Constance Cycil Meyer (née Ralph, later Dressler; September 17, 1882 – January 3, 1967) was an English American competitive diver who was the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) women's champion in 1915 and 1917.
Meyer lived in Portland, Oregon and was a member of the Multnomah Athletic Club under instructor Jack Cody.
[1][2] Her family moved to Portland, Oregon during her childhood and she found employment at a box factory in her late teens.
She joined the diving and swimming program at the Multnomah Athletic Club in 1913 under the instruction of Jack Cody.
[7] The first competitive diving event Meyer competed in occurred on August 23, 1913, at a swimming meet at Peninsula Park.
[8] Meyer competed in the Multnomah Athletic Club's annual Christmas Day swim meet in 1913, placing second in a 50-yard event.
[18][19] She had just five days notice before the event and was originally scheduled to play a tennis match in St. Helens, Oregon on the date of the AAU meet.
[24][25][26] During the Multnomah Athletic Club's Christmas Day swim in 1916, Meyer was scheduled to dive from the Morrison Bridge to the Willamette River.
[28] The Multnomah Athletic Club was awarded the hosting duties of the AAU Women's National Diving Championships in 1917.
[30] No national diving competitors made the trek to Oregon so the AAU title meet—which took place on May 19—was staged exclusively with state-wide participants, most of them who represented the host club.
[32] Meyer followed-up her AAU title victory with a second-place finish during a diving meet at the 1917 Rose Festival in Portland.
[33] Meyer took first place at the 10 foot springboard event during the 1917 Pacific Coast Indoor Diving Championships on July 27 at Idora Park in Oakland, California.
[39] In March 1918, Meyer moved to Tacoma, Washington, but continued to compete under the auspices of the Multnomah Athletic Club.
[44] Meyer and Payne represented the Multnomah Athletic Club at the 1918 Pacific Coast Diving Championship in Victoria, British Columbia on August 24.
[47] The only diver the Multnomah Athletic Club sent to 1919 AAU Diving Championship was Thelma Payne, who was the reigning title holder.
According to The Oregon Daily Journal, Judge Rossman was notably embarrassed and dismissed the charges on the agreement that Braunstein donate $10 to the American Red Cross.
[55] Meyer also competed in that year's Pacific Coast Outdoor Diving Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, but again came in second to teammate Thelma Payne.
[61] Lou C. Dressler was a labor organizer for the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers.
[63] Meyer took first place in the diving qualifying event for the 1920 Summer Olympics, but was not invited to join the United States team.