| Megan Farrell |
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AS A SENIOR (2009-10): Closed her Notre
Dame career with top 10 performances in school
history in both the 200 free and 200 IM ... among
the top five performers in school history in the
200 and 400 IM and the 200 free events, which
includes being in a tie for the second fastest per-
former in the 200 free ... swam to season-best
times in at the BIG EAST Championships, which
included times of 2:02.79 in the 200 IM (sixth
place), 4:22.41 in the 400 IM (seventh place) and
1:49.64 in the 200 free (seventh place) ... set two
additional season-best times at the Hoosierland
Invitational with her performances in the prelimi-
nary sessions of the 200 back (2:04.30) and 100
free (51.70) ... claimed the team's top 200 free
time on the season with her performance at the
league meet ... claimed the fourth and fifth fast-
est performances in the 400 and 200 IM, respec-
tively, on the season ... additionally claimed
three of the next six performances on the season
in the 400 IM for a total of four of the top 10 per-
formances on the campaign in the event ...
served as a team captain for the Irish in her senior
campaign ... recipient of the Notre Dame Club of
St. Joseph Valley Rockne Student-Athlete Award.
AS A JUNIOR (2008-09): Swam in 10 different
events throughout the season ... began the BIG
EAST Championships with a league and school
record-setting performance as a member of the
800 free relay (7:13.51) ... after going a career-best
2:02.38 in prelims of the 200 IM, bettered that
mark by going 2:00.63 in the finals for second
place and an Irish record ... runner- up in the 400
IM (4:16.42) ... raced to a career- best 1:48.34 in the
prelims of the 200 free and locked a fifth-place
finish in the finals at 1:49.31 ... wrapped up the
league meet with a trio of all-BIG EAST honors ...
recipient of program's Rockne Scholar-Athlete
award ... named an Honorable Mention All-
Academic performer by the College Swimming
Coaches Association of America (CSCAA).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2007-08): Capped off her
sophomore campaign with a cameo at the U.S.
Olympic Trials, swimming in the 200 IM ... picked
up a trio of all-BIG EAST honors (800 free relay, 400
medley relay and 400 free relay) ... her 400 free
relay (3:19.38) quartet set a school and BIG EAST
record in the event ... fastest time in the 100 free
(51.15) came during the BIG EAST Championships
... that came after steady improvement in the
event throughout the season ... started the cam-
paign with a 52.82 in the event at Minnesota ...
sported a best time of 1:49.35 in the 200 free at
the league meet ... made her 500 free debut and
finale at the Husky Invitational with a time of
4:57.02 ... had four tries at the 200 back, peaking
with a time of 2:01.69 at the BIG EAST
Championships ... finished the 400 IM in 4:24.19
against Purdue ... posted a season-best time of
2:03.23 in the 200 IM during the league meet.
AS A FRESHMAN (2006-07): Qualified in four
events for the NCAA Championships ... member
of the 13th-place 800 free relay and the 20th
place 400 free relay at the national level ... also
competed individually in the 200 IM and the 200
free at the national meet ... only freshman swim-
mer to compete for the Irish at the NCAA
Championships ... qualified for four BIG EAST
Championships events ... member of the title-
winning 800 free relay, her first BIG EAST champi-
onship and lone all-BIG EAST accolade from the
meet ... brought in 44 individual points at the
meet ... the top swimmer for the Irish in the 200
free ... turned in the season's second-best time for
in the 200 fly ... third-best in the 200 and the 400
IM.
THE FARRELL FILE: Team captain for the 2009-10 season ... spent
prep career swimming for Hopkinton (Mass.) ...
Massachusetts high school state champion in the
200 free and runner-up in the 500 free... NISCA
high school All-American ... team MVP as a senior
... scholar-athlete award winner all four years ...
2003 Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-
Scholastic team ... U.S. Open Qualifier in six events
... Senior National qualifier in the 200 free and fly
... Junior National qualifier in nine events ... swam
at the 2006 Summer Junior Nationals with a bro-
ken foot ... New England Swimming Women's
High Point Award ... New England Swimming
Outstanding Athlete of the Year ... member of the
NISCA Academic All-American team ... ranked
eighth during the 2005 summer in USA
Swimming's IMX Challenge ... career-best marks
through high school: 100 fly (55.48), 200 free
(1:50.26), 100 free (51.64) , 200 fly (2:04.19) ... born
April 29, 1988, in Newton, Mass. ... daughter of
Kathy and Michael Farrell ... one of four children ...
brother, Christopher, plays baseball at Catholic
University ... earned a spot on dean's list in the
spring of 2008 ... elected to Notre Dame's
Academic Affairs Committee for Student
Government ... member of the Undergraduate
Women In Business Club ... avid Boston Red Sox
fan ... graduated from the Mendoza College of
Business, majoring in finance and economics.
Farrell's Career Bests
| Event |
Time |
Meet |
| 100 Free |
51.15 |
NCAA CHAMP's (2007) |
| 200 Free |
1:48.34 |
BIG EAST (2009) |
| 100 Back |
58.58 |
Ohio State Invite (2008) |
| 200 Back |
2:01.69 |
BIG EAST (2008) |
| 200 Fly |
2:02.57 |
BIG EAST (2007) |
| 200 IM |
2:00.63 |
BIG EAST (2009) |
| 400 IM |
4:16.42 |
BIG EAST (2009) |
