CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The No. 6 MIT men's swimming and diving team opened the season with a strong performance at the Zesiger Center Pool against Division I Harvard on Friday night. 

RESULTS: 

• Harvard 236, MIT 60 

HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• 1-Meter Dive: Andrew Simons led the way with 250.05 points for fifth followed by Truman Remenicky with 245.35 points and Jack Tucker with 201.25 points. 
• 200 Medley Relay: Ian Sun, Nathan Wu, Eric Huang and Keon McClure took fourth in 1:30.00 
• 1,000 Free: Mark O'Mara clocked in with a final time of 9:41.24 
• 200 Free: Oliver Van Peteghem took first in his first collegiate race with a time of 1:38.88. Kelson Cantrell (1:42.51) finished in sixth followed by Jake Jones (1:45.29) in seventh. 
• 100 Back: Ian Sun took fourth with a time of 50.72 followed by Cooper Ren (52.28) and Jack Bolte (59.38). 
• 100 Breast: Wu finished third, clocking in with a time of 56.52. Andrew Koek finished fourth with a time of 56.52. 
• 200 Fly: Aasish Dangol took second (1:50.80) followed by Huang in third (1:50.88). 
• 50 Free: McClure took fourth in 21.09 followed by Jamie Brinsfield, Taylor Wagner and Jayden Chen. 
• 100 Free: Van Peteghem led the way for MIT with a fifth-place with a time of 46.39. 
• 200 Back: Sun finished with a time of 1:52.08 for second place. 
• 100 Fly: Huang took fifth with a time 49.01 while Jason Wang placed seventh in 50.20. 
• 200 Breast: Andrew Koek led the way with a second-place finish (2:05.64) followed by Jones (2:05.94) and Wu (2:06.10). 
• 500 Free: Garic Shao finished fourth with a time of 4:38.68 followed by O'Mara with a time of 4:48.80. 
• 200 IM: Cantrell led the way in fourth with a time of 1:52.80 followed by Dangol (1:55.27) and Wu (1:58.76). 
• 200 Free Relay: Huang, McClure, Jayden Chan, and Alexander Wong finished third in 1:23.26 

UP NEXT: 

• The Engineers are back in the pool next weekend, Saturday, October 31 as they will welcome Springfield to the Zesiger Center Pool for an 11:00 AM meet. 

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