Last Updated: May 22, 2026
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\r\nJeanne\u00A0Fleck enters\u00A0her\u00A019th\u00A0season leading the Fresno State Swimming & Diving program for the 2026-27\u00A0season. She was named head coach in 2008 as the program was reinstated and her teams have shined both in the pool and in the classroom throughout her first decade-plus leading the team.
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\r\nIn her 18th season at the helm Fleck continued to increase the standards for the swim and diving program. A season that saw a two-year contract extension for Fleck, a back-to-back NCAA Championship appearance, Diver of the Year recognition, two MW Individual titles, nine total medals at MWC,\u00A0multiple MW Weekly Honors,\u00A0five new Aquatic Center and nine new program records\u00A0and another top five finish at the Mountain West Championships.\u00A0
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\r\nGoing into the back half of the season, Bulldogs were ranked No. 23 in the NCAA Power Rankings by SwimSwam. As the 'Dogs rolled into conference championships as a united front. The Bulldogs would finish in the the top-five for the fourth consecutive season. 'Dogs were fueled by a total of nine medals earned at Mountain West conference championships. The diving crew earned two bronze medals in addition to the five earned by the swimmers. Aliz Kalmar contributed three of those bronze (200 IM, 100 & 200 breast) and the 400 & 200 medley relays. Mackenzie Miller Lung earned the gold medal in the 100 & 200 breaststroke, punching her ticket to NCAA's.\u00A0
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\r\nFresno State was represented by three [Grace Ally, Aliz Kalmar and Mackenzie Miller Lung]\u00A0in the 2026 NCAA's with all three making their\u00A0second career appearance. Ally placed a career best 28th in the platform. Miller Lung earned an All-American second-team nod in the 100 breast (15th). Kalmar finished both breaststroke events in the top 30.\u00A0
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\r\nFleck added a new addition to the already standout breaststroke group with BYU transfer, Mackenzie Miller Lung to join Aliz Kalmar and Jenna Pulkkinen. Miller Lung came in all took her place at the top of the conference and nation. In Miller Lung's first meet as a Bulldog, she timed for the third fastest time in the nation and grabbed the first MW Swimmer of the Week nod, later in the season she would earn two more. With no one else in her path, Miller Lung would own a program and Aquatic Center record in the 100 & 200 breaststroke as well as three program relay records. Fleck coached her first Bulldog to earn the Mountain West Individual title in two events with Miller Lung in the 100 & 200 breast. This also marked the first time for a consecutive champion in the 100 breast from Fresno State (J. Pulkkinen, 2025).\u00A0
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\r\nFleck won't\u00A0lack any depth with\u00A0seven seniors graduating\u00A0from the program with\u00A0this set of underclassmen. Freshman Hayley Oke was tabbed as MW Freshman of the Week (Jan. 26), she earned the first weekly honor for the program since the 2022-23 campaign and marks the third freshman at Fresno State. Sophomores Sienna Cheng Lucey and Franzika Djatej\u00A0became first time All-MW honorees\u00A0while\u00A0Ryley Clark earned the second recognition of her career.\u00A0
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\r\nIn their final season with the Mountain West, Fresno State concluded the season with seven athletes ranking within the top-ten times\u00A0in 11 individual events, as Jenna Pulkkinen leads on five events.\u00A0
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\r\nIn 2024-25, Fleck led the Bulldogs to another monumental year that saw program & conference\u00A0milestones\u00A0along with a NCAA appearance. The season's accomplishments did not go unnoticed as Coach Fleck\u00A0earned\u00A0her first 'of the year' honor of her career as the 2025 MW Swimming Coach of the Year.\u00A0
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\r\nFleck completed\u00A0her 17th\u00A0season leading the Fresno State Swimming & Diving program where she led two swimmers to the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championship this season,\u00A0Aliz Kalmar\u00A0and\u00A0Jenna Pulkkinen, for the first time since 2016. They were the first Bulldog breaststroker's since the program was reinstated in 2008.\u00A0Fleck\u00A0sent her largest group of swimmers to NCAA's this season with three Bulldogs, all in their\u00A0first appearance\u00A0-\u00A0Grace Ally,\u00A0Aliz Kalmar\u00A0and\u00A0Jenna Pulkkinen. She coached Kalmar to a top-16 finish in the 200 breaststroke and an All-American second team nod.\u00A0
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\r\nBulldogs bested last season program-best MW conference championship finish from fourth to third. Jenna Pulkkinen became the program's first ever 100-breaststroke MW Championship. Fleck coached Kalmar and Pulkkinen to prime at conference championships with both swimmers earning podium positions\u00A0in the 100 & 200 breaststroke.\u00A0
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\r\nFleck had seven swimmers named 2025 All-Mountain West honorees. Top performances\u00A0were plentiful this season with program records being broken 11 times and three Aquatic Center records. For the first time in her career, Coach Fleck had every swimmer achieve\u00A0a personal best swim this season, an uncommon feat.
