Swimming & Diving Roster - Southern Illinois University Athletics

Women
Diana Araque
Position IM/Breast Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Mount Juliet, Tenn.Last School Mount Juliet H.S.
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Valerie Bates
Position Back/Fly/IM Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Brentwood, Tenn.Last School Ravenwood H.S.
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Hailey Bellian
Position Freestyle Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Greenwood, Ind.Last School Center Grove H.S.
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McKenna Bennett
Position Breast/IM Academic Year So.
Hometown Golden, Colo.Last School Ralston Valley High School
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Ally Brown
Position Dive Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Brighton, Colo.Last School Denver School of the Arts
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Taylor Collins
Position Back/Fly Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Mount Vernon, Ind.Last School Mount Vernon H.S.
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Alyssa Cyrus
Position Backstroke Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Ossian, Ind.Last School Norwell High School
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Abbey Desmet
Position Freestyle Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Shelby Township, Mich.Last School Eisenhower H.S.
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Sierra Forbord
Position Fly/Free Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Olympia, Wash.Last School Olympia High School
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Annika Gally
Position Butterfly Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Kutztown, Pa.Last School Kutztown Area HS
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Eden Girloanta
Position Freestyle Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Ramat Gan, IsraelLast School Wingate Institute
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Katie Gray
Position Freestyle Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Kansas City, MO.Last School Lee's Summit HS
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Grace Hale
Position Freestyle Academic Year Jr.
Hometown San Antonio, TX.Last School Reagan HS
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Grace Heneghan
Position Dive Academic Year So.
Hometown Oak Lawn, Ill.Last School Oak Lawn Community High School
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Nicole Horton
Position Freestyle Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Scottsdale, Ariz.Last School Horizon High School
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Madi Jager
Position Free/Breast Academic Year Fr.
Hometown New Lenox, Ill.Last School Lincoln-Way Central
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Gaby Jenkins
Position Back/Free Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Little Rock, Ark.Last School Central High School
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Mia Kubiuk
Position Free/Fly Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Burlington, Ill.Last School Burlington Central
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Justina Lanni
Position Free/Breast Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Mount Laurel, N.J.Last School Leanape HS
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Cassidy Lounsbury
Position Free/Fly Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Mount Juliet, Tenn.Last School Wilson Central HS
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Maggie Miller
Position Back/Free Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Pendleton, Ind.Last School Pendleton Heights
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Mallory Minear
Position Fly/Free Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Houston, TXLast School James E. Taylor HS
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Laura Mircea
Position Dive Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Mississauga, OntarioLast School Streetsville Secondary
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Lauren Moeller
Position Back/Free Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Rock Falls, Ill.Last School Rock Falls HS
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Heidi Oploh
Position Free/IM Academic Year So.
Hometown Makanda, Ill.Last School Homeschooled
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Hannah Petrone
Position Freestyle Academic Year So.
Hometown North Kingstown, RILast School North Kingstown High School
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Elise Piper
Position Back/fly Academic Year So.
Hometown Sturtevant, Wis.Last School Union Grove High School
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Lucia Romero
Position Back/Free/Fly Academic Year So.
Hometown Zaragoza, SpainLast School IES Goya
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Fernanda Sánchez
Position IM/Free Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Guanajuato, Mexico
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Mariana Sánchez
Position Fly/Free/IM Academic Year So.
Hometown Mexico City, MexicoLast School Tomás Alva Edison
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Melanie Scheiblein
Position IM/Breast Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Downers Grove, Ill.Last School Downers Grove South
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Brittany Scott
