Men's Swimming & Diving
Krakauer, Amy
Amy Krakauer
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- amkrakauer@davidson.edu
- Phone:
- 2810
Amy Krakauer completed her sixth season with the Davidson swimming & diving team with the most recent title associate head coach in the 2015-16 season.
Krakauer’s previous experience, both as a collegiate swimmer herself at Columbia and as an assistant coach at Colgate, helped the Wildcats tremendously throughout her previous six seasons.
The Wildcats are coming off their best season in the Atlantic 10 in 2015-16. Krakauer helped lead the women's squad to an impressive third-place finish led by 2016 A-10 Most Outstanding Performer Elise Lankiewicz. The two-time honoree went undefeated in three individual events, winning the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 1650 freestyle events, while helping four relay squads to gold medals. Lankiewicz set four A-10 records and four school records to be named the Most Outstanding Performer for the second-straight year.
In 2012-13, then-sophomore Meredith Nakano set a new program record in the 200-yard butterfly as one of 20 performances by the Wildcat women that ended up on the program’s all-time top-10 list. Led by Drew Onken, who set a new program record in the 100-yard breaststroke, the men’s squad posted 29 all-time top-10 performances in the 2012-13 on their way to the 2013 CCSA Championship. Krakauer assisted in Onken’s development as he earned three consecutive CCSA Swimmer of the Year honors.
In 2011-12, Krakauer aided Onken in qualifying for a trio of events at the NCAA Championship as well as the 2012 U.S. Olympic team trials, where he swam alongside teammate Geoff Peitz. Dylan Ludwick earned CCSA Freshman Swimmer of the Year accolades, while both the men’s and women’s team were honored as CSCAA All-Academic teams.
During her first season with the Wildcats, Krakauer helped coach Davidson to a 2011 CCSA men's championship and 14 individual and seven relay records at the league championships.
“Amy's experiences, both as a student-athlete and as a professional, make her a unique and impressive fit for our program," head coach John Young said.
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 won her age group at the Ironman Lousiville 2010 to earn a qualifying slot in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, where she finished ninth in her age group. She also was the top overall female finisher at the USA Triathlon Aquathlon National Championship in May of 2011. In the fall of 2012, she again successfully competed in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.
Krakauer’s previous experience, both as a collegiate swimmer herself at Columbia and as an assistant coach at Colgate, helped the Wildcats tremendously throughout her previous six seasons.
The Wildcats are coming off their best season in the Atlantic 10 in 2015-16. Krakauer helped lead the women's squad to an impressive third-place finish led by 2016 A-10 Most Outstanding Performer Elise Lankiewicz. The two-time honoree went undefeated in three individual events, winning the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle and 1650 freestyle events, while helping four relay squads to gold medals. Lankiewicz set four A-10 records and four school records to be named the Most Outstanding Performer for the second-straight year.
In 2012-13, then-sophomore Meredith Nakano set a new program record in the 200-yard butterfly as one of 20 performances by the Wildcat women that ended up on the program’s all-time top-10 list. Led by Drew Onken, who set a new program record in the 100-yard breaststroke, the men’s squad posted 29 all-time top-10 performances in the 2012-13 on their way to the 2013 CCSA Championship. Krakauer assisted in Onken’s development as he earned three consecutive CCSA Swimmer of the Year honors.
In 2011-12, Krakauer aided Onken in qualifying for a trio of events at the NCAA Championship as well as the 2012 U.S. Olympic team trials, where he swam alongside teammate Geoff Peitz. Dylan Ludwick earned CCSA Freshman Swimmer of the Year accolades, while both the men’s and women’s team were honored as CSCAA All-Academic teams.
During her first season with the Wildcats, Krakauer helped coach Davidson to a 2011 CCSA men's championship and 14 individual and seven relay records at the league championships.
“Amy's experiences, both as a student-athlete and as a professional, make her a unique and impressive fit for our program," head coach John Young said.
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 won her age group at the Ironman Lousiville 2010 to earn a qualifying slot in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, where she finished ninth in her age group. She also was the top overall female finisher at the USA Triathlon Aquathlon National Championship in May of 2011. In the fall of 2012, she again successfully competed in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.
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