June 20, 2005
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland State men's swimming & diving team has added seven student athletes who will begin competing in the 2005-06 season. Swimmers Sam Baribault, Marko Milenkovic, Douglas Mosiniak and Nedim Nisic join divers Joey Allen, George Chesney and Chris Dalman as the newest additions to the CSU squad. Head swimming coach Wally Morton made the announcement on Monday (June 20).
"Our tradition of winning teams will continue this season with this incoming class," Morton said. "It will be a challenge with the competition in the league this year, but we have filled a lot of holes and have added a lot of depth heading in. I feel that this is one of the deepest teams we have assembled since I have been here."
Allen a native of Gates Mills, Ohio, was ranked in the top 20 in the state at one meter diving all four years at Mayfield High School. He earned a trip to the state championships his senior season and was named the conference most valuable swimming and diving athlete. A district qualifier in each of his four years, he was named to the academic honor roll his senior season.
Baribault, a native of Orange Village, Ohio, was the district champion in the 100 butterfly as a senior. A multiple state and district swimming championships qualifier at Orange High School, he set the top time for the 100 butterfly and was a member of the record-holding 200 freestyle relay team.
A native of North Olmsted, Ohio, Chesney qualified for the district championships as a sophomore, junior and senior, advancing to the state championships his junior season.
Dalman, the son of former CSU diving great Jeff Dalman, was a national qualifier from 1994 to 2002 while competing in Seattle at Auburn State High School. An All-American all four years, he was the Washington State Champion in both 1999 and 2002 while finishing as a runner up in 2000 and 2001. Under the guidance of two-time Olympic medalist Kelly McCormick-Robertson, he qualified for the Junior Olympic World Championships in 1999 after finishing as a runner-up in the national championships.
A native of Nis, Serbia & Montenegro, Milenkovic has been a member of the national team since 2000, representing the country at the 2003 and 2004 European Championships. He was a multiple medalist at the Balkan Swimming Championships in 2003 and 2004 and was the national age-group champion in the 50, 100 and 200 breaststroke, as well as the 100 fly, 200 IM and 100 and 200 freestyle. He is the national age-group record holder in the 200 breast and as a part of the Nikola-Nis Swim Team relays.
Mosinak comes to CSU after spending a year at Owens Community College. He began his collegiate swimming career at Baldwin Wallace in 2003-04, where he captured two individual conference titles and was a member of three school-record-setting relay teams. At St. Francis High School near Toledo, he earned All-America honors after finishing 10th in the state in the 50 freestyle as a senior.
Nisic, a Tuzla, Bosina & Herzegovina native, was a member of the national team at the 2003 World Championships and the 2005 Mediterranean Games and World Championships. He was a multiple national qualifier and finalist, earning medalist honors at competitions in Slovenia, Croatia and Yugoslavia.
