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2022-23 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Sophia Yao

  • Height 5-10
  • Year First Year
  • Hometown San Gabriel, Calif.
  • High School San Marino High School
  • Event Free/Fly
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Best Times
50-Free 23.59
50-Fly         26.27
100-Free 51.44
100-Fly 55.88
 
In the Record Books:
- 50 Free:
23.59 (5th)
- 100 Fly: 55.88 (5th)
- 400 Free Relay: 3:24.33 (1st), 3:24.46 (2nd)
All-American:
- 2022-23:
200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
Accolades:
- CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (2022-23)
NEWMAC Champion:
2022-23:
200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay
NEWMAC All-Conference:
- 2022-23:
200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay (First Team), 100 Fly (Second Team)
2022-23:
- Posted the fifth-fastest times in both the 50-free and 100-fly
- Member of the record-setting 400 Free Relay Team
- Helped the 200 Free Relay team to a seventh place finish at NCAAs and the 400 Free Relay team to a ninth place finish
Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Computer science major
High School:
- San Marino High School graduate
- School record holder
- CIF finalist
- States qualifier
- Science team
- Speech and debate team
- Operation Smile (club)
- National Merit Scholarship Finalist