LSU Gold
Position
Freestyle
Height
6'1
Class
Sophomore
Hometown
London, England
High School
Mount Kelly School
Experience
1L

2023 SEC Champion (400-Free Relay)
NCAA Qualifier

Barnes’ Top Times
50-free: 22.89 2023 Art Adamson Invitational
500-free
: 4:45.38 2022 Art Adamson Invitational
200-free: 1:45.26 2022 Art Adamson Invitational
100-free: 48.56 2023 Art Adamson Invitational
1000-free: 10:38.33 2022 South Carolina

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023-24)
Opened her second season at LSU with a win in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.16); also placed fifth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:08.41… In the home opener vs. Arkansas had two fourth-place finishes in the 200-free (1:52.81) and 500-free (5:10.76); also claimed first as a member of the 400-free relay team that clocked a time of 3:22.74… During a tri-team meet with FSU & Alabama, placed sixth in the 200-free with a time of 1:51.55 and 12th in the 500-free with a time of 5:06.22… At the Tiger’s midseason meet in the Art Adamson Invitational, placed ninth in the 50-free (22.89), second in the 100-free (48.56 – B cut), second in the 200-free (1:45.40 – B cut), and ninth in the 500-free (4:45.66 – B cut)… was also a member of the winning 200-free relay (1:28.88 – B cut) and 400-yard free relay (3:15.66 – B cut)

FRESHMAN SEASON (2022-23)
SEC Champion Relay member in the 400-yard free relay event… In the opening meet against Vanderbilt and Tulane, she claimed fourth place in the 500-free with a time of 5:07.79 and sixth place in the 200-free with a time of 1:52.71… During the first SEC dual meet of the year, claimed third in the 500-free at South Carolina with a time of 5:02.92 and seventh in the 1000-free with a time of 10:38.33… In a tri-meet against Denver and Air Force, won the 200-free with a time of 1:52.86 and got fourth in the 100-free with a time of 52.39… For Auburn, took fourth place in the 200-free with a time of 1:50.66 and seventh place in the 500-free with a time of 5:02.60… At the Art Adamson Invitational, finished in ninth place in the 100-free with a time of 49.04, second in the 200-free with a time of 1:45.26 and ninth in the 500-free with a time of 4:45.38… Against FSU, won the 200-free with a time of 1:49.56… In the regular-season finale vs. Texas A&M, placed third in the 500-free with a time of 4:53.75 and fourth in the 200-free with a time of 1:49.89… At the 2023 SEC Championships, claimed 29th in the 500-free (4:47.50), 11th in the 200-free (1:45.85), and 19th in the 100-free (48.96)

HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Mount Kelly College located in Tavistock, England

PERSONAL
Full name is Megan McKenzie Barnes… Born on Sept. 19, 2003, in her hometown of London… Parents names are Ali and Gordon Barnes; has two sisters… Her mother, Ali, rowed at the international level… Her planned major upon arriving to Baton Rouge was mathematics… Chose LSU because “I admired the work ethic of the team and knew I wanted to be a part of it.”

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