Over the past six years Tom Burton's swimmers and divers have rewritten the record books at Colby, setting 95 school records and several NESCAC records. In recognition of their achievements, his students have been honored with Colby's Millett, Bither, Lake, Sandborn-Hoyt, and White awards for outstanding athletic and academic achievements. Burton was honored as the NESCAC Women's Swimming Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2005. He has been awarded the Certificate of Excellence five times by the American Swim Coaches Association, most recently in 2005.

Burton previously served for six years as the head swimming coach at Lake Forest College, where his teams won eight conference championships. He served as the chair of swimming for the Midwest Conference Championships (MWC) for five years, was honored as MWC Coach of the Year three out of six seasons, and was Illinois Collegiate Coach of the Year twice.

During Burton's career, 40 of his swimmers have competed in the NCAA Championships and have recorded 67 All-America performances, including a national title. In addition, his athletes have competed at both the Senior and Junior nationals, obtained U.S. Open and Olympic Trial qualifying standards, and earned Academic All-America, NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship, and GTE Academic All-America honors. Burton also serves as assistant director of athletics at Colby.

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Colby College graduate Jess Knight '02 will begin her second season as assistant swimming coach under head coach Tom Burton.

Knight (Choate Rosemary/Watertown, Conn.) still holds school records in the 50-yard backstroke and as part of a 200 medley relay team. During her career at Colby, Knight held records in the 100 individual medley, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 50 butterfly, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, and 400 medley relay.

Knight, who majored in anthropology at Colby, held the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) record in the 100 individual medley and was the NESCAC champion in the 100 IM in 1999, 2000, and 2002. She finished third in the NESCAC Championship High Point Award for scoring the third most points of any woman from any NESCAC school over four years of competition. Knight earned All-NESCAC honors in 2001 and 2002.

Knight earned All-New England honors in each of her four seasons at Colby. She was the Mules' MVP in 1999, 2001, and 2002. A captain during the 2001-2002 season, Knight earned NESCAC All-Academic honors in 2002. She was Colby's Marjorie D. Bither Award winner as a senior for athletic ability, leadership, and academic accomplishment. Knight also won the swim team's Scholtz Coaches Award in 2001 and 2002.

2005-06 Women's Roster
Name/Year	Hometown	Events
*Beth Foxwell'06	Indianapolis, Ind.	back, free
Sharon McMonagle '06	Avon-by-the-Sea, N.J.	fly
Caroline O'Connor '06	Sudbury, Mass.	free
Kate Biddiscombe '07	Durham, Conn.	back, free
Anne Muir '07	Springfield, Va.	breast
Weather Potdevin '07	Juneau, Alaska	free
Meg Vallaly '07	Lake Forest, Ill.	free
Mary Warlaumont '07	Chappaqua, N.Y.	fly, IM
Kristina Boman '08	Elmira, N.Y.	free
Jocelyn Burke '08	Billerica, Mass.	free
Maddie Given '08	White Bear Lake, Minn.	free, fly
Nancy McDermott '08	Sudbury, Mass.	free
Tiffany Ng '08	San Francisco, Calif.	free, IM
Kelly Norsworthy '08	West Hartford, Conn.	breast, IM
Samantha Rose '08	Bryn Mawr, Pa.	free
Courtney Chilcote '09	Pepper Pike, Ohio	sprint free
Catherine Fanning '09	Concord, Mass.	breast, IM
Alexi Greenberg '09	Weston, Conn.	fly, IM
Kelsey Potdevin '09	Juneau, Alaska	back, free
Maria Ramrath '09	Framingham, Mass.	breast, free
Jamie Warner '09	Port Washington, N.Y.	fly, free
2005-06 Men's Roster
*Chris DeSantis '06	Wellesley, Mass.	breast, IM
Ryan Adams '07	Richmond, Vt.	fly, sprint free
Mitch Bartkiewicz '07	Peabody, Mass.	IM, breast
Ian Cross '07	Rome, N.Y.	diving, sprint free
Patrick Dean '07	Atlanta, Ga.	breast
Jabez Dewey '07	Worcester, Mass.	back, free
Joel Alex '08	Old Town, Maine	breast, IM
Nick Cade '08	Evanston, Ill.	sprint free
Mike Finnerty '08	Garden City, N.Y.	distance free
Evan Mullin '08	Winnetka, Ill.	free
Andrew Peterson '08	Chicago, Ill.	fly, IM
Patrick Sanders '08	Fairfax, Va.	free
Chris Hermey '09	Guilford, Conn.	sprint free
Drew Hill '09	Rome, N.Y.	breast
Evan McCulloch '09	Lilburn, Ga.	free
David Metcalf '09	Wayland, Mass.	fly, free
Vaughan Read '09	Manhasset, N.Y.	sprint free, back
Jeffrey Ruhle '09	Brookside, N.J.	back, fly
Travis Townsend '09	Oakland, Calif.	back, free
Samuel Wampler '09	Glencoe, Ill.	free, back