2022 Women's Gymnastics Roster
Costa, Mei Li
Mei Li Costa
- Class:
- Senior
- Events:
- All-Around
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Lawrenceville, N.J.
- High School:
- Lawrence
Bio
2022: WCGA Scholastic All-American...USAG Scholar Athlete...GEC Scholar Athlete...Earned an At-Large Academic All-Ivy selection...Competed on bars at NCAA Regionals at Auburn…Qualified for the individual finals on bars at the USAG National Championships, scoring 9.800 to finish seventh overall and earn First Team All-America honors…Earned two First Team All-Ivy honors after earning co-champion on bars and finishing runner-up on vault…Earned Second Team All-GEC honors after tying for fifth overall on vault…Earned First Team All-Ivy honors on both vault (co-champion) and bars (second place) for her performances at the Ivy Classic (2/27)…Set a new school and Ivy League record on bars with a score of 9.975, including earning the program’s first-ever 10.0 from one of the judges (3/6)…Earned the GEC’s Performance of the Year award for her school and Ivy record on bars…Took first place on bars at six meets, and finished runner-up at four meets during the season…Posted a season-best 9.825 on beam in the home-opening tri-meet...Presented with the University's prestigious Joukowsky Scholar-Athlete Award.
2021: Served team as a captain … Season canceled due to COVID-19...WCGA Scholastic All-American.
2020: Garnered USAG First Team All-America on bars … Earned First Team All-ECAC on bars … Gained ECAC All-Academic Team, WCGA All-Academic, and USAG Scholar-Athlete accolades … Won the Ivy Classic titles on vault and bars … Gained First Team All-Ivy Classic on vault and bars and Second Team All-Ivy Classic on beam … Claimed four event titles on the year; three on bars (Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 23) and one on vault (Feb. 23) … Earned ECAC Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 29 … Competed in eight of nine meets on the year … Scored season highs of 9.850 on vault, 9.900 on bars, and 9.850 on beam … Posted a 9.800 or higher on bars five times … Tallied a 9.500 or higher on vault six times … Postseason events canceled due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) … Garnered the team’s Most Valuable Gymnast award.
2019: Qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships on bars … Won the bars titles at USAG Nationals, earning First Team USAG All-America honors; also qualified for USAGs on vault … Garnered Brown’s Kate Silver ’86 Award given to the department’s most outstanding first-year female athlete … Gained First Team All-ECAC on bars (championship and NQS) and First Team All-ECAC on vault (NQS) … Claimed the vault title at the Ivy Classic … Earned First Team All-Ivy Classic on vault and Second Team All-Ivy Classic on bars … Captured ECAC Rookie of the Week three times (Jan. 15, Feb. 5, Mar. 20) … Won five vault titles (Jan. 13, Jan. 21, Feb. 3, Feb. 10, Feb. 24) and five bars titles (Jan. 13, Jan. 21, Feb. 3, Mar. 17, Apr. 14) on the season … Garnered the team’s Most Valuable Gymnast and Rookie of the Year awards … Scored season highs of 9.900 on bars – tying the program record – and 9.800 on vault … Tied the program record on bars on Mar. 17 and Apr. 12 … Competed in all 15 meets on the season … Scored a 9.800 or higher on bars 11 times … Tallied a 9.700 or higher on vault 10 times … Earned WCGA All-Academic honors.
Before Brown: Qualified for the Junior Olympic Nationals in 2016 and 2017 … Placed ninth in the all-around at the 2016 Junior Olympics … Won all-around state titles in 2015, 2016, and 2017 … Competed on the club level for Arena Gymnastics … Performed for coaches Ann and Valdi Kolasa … National Honor Society student.
Personal: Mei Li is the daughter of Shu Shu and Christopher Costa; father competed in track & field at Cornell University … Has two older siblings, Keith and Chad … Education and East Asian Studies double concentrator.
Why Brown? “It gives a good balance of athletics and academics, and it lets me find my own way through my education with the open curriculum. The environment felt very welcoming and inclusive so I could see myself growing as a person at Brown.”
Career Highs
Vault: 9.850
Bars: 9.975 (program record at time of graduation)
Beam: 9.850
Floor: --
All-Around: --
2021: Served team as a captain … Season canceled due to COVID-19...WCGA Scholastic All-American.
2020: Garnered USAG First Team All-America on bars … Earned First Team All-ECAC on bars … Gained ECAC All-Academic Team, WCGA All-Academic, and USAG Scholar-Athlete accolades … Won the Ivy Classic titles on vault and bars … Gained First Team All-Ivy Classic on vault and bars and Second Team All-Ivy Classic on beam … Claimed four event titles on the year; three on bars (Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 23) and one on vault (Feb. 23) … Earned ECAC Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 29 … Competed in eight of nine meets on the year … Scored season highs of 9.850 on vault, 9.900 on bars, and 9.850 on beam … Posted a 9.800 or higher on bars five times … Tallied a 9.500 or higher on vault six times … Postseason events canceled due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) … Garnered the team’s Most Valuable Gymnast award.
2019: Qualified for the NCAA Regional Championships on bars … Won the bars titles at USAG Nationals, earning First Team USAG All-America honors; also qualified for USAGs on vault … Garnered Brown’s Kate Silver ’86 Award given to the department’s most outstanding first-year female athlete … Gained First Team All-ECAC on bars (championship and NQS) and First Team All-ECAC on vault (NQS) … Claimed the vault title at the Ivy Classic … Earned First Team All-Ivy Classic on vault and Second Team All-Ivy Classic on bars … Captured ECAC Rookie of the Week three times (Jan. 15, Feb. 5, Mar. 20) … Won five vault titles (Jan. 13, Jan. 21, Feb. 3, Feb. 10, Feb. 24) and five bars titles (Jan. 13, Jan. 21, Feb. 3, Mar. 17, Apr. 14) on the season … Garnered the team’s Most Valuable Gymnast and Rookie of the Year awards … Scored season highs of 9.900 on bars – tying the program record – and 9.800 on vault … Tied the program record on bars on Mar. 17 and Apr. 12 … Competed in all 15 meets on the season … Scored a 9.800 or higher on bars 11 times … Tallied a 9.700 or higher on vault 10 times … Earned WCGA All-Academic honors.
Before Brown: Qualified for the Junior Olympic Nationals in 2016 and 2017 … Placed ninth in the all-around at the 2016 Junior Olympics … Won all-around state titles in 2015, 2016, and 2017 … Competed on the club level for Arena Gymnastics … Performed for coaches Ann and Valdi Kolasa … National Honor Society student.
Personal: Mei Li is the daughter of Shu Shu and Christopher Costa; father competed in track & field at Cornell University … Has two older siblings, Keith and Chad … Education and East Asian Studies double concentrator.
Why Brown? “It gives a good balance of athletics and academics, and it lets me find my own way through my education with the open curriculum. The environment felt very welcoming and inclusive so I could see myself growing as a person at Brown.”
Career Highs
Vault: 9.850
Bars: 9.975 (program record at time of graduation)
Beam: 9.850
Floor: --
All-Around: --
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