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2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving

Lena Yang

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown East Stroudsburg, Pa.
  • High School East Stroudsburg High School South
  • Event Sprint Free
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2015-16: Only swam at the Charlie Batterman Relays (10/24) as a senior.

2014-15: All-American (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay) ... Honorable Mention All-American (50 Free, 200 Medley Relay) … NEWMAC first team All-Conference (100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay) … at the NCAA Division III Championship (3/18-21), earned All-America accolades as the anchor of the fifth place finishing 200 Free Relay (1:33.36) and as the third swimmer in the seventh place finishing 400 Free Relay (3:25.63) … also individually finished 13th in the 50-free (23.65) and aided the 200 Medley Relay team to tenth (1:44.35) for Honorable Mention All-America honors at nationals … at the NEWMAC Championship (2/19-22), finished in first place in the 200 Free Relay (1:34.92), 100-free (51.95) and the 400 Free Relay (3:26.51 – a NEWMAC meet and open record) for a spot on the All-Conference First Team … also place third in the 50-free (24.09), 11th overall (first in the B-Final) in the 400 Medley Relay (3:56.40) and 12th overall in the 100-fly (59.51) at the conference championship … at the MIT Winter Invitational (12/5-7), earned first place with the 400 Medley Relay team (3:50.53), first place with the 400 Free Relay team (3:29.37), first place with the 200 Free Relay team (1:34.31), first place with the 200 Medley Relay team (1:45.66) and fourth place with the 800 Free Relay team (7:52.96) … individually at the invite, touched the wall second in the 50-free (23.85) and fourth in the 100-free (52.86) … swam five NCAA “B” cut times as a junior.

2013-14: All-American (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay) … Honorable Mention All-American (50 Free, 200 Medley Relay) … NEWMAC Relay of the Week (200 Free Relay: 12/9; 2000 Medley Relay: 1/27) … NEWMAC Swimmer of the Week (1/27) … NEWMAC first team All-Conference (200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay) … NEWMAC second team All-Conference (50 Free, 100 Free, 400 Free Relay) … against Springfield (11/9), she won the 50 free in 24.44 … at the MIT Winter Invitational (12/6-7), she was third in the 50 free with a 23.88, seventh in the 200 free in 1:59.79 and second in the 100 free with a time of 53.15 … at the NEWMAC Championships (2/20-23), she anchored the winning 200 free relay with its time of 1:35.59, was second in the 50 free in 24.11 and the 100 free with a 52.41, was 11th in the 200 free in 1:56.59 and was the freestyle leg of the 200 medley relay that was first with its time of 1:45.59 … at the NCAA Championships (3/19-22), she broke her own MIT record in the 50 free when she touched in 10th with a time of 23.34, was part of the 200 medley relay that was 16th in 1:46.11, the 200 free relay that took sixth in 1:33.67 and led off the 400 free relay that was also sixth with a time of 3:26.62.

2012-13: NEWMAC Swimmer of the Week (1/28) … NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay) … NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (100 Free) … All-American (200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay) …won the 50 free at five different meets  … at the MIT Invite (11/30-12/03), she tied for first in the 50 free with an NCAA B cut time of 23.61, breaking the MIT record … at the NEWMAC Championships (2/15-17), she was part of the 200 Free Relay that touched in 1:33.46 and the 400 Free Relay with a 3:27.63, both of which came first with NEWMAC Meet records, NEWMAC Open records and MIT records … she was also part of the 400 Medley Relay that was 11th in 3:57.27 and the 200 Medley Relay that was 11th with a time of 1:47.36 … came third in the 50 free with a 23.86, was 22nd in the 100 fly with a time of 1:01.25 and was second in the 100 free with a B cut time of 51.90 … at the NCAA Championships (3/20-23), she was part of the 400 Free Relay that came 15th with a 3:29.75, after going 3:27.46 and breaking the MIT record at prelims … came fifth in the 200 Free Relay with a 1:34.15 … was 34th in the 100 free in 52.56 … finished 13th in the 50 free with a time 23.60, after going 23.52 at prelims, breaking her own MIT record.

Out of the Pool at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in psychology … completed research in Early Childhood Cognition, Ideation, Neural Decision Making in the Graybiel Lab … HBV Executive Committee … SaveTFP … MIT ADT … captain of the MIT women’s swimming and diving team … Peer Ears … Pi Beta Phi … Asian Dance Team … DanceTroupe.

High School: A 2012 graduate of East Stroudsburg High School South … All-State Swimming … Best All Around Female Athlete (2011, 2012) … MVP of conference (2009-12) … Scholar Athlete … cross country and swimming MVA …Mountain Valley conference champion … holds six team records …. B finals at YMCA Nationals … zone champion … varsity letterwinner for swimming, cross country, track and field and Science Olympiad … captain of the swim team … treasurer of National Honor Society … class president … state medal for Science Olympiad.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13First Year

    Fly, Free-SP
    5'6"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Free-SPR
    5'6"
  • 2014-15Junior

    Sprint Free
    5'6"
  • 2015-16Senior

    Sprint Free
    5'6"