2025-26 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Kavin Li

  • Class First Year
  • Hometown Beijing, China
  • High School Beijing 101 Middle School

Biography

2025-26:
  • Placed fourth in the 100 freestyle (46.26) against Brown
  • Finished first in the 50 free (21.29) and 200 breaststroke (2:04.24) against SCSU
  • Won the 200 IM (1:46.63) against Penn and Dartmouth
  • Placed second in the 200 breaststroke (2:00.05) and 200 butterfly (1:46.18) against Cornell
  • Won the 400 IM (3:49.11) at HYP Meet
  • Finished 10th in the 400 IM (3:48.30) at the Ivy League Championships

Before Yale: Beijing and National champions in China…ISF Gymnasiade Champion…Student of the Year 2023-2024 (1 out of 793)...Career stats for all long course meters include 100 free (50.64), 200 free (1:52.50), 100 fly (54.50), 200 IM (2:04.50).
 
Personal: Son of Jiuquan Li…Volunteers in a school club and street district..Likes to ski, golf, and cook.
 
Why Yale? “The fantastic coaches, guys and supporting atmosphere of the team. It’s also a place where I can communicate, generate and better serve the big world.”