Meg Finnerty

Class:
Senior
High School:
St. Peter's
Hometown:
Mansfield, Ohio

Finnerty's Top Times
Year	Event	Time
2011-12	50 Freestyle	23.59
2011-12	100 Freestyle	51.11
2009-10	200 Freestyle	1:50.54

as a Senior (2011-12): Finished ninth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.62) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23-25) ... was 14th in the 100 free (51.30) at the MAC Meet, after swimming a personal best and team leading 51.11 in the prelims ... also turned in a personal best 23.59 in the 50 free at the MAC Meet ... placed seventh in the 200-yard freestyle at the Zippy Invitational ... won seven events during the dual meet season ... was a double-winner in the 100 and 200-yard free against Duquesne (Oct. 22) and Ball State (Nov. 5) ... swam on four relays at the conference championships, including the second place 400 free relay (3:25.83) ... anchored both the seventh place 200-yard free relay (1:34.42) and the sixth place 200-yard medley relay (1:43.18) ... an Academic All-MAC pick.

as a Junior (2010-11): Compiled season best times in the 50-yard free (24.04), 100-yard free (52.34) and the 200-yard free (1:52.27) at the MAC Championships (Feb. 23-26) ... also swam on the 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, and 800-yard freestyle relay at the conference championships ... finished as the runner-up in both the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle in the Oakland dual (Oct. 29) ... won the 100-yard freestyle and took second in the 50-yard free against Duquesne (Nov. 12) ... scored in the 50-yard free, 100-yard free, and 200-yard free at the Zippy Invitational (Dec. 3-5), including a seventh place showing in the 200-yard free ... was a double winner (100-yard free, 200-yard free) in the St. Francis/Youngstown State tri-meet (Jan. 15) ... picked up yet another event-win in the 100-yard freestyle against Toledo (Feb. 4).

as a Sophomore (2009-10): Finished off the year, by swimming season bests in the 50-yard (23.91), 100-yard (51.98), and 200-yard (1:50.54) freestyles at the MAC Championships (Feb. 24-27) ... was a part of four relays that won events during the season ... swam a leg of the 200-yard and 400-yard medley relays that broke school records at the MAC Meet ... placed second in the 50-yard freestyle against St. Francis (Jan. 9) ... was the runner-up in the 200-yard freestyle against Buffalo (Jan. 22) ... claimed a pair of third place finishes in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle against Ball State (Nov. 6) ... also competed in the 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke.

as a Freshman (2008-09): Recorded 17 top five finishes and won two races ... set a pair of personal bests at the MAC Championships (Feb. 25-28), touching the wall in 24.57 in the 50-yard freestyle and 2:09.31 in the 200-yard backstroke ... recorded wins in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke against St. Francis (Jan. 16) ... finished second in both the 200-yard freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke against Marshall (Jan. 10) ... placed third in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke against Toledo (Jan. 30) ... added a personal best mark in the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.16) at the Zippy Invitational (Dec. 5-7) ... was a member of three winning relay teams.

at St. Peter's High School: Holds the state record in the 50-yard (24.8) and 100-yard (54.2) freestyle ... a top-16 state qualifier has a sophomore, junior, and senior ... a four-time All-Ohio honoree ... was a four year YMCA national qualifier... also a four-year letterwinner in soccer.

Personal: Daughter of Tom and Sheila Finnerty ... father played football at Miami University ... sister, Katie, swam for UA ... sisters, Molly and Anne, played soccer at Xavier ... sister, Rose, plays lacrosse at Notre Dame College ... born April 2, 1990.