University of Louisville Women's Swimming

Albiero.  In his 13th season as swim coach at the University of Louisville, Albiero has engineered the emergence of the Cards into both the national and international spotlight. A Brazilian by birth and holding dual American citizenship, Albiero was named to the USA National Teams coach staff in September.   The year 2015 will stand out as Albieros first stint as a member of the USA Coaching Staff, taking the USA to the Pan American Games. It was a year of firsts, as the Cardinals competed in their first ACC campaign with the men surging to second place on the final day of the championships, winning gold in five events (100-fly, 100-breast, 100-back, 200-breast, and 400-medley relay). In all, the men won 16 medals, the second most of any team.  The women took fourth highlighted by Tanja Kylliainens three gold medals, setting three ACC records and was named the ACC's Most Valuable Swimmer. Teammate Kelsi Worrell earned gold with a record-setting win in the 100-free and won the 100-fly and earned a silver in the 50-free. For the women, the Cards set nine school records, five ACC individual titles, and set four ACC records.   Moving on to the postseason, the women set a school record with a sixth place finish at the 2015 NCAAs. Kelsi Worrell won the 100-fly, setting an American record in the process. Worrell's signature race, the 100-butterfly put her atop the podium at the NCAA, Pan American Games and Phillips 66 National Championships. Worrell became the first woman to break the 50-second mark. She swept the fly events with a gold in the 200-fly won a bronze in the 50-free.   In her first international meet at Pan American Games in Toronto, Worrell set a Games record and notched the third-fastest time in the world in 2015 with a 57.24 effort in the 100-meter fly prelims. She went on to win gold in the event and added two relay medals. While coaching the USA team at the Pan Am Games, Albieros protégé, Joao De Lucca, won three gold and a silver for Brazil.  And at the Pan Am Games, if U of L were a country, it would rank 15th overall in Pan Am medals with six. In swimming, U of L would rank fourth, behind only the U.S. Canada and Brazil. U of Ls six medals is twice as many as any other country that medaled in swimming. If you counted only Gold Medals, U of L would rank ninth overall and fourth in swimming.   At the National Championships, Worrell carried her momentum with a victory in the 100m fly at the Phillips 66 National Championships and was 4th in the 100-meter backstroke and third in the 50-free..  Trevor Carroll finaled in two events as did Andrea Cottrell. Freshmen Zach Harting and Mallory Comerford were named to the USA Junior National Team.   Andrea Cottrell and Tanja Kylliainen represented Louisville in the World University Games in South Korea. Under his tutelage, the Cardinals womens success has risen meteorically. Over the last four years, Louisville has vaulted from 24th in 2011 to 22nd in 2012, 15th in 2013, and a program-best 6th in 2015, scoring 197 points. . He was named National Coach of the Year for the second time. Meanwhile the men were on the international stage as well with Carlos Claverie, Marcelo Acosta, Thomas Dahlia, Joao De Lucca and Grigory Tarasevich competing at the Kazan World Championships. While coaching the USA team at the Pan Am Games, Albieros protégé, Joao De Lucca, won three gold and a silver for Brazil.     In 2013-14 saw Albiero lead the Cardinal men and women to a championship in the inaugural American Athletic Conference and another Coach of the Year honor.  The women won six individual races and three relays.  The men won 11 individual events and five relays.  As they moved on to the NCAAs, lightning struck again as Joao De Lucca not only repeated as the 200-freestyle national champion but also won the 100-freestyle, a feat not accomplished since 1990.  The men finished 11th with two All-Americans and nine honorable mention All-Americans.  The women saw Kelsi Worrell finish as runner up in the 100-fly and fourth in the 200-fly to help lead the women to a 15th  place finish adding four honorable mention All-Americans. Last summer Albiero proved that he not only puts UofL in the national spotlight but on the world stage as well. Thomas Dahlia  won the French European Trials in the 200-meter breaststroke. Carlos Claverie medaled in the Youth Olympics in Bejing. Todd Owen was the Junior National Champion .Andrea Cottrell was named to the World University Games in 2015 and Kelsi Worrell was named to the Pan Am Games roster.  