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2023-24 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jacob Walton
Jacob Walton
Jacob Walton

Edenna Chen

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • High School Rampart
  • Event Breast, IM
  • Major Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Writing

Biography

Collegiate Personal Best
100-Free 52.76
200-Free 1:57.65
100-Breast 59.79*
200-Breast 2:15.01*
100-IM 58.39*

NCAA Champion: 
- 2021-22: 100-Breast
- 2023-24: 200 MR


In the MIT Record Books:
- 100-Breast: 59.79 (1st)
- 200-Breast: 2:15.01 (1st)
- 100 IM: 58.39 (1st)
- 200 IM: 2:02.38 (3rd)
- 200 Free Relay: 1:33.23 (1st)
- 400 Free Relay: 3:24.33 (1st), 3:24.85 (4th)
- 200 Medley Relay: 1:39.67 (1st), 1:40.81(2nd), 1:41.40 (3rd), 1:42.30 (4th)
- 400 Medley Relay: 3:39.96 (1st), 3:40.63 (2nd), 3:40.85 (3rd), 3:44.14 (4th)


Career Accolades: 
- CSC Second Team Academic All-American (2022-23)
- CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Second Team (2021-22, 2020-21)
- CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large Team (2021-22, 2020-21)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21)
- NEWMAC Rookie of the Year (2019-20)
- NEWMAC Swimmer of the Week (11/12/19, 12/9/19, 1/27/20, 2/3/20, 11/22/21,12/6/21, 1/30/23)
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (11/12/19, 11/25/19, 12/9/19, 1/13/20, 1/27/20)


All-American:
- 2023-24: 100 Breast, 200 Breast (2nd Team), 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
- 2022-23: 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
- 2021-22: 100-Breast, 200-Medley Relay, 400-Medley Relay, 400-Free Relay, 200 IM, 200-Free Relay, 200-Breast
- 2019-20: 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay


NEWMAC Champion: 
- 2023-24: 800 FR
- 2022-23: 100-Breast, 200-Breast, 200 MR, 400 MR
- 2021-22: 100-Breast, 200-Breast, 200 MR, 400 MR, 400 FR
- 2019-20: 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay 


NEWMAC All-Conference: 
- 2023-24:
100-Breast, 200-MR, 400-MR
- 2022-23: 100-Breast, 200-Breast, 200 MR, 400 MR (1st Team), 200 IM (2nd Team)
- 2021-22: 100-Breast, 200-Breast, 200 MR, 400 MR, 400 FR - First Team; 200-Yard IM - Second Team
- 2019-20: 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 200 IM - First Team


2023-24:
- Competed in eight meets during the season
- NCAA Qualifier, placed second in the 100-Breast
- Placed second in the 100-Breast and 200-Breast at NEWMAC Championships

2022-23:
- Four Time All-American
- Set two new school records (one individual and one relay)
- Finished fourth in the 100-breast at NCAAs
- Member of the 400 Medley Relay team that finished third at NCAAs


2021-22:
- NCAA Qualifier
- Set three individual MIT School Records
- Member of three relays teams that set program records


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


2019-20:
- NCAA Qualifier
- Invite: 100 Breast (1st), 200 Breast (1st), 200 IM (1st), 200 Medley Relay (1st), 400 Medley Relay (1st), 200 Free Relay (2nd), 400 Free Relay (3rd)
- Individual NCAA "B" Cuts: 19
- Dual Meet Regular Season Event Wins: 22


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Open dive hours


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Open dive hours, surfing at training trip


Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in electrical engineering & computer science, writing
- Pursuing graduate degree in mechanical engineering 
- Summer UROP with MIT Kavli Institute on TESS data
- Research on human/AI teaming using Hanabi (Paper: Evaluation of Human-AI Teams for Learned and Rule-Based Agents in Hanabi)
- Intern at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Raytheon Intelligence and Space
- AFROTC Type 1 Scholarship
- AFROTC Detachment 365 Vice Wing Commander (F22)
- MIT S&D 2020 Freshman Rep
- MIT AAA Freshman Rep
- Baker House President 
- Baker House Rooming Committee
- Asian American Association
- SOCOM Ignite


High School:
- A 2019 graduate of Rampart High School
- Valedictorian
- Four time varsity letterwinner in swimming
- Qualifier for the 2020 United States Olympic Trials
- State Champion
- League and 4A Swimmer of the Year
- NISCA All-American
- Three-time USA Swimming All-American
- Competed at Speedo Junior Nationals
- Captain
- Also swam for Colorado Springs Swim Team
- National Honor Society
- COYAC Senate District 9 Representative & Committee Co-Chair
- IB Leadership Team
- High School Swim Team Captain
- President of Chinese Club
- Vice President of Programming & Cybersecurity Club
- Camp/Group Leader
- Colorado Springs Teen Court Student Attorney
- Future Business Leaders of America
- CyberPrep internship
- AFROTC Type 1 Scholarship
- AP Scholar with Honor
- 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholar
- 2019 National Merit Scholarship Finalist
- FBLA National Qualifier (Cyber Security)
- USA Swimming Scholastic All-America

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Breast, IM
    5'6"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Breast, IM
    5'6"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Breast, IM
    5'6"
  • C

    2022-23Senior

    Breast, IM
    5'6"
    C
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    Breast, IM
    5'6"