Megan Byrnes Season 2019-20

Career Accolades

• Member of three NCAA championship teams (2017-19)
• Member of four Pac-12 championship teams (2017-20)
• Four-time All-America
  • 500 Freestyle - 2017 (9^th)
  • 1650 Freestyle - 2017 (3^rd), 2018 (4^th), 2019 (16^th)
• Two-time Pac-12 champion
  • 1650 free - 2017, 2018
• 2020 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic first team (2018-19)
• Three-time CSCAA Scholar All-America (2017-19)
• Ranks third all-time at Stanford in the 1650 free (15:43.68)
• Ranks eighth all-time at Stanford in the 500 free (4:37.78)

As a Senior • Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Scored at Pac-12 Championships in two events
  • 1,650 free (7^th, 16:14.93), 500 free (20^th, 4:45.55)

As a Junior • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions

• CSCAA Scholar All-America 
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• Honorable Mention All-America in the 1,650 free (16^th, 16:03.64)
• Also competed at NCAA Championships in the 500 free and finished 24^th (4:41.14)
• Scored at the Pac-12 Championships in three events
  • 1650 free (6^th, 16:05.50), 500 free (10^th, 4:39.16), 200 free (20^th, 1:47.46)

As a Sophomore • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions

• CSCAA Scholar All-America 
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• First-team All-America in the 1,650 free (4^th, 15:43.68)
• Also competed at NCAA Championships in the 500 free and finished 17^th (4:38.87)
• Pac-12 champion in the 1650 free (15:49.38)
• Also scored at Pac-12 Championships in the 500 free (5^th, 4:39.05) 
• Missed Fall season due to injury

As a Freshman • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions

• CSCAA Scholar All-America 
• Two-time All-America
  • 500 Freestyle (9^th, 4:37.78), 1650 freestyle (3^rd, 15:50.87)
• Also competed at NCAA Championships in 200 free (52^nd, 1:48.25)
• Pac-12 champion in the 1650 free (15:47.62)
• Also scored at Pac-12 Championships in 500 free (4^th, 4:39.14) and 200 free (15^th, 1:46.88)

Prior to Stanford

• Three-time state champion in the 200 freestyle (2013, 2015, 2016)
• Three-time state champion in the 500 freestyle (2013, 2015, 2016)
• Set state records in the 200 and 500 freestyle
• Four-time all-region, all-state, all-conference and all-area
• Three-time team MVP (2014-16)
• Led team to two state championships (2013, 2014) and two state runner-up finishes (2015, 2016)
• Competed for Team USA at 2014 FINA Junior Open Water World Championships in Hungary
• Swam for Nation's Capital Swim Club (2012-16)
• USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
• Assistant coach for the Oakton Swim Club, a program that teaches teenagers with disabilities how to swim

Personal

• Daughter of Laura and John Byrnes
• One younger sister, Julia
• Father swam at Cal and mother also attended Cal