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

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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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( )n her way to the finish. Kathleen Rimkus comes up for air. A senior. Riinkus provided I leadership and experience for the Irish 3 women. J llison Lloyd, a junior hrcaslslrokcr.concen- I Iralcs on her technique. Lloyd was one of the 3 select swimmers to participate in the U.S. i Olympic Tnals in 2000. reshman Lisa Garcia surges ahead, with a determined face. Garcia as a talented addition to the butterfly and individual medley enls. ollen scoring high for the Irish. bUUKh bUAKD Notre Dame Relays Miami (Fla.) Kenyon Miami (Ohio) Pittsburgh Purdue Evansville Indiana Invitational ND Opp 1st Place 199 101 191 101 196 98 196 98 138 161 2nd Place Notre Dame Invitational 1st Place Illinois Northwestern Michigan BIG EAST Chamo. Shamrock Classic 200.5 145.5 154 146 157 143 1st Place NCAA Z one Divine Meet NCAA Cha mpionships No Team Scoring Women ' s Swimmincs

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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