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

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Flvii TVirouc U TVie. X ' l-f-fe.re.ioT ' STroV-e. ' b Senior Travis Kline swinis freestyle. Kline also competed in the International Medley. Plioto courtesy of Matt Cashore, nvy S ' S ' iiJi V Spoils Inftyrmaxkm ■- r a a. Bre.a ' TVie.r Junior J.R. Teddy takes a breath while competing in the freestyle at a meet. P ioto courteyy 0 S|X7rts InjarmaViaa

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Ge. ' H ' iKT Fi TV»«. wi» « Junior Lii.1 L X licr cmiipctL . iii the hutttrflv. Photo aiuTtesy uf S uns Inftrrmaaim Up Per ir SL hcunixc Kdli Bartc»a cumpctes in the 400 International Mcdle ' . PhiHu ojunesy of Sfiom lTi miuiao i Flv Girl Juniiir Ls;i Ciaraa, the Niitre LXime recur J holder in the 200 huttertly, giics fiir ;uiother reciird. PI-uhk onincsy of Sfxms lii oniuititin Wa+ ' tr Brtbv SivJvimore Karie Eck- holt, a p.incip;mt in the 2CO0 OKtnpic Trials, lixiks to Wing horr c ictor ' fix the Irish. Plinti) aiurtesv of Sfxms Information

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%. G e,ar Cy a %m e, c Irish Win Notre Dame Relays It ' s wet aiul cold. We wear Speedos. And we shave our loss, lighthccU-tctUy pked stiphomore swimmer Drew Pitmuin regarding Hs teain. Despite these comical comments, though, the 2002-2003 meii ' s svniiiming iuid diving SLiuad began to lay the foundatioris of a repu- table and competitive program vx-ithin the Big East conference. Hoping to build on the prc)gress made last year, the Irish opened the 2002-2003 season v ith high expectations and clear challenges ahead. Head coach Tim Welsh described the year ' s dual meet schedule as without question the most challenging set of meets we ha ' e e ' er had. Tlie seasonopening Notre Dame Relays at Rolfs Aquatic Center boosted die confidence of 1 « ' ' Cashrre. I - 1 1 r.u Sports In ()nnaiioii the team, as they won twelve or thirteen events to take the first place title with 220 puiints. In the Notre Dame In itaticiniil, die relay team o( Matt Obringer, Frank Krakciwski, Jason Fbpatrick, and Tim Riuidolph was especially impressive Bauman in both backstroke and freesty-le. Per-fe.c- ' t ' T ive. Senior Jtx. ' Miller dn otf tin thrcc-nictcr UvirJ. with a time of 3:30.06 in the men ' s 400 relay. Additional scorers for the Irish were Doug Bauman, plac- ing scxrond in the men ' s 200 backstroke svith a time of 1 :1 5.31 , iind Obringer placing second in the men ' s 100 freestyle with a 45.95. After this victor ' , however, the overall squad ' s perfomiance see-sawed, with wins over Michigim State, Vilkmm-a, iuid Qe ' eland State, but losses to Purdue, Bttsburgh, and Pennsyl- vania. Two extremely cl(«e losses at the end of the rt lar sesason, b ' a total of only nine points, left the team with a 6-8 record in dual meets for the year. The diving trio of Andy Maggio, Joe Miller, and Tong Xie also added points to the team ' s scores throughout the season. Other kc ' team members included senior Ficrpatrick niji the braiststroke, junior J.R. Tc ldy iuid scvphomore Frank Krakowski in both the freestyle ;uid butterfly, iuid freshman by Sarah Wear I li«l«iiilir la iV MtiO ♦ wi »iv»in » Fniiit row: L ui; RuiiiixUi. Rn.iii tiii.iniicr. Rm Randolph, dins Btmics, J;imic Liitkiis, Fr.ink Knikowski , Matt Bcrtkc. josh LVmiint. Matt Obniiycr, l a o Moism, L c v Pittman, Matt Hnt;lcharJt, Stc c SlioniK3 ;cr, Tyler GraiJa, Patrick 0 ' Bcrr ' , Patiick Heffcm;in, Parnck l a is, niana4;er Molly Ward Back nw: Matt Frc , IickI cmch Tini Wckh, J.R. Tcdh ' , .Admi Gihill, Matt H dc, .Andy MaRKiii, Miclucl Haiiay.ui . J;i oii FitrfKitrick, Tra Ts Kline, Tung Xic, jiv Miller, John Hudson, Bii.ui GiuHlilan, , assistant C(»ch Matt ralliiiiui, di int; cuich Ciiimint; Xie Plmfo anincsy oj nv. lnjim iaiit Pac-i»o Fac-T (.Vixnent •O Score Nkicre Dame Relaw 1st, 220 feints Notre Dame 1st ln itational rcnns lvania L. 181-116 V ' tllimov-a W, 168-68 HttshurKh L, 183.5Q Northwestan L, 172-126 acvel; nd State W, 156-85 %y