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\r\nThe Bulldogs have broken and re-broken\u00A0all 20 individual program records and all five relay records under Fleck's leadership. Fresno State has also earned the\u00A0College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Team Scholar All-America award for 17\u00A0consecutive spring semesters, with the team recording a 3.00 or better GPA for 12\u00A0straight years
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\r\nCoach Fleck added\u00A0another milestone season to her name in the 2023-24 campaign. After historic win over\u00A0Nevada, four program records broken and one of the program's best conference championship finishes. For the first time in program history, the Bulldogs defeated conference opponent Nevada\u00A0in a dual meet. 'Dogs defeated the Wolf Pack in a deafening\u00A054 point win, 177-123.\u00A0
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\r\nFleck saw her Bulldogs break four program records, Aliz Kalmar (100 breaststroke), Laura Kalmar (1000 Freestyle), Sera Hanagan (200 IM) and Grace Ally (Platform). Kalmar broke her 100 breaststroke record three times this season, twice of which occurred at the 2024 Mountain West Championships.\u00A0
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\r\nThe Bulldogs are coming off a fourth-place finish at the 2024 Mountain West Championships, the\u00A0highest finish in program history. 'Dogs were led by Aliz Kalmar, Jenna Pulkkinen, Julia Matney, Grace Ally and Sera Hanagan. Fresno State saw three podium appearances with Aliz Kalmar in the 100 breaststroke (2nd), Grace Ally in the Platform (2nd) and 200 Freestyle Relay (Hutler, Dabrowska, Pulkkinen and Matney) with 2nd place.
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\r\nThe Bulldogs have broken and re-broken\u00A0all 20 individual program records and all five relay records under Fleck's leadership. Fresno State has also earned the\u00A0College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Team Scholar All-America award for 17\u00A0consecutive spring semesters, with the team recording a 3.00 or better GPA for 12\u00A0straight years.
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\r\nThe Bulldogs are coming off a sixth-place finish at the 2022 Mountain West Championships with Athena Clayson\u00A0claiming her third straight 200 Back title and finished second in the 100 Back. Clayson along with Darina Khisiamova\u00A0(400 IM) and Yuliya Tykha\u00A0(1-Meter & Platform)\u00A0were tabbed All-Mountain West. In the classroom, 24 'Dogs earned All-Mountain West Academic honors and 12 Bulldogs were tabbed MW Scholar-Athletes.\u00A0
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\r\nThe 'Dogs finished\u00A0sixth\u00A0at the 2021 MW Championship with Clayson\u00A0winning both the 100 & 200 Back and eight Bulldogs earning All-MW honors along with Yuliya Tykha competing at the Zone E Diving Championship. The Bulldogs were tabbed with 12 MW Scholar-Athletes and 24 Academic All-MW honorees.
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\r\nFresno State also placed sixth at the 2020 MW Championship with seven All-MW honorees earning 14 All-MW honors. Clayson was named the Freshman of the MW Championship while\u00A0Tykha competed\u00A0at the Zone E Diving Championship. Tykha was named both a CSCAA All-American &\u00A0a CSCAA\u00A0Scholar All-American while four other 'Dogs earned honorable mention honors. The 'Dogs were outstanding in the classroom with 15 MW Scholar-Athletes and 19 MW Academic All-MW selections.
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\r\nFresno State had its best MW finish in program history during the 2018-19 season, placing fifth at the conference meet. The team's 781.5 total points at the championship were\u00A0a program record, topping the 644 points the team earned in 2017-18. Sophomore Zofia Niemczak\u00A0became a Mountain West champion in the 200 Butterfly and also earned All-MW honors in the 100 Fly and 500 Free, becoming just the third Bulldog in program history to earn three All-MW honors in one season\u00A0joining swimmer Esme Gullick (2017) and diver Hannah Prigge (2013).
