University of New Mexico Women's Swimming

Weddle Julie Weddle enters her fourth season with The University of New Mexico swimming and diving program as the head diving coach. Weddle joined the Lobos after having spent the last decade as the head men's and women's diving coach at UNLV. While with the Rebels, she was in charge of all aspects of the diving program including recruiting, travel, communication with athletes and coaches, dry land training/activities and ensuring the team followed NCAA rules and regulations. In addition to coaching at UNLV, Weddle served as head diving instructor for the City of Henderson Parks and Recreation, a position she had held since 1997. In addition to instructing proper technique and safety, Weddle did all the program planning for beginning, intermediate and advanced youth ages 5 to 18 and organized meets. Prior to joining the Division I ranks, she made coaching stops at the Nevada Diving Club (1999-2002) and at Clark County School District (2003). Weddle was a four-year letterwinner at Nevada from 1998-2002. At the 2001 WAC Championship meet, she finished fifth in the three-meter diving event. In that same season she took 22nd and 23rd in the one- and three-meter boards, respectively at the NCAA Zone meet. In 2000, she placed second in the one-meter diving event and third in the three-meter diving event at the 2000 Big West Championships, and in 1999, she was eighth in the one-meter competition at the Big West Championships and qualified for the NCAA Zone Championships. Weddle graduated from Nevada in 2002 with a degree in health ecology.

Tapp was an assistant swim coach at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He helped lead the men's team to a second place finish in the Summit League Championships, as well as, a third place finish on the women's side. In his first two years with IUPUI swimming, he achieved 43 combined team records while also coaching 34 all-conference athletes and seven All-Academic student-athletes.  Tapp spent six years swimming for Swim Canada and the Canadian National Team. In addition to helping set the world record in the 4x100 medley relay in 2009, Tapp was a member of the 2008 Canadian Olympic Team and swam in the 100 backstroke and 400 medley relay at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China. Collegiately, Tapp was a 13-time All-American at the University of Arizona and currently ranks first and fourth in the 200 backstroke and 100 backstroke, respectively, in the Wildcat record books. That 200 backstroke record still stands as the Pac-12 Conference record. Prior to the 2008 Olympics, Tapp also helped the Wildcats claim the NCAA Championship the program's lone team National Title.