Terrapins Swim Team
Team History
Pleasant Hill Swim Club (PHSC)
Head Coaches: Larry Gruver (1971-76)
Ron Young (1976-80)
College Park High pool
Pleasant Hill High pool
DVC pool
Several Far Western
Team Championships
beginning in 1975.
Pleasant Hill Swim Club
Current Pacific Swimming Record Holders
10&u girls 200 y MR 2:07.50 1978
Tracie Robinson, Lori Vendl, Tricia Herzog, Paula Eisele
10&u girls 200 m FR 2:07.46 1977
Tracie Robinson, Lori Vendl, Tricia Herzog, Paula Eisele
11-12 girls 50 m free Cristin Gibbons 27.31 1979
100 m free Cristin Gibbons 58.85 1979
17-18 girls 400 y MR 3:46.01 1978
Meg Hoeflich, Patty Spees, Cheryl Smiarowski, Missy Gehan
17-18 girls 400 m FR 3:49.06 & 800 m FR 8:19.26 1979
Robin Fiene, Kelli Asplund, Missy Gehan, Meg Hoeflich
Concord Swim Club (CSC)
Head Coach - Nort Thornton
Concord Community Pool
Current Pacific Swimming Record Holders:
17-18 boys 200m back Peter Rocca 2:00.55 1976
Concord Swim Club (CSC)
1976 Olympic Trial Finalist
Peter Rocca 100 back 2nd 57.05
Peter Rocca 200 back 2nd 2:01.88
Doug Ryerson 100 brst 8th 1:07.37
Richard Thornton 200 fly 6th 2:02.79
1976 Olympian
Peter Rocca 100 back Silver 56.34
200 back Silver 2:00.55
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team (CPH)
Head Coaches: Nort Thornton & Ron Young (1979-80)
Gordon Collett (1980-81)
Mitch Ivey (1981-88)
Bernie Stenson (1988-89)
Team formed in 1979. Concord Community Pool
Several Far Western Team Championships in the 1980s.
Current Pacific Swimming Record Holders:
Senior Men 200y fly Pablo Morales 1:42.60 1986
Senior Women 400 m free Mitzi Kremer 4:08.05 1988
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team
1980 Olympic Trial Finalists:
Richard Thornton 200 free 2nd 1:51.05
Todd Trowbridge 200 free 5th 1:52.28
Peter Rocca 100 back 1st 56.64
200 back 2nd 2:01.34
200 IM 6th 2:06.88
Jim Johnson 200 IM 5th 2:06.50
David Santos 400 IM 5th 4:28.27
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team
1980 US Olympians
Richard Thornton & Peter Rocca - did not
compete due to USA boycott of 1980 Olympics
1980 Olympians who trained at Concord:
Pele Holmertz SWE 100 free Silver 50.91
Par Arvidsson SWE 100 fly Gold 54.92
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team
1984 Olympic Trial Finalists:
Nancy Hogshead 100 free 1st 56.03
200 free 6th 2:01.42
100 fly 3rd 1:00.47
200 fly 2nd 2:11.25
200 IM 2nd 2:15.24
Barb Major 100 free 7th 56.94
Terri Baxter 100 brst 4th 1:11.86
200 brst 3rd 2:35.26
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team
1984 Olympic Trials Finalists:
Peter Rocca 100 back 3rd 56.78
200 back 4th 2:03.43
Dan Akre 200 brst 5th 2:18.53
Pablo Morales 100 fly 1st 53.36
200 fly 1st 1:58.07
200 IM 2nd 2:03.88
Craig Marble 100 fly 6th 55.21
Steve Gregg 200 fly 7th 2:01.40
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team
1984 Olympian
Nancy Hogshead 100 free Gold (tie) 55.92
200 IM Silver 2:15.17
400 MR Gold 4:08.34
400 FR Gold 3:43.43
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team
1984 Olympian
Pablo Morales 100 fly Silver 53.23
200 IM Silver 2:03.05
400 MR Gold 3:39.30
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team
1988 US Olympic Trial finalists:
Mitzi Kremer 100 free 2nd 55.40
200 free 1st 1:58.97
400 free 3rd 4:08.08
Laura Walker 100 free 5th 56.14
Sara Linke 200 free 5th 2:00.64
Kim Tesch 100 back 5th 1:02.71
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team
1988 US Olympic Trials finalists:
Jay Mortenson 100 back 2nd 55.97
100 fly 2nd 53.29
Jeff Kubiak 100 brst 4th 1:03.27
200 brst 3rd 2:16.61
Steve Bentley 200 brst 5th 2:16.88
Pablo Morales 100 fly 3rd 53.52
200 fly 3rd 2:00.10
Concord Pleasant Hill Swim Team
1988 Olympians
CPH Head Coach Mitch Ivey named to USA staff.
