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2016 Women's Track and Field Roster

Lydia Guo

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Major Business (Leonard N. Stern School of Business)
  • Hometown Palo Alto, CA
  • High School Palo Alto

Biography

2014-15: Recorded a season best in the 400m (14th place, 1:00.59) and the 200m (22nd place, 27.38), and placed 14th overall in the 400m at the NYC Metropolitan Championships (2/6)…helped NYU to a fourth-place finish in the 4x400m (4:02.69) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/28-3/1)…member of the Violets’ winning 4x400m relay (4:05.03) and finished fourth in the 400m (1:02.04) at the Rider Invitational (4/11)…Third Team All-UAA in the 4x400m (3:55.14) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/25-26)…posted an outdoor season-best in the 400m (1:00.41) at the Swarthmore Invitational (5/11)…UAA Spring Sport All-Academic…Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee Spring Honor Roll.
 
2013-14: Helped the Violets to a second-place finish in the sprint medley relay (team-record 4:21.87) at the Saturday Night Shootout (1/18)…set an indoor collegiate best in the 200m (27.44) and helped the 4x400m team to a season-best time (4:00.69) at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/7)…member of the winning 4x400m team (4:05.99) at the Keogh Invitational (2/22)…recorded a personal best in the 400m (59.93) at the ECAC Division III Indoor Championships…helped the Violets to a school record in the sprint medley relay (4:11.53) and an outdoor season best in the 4x200m (1:47.14) at the Raleigh Relays (3/28-29)…set a personal best in the 200m (26.95) and was a member of the winning 4x400m relay squad (4:00.47) at the Widener Invitational (4/18-19)…helped the Violets to a second-place finish in the 4x400m relay (3:54.32) and placed fifth in the 400m (59.69) at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/26-27)…helped break the school record as a part of the 4x400m relay (3:51.77) and ran a personal best in  the 400m (59.33) at the Swat Final Qualifying Meet (5/12)…UAA Winter and Spring Sport All-Academic…USTFCCCA All-Academic…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Spring Honor Roll.
 
2012-13: Helped establish indoor school records in the 4x200m relay (1:44.90) and 4x400 relay (3:57.23) at the ECAC Championships (3/1-3/2)…ran season-best times in the 200m (27.51) and 400m (1:00.65) at the NYC Metro Championships (1/25)…helped set an outdoor team record in the 4x200m relay (1:45.50) at the Raleigh Relays (3/29-30)…ran a season best in the outdoor 200m (27.26) at the USF Bulls Invitational (3/15) and in the 100m (13.78) at the Roadrunner Invitational (4/6)…Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee Spring Honor Roll.
 
High School: Four-year member of the track & field and cross country teams…served as captain her junior and senior years…received the Coach's Award for cross country as a junior and for track as a sophomore…also competed in soccer for two years…served as Co-President of Palo Alto High Environmental Initiative…received the Social Studies Department Recognition of Excellence Award as a freshman and the Math Department Recognition of Excellence Award as a junior and senior…volunteered at the Peninsula Humane Society.
 
Personal: Enjoys bicycling, reading, country music, and dogs…biked across the country during the 2013 summer…sister Claire attends UAA-rival Washington University.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2014Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2015Junior

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2016Senior

    Sprints
    5'5"