five NCAA titles. Chris Colwill claimed both springboards in 2006 and the 1-meter in 2008, while Laura Ryan swept the springboards in 2014. Laak has produced 12 SEC champions: five by Colwill, three by Jud Campbell, two by Ryan, and one each by Ann-Perry Blank and Olivia Ball. Colwill and Ryan were National Divers of the Year and they were joined by Campbell and Ball as SEC Divers of the Year under Laaks tutelage. Laak was picked as the National Coach of the Year in 2006, 2008 and 2014. He earned SEC Coach of the Year honors in 2001, 2005 and 2006 with the men and in 2014 with the women. Laak was a member of the United States coaching staff for the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. He served on the Brazil staff at the 2016 Rio Games, as UGA volunteer coach Cesar Castro represented his country for the fourth time. Laak has served as the National Team Coach/Team Leader and/or judge for elite competitions in such countries as China, Canada, Yugoslavia and Spain. He was the Chairman of the NCAA Diving Rules Committee from 1997-2000. In 2005, Laak was one of three coaches to receive the inaugural Benjamin Foundation Performance Award for outstanding achievement. Laak finished his career at Wisconsin-LaCrosse in 1982 with five All-America and Honorable Mention accolades. Laak graduated with a bachelors degree in recreation administration. Laak was inducted into the schoolsAthletic Wall of Fame in October 2003. He and his wife Kim have two sons, Tyler and Justin. | 11/10/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams remained undefeated as they swept Missouri with two hard-fought victories on Thursday at Mizzou Aquatic Center. | 11/9/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will put their unbeaten streaks on the line this week as they visit Missouri. | 11/8/2016 Georgia swimmer Javier Acevedo has been chosen as the Southeastern Conference Male Freshman of the Week, according to an announcement Tuesday by... | 11/7/2016 Georgia's returning Olympians are pushing themselves even harder and motivating their teammates, as well | 11/5/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/4/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/2/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams defeated in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at the McAuley Aquatic Center. | 11/1/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will travel to Atlanta to face in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the McAuley Aquatic... | 11/1/2016 Four members of the Georgia swimming and diving team earned Southeastern Conference honors after their wins over Florida, as announced on Tuesday... | 10/28/2016 ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia swimming and diving teams won their first home meet of the season against Florida on Friday in Gabrielsen Natatorium.

Humphries is entering his 36th year on the Georgia staff and his 42nd year as a member of the program (including four years as a letterman and two years as a graduate assistant). Humphries is involved in all facets, including concentration with the distance swimmers and heavy involvement in recruiting. Humphries was a nominee for the 2002 AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year Award. In 2016, he earned the Established Assistant Coach of the Year from CollegeSwimming.com. Under Humphries since 1989, Georgia boasts 22 NCAA and 57 SEC titles in the 500 and 1,650 freestyle and the 400 individual medley. Humphries has been chosen as the Georgia Senior Coach of the Year by United States Swimming three times. In 2007, USA Swimming chose Humphries to help coach at the World University Games in Thailand. Apart from collegiate coaching, the Little Rock, Ark., native has served as a coach for U.S. Swimming (USS) select camps and Zone District camps and is currently on the international trip list as a Level 5 coach for the NCAA and USS. In the spring of 1997, Humphries was assistant womens coach of the U.S. National Junior Team in Sweden and served as head mens coach for the U.S. National Junior Teams fall training camp in Colorado. Locally, Humphries serves as head coach of the Athens Bulldog Swim Club (ABSC) which has developed some of the top talent in the Southeast. Humphries has served as senior chairman for age-group swimming in Georgia and was the first recipient of the Schluetter Award, given to top national age-group coaches. Spending his off time working for U.S. Swimming, Humphries was the head coach of the National Team Distance Camp in July of 1998 after serving as an assistant coach at the camp in 1995. Humphries also served as an assistant coach for the victorious South squad in the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. Humphries has given his time to the Paralympic Games, working as a volunteer along with members of ABSC during the 1996 Games in Atlanta. Humphries international travels took him to Spain as an assistant coach of the National Junior Team in 1999 and he served as the head mens coach for the 2002 National Junior Team that competed in Italy. He was inducted into the Arkansas Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003. Humphries graduated from Georgia in 1980 with a bachelors in microbiology. He and his wife Wendy have a son Billy and a daughter Pirie. | 11/10/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams remained undefeated as they swept Missouri with two hard-fought victories on Thursday at Mizzou Aquatic Center. | 11/9/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will put their unbeaten streaks on the line this week as they visit Missouri. | 11/8/2016 Georgia swimmer Javier Acevedo has been chosen as the Southeastern Conference Male Freshman of the Week, according to an announcement Tuesday by... | 11/7/2016 Georgia's returning Olympians are pushing themselves even harder and motivating their teammates, as well | 11/5/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/4/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/2/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams defeated in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at the McAuley Aquatic Center. | 11/1/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will travel to Atlanta to face in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the McAuley Aquatic... | 11/1/2016 Four members of the Georgia swimming and diving team earned Southeastern Conference honors after their wins over Florida, as announced on Tuesday... | 10/28/2016 ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia swimming and diving teams won their first home meet of the season against Florida on Friday in Gabrielsen Natatorium.

