MIT (DIII) vs. Boston College
- January 10, 2025
- Zesiger Middle Pool, Cambridge, MA
- Brief Course Yards (25 yards)
- Meet Outcomes (LINK PDF)
- Workforce Scores
- Males: BU 141, MIT 139
- Ladies: MIT 188.5, BU 92.5
The MIT girls emerged victorious of their second D1 match-up of the season, defeating Boston College for the primary time in program historical past in a Friday night time twin.
The boys’s meet was a lot nearer, as BU fought again from an early deficit to say a two level victory over the Engineers.
Each groups had been fitted to the meet, which adopted a modified format. The 1000 free was not contested, and the stroke 100s had been changed with 50s.
Ladies’s Meet
The MIT girls received 12 of the 15 contested occasions as they picked up their second victory over a Division 1 group this season. The Engineers opened their season with a win in opposition to one other Boston-area college, Northeastern.
The Engineers opened the meet with a dominant win within the 400 medley relay, touching first by over 4 seconds. Division 3 record-holder Kate Augustyn opened in 55.57, adopted by Sarah Bernard (1:02.15), Alex Turvey (55.35), and Ella Roberson (51.51). Augustyn’s time would rank inside the high 10 of D3 this season, although she already leads the rankings with a 53.68 swim from mid-season.
Augustyn went three-for-three in particular person occasions, swimming a trio of 200s. She received the 200 free (1:51.93), 200 again (2:00.68), and 200 IM (2:03.99). Her time within the 200 IM was a season greatest by over two seconds and slots in because the #7 time up to now this season.
First-year Sarah Bernard added one other college file to her resume, dominating the five hundred free (4:53.11) to chop over a second from the earlier file which had stood for 13 years. That point was over a two second enchancment from her earlier greatest. Bernard additionally received the 50 breaststroke with the one sub-29 second effort (28.94).
Roberson was the one different athlete to win two particular person occasions. She accomplished the dash double, successful each the 50 (23.33) and 100 (51.59) by over 0.5-seconds.
A pair of first-years picked up BU’s solely victories within the pool. Cambria Jewett received the 200 fly in a season greatest time (2:04.00), enhancing on her earlier greatest from November’s Terrier Invite by over 4 seconds. Anna Winter additionally set a season greatest en path to the win within the 200 breast (2:21.17).
On the boards, BU senior Sophia Souza led the sector in 1-meter, scoring 300.45 factors. MIT sophomore Fiora Beratahani received the 3-meter occasion (314.33).
The Engineers capped off a powerful meet with a win within the 400 free relay, with Turvey (51.30), Belise Swartwood (52.63), Lillian Poag (52.47), and Roberson (50.06) teaming as much as contact forward of BU’s A squad by practically two seconds (3:26.46).
Further Highlights:
- Senior Iris Yang (MIT) received the 50 backstroke in a private greatest (25.65). Yang additionally led off MIT’s B 400 medley, posting 55.84 for a time that might rank within the high 10 of Division 3 this season if she had not already swam sooner at midseason.
- Alex Turvey received the 50 fly (25.31) as MIT swimmers posted the six quickest instances within the occasion.
Males’s Meet
The Terriers fought again from an early factors deficit to win the meet by simply two factors. It was a a lot nearer competitors than the ladies’s meet, as solely two athletes received multiple particular person occasion.
MIT jumped out to an early lead with a 1-2 end within the 400 medley relay. The A group of Aitor Arrese-Igor (48.88), Grant Hu (55.40), Jalen Evans (49.40), and Eugene Jiang (45.56) mixed for 3:19.24. Arrese-Igor and Hu had the quickest splits of the sector.
Aaron Martin threw down the quickest anchor break up on MIT’s B relay to cross BU’s A within the closing 50 (44.83). The Terriers’ group of Jonny Farber (50.49), Andy Carlson (56.24), Jed Tan (49.05), and Charlie Nenchev (45.19) completed in third by simply 0.06-seconds. Tan’s break up was the quickest of the sector.
The Engineers stored the momentum rolling as they received the subsequent three particular person occasions: Nathan Kim received the 200 free by over a second (1:38.98), Arrese-Igor posted 22.85 to take the 50 again, and Aaron Martin picked up his first of two particular person wins within the 50 breast (25.69).
The pendulum began to swing in BU’s favor as Giovanni Sullo and Ben Cho took back-to-back victories within the 200 fly (1:51.81) and 50 free (20.84). Mixed with a 1-2-4 end on 3-meter led by sophomore Zein Mahana (289.35), the groups had been separated by simply 9 factors heading into the break.
In a scene paying homage to the primary relay, Aaron Martin (45.83) out-split Charlie Nenchev (45.92) to win the 100 free. Martin was the one swimmer to win two occasions within the males’s meet.
Tony Ponomarev led a 1-2 end within the 200 again (1:47.31) with teammate Jonny Farber (1:49.89), placing the Terriers within the lead for the primary time within the meet by only one level. Roderick Huang received the 200 breast instantly after (2:02.98), bringing the meet useless even at 93.5 to 93.5 factors.
BU wrestled again management with back-to-back wins within the 500 free (Charles Schreiner, 4:34.18) and 50 fly (Jed Tan, 22.18). Mahana then accomplished a sweep of the boards, amassing 326.25 factors on 1-meter.
Issues wanted to interrupt close to completely for MIT because the Engineers rallied a 1-2-3 end within the 200 IM led by Jason Wang (1:49.65). That put them simply seven factors behind the Terriers with solely the relay left to swim.
MIT’s squad of Martin (45.24), Jiang (45.96), Thomas Wu (45.68), and Kim (44.24) led from begin to end to win the 400 free relay by practically two seconds forward of BU’s A (3:01.12), placing the race for the meet win between the B relays. BU emerged victorious, as Arrese-Igor couldn’t overcome a 1.62-second result in cross Andrew Ignatescu down the stretch.
Up Subsequent
MIT simply defeated NEWMAC rival Coast Guard Academy the subsequent day. On January 17, the Engineers will face Division 3 powerhouses Williams and NYU in a tri-meet. At 2024 NCAAs, the ladies’s groups completed third (NYU), 4th (Williams), and fifth (MIT).
Boston College hosted Colgate and Fairfield in a tri-meet the next day, selecting up twin wins. Subsequent, they face Boston School on January 18th.
