2007-08: Combined with sophomore Kassia Shishkoff to form a powerful 1-2 punch in distance freestyle events ... Shattered her own Northwestern school record in the 500 free with a swim of 4:41.82 in the prelims of the NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors, eventually finishing eighth in the event ... Also earned honorable mention All-America status with the 800 free relay, which finished 10th at the NCAA Championships with a school-record time of 7:08.52 ... Swam in the 200 free at the NCAA Championships, setting a season-best time with a 1:46.82 to finish 22nd ... Broke the then-Northwestern record with a 4:43.92 during the prelims of the 500 free at the Big Ten Championships, giving her an NCAA `A' automatic qualification time ... Finished seventh overall in the event after swimming a 4:46.65 in the finals ... Also finished seventh in the 200 free at the Big Ten meet with an NCAA `B' cut of 1:48.65 in the championship heat ... Was 14th overall with a `B' standard of 16:47.01 in the 1,650 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Swam on the 800 free relay at the Big Ten Championships which finished with an NCAA `B' cut and then-school-record time of 7:13.40 ... Earned first-career NCAA `B' provisional qualifying swim with a 4:51.43 in the 500 free to win the consolation final at the Georgia Invitational (12/1) ... Ranked second on the Wildcats' top times list for 2007-08 in the 200 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free while holding the top spot in the 500 free with her school-record swim at the Big Ten meet ... Earned one dual-meet event victory this year, winning the 1,000 free against Illinois-Chicago on Oct. 27 ... Had five other top-three finishes in dual meets. High School: Four-year varsity letter winner at Charlotte Latin School ... Captain of swim team in senior year ... All-State and All-Conference in all four years of high school ... Named All-American in freshman and senior years ... Charlotte Weekly's 2007 Swimmer of the Year ... Team won Charlotte Independent School Athletic Association (CISAA) conference championships from 2004-2007 ... Member of New South Swimming club team ... Member of Cum Laude Society and National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society. Personal: Born Ellen Louise Grigg on 9/11/89 ... Daughter of Amy Grigg and John Grigg ... Chose Northwestern over Duke, Dartmouth, Williams and Georgetown ... Plans to major in history.
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