03/02/2013 Irish Win Sixth BIG EAST ChampionshipWelsh named BIG EAST Coach of the Year. 03/01/2013 Irish Extend Lead Heading Into Final DayJohnson sets meet record to pace Notre Dame. 02/28/2013 Irish Establish Lead On Unprecedented Second NightNotre Dame rewrites BIG EAST Conference history with unprecedented wins. 02/27/2013 Historic Night Lands Irish In First At BIG EAST ChampionshipsNotre Dame qualifies two relays for NCAA Championships. 02/26/2013 Irish Look For BIG EAST Repeat In IndianapolisNotre Dame races for sixth conference championship since joining the BIG EAST in 1995-96 03/04/2013 2013 BIG EAST Swimming ChampionshipsAll photos courtesy of Ken Overholt 01/29/2012 Mens and Womens Swimming, Shamrock Invitational Day 2Mens and Womens swimming host the Shamrock Invitation January 28th and 29th. AS A SOPHOMORE: Breaststroke and individual medley specialist who garnered All-BIG EAST honors in his second collegiate year ... posted career-best times while earning fifth-place points at the BIG EAST Championships in both the 100 breast (54.53) and the 200 IM (1:47.77), recording NCAA B-cuts in each event ... moved up to third-place all-time for the Irish in 200 IM history ... touched seventh in the 400 IM (3:53.17) to earn another lifetime best at the same meet ... nearly cleared the two-minute barrier in a time-trial swim in the 200 breast (2:00.90), his best career swim by nearly three seconds ... assisted the 800 freestyle relay (6:24.11) to a silver finish and All-BIG EAST honors ... placed in the top eight in two events at the Hawkeye Invitational, touching in at fifth in the 100 breast (56.19) and eighth in the 200 IM (1:49.88) ... took second place honors in the 100 breast (56.92) in dual meet action against Michigan State ... garnered silver in the 200 breast (2:04.87) against league foe Pittsburgh ... represented the Irish at the 2012 US Olympic Trials, swimming the 100 meter breast (1:03.86, 58th), 200 meter breast (2:22.91, 110th), and the 200 meter IM (2:05.08, 44th) ... recipient of both the Patrick Reilly McManus Captains' Award and the Charles Blanchard Award ... earned a monogram. AS A FRESHMAN: Collected two top-eight finishes at the BIG EAST Championships in his first season ... those two performances included swims of 1:50.14 in the 200 IM and 3:55.45 in the 400 IM ... set personal-best times of 1:49.23 and 3:55.01 in the same two events, respectively, during the preliminary sessions of the league meet ... the 1:49.23 was an NCAA B-cut time .. the 200 IM performance was the fifth-fastest 200 IM in school history ... swam the second fastest 200 IM in program history, behind teammate Bill Bass ... set two additional career-best times at the Shamrock Invitational with swims of 15:59.59 and 56.91 in the 1,650 free and 100 breast, respectively ... the 1,650 performance was the fastest time set by an Irish swimmer during the 2010-11 season ... additional personal-best performances included showings of 4:42.94 in the 500 free against Pittsburgh, 9:2.39 in the 1,000 free against Michigan State, 2:07.50 in the 200 breast at the Hawkeye Invitational and 1:52.87 against Cleveland State. THE BABCOCK FILE: Louisiana's 2009-10 Swimmer of the Year ... swam for St. Paul's (La.), while winning the team's career achievement award as a senior ... four-time letterwinner ... two-time team captain ... two-time all-Metro team choice ... 2009-10 all-Northlake District MVP ... 2009-10 All-Metro MVP ... 2009-2010 New Orleans Metro League Schools Male Swimmer of the Year ... 2008-09 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... two-time Louisiana Division 1 state champion ... All-American in the 200 individual medley (1:52.95) and 100 breast (57.80) ... set seven individual school records and had a hand in six record-breaking relays ... member of National Honor Society ... president of St. Paul's Student Council as a senior... first swimmer to win St. Paul's Jimmy Dunn Memorial Award as the best all-around senior athlete ... member of Blast Swim Team ... won the Damon McCory Award for Most Outstanding Male Swimmer at the 2010 Louisiana Short Course State Meet... Summer Junior National Qualifier in the 200 IM and 100 breast ... ranked 36th nationally among 17-year olds at the IMXtreme Challenge ... son of Bill and Maureen Babcock ... youngest of two children ... grandfather and three uncles graduated from Notre Dame ... two cousins have also attended the University ... information techology major. Babcock's Career Bests
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