Dartmouth Men's Swimming and Diving

Dartmouth Men's Swimming and Diving, which began in 1920, is one of the oldest college swim programs in the United States. The team competes for Dartmouth College in the EISL Eastern Intercollegiate Swim League, which consists of the Ivy leagues schools and also the United States Naval Academy. The team begins training in mid September all the way until the end of March, ending the season with the EISL Championships also known as "Ivies". The team practices 9 times a week and has weekly competitions throughout the season. The team trains and also hosts competitions at the Dartmouth College Aquatic Facilities, swimming in the Karl Michael Pool and the Spaulding Pool.

Sometime in 2002 as a result of economic/financial troubles, Dartmouth College made several budget cuts which involved disbanding the men and women's swim team. In response, the team as well as many others rallied to stop the team from getting cut, one student even putting the team up on Ebay^[1] in an effort to gain attention and money to save the team. After successfully lobbying and fundraising for the team by students, alumni, and fans, both teams were reinstated under the John C. Glover Fund for the Support of Swimming and DIving. The fund was named after one of the greatest Dartmouth swimmers of all time, John C. Glover, who was an all American Swimmer in the class of 1955 that died while training for the Olympics at Yale University in 1956.

Currently the Dartmouth Men's Swimming and Diving Team consists of 33 members, 3 divers and 30 swimmers^[2], bringing in a new freshmen class of 12 swimmers and also 3 new sophomore swimmers. The freshmen lineup consists of Joseph "Fat Joe" Chance (IM), One June "Juice" Chang (Freestyle), Will "Tyler" Derdeyn (Sprint Free), Zack "Dusk" Doherty (Free), Benjamin "K-Fed" Feeser (Free/IM), Matthew "Chazz" Harding (Breaststroke), Michael "Muppet" Lenkeit (Breaststroke), Matthew Lu (Backstroke), Jay "Gumby" Margherio (Freestyle), Ben "Doctor Evil" Reasons (Breaststroke), Albert "Mr. Bigglesworth" Roth (Free/IM), Sebastian Prieto (Butterfly), Jason "Pusswah" Wong, Marcelo "Lucy" Menezes, and Ray Li.

Returning Swimmers include^[2] Sophomores Michael "Goomba" Ahern (Backstroke), Christopher "Calbatross" Calby (Free), Zak "Todd" Clare-Salzer (Breaststroke/IM), Jack "Snack" Driessen (Breaststroke), Ben "Darkness" Driver (Fly/Breast), John Hill (Free), Michael "Grundle" Randall (Free), Jacob Ritter (Breaststroke), Matt Stumpf (Breaststroke), Alex "Zygote 1" Kamai (Backstroke/Freestyle). Juniors Marco "Coco Nut" Chu (Free/IM), Billy "Vanilla Ice" Haley (Free), Dan Hochman (Free), Jonathan "Jp" Panzl (Fly). and Seniors Scott "ScottieTooHottie" Sorensen (Back/Free) and Cary Stathopoulos (Free/IM).

Returning to DMSD for his 17th season is Head Coach Jim Wilson^[3], along with Assistant Coaches Jesup Szatkowski who is returning for his 4th season, and Jenn Verser who is entering her 2nd season.

The Dartmouth Men's Diving team consists of 3 divers^[4], Junior Michael Brown, Sophomore Chris Plante and Junior Spenser Mestel, and is coached by Chris Hamilton who is beginning his 11th season.

References

1. ^ Darren Rovell ,: "Auction Started to Keep Aquatic Team Afloat", "ESPN Sports Business".
2. ^ ^{a b} Dartmouth ,: "Rosters", "Men's Swimming and Diving".
3. ^ Dartmouth Big Green Official Website ,:"Men's Swimming and Diving", "Dartmouth Big Green"
4. ^ Dartmouth ,: "Rosters", "Men's Swimming and Diving" .

• Dartmouth ,: "Rosters", "Men's Swimming and Diving"

• Sara Mayeux ,: "Budget cuts force Dartmouth to axe swimming, diving programs", "The Daily Princetonian"

• Zachary Silver ,: "Dartmouth Reinstates Swimming", "The Daily Pennsylvanian"

• Tamar Lewin ,: "Online Bid is Made, Briefly, to Save Dartmouth's Swim Team From Budget Cuts", "The New York Times"

• Darren Rovell ,: "Auction Started to Keep Aquatic Team Afloat", "ESPN Sports Business"

• Dartmouth Big Green Official Website ,:"Men's Swimming and Diving", "Dartmouth Big Green"