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03/27/2013
Illinois Collects 52 Academic All-Big Ten Selections
52 Illini Honored By Conference for Second Time This Year
03/27/2013
Illinois Collects 52 Academic All-Big Ten Selections
52 Illini Honored By Conference for Second Time This Year
02/23/2013
Illini Conclude Big Ten Championships
Orange and Blue tie Michigan State for 11th
02/22/2013
Illini Wrap Up Day Three of Big Ten Championships
Meng sets school record in 100 back
02/22/2013
Illinois Completes Day Two of Big Ten Championships
Pope becomes third-fastest Illini all-time in 50 free
Freshman 2011-12 - Ranks first in the 50 back (25.88), third in the 100 back (55.71), eighth in the 200 back (2:02.71), second in the 50 fly (25.64) and sixth in the 100 fly (56.02) on Illinois' all-time fastest individuals list ... Earned Newcomer of the Year accolades at the team awards banquet ... Honorable Mention Scholar-All American by CSCAA.
High School - Four-year letterwinner in swimming and one-time letterwinner in soccer at Sauk Prairie High School ... Five-time state champion ... Broke state record in the 100 fly ... Academic All-State honoree in 2010 ... Garnered All-America honors in 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 100 back and 100 fly (2008-2010) ... Helped her team finish fourth in the state championships (2008) ... Helped her 400 free relay team to a first-place finish in the state championships (2008) ... Swam for Waunakee Rural Aquatic Team ... Helped her club team to a state title in the long course (2010) ... Three-time individual state champion with her club team.
Personal - Born April 25, 1993 ... Parents are Denleigh and Karen Meng ... Majoring in kinesiology ... Plans to become a physical therapist ... Enjoys tubing, snowboarding, wakeboarding, water skiing, spending time with friends, watching movies, reading, playing soccer and spending time outdoors ... Lists swimmer Natalie Coughlin as her favorite athlete.
