A note from Coach Ryan...

Greetings to all the friends of Trinity Swimming & Diving!

As you no doubt know, earlier this month we trekked all the way from San Antonio to Crawfordsville, Indiana, for the 2007 SCAC Championships.  Despite ice, snow, cancelled flights, a couple of missed warm-up sessions, a flat tire in the midst of Indianapolis rush hour during a blizzard (it was a windy seven degrees when the tire was finally changed), our teams stepped up and performed wonderfully.  Our divers were phenomenal and our swimmers were awesome.  We competed hard and, best of all, we had fun!!!

All in all, Trinity had 20 All-SCAC honors earned by the women and 14 by the men by finishing top 3 in an event at the conference champs.  Our women won their fourth consecutive team title and our men again finished runner-up to DePauw.  Maybe next year for the men!!!

Speaking of next year, we have had some terrific prospective student-athletes visit campus and several have already decided to attend Trinity next year.  Others are planning visits in March and April.  We think we have a good shot at adding enough talent and firepower to our line-up for us to be better in 2007-2008 than we've ever been.  Time will tell and by early May we'll know a lot about our true potential for the year to come. 

Amanda, Stan and I hope you'll want to help make Trinity Swimming and Diving the best program possible.  Alums and parents can help us in many ways. Coaches, please feel free to forward this to your athletes.  Prospects, we hope you choose to attend and be a part of continuing the Tigers' success (and receive a superb education in the process!). 
                                           Go Tigers!
                                              - John Ryan 
                                                  Coach, TU Swimming

Trinity University Alumna Profile

Name: Ryan Van Der Kar

Year Graduated: 2004

Major: Economics with a Minor in Business

Current Occupation: Enrolled in Trinity's Masters of Healthcare Administration program

Best TU Swimming memory: "...Christmas training trips because that was one of the ways the team developed such strong friendships as well as winning conference 3 years out of 4.  I'd say the most exciting was in 2001 where we won by 10 points and it came down to the last relay.  That was the best meet I've ever been to." 

What was the best part of your time at TU? "Swimming and the lifelong friends I gained as well as the overall lifestyle.  Also, between classes and practice Trinity prepared me to prioritize and be proactive about completing assignments."  (As an aside, we would like to congratulate Ryan on his recent engagement to TU 2006 graduate Catherine Jelf!)

Swimming Honors: School Records: 1000 Free, 1650 Free, 200 Fly, 400 IM, 400 Medley Relay (Breast), 400 Free Relay & 800 Free Relay; SCAC Meet Records: 1650 Free, 200 Fly, 400 IM, 800 Free Relay; SCAC Open Records: 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay; 2003 & 2004 SCAC Male Swimmer of the Year (2004 picture above), 2001 & 2003 NCAA All-American

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Recent News

• TU Women's Team takes fourth consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference team title, Men's Team captures second place team title (results)
   
•  TU Diver and Junior Lauren Walstad (Katy, TX) named SCAC Conference Diver of the Year
   
• Congratulations and good luck to Trinity Swimming seniors Jackie Acuna, Lauren Clements, Evan O'Dea & Dan Petersen... you will be missed!!!
   
• Congratulations to TU Swimming Alums Shelley & Joseph Moore on the arrival of their little swimmer: a baby boy, Micah Wheeler Moore!!!
   
• Trinity University student athletes volunteer for Race for the Cure training program

Swimmer Profile

Name: Renee Ulrich

Year: First Year

Hometown:, Albuquerque, NM

Major: English with a Minor in Art

Career goal: High school English Teacher

What I like about TU: "The classes/professors.  The professors are totally awesome and the small class sizes make it super easy to get to know them really well.  I also love the swim team!!!"

What I like most about Trinity Swimming: "I love the people on the swim team!  They are always making me laugh, which makes practice that much better.  I never expected that I would make as strong of bonds as I have made with some of the team members, just in the first year.  It is also clear that the coaches really care about how we swim and are constantly trying to help us improve our strokes."

Overall: "If you want to get an amazing education, meet great people you will never forget and be a part of a strong team, come to Trinity.  Go TIGERS!!!"

TU Swimming Honors: 2007 SCAC All-Conference (400 Medley Relay (Back), 100 Back, 800 Free Relay, 200 Back)