2019-2020 WPI Swimming & Diving Headlines
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Buda Registers a Pair of Victories as Men's Swimming and Diving Bests Stevens
January 19, 2020Hoboken, NJ --- The Engineers were propelled today by top-three sweeps in both the 200 butterfly and 500 free that led their success in the pool with a total of 27 top-three finishes in their 133.50-128.50 dual meet road victory at Stevens. -
Fast Relay Start Propels Women's Swimming and Diving to Road Win Over Stevens
January 19, 2020Hoboken, NJ --- The Engineers set the tone for their dual meet today against Stevens when WPI opened the 200 medley relay with a first, second and third place finish. Jenn Brownell, Molly Silsby, Carol Wang and Katherine Pawlak teamed up for the victory in a time of 1:52.33. A team composed of Rayna Harter, Olivia Petropulos, Sarah MacDonald and Lexi Clark swam into second in 1:52.67 while Sydney Seo, Emma Edwardson, Sofie de Oliveira and Cameron Cronin took third in 1:58.67.
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200 Freestyle Relay Helps Women's Swimming and Diving Nip Swarthmore in New Jersey
January 18, 2020New Providence, NJ --- A third-place finish for the 200 free relay team of Carol Wang (Framingham, MA), Kimberly Hazeltine (Stratham, NH), Katherine Pawlak (Westford, MA) and Molly Sykes (Falmouth, MA) in 1:41.35 led the Engineers over Swarthmore to earn their victory of the day, while No. 4 Johns Hopkins and No. 22 Rowan proved to be a test for WPI.
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Denbow, Williams Key Men's Swimming & Diving’s Victory Against Swarthmore in New Jersey
January 18, 2020New Providence, NJ --- Junior Zach Denbow and sophomore Sid Williams both recorded two individual top-five swimming performances for WPI while Williams contributed to two top-five relay finishes and Denbow contributed to one to help lead the Engineers past Swarthmore.
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Fagerholm Double-Win Drives Men’s Swim-Dive to Meet Win Over Wheaton, St. Michael’s
January 15, 2020WORCESTER --- WPI Men?s Swimming and Diving claimed nine event wins, including two by Peter Fagerholm, in a midweek matchup against Wheaton and St. Michael?s for their first meet victory since their season-opening success in the Worcester City Championships.
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Pawlak Secures Sprint Victories as Women’s Swimming & Diving Falls to Wheaton
January 15, 2020WORCESTER --- Sophomore Katherine Pawlak dominated the sprint events, swimming to two of WPI Women’s Swimming and Diving’s four event victories on Wednesday evening as the host Engineers fell to Wheaton by a score of 166-127.
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Clemente Keys Women's Swimming and Diving Third Place Show in Gompei Invitational
December 08, 2019WORCESTER -- Jillian Clemente highlighted five individual top 10 performances for host WPI women’s swimming and diving as host WPI women's swimming and diving on the third and final day of action in the seventh annual Gompei Invitational.
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Besch Boosts Men’s Swimming and Diving on Day 2 of Gompei Invitational
December 07, 2019WORCESTER -- Junior Clayton Besch secured WPI Men's Swimming & Diving's first win of the Gompei Invitational on Saturday in Day 2 of the meet, triumphing in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 22.81 seconds.
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Pawlak, Sykes Power Women’s Swimming and Diving on Day 2 of Gompei Invitational
December 07, 2019WORCESTER --- Katherine Pawlak and Molly Sykes each had top five finishes to lead the way for WPI Women?s Swimming & Diving on Day 2 of the Gompei Invitational, helping deliver the hosts into fifth place out of the 12 teams competing in the three-day meet.
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Williams Starts Swimmingly for Men’s Swimming and Diving on Day 1 of Gompei Invitational
December 06, 2019WORCESTER – Sophomore Sid Williams was involved in three of WPI Men’s Swimming & Diving’s top four results on Friday to put the Engineers in fourth place out of 12 teams after Day 1 of the Gompei Invitational.
