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3rd in STATE 2008
2008 BIG 8 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

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The SRJC Men's Swim and Dive Team goes into the 2008 season with their largest team in school history. The team will be led by returning All American's William LaBarge, Jesse Ozanian, and Zach Thomas. The Cubs have a very competitive frosh class of swimmers and divers as well. SRJC took ninth at the 2007 Community College State Championships, after completing four of the most successful seasons in Bear Cub swimming history. In the past three years the Bear Cub men have broken 11 school records. The Santa Rosa Junior College Swim and Dive Team has been in existence for 30 years including numerous state champions and team titles. We compete in the California Community Colleges League. We belong to the Big Eight Conference, arguabley one of the strongest conferences in the state, giving us a great slate of dual meets, rivalries, and a very fast Conference Championship Meet. We have a strong men's program that consistently attracts swimmers and divers at the national level as well as athletes willing to improve to that level. During our recent seasons we have placed in the top three in our conference and the top five at state, including many All American athletes. Our team consistently breaks records and continues to compete at a top level against other teams in the state. Coach McCormick recruits athletes who not only demonstrate a high level of teamwork, focus, and discipline in the pool and in the classroom, but who also like to have fun with their team and enjoy competition.

 


Head Coach Jill McCormick

Head Coach
Jill McCormick
jmccormick@santarosa.edu
(707) 527-4369

EDUCATION
  • M.A. in Athletes and Academic Achievement, University of California, Berkeley, 2001
  • CA Teaching Credential, University of California, Davis, 1994
  • B.A. in English, University of California, Davis, 1993
  • A.A. in General Studies, Santa Rosa Junior College, 1991
COACHING
  • 2008 Big 8 Conference Champions
  • 2008 California Community College W Coach of the Year
  • 2007 California Community College W Coach of the Year
  • 2005 California Community College W Coach of the Year
  • 2004 California Community College W Coach of the Year
  • Santa Rosa Junior College Swim & Dive Team and Women's Water Polo, Head Coach - Since 2000
  • Piner High School Swim & Dive Team, Head Coach - 6 years
  • UC Davis Women's Swim Team, Sprint Coach - 1 year
  • Santa Rosa Neptunes, Senior Age Group Coach - 5 years
  • North Bay Water Polo, Coach - Since 2003
  • Redwood Empire Water Polo, Coach - 2 years

In her recent career here, McCormick has produced over 25 conference and state champions, over 60 All Americans, and over 30 All-Academic student athletes. McCormick swam locally in Santa Rosa for the Santa Rosa Neptunes, Montgomery High School, and for Santa Rosa Junior College where she was a two-time All-American in the backstroke and relay events. She continued her collegiate swimming at UC Davis and still swims today for Santa Rosa Masters. In 2007 she competed in the FINA Masters Nationals and placed 4th in all three of the backstroke events and ranked in the top eight in several other sprint events.



Assistant Swim Coach
James Graham

Graham enters his fourth season as an Assistant Swim Coach for the Bear Cubs. He has been a high school swimming coach for both Maria Carrillo (5 years) and Redlands East Valley (2 years); as well as a club coach for the Santa Rosa Neptunes (2 years). Graham has also coached water polo for ten years, including four years as the Head Coach for the SRJC men's team and two years as Assistant Coach for the SRJC women's team.



Assistant Swim Coach
Tyler Denize

Denize enters his first season as an Assistant Swim Coach for the Bear Cubs. He has also been the head club coach for Woodlands Swim Team in Walnut Creek for three years, and has coached high school swimming for three years. He has been the assistant coach for the SRJC men’s water polo team for the past two years. Denize was an All American community college swimmer and water polo player for Diablo Valley.

Diving Coach Tim Nobriga

Diving Coach
Tim Nobriga
Nobriga has coached the SRJC divers for over 30 years. He also coaches diving for our local high schools and teaches water polo and swimming classes for SRJC. Nobriga was a diver himself for Chico State University.