Marissa Engel

Position:
Backstroke/Individual Medley
Class:
Senior
High School:
Central
Hometown:
Grayslake, Ill.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:25.31	Non-ISU
100 Free	0:54.35	Non-ISU
200 Free	1:55.96	UNI (2015-16)
500 Free	5:14.00	Non-ISU
1000 Free	10:55.85	South Dakota State (2012-13)
50 Back	0:27.05	Iowa (2015-16)
100 Back	0:55.27	2016 Big 12 Championships
200 Back	1:56.93	2014 Big 12 Championships
50 Breast	0:32.70	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Breast	1:11.10	Washington (2014-15)
200 Breast	2:33.47	2014 Kansas Classic
50 Fly	0:27.52	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Fly	0:59.33	South Dakota (2014-15)
200 Fly	2:12.78	Northern Iowa (2013-14)
100 IM	1:01.18	Pentathlon (2015-16)
200 IM	2:00.99	2016 Big 12 Championships
400 IM	4:21.67	2014 Big 12 Championships

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 First-Team: 200 Backstroke (2014, 2015)
All-Big 12 Second-Team: 200 IM (2016), 200 Backstroke (2016)
ISU’s Most Improved Swimmer (2013-14)
Academic All-Big 12 First-Team (2014-15, 2015-16)
CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention (2014)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2014)
Cyclone Swimming Strength and Conditioning Award (2015-16)

2015-16 (Senior)
One of the Cyclones’ best backstroke and IM swimmers on the year … finished in the top-two in individual events 21 times … placed T-2nd in the 200 backstroke at The Big Challenge … named to The Big Challenge All-Star Team … took fifth place in three-team pentathlon … swam the 200 MR, 400 MR, 200 IM (4th place, 2:00.99), 100 backstroke (9th place, 55.27), 200 backstroke (4th place, 1:57.26) at the Big 12 Championship … earned Second-Team All-Big 12 honors in the 200 IM and 200 backstroke … top-two swimmer for the Cyclones in both backstroke and both IM events … led off the season’s best 400 MR time with a 55.43 split … winner of the team’s swimming Strength & Conditioning award … named to the 2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2014-15 (Junior)
Competed in the 200 backstroke (third, 1:58.00), 100 backstroke (eighth, 0:56.40), 400 IM (eighth, 4:25.31), 200 IM (Exh., 2:03.35) and 200 medley relay (Exh., 1:46.20) at the Big 12 Championships … clocked a personal record time of 0:55.71 in the 100 backstroke at the conference championship meet, ranking her seventh on ISU’s all-time top-performers list … led the Cyclones in the 200 backstroke with an NCAA 'B' cut qualifying time of 1:58.00 … notched eight event wins (all individual) and 25 top-three finishes on the season.

2013-14 (Sophomore)
Competed in the 200 IM (Exh., 2:05.05), 400 IM (eighth, 4:21.67), 100 backstroke (10th, 0:56.35) and 200 backstroke (second, 1:56.93) at the Big 12 Championships … tallied nine event wins (eight individual, one relay) and 32 top-five performances (26 individual, six relay) including a stretch of 15-consecutive finishes in the top-five over a span of five meets … holds four top-15 performances in school history including the second-fastest 200 backstroke (1:56.93), third-fastest 400 IM (4:21.67) and ninth-fastest 100 backstroke (0:56.03) times in school history.

2012-13 (Freshman)
Competed in 200 IM (13th, 2:05.43), 400 IM (13th, 4:25.46), 200 backstroke (10th, 1:59.69), 400 free relay (Exh., 3:32.29) and 200 medley relay (Exh., 1:45.89) at the Big 12 Championships … finished second in the 100 backstroke (57.20) at the Last Chance meet … took first in the 200 IM against Nebraska-Omaha ... finished second in the 200 backstroke against Nebraska and South Dakota … sits fifth for the Cyclones in the 100 back and 200 IM and third in the 200 backstroke and 400 IM … currently sits 13th overall in Cyclone history in both the 100 backstroke and 200 IM.

High School
Competed for Grayslake Central … named 2008 Fox Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year … 2008, 2009 and 2010 100 backstroke conference champion … 2009 and 2010 state qualifier in 100 backstroke and 200 IM … finished 30th in 100 back in 2010 … in 2011 finished 31st in 200 IM and 20th in 100 backstroke … and in 2012 finished 30th in 200 IM and 100 backstroke … 2009 and 2010 Fox Valley Conference Most Valuable Swimmer … also competed for Chris Bertana and Karin Brown for Blue Devil Swim Club … Summer 2011 200 backstroke Senior State Champion … named BDSC Most Valuable Swimmer summer and winter 2008-2009, and winter 2010-2011 … earned multiple Zone and Speedo Sectional qualifying times over multiple years … member of freshman girls soccer team … Scholastic All-American … honor roll recipient all four years.

Personal
Daughter of Kenneth and Constance Engel … born Dec. 22 … architecture major … father Kenneth swam for Lake Forest College.