NOTRE DAME SEASON IN REVIEW. Ted Brown concluded his stellar four-year career by registering

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1 NOTRE DAME EAON N REVEW Ted Brown concluded his stellar four-year career by registering four all-b EAT honors and was a member of two school-record setting relay quartets at the 2007 conference championships while also earning an NCAA post-graduate scholarship.

2 eason in Review No lowing Down rish have another record-setting season, yet fall short in bid for third-straight B EAT title n , the Notre Dame men's swimming and diving team raced out of the blocks and posted one of the best starts in program history. The rish won their first eight dual meets en route to garnering the program s highest national ranking of 16th in late November. Notre Dame concluded the season with an 11-3 record and finished the season with a runner-up performance at the B EAT Championships. A bid for a three-peat at the B EAT Championships fell just shy as West Virginia topped the rish Notre Dame experienced yet another successful conference meet as eight school records fell by the wayside. The Fighting rish had 11 student-athletes garner all-b EAT accolades and diving coach Caiming Xie claimed his second straight B EAT men's diving coach of the year award. Freshman John Lytle posted a team-best five all-conference honors along with establishing program records in the 100 and 200- yard freestyle events. Lytle was also a part of the school-record setting 400 free, 800 free and 400 medley relays at the B EAT meet. eniors Ted Brown and both earned four all-b EAT accolades. Brown concluded his stellar Notre Dame career with 10 all-conference honors, which stands as the second-most in program history behind his classmate 's total of 12. Kegelman earned three all-league nods at the 2007 meet as did sophomore Jeff Wood, who was competing in his first season with the rish after transferring from ndiana University. Despite not notching a third straight conference title, the 49th campaign in program history still had several high points. For the third straight season, Notre Dame registered double-digits in dual-meet victories. An emergence of young swimmers combined with the final go-around for some of the program's most decorated performers provided for a quality year. The diving corps continued to excel behind Xie's tutelage. ophomore Michael Bulfin registered all-b EAT honors off both the one-meter and three-meter boards. am toner produced his finest season to date at Notre Dame. The junior notched an all-b EAT accolade in the one-meter competition. The duo along with junior teammate teven Crowe all qualified for the NCAA Zone C Diving Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich. Bulfin, who qualified for the NCAA wimming and Diving Championships in 2006, fell just short of returning to the meet one year later. He totaled points during the three-meter prelims, which placed him second heading into the finals. He registered in the afternoon s finals to finish with points and in fifth place. toner was third going into the final round after totaling points in the prelims of the threemeter competition. He posted 277 points in the finals to place 11th with a combined total of points. Crowe had 272 points after the prelims and registered points during the finals for a total. toner and Bulfin placed seventh and eighth, respectively, off the one-meter board during the first day of action at the meet, which was held in the Canham Natatorium. The Zone C Diving Championships am toner earned all-b EAT accolades off of the one-meter board as a junior. He was one of 11 Notre Dame men s swimmers or divers to garner all-conference honors in marked the end of the campaign for the Fighting rish. The season commenced with the 42nd annual Dennis tark Relays and for the 10th time in 11 years, the rish captured the title. Notre Dame registered 264 points to best runner-up Oakland by 106 points. The rish claimed 11 of 13 events while taking down five meet records. At one point during the evening, the rish captured seven straight events en route to the dominating victory. The marks eclipsed by the Fighting rish on the night were in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:25.46), 400-yard butterfly relay (3:23.76), 400-yard backstroke relay (3:28.36), the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:07.01) and in synchronized diving (244.20). A matchup with Texas A&M down in College tation, Texas, began the dual-meet portion of the rish slate. Notre Dame entered the meet ranked 17th in the first CCAA poll and captured nine of 16 events to top the Aggies ophomores Wood and am Pendergast both collected two wins apiece in their first meet for the Fighting rish. Wood won both the 100 and 200-yard backstroke, while Pendergast, who did not compete during his freshman season, notched victories in the 100 and 200 breaststroke. The duo were also part of the winning 200-yard medley relay team for the rish. Joining them on the winning relay quartet were Kegelman and Louis Cavadini. Kegelman added to his victory total by winning the 100-yard butterfly. Also claiming titles for the rish against the Aggies were junior Jay Vanden Berg in the 1,000-yard free, Brown in the 200-yard free and Lytle in the 100 free. The rish took three of the five scoring spots in 12 of 14 non-relay events. Notre Dame opened the home portion of its slate with a showdown against No. 18 Purdue. The 17thranked rish produced a 12-point victory ( ) over the Boilermakers to snap an 18-meet losing streak to instate rival. The meet went down to the final event with the rish holding a slim three-point edge. Notre Dame delivered with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay to take the meet and improve to 2-0 on the season. The Fighting rish claimed victories in nine of 16 events, with Brown and Vanden Berg each posting two wins apiece against Purdue. Brown notched a crucial win in the 200-yard M, which was the secondto-last event of the meet. He also took the 200-yard free, while Vanden Berg won both the 1,000 free and 500 free. Bulfin registered a win off of the three-meter board. Wood and Lytle picked up wins in the 100-yard back and 100-yard free, respectively. They were also part of the winning 400-yard medley and 400-yard free relay teams. Joining them on the 400 medley unit were Kegelman and Pendergast. and freshman Andrew Hoffman were the other two members of the 400 free relay unit that clinched the victory versus the Boilermakers. A dominating triumph over Michigan tate in the Rolfs Aquatic Center featured the rish taking 10 of 13 events. Brown notched wins in the 200-yard free and 200-yard butterfly for the rish. Also posting wins for Notre Dame were Louis Cavadini (50 free), am toner (one-meter diving), Andrew MacKay (200 back), Vanden Berg (500 free), Bulfin (three-meter diving) and Tyler Angelo (200 breast) along with the 400-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relays. Conference rival Pittsburgh came to Notre Dame on the following day and suffered a defeat at the hands of the Fighting rish. Notre Dame took nine of 16 events to improve to 4-0. Brown registered wins Results Date Meet/Opponent Result, core 10/6 Dennis tark Relays 1st, 264 pts. 10/28 (17) at Texas A&M W, /3 (17) Purdue (18) W, /10 (17) Michigan tate W, /11 (17) Pittsburgh W, /1-3 (16) Ohio tate nvitational 3rd, 601 pts. 1/12 (16) at Oakland W, /13 (16) at Cleveland tate W, (16) vs. Duquesne^ W, (16) vs. Xavier^ W, /20 (16) Northwestern (8) L, /26&27 (17) Connecticut* W, (17) Oakland* W, (17) Penn tate* L, (17) West Virginia (19)* L, /3 (17) at Louisville W, /14-17 (19) at B EAT Champ. 2nd, 761 pts. (East Meadow, N.Y.) 3/2-3 (19) NCAA Zone C Diving Champ.NT (Ann Arbor, Mich.) ^ - at Cleveland tate *- hamrock Dual Meet nvitational (Notre Dame, nd.) Note: Number in parentheses preceding opponent name is Notre Dame's CCAA national ranking at the time of the meet; number in parentheses after opponent is its CCAA ranking at the time of the meet. R H W M M N 40 UNVERTY OF NOTRE DAME

