AS A FRESHMAN: Enjoyed a historic season competing in the 200 breast, shattering both the school record and the pool record in the event at the Rolfs Aquatic Center ... facility-best time was .02 seconds faster than the previous best time at the Rolfs Aquatic Center set by Dan Szilier in 1998 ... shattered the school mark by more than two seconds in the event, swimming a preliminary 1:57.06 at the BIG EAST Championships ... earned a third-place finish in the 200 breast with a time of 1:57.44 in the finals of the meet ... logged the seventh-best 100 breast swim of all-time, touching the wall in 54.66 at the BIG EAST Championships ... recorded the second-fastest 200 IM time in school history in a fourth-place finish at the BIG EAST Championships ... monogram winner.
THE STEPHENS FILE:All-American as a sophomore and junior in the 100 and 200 breaststroke ... 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier ... two-time PIAA state champion record holder in the 100 breast ... Pennsylvania District IV record holder and state champion in the 200 IM (1:52.53) ... also set district record in the 100 breast (57.04) ... four-time letterwinner and two-time captain for Mark Barnes at Bloomsburg Area (Pa.) ... qualified for short court nationals ... currently holds six school records and each pool record ... went undefeated in his freshman, sophomore and junior years, while being a regional champion over that same period ... also lettered in tennis and track ... member of the National Honor Society ... full name is Zachary John Stephens ... son of Ann and John Stephens ... youngest of four children ... sister, Jessica, swam for Notre Dame ... brother, Matthew, ran cross country at Princeton ... brother, Justin, swam at Villanova ... enrolled in the First Year of Studies.
