This Is Bridgewater College

College Information Location .......... ...................................... Bridgewater, Va. Founded ..................................................................... 1880 Enrollment ................................................................. 1,689 Nickname ................................................................Eagles Colors ........................................ Crimson and Vegas Gold Gymnasium ..................................... Nininger Hall (1,100) Athletic Affiliation .............................. NCAA Division Ill Conference ................................... Old Dominion Athletic President ............................................George E. Cornelius Director of Athletics ..................................... Curt Kendall

Swimming Coaching Staff Head Coach ...................................................... Fran Smith Swimming Office Phone ........................... (540-438-8059 Coach Smith’s Email ..................fsmith@bridgewater.edu Assistant Coach ..........................................Morgan Cordle

Sports Information Sports Information Director .............................. Steve Cox SID Phone ................................................ (540) 828-5360 SID Fax .................................................... (540) 828-5611 BC Hotline ................................................ (540) 828-5469 SID Email ......................................scox@bridgewater.edu SID Mailing Address ............................................Box 107 ...........................................................Bridgewater College .......................................................... 402 E. College Street .......................................................Bridgewater, VA 22812 Web Site ..............................www.bridgewatereagles.com Swimming Contact...........................................Tim Leister Email .......................................... tleister@bridgewater.edu Phone......................................................... (540) 828-5615 Conference Information Commissioner ........................................... Brad Bankston Office Phone ............................................. (540) 389-7373 Conference SID .............................................J.J. Nekoloff SID Office Phone ..................................... (540) 387-9073 Mailing Address .......................................... PO Box 2604 ............................................................... Forest, VA 24551 Physical Address .....................................16001 Forest Rd. ................................................................................ Suite B ............................................................... Forest, VA 24551 Conference Fax ........................................ (540) 389-6196 Web Site ......................................... www.odaconline.com

Table of Contents

Credits: The 2010 Bridgewater Eagles Swimming Media Guide is a publication of the Sports Information Office. It was written, edited and designed by Tim Leister with assistance from Steve Cox. Special thanks to Fran Smith and the entire swimming staff and team. Photos by Tommy Thompson. Front cover designed by Tim Leister, Assistant Sports Informa-tion Director.

Front Cover ..................................................... 1

This is Bridgewater College ........................... 2

Table of Contents ............................................ 3

Credits .............................................................. 3

Coaching Staff ..............................................4-5

Fran Smith ....................................................... 5

Morgan Cordle ................................................ 5

Team Picture/Roster....................................... 6

2010-11 Team Picture Roster ........................ 7

The Swimmers ............................................8-19

Laura Aldstadt ................................................ 9

Lauren Clymore ............................................ 10

Simone Conyers ............................................ 11

Maggy Sullivan ............................................ 12

Danielle Dillon .............................................. 13

Patricia Haden .............................................. 14

Liz Waller ....................................................... 15

Jeni Zeiler ...................................................... 16

Abbott, Allen, Caron .................................... 17

Crowther, Jones, Lockner ............................ 18

Lutz, Moss, Stipe ........................................... 19

The College .............................................. 20-22

Athletic Training ........................................... 21

Strength & Conditioning ............................. 22

The ODAC ..................................................... 23

Shenandoah Valley ................................. 24-25

Bridgewater Athletics ............................. 26-27

Bridgewater College .............................. 28-29

Back Cover .................................................... 30

Oct 23, 2010 vs. ODAC Relays @ 12:00 PM

Oct 29, 2010 at Emory & Henry * 6:00 PM

Nov 6, 2010 Greensboro 1:00 PM

Nov 19, 2010 vs. RMC Invitational 5:00 PM

Nov 20, 2010 vs. RMC Invitational 9:00 AM

Dec 5, 2010 Guilford * 1:30 PM

Jan 7, 2011 at Hollins * 7:00 PM

Jan 15, 2011 College of Notre Dame 2:00 PM

Jan 15, 2011 Emory & Henry * 2:00 PM

Jan 22, 2011 at Millersville 1:00 PM

Jan 28, 2011 at Sweet Briar * 7:00 PM

2010-11 Schedule

CoachingStaff

Fran Smith has been at the helm of the program since its inception in

2007.

