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Tashy Bohm
Personal information
Born1978 or 1979 (age 45–46)a
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, freestyle & butterfly
College teamNorthwestern University

Tashiana "Tashy" Bohm is an American former backstroke, freestyle and butterfly competition swimmer who swam collegiately for the Northwestern Wildcats. Bohm was raised in New Jersey and attended West Morris Central High School.

While in high school, Bohm became a 2-time National YMCA Swimming Champion and a high school All-American.[2][3] Bohm established national, state and local records in high school. She held the American public high school short course 100-meter backstroke record for 7 years.[4] Bohm was a three-time New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) state champion in the 100-yard backstroke.[4][5]

Bohm set several school records as at Northwestern University and is a three-time (1999–2001) Big Ten Conference champion in the women's 200-yard backstroke.[6] She is also recognized as a 3-time NCAA All-American honorable mention honoree (2000 and 2001 200-yard backstroke, and 2001 4x200-yard freestyle relay).[7]

High school career

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Raised in the Long Valley section of Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey, Bohm attended West Morris Central High School.[8][9] Her time of 1:04.62 stood as a national public high school short course 100-meter backstroke record from February 8, 1997, until Lauren English posted a 1:04.23 time on February 7, 2004, at the Morris County Championships, according to the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA).[4][10] The record had been previously officially set in 1997 by New Jersian Jennelle Ritchie at 1:04.86 and surpassed by New Jersian Kelly Hecking in an unrecognized hand-timed 1:03.10.[11] Prior to Ritchie, New Jersian Lisa Iori had held the record since 1980.[12] Bohm had several Morris County Championship records that were eventually broken.[13][14][15][16]

Bohm won the 100-yard backstroke in consecutive years at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions from 1994 through 1996.[4][5][17] In both 1995 and 1996, Hecking finished second.[17][18][19] In the 1997 NJSIAA meet 3-time defending champion Bohm finished second to Hecking who eclipsed Bohm's 56.99 state record with a 55.94 in the prelims before beating Bohm by a 55.64 to 56.84 margin in the finals.[20][21] At the same NJSIAA championship meet, Bohm touched second to Shannon Lynch in the 100-yard butterfly by a margin of 0.10 seconds.[22][21]

Outside of scholastic competition, Bohm placed 1st in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke swimming for the Somerset Hills YMCA at the 1995 National YMCA Swimming Long Course Championship.[2][23] Despite having the fourth-fastest seeding run in the 50-meter she did not post times in the trials or finals. She also placed 11th in the 100 meter butterfly.[23] Bohm had placed 3rd, 3rd and 6th, respectively, in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter backstrokes in the 1994 National YMCA Long course championship.[24] Bohm placed 7th and 3rd, respectively, in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events at the 1995 YMCA Nationals (short course).[25] She had placed 5th and 11th in the 1994 YMCA Nationals (short course).[26] Bohm did not return to contest the backstroke at either the long course or short course National YMCA championships in 1996 or 1997.[27][28][29][30]

As a senior, she was a 1997 All-American selection by the NISCA in the 100-yard backstroke. She was an All-American honorable mention in the 100-yard butterfly.[3]

College career

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Bohm established several records at Northwestern University. Bohm's personal best collegiate performances included 1:57.34 in the 200-yard backstroke in 2001, 55.05 in the 100-yard backstroke in 2000 and 3:37.99 as a member of the 2000 4x100-yard medley relay team (Bohm, Amy Balcerzak, Merritt Adams, Courtney Allen). Her 200-yard time was eventually surpassed by Genny Szymanski whose best time was 1:56.13 in 2009.[7] The medley record time was surpassed by several 2019 relay combinations.[7] Bohm's 100-yard backstroke time was 0.10 off of Dominique Diezi's 1998 school record time of 54.95 and remained the second-fastest time until Liza Engstrom posted a 54.81 time in 2008.[31] During Bohm's time at Northwestern, although the team finished in 3rd place at the Big Ten Championships from 1998 to 2000 and 4th place in 2001, they finished in the top 10 in the NCAA championship tournament and first or second among Big Ten teams in 1998 (10th/2nd), 1999 (9th/2nd) and 2000 (6th/1st), each of which was an all-time best finish in school history.[7][32] Bohm competed at the 2000 United States Olympic trials, placing 47th in the 100-meter backstroke (1:05.75) and 59th in the 200-meter backstroke (2:21.76).[33]

