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Peggy Ewald - Head Coach Peggy Ewald is in her sixth season as head coach of the ONU men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs. She also serves as assistant facility manager and as a lecturer at ONU. Ewald is the first fulltime swimming and diving coach in ONU history. In her first five seasons at the helm, Ewald guided the men’s team to Ohio Athletic Conference Championships each year and the women’s team to the 2007 and 2009 OAC titles. The Polar Bear men and women have each won four OAC Regular Season Championships. She was named the OAC Men’s Coach of the Year in ’05, ’08 and ’09 and the OAC Women’s Coach of the Year in ’06, ’07 and ’09. Her squads have set 45 school records during her tenure. Ewald was also an assistant coach at ONU in 2003-04. She arrived at ONU with impressive coaching credentials. Ewald is a Level 4 ASCA certified swimming coach, a level 5 ASCA certified disabled swimming coach and has 15 years of coaching experience working with novice to National Champions. She was one of the Level III and III coaches on the travel list with the US Paralympic Team. She was the head coach for the US Para- Ewald’s Honor Roll Men • 5 OAC Championships titles • 4 OAC Regular Season titles • 6 OAC Swimmers of the Year • 3 OAC Divers of the Year • 40 OAC Individual titles • 18 OAC Relay titles • 80 All-OAC Individuals • 20 All-OAC Relays • 2 Honorable Mention All-American • 1 Academic All-American • 1 Academic All-District honoree • 5 Academic All-OAC honorees • 13 OAC Swimmers of the Week • OAC Coach of the Year in 2005, 2008, 2009 Women • 2 OAC Championships titles • 3 OAC Regular Season titles • 2 OAC Swimmers of the Year • 33 OAC Individual titles • 17 OAC Relay titles • 66 All-OAC Individuals • 16 All-OAC Relays • 1 Academic All-American • 2 Academic All-District honorees • 8 Academic All-OAC honorees • 19 OAC Swimmers of the Week • OAC Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2009 lympic team for the 2007 ParaPanAm Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in 2007 and served as an assistant coach for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. Ewald was head coach of Tiffin Columbian H.S. from 1997-2004, was head coach of Tiffin Calvert H.S. from 2001-’04 where she coached six Ohio High School State placers. She also served as an assistant coach at the University of Findlay from 1997-99. She coached with the Tiffin YMCA swim team and for many years took athletes to the YMCA National level. Ewald is also the founder of the USA Swimming club team Seneca Aquatic Klub team, where she has coached Senior National, US Open and two current members of the US Paralympian Team. She also coached with the USA Swimming FAST age-group swim team in Findlay for five years. The Tiffin, Ohio, native also worked as the Dean of Academic Affairs at AEC-Southern Ohio College in Findlay from 2001-04 and owned and directed the Ohio Institute of Electrology in Tiffin from 1982-2001. She received her B.A. degree in business administration with honors from Tiffin in 1989 and earned a M.A. in education from Heidelberg in 1996. Ewald is married to Dan Ewald and they have three children; Ellen, a Heidelberg graduate, Jessica, a graduate of Ohio Northern, and Jacob, a graduate of DeVry Institute in Columbus. Samamtha Phillips - Asst. Diving Samantha Phillips is in her second season as a student assistant diving coach at Ohio Northern. She is currently enrolled in the ONU School of Law. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from West Chester (Pa.) in 2008, where she was a PSAC Scholar-Athlete and was named to the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll every semester. In 2006, competed at the NCAA Division II National Swimming and Diving Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Samantha graduated from Pottsville (Pa.) High School, where she left her mark as the Schuylkill League Diving Champion, and as a PAHS record-holder. Justin Hiskey - Meet Mgmt. Justin Hiskey is in his fifth year as an assistant swimming coach. He serves primarily as the meet manager, helping run each home meet from an administrative position. Justin was a four-year letter winner for ONU from 2003-2006 serving as captain his junior and senior years. His honors include being a 4-year All-OAC honoree and two time Academic All-District award winner. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern in mechanical engineering in 2007. Justin currently works for Crown Equipment Corporation in New Bremen, Ohio. Justin is originally from St. Marys, Ohio, where he coaches the community’s summer age-group swim team. www.ONUSports.com 4 2009-10 Swimming & Diving Media Guide
The Ohio Northern men’s swimming and diving team will be looking for its sixth consecutive Ohio Athletic Conference Championships title in 2009-10. The Polar Bears welcome back 16 lettermen from last year’s squad, including six that have won OAC Championships in their careers under sixth-year head coach Peggy Ewald. Not only is ONU gunning for another OAC crown, the Polar Bears are also looking to expand on its two NCAA participants from a year ago. “We are looking beyond the immediate competition of the regular season, on into the NCAA Championships for a few of our team members,” ONU head coach Peggy Ewald said. “Nothing can be taken for granted in the OAC. As we push forward, so have the other teams. Competition has gotten better in the OAC, so learning from past mistakes and moving the bar higher is essential.” Northern is looking to duplicate last year’s dominating performance, as the Bears won the