2002 Swimming / Diving Roster
Roster
Elyse McDonough
- Position:
- Free/IM/Fly
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Delmar, N.Y.
- High School:
- Bethlehem Central HS
2002-03: Team captain...earned the team’s Verhulst Award (team MVP) for the second consecutive season...received the team’s Barlow Award for academic and athletic excellence...swam the 100-meter butterfly in a time of 1:03.52 to place 51st out of 98 swimmers at the ConocoPhillips National Swimming Championship in Indianapolis...swam a personal-best time in the 200-meter butterfly preliminaries at the ConocoPhillips National Swimming Championship with a time of 2:19.39 which placed her 41st out of 83 swimmers...topped her own Syracuse University records in three events at the BIG EAST Championship...set new school standards in the 100 butterfly (55.60), the 200 butterfly (2:00.90) and the 200 individual medley (2:02.75)...won a silver medal in the 200 fly at the conference meet...finished sixth in the 100 fly and fifth in the 200 IM...was fourth in the 200 IM and ninth in the 200 butterfly at the prestigious Nike Cup in November...finished first in 15 of 16 individual races during dual-meet competition...named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters...a BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
2001-02: Team captain...selected as the team's MVP...set three school records at the BIG EAST Championship...won bronze in the 200 butterfly with a finals time of 2:01.48...had a time of 2:01.28 in the prelims...captured fourth place in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.86...was sixth in the 100 butterfly at the conference meet with a finals time of 55.81...set a faster time in the prelims (55.63)... was 17th in the preliminaries of the women's 200 individual medley (2:23.09) at the the 2002 Phillips 66 National Championships in Minneapolis...posted a time of 2:23.50, to place 20th overall in the finals...recorded 19 first-place finishes throughout the year...had three top-10 finishes at the Nike Cup, including third in the 200 butterfly...member of the Fall 2001 and Spring 2002 Athletic Director’s Honor Rolls...a BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
2000-01: Broke a 22-year-old school record in the 200 butterfly in the BIG EAST prelims (2:03.50)...helped the Orangewomen’s 200 medley relay team to a school record at the conference meet (1:46.61)...all in all, she posted or helped to post the team’s fastest times in eight different events during the course of the season...her season-best time in the 200 freestyle was 1:55.55 set at the Nike Cup...she swam the 100 butterfly in a time of 57.64 at the BIG EAST meet...registered a season-best time of 2:07.10 in the 200 IM at the Nike Cup...was a member of every one of SU’s top relays...posted the fourth-fastest time in the 200 butterfly among female BIG EAST swimmers for the season...a BIG EAST Academic All-Star...named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.
High School: U.S. Senior National Qualifier...was the top high school IMer in New York State as a senior...swam four years for coach Kevin Merges...team posted a 12-0 record in 2000...set school records in the: 100 free (52.01), 50 free (24.14), 100 butterfly (57.90), 200 IM (2:03.89), 200 freestyle (1:55.60), 200 butterfly (2:04.40)...made the senior national cut in the 200 IM...named All-American in 2000 for the 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle and 200 IM...served as team captain her senior year...her high school team won the NYS Section II Championship her sophomore, junior and senior seasons...honored as the Most Valuable Swimmer in Section II as a senior...New York State MVP in 2000...member of the National Honor Society, student council and student senate.
Personal: Born May 6, 1982...daughter of Rosemarie and Michael McDonough...one sister...majoring in television-radio-film and speech communications.
