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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving

Allyson Yao

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Seattle, WA
  • High School Holy Names Academy
  • Events IM, Breast
  • Major Computer Science
  • College Harvey Mudd

Biography



SwimCloud Results

At CMS

Completed her senior season competing with the CMS swimming and diving program ... Graduated in the top 10 in CMS history in three events ... Places second in the 400 IM in 4:25.84 and fifth in the 200 IM in 2:05.07 ... Also ranks eighth in CMS history in the 200 breast in 2:21.62.

2023-24 (Senior)
Second-Team All-America (400 IM) ... All-SCIAC (200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast) ... CSCAA All-America Scholar ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... Qualified for the consolation finals at the NCAA Championships in the 400 IM and finished 15th to earn Second-Team All-America honors ... Added a 25th place finish at nationals in the 200 IM, and 40th in the 200 breast ... Placed in the top three to earn All-SCIAC honors in all three of her individual events, while earning personal-best times in all three ... Finished in second place in the 200 IM in 2:05.07 ... Was runner-up in the 200 breast in 2:21.62 ... Earned third place in the 400 IM in 4:25.84 ... Swept three events in a dual with Caltech, winning the 100 free, the 200 fly and the 200 IM ... Took first place in the 400 IM in a tri-meet with Cal Lutheran and La Verne ... Won the 200 fly in a dual with Occidental ... Was second in the 200 breast and the 400 IM in a dual with Pomona-Pitzer. 

2022-23 (Junior)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Qualified for the finals in all three of her individual events at the SCIAC Championships ... Finished fourth in the 400 IM with a time of 4:30.33 ... Was fifth at SCIACs in the 200 IM in 2:06.82 ... Added a sixth-place finish in the 200 fly in 2:09.29 ... Won the 400 IM in a tri-meet with Chapman and Caltech, while adding second-place finishes in the 200 fly and 200 breast ... Came in second in the 200 IM in a dual with Occidental. 

2021-22 (Sophomore)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Finished fourth in the 200 fly at the SCIAC Championships with a time of 2:07.42 ... Added a fifth-place finsih in the 400 IM in 4:30.89 and a sixth-place finish in the 200 IM in 2:07.44 ... Was second in the 400 IM at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational ... Won the 100 free in a SCIAC tri-meet with Cal Lutheran and La Verne ... Was second in the 200 fly in a SCIAC tri-meet with Caltech and Chapman. 

Prior to CMS
Attended Holy Names Academy in Washington, where she was a member of the swimming and diving team ... Class valedictorian ... National Honors Society member ... Also competed for the Bellevue Club Swim Team.  

Personal
Attends Harvey Mudd, where she majors in computer science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    IM, Breast
  • 2022-23Junior

    IM, Breast
  • 2023-24Senior

    IM, Breast