Darby Dominates Maryland State Track Meet!

University of Notre Dame football commitment Ronald Darby -- who's a junior at Potomac High School -- is racing this weekend at the Maryland High School Track & Field State Championship.

You'll find links below to a video of Ronald winning the 100 Meter Dash (10.37 official time) -- it's the third race on the video.  A video of his win in the 200 Meter Dash (20.88 official time) -- a video of his anchor leg win in the 4 x 100 Relay and his anchor leg win in the 4 x 200 Relay win.

FYI:  Both of these times would be among the top 50 in the current NCAA Division 1 rankings for the 100 Meters and 200 Meters this season.  Don't forget he's a junior in high school!

An additional point of reference -- a 20.88 would be the second fastest time ever run by a Notre Dame student-athlete in the 200 Meters.  Only one ND track athlete has ever run under a 20.90 in the 200 meters in school history. 

•  2011 Big East Championship Time in 200 Meters:  21.05
• 2011 Big East Championship Time in 100 Meters:  10.44

Ronald competed in four events (4X100 Meter Relay and 4X200 Meter Relay as well) -- winning a State Championship in each race.  Congratulations!

LINK:  DARBY WINS 100 METERS

LINK:  DARBY DOMINATES 200 METERS

LINK:  DARBY'S ANCHOR LEG OF 4X200 METER RELAY

LINK:  DARBY'S ANCHOR LEG OF 4X100 METER RELAY

LINK:  DARBY INTERVIEW

LINK:  NEWS STORY

The Real Fightin' Irish of Notre Dame!

The University of Notre Dame's Army ROTC Fightin' Irish Battalion has more than 80 cadets -- who are on a chosen journey to defend our freedom.   

On this Memorial Day Weekend in America I thought it was fitting to showcase the real FIGHTIN' IRISH of Notre Dame.  Thank you for making this commitment to our country!

The photo is from this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City.  Here's a link to their official website:

LINK:  THE FIGHTIN' IRISH BATTALION

Luke Zeller Back Home in Indiana

Found this article this morning about former Notre Dame basketball player Luke Zeller.  Some of you may recall that Luke was a former Mr. Basketball in Indiana before he enrolled at the University of Notre Dame.  Since graduation, Luke has been playing pro basketball in Europe, Japan and the NBA Developmental League.  This past week Luke and his family were back home in Indiana -- here's a link to that story:

LINK:  LUKE ZELLER BACK HOME

LINK:  ZELLER'S PRO STATS