USD Women's Swimming and Diving 1998-1999

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Torero Biographies/1998-99 Honors

1998-99 Torero Swimming and Diving Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Honors Diver of the Year - Shannon Pace All-PCSC First Team - Ind. Events Courtney Coleman - Individual Medley, Butterfly Shannon Pace - Diving Gretchen Pen - Individual Medley Melissa Willard - Backstroke All-PCSC First Team - Team Events Melissa Willard, Kristine Hayashi, Christine Motschman & Steph Wang - 400 Medley Relay Team PCSC All-Academic Team Courtney Coleman, Christine Keays, Megan Lucas, Christine Motschman, Honors

MARY THIEL

Breaststroke

Ht: 5-5 Yr: Fr. Exp: HS Albuquerque, NM St. PiusX HS

1998-99: Placed seventh and set a new season best in the I00 Breast ( I :07.62) and finished eighth in the 200 Breast at the 1999 PCSC Championships (2:27.35)... Season best time of2:25.64 in the 200 versus Rice ( 1-23-99). Prep: Led St. Pius X to 6th place state finish in Arizona... Took third place in Breastroke at state championships as a senior after fifth place finish as a junior. Personal: Plans to major in communications... Chose USO for the academic and ath letic programs offered.. . Also recruited by San Diego State and UNLV. .. Parents are Albe11 and Joyce Thiel. .. Born October 2, 1979 in Albu– querque, NM.

STEPH WANG Freestyle/IM 1998-99 PCSC First Team

Heather Olson, Shannon Pace, Marideth Rus, Laura Stroik

USD Swimming and Diving 1998-99 Schedule and Results

Ht: 5-4 Yr: Fr. Exp: HS Redmond,WA Redmond HS

OCT.7 Oct. 16 OCT.17 Oct.31 Nov. 14 NOV.20 NOV. 21 Nov 19-21 Dec. 5-7 JAN.9 Jan. 15 Jan. 16 Jan 23 Feb. 11-13

USD fNTRASQUAD UCLA SAN DIEGO STATE USC Invitational Pepperdine IRVINE NOVAS SAN JOSE STATE/ UCSD USC Diving Invitational Speedo Cup, Long Beach

L 103-1 95 W 148- 83 All Day W 167-127 EXH. W 83-49 W 99-49 All Day All Day L 138-160 W 221-59 W 147- 114 W 146-93 L 147-163

1998-99: Enjoyed outstanding freshman season for the Toreros... Member of the 1999 PCSC Champion 400 Medley Relay Team and earned AII -PCSC honors... Finished second and set new career mark in the 200 Free ( I:52.97) at th e 1999 PCSC's... A lso placed fourth and establi shed season bests in the 50 Free (24.27) and fourth in the I00 Free (52.40) at the conference meet. .. Posted highest times by any Torero swimmer in the Free sprints during 1998-99. Prep: Completed standout career at Redmond High School, where she won two Washington State AAAA Championships in the I00 and 200 meter Freestyle... Received All -American consideration fo ll owing Juni or and senior campaigns... Ranked Ist in state in I00 meters, 2nd in 200 as a senior. Personal: Plans to major in Biology or Psychology with a minor in English... Chose USO for academic and ath letic balance.. . Mother, Carol, swam at the University of Wash- ington... Parents are Donald and Carol Wang.. . Born March 12, 1980 in Minneapolis, MN.

FRESNO STATE/ NEWMEXICO UC Santa Barbara

CS Northridge

RICE

PCSC Championships (Long Beach, CA) NCAA Zone Diving Championship NCAA Swimming &Diving Championships

Second Place

(605.0 pts)

Mar. 12-14

TBA

Mar. 19-20

TBA Bold= Home meets at USD Sports Center Pool