2026-27 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Rohan Mehra
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- First Year
- Hometown:
- Jersey City, N.J.
- Previous School:
- Riverdale Country School
- College:
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Prior to Columbia:
A swimmer from Jersey City, New Jersey … Competed for Riverdale Country School's boys swimming team throughout high school … National-level swimmer with the AGUA Swim Team since 2018 … Winter Junior Nationals qualifier and Futures, Sectionals, and Senior Zones finalist … Selected for the USA Swimming Regional Diversity Select Camp in 2023 … Captured the Senior Mets Championship High Point title in 2026 … Holds AGUA Swim Team records in the 200-yard butterfly and 800-meter freestyle relay … Earned the club's Breakthrough Award in 2026 … Ranked among New Jersey's top-10 swimmers.
Personal:
Plans to major in financial engineering at Columbia Engineering … Published research on AI-generated phishing email detection in the International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovation … Delivered a TEDx talk titled "Creating an Army of Mission-Driven Swimmers" … Founded a learn-to-swim program serving underserved children in the Bronx and created an organization that helps swimmers establish similar programs … Volunteered as a STEM educator with the Museum of Mathematics and Welcome Home Jersey City … Helped develop AI policy at Riverdale Country School and coded a school bus tracking application serving more than 1,000 students … Earned multiple mathematics honors, including the Stevens Math Olympiad title, and was a three-time National Latin Exam Gold Medal (Summa Cum Laude) recipient … Enjoys coding.