Mitzi Kremer 400 FR Bronze 3:44.25
200 free 6th
Laura Walker 400 FR Bronze 3:44.25
Jay Mortensen
6th 100 fly
11th 100 back
Concord Pleasant Hill - Lamorinda Swim Team (CPHL)
Head Coach: Ray Mitchell
Assistant Coaches: Paul Stafford & Rick Waterhouse
Formed in 1989
Concord Community Pool
College Park High pool
Current Pacific Swimming Record Holders:
15-16 boys 200 y FR 1:26.51 & 200 y MR 1:37.47 1991
Tyrone Miller, Mike Williams, Dan King, Michael Paige
Terrapins Swim Team (TERA)
Head Coach: Ray Mitchell (1989-2006)
Paul Stafford (2006-present)
Concord Community Pool
Buchanan Swim Center
LMC pool
Numerous Far Western
Team Championships in
the 1990s.
Terrapins Swim Team
Current Pacific Swimming Record Holders:
Laura Davis Kate Dwelley Jessica Stacy
Chelsea Chenault Natalie Coughlin Marissa Neel
Kasey Carlson Justin Lynch Sean Mahoney
Piankhi Gibson
Relay swimmers not listed above:
Kelly Cureton Gina Middleton Mckenzie Buchanan Karen Wang
Paige Bradley Michelle Moreno Acacia Clark Shanna DeMichelle
Haley Love Madison Applegate Lauren Rogers Julianne McLane
Presley Bard Deirdre Clute Donald Walter Matt Dentone
Sean Reilly Matt Bishop Mike Gausman Chuck Kennedy
Justin Rossi Trent Holsman Brent Feldman
Terrapins Swim Team
Current National Age Group Record Holders:
Natalie Couglin 17-18 girls 100 y back 51.23 2001
17-18 girls 200 y back 1:51.02 2001
17-18 girls 100 y fly 51.18 2001
17-18 girls 100 m back 1:00.18 2001
Kasey Carlson 17-18 girls 100 y brst 58.75 2009
17-18 girls 100 m brst 1:05.75 2009
Sean Mahoney 11-12 boys 200 m brst 2:30.12 2001
Justin Lynch 11-12 boys 50 m fly 27.36 2009
Terrapins Swim Team
2000 US Olympic Trials finalists:
Natalie Coughlin 200 IM 4th 2:16.57
Laura Davis 200 IM 5th 2:17.11
Terrapins Swim Team
2004 US Olympic Trials finalist & semi-finalist:
Kate Dwelley 200 free 8th 2:00.47
Lauren Rogers 100 back 5th 1:02.38
Sean Mahoney 200 brst 13th 2:18.19
Terrapins Swim Team
2008 US Olympic Trials - finalists and semi-finalists:
Presley Bard 100 back 5th 1:01.03
Kate Dwelley 200 free 9th 1:58.90
Sean Mahoney 200 brst 10th 2:13.61
Kasey Carlson 100 brst 14th 1:09.58
Julianne McLane 200 back 15th 2:13.52