Mark Golden

Position:
Freestyle, Backstroke
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Itasca, Ill.
High School:
Lake Park

2009-10 (Jr.): Earned his third letter for Ball State . . . winner of the Douglas A. Coers Memorial Scholarship . . . member of the Academic All-Mid-American Conference squad . . . placed 10th in the 1650 free at the MAC Championships(3/4) with a BSU season-fast clocking of 16:03.90 . . . added a 10th-place effort of 4:40.82 in the 500 free to place 16th in the event . . . his 500 free prelim time of 4:35.87 was a career-best effort and ranked first on the squad . . . ranked second on the team in 1000 free (10:04.35 vs. Miami - 2/6) and third in the 200 free (1:44.77 at MAC Championships) . . . member of the 800 free relay which placed sixth at the MAC Championships (7:00.36).

2008-09 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State . . . Academic All-Mid-American Conference . . . posted the third fastest individual time in program history in the 1650 free with a career-fast clocking of 16:00.48 to place 16th at the Sun Belt/MAC Championships (2/18) . . . also placed 23rd in the 500 free with a season-best time of 4:36.69 . . . his prelim time of 4:36.48 was BSU's best effort of the season and a season-best . . . clocked in with a career-fast time of 1:43.44 in the 200 free time trials at the MAC Championships . . . member of the 800 free relay team that posted a BSU season-fast time of 6:55.22 at the league meet . . . also ranked third on the team in the 1000 free with a time of 9:58.04 at Miami (2/6).

2007-08 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . placed 18th in the 1650 free (16:21.22), 22nd in the 500 free (4:39.11) and 26th in the 200 free (1:45.23) at the Sun Belt/Mid-American Conference Championships (2/28) . . . his 500 free and 1650 free times were BSU's fastest of the year, while his 200 free effort ranked second . . . clocked in with a career-best 59.27 in the 100 back in the Doug Coers Invitational (11/16), while adding career-fast efforts in the 100 free (51.36) and 200 back (2:01.55) at the House of Champions (11/30) . . . turned in a season-fast 10:11.02 in the 1000 free versus Miami (2/9).

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Lake Park for Coach Dan Witteveen . . . qualified for state in the 200 and 500 free as a junior and senior . . . academic all-conference senior year.

PERSONAL: Majoring in secondary education . . . born April 17, 1989 in Elk Grove, Ill. . . . son of Mike and Mindy Golden . . . has two sisters, Katie and Courtney.