Ann Marshall

Barbara Ann Marshall (born January 27, 1957) is an American former swimmer for the University of North Carolina, and a 1972 Munich Olympic 200-meter and 4x100-meter freestyle relay competitor.

In addition to quality academics, Pine Crest also had an accomplished swimming program, recognized as the best in the county during Marshall's participation in the mid-1970's.

In 1980, Sue Walsh, UNC Athletic Hall of Fame and 1983 Pan American Gold medalist, joined the team.

As she competed with a number of nationally rated swimmers, two other Fort Lauderdale area residents who also swam with her at the Jack Nelson Swim Club, future 1972 Olympic gold medalist David Edgar an NCAA championship freestyle sprinter from the U. of Tennessee, and 1968 Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Marilyn Corson, a former Pine Crest swimmer, also made the trials.

In Olympic competition, to qualify for the finals she swam as anchor in the fourth position[3] in the preliminary heats for what would later be the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, but did not receive a medal.

She had not completely shed her warm-up clothes and sneakers and ascended the starting block until the third position relay swimmer was well in sight.

Swimming anchor in the final in place of Marshall who anchored the preliminary, American Shirley Babashoff lost a slight lead on her first lap and did not catch her East German competitor Kornelia Ender till her last lap, though the American's combined time of 3:55.19 was a world record.

[9][3] She was made a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) 50th Anniversary Team in 2002, inducted into the Broward County (Florida) Sports and North Carolina Swimming Halls of Fame.