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Women's Swimming & Diving

Meehan Inducted into HOF

STANFORD, Calif. - Women's Swimming Head Coach Greg Meehan was inducted into his alma mater's Hall of Fame at Rider on Saturday night. 

As an undergraduate at Rider, Meehan swam the second-fastest 200 backstroke, the third-fastest 100 backstroke and the fifth-fastest 1,000 freestyle at that time. A mathematics and secondary education major and a four-time All-Academic team member, Meehan swam on the MAAC champion relay team.

In his fifth year at the helm of the Cardinal, Meehan led the program to a national championship in 2017. The Cardinal had 13 different All-Americans combine for 47 All-America honors, seven individual national championships and three relay titles en route to the program's first national title in 19 years. It was preceeded by a stint as an assistant coach for the U.S. team at the 2016 Olympics, where he mentored three Olympians and one Paralympian. Meehan worked extensively with Lia Neal, Simone Manuel and Maya DiRado, who combined to win nine medals (four gold). In addition, Stanford freshman Brickelle Bro qualified for the Paralympic Games in four events.

In a half decade at Stanford, Meehan has coached 25 different Stanford swimmers to a combined 178 All-America honors. Additionally, Meehan has mentored three Pac-12 Swimmers of the Year and three Pac-12 Newcomers of the Year. As a team under Meehan, Stanford won the 2013 and 2017 Pac-12 Championships, and has not finished lower than second at the conference meet. The Cardinal also finished as the national runner-up at the NCAA Championships in 2014 and 2016, and placed third in 2015. A three-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year and two-time CSCAA National Swimming Coach of the Year, Meehan has led Stanford to a 39-4 dual meet record, including undefeated regular seasons in 2013-14 and 2015-16.

Meehan will serve as head coach for Team USA for the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, July 23-30. 

 

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