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2020-21 Women's Swimming Roster

Megan Hanson

  • Position Freestyle, Backstroke
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Keller, Texas
  • Highschool Keller

Biography

2020-21 Senior Season: Named to AD Honor Roll as a Pharmacy major... Three-time BIG EAST Qualifier and Finalist... Co-Captain... Placed 33rd in the 50 Free at Big East... Placed 22nd in the 100 Back at Big East... Placed 21st in the 200 Back at Big East... Ranks third in the 500 Free and 200 Back... Ranks sixth all-time in the 100 Back.

2019-20 Junior Season: Posted the second-best time in school history in the 500 Free at the House of Champions Invite… Only BU scorer in the 200 Free… Personal-best time in the 200 Back (2:08.34)… Part of the 400 Free Relay Team that won at Bellarmine (3:41.88)… Took second in the 200 Back at Bellarmine (2:11.63)… Notched a BIG EAST qualifying time in the 100 back at the Indiana Intercollegiates (1:01.07)… Placed fifth at the UIndy Quad in the 100 IM (1:05.50)… Finished fifth in the 1000 Free at Illinois State (11:09.70)… Part of the 200 Free Relay Team that placed fifth at the Indiana Intercollegiates (1:40.70)… Helped Butler finish sixth in the 200 Medley Relay at the BU double dual (1:51.82)… Finished seventh at the UIndy Quad in the 500 Free (5:19.46)… Placed 16th in the 200 Free at the Indiana Intercollegiates (1:59.49).

2018-19 Freshman Season: Moved to second on the BU All-Time list in the 500 Free (5:05.86)… Posted the sixth-best time in school history in the 100 Back (58.64)… Part of the 800 Free Relay Team that posted the second-best time in school history (7:42.60)… Part of the 400 Medley Relay Team that posted the second-best time in school history (3:51.91)… Placed seventh in the 100 Back at the Championship Meet (59.06)… Earned 15th in the 200 Back (2:08.10)… Part of the 200 Medley Relay team that placed eighth at the House of Champions Meet (1:45.83)… Top time in the 200 Free came in at 2:00.66.

2017-18 Freshman Season: Helped BU set a new school record in the 800 Free Relay... Hanson joined Linek, Bauer and Davies to post a time of 7:42.87... Placed her name on the BU Top-10 List in four different events... Ranks second all-time in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:05.37... Ranks fourth all-time in both the 200 Freestyle (1:54.93) and the 500 Freestyle (5:08.71)... Ranks sixth all-time in the 1000 Freestyle with a season-best time of 10:53.62... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

High School: Holds team record in 200 free relay and 400 free relay...state qualifier in 200 freestyle...2017 state runner-up in 200 freestyle relay...National Honor Society member.

Personal:  Daughter of Scott and Annette Hanson...has one sister. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Freestyle, Backstroke
    5'4"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Freestyle, Backstroke
    5'4"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Freestyle, Backstroke
    5'4"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Freestyle, Backstroke
    5'4"
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