2008-09 Swimming and Diving Roster

Casey Wagner 2007-08 Swimming and Diving Roster

Free/Fly


Class Sophomore
Hometown Glenshaw, PA
High School Shady Side
Casey Wagner - Swimming and Diving - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

AS A JUNIOR: Earned an invitation to theU.S. Olympic Trials and took part in the 400Free at the event … tabbed all-BIG EAST inthe 1,650 Free after placing third at the leaguechampionship meet … gave the 50 Free (25.99)a shot at Minnesota … raced the 100 Free onfour occasions with her best mark coming in53.80 during the Irish Invitational … streakedthrough the 200 Free in the final heat of theBIG EAST Championships in 1:49.71 afterclocking at 1:52.49 during the preliminaryround … fastest mark in the event during theregular season was 1:53.00 at the IrishInvitational … posted times of 4:53.09 and4:53.71 at the BIG EAST meet in the 500 Free… paced herself with a time of 10:10.31 in the1,000 Free against Pittsburgh … saved her bestdistance time of the season for the BIG EASTmeet, drying off with a time of 16:39.77 in the1,650 Free … that time was nearly four secondsfaster than her previous season-best, a 16:43.28registered during the Irish Invitational.

AS A SOPHOMORE: A key swimmer forthe Irish at the BIG EAST Championships,pulling in 53 points to aid the team victory …member of the title-winning 800 Free Relay atthe conference meet … the win marked herfirst BIG EAST title and fourth all-BIG EASTaccolade … set a career-best in the 1,650 Freeat the conference meet with a time of 16:42.74for a fourth-place finish … set two more careerrecords throughout the season in the 50 and1,000 Free … the third-fastest swimmer for theIrish in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 Free.

AS A FRESHMAN: Participated in threeevents at the BIG EAST Championships …placed third in the 500 Free (4:49.19) at theBIG EAST meet, the eighth-best time in therecord book at Notre Dame … member of the800 Free Relay (7:19.46) team that finishedsecond at the BIG EAST meet … her 400 FreeRelay finished third in 3:22.46 … won the1,000 Free (9:58.27) in the dual meet againstCalifornia … won the 500 Free (4:55.87)against California … checked in with theteam[apos]s fourth-fastest in the 100 Free (51.95) atthe Notre Dame Invitational … registered theteam[apos]s second-best time in the 500 Free andthe top mark in the 1,000 Free on the season.

THE WAGNER FILE: Swam at Shady Side(Pa.) while earning the a pair of letters and theteam[apos]s MVP award on two occasions … twiceheld a national ranking … earned All-American honors after her freshman and seniorseasons … qualified for Senior Nationals in the1,000 and 1,650 Free … born Oct. 19, 1986, inPittsburgh, Pa. … daughter of Kathryn Fuhrerand Charles Wagner … enrolled in the Collegeof Arts and Letters as a film, television andtheatre major … president of Notre Dame[apos]sStudent-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).

Wagner[apos]s Career Bests

Event Time Meet
50 Free 25.47 Shamrock Invite (2009)
100 Free 51.95 Notre Dame Invite (2005)
200 Free 1:49.71 BIG EAST (2008)
500 Free 4:49.19 BIG EAST (2006)
1,000 Free 9:53.13 Purdue (2006)
1,650 Free 16:39.77 BIG EAST (2008)
100 Fly 57.72 Notre Dame Invite (2005)
200 Fly 2:02.53 Michigan Invite (2006)