THE BASICS:
 
- Event: 2022 NCAA Swimming and Diving National Championships
 
- Location: Indianapolis, Ind. (IUPUI's IU Natatorium)
 
- The Lead: The MIT Women's swimming and diving team set three school records, highlighted by two record-breaking performances in the 400-Yard Medley Relay as the Engineers currently sit eighth overall with 104 points. Kenyon leads the event after two days of competition with 248 points.
 

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
 
200-Yard Free Relay
 
- The team of sophomore Melody Wen (Cary, N.C.), junior Edenna Chen (Colorado Springs, Colo.), senior Olivia McGrath (Chevy Chase, Md.), and senior Lindsey Bjornstad (Mequon, Wis.) earned honorable mention All-America honors with their ninth-place finish. They touched the wall with a time of 1:33.23.
 
- The time is a new school record, breaking the previous mark of 1:33.20 that was set in 2020.
 
 
One-Meter Diving
 
- Competing in her first NCAA Championship, first-year Rachel Loh (Arcadia, Calif.) finished in 13th with a final score of 389.65.
 
 
400-Yard Medley Relay
 
- First-year Kate Augustyn (Eau Clair, Wis.) led off for the record-breaking team as she set the pace for Chen, sophomore Sydney Chun (Chandler, Ariz.), and Bjornstad as they earned All-America honors. They came in fourth overall with a time of 3:40.63.

- The team set a new school record in the event and Augustyn set a new school record with her time in the 100-back to led off the event.
 
 
UP NEXT:
 
- Day three action for MIT will feature athletes competing in the 200-yard butterfly, the 100-yard backstroke, the 100-yard breast, and the 800-free relay.    
 
 
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