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Friday, December 3, aoio | The Red a Black
Richt reshuffles strength staff
By NICK PARKER
The Red & Black
Georgia football’s strength and conditioning stafT
will feature familiar faces in unfamiliar positions start
ing in 2011.
Beginning Jan. 1, strength and conditioning program
director Dave Van Halanger will step in as administra
tive assistant to head coach Mark Richt, according to a
news reUsgse from Georgia Sports Communications.
Joe 'peteshinski, who is the strength and condition
ing assigtant and video coordinator, will step in as the
directdfof the program.
A fortfter center for the Bulldogs, Tereshinski has
been part <tf the Georgia football coaching staff since
1982 when he Joined as the assistant offensive line, spe
cial teams and strength coach under Vince Dooley.
“Joe has had a hand in Georgia’s strength and condi
tioning program for nearly 30 years,” Richt said in the
news rfcleaqe. “I’m excited about what he can bring to
our progranvin this capacity and the direction he’ll set
as we move''forward.”
In his new capacity as administrative assistant, Van
Halanger will “oversee and/or work with programs that
will include character education, anew mentor pro
gram, former student-athlete development and com
munity service initiatives.”
Van Halanger came to Athens with Richt in 20C1
after directing Florida State’s strength and condition
ing program for 18 years under legendary head coach
Bobby Bowden.
“Dave has made immeasurable contributions to our
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Georgia’s strength and conditioning program.
football program and been a major factor in our 96 vic
tories over the last 10 years,” Richt said. “This role for
Dave will allow us to tap into many of his strengths that
will be of great benefit to Georgia, to me and most of all
to our student-athletes in a very unique way. He will be
outstanding in working with and motivating our young
people in these many areas that will bring strong guid
ance to them in their daily lives.”
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Dogs’ swimmer
acclimates quickly
By ROBBIE OTTLEY
The Red & Black
Jack Bauerle remem
bers the first time he met
freshman Melanie
Margalis. The Georgia
swimming head coach was
recruiting her older broth
er, Robert, who would
graduate from
Georgia in 2005. In
the living room of
the family’s home
in Clearwater, Fla.,
was then 8-year-old
Melanie.
“[She] was just
sitting there, wide
eyed,” Bauerle said.
“I remember
Robert telling me
she was gonna be a
good one even when she
was about 10 years old.”
Her brother’s prediction
turned out to be true. Ten
years down the road,
Margalis has already
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SWIMMING NOTEBOOK
begun to help out the
Bulldogs. Margalis won
three individual races
against Florida late last
month and notched anoth
er two individual victories
earlier this month in the
team’s meet against
Georgia Tech and
Emory. She also
swam as a part of
two winning medley
relays at both
meets, and her 400
individual medley
time is already the
fifth-fastest in
school history.
For her various
individual accom
plishments, Margalis was
awarded the National
Collegiate Swimmer of the
Week earlier this month
and received a similar
honor from the SEC.
“I was surprised, but I
was just happy that I rep
resented the team,”
Margalis said.
Bauerle doesn’t shy
away from Margalis’
accomplishments, but he
said it hasn’t done much
to affect her or the team.
“I don’t pay much
attention to it... it’s nice
to be honored, but the
bottom line is she helped
the team win,” Bauerle
said. “I mentioned it one
time to the team meeting,
and that was it.”
Though her older sister
Stephanie swam at South
Carolina, Margalis’ deci
sion to come to Athens
was an easy one thanks to
the family connection and
the relationships she had
developed at Georgia.
The transition to a col
legiate style of competition
has still been a departure
from what Margalis was
used to in Clearwater,
though.
“Training is a lot differ
ent,” Margalis said. “I’m
not used to lifting weights
like we do here, [but] it’s
definitely made me a lot
stronger, which has
helped.”
Margalis also faces a
higher quality of competi
tion among her teammates
than she did in high
school. Bauerle said he has
already seen better compe
tition leading to better
performances from
Margalis.
“All of a sudden it’s
taken her up a notch,”
Bauerle said. “I like the
way she is as an athlete.
It’s ldnda like she says lit
tle and swims great.”
Georgia Invitational
begins today
The Bulldogs (No. 12
men, No. 2 women) con
clude their fall season with
a three-day invitational
tournament featuring
teams from around the
nation making the trek to
Athens.
Among the top ranked
teams swimming in
Gabrielsen Natatorium
this weekend are Virginia
(No. II men, No. 9
women), Auburn (No. 7
men, No. 10 women) and
Minnesota (No. 13 men,
No. 14 women). With finals
on consecutive days from
Friday to Sunday, the rig
orous nature of the meet is
intended to help the
Bulldogs prepare for simi
larly strenuous meets later
in the season.
“It’s really gonna be a
heckuva meet,” Bauerle
said. “The idea of this
meet is to swim a three
day meet in preparation
for an SEC championship
and an NCAA champion
ship. The only way to pre
pare is to do it because
three-day meets are much
more difficult than a one
day duel meet.”
The Georgia
Invitational will be the
Bulldogs’ first competition
since the men’s and wom
en’s teams both defeated
Georgia Tech and Emory
on Nov. 3. Bauerle noted
that he has never lost to
Georgia Tech as an athlete
or a coach, and pointed
out that the month’s win
dow without competition
gave his swimmers the
opportunity to refocus
their training.
Bauerle’s swimmers are
looking forward to return
ing to the pool after the
last month’s hiatus and
testing their skills in a dif
ferent environment than
they’ve faced so far this
season.
“It might get a little
more serious since we have
(preliminary races] and
finals instead of just one
swim,” Margalis said. “I
just wanna help the team.”