Barbiere Named to 2013 World University Games Team
Indiana University senior Jim Barbiere was selected to compete as part of a group of 39 swimmers on Team USA at the 2013 World University Games, USA Swimming announced today.
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Indiana University senior Jim Barbiere was selected to compete as part of a group of 39 swimmers on Team USA at the 2013 World University Games, USA Swimming announced today.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Former IU swimmer and French Olympian Margaux Farrell was declared one of the 30 finalists for the NCAA Woman of the Year award Monday. She was chosen from a group of 430 nominees.“I am surprised and honored that I am a finalist because there are so many qualified women that are phenomenal student athletes, so just to be considered for this award means so much to me,” Farrell said. The NCAA chose 10 honorees from each division representing various NCAA sports. The field will be cut further in September, when three finalists from each division will be chosen to comprise a total of nine finalists. During a ceremony Oct. 14 in Indianapolis, the 2012 Woman of the Year will be named and the top 30 women honored.“Margaux’s nomination for NCAA Woman of the Year culminates a fantastic four years at Indiana University for her,” IU Coach Ray Looze said in a press release. “In this day and age, it is very uncommon for a nonprofessional swimmer to win an Olympic medal.” An 11-time All-American, two-year captain of the IU women’s swimming team and 2012 Olympics bronze medalist in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay for France, Farrell has left a legacy with the IU swimming program.“Obviously, there are things I wish I could have done better or races and grades I wish would have been faster or higher,” Farrell said. “However, all in all, everything happens for a reason, and so I can’t look back and regret what did or didn’t happen. I’m proud of what I’ve achieved, and I hope I can continue to set high goals in the future.”During her tenure at IU, Farrell excelled in academics, including being named a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree, a 2011 CoSIDA Academic All-District selection, a 2012 winner of the Wayne Duke Postgraduate Scholarship and a recipient of an NCAA postgraduate scholarship.In May, while securing a spot on the 2012 French Olympic team, she received a degree in journalism with a psychology minor.Despite an acceptance to USC to complete a master’s in broadcast journalism, Farrell is deferring for one year to work swim clinics and complete an internship. She wants to gain experience before she begins school to hopefully work in entertainment or sports television. “Ideally, I would like to work in television or television advertising, but my main goal is to be on camera someday,” Farrell said.Farrell started her swimming career as a freshman in spring 2009 with a bang by finishing fourth in the 100-meter freestyle and 200-meter freestyle and winning a Big Ten title as a member of the 400-meter medley relay, leading the Hoosiers to a Big Ten team title. She completed her sophomore year with another Big Ten title in the 400-meter freestyle relay along with a victory in the 200-meter freestyle and second-place finish in the 100-meter freestyle.During her junior year, Farrell led Indiana once again, winning a conference title in the 800-meter freestyle relay and placing third in the 200-meter freestyle, 100-meter freestyle and 400-meter freestyle relay. She helped IU win its third straight Big Ten Championship.“Whether it be the last 12 months or the past four years, she has appreciated the time Indiana has put into her, and she has deflected a lot of the praise onto all the people who supported her, especially her mother,” Looze said. Farrell ended her IU career with four Big Ten titles in the 800-meter freestyle relay. She owns the school record for six different events.“Margaux has a lot to give, and I think the more she puts into people, the more she will get out of life,” Looze said.
Indiana University swimmer and French Olympian Margaux Farrell was declared by the NCAA today as one of the 30 finalists from a group of 430 nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.