Fran Smith, Head CoachFran Smith came to

Bridgewater College as the swimming program’s first head coach and is beginning her fourth year at the helm of the program.

Smith has been involved with the area swim scene for the past 15 years. She has coached the summer swim league team since 1993 with great success. In the past 10 years, her team has won the league championship meet five times.

She became the first head coach of the Turner Ashby High School swim team in 2004. At Turner Ashby, she has had at least five swimmers qualify for the state championship meet in each of the past three years. In 2006, she coached the men’s 50-yard freestyle state champion.

Since 1975, Smith has taught Physical Education and Health in the Rockingham County School System. She has taught at Montevideo Middle School since 1992 and during her career has also coached girls’ basketball and boys’ and girls’ track and field.

Smith graduated from Turner Ashby High School in 1971 and then attended James Madison University where she graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical and Health Education K-12.

Morgan Cordle, Assistant CoachMorgan Cordle begins her second season as Bridgewater's assistant swim coach.

Cordle primarily coaches the distance swimmers.Cordle was instrumental in helping establish a varsity women's swim team at BC.

In the fall of 2007 she was a member of the first varsity swim team in the history of Bridgewater College. She swam for two years and was captain for those two years also.

Cordle graduated from James-town High School and was a member of the swim team which won the Virginia State Swimming Championship in 2005. She also swam with Williamsburg Aquatics

and Fort Eustis Aquatic Club.A 2009 graduate of Bridgewater College, Cordle graduated

with a degree in International Studies with a minor in Social Work.

2010-11 Bridgewater College Swimming RosterName Event Cl. Ht. Hometown/High SchoolJessica Abbott Fly/IM Fr. 5-4 Nathalie, Va./Chatham Hall Laura Aldstadt Breaststroke Sr. 5-3 Winchester, Va./James Wood Jennifer Allen Free/Back/Breast Fr. 6-2 Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley Michelle Caron Mid Distance Fr. 5-6 Palmyra, Va./Fluvanna County Lauren Clymore Back/Free Jr. 5-8 Staunton, Va./Riverheads Simone Conyers Free Jr. 5-6 Richmond, Va./J.R. Tucker Carrie Crowther Free/Back/Fly Fr. 5-10 Burgess, Va./Northumberland Danielle Dillon Free So. 5-8 Roanoke, Va./Hidden Valley Patricia Haden Free So. 5-2 Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby Colleen Jones Fr. 5-8 Poquoson, Va./Poquoson Allysha Lockner Free Fr. 5-3 New Oxford, Pa./Nex Oxford Jennifer Lutz Free Fr. 5-7 Fairfax, Va./WT Woodson Miranda Moss Fr. 5-6 Richmond, Va./Clover Hill Tara Stipe Free/Back Fr. 5-3 Gordonsville, Va./Homeschooled Maggy Sullivan Free/Back Jr. 5-2 Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam Liz Waller Free/Back So. 5-5 Richmond, Va./Salem Academy Jeni Zeiler Breast/IM So. 5-3 Lutherville, Md./Baltimore Lutheran

Head Coach: Fran SmithAssistant Coach: Morgan Cordle

Name Event Cl. Ht. Hometown/High SchoolJessica Abbott Fly/IM Fr. 5-4 Nathalie, Va./Chatham Hall Laura Aldstadt Breaststroke Sr. 5-3 Winchester, Va./James Wood Jennifer Allen Free/Back/Breast Fr. 6-2 Germantown, Md./Seneca Valley Michelle Caron Mid Distance Fr. 5-6 Palmyra, Va./Fluvanna County Lauren Clymore Back/Free Jr. 5-8 Staunton, Va./Riverheads Simone Conyers Free Jr. 5-6 Richmond, Va./J.R. Tucker Carrie Crowther Free/Back/Fly Fr. 5-10 Burgess, Va./Northumberland Danielle Dillon Free So. 5-8 Roanoke, Va./Hidden Valley Patricia Haden Free So. 5-2 Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby Colleen Jones Fr. 5-8 Poquoson, Va./Poquoson Allysha Lockner Free Fr. 5-3 New Oxford, Pa./Nex Oxford Jennifer Lutz Free Fr. 5-7 Fairfax, Va./WT Woodson Miranda Moss Fr. 5-6 Richmond, Va./Clover Hill Tara Stipe Free/Back Fr. 5-3 Gordonsville, Va./Homeschooled Maggy Sullivan Free/Back Jr. 5-2 Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam Liz Waller Free/Back So. 5-5 Richmond, Va./Salem Academy Jeni Zeiler Breast/IM So. 5-3 Lutherville, Md./Baltimore Lutheran

Jessica Abbott Fly/IMFr., 5-4

Nathalie, Va.

