Megan Childs

Photo by: Liz Parke/Big 12 Conference

Position:
Breaststroke/Free
Class:
Senior
High School:
Neuqua Valley
Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
50 Free	0:24.13	Non-ISU
100 Free	0:52.07	Non-ISU
200 Free	1:56.09	Non-ISU
500 Free	5:21.46	Non-ISU
50 Back	0:30.48	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Back	1:03.04	Non-ISU
200 Back	2:19.92	Non-ISU
50 Breast	0:31.91	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Breast	1:03.62	2014 Big 12 Championship
200 Breast	2:19.75	2014 Big 12 Invite
50 Fly	0:28.56	Pentathlon (2015-16)
100 Fly	1:05.14	Non-ISU
100 IM	1:03.51	Pentathlon (2015-16)
200 IM	2:07.75	2014 Big 12 Championship
400 IM	4:47.72	Non-ISU

Awards and Honors
Academic All-Big 12 First-Team: 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll: Fall 2014

2016-17 (Senior)
Ranked third on the team in the 200 breaststroke and fourth in the 100 breaststroke … swam in the scoring finals for both breaststroke races at the Kansas Classic and Big 12 Championship … took 12^th in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.73) and 200 breaststroke (2:22.75), earning a career-best finish in the 200 … also swam the 200 IM (21^st, 2:08.14) and 200 medley relay (9^th, 1:43.46) at the Big 12 Championship … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First-Team.

2015-16 (Junior)
Tallied 10 top-five finishes on the year … had a trio of top-three finishes in individual events … posted the Cyclones’ No. 3 times in the 100 breaststroke (1:04.36) and 200 breaststroke (2:22.05) … competed in 200 MR, 200 IM, 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke at Big 12 Championship … swam in the ‘B’ final of 100 breaststroke (16th place, 1:06.19) and 200 breaststroke (16th place, 2:23.63) ... named to the 2016 Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2014-15 (Sophomore)
Competed in the 200 breaststroke (15^th, 2:22.92), 100 breaststroke (19^th, 1:05.88), 200 IM (23^rd, 2:11.19) and 200 medley relay (Exh., 1:45.54) at the Big 12 Championships … recorded seven top-five finishes … posted the team’s fifth-fastest 100 breaststroke (1:05.88) and 200 breaststroke (2:22.60) times on the season.

2013-14 (Freshman)
Competed in the 200 medley relay (12th, 1:49.08), 200 IM (24th, 2:07.75), 100 breaststroke (11th, 1:03.62) and 200 breaststroke (Exh., 2:24.38) at the Big 12 Championship … recorded eight top-five finishes (one individual, seven relay) … posted the third-fastest 100 breaststroke (1:03.62) and fourth-fastest 200 breaststroke (2:19.75) times on the 2013-14 Cyclone squad … notched the eighth-best 100 breaststroke and 12th-best 200 breaststroke performances in school history.

High School
Swam for Neuqua Valley High School under coach Brandon King and coach Mac Guy … holds school records in the 200 medley relay and the 200 freestyle relay … four-time all-conference honors recipient … 2012 recipient of the Dede Witowhich humanitarian Award … placed third in both the 200 freestyle and 200 medley relays and fifth in the 400 freestyle relay at the 2012 state meet … placed in the top six in three relays at the 2012 state meet … placed sixth in the 100 breaststroke at the 2010 state meet … placed seventh in the 200 freestyle at the 2009 state meet … 2009 team MVP … swam for the Fox Valley Swim Team under coach David Krotiak … swam for Central Iowa Aquatics under coach Dave Joensen … four-time USA swimming scholastic All-American.

Personal
Daughter of Craig and JoAnn Childs … born on March 23, 1995 … earth science major.