This recap is courtesy of WPI Sports Information.

WORCESTER -- On the final day of the 2023 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Swimming and Diving Championship, the MIT women's swimming and diving team captured its 12th straight title and 17th overall. The Engineers racked up 1,441 total points over the course of the four-day event. MIT's men's team also won a team title, marking the 12th straight year that the Engineers captured both the men's and women's championship trophies.

Finishing as runner-up was Wheaton College, who amassed 921.5 team points to take second for the fifth straight season. Springfield was third with 795.5 points followed by the U.S. Coast Guard in fourth with 593.5 and Wellesley rounding out the top five with 524.5. WPI finished sixth with 457.5 points and Babson placed seventh at 332. Mount Holyoke (275), Smith (245.5), and Clark (197) completed the final standings. 

Up next for qualified NEWMAC student-athletes, the NCAA Division III Diving Regional will be held in New York City with NYU as host on February 24 and 25. The 2023 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships will be held March 15-18 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, NC.

2023 NEWMAC Honors

Women's Swimmer of the Year: Kate Augustyn, MIT

Women's Diver of the Year: Rachel Loh, MIT 

Women's Rookie of the Year: Sonia Seliger, MIT

Sunday Championship Results

(Champion earns First Team All-Conference honors, while runner-up is Second Team All-Conference)

1,650 Freestyle

Champion: Jolie Kim - MIT (17:29.27)

Notes: Was the NEWMAC Runner-Up in 2022.

Runner-Up: Emily Edds - Wheaton (17:38.68)

200 Backstroke

Champion: Kate Augustyn — MIT (1:59.16)

Notes: Now a back-to-back NEWMAC Champion in the event. NCAA B Cut

Runner-Up: Laura Rosado  — MIT(2:01.14)

Notes: Two-time NEWMAC Runner-Up. NCAA B Cut.

100 Freestyle

Champion: Sonia Seliger — MIT (50.72)

Notes: NCAA B Cut.

Runner-Up: Mikaili Charlemagne — Springfield (51.54)

Notes: NCAA B Cut.

200 Breaststroke

Champion: Edenna Chen — MIT (2:16.43)

Notes: Also won the 2020 and 2022 NEWMAC titles. NCAA B Cut.

Runner-Up: Kavita Sekhon — Wellesley (2:21.56)

200 Butterfly

Champion: Grace Keough — Coast Guard (2:03.81)

Notes: NCAA B Cut.

Runner-Up: Natalie Tang — MIT (2:04.33)

Notes: NCAA B Cut.

(Julie Xiong of Smith in third with a 2:04.47 also reached the NCAA B Cut.)

3-Meter Diving

Champion: Rachel Loh — MIT (471.10)

Notes: Finished as NEWMAC Runner-Up in 2022. NCAA Qualifying score.

Runner-Up: Madeleine Sewell — Mount Holyoke (452.40)

Notes: NCAA Qualifying score.

400 Freestyle Relay

Champion: MIT (3:25.99) — Kate Augustyn, Edenna Chen, Sonia Seliger, Sophia Yao

Notes: Augustyn and Chen were members of the NEWMAC Championship relay team in 2022. NCAA B Cut.

Runner-Up: Springfield (3:28.68) — Kay Chen, Natalie Chamberlin, Lefteri Roba, Mikaili Charlemagne

Notes: NCAA B Cut.