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Bio • Awards • Career Bests
One of three team captains ... first Notre
Dame male swimmer to ever compete in the
NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships
and only the program's second student-athlete
to participate in the meet ... swam the
100 fly, 200 fly and the 200 IM at the championships
... two-time team MVP holds
University records in 100 butterfly (47.66),
200 fly (1:47.53) and 200 individual medley
(1:49.48) ... part of four program relay
records (200 medley, 400 medley, 200 free,
400 free) ... has three BIG EAST titles (tied
for most in ND history) and nine all-BIG
EAST honors on his resume ... first in program
history to win multiple individual BIG
EAST titles at the same meet ... only Irish
competitor to ever hold a BIG EAST
Championships record ... established mark
in the 2005 meet by going 48.10 in the 100 fly
prelims and then bettered that with a time of
48.06 in the finals ... his nine all-conference
honors ties him for first in school history
with Ray Fitzpatrick ('00) ... tabbed honorable
mention Academic All-America by the
College Swim Coaches Association (CSCAA)
... owns each of top four all-time marks in
100 butterfly and seven of the top eight in
the 200 IM ... joined Paul Godfrey (1988) and
Scott Zumbach (1996) as only freshmen to
be named Notre Dame's MVP ... versatile
and talented ... struggled with health issues
at times as a rookie ... also one of top students
on Irish, carrying 3.517 cumulative
GPA as a member of Notre Dame's Academic
Honors Program for Student-Athletes ... in
2003-04, ranked among top eight in U.S.
among 17 and 18-year olds in 200 IM (5th),
100 fly (7th), and 200 fly (8th).
AS A JUNIOR
Earned all-BIG EAST honors
in the 200 medley relay as the Irish quartet
placed second in a school-record time of
1:30.04 ... clocked a fourth-place finish in the
100 fly at the BIG EAST meet with a seasonbest
mark of 48.47 ... barely missed out on
all-conference honors in the 200 IM with
another fourth-place showing in a seasonbest
time of 1:50.18 ... placed seventh at the
BIG EAST meet in the 200 fly with a mark of
1:51.77 ... registered his top 200 fly time of
the campaign in the prelims at BIG EAST
(1:51.01) ... posted team-best times in the
claimed 17 relay and 10 individual victories
during the season ... competed at the Dallas
Morning News Classic ... named to the BIG
EAST Academic All-Star Team ... earned a
monogram.
AS A SOPHOMORE
Qualified for the
NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
with a "B" cut time of 47.66 in the 100-yard
butterfly ... also swam the 200 fly and the
200 IM in the national meet ... entered the
meet seeded 26th in the 100 fly, 34th in the
200 fly and 45th in the 200 IM ... he placed
37th in the 200 fly, 39th in the 200 IM and
was disqualified from the 100 fly ... named
team MVP for the second straight season ...
was the high-point scorer in the BIG EAST
Championships with 89.5 points ... a major
factor in Notre Dame claiming its first-ever
BIG EAST title ... conference champion in
the 100 fly, and the 200 IM ... swam the butterfly
leg of the first-place 400 medley relay
... became first Notre Dame competitor ever
to set a BIG EAST Championships record,
first tying the 100 fly mark in prelims (48.10)
and then bettering that time in the finals
(48.06) ... all of his season-best times in his
main events came at the Notre Dame
Invitational in December in Rolfs Aquatic
Center, when he helped the Irish to first
place ... all three of those marks were
University, meet, and pool records ... swam
the anchor leg on the 400-yard freestyle
relay that defeated Pittsburgh by .04 seconds
in a November meet in the Rolfs
Aquatic Center ... led team in points with
407.75 (276 individual, 131.75 relay) ... registered
14 individual victories and 12 more in
relay events.
AS A FRESHMAN
Turned in one of the
most impressive rookie campaigns in program
history, earning team MVP honors ...
broke University records in 100 butterfly
(48.43) and 200 individual medley (1:49.68)
and was part of record relays in the 200
medley (1:30.48) and 200 free (1:21.30) ...
registered NCAA "B" times in 100 fly and 200
IM ... tabbed honorable mention Academic
All-America by the College Swim Coaches
Association (CSCAA) ... scored team-high 64
points in helping Irish to highest-ever point
total and second-place team finish at BIG
EAST Championships ... earned all-conference
honors in 200 IM and 100 fly, finishing
as BIG EAST runner-up in the latter ...
