THE BASICS:
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- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Zesiger Center Pool)
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- The Lead: The fourth-ranked MIT men's swimming and diving team hosted No. 8 Williams and No. 10 NYU on Friday afternoon at the Zesiger Center Pool. Senior
Tobe Obochi (Highland Park, Ill.) led the way with two wins during the meet.
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HOW IT HAPPENED:
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- Obochi won the 50-free with a time of 20.61 and followed that with a victory in the 100-free with a time of 45.48.
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- In the 200-free, sophomore
Alvin Tsai (Mineola, N.Y.) put together one of his best swims of the season with a second-place finish and time of 1:42.92.
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- MIT went 3-4-5 in the 100-back led by sophomore
Zack West (Kailua, Hawaii) in third with a time of 51.94. First year
Aitor Arrese-Igor (Delray Beach, Fla.) took fourth (52.02) followed by sophomore
Theo Chen (Plano, Texas) in fifth (52.05). West also finished second in the 200-back with a time of 1:52.55.
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- Senior
Arnold Su (Irvine, Calif.) had one of his best races of the season in the 100-breast as he took second with a time of 56.15.
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- In the 200-breast, junior
Roderick Huang (Cupertino, Calif.) finished in second with a time of 2:03.80. He also took third in the 400 IM with a time of 4:02.87.
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- First year
Jason Wang (Brentwood, Tenn.) won the 400 IM with a time of 4:01.72.
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- MIT wrapped up the meet with a win in the 200-free relay. The team of Obochi, sophomore
Eugene Jiang (Baton Rouge, La.), sophomore
Evan Liu (Woodbury, N.Y.) and Su finished with a time of 1:22.10.
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UP NEXT:
- The Engineers are right back in the pool tomorrow, Saturday January 27th when they welcome No. 8 Tufts to the Zesiger Center Pool for a 1 p.m. meet.
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