Lena Hayakawa

Position:
Breast/Fly/Free
Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Mid-Pacific Institute
Hometown:
Honolulu, Hawaii

CAREER TOP TIMES
50 Free: 23.74 at AAC Championships (2/16/17)
100 Fly: 55.70 at AAC Championships (3/1/19)
200 Fly: 2:03.98 at Phill Hansel Invitational (11/16/18)
100 Breast: 1:03.31 at Phill Hansel Invitational (11/16/18)

As a Senior (2018-19): Opened the season with a third-place finish in the 100 breastroke (1:06.09) against Houston (Oct. 6)…Won the 100 fly (57.84) against Georgia Southern (Nov. 3)…Won the 100 butterfly (57.50) and placed second in the 200 butterfly (2:05.46) against West Florida (Jan. 26).

As a Junior (2017-18): Swam the fourth-best 100 breast in school history in 1:03.33 at the Phill Hansel Invitational (November 17)...Also at that meet, swam the third-best 200 breast in team history in 2:16.81...Picked up the ninth-fastest 200 IM in team history at the AAC Championship with a time of 2:06.27 (February 17)...Part of the 17th-fastest 400 free relay in team history with a time of 3:28.84 at the Phill Hansel Invitational (November 18)...Swam on the second-fastest 800 free relay in team history at the AAC Championship with a time of 7:18.75 (February 17)...Took ninth in the 200 breast at the AAC Championship, scoring nine points with a time of 2:17.14...Also scored for Tulane in the 100 breast with a time of 1:03.40 at the AAC Championship...Came in third in the 200 breast at the Houston Quad Meet (January 27) with a time of 2:18.29...Won the 100 fly in 57.41 seconds in the Loyola Dual Meet (January 19)...Came in third in the 500 free and 200 IM against West Florida (October 21)...Won the 100 breast against SMU with a time of 1:04.57 (October 6).

As a Sophomore (2016-17): Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016.

As a Freshman (2015-16): Competed in all seven meets as a true freshman, including the American Athletic Conference Swimming Championships ... Earned Tulane 3.0 Club recognition ... Set a personal best at conference in the 100 breast and notched a No. 6 time in the record book ... Earned a first place finish in the 200 breast against North Florida (2:23.85) ... Posted six additional top three finishes, including second place showings in the 100 breast at the West Florida Quad (1:06.16) and against North Florida (1:06.08), as well as a second place finish in the 200 breast against SMU ... In relay action, helped her team to 12 podium finishes, including a pair of wins in the 200 free (1:36.91) and the 200 medley (1:46.89) at the West Florida Quad...Out of the pool, was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

Before Tulane: Swam at the Mid-Pacific Institute ... Helped her team win two high school state championships with just a five-member team ... Was an individual state champion in in the 200 free and 200 IM in her final three seasons ... Was named team MVP as a senior ... Was a varsity champion in the 200 free, 500 free and 100 breast ... Trained with the Kamehameha Swim Club for four years ... Was a Winter Junior Nationals Finalist and named to the National Team ... Competed at Summer Junior Nationals ... State and club team record holder in multiple events ... Earned Hall of Honor recognition, awarded for the best academic and athletic achievement in the state ... Represented the United States at the 2012 and 2014 Oceania Games.

Personal: Born in Honolulu, Hawaii ... Has a younger brother ... Intends to major in pre-med public health.