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OAC Runner-ups Bella Ratino and Erika Nockengost and OAC Champion Marissa Kural
Marissa Kural and Bella Ratino each won a pair of events (Photos Courtesy of Ed Hall, Jr.)
(Photos Courtesy of Ed Hall, Jr.)
Marissa Kural
Marissa Kural

Marissa Kural

  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    LaGrange, Ill.
  • High School:
    Lyons Township
  • Events:
    Backstroke/Butterfly/Freestyle
  • Major:
    International Business

2019-20

  • BW Women's Scholar Athlete Award winner
  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • Ohio Athletic Conference Champion in the 100-yard butterfly in career-best time of 57.79 seconds
  • Earned All-OAC honors in the 100-yard butterfly
  • Earned All-OAC honors in the 200-yard butterfly in a career-best time of 2:12.11
  • Member of BW school-record 400-yard medley relay with a time of 3:59.97
  • Member of BW school-record 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:36.85
  • Earned All-OAC honors in the 200-yard medley relay
  • Earned All-OAC honors in the 400-yard freestyle relay
  • Earned All-OAC honors in the 400-yard medley relay
  • Earned All-OAC honors in the 800-yard freestyle relay
  • OAC Women's Swimmer of the Week on December 23
  • BW Natatorium-record holder in the 200-yard butterfly in a time of 2:14.89 
  • 50-yard backstroke in a season-best time of  29.66
  • 50-yard freestyle with a career-best time of 26.35
  • 100-yard backstroke with a season-best time of 1:08.05
  • 100-yard butterfly with a season-best time of 59.63
  • 100-yard freestyle with a season-best time of 1:04.40
  • 100-yard individual medley in a career-best time of 1:05.34
  • 200-yard freestyle in a career-best time of 2:04.45
  • 200-yard individual medley in a season-best time of 2:16.12
  • Earned third varsity letter

2018-19

  • Academic All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection
  • 50-yard backstroke season-best time of 30.60
  • 50-yard butterfly career-best time of 27.84
  • 100-yard backstroke season-best time of 1:03.79
  • 100-yard butterfly season-best time of 1:00.12
  • 100-yard individual medley career-best time of 1:05.97
  • 200-yard backstroke career-best time of 2:17.70
  • 200-yard freestyle season-best time of 2:08.40
  • 200-yard individual medley season-best time of 2:26.01
  • Earned second varsity letter

2017-18

  • Earned All-OAC honors in 100-yard butterfly (second) in a career-best time of 58.39 seconds
  • Member of BW school-record 800-yard free relay team with a time of 7:55.16
  • Earned All-OAC honors as a member of the second place 800-yard freestyle relay team 
  • 50-yard backstroke in a career-best time of 28.94 seconds
  • 100-yard freestyle in a career-best time of 58.20 seconds
  • 100-yard individual medley in a career-best time of 1:05.97
  • 200-yard backstroke in a season-best time of 2:21.61
  • 200-yard butterfly in a season-best time of 2:12.98
  • 200-yard individual medley in a career-best time of 2:15.71
  • Earned first varsity letter

Career Bests

  • 50-yard backstroke: 28.94 at Blue Devil Invitational on Dec. 1, 2017
  • 50-yard butterfly: 27.84 vs. Case Western Reserve on Feb. 2, 2019
  • 50-yard freestyle: 26.35 vs. Wooster on Jan. 25, 2020
  • 100-yard backstroke: 1:03.50 at Blue Devil Invitational on Dec. 1, 2017
  • 100-yard butterfly: 57.79 at OAC Championships on Feb. 14, 2020
  • 100-yard freestyle: 58.20 at John Carroll on Jan. 20, 2018
  • 100-yard individual medley: 1:05.34 vs. Wilmington on Oct. 19, 2019
  • 200-yard backstroke: 2:17.70 at OAC Championships on Feb. 16, 2019
  • 200-yard butterfly: 2:12.11 at OAC Championships on Feb. 15, 2020
  • 200-yard freestyle: 2:04.45 at Case Western Reserve on Feb. 1, 2020
  • 200-yard individual medley: 2:15.71 at OAC Championships on Feb. 15, 2018

High School

  • Four-year letterwinner in swimming and diving
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Academic Gold L Honors Award recipient

Personal

  • Carries a 3.862 grade point average
  • Dean's List student
  • Jacket Scholar
  • Member of the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society
  • Daughter of Serter and Bethany Kural
This page was last updated on May 4, 2020