2014-15 Swimming & Diving Choose a Player: Bach, Maggie Bachman, Kendrick Badger, Danielle Baker, Brent Ball, Ryan Bell, Eli Bishop, Keely Boggs, Megan Bogner, Kyle Bohler, Hillary Bonin, Haley Boyce, Nicole Bray, C.J. Brinkman, Colin Brown, Caitlin Bruce, Scott Budd, Kari Bull, Shelby Burnham, Steve Campbell, Kari Carlson, Claudia Carter, Bryce Chang, Keara Chapin, Hannah Clements, Mercedes Colby, Mitchell Comrie, Jamie Cook, Matt Coonce, Molly Costello, Brendan Covington, Kyle Crispino, Vinny Dahlquist, Karissa Dassoff, Alanna Davis, Tyler Debes, Janelle Denny, Jordan DeWolf, Angela Dickerson, Ashley Dilworth, Marshall Dow, Emma Dowd, John Duckworth, Casey Dupuis, Laura Dydo, Sarae Eglesfield, George Evans, Megan Fischer, Brandon Fogel, Ron Fruhwirth, Jessica Gipson, Hannah Glaab, Laura Gregory, Tommy Guenther, Kara Haapanen, Saara Hanekamp, Rudi Hartigan, Kaella Hartley, John Harutjunjan, Maria Hecker, Rachel Hendrick, Karen Henehan, Brett Heussner, Holly Hewson, Kenzie Hewson, Lauren Hilton, Robbie Hlavacek, Nicole Holmes, Sam Huddleston, Andrew Huth, Emily Ince, Can Izatt, Tiffany Janak, Molly Johnson, Christian Jones, Carol Jones, Krista Jones, Matt Jones, Patrick Kaiser, Amanda Kalms, Adam Kavalec, Kyle Keefer, Emily King, Nick Koenig, Lucas Kotby, Kenzie Kritzinger, Grant Lacey, Halie Larkin, Alex Layman, Austin Lehnertz, Tamara Leidy, Jacob Lewis, Kristin Leyes, Rachel Leziy-Miller, Alex Loescher, Sam Logan, Nick Lonsdorf, Ben Lubeck, Jade Lynch, John Maclean, Ethan Marcon, Virginia McCallum, Will McClure, Lauren McCormick, Michael McDonough, Melanie McKivigan, Rachel Mikulski, Aliyah Miller, Adam Miller, Tyler Murdock, Mark Naik, Narayan Nelson, Ryan Nelson, Shauna Nelson, Wade Nolan, Katie O'Holleran, Taylor O'Leary, Ryan Oleson, Eric Ortiz, Stephanie Ott, Christy Padova, T.J. Page, Ashley Perica, Bryce Porter, Jacob Puglisi, Lauren Rehmeier, Jacob Rettinghouse, Austin Rettinghouse, Austin Ridout, Emily Robinson, Christopher 'CT' Robinson, Kasey Russi, Ryan Salisbury, Lauren Salzer, Lily Scalise, Kyle Schumacher, Mandy Schumann, Susanna Schwarz, Valentin Sether, Dylan Sheaffer, Slade Shears, Bryan Sheldon, Kelly Simo, Andrew Smith, Allie Smith, Curtis Spadinger, Erin Stapp, Maggie Stelow, Cassie Stevens, Emily Stinson, Aimee Stone, Nick Stucky, Emily Sullivan, Abby Swirzcki, Maghan Tarver, Connor Taylor, Lindsay Taylor, Whitney Turner, Jordan Urich, Matt Uselmann, Mary Verbrugghe, Christian Verdi, Marissa Wainwright, Brittany Waller, Kevin Waters, Dan Wemhoff, Kyle Wernsmann, Scott White, Kyle Woods, Laura Woster, Claire Yancey, Colter Young, Lesley Zans, Nicole Zavala, Samantha Go Profile Stats Profile FREE Position Senior Class 6'2 Height Kearney High School Sam Holmes FREE Position Senior Class Biography Summary Biography At Wyoming: Junior- Holmes was one of the most consistent freestyle swimmers for the Cowboys during the season. At the 2009 MWC Championships, Holmes competed in the distance events and finished 12th in the 1650 event. His performance ranked in the top-ten in school history. He also helped the Pokes by placing 14th in the 500 freestyle. Holmes earned his second letter award along with earning Academic All-Conference for the third time in his career. Sophomore- In his sophomore season, Holmes continued to help the Cowboys in the freestyle events. Holmes competed in the 2008 MWC Championships and came away with an 11th place finish in the 1650 free, and a 14th place finish in the 500 free. He was an All-Conference selection and earned his first letter award along with being named Academic Conference Freshman- Holmes competed in every freestyle event with the exception of the mile during the season. His versatility added a great amount of depth to the Cowboy lineup. He excelled academically and was an Academic All-Conference selection. High School: As a senior at Kearney High School, Holmes was the Nebraska runner-up in the 100 freestyle and placed third in the 200 freestyle at state. He finished just behind fellow UW swimmer Tommy Gregory in the 100. He was a team captain as both a junior and senior. He lettered in swimming all four years and in tennis as a freshman and sophomore. He was a great student and was on the honor roll all four years of high school. Personal: He was born on March 24, 1988 in Pocahontas, Idaho. He is the son of Marcie and Doug and has three siblings, William, Andrew and Elizabeth. He is majoring in chemistry. Top Times at UW: 50 free-21.89; 100 free-47.82, 200 free-1:43.30; 200 IM-2:00.45.
