University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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The Irish men ' s swimming team gi)t off to a great start tor the 2(MH)-2(M)1 season. With the leadership oi ' captains Ryan Verhn and Matt Hedden. the team began the year with a record of 2- 1 . overcoming both Kalama oo and West Virginia. Alter the first three dual meets, the Irish opened the month ot November by split- ting two more dual meets, de- feating Western Ontario, but falling to Oakland. The Notre Dame Invitational was next on the menu for the Irish. The team placed second behind Michigan State after some outstanding perfor- mances. Junior David Horak uon the 2(K) backstroke, while junior Jonathon Pierce won the 1 650 free on the last day of the meet. Other strong perfor- mances were turned in h Verlin and di er .And) Mag- gio. The Irish went on to com- pete in two dual meets within a span of 24 hours, defeating both Ball State and Wiscon- sin-Milwaukee. Senior Dan S ilier turned in a spectacular race, winning the 200 breast- stroke. Again, outstanding performances by Verlin and Pierce paced the team to ic- tor . as both s immers were multiple event w inners in the meet against Ball State. The last two meets of the sea.son were against St. Bon- ax enture and Cle eland State, and bt)th u ere ictories for the Irish. With the diving team ' s win at St. Bonaventure. the squad of Maggio, Herb Huesman, Joe Miller and Tony Xie finished the season undefeated in both the one SPLASH Greatness Divers anchor team with style PaulSlahoc- meter and three meter boards. The men finished fourth at the BIG li.AST Championships with the best e ent being the 200 breaststroke. where Jason Fitzpatrick finished third and Szilier fifth. Other top perfor- mances were turned in by Pierce and J.R. Teddy. The Irish finished off the sea- son hosting the Shamrock In- italional. Hedden took first place in the 2(X) individual med- ley, while the relay team of Mark Hessler. Josh McDer- mott. Adam Cahill, and T.J. DeFrank won the 200 medley relay. Senior Matt Grunewald won the final e ent t)f his ca- reer on the last day of the invi- tational, marking the end of a ereat sea.son for the Irish. covn«f y o» Spom Infoonotion ]( 100 2( l( 1 1 Is. 11 s Sw 1 inmmg Team ; (Fir-I R.m i HciJ C.ai.h Tim Wdsh. Brian Skomcv. Mall Hedden. AuMin Anderson. Gram Burrall. J R Tedd . Mark Hessler. Mall Hyde. J Maygii). Joe Miller. Chns Heine. Adam Cahill. Diving Coach Caiming Xie (Second Row) David Horak. Greg Jus li, Mike Koss. Ellioll Dnir , Mall Grunewald. Tony Xie. Russell csion, l.ucas Wymorc. Michael Ranagan. Dan S ilier. Jason Colcllis. Clay Miller. Ryan Verlin. Joe Marline . Jason Fil palrick. Josh Dcrmotl, Mall Ohnnger. T.J. DcFrank. John Hud,son. 1all Keane, Ke an O ' Connor. Bnan Coughlan. Assistant Coach Jonathan Jennings. Jonathan Pierce. .Senior Manager Beth Caslncone (Not Pictured): Herb Huesman. Men ' s Swimmi

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Senior Ryan Verlin sened as a team captain this season. With his specialties being butterfly and freestyle events, Vcrlin aK. ' posted impressive showings in individual medley races. SCOREBOARD ND Opp Notre Dame Relays 1st Place Virginia Tech 114 129 West Virginia 137 104 Kalamazoo 148 93 Oakland 106.5 134.5 Western Ontario 103 62 Notre Dame Invitational 2nd Place | Christmas Competition NTS Wisconsin-Milwaukee 139 92 Ball State 131.5 111.5 Cleveland State 136 102 St. Bonaventure 137.5 100.5 BIG EAST Champ. 4th Place Shamrock Classic NTS No Team Scoring ' Photo courtesy of Lisa Velte, The Oi Matt Hyde sh.uss nil Ins lu ri .i huilci- all UlikIch l i.xis mil ol the pool ton. fly event. The sophomore from Pennsyl- once presenting to the Division of Nuclear 1 7 vania also swims backstroke events. Physics of the American Physical Society SPORTS

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GUARD! uard! Irish fencers demonstrate excellence hv Teresa Paulas The women ' s fencing squad entered into the 2001 season prepared to challenge Penn State at the NCAA champion- ships and come home with the title, rather than the runner-up position. Runners-up since 1995. the Notre Dame women returned four All-Americans to their line-up: sophomore epee- ists Anna Carnick and Meagan Call, sophomore foilist Liza Boutsikaris, and sophomore sabre Natalia Mazur. Led by Head Coach Yves Auriol and senior captains Kim DeMaio and Carianne McCul- lough. the Irish stepped up to their first challenge at the NYU Open. Although the squad lost to three of their four oppo- nents, they had some outstand- ing individual performances. Freshmen Jessie Fiikins and Destanie Milo had impressive debuts as members of Irish sa- bre. Call led the epeeists with a 7-4 record, while Boutsikaris won eight of twelve foil bouts. In their second meet of the season, the 7 Irish blew away the competition at the North- western Open, beating all five opponents. Freshman Maggie Jordan, Boutsikaris. and McCullough all left the event with perfect records. As hosts of the Notre Dame Open, visitors to the Joyce Center were greeted by an Irish team ready to do battle. After fencing seven different teams on the first day, ND went home undefeated. The second day was highlighted by wins over 6 Northwestern, Air Force, Michigan, Purdue, Minnesota, and Lawrence. With the show- ing, the Irish women remained undefeated on their home turf. The 7 Irish then headed to the Duke Open, where the only loss for the team was at the hands of 3 Stanford. Combining with the men ' s team for a total of 870 points, ND took home the Midwest Conference Team Title. Indi vidual titles were detemiined the next day. Carnick defeated Call in the epee semifinal before fall ing to Ohio State ' s Alexandra Shklar in the final. In the foil final. Boutsikaris faced Wayne] State ' s Inga Wallrabenstein Boutsikaris fell 15-8. fl At press time, the Irish were preparing for the Midwest Re- . gional and NCAA Champion-i ; ships. i Photo courtesy of Sports Into 2000-2001 Women ' s Fencing Team: (First Row) Natalia Mazur, Susan Clark, Mary McKcnnu. Melissa Trcvino. Meagan Call. Jessie Filkins. Maggie Jordan, Knii DeMalo.l Teri Salb, Katie Flanagan, Angela CamposrcSecond Row) Armorer Tony Rizzuti, Administrative Assistant M.D. McNally. Assistant Coach James Gaither. Michelle Sutton. Pauline Alokolaro,| Destanie Milo, Kerry Walton. Erin Riley, Anna Carnick, Liza Boutsikaris, Carianne McCullough, Kathryn Schuster. Donna Mowchan, Jill Ingram. Mary Beth Willard. Assistant Coach Jan Bednarski, Head Coach Yves Auriol, Assistant Coach Brian Banas, Senior Manager Kiersten Ferguson. (Not Pictured): Ghadeer Al-Aali, Maig Foley. 1-70 • Sports