Mike Alexandrov
Contemporary Era:
Class of 2014
Alongside classmate Matt Grevers, Mike Alexandrov was part of the greatest 1-2 punch in Northwestern and likely Big Ten history. A breaststroke and individual medley specialist, Alexandrov broke the NCAA record in the 100 breast to win the 2007 national championship in the event while also swimming the breaststroke leg on NU's NCAA-record-breaking national title 400 medley relay in the same year. Northwestern finished sixth in the country that year, its best national effort in the modern era.
For his career, Alexandrov recorded three individual podium finishes at the NCAA Championships, 24 total All-America honors and was a four-time first-team All-Big Ten selection. He was NU's first breaststroke national champion since Don Horn in 1933. Alexandrov was a part of 14 Big Ten championships and established three conference records during his collegiate career. In 2007, he beat out Grevers to be named the Big Ten Swimmer of the Championships.
Alexandrov is a two-time Olympian, competing twice for his native Bulgaria in both the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Games. Following Beijing, Alexandrov changed his swimming citizenship to the U.S. and has been part of the USA Swimming system since.
