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2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving

Margaret Ramsey

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Carmel, Ind.
  • High School Carmel
  • Event Freestyle
  • Concentration History
  • House Winthrop

Biography

Harvard Women''s Swimming and Diving
Personal Records
100 Free: 52.98 (Georgia Tech Fall Invite, 12/2/12)
200 Free:
1:48.95 (Princeton & Yale, 2/2/13)
500 Free: 4:49.93 (Ivy League Championships, 2/28/13)
1000 Free: 10:11.53 (Ivy League Championships, 2/28/13)
1650 Free: 17:12.14 (Georgia Tech Fall Invite, 12/2/12)

Senior 2015-16
Finished 10th in the 200 free (1:58.69) and 12th in the 500 free (5:16.89) against Cornell and Dartmouth  … Earned sixth in the 50 free (25.24) and seventh in the 100 free (55.59) against Columbia … Logged 22nd place in the 200 free (1:54.06) and 23rd in the 500 free (5:04.84) at the Hawkeye Invitational  … Claimed 10th in the 200 free (1:56.98) and 12th in the 100 free (54.80) against Brown and Penn … Registered Harvard’s sixth-best time in the 200 free (1:50.81), eighth-fastest in the 100 free (52.44) and eighth-fastest in the 500 free (4:57.99) at the Ivy League Championship Meet.

Junior 2014-15
Swam to a fifth place finish in the 500 free (5:04.32) in the tri-meet with Dartmouth and Cornell … Took seventh place in the 200 free (1:57.21) and in the 100 free (54.76) against Columbia … Finished ninth in the 200 free (1:54.41) and seventh in the 100 free (53.71) at the tri-meet versus Duke and South Carolina … Touched the wall in sixth in the 500 free (5:07.70) in the tri-meet with Brown and Penn … Performed very well at HYP, scoring a win in the 200 free (1:49.56) and a second place finish in the 500 free (4:55.31) … Earned a spot in the B Final of the 500 free, finishing eighth (4:56.43) and finished third in the C Final of the 200 free (1:51.16) in the Ivy League Swimming and Diving Championships; also finished 30th in the 100 free (52.54).

Sophomore 2013-14
Finished fifth (1:52.60) in the 200 freestyle, third (4:58.65) in the 500 freestyle and was part of the 400 freestyle relay that placed fourth (3:38.95) at Columbia Nov. 9 … Took third in the 1,000 freestyle (10:23.22), tenth in the 100 freestyle (54.12) and was part of the 400 freestyle relay (3:32.86) that finished fourth against Dartmouth and Cornell Nov. 16 … Finished 24th in the 500 freestyle (4:45.80) at the Texas Invitational Dec. 5-7 … Placed second in the 500 free (5:03.76), third in the 200 free (1:52.95) and swam a leg in the second-place 200 free relay team (1:39.17) against Brown … Took fourth in the 1000 free (10:44.01) and swam in the 400 free relay (3:39.30) at Penn … Finished second in the 200 free (1:49.50) at HYP … Was a member of the winning and pool-record setting 800 free relay team (7:15.07) at the Ivy League Championships; also finished 11th in the 200 free (1:49.45), 12th in the 500 free (4:51.72) and 18th in the 100 free (51.27) for the Crimson.

Freshman 2012-13

Earned third place in the 1,650 free to help Harvard sweep the top three spots against Brown and Penn Jan. 19 ... Captured her first collegiate win with a 4:58.38 in the 500 free against Vermont Jan. 20 ... Placed third and set a new personal-best in the 200 freestyle (1:48.95), additionally, finished third in the 500 freestyle (4:50.78) at the Princeton and Yale meet (Feb. 1) ... Set a new personal-best in the 500 freestyle (4:49.93) at the Ivy meet (Feb. 28).

Before Harvard:
Four-year varsity letterwinner at Carmel High School … Named team captain as a senior … Helped Carmel High School to four state championships, improving the school’s streak to 26 straight state titles …  Three-time All-America and All-State Honoree … Four-time all-conference selection … Indiana State Champion in the 500 free … Carmel Swim Club senior record holder in the 400 free … Competed in the 400 free at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials … Named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American as a junior and senior … Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … Named to the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for having the highest GPA on her team as a junior and senior … Four-time Carmel High School Scholar-Athlete … Founder, administrator and instructor for Aprender A Nadar, a learn to swim program designed specifically for Hispanic children in the Carmel community.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13First-Year

    Freestyle
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Freestyle
  • 2014-15Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2015-16Senior

    Freestyle