Position Fly/IM/Free Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Paris, Ill.Last School Terre Haute South HS
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Deven Speed
Position Backstroke Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Lawton, Okla.Last School Eisenhower HS
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Anna Stephan
Position Free/Fly Academic Year So.
Hometown San Diego, Calif.Last School Scripps Ranch HS
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Kailyn Stone
Position Dive Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Evansville, Ind.Last School Reitz Memorial HS
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Maia Torres Nole
Position Back/Fly/IM Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Chiclayo, PeruLast School Santa Maria Reina
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Sarah Walker
Position Back/Fly Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Knoxville, Tenn.Last School Farragut H.S.
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Imogen Watson
Position Back/Fly Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Brisbane, AustraliaLast School University of Nevada
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Abigail Young
Position Fly/Free Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Fort Wayne, Ind.Last School Carroll HS
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Mima Zaborska
Position IM/Breast Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Martin, Slovakia
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Men
Marc Avery
Position Freestyle Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Plainfield, Ill.Last School Plainfield East
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Kyle Berquist
Position Breast/IM Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Hillsboro, Ore.Last School Century HS
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John Cameron
Position Back/Free Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Brownstown, Mich.Last School Oscar A. Carlson HS
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Kyle Campbell
Position Dive Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Miamisburg, OhioLast School Miamisburg High School
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Adam Cernek
Position Back/IM Academic Year So.
Hometown Turany, SlovakiaLast School Bilingválne gymnázium M. Hodžu Sucany
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Will Chavez
Position Freestyle Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Littleton, Colo.Last School Mullen High School
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Donat Csuvarszki
Position Freestyle Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Bekescsaba, HungaryLast School Békéscsabai Elore Úszó Klub
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Sam Flessner
Position Breast/Free Academic Year So.
Hometown Naperville, Ill.Last School Naperville Central High School
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Jacob Hepper
Position Back/Free Academic Year So.
Hometown Wildwood, Mo.Last School Lafayette High School
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Spencer Hoffman
Position Butterfly Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Friendswood, TX.Last School Friendswood HS
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Austin Kinsler
Position IM/Breast Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Hendersonville, Tenn.Last School John Paul II High School
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Drake Manuello
Position Breast/IM Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Greeley, Colo.Last School Greeley Central HS
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Ian Marshall
Position Fly/Free/IM Academic Year So.
Hometown Nashville, Tenn.Last School Hume-Fogg High School
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Zander Minano
Position Free/Fly Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Santa Clarita, Calif.Last School Saugus
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Gustav Persson
Position Breaststroke Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Helsingborg, Sweden
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Max Ransom
Position Fly/Free Academic Year So.
Hometown Chattanooga, Tenn.Last School The McCallie School
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Ben Rutledge
Position Freestyle Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Normal, Ill.Last School Normal West
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Alex Schlueter
Position Freestyle Academic Year Fr.
Hometown South Elgin, Ill.Last School South Elgin HS
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Trey Smith
Position Free/Fly Academic Year Fr.
Hometown Mission, Kan.Last School Shawnee Mission North HS
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Michael Stern
Position Freestyle Academic Year Sr.
Hometown Naperville, Ill.Last School Naperville Central HS
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Uriel Tejeda Barajas
Position Fly/Free/IM Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Beaverton, Ore.Last School Century High School
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Terry Yang
Position Free/Back Academic Year So.
Hometown Chandler, Ariz.Last School Chandler High School
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Zheng Yang Yeap
Position Freestyle Academic Year Jr.
Hometown Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaLast School Catholic HS
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Coaching Staff

