MIT entered the occasion ranked as the highest workforce within the nation. Total, MIT gained three particular person nationwide titles and 4 relay titles. The top coach, Meg Sisson French, was named the Faculty Swimming and Diving Coaches Affiliation of America Girls’s Swim Coach of the Yr.
On day 1 of the championships, the 400 Medley Relay workforce of senior Kate Augustyn (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), first-year Sarah Bernard (Brookline, Massachusetts), sophomore Sydney Smith (Atlanta, Georgia), and graduate pupil Alexandra Turvey (Vancouver, British Colombia) touched the wall first in 3:38.48, simply beating the NYU workforce by 0.8 second and setting a brand new faculty file.
Day 2 highlights included Smith posting a successful time of 53.96 within the 100 fly, beating out Nicole Ranile of NYU by beneath a second. The 200 freestyle relay workforce of Turvey, Smith, sophomore Ella Roberson (Midland, Michigan) and junior Annika Naveen (Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) held off Pomona-Pitzer for the gold as Naveen introduced the title house and gave the Engineers a nationwide file time of 1:30.00.
MIT opened day 3 with one other nationwide title, this time within the 200 medley relay. Augustyn led off, adopted by Bernard and Naveen. Ella Roberson introduced the title house for MIT as she accomplished her anchor leg in 22.02, which gave the workforce a mixed time of 1:39.51. Roberson was capable of maintain off a late cost by Kenyon Faculty, which completed second in 1:40.26 because the Engineers set one other nationwide file. Augustyn later defended her title within the 100 backstroke as she clocked in with a time of 53.41, tying her personal nationwide file.
The ultimate day of motion noticed MIT pull forward of NYU with two extra nationwide titles. Within the 200 backstroke, Augustyn held the lead by a lot of the occasion, however Sophia Verkleeren of Williams Faculty caught as much as the defending champion within the final half of the race. With simply 25 yards left, Augustyn pulled away to defeat Verkleeren with a time of 1:55.85. Augustyn shaved nearly 2 seconds off her preliminary time and fell simply in need of the nationwide file time of 1:55.67. With the win, the Engineers pulled to inside one level of NYU for the highest spot.
The Engineers sealed the general nationwide championship by successful their fourth relay of the championship, besting the workforce from NYU. Turvey set the tempo together with her lead-off, adopted by Smith and Augustyn. Roberson, swimming the anchor leg, held off Kaley McIntyre of NYU, who earlier set the nationwide file within the 100 freestyle, to provide MIT the win with a time of three:19.03 because the Violets took second in 3:19.36.
Augustyn defended her title within the 200 backstroke whereas sweeping the Nationwide Championship in each the 100 and 200 backstroke in consecutive years. She concludes her profession as one of the adorned swimmers in program historical past, amassing 4 particular person nationwide championships, 4 relay nationwide championships, and 27 all-America honors, probably the most in program historical past.
