2021-22 Women's Swim & Dive Roster
Kouba, Marena

Marena Kouba
- Position:
- Freestyle/Butterfly
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Shoots/Catches:
- Butterfly/Freestyle
- Hometown:
- Sartell, Minn.
Bio
TOP TIMES AT SCSU (YARDS)
- 50 Free: 24.65 (NSIC Championships, 2022)
- 100 Backstroke: 56.71 (NSIC Championships, 2019)
- 200 Backstroke: 2:05.37 (Rochester Invitational, 2018)
- 100 Fly: 1:01.09 (Rochester Invitational, 2018)
- 200 IM: 2:12.71 (NSIC Championships, 2021)
- Team Captain
- Placed 10th in the 100 backstroke, 15th in the 200 backstroke, and 26th in the 50 freestyle at the NSIC Championships
- Also finished 2nd in the 200-medley relay at the NSIC Championships
- Earned All-NSIC Honors
- NCAA All-American
- Earned Academic All-NSIC
- Earned NCAA “B” cut in the 200-medley relay
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- Recorded season-best times of 57.05 in the 100 backstroke, 2:11.25 in the 200 backstroke, and 24.65 in the 50 free
- Team Captain
- Placed 7th in the 100 back, 14th in the 200 back, and 18th in the 200 IM at the NSIC Championships
- Also, finished 3rd in the 200-medley relay at the NSIC Championships
- Earned Academic All-NSIC
- Recorded season-best times of 57.79 in the 100 backstroke, 2:07.39 in the 200 backstroke, and 2:12.71 in the 200 IM
- NSIC Champion in the 200-medley relay and helped set a conference record
- Placed 4th in the 100 backstroke and 9th in the 200 backstroke at the NSIC Championships
- Also finished 16th in the 200 IM at the NSIC Championships
- Placed 14th at the NCAA Championships in the 200-medley relay and helped set a new team record
- Earned All-NSIC Honors
- Earned Academic All-NSIC
- Recorded season-best times of 57.18 in the 100 back, 2:07.04 in the 200 back and 2:12.95 in the 200 IM
- Placed 3rd in the 100 backstroke, 8th in the 200 backstroke, and 20th in the 200 IM at the NSIC Championships
- Also finished 21st in the 100 fly at the NSIC Championships
- Earned a NCAA “B” time standard in the 100 backstroke
- Placed 19th at the NCAA Championships in the 200-medley relay
- Earned Academic All-NSIC
- Recorded season-best times of 56.71 in the 100 backstroke, 2:07.04 in the 200 backstroke 1:00.99 in the 100 fly, and 2:13.59 in the 200 IM
- Placed 8th in the 100 and 200 backstroke and 14th in 200 IM at the NSIC Championships
- Also finished 23rd in the 100 fly at the NSIC Championships
- Recorded season best times of 57.80 in the 100 backstroke, 2:05.85 in the 200 backstroke, 1:00.65 in the 100 fly, and 2:14.23 in the 200 IM
- 2017 graduate of Sartell H.S.
- State Champion in the 100 Back
- Earned all-state honors in the 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay
- Earned all-area in swimming at Sartell
- Team Captain
- Nominated for Athlete of the Year at All-State banquet in 2016
- Daughter of Kevin and Julie Kouba
- Communication studies major and a marketing minor
- University Ambassador
- On the Dean’s list at SCSU
- Enjoys fostering kittens, gardening, acquiring new house plants, thrifting, and watching TikTok
SCSU Winter Athletics Press Conference Swim and Dive
Wednesday, November 27
SCSU Winter Athletics Press Conference - Swim and Dive
Wednesday, December 13
SCSU Swim & Dive - Diving Invite 1/29/2022
Saturday, January 29
Weekend Warmup - 9/22/21 - SCSU Athletics
Wednesday, September 22