Alan Carter Class: Senior Hometown: Bethel Park, PA High School: Bethel Park Height / Weight: 6-1 / 175 Position: Back/Free Birthdate: 03/02/1985

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Another prolific cog in Notre Dame's powerful backstroke unit ... three-time monogram winner ... ranks fourth all-time in the 100-yard back (50.29) and fifth in the 200 back (1:49.54) and eighth in the 200 IM (1:52.03) ... talented and able to persevere ... nine-time first-team prep All-American ... swam the 800-meter freestyle as a member of the Irish Aquatics Swim Club at the 2005 ConcoPhillips Swimming National Championships ... finished 12th in the 100- meter back at 2004 USA Swimming Summer National Championships, representing Pittsburgh-area Jewish Community Center.

AS A JUNIOR
Clocked BIG EAST "A" times in the 100 back (50.95), 200 back (1:52.52) and 200 IM (1:52.55) ... all of those marks were registered at the BIG EAST Championships ... placed 10th in the 100 back, with his top time of 50.95 coming during prelims ... was 17th in the 200 back ... claimed a 14th-place showing in the 200 IM at the conference meet ... his preliminary time of 1:52.52 was a season-best ... third on the team in the 100 back ... notched two victories during the season as part of the 400- yard medley relay team ... wins came in dual meets against Pittsburgh and Evansville ... earned a monogram.

AS A SOPHOMORE
Clocked BIG EAST "A" cuts in the 100-back (50.29), 200-back (1:49.54) and the 200-IM (1:52.03) ... all three of those times were achieved at the Notre Dame Invitational ... also swam a BIG EAST "B" cut in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.06 at the Notre Dame Invitational ... tallied 213 total points on the season (141 individual, 72 relay), which ranked him ninth on the team ... swam on three relay teams that notched victories ... placed second behind teammate Doug Bauman by one-tenth of a second in the 200-back at the Notre Dame Invitational ... fifth in that event at the BIG EAST Championships ... placed 13th in the 200-IM at the conference meet ... swam the team's third-fastest 100-back and 200-back times ... fourth-fastest in the 200- IM and fifth-fastest mark in the 100-free.

AS A FRESHMAN
Ranked among Notre Dame's top six in five different events: second in 100 back (50.59), fourth in 200 back (1:50.90), fifth in 200 IM (1:52.30), and sixth in 50 free (21.53) and 100 free (46.71) ... turned in three of the top six Irish times in the 100 back ... scored 224.5 points, including 146.5 in individual competition ... had 22 in the BIG EAST meet ... scored in all three of his events, ending up seventh in the 100 back, 10th in the 200 back, and 14th in the 200 IM ... finaled in three events at the Notre Dame Invitational, taking third in the 100 back, fifth in the 200 back, and sixth in the 200 IM ... was seeded in the top eight in his three major events heading into the conference meet ... took part in three relays that set meet records at the Dennis Stark Relays: 400 medley (3:29.84), 400 free (3:09.34), and 400 back (3:29.41).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA
A nine-time first-team All-American in high school at Bethel Park while also earning four letters ... ranked 15th nationally in 100 backstroke ... set district and school records in the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley ... placed second and third in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke at state meet in his senior season ... took second in the 100 backstroke at the state meet the previous year, while also finishing third in the 100 freestyle ... placed second as a sophomore at state championships in the 200 individual medley ... won 100 freestyle at '03 district meet and was a member of 200 medley relay team that also finished first ... placed first in 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle, and 400 freestyle at '02 district meet ... also won 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley events at '01 district meet ... attended US National Select Camp in 1999 ... sister Emily is a junior on the Stanford women's swimming and diving team ... youngest of two children ... born March 2, 1985, in Pittsburgh, Pa. ... son of Margaret and Robert Carter ... enrolled in the College of Engineering as a civil engineering major.