2010-11 Notre Dame Women's Swimming & Diving Media Guide

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Gina Mancini Free / Breast • 5-7 Falmouth, Maine Falmouth

As a Senior (2009-10): Rounded out her Irish career with top season times at the BIG EAST Championships as an exhibition swimmer … season-best performances came in the 50 free, with a time of 24.95, and in the 100 free, with a time of 55.05 … top 100 back performance on the season came at the Hoosierland Invitational where she stopped the clock at 59.42 … her 100 back time was over five seconds faster than her performance against Michigan to begin the season … competed in nine sprint events for the Irish over the course of her senior season.

As a Junior (2008-09): Consistent sprinter for the Irish ... turned in a season-best 24.20 in the 50 free at the BIG EAST Championships ... also went 53.26 at the league meet ... swam the 100 back in 59.16 during the BIG EAST prelims ... went 24.60 in the 50 free at the Ohio State Invitational ... posted a 53.83 in the 100 free during the Shamrock Invitational ... finished the 100 back in 1:00.37 at Louisville ... recipient of team's Golden Dumbbell award.

The Mancini File

Eight-time individual state champion as a prep at Falmouth (Maine) ... led her high school to three state championships ... four-time Maine State Championship Swimmer of the Meet ... threetime Maine State Swimmer of the Year ... served as team captain each of her last two prep seasons ... went undefeated in all high school individual races in her four years ... holds three individual As a Sophomore (2007-08): Saved her fast- state high school swimming records (50 free, 100 est performance in the 50 free (24.19) for the BIG free and 100 breast) ... also holds two state EAST Championships ... swam the 100 free (53.90) records in relay events ... national qualifier ... at the league meet as well ... top time in the 100 NISCA high school Academic All-American ... free (53.78) was registered during the Shamrock NISCA high school swimming All-American ... Invitational, where she also swam the 100 back three-time All-American (50 free, 100 free and 100 (1:01.89) ... turned in a time of 1:08.38 during the breast) ... served as team captain for the Westbrook preliminary round of the 100 breast at the BIG Seals ... born April 22, 1988, in Portland, Maine ... EAST meet ... next fastest time in the event was a daughter of Nancy and Gino Mancini ... oldest of three children ... graduated from the Mendoza 1:08.84 performance at the Irish Invitational. College of Business. As a Freshman (2006-07): Qualified for the MANCINI’S CAREER BESTS BIG EAST Championships in three events - 50 free, 100 free and 100 breast ... recorded three of her 50 free 24.19 · BIG EAST (2008) 53.26 · BIG EAST (2009) career-best times with the Irish at the Minnesota 100 free 28.76 · Louisville (2009) Invitational at the beginning of the season ... the 50 back 59.16 · BIG EAST (2009) sixth-quickest performer in the 100 breast 100 back 100 breast 1:07.71 · Minnesota Invite (2006) throughout the season. 200 breast 200 IM

2:32.57 · Irish Invite (2008) 2:12.10 · Minnesota Invite (2006)

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