Voted team's Most Outstanding Freshman for 1998-99...Became one of the few Lions in Columbia's swimming history to score in three events at the EISL meet as a freshman...A versatile performer, he will look to focus more on his butterfly and freestyle events as a sophomore...Has legitimate shot at breaking the varsity record in the 200 fly this year...Canadian junior and senior national qualifier...Speaks fluent Japanese...East Asian studies major.

Daniel Brown
Diver
Senior
New York, NY

Tri-captain...Home grown product, "Downtown" Danny Brown returns to the boards for his fourth and final year... A top eight finalist in both boards in 1998-99, he will be looking to continue his steady rate of improvement...A tremendous dual meet performer...Brown will lead perhaps the league's most talented threesome of divers...Native of New York City who started diving with current Columbia coach Gordon Spencer when he was nine years old...Lead drummer for a local campus band...Art history/Visual Arts major.

Gered Doherty
Fly/Free
Senior
Sterling Heights, MI

Tri-Captain...Two-time team MVP and was last year's EISL Champion in the 100 free Doherty returns for his fourth and hopefully most successful season as the Light Blue's top sprinter...A remarkable turnaround during his sophomore season catapulted him into one of the league's fastest sprinters...As a junior he reestablished his varsity record while winning the 100 free (44.66) and taking third and sixth, respectively, in the 50 free and 100 fly at the EISL Championships...Doherty went on to finish 13th (23.43) in the 50 meter free and 20th in the 100 meter free at the U.S. Senior Nationals, qualifying him for the Olympic Trials in the 50 free...Swam this summer with national power Irvine Novaquatics...Looking to finish his career with records in the 50 free and 100 fly as well as qualify for NCAAs and the Olympic trials...Three sport athlete at Henry Ford High School...History major.

Mark Fichera
Diver
Junior
W. Hartford, CT

Diving coach Gordon Spencer's first ever EISL Champion on the one meter...Fichera nearly duplicated that feat with a urnner-up finish on the three meter board last year...He exploded onto the league's diving scene as a freshman and last year helped lead the divers to an undefeated season...Will be looking to continue that success this year...Has a terrific shot at contending for league titles on both boards as well as qualifying for NCAAs...A former Connecticut state champion...Spent last summer in Boston working for an architecture firm...Architecture major.

P.J. Freuler
Back/I.M.
Senior
Kissimmee, FL

Tri-Captain...One of the team's hardest workers...Has battled back from a series of injuries and illnesses that cost him two years...Last year was an EISL scorer in both the 400 I.M. and 200 backstroke for the first time...In his senior year he will be looking to continue his steady development...A top eight finish in the 400 I.M. is a goal along with leading the Lions to a winning dual meet record...One of the team's top students, he spent the summer in New York City studying ancient Greek...History major.

Russell Perkins
Sprint Free
Senior
Los Angles, CA

Returns to anchor the Lions' sprint corps after several semesters abroad...An EISL scorer as a freshman, he spent his sophomore year at Biosphere II... As a junior he again scored at the EISL meet and anchored the Lion's record-setting 400 medley relay team...After another year away he is back for one more shot at glory...A great dual meet performer, Perkins brings the competitive fire the Lions will need to excel...He shoud help to establish new sprint relay records for Columbia...Environmental science major.

Matt Schultz
Back
Junior
Bedford, IN

The "Natural," Schultz retuns for another year as the Lions webpage master as well as one of the league's fastest backstrokers... Co-winner of the Most Outstanding Freshman award in 1997-98, he improved upon that performance last year with a runner-up finish in the 100 yd. backstroke...Turned in the meet's fastest time and established a new varsity record in leading off the Lions' 400 medley relay (49.36)...Was a part of four Lions relays, two of which were record setting...First Lion freshman to earn All-Ivy honors since 1985...High school All-America for Bedford North Lawrence High...Spent last summer as a computer science teacher's assistant and an assistant researcher...Computer science major.