| Brian Freeman |
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Bio Career Bests
Factor for Irish in 200 free and 200 back ...
three-time monogram winner ... 2006 BIG
EAST champion in the 800 freestyle relay
with a University record time of 6:35.47 ...
also earned all-BIG EAST honors in that
event as a freshman ... ranks as sixth-quickest
ever in the 200 back (1:50.57) ... also
sixth in the 200 free (1:40.12) ... is seventh in
school history in the 500 free (4:30.04)
... swam the 800-meter freestyle for the
Irish Aquatics at the 2005 and
2006 ConocoPhillips Swimming National
Championships ... multiple-time All-
American prior to collegiate days ...
extremely talented.
AS A JUNIOR
Part of BIG EAST champion
800-yard freestyle relay unit that posted
a school-record and NCAA "B" cut time of
6:35.47 ... placed 11th at the BIG EAST meet
in the 200 free with a mark of 1:41.29 ... had a
career-best mark of 1:40.12 in the prelims of
the event ... registered another 11th-place
finish in the 500 free with a career-best time
of 4:30.04 ... finished 18th in the 200 back at
the conference meet with a time of 1:52.67 ...
top season time in the 200 back (1:50.73)
came during the Notre Dame Invitational ...
captured three individual wins on the year ...
won both the 200 free and back against
Evansville ... part of five winning relay teams
... third on the team in the 200 free and
fourth in the 200 back ... earned a monogram.
AS A SOPHOMORE
Member of 800-
yard freestyle relay quartet that established
the school record with a time of 6:40.79 at
the BIG EAST Championships ... that time
earned them a fourth-place finish ... registered
four BIG EAST "A" cuts with seasonbest
times in the 200 free (1:40.80), 200 back
(1:50.80), 100 breast (59.97) and the 200 IM
(1:53.47) ... posted conference "B" cuts in
the 500 free (4:43.80) and the 100 back
(54.32) ... clocked the team's fourth-fastest
200-yard free and 200-yard back time ... fifth
on the team in the 100 back ... ... ranked
13th on the Irish with 190.25 total points
(154 individual, 36.25 relay) ... second in the
200 back versus No. 17 Pittsburgh and
Michigan State ... captured four victories on
relays ... member of victorious 800-yard
freestyle relay at Louisville ... swam on the
800 free relay squad that posted a win at the
Notre Dame Invitational.
AS A FRESHMAN
Contributed for Irish
in backstroke and IM events in 2003-04 ...
also was part of the 800 freestyle relay that
broke the oldest school record on the books
(12 years old) at the Notre Dame Invitational
with a time of 6:45.44 ... improved on that
time by nearly three seconds in resetting
record (6:42.55) in third-place finish at the
BIG EAST Championships ... gained all-conference
honors for that performance, which
ranked 45th in Division I ... ranked third on
Irish in 200 backstroke (1:50.57) and was
fourth in 200 freestyle (1:41.56) ... scored
151.5 points, including 16 in the BIG EAST
meet ... finished 11th in the 200 back and
15th in the 200 free ... ended up 26th in the
200 IM ... qualified second and finished
fourth in the 200 back at the Notre Dame
Invitational ... won 200 back vs. Oakland ...
took part in two meet records in Dennis
Stark Relays: 800 free (7:05.76) and 400 back
(3:29.41).
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
DATA
Earned All-America honors in four
different events - 100 backstroke, 200 individual
medley, 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke
... holds several central California
records ... 200 backstroke champion at junior
nationals in '02 ... member of four undefeated
Immanuel teams ... father Michael
and brother Kevin are both Notre Dame
graduates ... youngest of two children ...
born April 2, 1984, in Fresno, Calif. ... son of
Michael and Mary Freeman ... enrolled in
the College of Arts & Letters as a psychology
major.
| FREEMAN'S CAREER BESTS |
| | `04 BE | `05 BE | `06 BE | School Rank | Career Wins |
| 200 Free | 1:40.12 `06 BIG EAST | 15th | 8th | 11th | 6th | 2 |
| 500 Free | 4:30.04 `06 BIG EAST | -- | -- | 11th | 7th | -- |
| 200 Back | 1:50.57 `03 ND Invit. | 11th | 9th | 18th | 7th | 2 |
| 200 IM | 1:53.47 `04 ND Invit. | 26th | -- | -- | 17th | -- |