Miami Honors Swimming and Diving Squads

April 23, 1999

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men?s and women?s swimmingand diving team held it?s annual awards banquet Thursday to honor its 1998-99team. Head Swimming Coach James Sweeney and 1999 NCAA Diving Coach of theYear Randy Ableman announced the following award recipients:

Award RecipientMost Improved Male Swimmers John Stevens (Portland, ME)Dan Asencio (Newark, NJ)

Most Improved Female Swimmer Emily Brelsford (Camp Hill, PA)

IBIS Award Christy Cech (Pietemaritzburg, South Africa) Rhiannon Leier (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) Frank Lichtenberger (Cincinnati, OH) Tom Caplis (Burr Ridge, IL) Janel Benda (Dyer, IN)

Most Valuable Female Swimmer Julie Kemp (Potomac, MD)

Most Valuable Male Swimmer Scott Gentles (Atlanta, GA)

Most Valuable Female Diver Jenny Keim (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

Most Valuable Male Diver Rio Ramirez (Miami, FL)

Captains for the 1999 team Julie Kemp, Amy Lindblom (Milford,CT), Tom Caplis and Ali Alasfour (Al-Safat, Kuwait)