The MIT Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving programs honored their senior class on Saturday February 12 after their Senior Meet against Amherst on January 29 was canceled due to the blizzard. This class has played an integral role in the program's success since their arrival on campus and have accomplished many incredible feats both in the pool, classroom and community. They continued to work hard and preform at the highest levels both in the pool, in the classroom and in the community despite the unprecedented challenges they have faced.

Interim Head Coach James Sica notes “While we were disappointed that our senior meet was canceled at the end of January due to weather, that could not stop us from honoring this incredible class! Their journey at MIT and as part of our swimming and diving family has been unlike any other, but their dedication and resiliency in the face of unprecedented challenges has been essential to our team’s continued success. Their leadership helped keep our team together while we had to be physically apart, and they paved the way for a successful return to competition during the 2021-22 season. We are so grateful for the time we’ve had with the Class of 2022 the last four years, and we cannot wait to see what the future holds for this incredible group!”

Now let's meet the graduating class and hear from them about what some of their favorite moments were and what they will be doing after graduation.

NICHOLAS BAGINSKI (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.) is majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science, Economics and Data Science. He is a two-time NEWMAC Academic All-Academic team member and a CSCAA Scholar All-American. He was part of the 400-free relay team that won the NEWMAC title during the 2018-19 season and is an NCAA Qualifier and honorable mention All-American. After graduation Nick will be a quantitative researcher at Two Sigma in New York City. His favorite memory is jumping off the 7-meter platform in Puerto Rico freshman year. 

LINDSEY BJORNSTAD (Mequon, Wis.) an Aerospace Engineering major, Is a seven-time NEWMAC Champion, a four time All-American, NCAA Qualifier and a two-time Scholar All-American. She is a part of the school record holding 200-yard medley relay team and the 200-free relay team. Her favorite memory is almost winning the team scavenger hunt with her family line sophomore year even though they were wrongly robbed of a win by James. After graduation she will be a systems engineer at Northrop Grumman in San Diego and will be transitioning from a swimmer to a surfer in her free time.

KYRI CHEN (Naperville, Ill.) is a Math with Computer Science major and will be a data scientist at a Hedge Fund in New York City after graduation. He is a part of the 200-medley team that set the school record in the event this season and is a two-time NCAA qualifier. He is a six-time All-American and a five-time NEWMAC Champion. Kyri is also a two-time CSCAA Scholar All-American and a two-time member of the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team. His favorite memory is being a part of the defending scavenger hunt champion family line. 

ALEX ELLISON (Tomball, Texas) is a Computer Science, Data Science and Economics major. After graduation Alex will be working at Optiver as a software engineer. He is a two-time NCAA Qualifier and a four-time All-American and is also a 6-time NEWMAC Champion.  He is also a member of the school record holding 800-free relay team. His favorite memory is the pull-up contest with Kenyon at the NCAAs freshman year. 

DANIELLE FANG (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.) is graduating with a degree in Computer Science, Economics and Data Science and will be moving to New York City to do software engineering for Stripe. She is a two-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference member and earned a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke at the MIT Invite this year. Her favorite memories are from the Puerto Rico training trip where the team jumped off the 7.5 meter diving board, ran on the University’s track and picked coconuts off the trees. 

BRIAN GLAT (Armonk, N.Y.) is a Mathematics and Business Analytics major. After graduation he will be working for Citadel Securities in New York City. He is a two-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference member and his favorite memory is going to Puerto Rico for the training trip.

DAVID HE (South Setauket, N.Y.) and is a Mathematics with Computer Science major and will be a quantitative trader in Chicago upon graduating. David is a two-time NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team honoree and a CSCAA Scholar All-American. David is an NCAA Qualifier and his favorite memories are travel meets with the team. David is also the National SAAC President. 

OLIVIA MCGRATH (Chevy Chase, Md.) is a mechanical engineering major with a concentration in product development. She is staying in the Boston area and may get her masters through the GE Aviation Edison Engineering program. She is a three-time NEWMAC champion, a two-time NCAA qualifier and a two-time All-American. She was part of the 200-meter freestyle relay team that set a school and pool record and is also a member of the school record holding 200-medley relay team. Her favorite memory is pullup club after lift with Danielle. 

SARA NICHOLAS (Wilmette, Ill.) is majoring in computer science and physics. After graduation she is moving to Washington D.C to pursue software engineering. She is a three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American and was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Second Team. She is a two-time All-American, a three-time NCAA Qualifier and a four-time NEWMAC Champion. Her favorite memories are IAP team dinners and movie marathons. 

JORDAN REN (Chapel Hill, N.C.) is a Computer Science and Engineering major and will be pursuing a Mechanical Engineering degree at MIT with a concentration in machine learning and A.I. He was the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year and a five-time NEWMAC Champion. Ren is also a four-time All-American and a member of the pool record holding 400-yard medley relay team. His favorite memory is the Tufts dual meet in 2020.

LAURA ROSADO (New Haven, Conn.) is a Mechanical Engineering and Creative writing major and will be attending graduate school for Mechanical Engineering. She was the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year, an 8-time NEWMAC Champion, a two-time NCAA Qualifier and a 5-time All-American. She was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Second Team. She is a part of the school record holding 400-yard medley relay winning team. Her favorite memory is picking out outrageous walkout songs at the 2019 NEWMACS.

BRANDON YUE (Sammamish, Wash.) is an electrical engineering and computer science major and will be pursuing a Mechanical Engineering and Microsoft internship. He is a member of the 2020-21 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team and has four top-10 finishes in the NEWMAC Championships. His favorite memory is seeing upperclassmen pull powered chocolate milk out of the Baker ceiling. 

CHELSEA ZHANG (Sherborn, Mass.) is a biological engineering major and will be working in bio-tech after graduation. She is a two-time member of the NEWMAC Academic All-Conference team and her favorite memory is the Puerto Rico training trip in 2018.