Wagner College Athletics

Junior Season (2015-16):  Competed at the 2015 AT&T Winter Nationals in the 100-Meter Breaststroke, claiming second place in her heat with a 1:12.17 … Broke the school record in the 100 Breast at the Frank Elm Invitational with a 1:02.81, which also made the U.S. Winter National qualifying mark … Took the podium with third place in the 100 Breaststroke, followed up by a fourth-place finish in the 200 Breaststroke (2:16.84) at the NEC Championships ... Placed seventh in the 200 Breast at the Frank Elm Invitational with a time of 2:18.67 … Part of the 200 Medley Relay team that shattered the NEC and Wagner school record at the NEC championships with a time of 1:40.52, while previously breaking the school record versus Bryant, finishing in 1:46.99, and breaking pool records versus Saint Francis U (1:46.11), at LIU Brooklyn (1:46.85) and vs. CCSU (1:45.97), while finishing first in the victory over Rhode Island (1:47.62) … Took first in the 200-yard breaststroke at Northeastern, touching the wall in a time of 2:27.99 and then second place in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.82) … Secured a victory vs. Bryant in the breaststroke, winning both the 100-yard breast (1:06.85) and the 200-yard breast (2:28.01) … Took second in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events at Rutgers, recording times of 1:06.14 and 2:23.95, respectively … Part of the winning 400 Medley relay at Iona that finished in 4:01.79 … Earned first place in the 100 Breaststroke (1:05.47) and the 200 Breaststroke in the win over Saint Francis U with a time of 2:23.61 which shattered the previous pool record … Finished second at Rhode Island in the 400 Free Relay (3:21.56) … Took first place at Bucknell in the 100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:05.38, and in the 200 Breaststroke, touching the wall at 2:23.44 … Finished first in the 100 Breaststroke at LIU Brooklyn, recording a time of 1:06.91, before finishing the meet with a pool-record and first-place finish in the 200 Breaststroke (2:25.99) … Finished with two second place finishes in the loss to CCSU, swimming a 1:05.56 in the 100 Breaststroke followed by a 2:23.39 in the 200 Breaststroke.


Sophomore Season (2014-15): Part of the 200 Medley Relay that set a new school record of 1:42.61 and took second place at the NEC Championships … Finished third overall in the 200 breaststroke (2:18.08) and part of the 400 Medley Relay that took second overall (3:15.16) at the NEC Championships … Set the new school record in the 100 breaststroke while taking fourth overall in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.82) during championships … Collected a pair of wins in her individual events, the 100 and 200 breaststroke, with times of 1:09.00 and 2:29.26 respectively, in a dual meet victory over Mount St. Mary’s  (Nov.1).

Freshman Season (2013-2014): Set the pool record versus LIU Post in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:07.25 … Her best time in the 100 Breast was at Rutgers with a time of 1:06.27 … Competed in the 200 Medley Relay seven times and was able to set another pool record in this event versus Frank Elm … Also competed in the 400 Medley Relay, 200 Breast and 200 IM. 

Before Wagner: Four-year letterwinner for Troy High School … During her tenure, helped the Warriors to four undefeated League Championship seasons as well as the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section (CIF-SS) Division II Championship … Holds school and league records for the 100-yard Breaststroke, the 200-yard Medley Relay and the 400-yard Freestyle events … Earned National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) All-American for the 100-yard Breaststroke her Junior season  …  Four-time league champion in 100-yard Breaststroke event …  League champion in the 200-yard Medley Relay … Swam her club career with FAST, where she is a multiple record-holder … Member of the National Honor Society … USA Swimming Scholastic All-American ... Earned AP Scholar with Distinction recognition ...  A California Scholarship Federation Sealbearer and National Merit Commended Scholar … Named to Principal’s Honor Roll all four years of high school … In 2011, qualified for Swedish Junior Nationals in 50,100, 200 breast, spent summer in Sweden swimming and competing for a Swedish national team.

Personal: Born in Orange, CA … Daughter of Peter Claesson and Sanh Pham … one sibling, Hana … Majoring in Biopsychology.