“There can’t be too much sweeter than that,” Murphy said.
Now that Meyer has taken home the gold for the United States at the World Open Water Swimming Championships, his goal is to represent the country at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, according to his mother. Open water swimming was first introduced as an Olympic sport at the 2008 summer games held in Beijing.
“Needless to say, he’s got a lot of ground to cover to get there,” Murphy said.
While at Harvard, the former co-captain managed to rewrite the Crimson record books, notching the second-fasted time in school history in the 1,650 free. Meyer posted a time of 14:58.13 at the NCAA Championships in the event, good for a 14th place finish.
“He’s just made a huge contribution to the program,” Murphy said, “He will be hugely missed. He just came in from day one and was competitive.”
Meyer could not be reached for comment Thursday afternoon.