Jan. 30, 2007
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Senior Mike Alexandrov (Champaign, Ill./Centennial) has been named Collegeswimming.com and Swimming World Magazine National Swimmer of the Week after his role in NU's double-dual sweep of No. 12 Michigan and No. 13 Ohio State over the weekend.
Northwestern opened the dual with a pool record and NCAA provisional qualifying 'B' standard to win the 400 medley relay (3:12.03), with Alexandrov swimming the breaststroke leg. Alexandrov followed that up with a pool record and NCAA 'B' time to win the 200 breaststroke (1:57.45).
He led off the second day of competition with a win as a part of the victorious 200 medley relay that achieved an NCAA 'B' time (1:27.86). Alexandrov then blazed to a more than 2.5 second win in the 100 breaststroke (53.14), swimming an 'A' cut to establish yet another pool record for NU.
The win over Michigan snapped UM's 39-meet conference unbeaten streak dating back to 1999 and was NU's first over the Wolverines in the last 33 meetings.
Alexandrov's national honor is the first of his career and NU's third this season. Fellow senior Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) has earned the Collegeswimming.com honor twice this year.
Grevers and Alexandrov both have earned the Swimming World Magazine once during their careers; the award first was instituted during the first week of January, 2007.