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\r\nNiemczak broke program records in the 200 Free, 500 Free, and 100 Fly during the conference meet while freshman Brenda Diaz Martinez broke school records in the 1000 Free and 1650 Free and Manuela Mendolicchio\u00A0(100 IM) and\u00A0Lucy Davies (400 IM) also broke program\u00A0swimming records during the season. Seven Bulldogs combined for 11 All-MW honors as Diaz Martinez and Ugne Mazutaityte each earned two All-MW selections and Mendolicchio\u00A0(200 Breast), Kimberly Harbert (200 Fly), Osianna McReed (50 Free), and Irina Nikolaeva (1-meter diving) also earned all-conference awards. Mazutaityte became a three-time medalist in the 200 Back and the 'Dogs also broke the 200 Medley, 400 Medley, and 800 Free Relay records for the second consecutive year.\u00A0
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\r\nNikolaeva broke the program championship record with her score of 295.25 on 1-meter at the MW Championship and she represented the 'Dogs at the NCAA Zone Diving meet, reaching the 1-meter final. During the regular season Fresno State earned dual wins over Fresno Pacific, Pomona-Pitzer, Pacific, CSU Bakersfield, San Diego, and San Jose State and tied for second among nine teams at the UNLV Invitational.\u00A0
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\r\nIn 2017-18 the Bulldogs broke seven\u00A0individual program records and three team relay records. Manuela Mendolicchio\u00A0became a Mountain West champion as she claimed the gold medal in the 200 Breaststroke, helping lead the 'Dogs to a 7th place finish in the conference meet. Mendolicchio\u00A0earned All-MW honors in both the 100 and 200 Breast while swimmers Zofia Niemczak, Kimberly Harbert, and Ugne\u00A0Mazutaityte\u00A0also were named All-MW while all three of the team's divers - Serena Sedillo, Irina Nikolaeva, and Kelli Funk - were also All-MW honorees and all qualified for the NCAA Zone Diving meet.\u00A0
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\r\nAs a freshman Niemzcak broke program records in the 100 Fly, 200 Fly, and 500 Free and placed third in the 200 Fly at the MW Championships. Fresno State had six dual wins during the regular season, including victories over New Mexico, San Diego, San Jose State, and CSU Bakersfield. After the season Senor Katelin\u00A0Britton\u00A0earned the Dean's Medal for the Jordan College of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, signifying her as the most outstanding student among all undergraduates in the college. Funk received CSCAA\u00A0Scholar All-America honorable mention.
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\r\nIn her ninth season as Fresno State’s head swimming and diving coach, Fleck\u00A0led the Bulldogs to a 6-2 dual meet record. Fresno State recorded wins over Bakersfield, Pacific, Santa Cruz, Cal State East Bay and San Jose State. Fresno State’s win over San Jose State marked the Bulldogs first win over the Spartans in 14 years, and the first in Fleck’s career at Fresno State.
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\r\nAt the 2017 Mountain West Championships, Fresno State finished in seventh place with 524 points. Sophomore Ugne Mazutaityte defended her titles in the 200 Backstroke, bringing home a gold medal. Senior Esme Gullick won the bronze medal in the 200 Butterfly, breaking the Fresno State record in that event. Mazutaityte finished fourth in the 100 Backstroke breaking the Fresno State record in that event. Diver Shelbie Holden took fifth place on the Platform. Shelbie Holden, Kelli Funk and Serena Sedillo qualified for NCAA Zone Diving Championships on all three boards.
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\r\nMazutaityte was named to the 2017 Mountain West All-Conference team for the 100 and 200 Backstroke. Esme Gullick was named to the 2017 Mountain West All-Conference team for the 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 Butterfly. Shelbie Holden was named to the 2017 Mountain West All-Conference team for her performance on the Platform. Freshman Manuela Mendolicchio broke the Fresno State record for the 100 Breaststroke at the A3 Performance Invitational on Nov. 19.\u00A0
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\r\nIn 2015-16\u00A0the Bulldogs finished with a 5-3 dual meet record with\u00A0wins over Oregon, State, Pacific, Santa Cruz, Fresno Pacific and CSU Bakersfield. At the 2016 Mountain West Championships, Fresno State finished 10th with 182 points.
