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2017-18 Women's Swimming and Diving

Emily Zhang

  • Height 5-4
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Mount Laurel, N.J.
  • Event Fly, IM
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
50-Free - 26.59
100-Free - 59.61
100-Fly - 1:00.93
200-Fly - 2:16.18
200-IM - 2:20.88

2017-18: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … at the NEWMAC Championship, finished 22nd in the 100 fly in 1:00.93, 24th in the 200 fly in 2:21.18 and 39th in the 50 free in 26.61 … her swim of 1:00.93 in the 100 fly at the NEWMAC Championship marked a new personal best … at the MIT Winter Invitational, placed ninth in the 200 free relay (1:40.72), 14th in the 400 medley relay (4:06.63), 15th in the 200 fly (2:19.35), 30th in the 100 fly (1:02.32) and 44th in the 50 free (26.69) … during regular season dual meets, had a best placement of fifth in the 100 fly against Springfield (1:04.24) in the season opener.

2016-17:
At her first NEWMAC Championship, finished 11th – first in the “B” final in the 200 medley relay (1:48.97) as well as 19th in the 200 fly (2:19.86) … additionally, she swam in the prelims of the 100 fly (1:02.18) and the 200 (2:20.88), where she finished 27th and 38th overall, respectively … at the MIT Winter Invitational, touched the wall tenth in the 200 fly (2:18.83), 17th in the 200 IM (2:21.13), 24th in the 100 fly (1:01.95) and 30th in the 50 free (27.10) … also swam in the prelims of the 200 free relay where the quartet finished eighth (1:40.84) and the 200 medley relay where the quartet finished 15th (1:55.86) … during regular season dual meets, had a best placement of fifth which came twice – once in the 200 fly (2:23.38) against Coast Guard and the other with the 200 free relay as the leadoff swimmer (1:45.29) against WPI & Bowdoin.

Out of the Pool at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in computer science … Intelligent Robots and Systems group Research Intern at Instituto Superior Técnico … UROP at CSAIL regarding iOS development for a nutritional log application … Design for America Project Lead.

High School: A 2016 graduate of Palo Alto Senior High School … seven-time varsity letterwinner … named Most Improved Swimmer in 2013 … earned the Coaches’ Award in 2014 and 2016 … CCS team (four times in swimming and four times in cross country) … also named the JV Cross Country MVP in 2012 … earned the XC Coaches’ Award in 2013 and 2015 … National Merit Scholarship … AP Scholar With Distinction … California Scholarship Federation … Get Involved Magazine Editor and Database Manager … earned the Spanish Department Award (2012-13), the Math Department Award (2013-14), Physics Department Award (2013-14), Senior Science Award (2015-16) and the Carol Bartle Hughes Academic Achievement Scholarship in 2016.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Fly
    5'4"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Fly, IM
    5'4"