OAC title by a whopping 101 points. What Ewald hopes to improve on The 2009-10 Ohio Northern women’s swimming and diving team will be gunning for its third Ohio Athletic Conference Championships crown in the last four seasons this winter. ONU won 15 of the 20 OAC Championships events a year ago, setting 7 OAC records and 9 school records in the process. “We feel optimistic about our chances to win another OAC title this season,” sixth-year head coach Peggy Ewald said. “We have nine seniors and have the possibility to develop our individuals more fully. We hope to be very competitive in the OAC race.” Sophomore Michelle Eggers was named the OAC Women’s Swimmer of the Year as a freshman in 2009, as she swept the distance events by winning the 200 free (1:56.94), the 500 free (5:10.69) and the 1650 free (18:04.16). Eggers won five titles overall, as she was part of the 400 and 800 free relay teams. Sophomore Alison Garbash also won five OAC titles. She won the 50 free in an ONU record and NCAA “B” Cut time of :24.08 and was part of the 200 and 400 free relay and 200 and 400 medley relay teams. 2009-10 Previews Men’s Reacp ONU’s seven NCAA qualifying performances at last year’s Championships. “Our focus again this season is to win the OAC,” Ewald said. “But we would like to get more NCAA “B” Cuts and turn some of those “B” Cuts into “A” Cuts and get more people into the NCAA Championships.” Leading the list of returners is junior Michael Schultz. Schultz was named the OAC Men’s Swimmer of the Year in both 2008 and 2009 and has also competed at the NCAA Championships meet in the distance free events each of the past two seasons. Schultz was named the OAC Men’s Swimmer of the Year for the second consecutive season, sweeping the 200, 500 and 1650 free events. Schultz won six OAC crowns and qualified for the NCAA Championships with OAC records and NCAA qualifying marks in the 200 (1:40.79), 500 (4:28.33) and 1650 (15:45.82) freestyle events. He set the Ocasek Natatorium records in the 1,000 (9:33.63) and 1,650 free events and surpassed the NCAA “A” Cut in both the 500 and 1650 free. Women’s Recap Senior Katherine Moore swept the 100 and 200 fly titles, winning in :58.84 and 2:13.98, respectively. Her time of :58.40 in the prelims was an OAC and ONU record and NCAA “B” Cut time. Moore is now a 12-time OAC Champion and a 17-time All-OAC swimmer in the free and fly events. She had previously won the 50 and 100 free in 2007 and the 100 fly in ’08. Moore also set the ONU and OAC record in the 100 fly, swimming a :58.40 in the prelims Senior Jillian Huber is a 7-time OAC Champion, winning the last two 200 IM titles and the 100 Back titles in ’07 and ’08. She also has three titles as part of winning 400 and 800 free relay teams. Senior Terri Lynn Shigle is a 4-time All-Conference honors in the diving events, winning the 1-meter crown in 2007. Junior Hannah Bukowy also won four events, claiming the 200 breast in 2:29.37 and the 200 free, 200 medley and 400 medley relays. She swept the 100 and 200 breast OAC titles last year. She is an 8-time OAC Champion and has earned All-OAC honors in 12 events. Junior Garrett Dauch won the 100 fly in :50.95, setting OAC and ONU records and surpassing the NCAA “B” Cut in the process. In all, he won three OAC titles on the weekend. Dauch also set an OAC and ONU record in the 100 back, as he was clocked in :53.59 in the first leg of Northern’s winning 400 Medley Relay team. Junior Ryan Oberst won the 200 breast in 2:12.90 and was also on ONU’s winning 200 free relay squad a year ago. Sophomore Ryan Bender won the 200 I.M. in 1:57.39 and the 200 back in 1:55.27 and finished the weekend with four OAC titles to his credit. Sophomore Anders Samuelson was on all four of Ohio Northern’s winning relay teams and junior Casey Davis was part of ONU’s winning 800 free relay team. Seniors Dan Henry and Bill Neidinger and juniors Jacob Andreason, Warren Burless, Nick Swint and Andre Velez give ONU a solid nucleus of upperclassmen to compliment its OAC Champions. Sophomores Joey Bechtel, Andy Garlock, Kyle McMahon and Nick Meyer all return after solid rookie campaigns. Junior Cassie Fennell was on the winning 200 free and 200 medley relay teams. Sophomore Sarah Fiffick won four events as a freshman a year ago, claiming the 100 free in :54.37 and as a part of ONU’s 200, 400 and 800 free relays. She is now a 2-time OAC champion and a 5-time All-OAC honoree. Sophomore Kaitlin Early was part of Northern’s winning 800 free relay squad. Seniors Delaney Banas, Janelle Cain, Kathryn Heagle, Kelly Jensen, Sara Oswald and Jenna Schaffner all return to provide outstanding senior leadership. Juniors Caitlin Fanello and sophomores Kristin DeWees and Rori Thomas also return after fine seasons in 2008-09. Add to the mix a solid freshman class and its easy to see why the Polar Bears are excited about the upcoming season. “We expect it to be a tight OAC meet,” Ewald said. “It will be about who works hard all season long and brings it the day of the show. We have had too many ninth place finishes over the past few years and we need to turn those into top-8 finishes. “We would also like to get more NCAA Cuts and get some women into the NCAA Champioonships meet.” www.ONUSports.com 5 2009-10 Swimming & Diving Media Guide
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Page 5: Ohio Northern University Dr. Kendal
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Page 13 and 14: Meet the Polar Bear men David Heine
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Page 19 and 20: The Ohio Northern men’s swimming
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