2021-22: Placed fourth in the 200 back against Indiana (10/16) ... Took fourth in the 100 back versus UIC (10/23) ... Qualified for finals in the 100 and 200 back at the Purdue Invitational (11/20).
2020-21: Competed in three individual events, the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM, at the Big Ten Championships (3/2-6).
2019-20:Placed fifth in the 100 back (11/1)...placed fourth in the 100 back and third in the 200 back (11/2)
2018-19: Finished fifth in 200 back and fourth in 50 back at TYR Invitational ... Finished sixth in 100 backstroke at Big Al ... Finished second in 100 and 200 backstroke at NU Quad Meet.
High School/Club: Four-year varsity swimmer … Team captain … 2018 IHSA team champions … Earned state record in medley relay by over one second at 2018 state championships … Earned All-State, High School All-American, and Scholastic All-American honors … Also played water polo for three years … Club team is New Trier Aquatics … Earned second place men’s score at 2018 NCSA Junior Nationals … Honor Roll student … National Merit Scholar semifinalist.
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Personal: Born Patrick James Gridley … Father, John, played tennis at Colgate … Grandfather is graduate of Kellogg School of Management … twin brother of fellow first-year Ryan Gridley … Competed against fellow first-year Ezra Mizgala … Chose Northwestern over Princeton, Penn, and Columbia … Anticipated major is undecided.
2020-21: Competed in three individual events, the 100 back, 200 back and 200 IM, at the Big Ten Championships (3/2-6).
2019-20:Placed fifth in the 100 back (11/1)...placed fourth in the 100 back and third in the 200 back (11/2)
2018-19: Finished fifth in 200 back and fourth in 50 back at TYR Invitational ... Finished sixth in 100 backstroke at Big Al ... Finished second in 100 and 200 backstroke at NU Quad Meet.
High School/Club: Four-year varsity swimmer … Team captain … 2018 IHSA team champions … Earned state record in medley relay by over one second at 2018 state championships … Earned All-State, High School All-American, and Scholastic All-American honors … Also played water polo for three years … Club team is New Trier Aquatics … Earned second place men’s score at 2018 NCSA Junior Nationals … Honor Roll student … National Merit Scholar semifinalist.
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Personal: Born Patrick James Gridley … Father, John, played tennis at Colgate … Grandfather is graduate of Kellogg School of Management … twin brother of fellow first-year Ryan Gridley … Competed against fellow first-year Ezra Mizgala … Chose Northwestern over Princeton, Penn, and Columbia … Anticipated major is undecided.