ranked among top 75 in Division I in each of
his three main events: tied for 53rd in 100 fly,
69th in 200 fly (1:49.44), and 72nd in 200 IM
(1:49.68) ... also was part of three relays that
were among the top 45 nationally: 200 medley
(30th), 200 free (35th), and 400 medley
(42nd, 3:19.66) ... all three of those quartets
finished fourth at the BIG EAST meet, with
both 200s breaking the University records
... team leader in both butterfly events and
200 IM ... also ranked fourth on Irish in 100
breaststroke (58.33) and fifth in 50 free
(21.29) ... posted three fastest times in
school history in the 100 fly, as well as six of
the top nine for the Irish on the season ...
also had four of the best six marks in the 200
fly and the two best in the 200 IM ... finished
second on team in points scored with 407.75
... broke 100 fly school record in qualifying
second with NCAA "B" time of 48.45 at BIG
EAST meet before improving upon that
time to tie for second place (with West
Virginia's Pedro Pinto) in the final, just
0.03 seconds behind the champion,
Connecticut senior Dustin Rogers ...
prior to that, no Irish swimmer had
ever been in the top six at the BIG EAST
meet in the 100 fly ... also was the top
returning swimmer in the conference in the
200 IM, in which he was the only competitor
to post an NCAA "B" cut in prelims, coming
in as the top qualifier with a school record
... slipped to third in finals, but still
improved eight spots from his seeding
(11th) ... qualified 10th in 200 fly, but came
back to beat field by three seconds in taking
ninth and posting time that would have
been third had he been in the championship
final ... runner-up to Pinto in the 100 fly at
the Notre Dame Invitational ... took fourth
in the 200 IM and swam butterfly leg on firstplace
200 free and 200 medley relays ... the
200 medley relay set a meet record (1:31.62)
... registered 15 dual-meet race victories ...
was beaten just once in the 100 butterfly ...
highlights included winning both butterfly
events against both #17 Pittsburgh and #19
BYU, as well as a 100 fly triumph vs. North
Carolina (23rd at NCAAs) ... posted secondfastest
time in the conference in the 100 fly
during the regular season ... qualified for
BIG EAST meet in team-high six events, also
posting season-best time of 47.03 in the 100
free ... swam second leg of 400 butterfly
relay that set a meet record at the Dennis
Stark Relays ... became just third freshman
ever to be tabbed team MVP.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
DATA
Four-year letterwinner at Tabb High
School where he helped his prep team to
two Virginia team state championships ...
14-time state champion (eight relays and six
individual events) ... two-time state champion
in the 200 individual medley and 100
breaststroke ... also won state titles in 50
freestyle and 100 butterfly ... state record
holder in 100 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, and
200 individual medley and was a member of
three relay teams which established new
Virginia marks ... U.S. Sectional champion
(100 fly) and the high point scorer at the
2002 sectional (spring) ... qualified for U.S.
Nationals and was a scholastic All-American
in 2001 and 2002 ... appeared all over the
national U.S. Swimming rankings (third in
the 100 fly, ninth in the 200 fly, 14th in the
200 breast, 15th in the 200 IM and 16th in the
50 free) ... member of Notre Dame's
Academic Honors Program for Student-
Athletes ... father Jerry received Ph.D. from
Notre Dame in 1981 ... oldest of four children
... born April 25, 1985, in St. Louis, Mo.
... son of Jerry and Mary Ellen Kegelman ...
boasts 3.517 GPA and is a member of Notre
Dame's Academic Honors Program for
Student-Athletes ... tabbed BIG EAST
Academic All-Star in 2004, 2005 and 2006 ...
enrolled in the College of Engineering as a
chemical engineering major.
AWARDS & HONORS
NCAA Participant (2005)
CSCAA Honorable Mention
Academic All-America (2004 & 2006)
University Record
(100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM, 200 free relay, 400
free relay, 200 medley relay,
400 medley relay)
Three-time BIG EAST Champion
Nine-time All-BIG EAST
Team MVP (2004-05)
| KEGELMAN'S CAREER BESTS |
| | `04 BE | `05 BE/NCAA | `06 BE | School Rank | Career Wins |
| 100 Breast | 58.08 • `06 Dallas Morning News Cl. | -- | -- | -- | 17th | -- |
| 100 Fly | 47.66 • `04 ND Invit. | 2nd | 1st^/DQ | 4th | 1st | 19 |
| 200 Fly | 1:47.53 • `04 ND Invit. | 9th | 5th/37th | 7th | 1st | 10 |
| 200 IM | 1:49.48 • `04 ND Invit. | 3rd^ | 1st^/39th | 4th | 1st | 8 |
