No. 5 Women's Swim and Dive Wins All Six Events and Sets New Record on Day Two of NEWMAC Swim and Dive Championship

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 5 MIT women's swimming and diving team won all six events to increase its lead on day two of the 2026 NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championships. The day was highlighted by a record-breaking swim in the 500 Free by Mary Feliz.

STANDINGS:

MIT – 615 Points
Coast Guard – 305 Points
Wellesley – 246 Points

HOW IT HAPPENED:

200 Free Relay: Sydney Smith helped the Engineers pull away with her second leg as MIT opened the evening with an almost four second win in the event over Babson. Rachel Yang led off for the Engineers with Olivia Chen swimming the third leg. Annika Naveen's anchor swim secured the 1:32.62 final time.
500 Free: The Engineers swept the top-four spots led by the record-breaking swim by Feliz who finished in 4:52.57. Sarah Bernard followed in second with a swim of 4:56.90, with Jessica Crane (4:59.25) and Tiffany Kim (5:01.21) rounding out the top four.
200 IM: Kathy Nie, Amberlynn Gong and Christina Beggs swept the top-three spots for MIT. Nie led the way with a time of 2:02.55 with Gong finishing in 2:04.99 and Beggs in 2:05.46.
50 Free: Naveen took the win in 23.15 and Chen finished in third with a time of 23.97.
1-Meter Dive: Logan Yee posted a score of 492.05 to take the gold in the event. Fiora Beratahani finished second with a mark of 477.35 while Emma Scott came in fourth with a score of 429.70.
400 Medley Relay: Smith, Bernard, Belise Swartwood, and Lillian Poag closed out the day with a winning time of 3:45.30.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

Smith and Naveen were both members of last year's 200 Free Relay win. Naveen was also member of the 2024 winning team.
The 200 Free Relay time is the fifth fastest time in program history. The team also hit a B Cut mark and the time is faster than last year's invited time. The time is currently the eighth fastest mark in Division III as the Engineers bested their season best time of 1:33.37.
Feliz set a meet and school record in the 500 free and has the fourth fastest time in Division III this season. Bernard swam faster than the 2025 invited time while Crane had a B Cut mark. This is the second-consecutive win in the event for MIT as Bernard took the victory last season.
Nie and Gong all posted times faster than last year's invited time while Beggs notched a B Cut in the 200 IM.
Naveen's 50 time was faster than last year's invited time. She earned the win after finishing second last year.
Yee recorded her first all-conference honor, as she bested Beratahani who had won the event the last two years.
The 400 Medley Relay team's time was quicker than last year's invited time. Bernard and Smith were on last year's winning team.

UP NEXT:

Saturday's events will include the 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, and 200 Medley Relay. The prelims will kick off at 10:00 AM with finals beginning at 6:00 PM at the Zesiger Center Pool.

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