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Christa Riggins |
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AS A JUNIOR: Garnered seven all-BIG
EAST honors to bring her career total to 17 ...
had a hand in setting four school records
throughout the season ... swam the 200 and
400 Free events at the U.S. Olympic Trials ...
named the Monogram Club MVP ... earned
invitations to the NCAA Championships in the
50 Free, 100 Free and 200 Free ... in fact, her
200 Free mark (1:44.89) was not only a school
record and the fastest time at the BIG EAST
Championships, but the nation's fifth-best
performance heading into the NCAAs ... it was also a BIG EAST record ... swam
the final portion of the 800 Free Relay
(7:17.35) at the BIG EAST meet to help her
team to a runner-up finish ... posted a 200
Medley Relay result (1:48.84) that set a school
record ... third in the 50 Free (22.98) among
league swimmers ... went 1:31.07 in the 200
Free Relay to set a program and BIG EAST benchmark while earning the league crown ... placed third in the 100 Free (49.39) and aided
her 400 Free Relay (3:19.38) quartet to the top
of the podium en route to setting a school and conference record ... swam the 500 Free at the Shamrock
Invitational in a season-best time of 4:55.64.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in seven
events at the NCAA Championships ... highest
finish came in the 800 Free Relay, helping her
team to a 13th-place accolade ... competed in
the 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay and 400
Medley Relay ... individually, she competed in
the 50 Free, 100 Free and 200 Free ... best
finish was a 34th-place showing in the 200
Free ... two-time BIG EAST champion, taking
the cake in the 800 Free Relay and 200 Free
Relay ... qualified for three individual events
for the BIG EAST Championships ... finished
second in the 200 Free with a career-best time
of 1:47.82 ... earned all-BIG EAST honors in
the 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay ...
totaled five all-BIG EAST accolades at the
meet ... finished with the team's second-best
marks in the 50 Free and 100 Free.
AS A FRESHMAN: Five-time all-BIG
EAST performer ... third-place finisher in the
100 Free (50.47) at the BIG EAST
Championships ... runner-up in the 200 Free
(1:49.12) ... key member of the 200 Free Relay
team that finished third in 1:32.23 ... that mark
ranked third in the Notre Dame record book
... her 400 Free Relay (3:22.48) team finished
third at the league meet ... guided the 800 Free
Relay (7:19.46) team to a silver finish and the
second-fastest time in school history ... won
the 50 Free (24.07) in the dual meet against
California ... member of the 500 Crescendo
Free Relay team that was the heat winner with
a record-setting time of 4:32.50 at the Dennis
Stark Relays.
THE RIGGINS FILE: Four-time
letterwinner in swimming and softball at
Sunnyslope (Ariz.) ... named the team's most
improved her freshman season in swimming,
then earned three consecutive outstanding
swimmer awards ... qualified for the Junior
National Championships in the three different
relays ... born June 17, 1987, in Phoenix, Ariz.
... daughter of Janet and Greg Riggins ...
enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
Riggins' Career Bests
| Event |
Time |
Meet |
| 25 Free |
10.80 |
Husky Invite (2007) |
| 50 Free |
22.89 |
BIG EAST (2008) |
| 100 Free |
49.39 |
BIG EAST (2008) |
| 200 Free |
1:44.89 |
BIG EAST (2008) |
| 500 Free |
4:53.14 |
Minnesota Invite (2006) |
| 100 Back |
58.77 |
Northwestern/Toledo (2009) |
| 100 Fly |
1:00.42 |
Toledo (2008) |
