UIndy Athletics

Head swimming and diving coach Gary Kinkead enters his 21st season at the helm at the University of Indianapolis and has led the Greyhounds into uncharted waters in his tenure at UIndy.  Kinkead has solidified the Greyhound swim program as one of the elite in Division II.

Kinkead led the UIndy men to a runner-up finish at the 2014 GLVC Swimming & Diving Championships last season, with junior Justin Rossillo taking GLVC Male Swimmer of the Year honors.  The Greyhound women took third at the inaugural GLVC meet.  the teams went on to send eight competitors to nationals, with the man taking 21st and the women 37th.

The 2013 GLIAC Dewey Newsome Co-Men's Coach of the Year led both teams to top-25 finishes at the NCAA Championships in Birmingham, Ala. The Greyhound women took second in UIndy's final appearance in the GLIAC Championships for their best finish since 2005. Overall, the Greyhounds won nine events over the four days of the event with six by the women and three by the men. Maura Donahue led the way by winning two individual events (1,000 and 200 free) and was part of both winning relays (800 free, 400 free). GLIAC Female Freshman of the Year Katy Sonksen (500 free, 1,650 free) and Dawid Rybinski (500 and 1,000 free) were also multiple event winners.

The UIndy women finished 10th in the country in 2011 at the NCAA Championships in San Antonio, Texas, to increase their streak of top-20 finishes to 12 years in a row, including 11 years in a row finishing 12th or higher. The men finished 18th at NCAAs to rank in the top-25 in the country for the 12th year in a row.

Kinkead's women's squad was led by sophomore Maura Donahue, a seven-time All-American (100, 200, 500, 1,000 free; 200, 400, 800 free relay) and the 2011 Female Swimmer of the Meet at the GLIAC Championships. Overall, the Greyhounds racked up All-American honors (top 8 finish) in eight events.

Donahue also led a haul of three Capital One All-Americans for the Greyhounds. Maura was a second team at-large selection, while her older sister Meghan and Austin Biefnes were third team honorees. Biefnes became the first male Academic All-American swimmer in school history. Overall, Kinkead has mentored five student-athletes to seven Academic All-America honors (Ma. Donahue-2011, Me. Donahue-2011, Biefnes-2011, Ellie Miller-2007, Megan Grunert-2002-03-04).

The Greyhounds as a team continued to rank among the best in Division II in the classroom as both squads were named CSCAA Scholar All-American Teams in the fall and spring semesters. The Hounds had six student-athletes (Guy Kogel, Shiran Abrahamson, Maura Donahue, Meghan Donahue, Vicki Galiamoutsa, Julia Madeira) named CSCAA Scholar All-Americans. Kogel and Biefnes were also two of the six student-athletes named to the GLIAC Winter Commissioner's Award. No other GLIAC swimming and diving program had more than UIndy's 24 Academic All-GLIAC honorees.

After the women's squad finished ninth at the 2010 NCAA Division II Championships, they have been in the top 20 in the country for over a decade, while the men have been among the top 25 teams in the country over the same time span.

The Hounds travelled to Canton, Ohio, in 2010 for the national championships with the women finishing ninth in the country and the men coming in 21st in the nation. UIndy tallied nine All-American finishes with Maura Donahue claiming five, Erica Smith had four, Meghan Donahue three and Guy Kogel two. Smith was second in the 100 fly and Kogel finished third in the 200 fly, while the women's 400 medley and 400 free relays were both third.

Kinkead's team's have also been successful in the classroom with the 2010 Greyhound women finishing the spring semester with a 3.74 grade point average, the best in Division II.

At the 2009 championships, UIndy collected 13 All-American finishes, with Manuel Stiem and Erica Smith each claiming three apiece. Isabela Tafur and Ozlm Taskin each had two.  The Greyhounds finished in 11th in the women's team standings with 137 points. The men finished in 15th with 94.5 points.  Overall, 16 school records fell by the wayside during the 2008-09 campaign.

A year prior, UIndy was 11th in the women's race and 12th in the men's championship.

