Common myths about twins include: there is always a good twin and an evil twin; they have ESP; and they are always competing against one another. Only the last of these three misconceptions is true about the Weaver twins.
Juniors Megan and Meryl Weaver have emerged as two of the women's golf team's top performers every week.
It's been an experience growing up with Megan
said Meryl, an integrated math major. Always having someone to motivate me to work harder and be the best that I can.
The twins started playing golf at about age 10 when their father signed them up for lessons with a close family friend, but they had dabbled in the sport long before then.
When we were about 6 years old we were out back swinging (our dad's) golf clubs - he's left handed - and we were hitting like little plastic whiffle balls Meryl said. (Megan) was putting the balls down for me
and I thought she was out of the way
but she wasn't. So I took a backswing
and I hit her in the forehead. She had to get like five stitches ... it was a good first impression of the game.
But besides golf, the sisters have done just about everything together. From joining the same clubs when they were little, to dressing the same (sometimes unintentionally), to ordering the same food at restaurants, the twins are inseparable.
We had the exact same GPA in high school
we finished the same rank in our class and got the same score on the ACT
said Megan, an actuarial science major. People that don't know us well think that we are the exact same person.
Coach Kelly Ovington, who began coaching at Ohio when the twins were freshmen, said she had trouble telling one from the other during the first couple weeks of the 2008 season.
I am very happy they had their names on their bags the first week or two
she said. I can see the differences now ... the differences physically and mannerisms in the way they talk. Their voices have a tendency to be similar
but in general they have their own distinct personalities.
From when they were just babies until today, the twins have always been on the same wavelength when it came to communication, from forming their own language when they were babies to finishing each other's thoughts today.
(Our) mom said that we had our own little language
Megan said. No one else could understand what we were saying
