Staff Directory
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Phone:
- 412-315-4740
Kaersten Meitz enters her first season with Pitt after joining the staff as an assistant coach in July 2024. Meitz joins the Pittsburgh staff after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach at Washington State.
Meitz is a four-time All-American and was a four-year NCAA qualifier at Purdue (2014-2018) where she competed primarily in the freestyle distance events. The Waukesha, Wisconsin, native also swam for the United States National Team (2017-2019) and won a pair of gold medals at the 2019 World University Games in the 400 Free and the 200 Free Relay. Meitz has also competed at the U.S. Olympic trials twice, where she was a finalist.
Meitz closed out her career with the Boilermakers by establishing program records in the 500 Free (4:35.82), 1000 Free (9:38.46) and 1650 Free (15.54.41), eclipsing her own marks in the 500 and 1000 again. She led the team with 18 individual event victories and contributed to six relay wins.
"We are incredibly excited to add Kaersten Meitz to our coaching staff," said Kreitler. "She brings a wealth of knowledge in the sport as a former professional athlete, World University Games Gold Medalist and NCAA All-American. Most importantly, her ability to connect and inspire student-athletes is exceptional. She did a great job in her first coaching position last year at Washington State. Kaersten will immediately impact the performance of our student-athletes and will also be a fantastic recruiter for us."
"I am extremely excited and grateful to be joining the Pitt staff as an assistant coach," said Meitz. "I'm looking forward to helping continue the momentum of the program that Chase, and the rest of the staff have started and help the student-athletes reach their goals in both the classroom and the pool. Thank you to Chase and the Pitt staff for giving me the opportunity to be a part of something truly special. Ready to get to work! H2P!"