Bohm earned the 200-yard backstroke championship at the 1999 Big Ten Championship with a time of 1:58.12.[34] At the 2001 Big Ten Championships, Bohm defended her 1999 and 2000 200-yard backstroke championships with a new school record time of 1:57.61, while being the team's stylistic jester.[35] At the 2001 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, she achieved her second 200-yard backstroke All-American Honorable mention in 12th place with a time of 1:57.49 (after a prelims time of 1:57.34) and ahead of Hecking who finished 13th and matched her 12th place finish the subsequent year.[36][37]

Notes

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^a Cited competitions results show ages for Bohm from National YMCA competitions and a U.S. Olympic Trial. I.e., Bohm was listed as age 16 for August 1–4, 1995, and April 5–6, 1995, competition dates and age 15 for August 2–5, 1994, and April 13–14, 1994, competition dates at YMCA Nationals. She was listed as age 21 for both of her events at the August 9–16, 2000, U.S. Olympic trials. All ages are consistent and suggest she was born between August 1978 and April 5, 1979, if the ages in the results represent the age on the date of the competitions. The exact August date to start the range depends on the date of the latest of her competitions at the Olympic trials.

References

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  1. ^ McBride, John (March 6, 1997). "C.H. WEST GIRLS ARE GOLDEN IN THE STATE MEDLEY RELAY". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. E9. ProQuest 1841831202. Retrieved July 10, 2022. Bohm is about a half-foot taller than the 5-foot-5 Lynch.
  2. ^ a b "National YMCA Long Course Swimming & Diving Championships" (PDF). YMCA. 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b NISCA (1997). "HISCA All-America" (PDF). Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "No swim team, no problem for fiesty Villa Walsh girls". Daily Record. February 11, 2004. ProQuest 439131585. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  5. ^ a b Battaglia, Joe (March 2, 2001). "10 stories that could make a splash in meet" (subscription required). The Star-Ledger. p. 54. Retrieved July 4, 2022. Erin Vanderberg of Pequannock will try to become the first swimmer to win three consecutive titles in the 100 backstroke since Tashy Bohm of West Morris accomplished the feat from 1994 through '96.
  6. ^ "Northwestern Names Athletes of the Week". Northwestern Wildcats. February 19, 2001. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d "2019-20 NORTHWESTERN SWIMMING AND DIVING RECORD BOOK" (PDF). Northwestern Wildcats. April 8, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  8. ^ Koob, Andrew (July 22, 2019). "Mt. Rushmore: Winners are in for West Morris' 4 best athletes/coaches of all time". NJ.com. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  9. ^ Shwalb, Bob (February 25, 1996). "Back where they belong". Daily Record. Retrieved July 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Tashy Bohm backstrokes the length of the pool, 50 yards, in exactly 13 strokes.... At next month's New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Meet of Champions, the West Morris junior will try to win a third consecutive title in the 100-yard backstroke.... 'She lives 45, 50 minutes away in Long Valley," said Jim Wood, her coach at the Berkeley Aquatic Club.
  10. ^ "Bohm sets national record" (subscription required). The Star-Ledger. February 9, 1997. p. 14. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  11. ^ Battaglia, Joe (February 28, 1997). "Bohm, Ritchie, Hecking finally meet for 100-yard backstroke supremacy" (subscription required). The Star-Ledger. p. 62. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  12. ^ Battaglia, Joe (February 14, 1997). "SPORTS" (subscription required). The Star-Ledger. p. 54. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  13. ^ Havsy, Jane (February 4, 2006). "A sea of girls in electric green swimsuits swirled around Ab". Daily Record. ProQuest 439306764. Retrieved July 8, 2022. Pequannock sophomore Krista Teresak ignored the pain of strained ligaments in her shoulders and won her first county title in the butterfly, breaking West Morris alumna Tashy Bohm's 1996 meet record.
