Madison Murtagh Season 2019-20

CAREER BESTS

Event	Time	Date	Site/Opponent
200 Free	1:49.91	2/21/20	Big Ten Championships
500 Free	4:48.50	2/20/20	Big Ten Championships
1000 Free	9:51.95	2/22/20	Big Ten Championships
1650 Free	16:23.96	12/08/19	Princeton Invitational

 
Career Accolades

• Ranks as the 10^th-fastest performer at Penn State all-time in both the 1000 free (9:51.95) and mile (16:23.96).
• Scored at the Big Ten Championships in the 1650 free (2019, 2020, 2021).
• Three-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (2018-19).
• CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2020).
• Academic All-Big Ten (2020).

 
2020-21 (Junior Year)

• Big Ten Championships (2/23-27): Scored in the 1650 free at 15^th place (16:32.39).
• Ohio State/Rutgers (1/16): Touched second in the 1000 free (10:08.14).
• Michigan State (2/5-6): Placed first in the 1000 free (10:02.24) and second in the 200 free (1:51.76).

 
2019-20 (Sophomore Year)

• Awards: CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention…Academic All-Big Ten (2020).
• Big Ten Championships (2/19-22): Scored in the mile with an 11^th-place finish (16:24.87) and achieved personal bests in the 200 (1:49.91) and 500 (4:48.50) free.
• Liberty/St. Bonaventure (10/4): Competed and placed third in the 500 free (5:02.19).
• Ohio State/Virginia Tech (11/1-2): Placed second in the 1000 free (10:08.34).
• Princeton Invitational (12/6-8): Touched second in the mile (16:23.96) with a personal-best time and fifth in the 500 free (4:50.80).
• Buffalo (1/10-11): Won the 1000 free (10:14.23) and placed third in the 500 free (5:06.04).
• Villanova (1/31): Finished second in the 1000 free (10:20.68) and third in the 500 free (5:03.45).

 
2018-19 (Freshman Year)

• Awards: Three-time Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Freshman of the Week after the Virginia (10/6), Navy/North Carolina (1/12) and Villanova (2/1) meets.
• Big Ten Championships (2/20-23): Placed 14^th in the 1650 freestyle in a season best and NCAA B-cut time of 16:29.54. Also swam the 500 free (4:49.13) and 200 free (1:50.48).
• at Virginia (10/6): Placed second in the 1000 free (10:06.67) and third in the 500 free (4:55.33) in collegiate debut.
• George Washington (10/12): Won the 1000 free (10:00.53) and placed third in the 200 back (2:04.50).
• at Virginia Tech/vs. Ohio State (10/26-27): Placed second in the 1000 free (10:06.94) and third in the 500 free (4:54.16).
• Big Al Invitational (11/9-11/10): Won the 1650 free (16:46.12) and placed second in the 500 free (4:54.80).
• Tennessee Invitational (11/29-12/02): Placed seventh in the 1650 free (16:45.76) and placed 15^th in the 500 free (4:54.60)…Swam a season best in the 200 back (2:03.89).
• at Navy/vs. North Carolina (1/12): Won the 1000 free (10:02.38) and placed fourth in the 500 free (5:01.03) to earn Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Freshman of the Week honors.
• Bloomsburg (1/19): Placed third in the 200 free (1:53.02).
• at Villanova (2/1): Won both the 500 free (4:55.64) and 1000 free (10:11.95) to earn Big Ten Women’s Swimming & Diving Freshman of the Week honors.

 
High School

• Three-time letterwinner in swimming at Lake Brantley High School in Altamonte Springs, Florida, head coach Alec Rukosuev.
• Three-time conference and district champion in 200 and 500 freestyles, also earning runner-up at regionals and a finalist at state championships.
• Also swam for Fast Lane Aquatics.

 
Personal

• Full name is Madison Murtagh.
• Born December 24, 1999 in Queens, NY.
• Parents are Lynda and Joseph Murtagh. Mom, Lynda, swam at Slippery Rock and Adelphi, and dad, Joseph, swam at East Carolina.
• Has an older brother, Joseph, and a an older sister, Morgan.
• Intends to major in business.
• Hobbies include running.