Marcella Ribeiro

Photo by: Samantha Blankenship (Ball State Creative Services)

Marcella Ribeiro - MAC 1650 Free Champion

Marcella Ribeiro - 3rd in 500 Free at 2021 MACs

Position:
Freestyle
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Uberlãndia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

BALL STATE TOP PERFORMANCES
200 Free: 1:48.13
500 Free: 4:48.37
1650 Free: 16:32.61

Highlights
10 Individual Event Wins (2021-22 Season)
8 Appearances in Top 10 Times in Ball State S&D History
Holds the program record in the 200 Freestyle (1:48.13)
Holds the program record in the 500 Freestyle (4:48.37)
Holds the program record in the 1000 Freestyle (10:01.21)
Holds the program record in the 1650 Freestyle (16:32.61)
Holds the program record in the 800 Freestyle Relay (7:23.86)

2021-22: Named to the Academic All-MAC Team… member of the 800 freestyle relay (7:23.86) that finished eighth overall at the MAC Championship meet and broke the program record…qualified for the B Final at the MAC Championship in the 500 freestyle (4:59.24) finishing 14th overall…also finished sixth overall in the 1650 freestyle (16:57.11) …placed 25th overall in the 200 freestyle (1:52.74)…finished second in the 500 freestyle (5:05.89) at the IUPUI House of Champions…captured the win in the 1000 freestyle (10:28.15) and 500 freestyle (5:04.34) versus Ohio…also finished first in both the 1000 freestyle (10:21.95) and the 500 freestyle (5:03.76) versus Toledo.

2020-21: First swimmer to medal at the MAC Championships since 2014…named First Team All-MAC…collected MAC Swimmer of the Week honors on Jan. 20…qualified for the A Final at the MAC Championships in the 1650 freestyle (16:32.61) finishing first overall and bringing home a program record…also qualified for the A Finals in the 500 freestyle (4:48.37) placing 3rd overall and breaking another program record…also swam the A Final in the 200 freestyle (1:48.13) finishing second overall and setting a third program record…member of the 800 freestyle relay (7:31.15) that placed seventh overall at the MAC Championships and now ranks fifth in program history…member of the 400 freestyle relay (3:24.35) that finished sixth overall and broke the program record at the MAC Championships.