THE BASICS:
 
- Meet: 2023 NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championships
 
- Location: Worcester, MA. (WPI Sports & Recreation Center)
 
- Results: 2nd of 7 (94 points)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's swimming and diving team opened the 2023 NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championship by winning both events on the evening as the Engineers took victories in the 800-Yard Free Relay and the 1-Meter Diving event. The Engineers currently sit behind Springfield which amassed 108 points on the evening.
 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
 
800-Yard Free Relay

• Junior Tobe Obochi (Highland Park, Texas), junior Jaden Luo (Austin, Texas), junior Brian Li (Austin, Texas), and first-year Cole Firlie (Sarasota, Fla.) won the event with a time of 6:36.60, as the team touched the wall almost a full four seconds ahead of second-place Coast Guard.
• The time is an NCAA B Cut mark and is faster than last year's invited time.
• MIT now ranks fifth overall in DIII in the event.
• Obochi, Luo, and Li were all members of last year's record-breaking team.

 
1-Meter Diving

• Sophomore David Benko (Budapest, Hungary) bested last year's winner and reigning NEWMAC Diver of the Year Luca Brashear in the event as Benko posted a final score of 519.95.
• Brashear finished second with 468.80 points.
• Benko finished fourth in the event last year.

 
UP NEXT:
 
- Day two of the NEWMAC Championships will begin tomorrow with prelims at 10 a.m. followed by the finals at 6 p.m. Scheduled events includes: 200-free relay, 500-free, 200-IM, 50-free, and 400-medley relay.
 
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