Meg Flanagan

Height:
6-0
Class:
FR
Hometown:
Blenheim, New Zealand
High School:
Marlborough Girls College

2022-23 (Fr.) – Competed with the first varsity eight during the record-setting season … finished in first place at the Big 10 Invite competing against Duke, Rutgers and Indiana … came in just 6.5 seconds behind eventual national champion Stanford and topped Iowa at the Pac 12 Challenge … placed in first with a 10-second cushion at the AAC Championship … helped the Mustangs to a third straight AAC title … at the NCAA Championship finished third in the opening race to earn a spot in the A/B semifinals … after a fifth placed finish in the semifinals, won the petite final, good for a seventh place national finish, the highest ever by a Mustang boat … as a team the Mustangs placed in ninth led by the varsity eight.

PRIOR TO SMU: Rowed for Wairau Rowing Club under Sam O’Neil … senior eight champion and third-place in senior quad in 2022 … named top oarswoman in 2019, 2020 and 2021 … named College Sportsperson of the Year … member of women’s eight named High School Team of the Year … selected to New Zealand U19 four in 2021 and U21 four in 2022.

PERSONAL: Daughter of John and Sal … has one brother, Jock, and one sister, Emma … father played rugby for Counties Manakua & Manawatu … sister was South Island’s representative in rowing … Head of Awatare House at Marlborough Girls College.