WHEATON Swimming and Diving: Wheaton finishes 4th at MIT Invite

The men and women arrived at MIT this weekend ready to swim fast and prove to Tufts, MIT, Colby, Bowdoin, Harvard and NYU that they were a force to be reckoned with. The first event of the weekend, the 200 freestyle relay saw Adrianne Madden, Nicole Zais, Steph Perkins and Dania Piscetta swim a winning time of 1:35.61, 4 tenths off a school record, good for an NCAA "B" provisional cut time. The four of them also dominated the final event of the weekend, the 400 freestyle relay with an NCAA "B" provisional cut time and school record of 1:33.38. Other wins included Dania Piscetta in the 50 and 100 freestyle (23.74, 52.38), both NCAA "B" cut times and school records and Nicole Zais in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes (1:05.98, 2:23.14), also NCAA "B" cut times. Adrianne Madden also achieved an NCAA "B" provisional cut time of 23.99 and a second place finish in the 50 freestyle.

The men had a fantastic meet as well. The 200 freestyle relay team of Zach Fichman-Klein, Sam Neill, Ben Sabol and Emmerson Jenkins snagged a 7th place finish with a season best, 1:28.47. Freshman Diver Charlie Maier finished 2nd on the 3 meter dive event with a season best, 221.10. Freshman Sam Jackson had a great 100 fly finishing 14th in 55.91 and senior Ben Sabol finished 6th in the 100 backstroke with a season best 54.98. Click here for complete results.

The first half of the season has found many swimmers making there way into the top tens. Here are the additions for the 2010/11 season.

Dania Piscetta - school record 50 free (23.74)
Dania Piscetta - school record 100 free (52.38)
Dania Piscetta - 8th 200 fly (2:20.01)
Adrianne Madden - 3rd 50 free (23.99)
Adrianne Madden - 2nd 100 free (53.39)
Adrianne Madden - 2nd 50 fly (27.07)
Adrianne Madden - 4th 50 back (29.04)
Adrianne Madden - 4th 100 back (1:00.92)
Vanessa Fuchs - 7th 1650 free (19:06.10)
Elle Van Cott - 9th 200 back (2:17.68)
Nina Lanctot - 10th 50 breast (33.59)
Nina Lanctot - 8th 100 breast (1:11.60)
Nicole Zais - school record 100 IM (1:02.05)
200 free relay - 2nd (1:35.61) Madden, Zais, Perkins, Piscetta
400 free relay - school record (3:33.38) Madden, Zais, Perkins, Piscetta
200 medley relay - school record (1:48.28) Dana Auger, Zais, Piscetta, Madden
400 medley relay - 3rd (3:58.37) Madden, Zais, Piscetta, Perkins

Emmerson Jenkins - 5th 50 free (22.38)
Emmerson Jenkins - 7th 100 free (49.14)
Emmerson Jenkins - 10th 50 back (26.60)
Emmerson Jenkins - 9th 100 back (56.72)
Sam Jackson - 9th 100 fly (55.91)
Sam Jackson - 9th 200 fly (2:10.51)
Zach Fichman-Klein - 5th 50 breast (29.10)
Zach Fichman-Klein - 3rd 100 IM (57.55)
Zach Fichman-Klein - 6th 200 IM (2:05.35)
Charlie Maier - school record 1M dive (240.08)
Charlie Maier - 2nd 3M dive (221.10)
200 free relay - 7th (1:28.47) Fichman-Klein, Neill, Sabol, Jenkins
400 free relay - 8th (3:17.62) Neill, Fichman-Klein, Jenkins, Sabol
200 medley relay - 8th (1:40.22) Sabol, Jenkins, Fichman-Klein, Neill
400 meley relay - 8th (3:42.16) Sabol, Jenkins, Fichman-Klein, Neill

Great job everybody. See you in Puerto Rico.