University of Arizona deputy director of athletics Kathleen "Rocky" LaRose, center, talks with then-head swimming and diving coach Eric Hansen, left, and then-associate head coach Rick DeMont, right on Oct. 8, 2013.

 Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

UA swimming coachΒ Rick DeMontΒ is in the process of compiling the type of recruiting class that made Arizona one of the NCAA’s top four or five women’s swimming programs for 20 years. Already this month, he has commitments from Top 20-type swimmersΒ Mackenzie RumrillΒ of Salem, Oregon;Β Katrina KonupkaΒ of Spartanburg, South Carolina; andΒ Quinn CarrozzaΒ of Austin, Texas. This is DeMont’s first full year of recruiting as a head coach. So far, so good.

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