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Aleksa Named Assistant Swim Coach for Utes
7/8/2015 12:00 AM | Men's Swimming & Diving
July 8, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY – Marius Aleksa has been named assistant coach for the University of Utah swim team, head coach Joe Dykstra announced this week.
Aleksa will take the place of former assistant coach James Winchester, who departed Utah last month to take the head coaching position at George Washington University.
"We are so excited to welcome Marius to our coaching staff," said Dykstra. "He is young, dynamic and highly motivated to help elevate our program. He was not the most experienced candidate we looked at, but I always try to evaluate potential in student-athletes and took the same approach with this hire. Marius has the intellect, the work-ethic, the personality and many other intangibles that will make him a great coach and recruiter."
Aleksa makes the move to Salt Lake City following a volunteer stint at Ohio State, where he also coached the OSU swim club. Prior to working with the Buckeyes' squad, Aleksa spent two seasons at Motor City Aquatics in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., where he primarily worked with the senior and national groups.
A University of Chicago alum, Aleksa was a four-year letterwinner for the Maroons' swim team from 2008-2012. Aleksa finished his four-year career with the Maroons, leaving with five school records and having also won the Mary Jean Mulvaney Award for having the highest student-athlete GPA.
Aleksa remains inside the school's all-time top-10 performance lists in both the 50 free and 100 free events.
"I am incredibly excited to join [head coach] Joe Dykstra and the rest of the staff here at Utah," said Aleksa. "I look forward to contributing to this special program and continuing in its development."
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