In addition, the Cards are getting it done in the classroom as 2014 saw 11 Cardinals named as Scholar All-Americans.           In 2012-13, the Cards saw history repeat itself as Albiero led the Cardinal women to their third straight BIG EAST Championship. Coming off that meet, the women sent Devon Bibault (200-fly), Abigail Chin (400-IM), Gisselle Kohoyda (200-breast), Tanja Kylliainen (200-IM, 400-IM, 200-fly) and Kelsi Worrell (100-fly) to the NCAAs as individuals. All five relays (200-, 400-, 800-free relays and 200- and 400-medley relays) qualified adding in relay swimmers Grite Apanaviciute, Krissie Brandenburg, Lindsey LaPorte and Breann McDowell. Worrell, who had the top 100-fly time in the nation going into the meet, finished fourth, to earn All-American status and equal the best-ever NCAA final finish for a woman. Joining her as an All-American was Kylliainen, who finished 8th in the 200-fly.  The men sent three individuals: Joao De Lucca (50-free, 200-free, 100-free), Caryle Blondell (100-free, 50-free) and Addison Bray (200-breast). They also added Alex Burtch, Albert Lloyd, Sam Hoekstra and Kameron Chastain as relay swimmers. De Lucca became the second Cardinal in history to win an NCAA Championship, when he took the 200-free from lane one in a 1:33.49, the third fastest time in the history of the NCAA meet. De Lucca was third in the 100-free and 13th in the 50-free. Blondell was an honorable mention All-American, finishing 14th in the 100-free. The 400-free relay team of Caryle Blondell, Joao De Lucca, Alex Burtch and Sam Hoekstra earned All-American status with a fourth place finish, going 2:50.98.   In 2011-12, Albiero led the Cardinals to history making heights. He coached the women to a BIG EAST Championship. In all, 30 Cards were named to the men's and women's All-BIG EAST squad.  The men finished as BIG EAST runners-up but sent a school record number 13 swimmers to the NCAA National Championship  in Federal Way, Washington.  There, the Cardinals celebrated their first-ever national champion when Carlos Almeida won the 200-breast and was runner up in the 100-breast.  The men finished an unprecedented ninth in the field and College Swimming Awards named them the Male Break-out Team of the Year.  The women made a strong showing at the NCAAs as well, notching its first A-final for Gisselle Kohoyda.  After the NCAA, Albiero was named as the coach for Portugal's swim team for the London 2012 Olympic Games.  The Cardinals sent four swimmers to the Olympics, Eszter Povazsay (Hungary), Joao De Lucca (Brazil), Carlos Almeida (Portugal) and Pedro Oliveira (Portugal).  The cherry on top of all this success was being named National Coach of the Year.   In 2010-11, Albiero led both squads to the BIG EAST crown including the women's first ever conference championship. The meet, held in the Ralph Wright Natatorium was a showcase for Cardinal swimming.  He earned BIG EAST Coach of the year for the third straight year.  He sent a total of  seven athletes to the NCAA Championship. In another first, U of L sent it's first diver  to the NCAA Finals when Hannah Gadd emerged from the NCAA Zones to advance. Highlights of the NCAA's included Carlos Almeida's third place finish in the 100-breast and a fifth in the 200-breast. In all, seven Cardinals came away with All-American honors.  Albiero accompanied Carlos Almeida when he made his third appearance for Portugal at the FINA World Championships, this time in Shanghai, China.  Albiero also oversaw U of L's Joao De Lucca, who anchored the 4x100 relay team for Brazil. Pedro Oliveira and Eszter Povazsay represented the Cardinals at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China.           In 2009-10, Albiero led the men to their first-ever BIG EAST championship and earned BIG EAST Coach of the Year honors.  A record number of men and women qualified for the NCAAs and nine of them earned All-American honors. Carlos Almeida's fifth place in the 200 breast at the NCAA Champions  was a benchmark for the program. As success breeds success, Albiero amassed the No. 12 ranked recruiting class in the nation.  The Cardinals performed in the classroom  as well, highlighted when sprinter Liz Halet became the first-ever athlete of any sport to earn a Fulbright Scholarship.  