Auburn Swimming
and Diving Facts
Swimming Facts
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There are four different strokes: Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle.
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One length of the pool is 25 yards, two lengths of the pool is 50 yards, four lengths of the pool is 100 yards, eight lengths of the pool is 200 yards, etc…
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The order of the Individual Medley (IM): Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, and Freestyle.
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In a 200 IM the swimmer will swim 50 yards of each stroke.
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In a 400 IM the swimmer will swim 100 yards of each stroke.
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The order of the medley relay: Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle.
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There are 4 swimmers on a relay.
Auburn Swimming Facts
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Men's Team Record:
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NCAA's: (8) 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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SEC's: (18) 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012
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Women's Team Record:
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NCAA's: (5) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
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SEC's: (5) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
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The pool is called the James E. Martin Aquatic Center and holds 1,000 people.
Diving Facts
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DD is the Degree of Difficulty.
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The spring boards are 1 meter and 3 meter.
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The platforms are 10 meter, 7.5 meter, and 5 meter.
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There are six directions in diving: forward, backward, reverse, inward, handstand, and twister.
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The diving score is created by: three judges with three scores, added together, and multiplied by DD.
Auburn Olympians
1976-MONTREAL (2):
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Bill Forrester (Bronze)
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Brenda Borch
1980-MOSCOW (4):
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Per Johansson (Bronze)
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Bill Forrester
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Rowdy Gaines
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Miguel Santisteban
1984-LOS ANGELES (3):
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Rowdy Gaines (3 Gold)
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Per Johansson (2 Bronze)
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Jose Rocha
1988-SEOUL (1):
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Per Johansson
1992-BARCELONA (1):
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Yoav Bruck
1996-ATLANTA (5):
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John Hargis (Gold)
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Scott Tucker (Gold)
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Yoav Bruck
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Nick Shackell
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Eithan Urbach
2000-SYDNEY (17):
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Scott Tucker (Silver)
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Pat Calhoun
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Rada Owen
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Romain Barnier
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Fred Bousquet
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George Bovell
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Yoav Bruck
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Eileen Coparropa
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Kristy Coventry
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Brett Hawke
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Matt Kidd
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Jeremy Knowles
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Jana Kolukanova
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Oswaldo Quevedo
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Nick Shackell
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Scott Talbot
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Eithan Urbach
2004-ATHENS (13):
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Kristy Coventry (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
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Mark Gangloff (Gold)
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George Bovell (Bronze)
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Caesar Garcia
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Margaret Hoelzer
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Bryce Hunt
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Romain Barnier
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Fred Bousquet
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Eileen Coparropa
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Brett Hawke
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Matt Kidd
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Jeremy Knowles
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Jana Kolukanova
2008-BEIJING (18):
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Cesar Cielo (Gold, Bronze)
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Kristy Conventry (Gold, 3 Silver)
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Margaret Hoelzer (2 Silver, Bronze)
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Matt Targett (Silver, Bronze)
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Mark Gangloff (Gold)
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Jeremy Knowles
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Alana Dillette
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Jakob Andkjaer
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Fred Bousuet
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George Bovell
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Nick Bovell
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Adam Brown
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Stephanie Horner
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Gideon Louw
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Gisela Morales
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Alexei Puninski
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Eric Shanteau
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Erin Volcan
2012- London (15)
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Goerge Bovell
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Adam Brown
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Marcelo Chierighini
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Cesar Cielo
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Kristy Coventry
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James Disney-May
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Megan Fonteno
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Stephanie Horner
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Micah Lawrence
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Gideon Louw
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Tyler McGill
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Eric Shanteau
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Matt Targett
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Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace
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2016- Rio (10)
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George Bovell
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Fred Bousquet
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Marcelo Chierighini
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Kirsty Coventry
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Stephanie Horner
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Peter Holoda
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Ziv Kalontarov
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Luis Carlos Martinez
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Julie Meyne
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Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace