Student-Athletes Patrick Olson Sophomore Free / Breast / Fly / IM 6-2 • 179 Marlton, N.J. St. Joseph’s AS A FRESHMAN (2011-12): Regular entrant in the 200 free, 200 breast, and 200 and 400 IM in his first collegiate season … made first Notre Dame appearance at the quad meet with Michigan, TCU and Oakland, competing in the 200 breast and 200 IM …
Zachary Stephens Sophomore Breast 5-11 • 150 Bloomsburg, Pa. Bloomsburg AS A FRESHMAN (2011-12): Enjoyed a historic season competing in the 200 breast, shattering both the school record and the pool record in the event at the Rolfs Aquatic Center … facility-best time was .02 seconds faster than the previous best time at the Rolfs Aquatic Center set by Dan Szilier in 1998 …
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third-place finisher in the 400 IM (4:05.47) in a dual meet at Purdue … touched the wall in 1:49.68 in the 200 IM and 3:56.30 in the 400 IM at the Hawkeye Invitational … logged a third-place finish (4:01.89) in the 400 IM at the Shamrock Invitational … clocked a 1:51.72 for fourth in the 200 IM at the same meet … swam three events at the BIG EAST Championships, setting personal-bests in the 200 breast (2:03.07) and the 400 IM (3:54.23) … won a monogram. The Olson File: Earned All-America honors in three of his four prep seasons … 2012 U.S. Olympics Trials qualifier in 200 back and 1,500 free … four-time letterwinner at St. Joseph’s Prep (Pa.) … qualified for the final heat in both the 200 and 400 IM at the 2010 Summer Junior Nationals … U.S. Nationals qualifier … led team to three conference, sectional and regional titles … team was nationally-ranked at the end of
shattered the school mark by more than two seconds in the event, swimming a preliminary 1:57.06 at the BIG EAST Championships … earned a third-place finish in the 200 breast with a time of 1:57.44 in the finals of the meet … logged the seventh-best 100 breast swim of all-time, touching the wall in 54.66 at the BIG EAST Championships … recorded the second-fastest 200 IM time in school history in a fourth-place finish at the BIG EAST Championships … monogram winner. The Stephens File: All-American as a sophomore and junior in the 100 and 200 breaststroke … 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier … two-time PIAA state champion record holder in the 100 breast … Pennsylvania District IV record holder and state champion in the 200 IM (1:52.53) … also set district record in the 100 breast (57.04) … four-time letterwinner and twotime captain for Mark Barnes at Bloomsburg
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OLSON’s career bests 200 free 1:42.57 · Purdue (2011) 100 breast 57.58 · Hawkeye Invite (2011) 200 breast 2:03.07 · BIG EAST (2012) 200 IM 1:48.98 · BIG EAST (2012) 400 IM 3:54.12 · BIG EAST (2012) final three prep campaigns … four-time allconference and all-city honoree … threetime all-state performer … twice named to the all-Catholic League squad … also lettered in lacrosse and football … full name is Patrick James Olson … son of Catherine and John Olson … mother swam at Villanova … father played football at the United States Merchant Marine Academy … oldest of three children … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.
Area (Pa.) … qualified for short court nationals … currently holds six school records and each pool record … went undefeated in his freshman, sophomore and junior years, while being a regional champion over that same period … also lettered in tennis and track … member of the National Honor Society … full name is Zachary John Stephens … son of Ann and John Stephens … youngest of four children … sister, Jessica, swam for Notre Dame … brother, Matthew, ran cross country at Princeton … brother, Justin, swam at Villanova … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.
stephens’ career bests 100 free 100 breast 200 breast 200 IM
46.77 · Pittsburgh (2011) 54.66 · BIG EAST (2012) 1:57.06 · BIG EAST (2012) 1:47.71 · BIG EAST (2012)