Laura AldstadtBreaststroke

Sr., 5-3Winchester, Va.

Jennifer AllenFree/Back/Breast

Fr., 6-2Germantown, Md.

Michelle CaronMid Distance

Fr., 5-6Palmyra, Va.

Lauren ClymoreBack/Free

Jr., 5-8Staunton, Va.

Simone ConyersFree

Jr., 5-6Richmond, Va.

Miranda Moss Fr.5-6

Richmond, Va.

Tara Stipe Free/Back

Fr., 5-3Gordonsville, Va.

Maggy Sullivan Free/Back

Jr., 5-2Virginia Beach, Va.

Liz Waller Free/Back

So., 5-5Richmond, Va.

Jeni Zeiler Breast/IM

So., 5-3Lutherville, Md.

Carrie CrowtherFree/Back/Fly

Fr., 5-10Burgess, Va.

Danielle Dillon Free

So., 5-8Roanoke, Va.

Patricia HadenFree

So., 5-2Harrisonburg, Va.

Colleen JonesFr.

5-8 Poquoson, Va.

Allysha LocknerFree

Fr., 5-3 New Oxford, Pa.

Jennifer LutzFree

Fr., 5-7Fairfax, Va.

2010-11 Bridgewater Eagles Team Photo Roster

The Swimmers

Bridgewater’s young program is in just it’s fourth year of

existence

Senior, 5-3 BreaststrokeEllicott City, Md./Centennial

Laura Aldstadt

2009-10: Swam on the 100 meter breaststroke team that set the school record in the event...Swam the lead leg on the record-setting 150 meter butterfly relay squad.

2008-09: Swam the third leg on the record-setting 200 meter short course medley relay. Prep: James Wood's Swimmer of the Year in 2006...Reached the state championships during the 2006 season...Coached by Mark Pennypacker

Personal: Daughter of Tom and Andrea Aldstadt...Has one sibling, Danny...Majoring in Psychology with a minor in Spanish.

Laura’s Personal Best’s

150 Yard Butterfly Relay - 1:40.01150 Yard Breaststroke Relay - 1:49.92200 Yard Medley Relay - 2:12.78200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1:58.193x100 Yard IM Relay - 4:09.07400 Yard Medley Relay - 4:28.53400 Yard Freestyle Relay - 4:32.93500 Yard Freestyle Relay - 6:43.17200 SC Meter Medley Relay - 2:27.30400 SC Meter Freestyle Relay - 5:10.20100 SC Meter Breaststroke - 1:32.33800 SC Meter Freestyle - 11:17.9050 Yard Freestyle - 32.061000 Yard Freestyle - 13:07.53200 Yard Breaststroke - 3:01.57500 Yard Freestyle - 6:06.14100 Yard Breaststroke - 1:19.16100 Yard Freestyle - 1:12.901650 Yard Freestyle - 21:37.44

Junior, 5-8 Back/Free Staunton, Va./Riverheads

Lauren Clymore

Lauren’s Personal Best’s

2009: Showed tremendous improvement from her freshman season...Set new personal bests in nearly every event...Aided the team in setting four new relay records. 2008: Turned in a strong freshman season for the Eagles..,Turned in a number of top five finishes.

Personal: Daughter of David and Angie Clymore...Has one sibling, Zach...Majoring in Liberal Studies.

