Rutgers Swim Camp

Camp Coaches

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  Jon Maccoll

  Head Coach

  Jon Maccoll enters his eighth season as the head coach of the Rutgers swimming & diving program directing the Scarlet Knights to new heights in the Big Ten and holding a reputation for building a championship culture at each one of his stops.

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  Jon Maccoll

  Head Coach

  During his career, Maccoll has been accountable for 182 All-America swims from 32 student-athletes and worked with six swimmers that went on to compete in the Olympics, with five earning gold medals at Olympic summer games. Under Maccoll's watch at Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights have achieved 64 times and scores among the school's all-time top 10. In fact, eighteen of Rutgers' 22 school records have been established during Maccoll's tenure.
  
  Most recently, the Scarlet Knights finished 32nd at the 2024 NCAA Championships with at least one Scarlet Knight sent to the national champions in each of the last three seasons. At the Big Ten Championships the 400 medley relay team produced the highest podium finish for a relay squad since joining the league back in 2014, while eight NCAA B cuts were registered, 18 top 24 finishes were recorded,13 program top 10 times were captured and 28 personal bests were set including a school record and podium finish for Tina Celik in the 100 back.
  
  RU continued its upward trend in 2022-23 as the Scarlet Knights captured its highest point total at the Big Ten Championships since joining the Big Ten and sent NCAA Zone A platform champion Giulia Vittorioso to the NCAA Championships. Altogether the Scarlet Knights produced six podium finishes at the conference championships along with 11 B final competitors and five C final appearances. RU set three new school records in the 100 breast and 200 and 400 medley relays, along with a trio of Rutgers Aquatics Center Pool records in the 50 free, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay. The Scarlet Knights achieved 99 personal bests during the season, 65 event victories, 25 times/scores among the all-time top 10 along with 24 NCAA B cuts/zone scores.

  Rutgers was back to full strength for 2021-22 following the pandemic and continued to make huge strides in the water. The Scarlet Knights captured their highest Big Ten Championship finish since joining the Big Ten and finished 26th at the NCAA Championships, the highest finish for the Scarlet Knights since 2006. Altogether the Scarlet Knights produced 10 podium finishes at the championships. Seven new Rutgers school records were established and 28 times/scores were recorded among the all-time top 10. Nine NCAA "B" cuts were collected, while six divers were sent to NCAA Zones. On the boards, Rutgers sent two divers to the NCAA Championships with Abigail Knapton producing all-america honors as a finalist on platform and consolation finalist on 3-meter.

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  Tom Speedling

  Assistant Coach

  Thomas Speedling joined the Scarlet Aquatic Club (now Scarlet Aquatics: Rutgers Division) coaching staff as an assistant in 1996, and took over as Head Coach in 2002. A USA Swimming National Team Coach from 2004-2010, Speedling has trained multiple world-class swimmers.

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  Tom Speedling

  Assistant Coach

  Among the swimmers that Speedling developed are USA Swimming National Team member Rebecca Soni, a Gold and double Silver Medalist at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Soni is also a three-time World Champion swimmer, World and American Record Holder, and six time NCAA Champion, NCAA All American, and NCAA Record Holder. In addition, he also developed Canadian National Record Holder, NCAA All American, and former World Record Holder Stefan Hirniak, and Ashley Steenvoorden, a US National Champion, NCAA All American, and USA Swimming National Team member.