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 10th 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 10th 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 10th 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 12th 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 10th 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.