3 & D V N Men s wimming & Diving Awards and Records NCAA Zone C Diving Championships Qualifier Michael Bulfin,o. teven Crowe,Jr. am toner,jr. B EAT Men s Diving Coach of the Year Caiming Xie All-B EAT Ted Brown,r.,200 free Ted Brown,r.,500 free Michael Bulfin,o.,one-meter diving Michael Bulfin,o.,three-meter diving John Lytle,Fr.,200 free Rob eery,jr.,1,650 free am toner,jr.,one-meter diving Jay Vanden Berg,Jr.,1,650 free 200 free relay (John Lytle,,,Andrew Hoffman) 400 free relay (John Lytle,, Ted Brown,) 800 free relay (John Lytle,Ted Brown, Andrew Hoffman,Jeff Wood) 200 medley relay (Jeff Wood,am Pendergast,,) 400 medley relay (Jeff Wood,am Pendergast,,John Lytle) in the 500 (4:31.37) and 1,000-yard freestyle (9:30.97) events against the Panthers. Kegelman and Lytle collected three wins apiece on the day, with two coming on relays. Notre Dame s 200- yard medley relay quartet of Kegelman, Lytle, Wood and Pendergast took first in a time of 1: The rish placed first in the 200-yard free relay with Kegelman, Lytle, and Nick Fanslau posting a mark of 1: Kegelman won the 100-yard butterfly in 50.18, while Lytle was victorious in the 200 free (1:41.43). Also posting wins against the Panthers was Louis Cavadini in the 100 free (47.01) along with freshmen Ross Moore in the 200 fly (1:51.20) and MacKenzie LeBlanc in the 400 M (4:05.68). The win over Pittsburgh propelled the rish to a No. 16 ranking in the College wim Coaches Association of american (CCAA pol)l. That marked the highest ranking ever in program history. Notre Dame wrapped up first-semester competition with a third-place finish at the Ohio tate nvitational. The rish totaled 601 points in the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion. eventh-ranked Minnesota captured the meet title with 1,193 points. The highlight for the rish came on the third and final day of the meet as freshman MacKenzie LeBlanc claimed a victory in the 200-yard butterfly in a poolrecord time of 1: He was the lone winner for Notre Dame in the event. The annual winter break training session took the team to Florida. The rish competed in the second annual aint Andrews Collegiate nvitational wim Meet at aint Andrews chool in Boca Raton, Fla. on unday, Dec. 31. Teams from Notre Dame, North Carolina tate, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and Catholic University participated in the event. All of the races in the meet were contested over non-standard collegiate distances and the meet was not scored. Highlights for Notre Dame included a sweep in both the 150-yard and 75-yard butterfly events. Ross led the sweep in the 150 fly with his time of 1: Kegelman was a triple-winner at the meet and he led the way in the 75-yard butterfly with his time of Kegelman also won the 100-yard M (54.03) and swam the anchor leg on the winning 300-yard freestyle relay (2:16.8). Notre Dame's other sweep of NCAA B Times Ted Brown,r.,500 free,4:26.13,r.,100 fly,48.28 MacKenzie LeBlanc,Fr.,200 fly,1:47.54 am Pendergast,o.,100 breast,55.05 Daniel Rave,o.,200 breast,1: free relay (John Lytle,Ted Brown, Andrew Hoffman,Jeff Wood),6: medley relay (Jeff Wood,am Pendergast,,),1: medley relay (Jeff Wood,am Pendergast,,John Lytle),3:16.90 University Records 100 free - John Lytle,44.76,2/16/ free - John Lytle,1:38.06,2/16/07 John Lytle,1:38.35,2/14/ back - Jeff Wood,49.51,2/16/07 Alan Carter,50.05,2/16/ breast - Daniel Rave,1:59.86,2/17/ free relay - 2:59.59 (John Lytle,, Ted Brown,),2/17/ free relay - 6:32.67 (John Lytle,Ted Brown, Andrew Hoffman,Jeff Wood),2/14/ medley relay - 1:29.09 (Jeff Wood,am Pendergast,,),2/14/ medley relay - 3:16.90 (Jeff Wood,am Pendergast,,John Lytle),2/16/07 the afternoon came in the 150-yard freestyle with Brown leading the way at 1:13.6. Notre Dame then took to the pool in the cots Collegiate Relays held at aint Andrews chool in Boca Raton, Fla. on aturday, Jan. 6. The rish won nine of 12 events. Teams from Notre Dame, North Carolina tate, Binghamton, Catholic University, Penn tate-erie and Rider University competed in the meet. The cots Collegiate Relays Meet, like the aint Andrews Collegiate nvitational Meet consisted of competition over a non-standard meet format. Neither meet was scored. Kegelman continued his winning ways in Florida by being a part of four victorious relays. His wins in the cotts Collegiate Relays were in the 300-yard medley relay, the 300-yard butterfly relay, the 100-yard butterfly relay and the 10-man 250-yard freestyle relay. Other four-event winners in the meet were Wood (300 medley, 100 back, 300 back, 250 free relays) and Lylte (300 medley, 300 free, 100 free, 250 free relays). and Brown each contributed to three winning relays. The Notre Dame divers took to the board on Jan. 3 for the Mike Peppe One-Meter Diving Meet. rish divers placed one through four in the meet with toner taking first with points, which was the third-highest total in program history for one-meter dual-meet dives. There were eight divers in the field, with Michigan tate being represented with three divers and Eastern llinois having one competitor. The second half of the season began with a trip to annual rival Oakland. The rish took down the olden rizzlies Lytle, Moore and Bulfin all won two events in the OU Aquatics Center. n all, Notre Dame won 11 of 16 events during the meet. Lytle s first win came in the third event of the night as he took the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1: His second victory came in the 100-yard freestyle with a mark of Brown captured a win of his own in the 1,000-yard free with a time of 9: Moore registered a win in the 200-yard butterfly (1:51.78). The one-meter board was the first diving event of the night and Bulfin registered points for the win. Bulfin and toner would also go 1-2 off the threemeter board with respective scores of and Wood, who was a part of the winning 200-yard medley relay along with Kegelman, Pendergast and Ray Toomey in a time of 1:32.70, captured the 200- yard backstroke in 1: The Fighting rish produced another win as freshman Andrew Deters and junior Rob eery went 1-2 with respective times of 4:38.41 and 4:42.05 in the 500- yard free. Notre Dame secured some crucial points by going in the 100-yard fly as Cavadini placed first in 50.48, with Kegelman in second (50.66) and Toomey in third (50.90). The second victory of the night for Moore came in the 200-yard M as he touched the wall in 1: A trip to Cleveland tate for a quad meet gave Notre Dame three more wins to bring its total to eight straight, which was the best start to a season since the campaign when the rish started out of the gate n addition to topping the Vikings , Notre Dame defeated Duquesne (156-41) and Xavier (168-29). Kegelman and Wood both collected individual wins and were part of the victorious 200-yard medley relay. Other winners for the Fighting rish were Deters in the 1,000-yard free (9:27.51), Brown in the 200-yard free (1:41.19) and the 200 free relay (1:25.68). That quartet consisted of Vanden Berg, eery along with seniors Justin Barber and Brian Freeman. Pendergast and Lytle joined Kegelman and Wood on the winning 200 medley relay (1:33.30). Notre Dame had a perfect 8-0 record and a No. 16 ranking when No. 8 Northwestern visited the Rolfs Aquatic Center on January 20. The eighth-ranked Wildcats used wins in 13 of 16 events to take a victory and give the rish their first setback of the season. Bulfin led the rish with wins off both the onemeter (317.77) and three-meter boards (346.80). Notre Dame s other victory was posted in the 1,650- yard freestyle as Deters touched the wall in 15: The 17th-ranked Fighting rish closed out the home schedule with the hamrock nvitational. Notre Dame recorded wins over Oakland ( ) and Connecticut (284-86) yet fell to No. 19 West Virginia ( ) and Penn tate ( ) On the first day of the two-day meet, Bulfin won off the one-meter board by posting a school-record total of The sophomore was victorious in the threemeter competition on the second and final day of the event with a point total of , which was 5.55 points away from the school record. Brown was the only other winner for the hosts as he spearheaded an rish sweep of the top four spots in the 500-yard free as he touched the wall in 4: The dual-meet slate concluded with a visit to B EAT rival Louisville. No. 17 Notre Dame captured a victory over the Cardinals in the Ralph Wright Natatorium. The Fighting rish won seven of the 13 events to move their record to Wood and Hoffman helped the rish to the victory as they captured wins in the 200-yard back (1:51.04) and the 200-yard free (1:41.58), respectively, along with being a part of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay unit (3:04.81). Joining them on the relay were Lytle and Brown. Crowe had a personal-best day off of the threemeter board as he registered points to take the win. Bulfin won his ninth event of the season by taking the one-meter competition with a point total of Also winning for the rish were Deters in the 1,000-yard free in a team season-best time of 9: Freeman won the 500 free in 4: Following the conclusion of his senior season, Brown received accolades for not only excelling in the pool, but also for his stellar performance in the classroom. Brown became just the second student-athlete in program history to earn Academic All-America honors. He joined Ray Fitzpatrick, who garnered the honor during the campaign. n addition to his All-America achievement, Brown was the recipient of an NCAA postgraduate scholarship MEN WMMN & DVN 41