Carlos Almeida and Pedro Oliveira competed at the European Championships that summer and Eszter Povazsay earned a berth on the Hungarian national team.   In 2008-09, Albiero was named BIG EAST Coach of the Year as the Cardinals finished as runners-up in the Championship. With both the mens and womens teams nationally ranked in the Top 25, the Albiero-coached Cardinals then sent a record five women swimmers to the NCAA where they finished 22nd. The men sent seven swimmers and finished 29th at the NCAAs. Then 13 U of L swimmers went to the National Championships and World Championship Swim Trials where Leslie VanWinkle finished 11th in the 200-M  IM.   That same year, Cardinals Carlos Almeida and Pedro Oliveira represented U of L and their native Portugal in the World Championships where Oliveira advanced through to the semi-finals and finished 14th in the 200-M butterfly.   In 2007-08, Albiero fulfilled one of his professional dreams as three Cardinals advanced to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was invited to be a member of the Romanian swim coaching staff. Vali Preda represented Romania, Andrei Radzionau swam for his native Belarus and Adam Madarassy swam for Hungary.  Arthur was able to assist all three in Beijing.  The Beijing Olympics crowned an already stellar season. The men's team finished the regular season ranked No. 23 in the CSCAA dual meet poll.  The Cardinals blazed through the BIG EAST Championships where they  set  seven BIG EAST records and won 13 events. Next up was the NCAA where six men made NCAA qualifying times.  Vali Preda, Andrei Radzionau, Chris Lindauer, Adam Madarassy, Carlos Van Isschot and Rafal Kuchta scored enough points to finish 26th of 49 teams.  Leslie VanWinkle was the first woman to final in the NCAA Championships for the Cardinals when she scored in the 400-IM. Then Albiero sent nine swimmers to the US Olympic trials right before leaving for Beijing in July.         In 2006-07, the Cardinals set 23 new school records, made 22 NCAA B-cuts, three World University Game participants and a FINA World Championships finalist who earned an Olympic berth for Beijing.  Vali Preda was an NCAA finalist after the men's team finished third at the BIG EAST, the highest ever finish.  And the success didn't just come in the water, both men and women's teams made CSCAA Academic All-American status. In the  summer of 2007, he accompanied Preda and Adam Madarassy to the European Championships where Preda finished 21st and set a new national record for Romania.    In 2005-06, the Cardinals shone under his tutelage. In the inaugural season in the BIG EAST, the Cardinals had three swimmers win a total of five races and the team set 18 school records. Freshman Vali Preda was a three-time BIG EAST champion and qualified for the NCAA Finals in three events. He swam two, finishing 13th in the 200-breast and helped U of L to a final national team ranking of No. 41. In the summer of 200 6, he accompanied Preda to the World Championships in Melbourne, where he finished 21st.   In 2004-05, Albiero helped the Cardinals to 32 school records and an unprecedented outstanding performance at the Conference USA Championship.    The men finished second, a school record best, and the women improved two spots from the previous year for fourth. In 2005, U of L had Adam Madarassy who was the Swimmer of the Meet win three individual races and help the men win the 800-free relay. He set nine school records. Amanda Taylor set seven school records, won the 400-IM and was named Freshman Swimmer of the Year.  Diver Robbie Lewis swept all three diving evens, setting school records and being named Diver of the Meet. The men ended up ranked No. 27 in the nation. In 2004, U of L had three conference champions with Kleber Ihara, Heather Meng and diver  Sean Wilkinson (platform and 1-M) each winning their events.            Albiero worked closely with the architects of the Ralph Wright Natatorium. He oversaw the construction and design of the state-of-the-art home venue as the Cards entered the highly competitive BIG EAST Conference.         Prior to U of L, Albiero came to Louisville via the University of Alabama. He spent four years as an assistant for the University of Alabama and was named the associate head coach at UA for  2001-03.           In 2002-03, the Tides men had their highest national finish since 1994, taking 12th place after a fifth place finish at the SEC Championships. The women posted their highest finish since 1996, taking 15th place in the NCAA meet after a fourth place finish at the SEC Championships.   