THE BASICS:
 
- Score: No. 5 MIT - 208, No. 8 Tufts - 92
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Zesiger Center Pool)
 
- The Lead: The No. 5 MIT women's swimming and diving team put together a dominating performance against No. 8 Tufts on Saturday afternoon in the Zesiger Center Pool. The Engineers took the win by 116 points.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

- MIT opened the meet with an NCAA B Cut winning time of 1:42.30 in a win in the 200 Medley relay. The team of junior Kate Augustyn (Eau Clarie, Wis.), graduate student  Edenna Chen (Colorado Springs, Colo.), sophomore Annika Naveen (Wynnewood, Pa.), and first year Ella Roberson (Midland, Mich.) took the top spot with Roberson anchoring the relay with a time of 22.64. Junior Iris Yang (Seattle, Wash.), first year Anna Li (Boyds, Md.), sophomore Lauren Levy (Amherst, N.Y.), and senior Melody Wen (Cary, N.C.) took third (1:45.27), and first year Sydney Smith (Atlanta, Ga.), first year Katie Kudela (Matthews, N.C.), sophomore Kathy Zhao (Cincinnati, Ohio), and senior Helen Sun (Solon, Ohio) finished in fourth with a time of 1:45.40.
 
- First year Christina Beggs (Voorhees, N.J.) took an almost two-second victory in the 1,000 with a time of 10:23.61. Junior Jolie Kim (Englewood, Colo.) earned a third-place finish with a time of 10:39.71.
 
- Smith posted a PR mark of 1:52.33 in her 200-free win. Sophomore Sonia Seliger (New York, N.Y.) took third with a time of 1:55.04.
 
- Augustyn led the way in the 100-back with an NCAA B Cut time of 55.22 in her win. Yang finished in second with a time of 56.16 while senior Katherine Kostecki (St. Louis, Mo.) took fourth (59.28).
 
- First year Camila Pierce (Raleigh, N.C.) earned the win in the 200-fly with her time of 2:05.64. Sophomore Natalie Tang (Allen, Texas) finished in third as she touched the wall in 2:06.66.
 
- Roberson won both the 50 and 100 free events. She recorded a time of 23.26 in the 50 and an NCAA B Cut mark of 50.46 in the 100. Smith also notched a B Cut in the 100 with her second-place time of 51.11.
 
- First year Fiora Beratahani (San Jose, Calif.) set new pool records in her three and one-meter wins. She posted a score of 561.52 on the three-meter and 587.33 on the one-meter. Junior Rachel Loh (Arcadia, Calif.) finished in second on both boards with a three-meter score of 528.53 and a one-meter score of 542.71. Sophomore Emma Scott (Belmont, Calif.) grabbed third-place finishes on both boards (528.14, 528.21).
 
- Augustyn and Yang achieved NCAA B Cut times in the 200-back. Augustyn won with a time of 1:58.39 and Yang took second (2:02.63).
 
- First year Katherine Yao (Frisco, Texas) won the 200-breast with an NCAA B Cut time of 2:20.15. Chen took second in the event (2:20.37).
 
- Levy captured the 100-fly in 56.60, barely defeating Elena Harrison by .02 of a second. First year Kailey Simons (Williston Park, N.Y.) finished in third with a time of 56.83.
 
- MIT dominated the 200IM as the Engineers finished 1-4, led by Roberson who finished with an NCAA B Cut time of 2:05.25. She was followed by Yao (2:07.74), Li (2:09.05), and Chen (2:09.29).
 
- The Engineers concluded the meet with a victory in the 200-free relay. The team of Sun, Naveen, Smith, and Wen finished in 1:34.94.
 
UP NEXT:

- MIT will host its final meet of the regular season when the Engineers welcome Amherst to the Zesiger Center Pool on Saturday, February 3rd for a 1:00 p.m. meet.  
 
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