Swimming
Marie Marsman is one of the most accomplished athletes in Carleton and NCAA Division III swimming history. She raced for Carleton and competed for her country as she was the lone NCAA Division III member of the U.S. National Team that competed at the 2003 World Games in South Korea. She swam on the silver-medal-winning 400-meter freestyle relay and placed 16th in the 100-meter freestyle. Marsman took a year off from Carleton to train for the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in 2004. A 21-time All-American, Marsman earned a MIAC-record nine NCAA titles, seven of those coming in individual events. In 2002, she swept the 50-, 100-, and 200-yard freestyle swims to become the first Carleton Knight to win three individual national titles in one year. The following season Marsman was the NCAA champion in the 100 and 200 freestyle. She returned in 2005 to add individual national crowns in the 50 and 100 freestyle as well as help the Knights win the 200 and 400 freestyle relays at the NCAA Championships, as Carleton became the first MIAC school to win two national relay titles in the same year. The NCAA Swimmer of the Meet in 2002 and again in 2003, she was also a three-time finalist for the Honda NCAA D-III Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year Award (2002, 2003, 2005). Marsman was voted the MIAC’s Female Swimmer of the Year in 2002, 2003, and 2005. She won all 12 individual MIAC Championship races in which she competed, with those titles coming across four different events. Marsman was also a 10-time MIAC Champion in relay events. She established then-national records in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle and was the first Division III female to swim the 100 freestyle in under 50 seconds. She still holds the MIAC 100 freestyle record; owns the Carleton 50, 100, and 200 freestyle records; and is a member of three Carleton record-holding relay teams.
After graduating magna cum laude with a major in political science/international relations, Marsman earned her master’s degree in kinesiology from Indiana University in 2008 and currently works as HR operations manager at Dolby Laboratories in California. She also spent time as assistant swim coach at both the University of Utah and Indiana University, coaching Olympic medalists at IU from 2010-13. She and husband Anthony live in Redwood City, Calif. with their son Jack.