Five Mustangs Named To CSCAA 100 Greatest Swimmers & Divers of the Past 100 Years
Nov 9 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (SMU) – In conjunction with the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America's (CSCAA) 100th Anniversary, five Mustang swimmers and divers were named to the list of 100 Greatest Swimmers & Divers of the Past 100 Years.
Moravcova was the 1997 NCAA Swimmer of the Year, a 14-time NCAA swimming champion and 12-time individual All-American. A five-time Olympic Medalist, she won silver twice. She is also a multi-time conference swimmer of the year and won 12 individual conference titles. Moravcova is a former World Record holder in the 100 butterfly. Moravcova is a member of the 2008 SMU Athletics Hall of Fame class.
Flavia Rigamonti | Sorengo, Switzerland | 2002-06
Rigamonti competed for the Mustangs from 2002-06. She was a five-time NCAA Champion and eight-time All-American. The six-time individual conference champion was named the C-USA Swimmer of the Year in 2006 and the WAC Freshman of the Yeah in 2002. She was also an Academic All-American and still holds program records in the 500 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free. Rigamonti competed for Switzerland in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, and is a two-time U.S. Nationals Champion.
Janet Thorburn | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 1978-80
Thorburn won the 1979 AIAW Championship on both the 1 and 3 meter, and earned All-America honors. She became the first female from SMU to represent the United States at the 1972 Olympic Games in München, taking fourth in both the springboard and platform events. She took gold in the 10m platform at the 1975 World Championships and competed in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal in platform. She is a member of the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2016.
Lars Frolander | Boden, Sweden | 1995-98
Frolander was the 1998 NCAA Swimmer of the Year, winning NCAA Championships in two events - the 100 free and 100 fly. He won the same pair of championships in 1997 and the 100 fly as a freshman in 1995. Frolander also participated in six Olympic Games. He took the gold medal in 100 fly in the 2000 Olympics, and also took silver medals in the 4x200 free relay in 1992 and 1996. He is a member of the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2013.Â
Steve Lundquist | Jonesboro, Georgia | 1980-83
Lundquist is an eight-time NCAA Champion and 12-time individual All-American and nine-time conference champion. A two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, he was named the 1982 United States Swimmer of the Year. He was elected into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1990 and the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.
Nearly three thousand athletes were nominated, with a blue-ribbon panel of current and former college swimmers, coaches, and members of the media making selections from a list of 973 finalists. Eighty-six swimmers and fourteen divers were selected. They hail from twenty-eight states and thirteen countries. Highlights of the selections include 12 members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame and 59 Olympians.
Martina Moravcova | Piestany, Slovakia | 1996-99Moravcova was the 1997 NCAA Swimmer of the Year, a 14-time NCAA swimming champion and 12-time individual All-American. A five-time Olympic Medalist, she won silver twice. She is also a multi-time conference swimmer of the year and won 12 individual conference titles. Moravcova is a former World Record holder in the 100 butterfly. Moravcova is a member of the 2008 SMU Athletics Hall of Fame class.
Flavia Rigamonti | Sorengo, Switzerland | 2002-06
Rigamonti competed for the Mustangs from 2002-06. She was a five-time NCAA Champion and eight-time All-American. The six-time individual conference champion was named the C-USA Swimmer of the Year in 2006 and the WAC Freshman of the Yeah in 2002. She was also an Academic All-American and still holds program records in the 500 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free. Rigamonti competed for Switzerland in the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, and is a two-time U.S. Nationals Champion.
Janet Thorburn | Albuquerque, New Mexico | 1978-80
Thorburn won the 1979 AIAW Championship on both the 1 and 3 meter, and earned All-America honors. She became the first female from SMU to represent the United States at the 1972 Olympic Games in München, taking fourth in both the springboard and platform events. She took gold in the 10m platform at the 1975 World Championships and competed in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal in platform. She is a member of the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2016.
Lars Frolander | Boden, Sweden | 1995-98
Frolander was the 1998 NCAA Swimmer of the Year, winning NCAA Championships in two events - the 100 free and 100 fly. He won the same pair of championships in 1997 and the 100 fly as a freshman in 1995. Frolander also participated in six Olympic Games. He took the gold medal in 100 fly in the 2000 Olympics, and also took silver medals in the 4x200 free relay in 1992 and 1996. He is a member of the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2013.Â
Steve Lundquist | Jonesboro, Georgia | 1980-83
Lundquist is an eight-time NCAA Champion and 12-time individual All-American and nine-time conference champion. A two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, he was named the 1982 United States Swimmer of the Year. He was elected into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1990 and the SMU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009.
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