Champer's direction, Lauren Harrington came in second in the 200 butterfly at the NCAAs, setting the school's second-fastest time. Virtually every top performance in the butterfly on Georgia's all-time list has been established during Champer's tenure, including Mary DeScenza's marks in the 100 and the 200 and the records of Gil Stovall in the 100 and Mark Dylla in the 200. DeScenza, Dylla and Stovall are were NCAA champions. Champer previously served as the head coach at Western Illinois from 1994-2001. He was named to the WIU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012 as the school's winningest coach. Champer was named the Mid-Continent Conference Men's Coach of the Year four times and the Women's Coach of the Year twice. Champer led Western Illinois to five conference titles. Champer earned Southern States Conference Men's Coach of the Year honors in 1999 and 2000 after leading his team to conference titles. His 2001 men won the Midwest Championships title and he was chosen as the Midwest Championships' Coach of the Year. He also named the 1998 and 2001 Illinois Men's University Division Coach of the Year. Under Champer's direction, Western Illinois produced 44 individual conference champions and 46 all-conference distinctions. One of his former pupils represented the country of Georgia in the 2000 Olympics. Champer is married to the former Lu Harris-Champer, Georgia's softball coach. The Champers have three daughters: twins Emma and Jenna, and Mya. | 11/10/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams remained undefeated as they swept Missouri with two hard-fought victories on Thursday at Mizzou Aquatic Center. | 11/9/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will put their unbeaten streaks on the line this week as they visit Missouri. | 11/8/2016 Georgia swimmer Javier Acevedo has been chosen as the Southeastern Conference Male Freshman of the Week, according to an announcement Tuesday by... | 11/7/2016 Georgia's returning Olympians are pushing themselves even harder and motivating their teammates, as well | 11/5/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/4/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/2/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams defeated in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at the McAuley Aquatic Center. | 11/1/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will travel to Atlanta to face in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the McAuley Aquatic... | 11/1/2016 Four members of the Georgia swimming and diving team earned Southeastern Conference honors after their wins over Florida, as announced on Tuesday... | 10/28/2016 ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia swimming and diving teams won their first home meet of the season against Florida on Friday in Gabrielsen Natatorium.

Smith has guided Olympians in Smoliga (United States) and Chantal Van Landeghem (Canada). Smiths collegiate experience began in 1991 when he started a two-year stint at Arizona State, first as a graduate assistant and then as assistant coach for the womens team. He assisted with travel, recruiting and dryland training. After Arizona State, Smith spent five years on the staff at Rice, serving as an assistant for the mens and womens teams. He was part of a staff that produced the programs first NCAA Championships qualifiers in 1994 and continued to qualify athletes for five straight years. Smith served as the recruiting coordinator, travel coordinator, alumni liaison, strength and conditioning liaison, and sprinting coach. Smith spent four years as the head club coach for FAST in Montana, four years as an assistant coach at Northern Arizona University, and one year as a graduate assistant coach at Ohio University in 1990-91. He is a 1990 graduate of Clark University in Massachusetts, where he earned a bachelors degree in economics. He followed that with a masters in athletic administration from Ohio in 1991. Smith and his wife, Alyssa, have three daughters, Olivia, Ella and Gwyneth. | 11/10/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams remained undefeated as they swept Missouri with two hard-fought victories on Thursday at Mizzou Aquatic Center. | 11/9/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will put their unbeaten streaks on the line this week as they visit Missouri. | 11/8/2016 Georgia swimmer Javier Acevedo has been chosen as the Southeastern Conference Male Freshman of the Week, according to an announcement Tuesday by... | 11/7/2016 Georgia's returning Olympians are pushing themselves even harder and motivating their teammates, as well | 11/5/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/4/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams took the lead against Wisconsin after the first day of competition in Gabrielsen Natatorium on Friday. | 11/2/2016 Georgias swimming and diving teams defeated in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at the McAuley Aquatic Center. | 11/1/2016 The Georgia swimming and diving teams will travel to Atlanta to face in-state rival Georgia Tech on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the McAuley Aquatic... | 11/1/2016 Four members of the Georgia swimming and diving team earned Southeastern Conference honors after their wins over Florida, as announced on Tuesday... | 10/28/2016 ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia swimming and diving teams won their first home meet of the season against Florida on Friday in Gabrielsen Natatorium.