University of Rhode Island Women's Swimming

Westkott's 45th season at the University of Rhode Island and his 40th as head coach of the women's team. In 2014-15, Weskott's team had the program's best-ever finish in the Atlantic 10 Championship with a fifth-place finish. The Rams broke 11 school records during the meet. Katie Mangano earned Academic All-Conference. For the 10th consecutive semester, the Rams received the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Scholar All-American Team Honor. Eve Cohen, Kasey Lefebvre, and Emily Thomesen posted perfect 4.0 GPA's during the spring semester. In 2010-11, Westkott guided the Rams to a seventh-place finish at the Atlantic 10 championships. Following the championships, URI's Lillian Falconer was selected as the Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet. Under the direction of Westkott, Falconer became the first Rhode Island swimmer to win two events in the same weekend at the Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships as she captured gold in the 200 and 400-yard individual medleys. She also became the first URI athlete to receive Atlantic 10 Performer of the Meet honors. The Wyomissing, Pa. native stresses that his student-athletes develop an appreciation for the work necessary to fully realize their goals and to understand the process that leads to real growth as a person. The goal of Westkott's training program is to bring out the best in the student-athletes through hard work, commitment and confidence. His teams are routinely honored for their work in the classroom. Both the men's and women's programs were each honored in the Spring of 2008 by the Collegiate Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) with Academic All-American honors. Westkott takes a very active role in promoting and developing collegiate swimming in the New England area. Among his many community service ventures, Westkott helped organize, coach, and run open water swim events such as the Narrow River Turnaround Swim in Narragansett, R.I.. He also coached a team who participated in the "Save the Bay Swim" on Narragansett Bay. Among his many other accomplishments, Westkott was president of both the men's and the women's New England Intercollegiate Swimming Association. Westkott has been very involved in the many aspects of the swimming community by working at numerous summer swim camps at Brown, Providence and Tennessee. He has also sponsored and directed numerous coaching and swimming clinics that have included some of the top coaches in the world. Westkott's peers have twice selected him New England Coach of the Year. Under his leadership, URI has hosted numerous New England Championships. He is a charter member of the board of directors of the R.I. Hall of Fame, into which he was inducted in 1990. He was also inducted into his alma mater Lycoming's Athletic Hall of Fame in '98 and the Berk's County Aquatics Hall of Fame in '04. Westkott has served as a meet and event coordinator for both the Rhode Island Special Olympics and the 1999, 2001 World Scholar-Athlete Games. Updated Sept. 27, 2016

Randall was promoted to associate head coach for the women's swimming and diving team in August of 2014. Enters his fifth season with the program in 2015-16, Randall is the teams recruiting coordinator while also working primarily with sprinters and breaststrokers. He also coordinates the teams dry-land training. In the summer of 2013 and 2014, Randall worked at both the University of Southern California's summer swim camp under internationally known head coach Dave Salo and for head coach Matt Kredichs camp at the University of Tennessee. A 2007 URI graduate, Randall earned his degree in journalism and public relations. He was a four-year letter winner at URI, a four-time Atlantic 10 swimming finalist and he captained the swim team his senior year in 2007. The Harrisburg, Pa. native previously coached the 2010-11 URI men's club swim team, which had an undefeated season. The team is also the 2011 National Club Team Champions, at which many swimmers performed lifetime bests in 75 percent of their swims at the Championship meet. From 2007-08, Randall coached the East Greenwich High School girl's swim team, which finished second place at the Rhode Island High School Championships. He also coached the boy's team, which finished fifth at States in 2008. - Updated June 8, 2016 

Miksis joined Mick Westkott's staff in August of 2014. Entering her third season in 2016-17, Miksis came to Rhode Island after spending the previous year at Bryant University as the assistant diving coach. She also coached divers of all skill levels at the 2014 Brown summer camp.  An All-Ivy League Academic Team honoree for Brown, Miksis was a four-year letter winner for the Bears. She was a finalist at the Ivy League championships and a NCAA Division I Zone qualifier. Miksis earned her bachelor's degree in neuroscience from Brown in 2007. She lives in West Warwick.