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50-Yard Freestyle: 22.56 (12/5/24)
100-Yard Freestyle: 51.09 (11/1/24)
200-Yard Freestyle: 1:48.01 (2/2/24)
500-Yard Freestyle: 4:51.81 (2/16/23)
100-Yard Butterfly: 52.04 (2/21/25)
200-Yard Butterfly: 1:57.64 (2/22/25)

2024-25 (Senior)

CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team... All-Ivy League First Team in 100 fly, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay… All-Ivy League Second Team in the 200 free relay… Finished the season with the team’s second-best 50 free (22.56 at Minnesota Invitational; 4^th in program history), fifth-best 100 free (51.09 at Brown), and fifth-best 200 free (1:50.39 at HYP)… Registered the top 100 and 200 fly performances on the team (100 – 52.04 at Ivy League Championships; 200 – 1:57.64 at Ivy)… Her 100 fly time at Ivies was the second-best in school history and her 200 fly performance was the eighth-best in program history… Swam on the team’s fastest 200 free relay (1:30.16 at Ivy; 4^th in school history), 800 free relay (7:14.99 at Minnesota Invitational), 200 medley relay (school-record 1:36.83 at Ivy), and 400 medley relay (3:33.69 at Ivy).

2023-24 (Sophomore)

CSCAA Scholar All-America Second Team... All-Ivy League First Team – 400 Medley Relay… All-Ivy League Second Team – 100 Fly… All-Ivy League Second Team – 200 Free Relay…Set a new personal best in the 200 free at HYP (1:48.01)… Swam the 500 free in 4:54.88 at the Minnesota Invitationa … Had the team’s fastest 100 butterfly (52.55 at Ivy Championships)… Sits in the program top-10 for the 200 butterfly after her performance at the Ivy League Championships (1:58.14)… Swam third in line in the record setting 200 freestyle relay team (1:29.45 at Ivy Championships)… Swam in the first spot in the program’s fourth fastest 400 free relay (3:18.43) at the Ivy Championships… Swam as the second leg in the team’s fastest 800 free relay (7:10.25) at the Ivy Championships… Raced her fastest 200-yard medley relay (1:39.60) from the third leg at the Minnesota Invitational which was good for a top-10 in program-history… Swam the fourth leg of the program’s second fastest 400 medley (3:33.65 at Ivy Championships).

2022-23 (First-Year)

All-Ivy League First Team (400 medley relay)... All-Ivy League Second Team (100 fly, 800 free relay)... Recorded the team's top time in the 500 free (4:51.81) and 100 fly (52.31) at the Ivy League Championships... Posted the second-best 200-fly performance on the team with her 1:59.36 at the Ivy Championships .. Finished the season ranked fifth on the team in the 200 free (1:49.64 at HYP)... Swam the third leg on the Ivy-winning 400 medley relay (3:35.64)... Went third on the runner-up 800 free relay at Ivies (7:09.86) ... Also competed on the 400 free and 200 medley relays.

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, was a member of the Brown University men’s swimming and diving Class of 2023.