Hamilton Splits Meet With Colgate

Hamilton vs. Colgate

Courtesy: Hamilton Athletics

Men’s Meet

The Hamilton College Continentals wrapped up their home schedule with a dual meet victory against Colgate University at Bristol Pool on Wednesday night.

Hamilton’s dual meet record improved to 4-6 with the 156-123 decision against the Division I Raiders. The Continentals travel to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for another dual meet on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m.

Hamilton swept the relays and finished first in eight individual events. Ethan del Rosario ’24, Nick Wilkins ’22, Jack Jee ’24 and Ben Howell ’24 led the men’s 200-yard medley relay to victory with a time of 1:36.65. The Continentals won the 200 freestyle relay in 1:30.09 with Max Hamann ’25, Luke Engel ’25, Drew Frey ’23 and del Rosario.

Engel captured first place in the 200 free (1:47.16) and he won the 500 free (4:53.73) by 13 one-hundredths of a second. Edward Ha ’25 ended up third in the 200 free (1:49.58).

Wilkins swept the breaststroke events with times of 58.08 seconds and 2:11.87 in the 100 and 200 breast, respectively. Nate Hays ’23 was second to Wilkins in the 200 breast (2:16.30).

Jee took the top spot in the 100 butterfly with a time of 52.02 seconds and in the 200 individual medley (1:59.78). He was also runner-up in the 200 fly (1:58.65). Wilkins was second to Jee in the 200 IM (2:02.44).

Howell grabbed first place in the 100 backstroke with a time of 56.12 seconds. The top five finishers were separated by just six-tenths of a second. He also finished second in the 50 free in 22.63 seconds and was third in the 100 free with a time of 50.18 seconds. Howell finished less than two-tenths of a second behind the winner in the 100 free.

Hamilton’s other winner was del Rosario in the 50 free with a time of 22.59 seconds. Hamann landed in second place in the 100 back with a time of 56.33 seconds, and Daniel Cho ’25 took third place in the 200 back (2:04.36).

Women’s Meet

Hamilton College swimmers finished first in seven events and the Continentals wrapped up their home schedule with a dual meet against Colgate University at Bristol Pool on Wednesday night.

Hamilton’s dual meet record dropped to 3-7 with a 159-129 setback against the Division I Raiders. The Continentals travel to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for another dual meet on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 1 p.m.

Hamilton captured first place in the women’s 200-yard medley relay with a time of 2:00.50. Lucy Hamann ’22, Irene Keh ’24, Lucy Elliott ’23 and Sam Karlson ’23 were the members of that winning relay.

Hamann took first place in the 100 backstroke (1:00.76) and the 200 back (2:11.64). Karlson grabbed the top spot in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.03 seconds and in the 100 free in 53.88 seconds. Keh swept the breaststroke events with times of 1:09.16 in the 100 breast and 2:29.31 in the 200.

Emma Nordquist ’25 was runner-up in the 200 free (2:00.10) and the 500 free (5:25.18). Caroline Shen ’24 landed in second place in the 100 back (1:00.94), and Madison Goodman-Leong ’25 ended up second in the 200 butterfly (2:13.16). Jillian Rhodes ’22 finished behind Keh in the 100 breast (1:10.30) and the 200 breast (2:32.45).

In diving, Carolyn Gevinski ’22 was second in the 1-meter springboard with 165.10 points, and in the 3-meter board with 159.45 points.

Courtesy: Colgate Athletics

CLINTON, N.Y. – With seven first-place finishes on Wednesday night, the Colgate women’s swimming team earned a victory over Hamilton College. 

The Raiders’ 159 points bested the Continentals (129) inside Bristol Pool. 

Nora Bergstrom claimed first in the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 11:01.33. The freshman also swam the second leg of the 200 yard freestyle relay that swam to victory with a time of 1:41.05. Elke Ambach (lead leg), Danielle McNerney (third leg) and Dana Witte (anchor leg) rounded out the winning relay. 

Witte’s time of 2:11.30 earned the freshman the victory in the 500 yard freestyle. 

Zoe Stokes earned a first-place finish in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1:59.84, while Emma Senglaub’s time of 2:11.30 was good enough for a victory in the 200 yard butterfly. 

Colgate impressed with 1-2-3 finishes in both the 100 yard butterfly and 200 yard IM. In the 100 fly, Jordan Hurt led the way with a time of 59.41, followed by Ambach (1:00.23) and Alexandra Mehos (1:00.37). In the 200 yard IM, Brooke Garretson earned the first-place finish with a time of 2:16.37, followed by Senglaub (2:17.19) and Maggie DeLillo (2:18.14). 

On the men’s side, Colgate picked up four first-place swims, but fell short in the team total. The Raiders fell to Hamilton, 156-123. 

Peyton Wray was victorious in the 1000 yard freestyle with a time of 10:05.03. Ryan Blumenfeld picked up the win in the 200 yard butterfly (1:57.35), while Justin Song earned the victory in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 50.01. Neil Nejame‘s 2:03.10 was good enough to pick up a win in the 200 yard backstroke.

Sydney Dutton and Lucas Austin earned victories for the Raiders in the women’s and men’s 3 meter diving events, respectively.

FROM THE SOURCE
Mark S. Randall Head Swimming & Diving Coach Ed Pretre


“Both teams showed incredible grit and fight this evening with their races. After a few weeks of hard training and a tough push-ups, pull ups and squat routine this morning, the team swam very smart and definitely their best performance of the year. This is really going to put us in a nice situation mentally for our conference meet in a few weeks.”

UP NEXT 
Colgate is scheduled to host Holy Cross at Lineberry Natatorium at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.

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