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  Samantha Maxwell
Samantha Maxwell

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Chandler, AZ

High School:
Corona del Sol

Height:
5-10

Position:
Breast/IM

Birthdate:
05/05/1989

AS A SOPHOMORE: Ended a dominating season with a pair of All-America honors at the NCAA Championships ... turned in a top-10 finish during the preliminary session of the 100 Breast at the NCAAs ... her 59.73 performance broke her own school record and was the first sub-1:00.00 mark recorded in program history ... placed sixth in the finals with a 59.44 to reset the school record and earn her first All- America accolade ... claimed Honorable Mention All-America nods in the 200 Breast (2:09.62) at the NCAAs with an 11th-place finish ... teamed to set a school record in the 200 Medley Relay (1:39.29) at Purdue's Boiler-Make-It Invitational for an NCAA B- cut ... named the Division I Women's Counsilman Hunsaker National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 21 after a strong showing during Notre Dame's dual meet at Louisville ... against the Cardinals, she won the 100 Breast in 1:02.16, good for a pool record and NCAA B-cut, followed by her second win in the 200 Breast, which also broke a pool record and cleared the NCAA B-cut standard in 2:15.04 ... she also picked up an assist by leading the 200 Medley Relay team to a win in 1:43.04 to notch another pool record ... BIG EAST title holder in both the 100 Breast (1:00.38) and 200 Breast (2:10.35) ... also led Notre Dame to titles in the 200 Medley Relay (1:39.61) and 400 Medley Relay (3:36.20) at the BIG EAST Championships ... showed her versatility by swimming the 200 IM (2:02.49) for a ninth-place finish ... totaled four all-BIG EAST honors ... had a hand in four school records throughout the season (100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay) ... twice honored as the BIG EAST Swimmer of the Week ... won team's Most Valuable Player award.

AS A FRESHMAN: Stepped in and made an immediate impact on the program in her first season ... swam in a pair of events (100 Breast, 200 Breast) at the U.S. Olympic Trials ... earned an invitation to the NCAA Championships with a season-best time of 1:01.68 in the 100 Breast, and her 2:12.76 in the 200 Breast ranked 14th among collegiate swimmers heading into the NCAAs ... finished 30th in the nation with a 1:02.36 in the 100 Breast at the NCAAs ... four-time all-BIG EAST performer ... claimed the 200 Breast (2:12.76) title while setting a school and league record at the BIG EAST Championships ... her 100 Breast (1:01.68) mark was good for second at the league meet and was also the best in Notre Dame history ... teamed for a second-place finish and school record in the 200 Medley Relay (1:48.84) ... her 400 Medley Relay team also placed second at the league meet ... fastest 200 IM (2:08.72) performance came during the preliminary round of the BIG EAST Championships.

THE MAXWELL FILE: Holds the 50 Breast Junior National record ... an All- American selection each of her four prep seasons at Corona del Sol (Ariz.) ... earned allstate and all-city honors all four years in high school ... voted team MVP her junior and senior seasons, and team captain for her senior campaign ... nationally ranked her final three prep seasons ... four-time regional champion ... born May 5, 1989 ... daughter of Tracey and Ronald Maxwell ... once piloted a stunt plane ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business as a management major.

Maxwell's Career Bests

Event Time Meet
50 Free 24.49 Husky Invite (2007)
100 Free 54.35 Ohio State Invite (2008)
200 Free 1:59.37 Debbie Pipher Invite (2008)
1,000 Free 10:49.89 Toledo (2008)
100 Back 1:00.43 Shamrock Invite (2009)
100 Breast 59.44 NCAA CHAMP's (2009)
200 Breast 2:09.62 NCAA CHAMP's (2009)
200 IM 2:02.49 BIG EAST (2009)

 
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