Geoff Hanson
Head Coach
Phone618-453-7230
salukiswimanddive@siu.edu
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Chunhua Zhao
Diving Coach
Phone618-453-5461
zhaoc@siu.edu
Full Bio for Chunhua Zhao
Ivan Sanchez
Assistant Swimming Coach
Phone618-453-3149
isanchez@siu.edu
Full Bio for Ivan Sanchez
Johno Fergusson
Assistant Swimming Coach
johnathan.fergusson@siu.edu
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Women

IM/Breast Fr.

Mount Juliet, Tenn. Mount Juliet H.S.

Back/Fly/IM Fr.

Brentwood, Tenn. Ravenwood H.S.

Freestyle Fr.

Greenwood, Ind. Center Grove H.S.

Breast/IM So.

Golden, Colo. Ralston Valley High School

Dive Fr.

Brighton, Colo. Denver School of the Arts

Back/Fly Fr.

Mount Vernon, Ind. Mount Vernon H.S.

Backstroke Fr.

Ossian, Ind. Norwell High School

Freestyle Jr.

Shelby Township, Mich. Eisenhower H.S.

Fly/Free Sr.

Olympia, Wash. Olympia High School

Butterfly Fr.

Kutztown, Pa. Kutztown Area HS

Freestyle Jr.

Ramat Gan, Israel Wingate Institute

Freestyle Sr.

Kansas City, MO. Lee's Summit HS

Freestyle Jr.

San Antonio, TX. Reagan HS

Dive So.

Oak Lawn, Ill. Oak Lawn Community High School

Freestyle Fr.

Scottsdale, Ariz. Horizon High School

Free/Breast Fr.

New Lenox, Ill. Lincoln-Way Central

Back/Free Fr.

Little Rock, Ark. Central High School

Free/Fly Fr.

Burlington, Ill. Burlington Central

Free/Breast Sr.

Mount Laurel, N.J. Leanape HS

Free/Fly Sr.

Mount Juliet, Tenn. Wilson Central HS

Back/Free Fr.

Pendleton, Ind. Pendleton Heights

Fly/Free Sr.

Houston, TX James E. Taylor HS

Dive Jr.

Mississauga, Ontario Streetsville Secondary

Back/Free Fr.

Rock Falls, Ill. Rock Falls HS

Free/IM So.

Makanda, Ill. Homeschooled

Freestyle So.

North Kingstown, RI North Kingstown High School

Back/fly So.

Sturtevant, Wis. Union Grove High School

Back/Free/Fly So.

Zaragoza, Spain IES Goya

IM/Free Fr.

Guanajuato, Mexico

Fly/Free/IM So.

Mexico City, Mexico Tomás Alva Edison

IM/Breast Fr.

Downers Grove, Ill. Downers Grove South

Fly/IM/Free Sr.

Paris, Ill. Terre Haute South HS

Backstroke Jr.

Lawton, Okla. Eisenhower HS

Free/Fly So.

San Diego, Calif. Scripps Ranch HS

Dive Jr.

Evansville, Ind. Reitz Memorial HS

Back/Fly/IM Fr.

Chiclayo, Peru Santa Maria Reina

Back/Fly Fr.

Knoxville, Tenn. Farragut H.S.

Back/Fly Sr.

Brisbane, Australia University of Nevada

Fly/Free Sr.

Fort Wayne, Ind. Carroll HS

IM/Breast Fr.

Martin, Slovakia

Men

Freestyle Fr.

Plainfield, Ill. Plainfield East

Breast/IM Sr.

Hillsboro, Ore. Century HS

Back/Free Fr.

Brownstown, Mich. Oscar A. Carlson HS

Dive Jr.

Miamisburg, Ohio Miamisburg High School

Back/IM So.

Turany, Slovakia Bilingválne gymnázium M. Hodžu Sucany

Freestyle Fr.

Littleton, Colo. Mullen High School

Freestyle Fr.

Bekescsaba, Hungary Békéscsabai Elore Úszó Klub

Breast/Free So.

Naperville, Ill. Naperville Central High School

Back/Free So.

Wildwood, Mo. Lafayette High School

Butterfly Fr.

Friendswood, TX. Friendswood HS

IM/Breast Fr.

Hendersonville, Tenn. John Paul II High School

Breast/IM Jr.

Greeley, Colo. Greeley Central HS

Fly/Free/IM So.

Nashville, Tenn. Hume-Fogg High School

Free/Fly Jr.

Santa Clarita, Calif. Saugus

Breaststroke Fr.

Helsingborg, Sweden

Fly/Free So.

Chattanooga, Tenn. The McCallie School

Freestyle Fr.

Normal, Ill. Normal West

Freestyle Fr.

South Elgin, Ill. South Elgin HS

Free/Fly Fr.

Mission, Kan. Shawnee Mission North HS

Freestyle Sr.

Naperville, Ill. Naperville Central HS

Fly/Free/IM Jr.

Beaverton, Ore. Century High School

Free/Back So.

