One of the truly great women swimmers of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics…..was 100m Butterfly gold medalist Mary T. Meagher…..better known as “Madame Butterfly”…..who was accompanied by teammate Jenna Tompson (2nd) on the medal stand Los Angeles….as Madame Butterfly was just shedding her cocoon as a 19 yr. old freshman at California University in the 1983 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships at the University of Nebraska Bob Devaney Sports Complex….facing another swimming legend and great butterfly swimmer in University of Texas All American Jil Sterkel.
