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Columbus, OH USA
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Swimming Honors
Junior year
Markus is building a fine resume full of lofty achievements as a Buckeye swimmer ... now in his third season with the team, Markus is one of only three juniors on the team to have competed at each of the past three Big Ten championships ...
Sophomore year
he is a two-time OSU Scholar-Athlete and an Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree ... he has scored points for the Buckeyes in five individual events at the conference championships, including making the 2010 finals in the 100 backstroke (seventh after placing 11th in 2009) and 200 individual medley (fifth after placing 12th in 2009) ... he set the school record in the 200 IM at Big Tens, clocking a 1:45.40 time in a preliminary swim ... he went on to compete at the 2010 NCAA championships, finishing 31st in the 200 backstroke in a personal best 1:44.49 time (sixth-fastest at Ohio State) and also competed in the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke ... he owns an Ohio State Top 6 time in the 100 backstroke (48.20) ... Markus is an outstanding student, as well ... majoring in electrical and computer engineering, he was named a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar in 2010 for having at least a 3.70 grade point average for the entire year ... he was named the team's John Bruce Award winner following the 2010 campaign for his commitment to excellence ...
Freshman year
Marcus is a second-year freestyle, backstroke and individual medley swimmer who earned his first Varsity O letter last year as a freshman ... he was one of only three freshmen to compete for the Buckeyes at the Big Ten Conference championships, and he scored in two individual events: he was 11th in the 100 backstroke and 12th in the 200 individual medley ... he also was a part of the seventh-place 400 free relay team at the conference meet that set a new Ohio State record of 2:55.97 ... Markus joined Ohio State's all-time Top 5 list of 200 individual medley swimmers with a time of 1:47.71 ... an electrical and computer engineering major, Markus was named an honorable mention Scholar All-American by the National Swimming Coaches Association of America in 2009 ... he was also named an OSU Scholar-Athlete.
Pre college
After swimming four years at the Gesamtschule Alter Teichweg, Markus was an exchange student and spent a year of high school at Martins Ferry High, in southeastern Ohio ... his 100 freestyle time - converted - was ranked second nationally among high school seniors by collegeswimming.com ...