Reia Tong

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bethesda, Md.
High School:
Walt Whitman High School

2015-16 co-captain.

Why Brown Statement: "I love the lively campus, the open curriculum, the fantastic athletic facilities, and our awesome coaches. Brown also has an extremely diverse student body that has allowed me to meet so many interesting and incredible people. It's a great place!"

Concentration: History of Art and Architectural Studies

Profile Questions:
Finals march-out song: Watch me (Whip/Nae Nae)
Favorite food: Sushi
Favorite dessert: ALL
Favorite city: Istanbul
Favorite athlete: Nathan Adrian
Favorite pro team: The Spurs
Favorite movie or TV show: Zoolander, SpongeBob
Current favorite music artist: John Mayer
Last book you read: Inferno
Favorite restaurant in Providence: Antonios
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Favorite activity outside the pool: Climbing
Who would star as you in a movie about your life: Melissa McCarthy
Person you’d like to have dinner with: Leonardo da Vinci
Travel destination: Italy & Greece
Other sport you enjoy: Basketball, Beach volleyball
Role model / someone you look up to: Beyoncé
Something you cannot live without: Sally the Siena (my minivan)
Favorite Brown building: Robinson Hall
Enjoyed this professor’s class: Professor Branch's "Maps & Politics"
Most memorable meet as a Brown Bear: Ivy's 2013
Favorite quote: "Don't take life too seriously. Because in the end, no one makes it out alive."

2015-16: Placed 10th in the 50 freestyle at the Ivy League Championships … Also competed in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle at the Championships … Member of the 200 freestyle relay team (1:31.86), 200 medley relay team (1:40.26) and the 400 medley relay team (3:42.21) that set school records at the Ivy League Championships (1:31.86) … Named Ivy League Swimmer of the Week by College Swimming twice during the season … Record a personal best in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle at the Big Al Invite … Won the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle against Columbia and at Cornell … Posted a first-place finish in the 50 freestyle at the Big Al Invite … Member of the 400 freestyle relay team that took first versus Harvard/Penn and at Colgate … Took second in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle against Harvard/Penn … Was a member of the 200 medley relay team that took first against UMass, Harvard/Penn, Columbia and Cornell … Member of the 200 freestyle team that placed first against UMass ... Won the 100 freestyle versus UMass and placed second in the 50 freestyle … Grabbed two second-place finishes in the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle at Yale … Was a member of the 400 freestyle relay team that won at Yale and versus Columbia ... Appeared in all six meets on the season.

2014-15: Anchored a school record-setting 400 Freestyle Relay at Ivy Championships (3:20.61) ... Finished 7^th in the 50 Free (:23.20), 11^th in the 100 Free (:50.61), and 21^st in the 100 Breast (1:06.55) at Ivy Championships ... Placed 3^rd in the 50 Free at the Brown Invitational ... Won the 50 Free in the Bears’ tri-meet vs. Harvard/Penn.

2013-14: Swam in the 50 Free (15^th), 100 Free (20^th), and the 100 Breaststroke at the Ivy League Championships … Finished third in the 50 and 100 Free events against Cornell … Finished the 50 Free in second place in a dual meet against Bryant.

2012-13: Scored in the 50 free (tied for 4th), the 100 free (7th) and the 100 breast (22nd) at the Ivy League Championship meet … Swam a leg on four relays for the Bears, competing on the fourth-place 200 free relay team, the sixth-place 200 medley relay team, the seventh-place 800 free relay team and the fifth-place 400 free relay team … Achieved an NCAA ‘B’ cut time in the 50 free … Finished the season ranked in the top 25 all-time at Brown in the 50 free (3rd – 22.87), the 100 free (4th – 50.14), the 200 free (9th – 1:50.67) and the 100 breast (5th – 1:04.64) … Received the team’s inaugural Rookie of the Year Award … Earned her varsity letter.

Before Brown: Graduated from Walt Whitman High School where she was an AP Scholar with Honor … A Maryland state finalist for the 2011 Wendy’s High School Heisman Award … Earned four varsity letters as a member of the Walt Whitman High School swim team, captaining the squad during her senior season … Maryland state champion in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 free relay and 400 free relay in 2012 … Helped Walt Whitman win the Maryland state championship in 2012, and the Washington Metro Interscholastic championship in 2010 and 2011 … Selected to the Washington Post All-Met First Team in 2011 and 2012 after receiving honorable mention accolades in 2010 … Earned 2012 NISCA All-American honors in the 50 and 100 free … Holds the school record in the 50 free … Also swam for the Rockville Montgomery Swim Club … Named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in 2010 and 2011 … Honored as a Potomac Valley Swimming Scholar-Athlete from 2009 to 2012 … Holds team records in four relays and the 50 free … Set Potomac Valley Swimming records in the 17-18 girls 200 free relay, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay.

Personal: Reia Tong is the daughter of Mika Marumoto Tong and Kurt Tong of Bethesda, Maryland ... She has an older sister, Mia, and a younger brother, Kyle … Her father, Kurt, graduated from Princeton in 1987 … Enjoys outdoor activities, art and eating frozen yogurt ... Concentration is Architectural Studies.