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2019-20 Women's Swimming and Diving

Lilia Staszel

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Brighton, Mich.
  • High School Brighton
  • Event Free, Fly
  • Major Computer Science and Economics

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
50-Free - 23.83
100-Free - 52.44
200-Free - 1:57.85
100-Back - 1:00.45
100-Fly - 59.61

2019-20:
- CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Third Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- All-American (200 Free Relay)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NEWMAC Champion (200 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- CSCAA Scholar All-America
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Jan. 27, Feb. 3)
- NEWMAC: 200 Free Relay (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 50 Free (6th), 100 Free (9th), 400 Free Relay (11th), 100 Back (21st)
- Invite: 200 Free Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (1st), 50 Free (3rd), 800 Free Relay (7th), 400 Medley Relay (7th), 200 Medley Relay (13th), 100 Fly (16th)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-3 Finishes: 13

2018-19:
- Honorable Mention All-American (200 Free Relay)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NEWMAC Champion (200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Nov. 20, Dec. 3, Jan. 22, Feb. 4)
- Nationals: 200 Free Relay (12th)
- NEWMAC: 200 Free Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (1st), 50 Free (5th), 100 Free (6th), 200 Medley Relay (11th), 100 Back (17th)
- Invite: 200 Free Relay (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (2nd), 50 Free (3rd), 800 Free Relay (5th), 100 Free (6th), 400 Medley Relay (12th), 100 Back (24th)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-3 Finishes: 14

2017-18:
- All-American (200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
- Honorable Mention All-American (400 Free Relay)
- NCAA Qualifier
- NEWMAC Champion (200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (400 free relay)
- Set the NEWMAC open record in the 200 free relay and the MIT program record in the 200 free relay at the 2018 NCAA Division III National Championship
- Nationals: 200 Free Relay (7th), 400 Medley Relay (8th), 400 Free Relay (12th)
- NEWMAC: 200 Free Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (2nd), 50 Free (3rd), 100 Free (4th), 800 Free Relay (11th), 200 Free (14th)
- Invite: 200 Free Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Free Relay (1st), 50 Free (2nd), 100 Free (2nd), 200 Medley Relay (4th), 800 Free Relay (7th)
- Regular Season Event Wins: 9

2016-17:
- All-American (200 Free Relay)
- NEWMAC Champion (200 Free Relay)
- CSCAA Scholar All-American
- Aided the Engineers to their best finish in program history at the NCAA Division III Championship as MIT placed fifth with a team score of 165 points
- Nationals: 200 Free Relay (5th)
- NEWMAC: 200 Free Relay (1st), 50 Free (3rd), 100 Free (5th), 100 Fly (8th), 400 Free Relay (11th), 400 Medley Relay (11th)
- Invite: 200 Free Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (2nd), 400 Free Relay (1st), 100 Free (5th), 800 Free Relay (7th), 200 Free (10th)
- Regular Season Top-3 Finishes: 20

Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete: Training Trip to Puerto Rico

Out of the Pool at MIT: 
- Majoring in computer science and economics
- Software Engineering Intern at Nordstrom
- Completed a UROP studying online pricing and competition among retailers
- R&D Intern at A123 Systems 
- Software Intern at Amadeus

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Brighton High School
- Four-time varsity letterwinner in swimming and three-time varsity letterwinner downhill ski racing
- Named All-State three times and named All-County four-times
- Also competed for Club Wolverine
- National Honor Society
- Vice President of the National Honor Society
- Four-time member of the Honor Roll

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Fly, Sprint Free
    5'6"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Fly, Sprint Free
    5'6"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Fly, Sprint Free
    5'6"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Free, Fly
    5'6"