MIT vs Tufts
- January 25, 2020
- Medford, Massachusetts
Courtesy: MIT Athletics
THE BASICS:
– Score: No. 4 MIT 155, No. 13 Tufts 139
– Location: Medford, Mass. (Hamilton Pool)
– The Lead: Trailing by a score of 127-112 with three events to go, the No. 4 ranked MIT men’s swimming and diving team came from behind to defeat No. 13 Tufts by a 155-139 final on Saturday afternoon in Medford. In total, the Engineers set five new pool records and improved to 8-1 in dual meets this year.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
– The Engineers capped off today’s dual meet by breaking the pool record in the 200-free relay as Kyri Chen (Naperville, Ill.), Justin Liu (Linwood, N.J.), Emilio Sison (Annandale, Va.) and Sam Ubellacker (Georgetown, Ky.) teamed up to registered a winning time of 1:22.42.
– Jordan Ren (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and James Richardson (Mercer Island, Wash.) both won two individual events and set one pool record apiece. Ren broke the pool record with his first place finish in the 200-IM in 1:51.92 and also claimed first in the 200-free in 1:43.78, while Richardson broke the pool record in the 200-back in 1:50.70 and also claimed first in the 100-back in 51.07. Richardson capped his day with a second-place finishes in the 100-fly in 50.61 and the 200-medley relay.
– Richardson led off the 200-medley relay which also featured Chen, Bouke Edskes (Rockville, Md.) and Ubellacker as the quartet clocked a time of 1:32.57.
– Ubellacker went on to set the pool record in the 100-fly with his first place finish in 49.92 and also placed second in the 50-free with an NCAA “B” cut time of 20.46. Edskes posted a first-place finish in the 500-free in 4:45.10 and also a pair of second place finishes in the 200-free (1:44.33) and the 200-IM in 1:53.92.
– The final pool record of the day came from Samuel Song (Johns Creek, Ga.), who won the 200-breast in a time of 2:07.50. The first-year also registered a second place finish in the 100-breast in 59.44.
– David He (South Setauket, N.Y.) rounded out the list of winners today as he touched the wall first in the 200-fly in a time of 1:53.32. He was followed by Fang who clocked a time of 1:55.58 for second in the event. The 200-fly was one of six events on the day that the Engineers swept the top two places for crucial points in the dual.
– Three other Engineers posted runner-up finishes in the pool this afternoon. Liu was second in the 100-free in 46.03, Trevor Carter (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) was second in the 500-free in 4:45.26 and Adam Janicki (Falls Church, Va.) was second in the 100-back in 57.52.
UP NEXT:
– MIT will host No. 17 Amherst College on Saturday, February 1 at 1:00 pm. Prior to the meet, the Engineers will honor their five seniors.
Courtesy: Tufts Athletics
Defending NCAA champion, Roger Gu made the most of his final swims in his home pool in the Jumbos’ narrow defeat to cross-town rival MIT on Saturday.
While the Jumbos didn’t come away with the win, Gu certainly made a statement throwing down a 19.71 in the 50 free as well as splitting 19.45 (200 medley relay) and 19.35 (200 freestyle relay). He was also just off his pool record, set last week, going 45.07. His 50 free time is currently 1/100th off the top time in Division 3.
Gu wasn’t the only one to set a pool record on the weekend, to kick off the meet, he was joined by classmates Costa Camerano and Matthew Manfre and sophomore Nate Tingen in 200 medley relay who set a new record going 1:32.18. And junior John Lalime set a new pool record in the 1000 freestyle as he finished the event in 9:47.10.
On the women’s side first year Claire Brennan set a new pool record of 1:55.08 in the 200 freestyle, while her classmate, Elle Morse captured a pool record in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.28. Junior Amy Socha grabbed the win in the 100 butterfly, her time of 57.29 is a new pool record. The Jumbos recorded their final pool record in the 200 IM as senior Grace Goetcheus finished her last swim in Hamilton Pool going 2:10.80.
The Jumbos will now head to Boston University for a two-day invitational on Friday, February 7th and Saturday, February 8th before competing in the NESCAC Championships the following two weekends.
Pool is very shallow and antiquated with very narrow lanes. He was also wearing a regular Speedo. Hats off the the Tufts coaching staff who have turned this skinny high school only swimmer into a national champion!
19.71 in a dual meet is crazy! Slated to break the NCAA record this year (19.37), I think.
Jordan Ren on MIT is capable of competing for Championships at Division III Nationals. The question is whether or not he will ever find a way to remain healthy for an entire season.