4 Top Times Final Men s wimming and Diving Top Times 50-Yard Freestyle 1. r John Lytle Fr Andrew Hoffman Fr am Pendergast o Danny Lutkus o Yard Freestyle 1. John Lytle Fr r t. Andrew Hoffman Fr t. Danny Lutkus o Alan Carter r Yard Freestyle 1. John Lytle Fr. 1: Ted Brown r. 1: Andrew Hoffman Fr. 1: Rob eery Jr. 1: Brian Freeman r. 1: T-5. Danny Lutkus o. 1: Yard Freestyle 1. Ted Brown r. 4: Jeff Wood o. 4: MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 4: Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 4: Brian Freeman r. 4: had the team s top 50 free and 100 fly times during his senior season in ,000-Yard Freestyle 1. Andrew Deters Fr. 9: Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 9: Ted Brown r. 9: Rob eery Jr. 9: Chris Zeches r. 9: ,650-Yard Freestyle 1. Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 15: Rob eery Jr. 15: Andrew Deters Fr. 15: Chris Zeches r. 15: Justin Barber r. 15: Yard Backstroke 1. Jeff Wood o Alan Carter r Andrew MacKay Jr Bill Bauman o Mitchell herman o Yard Backstroke 1. Jeff Wood o. 1: Alan Carter r. 1: Brian Freeman r. 1: Andrew MacKay Jr. 1: Bill Bauman o. 1: Yard Breaststroke 1. am Pendergast o Eric wenson Jr Daniel Rave o r Tyler Angelo Fr Yard Breaststroke 1. Daniel Rave o. 1: am Pendergast o. 2: Tyler Angelo Fr. 2: Eric wenson Jr. 2: Ross Moore Fr. 2: Yard Butterfly 1. r r Ross Moore Fr Ray Toomey Fr MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr Yard Butterfly 1. MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 1: Ross Moore Fr. 1: Ted Brown r. 1: David Cavadini o. 1: Andrew Deters Fr. 1: Yard ndividual Medley 1. Alan Carter r. 1: Ross Moore Fr. 1: Ted Brown r. 1: Andrew MacKay Jr. 1: r. 1: Yard ndividual Medley 1. Andrew Deters Fr. 3: MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 3: Andrew MacKay Jr. 3: Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 3: Justin Barber r. 3: R H W M rish All-Time Roster Map Far and Wide: ince the beginning of the Notre Dame men s swimming and diving program in 1958, rish swimmers and divers have come from 38 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Columbia, Australia, Cayman slands, reland, Jamaica, Panama and ermany. Here is the complete list of states that have sent men s swimming and diving student-athletes to Notre Dame: M N Alaska Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida eorgia daho llinois ndiana owa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode sland outh Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Washington Washington D.C. Wisconsin 42 UNVERTY OF NOTRE DAME

5 & D V N Top Times/ Performances 200-Yard Medley Relay 1. Jeff Wood 1: am Pendergast 400-Yard Medley Relay 1. Jeff Wood 3: am Pendergast John Lytle 200-Yard Freestyle Relay 1. John Lytle 1: Andrew Hoffman 400-Yard Freestyle Relay 1. John Lytle 2: Ted Brown 800-Yard Freestyle Relay 1. John Lytle 6: Ted Brown Andrew Hoffman Jeff Wood One-Meter Diving (dual-six dives) 1. Michael Bulfin o am toner Jr cott Coyle r One-Meter Diving (championship meet) 1. am toner Jr Michael Bulfin o teven Crowe Jr Three-Meter Diving (dual meet) 1. Michael Bulfin o teven Crowe Jr am toner Jr Three-Meter Diving (championship meet) 1. am toner Jr Michael Bulfin o teven Crowe Jr Men s wimming & Diving Top Performances During his final campaign at Notre Dame, helped to establish school records in the 200 medley and 400 free relays. 200-Yard Freestyle 1. John Lytle Fr. 1: Ted Brown r. 1: John Lytle Fr. 1: John Lytle Fr. 1: Ted Brown r. 1: Yard Freestyle 1. Ted Brown r. 4: Jeff Wood o. 4: MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 4: Ted Brown r. 4: Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 4: ,000-Yard Freestyle 1. Andrew Deters Fr. 9: Andrew Deters Fr. 9: Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 9: Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 9: Ted Brown r. 9: ,650-Yard Freestyle 1. Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 15: Rob eery Jr. 15: Andrew Deters Fr. 15: Andrew Deters Fr. 15: Rob eery Jr. 15: Yard Backstroke 1. Jeff Wood o Jeff Wood o Alan Carter r Alan Carter r Alan Carter r Yard Backstroke 1. Jeff Wood o. 1: Alan Carter r. 1: Alan Carter r. 1: Jeff Wood o. 1: Alan Carter r. 1: Yard Breaststroke 200-Yard Breaststroke 1. Daniel Rave o. 1: Daniel Rave o. 2: am Pendergast o. 2: Daniel Rave o. 2: Daniel Rave o. 2: Yard Butterfly 1. r r r Ross Moore Fr r Yard Butterfly 1. MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 1: t. Ross Moore Fr. 1: t. MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 1: MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 1: Ross Moore Fr. 1: Yard ndividual Medley 1. Alan Carter r. 1: Alan Carter r. 1: Alan Carter r. 1: Ross Moore Fr. 1: Alan Carter r. 1: Yard ndividual Medley 1. Andrew Deters Fr. 3: MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 3: Andrew MacKay Jr. 3: Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 3: t. Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 3: t. Andrew Deters Fr. 3: Yard Medley Relay 1. Jeff Wood 1: am Pendergast 2. Jeff Wood 1: am Pendergast 3. Jeff Wood 1: am Pendergast 50-Yard Freestyle 1. r John Lytle Fr John Lytle Fr r r Yard Freestyle 1. John Lytle Fr John Lytle Fr r John Lytle Fr John Lytle Fr am Pendergast o am Pendergast o am Pendergast o am Pendergast o Eric wenson Jr Michael Bulfin has posted the top one and three-meter dual-meet diving scores during his first two seasons at Notre Dame MEN WMMN & DVN 43

6 Top Performances/ B EAT ummary 400-Yard Medley Relay 1. Jeff Wood 3: am Pendergast John Lytle 2. Jeff Wood 3: am Pendergast John Lytle 3. Jeff Wood 3: am Pendergast John Lytle 200-Yard Freestyle Relay 1. John Lytle 1: Andrew Hoffman 2. John Lytle 1: Andrew Hoffman 3. David Anderson 1: John Lytle Andrew Hoffman 400-Yard Freestyle Relay 1. John Lytle 2: Ted Brown 2. John Lytle 3: Jeff Wood Danny Lutkus Ted Brown 3. John Lytle 3: Andrew Hoffman Jeff Wood 800-Yard Freestyle Relay 1. John Lytle 6: Ted Brown Andrew Hoffman Jeff Wood 2. 6: Danny Lutkus John Lytle Ted Brown 3. Jeff Wood 6: Andrew Hoffman Brian Freeman Rob eery One-Meter Diving (dual meet) 1. Michael Bulfin o am toner Jr Michael Bulfin o One-Meter Diving (championship meet) 1. am toner Jr Michael Bulfin o am toner Jr Jeff Wood had a major impact on the Fighting rish during his first season in He had the team s top 100 and 200 backstroke marks. Three-Meter Diving (dual meet) 1. Michael Bulfin o Michael Bulfin o teven Crowe Jr Three-Meter Diving (championship meet) 1. am toner Jr Michael Bulfin o Michael Bulfin o B EAT Championships ummary (point scorers listed; finals times first) 50-Yard Freestyle 10. r / John Lytle Fr / Andrew Hoffman Fr / Yard Freestyle 4. John Lytle Fr / r / Andrew Hoffman Fr / Yard Freestyle 2. John Lytle Fr. 1:38.06/1: Ted Brown r. 1:38.26/1: Rob eery Jr. 1:39.61/1: Andrew Hoffman Fr. 1:39.89/1: Brian Freeman r. 1:40.81/1: Yard Freestyle 2. Ted Brown r. 4:26.13/4: Jeff Wood o. 4:28.17/4: Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 4:28.56/4: Brian Freeman r. 4:30.02/4: Rob eery Jr. 4:30.78/4: MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 4:28.38/4: Andrew Deters Fr. 4:30.56/4: Justin Barber r. 4:33.58/4: ,650-Yard Freestyle 2. Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 15: Rob eery Jr. 15: Andrew Deters Fr. 15: Justin Barber r. 15: Yard Backstroke 4. Jeff Wood o / Alan Carter r / Andrew MacKay Jr / Yard Backstroke 7. Jeff Wood o. 1:49.31/1: Alan Carter r. 1:49.22/1: Brian Freeman r. 1:52.55/1: Yard Breaststroke 5. am Pendergast o / Yard Breaststroke 5. Daniel Rave o. 1:59.86/2: am Pendergast o. 2:04.43/2: Yard Butterfly 4. r / Ross Moore Fr / r / Yard Butterfly 4. MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 1:47.54/1: Ross Moore Fr. 1:49.90/1: Ted Brown r. 1:50.15/1: Yard ndividual Medley 7. Alan Carter r. 1:51.39/1: Ross Moore Fr. 1:52.40/1: Yard ndividual Medley 5t. Andrew Deters Fr. 3:58.80/3: t. Jay Vanden Berg Jr. 3:58.80/3: Justin Barber r. 4:00.22/3: Andrew MacKay Jr. 4:00.52/3: MacKenzie LeBlanc Fr. 3:58.08/4: Yard Medley Relay 2. Jeff Wood o. 1:29.09 am Pendergast o. r. r. 400-Yard Medley Relay 3. Jeff Wood o. 3:16.90 am Pendergast o. r. John Lytle Fr. 200-Yard Freestyle Relay 2. John Lytle Fr. 1:21.35 r. r. Andrew Hoffman Fr. 400-Yard Freestyle Relay 3. John Lytle Fr. 2:59.59 r. Ted Brown r. r. 800-Yard Freestyle Relay 2. John Lytle Fr. 6:32.67 Ted Brown r. Andrew Hoffman Fr. Jeff Wood o. 1-Meter Diving 2. Michael Bulfin o / am toner Jr / teven Crowe Jr / Meter Diving 2. Michael Bulfin o / am toner Jr / teven Crowe Jr / R H W M M N 44 UNVERTY OF NOTRE DAME

