University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Athletics

Cheri (Tiegs) Meyer became the first women’s swimming & diving national champion in UW-Oshkosh history when she won both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events at the 1996 NCAA Division III Championship. She remains one of two Titans to win a women’s swimming & diving national individual title.

Meyer closed her career with four All-America awards as she finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke and seventh as a member of the Titans’ 200-yard medley relay team at the 1997 NCAA Championship. Meyer’s four All-America citations are third-most in program history.

A West Allis Central High School graduate, Meyer claimed five individual and two relay titles at the WIAC Championships as a Titan from 1994-97, including consecutive 100-yard backstroke crowns in 1996-97 and two straight 200-yard backstroke victories in 1995-96. Completing her WIAC titles were the 200-yard individual medley crown in 1997 and roles in the Titans’ winning 200-yard medley and 200-yard freestyle relay teams in 1997.

Meyer helped the Titans finish a then program-best 19th at the NCAA Division III Championship and third at the WIAC Championship. The Titans’ third-place showing at the league meet remains tied for the best in school history. Meyer and the Titans also finished 24th at the 1996 Division III Championship and 43rd at the 1995 national meet. The Titans had scored points at the NCAA Championship one time, in 1982, before Meyer and UW-Oshkosh’s three straight trips to the national meet from 1995-97.

Meyer, who still holds UW-Oshkosh record in the 200-yard backstroke and held the 200-yard individual medley mark until 2024, was selected to the WIAC All-Centennial Women’s Swimming & Diving Team in 2012.

Meyer lives in Greendale, where she is the Manager of Human Resources and Administration for The Merco Group, Inc. Meyer and her husband, Chad, are the parents of Mikayla, Caden and Nathan.