CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Amanda Kulik, The Costin Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Swimming & Diving, announced today the program's Class of 2030. The incoming first-year group consists of eight athletes, featuring six swimmers and two divers.
 
Joining the Crimson are Clare Custer, Olivia Emmett, Simone Hall, Malia Ma, Emma Miner, Frances Muir, Victoria Wang and Cindy Wu. The class will arrive in Cambridge in time for the 2026-27 academic year in preparation for Kulik's fourth season at the helm of the program.
 
Harvard's Class of 2030 will join a Crimson team that will be led by its three team captains in Isabella Alas, Samantha Holtz and Blythe Wieclawek. Last season, Harvard had four athletes qualify for the 2026 NCAA Championships, which marked its most since 2019. The Crimson's appearance at the national meet, meanwhile, represented the 14^th consecutive season it has competed at the final NCAA event of the year.

Harvard Women's Swimming and Diving Class of 2030

Clare Custer

Sarasota, Fla. (Pine View School)
Middle Distance/Distance Freestyle/IM

Before Harvard

Swam on the varsity team all four years… Competed for Sarasota Sharks (2014-26) and Riverview High (2022-25)… Member of Irish National Team… Three-time member of Florida High School 4A State Championship team while at Riverview High… Two-time NISCA High School All-American (500 Free, 200 Free)… Four-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American… Sarasota Herald Tribune Girls Swimmer of the Year Finalist in 2025… Sarasota Herald Tribune All-Area Girls Swimming Team (2024, 2025)… 2025 Winter Junior National Champion (1,650 Free)… 2025 TYR Futures Champion (1,500 Free)… Florida High School Class 4A State Champion (500 Free)… Five-time Irish National Champion… Six-time Irish Junior National Champion… National Merit Commended Scholar… AP Scholar with Distinction… Brother, Liam, member of Stanford Men's Swimming and Diving Class of 2026.

Olivia Emmett

Cambridge, New Zealand (Cambridge High School)
Freestyle/Butterfly 

Before Harvard

Represented Cambridge High School at New Zealand Secondary Schools, winning multiple age titles… Competed for Swim Rotorua… Member of New Zealand International Team in pool and open water swimming… Recipient of Cambridge High School Swimming Cup for five consecutive years… Earned Mark Todd Cup for Outstanding Achievement in Sport… Garnered CHS Cup for Most Outstanding Performance… Set multiple regional records, a national age record, and titles across 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m freestyle as well as 200m butterfly… Fastest overall open age swimmer at New Zealand Open Water Nationals in the 10km event out of all men and women… Cum Laude Award for consecutive years of national qualification (NCEA) achieved at the highest level of Excellence... Volunteer for local community horse riding for the disabled.

Simone Hall (she/her/hers) 

Bloomington, Ind. (Park Tudor School) 
Diving 

Before Harvard 

Ranked No. 7 in SwimSwam's "Top NCAA Diving Recruits in the Girls High School Class of 2026"… Competed on the varsity diving team all four seasons at Park Tudor… Served as team captain for the swimming and diving team as a junior (2024-25) and senior (2025-26)… Named Park Tudor's Most Valuable Diver (2023-25) and Most Valuable Player (2022-23)… Left Park Tudor as its 6- and 11-dive record holder… Competed for RipFest Diving Club for seven years… WISH-TV Channel 8 The Zone Extra Athlete of the Week (Feb. 20, 2025)… Seven-time national finalist for USA Diving… Two-time NISCA High School All-American (1m; 2024, 2025)… USA Today High School Sports Awards – Girls Diver of the Year Watch List (2023-24)… Indiana state runner-up in 2024 and 2025; took third in 2023… Marion County Diving Champion in 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25… Won the section diving title three times (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)… Two-time Brownsburg Regional Diving Championship winner (2022-23, 2023-24)… Won the Pioneer  Academic Athletic Conference Diving Championship three times (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)… Also earned a varsity letter for the Park Tudor Track and Field team in 2022… Named Park Tudor Track and Field's Outstanding Freshman Award recipient in 2022… Part of the 4x800 relay that won the 2023 Marion County title; quartet also set the team record… Is a classically trained pianist… Served as a youth diving clinic host… Volunteered a food pantry… Earned Academic Distinction six times… Co-authored a story in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (Volume 65, Issue 7).  

