BERTIE NEL Sophomore Free t Tzaneen, South Africa Ben Vorster
PATRICK SULLIVAN Sophomore Back / IM t Franklin, Mass Bishop Feehan
AS A FRESHMAN (2010-11): Registered a top eight finish at the BIG EAST Championships with a 1:48.27 performance in the 200 back ‌ also recorded personal best times of 3:59.22 in the 400 IM and 1:50.64 in the 200 IM at the league championship ‌ top 100 back time came at the Hawkeye Invitational with a 50.59 showing ‌ swam to another personal best against Cleveland State, touching the pad in 1:42.62 in the 200 free. THE NEL FILE: Won the bronze medal at the 2010 South African National Short Course Championships in the 200 individual medley ‌ swam for Ben Vorster High School in Tzaneen, South Africa ‌ team captain as a senior ‌ also played rugby ‌ holds a number of provincial, school and club
records ‌ competed in two FINA World Cup meets and the 2008 South African Olympic Trials ‌ high school class president ‌ born Feb. 2, 1991, in Nelspruit, South Africa ‌ full name is Albertus Jacobus Nel ‌ son of Corne and Joce Nel.
AS A FRESHMAN (2010-11): Competed in primarily the back and individual medley events in his first season in South Bend ‌ topped out at 54.29 in the 100 back at the Hawkeye Invitational ‌ also notched a season-best time of 4:03.73 in the 400 IM at the invitational ‌ registered two additional career-best performances at the Shamrock Invitational with swims of 1:52.00 in the 200 back and 1:54.07 in the 200 IM ‌ tried his luck at the 50 free against Purdue and clocked in at 22.83. THE SULLIVAN FILE: Swam four years at Bishop Feehan (N.Y.) while earning four letters ‌ four-time all-conference choice ‌ three-time conference champion ‌ two-time team captain ‌ set school records in the 200 medley relay, 200 free relay and 400 free relay ‌ also swam for
Bluefish Swim Club ‌ member of National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Science Honor Society and English Honor Society ‌ born June 1, 1992, in Hartford, Conn. ‌ son of Maria and Paul Sullivan ‌ brother, Michael, is a senior on the Notre Dame squad.
NEL’S CAREER BESTS 200 free 100 back 200 back 200 IM 400 IM
1:42.62 ¡ Cleveland State (2011) 50.59 ¡ Hawkeye Invite (2010) 1:48.27 ¡ BIG EAST (2011) 1:50.64 ¡ BIG EAST (2011) 3:59.22 ¡ BIG EAST (2011)
SULLIVAN’S CAREER BESTS 100 back 200 back 200 IM 400 IM
54.29 ¡ Hawkeye Invite (2010) 1:52.00 ¡ Shamrock Invite (2011) 1:54.07 ¡ Shamrock Invite (2011) 4:03.73 ¡ Hawkeye Invite (2010)
2011-12 MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
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