THE BASICS:
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Score:
MIT - 253, WPI - 45
MIT - 225, Bowdoin - 71
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- Location: Worcester, Mass. (WPI Sports and Recreation Center)
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- The Lead: The No. 6 MIT women's swimming and diving team put together a solid performance in the pool as the Engineers earned decisive wins over WPI and Bowdoin on Saturday.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
- MIT opened the day taking the top three spots in the 200-yard medley relay led by the team of junior
Kate Augustyn (Eau Claire, Wis.), graduate student
Edenna Chen (Colorado Springs, Colo.), first-year
Kailey Simons (Williston Park, N.Y.) and first-year
Ella Roberson (Midland, Mich.) who finished in 1:46.28. Junior
Iris Yang (Seattle, Wash.), first-year
Katie Kudela (Matthews, N.C.), sophomore
Kathy Zhao (Cincinnati, Ohio), and junior
Stella Shipps (Cedar Park, Texas) finished in second (1:48.51) followed by sophomore
Annika Naveen (Wynnewood, Pa.), first-year
Anna Li (Boyds, Md.), sophomore
Lauren Levy (Amherst, N.Y.), and sophomore
Sonia Seliger (New York, N.Y.) (1:48.67).
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- Seliger won the 1,000-free by almost three seconds over
Elizabeth Walsh of Bowdoin as Seliger clocked in at 10:43.95.
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- Augustyn took the top spot in the 200-free by almost four seconds with a winning time of 1:55.12.
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- Yang won the 100-back over
Ella Martin of Bowdoin with a time of 57.44 and Martin finished in 59.35.
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- MIT swept the top three spots in the 100-breast led by Chen with a time of 1:06.04. First-year
Sydney Smith (Atlanta, Ga.) finished in 1:08.00 followed by first-year
Katherine Yao (Frisco, Texas) with a time of 1:09.19.
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- On the 1-meter board first year
Fiora Beratahani (San Jose, Calif.) took first with an NCAA Regional score of 271.05. Sophomore
Emma Scott (Belmont, Calif.) also recorded an NCAA Regional mark with her second-place score of 258.65. Senior
Hannah Donner (Bethesda, Md.) finished in third with a score of 252.75.
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- The Engineers took the top three spots in the 100-free led by Seliger with a time of 54.33. Shipps finished second (55.16) followed by Naveen in third (55.41).
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- Augustyn led the way in the 200-back with a time of 2:06.62 followed by Smith (2:07.83) and senior
Sasha Konovalenko (Mundelein, Ill.) (2:13.60).
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- MIT also swept the 200-breast led by Chen in first with a time of 2:23.52. Kudela finished second (2:25.95) followed by Yao in third with a time of 2:27.12.
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- Sophomore
Natalie Tang (Allen, Texas) led the Engineers in the 500-free with a winning time of 5:17.36. First-year
Camila Pierce (Raleigh, N.C.) finished in second (5:20.11) followed by first-year
Christina Beggs (Voorhees, N.J.) in third with a time of 5:20.36.
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- On the 3-meter board, MIT took the top four spots led by Scott with a mark of 249.10. Beratahani finished second (246.55) followed by Donner (227.60) and first year
Kailey Epstein (Belle Mead, N.J.) (217.95).
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- Roberson won the 200-yard IM in 2:05.89 followed by Smith (2:09.85) and Li (2:12.06).
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UP NEXT:
- The Engineers will be back in the pool for the three-day MIT Winter Invite which will take place from Friday, December 1 - Sunday, December 3 in the Zesiger Center Pool. Â
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