Joyce Kwok - 2015-16 Women's Swimming - LIU Post
| Joyce Kwok Event: Butterfly/Backstroke Class: Senior Hometown: Middle Village, N.Y. Previous School: Francis Lewis 2015-16: NCAA All-American in 100- and 200-yard butterfly, 200-yard medley relay, 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard medley relay ... All-Metropolitan Conference in 100- and 200-yard butterfly, 200-yard individual medley, 200- and 400-yard freestyle relay and 200- and 400-yard medley relay ... 2016 Metropolitan Championships Swimmer of the Meet ... won the 100- (56.58) and 200-yard butterfly (2:06.19) and the 200-yard backstroke (2:07.34) against Central Connecticut State (Oct. 24) ... swam top marks in the 100- (56.89) and 200-yard butterfly (2:07.49) and helped the Pioneers to pool-record times in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:37.81) and 400-yard medley relay (4:01.82) at East Stroudsburg (Oct. 31) ... secured first-place finishes in the 200 IM (2:24.42) and the 100-fly (1:03.20) at Bridgeport (Nov. 7) ... clocked a pair of winning times and NCAA "B" cuts in the 100- (56.81) and 200-fly (2:04.66) at Fordham (Nov. 13) ... won the 100-yard butterfly with an NCAA "A" cut of 53.62 and added provisional cuts in the 200-fly (2:00.43) and 200 IM (2:04.72) at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 20-22) ... clocked top marks in the 100-fly (57.05) and 200 IM (2:12.77) against Siena (Jan. 16) ... touched the pad at respective pool-record times of 2:06.21 and 2:08.01 in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard backstroke in a tri-meet versus Kutztown and Millersville (Jan. 30) ... raced to a first-place time and NCAA "B" cut of 56.97 in the 100-fly and helped the Pioneers' 200-yard medley relay team to a winning mark of 1:48.24 at the NYU Invitational (Feb. 6) ... won seven events, in addition to breaking two school records and clocking two NCAA "A" cuts and two NCAA "B" marks, at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 19-21) ... clocked a second-place time of 52.91 in the 100-fly and swam to third-place finishes in the 200-free relay (1:32.07), 200-fly (1:59.14) and 400-medley relay (3:42.27) at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 9-12).
2014-15: CSCAA First-Team All-American ... NCAA Scholar All-American … All-Metropolitan Conference Scholar-Athlete … NCAA All-American in 100-yard butterfly; 400-yard medley relay; 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard freestyle relay … All-Metropolitan Conference in 100- and 200-yard butterfly, 200-yard individual medley, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay and 200- and 400-yard medley relay ... won 14 individual races on the season and finished first in a total of 30 different events ... went undefeated in seven invitationals that she swam in over the course of the year ... posted five first-place finishes at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 20-22), including: 100-yard butterfly (53.96), 200-yard butterfly (1:59.52), 400-yard freestyle relay (3:25.65), 200-yard medley relay (1:42.93) and 400-yard medley relay (3:43.04) ... captured a silver medal in the 100-yard butterfly (53.59) and a bronze medal in the 200-yard butterfly (1:59.56) at the NCAA Championships (Mar. 11-14) ... scored a fourth-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay (3:41.79) and a sixth-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:24.90) in the same event ... recorded a D1 'B' NCAA Qualification time and broke a ten-year record in the 100-yard butterfly (54.18) at the Rutgers Invitational on Nov. 21-23.
2013-14: 2014 CSCAA DII All-America and Scholar All-America First Team ... successfully defended her national championship in the 200-yard butterfly with a program-record time of 1:58.91 ... also scored a bronze medal in the 100-yard butterfly (53.94) and an All-American 8th place finish in the 200-yard medley relay (1:42.61) ... finished first in 28 events over the course of the season ... won first place in the 200-yard butterfly (2:01.83) at the Metropolitan Championships (Feb. 14) ... finished first in six events at The College of New Jersey Invitational including: 400-yard medley relay (3:48.68), 200-yard medley relay (1:44.41), 100-yard butterfly (54.02), 200-yard butterfly (2:01.30), 400-yard freestyle relay (3:30.32) and 800-yard freestyle relay (7:39.67) ... helped set a pool-record time of 3:32.39 in the 400-yard freestyle relay against Bridgeport on Jan. 25.
2012-13: Named 2013 CSCAA DII All-America … recognized as the “Rookie of the Meet” at the Metropolitan Championships … national champion in the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.28) and 400-yard medley relay (3:42.48) … also received All-America recognition with a third place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (55.12) and a fourth place finish in the 200-yard medley relay (1:42.91) … holds six team records including the 100-yard butterfly (53.69), 200-yard butterfly (1:59.50), 200-yard medley relay (1:42.91), 400-yard medley relay (3:42.48), 400-yard freestyle relay (3:24.56), and 800-yard freestyle relay (7:34.21) … also set a pool record in the 400-yard medley relay (3:56.00) against Sacred Heart (Feb. 1) … holds the second best time in school history in six events – 100-yard backstroke (55.64), 200-yard backstroke (2:01.42), 200-yard individual medley (2:05.02), 200-yard medley relay (1:43.50), 400-yard medley relay (3:48.80), and 800-yard freestyle relay (7:42.03) … also holds the fifth best time in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:35.54).
Prior to LIU Post: Four-year varsity swimmer at Francis Lewis … named MVP in 2008 …received the PSAL Senior Award and the Senior Athlete Award in 2011 … was enshrined in the school’s Hall of Fame in 2011.
Personal: Younger of Chiu Ming and Min Hua Kwok’s two children … her father played soccer and her mother competed in gymnastics … plans to become a physical therapist after college ... fluent in cantonese ... majoring in health science with a minor in business.
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