Swimming and diving host UNLV and Washington State in home opener

November 04, 2009

The Arizona State University swimming and diving teams will host UNLV and Washington State in their home opener this Saturday, November 7 at 1 pm. The ASU women's team went 1-1 in their season-opening weekend in Utah while the men fell to 0-2.<separator></separator>Scouting the Competition Washington State kicked off their season with a first place finish at the Debbie Pipher Memorial Invitational. The UNLV men's team went 2-0 in their first weekend in action while the women finished 0-2, dropping matches to both Utah and BYU. <separator></separator>New Staff There are a few new faces at the helm of the swimming program. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/tierneywalker_dorsey00.h… Tierney-Walker</a> was named the Sun Devils head coach of both the men and women's swimming programs. Hailing from most-recently Auburn, Tierney-Walker has been a winner in every team she has been a part of and looks to return the Sun Devils to national prominence. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/percy_simon00.html">Simon Percy</a> remained on the Sun Devils staff and has been promoted to associate head coach. Tierney-Walker brought in two new coaches to Tempe. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/christianson_demerae00.h… Christianson</a>, a fine collegiate athlete who accumulated 15 All-American accolades while competing at Auburn, joins the staff after having served assistant coaching positions at Maryland and Louisville. The final member of the new coaching staff has some familiarity with ASU as he was a graduate assistant for the Sun Devils for two years before a three-year stint at Auburn. <separator></separator>Record-Breakers <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/aubry_ashton00.html">Ash… Aubry</a> and <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/martinez_jamie00.html">J… Martinez</a> can look up at the record board this season and see their names on the list. Both seniors broke records at last year's Pac-10 Championships. Aubry passed <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/baham_sarah00.html">Sarah Baham's</a> seven-year standing standard in the 200 fly with a time of 1:56.14. Martinez crushed former ASU standout <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/andrew_caitlin00.html">C… Andrew's</a> 200 back record by almost a second and set the new record at 1:55.78. Both Martinez and Aubry are also members of the ASU record-holding 400 medley relay, along with recent alum <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/beckberger_jen00.html">J… Beckberger</a> and sophomore <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/green_jordyn00.html">Jor… Green</a>.<separator></separator>Diving Olympians The Sun Devil diving team looks to be one of the nation's best this season. With three 2008 Olympians on the squad, the team is what head coach <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/bradshaw_mark00.html">Ma… Bradshaw</a> has said is the best he's had in his 13 years at ASU. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/mccormick_riley00.html">… McCormick</a>, a native of Vancouver, finished 15th at the Beijing Olympics on the tower. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/eggers_elina00.html">Eli… Eggers</a> represented her native Sweden in Beijing and made it to the final of the 10m platform. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/blaha_constantin00.html"… Blaha</a>, a springboard specialist from Austria, placed 23rd on the 3-meter springboard. <separator></separator>What a Debut! Numerous Sun Devils came a way with wins in their first meet competing for ASU. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/daly_ashley00.html">Ashl… Daly</a>, who transferred from Washington, swam away with a win in the 1000 free. <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/schultz_paige00.html">Pa… Schultz</a>, one of the Sun Devils top newcomers, took first in the 200 free while her fellow Canadian <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/morrice_cassie00.html">C… Morrice</a> was the first person to touch the wall in the 500 free. After sitting out for a season due to NCAA regulations, Rebecca Edjervik made her first race as a Sun Devil a sweet one as she out-swam everyone in the 100 breast. Despite being known as a platform specialist, <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/mccormick_riley00.html">… McCormick</a><a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/mohammed_xavier00.html">… Mohammed</a> was a success his first time in an ASU dual meet as he won five events over the weekend. took first in both the 3-meter and 1 meter. Although not his first time competing as a Sun Devil, sophomore<separator></separator>Next Up The Sun Devils will host UCLA and USC in two Pac-10 matchups next weekend. The ASU women's team will take on UCLA on Friday at 1 pm with the men and women both competing on Saturday at noon.