Chris Ma

Photo by: David Silverman Photography

Class:
Senior
Position:
Fly, Free
Hometown:
North Potomac, Md.
High School:
Richard Montgomery

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2024-25: Competed in eight meets for the Bears as a senior ... Finished fourth in the 100 butterfly against Penn and Bryant ... Placed seventh in the 100 butterfly and 10th in the 200 butterfly at the Bruno Invitational ... Was third in the 100 butterfly against Harvard ... Finished third in the 100 butterfly against Cornell ... Swam in the 50 free, 100 and 200 butterfly at the Boston Winter Open.

2023-24: Competed in seven events this season ... Was second in the 100 fly against Princeton and Dartmouth to start the season ... Finished fourth in both the 100 and 200 fly against Penn ... Won the 100 fly and was third in the 200 fly at the Bruno Invitational ... Won the 100 fly and was third in the 200 fly against Yale ... Took third in both the 100 and 200 fly against Columbia ... Was second in the 100 fly and 50 free at the Boston Winter Open.

2022-23: Competed at eight events throughout the year … Won the 200 fly against Penn and the 100 fly against Cornell … Set a personal best time in the 100 free against Cornell.

2021-22: Competed in eight meets for the Bears in his first season ... Finished second in the 100 butterfly at the season opener against Bryant ... Placed fourth in the 200 fly and fifth in the 100 fly against Dartmouth and Princeton ... Won the 100 fly and took third in the 200 fly at Penn ... Posted a fifth-place finish in the 100 fly at the Bruno Invitational ... Took third in the 100 fly and fourth in the 200 fly against Columbia ... Won the 100 and 200 fly at the Boston Winter Open.

Before Brown: Competed in swimming at Richard Montgomery High School … Two-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American Athlete (2018-19, 2019-20) … National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) All-America Swimming (2019-20) honoree … Two-time Washington Post Winter All-Met Honorable Mention (2019, 2020) … MPSSAA 4A3A Maryland State Champion (butterfly) in 2020 … Selected to attend the NCSA Training Camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center … Team MVP in 2019-20 … Three-time Varsity Letterwinner, Scholar Athlete and M Award recipient … Also competed for the Rockville Montgomery Swim Club (RMSC) … National Swimming Meets, Toyota U.S. Open, Speedo Junior National Championships, USA Swimming Futures Championships and NCSA Junior National Championships qualifier (2020) … Two-time Gold Medal Award recipient (2019, 2020) … The British Biology Olympiad (2019, 2020) … National AP Scholar in 2020 … National Merit Semifinalist (2020) … Received the MD Seal of Biliteracy Award (2020) … DC Metro Scholastic Writing Honorable Mention in 2019 … Member of the National Honor Society and the National Mathematics Honor Society … Member of Performing Arts … Received the Congressional Recognition for “An Artistic Discovery” at the Congressional Art Competition (2019) … Earned RMHS Outstanding Achievement in Guitar Performance (2018) … Winner of the Wheaton Arts Parade & Festival Poster Competition in 2018 … Received a Certificate of Recognition presented by the City of Rockville Human Rights Commission Multimedia Contest (2018) … Achieved First Place Drawing, 44th MVF Art, Craft and Photography Show, in 2018, and First Place Drawing, Montgomery County Agriculture Fair, in 2017.

Personal: Son of Eva Xu and Kan Ma … Has one sibling, Joyce … Plans to concentrate in Biology or Neuroscience.