7 & D V N raduated eniors Ted Brown Class of 2007 Butterfly/M/Freestyle Kokomo, nd. Western AWARD & HONOR Academic All-American (Third Team ) CCAA Honorable Mention All-Academic (2004, 2005, 2006) University Record (400 & 800 free relay) 10-time All-B EAT B EAT Champion (800 free relay ) B EAT Academic All-tar ( ) Team MVP Byron V. Kanaley Award NCAA Post-graduate cholarship Registered a stellar four-year career both in the pool and classroom... team co-captain during his senior season... four-time monogram winner team MVP as a senior... school record holder in the 400 and 800 free relays... former university record holder in the 500-yard free 10-time all-b EAT... that mark ranks him second overall in program history B EAT champion in the 800 free relay... third-team Academic All- American in earned an NCAA postgraduate scholarship in received the Notre Dame Byron V. Kanaley Award in four-time B EAT Academic All-tar... posted NCAA B cuts in the 500-yard freestyle during his freshman, sophomore and senior seasons also swam a B cut in the 200 free as a sophomore tabbed honorable mention All-Academic by the College wim Coaches Association (CCAA) in 2004, 2005 & 2006 ranks second all-time in program history in the 500 free (4:25.83)... second all-time in the 200 free (1:38.26) and fourth in 1,000 free (9:22.88)... fifth in the 400 M (3:56.95) seventh in 200 fly (1:49.75) and 13th in 1,650 free (15:53.17) had outstanding prep career, winning a pair of ndiana state titles and earning All-America honors five times... was a member of Notre Dame s Academic Honors Program for tudent-athletes in , ranked sixth in the U.. among 17- and 18-year olds in the 500 free, as well as 11th in the 400 M earned High Point Award for finishing in top four in all six of his events to earn 139 points in the 2004 ndiana enior tate Long-Course Championships won the 800-meter freestyle in that meet finished 22nd in 400-meter M at 2004 UA wimming ummer National Championships, becoming the first swimmer from rish Aquatics club team to ever reach the evening finals also took 28th in 400 free. A A ENOR: Earned the Notre Dame Monogram Club Team MVP... team co-captain... received the Byron V. Kanaley Award, which is the most prestigious honor awarded to a Notre Dame student-athlete... the Kanaley Award has been presented annually since 1927 and it goes to the senior monogram athletes who have been most exemplary as both students and leaders... named a third-team Academic All-American... became just the second student-athlete in program history to earn such honors... copped four all-b EAT honors (200 free, 500 free, 400 free relay, 800 free relay)... swam a personal-best mark of 1:38.26 in the 200 free at the B EAT meet... part of the 400 free relay unit that posted a schoolrecord time of 2:59.59 at the B EAT Championships... also swam on the 800 free relay that set a school mark of 6:32.67 at the conference meet... posted a NCAA "B" cut in the 500 free with a time of 4:26.13, which was the top mark on the team... was second on the team in the 200 free (1:38.26)... third-best on the rish in the 1,000 free (9:30.97), 200 fly (1:50.15) and 200 M (1:52.99)... earned an NCAA postgraduate scholarship... became the 40th student-athlete in Notre Dame history to receive the prestigious honor... posted 11 wins (10 individual, one relay) on the season... won the 200 free in dual-meet wins over Texas A&M, No. 18 Purdue, Michigan tate and Cleveland tate... also captured the 200 M against Purdue to snap an 18-meet losing streak to the Boilermakers... won the 500 and 1,000 freestyle events against Pittsburgh... named a B EAT Academic All-tar for the fourth straight season... cleaned up at the team's postseason awards banquet... along with receiving the team MVP, he was presented with the Notre Dame Club of t. Joseph Valley Rockne tudent- Athlete Award and the Blanchard Award... the Blanchard Award is given annually to the swimmer or diver who by performance, inspiration and leadership has exemplified the personal qualities of former Notre Dame swimmer Charles Blanchard. A A JUNOR: B EAT champion in the 800 free relay with a school-record time of 6: also earned all-b EAT honors with a runner-up finish in the 200 free by posting a career-best time of 1: that mark was tops on the team during the season and ranks him third in school history... also had the team's best 200 fly mark (1:50.36)... had the fourth-best times on the team in the 500 and 1000 freestyles... finished sixth in the 200 fly at the conference meet with a time of 1: his prelim mark of 1:50.36 was a season-best time in the event... placed eighth in the 500 free at the B EAT in a time 4: swam his best 200 free time of the season (1:38.54) at the B EAT Championships... collected 18 individual and eight relay wins on the season... honorable mention All-Academic by the College wim Coaches Association (CCAA). A A OPHOMORE: One of five rish swimmers to record NCAA cuts clocked NCAA B cuts in the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.64) and the 500-free (4:25.89) earned all-b EAT honors in those events as well his 200-free time was the fourth-fastest in school history and his 500-free time is second in rish history, only behind his own mark of 4:25.83 in 04 led the team with seven B EAT A cuts registered other B EAT A cuts in the 1,650-yard free (16:12.42), 100-yard fly (51.78), 200-yard fly (1:49.75), 200-yard M (1:53.35) and the 400-yard M (4:03.48) swam a B EAT B cut in the 100-yard free (48.21) his top 1,000-yard free time of 9:22.88 is the MEN WMMN & DVN 45

8 raduated eniors R fourth quickest time in Notre Dame history second in the 500-free at the B EAT Championships placed third at the conference meet in the 200-free part of 800-free relay squad that placed fourth at the B EAT Championships won a team-high 15 races in six different events claimed five 200-free victories and four more in the 500-free fifth on the team with total points (279.5 individual, relay) part of four winning relay teams won the 200 and 500 freestyles in a tight win over No. 17 Pittsburgh in the Rolfs Aquatic Center was part of a rish finish in the latter, to put Notre Dame back on top in the meet helped 800-free relay to a win at the Notre Dame nvitational won the 200 free at Utah victorious in the 200 and 500 free versus No. 22 BYU won the 200- yard butterfly at Louisville was also part of victorious 800 free relay team against the Cardinals captured two more wins (200 free and 500 free) in a dual meet at owa won the 1,000-yard freestyle versus Canisius and Cleveland tate in the fastest unshaved time in program history (9:22.88). A A FREHMAN: Most versatile swimmer on rish roster excelled in multiple events en route to leading team in points scored and dual-meet race victories and ranking among team s top three in four events broke University record en route to third-place finish at B EAT meet in 500 free time of 4:25.83 ranked 54th in Division and was a NCAA B cut anchored 800 freestyle relay that broke school record for second time with a 6:42.55 that was good for third place in conference meet and 45th in the nation earned all-b EAT honors for both performances tabbed honorable mention Academic All-America by the College wim Coaches Association (CCAA) anchored 800 free relay that broke the oldest school record on the books (12 years) at the Notre Dame nvitational by finishing first with a time of 6:45.44 in addition to leading team in the 500 free, ranked second in 200 (1:39.76) and 1,000 (9:26.53), third in the 1,650 (15:53.17) and 400 M (3:56.95), and fifth in the 200 butterfly (1:53.44) registered six of the team s top eight times in the 1,000 and four of the top seven in the 1,650 his 427 points in individual events were more than any other rish swimmer registered total points, including 42 at the B EAT meet took eighth in the 200 free in league meet and 10th in the 1,650 free scored 154 points at Notre Dame nvitational, finaling in five events and finishing in the top three in four his 146 points in individual events were a meet high was second in the 500 free and 400 M, third in the 200 and 1650 free, and sixth in the 200 fly, in addition to taking 14th in the 200 M and anchoring the firstplace 800 free relay registered 20 dualmeet race victories in five different events among the highlights were winning the 500 free against #17 Pittsburgh, and Wyoming (22nd at NCAAs), taking the 1,000 free vs. the Cowboys and #19 BYU, and claiming the 200 free vs. #15 Northwestern his time of 9:26.53 in the 1,000 free against UC anta Barbara and Wyoming on Jan. 9 stands as second-best unshaved time in program history also swam on 400 free relay that finished first at Michigan tate qualified for B EAT Championships in team-high six events, also posting season-best 1:56.07 in 200 M was seeded among top 13 in the conference in five of those events led off 800 freestyle relay that set meet record (7:05.76) in Dennis tark Relays also combined with Patrick Davis to set a meet record in the 1,000 free relay (9:22.96) honored with the Meghan Beeler and Colleen Hipp Award, which is presented to an outstanding freshman who best exemplifies the vitality, competitiveness, and love for Notre Dame shown by its namesakes during their freshman years prior to their deaths in a bus accident in THE BROWN FLE: Four-year letterwinner at Western High chool 2003 ndiana state champion in both the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle recipient of the Herman F. Keller Mental Attitude Award given annually to one senior swimmer each year at the state championships a five-time National nterscholastic wimming Coaches Association (NCA) All-American twice in the 200 and 500 freestyle and once in 200 individual medley set eight varsity records at Western, in addition to establishing six Mid- ndiana Conference marks and three sectional records during his career nominated for Wendy s High chool Heisman Trophy Award received ene Lee Award in 02 as ndiana s Most Outstanding Male wimmer in his senior season, named to the NCA All- Academic Team competed in cross country and track during his freshman year and was named the school s Freshman Runner of the Year won top senior awards at Western in science, journalism and French named the school s Most Outstanding Athlete awarded Presidential Award for Excellence member of National Honor ociety served for two years as editor-in-chief of school newspaper ranked third in his graduating class father Ted swam at Princeton oldest of three children born April 1, 1985, in len Ridge, N.J. son of Ted and Kim Brown graduated from the College of cience in May of 2007 with degrees in biological sciences and anthropology... finished with a cumulative gradepoint average. BROWN CAREER BET chool Career 04 BE 05 BE 06 BE 07 BE Rank Wins 200 Free 1: B EAT 8th 3rd^ 2nd^ 3rd^ 2nd Free 4: B EAT 3rd^ 2nd^ 8th 2nd^ 2nd Free 9:22.88 at Cleveland t., vs. Canisius ( ) th Free 15: B EAT 10th th Fly 1: B EAT -- 7th 6th 6th 7th M 1:52.99 vs. Purdue ( ) th M 3: Boiler-Make-t nvit th 3 ^ - all-b EAT H W M M N 46 UNVERTY OF NOTRE DAME

