Georgia Steenberge 2006-07 Cross Country Roster

AS A SENIOR:
Finished the 500 Free in 5:24.71 at the Irish Invite … also swam the 100 Fly in 1:05.78 at the meet … her 100 Fly time of 1:03.65 against LSU was a season best … swam the 1,000 Free (11:04.19) in a home meet with USC and the 1,650 (18:17.94) at the Shamrock Invitational … named the team’s Knute Rockne Scholar-Athlete.

AS A JUNIOR:
Seventh-best swimmer for the Irish in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 18:05.58 set at the Minnesota Invitational … had a season best of 2:17.30 in the 200 butterfly for ninth-best member of the team … presented with the Knute Rockne Student-Athlete Award at the conclusion of the season … earned a monogram.

AS A SOPHOMORE:
Finished 33rd at the 2006 BIG EAST Championships in a season-best time of 2:14.64 in the 200 fly … set a new career-best (10:50.22) in the 1,000 freestyle in the dual meet against Pittsburgh … had a personal-best time of 17:46.76 in finishing fourth at the Shamrock Invitational, it was also the sixth-best mark in the event for a Fighting Irish athlete in 2006 … set a career-best in the 200 butterfly at the Shamrock Invitational (2:13.19) … earned her second BIG EAST Academic All-Star selection in as many years … earned a monogram.

AS A FRESHMAN:
Improved throughout her rookie campaign in 2004-05 … just missed qualifying for the BIG EAST Championships in the 1,650 freestyle … eventually posted a BIG EAST qualifying time (17:51.71) at the Boiler-Make-It, her final event of the season … also competed in the 500 free, 100 fly and 200 fly … won the 200 freestyle at the Boiler-Make-It in 2:00.27 – her only 200 free race of the season … ranked third on the team in the 1,650 free and fourth in the 1,000 free (10:52.38) … earned a monogram.

THE STEENBERGE FILE:
Four-year letterwinner as a swimmer at Granbury High School … received All-America honors as a junior … established six individual and three relay marks at her high school … garnered all-state, all-city and all-conference recognition four times … team MVP all four years of her prep career … second in the 500 freestyle and third in the 100 butterfly at the 2003 Texas State Championships … collected another third-place showing in the 100 fly at the 2004 state meet … earned points at the 2004 spring national championships … 100-meter butterfly champion at the 2003 Southern Zone Championships … district Competitor of the Year in 2003 and 2004 … captained her team as a senior … three-time conference champion and two-time regional champion … 2003 regional swimmer of the year … has trained and competed in Spain, Italy, France and Mexico … also played basketball and was a member of the National Honor Society at Granbury … born Oct. 5, 1985, in Sierravista, Ariz. … daughter of Janet and Patrick Steenberge … oldest of three children … last name is pronounced STEEN-burge … father was a quarterback for the Irish, earning monograms in 1970 and ’71 … cousin, Kevin Steenberge, played basketball at Richmond … cousin Brian Zematis plays football at Indiana… brother, Brier, was a member of the Notre Dame track team … graduated from the College of Arts and Letters as a design major.