McGill University Athletics

Born January 28, 1938, Pauline McCullagh, Bachelor of Arts 1960, competed in three sports; synchronized swimming, diving and swimming. Although a beginner in both synchro and diving, by her graduation McCullagh was intercollegiate champion in all three sports and captain of the victorious McGill team; she was a triple Canadian national champion in synchro (solo, figures and aggregate); and she had won silver medals in two Canadian national diving championships. McCullagh was also awarded the Quebec Lieutenant Governor's medal for highest points in Canadian and Quebec synchro and became the first woman to earn the Sprenger Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship and ability in aquatics.
 

In 1961, McCullagh again won the Canadian synchro solo title. In 1962, she won all four Canadian individual events - solo, figures, strokes and aggregate - and was awarded First Class Honours by the International Academy of Aquatic Art. Later, as a masters swimmer, McCullagh set three world records - in 200 and 400-metre individual medley and 1500-metre freestyle - and Canadian records in all four strokes.