Jack Bauerle: Jack began swimming in the Philadelphia area at the Germantown YMCA, the Manor Lu Swim Club, and the Philadelphia Aquatic Club. As a senior in 1970, he was a co-captain of the La Salle College High School team and also swam on four teams that won the Philadelphia Catholic League Championships. In 2010 Bauerle was inducted into the La Salle College High School Alumni Hall of Fame. As a varsity swimmer at UGA from 1971-72 to 1974-75, Bauerle set UGA records in the 200-yard butterfly, 1,000- and 1,650-yard freestyle events, and served as the team captain of the 1973–74 and 1974–75 squads.
Including his tenures as head coach, assistant coach, and student-athlete, Bauerle has been associated with Georgia for over 50 years. During his athletic career, he was a four-year letter winner and two-time team captain, graduating in 1975 with program records in the 200-yard butterfly and 1,650-yard freestyle. Following graduation, he was an assistant for the men’s team for three seasons and the women for one before being named women’s head coach in 1979, eventually adding the men’s title in 1983. In his time overseeing Georgia’s program, Bauerle has produced seven NCAA and 12 SEC crowns with the Lady Bulldogs, with 62 different men and women team members winning 175 national championships. At NCAAs, his teams have posted 48 Top 10 finishes, including 21 Top 5 finishes in 22 seasons for the women’s squad from 1995 through 2017. In his tenure, 304 Georgia student-athletes have accumulated 2,116 All-America citations, while Bauerle himself has been chosen as the SEC Coach of the Year 18 times (16 with the women, two with the men) and the National Women’s Coach of the Year on seven occasions.
In 2008, Bauerle reached the pinnacle of his coaching success when he was chosen as the United States women’s team coach for the Olympics, leading the American women to 14 medals, the most of any nation. Including Beijing, he has coached for Team USA at each of the last six Olympic Games, serving as a women’s assistant in 2000, men’s assistant in 2016 and 2020, and personal coach in 2004 and 2012. Under Bauerle’s leadership, Georgia has produced 87 Olympians representing 20 different nations, earning 38 medals in the process. Georgia swimmers have earned 15 Gold Medals, beginning with Sheila Taormina in the 4x200m freestyle relay at the 1996 Atlanta Games. At the 2000 Sydney Games, Kristy Kowal became the first individual medalist as she took Silver in the 200m breaststroke, while in 2012, Allison Schmitt became the program’s first individual Gold Medalist when she won the 200m freestyle in London.
Outside of the water, Bauerle’s teams have excelled in the classroom and community as well. Three Lady Bulldog swimmers, Kowal, Lisa Coole, and Kim Black, have been named the NCAA Woman of the Year, tying for the most winners from a single athletic program. With 39 NCAA postgraduate scholarship winners, only six schools have more recipients than just the Georgia swimming and diving program. Additionally, the program has produced 41 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and 416 CSCAA Scholar All-Americans.
Susan Doerr: Susan is a former American world record-holder who represented the United States as a 15-year-old at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary round of the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Doerr began her career in age group swimming in Philadelphia. She competed in her first United States Women’s National Championships in the spring of 1959, representing Vesper Boat Club. She went on to be a leading member of Vesper when they clinched their first high point award at the 1961 United States Women’s National Championships; the same year, Doerr set a world record in the 100 m butterfly. Doerr graduated from Abington Friends School in Abington, Pennsylvania in 1963, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967.
Carolyn Green: Carolyn is a former Olympic swimmer and two-time Pan American Games gold medalist. Green represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. She competed in the women’s 400-meter freestyle, advanced to the event final, and finished fourth in a time of 5:16.5. Green also swam in two consecutive Pan-American Games. At the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammates Jackie LaVine, Betty Mullen, and Sharon Geary. Individually, she received a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women’s 400-meter freestyle. Four years later at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, she again won a gold medal in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle, this time with teammates Judith Roberts, Wanda Werner, and Gretchen Gluter. Once again, she also won a silver medal in the women’s 400-meter freestyle.
Nina Harmer: Nina was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and trained with the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia. As a 14-year-old, she represented the United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome in the women’s 100-meter backstroke. In 1961 she won the 100 and 200 meter backstrokes at the AAU outdoors and won the AAU indoors in the 100-yard back. At the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil, she won the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter backstroke. A year later at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Harmer swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women’s 4×100-meter medley relay.
Individually, she also competed in the women’s 100-meter backstroke, finishing fifth in the event final.
Sue Heon: Sue Heon was a distance and individual medley swimmer who competed for the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1984. She was runner-up in the 1983 Pan Pacific meet in the 400IM, and won the 400IM at the 1982 USA-USSR dual meet. Sue set new standards of greatness for Pitt Swimming during her remarkable career that spanned from 1981-85. She was an 11-time All-American, earning national accolades in each season of her collegiate career. Heon independently earned honors in the 400 individual medley (three times), 500 freestyle (twice), 1650 freestyle (twice) and the 200 backstroke. She also was part of three All-America relay teams (twice as a member of the 800 free relay and once in the 400 medley relay). Heon was a nine-time individual Big East champion and two-time relay champion. At the conclusion of her Pitt career, Heon held seven different school records. She represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, finishing fourth in the 400 individual medley.
P. Jeanne Howley: Jeanne began her officiating career first as an AAU (now called USA Swimming) official in 1968 followed by her current stint as a PIAA Swimming and Diving official since 1975. She previously served as her Chapter’s secretary and assignor for many years and currently is a member of the District 3 Swimming and Diving committee where she serves as the Meet Director for District 3 Diving. In 1996, Jeanne was awarded PHSSCA’s PIAA Official of the Year. From 2000 to the present, Jeanne has worked with Melissa Mertz-PIAA Associate Executive Director, as her Administrative Assistant, ensuring that all aspects of the PIAA State Swimming and Diving Championships are conducted at the highest professional level.
Jeanne served from 2008 to 2017 as the Statewide Interpreter for Swimming and Diving after having served as Administrative Assistant to the previous Statewide Interpreter, Les Richards until his retirement. In 2017, Jeanne was presented with the PIAA’S Mario J. Donnangelo Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her outstanding contribution, involvement, and support of the PIAA Officials’ Program. Jeanne is a retired registered nurse. Jeanne and her late husband, F.J. have two children Kathleen and Richard (Kathy) and two grandsons Chard and Croft.
David Nolan: Dave is one of the greatest swimmers to come out of the state of Pennsylvania while representing Hershey High School and Hershey Aquatic Club. Throughout his High School career, he was a 37-time NISCA All-American, 16-time conference champion, 15-time district champion, 13-time state champion with 16 All-State
honors, and 3-time PIAA most outstanding swimmer with 5 National Records. He was Team Captain and earned the distinction of being the US Army Reserve National scholar-athlete. Throughout his college career at Stanford University, he was a member of a team that was a perennial powerhouse winning Conference Championships. He was a Team Captain, a 22-time All-American with 3 NCAA Titles, 4 school records, and 2 time American Record Holder. While attending school and competing, he also earns Academic All-American honors. On the International scene, he was the USA National Jr. team captain, FINA World Cup qualifier, USA National team member, and 2016 Olympic Team runner-up.