And Albiero knows winning. He helped coach Stefan Gherghel, who became the first Alabama swimmer to repeat as NCAA Champion. Gherghel, a 2000 Olympian, won his second consecutive NCAA in the 200-butterfly with a school record.  Gherghel's title in 2001 marked the Tide's first swimming NCAA title since 1983. He swam in the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Albiero also coached Anne Poleska and Vlad Polyakov at Alabama. Poleska was the NCAA runner-up in the 200-breast and in 2002, she set a new German record for the 200-breaststroke at the World Championships in Barcelona where she placed fourth. She was a bronze medalist in Athens in the 2004 Olympics. Polyakov was runner-up in the 200-breaststroke at the NCAAs as a freshman. Albiero is credited with being an integral part of the rebuilding of the Alabama swimming and diving program. During his tenure, the Tide returned to the Top 20.   "One of my strengths is my relationship with the athlete. I am demanding but reasonable. I believe that you must enjoy the process of preparation," says Albiero.   "We have a great situation here:  a great coaching staff and a fast pool which has brought a new attitude and created momentum for this program that has transformed U of L into a nationally recognized program," said Albiero.           A successful swimmer himself, Albiero was an 18-time All-American swimmer for Oakland University where he helped lead the Pioneers to three straight NCAA Division II team titles.  He also earned three NCAA titles and was a Scholastic All-American three of those years.           "I believe you have to have fun to swim fast," said Albiero. "My main goal is to continue to establish a practice environment that is highly conducive to excellence in the classroom and the pool."   After graduation from Oakland in 1996 with a bachelor's in psychology with a minor in exercise physiology, he joined the staff at Kenyon College, a perennial powerhouse in Division III.  During his three years at the helm, the Lords and Ladies of Kenyon won six national championships, three for the men and three for the women. Albiero also coached at the club level, working with the Oakland Live Y'ers in Michigan as well as running Oakland's Swim Camp and the Total Performance Swim Camp. He received a Masters Degree in Human Performance Studies - Exercise Physiology from Alabama in 2002.   Albiero is married to the former Amy Comerford, a former standout swimmer at Oakland, where they both were inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame. The couple has three children, Estefan , Nicolas,  and Gabriela.      2014-15 Highlights American Record in 100-fly: Kelsi Worrell 49.81 NCAA Champion: Kelsi Worrell 100-fly, 200-fly NCAA RunnersUp: Women's 200-Medley Relay Men No. 15 at NCAAs Women No. 6 at NCAAs Men at ACCs: 5 Gold medals   Women at ACCs:  5 Gold medals    USA National Team Coach USA Pan American Games Coach National Coach of the Year 5 Pan American Gold Medals 2 USA National Championships 2 Swimmers at World University Games 5 Swimmers at FINA World Championships 8 All-American Men 11 Mens All-ACC Performers 6 All-American Women 6 All-ACC Women  

Juncker is in her second year on the Cardinal staff as an assistant coach and womens recruiting coordinator for the University of Louisville swimming and diving team. Juncker, a former captain of the UofL swimming and diving team from 2008-12, returned to Louisville after spending a year at the University of Arkansas as the swimming and diving team's graduate assistant director of operations. "We were thrilled to welcome Stephanie back home to the Cardinal Swimming and Diving Family. I believe she is the perfect fit for our staff," said Albiero. "She experienced tremendous success as a student-athlete and team leader during her career as an UofL student-athlete. She was elected Senior Co-Captain by her peers, and she graduated from our program as one of the most respected individuals I have worked with in my 18 years of college coaching experience. She is the definition of Cardinal Pride and as a product of our program, she is a great representation of what UofL Swimming and Diving is about: passion, hard work, and the constant quest for improvement." Her first year on the staff in 2014-15 proved to be a breakout year for the Cardinals. Juncker helped coach the Cards to two NCAA individual championships, 10 ACC Gold Medals, guided a total of 14 Cardinals to All-American status, and 17 to All-ACC honors.  