Chris Steenrod

Backstroke/Distance
Senior
Freeport, Ill.

2008:  Finished seventh in the 1,650 freestyle (17:10.59), eighth in the 200 breaststroke (2:22.50) and ninth in the 400 individual medley (4:25.33) at the CCIW Swimming Championship.

2007:  Finished sixth in the 1,650 freestyle (17:27.25) and seventh in the 400 individual medley (4:29.65) at the CCIW Swimming Championship…finished third in the 500 freestyle and fourth in both the 200 backstroke and the 1,650 freestyle at the Wisconsin Private College Championship…finished fourth in the 500 freestyle against Northwestern on Jan. 13.

2006:  Swam in the 100 breaststroke, the 200 breaststroke, the 1,650 freestyle and the 400 individual medley at the CCIW Swimming Championship.

High School:  Earned Northern Illinois Conference 9 honors both his junior and senior years…coached by Mike Pisula…four-year honor student.

Personal:  Psychology major…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a three-time member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…his father, David Steenrod, graduated from Carthage in 1977 and lettered four times in swimming from 1974-77…his mother, Ellen Galvin Steenrod, graduated from Carthage in 1978…his brother, Andy Steenrod,  lettered on the 2003-06 Carthage men’s swimming teams…born Oct. 15, 1986.