Kredich Welcomes 11 New Lady Vols to Rocky Top

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. –Tennessee's director of swimming and diving Matt Kredich has announced the addition of 11 signees for the women's program's 2020 recruiting class.

Coming off the best season in the program's history, the new crop of Lady Vols will look to build on the 2019-20 team's SEC championship and bring more hardware back to Rocky Top.

"We are so excited about the character and ability of this class of signees," Kredich said. "They are really diverse in background and skills, and they cover a wide range of events. They complement each other really nicely though, and give us added strength and depth in all of our swimming events. We are most excited about one characteristic that they all have in common: they each strongly resonated with the Tennessee Lady Vol culture and tradition. They are competitive, driven to improve, and are looking to be part of a strong family atmosphere. They will have an immediate impact on this team as newcomers and undoubtably will build that impact over their whole time at Tennessee."

A full breakdown of Tennessee's 11 newest signees can be viewed below. For the most up-to-date information on Tennessee swimming and diving, follow @Vol_Swim on Twitter and Instagram.

Aly Breslin
Fort Washington, PA
Upper Dublin HS

200 Freestyle – 1:47.48
500 Freestyle – 4:54.68
200 IM – 2:03.32
100 Breaststroke – 1:03.21

Coach Quote: Aly is an outstanding athlete and competitor who has a really impressive improvement trajectory. She fits the mold of many of our great Lady Vols because she does so many events well. We are also really impressed with her humility, her team first attitude and the leadership qualities she's become known for in her club and high school swimming.

Annie Rimmer
Knoxville, TN
Carter HS

100 Freestyle – 50.73
200 Freestyle – 1:50.22
100 Butterfly – 54.96
200 Butterfly – 2:04.27

Coach Quote: Annie is really exciting because she has all of the great character qualities that we associate with success on our team. We've gotten to know Annie over a longer period of time than most of our recruits, and have seen her competitiveness, work ethic, and great sense of humor up close while she's worked to improve her event range and profile. She's improving quickly on many fronts and I think has only scratched the surface of what she'll be able to do in college.

Berit Quass
Ankeny, IA
Dowling Catholic HS

200 Freestyle – 1:50.29
500 Freestyle – 4:48.88
100 Butterfly – 53.67
200 Butterfly – 1:58.94

Coach Quote: Berit possesses a great combination of speed and endurance that makes her a really exciting prospect in mid distance butterfly and freestyle events. We were impressed with her humility and team focus during the recruiting process, and we're really excited about her event range and her unique skill set.

Elle Caldow
Virginia Beach, VA
First Colonial HS

100 Freestyle – 50.88
200 Freestyle – 1:47.18
100 Backstroke – 53.53
200 Backstroke – 1:57.24

Coach Quote: Elle impressed us from the beginning of the recruiting process with her enthusiasm and her energy. She's been a great leader on her team, and has a way of making people around her better. She has a tremendous background and a willingness to work at a consistently high level. She's set up to have an immediate impact individually, and she'll certainly make our training environment and our relays even more competitive.

Jasmine Rumley
Ankeny, IA
Ankeny HS

50 Freestyle – 22.29
100 Freestyle – 49.03
100 Butterfly – 55.73

Coach Quote: Jasmine is one of the top sprinters in the class, and as a three sport athlete in high school we love the combination of elite speed, athleticism and competitiveness that she'll bring to our team. Like many of our Lady Vol greats, she's proven to be a clutch relay performer and has performed best when the spotlight is brightest.

Jordan Aurnou-Rhees
Columbus, OH
Columbus School for Girls

200 Freestyle – 1:50.84
100 Butterfly – 54.47
200 Butterfly – 2:03.03
200 IM – 2:01.96

Coach Quote: Jordan has been dominant in Ohio high school swimming and has shown impressive versatility and speed across a number of events. She'll make our IM and sprint fly groups a lot more competitive. We were really drawn to her personality in the recruiting process and her values fit our team culture really well.

Kristen Stege
Naperville, IL
Neuqua Valley HS | East Carolina University

500 Freestyle – 4:43.85
1,000 Freestyle – 9:46.50
1,650 Freestyle – 16:11.96

Coach Quote: We are really fortunate to have Kristen joining us next year, as she'll add some juice to our training environment and our distance depth. She had an incredible freshman year at ECU, and while she has become an elite distance swimmer in a short period of time, she's got some intriguing speed as well. We're really excited about her future.

Margaret Marando
Dublin, OH
Dublin Scioto HS

100 Butterfly – 54.70
200 Butterfly – 2:00.09
50 Freestyle – 23.86
100 Freestyle – 51.70

Coach Quote: Margaret's enthusiasm for swimming and for the culture at Tennessee had us sold on her from the beginning of the recruiting process. She's has had some really impressive improvements recently that have put her in position to make a real impact immediately at the SEC level. Her leadership, positive outlook, and drive to improve are going to help us long before we get to SEC's.

Mona McSharry
Dublin, Ireland
Colaiste Cholmcille Ballyshannon

50 Freestyle – 25.03 SCM / 25.83 LCM
100 Freestyle – 54.34 SCM / 56.32 LCM
50 Breaststroke – 29.87 SCM / 30.87 LCM
100 Breaststroke – 1:04.36 SCM / 1:07.10 LCM
200 Breaststroke – 2:25.66 SCM / 2:27.67

Coach Quote: Mona's world class speed, versatility, and competitiveness makes her a really exciting addition to our team. Mona brings a wealth of international experience that will help the transition to freshman year, especially at the SEC and NCAA Championships. Mona has an impressive drive to improve, a tremendous work ethic and an infectious personality as well. She'll help carry on the tradition of great sprint breaststroke that we have at Tennessee, but she's got the unique ability to sprint all the other strokes as well.

Nicola Lane
Centerville, OH
Centerville HS

200 Freestyle – 1:49.07
500 Freestyle – 4:47.23
100 Backstroke – 54.71
200 Backstroke – 1:57.83

Coach Quote: Nicola really impressed us in the recruiting process because she seemed to fit so well with the team focused culture at Tennessee. She has great range in her event distances, and has had an especially impressive past year where she has become an outstanding middle distance freestyler as well as someone who will give a big shot in the arm to our backstroke group.

Olivia Harper
Bath, ME
Morse HS

50 Freestyle – 23.48
100 Freestyle – 51.27
100 Backstroke – 53.53
200 Backstroke – 1:57.00

Coach Quote: We are really excited about the skill set, work ethic, and attitude that Olivia will bring to Tennessee. She comes from a really unique training environment that has an impressive record of producing elite swimmers once they reach college. She's got a great sense of the value of team and family, and has some really exciting skills and abilities that we think will help make her a fantastic Lady Vol swimmer.

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