John Frutiger Class: Senior Hometown: Alma, Mich. High School: Alma Height / Weight: 6-5 / 180 Event: Freestyle

Fall 2011: Ranks on Northwestern's top times list in five different events following the fall season ... Has NU's best efforts of the year in the 200 free and 200 IM while ranking second in the 500 free and third in the 100 free and 1,000 free ... Also anchored Northwestern's top 400 and 800 free relays of the fall, earning NCAA `B' provisional qualifying cuts at NU's own five-team TYR Invitational with both ... Turned in a career-best 45.97 during the prelims of the 100 free at the TYR (11/20) ... Finished sixth overall in that event to go along with second-place efforts in the 200 free and 500 free at the TYR Invite ... Also qualified for the TYR consolation final in the 100 back, placing 15th overall ... Has seven top-two finishes in dual meets on the season including one win each in the 200, 500 and 1,000 free events.

2010-11: Academic All-Big Ten ... Qualified for the bonus finals of the 200 free and the 500 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam a career-best and NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time of 1:38.26 to earn his bonus final slot in the 200 free, eventually placing 22nd ... Also turned in `B' cuts during both the prelims and finals of the 500 free, coming in 22nd overall after an evening swim of 4:26.52 ... Competed in the 100 free at the Big Ten meet, coming in 50th overall after a career-best 46.00 ... Anchored NU's 800 free relay at the conference meet, earning an NCAA `B' time with the squad that placed it fourth on NU's all-time top times list in the event ... Won the 200 free at Northwestern's own five-team TYR Invitational (11/19-11/21) ... Took fourth in the 500 free and 11th in the 100 free at the TYR ... Best dual-meet finishes were second-place efforts in the 200 free against Wisconsin (11/11) and at Iowa (01/22) ... Scored dual-meet points with 13 total top-five event finishes during the year.

2009-10: Member of Northwestern's distance freestyle group ... Ranked second on NU's top times list for the year in the 200 free and third in the 1,650 free ... Swam with NU's top 800 free relay of the year, which earned an NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time at the Big Ten Championships ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Earned a second-swim in the bonus final of the 200 free at the Big Ten meet, placing 19th overall ... Also competed in the 500 free (43rd) and the 100 free (50th) at the conference meet ... Finished fourth in the 200 free and sixth in the mile at the six-team TYR Invite ... Won the consolation final of the 200 IM and the bonus final of the 500 free at the TYR ... Won the 200 free in dual meets against Wisconsin (11/13) and UIC (11/14) ... Had six other top-three dual meet finishes on the year.

2008-09: Distance freestyler ... Held team's season-best time in the 1,650 free, ranked second in the 500 free and third in the 200 and 1,000 free on NU's top times list for the year ... Swam for the Wildcats' best 800 free relay ... Ranks third all-time in NU history in the 1,650 free and is part of the second-best 800 free relay squad in school annals ... Took 14th at the Big Ten meet with a 15:23.43 in the 1,650 free ... Swam in three different events at the Big Ten Championships, including an NCAA `B' time of 4:24.56 to finish 22nd in the 500 free . . . Secured a fourth-place finish in the 200 free at the TYR Invitational (11/21) while recording two other top-five placings ... Won the 500 free against Carthage (1/10) ... Swam to second-place finishes in the 500 free at Notre Dame (1/16), the 1,000 free against UIC/Chicago (11/15) and the 200 fly against Carthage ... Closed the dual-meet season with 16 overall top-five finishes.

High School: Four-year varsity swimmer, earning team MVP honors three times ... Named Michigan's Division III Swimmer of the Year in 2008 ... Four-time All-American and 11-time All-State honoree ... Won three state titles, two in the 500 free and one in the 200 IM ... Led team to state runner-up performance in 2008 ... Swam 12 years with the Alma Swim Club and East Grand Rapids Aquatics, where he was teammates with current Wildcat Brian Kerr ... Also played two years of tennis, earning team MVP honors as a sophomore ... Class valedictorian ... Student Council vice-president and National Honor Society member.

Personal: Born John Charles Frutiger ... Son of Richard Frutiger and Sara Wassenaar ... Chose Northwestern over Notre Dame, Clemson and Kenyon ... Majoring in environmental sciences with a minor in economics.

FRUTIGER'S PERSONAL BESTS

Event	Personal Best
100 freestyle	45.97
200 freestyle	1:38.26
500 freestyle	4:24.56
1,650 freestyle	15:23.43

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