Rafael Gu Season 2023-24

Career Accolades 

• Two-time All-American: 200 free relay (2023- 14th), 200 medley relay (2023- 10th)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American (2023)
• Pac-12 Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 17, 2023)

Stanford Best Times

• 50 Free- 19.53
• 100 Free- 42.83
• 100 Fly- 45.10

As a Freshman (2022-23)

• Two-time All-American: 200 free relay (14th, 1:16.44), 200 medley relay (10th, 1:22.69)
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• Pac-12 Swimmer of the Week (Jan. 17)
• Competed in the NCAA Championships in the 200 medley relay (10th, 1:22.69), 200 free relay (14th, 1:16.44), 100 fly (19th, 45.35), 50 free (48th, 19.74), and 100 free (47th, 43.08)
• Took third place at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100 fly (45.13), completing the podium sweep with Andrei Minakov in first and Aaron Sequeira in second
• Took fourth place at the Pac-12 Championships in the 200 free relay (1:16.24)
• Also competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free (16th, 19.57) and 100 free (16th, 43.17)

Prior to Stanford 

• Competes for Shanghai American School Puxi Campus in Shanghai
• Helped team to a third place finish at the APAC championships in 2019
• Owns the APAC records in the 50, 100, and 200 free and 100 back
• Named the Varsity MVP (2020)
• Holds the high school records for 50 and 100 fly, 50 and 100 back, 50, 100 and 200 free, 100 200 and 400 IM
• Also swam for Rosebowl Aquatics (2019)
• Competed in the 2019 Winter Junior National Championships and won the men's highest point total
• Qualified for Junior Nationals and was a B finalist in the 100 free in the summer of 2019
• Also a B finalist in the 100 and 50 free in the winter Junior National Championships

Personal

• Parents are Alfred Gu and Freda Qian
• Has two siblings, Max and Ethan
• Is interested in studying bioengineering
• Hobbies include gaming, playing piano, watching YouTube videos