Women’s swimming and diving wins first NCAA Division III National Championship

The MIT girls’s swimming and diving staff gained this system’s first nationwide championship, leaping forward of New York College by erasing a 20-point deficit because the Engineers finished with 497 points on the 2025 NCAA Ladies’s Swimming and Diving Nationwide Championships, hosted by the Previous Dominion Athletic Convention March 19-22 on the Greensboro Aquatic Heart in Greensboro, North Carolina.   

MIT entered the occasion ranked as the highest staff within the nation. General, MIT gained three particular person nationwide titles and 4 relay titles. The pinnacle coach, Meg Sisson French, was named the School Swimming and Diving Coaches Affiliation of America Ladies’s Swim Coach of the Yr. 

On day 1 of the championships, the 400 Medley Relay staff of senior Kate Augustyn (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), first-year Sarah Bernard (Brookline, Massachusetts), sophomore Sydney Smith (Atlanta, Georgia), and graduate scholar Alexandra Turvey (Vancouver, British Colombia) touched the wall first in 3:38.48, simply beating the NYU staff by 0.8 second and setting a brand new college report. 

Day 2 highlights included Smith posting a profitable time of 53.96 within the 100 fly, beating out Nicole Ranile of NYU by beneath a second. The 200 freestyle relay staff 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 dwelling and gave the Engineers a nationwide report 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 dwelling for MIT as she accomplished her anchor leg in 22.02, which gave the staff a mixed time of 1:39.51. Roberson was capable of maintain off a late cost by Kenyon School, which completed second in 1:40.26 because the Engineers set one other nationwide report. Augustyn later defended her title within the 100 backstroke as she clocked in with a time of 53.41, tying her personal nationwide report. 

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 means of a lot of the occasion, however Sophia Verkleeren of Williams School 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 virtually 2 seconds off her preliminary time and fell simply in need of the nationwide report 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 profitable their fourth relay of the championship, besting the staff from NYU. Turvey set the tempo along 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 report within the 100 freestyle, to present 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 probably the most 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.