University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Men's Swimming

Clements has led the Panthers to unprecedented heights. Clements was promoted to head coach in the fall of 2010 after two years as the top assistant. Last year was another strong one by Clements' programs, with the women once again finishing as Horizon League runner-up at the conference meet. That marks the eighth-straight year the Panther women have finished either first or second in the league standings after doing so just twice before that time. With the runner-up finish, UWM adds its 10th league award to its trophy case under Clements' six years at the helm.  UWM also had a boat load of individual success once again last year, breaking eight school records and six more freshman records. In fact, all but three of the combined 72 school and freshman records have been broken during Clements' time at Milwaukee. This continues a trend of success in the pool for the Panthers since Clements came to campus. The 2014-15 season was capped by yet another impressive showing, leading both the Milwaukee men's and women's programs to Horizon League Runner-Up finishes. The Panther women posted their second-straight second-place showing and their fifth top-two finish in the past five years. Meanwhile, the UWM men finished league runners-up despite a 4-7 dual record on the year. The 2013-14 season proved to be yet another for the record books for UWM. The women's squad came in second overall in one of the narrowest finishes in league history. Milwaukee also boasted unprecidented success at the NCAA Championships, finishing in 26th place with 29 points, the most ever scored by a Horizon League school at the national meet. Emily McClellen finished second overall in the 100 breaststroke with the second-fastest time in collegiate history in her event. In 2012-13, the Panther women won their second-straight Horizon League title in dominating fashion. McClellan made her third-straight trip to the NCAA Championships that season, scoring the first ever points for any Horizon League Swimmer or team at the National Championships. The Milwaukee men's team also had an impressive year in the pool. Despite graduating an impressive and deep senior class from the 2011-12 season, the Panthers broke five more school records and another two freshman top times en route to a runner-up showing at the league championships. The 2011-12 season proved to be one of the most memorable across the board in program history. Clements led the men's team to its third-consecutive title at the Horizon League Championships with a record-setting margin of victory, while the women also won the league crown that March for just the second time in school history. Clements was named Horizon League Coach of the Year on both sides, the third time he won the award after just his second season. That season marked the only time in program history Milwaukee swept both Horizon League titles. The men's team dominated every time they entered the pool, starting off with the team's first-ever win over in-state rival Wisconsin in the season-opener. That victory set the tone as Milwaukee then cruised through the rest of its schedule to just its second undefeated season in school history, finishing an impressive 10-0 before taking the conference title. The women's team also had a truly remarkable season, capped by their second Horizon League title in school history and the first since 2001. Clements saw McClellan post two NCAA 'A' cut times, a first for the Horizon League that automatically qualify an individual for the NCAA Championships. McClellan was also one of three Panthers to swim at the U.S. Olympic Trials that summer, just missing a trip to London after an incredible sixth-place finish in the 100 breaststroke. In all, Milwaukee broke 17 school records 30 different times during 2011-12 campaign. That Panther team also set six new league records, five Klotsche Natatorium records and three freshman records to cap a more-than memorable season. In 2010-11, Clements was named head coach after two years as the top assistant and immediately produced a champion. In just his first season at the helm, he led both the men's and women's teams to an impressive 10-3 overall record, with the men winning the Horizon League Championship for the second-straight season. Clements also was named the Horizon League Coach of the Year for men's swimming in just his first year on the job. The incredible achievements by the team have rewritten the record book, as 46 total records were eclipsed 68 different times in just his first year at the helm. Clements has also helped coach 31 individual league champions over the course of the past three seasons and sent the first-ever female in Horizon League history and the first ever Panther to swim in the NCAA Championships both of the past two years. Of those 31 league champs, 12 broke league records in the process. "Each athlete here has their own personal goals, but each person's number one goal is a team championship," Clements said. "This is an attitude that we will take into each practice, meet, and into the weight room. Personal success is very important, but each member of this program has committed themselves to that goal. When you make that commitment to something bigger than yourself and you do all that you can to reach it, no matter what the final conference place is, you're going to be a champion." Clements came to Milwaukee from Marshall University, where he served as the volunteer assistant coach for the women's swimming & diving team in his last season. Clements earned his undergraduate degree in aquatics from Ball State in 2007, while also minoring in teaching aquatics. He spent four years as a student assistant coach for the Ball State swim team while earning his degree.   Entering his seventh season as Milwaukee's head men's and women's swimming and diving coach, Kyle Clements has led the Panthers to unprecedented heights. Clements was promoted to head coach in the fall of 2010 after two years as the top assistant. Last year was another strong one by Clements' programs, with the women once again finishing as Horizon League runner-up at the conference meet. That marks the eighth-straight year the Panther women have finished either first or second in the league standings after doing so just twice before that time. With the runner-up finish, UWM adds its 10th league award to its trophy case under Clements' six years at the helm.  