The Cardinal men were 2nd at ACCs and the women were fourth prior to the Cardinal women finishing a school record No. 6 at NCAAs and the men finishing No. 15 in a true team effort.  The Cardinals won five Pan American Medals, won two USA National Championships and put five swimmers in the FINA World Championships and two at the World University Games. While at Arkansas, Juncker gained valuable experience both coaching on deck and behind the scenes on a day-to-day basis. She helped guide the Razorbacks to a sixth place finish at the Southeastern Conference Championships, and took seven student-athletes to NCAA's. Juncker excelled in the classroom while pursuing a Master's degree in Recreation and Sport Management, along with participating and coordinating numerous volunteering and community service activities. After graduating from the University of Louisville in 2012 with a degree in Sports Administration, she took a position at Fresno State University, in Fresno, Calif., as a communications intern, overseeing the primary contact duties for women's soccer, men's and women's tennis, and the secondary contact for men's basketball. From 2009-12, Juncker was a swim coach and counselor at Bauerle Bulldog summer swimming and diving camps in Athens, Ga. She instructed more than 300 beginner-level swimmers during her tenure. She gained additional experience as the head swim coach at Polo Field Country Club in Louisville in the summer of 2011 and as an assistant meet director for the Cardinal Aquatics IMX Challenge in 2009 and 2010. "We are excited to welcome Stephanie back into the Cardinal family," said Christine Simatacolos, associate athletic director /swimming and diving administrator. "She is a great addition to our talented swimming staff. She was a respected leader during her time here as a student-athlete, which coupled with her passion for the university, athletic department and sport of swimming will absolutely enhance our staff and team." Juncker served as a captain during her senior year at U of L and was the recipient of Central Cardinal Club Leadership Award, presented annually to the senior female student-athlete who has best shown leadership on and off the field at Louisville. As a swimmer who specialized in the individual medley and breaststroke, Juncker led Louisville to back-to-back Big East championships in 2011 and 2012 and was named an All-Big East performer in 2012. She was named to the Big East Academic Honor Roll from 2010-12, and was a BIG EAST SAAC representative in 2010. She also helped organize volunteering and community service opportunities for the team. She qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in all four years, competing in the 200-breast and the 200- and 400-IM. "I am so excited to return to Louisville to rejoin the Cardinal Family," said Juncker. "This is an incredible opportunity for me to get to come back and coach at my alma mater. I absolutely loved my experience as a Louisville student-athlete and I can't wait to help make the current and future swimming and diving student-athletes experience even better. I am so thankful to Coach Albiero and his entire staff for believing in me and providing me with this opportunity and I can't wait to continue on this amazing journey of keeping the national spotlight on Louisville Swimming and Diving. I also want to thank Tom Jurich, Christine Simatacolos and the rest of the athletic department administration for supporting swimming and diving and giving us all the opportunities to succeed. Today our slogan really rings true: Louisville First, Cards Forever!" Juncker hails from Bogart, Ga., where she attended North Oconee High School. In 2007, she was the runner-up at the Georgia Senior State Championships in the grueling 400-IM, turning in a time of 5:01 (LCM). Besides being her high school's team captain, she also attained All-Area Team, All-American and three-time MVP honors. Stephanie had a Spring National qualification time in the 400-IM, and was versatile athlete out of the pool as well, having been a four-time letter-winner in Varsity tennis and a two-time letter-winner in basketball. She also swam for the Athens Bulldog Swim team where she was coached by Harvey Humphries. She was a two-time Scholastic All-American and member of NHS.      

