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Martin Jungfleisch Season 2008-09

Position
Butterfly
Height
6'0
Class
Freshman
Hometown
Bremerhaven, Germany
High School
Lloyd Gymnasium Bremerhaven

2012 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2010 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2009 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll

SENIOR SEASON (2011-12)
Leaves LSU as one of the premier 200 butterfly competitors … Competed in every dual meet, the Tennessee Invitational and the SEC Championships … Departs LSU as the program’s fourth fastest 200 fly swimmer (1:47.11) … Cranked out a 11th place finish in the 200 fly (1:47.86) at the conference meet … Also competed in the 100 free, 100 fly and 200 medley relay at SEC’s … Notched a fifth place performance in the 100 fly (49.57) and a sixth place finish in the 200 fly (1:50.63) at the Tennessee Invitational … Swam the third leg of the first place 200 medley relay (1:30.88) and the front leg of the first place 400 free relay (3:02.54) against Florida State … Part of the 200 medley (1:30.22) first place finish against Alabama  … Took third and fourth in the 100 fly and 200 fly, respectively against Florida … Grabbed third in the 100 fly (50.66) against Auburn …

JUNIOR SEASON (2010-11)
LSU’s leader in the 200 butterfly for the second straight season … Competed in every dual meet, Cougar Classic Invitational and SEC Championships … Barely missed qualifying for a second swim in the 200 fly at SEC’s, finishing 17th with a personal best and program top-10 mark of 1:47.11 … Also placed 20th in the 100 fly (49.07) and 36th in the 200 free (1:42.57) … Emerged victorious in the 200 fly at the Cougar Classic Invite (1:50.18) while taking runner-up honors in the 100 fly and sixth in the 200 free … Raced to an important victory in the 200 fly and recorded second in the 100 fly in a close dual victory over Florida State … Won the 100 fly in a win over American … Took runner-up honors in the 200 fly against nationally-ranked Florida and Texas A&M … Registered third in the 100 fly at nationally-ranked Auburn … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and lettered for the third time in his career.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2009-10)
Proved to be one of the team’s most improved swimmers and led the squad in the 200 butterfly … Competed in every dual meet, Houston’s Cougar Classic Fall Invitational and SEC Championships … Swam to 16th-place in the 200 fly at SEC’s after advancing with the third-fastest time in program annals, 1:47.46 … Also finished 21st in the 100 fly with a personal best of 48.95 and 28th in the 200 free with a lifetime best of 1:40.57 … Took third in the 200 fly, sixth in the 100 fly and eighth in the 200 free at the Cougar Classic … Won the 200 fly in a victory over UNO … Registered runner-up finishes in the 200 fly and 100 fly versus nationally-ranked foes Tennessee and Auburn, respectively … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Lettered for the second time.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2008-09)
Contributed in butterfly and freestyle races … Ranked third on the team in the 200-yard butterfly … Competed in every dual meet, Texas A&M’s Art Adamson Invitational and SEC Championships … Swam a personal best of 49.74 in the 100 butterfly at SEC’s … Also recorded times of 1:43.16 in the 200 freestyle and 1:50.52 in the 200 fly … Claimed personal bests in both the 200 free and 200 fly at the Art Adamson Invitational … Swam the 200 fly in 1:49.93 to place 10th overall … Reached the wall in 1:41.56 in the 200 free to take 27th … Also finished 14th overall in the 100 fly and 21st in the 100 backstroke … Captured runner-up honors in the 200 fly against UNO at the LSU Invitational … One of two freshmen on the team to be named to the SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll … Earned his first varsity letter.

PRIOR TO LSU
Talented European athlete from Germany … Competed in his country’s Olympic Trials in April 2008 … Finished 19th in the 200m fly at that event … Earned state titles in four events in 2007 … Owns a personal-best time of 55.99 seconds in the 100m fly … Coached by Sergei Ratz.

PERSONAL
Born July 24, 1988 in Bremerhaven, Germany … Parents are Peter and Karin Jungfleisch … Has one sister, Miriam … Majoring in finance.

MARTIN’S TOP TIMES
100 freestyle, 45.32, 2012 SEC Championships
200 freestyle, 1:40.57, 2010 SEC Championships
100 butterfly, 48.95, 2010 SEC Championships
200 butterfly, 1:47.11, 2011 SEC Championships

 

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