UWM also had a boat load of individual success once again last year, breaking eight school records and six more freshman records. In fact, all but three of the combined 72 school and freshman records have been broken during Clements' time at Milwaukee. This continues a trend of success in the pool for the Panthers since Clements came to campus. The 2014-15 season was capped by yet another impressive showing, leading both the Milwaukee men's and women's programs to Horizon League Runner-Up finishes. The Panther women posted their second-straight second-place showing and their fifth top-two finish in the past five years. Meanwhile, the UWM men finished league runners-up despite a 4-7 dual record on the year. The 2013-14 season proved to be yet another for the record books for UWM. The women's squad came in second overall in one of the narrowest finishes in league history. Milwaukee also boasted unprecidented success at the NCAA Championships, finishing in 26th place with 29 points, the most ever scored by a Horizon League school at the national meet. Emily McClellen finished second overall in the 100 breaststroke with the second-fastest time in collegiate history in her event. In 2012-13, the Panther women won their second-straight Horizon League title in dominating fashion. McClellan made her third-straight trip to the NCAA Championships that season, scoring the first ever points for any Horizon League Swimmer or team at the National Championships. The Milwaukee men's team also had an impressive year in the pool. Despite graduating an impressive and deep senior class from the 2011-12 season, the Panthers broke five more school records and another two freshman top times en route to a runner-up showing at the league championships.

Kuska starts her second season as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee swimming & diving teams in 2016-17. Kuska helped continue the strong legacy of Milwaukee swimming in her first year on campus, guiding the Panthers to yet another league trophy with a runner-up showing on the women's side at the Horizon League Championships. The Panthers also posted quite a bit of individual success in Kuska's first year, breaking eight school records and six more freshman records. Kuska comes to Milwaukee after most recently serving as an assistant coach at Dartmouth in 2014-15. "We're excited to have Alexi joining our athletic department," Clements said at the time of her hire. "I first want to thank our search and screening committee. They put in a lot of time and effort to make sure we found the perfect fit for our assistant coach position. We received over 50 applications, and Alexi's application and resume really stood out. Not only did we like her swimming/coaching background, but her work with prestigious academic institutions put her above the others. Once we started phone interviews and the committee and I spoke with her directly, we knew we had someone special. Her personality and enthusiasm for her work spoke to the entire committee. We know that we got a great coach and with all of her attributes she will help move this program forward."   Kuska also served as an assistant coach with the University of Chicago men's and women's swimming and diving programs from July 2012 through June 2013. During her time there, she was a member of the 2013 Men's and Women's University Athletic Association (UAA) Coaching Staff of the Year.   "I am thrilled to be involved in adding to the success of the Panther swimming & diving program," Kuska said. "I came to a Milwaukee because the opportunity met my unique criteria: UWM is led by a head coach with whom I can partner to contribute a unique blend of enthusiasm and expertise to a program that welcomes success. Bringing new talent to any team is rewarding, so having the opportunity to coordinate the Panther recruiting effort is extremely appealing and allows me to gain valuable experience. The UWM Campus is beautiful, the athletes are passionate about our sport and Milwaukee seems like a great place to live."   Prior to that, Kuska was working as an assistant coach at Ohio State. While at OSU, Kuska assisted with recruiting efforts, athlete mentoring and meet preparation. Kuska, who enjoyed a successful 15-year competitive swimming career, was a four-year member of the University of Richmond women's varsity swim team from 2008-12 and was named co-captain during her senior year. She helped lead the Spiders to three Atlantic 10 (A-10) Championship titles during her time in Virginia. Kuska graduated from Richmond in 2012 with a degree in psychology and a minor in religious studies. Alexi Kuska starts her second season as an assistant coach for the Milwaukee swimming & diving teams in 2016-17. Kuska helped continue the strong legacy of Milwaukee swimming in her first year on campus, guiding the Panthers to yet another league trophy with a runner-up showing on the women's side at the Horizon League Championships. The Panthers also posted quite a bit of individual success in Kuska's first year, breaking eight school records and six more freshman records. Kuska comes to Milwaukee after most recently serving as an assistant coach at Dartmouth in 2014-15. "We're excited to have Alexi joining our athletic department," Clements said at the time of her hire. "I first want to thank our search and screening committee. They put in a lot of time and effort to make sure we found the perfect fit for our assistant coach position. We received over 50 applications, and Alexi's application and resume really stood out. Not only did we like her swimming/coaching background, but her work with prestigious academic institutions put her above the others. Once we started phone interviews and the committee and I spoke with her directly, we knew we had someone special. Her personality and enthusiasm for her work spoke to the entire committee. We know that we got a great coach and with all of her attributes she will help move this program forward."   Kuska also served as an assistant coach with the University of Chicago men's and women's swimming and diving programs from July 2012 through June 2013. During her time there, she was a member of the 2013 Men's and Women's University Athletic Association (UAA) Coaching Staff of the Year.   "I am thrilled to be involved in adding to the success of the Panther swimming & diving program," Kuska said. "I came to a Milwaukee because the opportunity met my unique criteria: UWM is led by a head coach with whom I can partner to contribute a unique blend of enthusiasm and expertise to a program that welcomes success. Bringing new talent to any team is rewarding, so having the opportunity to coordinate the Panther recruiting effort is extremely appealing and allows me to gain valuable experience. The UWM Campus is beautiful, the athletes are passionate about our sport and Milwaukee seems like a great place to live."   Prior to that, Kuska was working as an assistant coach at Ohio State. While at OSU, Kuska assisted with recruiting efforts, athlete mentoring and meet preparation. Kuska, who enjoyed a successful 15-year competitive swimming career, was a four-year member of the University of Richmond women's varsity swim team from 2008-12 and was named co-captain during her senior year. She helped lead the Spiders to three Atlantic 10 (A-10) Championship titles during her time in Virginia. Kuska graduated from Richmond in 2012 with a degree in psychology and a minor in religious studies.

