Irene Guest

1920 Olympics At the 1920 Olympic trails, swimming for Philadelphia's Meadowbrook Club, Guest placed third in the 100-meter freestyle, qualifying for her for the Olympic games.

Travelling with the team, Guest represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, where she received a pair of medals. She received her first medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle in which she finished second behind fellow American Ethelda Bleibtrey, earning a silver medal with a time of 1:17.0. Though Guest won her preliminary heat in a time of 1:18.8 and made a nearly two-second improvement in the final, she was unable to beat Bleibtrey’s new world record of 1:13.6.

In the women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay, she won a gold medal with U.S. teammates Bleibtrey, Frances Schroth and Margaret Woodbridge in a new world-record time of 5:11.6.

In the Middle Atlantic AAU Diving Championship in Philadelphia in February 1921, while representing the Meadowbrook Athletic Club, Guest swam a 1:09 in the 100 freestyle, defeating frequent rival Elizabeth Becker. At the March 1921 National Women's Indoor championship in New Jersey, Guest took second in the women's 100-yard Open Final.

Guest attended and swam for Temple University in Philadelphia. In February, 1921, swimming for the Meadowbrook Athletic Club, guest won the 100-yard freestyle event in a time of 1:09 minutes at the Middle Atlantic AAU Championship, with Elizabeth Beck placing second.

Honors Guest was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "honor pioneer swimmer" in 1990.