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2017-18 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Christie Chong
- Position:
- Back/IM/Free
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- San Ramon Valley
- Hometown:
- Danville, Calif.
At Princeton — 2019-20: set a new school record in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.60), the 200 IM (1:57.89) and part of the team that set a new school record in the 200 medley relay (1:37.86)...second team All-Ivy League in the 200 IM, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay..advanced to the A final of the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke at the Ivy League championships...also holds top-10 times in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 IM and 200 breaststroke ... 2018-19: advanced to the B final of the 100 breast, 200 IM and 200 back at the Ivy League Championships...set top times in the 50 free (24.31) and the 100 free (54.10) ... 2017-18: won the B final in the 100 breast at the Ivy League Championships in 1:02.26, the second-fastest time of the Princeton season and the sixth-fastest in school history … posted Top-10 finish in the 200 back (1:58.46), the third-fastest of the Princeton season … placed 11th in the 200 IM in 2:01.33, third-fastest time of Princeton season … had top-five finishes in the 100 back and 200 IM at HYP during regular-season win over Harvard. 2016-17: finished fourth in the A final at Ivies in the 200 back (1:57.46) … made Ivy Championships debut with 12th-place finish in the 200 IM (2:02.75) … won the B final of the 100 back (55.07) … helped Princeton finish third in the 400 medley relay.
Before Princeton — competed in the 2016 US Olympic Trials in both the 100 and 200 back; best finish was 82nd in the 200 back … competed in the 100/200 back and 1000 free in the 2016 US Open … held Winter Junior Nationals cuts in 100/200 back and 200 IM … competed in the Fina World Cup Series in Hong Kong (2014) and Doha, Qatar (2015), as well as several Summer/Winter Junior Nationals … holds 200 IM high school record and 100 back club record … earned top-five finish in 200 IM in California state championships; had several top finishes at league/sectional meets … three-time NISCA All-America and three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-America … four-time North Coast Section California Intercollegiate Federation Scholar-Athlete.
Personal — born Sept. 13, 1998 … daughter of Adriana and William Chong … has a younger sister Isabelle … enjoys being outdoors, snowboarding and yoga … considering studying neuroscience while completing requirements for medical school.
