CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University women's swimming and diving will welcome seven first-years to the program for the start of the 2022-23 season as part of the Class of 2026, Stephanie Wriede Morawski '92, The Costin Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming & Diving, announced on Thursday.
 
The group has competed at some of the highest levels of national and international competition, while winning state titles and setting school records. The class includes five swimmers and two divers with three student-athletes hailing from California alongside one each from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Sweden.
 
The Harvard women's swimming and diving Class of 2026 includes swimmers Elizabeth Brock (Denver, Colo.), Kaia Li (Atherton, Calif.), Sydney Lu (Pleasanton, Calif.), Anya Mostek (Haverford, Pa.), and Amber van Meines (Moraga, Calif.) alongside divers Tabitha Chen-Fiske (Winchester, Mass.) and Nina Janmyr (Hjarup, Sweden).
 
The group joins a Harvard program that won the 2022 Ivy League title, capturing its fifth Ivy title since 2014 and 15^th Ivy championship all-time.
 
Elizabeth Brock
Event: Mid-Distance/Distance Freestyle, Backstroke, IM
Hometown: Denver, Colo.
High School: Cherry Creek
Before Harvard: Won the Colorado Swimming Hoyt Brawner Award as the High School State Swimmer MVP … Captured Colorado state titles in 2021 and 2022 … Set the Colorado state record in the 200 freestyle relay … Reached the finals at Junior Nationals in the 1650 freestyle … Elected as the Colorado Swimming Athlete Representative from 2020-22 … Competed on the club level for Colorado Stars Swimming … Gained Scholastic All-America accolades three times … National Honor Society member … High Honor Roll and AP Scholar student … Plays the piano … Daughter of Gita and Jon Brock.
 
Tabitha Chen-Fiske
Event: Diving
Hometown: Winchester, Mass.
High School: Winchester
Before Harvard: Earned High School All-America Diver honors three times … Qualified for the USA Diving Junior National Championships 13 times from 2013-21 … Won the 2021 Massachusetts state diving title for MIAA Division II … Selected as the Boston Globe Athlete of the Year for swimming and diving as a senior … Captured two MIAA North Sectional diving titles in 2019 and 2022 … Earned Middlesex League All-Conference honors twice and Middlesex League All-Star accolades twice … Helped lead Winchester to an undefeated season as a senior … Competed on the club level for Infinite Diving Club … Served as a team captain for both Winchester and Infinite … Also competed in Nordic skiing … Earned Academic All-America accolades in 2022 … Member of the Boston Youth Symphony as a violinist … Jazz pianist … National Honor Society student … Daughter of Margaret Chen and Jay Fiske; Margaret graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School in 1992 … Sister, Mari, is a member of the Harvard Class of 2023.
 
Nina Janmyr
Event: Diving
Hometown: Hjarup, Sweden
High School: Polhemskolan
Before Harvard: Competed at the 2021 Junior World Diving Championships, placing seventh on Girls A platform and fourth on Girls A/B 3-meter synchronized … Won titles in women's platform, Girls A platform, women's 3-meter synchronized, and Girls A/B 3-meter synchronized alongside a second-place finish in women's 3-meter at the 2022 Nordic Championships … Earned NISCA All-America honors … Competed on the club level for Simklubben Poseidon (2011-16, 2019-22) and Stanford Diving Club (2016-19) … Attended Polhemskolan in Sweden from sophomore through senior year after attending Henry M. Gunn High School in California as a first-year … Daughter of Sara and Anders Janmyr.
 
Kaia Li
Event: Breaststroke, IM, Backstroke
Hometown: Atherton, Calif.
High School: Sacred Heart Preparatory
Before Harvard: Represented Team USA at the World Championships in Berlin in 2019 … Reached the finals at Junior Nationals in 2019 and 2021 … Made the state finals in 2019 in the 200 IM and 100 breast … Captured the Central Coast Section title in the 100 back in 2021; reached the CCS finals in the 200 IM and 100 breast in 2019 and in the 200 IM and 100 back in 2021 … Set the school record in the 100 breaststroke … Won league titles in the 100 breast and 200 IM in 2019, the 100 back and 200 IM in 2021, and the 100 back in 2022 … Set the 2022 West Bay Athletic League top marks in the 200 medley and 400 free relay … Gained First Team All-West Bay Athletic League honors three times … Competed on the club level for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics … Earned Scholastic All-America accolades four times … Won the AP Scholar Award … Served as a designer for a clothing brand … Daughter of Jing Luo and Roger Li.
 
Sydney Lu
Event: Butterfly, IM
Hometown: Pleasanton, Calif.
High School: Quarry Lane School
Before Harvard: Competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2021, winning the B final in the 100 butterfly … Placed third in the 100 butterfly at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Open; also competed in the Toyota U.S. Open in 2019 and 2020 … Raced at the 2022 Phillips 66 International Team Trials, finishing first in the C final of the 50 butterfly … Won the High Point swimmer award at the 2022 Far Westerns Championships, winning the 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM, 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free … Captured first in the 200 fly at the 2021 Speedo Sectionals; also placed second in the 100 fly and third in the 200 IM … Won the 50 free, 100 breast, 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 IM at the 2021 Far Westerns Championships … Gained the High Point award at the 2019 Speedo Sectionals, winning the 100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM, and 400 IM … Competed at the 2019 FINA World Cup in Berlin and the 2018 FINA World Cup in Budapest … Claimed first place in the 100 fly and 200 free at the 2019 Far Westerns Championships … Raced at the 2019 Phillips 66 National Championships and 2019 Speedo Junior National Championships … Competed on the club level for Pleasanton Seahawks … Gained Scholastic All-America honors four times … Dean's List student … National Honor Society president as a senior … Co-founder of the WaterWish Foundation … Received five 2021 Global Literacy Champion Awards from Malawi, Ghana, Botswana, Lesotho, and Uganda … Daughter of Tracy and Richard Lu … Brother, Tyler, is a member of the Brown University men's swimming and diving Class of 2023.
 
Anya Mostek
Event: Backstroke, IM, Freestyle
Hometown: Haverford, Pa.
High School: The Baldwin School
Before Harvard: Earned NISCA All-America accolades in 2020 and 2021 … Garnered Inter-academic League MVP honors as a senior … Gained First Team Inter-academic League honors in 2020, 2021, and 2022 … Selected to the First Team All-Main Line three times … Took home Eastern Prep School Championship Outstanding Female Swimmer laurels as a senior … Captured the bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the Toyota U.S. Open … Won the 100 backstroke and 200 IM at the 2022 Eastern Prep School Championships … Set the Baldwin school record in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle, 50 and 100 backstroke, and 200 IM … Won Lyn Hopkins Swimming MVP four times … Captured the Robert C. Kline Most Outstanding Female Swimmer honors twice … Gained the Ruth Davidon Elite Athlete Award … Competed on the club level for Phoenixville Area YMCA … Gained Scholastic All-America accolades three times … National Merit Commended Scholar … Head of the Baldwin School Environmental Club … Daughter of Susan and Walter Mostek.
 
Amber van Meines
Event: Sprint Freestyle, Backstroke
Hometown: Moraga, Calif.
High School: Campolindo
Before Harvard: Helped set the Campolindo school record in the 4x50 medley relay … Ranks fourth all-time in school history in the 100 freestyle and 50 freestyle … Helped team win nine straight league titles … Stood as the second person in Orinda Aquatics history to go under 50 seconds in the 100 freestyle with a relay split … Served team as a captain as a senior … Competed on the club level for Orinda Aquatics … Earned CIF Scholar-Athlete honors three times … Daughter of Niamh and Harry van Meines.