ProGraM history won eight SEC titles (seven individual and one relay) in his three seasons WOMEN’S ALL-TIME with the Bulldogs. SEASON RECORDS Patterson’s career was highlighted during his senior season Year ........ Coach ..................... Record SEC AIAW when he broke the American 1973-77 ........Martha Washington .................n/a record in the 100 free with a 1977-79 ........Joe McEvoy ............................. 11-10 mark of 51.0. As Georgia’s first 1979-80 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................9-1 Olympian in swimming competi1980-81 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................7-2 5th tion, Patterson was inducted 1981-82 ........Jack Bauerle .............................7-1-1 5th 9th into the Georgia Sports Hall of ................................................................................. NCAA Fame in 1983. 1982-83 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................4-3 5th 22nd Following Gabrielsen’s 1983-84 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................6-2 4th 17th retirement, Richard “Moose” 1984-85 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................7-3 4th 13th Wammock coached the 1967 1985-86 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................9-0 2nd 9th team, finishing second in the 1986-87 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................8-1 2nd 6th SEC and 31st in the NCAA. 1987-88 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................9-1 3rd 14th Alan Gentry, a Bulldog letter1988-89 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................9-1 3rd 10th winner in 1955, led the Bulldogs 1989-90 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................7-2 4th 13th for a three-year stint (1968-70), 1990-91 ........Jack Bauerle ............................. 10-2 2nd 8th producing one SEC champion and set1991-92 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................8-1 3rd 9th ting 15 school records in one season. 1992-93 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................7-1 3rd 12th The women’s swimming pro1993-94 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................9-1 4th 15th gram was established in 1974, when, 1994-95 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................8-1 5th 6th under similar circumstances to the 1995-96 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................9-1 2nd 5th men’s beginnings, a group of women 1996-97 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................8-0 1st 5th approached Martha Washington and 1997-98 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................9-0 1st 3rd then-Associate Athletic Director Liz 1998-99 ........Jack Bauerle ...............................8-1 1st 1st Murphey. The women’s team met with 1999-00 .......Jack Bauerle ............................6-0 1st 1st almost immediate success, qualifying 2000-01 .......Jack Bauerle ...........................10-0 1st 1st one relay team and one individual 2001-02 .......Jack Bauerle ............................4-3 2nd 2nd (Veronica Stroup) for the AIAW Na2002-03 .......Jack Bauerle ...........................11-1 3rd 2nd tional Championships during its first 2003-04 .......Jack Bauerle ...........................11-0 2nd 2nd year. Stroup went on to win the Lady 2004-05 .......Jack Bauerle ............................9-0 2nd 1st Bulldogs’ first All-America honors, led 2005-06........Jack Bauerle............................11-0 1st 2nd by the coaching expertise of Wash2006-07 .......Jack Bauerle ...........................10-1 2nd 5th ington. Washington stepped down as Kristy Kowal (top) and Lisa Coole 2007-08 .......Jack Bauerle ...........................12-0 3rd 7th were two of Georgia’s all-time greats women’s head coach in 1977 and was 2008-09 .......Jack Bauerle ............................9-0 3rd 2nd replaced by Joe McEvoy who held the – both in and out of the pool. position for two seasons. Pete Scholle led the men’s team from 1971-1982. His teams compiled a dual meet MEN’S SEC FINISHES record of 97-53. Place Times Years Jack Bauerle, a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs took over coaching duties 1st 3 1951-52-55 for the women in 1979 and for the men in 1983. During the 1980s, Bauerle returned 2nd 16 1938-39-49-50-53-54-56-57-5859-60-61-62-67-92-98 Georgia swimming into the national spotlight it had enjoyed in the 1950s. Four women 1940-42-48-63-65-66-97-99-023rd 14 claimed individual SEC Championship titles during the 1980s, and one woman, Erika 03-04-05-06-07 4th 9 1937-41-64-68-76-96-00-01-08-09 Hansen, captured Georgia’s first women’s NCAA individual title in the 1,650 free at the 5th 11 1969-73-74-77-80-81-82-84-85-91-94 1989 NCAA Championship. 6th 9 1975-78-79-86-87-88-89-90-95 With such firm foundations, Georgia entered the 1990s, and both men’s and 7th 4 1970-71-72-83 (First Meet—1937; no meet held 1943-47) women’s teams greeted success in stride. The men’s team peaked in 1997 with a third-place finish at the NCAAs, while the WOMEN’S SEC FINISHES women’s program claimed three consecutive national championships in 1999, 2000 and Place Times Years 2001, including 13 individual titles in the first two years alone. The women won five 1st 6 1997-98-99-00-01-06 2nd 7 1986-87-91-96-02-04-05 SEC titles from 1997-2001 and added another conference crown in 2006. The Lady 3rd 7 1988-89-92-93-03-08-09 Bulldogs became the first Georgia program in history to win three straight national 4th 4 1984-85-90-94 crowns and the first women’s team to capture five straight league titles. Last season, 5th 5 1981-82-83-95-07 (First Meet—1981) the Lady Bulldogs came in second at the NCAAs, and the Bulldogs finished 10th
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