Malia Ma (she/her/hers) 

Shanghai, China (Shanghai American School)
Butterfly/Backstroke

Before Harvard  

Member of the Hong Kong Swimming Team since 2024...  Earned Elite Training Grant (ETG) status with the Hong Kong National Team for 2026-27... Four-Year varsity swimmer at Shanghai American School... Named varsity Swimming MVP in 2023, 2024, and 2025... Graduated holding 23 school records, six pool records and six APAC records... Captured 18 gold medals at Asian Pacific Athletic Conference (APAC) Championships from 2023-25... Reached the semifinals of the 50-meter butterfly at the 2025 World Junior Swimming Championship... Won the 200-meter Individual Medley at the 11th 2025 Asian Age Group Games... Competed for Hoi Tin Athletic Club from 2019-26 and was named the club's Outstanding Player of the Year in 2026.

Emma Miner (she/her/hers)

Newton, Mass. (Newton South High School)
Breaststroke/IM

Before Harvard

Swam on the varsity team in 2023 and 2024… Competed for Shawmut Aquatic Club from 2020-26… 2022-23 Newton South High School Swim Rookie of the Year Award recipient… Earned Newton South High School Swim Coaches Award (2023-24)… Named to the 2023-24 Duel County League All-Conference Team… A New England Swimming Top 10 athlete from 2022-26… 2024 Massachusetts State Champion (100 breast)… Newton South High School Record Holder in 100 breast (set in 2024)… Part of school-record-holding team for 200 medley relay… New England Swimming age-group champion in the 100 breast (2024) and the 200 breast (2025)… Three-time Futures Championship Qualifier… Summer Junior National qualifier in 200 breast… USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Award recipient (2023-24, 2024-'25)… Boston Globe All-Scholastic Award winner (2024)… Boston Herald All-Scholastic Award winner (2024)… Earned Massachusetts State Seal of Biliteracy in French (2025)… Received the Newton South Science, Technology, and Engineering Department Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (2026)… Received a school-wide core value award for respect (2026)… Father, James, graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2001… Uncle, Timothy Attanucci, graduated from Harvard College in 2002… Grandmother, Jane Attanucci, graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education in 1985.

Frances Muir 

Edina, Minn. (Edina High School) 
IM/Middle Distance

Before Harvard 

Lettered in varsity swimming in 2022, 2023 and 2024… Competed for Aquajets Swim Team for seven years… Three-time all-state selection (2022-24)… Helped Edina win Minnesota High School League state championships in 2022 and 2023… Finished as the state runner-up in the 500 freestyle as a freshman and sophomore before placing third as a junior… Posted personal-best times of 10:00 in the 1,000 free, 4:54 in the 500 free, 2:00 in the 200 back and 4:22 in the 400 IM. 

Victoria Wang (she/her/hers) 

Manhasset, N.Y. (Manhasset High School) 
Diving

Before Harvard  

Varsity diver from 2021-26… No. 6 nationally among divers in the Class of 2026... Competed for the New York Dive Club from 2018-26… Captain of the Manhasset High School Swim and Dive Team from 2024-26 and the New York Dive Club from 2023-25... New York State and Nassau County record holder... Three-time All-American… Six-time All-County selection… Four-time All-State honoree... Earned NYS Scholar-Athlete Honors in 2025... Named the Joe Farrell Award Winner and New York State Championships MVP in 2025... Won the 2025 New York State Diving Championship... Four-time Nassau County Diving Champion (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)... Eight-time USA Diving Regional Champion... Three-time AAU National Champion... Three-time USA Diving Zone Champion... Four-time USA Diving Junior National qualifier… USA Diving National finalist in 2023... Served as vice president of the National Honor Society and was a member of the English, Math and Social Studies Honor Societies... Received National Scholar Recognition and earned High Honor Roll status throughout high school... Volunteered as a tutor through Adventures in Learning (2023-26)… Served as co-chair of the Asian American Association…. Volunteer Debate Team Founder (Grades 7-8).

Cindy Wu (she/her/hers)

Shanghai, China (Shanghai Starriver Bilingual School)
Sprint Freestyle/Butterfly

Before Harvard

Swam on the varsity team for two seasons… Competed for Hefei Heti Swimming Club from 2022-23, Irvine Novaquatics in the summer of 2024, and Anhui Hosa Team from 2024-26… Took third place at the 2024 Spring National Championships (All-Country, Anhui Hosa, third place on 50 LCM freestyle)… Set Anhui state records for women's 50/100 LCM free and 100 LCM fly for age 18 and under.