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2023 Women's Track and Field Roster

Meg Swietlik

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Brookfield East
  • Hometown Elm Grove, Wis.

Biography

Collegiate Honors
• 2021 Horizon League Champion (Cross Country)
• 2021 First-Team All-Horizon League (Cross Country)
• 2021 Horizon League All-Academic Team (Cross Country)
• 2021 Horizon League 5,000-meter Champion (Indoor)

• 2021 Horizon League All-Academic Team (Indoor)
• 2019 NCAA All-Region (Cross Country)
• 6,000-meter school record (Cross Country)

• 5,000-meter school record (Indoor)
• 2019 First-Team All-Horizon League (Cross Country)
• Horizon League Runner of the Week (9/10/19)
• 2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete


2021-22 Season
2022 Outdoor: Ran at two meets ... placed 24th in the 10,000m at 38:25.18 April 1 at the WashU Distance Carnival ... finished 10th in the 5000m at the Illini Invite on April 23 at 18:19.07.

2022 Indoor: Did not compete.


2020-21 Season

2021 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2021 Indoor: Competed at three events and won each race... Dominated the 5,000-meter race at the Horizon League Championships, winning with a time of 16:57.10... Opened the year at the home John Tierney Classic and won the 3,000-meter race with a personal-record time of 9:53.89... Set a new Klotsche Center record and school record in the 5,000-meter race on February 14 at the Panther Tune-Up, finishing in 16:41.28.

Cross Country: Crowned the Horizon League Champion, crossing the tape in 21:33.3, a full 25 seconds ahead of the second-place runner... Led MKE to a team championship... First league champion for the Panthers since 2015... First MKE female in Division I history to qualify for nationals... Voted Horizon League Athlete of the Year and named First Team All-League... Also named to the Horizon League All-Academic Team.


2019-20 Season
2020 Outdoor: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor: Did not compete

2019 Cross Country: Had a breakout junior season … named All-Region—only the fourth Panther in program history to do so—with a 24th-place finish—third-best finish of any Panther at a regional meet—while breaking the school record with a time of 20:57.6 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15) … named First-Team All-League after a third-place finish at the Horizon League Championships (Nov. 2) in 20:00.5 … opened the season at the Queen City Invite (Aug. 31), placing 25th in 18:43.6 … led the Panthers the rest of the season … placed second at the NIU Huskie Challenge (Sep. 6) in 22:08.2 … competed at the Loyola Lakefront Invite (Sep. 28), placing sixth in 17:48.0 … then raced at Pre-Nationals (Oct. 19), finishing 15th in 21:26.3 … named runner of the week on Sep. 10


2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: Continued to take her talents to the next level, placing fourth overall in the 10k at the Horizon League Championships as a sophomore ... time of 36:54.35 is nearly a full minute PR that now ranks 10th in program history ... also came in 11th in the 5000m at the league meet ... started her season taking 16th in the 10k in 37:51.87 in St. Louis Mar. 29 ... had a season-best 5k at Illinois April 13 in 17:24.53, now ranking her eighth in MKE history.

2019 Indoor: Earned her first spot on the podium as a sophomore at the Horizon League Championships, taking seventh in the 5000m with a PR time of 17:42.24, with that time ranking just outside the top-10 in program history ... also competed in the 3k at the league meet, taking 15th ... started her season with a fifth-place finish in the 3k in 10:15.74 at the Tierney Classic Jan. 19 ... was a part of the big day for Milwaukee's distance crew at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 8, turning in a then-PR time of 17:51.87 in the 5k.

2018 Cross Country: Helped Milwaukee win its first ever Horizon League Championship ... consistently a top-three finisher for MKE all season ... just missed a spot on the all-league team, taking 18th overall at the league meet in 22:23.3 ... started her season taking 12th overall in a big day for MKE, crossing the line in 19:05.6 at the Vic Godfrey Invite Sept. 8 ... one week later, came in 28th overall in 18:58.0 at Indiana State's home meet ... had a big time drop at the Loyola Lakefront Invite Sept. 29, taking 66th in 18:15.3 ... had a season-best 6k time of 22:19.2 at the annual Bradley Classic Oct. 12 ... finished her sophomore season at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, taking 124th overall in 22:48.9.


2017-18 Season
2018 Outdoor: Came in 12th in the 10,000m and 22nd in the 5000m at the Horizon League Championships ... 10k time of 38:11.36 at the league meet equals a new PR ... started her outdoor season taking 16th in the 5000m at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic Mar. 24 ... dropped over 15 seconds off her 5k time two weeks later, crossing the line in 18:22.18 for seventh at the Gibson Invite ... finished runner-up in her first collegiate 10k in 38:25.22 at the Benedictine Relays April 13 ... also competed in the 1500m once on the year, taking 25th in 5:11.02 at the Drake Alternative April 28.

2018 Indoor: Finished 16th in the 5000m and 17th in the 3000m as a freshman at the Horizon League Championships ... made collegiate debut Jan. 20 at the Tierney Classic, taking eighth in the 3k in 10:41.13 ... one week later, placed third in the 5k in 18:43.53 at the Warhawk Classic ... lowered that 5k time to 18:35.20 at the GVSU Big Meet Invite Feb. 9.

2017 Cross Country: Consistently a top-three finisher for Milwaukee all season long as a freshman ... placed 23rd overall and third on the team to help UWM to a third-place showing at her first Horizon League Championships ... made her collegiate debut Sept. 9 at the Vic Godfrey Open, taking 20th overall in 19:00.4 ... lowered that 5K time to 18:02.6 to take 15th overall one week later at the Bradley Intercollegiate ... crossed the line in 18:51.23 at the national Louisville Invite Sept. 30 ... finished her first 6K of the season in 22:53.7 at the Bradley Classic Oct. 13 ... earned a trip to the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Nov. 10, placing second on the team in 22:55.2.


High School
A late bloomer in the sport of running, joining track at the end of her sophomore year and cross country at the start of her junior year at Brookfield East High School ... qualified for state in cross country right away as a junior, finishing 107th overall ... one year later, again qualified for state and finished 30 seconds faster in 85th ... also qualified for state in track in both the 3200m and the 4x800m relay as a senior, taking fifth in the 4x800m relay ... was a varsity swimmer during freshman and sophomore seasons ... a WIAA Scholar Athlete.


Personal
Daughter of Andrew and Julie ... lists most memorable sports moment as "senior year at track sectionals when our 4x800m relay qualified for state and broke our school record by 10 seconds...two hours later, I was able to qualify for state in the two mile in the last lap of the race" ... sister, Clare, runs cross country and track at Carroll University ... born Aug. 2, 1999.


 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Senior

  • 2022Graduate Student

  • 2023Graduate Student

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