THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Zesiger Center Pool)
 
- Standings: 1st of 10 (1565.5 points)
 
- The Lead: The MIT women's swimming and diving team won its 13th-straight NEWMAC Championship, and posted the highest point total in program history as the Engineers put up 1,565.5 points over the four-day meet. The Engineers won 16 events, including every relay, over the four-day meet.
 
MIT also swept the major awards for the second-straight year, as junior Kate Augustyn (Eau Claire, Wis.) won her second straight Swimmer of the Year Award with three individual first-place finishes and four relay wins.
 
Ella Roberson (Midland, Mich.) claimed the Rookie of the Year with three individual victories and four relay wins. First year Fiora Beratahani (San Jose, Calif.) earned Diver of the Year after sweeping the boards.
 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:

1650-Free

• First year Camila Pierce (Raleigh, N.C.) won by over 20 seconds as she clocked at 17:11.08.
• Junior Jolie Kim (Englewood, Colo.) finished in fourth with a time of 17:54.49.
• MIT has won the race in back-to-back years after Kim took the top spot last season.
• Pierce recorded an NCAA B Cut, and her time is almost six seconds faster than last year's invited time.

 
200-Back

• It was a three-peat for junior Kate Augustyn (Eau Claire, Wis.) as she touched the wall in 1:56.98 for a new meet and NEWMAC Open record.
• First year Sydney Smith (Atlanta, Ga.) finished in second with a time of 2:03.33 followed closely by junior Iris Yang (Seattle, Wash.) with a mark of 2:03.39.
• Senior Katherine Kostecki (St. Louis, Mo.) took fifth in 2:04.27.
• Augustyn took almost two seconds off her DIII leading time.

 
100-Free

• First year Ella Roberson (Midland, Mich.) won with the second-fastest time in DIII as she touched the wall in 49.95, which is faster than the 2023 invited time.
• Senior Helen Sun (Solon, Ohio) finished in fourth (52.13).
• MIT took spots 7-9, led by sophomore Sonia Seliger (New York, N.Y.) with a time of 52.43. First year Kailey Simons (Willston Park, N.Y.)  followed with a time of 52.57, and senior Melody Wen (Cary, N.C.) finished in 52.65.

 
200-Breast

• Graduate student Edenna Chen (Colorado Springs, Colo.) took second with a time of 2:19.13 which is faster than the 2023 invited time.
• Three Engineer first years took spots 4-6 led, by Katie Kudela (Matthews, N.C.) with a time of 2:20.89. Katherine Yao (Frisco, Texas) came in at 2:20.91 followed by Anna Li (Boyds, Md.) in 2:23.66.

 
200-Fly

• Sophomore Natalie Tang (Allen, Texas) finished .06 seconds out of first as she touched the wall in 2:04.63 for second overall. Her time was faster than the 2023 invited time.
• Pierce finished in third with a time of 2:05.50.
• Senior Katie Sapozhnikov (Ambler, Pa.) finished in fifth (2:07.74) followed by first year Christina Beggs (Voorhees, N.J.) in sixth (2:08.45).
• Sophomore Lauren Levy (Amherst, N.Y.) took eighth with a time of 2:09.96.
   

3-Meter Dive

• MIT swept the top spots on the three-meter.
• First year Fiora Beratahani (San Jose, Calif.) won the event with a score of 549.00.
• Sophomore Emma Scott (Belmont, Calif) placed second with a score of 506.30 followed by junior Rachel Loh (Arcadia, Calif.) with a mark of 502.90.
• The Engineers also took the top three spots on the 1-meter.

 
400-Free Relay

• The Engineers swam the third-fastest time in DIII and set a new pool and meet record with their winning time of 3:23.91.
• Smith led off the race followed by Augustyn and Sun with Roberson anchoring the team to the win.

 
 
UP NEXT:

- Qualified divers will head to Waterville, Maine for the NCAA Diving Regionals from Friday, March 1 -Saturday, March 2nd. The NCAA Championships will begin on Wednesday, March 20th in Greensboro, N.C. and conclude on March 23th.
 

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