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2025-26 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Kotoko Blair

  • Position Freestyle
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Northville, MI
  • Highschool Novi

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
50 Free 23.29 (2023 BU Terrier Invitational)
100 Free 50.58 (2023 BU Terrier Invitational)
200 Free 1:53.22 (2024 CAA Championships)
100 Breast 1:06.50 (2023 BU Terrier Invitational)

AWARDS:
  • Northeastern Record Holder: 100 Individual Medley (58.64)
  • Northeastern Record Holder: 200 Free Relay (1:31.01)
  • Northeastern Record Holder: 400 Free Relay (3:21.80)
  • 2024 CAA Championships Gold Medalist: 200 Free Relay (1:31.06)
  • 2025 CAA Championships Bronze Medalist: 200 Free Relay (1:31.42)
  • All-CAA Honors for 200 Free Relay (4/6/2023)
2024-25
  • Finished second in the 50 Free (24.52) at Vermont (9/28)
  • Took third place in the 50 Free (24.18) against UConn (11/2)
  • Finished third in the 100 Free (51.93) at the Tate Ramsden Invitational (1/17-1/18)
  • Swam to second in the 100 Free (53.42) and third in the 50 Free (24.28) against Stony Brook (1/25)
  • Recorded a personal best in the 100 Fly (59.13) at the BU Winter Open (2/8)
  • Earned bronze in the 200 Free Relay (1:31.42) at the CAA Championships (2/26-3/1), also swimming season-best 23.32 in the 50 Free for 12th and a 3:21.96 in the 400 Free Relay for fifth.
2023-24
  • Finished first in the 50 Free (23.91) at the Rutgers Invitational (10/6-10/7)
  • Swam to second in the 100 Free (52.55) and third in the 50 Free (23.94) at MIT vs Harvard (10/27)
  • Won the 100 Free (52.31) and finished second in the 50 Free (23.70) against Connecticut (11/4)
  • Finished second in the 100 Free (50.58) for a personal best and third in the 50 Free (23.31) and a personal best at the BU Terrier Invitational (11/17-11/19)
  • Swam a 51.91 in the 100 Free for first place against New Hampshire (12/9)
  • Logged first in the 100 Free (23.88) and second in the 50 Free (52.13) against Vermont (1/13)
  • Took second in the 100 Free (51.31) and third in the 50 Free (23.55) at the Tate Ramsden Invitational (1/19-1/20)
  • Won gold in the 200 Free Relay (1:31.06) and bronze in the 200 Medley Relay (1:40.21), also finishing fifth in the 400 Free Relay (3:23.69) at the CAA Championships (2/28-3/2)
2022-23:
  • CAA Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2023)
  • Picked up a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay after touching the wall at 1:45.22 (11/5)
  • Set personal bests in the 50 free (23.40), 100 free (51.33) and 100 breast (1:07.01) at the Terrier Invitational (11/18)
  • Posted a career-best 1:55.06 in the 100 free at the Boston Winter Open (2/3)
  • Helped break the Northeastern record in the 200 free relay, championing the event at the CAA Championships with a 1:31.01 time (2/25)
  • Broke the Northeastern school record in the 400 free relay, finishing fourth at the CAA Championships with a time of 3:21.80 (2/25)

Before Northeastern: Four-time letter winner at Novi High School… Competed for the Novi Sturgeons in the USA Swimming League… Won the 2019 MI SCY State Championships in 13-14 girls competing in the 200 and 400-yard freestyle relay… She is currently the 13-14 MI Club State record holder in the 200-yard freestyle relay… Won the SCY High School Oakland County Championships in 2019 in the 200 and 400-yard freestyle relay… SCY High School Oakland County Championships in 2021 in the 50 and 100 freestyle… SCY High School KLAA Conference Champion in 2019 and 2020 in the 100 freestyle… All-State for Michigan High School State Championships in the 50, 100, 200, and 400 freestyle relay in 2019 and 2020 and All-State for the 50 and 100 freestyle in 2021… Broke high school team records in the 50 freestyle (2019), the 100 freestyle (2018,2019,2020,2021), and the 200 and 400 freestyle relay (2018 and 2019)

Personal: Originally born in Sagimihara, Japan… Has also lived in both Pittsburgh, PA and Bowling Green, KY… Daughter of parents Yumiko and Breton Blair… Cousin Will Loevner was a former D1 track and cross country runner for two years at Penn State and is now currently a professional mountain biker placing third at the MTB World Championships… Won the Wildcat Award for scoring the most amount of points at states… Claimed the Team GPA Award for having the highest unweighted GPA on the team… Earned the KLAA Scholar-Athlete Award… Won the A+B Honor Roll Award… Won Award of Honors from both the English Department and Summa Cum Laude… Earned the President’s Award for Educational Excellence… Her top athletic performance was anchoring the 400 freestyle at the most recent club state meet with a time of 50.83 seconds… Her intended major is Nursing
 
Why Northeastern?
  1. Understanding that her help and interactions with a patient can make a noticeable, positive difference in their life
  2. Deep appreciation for health sciences
  3. Comes from a family of nurses and doctors

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Freestyle
    5'4"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Freestyle
    5'4"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Freestyle
    5'4"
  • C

    2025-26Senior

    Freestyle
    5'4"
    C