Lindauer, a three-time University of Louisville All-American, is in his sixth year with the Cardinals as an assistant coach for the U of L swim team. As we went through the process of finding the right person to add to our coaching staff, it was very clear to me we needed a person who would cherish and value team pride more than ever. Someone who would be `hungry to make a difference. Our search led us to Chris, said Arthur Albiero, UofL head coach.Chris is Cardinal Pride personified. He learned much during his time as a student-athlete at U of L and his passion for high level performance had a significant impact on the teams success. During the interview process, he stated `there is college swimming...and then there is Louisville Swimming.                 The year 2014-15 was a breakout year for the Cardinals. Lindauer helped coach the Cards to two NCAA individual championships, 10 ACC Gold Medals, guided a total of 14 Cardinals to All-American status, and 17 to All-ACC honors.  The Cardinal men were 2nd at ACCs and the women were fourth prior to the Cardinal women finishing a school record No. 6 at NCAAs and the men finishing No. 15 in a true team effort.  The Cardinals won five Pan American Medals, won two USA National Championships and put five swimmers in the FINA World Championships and two at the World University Games.                 Lindauer was also an integral part of the U of L coaching staff that helped coach the men to their first top ten finish at NCAAs in school history and the first top 25 NCAA finish for the women.  Along with Rachel Komisarz assistant coach of the year by College Swimming Awards.  He also helped coach U of L's first national champion and first women's A-finalist as well as Olympic swimmers in both 2008 and 2012. . In 2012-13, Lindauer helped coach the Cardinal women to their third straight BIG EAST Championship. Coming off that meet, the women sent five women as individuals and with all five relays qualifying boosted the NCAA Roster to a total of nine with the relay swimmers. Two individual swimmers made the A-finals and achieved All-American status.   The men sent three individuals and also added four more as relay swimmers. Joao De Lucca became the second Cardinal in history to win an NCAA Championship, when he took the 200-free from lane one in a 1:33.49, the third fastest time in the history of the NCAA meet. Joao De Lucca was third in the 100-free and 13th in the 50-free. Caryle Blondell was an honorable mention All-American, finishing 14th in the 100-free. The 400-free relay team that finished fourth made three additional swimmers All-Americans. In 2013-14, he helped coach the Cards to a No. 11 NCAA finish along with two more national championships as De Lucca hit the wall first in both the 100 and 200 freestyle. Caryle Blondell, Thomas Dahlia, and Trevor Carroll joined De Lucca as All Americans.  The Cardinal men also won the inaugural American Conference Championship.                 Lindauer, who graduated in 2008 with a degree in biology, comes from Life Time Fitness, where he has been the head swim coach in charge of coaching swimmers of varying ages between 5 and 18. He led instruction on all stroke techniques along with managing swim meets and administrative work.                 Prior to that, he was the assistant head coach and head conditioning coach for Cardinal Aquatics, where he coached and mentored age group swimmers .                 As a Cardinal, not only did Lindauer earn All-American honors, but was a member of the first Cardinal relay team to score at NCAAs, he was a four-time BIG EAST Champion and seven-time All-BIG EAST Conference selection. He won the 2008 Coaches Award and the 2008 Most Memorable Performance Award. The sprint freestylers prep career included the Colorado State Championship and High School All-America Honors as well for Standley Lake High School in Westminster, Colo.                 An outstanding student as an undergraduate, Chris was a member of the Athletic Directors Honor Roll and was the recipient of National Fragile X Foundation Summer Research Fellowship Award. The goal of this fellowship was to conduct a meaningful research project targeted at defining metabolic differences in the brain of FMRP knockout mice through the powerful technique of Nuclear Magnetic Spectroscopy.    He and his wife, Beth have two sons, Jack and Owen.    