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\r\nFreshman standout Ugne Mazutaityte won the gold medal in the 200 Backstroke and broke the Fresno State record. Mazutaityte’s gold medal was Fresno State’s first gold medal since Dani Yoho won the 50 Freestyle in 2013. Mazutaityte took home the bronze medal in the 100 Backstroke, breaking another Fresno State record. She was also the first 'Dog to medal in two individual swimming events in a conference championship since the program returned in 2008.
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\r\nAfter leading the Bulldogs on the boards all season, junior Shelbie Holden qualified for NCAA Zone Diving Championships on all three boards.Mazutaityte was named to the 2016 Mountain West All-Conference team for the 100 Backstroke and 200 Backstroke. Esme Gullick was named to the 2016 Mountain West All-Conference for the 400 IM.\u00A0
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\r\nThe Bulldogs finished the 2014-2015 season strong, as the team broke one individual record and two relay records at the Mountain West Conference Championships. Fleck\u00A0led the 'Dogs to an eighth place finish in the Mountain West. Fleck helped then-sophomore Esme Gullick rank among the top 20 in the Mountain West in five events and then-junior Kelly Simmons rank among the top 20 in three events.
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\r\nThe program saw several school records fall and also accomplished a few firsts as a team in 2013-14. For the first time, Fleck's Bulldogs captured the Beach Cup title as\u00A0Fresno State knocked off Southern California schools Pepperdine, San Diego and Loyola Marymount to bring home the win in the middle of January. The 'Dogs set two new individual swimming school records, two new relay records and senior Hannah Prigge rewrote the diving record book and became the school-record holder in every diving event. Prigge ended her season at the NCAA Championships in Minneapolis and earned All-American status with a record-setting performance on the platform.
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\r\nIn 2013-14 the team broke eight swimming school records and two diving school records. In the individual events, Dani Yoho set a new 50 free and 100 free school record and Alex Madsen set a new 200 back and 200 IM school record. The 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relay teams all set new school records along with the 200 medley relay team. Fleck coached the 'Dogs to an eighth place finish at the MW Championship with the help of Yoho winning the 50 free MW Championship. Yoho went on to compete at the NCAA National Championship, along with diver Hannah Prigge, and helped Fresno State finish 41st in the nation.
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\r\nThe 2011-12 season marked the first year of home competition at the Fresno State Aquatics Center. Fleck lead the Bulldogs to four dual-meet victories, with three of them coming from home meets. The Bulldogs placed second at the USD Beach Cup and 14th at the Arena Invitational in Long Beach.\u00A0Fleck led the Bulldogs to\u00A0a top-25 ranking\u00A0for CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major schools, coached three swimmers who qualified to compete at the Olympic Trials, and broke eight school records in a historic\u00A0 season. Fresno State stood out by qualifying two swimmers, Dani Yoho and Michelle Dockendorf, for the 2012 USA Olympic Trials and Brittany Buna qualifying to compete at the 2012 Canadian Olympic Trials.
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\r\nAt the WAC Championships, sophomore diver Hannah Prigge was named the WAC Champion in the platform and was the first champion under Jeanne Fleck at Fresno State. Two relay school records were broken along with four individual races. The Bulldogs had the most swimmers in the finals at the WAC Championships since Fleck revitalized the program in 2008 and finished in sixth place, which marked their highest conference finish yet.
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\r\nFleck coached stand-out freshman Courtney Sheehan and Lucy Titchin, who came in to make immediate contributions to the Fresno State program. Titchin slashed the 200 Freestyle school record and Sheehan ranks second in Fresno State history in the 500, 1000, and 1650 Freestyle races. Both freshmen were members of the 400 and 800 Freestyle record breaking relay teams, which crushed the old records at WAC Championships.
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\r\nThe Bulldog's 2010-11 season was highlighted by two divers competing at the NCAA Zones, seven Fresno State records broken at the WAC Championship Meet, three Dogs earning WAC swimmer and diver of the week honors.
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\r\nFleck led her team to four dual-meet victories, including the home opening win against Fresno Pacific. The Dogs also topped Cal State East Bay, UCSB and CSUB. Her team placed second in The Valley Invite, which was the team's highest finish in three years of competing. At the 2011 WAC\u00A0Championship Meet, the Bulldogs excelled and broke seven Fresno State records at the meet and finished in seventh-place. The Dogs broke four relay records and three were broken individually.
