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Dan Szilier |
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AS A JUNIOR: Dominated the 100 and 200 breaststroke in 1999-2000 ... finished runner-up in the 200 breaststroke at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships (2:01.72) ... swam on the 400 medley relay team that placed fourth at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships ... placed fifth in the 100 breaststroke at the 2000 BIG EAST Championships ... won the 100 breaststroke against both Oakland and LSU ... won the 200 breaststroke against Oakland, Cleveland State and TCU ... placed first in the 200 breaststroke at the 2000 Shamrock Classic and 1999 Notre Dame Invitational ... earned a second place in the 200 breaststroke and a third place in the 100 breaststroke at the Early Bird Invitational ... posted 17 top-five finishes during the 1999-2000 season.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Had an excellent second season for the Irish in 1998-99 ... became the second Notre Dame swimmer to capture an individual BIG EAST event, winning the 200-yard breaststroke in a school-record time of 2:00.09 ... earned all-BIG EAST honors for his finish ... placed fourth in the 100 breaststroke in a personal-best time of 56.73 at the BIG EAST meet ... achieved school-record times earlier in the year at the 1998 Notre Dame Invitational in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke ... finished second in a then school-record time of 56.88 in the 100 breaststroke at the Notre Dame Invite, breaking Colin Cooley’s previous record of 56.89 set in March of 1993 ... placed first with a school- and pool-record time of 2:01.02 in the 200 breaststroke at the Notre Dame Invite ... beat Ed Broderick’s previous school record of 2:03.01 set in March 1991, and Connecticut’s Sean Trdesco’s 1996-pool record of 2:02.28 in the 200 breaststroke ... had one second, one third and two fourth-place finishes in the 100 breaststroke ... had five first-place finishes in the 200 breaststroke ... part of second-fastest Irish 400 medley relay team, which placed second in 3:24.29 ... placed ninth in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:18.88 at the World University Games in Mallorca, Spain, on July 4, 1999 ... posted a preliminary time of 2:20.49 at the Games.
AS A FRESHMAN: One of Notre Dame’s best breaststrokers in 1997-98 ... placed sixth at the 1998 BIG EAST Championships in the 200 breaststroke with the team’s best time of the season ... selected as a member of Team USA for the 1999 World University Games, held in July 1999 (200-meter breaststroke) ... qualified for the World University Games at the Phillips 66 National Championship after placing seventh in the 200-meter breaststroke ... first Notre Dame men’s swimmer to qualify for a U.S. national team.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Finished third at the senior national championships in the 200-meter breaststroke in 2:19.11 and eighth in the 100-meter breaststroke in 1:05.87 in February 1997 ... won the 18-&-under 200 breaststroke and took third in the 100 breaststroke at the same national meet ... named rookie of the meet at the U.S.S. senior national swimming championships ... two-time All-American and Academic All-American in the 100 breaststroke ... won Pennsylvania all-state honors 10 times in his high school career ... won four letters at Methacton High School ... set conference and school records in the 100 and 200 breaststroke ... brother, Greg, graduated from Notre Dame in 1999 ... born Feb. 12, 1979, in Norristown, Pa. ... a management information systems major in the Mendoza College of Business.
