Gwen Blythe Class: Sophomore Hometown: Colleyville, TX High School: Colleyville Heritage Height: 5-8 Event: Breast/IM Birthdate: 07/25/1990

AS A FRESHMAN: Capped off the year by going a season-best 1:03.90 in the 100 Breast, which was just under eight seconds better than her performance three weeks earlier at the Shamrock Invite ... the mark made her Notre Dame's second-fastest performer in the event ... clocked in at 2:20.35 in the 200 Breast at the league meet to give her the nod as the team's third-best performer in the event on the season ... swam the 100 Fly (1:00.75) at the Ohio State Invite and finished the 200 IM in 2:09.31 at the BIG EAST meet ... swam the 200 Breast at World Championship Trials.

THE BLYTHE FILE: Swam in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials, clocking a time of 2:37.71 in the 200m Breast ... four-time All-American in the 100 Breast ... earned an All-America nod in the 200 Medley Relay as a freshman ... garnered the same status in the 200 IM as a junior and senior ... swam for Colleyville Heritage (Texas) as a prep, setting the school record in the 100 Breast (1:02.33) ... her high school team boasted an undefeated record her junior season ... four-time conference champion, three-time regional champion and four-time team MVP ... earned all-conference, all-city and all-state recognition in each of her four prep seasons ... picked up one state title in the 100 Breast as a junior ... born in Grapevine, Texas, on July 25, 1990 ... daughter of Gwen and Richard Blythe ... has one younger sister, Rachel ... intends to major in the business field.

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