2011-12 College Swimming & Diving Honors
Break Out Team Male
Louisville Looking at the progression of Coach Arthur Albiero and the Louisville Cardinals Swimming and Diving program, one could argue that this program has already had it’s break out moment or season based on the amount of success they have experienced this decade. Upon arrival, Albiero’s impact has been made prevalent as Louisville has marched from a conference to national level program during his nine seasons as head swimming coach. Just in the past three seasons, you can look back and easily say, “yes , we saw this coming.” Louisville has been able to very effectively replace great swimmers with new ones. This is not a team that has peaked temporarily. This is team who
did have a benchmark season by breaking into the top ten at NCAA’s, yet is poised for more in future seasons. In 2011-12, Albiero credited his seniors for their leadership throughout their exciting journey to their top ten finish. “We were fortunate to have a solid senior class. !This group of nine men played many different roles throughout the season, but certainly
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the team goal was at the forefront of everything they did.” In addition to the experience of season’s worth of training and competition, there are a few pivotal moments worth citing all revolving around a single question. Back at the 2011 NCAA meet in Minneapolis, MN and again at the beginning of the 2011-12 season, Coach Albiero asked the right question at the right time which had a catalytic effect on his team not just in the fact that they did achieve the mark, but in the way they trained and performed without fear. Says assistant coach and Louisville alum Chris Lindauer, “from that day forward, we never let that goal out of our sights.” ...See the next page for more on the question & Louisville.... NCAA 20