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2023-24 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Marcus Holmquist

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bankeryd, Sweden
  • High School Sandagymnasiet
  • Event Freestyle
  • Concentration Economics
  • House Affiliation Eliot

Biography

Top Collegiate Times

50-Yard Freestyle: 19.52 (2/23/23)
100-Yard Freestyle: 42.96 (2/25/23)
200-Yard Freestyle: 1:35.11 (3/23/22)
500-Yard Freestyle: 4:25.65 (2/27/20)
1000-Yard Freestyle: 9:46.81 (1/15/20)

2023-24 • Senior

CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team ... All-Ivy League First Team – 200 Free Relay … All-Ivy League First Team – 400 Free Relay … All-Ivy League First Team – 800 Free Relay … Swam the second-fastest 50 free (19.72 at HYP) and 100 free (43.39 at Ivy Championships) on the team … Swam the 200 free in 1:35.89 at Ivy League Championships … Was on the fastest 200 free relay team for the season (1:17.41 at Ivy Championships) … Was on the fastest 400 free relay team of the season with a time that was good for top-5 in the program (2:50.73 at Ivy Championships) … Swam on the fastest 800 free relay of the season at the Ivy Championships (6:16.13) … Competed in the 200 medley and 400 medley relays … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League title for the seventh straight season.

2022-23 • Junior

College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay and 400 medley relay ... All-Ivy League First Team in 200 free relay, 400 free relay and 400 medley relay ... All-Ivy League Second Team in 50 free, 100 free and 800 free relay ... Set personal records in the 50 free (19.52) and 100 free (42.96) at the Ivy League Championships ... 100 free time was tops on the team ... Posted the second-best 200 free time of the season at Ivies (1:35.38) ... Swam on the team's fastest 200 free relay (1:16.54), 400 free relay (2:51.23), 800 free relay (6:18.42) and 400 medley relay (3:05.51) at the Ivy League Championships ... Also competed in the 200 medley relay.

2021-22 • Sophomore

Won Ivy League titles in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, and 400 medley relay, earning First Team All-Ivy in all four events; set meet records in the 200 free relay, 400 free relay, and 400 medley relay … Gained Second Team All-America in the 800 free relay (15th), 400 medley relay (11th), and 400 free relay (ninth) behind top-16 finishes at the NCAA Championships … Set school records in the 400 free relay and 400 medley relay at the NCAA Championships … Also placed fifth in the 100 free, ninth in the 50 free, and ninth in the 200 free at the Ivy League Championships … Posted season-best times of 19.60 in the 50 free, 43.43 in the 100 free, 1:35.11 in the 200 free, and 4:30.56 in the 500 free … Notched NCAA B cut times in the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free … Won the 200 free and 100 free vs. Brown and the 200 free vs. Penn during the dual season … Helped the Crimson win the Ivy League championship for the fifth straight season … Earned First-Team CSCAA Individual Scholar All-America honors.

2020-21

Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019-20 - First-Year

Earned All-Ivy first team honors swimming the anchor leg of the 800-yard freestyle relay ... Posted an NCAA B-cut time and personal in the 200-yard free (1:35.65) at the Ivy League Championships to finish second on the team and fourth overall ... Finished second in the B-finals of the 100-yard free with a personal-best 44.13 at the league meet ... Registered another personal-best at the Ivy Championships clocking a time of 4:26.56 in the 500-yard free ... Placed second at the 200-yard free (1:36.94) at the annual H-Y-P meet ... Finished first in the 100-yard free (45.77) and second in the 200-yard free (1:39.68) in a dual meet against Penn ... Second on the team in the 100- (45.35) and 200-yard (1:37.72) free at the Minnesota Invitational ... Began the year with a fifth-place finish and Harvard's second fastest swimmer in the 200-yard (1:39.77) against Duke and Texas A&M.

Before Harvard

Two-time national junior champion … Eight-time national age group champion … Swam on the No. 1 Swedish age group team in 2014 and 2015 … Part of the top Swedish junior team in 2015, 2016 and 2017 … Medaled at the Nordic age group championships in 2016 … Medalist at the 2017 Nordic Junior Championships … Competed at the 2017 Nordic Open Water Championships (5km, 7.5km) … Participated at the 2018 European Open Water Championships (10km) and the 2018 European Swimming Championships … Swam for Jönköping Simsällskap … Volunteered with his team to teach youth the importance of water safety … Also taught the importance of water safety to disabled children … Provided swim lessons for children and assisted his coaches at day camps … Father, Joakim, competed for Sweden at the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games in Seoul and Barcelona, respectively … Joakim is the world record-holder in the 50-meter free (scm) in the 45-49 age group … Mother, Cari, became a world champion at the Lifesaving World Championship in Valenciennes, France in 1995, and ranked third in the world in 2018 in the 50-meter breast (scm) for women in the 50-54 age group … Son of Joakim and Cari.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First-Year

    Freestyle
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Freestyle
  • 2022-23Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2023-24Senior

    Freestyle