One of three team captains ... very versatile
and effective swimmer ... three-time
monogram winner ... former school record
holder in the 500-yard free ... posted NCAA
"B" cuts in the 500-yard freestyle during his
freshman and sophomore seasons ... also
swam a "B" cut in the 200-free as a sophomore
... member of school's 800-yard
freestyle relay record-holding quartet
(6:35.47) ... tabbed honorable mention
Academic All-America by College Swim
Coaches Association (CSCAA) his first three
seasons ... honorable mention selection as
a junior ... six-time all-BIG EAST honoree ...
led Irish in points scored and dual-meet race
victories in first collegiate season and was
among Notre Dame's top three in four different
events ... ranks second all-time in program
history in the 500 free (4:25.83) ... one
of the top middle-distance freestylers in
school history ... third all-time in the 200 free
(1:38.54) and fourth in 1,000 free (9:22.88) ...
fifth in the 400 IM (3:56.95) ... also is fifth in
200 fly (1:49.75) and 12th in 1,650 free
(15:53.17) ... extremely versatile swimmer
had outstanding prep career, winning a pair
of Indiana state titles and earning All-America
honors five times ... can swim every event ...
loves to be challenged ... also one of top students
on Irish, carrying 3.707 cumulative GPA
as a member of Notre Dame's Academic
Honors Program for Student-Athletes ...
three-time member of the BIG EAST
Academic All-Star Team ... in 2003-04, ranked
sixth in the U.S. among 17- and 18-year olds in
the 500 free, as well as 11th in the 400 IM ...
earned High Point Award for finishing in top
four in all six of his events to earn 139 points
in the 2004 Indiana Senior State Long-Course
Championships ... won the 800-meter
freestyle in that meet ... finished 22nd in 400-
meter IM at 2004 USA Swimming Summer
National Championships, becoming the first
swimmer from Irish Aquatics club team to
ever reach the evening finals ... also took
28th in 400 free.
AS A JUNIOR
BIG EAST champion in the
800 free relay with a school-record time of
6:35.47 ... also earned all-BIG EAST honors
with a runner-up finish in the 200 free by
posting a career-best time of 1:38.54 ... that
mark was tops on the team during the season
and ranks him third in school history ...
also had the team's best 200 fly mark
(1:50.36) ... had the fourth-best times on the
team in the 500 and 1000 freestyles ... finished
sixth in the 200 fly at the conference
meet with a time of 1:50.65 ... his prelim mark
of 1:50.36 was a season-best time in the
event ... placed eighth in the 500 free at the
BIG EAST in a time 4:34.55 ... swam his best
200 free time of the season (1:38.54) at the
BIG EAST Championships ... collected 18
individual and eight relay wins on the season
... honorable mention Academic All-America
by College Swim Coaches Association
(CSCAA) ... named to the BIG EAST Academic
All-Star Team ... earned a monogram.
AS A SOPHOMORE
One of five Irish
swimmers to record NCAA cuts ... clocked
NCAA "B" cuts in the 200-yard freestyle
(1:38.64) and the 500-free (4:25.89) ... earned
all-BIG EAST honors in those events as well
... his 200-free time was the fourth-fastest in
school history and his 500-free time is second
in Irish history, only behind his own
mark of 4:25.83 in `04 ... led the team with
seven BIG EAST "A" cuts ... registered other
BIG EAST "A" cuts in the 1,650-yard free
(16:12.42), 100-yard fly (51.78), 200-yard fly
(1:49.75), 200-yard IM (1:53.35) and the 400-
yard IM (4:03.48) ... swam a BIG EAST "B"
cut in the 100-yard free (48.21) ... his top
1,000-yard free time of 9:22.88 is the fourth
quickest time in Notre Dame history ... second
in the 500-free at the BIG EAST
Championships ... placed third at the conference
meet in the 200-free ... part of 800-
free relay squad that placed fourth at the
BIG EAST Championships ... won a teamhigh
15 races in six different events ...
claimed five 200-free victories and four more
in the 500-free ... fifth on the team with
331.75 total points (279.5 individual, 52.25
relay) ... part of four winning relay teams ...
won the 200 and 500 freestyles in a tight win
over No. 17 Pittsburgh in the Rolfs Aquatic
Center ... was part of a 1-2-3 Irish finish in
the latter, to put Notre Dame back on top in
the meet ... helped 800-free relay to a win at
the Notre Dame Invitational ... won the 200
free at Utah ... victorious in the 200 and 500
free versus No. 22 BYU ... won the 200-yard
butterfly at Louisville ... was also part of victorious
800 free relay team against the
Cardinals ... captured two more wins (200
free and 500 free) in a dual meet at Iowa ...
won the 1,000-yard freestyle versus Canisius
and Cleveland State in the fastest unshaved
time in program history (9:22.88).