The men's tenth place finish at 2007's national meet was buoyed by 14 All-American performances by five swimmers.  On the women's side, the Hounds set a program record by placing sixth in the nation with the help of 25 All-American efforts by seven student-athletes.

Another highlight from the 2006-07 season came away from the pool as junior Ellie Miller was named to the 2007 ESPN the Magazine/College Sports Information Directors of America Women's At-Large Academic All-America® College Division Third Team.

In 2005-06, the University of Indianapolis hosted the NCAA Division II National Championship meet, the first of its kind at the school, housed at the world-famous IU Natatorium at IUPUI in downtown Indy.  10 different Greyhounds earned All-America status at the meet, as the women finished ninth and the men 11th, overall.

Kinkead led his 2002-03 Greyhounds to a then-school-record 10th-place finish at the 2003 NCAA II Nationals. Kinkead's Hounds posted a 48-31 record while ranking fourth in NCAA II in semester grade point average.

His 2001-02 squad was 37-26-1, placing 15th at the 2002 NCAA II Nationals.

Kinkead led his 2000-01 squad to a school-record 12th at the NCAA II Nationals.

Kinkead's 1999-2000 team was 21-13 with a 15th-place finish at the NCAA II Nationals.

His 1998-99 team posted a 34-12 record and the Transylvania Invitational title. The Hounds finished 28th at the NCAA II Nationals and earned runner-up honors at the Wabash, Vincennes, and UIndy Invitationals. They were ranked as high as fourth in NCAA II, defeating Ashland and Eastern Illinois in duals.

Kinkead's 1997-98 Hounds were 29-18 and ranked 18th in NCAA II, winning the Wabash Invitational.

Kinkead led his 1996-97 men's team to the Vincennes Invitational crown and a 30-20 mark. His 1995-96 men's team was 19-18 in spite of having only 10 swimmers. And, his 1994-95 Indy men's team posted a 29-15 mark (.659).  

Kinkead became the UIndy men's and women's swimming coach in August of 1994. He brought a wealth of experience to the Hounds' programs.

Kinkead has been involved in swimming for more than 40 years as a competitor, coach and administrator. He has 25 years of experience in USS (United States Swimming) and high school coaching.

Kinkead began his coaching career in 1970 as the assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Michigan. He coached at Ann Arbor [MI] Huron H.S., the Greater Lexington [KY] Swim Association and the St. Laurent Club in Montreal, Quebec, before coming to Indiana in 1977. Kinkead coached the boys' team at Kokomo Haworth from 1980-83, before coaching the girls' team at Kokomo from 1984-88. From 1988-94, Kinkead was the boys' swimming coach at Indianapolis Ben Davis. Kinkead also served as the director of the Westside Aquatics Club in 1993-94.

Kinkead is a member of the American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) and is an ASCA level 5 certified coach. He is serving on the NCAA II Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Committee through 2007. Kinkead worked at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he has been president of the Indiana Swim Coaches Association and a delegate to the USS National Convention.

Kinkead swam at Michigan from 1966-70, serving as captain in 1970. He was the Big Ten champion in the 500 freestyle in 1967 (establishing a new NCAA freshman record) and the 400 IM in 1968 and 1970. Kinkead earned All-America honors 16 times in the 200 backstrokea and 500 freestyle, and the 400 medley and 800 freestyle relays.

Kinkead, ranked seventh in the world in the 400 IM in 1969, competed in the 1968 Olympic Trials, placing 8th in the 200 fly, 9th in the 400 IM and 16th in the 200 back.

Kinkead has a son named Tanner.

UIndy's National Finishes

Year	Men's	Women's
2015	32nd	-
2014	T-21st	T-37th
2013	22nd	21st
2012	12th	11th
2011	18th	10th
2010	21st	9th
2009	15th	11th
2008	12th	11th
2007	10th	6th
2006	12th	10th
2005	11th	7th
2004	8th	9th
2003	10th	11th
2002	15th	12th
2001	12th	12th
2000	15th	19th