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ND Sports Emma Reaney Stands Out During Winless Start For Irish in August while many of the country's elite swimmers were in Spain for the n opening month of tough competi- World Championships. She said the tion left the Notre Dame women's thinner field helped her post the top swimming and diving team without time for any American swimmer in a win through the early part of No- two events at the meet and gave her a vember, but that wasn't the case for major confidence boost. It also earned star junior swimmer her a spot on the NaEmma Reaney. tional Team, which Reaney won two comes with perks ACC Swimmer of like access to the the Week nods in Olympic training her first four weeks center in Colorado as a member of the and trips to Grand c o n f e re n c e . S h e Prix meets later in won the 100-meter the year. breaststroke and the The entire Irish 100-meter butterfly team is working against top compeon swimming with tition from Auburn more confidence and Indiana in early this season while October. The junior Reaney captured a pair of ACC Swimmer of they get comfortfollowed that by the Week accolades in her first month as a able as a team that winning three indi- member of the league. has slipped into photo courtesy notre dame media relations the teens of navidual races and a team relay in a neck-and-neck battle at tional polls for the past few seasons. Purdue Nov. 1. Reaney said she and her teammates Irish head coach Brian Barnes said have worked extensively this fall with Reaney — a two-time All-American — a sports psychologist to help them deisn't just picking up where she left off velop a winning edge when they get this season, she's better. to the pool. "She's a different swimmer. She's "He's helped on staying external so at a different level," Barnes said. "She focusing on things outside of ourselves started her junior year with far more when we're swimming and in pain and experience and a different confidence things to calm nerves," Reaney said. level, which is really fun to see." "At a school like Notre Dame you have Reaney swam at the U.S. Open meet a lot of people that tend to be head By Dan Murphy A