WORCESTER -- Highlighted by an individual victory from senior Dean Doubek (Annapolis, MD) and several top-five performances, the WPI men's and women's swimming and diving teams combined for a runner-up finish at the 2026 Worcester City Championship on Saturday at Holy Cross.

The Engineers totaled 948.5 points to finish second among four competing institutions. The host Crusaders captured the team championship with 2,153 points, while Clark (139) and Assumption University (112.5) rounded out the standings.

Doubek delivered WPI's lone individual event victory, touching the wall first in the men's 100-yard freestyle with a time of 47.57 seconds. The senior also earned third place in the 100-yard backstroke (54.62) and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (54.12), contributing three top-five finishes

Sophomore Lucas Brown (Viera, FL) added a trio of strong performances for the Engineers, finishing third in the 400-yard individual medley (4:14.26), fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (55.92) and fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.61).

Freshman Caleb Garcia (Los Angeles, CA) highlighted the sprint events with a runner-up finish in the 50-yard backstroke (24.45). Garcia also placed fourth in the 50-yard butterfly (24.16) and seventh in the 200-yard individual medley (2:03.35).

Freshman Lucca Miranda (Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil) added a podium finish in the 50-yard breaststroke, placing third in 27.13 seconds, while sophomore Kuba Latawiec (Newington, CT) took fifth in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 22.17 seconds.

On the women's side, freshman Caitlyn VanderMeer (Austin, TX) led WPI in the 400-yard individual medley, placing sixth overall with a time of 4:52.68. Junior Allie Marvell (Nashua, NH) followed in seventh (4:55.73), giving the Engineers two finishers among the top seven.

Sophomore Mallory LaPointe (Saint Johns, FL) turned in a consistent performance across multiple events, finishing fifth in the 50-yard butterfly (27.92), seventh in the 200-yard individual medley (2:19.42) and eighth in both the 50-yard backstroke (30.27) and 50-yard freestyle (26.47).

Freshman Evin Otero (Newton, MA) added a fifth-place showing in the 100-yard backstroke (1:03.86), while junior Niamh O'Sullivan (Basking Ridge, NJ) placed sixth in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:12.82).

In the diving competition, sophomore Aaron Lakin (Hamden, CT) paced the Engineers with a third-place finish on the men's three-meter board (196.70 points) and fourth-place showing on the one-meter board (191.45). Gabriel Michaud(Mattapoisett, MA) added a fourth-place finish in the three-meter competition (108.35) and fifth on the one-meter board (129.10).

The Engineers return to the pool on Friday traveling to New Haven for a dual meet against Southern Connecticut at 6:30pm.

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