Cambridge, MA --- Freshman Mason Ruffing (Stone Mountain, CA) raced to a first place finish in the 200-yard butterfly with his time of (1:53.61) and senior Jeff Meyer (Denver, CO) fought to a third place in the 1650-yard freestyle to help the Engineers secure a fourth place overall finish at the three-day NEWMAC Championships at MIT.  The Engineers scored 350 total points while Coast Guard was the meet champion with 991 points. 

Ruffing was WPI's lone swimmer to be named to the All-Conference team for his victory in the 200-butterfly.  He also reached the provisional NCAA qualifying standard.  Meyer finished the 1650 free in 16:07.21 while fellow distance swimmer Dan White (Sidney, ME) placed eighth with his time of 17:13.62.  Sophomore Patrick Napier (West Roxbury, MA) picked up 16th in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:52.38) and Alford Green (Portmore, Jamaica) claimed 13th place in the 100-yard freestyle (48.92).

Capping off the meet for the Engineers was Meyer, Green, Ruffing and Lee Chiang (Lexington, MA) with their fourth place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:12.04).  Finishing behind them were Keck, White, Chase Johnson (Eastham, MA) and Steve Rose (Worcester, MA) with a time of 3:21.71 and 11th place finish.

Earlier meet highlights included Meyer's second place finish in the 400-yard IM (4:09.76) and third place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (4:39.95), Ruffing's third place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (51.52) and fourth spot in the 200-yard IM (1:57.75), David Keck (Orwigsburg, PA) and Alford Green's (Portmore, Jamaica) 14th place tie in the 50-yard freestyle (22.22) and Green's 13th finish in the 100-yard freestyle.

The Engineer relay teams faired well at the meet, as the 200-yard freestyle team of Green, Keck, Rose and Johnson crossed the finish line in fourth (1:29.29).  Ruffing, Meyer, Keck and Chiang combined to battle to a fourth place finish in the 400-yard medley relay (3:31.11) before claiming fifth in the 200-yard medley (1:37.06).

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