MIT Men Win 12th, Women Earn 10th Consecutive NEWMAC Championship

NEW ENGLAND WOMEN’S AND MEN’S ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (NEWMAC) – MEN AND WOMEN

• Dates: Thursday, February 20-Sunday, February 23, 2020
• Location/Host: MIT – Cambridge, MA
• Defending Champion: MIT women (9x); MIT men (11x)
• Live Video: Available here
• Championship Central
• Results

Courtesy: MIT Sports Information

WOMEN

Cambridge, Mass. – Host MIT claimed its 10^th consecutive New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship on Sunday night inside the MIT Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center Pool. The title also marks the 10^th year the MIT men’s and women’s programs have taken home the hardware.

The champions accumulated 1,356.5 points. Wheaton College was next (887), followed by WPI (645), and Wellesley College (625.5). Springfield College finished fifth (623) while the U.S. Coast Guard Academy was next with 556.5 points. Babson College (343.5), Smith College (329), Mount Holyoke College (267), and Clark University (160) rounded out the seventh through 10^th spots.

The 2020 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships will be conducted March 18-21 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Prior to that, qualified divers will head to Springfield College on February 28-29 for the NCAA Division III Diving Regional while swimmers await the first round of invites set to be revealed on Wednesday, Feb. 26 on NCAA.com. The final list is slated for Monday, March 2, also on NCAA.com.

WOMEN’S SWIMMER OF THE YEAR:

Lydia DaCorte, Wheaton

WOMEN’S DIVER OF THE YEAR:

Blake Zhou, MIT

WOMEN’S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

Edenna Chen, MIT

Sunday Championship Results

(Champion earns first team All-Conference honors, runner up is second team All-Conference)

1,650-yard freestyle

Champion: Lydia DaCorte, Wheaton – 17:03.02 (2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut, 2018 and 2019 champion)

Runner Up: Lefteri Roba, Springfield – 17:23.40 (NCAA “B” Cut)

200-yard Backstroke

Champion: Laura Rosado, MIT – 2:01.51 (2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut, 2019 champion)

Runner Up: Grace Moore, Springfield – 2:04.53

100-Yard Freestyle

Champion: Shannon Hagmaier, MIT – 51.33 (2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut, 2019 runner-up)

Runner Up: Lindsey Bjornstad, MIT – 51.80 (2019 champion)

200-Yard Breaststroke

Champion: Edenna Chen, MIT – 2:18.40 (2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut)

Runner Up: Sara Nicholas, MIT – 2:19.69 (2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut, 2019 champion)

200-Yard Butterfly

Champion: Hannah Mahaffey, MIT – 2:03.50 (2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut, 2018 and 2019 runner up)

Runner Up: Angelina Zhang, MIT – 2:04.63 (NCAA “B” Cut)

* Note: MIT claimed the top four spots with Kayla Holman earning an NCAA “B” Cut with a time of 2:05.57.

1-Meter Diving

Champion: Blake Zhou, MIT – 505.15 points (2018 champion, 2019 runner up)

Runner Up: Deborah Wen, MIT – 493.10 points (2019 champion)

* Note: Top seven performances earn a spot at the NCAA Diving Regional.

400-yard Freestyle Relay

Champion: MIT, 3:27.19 (NCAA “B” Cut)

• Laura Rosado, Delaney Burns, Lindsey Bjornstad, Shannon Hagmaier

* Note: Rosado, Bjornstad, and Hagmaier were members of last year’s championship relay.

Runner Up: Wellesley, 3:31.87

• Shawyuan Hsu, Danielle Peterson, Jessica Wegner, Hannah May

MEN

Cambridge, Mass. – Host MIT secured its 12^th consecutive New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship on Sunday night inside the MIT Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center Pool. The Engineers have now won 15 of the 22 titles since the conference began sponsoring men’s sports. It also marks the 10^th straight year the MIT men’s and women’s programs have taken home the hardware.

MIT posted 1,535 points and were joined in the top three by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (1,128.5) and WPI (868.5). Springfield College took fourth (467) followed by Babson College (463), Wheaton College (415) and Clark University (258).

The 2020 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships will be conducted March 18-21 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Prior to that, qualified divers will head to Springfield College on February 28-29 for the NCAA Division III Diving Regional while swimmers await the first round of invites set to be revealed on Wednesday, Feb. 26 on NCAA.com. The final list is slated for Monday, March 2, also on NCAA.com.

MEN’S SWIMMER OF THE YEAR:

Bouke Edskes, MIT

MEN’S DIVER OF THE YEAR:

Connor Pennington, Springfield

MEN’S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR:

Adam Janicki, MIT

Sunday Championship Results

(Champion earns first team All-Conference honors, runner up is second team All-Conference)

1,650-yard Freestyle

Champion: Trevor Carter, MIT – 15:48.10 (NCAA “B” Cut)

Runner Up: Samuel Chapman, Coast Guard – 16:10.42 (NCAA “B” Cut)

200-yard Backstroke

Champion: Adam Janicki, MIT – 1:49.26 (NCAA “B” Cut)

Runner Up: Kyle Staubi, WPI – 1:49.32 (NCAA “B” Cut)

* Note: Jaya Kambhampaty (MIT) also earned an NCAA “B” cut with a time of 1:49.46.

100-Yard Freestyle

Champion: Kyri Chen, MIT – 44.79 (2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut)

Runner Up: Alex Ellison, MIT – 44.91 (NCAA “B” Cut)

* Note: Justin Liu (MIT) also earned an NCAA “B” Cut with a time of 45.09.

200-Yard Breaststroke

Champion: Jordan Ren, MIT – 2:00.60 (Meet Record, .05 seconds shy of NEWMAC record, 2019 Invited Tim, NCAA “B” Cut, 2019 runner up)

Runner Up: Eric Fuchs, Coast Guard – 2:02.92 (NCAA “B” Cut, 2018 and 2019 champion)

200-Yard Butterfly

Champion: Bouke Edskes, MIT – 1:47.33 (Meet Record, 2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut, four-time champion)

Runner Up: David He, MIT – 1:47.94 (Meet Record, 2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut, 2019 runner up)

* Note: James Chan (Springfield) also earned an NCAA “B” Cut with a time of 1:50.08.

400-yard Freestyle Relay

Champion: MIT, 2:58.45 (Meet Record, .28 seconds shy of pool record, 2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut, fourth consecutive championship)

• Sam Ubellacker, Alex Ellison, Justin Liu, Kyri Chen

* Note: Ubellacker and Ellison were members of last year’s winning relay.

Runner Up: Coast Guard, 3:01.75 (2019 Invited Time, NCAA “B” Cut)

• Devin McClure, Daniel Jenkins, Tyler Dominick, Joseph Rodriguez

* Note: Jenkins and Rodriguez were members of last year’s runner-up relay.

Beyond the meet results: Bouke Edskes set the national record with a 49.18 in 100-yard IM time trial. The previous record was 49.23 set by Collin Miller of Wisconsin-Eau Claire at the Rochester Invitational on Dec. 7, 2019.