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Molly Urkiel

Molly Urkiel

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Rosemount, Minn.
  • High School:
    Rosemount
  • Prev School:
    Minnesota
  • Major:
    Master's - Applied Psychology

Summary

Biography

RUTGERS TOP TEN

  • School Record - 200 Breast - 2:10.90 (2024, Minnesota Invite)
  • School Record - 400 IM - 4:10.08 (2025, Big Ten Championships)
  • Second - 200 IM - 2:00.21 (2024, Minnesota Invite)
  • Fifth - 100 Breast - 1:00.87 (2024, Minnesota Invite)
2024-25 (Graduate Student)
  • ECAC 200 Medley Relay Champion (3/1)
  • Won C Final in 200 breast finishing 17th overall at Big Ten Championships (2/22)
  • B Finalist in 400 IM finishing 11th overall with a school record at Big Ten Championships (2/21)
  • B Finalist in 100 breast finishing 15th overall at Big Ten Championships (2/21)
  • Runner-up in 100 breast and 400IM and Third place with 400 medley relay vs. Nebraska & Iowa (2/1)
  • Runner-up in 200 breast and with 200 free relay and third place with 200 free relay vs. Nebraska & Iowa (1/31)
  • Won 100 and 200 breast and runner-up on 200 medley relay vs. Fordham (01/24)
  • Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (12/11)
  • Fourth place in 200 breast "A" final and sixth place with 400 free relay at Minnesota Invite (12/7)
  • Third place in 400 IM "A" final and fifth in 400 medley relay at Minnesota Invitational (12/6)
  • Fourth place in 100 breast "A" final at Minnesota Invitational (12/6)
  • Fifth place in 200 IM "A" final and with 200 free relay at Minnesota Invitational (12/5)
  • Sixth place with 800 free relay at Minnesota Invitational (12/4)
  • Runner-up in 100 and 200 breast, third place with 200 medley relay "B" team and fifth place in 200 IM vs. Princeton (11/16)
  • Runner-up in 200 breast at Lynn (10/26)
  • Third place in 200 breast and fifth place in 100 breast and with 400 free relay at No. 24 Miami & SMU (10/25)
2023-24 (Graduate Student)
  • C finalist finishing in 18th place in 100 and 200 breast at Big Ten Championships
  • C finalist finishing in 22nd place in 400 IM at Big Ten Championships
  • Third place in 400 IM and with 200 free relay, fourth place in 200 breast, fifth place with 400 medley relay "B" team and sixth place in 100 breast and 200 IM at Nebraska (2/2-3)
  • Third place in 100 and 200 breast and fourth place in 200 IM vs. Villanova (1/20)
  • Fifth place in 200 breast, seventh place with 400 free relay, eighth place in 400 IM, second place in B Final of 100 breast and fourth place in B Final of 200 IM at Hawkeye Invitational (11/30-12/2)
  • Fourth place in 100 breast and fifth place in 200 breast and 200 IM at Princeton (11/11)
  • Fourth place in 400 IM, fifth place in 200 IM, sixth place in 200 breast, seventh place with 200 free relay "B" and eighth place in 100 breast vs. Purdue & Oakland (11/3-4)
  • Fifth place in 100 back and seventh place with 200 medley relay "D" team vs. LIU (10/28)
  • Runner-up in 100 breast, third place in 200 breast, fifth place with 200 free relay "B" team and sixth place with 200 medley relay "C" team vs. Toronto (10/27)
  • Won 200 free relay swimming anchor and sixth place in 400 IM at Rutgers Preseason Tune-Up (10/6-7)
2022-23 (Junior) - at Minnesota:
  • Academic All-Big Ten  
  • Outstanding Student-Athlete Award (GPA of 3.50+) at team banquet
  • Took seventh in the 100 breast and 200 breast, fourth with 200 medley relay and eighth with 400 free relay at Northwestern/Purdue/Iowa Quad-Dual Meet
  • Won the 200 breast, placed third in the 100 breast (1:04.07); runner-up in 200 medley relay and fourth with 400 free relay that was fourth at Iowa Dual Meet
  • Claimed fifth in the 100 breast, seventh in the 200 breast, fourth with 400 free relay that claimed fourth and fifth with 200 medley relay at Wisconsin Dual Meet
  • Took second in the 100 breast and 200 medley relay at St. Thomas/South Dakota State Tri-Dual Meet
  • Finished third in the 200 breast, fifth in the 100 breast, fourth with 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay, and fifth with the 200 free relay at SMU Dual Meet
2021-22 (Sophomore) - at Minnesota:
  • CSCAA Second Team Scholar All-American 
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar 
  • Academic All-Big Ten honoree
  • Earned Hardest Worker and Iron Fish (going above and beyond in performance training) awards at team banquet
  • Finished 13th in the 200 breast finals and 19th in the 100 breast finals at the Big Ten Championships
  • Came in fourth in the 200 breast and seventh in the 100 breast in a tri-dual against Northwestern and Iowa
  • Earned seventh in both the 100 breast and 200 breast and sixth with 200 medley relay in a tri-dual versus Wisconsin and Michigan;
  • Finished 10th and posted a 'B' cut in the 200 breast finals and placed 11th in the 100 breast finals at the Minnesota Invite
  • Took fifth in the 200 medley relay, sixth in the 200 breast and eighth in the 100 breast against Wisconsin
  • Touched second in the 200 breast and third in the 1000 free and 200 medley relay versus St. Thomas
  • Finished fourth in the 200 breast, sixth in the 200 medley relay and seventh in the 100 breast versus Nebraska
  • Placed third in the 100 breast and fourth in the 200 breast at Iowa 
2020-21 (Freshman) - at Minnesota:
  • Named “Most Improved” by team at the end-of-season team award banquet
  • Touched 18th in the 200 breast at the Big Ten Championships
  • Placed second in the 200 breast and sixth in the 100 breast during the Iowa/Nebraska Tri-Dual
  • Finished eighth in the 100 breast at the Wisconsin/Purdue Tri-Dual
High School:
  • 2017 All-American in the 200 & 400 free relays
  • Three-time finalist at the 2020 Minnesota Senior State Championships, touching third in the 200 IM, fifth in the 200 breast & sixth in the 100 breast ·
  • Finished fifth in the 200 breast & sixth in the 100 breast at the 2020 USA Swimming Futures Championships in Des Moines, Iowa
  • Placed fourth in the 100 breast & fifth in the 200 IM at the 2019 MSHSL Girls Class AA State Championship
  • Four-time All-Conference & All-State honoree
  • Holds school records in the 100 breast, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay & 400 free relay
  • Competed for the Blackline Aquatics swim club
  • Holds club team records in the 100 breast & 100 IM 
Personal:
  • Daughter of Brian and Lori
  • Has one sister, Grace, who swims for the University of St. Thomas, and one brother, Anthony 
  • Plans to obtaining a graduate degree in psychology
Urkiel On Choosing Rutgers: "I chose Rutgers because it is the best fit for me and my future goals."

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