Men's Swimming: Brown works hard in the water and in class
Junior swimmer from Kokomo, Ind. excels in biology research while leading the Irish
Jack Thornton
Issue date: 10/13/05 Section: Sports
Since Ted Brown entered Notre Dame as a freshman in 2003, he has been honored with the Meghan Beeler and Colleen Hipp Award, twice been named an honorable mention Academic All-American, presented a paper in front of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and maintained a 3.626 GPA.
And he swam a little in between.
The amount of swimming the 6-foot-2 junior does proves his value to the defending Big East Champion men's team. Brown raced in nine different events last year, making him one of the most versatile swimmers on the team.
"He's right in the middle of things," Irish coach Tim Welsh said. "He's a University record- holder, and he's been one of our top two or three scorers every year he's been here."
Brown currently holds the school record in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:25.83 and ranks in the top-five in school history in the 1,000 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 400 individual medley, as well as top 10 in the 1,650 freestyle.
Brown contributes more to the team than just his blazing speed.
"He's a workout leader," Welsh said. "He's not only a workhorse on meet days, he's a workhorse on training days too. He sets a very high performance standard in practice every day.
"We're better because if you want to keep up with Ted, you gotta go pretty fast."
Junior Tim Kegelman has spent his entire career at Notre Dame keeping up with Ted.
"He's really unique," Kegelman said. "He's just really positive about everything, even swimming when it's hard or school work when it gets tough."
Brown says he picked up his work ethic from his father, who swam at Princeton, but he discovered a passion for swimming himself.
"My dad is my role model, and I look up to him as someone who does his best at everything he does," Brown said. "He didn't push me into swimming, he merely introduced me into swimming, and with that introduction, I immediately fell in love with the pool. I love waking to the smell of chlorine."
And he swam a little in between.
The amount of swimming the 6-foot-2 junior does proves his value to the defending Big East Champion men's team. Brown raced in nine different events last year, making him one of the most versatile swimmers on the team.
"He's right in the middle of things," Irish coach Tim Welsh said. "He's a University record- holder, and he's been one of our top two or three scorers every year he's been here."
Brown currently holds the school record in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:25.83 and ranks in the top-five in school history in the 1,000 freestyle, 200 freestyle and 400 individual medley, as well as top 10 in the 1,650 freestyle.
Brown contributes more to the team than just his blazing speed.
"He's a workout leader," Welsh said. "He's not only a workhorse on meet days, he's a workhorse on training days too. He sets a very high performance standard in practice every day.
"We're better because if you want to keep up with Ted, you gotta go pretty fast."
Junior Tim Kegelman has spent his entire career at Notre Dame keeping up with Ted.
"He's really unique," Kegelman said. "He's just really positive about everything, even swimming when it's hard or school work when it gets tough."
Brown says he picked up his work ethic from his father, who swam at Princeton, but he discovered a passion for swimming himself.
"My dad is my role model, and I look up to him as someone who does his best at everything he does," Brown said. "He didn't push me into swimming, he merely introduced me into swimming, and with that introduction, I immediately fell in love with the pool. I love waking to the smell of chlorine."