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2023-24 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Austin Lara

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown State Island, N.Y.
  • Previous School Trinity School
  • College Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

Biography

2023-24 (Sophomore)
Against Princeton, he placed seventh in the 500 Y Free with a time of 4:55.22. Against Brown, he received sixth in the 1000 Y Free with a time of 9:54.98; He also received eight place in the 500 Y Free with a time of 4:56.60. Against Army, he received ninth place in the 400 Y IM with a time of 4:07.52. In the ECAC Open Championships, he placed sixth in the 1650 Y Free with a time of 15:46.82.

2022-23 (First-year)
Competed int he 1650-free, 200-fly, and 400-IM

BEFORE COLUMBIA: Competed for the Trinity Tunas…Team League Champions (2019, 2021, 2022)…Set 200 free relay record (2022)…Holds the 100 fly record (2022)…Recorded a top-three all-time finish in the 500 free (2022).

PERSONAL: Born December 2004…Attended Trinity School in Manhattan…Parents are Alexandra and Frederick…Sisters are Krystal and Tiffany…Krystal swam at Northwestern from 2016-2020…Tiffany swam at Johns Hopkins from 2017-2021…Downtown Math Invitational (DMI) Team Champions (2021)…2022 DMI 8th Place Individual, 3rd Team…Plays the violin…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