Will Thomas, eat your heart out

/

Walt’s kid whups the men; Olympics, here she comes

Meghan Lynch, 19, overall winner at Greenwich Point one-mile swim

Meghan will be a sophomore at Stanford this fall; Walt was tremendously proud of her when she was 8, and I imagine he’s looking down (or up) at her now, beaming.

(From her Stanford bio)

Career Honors

  • Member of the 2022 Pac-12 Championship team

As a Freshman (2020-21) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Finished second in the 500 free at UCLA (Jan. 28)

  • Scored at the Pac-12 Championships by taking 23rd in the 400 IM (4:22.20)

Prior to Stanford

  • Competed on the club level for Greenwich YWCA Dolphins Swim Team (2008-21)

  • USA Swimming Club Excellence Silver Medal Club (2019-20)

  • USA Swimming Club Excellence Bronze Medal Club (206-18)

  • Connecticut Swimming Swimmer of the Year (2019-20) ... Connecticut Swimming Senior Championships High Point Winner (2016-20)

  • Connecticut Swimming 2020 Senior Invitational overall and distance high point winner ... Connecticut Swimming Age Group Championships High Point Winner (2013-18)

  • Holds 65 Connecticut Swimming age group records

  • Qualified for Olympic Swimming Trials (2020)

  • Qualified and competed at USA Swimming Nationals (2018-19)

  • Current national age group record holder (10&U) in 50 breast and 100 breast

  • Connecticut State Open champions (2017-18)

  • Connecticut Class LL State champions (2017-18)

  • FCIAC champions (2017-18)

  • Connecticut High School Coaches Association Swimmer of the Year (2018-19)

  • Connecticut State Class LL MVP (2018-19)

  • Greenwich High School record holder in 50 free, 100 free (also holds the Class LL record), 200 free (also holds the conference record), 500 free, 200 IM (also holds the conference, Class LL and State Open records), 100 breast and 400 free relay (also holds the conference, Class LL and State Open records)

  • Versatile athlete who also competed with her high school track and triathlon programs

  • In track (all-FCIAC, all-state, freshman of the year)

  • In triathlon (2018 USA Triathlon All-American, six-time adult champion

Personal

  • Parents are Robert and Joan

  • Jas one sibling, Ryan

  • Mother, Joan, swam at University of Connecticut

  • Brother, Ryan, swam at Tufts University

  • National Society of High School Scholars (grade 11)

  • Greenwich HS Math, Science and Technology Award for Precalculus (grade 10)

  • Connecticut Swimming Board of Directors, athlete representative (grade 11, 12)

  • National French Contest Honorable Mention (grade 11)

  • Hobbies include puzzles, math, biking and triathlons

  • Played the saxophone in elementary and middle school, including a selective jazz band

  • Also competed in gymnastics before moving to swimming

  • Rescued two dogs and two cats