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2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving

Theresa Lo

  • Height 5-6
  • Year First Year
  • Hometown Walnut, Calif.
  • High School Walnut
  • Event Distance/IM
  • Major Management Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
 100 Free - 55.49
200 Free - 1:53.81
500 Free - 5:00.79
1000 Free - 10:28.30
1650 Free - 17:15.89
200 Back - 2:07.88
200 IM - 2:14.43

2015-16: NCAA Qualifier ... NEWMAC Champion (800 Free Relay) ... NEWMAC Swimmer of the Week (11/10) ... at the NEWMAC Championship (2/18-21), finished first with the 800 Free Relay in 7:37.07 for First Team All-Conference honors … individually took eighth in the 500-free in 5:07.05 after taking second in the prelims of the event in a time of 5:04.13 … also finished sixth in the 200-free (1:55.18) and fifth in the 1650-free (17:38.27) at the conference meet … at the MIT Winter Invitational (12/4-6), aided the 800 Free Relay team to second place (7:35.09) and the 400 Free Relay to 12th in 3:40.16 … individually, touched the wall fourth in the 1650-free in 17:15.89, third in the 200-free (1:53.81) and the 500-free (5:00.79) ... earned two NCAA "B" cut times as a freshman.

Out of the Pool at MIT: Majoring in management science.

High School: A 2015 graduate of Walnut High School … six-time varsity letterwinner in swimming and cross country … three-time Hacienda League MVP …  three-time San Gabriel Valley Tribune All-Area First Team … three-time Walnut High School Team Captain Award … three-time WHS Varsity Most Valuable Swimmer Award … Silver Medalist in the 500 Free at the 2015 California Interscholastic Federation Division-III Swimming State Championship … Bronze Medalist in the 500 Free and 4th in the 200 Free at the 2013 CIF Division II Swimming Championship … Current Hacienda League Record Holder in the 500 and 200 Freestyle …  represented school at 2012 Cross Country CIF Championship … also swam for Corvina Aquatics where she was a multiple-time Southern California Swimming (SCS) Junior Olympics Medal Winner and Top-8 Swimmer … National Honor Society … California Scholarship Federation … member of the United States Chess Federation since she was seven years old … 2013 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Award and 4.0 GPA Club … 2015 National Merit Scholarship Finalist … 2014 and 2015 AP Scholar with Distinction Award … 2014 and 2015 Hacienda League Academic All-League Award.