His return appearance was even more spectacular.
He’s also come to gain some self-knowledge along the way.
As his fans well know, Dressel isn’t undertaking this journey on his own.
But what do we really know about the woman behind the superstar Olympic athlete?
Just who is Meghan Dressel?
Then known as Meghan Haila, her record as a high school swimmer was impressive.
As she told the Record, her training philosophy was to never rest on her laurels.
“You have to keep getting better.”
“She’s in her second year of graduate school at UF.
This is the first time we’ve lived in the same city since we’ve been dating.”
“She totally had a crush on me when I was little,” Caeleb recalled.
Meghan didn’t disagree but admitted she wasn’t the only one infatuated with him.
“He was the heartthrob of all the little girls at the time,” she said.
It wasn’t until years later, however, that the two would reconnect as teenagers.
“We grew up swimming together but lived, like, 45 minutes apart,” Meghan said.
Caeleb added, “So we had a meeting spot at … Shands Pier.”
“Man oh man what a ride the last 2.5 years have been!”
“I should have done it way earlier.”
That similarity did not go unnoticed by Meghan.
“Watching him swim on the most coveted stage in our sport was incredible.
Definitely nerve-racking, but way more exciting than anything else,” she explained in an interview withOdyssey.
“We did long distance for, I guess technically, seven years,” Caeleb toldFirst Coast News.
“We never lived in the same city.”
Despite that pretty obvious impediment, the couple somehow managed to make it work.
“Both of us just make time for each other whenever we can.”
Despite it all, however, the couple’s romance continued to burn bright.
When they arrived, Meghan was completely taken by surprise when Caeleb got down on one knee.
and I turn around and he’s on the ground, and I thought he fell."
I’ve never been more surprised in my life."
“Baby Dressel coming February 2024.”
“The unwavering, unconditional, sacrificial love of a mother is not of this world.
And it’s the most precious love there is.”
“Jesus was experienced all around us this day, and what a gift it was.
Praise the Lord, because he is so, so good.”
His beliefs have also provided him with motivation whenever he swims.
That, however, is far from the case.
“Quite honestly, mine’s not that great.
“I think I overdid it, to be honest.
“Because I drove myself crazy and I don’t think that’s fair to myself.
I would like to prioritize myself a little bit more instead of swimming.”
“Meghan started watching ‘Gilmore Girls’ and it’s so good,” Caeleb told People.
“So I’ve been tearing up some ‘Gilmore Girls.'”
That includes taking care of their three cows.
““This is Regina, because she’s the boss,” Meghan explained.
According to Meghan, the cows are just the first members of the ultimate menagerie they have planned.
“Chickens are next,” she said.
“Maybe ducks for the pond.
“You really don’t have to do very much them,” Caeleb observed.
Meghan agreed, saying, “They’re very easy to take care of.”