Chandler, Ariz. Chandler High School

Freestyle Jr.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Catholic HS

Coaching Staff

Head Coach /Swimming & Diving

618-453-7230

salukiswimanddive@siu.edu

Diving Coach /Swimming & Diving

618-453-5461

zhaoc@siu.edu

Assistant Swimming Coach /Swimming & Diving

618-453-3149

isanchez@siu.edu

Assistant Swimming Coach /Swimming & Diving

johnathan.fergusson@siu.edu

Women
	Diana Araque	Fr.	IM/Breast	Mount Juliet, Tenn.
	Valerie Bates	Fr.	Back/Fly/IM	Brentwood, Tenn.
	Hailey Bellian	Fr.	Freestyle	Greenwood, Ind.
	McKenna Bennett	So.	Breast/IM	Golden, Colo.
	Ally Brown	Fr.	Dive	Brighton, Colo.
	Taylor Collins	Fr.	Back/Fly	Mount Vernon, Ind.
	Alyssa Cyrus	Fr.	Backstroke	Ossian, Ind.
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	Abbey Desmet	Jr.	Freestyle	Shelby Township, Mich.
	Sierra Forbord	Sr.	Fly/Free	Olympia, Wash.
	Annika Gally	Fr.	Butterfly	Kutztown, Pa.
	Eden Girloanta	Jr.	Freestyle	Ramat Gan, Israel
	Katie Gray	Sr.	Freestyle	Kansas City, MO.
	Grace Hale	Jr.	Freestyle	San Antonio, TX.
	Grace Heneghan	So.	Dive	Oak Lawn, Ill.
	Nicole Horton	Fr.	Freestyle	Scottsdale, Ariz.
	Madi Jager	Fr.	Free/Breast	New Lenox, Ill.
	Gaby Jenkins	Fr.	Back/Free	Little Rock, Ark.
	Mia Kubiuk	Fr.	Free/Fly	Burlington, Ill.
	Justina Lanni	Sr.	Free/Breast	Mount Laurel, N.J.
	Cassidy Lounsbury	Sr.	Free/Fly	Mount Juliet, Tenn.
	Maggie Miller	Fr.	Back/Free	Pendleton, Ind.
	Mallory Minear	Sr.	Fly/Free	Houston, TX
	Laura Mircea	Jr.	Dive	Mississauga, Ontario
	Lauren Moeller	Fr.	Back/Free	Rock Falls, Ill.
	Heidi Oploh	So.	Free/IM	Makanda, Ill.
	Hannah Petrone	So.	Freestyle	North Kingstown, RI
	Elise Piper	So.	Back/fly	Sturtevant, Wis.
	Lucia Romero	So.	Back/Free/Fly	Zaragoza, Spain
	Fernanda Sánchez	Fr.	IM/Free	Guanajuato, Mexico
	Mariana Sánchez	So.	Fly/Free/IM	Mexico City, Mexico
	Melanie Scheiblein	Fr.	IM/Breast	Downers Grove, Ill.
	Brittany Scott	Sr.	Fly/IM/Free	Paris, Ill.
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	Deven Speed	Jr.	Backstroke	Lawton, Okla.
	Anna Stephan	So.	Free/Fly	San Diego, Calif.
	Kailyn Stone	Jr.	Dive	Evansville, Ind.
	Maia Torres Nole	Fr.	Back/Fly/IM	Chiclayo, Peru
	Sarah Walker	Fr.	Back/Fly	Knoxville, Tenn.
	Imogen Watson	Sr.	Back/Fly	Brisbane, Australia
	Abigail Young	Sr.	Fly/Free	Fort Wayne, Ind.
	Mima Zaborska	Fr.	IM/Breast	Martin, Slovakia