9 & D V N Justin Barber Class of 2007 M/Freestyle Carson City, Nev. Carson AWARD & HONOR Two-Time B EAT Academic All-tar A four-time monogram winner on rish all-time top performers list, ranks sixth in 400 M (3:57.43), 15th in 500 free (4:31.93), 12th in 1000 free (9:32.27), and ninth in 1650 free (15:46.14) two-time B EAT Academic All-tar... prep All-American was second-youngest U.. Olympic Trials qualifier (behind Michael Phelps) in 2000, taking part in the 1,500-meter freestyle. A A ENOR: Posted B EAT A times in the 500 free, 1,650 free, 200 fly, 200 M and 400 M... clocked his top 500 free (4:32.18), 1,650 free (15:54.43) and 400 M (3:58.89) times of the season at the B EAT Championship... swam his best 1,000 free time (9:46.72) of the season in a win over No. 18 Purdue... that win snapped an 18-meet losing streak to the Boilermakers... his best 200 fly time of 1:53.70 came at the Ohio tate nvitational... top 200 M mark (1:57.09) occurred in a win over Michigan tate... named a B EAT Academic All- tar for the second straight season. A A JUNOR: wam career-best times in the 500 free (4:31.93), 1,000 free (9:32.27), 200 fly (1:55.87) and 400 M (3:57.43)... all of those marks were B EAT "A" cuts... registered a fifth-place finish in the 400 M at the B EAT Championships... placed 10th in the 1,650 free and 14th in the 500 free at the B EAT meet... his 1,650 time of 15:51.31 was a season-best mark... won the 500 free in a dual meet against t. Bonaventure for the second win of his career... third on the team in the 400 M... named to the B EAT Academic All-tar Team. A A OPHOMORE: Posted four B EAT A cuts (500-free, 1,650-free, 200-fly, 400-M) and one B cut (200-M) swam season-best times in the 500-yard free (4:32.46), 1,000-free (9:33.01), 1,650-free (15:46.14) and the 400-M (4:00.86) at the B EAT Championships garnered total points (107-individual, 5.5-relay) fifth on the team in the 1,000-yard free, third in the 1,650-free, fourth in the 400-M completed Fighting rish sweep in the 1,000 free at t. Bonaventure along with Jay Vanden Berg and Rob eery. A A FREHMAN: Ranked among Notre Dame s top five swimmers in four different races: 1,000 freestyle (4th, 9:37.03), 1,650 free (4th, 15:59.50), 400 M (4th, 4:00.05), and 500 free (5th, 4:33.58) scored 16 points in B EAT Championships, finishing seventh in 400 M and 13th in 1,650 free missed consolation final in 500 free by.09 seconds in the conference meet, ending up 17th claimed victory in 400 M in dual meet against Oakland notched B EAT A cuts in four events and also had a B cut in the 200 M (1:57.28) led off 400 individual medley relay that set meet record (3:40.39) at Dennis tark Relays scored 120 points (114 in individual events). THE BARBER FLE: Two-time All- American and four-year letterwinner at Carson High chool earned All-America honors in 500 freestyle and 200 individual medley as a senior won junior nationals and qualified for Olympic trials threetime regional champion garnered national ranking in his final two seasons earned all-city, all-conference, and all-state honors all four years two-time team MVP served as captain in final prep season lettered in cross country as a freshman and sophomore, being named team MVP in his initial season and gaining all-city honors both years member of National Honor ociety and Environmental Club only child born Dec. 8, 1984, in Kingman, Ariz. son of Dave Barber and Beth cott graduated from the Mendoza College of Business in May of 2007 with a marketing degree. BARBER CAREER BET chool Career 04 BE 05 BE 06 BE 07 BE Rank Wins 500 Free 4: B EAT 17th 13th 14th 15th 15th 2 1,000 Free 9: B EAT th -- 1,650 Free 15: B EAT 13th 5th 10th 8th 9th M 3: B EAT 7th 7th 5th 7th 6th MEN WMMN & DVN 47

10 raduated eniors R Alan Carter Class of 2007 Backstroke/Freestyle/M Bethel Park, Pa. Bethel Park AWARD & HONOR B EAT Academic All-tar (2007) Four-time monogram winner ranks second all-time in program history in the 100-yard back (50.05) and fourth in the 200 back (1:49.22) and tied for sixth in the 200 M (1:51.13) nine-time first-team prep All- American swam the 800-meter freestyle as a member of the rish Aquatics wim Club at the 2005 ConcoPhillips wimming National Championships finished 12th in the 100- meter back at 2004 UA wimming ummer National Championships, representing Pittsburgh-area Jewish Community Center... a B EAT Academic All-tar during his senior season. A A ENOR: Broke the program record in the 100 back with a time of during prelims at the B EAT Championships... that mark would be eclipsed in the finals by his teammate Jeff Wood, who went also clocked his personal-best times in the 200 back (1:49.22) and 200 M (1:51.13) at the conference meet... had top-10 finishes in the 200 M (7th), 100 back (8th) and 200 back (10th) at the B EAT Championships... clocked the team's top time in the 200 M... second on the team in the 200 back... named to the B EAT Academic All-tar Team. A A JUNOR: Clocked B EAT "A" times in the 100 back (50.95), 200 back (1:52.52) and 200 M (1:52.55)... all of those marks were registered at the B EAT Championships... placed 10th in the 100 back, with his top time of coming during prelims... was 17th in the 200 back... claimed a 14th-place showing in the 200 M at the conference meet... his preliminary time of 1:52.52 was a season-best... third on the team in the 100 back... notched two victories during the season as part of the 400-yard medley relay team... wins came in dual meets against Pittsburgh and Evansville... earned a monogram. A A OPHOMORE: Clocked B EAT A cuts in the 100-back (50.29), 200-back (1:49.54) and the 200-M (1:52.03) all three of those times were achieved at the Notre Dame nvitational also swam a B EAT B cut in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of at the Notre Dame nvitational tallied 213 total points on the season (141 individual, 72 relay), which ranked him ninth on the team swam on three relay teams that notched victories placed second behind teammate Doug Bauman by one-tenth of a second in the 200-back at the Notre Dame nvitational fifth in that event at the B EAT Championships placed 13th in the 200-M at the conference meet swam the team s third-fastest 100- back and 200-back times fourth-fastest in the 200-M and fifth-fastest mark in the 100- free. A A FREHMAN: Ranked among Notre Dame s top six in five different events: second in 100 back (50.59), fourth in 200 back (1:50.90), fifth in 200 M (1:52.30), and sixth in 50 free (21.53) and 100 free (46.71) turned in three of the top six rish times in the 100 back scored points, including in individual competition had 22 in the B EAT meet scored in all three of his events, ending up seventh in the 100 back, 10th in the 200 back, and 14th in the 200 M finaled in three events at the Notre Dame nvitational, taking third in the 100 back, fifth in the 200 back, and sixth in the 200 M was seeded in the top eight in his three major events heading into the conference meet took part in three relays that set meet records at the Dennis tark Relays: 400 medley (3:29.84), 400 free (3:09.34), and 400 back (3:29.41). THE CARTER FLE: A nine-time first-team All-American in high school at Bethel Park while also earning four letters ranked 15th nationally in 100 backstroke set district and school records in the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley placed second and third in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke at state meet in his senior season took second in the 100 backstroke at the state meet the previous year, while also finishing third in the 100 freestyle placed second as a sophomore at state championships in the 200 individual medley won 100 freestyle at 03 district meet and was a member of 200 medley relay team that also finished first placed first in 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle, and 400 freestyle at 02 district meet also won 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley events at 01 district meet attended U National elect Camp in 1999 sister Emily is a junior on the tanford women s swimming and diving team youngest of two children born March 2, 1985, in Pittsburgh, Pa. son of Margaret and Robert Carter graduated from the College of Engineering in May of 2007 with a degree in civil engineering. CARTER CAREER BET chool 04 BE 05 BE 06 BE 07 BE Rank 100 Back B EAT 7th 8th 10th 8th 2nd 200 Back 1: B EAT 10th 5th 17th 10th 4th 200 M 1: B EAT 14th 13th 14th 7th T-6th H W M M N 48 UNVERTY OF NOTRE DAME

