Lindsay & Michael

Lindsay and Michael first met in September 2012 during their Duke Swimming recruiting trip. A few months later, after they separately made their decisions to swim at Duke, they ran into each other again at a swim meet in Michael’s home state of Maryland. They talked about how excited they were for the years to come and exchanged numbers.

When they arrived at Duke in the summer of 2013, both Lindsay and Michael realized just how lucky they were. Surrounded by an amazing group of teammates who would become lifelong friends, their bond quickly deepened. Starting off as friends, they soon found themselves spending more time together, and by February 14th, 2014, they had officially started their forever love story.

After graduating in 2017, Lindsay and Michael embarked on a new adventure: long-distance. Lindsay stayed in North Carolina for her masters and medical degrees, while Michael pursued his dream career in the music industry in Los Angeles. Their time apart was broken up by two reunions. The first was during the COVID pandemic, when they got to live together in LA for four months and adopted their beloved dog, Bo. The second was when Lindsay took an extra year during med school to live and work in Los Angeles. It was after this year together (and 10 in total at that point) did Michael pop the question on their favorite hike in Los Angeles! 

The long distance era finally came to an end in 2024, when Lindsay opened her match day envelope and saw that they’d be living in the same city. Lindsay, Michael, and Bo are thrilled to be living together and celebrating every minute that they're not over 3,000 miles apart. They can’t wait to keep celebrating their love story with all the people who have been a part of it!