Men
	Marc Avery	Fr.	Freestyle	Plainfield, Ill.
	Kyle Berquist	Sr.	Breast/IM	Hillsboro, Ore.
	John Cameron	Fr.	Back/Free	Brownstown, Mich.
	Kyle Campbell	Jr.	Dive	Miamisburg, Ohio
	Adam Cernek	So.	Back/IM	Turany, Slovakia
	Will Chavez	Fr.	Freestyle	Littleton, Colo.
	Donat Csuvarszki	Fr.	Freestyle	Bekescsaba, Hungary
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	Sam Flessner	So.	Breast/Free	Naperville, Ill.
	Jacob Hepper	So.	Back/Free	Wildwood, Mo.
	Spencer Hoffman	Fr.	Butterfly	Friendswood, TX.
	Austin Kinsler	Fr.	IM/Breast	Hendersonville, Tenn.
	Drake Manuello	Jr.	Breast/IM	Greeley, Colo.
	Ian Marshall	So.	Fly/Free/IM	Nashville, Tenn.
	Zander Minano	Jr.	Free/Fly	Santa Clarita, Calif.
	Gustav Persson	Fr.	Breaststroke	Helsingborg, Sweden
	Max Ransom	So.	Fly/Free	Chattanooga, Tenn.
	Ben Rutledge	Fr.	Freestyle	Normal, Ill.
	Alex Schlueter	Fr.	Freestyle	South Elgin, Ill.
	Trey Smith	Fr.	Free/Fly	Mission, Kan.
	Michael Stern	Sr.	Freestyle	Naperville, Ill.
	Uriel Tejeda Barajas	Jr.	Fly/Free/IM	Beaverton, Ore.
	Terry Yang	So.	Free/Back	Chandler, Ariz.
	Zheng Yang Yeap	Jr.	Freestyle	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia


Geoff Hanson	Head Coach	salukiswimanddive@siu.edu	618-453-7230
Chunhua Zhao	Diving Coach	zhaoc@siu.edu	618-453-5461
Ivan Sanchez	Assistant Swimming Coach	isanchez@siu.edu	618-453-3149
Johno Fergusson	Assistant Swimming Coach	johnathan.fergusson@siu.edu

Salukis Set to Host SEC's Missouri for Two-Day Meet

Thursday, October 29

Oliver Mebs Named Diver of the Week After Qualifying for NCAA Zones

Wednesday, October 21

Salukis Claim Multiple Event Wins as Mebs Qualifies for NCAA Zones

Monday, October 19

Decorated Diver Zhang Credits Coaches, Hard Work for Hall of Fame Career

Wednesday, October 14

Tuesday, October 27

Sunday, October 25

Coaching Staff
Image	Name	Title	Email	Phone Number
	Geoff Hanson	Head Coach	salukiswimanddive@siu.edu	618-453-7230
	Chunhua Zhao	Diving Coach	zhaoc@siu.edu	618-453-5461
	Ivan Sanchez	Assistant Swimming Coach	isanchez@siu.edu	618-453-3149
	Johno Fergusson	Assistant Swimming Coach	johnathan.fergusson@siu.edu

Scoreboard

Southern Illinoise University Athletics

2020-21 Swimming and Diving Roster

Players

Diana Araque

Valerie Bates

Hailey Bellian

McKenna Bennett

Ally Brown

Taylor Collins

Alyssa Cyrus

Abbey Desmet

Sierra Forbord

Annika Gally

Eden Girloanta

Katie Gray

Grace Hale

Grace Heneghan

Nicole Horton

Madi Jager

Gaby Jenkins

Mia Kubiuk

Justina Lanni

Cassidy Lounsbury

Maggie Miller

Mallory Minear

Laura Mircea

Lauren Moeller

Heidi Oploh

Hannah Petrone

Elise Piper

Lucia Romero

Fernanda Sánchez

Mariana Sánchez

Melanie Scheiblein

Brittany Scott

Deven Speed

Anna Stephan

Kailyn Stone

Maia Torres Nole

Sarah Walker

Imogen Watson

Abigail Young

Mima Zaborska

Marc Avery

Kyle Berquist

John Cameron

Kyle Campbell

Adam Cernek

Will Chavez

Donat Csuvarszki

Sam Flessner

Jacob Hepper

Spencer Hoffman

Austin Kinsler

Drake Manuello

Ian Marshall

Zander Minano

Gustav Persson

Max Ransom

Ben Rutledge

Alex Schlueter

Trey Smith

Michael Stern

Uriel Tejeda Barajas

Terry Yang

Zheng Yang Yeap

Coaching Staff

Geoff Hanson

Chunhua Zhao

Ivan Sanchez

Johno Fergusson

Players

Diana Araque

Valerie Bates

Hailey Bellian

McKenna Bennett

Ally Brown

Taylor Collins

Alyssa Cyrus