No. 6 Men's Swim and Dive Claims 20th NEWMAC Championship

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 6 MIT men's swimming and diving team captured its 17th-straight and 20th overall NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championship as the Engineers won the 2026 NEWMAC Swimming and Diving Championship, winning a total of 13 events over the four-day meet.

STANDINGS:

MIT – 1481.5 Points
Coast Guard - 1013 Points
WPI - 731 Points

HOW IT HAPPENED:

200 Back: Zack West captured second with a time of 1:49.44
100 Free: Aaron Martin finished third with a time of 45.22 followed by Bryce Roberts in fourth with a time of 45.27 and Evan Wong in fifth with a time of 45.55.
200 Breast: Daniel Seong took the win in the event with his time of 2:01.71.
200 Fly: Jason Wang led MIT with a second-place finish (1:49.40) as the Engineers took spots two-six. Nathan Zhu followed in third with Eric Huang, Ian Sun, and Kelson Cantrell rounding out the finishers in sixth.
1650 Free: Mark O'Mara won the event in 15:46.53, the first time MIT has won this event since Josh Graves in 2019
400 Free Relay: After falling behind early to Coast Guard during the first leg, MIT mounted a comeback as the team of Aaron Martin, Evan Wong, Bryce, Roberts and Nathan Kim ended the meet with an exciting relay win, just beating out Coast Guard by a second. The Engineers clocked in with a time of 2:58.56 while the Bears took second in 2:59.55.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

O'Mara hit an NCAA B Cut time in the mile swim.
West was the runner-up in the 200 Back in 2024.
Wang hit an NCAA B Cut time in the 200 Fly. He finished as the runner up in the event last year.
The Engineers relay time was faster than last year's invited mark.
MIT won all five relays during the meet.

UP NEXT:

Qualified divers will head to Connecticut College for the NCAA Diving Regionals which will run from Friday, February 27 – Saturday, February 28. The NCAA swimming selections will be announced on Thursday, February 26 on NCAA.com.

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