Student-Athlete Features
Vanderbilt Hustler — Megan Ciezczak: Enjoy every moment
Career Honors
• 2023-24 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• 2024-25 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2023-24 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career-Best Times (collegiate)
50 Free: 23.12 at SEC Championships, 2.21.24
100 Free: 50.05 at SEC Championships, 2.24.24
200 Free: 1:53.34 at Ohio State Fall Invitational, 11.19.21
50 Back: 25.90 at CSCAA National Invitational, 3.9.23
100 Back: 55.10 at SEC Championships, 2.21.25
100 Fly: 58.47 at Ohio State Fall Invitational, 11.19.21
Commodore Record Watch
• Stands third and fourth, respectively, on the school’s all-time performer list in the 100 and 50 free
• Ranks ninth in the 100 back at Vandy as well
• Part of the program’s record-setting 200 free, 400 free and 200 medley relay squads
As a Senior (2024-25)
• Made the CSCAA NIC B cut in the 50 and 100 free, and the 100 back
• Was second on the team’s season performance list in the 50 and 100 free, also ranking third in the 100 back
• Posted a career-low 55.10 mark in the 100 back, adding her fastest times of the season in the 50 (23.24) and 100 (50.28) free at the SEC Championships (Feb. 18-22)
• Led the Commodores while placing in the top 45 in prelims of the 100 back at the meet
• Part of three relays—200 and 400 free, and 200 medley—that recorded the program’s best marks of the season at the conference championships as well
• Qualified for the B Final in the 50 free (23.65) and 100 back (55.33) while winning the C Final of the 100 free (51.38)—posting season-best marks in each event—at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 20-22)
• Swam the anchor leg in both the 200 medley and 200 free relays—helping the Dores win the former—while also placing in the top five in the 50 free (24.75) at Tulane (Sept. 27)
• Had a time of 51.79 in the 100 free and 55.95 mark in the 100 back on Senior Day against Southern Illinois (Feb. 1)
• Competed in the 50 (23.73) and 100 free (52.11), and was the anchor in the 200 medley and 400 free relays, at South Carolina and No. 13 Georgia (Oct. 11)
• Touched the wall fourth in the 50 free (24.80) in dual meet with Arkansas (Jan. 17), also swimming the 100 free (54.27) and 50 fly in the competition
• Raced in the 50 (24.82) and 100 (53.98) free while swimming in four relays at the House of ’Paign Invite (Oct. 25-26)
• Took part in the 50 free (24.88) free along with the 100 fly (59.67) in home meet against Kentucky (Jan. 3)
As a Junior (2023-24)
• Posted marks that meet the CSCAA National Invitational A standard in the 50 back, and the NIC B standard in 50 and 100 free and 100 back
• Had the Commodores’ second-fastest times on the season in the 50 and 100 free, standing third on the list in the 100 back also
• A member of the team’s top 200 and 400 free and 200 medley relays
• Set career-low marks in preliminary heats of the 50 and 100 free along with the 100 back (55.13) at the time at the SEC Championships (Feb. 20-24)
• Qualified for the A Final in the 50 and 100 free (50.46) as well as 100 back at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 15-17), with career-low times in the 50 free and 100 back
• Won the 50 free (23.83) while also placing in the top five in the 100 free (52.59) in Vandy’s victory over Iowa (Oct. 28)
• Touched the wall second in the 50 (23.67) and 100 (52.12) free at Illinois (Nov. 4)
• Tied for second in the 50 free (24.38) and swam the lead-off leg for team that won the 400 free relay in defeat of Tulane (Feb. 2)
• Second on the team in the 50 (23.43) and 100 (51.46) free in tri-meet with Georgia and Florida State (Jan. 13)
• Runner-up in the 50 free (23.63) while placing third in the 100 free (51.26), contributing legs in the Dores’ victorious 400 free and 200 medley relays, in defeat of both Little Rock and North Texas (Jan. 27)
• Was among the top five in both the 50 (24.19) and 100 (53.19) free in season-opening meet against Florida (Sept. 29)
As a Sophomore (2022-23)
• Met CSCAA National Invitational B standards in the 50 and 100 free, and 100 back
• Posted the top times on the team in the 50 and 100 free, ranking fourth on the Dores’ performer list in the 100 back as well
• Missed making finals in the 50 back by .04 seconds at the National Invitational Championship (March 9-11), also competing in the 50 (23.68) and 100 (51.28) free and 100 back (57.26) at the event
• Recorded career-best marks at the time in the 50 (23.39) and 100 (50.40) free as well as the 100 back (56.26) at the SEC Championships (Feb. 14-18)
• Had top-five results in the 50 (24.61) and 100 (54.35) free at Iowa (Jan. 21)
• Placed second in the B Final of both the 100 back (56.68) and 100 free (51.59) at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 16-18)
• Finished sixth in the 50 free (24.91) against North Florida and Georgia Southern (Oct. 15)
As a Freshman at Kentucky (2021-22)
• Saw action in five dual meets her only season with the Wildcat program
• Posted top-10 performances in the 50, 100 and 200 free at the Ohio State Winter Invite, including recording a career-best 51.45 mark in the 100 free at the meet
• Had personal-best time in the 200 free at Ohio State Invitational
• Finished with season-low 23.70 time in the 50 free in dual meet against in-state rival Louisville
• Placed fifth in the 50 free in victories over Cincinnati (24.43) and Marshall (24.61)
The Ciezczak File
• Is a medicine, health & society major
• Prepped at Neuqua Valley High and with the Fox Valley Swim Team, qualifying for the Junior Nationals with the latter
• Helped the Wildcats set state records in both the 200 and 400 free relays during her prep career
• Served as a team captain for both her school and club teams
• Recorded three club records with the Fox Valley program
• Part of team that won back-to-back state titles in 2017 and ’18
• Made the finals at the IHSA sectional championships seven times highlighted by a victory in the 100 free — to go along with second-place finishes in the 50 free and 100 back — her senior season
• Part of NVHS’s 200 and 400 free relays teams that claimed state titles at the 2019 IHSA meet as well as the victorious 200 free squad the previous fall
• Also finished sixth in the 50 free at the state championships as a sophomore
• Posted career-best times in the 50 (22.75) and 100 (50.42) free as well as the 100 back (55.54) at the IHSA sectional meet when she was a senior
• Advanced out of a field of 166 swimmers to the D Final of the 50 free at the 2019 NCSA Summer Championships
• Daughter of Mary and Mitch Ciezczak
• Brother, Matt, lettered in swimming for three seasons (2017-18, ’20) at Southern Illinois
Why Vanderbilt: “I chose Vanderbilt University because of the combination of amazing academics and athletics. Talking to the coaches and getting to know more about them, the team, and the school, it felt right. It has everything I want in a university and more. At Vanderbilt I can see myself succeeding in every aspect of my life.”