Max Cory Splits 18.59 50 Free As Williams Continues to Lead 2025 Men’s NESCACs

2025 Men’s New England Small College Athletic Conference Championships

• Dates: Thursday, February 20–Sunday, February 23
• Location: Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
• Defending Champions: Williams (5x)
• Live Results
• Live Video: NESCAC Network
• Championship Central
• Teams: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Connecticut, Hamilton, Middlebury, Trinity, Tufts, Wesleyan, Williams
• Day 1 Recap | Day 2 Recap

Courtesy: NESCAC 

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – Three NESCAC records, NCAA A-cut times, and what is believed to be the fastest split by a Division III swimmer all-time highlighted the third day of competition at the 2025 NESCAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships.

Williams continued to build on its sizeable lead on Day 3. The Ephs enter the final day of competition with 1,371.5 points. Tufts stands in second place with 1,076 points. Amherst holds third place (922.5 points) and is followed by Middlebury (721 points) and Conn. College (699 points) to round out the top five in the team standings.

200 Medley Relay
Tufts opened the third night of competition with a bang, setting a NESCAC record, a NESCAC Meet record, and a pool record in the 200 medley relay. The foursome of Eric Lundgren, Emmett Adams, Armaan Sikka, and Soeren Euvrard combined for a time of 1:26.82, breaking the mark set by Williams at last year’s championship. A Jumbo relay has won the event four times in the last six championships. The Bates relay was the runner-up with an NCAA B-cut time of 1:27.24. Bates junior Max Cory swam the anchor leg for the Bobcats and his split of 18.59 is believed to be the fastest ever by an NCAA Division III swimmer. The Amherst Mammoths placed third (1:28.69 NCAA B-cut).

1000 Freestyle
In the second event of the evening, the second NESCAC record fell. Williams sophomore Ryan Nunez touched the wall in a time of 9:08.20 to set a NESCAC record, NESCAC Meet record, and pool record in the 1000 freestyle. Nunez’s time broke the record of teammate Carter Anderson, who set the mark at last year’s championship and finished as the runner-up after winning the race in 2023 and 2024. Anderson posted a time of 9:09.54, while Conn. College sophomore Evan Lyons finished third (9:16.43). Nunez is the fourth consecutive Eph to win the event and the 17^th since 2001.

100 Butterfly
Conn. College senior Justin Finkel recorded the third record-breaking performance in the third event of the night. Finkel’s winning time of 46.49 in the 100 butterfly was an NCAA A-cut time and set a NESCAC record, NESCAC Meet record, and pool record, breaking the previous record set in 2022. Amherst senior Jaden Olson finished second (47.98 NCAA B-cut) and Barrett Heritage of Williams placed third (48.07 NCAA B-cut). Finkel is the first Camel to win the event since 2018 and the fourth Conn. College swimmer overall.

400 IM
Williams senior Oliver Schalet became the third NESCAC swimmer to win the 400 IM three consecutive years. Schalet touched up in an NCAA B-cut time of 3:56.35 and is the 16^th Eph to win a conference title in the event. Luke McNamara of Middlebury was the runner-up (3:58.49 NCAA B-cut) and Aidan Lee of Williams was third (3:58.79 NCAA B-cut).

200 Freestyle
In the 200 freestyle, Hamilton sophomore Nathaniel Taft won the event with an NCAA A-cut time of 1:35.72. Taft is the first Hamilton swimmer to win the conference title in the event. Amherst rookie Jack Goepfrich finished second (1:37.26 NCAA B-cut) and was followed in third by Bates’ John Weigel (1:39.06 NCAA B-cut).

100 Breaststroke
Bates junior Marrich Somridhivej won the Bobcats’ third conference title of the meet with a first-place finish in the 100 breaststroke (54.14 NCAA B-cut). He is the first Bates swimmer to win a conference title in the event. Fyn Nadel, a junior from Amherst, was the runner-up (54.46 NCAA B-cut) and fellow Mammoth Eric Albers (54.62 NCAA B-cut) placed third.

100 Backstroke
In the final swimming event of the night, Tufts senior Eric Lundgren won his second individual backstroke title with a time of 47.54 (NCAA B-cut) in the 100-yard distance. Lundgren claimed the 50 backstroke crown earlier in the meet. He is the second Jumbo swimmer to win the event in program history and the first Tufts swimmer to claim the title since 2019. Tim Johnson of Bates placed second (48.68 NCAA B-cut) and Williams senior Charlie Venci (48.69 NCAA B-cut) was third.

3-Meter Diving
Williams sophomore Haochen Liu became the second Eph diver to sweep the conference titles on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards at the NESCAC Championships in program history. Liu recorded 477.75 points to claim the title and joins former Williams diver Kobe Tray in completing the sweep (2022 & 2023). Calder Biondi of Williams and Cam Bizjak of Conn. College matched their second and third-place performances from the 1-meter board in the 3-meter competition. Biondi was the runner-up with 470.05 points and Bizjak finished with 438.10 points.

The final day of the NESCAC Men’s Swimming & Diving Championships begins with prelim swims at 10 a.m. The evening session starts at 5:30 p.m. and will be followed by the team and individual awards ceremony.