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Catherine Vogt, a former top-flight distance swimmer who has coached at both the collegiate and national levels, is in her fourth year as an assistant men's and women's swim coach at USC. She came to Troy after three years as an assistant coach at her alma mater, North Carolina (2005-2008).
In her third year with the Trojans in 2011, Vogt helped guide a combined 15 men's and women's swimmers to All-American honors, including Katinka Hosszu, who was a three-time NCAA champion. The women's team finished third at the NCAAs while the men were seventh.
Vogt works particularly with USC's distance swimmers and pupil Haley Anderson had a big year, finishing third in the 1650y free and sixth in the 500y free at the NCAA Championships and winning Pac-10 titles in both events. Anderson also won gold in the 1500m free at the 2011 World University Games was fourth in the 10K at the U.S. Open Water Nationals.
Vogt, during her second year with the Trojans in 2010, helped send 11 women's swimmers to the NCAA Championships as USC placed seventh, its best finish since 2003. Also, the Trojans posted a combined seven top 4 individual finishes and had two All-American relays. The men's squad finished 11th at NCAAs with a 10-swimmer squad.
Under Vogt's tutelage in 2010, Anderson was fourth in the 1650y at the NCAAs and was a consolation finalist in the 500y free. She also represented the U.S. at the at the Pan Pacific Games, finishing fourth in the 10K and the 1500m free and eighth in the 800m free. At the 2010 World Open Water Championships, Anderson was fourth in the 25K. Also, USC's Richard Charlesworth finished just one spot (ninth) out of earning All-American honors in the 1650y free at the 2010 NCAAs.
In 2009, Vogt helped direct Rebecca Soni to her fifth and sixth NCAA titles while freshman Katinka Hosszu was a three-time individual finalist. The Women of Troy finished ninth overall at the NCAAs and had four All-Americans. The men's squad, meanwhile, sent six swimmers to the NCAAs.
Vogt also served as head coach for the 2009 U.S. Open Water World Championship team that competed in Rome in July. Under Vogt, the U.S. won one silver, one bronze, posted five top 10 finishes and finished fourth in team scoring among 36 nations.
Vogt joined the Trojan staff after a busy 2008 season. She served as assistant coach to the 2008 U.S. Open Water World Championship team that competed in Seville, Spain. She also coached swimmers to second- and third-place finishes at U.S. Nationals, which qualified them for two of the five available spots on the World Championship team. She then traveled to Beijing, China, as U.S. head coach for the Open Water test event.
At the 2008 NCAA Championships, she helped guide multiple Tarheel swimmers to All-American honors at the NCAA Championships in the distance and IM events. She led Whitney Sprague to a second-place finish in the 1650y free and coached her to conference and school records in the 500y, 1000y and 1650y free. Also under Vogt, Joe Kinderwater swam to a fifth-place finish in the 1650y free at the NCAAs, setting two school records in the 1000y and 1650y free.
In 2007, Vogt's UNC women's distance swimmers finished 1-2-3 in the 1650y free at the ACC Championships, while the men placed 2-3. At the 2007 NCAA Championships, Vogt helped guide Tar Heels Whitney Sprague and Chip Peterson to All-American honors.
Vogt's resume boasts several national-level coaching stints prior to 2008 that include serving as head coach at both the 2006 Pan Pacific Open Water Championships and the 2007 Pan American Games, as well as serving as assistant men's coach at the 2007 Pan Am Games. Her position on the 2007 Pan Am Games men's staff marked the first time a female coach was named to a U.S. men's team staff at an international competition. She also was an assistant coach at the USA Swimming National Select Open Water camp in 2006 and 2007, as well as at the 2005 and 2006 Open Water World Championships.
While coaching the U.S. team at the 2006 Pan American Open Water Championships, she guided the men and women to wins in the 5K and 10K, as the U.S. earned the overall team award as well.
She has coached age group and senior swimmers that qualified and won medals at the World University Games, Open Water National Championships, Open Water World Championships, U.S. Senior National Championships, Junior Pan Pacific Games, World Championship Trials, and U.S. Olympic Trials. Prior to coaching at North Carolina, Vogt coached at the Carteret Currents Swimming Club in North Carolina. Vogt has also coached club teams in Virginia and Mississippi.
Vogt swam for North Carolina for four years in the distance freestyle (competing as Catherine Frock) and helped lead UNC to an ACC Championship during her freshman year. Her top ACC individual finish was a fifth place in the 1650y freestyle in 1996.
She graduated from UNC in 2000 with degrees in education and psychology. She was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and Dean's List at UNC from 1997-99.
Catherine is married to Matt Vogt, who is a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. Their first baby, Carson Elizabeth, was born Oct. 1, 2010.