100 Yard Dolphin Kick Relay - 1:25.13150 Yard Breaststroke Relay - 1:49.92 400 Yard Freestyle Relay - 4:12.04500 Yard Freestyle Relay - 6:28.55200 Yard Medley Relay - 2:12.78800 Yard Freestyle Relay - 10:30.33 8x25 Freestyle Relay - 1:53.63200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1:50.87400 Yard Medley Relay - 4:28.5350 SC Meter Freestyle - 32.58100 SC Meter Freestyle - 1:15.13100 SC Meter Breaststroke - 1:34.28100 SC Meter Backstroke - 1:22.63200 SC Meter IM - 2:59.60200 SC Meter Medley Relay - 2:28.39400 SC Meter Medley Relay - 5:34.44100 Meter Breaststroke - 1:31.05100 Meter Freestyle - 1:15.99200 Meter Medley Relay - 2:32.9050 Yard Freestyle - 29.28100 Yard Breaststroke - 1:21.83100 Yard Freestyle - 58.92100 Yard Backstroke - 1:12.53200 Yard Breaststroke - 3:02.56200 Yard IM - 2:37.83200 Yard Freestyle - 2:33.34

Junior, 5-6 Free Richmond, Va./J.R. Tucker

Simone Conyers

2009: Set new personal bests in more than ten events.

2008: Posted a solid freshman season for the Eagles.

Prep: Did not swim in high school.

Personal: Majoring in Biology.

Simone’s Personal Best’s

150 yard Butterfly Relay - 1:40.01200 Yard Medley Relay - 2:27.443x100 Yard IM Relay - 4:09.078x25 Freestyle Relay - 1:53.63200 Yard Medley Relay - 2:12.78 400 Yard Medley Relay - 4:28.53200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1:58.19200 SC Meter Medley Relay - 2:28.3950 SC Meter Freestyle - 33.56100 SC Meter Butterfly - 1:29.1650 Yard Freestyle - 29.87100 Yard Butterfly - 1:18.85100 Yard Freestyle - 1:06.90200 Yard Butterfly - 3:11.09

Junior, 5-2 Free/Back Virginia Beach, Va./Kellan

Maggy Sullivan

Maggy’s Personal Best’s

2009: Showed dramatic improvements in the pool from her freshman season...Set numberous personal bests in a number of different categories.

2008: Swam in nearly every meet as s freshman...Competed on numerous relay squads.

Personal: Daughter of John and Deborah Sullivan...Has two siblings, sister Elizabeth played field hockey at Bridgewater...Majoring in Psychology.

50 Yard Freestyle - 36.20500 Yard Freestyle Relay - 6:28.55300 Yard Medley Relay - 4:27.40200 Yard Medley Relay - 2:27.44200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 2:01.84100 Yard Dolphin Kick Relay - 1:18.09 150 Yard Backstroke Relay - 1:52.80150 Yard Breaststroke Relay - 2:17.88400 Yard Freestyle Relay - 5:01.55800 Yard Freestyle Relay - 10:36.35200 SC Meter Medley Relay - 2:52.07200 SC Meter Freestyle - 3:13.00200 SC Meter IM - 3:27.28100 SC Meter Backstroke - 1:34.30400 SC Meter Freestyle - 5:45.38200 Meter Freestyle - 3:12.591000 Yard Freestyle - 15:18.34100 Yard Butterfly - 1:39.01100 Yard Backstroke - 1:23.35500 Yard Freestyle - 7:07.51200 Yard Backstroke - 2:59.16200 Yard IM - 2:59.61200 Yard Freestyle - 2:48.20

Sophomore, 5-8 Free Roanoke, Va./Hidden Valley

Danielle Dillon

2009: Had an outstanding freshman season...Snapped five individual school records...Aided in setting seven new relay records...Swam the majority of the distance races for the Eagles, setting a number of new school individual distance marks.

Prep: Swam on a Hidden Valley team that claimed the state championship during her senior season...Also won the district and regional team titles all four years of high school.

Personal: Daughter of Danny and Tammy Dillon...Has five siblings...Majoring in Psychology.

Danielle’s Personal Best’s

150 yard Butterfly Relay - 1:33.33400 Yard Freestyle Relay- 4:04.73500 Yard Freestyle Relay - 5:35.10200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1:51.088x25 Freestyle Relay - 1:53.63800 Yard Freestyle Relay - 9:03.69400 SC Meter Freestyle Relay - 4:32.65200 SC Meter Freestyle - 2:21.31400 SC Meter Freestyle - 4:56.57800 SC Meter Freestyle - 10:17.131000 Yard Freestyle - 11:42.78500 Yard Freestyle - 5:40.32200 Yard Freestyle - 2:07.441650 Yard Freestyle - 19.24.38200 Yard IM - 2:28.86

Sophomore, 5-2 Free Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby

Patricia Haden

Patricia’s Personal Best’s

2009-10: Aided the Eagles in setting seven new relay records in her rookie season with the squad.

