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2021-22 MIT Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jacob Walton

Jordan Ren

  • Height 5-11
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Chapel Hill, N.C.
  • High School Chapel Hill
  • Event IM, Breast
  • Major Computer Science and Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Best
50-Free 21.55
100-Free 48.75
200-Free 1:40.10
500-Free 4:48.23
1000-Free 9:52.15
200-Back 1:53.55
100-Breast 55.37
200-Breast 1:58.75
100-Fly 52.31
200-Fly 1:57.08
200-IM 1:47.60
400-IM 3:55.13

In the Record Books:
200 Breast:
2nd (1:58.75)
400 IM: 3rd (3:55.12)
200 IM: 2nd (1:47.60)
400 Medley Relay: 1st (3:12.26)


All-American:
- 2021-22: 
400-Medley Relay, 200-Breast
- 2019-20: 200 IM, 200 Breast, 400 Medley Relay
- 2018-19: 800 Free Relay, 200 IM


Accolades:
- CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (2021-22)
- CSCAA Scholar All-America (2019-20)
- NEWMAC Rookie of the Year (2018-19)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20)


NEWMAC Championships:
- 2021-22: 
200-Yard IM, 400 Medley Relay
- 2019-20: 200 Breast, 400 IM, 400 Medley Relay
- 2018-19: 400 IM, 800 Free Relay


NEWMAC All-Conference:
- 2021-22: 
200-Yard IM, 400 Medley Relay (1st)
- 2019-20: 200 Breast, 400 IM, 400 Medley Relay (1st), 200 IM (2nd)
- 2018-19: 400 IM, 800 Free Relay (1st), 200 IM, 200 Breast (2nd)


2021-22:
- NCAA Qualifier
- Competed in eight meets
- Won the 200 IM at NEWMACs
- Posted the best time in Division III in the 200 IM


2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019-20:
- NCAA Qualifier
- NEWMAC: 200 Breast (1st), 400 IM (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st), 200 IM (2nd), 200 Free Relay (8th), 800 Free Relay (8th)
- Invite: 100 Breast (3rd), 200 Free Relay (3rd), 200 Medley Relay (3rd), 400 Medley Relay (3rd), 200 IM (4th), 400 Free Relay (5th)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 4
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-3 Finishes: 11


2018-19:
- NCAA Qualifier 
- Nationals: 800 Free Relay (7th), 200 IM (15th), 100 Back (22nd), 400 IM (23rd)
- NEWMAC: 800 Free Relay (1st), 400 IM (1st), 200 IM (2nd), 200 breast (2nd), 200 Medley Relay (8th), 400 Medley Relay (8th)
- Invite: 200 Breast (1st), 200 Free Relay (3rd), 200 Medley Relay (3rd), 800 Free Relay (4th)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 11
- Dual Meet Top-3 Finishes: 14


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Our entire training trip in Puerto Rico has to be one of my favorite memories. The practices were hard but we were able to bond as a team because of it.


Favorite Memory as MIT Student Athlete:
- Watching the 400 freestyle finals at NEWMACs. The energy in the pool is electrifying!


Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science and engineering
- Concentration in Chinese
- Virtual Home UROP where I work with simulating multi-human interactions through a unity game.
- Intern at Telesage and Kitware
- Completed a UROP researching speech recognition


High School:
- A 2018 graduate of Chapel Hill High School
- Two-time MVP
- State Champion
- Three-time Summer Junior Nationals Participant
- Two-time Sectional Champion
- Eight-time State Champion
- Four-time varsity letterwinner in swimming
- Captain
- Also swam for the North Carolina Aquatic Club as he earned three MVP honors and the Coaches Award
- National Technical Honor Society

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    IM, Breast
    5'11"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    IM, Breast
    5'11"
  • 2020-21Junior

    IM, Breast
    5'11"
  • 2021-22Senior

    IM, Breast
    5'11"