Rutgers University Athletics

Hall of Fame Focus Feature

Erin McIntyre competed at Rutgers from 1999 to 2003 and was the first NCAA Women's Swimming Championships qualifier in program history. A three-time NCAA Championships participant, McIntyre was a 2002 All-American when she placed eighth in the 1650 freestyle and an Honorable Mention All-American in the 400 individual medley in 2001. McIntyre set school records which still stand. The Broomfield, Colorado, native owns the program marks in the 1000 freestyle and in the 1650 freestyle. She previously held the school standards in both the 200 and 400 IM and 500 freestyle, as well as a member of the record-setting 400 and 800 free relays and 400 medley relay. McIntyre was a prolific conference scorer, producing the most points in helping the Scarlet Knights improve from ninth at the Big East Championships to second in 2000, before capturing the Big East title in the 1650 freestyle in 2001. McIntyre also helped Rutgers to back-to-back Big East championships in the 800 freestyle relay in 2001 and 2002. The 2002-03 Big East Scholar Athlete of the Year and CSCAA All-American, she was one of two national winners of the Tau Beta Pi (national engineering honor society) Laureate for excellence in academics and athletics. McIntyre continues to make an impact in the swimming world. She helped revolutionize USA Swimming interests in research with her senior year engineering project on fluid movement and the underwater dolphin kick, assisting her professor to become a key USA Swimming consultant. An assistant swimming coach at Rutgers in 2003-04, she is currently a physician assistant in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Colorado Denver.