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\r\nFleck coached sophomore standout Dani Yoho who concluded a fabulous second-season for the Bulldogs, contributing to the breaking of six records and an NCAA b-cut qualifying time. Yoho shattered the Fresno State record in the 100-yard freestyle race. She placed fourth in the preliminaries with a time of 50.20 and also placed fourth in the finals. She was also the last leg of the record breaking 400-yard freestyle relay team.
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\r\nThe 'Dogs recorded\u00A0three dual meet victories during the 2009-2010 season, and then proved their ability to be competitive at the WAC Championship. The Bulldogs persevered through a grueling schedule consisting of dual meets against WAC rivals, Nevada and San Jose State, along with nationally ranked opponents such as UCLA and Kansas. The team's greatest contest came in the fourth week of the season when Fleck led the Bulldogs in a meet against the defending national champion Cal Bears.
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\r\nIn her second season at Fresno State, Fleck proved that a bright future was on the horizon for the Bulldogs, as she began coaching an impressive class of incoming freshmen. The 2009-2010 team was anchored by standout swimmer Dani Yoho, who shattered a decade old Fresno State\u00A0record in the 50 free event with a time of 23.64 and qualified for finals at the WAC Championships, bringing home a seventh place finish. Sophomore Heidi Gjoen built\u00A0on\u00A0her success from her freshman campaign by recording the second fastest time in the WAC in the 200 Backstroke.
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\r\nUnder Fleck, the Bulldogs capped off the impressive 2009-2010 season with a clutch performance in the final day of the WAC Championships that enabled the team to secure an eighth place finish. The accumulation of 217 WAC Championship meet points, was nearly two times more than that of the previous year's total, showing the progress of the young program.
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\r\nDuring Fleck’s first season as head coach of the newly reinstated swimming and diving team at Fresno State in 2008-09, Fleck recruited an impressive team of swimmers and divers. Her team of young Bulldogs practiced diligently and demonstrated that they had the drive and commitment to compete with the best teams in the WAC. Fleck led the `Dogs through a challenging 2008-2009 schedule that included opponents such as WAC rivals San Jose State and Boise State, along with nonconference teams, UC Davis, Cal State Bakersfield, and other nationally recognized teams.
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\r\nMany swimmers achieved qualifying times in preliminary rounds of the 2008-2009 WAC Championship meet, giving the Bulldogs a solid representation in the finals after a five-year absence. Fleck also coached the team to season best times in the 200 and 800 freestyle relays while at the WAC Championships. The team's preliminary 200 freestyle relay time fell just one half second short of breaking the school record.
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\r\nThe Women's Swimming and Diving team earned 2008-2009 women's team Speedo Academic All-American recognition by earning a 3.10 GPA for the fall semester. Academic All-WAC honors were also earned by eight swimmers and divers in the 2008-2009 season. Nine swimmers were honored for academic achievement in 2009-2010.
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\r\nPrior to Fresno State,\u00A0Fleck was the head women's swimming and diving coach at Ohio State University. In nine seasons at Ohio State, Fleck worked to improve the academic and competitiveness of the Buckeye's program on the conference and national levels. In 2006-2007, with Fleck's guidance, the Buckeyes finished 6-3 overall and placed eighth in the Big Ten Championships and qualified two swimmers to the 2007 NCAA Championships. Her team achieved a second place finish at the second annual Ohio State Invitational.
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\r\nWhile at Ohio State, Fleck's teams recorded 12 school records, had 53 Academic All-Big Ten selections, and 98 OSU Scholar-Athletes. The Buckeyes held the highest grade point average in the Big Ten in 2004 and were ranked ninth scholastically in the country during the fall quarter of 2003.
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\r\nFleck coached former Buckeye swimmer\u00A0Gulsah Gunenc at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Gunenc qualified to represent her country of Turkey in two events: the 100 and 200 meter butterfly.
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\r\nBefore taking over the Ohio State program in 1999, Fleck was head coach of the combined women and men's team at Northern Illinois University for eight years. In her final season at NIU, Fleck was named the Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year after she led her teams to third and fifth place finishes. Her teams set 18 school records and had four swimmers named conference swimmers of the year. She coached a 1999 Goodwill Games finalist, a Pan-American Games team member, and a 1996 Olympic trials finalist.
