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  Lisa Garcia
Lisa Garcia

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Denver, CO

High School:
Cherry Creek

Event:
Fly/IM

Birthdate:
11/10/1981

  • Honorable Mention All-American - 2002, 2003
  • NCAA Participant - 2002, 2003
  • Notre Dame Record Holder in 200 butterfly and 200 IM
  • BIG EAST Championships Record Holder in 200 IM

    Will serve as a team co-captain with Laurie Musgrave for the 2003-04 season ... experienced her best season at Notre Dame last year ... voted most valuable swimmer by her teammates after earning honorable mention All-America accolades in the 200 butterfly at the 2003 NCAA Championships ... earned two All-America citations in her career also winning the honor in 2002 as a member of the 400 freestyle relay team ... won two BIG EAST titles in the 200 individual medley and the 200 butterfly, setting a Notre Dame and conference championship record in the 200 IM ... also set a Notre Dame record in the 200 butterfly.

    AS A JUNIOR: Qualified for her second straight NCAA Championship, competing in the 100 and 200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley ... earned honorable mention All-America honors after placing 14th in the 200 butterfly ... set a new Notre Dame record in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:58:39, breaking her own record ... also placed 28th in the 100 butterfly and 22nd in the 200 individual medley at the NCAA meet ... claimed two conference championships at the 2003 BIG EAST meet, winning the 200 butterfly and the 200 individual medley ... set a BIG EAST Championships record in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:01.00 ... also finished second as a member of 400 medley relay, third in the 100 fly and third as a member of the 800 freestyle relay ... recorded the team's best times in the 200 fly and 200 IM and had the second-best times in the 100 fly, 400 IM and the 1,000 free ... won 200 fly against Michigan and was second in 100 fly ... won three events against Bowling Green, Louisville and Saint Louis (1,000 free, 100 back and 400 free relay) ... won two races versus Pittsburgh including the 100 and 200 butterfly ... was victorious in both the 100 and 200 fly at the Minnesota Invitational ... won the 500 and 1,000 freestyle and was a member of the winning 400 free relay against Michigan State ... took first in the 100 fly and 200 free against Indiana ... won the 100 and 200 fly in a meet against Purdue and Colorado State.

    AS A SOPHOMORE: Had a tremendous season for the Irish qualifying for her first NCAA Championship ... competed in the 100 and 200 butterfly, the 200 individual medley and on the 200 and 400 freestyle relays ... was 22nd nationally in the 100 fly, 17th in the 200 fly and 30th in the 200 individual medley at the NCAAs ... set the Notre Dame record in the 200 butterfly at the NCAAs with a time of 1:59.28 ... was runner-up in both the 100 and 200 butterfly at the BIG EAST Championships ... posted the fastest times on the Irish roster in both the 100 and 200 fly events in 2001-02 ... her 100 fly time of 54.53 at the NCAA Championships tied her for the third-fastest time in Notre Dame history ... she also recorded the third-, fourth- and fifth-fastest times in Notre Dame history for the 200 IM ... won the 200 freestyle against Pittsburgh ... was first in the 200 individual medley and second to Kelli Barton in the 1,000 freestyle against Florida Atlantic ... won the 200 freestyle versus Purdue ... was first in the 200 butterfly at the Notre Dame Invitational, helping the Irish to a 1-2-3 finish with Marie Labosky and Brooke Taylor ... also swam butterfly leg of 200 medley relay team which was the first at the Notre Dame Invitational ... won the 300 freestyle and the 300 individual medley against Iowa in Hawaii.

    AS A FRESHMAN: One of Notre Dame's most versatile swimmers ... she finished in the top five in nine different individual events ... earned second place in Notre Dame's 1-2-3 sweep of the 200 butterfly at the BIG EAST Championships ... also took fourth in the 200 individual medley and fifth in the 100 butterfly ... finished in the top six in four different events at the Indiana Invitational, including a second-place finish in the 100 butterfly ... took third in three events at the Notre Dame Invitational ... won the 200 butterfly against Miami in 2:05.15 ... also finished second in the 100 butterfly and third in the 200 individual medley ... took first in the 400 individual medley against Tampa ... finished second in the 100 backstroke in Notre Dame's 1-2-3 finish at the quad meet ... also finished second in the 100 butterfly and third in the 200 backstroke ... runner-up in the 50 backstroke against Iowa ... came in second place in the 100 and 200 butterfly against Northwestern ... had 17 top-five finishes in the dual-meet season.

    HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Earned four swimming letters at Cherry Creek High School ... swam the butterfly leg of the medley relay team that set the national 200 medley relay record ... set state records in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke ... earned All-America honors and was nationally ranked all four years at Cherry Creek ... qualified for Olympic Trials in 100 and 200 butterfly ... four-time conference, regional and state champion ... selected 2000 Female Prep Swimmer of the Year by the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News ... served as team captain her senior season ... four-time team MVP ... was a member of National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society ... born Nov. 10, 1981 in Boulder, Colo. ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business majoring in accounting ... was a member of the BIG EAST Academic All-Star team ... has a 3.2 overall grade-point average.Nov. 10, 1981 in Boulder, Colo. ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.

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