The Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving teams began the 2010-2011 season by hosting the 2010 Dennis Stark Relays.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Set a new Notre Dame record in the 100 breast with his 53.75 performance at the BIG EAST Championships ... that swim was the first ever 100 breast swim under 54 seconds in Notre Dame history ... the 100 breast showing was also good for his first individual NCAA B-cut ... swam the breaststroke legs of the 200 and 400 medley relays that set new Notre Dame records with NCAA B-cut times of 1:28.86 and 3:15.10, respectively ... also recorded two additional personal-best scores at the league meet with swims of 2:01.18 in the 200 breast and 20.76 in the 50 free.
AS A FRESHMAN: Delivered the ninth fastest 100 breaststroke performance in program history at the BIG EAST Championships with a time of 55.63 ... was a member of the 200 medley relay at the league meet that set a school record ... the relay performance was an NCAA B-cut time ... set a personal best time of 2:07.72 in the 200 breast at the Shamrock Invitational ... recorded a season best time of 20.81 at the league meet in the 50 free ... finished the dual meet season with a top three performances in all seven 100 breast races he swam ... recipient of the Beeler Hipp award ... swam in 16 breaststroke events during the course of the year.
THE JOHNSON FILE:The Johnson File: Four-year varsity swimmer at Lake Central (Ind.) under head coach Todd Smolinski ... team MVP and state champion in his junior and senior seasons ... team captain as a senior ... Lake Central was undefeated in his junior and senior seasons ... held a national ranking as a sophomore, junior and senior ... All-American in each of his four season ... set school records in the 100 breast, 200 IM and 50 free ... defending state champion in the 100 breast (56.56) after finishing runner-up in the 2007 edition of the event ... the former effort ranked as the nation's 11th best time in 2008 ... went 20.60 during the 2008 Crown Point Sectional in the 50 free to win the event while bettering that mark with a 20.57 in the event less than one year later ... won the 50 free at the 2008 high school sectional meet ... member of the National Honor Society ... born July 16, 1990, in Crown Point, Ind. ... son of Cathy and Greg Johnson ... oldest of two children ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
