Notre Dame battles 37 ranked teams in final tune-up before the BIG EAST Championships.
AS A SENIOR (Cross Country): Competed in two meets during the cross country season ... placed 19th out of 88 runners (25:32.3) in the 8K "B" race at the Wisconsin Invitational ... also ran at the BIG EAST Championships (24:56.1), finishing 52nd out of 123 runners on the 8K course.
AS A JUNIOR: Placed tenth in heat four at the Stanford Invitational ... placed fifth overall at the Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational for the 800 with a finishing time of 1:54.80 ... placed first (1:54.47) in heat one at the Texas Roadhouse Border Battle, good for ninth overall ... finished third overall at the Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational in the 800m with a time of 1:57.48 ... competed with Lorenz, Labus, and Howard in the 4x800m relay at the Drake Relays and finished third overall with a time of 7:25.75 ... narrowly missed the cutoff at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships for the 800m placing 11th in the preliminaries with a time of 1:54.06 ... posted a personal best in the 800m at the Louisville Cardinal Twilight, placing fourth overall with a time of 1:51.24.
AS A SOPHOMORE: First-place finish in the 1,000 at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener with a 2:28.02 ... opened the indoor season at the Blue and Gold Invitational by running the 1,600 in 4:12.61, good for second place, while just missing the winning time by seven tenths of a second ... placed third in the 4x400 (3:27.84) at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener ... fifth place finish in the 1,600 at the Notre Dame Invitational in 4:10.21.
AS A FRESHMAN:Had an immediate impact as a sprinter and in relays ... made his Notre Dame debut in the 1,000 at the Blue and Gold Invitational, placing fifth with a 2:29.99 ... finished fifth in the 1,600 at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener (4:16.74) ... placed ninth in the 800 at the Notre Dame Invitational with a 1:54.41 ... ran the 800 in 1:54.31 at the Finlay Open Multi-Event to finish fourth ... placed eighth in the 1,000 at the Meyo Invitational (2:27.30) ... part of the 4x800 relay team that picked up a fourth-place finish at the prestigious
Drake Relays ... BIG EAST honors o
n the 4x800 relay team by finishing third at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Six-time letterwinner in track and field and soccer at Wheaton Warrenville South (Ill.) ... named all-conference, all-sectional and all-state as a junior and senior ... two-time conference champion ... holds a personal-best time of 1:53.56 in the 800 and 50.0 in the 400 ... also owns a second degree black belt in Hapkido ... named to the Chicago Sun Times all-area soccer team in 2006 and 2007 ... member of the National Honor Society, French Honor Society, Sons of the American Revolution and the Athletic Leadership Council ... from same high school as former Irish runner Mike Popejoy ... son of Richard and Christine Babb ... has two brothers ... grandfather, Joseph Temborius, graduated from Notre Dame in 1950 and his great-uncle, Jerry Timko, graduated in 1955 ... father ran cross country and track at Illinois ... brother, J.J., runs for North Central College ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
