Pat Conway Class: Senior Hometown: Springfield, Va. High School: West Springfield Height: 6-0 Event: Distance Birthdate: 01/04/1980

AS A JUNIOR: One of the top performers on both the track and field and cross country teams in 2000-01 ... ran a spectacular race at the 2000 NCAA Cross Country Championships, finishing in 36th place (31:04.0) and earning All-America honors for the first time in his career ... consistently among the top three finishers on the team during the cross country season ... took third place at the National Catholic Invitational (25:19) ... ran to a top-25 finish (24:46, 24th) in the highly-competitive Notre Dame Invitational ... helped the team to a fourth-place finish at the BIG EAST Cross Country Championship, finishing 21st in 24:23 ... continued his impressive cross country performances with a 17th-place finish at the NCAA Great Lakes Region Championship, helping the team finish third and earn a berth in the NCAA Championship field ... developed into the top mile run threat on the indoor track and field team ... began with a first-place finish (4:14.51) in the mile vs. Ball State and Western Michigan ... won his second race in a row the next weekend vs. Michigan State, taking first in the mile (4:11.52) ... finished second in his heat (4:16.17) at the 2001 BIG EAST Indoor Championship, qualifying for the final race ... took fourth place in the BIG EAST mile run final (4:15.22) ... ran a personal-best 4:06.89 in the mile at the Alex Wilson Invitational, good enough to finish third in the competitive field ... returned to top form in the 1,500 meters during the outdoor season, taking first at the Tom Botts Invitational in 3:50.09 ... continued to dominate in the 1,500 meters, winning the race at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays in 3:50.24 ... qualified for the finals of the 1,500 meters at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships, taking fourth in his heat (3:50.53) ... ended up seventh in the BIG EAST 1,500 meter final (3:52.19) ... moved down to the 800 meters at the Billy Hayes Invitational and posted a personal-best 1:52.51 and 11th-place finish ... made a strong attempt at qualifying for the NCAA outdoor meet in the 1,500 by running a personal-best 3:48.19 at the Georgia Tech Invitational.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Ran four cross country meets in the 1999 season ... highest finish came at the Valparaiso Invitational, sixth place in 25:27.32 ... member of the BIG EAST cross country championship team ... ran the mile during the 2000 indoor season, finishing 10th at the BIG EAST meet ... competed in 1,500-meter races during outdoor season, finishing second at the Indy Relays in a career-best 3:50.72.

AS A FRESHMAN: Ran five times during the ‚98 cross country season ... ran his fastest time of the year (24:51) in a 12th-place finish at the Notre Dame Invitational ... one of three freshmen to run at the 1998 BIG EAST championships ... earned a track monogram in 1999 ... competed in the 800, 1,000 and mile run during the indoor track season ... won the mile at the Red Simmons Invitational and the Meyo Invitational, where he ran his best time of the season (4:12.95) ... competed in the mile at the BIG EAST indoor championships, placing seventh ... competed for the Irish in the 800 and 1,500 during the outdoor season ... finished third in the 800 at the Boilermaker Open.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Won a combined nine letters in cross country, indoor and outdoor track ... All-America selection his senior season in both indoor and outdoor track ... earned All-America status in indoor track as part of his school‚s 4x800-meter relay team ... All-American in outdoor track after anchoring his team‚s distance relay team ... distance relay team set a national record in March of 1998 at the Indoor National Scholastic Championships ... state indoor champ in both the one mile and two mile in '98 ... also a state champion in outdoor track ... won the Virginia State Cross Country Championships his senior year despite breaking his toe one mile into the race ... brother Mike competed for Notre Dame from ‚94-‚98 amd was a four-time track monogram winner and three-time cross country monogram winner ... father Richard graduated from Notre Dame in 1969 ... born Jan. 4, 1980 ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.