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Daniel Lutkus |
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AS A JUNIOR: Collected a pair of all-BIG
EAST honors ... continued to develop in his
primary events ... three of those top times
came during the BIG EAST Championships ...
at the meet he finished third in the 200 Free
(1:38.86), eighth in the 500 Free (4:32.10) and
eighth in the 100 Free (45.67) ... powered the
400 Free Relay (2:59.05) group at the BIG
EAST meet to a runner-up finish and a school
record ... top performance in the 50 Free
(21.48) was set at the Ohio State Invitational ...
at the same meet, swam the 100 Free (46.03)
and 200 Free (1:41.06) in respectable times.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Each of his four
season-best times came at the BIG EAST
Conference Championships ... at the meet his
50 Free (21.22), 100 Free (45.82), 200 Free
(1:39.89) and 500 Free (4:32.85) were peak
performances.
AS A FRESHMAN: Posted BIG EAST Acuts
in the 100 Free, 200 Free and 500 Free ...
all of his top marks in those events came at the
BIG EAST Championships ... placed seventh at
the conference meet in the 200 Free in 1:40.43
... clocked a season-best time of 1:40.34 in the
prelims of the event ... registered a 16th-place
showing in the 500 Free at the BIG EAST
meet with a time of 4:33.36 in the finals ... his
preliminary mark of 4:32.43 was his best time
of the season in the 500 Free ... placed 20th in
the 100 Free prelims at the conference meet
with a season-best time of 46.41 ... ranked
fourth on the team in the 100 Free and fifth in
the 200 Free.
THE LUTKUS FILE: Won four varsity
letters as a member of the swim team at Penn
(Ind.) ... four-time all-conference honoree ...
three-time all-state and All-American selection
... team captain his senior year ... named team
MVP after sophomore and senior seasons ...
owns school records in the 100 Free, 200 Free,
200 Free Relay and 400 Free Relay ... team
was runner-up at the state meet his senior yea
r... also two-year letterwinner in soccer ...
brother, Jamie, was an accomplished swimmer
for Notre Dame before graduating 2006 ...
born October 2, 1986, in Chicago, Ill. ... son of
Rebecca and Gerald Lutkus ... both parents
and sister graduated from Notre Dame ...
spent the summer before his senior season in
Washington, D.C. ... conducted research that
will soon be published in a book titled Energy
and Security in the 21st Century ... has appeared
on the dean's list multiple times ... pursuing
majors in economics and political science.
