THE BASICS:
 
- Event: 2022 NEWMAC Swimming & Diving Championships
 
- Results: 1st of 10 (1410.5 points)
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Zesiger Center Pool)
 
- The Lead: The No. 8 MIT women's swimming and diving team claimed its 11th-consecutive NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championship and 16th overall, totaling 1410.5 points over the four-day meet. In addition, this marks the 11th straight year both MIT women's and men's programs have won the NEWMAC title.
 
First-year Kate Augustyn (Eau Claire, Wis.) was named the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year, and first-year Rachel Loh (Arcadia, Calif.) was named Diver of the Year. Lydia DaCorte of Wheaton was the Swimmer of the Year. Augustyn was a member of both the 400 and 800-Free relay teams that broke NEWMAC records as well as the 400-Medley relay team that set a new NEWMAC and pool record. She also won the 200-IM with a NEWMAC record time and won both the 400-IM and the 200-backstroke. Loh took first in the 1-meter dive and second in the 3-meter.
 
The Engineers defeated runner-up Wheaton by 490.5 points, which totaled 920 points, followed by Springfield College with 646 total points.
 
 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
 
1,650-Free
- First-year Jolie Kim (Englewood, Colo.) earned an NCAA 'B' cut with her second-place time of 17:26.63. Classmate Miri Griffin (Centennial, Colo.) also registered an NCAA 'B' cut as she touched the wall in third place with a time of 17:30.69.
 
- Sophomore Nicole Stiles (San Ramon, Calif.) finished seventh with a mark of 17:56.50.
 

200-Back
- The Engineers took the top-two spots led by first-year Kate Augustyn (Eau Claire, Wis.) with a time of 1:59.16 that places her fifth in the nation.
 
- Senior Laura Rosado (New Haven, Conn.) finished second with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 2:02.56 while Iris Yang (Seattle, Wash.) came in fourth with a time of 2:05.75.

 
100-Free
 
- Senior Lindsey Bjornstad (Mequon, Wis.) finished in second with a time of 51.86, followed by fellow senior Olivia McGrath (Chevy Chase, Md.) in third with a mark of 52.09.
 
- Sophomore Melody Wen (Cary, N.C.) earned an eighth-place finish with a time of 52.96.
 

200-Breast
- Junior Edenna Chen (Colorado Springs, Colo.) set a new meet record with her winning time of 2:15.33 that is an NCAA 'B' cut and ranks fourth in the country. She also won the event in 2020.
 
- Senior Danielle Fang (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.) finished in second (2:23.07) followed by graduate student Sara Nicholas (Wilmette, Ill.) in third (2:23.10).
 
- First-year Kimberly Dutta (New York, N.Y.) grabbed sixth-place with a time of 2:24.10.
 

200-Fly
- Sophomore Sydney Chun (Chandler, Ariz.) took second in the event with an NCAA 'B' cut time of 2:03.94.
 
- Junior Angelina Zhang (New York, N.Y.) took third with a 'B' Cut time of 2:04.89 followed by first-year Sarah Lu (Katy, Texas) in fourth with a time of 2:06.55.
 
- Sophomore Katie Sapozhnikov (Ambler, Pa.) took sixth overall with a time of 2:07.39.
 

3-Meter Diving
- Loh finished second in the event with a total score of 491.55 and junior Megha Maran (Elk Grove, Calif.) took third with a score of 446.55.
 
- Junior Katelin Du (Scarsdale, N.Y.) finished fifth with 431.05 points.
 

400-Free Relay
- The MIT 'A' team of Bjornstad, McGrath, Chen, and Augustyn won the event in a NEWMAC Meet record time of 3:25.37 that is an NCAA 'B' cut and is faster than the 2019 invited time. 
 
- Bjornstad was a member of both the 2019 and 2020 medley relay winning teams.
 

UP NEXT:
 
- Before the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving National Championships in March, qualified divers will compete in the NCAA Division III Diving Regionals next weekend, February 26-27 at Smith College. Check back for more details on the event as well as wrap-up of this weekend's NEWMAC Championships. 
 
 
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