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On their
amazing
swims at
the
Masters
Swim
Meet
April 29
- May 1!
They are
USMS
National
Champions!!!
Coach
Laura
won the
400 IM
and 200
Fly and
placed
2nd or
3rd in
four
other
events!
Coach
Ross won
the 200
Back,
200 Fly,
200 Free
and 200
IM and
placed
2nd in
the 200
Free and
the 50
Free -
His
time of
22:11
is
faster
than
most
Cudas
can swim
a 25! |
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Coaching Staff |
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Head Coach |
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 Laura
Koch Davis
started competitive swimming at age 10 in Sugar Land, was a High School All-American in 1994, and went on to earn an academic/athletic scholarship to attend Iona College in New Rochelle, NY. While at Iona she set numerous school records, was team captain for swimming and water polo, won Most Valuable and Most Dedicated Honors throughout her collegiate career, named MAAC Conference Champ, and All-Academic Water polo 1999. She graduated from Iona in 1998 with a B.A. in History, and Iona Graduate School in 2000 with an MST in History/Education.
Laura started her coaching career as a volunteer in high school for a summer league team, and has worked with many USA, USMS, and Summer league teams in New York and Texas since 1993. Laura is also a certified USA, USMS, and ASCA Coach. In 2006, she formed her own USA and USMS teams while living in Austin, and helped her swimmers obtain Junior National and TAGS times in less than 5 months. Laura joined WMST in 2006 and has been active in Masters swimming since 2002. She is ranked Top Ten nationally and FINA in many events, and received numerous All-American awards. She has also served as a delegate for the Long Distance and Marketing committees.
Currently, she is in her 4th
season as Head Coach of the
Northampton Cudas, Head
Coach of Swim Streamline at
Northampton - a USA Swim
Team, Northampton Swim
Lesson Director, and also
coaches Masters for WMST at
the Conroe ISD Pool, and
also at Northampton. She
helped the Cudas earn the
title of 2009 Division N2
Champs, was elected
Vice-President of WMST, won
the President's Award for
2010, and lead SSAN to a
100% time improvement and
successful Fall/Gulf/Spring
Champs team. She is looking
forward to the fun and fast
season with the Northampton
Cudas with her talented
group of coaches and
swimmers.
GO CUDAS!
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Where did you
attend school? |
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Iona |
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What was your
major? |
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BA in History
'98
MST in
History/Education
'00 |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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After home
summer league
meets on Monday
nights we would
all go for pizza
and ALL TIME
favorite swim
memory is
winning the 200
fly at Long
Course nationals
and getting
proposed to! I
received a
diamond ring and
a gold
medal...hard to
top this! |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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The Cure |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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Just Like Heaven
by The Cure |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Lord of the
Rings |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Blue |
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Anna Gorski |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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College of Architecture at Texas A&M University |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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Swimming at
Regionals every
year |
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What is your
major (or do you
plan on majoring
in)? |
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Environmental Design |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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I swam for 7 years on the RAYS USA team in Fredericksburg, Virginia and for 4 years on my high school's varsity team. I was also captain of my high school team. I ran track and played water polo in high school. |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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Eli Young Band |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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James Otto's "Good Ole Days" |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Oceans 11 |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Light Blue |
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Quinton Jones |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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Vanderbilt
University in
Nashville, TN |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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Diving High
School Regional
Qualifier 4
years Captain-
Klein Oak Dive
Team (1 year-
senior) Club-
Junior Nationals
Qualifier
(Woodlands
Diving Academy)
Swimming 100
Breastroke
Regional
Qualifier 3
years Captain-
Klein Oak Swim
Team (1
year-senior) |
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What is your
major (or do you
plan on majoring
in)? |
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Major: Economics
and History
Minor:
Managerial
Studies |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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Well I didn’t
get to have many
Cuda memories
but I enjoyed
racing Coach
Laura last year
in the 50 meter
breast stroke.
She talks but
she just
couldn’t pull
out the win in
the end! |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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I love country
music which is
why Nashville is
perfect for me!
