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Swimming
7-30-08
Steve Schaffer was hired as Grand Canyon University's men's and women's swim coach.
Schaffer was head coach of Desert Aquatics Club and Desert Thunder Aquatics from 1989-2006. He takes over for Brad Hering, who left to coach a developmental Mexican elite club team. Schaffer was also head coach at Desert Vista High School from 1995-2003.
For the past two years, he's worked as the Mountain Park Community Church children's ministry associate and interim children's pastor.
"I was real happy with pursuing ministry," Schaffer said. "A few weeks ago, I had a meeting with a seminary professor, and I told him really the only thing I miss about coaching was the relationships."
Two days later, Hering called him to let him know of an opportunity.
Swimming
6-2-08
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference approved to sponsor men's and women's swimming as a conference sport in 2008-09.
Grand Canyon University was one of three schools approved for affiliate membership in the conference. Incarnate Word and Texas Permian Basin were also admitted as affiliate members.
The league's athletic directors and coaches will hold a conference call later this month to discuss more details.
Swimming
2-15-08
Grand Canyon University's Jessica Coudright (pictured) won her second event at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference  championships in Denver Friday.
Coudright, who won the 500 freestyle on Thursday, won the 200 free title in 2:00.87.
Charles Woodruff, who shared the 50 freestyle title on Thursday, was third in the 100 breaststroke, finishing in 1:02.40.
GCU's Jessica Brooke finished third in the women's 100-yard butterfly. Brooke, who had the second fast prelims time, swam a 1:06.00 in the finals. Teammate Kanoe Lyons tied for fourth in 1:06.74.
Swimming
2-14-08
Jessica Coudright became Grand Canyon University swimming program's first conference champion when she won the 500 freestyle Thursday at the Rocky Mountain Athleic Conference championships in Denver.
Coudright (pictured) swam a 5:28.09, which was 12.89 seconds faster than second place Annika Matlock of Metro State College of Denver.
Charles Woodruff tied for first in the men's 50-yard freestyle, finishing in 21.87 seconds. He matched Texas Permian Basin's Dugger Faulkner in the event. Woodruff swam a 21.82 in the prelims, which was .16 seconds faster than Faulkner.
Grand Canyon women's team is in seventh with 101 points, one behind Nebraska Kearney. GCU men's team is in fifth with 88.5 points.
Swimming
1-26-08
Charles Woodruff is starting to shine.
Woodruff won the 100-meter freestyle at the Northern Arizona University triangular meet Saturday. He swam a 56.07-second time, beating Concordia Uniersity's Luke Noll by 1.70 seconds. Woodruff also finished second in the 50 free in 24.70, touching the wall .04 seconds after Noll.
Woodruff won the same two events at the Cal Baptist meet two weeks earlier.
Kyle Adler swam a 2:36.47 in the 200 IM. He finished .37 seconds behind Concordia's Drew McCracken in the 200 fly. Adler had a time of 2:21.80 in that race.
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