Ariel Martin Class: Junior Hometown: Jeffersonville, Ind. High School: Jeffersonville Height: 5-6 Event: Free/Back/Fly Birthdate: 09/09/1988 Experience: 2L

2008-09: Academic All-Big Ten...broke school record in 50 freestyle with 22.72 clocking while placing sixth at Big Ten Championships (2/19)...time broke record of 22.78 set in preliminaries, which took down previous record of 22.83 held by Christine Leupold...also led off school-record 400 freestyle relay and anchored school-record 400 medley relay...medley relay team touched wall in 3:40.29 to better previous record of 3:41.12 at Big Ten Championships (2/20)...freestyle relay recorded school-record time of 3:20.53 while placing seventh at Big Ten Championships (2/21)...swam second leg on 200 freestyle relay that finished sixth and moved to second on Purdue's all-time performance list with 1:31.15 time at Big Ten Championships (2/19)...anchored 200 medley relay that finished seventh and moved to second on Purdue's all-time performance list with 1:40.96 clocking at Big Ten Championships (2/18)...swam season-best time of 1:49.51 in 200 freestyle at Big Ten Championships (2/20)...touched wall with season-best 50.49 clocking in 100 freestyle at Big Ten Championships (2/21)...anchored victorious 200 medley relay at Indiana Intercollegiates (10/18)...also won 50 freestyle in 23.61 and finished fourth in 100 butterfly with season-best 58.56 time...won 100 freestyle in 52.01 and led off victorious 200 freestyle relay and third-place 400 medley relay at Purdue Challenge (11/14)...also led off victorious 400 freestyle relay (11/15)...led off second-place 200 freestyle relay at Miami (10/23)...won 50 freestyle in 23.75 at Michigan State (1/17)...also led off victorious 200 freestyle relay and anchored victorious 200 medley relay...anchored victorious 200 medley relay and finished second in 50 freestyle with 24.30 clocking in quadruple dual at Florida Atlantic (1/10)...finished second in 50 freestyle with 23.78 time and in 100 freestyle after stopping clock in 52.02 at Northwestern (11/7)...also led off victorious 200 freestyle relay and anchored third-place 200 medley relay...finished second in 100 freestyle with 51.98 time and third in 50 freestyle after stopping clock in 23.93 at Notre Dame (11/8)...also led off second-place 400 freestyle relay and swam third leg on third-place 400 medley relay...led off ninth-place 200 freestyle relay and finished 19th in 50 freestyle with 23.21 time at Art Adamson Invitational (11/21)...also finished 27th in 100 backstroke with season-best 57.52 clocking (11/22) and swam second leg on ninth-place 400 freestyle relay and placed 15th in 100 freestyle with 50.91 time (11/23)...finished second in 50 freestyle with 23.65 time and in 100 freestyle with 52.11 clocking at Indiana (1/24)...also swam second leg on runner-up 400 freestyle relay and third leg on third-place 200 medley relay...led off third-place 200 freestyle relay in Big Ten Duals at Minnesota (1/30)...also anchored third-place 200 medley relay, swam second leg on third-place 400 freestyle relay (1/31)...touched wall in 23.14 in 50 freestyle at Boiler-Make-It Last Chance (3/1)...finished 50 freestyle in 26.81 at ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships (7/9)

2007-08: Made the Dean's List, Semester Honors and Athletic Director's Honor Roll during the fall ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll after the spring semester ... Big Ten Championships competitor in the 50 free, 100 free and 100 back ... placed 21st in the 50 free with a time of 23.59 ... set season-best times at Big Tens in the 50 free (23.38), 100 back (57.09) and 100 free (51.50) ... placed first in 50 free (23.65), second in 100 free(52.77) and posted a season-best time in the 200 free (1.52.74) versus Miami (Ohio) ... scored versus Michigan State, finishing first in 50 free and third in 100 back ... placed second in 50 free and third in 100 back at the Indiana Intercollegiates.

High School: Graduated with honors from Jeffersonville High School in 2007 ... four-year varsity letterwinner ... helped lead team to three conference titles and two sectional crowns ... four-time team MVP ... eight-time All-American, receiving four citations in the 50 free, two in the 100 back and one each in the 100 free and 100 fly ... named to the all-state first team on four occasions ... won a state title in the 50 free as a junior and in the 100 back as a sophomore ... state runner-up in the 50 free in 2006 and 2005 ... as a freshman, was second at state in the 100 free and was third in the 50 free ... has competed for Pacesetter Aquatics for the last 14 years ... 100 free champion at the senior state championships ... winner of eight age group state titles in the 50 and 100 free and 50 and 100 back ... received age group high point awards in 2001 and 2003 ... U.S. Open qualifier ... member of the National Honor Society ... two-time scholar-athlete award recipient.

Personal: Given name is Ariel Wren Martin ... born Sept. 9, 1988 ... daughter of Rickey and Roseann Martin ... has a brother, Reed ... majoring in family and consumer science.

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