2017-18: Junior swimmer that swam the fastest 100 fly for Northwestern on the season ... Also ranked fourth in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 fly ... Member of the 200 free, 800 free and 400 medley relay teams that recorded NU's fastest times on the season ... Tallied a career-best time in the 50 free (20.42) at the Big Ten Championships (2.21-2.24) ... Also recorded an NCAA 'B' cut time in the 100 fly (47.81) and finished with a season-best time in the 100 free (44.71) ... Finished second in the 100 fly, fourth in the 50 fly and fifth in the 100 free at Northwestern's TYR Invitational (11.19) ... Also came in 14th in the 50 free and 15th in the 50 breast at the meet ... Won the 100 fly and took third in the 200 fly against UIC and UChicago (10.28) ... Won the 100 free and took third in the 100 fly against SMU (1.13) ... Finished fourth in the 100 fly and eighth in the 100 free at the quad-dual against SIU, Kentucky and Missouri (11.4) ... Claimed the sixth spot in the 100 fly against Minnesota and Purdue (1.27).

2016-17: Cracked NU's top times list in three different events and swam on the fastest relay for the 400 free, 200 medley and 400 medley ... Ranked first in 100 fly at NU, second in the 100 free and third in the 50 free ... Finished 19th in the 100 fly at the Big Ten Championships with a NCAA 'B' cut time of 47.38 ... Finished 36th in the 100 free and 49th in the 50 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Won the 100 fly against Notre Dame ... Finished second in the 50 fly at TYR ... Finished second in the 100 fly against Iowa and in the tri-dual meet against Duke and NC State ... Academic All-Big Ten. 

2015-16: Cracked NU's top times list in four different events ... Swam a season-best 100 free time of 45.10 at the Big Ten Championships ... Was NU's third-fastest swimmer of the season in the 100 fly with his performance at the conference championships where he touched the wall in 48.32 ... Swam the 200 IM in 1:51.56 at the Big Ten Championships, which was NU's third best time of the season ... Made NU's top times list in the 800 free relay by helping his teammates clock a 6:59.53 at the TYR Invitational.

High School: 2015 Nebraska State champion in the 100 fly and 200 IM as well as the 200 medley and 400 free relays ... Also won an individual state crown in the 200 IM as a sophomore in 2013 ... High school won Nebraska state team titles in each year of his career, running its streak to nine in a row to tie the record for the most consecutive championships ... Team won the 2015 title with the most points in Nebraska history ... Swam with state-record-breaking 200 free and 400 free relays in 2014, winning the state title in the 200 free relay ... Earned six total relay state championships during his prep career ... Has competed in club with Swim Omaha since 2005 ... 2013/15 Junior Nationals qualifier ... 2015 Speedo Sectionals Central Section Region VIII 100 fly champion ... National French Honor Society member.

Personal: Born Ryan Tyler Tate ... Son of Bernadette and Ellis Tate ... Twin brother, Sean, will attend Duke ... Chose Northwestern over Utah, Minnesota and Penn State ... Majoring in international studies and French.

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