Sal Cruz Class: Senior Hometown: Chesterfield, Mo. High School: Parkway Central Height: 5-10

2009-10
Named to the A-10 All-Academic team ... recorded a personal best and the team's fastest 200-IM performance of the season (1:57.51), which was also the eighth-fastest time in school history, in the A-10 prelim ... logged the seventh-best 200-breast effort in SLU annals (2:10.08) in the A-10 prelim, which tied his personal best ... came in 17th in the 200 breast, 20th in the 100 breast (59.90) and 22nd in the 200 IM at the A-10 Championships ... finished third in the 200 IM vs. Evansville and IUPUI ... named to the fall 2009 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2008-09
Came in first in the 200 breast (2:17.86) and second in the 200 IM (2:04.06) vs. Western Illinois ... placed second in the 200 IM (2:05.18) vs. Lindenwood ... finished third in the 200 breast at the Butler Quad and Lindenwood Quad ... named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters.

2007-08
Posted the second-fastest time (59.47) in school history in the 100 breast at the A-10 Championships ... his 2:11.58 in the 200-breast prelims and his 1:58.78 in the 200 IM prelims at the league championships each rank 10th in SLU annals ... his 200 IM race at the A-10s was also the team's fastest time of the season ... swam the second leg on the 400-medley relay (3:28.16) that shattered the school record at the A-10 Championships ... earlier in the season, the same quartet clocked the ninth-fastest time (3:34.42) in SLU annals ... was a member of the 200-medley relay that recorded the third-best performance (1:36.22) in school history at the league championships ... placed 16th in the 100-breast final at the A-10 Championships ... won the 200 breast at the Butler Quad and vs. South Dakota State ... finished first in the 100 breast vs. Eastern Illinois, South Dakota State and at the Lindenwood Quad ... named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the Fall 2007 semester.

2006-07
Led all SLU freshmen with 11 first-place touches, good for third on the team ... placed 10th in the 200-breast finals at the A-10 Championships ... named A-10 Rookie of the Week on three occasions (Jan. 2, 15 and 22) ... recorded his 200-breast personal best (2:10.08) at Illinois-Chicago ... was a member of the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for the spring 2007 semester.

At Parkway Central
Swam four years for Jeff Spector's Colts ... swam mainly the 100 breast and 200 IM ... was a third-team All-State and second-team All-Conference water polo performer ... member of the Parkway Swim Club, which qualified for the Junior Nationals ... member of National Honor Society.

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