David Horak Class: Senior Hometown: Dumfries, Va. High School: CD Hylton Event: Back/Fly Birthdate: 06/10/1980

AS A JUNIOR: Had a huge meet at the Notre Dame Invitational, capturing first in the 100 and 200 backstroke, finishing second in the 100 butterfly, and taking part in the first-place 200 medley relay ... turned in Notre Dame‚s top times for the season in both backstroke events as well as the 100 butterfly ... set new career bests in both the 100 and 200 backstroke ... won the 200 backstroke at West Virginia and Western Ontario ... netted seven top-two finishes in the backstroke events and the 100 butterfly ... suffered a bout of mononucleosis, which kept him out of competition for the second half of the 2000-01 season.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Placed ninth in the 100 backstroke at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships, swimming a career-best 50.94 ... swam on the 200 freestyle relay team that placed eighth at the BIG EAST Championships ... finished 13th in the 100 butterfly at the BIG EAST Championships ... swam a career-best 1:52.50 in the 200 backstroke at the BIG EAST Championships ... posted five second-place finishes in dual-meet action this season ... recorded 10 top-five finishes for the Irish during 1999-2000.

AS A FRESHMAN: One of three freshmen to earn a monogram in 1998-99 ... competed mostly in the backstroke events, but also in the 100 butterfly ... advanced to his first BIG EAST event final where he finished 12th, after posting a career-best time of 52.11 in the preliminaries ... also participated in the 200 back and 100 fly at the conference meet ... was the team‚s third-fastest swimmer in the 100 backstroke ... recorded five, top-three finishes in the 200-yard backstroke including runner-up performances against defending NCAA national champion Stanford and in dual meets versus Wisconsin-Milwaukee and St. Bonaventure ...swam the backstroke leg on the team‚s third-fastest 400 medley relay squad.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterwinner at CD Hylton High School ... placed fifth in the state in 100 butterfly and sixth in the 100 backstroke ... two-time team most valuable swimmer ... was regional and conference champion in the 100 fly ... set five individual and two relay school records during his high school career (200 medley relay, 200 freestyle, 200 individual medley, 100 fly, 500 free, 100 backstroke and 400 free relay) ... swam for the QDD Swim Team in Manassas, Va., for 11 years and was coached by Don Regenbogen and former Olympian Jeff Rouse ... swam at junior nationals in 1997-99 ... part of a senior national qualifying medley relay team in 1997 ... father, Bernard, played tennis at University of Hawaii ... sister, Rachel, swam for Davidson College ... born June 10, 1980, in Temple, Texas ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters.