Aug. 30, 2010
2010-11 Notre Dame Women’s Swimming and Diving Schedule
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Notre Dame head coach Brian Barnes recently finalized the women’s swimming and diving schedule for the 2010-11 season. The campaign is highlighted by a visit to the University of Hawaii in January as well as a trip down south to for a tri-meet against Auburn and LSU.
“This schedule will challenge us from the opening dual meet all the way to the postseason,” Barnes said. “I’m excited for our team to compete against some great programs, and we’ll be presented with some fine challenges and I expect our ladies to raise their performances for those meets.”
Notre Dame begins the campaign with the 27th annual Dennis Stark Relays (Oct. 8) at the Rolfs Aquatic Center. Next up is a tri-meet at Auburn with LSU on Oct. 22. The meet will mark the first occasion that Barnes brings his own squad to Auburn – where he served as an assistant – since becoming head coach of the Fighting Irish prior to the 2008-09 season.
Notre Dame will stay on the road when it matches up against Big Ten foe Michigan State (Oct. 29). The Irish enter the meet with a 6-0 record against the Spartans.
Purdue (Nov. 6) and Utah (Nov. 12) visit Notre Dame on consecutive weekends, and the first half of the swimming campaign concludes with the three-day U.S. Nationals meet in Columbus, Ohio (Dec. 2-4). The Irish diving squad will travel Dec. 3-5 to take part in the Iowa Invitational in Iowa City, Iowa.
Notre Dame visits visit Honolulu, Hawaii, for its annual winter training trip and hit the water against Hawaii on Jan. 4.
Notre Dame travels to Evanston, Ill., on Jan. 15 for its second tri-meet of the season against Northwestern and Michigan.
The first home meet of 2011 will be the Shamrock Invitational (Jan 28-29), and the season wraps up on Feb. 5 versus Ball State
The 2011 BIG EAST Conference Diving Championships will take place Feb. 11-13 in Louisville, Ky., and will be followed by the swimming events, which are slated for Feb. 16-20. The NCAA Zone Diving Championships will take place March 11-13 on the campus of Ohio State University at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion while the NCAA Championships will be held in Austin, Texas, from March 17-19.
The Irish tallied their 14th consecutive EAST title last February to extend the league’s longest championship winning streak in any sport. Barnes was once again honored as the BIG EAST Coach of the Year and Samantha Maxwell was named the championship’s most outstanding swimmer.
Over the course of the 2009-10 campaign the Irish broke four school records. Amywren Miller reset her 50 free school record at the NCAA Championships while Kim Holden broke two Notre Dame records at the BIG EAST Championships in both the 100 and 200 back as a freshman. Along with Maxwell, Miller led the Irish to a 38th-place finish at the NCAA Championships, totaling 14 points. Miller took home All-American honors in the 50 free while Maxwell picked up Honorable Mention accolades.
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