Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame
Margaret Grunow Conze
- Induction:
- 2004
- Class:
- 1993
Sport: Swimming
One of the finest women's swimmers in Bucknell history, Margaret Grunow Conze won a school-record 88 individual races in 95 attempts and never lost a regular-season 50 or 100-yard freestyle event. In 12 career individual league championship races, she captured 11 gold medals and one bronze medal. During her junior and senior campaigns she was a perfect 49-0, including six Patriot League individual titles and an Eastern Seaboard championship. Conze became the first female swimmer in school history to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials, where she finished 32nd among the nation's elite. A two-year co-captain, Conze graduated as the owner of six individual Bucknell records (50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle; 100, 200-yard butterfly; 200-yard individual medley) and was a member of four relay teams that set school marks. In 1992 she obliterated the previous 50 free record by 1.25 seconds - a monumental differential in a sprint event - and broke the 100 free standard by 2.11 seconds. Conze was named the Patriot League Championships Outstanding Swimmer in both 1992 and 1993, and she also won three individual events as a freshman at the East Coast Conference Championships but was passed over for Outstanding Swimmer honors. Following her senior season she won gold in the 100 fly at the Eastern Seaboard Championships and was subsequently named to the All-East Team. She also placed ninth in the 100 fly at the U.S. Senior National Championships and met the NCAA provisional qualifying standards in several events. Conze was both a winner of the Robert A. Latour Award as the top Bucknell swimmer and the Christy Mathewson Award as the top senior athlete in her class.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 2004)
One of the finest women's swimmers in Bucknell history, Margaret Grunow Conze won a school-record 88 individual races in 95 attempts and never lost a regular-season 50 or 100-yard freestyle event. In 12 career individual league championship races, she captured 11 gold medals and one bronze medal. During her junior and senior campaigns she was a perfect 49-0, including six Patriot League individual titles and an Eastern Seaboard championship. Conze became the first female swimmer in school history to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials, where she finished 32nd among the nation's elite. A two-year co-captain, Conze graduated as the owner of six individual Bucknell records (50, 100 and 200-yard freestyle; 100, 200-yard butterfly; 200-yard individual medley) and was a member of four relay teams that set school marks. In 1992 she obliterated the previous 50 free record by 1.25 seconds - a monumental differential in a sprint event - and broke the 100 free standard by 2.11 seconds. Conze was named the Patriot League Championships Outstanding Swimmer in both 1992 and 1993, and she also won three individual events as a freshman at the East Coast Conference Championships but was passed over for Outstanding Swimmer honors. Following her senior season she won gold in the 100 fly at the Eastern Seaboard Championships and was subsequently named to the All-East Team. She also placed ninth in the 100 fly at the U.S. Senior National Championships and met the NCAA provisional qualifying standards in several events. Conze was both a winner of the Robert A. Latour Award as the top Bucknell swimmer and the Christy Mathewson Award as the top senior athlete in her class.Â
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 2004)
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