THE BASICS:
 
- Score: MIT - 140, Coast Guard - 97
 
- Location: New London, Conn. (Roland Pool)
 
- The Lead: No. 7 MIT men's swimming and diving team opened the 2024 portion of its schedule with a 140-97 win on the road against the United States Coast Guard Academy. The Engineers won seven events on the day.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:

- Junior David Benko (Budapest, Hungary) swept the boards as he won the one-meter board with 291.60 points and claimed the top spot on the three-meter with a score of 238.87.
 
- In the 400-yard medley relay, senior Arnold Su (Irvine, Calif.) capped the first-place finish for MIT as the team of sophomore Zack West (Kailua, Hawaii), junior Roderick Huang (Cupertino, Calif.), and senior Jaden Luo (Austin, Texas) combined for a time of 3:28.73. Senior Tobe Obochi (Highland Park, Ill.) anchored the Engineers second-place team of sophomore Theo Chen (Plano, Texas), junior Jacob McCarran (Pittsburgh, Pa.), and sophomore Thomas Wu (Cedar Park, Texas) with a time of 3:30.93.
 
- Obochi won the 50-free with a time of 21.08 while sophomore Alvin Tsai (Mineola, N.Y.) came in third with a time of 21.88.
 
- First-year Jason Wang (Brentwood, Texas) set a new pool record with his 200-Yard IM victory. Wang finished the event in 1:52.48, almost two seconds ahead of Huang who clocked in at 1:54.64. First-year Aitor Arrese-Igor (Delray Beach, Fla.) finished in third with a time of 2:00.80.
 
- West won the 200-back with a time of 1:55.42 as he finished ahead of teammate senior Brian Li (Austin, Texas) (1:57.88) and Aresse-Igor (1:58.47).
 
UP NEXT:

- MIT will host No. 3 NYU and No. 17 Williams on Friday, January 26 at 2 p.m. at the Zesiger Center Pool.  
 
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