Rob Seery Class: Senior Hometown: Garden City, NY High School: Garden City Height / Weight: 6-6 / 200 Event: Free Birthdate: 03/29/1986

Team captain ... has spent his career in the distance lane for the Irish ... loves to train and loves to race ... will continue to be the heart of the distance freestylers ... three-time monogram winner.

As a Junior: Unleashed a trio of personal-best times on the season at the BIG EAST Championships in the 200 Free (1:39.35), 50 Free (4:30.78), and 1,650 Free (15:34.89) ... that finish in the 200 Free was the teams' eighth-best on year, while the 1,650 Free registry was second ... took home all-conference honors in the 1,650 Free ... helped team for the fast time in the 200 Free Relay (1:25.68) at Cleveland State ... his 47.25 in the 100 Free at the Ohio State Invitational was his best of the year ... a time of 1:57.36 in the 200 Back in a dual meet with Louisville was his lowest of the campaign ... clocked in against Northwestern with a time of 9:31.32 in the 1,000 Free.

As a Sophomore: BIG EAST champ in the 800 Free Relay as the Irish unit posted a school-record time of 6:35.47 ... notched career-best times in the 200, 500 and 1,650 Free events ... all of those marks occurred at the BIG EAST Championships ... placed fourth in the 1,650 Free (15:38.65) ... fifth in the 200 Free with a time of 1:40.22 ... had a career-best time of 1:40.10 in the prelims ... clocked a seventh-place finish in the 500 Free with a time of 4:34.30 ... his prelim time of 4:30.91 was a season-best performance ... had a 1,000-yard split time of 9:29.40 during the 1,650 Free at the BIG EAST meet ... that ranks as the seventh-best mark in program history ... was part of five victorious relay teams throughout the season ... received the team's Most Improved award ... named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team.

As a Freshman: Swam BIG EAST "A" cuts in the 200 Free (1:41.70), 500 Free (4:36.14) and 1,650 Free (15:48.72) ... seventh in the 1,650 Free at the BIG EAST Championships ... clocked a conference "B" cut in the 100 Free (47.63) ... placed 10th at the BIG EAST Championships in the 200 Free ... collected 81 total points on the season (76 individual, 5 Relay) ... runner-up in the 1,000 Free versus St. Bonaventure ... Notre Dame finished first-second-third in that race.

The Seery File: Earned All-America honors in the 200 and 500 Free in each of final two seasons at Garden City (N.Y.) ... posted nation's14th-fastest time 15- and 16-year-old boys in the 1,650 Free (15:39.39) in 2003 ... second in the state in the 500 Free as a senior and third in the 500 Free his junior season ... qualified for the 2003 national championships in the 800 Free Relay ... set school records in the 100, 200, and 500 Free and the 200 IM ... all-state swimmer as a junior and senior ... three-time all-conference swimmer and two-time conference champion ... achieved a national ranking his junior and senior seasons ... was also team MVP those years ... New York Section 8 MVP his final campaign ... served as team captain in his final season ... also earned a varsity letter in cross country ... has two sisters, Lauren and Caroline ... Lauren played lacrosse at Boston College, and Caroline currently plays at Columbia ... finance major in Mendoza College of Business.