MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — The Amherst College men's swimming and diving team closed competition at the NESCAC Championships on Sunday with multiple scoring swims and a third-place finish in the final team standings with 1217 points.
MEET HIGHLIGHTS
Amherst also placed multiple swimmers in the 200-yard butterfly. Fyn Nadel earned a third-place finish in 1:48.16, and Owen Vale followed in fourth in 1:48.35. Henry LeCates placed 10th in 1:49.89, and Teddy Sun finished 16th in 1:53.73.
Amherst recorded two scoring finishes in the 100-yard freestyle. Jack Goepfrich placed sixth in the championship final in 44.98, and Ethan Van De Water placed 14th overall in 45.79.
The Mammoths scored heavily in the 200-yard breaststroke. Eric Albers led Amherst with a fourth-place finish in 1:59.08, followed by Henry Liu in sixth in 2:00.33. Michael Jang placed 13th in 2:03.27, Jeffrey Ge finished 17th in 2:03.91, and Joel Chen placed 19th in 2:04.14.
The Mammoths closed the meet in the 400-yard freestyle relay, where the A relay of Ethan Van De Water, Cameron Aryanpour, Jp Giglio, and Jack Goepfrich placed fourth in 2:59.69, and the B relay consisting of Tom Conaty, Emmanuel Odim, Roan Haney, and Henry LeCates placed 15th in 3:04.46.
In the 200-yard backstroke, Jonah Luetke placed 15th overall with a time of 1:52.33, while first-year Jp Giglio finished 19th in 1:53.71.
Final championship standings were:
- Williams — 1599
- Tufts — 1562
- Amherst — 1217
- Connecticut College — 1077
- Bates — 1041.5
- Hamilton — 800.5
- Bowdoin — 768
- Middlebury — 702
- Colby — 69710.
- Trinity — 373
- Wesleyan — 223
