Colin Cordes

Position:
Back/Free
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Glenview, Ill.
High School:
Glenbrook South

At Princeton — 2010-11: earned one win and two other top-four finishes to help Princeton win its third straight Ivy League title, this time by only 5.5 points over Harvard … earned first-team All-Ivy honors and won the 200 back (1:44.55) in the final session to help hold off the Crimson … earned second-team All-Ivy honors with second-place finish in the 200 free … placed fourth in the 50 free … scored 86 individual points during the championship meet, sixth most overall and second most for Princeton … won the 200 back during the H-Y-P weekend … won both the 200 free and 200 back at the Big Al Open. 2009-10: won 200 back championship final at the 2010 Ivy championship meet … earned first-team All-Ivy honors in the 200, 400 and 800 free relays … placed third in 50 free Ivy final … earned individual second-team All-Ivy honors by placing second in 200 free; lost to Princeton teammate Will Lawley by less than half a second … placed second in 200 back during HYP weekend. 2008-09: earned All-America honors in 200, 400 and 800 free relay events … helped Princeton to 15th-place finishes in 400 and 800 and a 16th-place finish in the 200 at the NCAA Championships … earned first-team All-Ivy honors by leading off the winning 400 medley relay team; team set a Princeton and meet record by going 3:11.44 … reached championship final in the 200 free and placed fourth in 1:36.92 … placed eighth in 200 back championship final (1:50.48) … reached the B-level final in the 50 free and placed 12th in 20.47 … had two top-four individual finishes and part of one winning relay at the HYP meet … part of winning 200 free relay at the Big Al Open.

Before Princeton: Swam mid-distance free events for Glenbrook South High School ... won the 200 free title at the Illinois state championship as a senior.

Personal: Born June 3, 1990 ... son of Dr. Scott and Dr. Leslie Cordes ... has three younger sisters, Jill, Kendall and Kelly.