Personal: Daughter of Jeff Haden and Lisa Bange...Has three siblings...Majoring in Sociology.

400 Yard Freestyle Relay- 4:04.73500 Yard Freestyle Relay - 5:35.10 200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1:56.243x100 Yard IM Relay - 3:43.148x25 Freestyle Relay - 1:53.63800 Yard Freestyle Relay - 9:03.69400 Yard Medley Relay - 4:59.44400 SC Meter Freestyle Relay - 4:32.65200 SC Meter Freestyle - 2:35.43100 SC Meter Freestyle - 1:12.03100 Yard Freestyle - 1:03.55200 Yard IM - 2:46.94200 Yard Freestyle - 2:21.05400 Yard IM - 5:46.68

Sophomore, 5-5 Free/Back Richmond, Va./Salem Academy

Liz Waller

2009-10: Turned in season-best times in the 200 meter freestyle (2:59.06) and the 100-meter backstroke (1:26.53)

Prep: Won the coaches award at Salem three times.

Personal: Daughter of Glenn Waller and Julie Chase...Has two siblings...Majoring in Biology.

Liz’s Personal Best’s

500 Yard Freestyle Relay - 6:28.55200 Yard Medley Relay - 2:27.44100 Yard Dolphin Kick Relay - 1:18.093x100 Yard IM Relay - 4:09.07800 Yard Freestyle Relay - 10:36.35200 SC Meter Medley Relay - 2:52.07400 SC Meter Freestyle Relay - 5:10.20200 SC Meter Freestyle - 2:51.56100 SC Meter Backstroke - 1:35.3750 Yard Freestyle - 32.89100 Yard Backstroke - 1:26.53100 Yard Freestyle - 1:13.39200 Yard Backstroke - 2:53.86200 Yard Freestyle - 2:33.19

Sophomore, 5-3 Breaststroke/IM Lutherville, Md./Baltimore Lutheran

Jeni Zeiler

Jeni’s Personal Best’s

2009-10: Set eight individual or relay records during the season...Finished seventh in the 200-yard breast-stroke at the 2010 ODAC Championships to along with an eighth place finish in the 400-yard IM.

Personal: Daughter of Michael and Marjory Zeiler...Has two siblings...Majoring in Elementary Education.

150 yard Butterfly Relay - 1:33.33150 yard breaststroke relay - 1:49.92200 Yard Medley Relay - 2:16.22200 Yard Freestyle Relay - 1:51.08100 Yard Dolphin Kick Relay - 1:18.093x100 Yard IM Relay - 3:43.14400 Yard Medley Relay - 4:59.44800 Yard Freestyle Relay - 9:03.69200 SC Meter Medley Relay - 2:28.39200 SC Meter IM - 2:55.30100 SC Meter Breaststroke - 1:25.75200 Yard IM - 2:27.76 400 Yard IM - 5:17.23100 Yard Breaststroke - 1:17.25200 Yard Breaststroke - 2:45.55

Freshman, 5-4 Fly/IM Nathalie, Va./Chatham Hall

Jessica Abbott

Prep: Four-time Blue Ridge All-Conference selection...Coached by Bland Wall.Personal: Daughter of David and Jeanette Abbott...Has two siblings...Majoring in Health and Exercise Sci-ence.

Freshman, 6-2 Free/Back/BreaststrokeGermantown, Md./Seneca Valley

Jennifer Allen

Personal: Daughter of Richard and RuthAnn Allen...Has two siblings...Majoring in Biology.

Freshman, 5-6 Mid Distance Palmyra, Va./Fluvanna County

Michelle Caron

Prep: Reached the state championships every year...Earned the coaches award during junior season...Was a team captain...Sportsmanship Award Winner.Personal: Daughter of Doug and RoseMary Caron...Has one sibling, David...Majoring in Sociology.

Freshman, 5-10 Free/Back/Fly Burgess, Va./Northumberland

Carrie Crowther

Personal: Daughter of Bill and Cheryl Crowther...Has one sibling, Katie...Majoring in Health and Exercise Science.

