University of Tennessee Athletics
Women's Swimming & Diving
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- Assistant Swimming Coach
Joining head swimming coach Matt Kredich is fifth-year assistant Jen Arndt.
During her time at Tennessee, Arndt has become known as one of the most creative minds in swimming. She has put her stamp on the training of the team by devising numerous kinesthetic learning devices for every stroke and by becoming one of the world[apos]s experts in the implementation of TRX training for swimmers.
She is the recruiting coordinator for the team and has helped to put together three straight national top 20 recruiting classes. Arndt is one of the few college coaches who has received formal training in listening skills and is an experienced counselor and advisor as well.
Much of Arndt[apos]s hard work comes behind the scenes as the assistant coach. Nevertheless, she works tirelessly outside of the spotlight and is a driving force behind the Lady Vols[apos] success.
Arndt and Kredich share coaching duties between training groups, relying on a collaborative team coaching approach to the implementation of their workout design. She has initiated the use of some advanced physiological monitoring tools and software to the program and remains on the cutting edge of advances in swimming technology.
Prior to joining the staff at UT, the Wisconsin native served as the head coach for both the men[apos]s and women[apos]s swimming programs at Lewis University. At the Romeoville, Ill., school she continued the success of the squads by implementing an extensive conditioning and tapering schedule that raised the level of performance by the student-athletes. In her three years at the helm of the Flyers, she guided five of her swimmers to 10 All-America performances, including both the first and second male All-Americans in school history.
Arndt also served on the NCAA Swimming and Diving Rules Committee and the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Executive Board as the NCAA Division II representative for women[apos]s swimming, doing so from September 2004 to May 2005.
Her other responsibilities at Lewis included acting as a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee moderator, serving as the athletics department[apos]s liaison to student services, and filling a role as director of Student-Athlete Health and Wellness. Additionally, Arndt introduced a CHAMPS/Life Skills program sponsored by the NCAA.
Prior to coaching, Arndt had an outstanding collegiate swimming career at Michigan, helping the Wolverines bring home Big Ten Championships in 1997, 1998 and 2001. She served as a co-captain in 1999-2000 and earned All-Big Ten honors in 1997, 1999 and 2001.
Arndt also experienced success in the classroom while in Ann Arbor, garnering Michigan[apos]s Academic Achievement Award and was honored by the Big Ten in 1997, 1999 and 2001.
A key member of Michigan Peer Advisors Creating Trust (M-PACT), Arndt served as a chairperson and worked to support more than 700 student-athletes in their quest to overcome personal challenges.
She is a 2001 graduate from the University of Michigan, with a bachelor of science degree in kinesiology.
Evidence of Arndt[apos]s efforts over the past four seasons have been seen in the Lady Vol swimming and diving program[apos]s success on conference, national and international levels.
This past summer former Lady Vol star and 2008 NCAA champion Christine Magnuson captured her second straight 100m fly title at the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Championshps and competed at the FINA World Championships.
Current Lady Vols Michele King, Martina Moravcikova, Jenny Connolly, Alex Barsanti, Tricia Weaner and Samara Gelb also performed well at elite summer competitions.
King won a gold and a bronze medal as a member of Team USA at the World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia, while Moravcikova joined her teammate at the event as a competitor for her native Czech Republic.
Connolly, Barsanti, Weaner and Gelb joined Magnuson at the national championships, where Connolly and Barsanti each made it to the finals in their events. Connolly finished the summer with the fourth-fastest 100m back time in the country and was named to the U.S. national team.
The summer success came on the heels of another season packed with achievements for the Lady Vols under the direction of Kredich and Arndt.
Tennessee placed in the top 15 at the NCAA Championships for a school-record-tying fourth consecutive year, and eight athletes earned All-America honors.
At the Southeastern Conference Championships, Tennessee placed fourth for the second straight year and had two Lady Vols, King and Saffer, capture conference individual titles.
Since Arndt arrived at Rocky Top, 17 different Lady Vols have garnered 99 All-America awards, 25 SEC medals, eight conference championships and one national championship. During Arndt[apos]s tenure, 18 of 19 Tennessee swimming records also have been broken.
