Cal Women Add Japanese Olympian Airi Mitsui for Fall 2025

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Airi Mitsui has announced on social media that she will join the University of California, Berkeley’s swimming and diving team in the fall.

“I’m so excited to officially announce my commitment! I’ll be continuing my academic and athletic career at Cal 💛 I’m incredibly grateful to all my supporters—family, coaches and friends. Go Bears!🐻💛💙”

Mitsui, who turned 21 last month, represented Japan at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she competed in the 200 fly. She qualified for semi-finals with a 9th-place finish in prelims (2:09.12), then finished 11th in semis (2:08.71).

She swam her best LCM 50 fly (27.49 ) and 200 fly (2:06.54) times at Japan’s Olympic Trials last March. The latter bested her previous PB of 2:07.15 from her 5th-place finish in finals at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka. Her best LCM 100 fly performance (58.67) dates from 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Championships, where she won the 200 fly (2:07.82) and was runner-up in the 100. She also earned PBs in the 100 free (57.79) and 200 IM (2:15.94) at Junior Pan Pacs.

At Settecoli last summer, Mitsui went 2:01.94 in the 200 free.

Best LCM times (with conversion):

• 50 fly – 27.49 (24.13)
• 100 fly – 58.67 (51.59)
• 200 fly – 2:06.54 (1:51.47)
• 100 free – 57.79 (50.62)
• 200 free – 2:01.94 (1:46.97)
• 200 IM – 2:15.94 (1:59.58)
• 400 IM – 4:55.21 (4:20.18)

It took 1:52.91 to make the “A” final at 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Championships. Cal did not have a swimmer in the top 8 but both Lea Polonsky (1:53.33 prelims/1:53.24 finals) and Lilou Ressencourt (1:53.54 prelims/1:53.41 finals) competed in the “B” final. Polonsky has graduated but Ressencourt will be back in Berkeley next fall. It took 51.35 to get a second swim in the 100 fly.

Also headed to Cal in August are incoming freshmen Teagan O’Dell (#2 in class), Claire Weinstein (#3), Annie Jia (#5), Elle Scott (#12), Ella Cosgrove (#18), Alexa McDevitt (“BOTR”), Gracyn Aquino, and Silje Slyngstadli.

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