Hill enters his 14th season as Milwaukee' diving coach since coming back to UWM following an illustrious diving career with the Panthers. Hill continues his stellar and award-winning coaching run, earning Horizon League Diving Coach of the Year honors seven times in the past 10 years. Over the past 10 seasons, his divers have combined to earn a whopping 66 Horizon League Diver of the Week honors, advancing to NCAA Zone Diving competition 20 times. Last year was yet another in a strong run for Hill. He was again named Horizon League Diving Coach of the Year after guiding senior Rachel Margis to a sweep of both boards at the league meet and a new school record in the process. Margis was also named league diver of the year - the fourth-straight year a Panther diver has earned the league's top honor. That marked the fourth-straight year Hill was named the league's top diving coach and the eighth time overall in his career. 2014-15 was yet another one for the record books for Hill. He coached K.J. Heger to his third-straight Horizon League Diver of the Year award; the first time that award has been one by one person three-straight years. Heger also swept both boards at the league meet to lead a solid group of Milwaukee divers at the championships. Heger also was named league diver of the week an unprecidented nine times last season, while UWM divers earned the league honor an outstanding 13 times overall on the year. Hill was named the Horizon League Diving Coach of the Year on the men's side for the third-straight year. In 2013-14, Hill was again named league coach of the year after helping Heger repeat as a league champion on the three-meter board while finishing all-league second team on one-meter. The 2012-13 season was a special one for Milwaukee diving. Hill coached some outstanding performances on the men's side. Heger broke his own school record on both boards and was named diver of the year despite battling an injury suffered early in the season. Milwaukee really showed its depth that year as they had five total divers compete in the A-finals at the league meet, helping Hill earn Men's Diving Coach of the Year. He coached Kelsey George to second team all-league honors on both boards in 2009-10 and helped the women to league championships on each in 2008-09, with Ashley Hall (3-m winner) and George (1-m champion) sharing Horizon League Diver of the Meet honors. His women's squad dominated the league meet, placing four divers in the top six on both boards. He led a team effort in 2007-08, placing seven divers in the top 10 on the one-meter board and seven in the top nine on the three-meter. Hall led the way after finishing second (1-m) and third (3-m) overall. Hill had the women's league diver of the meet for the third-consecutive year in 2006-07, guiding Crystal Szymanski to the honor after claiming a league title on the one-meter board and second place on the three-meter board, despite her missing well over half the season to injury before coming back. In addition, Emily Duesler claimed All-Horizon First Team honors on the three-meter board. In 2005-06, he helped guide Erin Blemberg to Diver of the Meet honors in back-to-back seasons, with Blemberg setting a new school mark on the three-meter board en route to winning league titles on both boards. Additionally, Panther divers placed 1-2-3 on the three-meter and 1-2-4 on the one-meter at the championships. The previous season, Blemberg won the three-meter crown and took second on the one-meter, as UWM had three finalists on the one-meter board. In addition to his duties with UWM, Hill is currently the head diving coach for the Schroeder Aquatic Center diving team. He joined the swimming & diving program after working as the head diving coach for Whitefish Bay High School and Homestead High School. During that time, Hill served as the assistant for the Schroeder YMCA diving team. In becoming the Panther diving coach, Hill had added to an already impressive list of credentials that includes coaching many young athletes to the Junior Zone competition and coaching one Junior National Champion. He has also instructed six high school state champions, numerous high school All-Americans and has led many athletes to become finalists in state competition. The list also includes seven YMCA National Champions, five AAU National qualifiers, three Junior National qualifiers (while also assisting a Junior National Champion in 2001), five Senior National qualifiers and a compilation of Junior and Senior National Zone competitors too numerous to list. Besides being considered one of the best diving coaches in the league and area, Hill had a distinguished diving career at UWM. He won Midwest Collegiate Conference Championships three times and was a four-time NCAA Zone qualifier. He was named the MCC Diver of the Year in 1999 and 2000. Hill graduated from UWM in the spring of 2001 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.   