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Men's Swimming
AS A JUNIOR: Distance freestyle specialist and a member of the deepest and most talented group on the Irish roster best event ended up as the 400 IM, as he qualified for the BIG EAST Championship and swam his fastest time of the season at the meet (4:04.85) a solid dual-meet freestyle swimmer, who never finished out of the top five when he entered the pool won the 500 freestyle vs. St. Bonaventure also won the 400 IM against Villanova ended up with the team's fifth-best effort in the 500 freestyle (4:41.40). AS A SOPHOMORE: Led the Irish one-two-three finish in the 1000 free against St. Bonaventure with a first-place effort finished second in the 1000 freestyle against Wisconsin-Milwaukee won the 500 freestyle against Wisconsin-Milwaukee swam on the first-place 1000 freestyle relay at the Notre Dame Relays netted 10 top-five finishes overall and eight top-three finishes in the distance freestyle events. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterwinner in swimming at the University of San Diego High School ... an Academic All-American in 1999 ... school record holder in the 500 freestyle ... named to the San Diego Union Tribune all-academic first team ... a successful open-water swimmer who has taken first place at the National Lifeguard Championships in Oceanside, Calif. Labor Day Pier Swim ... named swimming team MVP his senior season ... also earned all-conference and all-city accolades that year ... served as team captain from 1998-2000 ... member of the National Honor Society and the California Scholastic Federation ... boasts over 30 relatives who have graduated from Notre Dame ... mother, Lynn, and father, Frank, are Notre Dame graduates (75) ... went to the same high school as womens swimmer Christina Jackson ... first Notre Dame male swimmer whose mother and father both graduated from Notre Dame ... born Jan. 1, 1981 in Los Angeles, Calif. ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters. |
    
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