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2015-16 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Chandra Yueh

  • Position Free
  • Class Senior
  • High School Breck School
  • Hometown Plymouth, Minn.

Biography

As a senior (2015-16)
• Competed in three events at the 2016 Ivy League Championships, placing 20th overall in the 100 breast.
• Finished third in the 50 free at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational.
• Had three top three individual dual meet efforts on the year.
• Won the 50 free in 24.81 in a dual meet victory over Colgate.
• Had the team’s third-fastest time of the year in the 100 breast (1:05.23) and the fifth-fastest in the 50 free (23.72).

As a junior (2014-15)
• Yueh scored in three events for the Big Red at the Ivy League Championships, finishing 15th in the 100 breast, 19th in the 100 free and 21st in the 50 free.
• Won the 50 free at the Bomber Invitational, one of five races where she finished in the top nine.
• Placed third in the 100 breast in a dual meet against Brown and again against Penn and Princeton.
• Had the team’s second-best time of the season in the 100 breast and the third-best in both the 50 and 100 free.

As a sophomore (2013-14)
• Yueh turned in an outstanding and very consistent season for the Big Red in 2013-14.
• Competing in the sprint freestyle and breaststroke, she added depth to the line-up and was a reliable performer on the team’s relays.
• Once again, Yueh qualified for the Ivy League Championship team and had a strong championship meet.
• Her times ranked her third in the 50 freestyle and the 100 breaststroke and sixth in the 100 freestyle on the season’s best times list.
• Yueh is ranked fifth in the 50 freestyle and sixth in the 100 breaststroke on the all-time top 10 list and is a member of the school record holding 200 freestyle relay.

As a freshman (2012-13)
• Yueh experienced a very up-and-down first season with the Big Red.
• The first half of the season started out slowly, but finished on a positive note at the final meet of the first semester.
• Yueh was selected to Cornell’s Ivy League Championship meet team and she turned in several good swims in the meet.
• On the season’s best time list, Yueh ranked 10th in the 50 free, fifth in the 100 breast and fifth in the 100 free

Prior to Cornell
• A six-year member of the Breck School swimming team, she was all-conference, all-section and all-state during her career.
• Yueh was named to the All-America Scholastic team from 2009-11 and captured the NISCA Zone 5 top Sixteen Award those same years.
• Yueh was team captain her final season.
• She swam club for the Aquajets Swim Team and was a member of the NCSA junior national runner-up squad in 2012.
• She was part of the 200 free (short course) and 200 medley (long course) relay national record holding team in 2011 and helped her squad to three state titles.

Personal
• Chandra Yihuei Yueh is the daughter of Silvia and the late Nanda Yueh and has an older brother.
• Her aunt, Stephanie Kim Tan, also attended Cornell.
• She is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Yueh's Best Times
Event Best Time at Cornell
50 Free 24.63
100 Free 51.48
100 Breast 1:04.66

Updated May 2016

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Free
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Free
  • 2014-15Junior

    Free
  • 2015-16Senior

    Free