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Seasons At Stanford: 2000-04
Two-time All-American
(NCAA Seed; Personal-Bests SCY/SCM; Season-Bests SCY/SCM): 50 Free (#64; 23.32/26.18; 23.52/26.18); 100 Free (#74, 50.19/58.94; 51.00/59.42)
Stanford's All-Time Top 10 Individual Rankings (NCAA Events Only): None
Yard Career Bests (Time): 50 free (23.32); 100 free (50.19); 100 back (56.06)
Meter Career Bests (Time): 50 free (26.94); 100 free (58.94); 100 back (1:07.13)
2004 Pac-10 Championships: Finished 12th in the 100 back (56.13), 15th in the 50 free (23.51) and 16th in the 100 free (51.43, 51.00 prelims) ... Swam the opening leg on Stanford's winning 200 (25.85/1:39.87) and 400 (56.53/3:35.93) medley relay teams, while also contributing to a third-place effort in the 200 free relay (1:31.70) by swimming the third leg in 22.95 ... Also swam a 51.03 anchor leg on Stanford's exhibition 400 free relay squad (3:24.26).
2003-04 Victories: None
General: One of the team's three seniors ... Coming off her most productive season yet as a junior and looking for a similar rate of improvement in her final collegiate campaign ... Looking to become even more of a factor at the NCAA level after scoring for the first time in her career at the NCAA's last year ... Excellent underwater speed.
As a Junior in 2002-03: Swam on both the 200 (22.54/1:31.15) and 400 (50.36/3:20.39) yard free relay teams at the NCAA Championships, earning a pair All-American honors by helping Stanford to sixth and seventh-place finishes, respectively, as the Cardinal swam its season-best times in both events ... Anchored the 200 team and swam the third leg on the 400 squad at the NCAA's ... Also tied for 24th in the 100 yard free (50.17) and tied for 44th in the 50 yard free (23.37) at the NCAA Championships ... Placed 10th in the 50 yard free (23.32) and 100 yard back (56.32), as well as 16th in the 100 yard free (51.73, 50.93 prelims) at the Pac-10 Championships ... Contributed to three scoring Stanford relay teams at the Pac-10's, including the anchor for Stanford's winning 400 yard free relay squad (50.34/3:19.82) ... Also swam the third leg on Stanford's third-place 200 yard free relay team (23.22/1:31.34) and the opening leg on Stanford's third-place "B" relay squad in the 400 yard medley relay (52:50/3:33.22) at the Pac-10's ... Added an exhibition performance on a 200 yard medley relay team, swimming the leadoff leg in 26.25 on a team that recorded a time of 1:43.69 ... Swam the leadoff leg of Stanford's winning 200 yard medley relay team (27.61/1:45.51) versus Pacific (1/11) ... Also had her top regular season individual finishes versus Pacific (1/11), taking second in both the 50 and 100 yard free ... Ranked second on the team in the 100 yard free (50.17, 3/22) and third in the 50 yard free (23.32, 2/27) ... Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic.
As a Sophomore in 2001-02: Finished 11th at the Pac-10's in the 100 yard back with a career-best 56.06 ... Had a pair of season-best third-place individual finishes in the 100 yard back versus Arizona State (1/26, 57.01) and California (2/16, 57.07) ... Swam the first leg on Stanford's winning 200 yard medley relay team (26.83/1:43.29) versus Arizona (1/25) ... Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic.
As a Freshman in 2000-01: Finished 10th in the 100 yard back (56.26) at the Pac-10 Championships, while placing 18th in the 100 yard free (51.78) and 20th in the 50 yard free (23.97) ... Finished a season-best third in the 50 yard back versus Arizona State (1/19) and in the 100 yard back versus UCLA (1/26) ... Ranked third on the team in the 50 yard free (23.69).
International/National Competition: Has competed at Senior Nationals in each of the last six years ... Swam a career-best 100 meter back time of 1:07.13 at the 2002 Summer Senior Nationals ... Eight-time Junior National finalist .
High School: A 2000 graduate of Marin Catholic High School ... A four-year and 13-time prep All-American in the 50 yard free, 100 yard free and 100 yard back ... Broke the Marin County record for the 100 yard back (56.74) and nine school records ... Won the North Coast Section title in the 100 yard back as a senior ... A four-time team MVP ... Also participated in prep water polo, earning four All-Marin County Athletic League, three All-North Coast Section and two All-Bay Area selections ... Water polo squad won the NCS title in senior campaign ... A three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... Graduated in the top 2% of her high school class ... Coached by Gary Ross.
Club: Orinda Aquatics ... Coached by Ron Heidary.
Personal: Human Biology major ... Daughter of David Baumgartner and Carol Claypool ... Favorite professional sports athlete is Lance Armstrong ... Would like to play water polo at Stanford if she wasn't on the swimming and diving team ... Enjoys mountain bike riding ... Worked during the summer of 2002 as an assistant in the Stanford Alumni Center.
Coaching Staff on Baumgartner: "It's always great to have a veteran who's improving and Megan really made significant improvement last year. It's always an inspiration to the other upper classmen when she can continue to improve, and we are looking for Megan to score points in individual events at the NCAA level this season."
Last Updated: 10/12/04