2014-15: Strong freshman backstroke and butterfly competitor … Ranked on NU's top times list in five different events following the season … Was second in the 200 back and fourth in the 100 back, 100 fly, 200 fly and 200 IM … Also swam with NU's top 400 free and 800 free relays of the season, both of which competed at the Big Ten Championships … The 800 free relay was the second fastest in school history … Swam a career-best NCAA 'B' cut of 1:44.27 in the 200 back at the Big Ten Championships to qualify for the consolation final before ending up 16^th overall to score a point for NU … Narrowly missed out on second swims in the 100 back and 100 fly, finishing 25^th overall in the 100 back with a career-best and NCAA 'B' cut of 48.29 while his career-best 48.34 in the 100 fly was good for 26^th position … Notched his first-career NCAA 'B' provisional qualifying time, a 1:46.33 to win the event at NU's home TYR Invitational (11/21-11/23) … Also ranks second for NU in the 100 back and 200 fly, third in the 200 IM and fifth in the 100 fly … Led off Northwestern's best 400 medley relay of the year … In addition to his win in the 200 back, made four additional championship finals at the TYR … Finished fourth in the 100 back, sixth in the 100 fly and 50 back, and seventh in the 200 IM … Won the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM in a season-opening dual-meet win at Eastern Michigan (10/16) … Captured the 100 fly during a double-dual sweep of UIC and Oakland (10/25) … Overall had dual meet victories in four different events and 17 total top-five dual race finishes … In his best event, the 200 back, had second-place double-dual finishes among strong opponents in meets versus Michigan and Notre Dame (1/10) and Minnesota and Purdue (1/31).

High School: Attended Libertyville HS in Illinois where he lettered in swimming all four years and water polo his freshman year ... Was the captain of his high school team and led them to a second-place IHSA state finish ... Team was conference and sectionals champs senior year ... Undefeated in the 100 back ... All-State 10 times ... All-American eight times ... Voted MVP sophomore, junior and senior year ... Voted Daily Herald Prep Excellence Best of the Best in 2013 and 2014 ... Rookie of the Year 2011 ... Illinois Swimmer of the Year finalist ... Holds the team records in the 200 medley, 100 back, 400 free relay and 200 IM ... Holds the NSC and Sectional records in the 100 back, 200 medley and 200 IM ... Club Team Cats Aquatics won men's team champions at the 2013 NCSA Summer Junior National Championships ... Led off the 200 Medley Relay that broke the National Age group record in 2013 ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Illinois State Scholar ... Scholastic All American Swimmer ... Received the NICSA Scholar Team Award.

Personal: Born Alexander James Snarski ... Son of Kim Tijunelis and Andrew Snarski ... Both parents are Ironman tri-athletes ... Grandfather attended Northwestern Law School class of 1952 ... Chose Northwestern over Purdue, Iowa and all of the Ivy league schools ... Major is mechanical engineering.

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