Tara McGovern
Tara McGovern
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Gainesville, Fla.
  • High School:
    P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School
  • Major:
    Mathematics and Music Performance
  • Events:
    Back/Fly/Free
Bio

2024-25: Saw limited action, only competing in one tri-meet on the season … Member of the fall semester AD Honor Roll.

2023-24: Top individual showing at NCAC Championships was a 13th-place finish in the 200 back in a time of 2:14.33 … Placed 15th in the 100 back at NCACs in 1:02.10 … Went 1:01.78 in prelims … Finished 16th in the 100 fly, touching the wall in 1:02.84 … Also swam in the 400 medley relay prelims … Member of the AD Honor Roll for the fall 2023 semester.

Prior to Wooster: Two-time regional runner-up and part of the states team at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School … Top-eight placer at states … Coached by Kara Dawson.

Personal: Parents are Joseph and Prudence McGovern … Sister, Mariah, was a two-time relay All-American at Wooster in 2012 … Sister, Courtney, was a NCAA Div. III Championships qualifier for the Scots in 2014, won the 100 butterfly at the NCAC Championships, and still holds the program records in the 100 (57.02) and 200 backstrokes (2:02.49) … Mathematics and music performance major. 

News mentions
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Deep Senior Class Cornerstone of Wooster’s 2024-25 Team

Scot have early-season meet against a top-25 Div. II program

October 8, 2024