I don’t
necessarily have
a favorite group
but I love
Outlaw Country
(Willie, Waylon,
etc) and I also
love Texas
Country (Casey
Donahew Band,
Pat Green, Cory
Morrow, etc.).
Sorry for not
being too
specific but
it’s a hard
question! |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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“My Hometown” by
Charlie Robison |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Platoon |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Green |
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Blythe Shoemaker |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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George Mason
University |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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US Swimming-
TAGS
breaststroke
2000-2004 short
course and long
course. Gulf
champs finalist
400 IM and
breaststroke.
Summer league-
Northern
Virginia Summer
League All star
Relay, IM and
breaststroke 8
and under, 9-10.
16-18 Ponderosa
breaststroke.
All Stars 100 IM
(1st place).
Diving- 14-15
AAU Nationals
qualifier.
Conference team
for Division 1
swim and dive:
1m and 3m Water
Polo- played all
4 years of high
school, 2007 and
2008 year placed
4th in regional. |
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What is your
major? |
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Global and
Environmental
change |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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Having swimming
socials after
summer league
meets! |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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The Beatles |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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Love Story by
Taylor Swift |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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She's the Man |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Yellow |
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Dani Tiemeyer |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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LCS: Lone Star
College:
Montgomery |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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I got "Cuda of
the week" a few
times. |
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What is your
major? |
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Nursing |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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I don't know if
I have JUST ONE
favorite memory,
I did love
writing and
singing "Don't
Stop Swimming"
Senior year.
Getting excited
with the team
after we won
divisionals was
a blast and a
perfect ending
to my final
swimming season.
I also will
never forget
hearing Mrs.
Tobias cheer,
you could hear
her underwater!
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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The Fray |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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"All at Once"
-The Fray "Keep
the Faith" - Bon
Jovi
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Toy Story |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Cub Blue |
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Traci Van
Matre |
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Where do you
attend school? |
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Graduated from
The University
of Texas |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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State champion
in high school,
Swam for UT,
Olympic Trials
’08, was a part
of a National
Team, been
swimming for 17
years |
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What is your
major (or do you
plan on majoring
in)? |
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Majored in
Kinesiology with
a Minor in
Corporate
Communication |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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Hitting the
concession
stands in
between races
for candy;
staying after
Saturday morning
home meets with
all of the kids
waiting for the
pool to open
back up so we
could play and
spend even MORE
time in the
water. |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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Black Eyed Peas |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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At the moment,
my favorite song
is Right Above
It by Drake ft.
Lil’ Wayne. |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Pride |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Burnt Orange |
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Ross Davis |
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Where did you
attend school? |
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Clarion |
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What are your
swimming (or
related sport)
accomplishments? |
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As a Masters
swimmer he has
been ranked Top
Ten Nationally
in the
50/100/200/400/500
Free, 50/100/200
Fly, 50/100/200
Back,
100/200/400 I.M.,
open water
swimming and 1
hour postal.
Coach Ross also
holds South
Texas Masters
Zone records in
the 100/200 Fly,
50/100/200 Back,
50/100/200 Free
and 200/400IM.
He achieved All
American Masters
status in 2004
with the fastest
time posted in
the 400 IM and
again in 2005
with the 100
Backstroke. In
2005 he won 4
National Titles
in the 100 Fly,
200 Back, 200
Free and 200
Freestyle Relay.
In 2006, while
competing in
FINA Masters
World
Championships he
broke 2 Masters
World Records in
the 200 Back and
200 Mixed
Freestyle Relay. |
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What was your
major? |
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BSBA in
Accounting '89 |
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What is your
favorite memory
from swimming? |
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Ice cream after
practice |
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What is your
favorite musical
group? |
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The Doors |
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What is your
favorite song? |
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L.A. Woman by
The Doors |
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What is your
favorite movie? |
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Lord of the
Rings |
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What is your
favorite color? |
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Black (and gold
during Steelers
season!) |
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