2025 NCAA DIII Women’s Swimming and Diving Championships
- March 19-22, 2025
- Location: Greensboro Aquatic Center, Greensboro, NC
- Defending Champs: Kenyon women (1x) & Emory men (3x)
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The MIT women claimed their first national title in program history at the 2025 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships. The Engineers ended the first three days in 2nd place behind NYU, but surged on the final day to take home the crown. They amassed 497 points for a 27 point victory over the Violets.
The Engineers are only the fifth Division III women’s team to win the national title, and the first since 1984 not named Kenyon, Denison, or Emory. In addition, Meg Sisson French is the first female head coach of a champion Division III swimming and diving team, men or women, ever. This win also breaks the streak of Kenyon alumni-coached teams winning national titles, which stretched back to 2003.
MIT brought a squad of just 12 athletes to Greensboro: 10 swimmers and two divers. 10 of those athletes earned individual points, and eight of them scored in the double digits. Their meet included two national relay records in the 200 free and 200 medley, four relay titles, and three individual titles.
Kate Augustyn led the Engineers in individual points (56). The senior swept the backstroke events for the second year in a row and placed 3rd in the 200 IM for her highest career point total. She also contributed key legs to the 400 free, 800 free, 200 medley, and 400 medley relays.
It was the sophomore class who combined for the most individual points between Sydney Smith (50), Ella Roberson (35), and Fiora Beratahani (30). Smith’s meet was highlighted by a national title in the 100 fly after coming in seeded 9th. In fact, the underclassmen accounted for the majority of MIT’s points (176).
MIT Athletics has had a stellar year on the national stage; the women’s cross country and track and field teams also picked up program-first national titles earlier in the season.
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National Titles
Individual
- 100 Backstroke, Kate Augustyn – 53.41
- 200 Backstroke, Kate Augustyn – 1:55.85
- 100 Butterfly, Sydney Smith – 53.96
Relay
- 200 Freestyle Relay – 1:30.00 (DIII Record)
- Alex Turvey – 22.84
- Sydney Smith – 22.81
- Ella Roberson – 22.11
- Annika Naveen – 22.24
- 400 Freestyle Relay – 3:19.03
- Alex Turvey – 50.11
- Sydney Smith – 49.94
- Kate Augustyn – 50.27
- Ella Roberson – 48.71
- 200 Medley Relay – 1:39.51 (DIII Record)
- Kate Augustyn – 25.15
- Sarah Bernard – 28.46
- Annika Naveen – 23.88
- Ella Roberson – 22.02
- 400 Medley Relay – 3:38.48
- Kate Augustyn – 53.61
- Sarah Bernard – 1:01.81
- Sydney Smith – 53.70
- Alex Turvey – 49.36
Roster
| Athlete | Year | Individual Points |
| Lauren Adler | FR | 9 |
| Kate Augustyn | SR | 56 |
| Fiora Beratahani | SO | 30 |
| Sarah Bernard | FR | 39 |
| Jessie Crane | FR | |
| Rachel Loh | SR | 5 |
| Annika Naveen | JR | 32 |
| Ella Roberson | SO | 35 |
| Sydney Smith | SO | 50 |
| Belise Swartwood | FR | 13 |
| Alex Turvey | 5Y | 38 |
| Iris Yang | SR |
Coaching Staff
- Meg Sisson French – Mary Frances Wagley, ’47 Head Coach
- Matthew Charest – Assistant Swimming & Diving Coach
- Gabe Bamforth – Head Diving Coach
- Nicole O’Keeffe – Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Kristen Barry – Volunteer Assistant Coach
- John Jeang – Volunteer Swim Coach
- Eleanor McGrath – Volunteer Dive Coach
- Katie Kostecki – Volunteer Swim Coach
- James Pinter – Volunteer Swim Coach
Final Team Scores
Women
- MIT – 497
- NYU – 470
- Kenyon – 438
- Denison – 370.5
- Emory – 337
- Williams – 232
- Chicago – 202
- Pomona-Pitzer – 201.5
- Hope – 139
- Swarthmore – 95
- Tufts – 93.5
- Calvin – 86
- Johns Hopkins – 81
- Amherst – 81
- Bowdoin – 70
- C-M-S – 56
- Case Western – 54
- Ithaca – 46
- Rowan – 37
- Carleton – 31
- Wash U – 31
- Loras – 30
- Suny Geneseo – 29
- Colby – 22
- Trinity University (Tx) – 21
- Albion – 18.5
- Kean University – 17
- Bates – 16
- Springfield – 12
- RIT – 11
- Carnegie Mellon – 11
- Middlebury – 7
- RPI – 6
- Hamilton – 6
- Salisbury – 5
- Wheaton IL – 4
- Wooster – 4
- Chapman – 3
- Gettysburg – 2
The improvement in this women’s team is insane. They were always light years behind the men…now it’s a better program than the men’s has ever been.
Don’t think the men have won a championship.
Congratulations! This is such a fantastic accomplishment. With the recent DIII national championships in women’s cross country and women’s indoor track, MIT is apparently turning into a jock school.