Gracie Fredlake 2011-12 Swimming and Diving Roster

AS A SENIOR: Closed out career with strong BIG EAST meet … finished in the top seven in three events: 400 IM (4th – 4:16.89), 1,650 free (6th – 16:42.12) and 500 free (7th – 4:51.62) … turned in career-best times in the 400 IM and 1,650 free events … 400 IM time was an NCAA B cut … saw action in backstroke events as well, placing third against Purdue in the 200 back … swam season-best time (4:50.87) in the 500 free at the BIG EAST prelims … brought home the gold in the 400 IM at the Shamrock Invitational … a member of the BIG EAST All-Academic team … earned a monogram.

AS A JUNIOR:Valuable freestyle contributor who branched out to backstroke and individual medley as well … swam in the 500 free in 4:51.88, the fastest time for the Irish all season, the 200 back (2:01.40), and posted a career best time in the 400 individual medley (4:19.19) at the BIG EAST Championships … also logged a personal best in the 200 backstroke (1:59.88) at the Ohio State Invitational … helped the 400 medley relay take top honors against Michigan State … swam to a second place finish in the 200 back (2:02.57) against Purdue … posted a strong time in the 500 free (4:52.89) at the Ohio State Invitational … recorded a third place finish in the 400 individual medley against Michigan and Northwestern … earned a monogram.

AS A SOPHOMORE:Specialized in the freestyle stroke, competing at a variety of distances … swam in the 200, 500 and 1,650 free and 800 free relay at the BIG EAST Championships … best 200 (1:52.02) came in a meet versus LSU and Auburn … swam 4:58.19 in the 500 free at the BIG EAST Championships for a season best … swam final leg in the 800 free relay as Irish finished fourth in a season-best 7:19.79 … best 1,000 freestyle (10:16.63) came in a dual meet versus Michigan State in picking up the win … also earned victory against the Spartans in the 500 free (5:02.22) … claimed second in the 500 free (4:59.30) in a meet versus LSU and Auburn … won the 1,000 free (10:15.51) and placed second in the 500 free (5:00.06) in a dual meet versus Utah … claimed second in the 200 free (1:52.45) in a dual meet versus Purdue … placed third in the 1,000 free (10:16.95) in a meet versus Michigan and Northwestern … won the 1,000 free (10:24.73) in a dual meet versus Ball State … also competed in the 200 and 400 individual medleys at the Shamrock Invitational … earned a monogram.

AS A FRESHMAN:Established herself as the top distance freestyler for the Irish in initial season … held the top team times on the season in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 free events … set three personal-best times at the BIG EAST Championships … performances included times of 4:49.82 in the 500 free (4th), 16:42.89 in the 1,650 free (4th) and 1:49.74 in the 200 free (6th) … her performance in the 500 free was an NCAA B-cut time … set an additional top time on the season in the 200 back at the Shamrock Invitational with a time of 2:06.43 … paced herself to a time of 10:08.03 in the 1,000 free against Louisville for her top time on the season … touched the pad in a time of 4:27.36 in the 400 IM at the Hoosierland Invitational for a personal-best time … claimed five of the top 10 500 free team times on the season for the Irish … earned a monogram.

THE FREDLAKE FILE:Swam four years at Tampa Preparatory (Fla.) and earned four varsity letters … garnered All-America recognition in each of her four years in the 500 free, 200 free and 200 IM … holds six school records … four-time conference champion … three-time regional champion … two-time team captain and three-time MVP … four-time all-conference, all-city and all-state performer … actively involved in school[apos]s National Honor Society and French Honor Society … daughter of Laurel and James Fredlake … has one sister, Hannah … third member of extended family to attend Notre Dame … graduated from the Mendoza College of Business with a degree in marketing … earned a spot on the Dean[apos]s List once during college career.

Fredlake[apos]s Career Bests