Alex Cisneros

Class:
Senior
Position:
Butterfly/Freestyle/IM
Hometown:
Garden Grove, Calif.
High School:
Rancho Alamitos HS

2013-14 Junior Season:Finished 28th in the 200 Fly, 29th in the 500 Free, and 18th in the 400 IM at the B1G Championships (3/10-3/12) ? At the Minnesota Challenge, he placed 5th in the 200 Back, 9th in the 200 Breast, 13th in the 100 Fly, and took 2nd in the 800 Free Relay (2/7-2/8) ? Placed 7th in the 400 IM in the BIG Triple Dual meet (1/31-2/1) ? Against Hawaii, he placed 6th in the 400 IM (1/11) ? Placed 4th in the 500 Free, 6th in the 200 Fly, 1st in the 400 IM, 19th in the 100 Fly at the Jean Freeman Invite (12/6-12/7) ? Finished 13th in the 400 IM, 15th in the 200 Fly and 13th in the 1650 Free and the Minnesota Grand Prix (11/14-11/16) ? Against North Dakota, he placed 3rd in the 200 Butterfly (11/9) ? Competed in the 200 fly and the 500 free in the dual meet against Arizona State (10/5).

2012-13 ? Sophomore Season: Earned a top time in the 1650 free and swam in the preliminaries at the Big Ten Championships for the 500 free and 200 fly (3/1) ? finished in the top eight for the 100 back and the top ten for the 200 back in the Minnesota Challenge (2/8) ? landed the eight spot in the 200 fly in the 2013 triple duals (2/1) ? placed in the top three in the 200 fly in the North Dakota win (1/25) ? finished fourth overall against Hawaii in the 200 fly (1/12) ? had a personal top time in the 200 free with 1:47.09 at the Jean Freeman Invitational (12/1/12) ? placed fifth in the 400 IM and eighth in the 200 fly at the Grand Prix (11/10/12) ? finished fifth in the 200 fly vs Iowa (11/2/12) ? placed fourth in the 200 fly and fifth in the 400 IM against Wisconsin (10/2612) ? competed in the 200 butterfly and 500 freestyle at Michigan (10/5/12).

2011-12 ? Freshman Season: Established three top times at the Big Ten Championships ? placed 15th in the 200 fly (1:47.67) ? finished 29th in the 400 IM (3:59.83) ? finished 31st in the 500 free (4:27.25) ? member of the second place 800 free relay at the Minnesota Challenge ? also placed second in the 200 fly ? letterwinner.

High School: A 2011 graduate of Rancho Alamitos High School ? high school coaches were Shelby Arthur and Marybeth McGowan ? swam for the Mission Viejo Nadadores, coached by Bill Rose ? state 100 fly champion as a junior and senior ? 200 free champion as a sophomore ? earned All-Garden Grove League honors all four years of high school ? swam for Team Mexico in the 2009 North American Challenge Cup, placing third in the 1,500-meter free ? runner-up in the 200-meter butterfly at 2011 US junior nationals ? also lettered in water polo three times ? USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ? President's Award recipient ? honor roll student.

Personal: Born December 9, 1992 ? undecided on a major ? son of Antonio and Elvia Cisneros ? has three older siblings: Antonio, Samantha, and Maritza ? Antonio and Samantha both swam in college ? lists swimming an Olympic Trials cut in the 200-meter butterfly as his most memorable sports thrill.

Cisnero's Top Times:

500 free ? 4:26.01 ? 2014 B1G Championships

1650 free ? 15:30.17 ? 3/1/13?

200 fly ? 1:47.46 ? 2/25/12?

400 IM ? 3:52.58 ? 2014 B1G Championships