MIT was led by first-years Anna Kokensparger (Omaha, NE), Lauren
Lo (Marlboro, NJ) and Elina Hu (Oshkosh, WI), and senior Kristie
D'Ambrosio (Wantagh, NY), who each racked up 18 points for the
Engineers.
Kokensparger won the 100-fly (57.28) and the 200-fly (2:06.65)
while Lo picked up individual wins in the 100-breast (1:10.33) and
the 200-breast (2:33.58). Hu placed first in both the
100-back (1:02.98) and the 100-free (55.36), while D'Ambrosio won
both the 1-meter (246.55) and the 3-meter (270.85) diving
events.
Also for the Engineers, junior Carrie DeBoer (Western Springs, IL)
won the 1000-free (11:17.83), sophomore Qing Li (Shoreham, NY) took
first in the 200-back (2:19.82) and senior Ariadne Smith (San Jose,
CA) placed first in the 400 IM (4:59.97). Rounding out the
top finishers for MIT, sophomore Sydney Giblin (Williamsburg, VA)
won the 200 free (2:00.54) while also placing second in the
100-free (55.47).
MIT won both relay events with the team of Kokensparger, Nicole
Wang (Windsor, CN), Lo and Amy Jacobi (Cranbury, NJ) taking the
200-free relay (1:40.15) and the team of Hu, Lo, Jacobi and
Kokensparger winning the 200-medley relay (1:52.48).
For Wellesley, fifth-year senior Savanna
Johnson (Bloomington, IL) won the 50-free in a time of
24.95 while junior Dana Dutton (Anacortes, WA)
took first place in the 500-free in 5:27.07.
The Blue were also paced by three swimmers who notched life-time
personal bests at the meet. First-year Carolyn
Jackson (Leesburg, VA) took second in the 100-breast with
a PR of 1:10.75 and also finished second in the 200-breast in
2:37.26, also a PR. Sophomore Melanie Kaplan
(La Jolla, CA) surpassed her all-time mark in the 1000-free, where
her time of 11:34.21 placed her third overall. First-year
Shaheen Rangwalla (Andover, MA) hit her lifetime
best of 2:30.23 in the 200-fly.
Rounding out the scoring for Wellesley, senior Hilary
Gram (Hopkinton, MA) placed second in the 400-IM in a time
of 5:01.78.
MIT hits the road again on Saturday at 1:00pm when the Engineers
travel to Bowdoin to compete in a tri-meet with the Polar Bears and
NEWMAC-rival Babson. Wellesley is back in action on Friday,
traveling to Simmons for a 7:00pm dual meet.
