Brian Skorney Class: Senior Hometown: Staten Island, N.Y. High School: Stuyvesant Event: Backstroke/Butterfly Birthdate: 03/03/1979

AS A JUNIOR: swam a career-best and school record 50.54 in the 100 backstroke at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships, placing fifth ... set another personal-best at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships, placing 10th in the 200 backstroke in 1:51.84 ... swam on the 200 medley relay team that finished runner-up at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships ... swam on the 400 medley relay team that placed fourth at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships ... won the 100 backstroke at the Bill Ritter Invitational ... won the 200 backstroke against St. Bonaventure ... competed in the 50 freestyle at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships ... posted a fourth place finish in the 100 backstroke at the Notre Dame Invitational ... placed second in the 100 backstroke in dual-meet action against Oakland ... placed second in the 200 backstroke against Pittsburgh ... posted 17 top-five finishes for the Irish in the 1999-2000 season.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Set a Notre Dame record in the 100 backstroke at the 1998 Notre Dame Invitational with a time of 50.76 ... leadoff swimmer on 400-yard medley relay team that set a Notre Dame record time of 3:20.50 and earned second place at 1999 BIG EAST Championships ... also swam the backstroke leg on the 200 medley relay, which placed third at the BIG EAST meet in school-record time (1:32.24) ... swam in the 100 and 200 backstroke and the 50 freestyle individually at the conference meet ... recorded an eighth-place finish in the 100 backstroke with a time of 51.87 at the BIG EAST Championships ... posted a career-best time in the 200-yard backstroke (1:52.53) at the Notre Dame Invitational ... was the runner-up in the 100 backstroke at the Notre Dame Invitational ... finished second in 1,650 freestyle at Shamrock Classic ... notched a third-place finish against Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the 200 backstroke.

AS A FRESHMAN: Had team’s top time in the 100-yard backstroke ... lead swimmer on Notre Dame’s third-and fourth-fastest 200 medley relay team ... had six top-four finishes in the 200 backstroke including a win at the Shamrock Classic ... runner-up at the Shamrock Classic in 100 backstroke.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterwinner at Stuyvesant High School ... set school records in the 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 200 individual medley, 200 medley relay and 400 freestyle relay ... set city records in the 100 back, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay ... selected as the New York City Iron Horse winner for the best swimmer in New York City over four year ... born March 31, 1979, in Elizabeth, N.J. ... enrolled in the College of Science with a double major in biology and film, theatre and television.