Megan Romano

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Megan Romano

| image = Megan Romano after winning 100 freestyle-2 (9002641272).jpg

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| caption = Romano in 2013

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| national_team = {{USA}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|2|2|mf=y}}

| birth_place = St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S.

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| height = {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|170|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| strokes = Backstroke, freestyle

| club = New York Athletic Club

| collegeteam = University of Georgia

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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,[https://www.gazzetta.it/Nuoto/05-07-2015/nuoto-vichy-pellegrini-100-un-soffio-hosszu-scozzoli-soffre-lotta-120437255270.shtml Nuoto, a Vichy: Pellegrini, 100 a un soffio dalla Hosszu. Scozzoli soffre e lotta] gazzetta.it 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).{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010201001602FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 200 metre freestyle (final). |publisher=Omega Timing |access-date=2012-12-14}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010D01003402FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 4×200 metre freestyle (final). |publisher=Omega Timing |access-date=2012-12-16}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010D01001502FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 100 metre freestyle (final). |publisher=Omega Timing |access-date=2012-12-16}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010D01043902FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 4×100 metre medley relay (final). |publisher=Omega Timing |access-date=2012-12-16}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010C010D01003302FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) – Women's 4×100 metre freestyle (final). |publisher=Omega Timing |access-date=2012-12-16}}

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.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/35299.asp?q=Monster-Megan-Romano-Anchor-Delivers-Title,-American-Record-to-Team-USA |title=Monster Megan Romano Anchor Delivers Title, American Record to Team USA. |magazine=Swimming World Magazine |access-date=2013-07-29 |archive-date=December 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221161955/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/World/35299.asp?q=Monster-Megan-Romano-Anchor-Delivers-Title,-American-Record-to-Team-USA |url-status=dead }} 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

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! colspan="4" | Long course (50 m pool)

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| Event

| align="center" | Time

| align="center" | City

| align="center" | Date

50 m backstroke

| 28.56

| Charlotte

| May 10, 2013

100 m backstroke

| 59.85

| Kazan

| July 13, 2013

200 m backstroke

| 2:09:08

| Indianapolis

| August 11, 2012

50 m freestyle

| 24.98

| Kazan

| July 16, 2013

100 m freestyle

| 53.90

| Indianapolis

| June 25, 2013

200 m freestyle

| 1:57.54

| Indianapolis

| August 10, 2012

References

External links

{{World Aquatics}}
{{USA Swimming|new_id=megan-romano|archive=20220122015211}}
[http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/romano_megan00.html Megan Romano – University of Georgia athlete profile at GeorgiaDogs.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119104959/http://www.georgiadogs.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/romano_megan00.html |date=November 19, 2012 }}

Category:1991 births

Category:Living people

Category:American female backstroke swimmers

Category:American female freestyle swimmers

Category:Georgia Bulldogs women's swimmers

Category:Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)

Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming

Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States

Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States

Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States

Category:American people of Italian descent