Freshman, 5-8 Poquoson, Va./Poquoson

Colleen Jones

Personal: Daughter of Michael Jones...Majoring in Biology.

Freshman, 5-3 Free New Oxford, Pa./New Oxford

Allysha Lockner

Personal: Majoring in Family and Consumer Science.

Freshman, 5-7 Free Fairfax, Va./WT Woodson

Jennifer Lutz

Prep: Coached by Susie Hamrock and Brian Dufour.

Personal: Daughter of Mark and Karen Lutz...Has one sibling, Bryan...Majoring in Elementary Education.

Freshman, 5-6 Richmond, Va./Clover Hill

Miranda Moss

Personal: Daughter of Connie Severson...Has one sibling, Ryan...Major is undecided.

Freshman, 5-3 Free/Back Gordonsville, Va./Homeschooled

Tara Stipe

Personal: Daughter of Chris and Cindy Stipe...Has three siblings...Majoring in History.

The College

College athletics has evolved to the point where total physical preparation is necessary to be successful. Bridgewater employs a five-member athletic training staff. Under the tutilege of Director Barbara Long, the group of Sarah Cook, Chase Hale, Ellen Hicks and Scott Powers serve as Assistant Athletic Trainers for the entire Bridgewater College Athletics Department.

Long is a graduate of Bridgewater College with a degree in Biology; United States Sports Academy with master’s degrees in Sports Medicine and Fitness Management and is currently enrolled in the Doc-tor of Education program in Organzational Leadership at Shenandoah University. She was certified by

the Board of Certification in 1989 and is licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Medicine as an athletic trainer. Her career has had her working with professional and high level amateur athletes at places like the World University Games, US Olym-pic Training Center, and several professional football camps. She has also served as Head Athletic Trainer at Broadway High School and as clinical ATC for RMH Rehab Services, and Body Ease Physical Therapy, PC. Barbara spent 10 years as a clinical athletic trainer and through this work developed community education presentations and publications dealing with Exercise and Aging, Fall Prevention, Increasing the Functional Limits of Aging, and Children and Sports. Barbara and

her husband, Stuart, reside in the Lacey Springs area with their two children, Tyler and Cassie.Cook hails from Lewiston, Maine. She has a bachelor’s degree in Athletic Training from Colby-Sawyer

College and a Master of Arts degree in Sport Psychology from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Sarah spent a summer as the head athletic trainer at J Robinson Intensive Basketball Camps and has experi-ence working with Division I Men’s Ice Hockey and Men’s Gymnastics. She resides in Harrisonburg with her menagerie of small animals. Her primary responsibilities are men’s and women’s soccer and softball.

Hale joined the Bridgewater staff in the spring of 2000 as the Assistant Athletic Trainer. He has a Bach-elor’s degree in Health Science/Athletic Training and a Master’s degree in Health Science Education from James Madison University. Chase is currently pursuing his Doctorate of Education degree from Shenan-doah University in organizational leadership. For two years he was contracted from RMH Rehab Ser-vices, where he also worked within the occupational and physical therapy departments, to provide athletic training services at Bridgewater College. In 2002, Hale moved to a full-time faculty position in the Health and Exercise Science Department where he teaches kinesiology and athletic training courses. In addition to teaching, Professor Hale also serves as the clinical education coordinator for the athletic training education program. His career has had him working with collegiate baseball, football, soccer, and volleyball. Cur-rently, he works with the College’s field hockey, lacrosse, and tennis teams. Hale lives in Grottoes with his wife Ada and their three children Charlie, Stella, and Eliza.

Hicks has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Bridgewater College, and a Master of Educa-tion degree from Northwestern State University in Health Promotion. She was certified by the Board of Certification in 1996 and is licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Medicine as an Athletic Trainer, Pharmacy Technician, and Emergency Medical Technician. Ellen has 11 years clinical athletic training experience; the last ten of those years were with RMH Rehab Services. She has also spent the last nine years working for Rockingham County Public Schools at Broadway High School as the Head Ath-letic Trainer. Ellen resides in Port Republic and primarily works with Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, and Track & Field.

