Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2011-12: Saw most of her action in the backstroke … third at Tufts (1/21) in the 50 back in 30.16 … fourth in the 100 back at the Wheaton Invitational (2/4) with a time of 1:04.14 … second in the same meet in the 200 back with a 2:18.82 clocking … fifth at Wheaton in the 50 free.

2010-11: Swam in eight different events during the season … most of her action came in the backstroke … season best in the 100 back came against Wheaton (1/6) with a time of 1:05.23 … top 200 back time of 2:21.16 came in the prelims at the NEWMAC Championships.

Out of the Pool at MIT: Majoring in management science … internship with the Right Question Project … research with the Hammond Group, Group Dynamic, Sloan Organization Studies and Lean Advancement Initiative … co-director of the MIT Traditional Medicine Society … Director of Speaker Series … Sigma Kappa sorority … successfully swam the English Channel in August 2011.

High School: A 2008 graduate of Shoreham-Wading River High School.

Personal: Daughter of Youwen Xu and Zizhong Li.