Missouri State

Honors & Awards
• MSU Athletics Director[apos]s Honor Roll - Fall 2012

2012-13: Registered career bests in two of three individual events (50 free, 100 fly) at the 2013 MVC Championships; also led off the Bears[apos] B-400 Medley Relay and broke the 1-minute barrier for the first time ever...Finished the season among the Bears[apos] top-five swimmers in the 100 back (5th) with her time from Day 2 of the conference meet.

2011-12: Was entered as an exhibition swimmer for the 2012 MVC Championships...Swam a season best in the 50 free (24.72) at the conference meet; her prelims time would have qualified her for the B-Final...Also swam in the 100 and 200 free preliminaries at the MVC Championships...Posted two season bests at the UIW Christmas Invitational in December including a 53.65 in the 100 free and 1:58.40 in the 200 free.

Background: Was named Most Valuable Swimmer at local Kickapoo High School and helped break several school records...Was a four-year letterwinner...Ranked as the 13th-best swimmer in the state of Missouri for 2011 by CollegeSwimming.com...Swam for head coach Dave Collins and the Missouri State Aquatics club team...As a senior, she swam in the consolation finals at the 2011 MSHSAA Girls State Swimming Championships in both the 200 free (14th) and 100 fly (10th)...Earned all-state accolades for her efforts in the 200 and 400 free relays...As a junior, Swain qualified for state in 7-of-8 individual events...She was the only freshman at Kickapoo to swim at state, participating in all three relays.

Personal: Merideth Anne Swain is the daughter of Chris and Laura Beitzell...Has two siblings: Jeffrey Swain and Natalie Beitzell...Her grandfather, Russell G. Barnekow, Jr., and mother, Laura Beitzell, both attended MSU...Majoring in sport & park administration.

Career Bests at Missouri State
Event	Time	Opponent/Meet	Date
50 Free	24.56	2013 MVC Championships - Prelims	2/14/13
100 Free	53.65	UIW X-Mas Invitational	12/19/11
200 Free	1:58.40	UIW X-Mas Invitational	12/18/11
100 Back	59.58	2013 MVC Championships - 400 Medley Relay	2/15/13
100 Fly	59.46	2013 MVC Championships - Prelims	2/15/13