Colgate Names Russell Hunt as Assistant Coach

HAMILTON, New York, June 5. COLGATE University has hired Russell Hunt to serve as the top assistant coach for its swimming and diving program, head coach Stephen Jungbluth announced on Thursday, June 5. His primary responsibilities will be in coordinating Colgate's recruiting efforts, and working with the Raider sprinters.

Hunt comes to Colgate from Ohio Northern University, where he has served as an assistant swimming coach since 2005. During his time at ONU, the Polar Bears won three straight Ohio Athletic Conference men's swimming championships, as well as the 2007 OAC women's championship. Hunt helped coach Ohio Northern's sprinters to 10 varsity records and 21 OAC individual and relay titles. Hunt's coaching experience also includes a stint at the Kenyon College Elite Sprint Camp in 2005.

"Russell came highly recommended, and he certainly has impressed so far," Jungbluth said. "The day he accepted the job, he asked what he could do from Ohio to prepare. With his background as a student-athlete at Kenyon, Russell is accustomed to working at the highest standards of excellence. I am sure that he will bring that same attitude and work ethic to Colgate, and will be a fantastic addition to our coaching staff."

Hunt earned three letters in swimming at Kenyon College, which has built a swimming dynasty at the NCAA Division III level over the last three decades. During his time with the Lords, Hunt helped Kenyon win three of its 29-straight NCAA Division III national championships. Hunt was the 2003 national champion in the 100 back, and received All-American honors 17 times during his career. He led off the 400 medley relay that broke the NCAA Division III record with a time of 3:16.70 in 2004, and the record still stands today.

"When I asked Jim Steen (Hunt's former coach at Kenyon) about Russell, he told me that this past season, he asked Russell to come back to Kenyon from Ohio Northern and coach the Kenyon men's team while the Kenyon coaching staff was with the women at their national championship meet," Jungbluth said. "Kenyon's men had won 28 national titles in a row – that's the longest winning streak in the history of the NCAA in any sport, and in any division. You don't put just anyone into a position like that with that kind of a streak on the line."

While at Ohio Northern, Hunt completed his juris doctorate at the university's Pettit College of Law. During the summer of 2007, he worked as a public defender in Huntington, W. Va., where he represented clients in bench and jury trials. Hunt graduated from Kenyon in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in anthropology.

Special thanks to Colgate for contributing this report.

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