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\r\nIn her final season at NIU, 20 swimmers finished the academic year with a 3.0 or higher GPA, including five student/athletes with a 3.50 or better. Her 1996-1997 women's team was named to the Top 10 Academic All-American Swimming Team Honor Roll by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) with a team GPA of 3.19. Fleck also served as the assistant director of Providing Athletes with Support (P.A.W.S.), a student/athlete advisory group at NIU.
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\r\nAfter graduation from Iowa State, Fleck served as a volunteer assistant for her alma mater's men's team. In 1988, she was the head coach of the Des Moines Swim Federation. From 1988-1991, she was the distance coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Wyoming.
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\r\nA graduate of Iowa State University, Fleck was a Big Eight champion and team captain her senior year. She earned a bachelor's degree in education.
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\r\nTaryn Patrick enters her 19th season as Fresno State's diving coach in 2026-27\u00A0season. She joined the Swimming & Diving program\u00A0along with head coach Jeanne Fleck in 2008 as the program was reinstated. Patrick's divers have broken school, meet and championship records on all three boards while consistently earning multiple qualifications every year for the NCAA Zone Diving meet.
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\r\nIn 2026, Patrick coached one of her strongest diving groups in the last few seasons. This season Patrick led senior Grace Ally to a memorable final season. Ally was named the 2026 Mountain West Diver of the Year, the first in program history. Ally's collegiate career ended with a personal best 28th place in the platform at NCAA's. Alongside Ally, coach Patrick saw great success with fellow senior Natalia Bedolla. Bedolla\u00A0stacked her season accolades well this season with a MW Diver of the Week recognition, after sweeping the 1 & 3-meter events in the season opening invite. Patrick trained her divers to become two of the eight All-MW honorees from Fresno State. Bedolla earned All-MW in all three diving disciplines while Ally was tabbed All-MW in from her platform event.\u00A0
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\r\nIn 2025, Patrick led junior Grace Ally to her first-ever NCAA appearance\u00A0of her career with the platform, placing 46th with a score of 181.95. Ally returned to the MW conference finals in the 3-meter placing fifth and a consolation appearance in the 1-meter and platform.\u00A0
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\r\nPatrick saw great success in newcomer Natalia Bedolla, as the junior was named MW Diver of the Week (Jan. 28),\u00A0the programs first diver since 2022 in Silvia Alessio. In Bedolla's first conference championship the junior qualified into the platform and 1-meter finals, placing fifth and seventh, respectively.\u00A0
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\r\nBoth divers saw an NCAA Zone's appearance, but Ally's ninth place finish in the platform\u00A0(472.30) secured her spot at NCAA's.\u00A0
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\r\nIn 2024, Patrick led sophomore Grace Ally to\u00A0a record breaking season. Ally was the first of Patrick's divers to qualify into finals for all three diving principles at Mountain West Championships this season. Ally earned a program record of 321.10 points in the platform, good for a second-place podium finish. Ally was also named\u00A0All-MW\u00A0in all three dives.\u00A0
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\r\nIn 2022, senior Yuliya Tykha\u00A0and junior Silvia\u00A0Alessio\u00A0each competed at the Zone E Diving Championships where Tykha competed on the 1-Meter, 3-Meter and Platform with Alessio competing on the 1-Meter & 3-Meter. Tykha was the 'Dogs highest placer finishing 16th on the Platform\u00A0and 18th on the 3-Meter\u00A0advancing to the finals in each event. Tykha was named All-Mountain West after taking second on the 1-Meter and fifth on the Platform at the Mountain West Championships.
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\r\nIn 2021,\u00A0Tykha\u00A0finished 16th at the Zone E Diving Championships on the 1-Meter & 3-Meter. In addition, Tykha\u00A0placed\u00A0third at the MW Championship on the platform, fifth on the 1-Meter\u00A0and sixth on the 3-Meter to earn Al-MW honors on all three disciplines. Sophomore Silvia Alessio\u00A0earned All-MW honors after taking seventh on the 3-Meter and eighth on the 1-Meter\u00A0at the MW Championship.
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\r\nIn 2019-20, Tykha earned CSCAA Scholar All-America honors and finished ninth on platform and 16th on the 3-Meter at the Zone E Division Regional. She became the first Bulldog since 2014 to advance to the NCAA Championships that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic\u00A0and earned All-MW honors on both the 3-Meter & Platform.
