Leigh Ann Fetter | Swimming | 1987-1991 During her time at Texas, she became the first woman to swim the 50 freestyle under 22 seconds on her way to her fourth of seven NCAA individual titles. Her time of 21.92 seconds was a Texas record for over 25 years. She was undefeated in her 50…
1993-2006- COACH JILL STERKEL 1992-1993 Coach Jill Sterkel – 3rd at the NCAA meet Jill was an Olympian and assistant coach under Richard Quick and Mark Schubert. Jill says, “Last year was tough because of the Olympic Trials and then coming back two weeks later..” However, Jill did not plead poverty in 1993. This was…
BEFORE TITLE IX, WOMEN SPORTS AND THE AIAW AND NCAA WOMEN’S SPORTS AT TEXAS WERE BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION AT THE INTER-MURAL AND INTRA-MURAL LEVEL. I HOPE WITH TIME THIS SITE CAN ADD SOME HISTORICAL INSIGHT AND TELL THE FULL AND COMPELLING STORY OF THE LONGHORN Swimming TRADITION. 1938 1938 1939 1939 Winnaiinl Griffin swimming…
Longhorn Women Swimming Olympians 1984 women’s swimming Olympians bottom row Kim Rhondenbaug, Sarah Guido- middle row- Tiffany Cohen, Carol Kimpel- top row- Angela Eriksson, Betsy Mitchell, and Tori Trees. Leigh Ann Fetter – Witt 1988 women swimming Olympians Susan Johnson, Annabelle Crippe, Andrea Hayes, Leigh Ann Fetter A record-breaking swimmer at the University of Texas,…
Coach Mark Schubert- 1989-1992 This team returns two NCAA individual champions, 14 All-Americans, and four SWC champions. He was named the 1975, 1976, 1981 and 1990 NCAA coach of the year . Schubert made his mark at the Mission Viejo Nadadores Swim team in California. From 1972 through 1985 his team set all kinds of…
Prior to Coach Patterson, in 1971, Coach Marilyn Ramenofsky coached the women’s swim team to the state title beating favored Texas Tech. Marilyn comments for TLSN, “Hello I just saw the photo described above and was so delighted. That was the team that took the State Title away from TT, much to all of our…
TLSN is a Longhorn sports historical website, not a current event site, yet an article that former Chairman of the Board of Regents UT system Gene Powell forwarded me is an exception to this rule. Sports Illustrated captures a story about NIL Collegiate sports that captures the past, present, and future in an article titled:…
Reflection Point Women’s swimming Jane Dillard – Queen of Texas Swimming Jane Dillard Jane Dillard Tex congratulates Jane Dillard for her accomplishments. Tex Robertson appreciated great swimmers, no matter what gender. Tex Robertson was a success in life because he challenged established rules. In 1938 Jane Dillard was one of those individuals that Tex chose…
WETS (Working Exes For Texas Swimming) WETS was organized in 1968 when a group of former Longhorn swimmers, divers and coaches, headed by Tex Robertson, met to promote University of Texas aquatic excellence. The initial goals of WETS are to: Honor the past accomplishments of UT swimmers and divers; Promote the present and future success…