Lia Neal threw down a personal best 53.59 tonight, so it isn’t inconceivable to think she could pull out a 52.9 from a relay start
With Simone Manuel redshirting this season for Stanford, look for Manuel’s teammate and top-seed Lia Neal to take home the win in the 100 freestyle at NCAA's. - Swim Swam
Looking forward to a productive ‘15-’16 - Swim Swam
Lia Neal win’s gold in the Women’s 4x100 at the 2015 World University Games - Stanford Athletics
Stanford swimmers Lia Neal and Felicia Lee will return from the World University Games in Gwangju, Korea with at least one gold medal apiece. Neal can boast of an event record as well. - Palo Alto Online
Manuel threw down a 45.79 anchor as Lia Neal, Janet Hu, Lindsey Engel and Manuel turned in a stunning time of 3:08.54 for the NCAA and American record and the title. - Swimming World Magazine
Lia Neal and freshman sensation Simone Manuel, perhaps the two highest-profile African-American female swimmers, will pool their talents to try to bring Stanford the team title at this week’s NCAA championships, while squaring off for individual glory. - ESPNW
Lia Neal puts up a fight in second place finish to Missy Franklin in the 200 free at Pac-12 Women’s Championship. - Swim Swam
Freshman Lia Neal put together an impressive weekend with two A-cuts (100 free, 200 free) - Gostandford.com
The top-finishing American is SwimAtlanta’s Amanda Weir in 55.27, and 2012 American Olympian Lia Neal was 4th in 55.32. - Swim Swam
Against the backdrop of an Olympic year, the American women won gold at the FINA World Short Course Championships for the first time since 2004. - Swimnews.com
From left to right: Team USA's Lia Neal (52.44), Jessica Hardy (53.32), Megan Romano (52.86) and Allison Schmitt (52.39) won gold in the Women’s 400 free relay at the FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships
The 2012 Golden Goggles Awards in NYC- @SwimmingWorld
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The recruiting trips of Missy Franklin have been under a tight telescope this fall, but her fellow class of 2013 Olympian Lia Neal has flown relatively under-the-radar, but she begins her official trips this weekend in Southern California with Dave Salo’s USC Trojans. - Swim Swam
Bronze Medalist Lia Neal Receives Warm Welcome Home - WWD
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VIDEO: Lia Neal gets a little fashion fun in before the start of her post-Olympics training. She checked out Christian Sirjano, Sun Jung Wan and other designers. - New York Post