Indiana University sophomore Cynthia Pammett competed at the Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Honolulu, Hawaii.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The only part of the race she remembers is walking out with her teammates, purposely averting her gaze from the stands so she would not see the crowd of spectators about to watch her swim. Margaux Farrell, a 2012 IU graduate, was about to live her lifelong dream of swimming in the Olympics, participating in the 4X200-meter freestyle relay for France.“I had so much adrenaline,” Farrell said. “The race was a blur, and there were too many emotions to digest.”Many children dream of becoming Olympians, but not all are willingto endure hours of training and sacrifice extracurricular activities to reach that goal. When Farrell came to IU from Woodbridge, Conn., in 2008, the Olympics had been a dream of hers, she said, but they were not an initial goal.Her freshman year of college, Farrell failed to place in the top 40 at the NCAA Championships in both the 100- and 200-meter freestyle events.“Freshman year was tough,” Farrell said. “It was hard adjusting to collegiate training and also making the transition from high school to college.”Earning her first individual Big Ten title in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:45.32 as a sophomore, the Connecticut native began to make a name for herself within the IU swimming program. She went on to set the school record in the same event only four weeks later at the NCAA Championships.Farrell was then presented an opportunity to swim at the 2010 LEN European Championships in the 4X200 freestyle relay. She and her relay team finished in second place.“After I made the European Championship team in 2010, I realized for the first time that I had a chance (at making the Olympics),” Farrell said.For Farrell, making the Olympic team for France was the ultimate goal during her senior season.While the other swimmers began tapering for the Big Ten Conference Championships, Farrell and IU Coach Ray Looze decided to keep the intensity of her workouts high. Three weeks after the Big Ten Championships, Farrell competed in 10 races in three days.She swam at the NCAA Championships in Auburn, Ala., where she said she was upset by her less-than-desirable times. Farrell then flew to New York and then to Belgium, where she drove two hours to Dunkirk, France. “I went into the French Olympic Trials with a lower morale,” Farrell said. “Actually at the meet, I didn’t think I would make it.”Farrell swam in multiple events in the trials, and she made the finals of the 200 freestyle, the qualifying event for the 4X200 freestyle relay.In the finals, she finished in fifth place. Though she did not automatically qualify for the team, she was near certain she would make the team as an alternate.“The wait was pretty nerve-racking, even though I was pretty sure I’d be selected,” Farrell said. “I didn’t want to count my eggs before they hatched.”She eventually found out at a Chicago airport with IU teammates junior Eric Ress and sophomore Justine Ress she had officially made the team. After the French Olympic Trials in March, Farrell began having back issues. She had cortisone-type medicines injected to get her through the random flare-ups, all the while preparing for her Olympic opportunity.When she arrived in London, a doctor concluded that the issues with Farrell’s vertebrae were caused by tendonitis running down her leg.Despite her volatile medical state, Farrell decided she would swim no matter what.“There were days I couldn’t walk and had to be on bed rest,” Farrell said. “It was just a two-minute race. For those two minutes, I just had to go as hard as I could.”Farrell swam second that day in her team’s rotation and had a split of 2:00.06 in the preliminary round. France finished third in the heat and fifth overall, as Farrell helped her team qualify for the night’s finals. Though she did not swim in the finals, she still was awarded an Olympic medal as France won bronze in the night’s race.Overcoming her hardships, through travel and health issues alike, Farrell was finally an Olympic medalist. “This whole experience has been pretty surreal,” Farrell said. “I haven’t fully grasped the fact that I am now an Olympic medalist.”
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>IU Diving Coach Jeff Huber announced Tuesday morning former USA Diving Head Coach John Wingfield is the new IU assistant diving coach.Wingfield has worked with USA Diving for 15 years and was the director of the National Training Center and head coach of USA Diving since 2009. He was also Team USA’s head diving coach in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.“I think it’s lights out,” IU swimming and diving Coach Ray Looze said. “I think it’s just an outstanding hire. He is a phenomenal coach that could really be a head coach for any program in the United States.”As director of the National Training Center, Wingfield trained talents such as Thomas Finchum, Mary Beth Dunnichay and 2012 Olympic gold medalist David Boudia.He is the head coach of 2012 national champion of the women’s platform and synchronized platform, high school senior Jessica Parratto.“John is recognized in the diving community as one of the best diving coaches not only in the United States but in the world,” Huber said in a press release. “He has developed from the ground up countless elite level divers.”Huber said Wingfield is expected to make the IU diving program stronger.“(Wingfield’s hiriwwwng) is a program changer for sure,” Looze said. “We’re only going to get better because of it.”As he moves from the national stage to IU, Wingfield said he looks forward to the new challenge he faces at IU.“I am very excited to join the Indiana University family and to be an integral part of IU swimming and diving, a program imbued with 53 years of tradition and success at the Big Ten, NCAA and international levels,” Wingfield said in the press release. “My goal is to help institute a program that responsibly upholds such tradition and participates in the growth and development of great student athletes.”
Dr. Jeff Huber, Indiana University head diving coach, announced today former USA diving head coach John Wingfield as the new IU assistant diving coach.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>From IDS ReportsThe IU diving team competed in the AT&T USA Diving National Championships last week in Greensboro, N.C.Senior Amy Cozad had first place in the women’s platform competition heading into the final round with a score of 338.40 points. Cozad ended the final round as runner-up, tallying 348.15.Junior Kate Hillman tallied 251.95 points and finished 20th in the women’s platform competition.Junior Darian Schmidt posted a score of 368.15, placing fifth in the 1-meter springboard competition. After sitting in sixth after the semifinal round of the 3-meter springboard, Schmidt placed 10th with 422.60 points.Junior Conor Murphy barely made it to the finals of the men’s platform competition, taking the eighth and final spot into the finals, where he finished fourth with a score of 369.95.Former Hoosier Gabby Agostino finished 11th in the 3-meter springboard with 254.10.Agostino and senior Logan Kline placed second in the synchronized springboard event with a score of 291.30.The Hoosiers begin the 2012-13 season Oct. 19 with a meet in Lexington, Ky. against Kentucky and Tennessee.— gabreed@indiana.edu
The Indiana University diving team competed in the AT&T USA Diving National Championships this past week at Greensboro, N.C.