Lyon Zhang

Height:
5-10
Weight:
150
Position:
Breast/IM
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Freemont, Calif.
High School:
Mission San Jose

2018-19: Finished fourth in 200 breast, fifth in 400 IM and sixth in 200 IM at TYR Invitational ... Finished eighth in 400 IM and 11th in 200 breast at Big Al Invitational ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2017-18: First year breaststroke and IM swimmer for the Wildcats ... Ranked second on NU's top times list in the 200 breast and fourth in the 200 IM and 400 IM ... Started his career by taking second in the 200 breast and third in the 200 IM against Eastern Michigan (10.11) ... Finished fourth in the 200 breast, sixth in the 200 IM and ninth in the 400 IM at the TYR Invitational, all with season-best times (11.19) ... Added points for the 'Cats with a 13th place finish in the 100 breast and 22nd place finish in the 50 breast at the meet ... Finished fourth in the 200 breast and ninth in the 100 breast, 200 IM and 400 IM in the quad-dual against SIU, Kentucky and Missouri (11.14).

High School: 100 breast and 200 IM finalist at sectional and state meets… Junior National Finalist in the 200 breast… Three-time league champion in the 100 breast and 200 IM… Swam at the 2016 U.S. Winter Nationals… High school record holder in the 100 breast and 200 IM… Competed on the Pleasanton Seahawks club team… Member of the Seahawks team that won the USA Swimming Gold Medal Club Award, given to the top-20 teams in the nation.

Personal: Born Lyon Zhang… Son of John Zhang and Sherry Liu… National Merit Scholarship semifinalist… Three-year Scholastic All-American… Won the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Award three times… Majoring in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.

ZHANG'S CAREER BESTS

Event	Career Best
50 breast	27.22
100 breast	57.45
200 breast	2:03.53
100 IM	53.17
200 IM	1:51.18
400 IM	3:59.59
50 free	22.55
200 free	1:44.10
50 back	25.22
50 fly	24.18