Lia Neal Season 2016-17

Career Accolades
• Two-time Olympic medalist
     • 2016 Summer Games in Rio - Silver medal in 400-meter freestyle relay
     • 2012 Summer Games in London - Bronze medal in 400-meter freestyle relay
• Member of the 2017 NCAA championship team
• Member of the 2017 Pac-12 championship team
• Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2015, 2016, 2017)
• CSCAA Scholar All-America (2015)
• Nine-time national champion
     • 200 Free Relay - 2014
     • 400 Free Relay (3) - 2014, 2015, 2017
     • 800 Free Relay - 2017
     • 200 Medley Relay - 2016
     • 400 Medley Relay (3) - 2014, 2016, 2017
• 26-time All-America
     • 50 Free (3) - 2014 (10th), 2016 (6th), 2017 (9th)
     • 100 Free (4) - 2014 (2nd), 2015 (2nd), 2016 (2nd), 2017 (4th)
     • 200 Free (4) - 2014 (9th), 2015 (3rd), 2016 (3rd), 2017 (10th)
     • 200 Free Relay (3) - 2014 (1st), 2015 (2nd), 2017 (2nd)
     • 400 Free Relay (4) - 2014 (1st), 2015 (1st), 2016 (4th), 2017 (1st)
     • 800 Free Relay (3) - 2014 (3rd), 2015 (2nd), 2017 (1st)
     • 200 Medley Relay (2) - 2015 (9th), 2016 (1st)
     • 400 Medley Relay (3) - 2014 (1st), 2016 (1st), 2017 (1st)
• Eight-time Pac-12 champion     
     • 100 Free - 2016
     • 200 Free- 2016
     • 200 Medley Relay - 2016
     • 400 Medley Relay - 2016
     • 200 Free Relay - 2017
     • 400 Free Relay - 2016, 2017
     • 800 Free Relay - 2017
• Finished career with three NCAA records and four American records 
• Finished career with five school records
     • 200 free relay (1:25.91), 400 free (3:07.61), 800 free (6:45.91), 200 medley relay (1:34.15), 400 medley relay (3:26.14)
• Finished career ranked second all-time at Stanford in the 50 free (21.65)
• Finished career ranked second all-time at Stanford in the 100 free (46.76)
• Finished career ranked third all-time at Stanford in the 200 free (1:42.50)
• Finished career with Stanford pool records in 200 free relay (1:29.83) and 400 free relay (3:15.05)

2016-17 • Senior
• Member of the 2017 NCAA championship team
• Member of the 2017 Pac-12 championship team
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• Three-time national champion
     • 400 medley relay (3:26.35), 400 free relay (3:07.61, American/NCAA record), 800 free relay (6:45.91, American/NCAA record)
• Seven-time All-America
     • 50 free (9th, 21.65), 100 free (4th, 46.76), 200 free (10th, 1:43.19), 400 medley relay (1st), 200 free relay (2nd, 1:25.91, American record), 400 free relay (1st), 800 free relay (1st)
• Three-time Pac-12 champion
    • 200 free relay (1:26.44), 400 free relay (3:08.51) and 800 free relay (6:49.42)
• Pac-12 runner-up in the 100 free (46.97)
• Also scored at the Pac-12 Championships in the 50 free (5th) and 200 free (3rd)
• Won the 100 free (48.31) against No. 4 Texas (11/12)
• Won the 200 free at No. 17 Arizona (1/21)d
• Won the 100 free (48.81) and set pool record as anchor in 400 free relay (3:15.05) vs. No. 4 USC (1/28)

2015-16 • Junior
• Won silver medal at 2016 Summer Olympic Games in the 400-meter freestyle relay
• Set American and NCAA records at Pac-12 Championships as member of 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard medley relay
• Two national championships (200 and 400 medley relays)
• Six-time first-team All-America
     • 50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 400 free relay, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay 
• Won five Pac-12 titles, including two individual titles
    • 100 free (46.97), 200 free (1:42.50), 200 medley relay (1:34.15), 400 medley relay (3:26.25), 400 free relay (3:11.44)
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention
• CSCAA Scholar All-America
• Won the 100 free (48.47) and 200 free (1:45.39) vs. No. 3 Cal
• Won the 100 free (48.36) and 200 free (1:45.87) at No. 7 USC
• Won the 50 free (22.88) and 100 back (49.26) at No. 19 UCLA
• Won the 100 free (49.17) and 200 free (1:46.90) vs. No. 7 Arizona
• Won the 50 free (22.83) vs. Arizona State
• Stanford finished as national runner-up

2014-15 • Sophomore
• Added six more All-America honors to total 13 for her career
• National titles in the 400 medley relay and 400 free relay
• 400 free relay set an American record (3:08.54)
• Second place in the 100 free as part of the first 1-2-3 African-American finish in NCAA history 
• Third in the nation in 200 free in the second-fastest time in school history
• Ended the year with three relay school records and three top-five individual school records
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention

2013-14 • Freshman
• Program-best 47.17 was good for second place in the 100 free at the NCAA championships
• Helped Stanford to national titles in the 200 free, 400 free and 400 medley relays
• Part of American and NCAA record-setting 400 medley relay squad
• Finished her freshman year with seven All-America accolades
• Clocked the second-fastest 100 free in school history to earn at second place at the NCAA meet

The Neal File
• Five-year letterwinner in swimming (8th grade, high school)
• Won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics with the 400-meter freestyle relay team
• Swam the third leg of the 400-meter freestyle relay at the Olympics in 53.65, helping the USA to an American record
• Earned gold (100 free) and silver (50 free) at the 2011 World Junior Championships
• Took two gold medals (800 free relay, 400 medley relay), a silver (100 free) and a bronze (50 free) at the 2010 Junior Pan Pacific Championships
• Broke the 11-12 age-group record in the 100 free to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Trials
• Fluent in Cantonese