  14. ^ "Wang, Cohen lift Mtn. Lakes; Altenburger paces Villa Walsh" (subscription required). The Star-Ledger. February 5, 2006. Retrieved July 8, 2022. Pequannock's Krista Teresak broke the meet record in the 100 butterfly by going 1:05.72. The old record of 1:05.77 was set by All-Stater Tashy Bohm of West Morris in 1996...100-METER BUTTERFLY: 1-Krista Teresak, Pequannock, 1:05.72, meet record; former record, 1:05.77, Tashy Bohm, West Morris, 1996.
  15. ^ Havsy, Jane (February 8, 2004). "St. E's girls capture title". Daily Record. ProQuest 439136335. Retrieved July 8, 2022. Montville freshman Lauren English continued her domination of Morris County competition, breaking the meet records in the 200 IM (2:25.19) and backstroke (1:04.23). The latter record, set by Tashy Bohm of West Morris, had stood since 1997.
  16. ^ "Independent swimmers making a splash". Daily Record. January 24, 2005. ProQuest 439210789. Retrieved July 8, 2022. Antonucci is the first West Morris girl to win a conference event since Tashy Bohm in the late '90s --and it was the first individual high school race of her career.
  17. ^ a b Lambert, Jim (March 5, 1995). "ZAMMITTI WINS FLY AGAIN; SLAWINSKI WINS 200, 500" (subscription required). The Star-Ledger. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  18. ^ Davidoff, Ken (March 20, 1996). "IHA STANDOUTS, HECKING DOMINATE ALL-STAR TEAM" (subscription required). The Record. p. S10. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  19. ^ Battaglia, Joe (March 3, 1996). "Slawinski, Slonaker, Russell, Elko, Bohm sparkle in M of C" (subscription required). The Star-Ledger. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  20. ^ Battaglia, Joe (March 18, 1997). "Hecking, DeHainaut, Hodgson finish with a flourish" (subscription required). The Star-Ledger. p. 62. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
  21. ^ a b Battaglia, Joe (March 3, 1997). "Hecking shatters record 55.64 in 100 back best in state; DeHainaut wins 3 golds" (subscription required). The Star-Ledger. p. 45. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  22. ^ McBride, John (March 3, 1997). "VINELAND STAR GATHERS 3 GOLDS AT STATE MEET: HEATHER DEHAINAUT TOOK THE 100 BREASTSTROKE, THE 100 FREESTYLE, AND ANCHORED A WINNING RELAY TEAM". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. F.8. ProQuest 1841828521. Retrieved July 4, 2022. Lenape sophomore Shannon Lynch defended her title in the 100 butterfly, touching out West Morris Central's Tashy Bohm in 57.59. Bohm was timed in 57.69.
  23. ^ a b "1995 National YMCA Swimming Championship (long course)" (PDF). YMCA. August 4, 1995. pp. 5, 40, 60, 85, & 110. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  24. ^ "1994 YMCA National Long Course Swimming Championship" (PDF). YMCA. August 5, 1995. pp. 12, 34, & 93. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  25. ^ "1995 YMCA Nationals (short course)" (PDF). YMCA. April 7, 1995. pp. 38 & 78. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  26. ^ "1994 YMCA Nationals (short course)" (PDF). YMCA. April 15, 1994. pp. 31 & 75. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
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  28. ^ "Final Results: YMCA National Short Course Swimming Championship" (PDF). YMCA. April 12, 1996. pp. 36 & 78. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
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  31. ^ "2009–2010 Women's Swimming and Diving Guide". Northwestern Wildcats. November 2, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  32. ^ "WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING 2021-22 BIG TEN RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). BigTen.org. July 28, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
  33. ^ "2000 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS" (PDF). USA Swimming. August 16, 2000. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
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  37. ^ "2013 Notre Dame Women's Swimming & Diving Media Guide". University of Notre Dame. December 9, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
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