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\r\nPatrick helped\u00A0lead the 'Dogs to a program-best fifth place finish at the MW Championship in 2018-19. All three of her divers earned points in each of the events they took part in at the conference meet, with junior Irina Nikolaeva\u00A0earning\u00A0All-Conference honors on 1-meter for the second consecutive year after placing sixth overall with a program championship-record score of 295.25.\u00A0Senior Kelli Funk and freshman Yuliya Tykha, who joined the team during the spring semester, each earned points on all three boards at the conference meet with Funk making the B Final on each board.
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\r\nNikolaeva represented the Bulldogs at the NCAA Zone Diving meet and reached the final on 1-meter after just missing the final on 3-meter. Nikolaeva\u00A0missed the first half of the year\u00A0due to injury but still combined for six wins on 1-meter and 3-meter in the regular season and earned a MW Diver of the Week honor. Funk was named MW Diver of the Week twice and had eight wins in dual meets, sweeping both springboards three times, and earned NCAA Zone qualifying scores on 1-meter and 3-meter.
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\r\nIn 2017-18 Patrick's squad qualified three divers for the NCAA Zone meet for the second consecutive season. The three Bulldog divers on the 2017-18 roster - Serena Sedillo, Irina Nikolaeva, and Kelli Funk - each earned All-MW honors as well, with Sedillo\u00A0named All-MW on both 3-meter and platform. As a sophomore Sedillo\u00A0placed third overall on 3-meter at the MW championships with a program-record championship meet score of 329.10, and during the regular season she won the platform competition among 17 competitors at the Trojan Diving Invitational.
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\r\nSedillo and Funk both advanced to the platform final at the NCAA Zone meet, with Funk finishing in 12th\u00A0place among\u00A038 divers. Sedillo\u00A0narrowly missed reaching the final on 3-meter while Nikolaeva\u00A0led the 'Dogs on 1-meter at the NCAA Zone meet. By virtue of qualifying for the NCAA Zone meet and recording a semester GPA of 3.50, Funk was selected as\u00A0CSCAA\u00A0Scholar All-American honorable mention.\u00A0\u00A0
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\r\nIn her ninth season as the head diving coach at Fresno State, Patrick also led three Bulldog divers to the NCAA Zone E Diving Regional meet. Senior\u00A0Shelbie Holden qualified\u00A0for NCAA Zones on all three boards for the third consecutive season. Holden recorded a fifth place finish on Platform at the Mountain West Championship meet to earn Mountain West All-Conference honors for the first time in her career. Sophomore transfer Kelli Funk and freshman Serena Sedillo qualified for NCAA Zones on all three boards in their first seasons as Bulldogs as well. Sedillo recorded the highest finish at NCAA Zones with a 12th place finish on Platform, after qualifying for finals with a 10th place finish in the preliminary round.
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\r\nDuring Patrick’s eighth season she led junior diver Shelbie Holden to her second NCAA Zone E Diving Regional meet appearance on all three boards. Holden placed 55th on the 1-meter springboard, 46th on the 3-meter springboard and 24th on platform.
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\r\nIn Patrick's seventh season as the head diving coach at Fresno State,\u00A0Shelbie Holden was top 10 on all 3 boards at conference, and it was Lacie Ruth's first year that she scored points at conference. The year before, senior diver Hannah Prigge made her second-straight appearance at the NCAA National Championship meet where she earned All-American honors. After finishing the Mountain West Championship meet with two fourth place finishes, Prigge qualified for the NCAA Zone E Diving Regional. Prigge had a second place finish on Platform and an eighth place finish on the 1-Meter to help her qualify for NCAA National Championship meet. Freshman Shelbie Holden performed well at the Mountain West Championship meet, finishing 12th on Platform.
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\r\nHannah Prigge\u00A0reached her first NCAA National Championship meet in 2013 where she was named an NCAA Honorable Mention All-American. Prigge placed second in the Platform dive at MW and third at the NCAA Zones qualifying for the NCAA meet. Patrick has invested so much time into her divers and it's evident by the progress the divers are making. Each diver set new career best scores this season topped with Luke setting the new 1-meter school record and Prigge setting the 3-meter school record.
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\r\nIn 2012 Patrick helped\u00A0Prigge\u00A0become\u00A0the first WAC Platform Champion diver that Fresno State has had. Prigge scored a 285.15 in the final round, but lead the charge all competition finishing first in the preliminaries as well. Patrick led Luke and Prigge to their third and second consecutive Zone E competitions, respectively, but not before both divers broke Fresno State school records. Luke set the new 1-meter dual meet dive record scoring a 294.70 and Prigge set the new 3-meter dual meet dive record with the score of 317.05.