AS A FRESHMAN
Most versatile swimmer
on Irish roster excelled in multiple
events en route to leading team in points
scored and dual-meet race victories and
ranking among team's top three in four
events ... broke University record en route
to third-place finish at BIG EAST meet in 500
free ... time of 4:25.83 ranked 54th in
Division I and was an NCAA "B" cut ...
anchored 800 freestyle relay that broke
school record for second time with a 6:42.55
that was good for third place in conference
meet and 45th in the nation ... earned all-
BIG EAST honors for both performances ...
tabbed honorable mention Academic All-
America by the College Swim Coaches
Association (CSCAA) ... anchored 800 free
relay that broke the oldest school record on
the books (12 years) at the Notre Dame
Invitational by finishing first with a time of
6:45.44 ... in addition to leading team in the
500 free, ranked second in 200 (1:39.76) and
1,000 (9:26.53), third in the 1,650 (15:53.17)
and 400 IM (3:56.95), and fifth in the 200 butterfly
(1:53.44) ... registered six of the
team's top eight times in the 1,000 and four
of the top seven in the 1,650 ... his 427
points in individual events were 148.5 more
than any other Irish swimmer ... registered
465.5 total points, including 42 at the
BIG EAST meet ... took eighth in the
200 free in league meet and 10th in
the 1,650 free ... scored 154 points at
Notre Dame Invitational, finaling in
five events and finishing in the top
three in four ... his 146 points in individual
events were a meet high ...
was second in the 500 free and 400
IM, third in the 200 and 1650 free, and
sixth in the 200 fly, in addition to taking
14th in the 200 IM and anchoring
the first-place 800 free relay ... registered 20
dual-meet race victories in five different
events ... among the highlights were winning
the 500 free against #17 Pittsburgh, and
Wyoming (22nd at NCAAs), taking the 1,000
free vs. the Cowboys and #19 BYU, and
claiming the 200 free vs. #15 Northwestern
... his time of 9:26.53 in the 1,000 free against
UC Santa Barbara and Wyoming on Jan. 9
stands as second-best unshaved time in program
history ... also swam on 400 free relay
that finished first at Michigan State ... qualified
for BIG EAST Championships in teamhigh
six events, also posting season-best
1:56.07 in 200 IM ... was seeded among top
13 in the conference in five of those events
... led off 800 freestyle relay that set meet
record (7:05.76) in Dennis Stark Relays ...
also combined with Patrick Davis to set a
meet record in the 1,000 free relay (9:22.96)
... honored with the Meghan Beeler and
Colleen Hipp Award, which is presented to
an outstanding freshman who best exemplifies
the vitality, competitiveness, and love
for Notre Dame shown by its namesakes during their freshman years prior to their
deaths in a bus accident in 1992.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
DATA
Four-year letterwinner
at Western High School ... 2003
Indiana state champion in both the
200 individual medley and 500
freestyle ... recipient of the Herman F.
Keller Mental Attitude Award given
annually to one senior swimmer each
year at the state championships ... a
five-time National Interscholastic
Swimming Coaches Association
(NISCA) All-American -- twice in the
200 and 500 freestyle and once in 200
individual medley ... set eight varsity
records at Western, in addition to
establishing six Mid-Indiana
Conference marks and three sectional
records during his career ... nominated
for Wendy's High School
Heisman Trophy Award ... received
Gene Lee Award in '02 as Indiana's
"Most Outstanding Male Swimmer" ...
in his senior season, named to the
NISCA All-Academic Team ... competed in
cross country and track during his freshman
year and was named the school's
Freshman Runner of the Year ... won top
senior awards at Western in science, journalism
and French ... named the school's
Most Outstanding Athlete ... awarded
Presidential Award for Excellence ... member
of National Honor Society ... served for
two years as editor-in-chief of school newspaper
... ranked third in his graduating
class ... father Ted swam at Princeton ...
oldest of three children ... born April 1,
1985, in Glen Ridge, N.J. ... son of Ted and
Kim Brown ... enrolled in the College of
Science as a biological sciences major with
a double major in anthropology.
AWARDS & HONORS
CSCAA Honorable Mention
Academic All-America (2004, 2005, 2006)
University Record (800 free relay)
Six-time All-BIG EAST
