Margaret Markvardt Season 2023-24

COLLEGIATE BESTS:

Event	Score	Date	Site/Opponent
100 Back	53.91	2/23/24	B1G Championship
100 Fly	52.97	2/23/24	B1G Championship
200 IM	1:59.08	2/22/24	B1G Championship

 

Career Accolades:

• Scored in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships in 2020 and 2021, and 100 fly and 100 back in 2021
• Ranked 8^th for Penn State all-time in the 200 IM
• Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
• 2024 Phoenix Award Winner

 
2021-22 (Junior):

• Villanova (1/28): Helped Penn State sweep the 100 Back by touching in third (57.38).

2020-21 (Sophomore):

• Big Ten Championships (2/23-27): Finished 14^th in the 200 IM (2:00.54), 16^th in the 100 back (54.09) and 18^th in the 100 fly (53.99). Achieved a personal best in all three races. Entered Penn State top 10 in 100 back and 200 IM. Swam fly in fourth-place 200 medley relay team (23.90).
• Ohio State/Rutgers (1/16): Won the 200 IM (2:01.87), placed third in the 100 fly (55.59) and fifth in the 100 back (55.71).
• Michigan State (2/5-6): Placed first in the 100 fly (56.00) and 200 IM (2:02.54), and placed second in the 100 back (55.66).

 
2019-20 (Freshman):

• Big Ten Championships (2/19-22): Swam in the 200 IM finals (2:00.54) after swimming for a personal best in prelims (1:59.89). Also swam personal bests in the 100 back (54.97) and 100 fly (55.09).
• Liberty/St. Bonaventure (10/4): Touched third in the 100 IM (58.77) and 200 IM (2:06.78).
• West Virginia (10/11-12): Placed second in the 100 back (56.08).
• Ohio State/Virginia Tech (11/1-2): Swam for third in the 200 IM (2:05.00).
• Princeton Invitational (12/6-8): Touched first in the 200 IM (2:01.18) and placed 10^th in both the 100 back (55.53) and 200 back (2:01.41).
• Buffalo (1/10-11): Finished second in the 100 back (56.23) and third in the 100 breast (1:06.30).

 
High School:

• Swam for TOP Swim Club in Tallinn, Estonia under Coach Heidi Kaasik.
• 56-time Estonian national champion and 66-time national age group champion.
• Won eighth-place at the 2016 European long course championship.
• Three-time silver medalist in the Nordic Junior Swimming Championships from 2015-2016 in the 200 IM and 100 fly.
• Broke 10 national records, three of which were individual in the 200 IM and 100 backstroke.
• Won Estonian junior of the year in 2015 and 2017.
• Attended Rocca al Mare High School in Tallinn, Estonia.
• Received 5/5 for all grades on high school transcript.