Megan Jendrick The Megan formerly known as Quann is a 2 time Olympian. In 2000 she took the swimming world by storm as a 16-year-old Olympic Champion in the 100 breast. Megan has won 9 national championships… + See More +
Megan Jendrick The Megan formerly known as Quann is a 2 time Olympian. In 2000 she took the swimming world by storm as a 16-year-old Olympic Champion in the 100 breast. Megan has won 9 national championships… + See More
The Megan formerly known as Quann is a 2 time Olympian.
In 2000 she took the swimming world by storm as a 16-year-old Olympic Champion in the 100 breast.
Megan has won 9 national championships and 2 World Championship medals in addition to her 2 Olympic Golds.
In 2008 she earned her 3rd Olympic medal as part of the 400 Medley relay.
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Mark T. April 16, 2009 at 11:54pm
I see a sappy, yet oddly enjoyable, NBC piece in Rome about Jendrick.
hmm i wanna see Jendrick and Kirk race against each other at KCAC.. Seen them both swim separately and at trials but not together in person, i think it'd cool.
This girl is awesome! I have no doubt that she will be in Rome kicking butt! And I can't wait to see her swim the 50-meter breast. I know she has the US Open record in it (I was there when she set it!!) but I don't think she has ever swum it at Worlds. That is going to be awesome!!
And for anyone saying one swimmer is more important than another... you're daft. More important to who? No one. To the medal count? Sure, but we're talking about PEOPLE here not medals!
And to say the breaststroke is the most easily replaced... I think you're smoking something foul. We have a lot of great women's IM'ers, a lot of great men's backstrokers, freestylers aplenty... but breaststroke? Megan Jendrick and Rebecca Soni far lead our 100's. So, think before speaking, PLEASE!
Recover quick, Megan!
i think gone are the days that people though swimmers only swam because they couldn't do anything on land. it seems like a lot of teams are doing more dryland activities that teach swimmers to be more athletic. it may not be natural, but having those athletic, fast twitch muscles, results in faster swimming
seriously jon lau said: “If you don't think Michael Phelps is more important then Megan Jendrick, you are absolutely crazy. She's not even the best breastroker in the United States, the womens 100 breast is probably the most easily replaced event for this country.
Phelps on the other hand, enough said.”
iswim said: “i hate it when people say that swimmers are "notoriously clumsy on land," especially when it comes from swimmers themselves. to tell you the truth, the majority of guys i swim with are incredibly athletic.”
I'll have all of you know that I am not notoriously clumsy on land. I am just notoriously bad at ball sports.
i hate it when people say that swimmers are "notoriously clumsy on land," especially when it comes from swimmers themselves. to tell you the truth, the majority of guys i swim with are incredibly athletic.
If you don't think Michael Phelps is more important then Megan Jendrick, you are absolutely crazy. She's not even the best breastroker in the United States, the womens 100 breast is probably the most easily replaced event for this country.
Phelps on the other hand, enough said.
to lazy to actauly login.. haha but almost everytime my team even goes on a run someone comes back with a twisted ankle or something! swimmers swim for a reason haha
I'm suprised there was only one major injury. Swimmers are notoriously clumsy on land. This was obviously a freak accident and not the fault of clumsiness, by any means. But my team couldn't even play basketball or ultimate frisbee without crutches being involved after the fact.
I agree it was a strange activity a few months before World trials.
i wonder what people would have thought of the activity if michael phelps broke both his arms falling from the two story tower thing they had to climb. not that i think michael phelps is more important than megan. which he is not.
megan is one of the best in the buisness! of course she is tough! i just think mark schubert could have picked a less dangerous activity for his national team, especially knowing that there is a world championship coming up around the corner, but that's my opinion. as a coach, i am always apprehensive about what activities my swimmers are doing and whether they have a risk of getting hurt like in snowboarding, surfing, or even something as harmless as basketball. you can see some of the activities they did with the navy seals on swimnetwork.com. i am not ragging on the mental and physical benefits they gained from working with the navy seals. i understand that it was a unique way to build teamwork and mental fortitude.
To Jon L, you kind of are making sense but what you don't realize is that Megan Jendrick has the most tough-minded athletic mindset of any athlete in the world.
She's a true champion and doesn't ever get put down about anything.
Which is why I bet Mark Schubert greased the bar knowing she'd slip and break her fibula and in doing so gain that extra edge of toughness needed to win the 100 breast in Rome.
I'd imagine she's already turned this problem into an advantage, -- a reason why she'll come through it better than ever.
didn't mark schubert realize that when you put 40 national team swimmers through navy seal training probability tells you that at least one of them will get hurt!
3 weeks ago at the National Team camp in San Diego Megan slipped from some high monkey bars and broke her upper fibula. She tells the story, and how she's dealing with the injury as she continues to pursue her 2009 World Championship dreams. April 15, 2009
Injury Report: Megan Jendrick
go kirk tho haha
And for anyone saying one swimmer is more important than another... you're daft. More important to who? No one. To the medal count? Sure, but we're talking about PEOPLE here not medals!
And to say the breaststroke is the most easily replaced... I think you're smoking something foul. We have a lot of great women's IM'ers, a lot of great men's backstrokers, freestylers aplenty... but breaststroke? Megan Jendrick and Rebecca Soni far lead our 100's. So, think before speaking, PLEASE!
Recover quick, Megan!
“ok you win. now go marry him haha”
“If you don't think Michael Phelps is more important then Megan Jendrick, you are absolutely crazy. She's not even the best breastroker in the United States, the womens 100 breast is probably the most easily replaced event for this country.
Phelps on the other hand, enough said.”
Are you kidding? With Kirk retired and Hardy a dope cheat, who is third? Someone two seconds behind? Soni, Jendrick... no one.
“i hate it when people say that swimmers are "notoriously clumsy on land," especially when it comes from swimmers themselves. to tell you the truth, the majority of guys i swim with are incredibly athletic.”
Phelps on the other hand, enough said.
Is there going to be a WWW today?!1!?!!~~!`1`~!
I agree it was a strange activity a few months before World trials.
She's a true champion and doesn't ever get put down about anything.
Which is why I bet Mark Schubert greased the bar knowing she'd slip and break her fibula and in doing so gain that extra edge of toughness needed to win the 100 breast in Rome.
I'd imagine she's already turned this problem into an advantage, -- a reason why she'll come through it better than ever.
didn't mark schubert realize that when you put 40 national team swimmers through navy seal training probability tells you that at least one of them will get hurt!