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\r\nTo kick off her third season Patrick led the Bulldog divers to an impressive win over Fresno Pacific. They swept the Sunbirds with one-two finishes in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events. In their first platform event of the year at the extremely competitive Wildcat Diving Invite, all three divers finished in the top 16. The Dogs also performed well at the UCLA Diving Invite with all divers making the top 25 in three days of competition through 3-meter, 1-meter and platform diving.
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\r\nPatrick made history when two of her divers qualified to compete in the NCAA Zone E competition. Stacey Luke returned two compete for the second consecutive year and newcomer Prigge qualified and competed in her first. Luke dove into the finals of the 1-meter competition and earned 14th. Under Patrick's leadership the Dogs continue to make big strides.
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\r\nIn her second season Patrick coached her divers to a dominating performance in the Bulldogs very first dual meet victory against Fresno Pacific in which the Dogs took the top four spots in the 1-meter and the top five spots in the 3-meter dive.
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\r\nIn addition to many individual victories and first place team finishes, Patrick carried the team through its second conference championship, where her leading diver Luke advanced to the finals in two of the three diving events where she captured a seventh place finish in the platform dive and an eighth place overall finish in the 1-meter dive at the WAC Championships to earn Fresno State crucial championship points that helped boost them to an eighth place overall finish.
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\r\nIn her inaugural season during the `Dogs 2008-09 campaign,\u00A0Patrick carried the team through its first conference championship meet, where her leading 1-meter freshman diver Kendra Weeks, captured a 16th place overall finish in the event at the WAC Championships to earn Fresno State's first point for the swimming and diving team at the conference meet.
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\r\nPatrick was named Fresno State head women's diving coach July 30, 2008 after completing her position as interim diving coach at the University of Kentucky.
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\r\nUnder Patrick, the Wildcats boasted two All-American divers with one sixth place finish at the NCAA Championships on the one-meter and another NCAA appearance on the one-meter. Patrick also coached the Kentucky Dive Club, and led two girls to junior nationals in the summer of 2008.
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\r\nPatrick attended the University of Kentucky and graduated in 2007 a successful diver and record holder. In 2015 Patrick was\u00A0inducted to the University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Fame, where she\u00A0was a five-time SEC champion, five-time All-American and an NCAA champion with the Wildcats as a diver.
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\r\nIn the 2006-07 season, Patrick earned All-America status on the one-meter and platform events in her final NCAA Championship. She placed seventh on the one-meter and third on the platform and captured her third consecutive SEC Championship on the platform at the conference meet. Patrick also took the top title on the one-meter, while placing second on the three-meter. She was named the SEC Female Diver of the Year for the third consecutive season and set career-best marks on the one-meter and three-meter boards. She earned two first place finishes during dual meet season.
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\r\nIn 2006, Patrick became Kentucky's first-ever National Champion winning the platform event at the NCAA Championships, setting school and NCAA records as she scored a 335.20 in the finals. Patrick gained her second All-America honor after finishing eighth in the one-meter diving event and captured her second-consecutive SEC Women's Diver of the Year Award after repeating as platform champion at the SEC Championships. She also placed 15th on the three-meter at the SEC Championships and took second on the platform at the NCAA Zone Diving Championship hosted by UK in March. Patrick finished first in the three-meter event in the tri-meet against Alabama and LSU and was named to 2006 SEC Academic Honor Roll.
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\r\nIn the 2004-05 season, Patrick earned SEC Diver of the Year after winning the one-meter and platform events at the SEC Championships, as well as an honorable mention All-America selection honor in platform diving after placing ninth at the NCAA Championships, where she also took 17th in the one-meter event and 33rd in the three-meter event. Patrick also swept the one- and three-meter events against Louisville and Arkansas and won the three-meter and platform events against Alabama. She placed first on the platform at the Georgia Tech Diving Invitational as well.
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\r\nIn 2003-04, she took 11th on the platform at the U.S. Olympic trials and placed 15th on the platform at the NCAA Championships while competing for Florida State. Continuing to rise, Patrick took second on the platform at the NCAA Zone Diving Meet and placed third on the one-meter and 11th on the three-meter at the ACC Championships.
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