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Trevor McClain-Duer |
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AS A JUNIOR: A valuable member of Notre Dame's sprint group and a key contributor on the team's spring relays ... helped the 4x400-meter relay team finish second at both the indoor and outdoor BIG EAST Championship meets to earn his second and third career all-conference honors ... ran personal best times in each event during the 2004 season ... picked up 400-meter victories at the Notre Dame Invitational (48.00) and Central Michigan Opener ... won two 500 meters races at Notre Dame's Indoor Opener and the Blue and Gold Invitational ... helped Jordan Powell, Ryan Postel and Selim Nurdueen run 3:09.87 at the Alex Wilson Invitational, establishing the school record and finishing third ... the same team eventually moved on to place second at the BIG EAST Championship (3:13.71) to earn all-conference honors ... focused exclusively on the 400 meters for the '04 outdoor campaign ... ended up fifth in the BIG EAST field (48.21) ... along with Powell, Postel and Nurudeen, finished second in the 4x400-meter relay at the BIG EAST outdoor meet (3:10.52), running the fifth-fastest relay in school history to finish second and earn all-conference honors ... same team then took eighth at the NCAA Mideast Regional, running 3:09.87, which ranks as the second-fastest 4x400-meter relay in school history and best since 1985.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in both the 400 meters and 500 meters during the 2003 indoor season ... earned first all-BIG EAST honor of his career at the league indoor meet, helping the 4x400 relay team of Ryan Postel, Ryan Hurd and Mark Barber finish second in 3:15.85 ... scored at the league indoor meet, finishing seventh in the 500 meters (1:05.26) ... finished second in his section of the 500 meters (1:04.13) ... ran the 400 meters in the first two meets of the indoor season, finishing third at the Central Michigan Opener (49.94) and second against Western Michigan and Ball State (49.00) ... concentrated on the 400 meters during the outdoor season, running a career-best 48.53 at the Baldy Castillo (Arizona State) ... competed in four outdoor meets, recording a top finish of third at the Tom Botts Invitational.
AS A FRESHMAN: Long-sprint specialist who added valuable depth to the Irish sprint corps ... first collegiate race occurred in the Tri-Meet against Western Michigan and Ball State ... finished fourth in the 400 meters (49.85) ... took fourth the next weekend in the 400 meters against Michigan State ... moved up to the 500 meters at the Meyo Invitational and finished second in 1:03.99 ... claimed first collegiate victory in the 600 meters at the Windsor Team Challenge (1:22.55) ... posted best indoor 400 time at the Alex Wilson Invitational (48.70) ... top Notre Dame finisher at the Purdue Invitational to begin the outdoor season, taking seventh in the 400 meters (49.48) ... continued to improve his outdoor 400-meter time at the Spring Opener, taking fourth place in 49.11 ... earned first collegiate outdoor individual victory at the Tom Botts Invitational, taking first in the 400 meters (48.89) ... finished fourth in the 400 meters at the Butler Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner in track and field at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio ... also lettered in soccer and ice hockey during his career at St. Ignatius ... an all-conference, all-city and all-state selection in 2001 ... member of the St. Ignatius 4x400-meter relay team that ran the third-fastest time ever in Ohio (3:15.13) ... that same 4x400 relay team set meet records at the North East Ohio All-Catholic Championship and the Lancaster Relays ... took second place in the state in the 400 meters in 2001 ... competed in the Midwest Championships at Ohio Wesleyan University in 2001 ... member of St. Igntaius' nationally-ranked soccer teams in 1999 and 2000 ... member of the National Honor Society ... helped build homes with the Habitat for Humanity during the summer ... father, Jeffrey Duer, played soccer at Ohio University ... mother, Kim McClain (`75), is a graduate of Notre Dame ... born Feb. 14, 1983 in Cleveland, Ohio ... member of the 2002-03 BIG EAST Academic All-Star team ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business with an accounting major.
