2016 US Olympic gold medalist Townley Haas shared the news of his engagement to fiance Megan Meseck via Instagram.
Townley Haas first represented the US international at the 2014 Jr. Pan Pacific Championships where he won gold in both the 200 freestyle (1:48.32) and the 4×200 freestyle relay along with Liam Egan, Blake Pieroni, and Andrew Seliskar.
The next year, Haas began his collegiate career swimming for the University of Texas. In his freshman year, Haas raced to a gold medal in the 200 and 500 freestyles. In the former, his 1:30.46 was fast enough to set a new pool, championships, American, and NCAA record in the event.
Coming off a stellar NCAA freshman season, Haas had somewhat of an international breakout at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Haas qualified for the team after breaking his 7th place seed in the 200 freestyle at Trials, winning the event over Conor Dwyer and Ryan Lochte, and qualifying to race the individual 200 and 4×200 relay in Rio. Haas went on the place 5th in the 200 freestyle with a 1:45.58. In the 4×200, however, Haas helped teammates Lochte, Dwyer, and Michael Phelps to win Olympic gold with a collective 7:00.66.
Following 2016, Haas returned to Texas for another 3 seasons and has represented the US internationally at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships along with the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships. Haas has amassed numerous medals both for Texas and the US throughout his career;
Townley Haas NCAA Medals (2016-2019)
- 200 Freestyle: Gold (2016, 2017, 2018)
- 4×100 Freestyle: Gold (2017, 2019)
- 500 Freestyle: Gold (2016, 2018, 2019), Silver (2017)
- 4×200 Freestyle: Gold (2016, 2018), Silver (2017), Bronze (2018)
Townley Haas International Medals (2016-2019)
- 4×100 Freestyle: Gold (2017/2019 World Champs)
- 4×100 Medley: Gold (2017 World Champs)
- 200 Freestyle: Gold (2018 Pan Pacs), Silver (2017 Worlds)
- 4×200 Freestyle: Gold (2018 Pan Pacs/Rio 2016), Bronze (2017/2019 World Champs)
Haas has competed for the Cali Condors in both of the first two ISL seasons, contributing to the Condors’ third-place finish in 2019, and their 2020 team victory.
Haas and now fiance Meseck announce their engagement just weeks after celebrating their 5-year anniversary.
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I think we all know what HE does for work; what keeps her busy 9 – 5?
Ah. There it is. Classic Texas misogyny
It looks like she’s a nurse or in nursing school via the “Texas Nursing” on her white coat.
thanks.
So glad to read that it didn’t take the “Woke Police” any time at all to arrive.
The question I wrote is simple, understandable, and curious – not offensive to most.
Misogyny? Be real!
PS: What exactly differentiates “Texas” misogyny from other forms?
The second pic literally says Texas Nursing
old eyes – thanks.
Thanks for your comment MIKE IN DALLAS, Megan is currently pursuing a nursing degree at the University of Texas, Austin. According to an Instagram post from Townley in September of 2019, she received her white coat and is on track to graduate as a Registered Nurse.
A lovely response and informative – thanks.
how did you type that out and think “yes, this is a good thing to post”?
I ask questions without fearing Orwell’s thought police.
Don’t you have some Michigan electors to go harass?
No
Can Swimswam just delete comments like this
Ah, yes! Let’s censor what we despise.
What a disgusting display of misogyny. She’s quite accomplished in her own right, which you’d be aware of if you’d cared to look.
Look I try to be as woke as possible, but I can’t really wrap my head around why asking what she does for work is misogyny. Can someone lay it out for me?
Quite the contrary – feels to me like it’s giving the ‘faceless spouse’ in the athlete relationship some identity, some personage, some humanity.
WAGs are a big topic of conversation in English football. Except, rarely are they asking about the women’s careers. THAT is misogyny.
I think the core intent behind the question is valid – we already know what Townley does, and so it’s reasonable to ask for more information on what she does. However, I see the issue in the tone of the question. If Mike had asked ‘What does she do for work?’ or ‘Is she a nurse?’ I doubt there would have been much pushback. But the way he phrased his question somewhat implied that she’s lazy or not good enough if she isn’t as accomplished as Townley. Not everyone perceives these types of conversation subtleties the same way, but I think the up/down vote record reflects how his statement was received.
Ok but can you describe that to me? Or is it just a sense? If it’s just a sense, isn’t that the responsibility of the interpreter, not a writer?
If the writer implied that she was lazy with some word choice or some intonation specifically, then we should be able to describe what that is, right?
I agree it’s a sense. I don’t want to pretend to be an expert of sociology. I would argue both the speaker and receiver have responsibility. Obviously people can choose what they are offended over. But the speaker can also choose how to phrase what they say, and can consider whether it would inflammatory to most people. My reference to the voting record indicates that most people did.
I think an analogy would be sarcasm. If you phrased something in a sarcastic way, but you meant it genuinely, should you be surprised if people are bothered by it?
Thank you! It’s not misogyny.
It’s called “interest” in the working life of the female partner.
I looked — and I questioned. Something others don’t do.
“Disgusting” – please!
Get a life Swimmah…
I have a pretty accomplished one, Tomek, but thank you for your concern ❤️
I took the comment to being a reaction to the article content being a little one sided. It is an engagement between someone new and someone we have known about for many years on this website. The new person gets no content in the article and the person we know and love so well gets his history spelled out to us again.
How about we introduce his significant other with some details.
Thank you for making the salient observation which was needed – what is her story? We know his.
this is the most stupid comment i’ve ever seen on swimswam
You must be new here.
Who literally cares? How about a “congratulations you two” and move on?
Back in the day, we used the term Haas in refer to someone who is a big dog… someone you didn’t want to mess with.
Do kids still use this term?
That’s “Hoss”. Was derived from “horse”. Also the nickname for Corey Harrison, of Pawn Stars fame, with a “Big” in front of it.
Could also be “Hoss” from “Hoss Cartwright” from the “old western” “Bonanza” for us over 65😄!!
Bro…. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.urbandictionary.com/define.php%3fterm=hass&=true
You’ve now spelled it a 3rd different way.
That’s also one of the worst UD entries I’ve ever read.
this is a crowning moment in both of their lives and this is the comment section we give them?
I agree. Congratulations Townley and Megan !!
all that’s missing are the “who cares? people do x all the time” comments that plague the other articles about personal milestones of elite swimmers
They deserve all our best wishes as well as a mention of what the prospective bride does, apart from adoring a worthy young man. I couldn’t quite read the embroidered inscription on her lab coat, so I appreciate the update.
And Townley is quite fortunate not only in his choice, but to have a loving fiancée/wife to cast professionally trained eyes and ears on any aches or pains! (So say the athletes I know partnered to nurses, doctors, etc.)