Tennessee - If you match up any team’s class against Tennessee – one through thirteen – nobody can hold a candle to the class John Trembley and crew assembled for next fall. This year’s class was a culmination of several things – the new Alan Jones center, a committed team effort, and JT and Joe Hendee working the trenches. Seven swimmers graded out at 2400 points or higher – equivalent to ‘B’ cuts in at least three different events.

Five sub-21 sprinters dot the roster including Arizona transfer Jonas Persson. After sitting out this past season, Swede could be a favorite to win the 200 freestyle. Norbert Trandafir (Romania) is a European Junior Champion and second only to Florida State’s Scott Baker in the fifty free. Then take your pick – Yoris Grandjean (Belgium), Henrik Sjoholm (Sweden) and Michael DeRocco (from JT’s home turf in Niskayuna, NY) would make almost anyone else’s 200 freestyle relay. Russian Junior record-holder Sergey Bebyakin joined the team in January, and will swim breaststroke come fall.

Even holding aside the internationals, the Volunteers enlisted several American kids including a pair of in-staters who will contribute. The aforementioned DeRocco will be aided by flyer/IMer Michael Cristy (Indianapolis). Backstrokers Brad Craig (Midland, MI) and Patrick Beasley (Kenosha, WI) extend the national presence.

With this class, UT ensured that when the Jones Center welcomes its first patrons next winter, there's plenty of Volunteers.

 2663	Persson, Jonas		Sweden	
 2496	Grandjean, Yoris	Belgium	
 2478	Bebyakin, Sergey	St. Petersburg, Russia	
 2472	Jones, Carl		Walla Walla, WA
 2454	Sjoholm, Henrik		Helsingborg, Sweden
 2444	Trandafir, Norbert	Romania	
 2414	Sanders, Geoff		Raleigh	NC
 2354	Christy, Michael	Indianapolis, IN
 2352	Craig, Brad		Midland	MI
 2324	DeRocco, Michael	Niskayuna, NY	
 2212	Beasley, Patrick	Kenosha, WI
 2160	Friderichs, Scott	Toledo, OH	
 1638	Chernesko, Anton	Nashville, TN