11 & D V N Louis Cavadini Class of 2007 Butterfly/Freestyle outh Bend, nd. Riley AWARD & HONOR even-time All-B EAT B EAT Champion (800 free relay ) University Record (200 & 400 free relay; 200 & 400 medley relay) B EAT Academic All-tar (2005, 07) Team Co-Captain ( ) Four-time monogram winner... team co-captain as a senior... ranks second all-time in program history in the 100 butterfly (48.28) and the 100 free (45.04)... third in the 50 free (20.58)... member of four school-record holding relays (200 medley, 400 medley, 200 free, 400 free) B EAT champion in the 800-yard freestyle relay in seven-time all-b EAT performer local product was 13-time All-American in high school finished 35th in 100-meter butterfly at 2004 UA wimming ummer National Championships. A A ENOR: Team co-captain... earned four all-b EAT honors (200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay)... member of 200 medley relay quartet that posted a schoolrecord time of 1:29.09 at the B EAT Championships... helped 400 medley relay unit CAVADN CAREER BET chool Career 04 BE 05 BE 06 BE 07 BE Rank Wins 50 Free B EAT 17th 6th 7th 10th 3rd Free B EAT 19th 10th 8th 8th 2nd Fly B EAT 5th 7th 7th 4th 2nd 1 clock a school-record mark of 3:16.90 at the conference meet... part of a third program-record setting relay at B EAT as the 400 free relay notched a time of 2: registered three individual and three relay wins on the season... won the 100 free in a dualmeet victory over Pittsburgh... swam on the 400 free relay that posted a victory in a dual-meet win over Purdue... that snapped an 18-meet losing streak to the Boilermakers... won the 50 free against Michigan tate... part of the winning 400 medley relay squad against the partans... clocked the winning time in the 100 fly at Oakland medley relay winner against Texas A&M... recorded personal-best times in the 50 free (20.58), 100 free (45.04) and the 100 fly (48.28) at the B EAT Championships... clocked his personal-best time in the 200 free (1:41.83) at the Ohio tate nvitational... had the team's top 50 free and 100 fly times and was second on the team in the 100 free... a B EAT Academic All-tar. A A JUNOR: B EAT champion in the 800- yard freestyle relay as the rish quartet finished in a school-record time of 6: that was the third all-conference honor of his career... first on the team in the 50 and 100 free... second in the 100 fly... clocked identical 50 free times of in the prelims and finals at the B EAT meet to place seventh... registered another seventh-place showing in the 100 fly with a season-best time of finished eighth in the 100 free at B EAT with a time of his preliminary time of was a career-best mark... also established a careerbest time in the 200 free (1:41.93) at the Notre Dame nvitational... claimed 20 relay and seven individual victories on the season. A A OPHOMORE: All-B EAT in the 200- yard freestyle relay and the 400-yard free relay member on all three school-record freestyle relays, which were established at the B EAT Championships swam the team s second fastest 50-yard (20.65) and 100-yard (45.62) free times clocked Notre Dame s third-fastest 100- yard butterfly time (49.39) all of those times were B EAT A cuts also swam an A cut in the 200 free (1:42.56) posted a conference B cut in the 500 free (4:47.51) placed sixth at the B EAT Championships in the 50 free and 10th in the 100 free finished seventh in the 100 fly at the conference meet member of 400-yard freestyle relay that took first-place by.04 to defeat No. 17 Pittsburgh in a meet in the Rolfs Aquatic Center placed second on the team with total points (252.5 individual, relay) claimed eight individual first-place finishes along with seven relay wins part of winning 200 medley relay team in a dual meet at Louisville won the 100 free versus owa victorious in the 200 free at t. Bonaventure. A A FREHMAN: One of Notre Dame s top sprinters in anchored 200 freestyle relay that broke school record with time of 1:21.30 that was good for fourth place at the B EAT meet and 35th in Division ranked third on rish in 50 free (20.91) and 100 fly (49.11) and was fifth in 100 free (46.19) also swam on 200 free relay team that posted then-second-best time in school history (1:22.41) with first-place finish at Notre Dame nvitational, as well as the 400 free relay that notched the third-best mark in school history (3:02.43) en route to a sixth-place result at the B EAT Championships that clinched Notre Dame s second-place finish in the team standings ranked eighth on team in points scored with 236 scored 27.5 points in B EAT meet took fifth in the 100 fly lost a swimoff to finish 17th in the 50 free and was 19th in the 100 free posted first-place finish in 100 free against #15 Northwestern and won the 50 free vs. Villanova swam on eight relays that registered first-place finishes in dual meets, including the 400 free quartet that was first against Wyoming (22nd at NCAAs) swam on three meet-record relays at Dennis tark Relays: 200 free (1:25.55), 400 free (3:09.34), and 400 butterfly (3:26.70). THE CAVADN FLE: arnered All-America honors five times in individual events twice in the 50 freestyle and butterfly and once in the 100 free and eight times in relays set five school records at Riley High chool and earned four letters in addition, established eight city marks and six sectional records during scholastic career U.. wimming rankings included seventh in the 50 free, 15th in the 100 free and ninth in the 100 fly helped high school team to undefeated dualmeet record in each of his last two seasons and four Northern ndiana Conference titles as a junior, was a member of 200 freestyle relay team which won state championship tabbed as a B EAT Academic All-tar sister Katie was a fouryear member of rish women s swimming team and served as captain of 03 squad in her senior season National Honor ociety member served as class president during both his junior and senior years father John is chair and a professor within the theology department at Notre Dame fourth oldest of seven children sisters Julia and Katie and brother Peter are Notre Dame graduates younger brother David is a junior on the Fighting rish roster born March 6, 1985, in New Haven, Conn. son of John and Nancy Cavadini graduated in May of 2007 from the College of Arts & Letters with a theology degree MEN WMMN & DVN 49

12 raduated eniors cott Coyle Class of 2007 Diving ndianapolis, nd. Hamilton outheastern Four-time monogram winner ranks as sixth-best Notre Dame diver (266.05) in onemeter championship action since the current six-dive format was adopted ranks eighth in dual-meet one-meter diving (302.78) and is also eighth all time off the three-meter board in dual-meet competition (321.45) as a freshman, was among B EAT s top eight divers in both springboard events. A A ENOR: Posted his top threemeter dual-meet score (298.35) of the season in a victory over Texas A&M... registered his best one-meter dual-meet score (287.05) of the campaign at the Mike Peppe Diving Meet during the team's winter break trip to Florida. A A JUNOR: Placed seventh at the B EAT Championships off of the one-meter board (264.55) and 11th in the three-meter competition (410.35)... top one-meter dual meet total of came during the Holiday Break competition in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.... placed eighth off the one-meter board at the Notre Dame nvitational (276.40)... was 12th in the three-meter (241.60) at the ND. A A OPHOMORE: One of five divers on the Fighting rish roster top one-meter six dives total of was scored in a dual meet versus t. Bonaventure in the three-meter six dives, he tallied points versus owa collected in the three-meter 11 dives against Louisville to win that event accumulated points in the one-meter six dives and in the three-meter 11 dives at the B EAT Championship top finisher among the rish divers in a meet against Pittsburgh and Michigan tate by tallying on the three-meter board to place fourth finished fifth in the same meet off the onemeter with points victorious off the three-meter board at the Notre Dame nvitational placed third at the ND on the one-meter with points... won the onemeter competition versus t. Bonaventure. A A FREHMAN: Lone diver on rish roster gave Notre Dame a boost at B EAT Championships by being one of only two freshmen to reach finals in both springboard events, scoring 27 points in helping the rish to their highestever point total and a runner-up result barely missed all-conference honors by taking fourth off the threemeter board with a season-best score of points ended up seventh in one-meter action ranked seventh on the team in points scored in individual events, with 216 came in fourth in both springboard events at the Notre Dame nvitational after not registering a victory up to that point, finished first five times in the final three weeks of regular season that stretch was highlighted by winning the three-meter competition against #15 Northwestern and sweeping both boards in the final dual meet, vs. Oakland co-winner of the Most mproved Award for improvement throughout the season other season bests were in dual-meet one-meter competition, in championship one-meter, and in dualmeet three-meter. THE COYLE FLE: Earned four letters as a diver at Hamilton outheastern High chool two-time Hoosier Crossroads Conference champion runner-up at state meet as senior after finishing third as a junior served as team captain in final two scholastic seasons and was twice named team MVP member of panish Club second oldest of three children born November 30, 1984, in Kirkwood, Mo. son of Tom and Katie Coyle graduated from the Mendoza College of Business in May of 2007 with a degree in management entrepreneurship. COYLE CAREER BET chool Career 04 BE 05 BE 06 BE 07 BE Rank Wins 1 meter (Dual) at t. Bona. ( ) th 5 1 meter (Champ.) ND nvit. 7th 9th 7th -- 6th -- 3 meter (Dual) at owa ( ) th 8 3 meter (Champ.) at Louisville ( ) 4th 11th 11th -- 6th -- R H W M M N 50 UNVERTY OF NOTRE DAME

