University of Miami Athletics

Margaret Ravenna

position

Backstroke/sprint Freestyle

Class

Freshman

Hometown

Zurich, Switzerland

2005-2006: As a freshman, posted an 18th place finish in the finals and preliminaries of the 100 backstroke at the ACC Championships finishing 58.44 and 58.46 respectively… at the ACC Championships, finished 18th in the finals of the 200 backstroke at 2:04.48 after finishing 16th in the preliminaries at 2:04.81…took third place finishes in the 100 yard backstroke against FIU with a time of 1:00.02, and FSU clocking in at 1:01.15.

Prep: Was coached by Max Feri in the Startgemeinschaft Zimmerberg swim club…in 2005, won the 100 and 200-backstroke events and took second in the 200-IM at the International Schools Sports Tournament (ISST)…placed seventh in the 400-freestyle at the Swiss Short Course Championships…finished seventh in the 200-backstroke and 11th in the 100-backstroke at the Swiss Long Course Championships …broke school records in the 50 and 100-backstroke, 200-freestyle and the 100 and 200-IM…in 2004, finished first in the 100-backstroke, second in the 200-freestyle and third in the 200-IM at ISSTs…was selected as team MVP her junior and senior seasons…as a junior played volleyball and was named the team’s Most Improved Player.

Personal: Majoring in pre-physical therapy…was born in Michigan.