THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Aquatic Center)
 
- Standings: 8th (44 points)
 
- The Lead: Senior Tobe Obochi (Highland Park, Ill.) won his second career individual National Championship with a victory in the  50 Free as the MIT men's swimming and diving team opened a successful day one at the 2024 NCAA DIII Swimming and Diving Championships.
 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
 
50-Free

• Obochi won the event with a time of 19.66 as he just defeated Djordje Dragolovic of Kenyon by .03 of a second.
• The time is the second fastest in MIT history.
• Obochi earned his second individual National Championship and fourth overall.
   

200-Medley Relay

• The Engineers team of sophomore Theo Chen (Plano, Texas), senior Jaden Luo (Austin, Texas), first year Bryce Roberts (Mill Valley, Calif.), and Obochi took seventh with a time of 1:27.95.
• The team improved on their prelim time of 1:28.52.
• Chen and Roberts earned their first All-American honors, Luo is now nine-time All-American, and Obochi collected his 14th honor.

 
UP NEXT:

- Day two kicks off with the prelims at 10 a.m. followed by the finals at 6 p.m. The Engineers are scheduled to compete in the 200-Fee Relay, 100-Fly, 200-Free, and the 400 Medley Relay.
 
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