2007-08: Member of Northwestern's butterfly group ... Swam season-best times in the 100 fly, 200 fly and 500 free at the Big Ten Championships ... Earned a second swim in the 200 fly, turning in a 2:02.98 in the bonus final to take 18th place overall ... Finished the year ranked second on NU's top times list in the 200 fly ... Earned third-place finishes in the 100 fly on Oct. 27 against Illinois-Chicago and on Jan. 19 at Michigan for her best dual-meet efforts on the year ... Qualified for the consolation finals in both butterfly events at the Georgia Invitational ... Also earned a bonus final swim at the UGA Invitational in the 500 free. High School: USA Scholastic All-American ... U.S. Open qualifier in the 100 fly and junior national qualifier in the 100 back and 200 fly ... Birmingham News Scholar Athlete of the Week ... Third-place at 2003 state meet in 100 butterfly and 200 IM ... Second-place finishes at 100 butterfly and 200 IM in 2004 state meet ... Third-place in the 100 butterfly and 4th-place in the 200 IM at 2005 state meet ... Member of the Latin Honor Society and National Honor Society ... Honor roll honoree all four years of high school. Personal: Born Alexandria Clare Kraus on 2/24/89 ... Daughter of Thomas and Barbara Kraus ... Father was a place-kicker on the Miami (Ohio) football team when former Northwestern head coach Randy Walker was a graduate assistant there ... Chose Northwestern over North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and Notre Dame ... Major is undecided.
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