Todd Hill enters his 14th season as Milwaukee' diving coach since coming back to UWM following an illustrious diving career with the Panthers. Hill continues his stellar and award-winning coaching run, earning Horizon League Diving Coach of the Year honors seven times in the past 10 years. Over the past 10 seasons, his divers have combined to earn a whopping 66 Horizon League Diver of the Week honors, advancing to NCAA Zone Diving competition 20 times. Last year was yet another in a strong run for Hill. He was again named Horizon League Diving Coach of the Year after guiding senior Rachel Margis to a sweep of both boards at the league meet and a new school record in the process. Margis was also named league diver of the year - the fourth-straight year a Panther diver has earned the league's top honor. That marked the fourth-straight year Hill was named the league's top diving coach and the eighth time overall in his career. 2014-15 was yet another one for the record books for Hill. He coached K.J. Heger to his third-straight Horizon League Diver of the Year award; the first time that award has been one by one person three-straight years. Heger also swept both boards at the league meet to lead a solid group of Milwaukee divers at the championships. Heger also was named league diver of the week an unprecidented nine times last season, while UWM divers earned the league honor an outstanding 13 times overall on the year. Hill was named the Horizon League Diving Coach of the Year on the men's side for the third-straight year. In 2013-14, Hill was again named league coach of the year after helping Heger repeat as a league champion on the three-meter board while finishing all-league second team on one-meter. The 2012-13 season was a special one for Milwaukee diving. Hill coached some outstanding performances on the men's side. Heger broke his own school record on both boards and was named diver of the year despite battling an injury suffered early in the season. Milwaukee really showed its depth that year as they had five total divers compete in the A-finals at the league meet, helping Hill earn Men's Diving Coach of the Year. He coached Kelsey George to second team all-league honors on both boards in 2009-10 and helped the women to league championships on each in 2008-09, with Ashley Hall (3-m winner) and George (1-m champion) sharing Horizon League Diver of the Meet honors. His women's squad dominated the league meet, placing four divers in the top six on both boards. He led a team effort in 2007-08, placing seven divers in the top 10 on the one-meter board and seven in the top nine on the three-meter. Hall led the way after finishing second (1-m) and third (3-m) overall. Hill had the women's league diver of the meet for the third-consecutive year in 2006-07, guiding Crystal Szymanski to the honor after claiming a league title on the one-meter board and second place on the three-meter board, despite her missing well over half the season to injury before coming back. In addition, Emily Duesler claimed All-Horizon First Team honors on the three-meter board. In 2005-06, he helped guide Erin Blemberg to Diver of the Meet honors in back-to-back seasons, with Blemberg setting a new school mark on the three-meter board en route to winning league titles on both boards. Additionally, Panther divers placed 1-2-3 on the three-meter and 1-2-4 on the one-meter at the championships. The previous season, Blemberg won the three-meter crown and took second on the one-meter, as UWM had three finalists on the one-meter board. In addition to his duties with UWM, Hill is currently the head diving coach for the Schroeder Aquatic Center diving team. He joined the swimming & diving program after working as the head diving coach for Whitefish Bay High School and Homestead High School. During that time, Hill served as the assistant for the Schroeder YMCA diving team. In becoming the Panther diving coach, Hill had added to an already impressive list of credentials that includes coaching many young athletes to the Junior Zone competition and coaching one Junior National Champion. He has also instructed six high school state champions, numerous high school All-Americans and has led many athletes to become finalists in state competition. The list also includes seven YMCA National Champions, five AAU National qualifiers, three Junior National qualifiers (while also assisting a Junior National Champion in 2001), five Senior National qualifiers and a compilation of Junior and Senior National Zone competitors too numerous to list. Besides being considered one of the best diving coaches in the league and area, Hill had a distinguished diving career at UWM. He won Midwest Collegiate Conference Championships three times and was a four-time NCAA Zone qualifier. He was named the MCC Diver of the Year in 1999 and 2000. Hill graduated from UWM in the spring of 2001 with a bachelor's degree in psychology.