2026-27 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Bingxiang Qin
- Position:
- Breast/Free
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Liaoning, China
- Previous School:
- The Bolles School
- College:
- Columbia College
2025-26 (First-Year)
Earned fifth-place finishes in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, and 200 IM against Penn … At the Princeton Big Al Invitational, competed in the 50 breaststroke (setting a personal-best time of 25.86), 100 breaststroke, 200 IM (personal-best 1:51.84), 400 IM (eighth place), and the 200 medley relay (seventh place) … Earned third-place finishes in the 100 breaststroke, fourth in the 200 breaststroke, and seventh in the 200 IM against Brown … Finished fourth in the 100 breaststroke against Navy … At the BU Winter Open, won the 400 IM, anchored the 400 medley relay to a second-place finish, and placed third in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke.
Prior to Columbia: National Honor Society (11th grade) … President’s List (9th-12th grade) … National Japanese Honor Society (10th grade) … 2024 Northeast Florida Scholastic Art Awards Honorable Mention (11th grade) … 2025 Northeast Florida Scholastic Art Awards Honorable Mention (12th grade) … 2025 Northeast Florida Scholastic Art Awards Silver key (12th grade) … Swam for Bolles School Sharks.
Personal: Helped organize the first Chinese New Year Gala at his high school and was the main director … Hobbies include painting and playing the piano … Favorite sports memories were during a travel meet that happened on the same weekend as his school’s Homecoming as his coach and his wife planned a fun night of dinner and games and full of laughter and dancing.
