Octavia Lau

Class:
Senior
Position:
Distance
Hometown:
Burnaby, B.C., Canada
High School:
New Westminster Secondary

At Michigan
• Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2020)

Senior (2022-23)
• Wisconsin/Pittsburgh (Jan. 28): Finished 6th in the 1000-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (10:16.28) and 7th in the 200-yard Butterfly Timed Finals (2:04.68)
• Ohio State (Jan. 21): Finished 5th in the 200-yard Butterfly Timed Finals (2:03.90) and 6th in the 500-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (5:00.00).
• Tennessee Invite (Nov. 17-20): Finished 6th in the 1650-yard Freestyle Timed Finals with a personal best (16:25.80), 10th in the 500-yard Freestyle with a personal best (4:46.03) and 26th in the 200-yard Freestyle with a personal best (1:48.23).
• Oakland (Oct. 8): Finished 2nd in the 1000-yard Freestyle Timed Finals (10:15.60) and 2nd in the 200-yard Butterfly Timed Finals (2:06.06).

Junior (2021-22)
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 16-19): Finished 2nd in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:48.93).
• Ohio State (Jan. 28): Finished 9th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:59.56) and 6th in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:03.32).
• Wisconsin/Minnesota (Jan. 15): Finished 8th in the 1000-yard Freestyle (10:17.96) and 10th in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:05.38).
• Grand Valley (Nov. 6): Finished 2nd in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:52.88).
• Purdue/Missouri (Nov. 5): Finished 4th in the 1000-yard Freestyle (9:58.16) and 8th in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:02.93).
• Oakland (Oct. 9): Finished 2nd in the 1000-yard Freestyle (10:14.84) and 2nd in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:05.30).

Sophomore (2020-21)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-27): Finished 24th in the 1650-yard Freestyle (16:46.73), 26th in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:01.49) and 37th in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:54.36).
• Michigan State/Rutgers (Jan. 23): Finished 2nd in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (17:16.67).
• Indiana/Northwestern (Jan. 16): Finished 5th in the 1,000-yard Freestyle (10:16.58) and 9th in the 500-yard Freestyle (5:01.13).

Freshman (2019-20)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• NCAA Championships (March 18-21): Did not qualify.
• Big Ten Championships (Feb. 19-22): Finished 42nd in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:49.35), 42nd in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:03.76), and 51st in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:56.88)
• Michigan State (Jan. 31): Finished 2nd in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:01.44) and 3rd in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:52.51).
• Ohio State (Jan. 18): Finished 8th in the 1000-yard Freestyle (10:28.14) and 8th in the 100-yard Butterfly (2:05.64).
• Indiana (Jan. 11): Finished 5th in the 1000-yard Freestyle (10:23.46) and 6th in the 500-yard Freestyle (5:03.22).
• Minnesota Invite (Dec. 4-7): Finished 17th in the 1,650-yard Freestyle (17:01.81), 24th in the 200-yard Butterfly (2:03.99), 29th in the 200-yard Freestyle (1:49.93) and 32nd in the 500-yard Freestyle (4:54.46).
• Made collegiate debut vs. Miami, Navy (Sept. 20-21).

Prep
• High School: New Westminter Secondary

Club/International
• Club: Hyack Swim Club
• Canadian Junior National Team
• 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships: Finished 8th in the 1,500-meter Freestyle, 9th in the 800-meter Freestyle and 12th in the 400-meter Freestyle.
• 2018 FINA Junior Open Water National Championships: Finished 29th in the 7.5-KM swim.

Personal
• Full Name: Octavia Kimie Lau
• Birthday: Nov. 22, 2001
• Enrolled in the School of Kinesiology
• Major: Movement Science

Career Bests

Event	Time	Date
200-yard Freestyle	1:48.73	12/1/2021
500-yard Freestyle	4:46.94	12/1/2021
1000-yard Freestyle	10:11.33	9/20/2019
1650-yard Freestyle	16:35.77	12/1/2021
100-yard Butterfly	55.07	2/27/2022
200-yard Butterfly	2:01.44	1/31/2020