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Emma Reaney's freshman year at the University of Notre Dame has been an ongoing series of surprises.
It wasn't moving away from home, the course load or college life in general that caught the Lawrence High graduate off guard, though. Instead, she has been kind of shocked about her prosperity in the pool.
A freshman for Notre Dame's swimming and diving team, Reaney has become an instant success in South Bend, Ind. The Fighting Irish freshman already has an 8-0 record in individual-medley events (200 and 400 meters), and on Dec. 2 in Columbus, Ohio, she set a school record in the 200 IM -- twice. After breaking the old mark in prelims at the Ohio State Invitational with a time of 1:58.47, Reaney bettered it in the final, finishing in 1:57.67.
When she broke the old record of 2:00.09 in the prelim, Reaney wasn't aware of it.
"I was just shocked. I had no idea," she said.
The ND record board at the team's practice facility, she explained, is kind of small and on the other side of...