13 & D V N Brian Freeman Class of 2007 Backstroke/Freestyle/M anger, Calif. mmanuel AWARD & HONOR Two-Time All-B EAT B EAT Champion (800 free relay ) Four-time monogram winner 2006 B EAT champion in the 800 freestyle relay two-time all-b EAT performer... ranks as seventh-quickest ever in program history in the 200 back (1:50.57) eighth in the 200 free (1:39.89) is ninth in school history in the 500 free (4:30.02)... swam the 800-meter freestyle for the rish Aquatics at the 2005 and 2006 ConocoPhillips wimming National Championships multiple-time All- American prior to collegiate days. A A ENOR: Placed sixth at the B EAT Championships in the 500 free with a career-best time of 4: clocked his top career time of 1:39.89 in the 200 free during prelims at the conference meet... placed eighth in the finals... finished 15th in the 200 back at the B EAT meet... his top time of the season came during the prelims as he went 1: registered one individual victory and was part of a winning relay... took the 500 free in a dual-meet victory over Louisville... member of the winning 200 free relay quartet in a win against Cleveland tate. A A JUNOR: Part of B EAT champion 800-yard freestyle relay unit that posted a school-record and NCAA "B" cut time of 6: placed 11th at the B EAT meet in the 200 free with a mark of 1: had a career-best mark of 1:40.12 in the prelims of the event... registered another 11thplace finish in the 500 free with a career-best time of 4: finished 18th in the 200 back at the conference meet with a time of 1: top season time in the 200 back (1:50.73) came during the Notre Dame nvitational... captured three individual wins on the year... won both the 200 free and back against Evansville... part of five winning relay teams... third on the team in the 200 free and fourth in the 200 back. A A OPHOMORE: Member of 800-yard freestyle relay quartet that established the school record with a time of 6:40.79 at the B EAT Championships that time earned them a fourth-place finish registered four B EAT A cuts with seasonbest times in the 200 free (1:40.80), 200 back (1:50.80), 100 breast (59.97) and the 200 M (1:53.47) posted conference B cuts in the 500 free (4:43.80) and the 100 back (54.32) clocked the team s fourth-fastest 200-yard free and 200-yard back time fifth on the team in the 100 back ranked 13th on the rish with total points (154 individual, relay) second in the 200 back versus No. 17 Pittsburgh and Michigan tate captured four victories on relays member of victorious 800-yard freestyle relay at Louisville swam on the 800 free relay squad that posted a win at the Notre Dame nvitational. A A FREHMAN: Contributed for rish in backstroke and M events in also was part of the 800 freestyle relay that broke the oldest school record on the books (12 years old) at the Notre Dame nvitational with a time of 6:45.44 improved on that time by nearly three seconds in resetting record (6:42.55) in third-place finish at the B EAT Championships gained all-conference honors for that performance, which ranked 45th in Division ranked third on rish in 200 backstroke (1:50.57) and was fourth in 200 freestyle (1:41.56) scored points, including 16 in the B EAT meet finished 11th in the 200 back and 15th in the 200 free ended up 26th in the 200 M qualified second and finished fourth in the 200 back at the Notre Dame nvitational won 200 back vs. Oakland took part in two meet records in Dennis tark Relays: 800 free (7:05.76) and 400 back (3:29.41). THE FREEMAN FLE: Earned All- America honors in four different events 100 backstroke, 200 individual medley, 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke holds several central California records 200 backstroke champion at junior nationals in 02 member of four undefeated mmanuel teams father Michael and brother Kevin are both Notre Dame graduates youngest of two children born April 2, 1984, in Fresno, Calif. son of Michael and Mary Freeman graduated from the College of Arts & Letters in May of 2007 with a psychology degree. FREEMAN CAREER BET chool Career 04 BE 05 BE 06 BE 07 BE Rank Wins 200 Free 1: B EAT 15th 8th 11th 8th 8th Free 4: B EAT th 6th 9th Back 1: ND nvit. 11th 9th 18th 15th 7th M 1: ND nvit. 26th th MEN WMMN & DVN 51

