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Rebecca Grove |
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Bio • Awards • Career Bests
One of the team's top sprint freestyle specialists
and backstrokers ... plays a key role
on Notre Dame's top relays ... among the alltime
top three performers in the 50 and 100
freestyle ... part of the group of swimmers
that set the school record in the 800
freestyle relay and 200 medley relay ... she
has earned three monograms.
AS A JUNIOR: Continued her ascend in
her third year, setting career bests in the 50
freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 100
backstroke ... aided the Irish in winning the
BIG EAST championship with second place
finishes in the 50 freestyle, 200 freestyle
relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay
... her 50 freestyle time (23.00) is the third
best in the Notre Dame record book ... her
100 freestyle time (50.46), achieved at the
preliminaries of the 2006 BIG EAST
Championships was the third best time for
the school last season ... she was also a
member of the 200 medley relay team that
set a school record (1:41.91) at the BIG EAST
Championships ... the 200 freestyle relay
team she was a part of had the third best
time (1:32.23) at Notre Dame ... at the BIG
EAST Championship finished eighth in the
100 backstroke ... a part of the record setting
800 freestyle relay team from the Dennis
Stark Relays ... also a member of the 500 crescendo freestyle relay team that were the
heat winner with a record setting time of
4:32.50 .... part of the squad that set the
Notre Dame Invitational 200 relay mark
(1:43.37).
AS A SOPHOMORE
Continued her
improvement from a great rookie season ...
member of three BIG EAST champion relay
teams ... helped the Irish win the league title
in the 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay
and 800 freestyle relay ... also earned all-BIG
EAST honors in the 100 freestyle (third place
finish) and 200 medley relay (third place finish)
... her third-place effort in the 100 free
came in an NCAA "B" cut time of 51.13 ...
ranked second on the team in both the 50
and 100 free, as well as second in the
100 back, fourth in the 200 free and
eighth in the 200 back ... won one
individual race (50 freestyle) during
the dual meet season while helping
the Irish relay teams claim 11 victories
... ranked seventh on Irish with
205.15 total points.
AS A FRESHMAN:
Provided immediate
boost to Notre Dame's
sprinters in both
freestyle and backstroke
lanes ... posted NCAA
"B" cuts in 50 free
(23.48) and 100 back
(56.67) ... swam on 200
free relay that won BIG
EAST title and was on
400 free relay that finished
as runner-up ...
all-conference honoree
in three events, also
gaining mention for
third-place finish in 50
free ... ranked second
on team behind Danielle
Hulick in both 50 free
and 100 back ... also
swam 200 back, finishing
19th ... improved 21
spots from seeding
(24th) in 50 free at BIG
EAST meet ... helped set
Irish meters record in
400 free relay (3:51.80)
against Michigan... also
qualified for league
championships in 100
free (season-best 53.14),
200 free (1:52.80), and
500 free (5:05.00).
HIGH SCHOOL
AND PERSONAL
DATA: Holds every record at Yorktown High
School ... conference
champion her freshman,
sophomore and senior
years ... four-year All-American in high
school ... junior national qualifier in 1999
and 2000 ... also a senior national qualifier in
the 100 and 200 backstroke from 2000-02 ...
U.S. Open participant ... 2002 and `03
Scholastic All-American ... undefeated in
dual-meet competition in high school ... also
competed in track and lacrosse ... member
of the National Honor Society ... father
played baseball at Florida Southern and
brother Patrick plays lacrosse at Franklin &
Marshall ... born Jan. 30, 1985, to Anne and
Herbert Grove ... named a BIG EAST
Academic All-Star in 2004 and 2005 ...
enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business
as a finance major.
HONORS & AWARDS
Four-Time BIG EAST Champion
12-time All-BIG EAST
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GROVE'S CAREER BESTS |
| | `04 BE | '05 BE | `06 BE |
| 50 Free | 23.00 • '06 BIG EAST | 3rd | 4th | 2nd |
| 100 Free | 50.46 • '06 BIG EAST | -- | 3rd | 5th |
| 200 Free | 1:51.10 • '06 Minn.Invite | -- | -- | -- |
| 500 Free | 5:05.00 • '03 vs.Tampa | -- | -- | -- |
| 100 Back | 56.66 • '06 BIG EAST | 4th | 7th | 8th |
| 200 Back | 2:05.14 • '04 vs. Illinois | 19th | -- | -- |
