Jan. 29, 2011
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NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Senior Eric Lex celebrated his final home meet by becoming the first diver in Notre Dame history to crack the 400-point plateau in the 3-meter event Saturday at the Rolfs Aquatic Center. Lex’s score of 405.15 off the high board gave him a first-place finish and the school record as Notre Dame went on to split a pair of dual meets to end the two-day Shamrock Invitational.
While celebrating their Senior Day, the Irish (6-4) defeated Denver, 250-118, while falling to Iowa, 194-174, in non-conference men’s swimming and diving action.
Lex recorded one of six wins on the day for the Irish. Michael Sullivan (400 individual medley), Frank Dyer (200 free and 100 free), Christopher Johnson (100 breast), Petar Petrovic (100 back) and Joseph Raycroft (200 breast) also added gold-medal performances.
Dyer’s 200 free (1:37.62) effort was good for an NCAA B-cut, as was Notre Dame’s 400 free relay (3:00.38) and 800 free relay (6:39.92).
Next in store for Notre Dame is the BIG EAST Conference Championships held in Louisville, Ky. The diving portion spans from Feb. 11-13 while the swimming will take place from Feb. 16-19.
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200 Medley Relay: The quartet of Petrovic, Johnson, Bill Bass and Kevin Overholt (1:31.32) finished just twenty four hundredths of a second behind first-place Iowa.
400 Individual Medley: Sullivan (3:58.48) and Wesley Mullins (3:58.73) went 1-2 for the Irish … Bass, P.J. Koppel and Tylor Gauger took the fourth through sixth positions, giving Notre Dame five of the top six finishes in the event.
100 Fly: Joshua Nosal led the Irish effort with his sixth-place finish of 50.73 … Bass was the next Irish swimmer to the wall as he froze the clock at 50.77.
200 Free: Notre Dame picked up its second 1-2 finish of the session as Dyer (1:37.62) and McGinley (1:40.38) reeled in the top two spots … Dyer’s performance earned him an NCAA B-cut.
100 Breast: The Irish went 1-2 for the second consecutive race – and third time in the session – as Johnson (55.55) picked up the win and Brian Maloy took second in 56.53.
100 Back: Petrovic registered the third straight Irish win as he cruised into the wall in 49.57.
800 Free Relay: Dyer, McGinley and Bass combined with Steven Brus to record a second-place finish as they touched the wall in 6:39.92 for an NCAA B-cut time … Iowa’s quartet took home the gold in 6:39.69, which was an NCAA B-cut and Rolfs Aquatic Center record.
3-meter Diving: Lex became the first diver in Notre Dame to tally 400 points in a six-dive competition as he recorded 405.15 points, good for a gold medal.
1,650 Free: Colin Babcock (15:59.95) led the Irish in the mile event with the first sub 16-minute time of the season as he notched a fourth-place finish.
200 Back: Petrovic clocked in at 1:49.61 as he took home the bronze … Wills (1:50.12) and Sullivan (1:50.16) recorded fifth and sixth-place finishes.
100 Free: Dyer (44.79) pulled away in the last ten yards to post his second individual victory of the meet.
200 Breast: Raycroft took home the gold out of lane eight in a blistering 2:03.32 … Joshua Choi (2:05.26) and Johnson (2:05.53) added fourth and fifth-place finishes.
200 Fly: Gauger and Mullins posted a 2-3 finish with 1:49.71 and 1:49.83 performances … Byron Butler was victorious for Iowa with a 1:49.36.
400 Free Relay: Overholt, Dyer, McGinley and Thomas Van Volkenburg combined for a silver medal with an NCAA B-cut of 3:00.38 … Iowa won the final event of the night with its own NCAA B-cut of 2:59.18.
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