Northeastern University Athletics

AWARDS:

• Northeastern record holder for 50 Free (22.21, 2/23/23)
• Northeastern record holder for 100 Fly (53.28, 2/24/23)
• All-CAA Honoree in the 50 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Free Relay and 400 Medley Relay (4/6/23)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American (2023)
• All-CAA Honoree in the 100 Fly and 50 Free (4/13/22)

2022-23:

• CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
• Championed the 50 Free in the URI/UConn tri-meet with a 23.60 time (10/8)
• Touched the wall at 54.72 in the 100 Fly A final at the Terrier Invitational, good for third place (11/19)
• Swam to a second-place finish in the 100 Fly (56.12) at the Tate Ramsden Invitational (1/21)
• Was part of the winning group in the 200 Medley Relay at the Tate Ramsden Invitational, posting a time of 1:45.89 (1/21)
• Broke her own school record in the 100 Fly by posting a 53.28 time at the CAA Championships, earning gold (2/24)
• Helped her relay team beat the school record in the 200 Free Relay, taking home gold at the CAA Championships with a 1:31.01 time (2/24)
• Helped break the 400 Free Relay record at the CAA Championships with a fourth-place finish and time of 3:21.80 (2/25)
• Recorded a career-best 100 Free time of 50.65 to finish first in the B final at the CAA Championships (2/25)

2021-22:

• Broke the school record with a personal-best time of 53.41 in the 100 Fly at the Terrier Invitational (11/20)
• Won the 50 Free (23.33) and 100 Fly (55.88) against New Hampshire (12/11)
• CAA Swimmer of the Week (12/14)
• Won the 100 Fly vs. Vermont with a time of 55.74 (1/15)
• Won the 50 Free at the Tate Ramsden Invitational with a time of 23.58, also had second place finishes in the 100 Free (53.11) and 100 Fly (55.67) at the Tate Ramsden Invitational (1/21)
• Notched bronze with personal-best in the 50 Free at the CAA Championships with a time of 22.48 (2/17)
• Had a personal-best in the 50 Fly with a time of 24.79 at the CAA Championships (2/18)
• Won gold in the 100 Fly at CAA Championships with a time of 53.47 (2/18)
• Finished with a personal-best time of 51.47 in the 100 Free at the CAA Championships (2/19)
• CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2021)

2020-21:

• Recorded the second-fastest time on the season and an unofficial personal best in the 50 free (24.32) at the January Intrasquad Meet
• Clocked a 59.42 time in the 100 fly at the January Intrasquad Meet (Jan. 30)

BEFORE NU: Elected captain at Raffles Girls School and Anglo Chinese School swim team ... Member of the Water Polo Team ... Participated in the 2019 Singapore National Swimming Championship with Aquatic Performance Swim Club ... Ranked first in the 50-meter backstroke, 100-meter backstroke and 50-meter butterfly ... Represented Singapore's national team at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, 2019 Japan Open Swimming Championships and 2018 ASEAN school games. 

PERSONAL: Born in Singapore ... Parents are Lia Bee Lay and Koo Nguan Seng ... Has two siblings, Dylan and Gabriel ...  Both brothers are on the Singapore National swim team ... Older brother, Dylan, represented Singapore at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games ... Gabriel holds several records in Singapore and Southeast Asia ... Plans to major in business and economics ... Chose Northeastern for the team atmosphere, co-op program and diverse community.