Mark Becher Class: Senior Hometown: Carmel, Ind. High School: Carmel Event: IM Birthdate: 05/23/1980

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in breaststroke, butterfly and the 200 individual medley in 1998-99 ... best finish was a fourth at Shamrock Classic in the 200 butterfly ... also placed fourth against defending NCAA national champion Stanford in 200 individual medley ... swam career-best time of 2:01.08 in a heat of the 200 individual medley at the Notre Dame Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterwinner in swimming at Carmel High School ... three-time all-conference selection ... team won eighth-straight state championship in 1997 before finishing second in 1998 ... placed ninth in the state in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:57.65 ... also competed in the 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke ... academic all-state and All-America selection as a senior ... one of five Indiana natives on 1999-2000 squad ... born May 23, 1980, in Overland Park, Kan. ... enrolled in the College of Engineering.