Chastain begins his first season as assistant swim coach for his alma mater. "After an extensive national search, I am thrilled Kameron Chastain has joined our staff. He is a perfect fit for our program and coaching staff, said Albiero. As a UofL grad and former team captain, he brings his passion for the sport and his Cardinal Pride to our program. As a volunteer coach on our staff this past season, he learned valuable experience and in many ways, this was a natural move.  He understand the UofL way of doing things. As good of a coach I believe he is, he is a better man. Chastain lettered for the Cardinals from 2010-14, served as captain and was a part of two conference team championships while competing NCAAs all four years. He was an all-Big East and All-American Conference performer.  In all, he won nine conference championships and was a part of the school record ninth place finish at the 2012 NCAAs. After his 2014 graduation with a degree in exercise science, he served as a volunteer assistant with the UofL team while coaching age group swimmers at Cardinal Aquatics. "I'm honored to be welcomed back to the Cardinal Family in a new role. This team and university is my passion, and I couldn't be more proud of the direction in which the program is heading, said Chastain. I want to thank Arthur and his staff for providing me with the opportunity to not only learn and grow as an athlete in my four years as a student here, but as a volunteer coach this past season and now as an assistant coach.  Another thank you to Tom Jurich and Christine Simatacolos for building the humble and hungry culture that is contagious throughout this university. There is nowhere else I would want to be right now. I'm eager and excited to hit the ground running. Go Cards!   As a senior, Chastain was a conference champion in the 200-breast with a 1:54.68 and was a part of the winning 200-medley relay, helping the Cardinals to the AAC Championship.  He qualified for the NCAAs where he earned All-American status in the 100 breast with his best time being 52.51 in that event. He competed at Grand Prix and U.S. Nationals where he was a finalist at both meets. He posted a 1:01.91 at nationals in the 100m breaststroke and a 27.92 in the 50m breaststroke. Chastain was a major point producer in his junior year. He was part of the winning 200-freestyle relay at the Big East Championships with the help of his teammates to qualify for his third NCAA. Chastain placed 10th for an All- American Honorable Mention splitting a 19.82. At Big Easts, Chastain swam the 50-freestyle for 6th place. He swam the 100-breaststroke for 5th place, and the 200-breaststroke for 5th. As a sophomore, he qualified for the NCAA Championships where he competed in the 100- and 200-breast and the 50-free. He finished 23rd in the 100-breast, 27th in the 200-breast, and 65th in the 50-free. At the BIG EAST Championships, Chastain was the BIG EAST Champion in the 100-breast and finished second in the 200-breast. For his third event, Chastain finished eighth the 50-free and was one of six Cards in the A-Final. He was also a member of the BIG EAST Champion 200-medley relay during which he swam the breaststroke leg. Chastain was a three-time All-Big East performer that year. As a freshman, Chastain competed at the USA Nationals and was a four-time All-BIG EAST performer for the Cards in 2010-11. During the BIG EAST Championships, he competed in the 200- and 400-medley relays, the 200-free relay, and the 100- and 200-breast. He swam the breaststroke leg for the 200- and 400-medley relay teams. In the 200, he had the second-fastest split with a time of 24.17, helping the team to a first place finish with a B-cut mark. Chastain had the fastest split in the 400-medley relay, resulting in another team race victory and B-cut time. He swam the third leg for the 200-free relay and once again had the fastest split of his field, guiding the Cards to a first-place finish. In the 100-breast, Chastain added an individual first-place finish and made the national B-cut and finished seventh in the 200-breast.   Chastain came to UofL from Seymour Ind. where he swam for Dave Boggs at Seymour Senior High School. He won the IHSAA State Championship in the 100-breaststroke in 2010. He is a 7-time school record holder, 6-time All-American, and a 3-year All-State member. He is married to the former Lindsey LaPorte, a fellow Cardinal swimmer.