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Career Accolades

  • 3x U.S. Collegiate Nationals Event Champion (2023: Team; 2024: Team; 2025: Team)
  • 3x MPSF Team Champion (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • 6x MPSF Event Champion (2023: Duet, Trio, Team; 2024: Duet, Trio; 2025: Team)
  • 3x Collegiate All-American (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • U.S. Collegiate Nationals High Point Scorer (2024)
  • MPSF Freshman of the Year (2023)
  • MPSF Swimmer of the Year (2024)
  • 2x All-MPSF (2023, 2024)
  • MPSF All-Academic (2024, 2025)

As a Junior (2025) • National Champions

  • Collegiate All-American
  • U.S. Collegiate Nationals Event Champion (Team)
  • MPSF Team Champion
  • MPSF Event Champion (Team)
  • All-MPSF Academic
  • Placed second in trio (165.75) with Calista Liu and Lindi Schroeder in season opener against Incarnate Word (January 18)
  • Aided Stanford to first place in team (239.07) event while also taking third place in trio (203.32) with Calista Liu and
  • Lindi Schroeder at Jessica Beck Invitational (February 1)
  • Helped Stanford to first place in team event (242.27) while taking second place in trio (228.76) alongside Calista Liu and Lindi Schroeder at MPSF Championships (February 15-16)
  • Placed first in trio (235.49) alongside Calista Liu and Lindi Schroeder while helping Stanford to first place in team performance (276.04) in OSU quad meet (March 2)
  • Collegiate National champion in team performance (303.37) while placing third in Tech A Elements (80.31) and grabbing fourth place in trio (229.12) with Calista Liu and Lindi Schroeder at Collegiate Nationals (March 28-29)

As a Sophomore (2024)

  • Collegiate All-American
  • U.S. Collegiate Nationals Event Champion (Team)
  • MPSF Swimmer of the Year
  • All-MPSF
  • MPSF Team Champion
  • MPSF Event Champion (Duet, Trio)
  • All-MPSF Academic
  • U.S. Collegiate Nationals High Point Scorer
  • Placed second place in trio (150.89) with Lindi Schroeder and Elisa Brunel, took second in duet (138.74) with Ella Rau, placed sixth in Tech A Elements (81.75) and helped Stanford to first place in team performance (225.54) at season opener at Texas Women’s University (January 20)
  • Took Tech A Elements (81.65) crown while earning first in duet (286.30) with Ella Rau, placing first in trio (271.65) with Lindi Schroeder and Elisa Brunel and grabbing first in team performance (356.72) during Stanford Invitational (January 26-28)
  • Placed first in the duet (243.99) with Ella Rau while claiming first in team performance (379.38) and grabbing second in trio (291.33) with Elisa Brunel and Lindi Schroeder at Jessica Beck Invitational (February 3)
  • Took MPSF crowns in duet (192.87) with Ella Rau, and trio (190.97) with Lindi Schroeder and Elisa Brunel, while placing second in Tech A Elements (79.49) and second in team performance (254.30) at MPSF Championships (February 17-18)
  • Placed first in duet (183.19) with Ella Rau while aiding Stanford to second place in team event (220.53) in duel against Cal (February 24)
  • Collegiate National champion in team event (274.94) while also earning second place in trio (202.07) with Lindi Schroeder and Elisa Brunel at Collegiate Nationals (March 22-23)
  • Placed third in Tech A Elements (79.48) while grabbing fourth place in duet (189.26) with Ella Rau at Collegiate Nationals (March 22-23)

As a Freshman (2023)

  • U.S. Collegiate Nationals Event Champion (Team)
  • MPSF Team Champion
  • Three-time MPSF Event Champion (Duet, Trio, Team)
  • Collegiate All-American
  • MPSF Freshman of the Year
  • All-MPSF First Team
  • Helped Stanford claim the team event title (85.6000) at Collegiate Nationals (March 25)
  • Runner-up at the U.S. Collegiate Nationals in the duet (83.6667) alongside Lindi Schroeder (March 25)
  • Finished in fourth place at Collegiate Nationals in trio (83.0333) alongside Yara Elian and Ivy Davis (March 25)
  • Helped Stanford claim the team event title (85.1750) at the MPSF Championships (March 6)
  • Took gold at the MPSF Championships in trio (83.0500) alongside Yara Elian and Ivy Davis (March 6)
  • Took gold at the MPSF Championships in duet (84.1000) alongside Lindi Schroeder (March 6)
  • Earned silver at the MPSF Championships in the technical competition (March 6)

Prior to Stanford

  • Competed for Northgate High School Synchronized Swimming and Varsity Water Polo
  • Captain the Synchronized Swimming team (2020-21)
  • Competed with the Walnut Creek Aquanuts (2010-2021)
  • Three-time West Zone Champions (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Three-time National Champions (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Three-time West Zone Duet and Solo Champion (2019, 2020, 2021)
  • Three-time Duet and Solo National Champion (2019, 2020, 2021)

National Team

  • Competes for Team USA
  • 2018 China Open(Team) [Beijing, China]
  • 2018 Japan Open(Duet) [Tokyo, Japan]
  • 2018 Canada Open (Team) [British Columbia]
  • 2018 Junior World Championships (Team and Duet) [Budapest, Hungary]
  • 2018 Pan American Championships (Team and Duet) [California,USA]

Personal

  • Mother is Lydia Avramenko
  • Has one brother, Zachary Elian
  • Is interested in studying International Relations, Political Science, and Data Science
  • Hobbies include surfing, spending time with friends and family, playing the piano, and eating ice cream
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2024
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2023
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