Krakauer Joins Wildcat Swimming Staff
9/2/2010 2:20:16 PM | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Davidson head swimming coach John Young announced the addition of Amy Krakauer to the Wildcat swimming and diving staff.
“I am delighted to introduce Amy Krakauer as the newest member of the Davidson swimming and diving family,” head coach John Young said. “Her experiences, both as a student-athlete and as a professional, make her a unique and impressive fit for our program.”
Krakauer joins the Wildcat staff for the 2010-11 season after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Colgate University, where she coached the middle distance and stroke swimmers. In her two seasons with the Raiders, the middle distance team achieved 231 personal best times, 27 school records, 22 Patriot League records, 15 NCAA B-cut times and the women's team won the 2009 Patriot League Championship. Krakauer also coached Emily Murphy, who became Colgate's first female NCAA championship competitor, in the 200 IM and the 100 and 200 breaststrokes.
“Coach Krakauer is familiar with the perspective necessary to be successful in a rigorous academic setting,” Young said. “As our student-athletes aspire to ever-greater successes, I am confident that Amy will be a tremendous resource and mentor.”
Krakauer's coaching experience also includes stints at Nike Swimming Camps in 2006 and 2007 and as the head coach of the Columbia Masters Swimming program from 2005-08, while she was also a four-year member of the Columbia women's swimming and diving team.
Krakauer was a four-year letter winner for the Columbia Lions, earning First-Team All-Ivy honors in 2008, as a member of the winning 200 medley relay and runner-up 400 medley relay, and the runner-up in the 100 breast with an NCAA B-cut time at the Ivy League championships. She also earned Academic All-America Honorable Mention honors in 2008 and Academic All-Ivy honors in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The former team captain was also an NCAA Sportsmanship Award Ivy League nominee in 2006 and the Coaches Award winner in both 2005 and 2006.
Krakauer earned her B.A. in Economics and German from Columbia in May of 2008, where she was an eight-semester honoree on the Dean's List. She is a native of Colorado Springs, Colo. She recently completed the Ironman Lousiville 2010, where she won her age group and earned a qualifying slot in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.
“I am delighted to introduce Amy Krakauer as the newest member of the Davidson swimming and diving family,” head coach John Young said. “Her experiences, both as a student-athlete and as a professional, make her a unique and impressive fit for our program.”
Krakauer joins the Wildcat staff for the 2010-11 season after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Colgate University, where she coached the middle distance and stroke swimmers. In her two seasons with the Raiders, the middle distance team achieved 231 personal best times, 27 school records, 22 Patriot League records, 15 NCAA B-cut times and the women's team won the 2009 Patriot League Championship. Krakauer also coached Emily Murphy, who became Colgate's first female NCAA championship competitor, in the 200 IM and the 100 and 200 breaststrokes.
“Coach Krakauer is familiar with the perspective necessary to be successful in a rigorous academic setting,” Young said. “As our student-athletes aspire to ever-greater successes, I am confident that Amy will be a tremendous resource and mentor.”
Krakauer's coaching experience also includes stints at Nike Swimming Camps in 2006 and 2007 and as the head coach of the Columbia Masters Swimming program from 2005-08, while she was also a four-year member of the Columbia women's swimming and diving team.
Krakauer was a four-year letter winner for the Columbia Lions, earning First-Team All-Ivy honors in 2008, as a member of the winning 200 medley relay and runner-up 400 medley relay, and the runner-up in the 100 breast with an NCAA B-cut time at the Ivy League championships. She also earned Academic All-America Honorable Mention honors in 2008 and Academic All-Ivy honors in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The former team captain was also an NCAA Sportsmanship Award Ivy League nominee in 2006 and the Coaches Award winner in both 2005 and 2006.
Krakauer earned her B.A. in Economics and German from Columbia in May of 2008, where she was an eight-semester honoree on the Dean's List. She is a native of Colorado Springs, Colo. She recently completed the Ironman Lousiville 2010, where she won her age group and earned a qualifying slot in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.
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