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Sykes, Gonyea Help Women’s Swimming and Diving to Fourth Place After Day 1 of Gompei
December 06, 2019WORCESTER – Molly Sykes and Cailin Gonyeaeach had top 10 finishes and were also a part of WPI Women’s Swimming & Diving’s sixth-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay as the host Engineers finished Day 1 of the Gompei Invitational in fourth place out of 12 teams.
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Sykes Stands Out In Women’s Swimming and Diving Home Double-Dual
November 23, 2019WORCESTER -- The WPI women’s swimming and diving team was swept for the first this season in Saturday’s home meet against MIT and Bowdoin, but sophomore Molly Sykes stood apart with several strong events.
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Olson Bags Top 3 Finish in Men’s Swimming and Diving Split Versus MIT and Bowdoin
November 23, 2019WORCESTER --- Sophomore Matthew Olson secured his first top 3 finish of the season and WPI Men’s Swimming & Diving’s only of the swimming events in a split result meet against MIT and Bowdoin on Saturday in Worcester.
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Besch, Shriner Lead Way For Men’s Swimming & Diving In Four-Way Meet At Williams
November 16, 2019Williamstown, MA – Juniors Clayton Besch and Matthew Shriner both pocketed third-place finishes during a challenging four-way meet on Saturday that also included Tufts, Williams and Wesleyan.
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Swett Stellar For Women’s Swimming And Diving In Difficult Meet At Williams
November 16, 2019Williamstown, MA – Junior Shelvey Swett landed WPI women’s swimming and diving’s only top three finish of the day with her strong performance in the 200-yard breaststroke as a four-way meet against Tufts, Williams and Wesleyan proved a formidable test for the Engineers.
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Swett’s Double-Win in Breaststroke Sends Women’s Swimming & Diving to a Home Split
November 09, 2019WORCESTER --- Junior Shelvey Swett pocketed her first two victories of the season in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke to account for two of the Women's Swimming & Diving team's five wins in a split result three-way meet against Coast Guard and Southern Connecticut State on Saturday.
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Williams Maintains Stellar Start to Deliver Split Result for WPI Men’s Swimming & Diving
November 09, 2019WORCESTER --- Good things continue to happen in events that Sid Williams takes part in, as he was part of both wins for WPI on Saturday as Men?s Swimming & Diving hosted Coast Guard and Southern Connecticut State.
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Williams Paces Men’s Swimming and Diving in Home-Opening Losses to Babson, Brandeis
November 01, 2019WORCESTER -- Sid Williams led the way for the WPI Men's Swimming and Diving with a pair of second-place finishes on Friday in the Engineers' home-opening meet versus Babson and Brandeis.
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Nelson, Men’s Swimming’s 400 Freestyle Relay Draw Praise from NEWMAC
October 28, 2019Westwood, MA --- WPI senior diver Chris Nelson and the Engineers 400 yard freestyle relay were honored as the NEWMAC revealed its first weekly awards of the season on Monday.
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Williams and Nelson Claim Hardware as Men's Swimming and Diving Wins City Title Again
October 26, 2019WORCESTER, MA -- Sidney Williams and Chris Nelson garnered major awards as the WPI Men’s Swimming and Diving won the Worcester City Meet for the eighth straight season. The two-day event was hosted by Holy Cross.
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Pawlak and Wang Excel for Women's Swimming and Diving at Worcester City Championships
October 26, 2019WORCESTER -- Katherine Pawlak and Carol Wang collected third place finishes as the WPI Women’s Swimming and Diving team placed third at the two-day Worcester City Championship hosted by Holy Cross.
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Men's Swimming & Diving Third in NEWMAC Preseason Coaches Poll
October 23, 2019
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Men's Swimming & Diving's 2019-20 Schedule Released
October 08, 2019
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Women's Swimming & Diving Announces 2019-20 Slate
October 08, 2019
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Register Now: Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet
September 13, 2019
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Adriana Grabski Named Swimming & Diving’s Full Time Assistant Coach
July 31, 2019WORCESTER – WPI Swimming & Diving head coach Paul Bennett recently announced the hiring of Adriana Grabski as the program's full-time assistant coach.
