2019-20 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Lili Margitai

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Ross Shepard High School
  • Hometown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Biography

Collegiate Best Times:
100-yard Butterfly: 53.22
100-yard Freestyle: 49.92
200-yard Individual Medley: 1:59.15

High School Bests:
100-meter freestyle:  56.93 (LC)
200-meter freestyle: 2:02.36 (LC)
100-meter butterfly: 1:00.85 (LC)
200-meter individual medley: 2:17.76 (LC)

2019-20: Finished eighth in 200 individual medley at the Ivy League Championship… Posted the team’s best time of the season in the 200 IM at the Ohio State Invitational.
 
2018-19: Member of the winning 200-yard and 400-yard medley relay at the Ivy League Championships… Finished second in the 100 butterfly, fourth in the 200 individual medley and 10th in 100 freestyle at Ivy’s.
 
2017-18: Finished ninth in the 100 butterfly and the 200 individual medley and 10th in the 100 freestyle at the Ivy League Championship.
 
2016-17: Member of the winning 800-yard freestyle relay at the Ivy League Championships that set a new Yale and Ivy League record… Finished fourth in the 100 butterfly and ninth in the 200 individual medley at the Ivy’s.

Before Yale: Member of the Canadian Junior National Team 2012-2015... Competed at the 2012 and 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Champs and the 2013 World Junior Champs... Canadian National Championship medalist (2013, 2014, 2015)… Olympic Trials Qualifier (2012, 2016)… Former 13-14 NAG Record holder in the 200-meter individual medley (SC) and 200-meter freestyle (SC).

Why Yale: “The moment I stepped onto the Yale campus and met Coach Jim Henry, I knew I was in a place like no other. The combination of academics, athletics, and the incredible people at Yale made it clear to me that Yale is where I want to spend the next four years of my life.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Freestyle/IM
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Freestyle/IM
  • 2018-19Junior

    Freestyle/IM
  • 2019-20Senior

    Freestyle/IM