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2025-26 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Brian Lee

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Seoul, South Korea
  • Previous School Bellevue International School
  • College Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Biography

2024-25 (Junior)
At the ECAC Championships, placed 1st in the 100 Y Fly Finals and Prelims, also was apart of the 1st place 200 MR with a 50 Fly time of 21.20. Places 1st in the 100 Y Fly against Dartmouth and Brown, along with many other podium finishes. 

2023-24 (Sophomore)
In the season opener against Penn, he was part of the team to win the 200-medley relay with a time of 1.30.28, he also won the 100-fly with a time of 48.26. Against Princeton, he won the 100-fly with a time of 48.51. Against Yale, was part of the team to win the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:29.96; He also won the 100-Fly with a time of 48.48. Against Harvard, he was part of the team to win the 200-medley relay with a time of 1:29.23. Against Brown, he won the 100-fly with a time of 48.55. Against Army in West Point, he won the 100-fly. Against Cornell, he was part of the team to win the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:30.44; He also won the 100-fly with a time of 48.36. Against Dartmouth, he was part of the team that won first in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:30.08. In the Ivy League Championships, in the 400-medley relay, he was part of the team to win the silver medal which shattered the previous Columbia program record with a time of 3:07.34.

2022-23 (First-Year)
Finished fifth-place in the 100-fly (46.60) at the Ivy League Championships. Part of a team that won the bronze medal in the 200-medley relay at the Ivy League Championships with a time of 1:25.53…Won the 100-fly (48.54) at Cornell on Jan. 28…Part of a team that won the 200-medley relay (1:29.90) vs. Brown on Jan. 14…Won the 200-fly against Brown on Jan. 13 with a time of 1:50.74…Part of a relay that won the 200 IM against Princeton on Nov. 11 with a time of 1:29.45. Also won the 100 fly (47.73)...Part of a squad that won the 200-medley relay (1:29.96) at Penn on Nov. 5. Earned his first win with the Lions during the 100-yard butterfly (48.64). Part of the 200-meter relay team that won against Army on Nov. 4 with a time of 1:29.90. Finished third in the 50 free (21.20).

BEFORE COLUMBIA: Three-time high school MVP…100 Fly Washington State Champion (2022)…100 fly state meet record holder (2022)…Washington State Championship Swimmer of the Meet (2022)…100 Free Relay Junior National Champion (2019)…Third Place, 100 Fly Junior Nationals (2022)….PNS All-Time 100 Fly record-holder…BCST 100 Fly record-holder…Sixth place, 100 Fly USA World Championship Trails (2022).

PERSONAL: Enrolled in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science…Plans to major in Mechanical Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Free/Fly
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Free/Fly
  • 2024-25Junior

    Free/Fly
  • 2025-26Senior

    Free/Fly