Swimming & Diving
Marie Belli - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

MarieBelli

  • position Breast/Fly/IM
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Gahanna, Ohio
  • High school Gahanna Lincoln High School

Top Times (SCY): 
200 Back: 1:59.47 (2023 OH Spring Senior Invitational, 03/03/23)
100 Fly: 54.91 (OH MAKO Senior Invitational, 03/05/22)
200 Fly: 1:59.50 (Kentucky vs. Cincinnati, 2/2/24)
200 IM: 2:00.10 (Kentucky vs. Alabama, 1/12/24)
400 IM: 4:16.66 (Kentucky vs. Alabama, 1/12/24)

Top Times (LCM):
200 Back: 2:19.76 (Tennessee Invitational, 11/17/23)
100 Fly: 1:02.94 (Tennessee Invitational, 11/16/23)
200 Fly: 2:25.03 (OH MAKO LC Junior Olympic, 7/23/17)
200 IM: 2:19.14 (Tennessee Invitational, 11/15/23)

Career Notes: 

  • 2024 CSCAA Second-Team Scholar All-America
  • 2023-24 SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll

2023-24 (Freshman): Raced at the CSCAA National Invitational, finishing ninth in the 200 IM (2:01.69), 17th in the 400 IM (4:21.06) and 19th in the 200 fly (2:03.79) … Partook in three events at the SEC Championships where she placed 25th in the 200 IM (2:00.28), 29th in the 400 IM (4:21.62) and 41st in the 200 fly (2:03.48) … Tallied two victories in dual meet vs. Cincinnati, winning both the 200 fly (1:59.50) and the 200 IM (2:00.47) … Strong meet vs. Alabama, finishing first in the 200 IM (2:00.10), second in the 400 IM (4:16.66) and third in the 200 fly (1:59.62) … Reached four finals at the Tennessee Invitational where her highest finishes were 14th in both the 100 fly (54.92) and 200 back (1:59.83) … Was second in the 200 IM against Indiana (2:20.30) … Made collegiate debut vs. Arkansas.

Prior to UK: Multi-event High School All-American … Set five school records at high school … State relay champion … Sister, Morgan, swam at UK, graduating in 2018 … Mother, Amy, ran at Ohio University.

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