Olympic Gold Medalist, Megan Jendrick, parts ways with Octagon!

Three-time Olympic Medalist, Megan Jendrick, has amicably parted ways with long-time agent, Peter Carlisle of Octagon. (Carlisle, thrust into the limelight as Michael Phelps' representation, has also recently lost Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte.)

Megan, famous for gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated Magazine, won two gold medals at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. In 2004, she narrowly missed making the US Olympic Team by 11 one-hundredths of a second in the 100 meters breaststroke. Many in the swimming community counted her out, until the 2008 Olympic Trials, when she made the US Olympic Team and went on the win silver in Beijing. 

Megan, who is presently taking meetings with sports management companies, is by no means waiting on the sidelines. She's working on a line of skincare products and frequently books swimming clinics through her online site, acquaswim.com.  She's also a successful author (along with her husband, Nathan Jendrick). Her most recent book, GET WET, GET FIT, promotes fitness, and outlines different training regiments that work for anyone, from the beginner to the elite athlete. (I know. My wife used GET WET, GET FIT to start swimming this past year. Now she's cranking workouts as a masters swimmer.) 

Megan's latest endeavor should be an easy one. She's writing a column for FitnessRxmag.com.  I, personally expect great content. Megan certainly has a long dramatic career of experience to draw from.  

I know Megan, and her husband, Nathan, like a lot of people do; the young married couple NBC chronicled with the heavy subtext of, "aahhhh, aren't they cute." Well, they are. But that's an oversimplification. They're very real, and hard-working, and wise beyond their years because of life's ups and downs. I've had the pleasure of getting to know them better than most over the course of this year, at the Olympic Trials, The Games, and during clinics for the USA Swimming Foundation. Essentially what you do in their company is laugh. They're pure fun, whenever I'm around them...even when it's at my expense. (Megan and Nathan offered moral support when I "finally" got my Olympic Rings tat. Mostly they tagged along and laughed at me, which made the whole experience painless and easy.) 

Checkout the Megan Jendrick tribute, and see her in the water, in action:

Comments

[monica]

for someone who swims 3 hours a day and can still look that gorgeous is very impressive,what is her secret?i would like to know.i wish i looked half as good as her!

[Candace]

Octagon is looking more like a triangle these days. Everyone is jumpin' ship!

You lose a precious gem like Lochte... you're done!

[Joseph]

I've always wondered why she doesn't have more deals that feature her figure? She's GORGEOUS. IMHO far more attractive than Amanda Beard and possibly the hottest female swimmer out there, matching the echelon of Coughlin.

[goldmedalmel]

Lisa, what I'm hearing (and it is hearsay) is that Crocker probably would've left Peter Carlisle/Octagon, but his career as a competitive swimmer is over (essentially.... You never know with these guys, though. Crocker still has the WR in the 100 fly, and he isn't really old compared to Lezak or Torres). Anyway, assuming he is, in fact, done, why go through the legality of a split. It's a hassle... Crocker is going full bore into the swimming biz, starting a swim school, and a team. He'll be successful there for sure....

[Megan]

Good for her! Such a great swimmer and role model. I'm a fitness swimmer, the breaststroke being my favorite, so I always enjoy learning from her and watching her swim. I wish her all the best.

But that's two major swimmers that have left Octagon recently...will more follow?

[Lisa]

Congratulations to Megan! I can't wait to see what the future will bring for her. :)

I remember there were rumors of Ian Crocker leaving Octagon, too. Has it been revealed if there was any truth to that?