14 raduated eniors Tim Kegelman Class of 2007 Butterfly/M/Freestyle Yorktown, Va. Tabb AWARD & HONOR NCAA Participant (2005) CCAA Honorable Mention All-Academic (2004 & 2006) University Record (100 fly, 200 fly, 200 M, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay) Three-Time B EAT Champion (100 fly, 200 M, 400 medley relay ) 12-Time All-B EAT Team MVP (2004, 2005) B EAT Academic All-tar ( ) Team co-captain during his senior season... fourtime monogram winner... first Notre Dame male swimmer to ever compete in the NCAA wimming & Diving Championships swam the 100 fly, 200 fly and the 200 M at the 2005 NCAAs two-time team MVP holds University records in 100 butterfly (47.66), 200 fly (1:47.53) and 200 individual medley (1:49.48) part of three program relay records (200 medley, 200 free, 400 free) three B EAT titles (tied for most in ND history) and a school-record 12 all-b EAT honors first in program history to win multiple individual B EAT titles at the same meet only rish competitor to ever hold a B EAT Championships record established mark in the 2005 meet by going in the 100 fly prelims and then bettered that with a time of in the finals tabbed honorable mention All- Academic by the College wim Coaches Association (CCAA) four-time B EAT Academic All-tar... owns each of top four all-time marks in 100 butterfly and seven of the top eight in the 200 M joined Paul odfrey (1988) and cott Zumbach (1996) as only freshmen to be named Notre Dame s MVP... was a member of Notre Dame s Academic Honors Program for tudent-athletes in , ranked among top eight in U.. among 17 and 18-year olds in 200 M (5th), 100 fly (7th), and 200 fly (8th). A A ENOR: Team co-captain... copped three all- B EAT honors (200 free relay, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay)... second on the team in the 100 fly... placed sixth in the 100 fly at the B EAT Championships... clocked a season-best time of in the 100 fly during prelims at the conference meet... went a season-best 1:54.04 in the 200 M at the B EAT Championships... notched three individual victories and was a part of seven winning relays... won the 100 fly in dual-meet victories over Texas A&M, Pittsburgh and Cleveland tate... part of two winning 400 medley relays, including a victory against Purdue to help the rish snap an 18-meet losing streak to the Boilermakers... member of four winning 200 medley relays and one 200 free relay. A A JUNOR: Earned all-b EAT honors in the 200 medley relay as the rish quartet placed second in a school-record time of 1: clocked a fourth-place finish in the 100 fly at the B EAT meet with a seasonbest mark of barely missed out on all-conference honors in the 200 M with another fourth-place showing in a season-best time of 1: placed seventh at the B EAT meet in the 200 fly with a mark of 1: registered his top 200 fly time of the campaign in the prelims at B EAT (1:51.01)... posted team-best times in the claimed 17 relay and 10 individual victories during the season... competed at the Dallas Morning News Classic. A A OPHOMORE: Qualified for the NCAA wimming and Diving Championships with a B cut time of in the 100-yard butterfly also swam the 200 fly and the 200 M in the national meet entered the meet seeded 26th in the 100 fly, 34th in the 200 fly and 45th in the 200 M he placed 37th in the 200 fly, 39th in the 200 M and was disqualified from the 100 fly named team MVP for the second straight season was the high-point scorer in the B EAT Championships with 89.5 points a major factor in Notre Dame claiming its first-ever B EAT title conference champion in the 100 fly, and the 200 M swam the butterfly leg of the first-place 400 medley relay became first Notre Dame competitor ever to set a B EAT Championships record, first tying the 100 fly mark in prelims (48.10) and then bettering that time in the finals (48.06) all of his season-best times in his main events came at the Notre Dame nvitational in December in Rolfs Aquatic Center, when he helped the rish to first place all three of those marks were University, meet, and pool records swam the anchor leg on the 400-yard freestyle relay that defeated Pittsburgh by.04 seconds in a November meet in the Rolfs Aquatic Center led team in points with (276 individual, relay) registered 14 individual victories and 12 more in relay events. A A FREHMAN: Turned in one of the most impressive rookie campaigns in program history, earning team MVP honors broke University records in 100 butterfly (48.43) and 200 individual medley (1:49.68) and was part of record relays in the 200 medley (1:30.48) and 200 free (1:21.30) registered NCAA B times in 100 fly and 200 M tabbed honorable mention Academic All-America by the College wim Coaches Association (CCAA) scored team-high 64 points in helping rish to highest-ever point total and second-place team finish at B EAT Championships earned all-conference honors in 200 M and 100 fly, finishing as B EAT runner-up in the latter ranked among top 75 in Division in each of his three main events: tied for 53rd in 100 fly, 69th in 200 fly (1:49.44), and 72nd in 200 M (1:49.68) also was part of three relays that were among the top 45 nationally: 200 medley (30th), 200 free (35th), and 400 medley (42nd, 3:19.66) all three of those quartets finished fourth at the B EAT meet, with both 200s breaking the University records team leader in both butterfly events and 200 M also ranked fourth on rish in 100 breaststroke (58.33) and fifth in 50 free (21.29) posted three fastest times in school history in the 100 fly, as well as six of the top nine for the rish on the season also had four of the best six marks in the 200 fly and the two best in the 200 M finished second on team in points scored with broke 100 fly school record in qualifying second with NCAA B time of at B EAT meet before improving upon that time to tie for second place (with West Virginia s Pedro Pinto) in the final, just 0.03 seconds behind the champion, Connecticut senior Dustin Rogers prior to that, no rish swimmer had ever been in the top six at the B EAT meet in the 100 fly also was the top returning swimmer in the conference in the 200 M, in which he was the only competitor to post an NCAA B cut in prelims, coming in as the top qualifier with a school record slipped to third in finals, but still improved eight spots from his seeding (11th) qualified 10th in 200 fly, but came back to beat field by three seconds in taking ninth and posting time that would have been third had he been in the championship final runner-up to Pinto in the 100 fly at the Notre Dame nvitational took fourth in the 200 M and swam butterfly leg on firstplace 200 free and 200 medley relays the 200 medley relay set a meet record (1:31.62) registered 15 dualmeet race victories was beaten just once in the 100 butterfly highlights included winning both butterfly events against both #17 Pittsburgh and #19 BYU, as well as a 100 fly triumph vs. North Carolina (23rd at NCAAs) posted second-fastest time in the conference in the 100 fly during the regular season qualified for B EAT meet in team-high six events, also posting seasonbest time of in the 100 free swam second leg of 400 butterfly relay that set a meet record at the Dennis tark Relays became just third freshman ever to be tabbed team MVP. THE KEELMAN FLE: Four-year letterwinner at Tabb High chool where he helped his prep team to two Virginia team state championships 14-time state champion (eight relays and six individual events) two-time state champion in the 200 individual medley and 100 breaststroke also won state titles in 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly state record holder in 100 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, and 200 individual medley and was a member of three relay teams which established new Virginia marks U.. ectional champion (100 fly) and the high point scorer at the 2002 sectional (spring) qualified for U.. Nationals and was a scholastic All-American in 2001 and 2002 appeared all over the national U.. wimming rankings (third in the 100 fly, ninth in the 200 fly, 14th in the 200 breast, 15th in the 200 M and 16th in the 50 free) member of Notre Dame s Academic Honors Program for tudent- Athletes father Jerry received Ph.D. from Notre Dame in 1981 oldest of four children born April 25, 1985, in t. Louis, Mo. son of Jerry and Mary Ellen Kegelman graduated from the College of Engineering in May of 2007 with a chemical engineering degree. KEELMAN CAREER BET chool Career 04 BE 05 BE/NCAA 06 BE 07 BE Rank Wins 100 Breast OU nvit th Fly 47.66** 04 ND nvit. 2nd 1st^/DQ 4th 6th 1st Fly 1:47.53** 04 ND nvit. 9th 5th/37th 7th -- 1st M 1:49.48** 04 ND nvit. 3rd^ 1st^/39th 4th -- 1st 8 ** - Notre Dame varsity record, ^ - all-b EAT R H W M M N 52 UNVERTY OF NOTRE DAME

15 & D V N Chris Zeches Class of 2007 Backstroke/Freestyle/Butterfly Tucson, Ariz. alpointe Catholic HONOR & AWARD All-B EAT (2005) B EAT Academic All-tar ( ) Four-time monogram winner earned all- B EAT honors as a sophomore in the 1,650- yard free ranks among all-time rish leaders in 1,650 freestyle (7th, 15:40.06), 1,000 free (9th, 9:29.77), 500 free (12th, 4:30.98), 100 backstroke (14th, 52.15) and 200 back (19th, 1:52.89) four-time B EAT Academic All- tar... three-time prep All-American was overall winner of two-mile Dam-to-Dam swim in Tempe Town Lake in 2004 and A A ENOR: Clocked B EAT "A" cuts in six events (200 free, 500 free, 1,650 free, 100 back, 200 back, 200 fly)... recorded his top 1,650 free (15:50.81) and 200 back times (1:53.19) of the season at the B EAT Championships... notched his career-best mark of in the 100 back at the Ohio tate nvitational... top 200 free (1:44.78) and 500 free (4:34.28) times of the season occurred at the OU nvite... top 100 (54.49) and 200 fly (1:58.00) times came in a win over Pittsburgh... best 1,000 free time (9:34.73) of the campaign was in a victory over Texas A&M, while his top 200 M (2:01.37) mark came in a win over Oakland. A A JUNOR: Registered B EAT "A" cuts in five events (200 free, 500 free, 1,650 free, 200 back, 200 fly)... placed 12th in the 1,650 free at the B EAT Championships with a time of 15: top 1,650 time of the season (15:57.60) was posted at the Notre Dame nvitational... clocked a career-best time of 4:30.98 in the 500 free prelims at the conference meet... finished 15th in the finals (4:32.25)... his 1,000 split of 9:29.77 during the 1,650 at the B EAT was a career-best mark... finished 27th during the prelims of the 200 free at the conference meet in a seasonbest time of 1: A A OPHOMORE: arnered all-b EAT honors by placing third in the 1,650- yard freestyle (15:40.06) at the conference meet finished 12th in the 500-yard free at the B EAT meet clocked four B EAT A cuts (200 free-1:42.75, 500 free-4:32.39, 1,650 free-15:40.06, 200 fly-1:55.70) also posted two B cuts (100 back-54.54, 200 back-1:59.74) fourth on the team in the 1,000-yard free and fifth in the 500 free won the 1,650 free at the Notre Dame nvitational claimed 157 total points on the season (130 ZECHE CAREER BET chool Career 04 BE 05 BE 06 BE 07 BE Rank Wins 200 Free 1: ND nvit -- 20th 27th Free 4: B EAT 28th 12th 15th -- 12th Free 9: B EAT th Free 15: B EAT 15th 2nd^ 12th -- 7th Back OU nvit th Back 1: ND nvit. 18th th 1 ^ - all-b EAT individual, 27 relay) member of two victorious relay teams completed rish finish in the 200-yard butterfly versus Louisville. A A FREHMAN: Provided boost to rish in distance freestyle and backstroke events ranked second on team in 1,650 free (15:48.77), third in 1,000 free (9:36.97), fourth in the 100 back (52.47), fifth in the 200 back (1:52.89), and sixth in the 500 free (4:36.06) scored points finished 15th in 1,650 at B EAT Championships also was 18th in 200 back and 28th in 500 free was runner-up in 1,650 in Notre Dame nvitational and also was sixth in 100 back, eighth in 500 free, and ninth in 200 back won 200 back against t. Bonaventure ND mile time was thirdbest among all B EAT swimmers during the regular season. THE ZECHE FLE: Earned four letters at alpointe Catholic High chool in Tucson, Ariz. three-time All-American garnered all-conference and all-city honors in each of his last three seasons led alpointe team to conference and regional championships during both his junior and senior seasons school recordholder in the 100 backstroke served as a team captain in his senior year earned team MVP honors received alpointe cholar Medal and UAA National History and overnment Award three-time member of the UA wimming cholastic All- America Team uncle Jeff Causey graduated from Notre Dame in 1977 oldest of two children born October 9, 1984, in Tucson, Ariz. son of Edward and Ann Zeches four-time B EAT Academic All-tar graduated from the Mendoza College of Business in May of 2007 with an accounting degree MEN WMMN & DVN 53

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