Villanova Univeristy Athletics

PERSONAL BESTS
50 Free	21.29	BIG EAST Championships (4.8.2021)
100 Free (relay)	46.42	BIG EAST Championships (2.26.2022)
100 Free (open)	47.93	Bruno Invitational (12.2.2018)
200 Free	1:43.99	High School
500 Free	4:53.96	High School
100 Back	51.95	WVU Invitational (11.19.2021)
100 Fly	48.94	BIG EAST Championships (2.25.2022)
200 Fly	1:52.07	High School

 

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2020-21 (Junior)
All-BIG EAST	200 Yard Freestyle Relay (3rd Leg)
ACADEMIC HONORS
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2018-29, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022)

Villanova Career: Competes in the sprint freestyle and butterfly events … An All-BIG EAST performer in the 200 free relay as a junior … Eight-time individual BIG EAST scorer whose top finish at the conference championships has been fourth in the 100 Fly his senior year … One of the team’s key contributors during the abbreviated 2020-21 campaign … Four-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and seven-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
2021-22: BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Scored individually in two races for the Wildcats at the BIG EAST Championships, touching fourth in the 100 Fly (49.14) and 11^th in the 50 Free (21.06) … Recorded a personal best with a 48.94 in the 100 Fly prelims while also doing the same in the 100 Free (relay) at 46.42 with his opening-leg split; Penn State (1/28): Third leg of the winning 400 Free Relay squad with a 47.61 split; West Virginia (1/22): Swam an opening-leg 48.07 in the 400 Free Relay, helping the team to a second-place showing; Pittsburgh (1/20): Was Villanova’s fastest performer in the 100 Free against the Panthers with a fifth-place 48.25; Providence (1/15): Recorded a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 50 Free (24.84) and 100 Free (53.99); La Salle (11/23): Won the 100 Fly in 51.12 while swimming third leg on the first-place 200 Medley Relay team with a 22.34 split; WVU Invitational (11/18-20): Posted a personal best in the 100 Back prelims in 51.95; Penn (11/10): Touched sixth in both the 100 Free (49.41) and the 100 Back (53.91); NJIT (11/5): Helped Wildcat relay teams to second-place finishes in the 200 Free Relay and 200 Medley Relay, swimming second and third leg splits, respectively, of 21.78 and 22.99 … Touched the wall fifth in both the 50 Free (22.46) and 100 Fly (51.96); Georgetown (10/30): Logged a fourth-place showing in the 100 Fly (53.00).
 
2020-21: Notched the first All-BIG EAST honor of his career as part of the Wildcats lineup in the 200 yard freestyle relay … Swam the third leg of the race with a split of 20.73 and helped Villanova finish third with a time of 1:22.73 … Scored individually at the conference meet in the 50 yard freestyle as well as both the 100 yard butterfly and the 200 yard butterfly … His top finish was a ninth place result in the 100 fly … He tied his lifetime PR of 49.64 in the final of that event and moved up a spot after ranking 10^th in the preliminaries with a time of 50.24 … Came in 14^th in the final of the 50 free in 21.42 after he notched a PR of 21.29 in the prelims … Finished 14^th in the final of the 200 fly in 1:54.49 … In the season opener against Delaware came in third in the 100 fly (52.66) and tied for a sixth place finish in the 200 fly … Led off the 400 free relay at that meet and had a split of 49.75 as Villanova came in second in the race in 49.75 … Came in fourth in both the 50 free (22.38) and the 100 free (48.71) in a home meet versus Seton Hall … Finished fourth in the 100 free (48.55) and the 200 fly (1:57.56) at Loyola (Md.) and anchored the 400 free relay squad to a runner-up finish with a time of 3:13.97.
 
2019-20: Competed at each of the first four meets of the season in the butterfly and sprint freestyle events … At the WVU Invitational in November tallied season-best times in the 100 yard butterfly (51.19), the 200 yard butterfly (1:55.04) and the 50 yard freestyle (22.02) … Swam the 100 yard freestyle against Georgetown and posted a time of 49.69 … In the home opener against Georgetown, placed sixth in both the 100 fly and the 100 free in addition to finishing seventh in the 50 free and swimming the third leg of the 400 yard freestyle relay which finished in third place … Swam the third leg of the 200 free relay which came in first at Penn and also finished fourth in the 100 fly and fifth in both the 50 free and the 200 yard medley relay.
 
2018-19: Scored in three individual events at the BIG EAST Championships as a freshman … Qualified for the ‘A’ final in the 100 yard butterfly and finished eighth in the final … Recorded a season-best time of 49.88 and also ranked eighth in the preliminary heats … Came in 13^th in the 200 yard butterfly and 16^th in the 50 yard freestyle … Posted a season-best time of 1:52.16 in the preliminaries of the 200 fly and tallied his top time of the year in the 50 free (21.45) in the final … His other top times of the season were 47.93 in the 100 yard freestyle at the Bruno Invitational and 1:48.96 in the 200 yard freestyle against West Virginia … Was the runner-up in the 100 fly, finished third in the 200 fly and placed fifth in the 100 free against Penn … Came in second in the 200 fly against La Salle.
 
Saint Andrews School: Earned three varsity letters in swimming and two in water polo … Earned first team all-county honors and was a team captain as a junior … Qualified for the Junior Nationals … Achieved Headmaster’s List status academically as a junior and a senior.
 
Personal: Younger of two children of Allan and Orealis Marsh … Has an older sibling, Gervais … Father was a college swimmer at Georgia State and competed in the butterfly and backstroke events … Enjoys playing soccer and water polo in his spare time … First swimmer at Villanova from the English-speaking Caribbean … Chose to attend the school for the swimming program and the amazing family atmosphere … Communication major.