The Goldsboro YMCA located in Goldsboro, NC has named former world record holder and experienced coach, Keegan Ingelido, as the program’s new head. She comes from her previous position as head coach of the University of New Mexico, where she resigned midseason last year.
Ingelido brings over 20 years of club and collegiate level coaching experience. During her time coaching club swimming in Marietta, GA and Fort Worth, TX, Ingelido developed athletes to the Junior National, National and Olympic Trials level.
Her college coaching stint included an assistant position at the University of New Orleans, serving as the associate head coach of Texas Christian University, and most recently her position as the head coach of the University of New Mexico. At the helm of UNM, three school records were broken, and during her 12 years at TCU, every event in the record book was rewritten. Her student-athletes also maintained high academic achievement: most notably, UNM’s 3.71 GPA in the Spring semester of 2020, their second-highest team GPA in history.
Ingelido brings not only a breadth of coaching experience but also a great deal of swimming experience at some of the highest levels achievable. Namely, during her time swimming at the University of Georgia, she swam the butterfly leg on a World Record setting 400-meter medley relay at the 2000 NCAA Championships.
Ingelido swam for UGA from 1998-2001, winning the 200 back at 1999 NCAA’s as a freshman; during her three year stint, she earned All-American status 14 times. These contributions helped the Bulldogs to 3 NCAA team titles, led by head coach Jack Bauerle, who also served as the Head Coach of the 2000 US Olympic Team. Her other accolades include semi-finaling at Olympic Trials in 1996 and finaling at the 2000 Olympic Trials in two events.
In a press release with the GOLD Sharks, Ingelido shared, “I am excited to be a part of the Goldsboro YMCA. I see a great opportunity to make a positive impact and build this program. Getting back to my roots as a club coach is very rewarding. I look forward to making these kids better athletes, but more so, better people.”
The GOLD Sharks is a Y-USA and USA Swimming team with one of the largest YMCA aquatic facilities in the nation.
And no explanation (at least publicly) has been given for that. Resigning mid-season is not a small matter in the coaching profession.
But clearly Goldsboro Y must have looked into it and were satisfied with the reason, or she would not have been hired. The public may never know – which leads to speculation. If Goldsboro Y (or the coach herself) wants the chirping to stop, then some type of explanation is due.
I bet Hannah deliberately talked about the WR at NCAAs to trigger people, lol. In any case, there is a strong case to be made to hold NCAA D1 Champs in SCM every year, not just sporadically in Olympic years.
Congrats Keegan, Gold Sharks are lucky to have you!
I cannot count the times I’ve seen random articles about swimming blindly describing NCAA events in meters. But it really frustrates me when I occasionally read such things on SwimSwam. I think I’d remember that oddity if it happened in 2000, but right now, without looking, I just won’t believe it. And as far as I know, there may actually be ‘World Records’ for yards events, but it seems there is some reluctance among world leading swimming organizations to recognize them.
They were short course meters in 2000. You could have looked that up in less time than it took to write that message.
You should look.
Is she the former Keegan Walkley? Was she also perhaps a decent backstroker as an age grouper?
She is.
Thanks for confirming Braden!
Apparently your memory isn’t as strong as you think it is.
Well this is awkward
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Swimming_and_Diving_Championships
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Life’s lesson. Do research before publicly looking silly.
Jesus I feel old then. Because I totally remember it without any difficulty. Great meet.
Meant to say I feel old because it was 23 years ago.
Braden may be able to confirm for me, but world records, Im thinking until the mid 60’s, WERE able to be set internationally, in yards event times, if they were swim faster than the long course metric distance.
For example: 110yd back swum faster than 100 meters would be the world record. I’m almost positive that in breaking her 1st world record, as the youngest ever swimming world record holder, then 12 yr old South African great Karen Muir swam I think a 110 yds back in a British ASA meet that bested the previous record, whether it was a 100 meters or 110 yds back.
Click on the link re her mid season resignation if you want more info about the WR. I tried to copy and paste it but no luck. User error.
I miss world records at NCAAs.
Can someone explain how it’s a 400 ‘meter’ WR – but it’s not listed anywhere as a WR?
It’s likely quite obvious but I feel like I’m missing something…
SCM WR 2000 NCAA champ meet
Thanks – I’d looked up the WR but despite having the date/year, and it staring me in the face, I didn’t see it, hence my confusion.
In Olympic years, the NCAAs went to short course meters for D1 champs, I know in 2000. Not sure about 1996. Maybe 2004. As long as they were all US citizens on a relay or an individual event, they could either break a world record, an American record. If It was a relay, and there was at least one person on the team who was not from the US That broke a record, then it would be an NCAA and US Open record. Just instead of yards, it was short course meters.
Why they did not continue with that after 2000 and 2004 I’m not sure.
World record at NCAA’s? Meters?
Yes, in 2000 NCAAs were in short course meters so it was possible to set world records, not just national records.
In the men’s meet Antony Ervin set the world record in the 50 free, from what I recall.
Exactly. Also at the 2004 NCAA’s, again SCM, was when Ian Crocker broke the then men’s 100 free WR SCM. I’m slightly fuzzy on this, but I’m thinking he broke that record leading off the Texas 400 free relay.
I think Crocker broke the SCM 100 free WR in the individual event, actually. From what I recall he went 46.25. It felt like a big deal at the time, because the previous record was held by the great Alexander Popov, and Popov’s record was 10 years old at that point.
At the time, Crocker was branching out into the 100 free, targeting the 2004 Olympics. He then made the team in the 100 free, getting second behind Lezak. Unfortunately, he got sick and didn’t swim well in Athens, particularly in the freestyle. He had a really slow leadoff on the 400 relay and then didn’t make the final in the individual 100. He basically dropped the 100 free… Read more »
In 2000 and 2004, NCAAs were held in short course meters. It was mainly done for two reasons: to generate swimming hype for the olympic year by allowing athletes to actually set world records (as opposed to US open records which are de facto WRs), and there also used to be SCM olympic trials cuts, so athletes could qualify for trials at NCAAs.
world record at NCAA? 400 Meter Medley Relay? Really? who wrote this?
Who wants to tell swimmyfan90?
Lol… thanks everyone for the explanation. My apologies.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Swimming_and_Diving_Championships