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GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED VOLUME 28, ISSUE 2 107 napolis, and tried her best to keep her expectations low. With each week packed to the tune of 40 hours of work and 20-plus hours of swimming, 'It was a bit of a grind,' she said. Despite the hectic schedule, Meitz continued her im- pressive swimming at the trials, dropping even more time from her previous bests and setting two Purdue long-course records. With each event, her confidence soared: Sixth place in the 800-meter freestyle (8:34.30), 12th place in the 200-meter freestyle (1:59.56), forth place in the 400-meter freestyle (4:08.38). All of a sud- den, Meitz was Taipei-bound as the first Boilermaker fe- male swimmer ever to represent the United States in the World University Games. "It was super exciting, and honestly, I can't even ex- plain the emotion that was going through me," Meitz said. "I remember distinctly after the last swim, I was on the podium and just soaking it all in. Then when I got off the podium, I saw (Klinge) at the other end of the pool. I walked over to him, and he had tears in his eyes. We had a big hug, and that was one of the coolest moments I've ever had. ... Then walking back to the stands and having all my teammates come and they were all bawling their eyes out, it was such a cool meet." Meitz's emergence as an interna- tional-competition caliber swimmer this year might have been unexpected for the Wisconsin native, but it didn't surprise Klinge at all. "The things (Meitz) was doing in practice, I think I would have been disappointed if she hadn't done that at the World Championship Trials. She had really progressed," Klinge said. "She's always been a hard train- er, but she'd progressed to another level, so we expected her to do some really special things at the World Championship Trials." Meitz finished her internship with a presentation in Las Vegas Aug. 11 and flew to Taiwan four days later. She capped off her whirlwind sum- mer with a silver medal after swim- ming the preliminaries of the 4x200 freestyle relay for the United States. She also was a finalist in her two in- dividual events, finishing fifth in the 400 and eighth in the 800. "It was definitely a very, very challenging summer, but I think I grew a lot both athletically, professionally, and personally," Meitz said. "I learned a lot about myself be- ing able to balance all those things, and I think I proved to a lot of people that maybe had doubts that you can do both and succeed at both if you put in the time and the effort. You just have to be very, very disciplined about it." Upon returning to the States, Meitz was officially add- The Meitz File • 2017 World University Games Silver Medalist (4x200M Relay) • 16 individual event victories in 2016-17, most on Boilermaker team • 143 points accounted for at Big Ten meet, most on team Purdue Vinyl Covers Item #7255 Purdue TV Cover Available in 4 Sizes! 30" (Fits sizes 30-36") $99.95 40" (Fits sizes 40-46") $109.95 50" (Fits sizes 50-56") $119.95 60" (Fits sizes 60-65") $129.95 Ships for just $10.00 GOLD AND BLACK ILLUSTRATED • 1-800-876-4678 2605 Yeager Road • West Lafayette, IN 47906 www.GoldandBlackDigital.com/store Item #7426 Purdue Grill Cover Small: $51.95 + $15 S&H 55" wide x 36" tall x 21" deep Large: $54.95 + $15 S&H 66" wide x 36" tall x 21" deep Heavy Duty Commerical-Grade Vinyl Covers for Your Grill or TV! Covers are shipped direct from manufacturer. Please allow up to 2 weeks for delivery. Please add sales tax if you are a resident of IN (7%).