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2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Meritxell Font Cantarero

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool Jaume Vicens Vives
  • Hometown Girona, Spain

Biography

2023-24 (Fifth Year - 5th Season)
Awards/Honors/Records

  • First-Team All-American in the honor in the 200 medley relay Second-Team All-American honors in the 800 free relay, 400 medley relay, and the 200 fly
  • Broke her own school record for the 200 fly with a time of 2:01.52
Top Finishes
  • NCAA Championship (3/12/24-3/16/24) - Sixth place finish in the 1000 free (1:41.35), 11th place in the 400 medley relay (3:43.99) and 200 fly (2:01.52), 15th place in the 800 free relay (7:30.17), and 19th place in the 400 free relay (3:32.42)
  • GLIAC Championship (2/9/24-2/12/24) - First place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:41.29), second in the 400 medley relay (3:44.01), 200 fly (2:01.61) and 800 free relay (7:28.54), and third in the 100 fly (55.55)
  • Michigan Tech Club (1/27/24) - First place finishes in the 200 medley relay and 50 fly, 50 free and 100 fly, second in the 50 back time trial, third in the 50 breast time trial, and fifth in the 100 IM
  • UW – Green Bay  (1/20/24) - First place finishes in the 400 medley relay, 100 fly and 50 fly, and third in the 1000 free
  • Calvin Invite (11/30/23-12/2/23) - First place finish in the 200 medley relay and 200 fly, third in the 400 medley relay, fourth in the 100 fly, sixth in the 800 free relay, 500 free
  • Wayne State (11/4/23) - First place finish in the 100 fly and 200 fly
  • Grand Valley (10/28/23) - First place finish in the 200 fly and second in the 400 medley relay
  • Saginaw Valley/Findlay (10/27/23) - Second place finishes in the 100 fly and 200 medley relay, and fourth in the 1000 free
  • St. Cloud/Davenport (10/6/23-10/7/23) - First place finishes in the 200 medley relay, 1000 free, 100 fly, 400 medley relay and 200 fly, and third in the 200 IM

2022-23 (Senior - 4th Season)
GLIAC Championships - Holland, Mich. - Feb. 15-18, 2023

  • Placed second in the 100-yard Butterfly

Michigan Tech - Marquette, Mich. - Feb. 4, 2023

  • Placed first in the 500-yard Freestyle and 100-yard Butterfly, and third in the 50-yard Backstroke

UW-Stevens Point - Marquette, Mich. - Jan. 14, 2023

  • Placed first in the 500-yard Freestyle

Calvin Invite - Grand Rapids, Mich. - Dec. 1-3, 2022

  • Placed first in the 200-yard Butterfly

Wayne State/Findlay - Detroit, Mich. - Nov. 4-5, 2022

  • Placed first in the 50-yard Butterfly

Saginaw Valley/Grand Valley - Marquette, Mich. - Oct. 29, 2022

  • Placed first in the 100-yard Butterfly and 200-yard Butterfly, and second in the 1000-yard Freestyle

St. Cloud - St. Cloud, Minn. - Oct. 7-8, 2022

  • Placed first in the 100-yard Butterfly and 200-yard Butterfly, second in the 500-yard Freestyle, and third in the 1650-yard Freestyle in a meet against St. Cloud State University  

2021-22 (Junior - 3rd Season)

  • Member of the GLIAC Championship team
  • Member of the 200-Yard IM Relay that broke a school record
  • Earned Honorary All-American in the 400-Yard Medley Relay by placing 11th with a time of 3:45.17
  • Member of the 200-Yard IM relay that set another school record

GLIAC Championships - Saginaw, Mich. - Feb. 4-7, 2022

  • Placed first in the 100-yard and 200-yard Butterfly

Michigan Tech - Marquette, Mich. - Jan. 29, 2022

  • Placed first in the 50-yard Freestyle, Backstroke, and Butterfly, and 100-yard Butterfly

UW-Stevens Point - Stevens Point, Minn. - Jan. 15, 2022

  • Placed first in the 100-yard Butterfly

Calvin Invite - Grand Rapids, Mich. - Dec. 2-4, 2021

  • Placed first in the 200-yard Butterfly and second in the 100-yard Butterfly

2020-21 (Sophomore - 2nd Season)

  • Claimed a spot on the GLIAC All-Academic team

GLIAC Championships - Holland, Mich. - Feb. 17-20, 2021

  • Swam her season-best time in the 200-yard butterfly

2019-20 (Freshman - 1st Season)

  • CSCAA All-American in the 200-yard butterfly and Honorable Mention as a member of the 200-yard freestyle relay
  • Competed in the 400-yard medley relay team at the NCAA Championships

GLIAC Championships - University Center, Mich. - Feb. 19-22, 2020

  • Placed first in the 200-yard butterfly, and third in the 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard medley relay

Before NMU

  • Spanish National Champion in the 100-yard and 200-yard Butterfly in 2017 and 2018

Personal

  • Daughter of Miriam Cantarero and Xavi Font
  • From Girona, Catalona, Spain

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Fifth Year

    5'5"