Powers comes to Bridgewater College with a variety of athletic training experience. As a graduate of North Dakota State University and James Madision University, he has spent 27 years working in the clini-cal and secondary school environments. Athletic training has allowed him to work with several internation-al sports teams in many different countries including the 1996 Olympics Games in Atlanta. Scott resides in Dayton with his wife Pam and their sons, Justin, Jake, Joshua and Jason.

ATHLETIC TRAINING

Chase Hale

Scott Powers

Ellen Hicks

Barbara Long

Sarah Cook

HEAD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR JOE SOLTIS

ASST. STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COORDINATOR STEPHON HEALEY

The mission of the Bridgewater College's Strength and Conditioning Program is to assist BC athletes in enhancing their athletic performance. Our goal is to undertake this mission by reducing the risk of athletic injury, developing the force potential (strength and power) of each athlete, enhancing the specific movement patterns related to their activity and addressing the energy needs for each sport. Ultimately we intend to maximize the athletic potential of each of our student athletes.

Stephon Healey will begin his seventh year as the Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coordinator. Healey came to the States from London, England. Healey studied as an intern under both Keith Morgan at the National Sports Center in Crystal Palace, London and with Edgar Curtis at the Leeds Rhinos (professional rugby team). Healey has experience in competing and coaching at both Powerlifting and Olympic lifting meets.

Healey played collegiate football at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. A graduate from the University of Greenwich (London), Healey has his un-dergraduate degree in Education and Human Movement Studies. Healey is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Certified USA Weightlift-ing club coach.

Joe Soltis is entering his eighth year as the Head Strength and Condition-ing Coordinator at Bridgewater College. Soltis comes to Bridgewater college as a USA Weightlifting Club Coach. He actively competes in Olympic Weight-lifting and won his weight class at the Arnold Classic in 2009.

Soltis played running back for Emory & Henry and spent four years as an assistant coach at Glenvar High School in Salem, Va. from 1990-94.

Soltis is also the Offensive Coordinator for the Bridgewater College Foot-ball team. He resides in Bridgewater and is married to the former April Fifer, a 2004 Bridgewater graduate and a teacher in the Rockingham County Public Schools

STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING

Celebrating its 35th year of operations, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) is one of the nation’s largest Division III conferences. The 14- member ODAC, including one associate member, stands as the second-largest multi-sport NCAA Division III conference in the country.

The league was formed on May 18, 1975 as the Virginia College Conference and began operations in September of 1976. (The name change to Old Dominion Athletic Conference became effective January 1, 1976). Charter members were eight colleges located in the state of Virginia: Bridgewater College, Eastern Mennonite College, Emory & Henry College, Hampden-Sydney College, Lynchburg College, Randolph-Macon College, Roanoke College and Washington and Lee University. From its initial year of operation through the 1981-82 academic year, the ODAC sponsored competition in 10 men’s varsity sports, including football, soccer, and cross country in the fall; basketball, wrestling, and indoor track and field in the winter; and baseball, golf, tennis, and outdoor track and field in the spring. Women’s sports were added prior to the 1982-83 school year. Today, the ODAC has grown to Sponsor championships in 22 sports (10 men and 12 women) and houses nine full-time coeducational institutions with four single-gender schools making up the current 13 full-time members. The confer-ence expanded in the late 1980s, early 1990s and most recently in 1999. Virginia Wesleyan became the 13th member of the conference in 1988 and began full-scale competition in the league in the 1989-90 academic year. Guilford College, voted into the conference in the spring of 1990, began competing for conference championships in the 1991-92 season. The Catholic University of America (DC) was accepted for associate membership in football on January 12, 1999.

Over the past 16 years the conference and the City of Salem, Va., have gained national attention through hosting five NCAA Division III championships in football, men’s basketball, softball, base-ball, women’s lacrosse, and volleyball. The growing list of titles passed out in Salem began in the fall of 1993 with the DIII Football Championship. Through the 2008-09 academic year, the conference and city have hosted 46 NCAA Division III Championships since the ‘93 Stagg Bowl. This year, the two will serve as hosts to the DIII football and men’s basketball championships.

CommissionerBrad Bankston

Asst. CommissionerJ.J. Nekoloff

Director of Championships

Mollie Robertson

Mary Jane EsperitiAdministrative

Assistant