Megan Romano

Romano in 2013
Personal information
National team	United States
Born	(1991-02-02) February 2, 1991 (age 32) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, freestyle
Club	New York Athletic Club
College team	University of Georgia
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States World Championships (LC) 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle 2013 Barcelona 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m freestyle 2012 Istanbul 4×200 m freestyle 2012 Istanbul 100 m freestyle 2012 Istanbul 4×100 m medley Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 4×200 m freestyle 2013 Kazan 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Shenzhen 4×100 m freestyle 2011 Shenzhen 4×100 m medley 2013 Kazan 100 m backstroke 2013 Kazan 4×100 m freestyle 2011 Shenzhen 100 m freestyle 2013 Kazan 50 m freestyle 2013 Kazan 100 m freestyle 2013 Kazan 4×100 m medley

Megan Romano (born February 2, 1991) is an American competition swimmer who specializes in backstroke and freestyle events. She is part of the current American record women's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team, and is the short-course yards American record-holder in the 200-yard freestyle and 4x200-meter freestyle relay. Along with her Georgia Bulldogs teammates, she won the NCAA Division I women's team championship in 2013.

Swimming career

Italian american,^[1] at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, the qualifying meet for the 2012 Olympics, Romano narrowly missed the Olympic team by finishing seventh in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 1:58.56 (the top six finishers were selected for the relay).^[2] Romano also competed in the final of the 100-meter backstroke and place eighth in the final.

At the 2012 Short Course World Championships, Romano won four medals: two gold, one silver, and one bronze. On the first day, Romano led off the relay and had a split of 1:56.03 in the 4×200 free relay. Along with teammates Chelsea Chenault, Shannon Vreeland, and Allison Schmitt, they won with a time of 7:39.25.^[3] Romano earned her first individual medal with a silver in the 100-meter free on the third day of competition, finishing behind Germany's Britta Steffen with a 52.48.^[4] Later, she anchored the 4×100 medley relay to a bronze-medal-winning 3:51.43 with the fastest split in the field of 51.90.^[5] In Romano's last event, she led off the relay with a split of 52.86, and along with Jessica Hardy, Lia Neal, and Allison Schmitt, won the 4×100 free relay in 3:31.01, nearly two seconds ahead of second-place finisher Australia.^[6]

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Romano anchored the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay to a gold medal, overtaking Australia's Alicia Coutts in the final 100 meters. She entered the water 7 tenths of a second behind Coutts, but beat the Australian by a margin of 0.12. Her split of 52.60 was a personal best and second-fastest of anyone in the field. The final relay time of 3:32.31 bettered the previous American record of 3:34.24.^[7] Romano earned her second medal, a gold, in the 4×100-meter medley relay with Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, and Dana Vollmer. Swimming the anchor leg, Romano recorded a split of 53.43 and the team finished with a time of 3:53.23.

Personal bests