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2022-23 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Ray Yang

  • Position Butterfly
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Toronto, Ontario
  • Previous School Silverthorn Collegiate Institute
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2022-23 (Senior)
Came in third on the 200 butterfly (1:50.32) at Harvard on Nov. 18…Came in third in the 100 fly (49.26) against Princeton on Nov. 11…Placed second in the 200 fly (1:50.06) against Army on Nov. 4.

2021-22 (Junior)
Competed at the 2022 Ivy League Championships in the 200 Fly (17th, 1:47.49), 100 Fly (23rd, 49.05), and 50 Free (36th, PR, 21.07)...Swam a personal best in the 100 Free against Yale (47.56).

2020-21 (Sophomore)
Season canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 (First-Year)
Top finish at the Ivy League Championships came in the 200 fly, finishing 13th in 1:48.36 ... Also placed 17th in the 100 fly at 48.71 ... Won the 200 fly vs. Cornell, Penn and Army in the dual season.

PRIOR TO COLUMBIA
Swam with Etobicoke Swim Club ... Won 200m butterfly at the 2019 Canadian Swimming Championships in 2:01.05 ... Holds Canadian National Age Group (11-12) record in 100m butterfly for ... Also member of 13-14 NAG record in 4x50m relay ... Ontario Scholar.

PERSONAL
Parents are Nana Ren and Hongbo Yang ... Plans to study political science ... Enrolled in Columbia College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Butterfly
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Butterfly
  • 2021-22Junior

    Butterfly
  • 2022-23Senior

    Butterfly