From University of Rochester Athletics
With an experienced coaching alumnus and a past national
champion on the deck as well, University of Rochester swimming and
diving coach Emily Wylam has her staff well organized as the new
academic year approaches.
Wylam promoted Kevin Howard '11 to the position of first assistant
coach and named Renee Rosenkranz as the second assistant.
Howard was a four-time NCAA provisional qualifier, and five-time
record holder during his collegiate career at Rochester. He
works directly with the men's and women's distance swimmers, long
middle distance swimmers, and 400IMers. He is also responsible for
co-coordinating both the weight and dryland programs for the
team.
With Howard on the deck coaching, Rochester swimmers achieved a
multitude of honors: 51 school records, seven All-UAA performers,
40 NCAA provisional qualifiers, seven NCAA Swimming & Diving
Championship performers, seven Honorable Mention All-American
athletes, 51 Liberty League event champions, and three Liberty
League team championships.
Academically, the Rochester swimmers and divers had 15 people named
as Scholar All-Americans or Honorable Mention Scholar All-Americans
by the CSCAA, three CSCAA Team Scholar All-America awards, and two
Academic All-America honors as chosen by the College Sports
Information Directors of America.
Prior to his return to Rochester, Howard was an assistant for
Whitman College where he helped coach those swimmers to nine
provisional NCAA qualifying times, and 28 new school records. One
of Whitman's swimmers became an NCAA All-American. Whitman finished
27th at the NCAA championship meet that year. Howard has worked as
a clinician at both the University of Rochester and Nike swimming
camps.
Howard was graduated from the University of Rochester with a BS in
Biomedical Engineering and a minor in History. He is currently
completing his Masters degree in Biomedical Engineering.
Rosenkranz earned 11 All-America honors at Emory University and
achieved Honorable Mention All-America status twice. In a
three-year career at Emory (2011-2013), she was a member of four
national championship relay teams (twice in the 200 free relay,
twice in the 400 free relay). Emory won three national championship
team titles during Rosenkranz's days in the water.
She comes to the University after spending one year as an assistant
coach and assistant aquatics director at Hartwick College in
Oneonta, NY. She was responsible for athlete development,
conditioning, recruiting, and facility scheduling among her myriad
of duties.
Rosenkranz began her athletic career at Stony Brook University on
Long Island. She was named the Female Freshman of the Year there in
2010, then transferred to Emory. She was graduated from Emory with
a baccalaureate degree in Political Science in 2013.