Student-Athletes JADE BARBER Freshman Sprints/Hurdles Middleburg Heights, Ohio Midpark
EMILY FRYDRYCH Freshman Middle Distance Wilmington, Del. St. Mark’s
MARY ESTHER GOURDIN Freshman Jumps Greer, S.C. Riverside
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HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Jade Paige Barber graduated from Midpark High School in the spring of 2011 … lettered four times in track and field as a sprinter and hurdler … also lettered three times as a guard on the basketball team and once in cross country … conference and sectional champion as a freshman, sophomore and senior … regional and state champion as a senior … won the 2010 indoor state championship in the 400 meters in 55.46 and the 60 meters in 8.71 … named team MVP as a sophomore … top times include 54.35 in the 400 meters, 14.36 in the 100 hurdles, 24.64 in the 200 meters and 11.8 in the
100 meters … basketball team won a conference and sectional title during senior year … competed on the Ohio Flyers club team, advancing to the AAU nationals in 2009 and placing second in the women’s 16 age group … off the track, was a member of the National Honors Society … born on April 4, 1993 to John Barber III and Annette Moore in Cleveland, Ohio … has an older brother John Barber IV, and a twin sister, Kaila, who is also an incoming track and field freshman at Notre Dame … brother, John, ran track and field in college … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Emily Sproson Frydrych graduated from St. Mark’s High School in the spring of 2011 … lettered all four years in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field … Won state championships on the track in the 800 and 1,600-meter runs and ran a leg of the 4x800-meter relay as a senior … holds school records in the 1,600 meters (4:53.47), 800 meters (2:14.41), 3,200 meters (10:53.6) and the 5K in cross country (18:27) … earned
numerous all-county and all-state citations throughout career … named team captain as a senior in all three sports, and as a junior in outdoor track and field … selected as secretary for school’s National Honors Society … born on April 8, 1993, to Dan and Wendy Frydrych in Newark, Del. … has an older sister, Sarah … sister, Sarah, ran cross country and track and field at St. Francis (Pa.) University … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: MaryEsther Gourdin graduated from Riverside High School in the spring of 2011 … lettered four times in track and field, primarily competing in the long and triple jumps … personal bests include 17-7 in the long jump, 39-6 in the triple jump and 59.3 in the 400-meter run … won state three years in a row … regional champion all four years … team captain all four years and team MVP as a junior and senior … named all-city, all-region, all-county and all-state as a junior and senior … also participated in Beta
Club, National Spanish Honor Society, youth group and the Welcome Committee … earned the AP Distinguished Scholar with Honors and American Legion Citizenship awards and was a National Achievement Scholarship Outstanding participant … born on June 6, 1993, to Dexter and Deborah Gourdin in Greenville, S.C. … has two older brothers, Daniel and Dustin, and a younger brother, Michael … both parents attended Notre Dame … brother, Dustin, played football for Furman University … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.
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