Congratulations Ed and Danie

This past weekend Dave, his wife Amy, my wife Christina and I were fortunate enough to travel to Lexington, KY to witness the marriage of Ed Wicker (07') and Danie Newcomb (08'). The wedding was held in downtown Lexington and the reception was held at Fasig-Tipton(http://www.fasigtipton.com/), a horse sales company. The Honeymoon will be spent in Vegas. We were also joined by former Duquesne Swimmers, Scot Darwin (07'), Katie McHugh (08'), Sarah Schnieber (09'), Dulcie Swope (09'), Megan Stritch (09'), Jason Cassidy (09') and Kyla Favret (10'). It was great catching up with all of them to find out what they are doing "post-Duquesne Swimming".

Scott has just been hired as a middle school teacher and high school swimming coach in Virginia and will probably be the next one to tie the knot. Katie McHugh will be starting her new job tomorrow as an elementary school teacher at a year round school in Columbus, OH. Sarah Schnieber is working as a Speech Pathologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, OH, Dulcie Swope and Megan Stritch just finished with their Physicians Assistant Degrees and are presently searching for employment. Jason Cassidy has packed his bags, left Duquesne and is headed West to San Diego and plans on living with Mike Semanchik (07') and will begin working on his Masters Degree. Kyla will begin the final year of her Doctoral Program in Physical Therapy here at Duquesne.

The reception was a blast! It was enjoyable to see everyone cut loose on the dance floor and it reaffirmed to me why they were all such great swimmers. No one could keep up with Coach Bocci......he showed us why he will be auditioning next season for "So, You Think You Can Dance." Best wishes to Ed and Danie on a long life together!

See you around the pool,
Dave

Men and Women named to CSCAA All-American Teams

Awesome job to both the men's and women's program for being named to the CSCAA Scholar All-American Teams! The men were ranked an impressive 13th in Division I with a 3.25 GPA and the women were a respectable 69th with a 3.23 GPA. Congratulations to all of the swimmers and academic support staff!!

Dave

Congratulations Matt!!

Congratulations to our former assistant coach, Matt Puthoff. He and his wife Kathy welcomed a new baby girl into the world this morning. Madison Ann weighed in at a whopping 8 lbs, 14 oz and was 22 inches long. Mother and Baby are doing well.....Matt still can't believe he could have created something so beautiful! Welcome to parenthood Matt and Kathy.....a swimming scholarship awaits!!

Dave and Dave

July 1 is here!

For many of you July 1 may be the start of a long holiday weekend or a chance to go on vacation. For us here at Duquesne and all of the other Division I swimming schools around the country it is the first day we can officially make contact via phone with recruits.

For me it is an exciting day! I will have an opportunity to speak with some great young ladies and gentlemen that will become a part of our program in the future. Not only will we begin a speaking dialogue but hopefully a great relationship that will carry on for four years of college swimming and beyond. Yes, we are looking for the next conference champion and/or NCAA qualifier but we are also looking for those kids that feel Duquesne will be the best place, the best "fit", for them. Here's to the next 364 days of recruiting!!

See you around the pool,
Dave