| Katie Guida |
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AS A SENIOR:
Team captain ... won squads Most Honorable award ... sprinted through the Husky Invitational with a time of 11.93 in the 25 Free ... improved her 50 Free time by nearly three seconds over the course of the season, tapping out with a 24.96 at the Shamrock Invitational ... almost chopped three seconds off her 100 Free as well, finishing the season with a 54.03 in the Shamrock Invitational ... swam the 200 Free at the Husky Invitational in 2:01.62 ... five times swam the 100 Back with her best mark going into the books at the Shamrock Invitational (1:01.96) ... finished the 200 IM in 2:18.41 at the Husky Invitational.
AS A JUNIOR:
Qualified for the BIG EAST Championships in the 50 and 100 Free and the 100 Back ... member of two title-winning teams at the Dennis Stark Relays, the 200 Free and the 200 Medley ... was fifth-fastest individual for the Irish in the 50 Free with a time of 24.31.
AS A SOPHOMORE:
Placed in three events at the BIG EAST Championships ... finished 16th in the 50 Free (24.17) ... had a 22nd-place finish in the 100 Free (52.72) and was 25th in the 100 Back (59.81) ... a member of the 500 Crescendo Freestyle Relay team that was the heat winner with a record-setting time of 4:32.50 at Dennis Stark Relays ... also part of the 200 Free Relay team that won the event ... part of the 400 Free Relay team that finished second (3:28.80) to California in the dual meet between the two schools.
AS A FRESHMAN:
Earned a BIG EAST championship during her rookie season by swimming the first leg of the victorious 200 Free Relay ... finished as the team's third-best swimmer in the 50 Free and 100 Free... also ended up fifth in the 100 Back ... finished in the top 15 of three events at the BIG EAST Championships ... ended up 10th in the 50 Free (23.78), 12th in the 100 Back (58.95) and 14th in the 100 Free (52.31) ... posted one individual victory and three relay wins during the 2004-05 dual meet season ... recipient of the Beeler-Hipp Award, which is presented to outstanding freshmen who best exemplify the vitality, competitiveness and love for Notre Dame shown by Meghan Beeler and Colleen Hipp ... also voted the team's most improved swimmer.
THE GUIDA FILE:
Three-sport standout at Visitation (Md.) ... earned four letters in swimming, three in field hockey, and two in lacrosse ... named to the all-Independent School League team her senior season ... captained her team as a senior ... winner of the coaches' award during her junior campaign ... MVP of the swim team as a sophomore ... won rookie of the year honors ... holds four individual and three relay varsity records ... member of the USS Curl Burke Swim Club ... participated with the Northern Virginia Swimming League for 10 years ... holds five team records ... winner of the 2004 MacDuff Scholarship for leadership ... two-time Washington Post honorable mention all-Met and all-league selection in field hockey ... MVP of her field hockey team in final two seasons ... academic All-American in lacrosse during her junior season and High School National Academic Field Hockey Squad her senior campaign ... Wendy's High School Heisman Award state finalist ... involved in student government for four years ... collected several honors for academics ... mother ran track at Arizona State ... born Nov. 9, 1985 ... daughter of Louise Muller Guida and Vincent Joseph Guida ... graduated from the College of Arts and Letters as a political science and economics major.
