CAMBRIDGE, Mass. –  The No. 5 MIT women's swimming and diving team kicked off the 2024-25 season with its second consecutive win over Northeastern on Friday night at the Zesiger Center Pool.
 
THE BASICS

• Scores: MIT 173, Northeastern 124; Harvard 196, MIT 103

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• The Engineers opened the meet with a top-time in the 200 medley-relay. Paced by senior Iris Yang (Seattle, Wash.), the team of first year Sarah Bernard (Brookline, Mass.), junior Annika Naveen (Wynnewood, Pa.) and sophomore Ella Roberson (Midland, Mich.) finished with a time of 1:43.97.
• Bernard was able to edge out Aleksandra Denisenko of Harvard in the 100-breast as she pulled away late to win the race with a time of 1:04.43.
• Yang put together an impressive individual race in the 100-back as she clocked in second with a time of 56.23 which is faster than last year's NCAA Invited time.
• Senior Kate Augustyn (Eau Claire, Wash.) took third in the 100-back (56.85) and fourth in the 200IM (2:09.28).
• MIT closed out the meet with a win in the 200-free relay. The team of graduate student Alexandra Turvey (Vancouver, B.C.), Naveen, first year Rachel Yang (San Diego, Calif.), and Roberson finished with a time of 1:34.98.
• Sophomore Fiora Beratahani (San Jose, Calif.) took ninth on the 3-meter diving board with a score of 267.70.

UP NEXT: 

• The Engineers will next compete on Saturday, November 2 when they head to Springfield for a 12:00 PM meet.

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