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EVANSTON – Mike Alexandrov, Kyle Bubolz and Bruno Barbic, who together with Matt Grevers comprised the 2007 NCAA Champion and NCAA record-breaking 400 medley relay, have been elected to the Northwestern Athletics Hall of Fame as members of the Class of 2014.<\/p>\n
The trio joins Grevers — previously inducted in 2012 — in the Hall of Fame as the first set of national championship teammates to be elected together since the women’s tennis NCAA doubles team of Katrina Adams and Diane Donnelly Stone were inducted in 1997.<\/p>\n
During a 2007 season in which the Wildcats won three event national titles and finished sixth in the nation for their highest program result in modern times, the four most dominant Northwestern swimmers of an era came together to win the school’s first relay national championship since 1932. With Grevers swimming the leadoff backstroke leg, Alexandrov on breaststroke, Bubolz on butterfly and Barbic swimming the freestyle anchor, the Wildcats shattered the then-NCAA record with a time of 3:04.40 to stand as national champions. That record would fall during the “super suit” season of 2009, but it’s significance at NU will stand forever.<\/p>\n
Northwestern had been in the lead in the 400 medley relay following three legs at previous NCAA Championships, but it was the addition of the transfer Barbic prior to 2006 that brought the Hall of Fame team together.<\/p>\n
While they were elected as a group, they will be enshrined as individuals. Alexandrov added a 100 breaststroke national championship and an NCAA record of his own in that event in 2007. All told, Alexandrov (24), Bubolz (19) and Barbic (9 in just two years at NU) combined for 52 All-America accolades in their careers.<\/p>\n