Megan Farrell Class: Junior Hometown: Hopkinton, MA High School: Hopkinton Height: 5-7 Event: Free/IM Birthdate: 04/29/1988

AS A SOPHOMORE: 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 campaign 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: Qualified in four events for the NCAA Championships ... member of the 13th-place 800 Free Relay and the 20thplace 400 Free Relay at the national level ... also competed individually in the 200 IM and the 200 Free at the national meet ... only freshman swimmer 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 championship 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: 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 broken 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 ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in finance and economics.