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8 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 Coming to Campus for the second time: h^Thr hi conjunction with UGA Housing dWtilt, jflghfc in* hi • The Grand Hall In Tate 11, sth floor • Entertainment and Food provided • Chance to win door prizes! • No need to drive all over Athens - save time and see all of your off-campus options at once! • Over 50 Exhibitors to visit: UGA Housing, apartments, property managers, campus services • RSVP to our Facebook event to win a chance at one of our prizes before the Fair | \\ \ \ \ \ Tff I ■ / u Y A y J p*-—-r - Y jJ -/ i V„ +9 / Ni I I | , In I ■ MSB ||kl VI RCIII \\ RIVI K WAI 1^ i arwi nm * fmjj| vßk. Hr** Gtorgio JW Una WM Jm hUT Mill ■ - - " v * MEGAN PITTMAN | Th. Rida Buck ▲ Mark Richt made Joe Tereshinski director off 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.” - _Absgl/_ £ a campus apartments community tLandmark imsmiTir SPORTS \ : ym OMik w NiArtftniMim fife n [u l T.l.ll! Vkl^l 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 *£Al 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.”