| Elizabeth Barger |
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AS A JUNIOR: Two-time honorable mention All-American after swimming the butterfly leg on Notre Dame’s 200 and 400 medley relay teams at the ’99 NCAA Championships ... 200 medley relay team placed 16th, while the 400 medley relay took 11th, the highest finish ever by a Notre Dame relay at the NCAAs ... also swam individually in the 100 and 200 butterfly at the NCAA Championships ... College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) All-Academic honoree ... three-time event winner at the BIG EAST Championships ... won the 100 butterfly for the third straight year, breaking her own BIG EAST record (55.53) in the process ... swam the butterfly leg on the first place 200 and 400 medley relay squads, which both set BIG EAST championship records ... owns nine BIG EAST titles, which is the most in school history ... also finished second in the 200 butterfly and seventh in the 200 individual medley at the BIG EAST meet ... helped Irish set new university records in both the 200 (1:42.47) and 400 (3:42.62) medley relays ... serving her second season as team captain along with senior Alison Newell ... had four wins overall in the 100 butterfly ... recorded team’s top three times in the 100 and best two times in the 200 butterfly ... had seven top-three finishes in the 200 butterfly, including wins against Michigan and in the tri-meet with Illinois and Ohio State.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Four-time winner at the 1998 BIG EAST Championships, winning both the 100 and 200 butterfly in ’98 ... also was a member of the first place and record setting 200 and 400 medley relay teams ... fifth in the 200 individual medley at the BIG EAST championships ... CSCAA honorable mention all-academic team ... posted Notre Dame’s top-three times in 100 and 200 butterfly ... won the 100 butterfly four times, including at the Shamrock Classic where she set a Notre Dame record in 55.52 ... had five top-three dual meet finishes in the 200 butterfly ... winner of the 1998 Captains’ Award given to the athlete who performs well in and out of the pool.
AS A FRESHMAN: Won the 1997 BIG EAST 100 butterfly title ... swam butterfly leg of BIG EAST champion 200 medley relay and runner-up 400 medley relay ... finished in the top three in 22 dual-meet events ... won Beeler-Hipp Award given to an outstanding freshman who shows vitality, competitiveness and love for Notre Dame athletics.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year swimming letterwinner at Chatfield High School ... All-American and scholastic All-American in 1995 and 1996 ... participated in 1997 and 1998 summer Senior Nationals ... state champion her junior year in the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly ... won the 1995 Sportswoman of Colorado award ... named 1996 Colorado Swimmer of the Year and the 1995 co-Colorado Swimmer of the Year ... father Rick swam at North Carolina State ... participated in a summer service project in San Jose, Calif., between her sophomore and junior years ... born March 24, 1978, in Statesville, N.C. ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters with a major in American studies.
