2014-15 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Margritier, Matthew

Matthew Margritier
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Leawood, Kan.
- High School:
- Rockhurst
Bio
TOP TIMES (YARDS)
- 50 Free: 19.41 (Mizzou Invite, 2014)
- 100 Free: 43.62 (SEC Championships, 2016)
- 200 Free: 1:37.74 (Big Ten Championships, 2013)
2015-16 (REDSHIRT SENIOR)
- Earned one first team and one honorable mention All-America honors as part of Mizzou relays at the NCAA Championships
- Part of Mizzou's seventh-place 200 free relay at NCAAs
- Also swam on Mizzou's 14th-place 400 free relay at the Championships
- Concluded his career ranked second all-time at Mizzou in the 50 free (19.41) and fifth in the 100 free (43.62)
- Finished 13th in the 100 free at SECs
- Claimed three event titles on the season, with two in the 50 free and one in the 100 free
- Also earned second-place finishes in the 50 free at the Tennessee Invite and against Drury and Kentucky/Northwestern/Southern Illinois
- Swam season-best times of 19.70 in the 50 free and 43.62 in the 100 free
- Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
2014-15 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR)
- Earned one first team and one honorable mention All-America honor as part of Tiger relay teams at the NCAA Championships
- Part of Mizzou's sixth-place 200 free relay at NCAAs to claim All-America first team accolades
- Also swam on the 400 free relay team that finished 14th at NCAAs
- Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time in his collegiate career
- Swam season best times of 19.41 in the 50 free, 43.79 in the 100 free and 1:38.70 in the 200 free
- Clocked finishes of 12th in the 50 free and 18th in the 100 free at the SEC Championships
- Won four event titles in 2014-15, all in the 50 free
- Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
2013-14 (JUNIOR)
- Sat out the 2013-14 season after transfering from Northwestern
- Competed unattached at the American Short Course Championships and posted times of 19.83 in the 50 free, 43.77 in the 100 free and 1:38.41 in the 200 free
- His times in the 50 and 100 free marked career bests
2012-13 (SOPHOMORE AT NORTHWESTERN)
- Competed in the first three dual meets of the 2012-13 season before missing the remainder of the fall with an injury
- Academic All-Big Ten
- CSCAA Scholar All-America honorable mention
- Despite missing so much time, came back to swim three career-best times at the Big Ten Championships and rank second for NU in the 50 free and 100 free, and third in the 200 free on NU's top times list for the year
- Also swam with the Wildcats' best 200 free, 400 free and 200 medley relays at the Big Ten Championships, anchoring a 200 medley squad that turned in an NCAA `B' consideration time of 1:26.57
- Qualified for the scoring consolation final of the 50 free at the Big Ten meet with a career-best 20.06 in prelims before placing 16th overall
- Had a career-best 44.49 in the prelims of the 100 free at the conference meet
- Won both the 50 and 100 freestyle races in NU's season-opening dual meet against Eastern Michigan (10/19)
- Also won the 100 free in a double dual versus UIC and Western Kentucky (11/2) and took second in the event versus Purdue (11/3)
- Returned from injury to win the 50 and 100 free races at Milwaukee
2011-12 (FRESHMAN AT NORTHWESTERN)
- Ranked on Northwestern's top times list in three different events
- Was first in the 100 free, second in the 50 free, third in the 200 free and 100 back
- Earned NCAA `B' provisional qualifying times with the 200 free, 400 free, 800 free and 400 medley relays at the Big Ten Championships
- Leadoff splits with the 400 (44.61) and 800 (a `B' cut of 1:37.84) free relays were season bests
- Broke a pool record with the 200 free relay at the Lewis Pool in a double dual versus Lewis and Carthage College
- Won the 100 free against Wisconsin (11/11) in his first-career Big Ten dual meet before adding a second dual win in the 200 free versus Lewis and Carthage College
- Had nine total top-three dual meet finishes this season
PREP
- Ranked the No. 1 recruit in the state of Missouri by Collegeswimming.com
- Kansas City Sports Commission Missouri Male Athlete of the Year
- Missouri state record holder in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free relay and 400 free relay
- Voted "Athlete of the Year" at the Missouri state meet as a senior
- Fourteen-time all-American (six individual, eight relay)
- Sixteen-time state medalist (11 state titles)
- Three-time Missouri state champ in the 50 free
- Four top-four state finishes in the 100 free, including one championship
- Two-time Kansas City Star All-Metro Swimmer of the Year
- All-Metro selection in the 50 free, 200 free relay and 400 free relay as a sophomore, junior and senior
- High school has won seven-straight Missouri state team titles and holds the record for most points scored at a state meet by a single team (400.5)
- Also swam for Tsunami Swim Team
PERSONAL
- Son of Don and Janis Margritier
- Majoring in accounting
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