MIDDLEBURY, V.T. – The men of no. 7 Williams College have won their 13th consecutive New England Small College Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving title – with many pool, meet, and even conference records falling in their path.
Williams beat no. 16 Amherst and no. 20 Connecticut College to win the title.
Jake Tamposi – a Williams junior – broke the NESCAC record for the 50 breaststroke, swimming a :25.42. Other NESCAC record-breakers included: Williams’ 200 and 400 medley relays – consisting of Benjamin Lin, Jake Tamposi, Thad Ricotta, and Alex McCarter (for the 200 relay), Alex Nanda (for the 400 relay). Additionally, in the 1,000 freestyle, Williams’ Christian Gronbeck set a new record of 9:13.18
Here are the final team standings:
- Williams | 2,066.5
- Amherst | 1579
- Conn. College | 1,323
- Tufts | 1,086
- Bates | 969
- Bowdoin | 778.5
- Middlebury | 688
- Wesleyan | 513
- Hamilton | 490
- Colby | 440
- Trinity | 209
Check down below for complete event winners:
| Event | First Place | Second Place | Third Place |
| 200-yard Freestyle Relay | John Hammond, Grant Johnson, Alex McCarter, Alexander Nanda (Williams) – 1:22.43 | Emil Henry, Michael Fothergill, George Tilneac, Patrick McGinnis (Connecticut College) – 1:23.64 | Andrew Briggs, Joshua Rines, Matthew Gagne, Theodore Pinder (Bates) – 1:24.07 |
| 50-yard Breaststroke | Jake Tamposi (Williams) – 25.42 | Mike Netto (Bowdoin) – 25.64 | Elijah Spiro (Amherst) – 25.69 |
| 50-yard Butterfly | Matthew Gagne (Bates) – 22.35 | Loring Bowen (Connecticut College) – 22.39 | Tyler Hampton (Amherst) – 22.67 |
| 500-yard Freestyle | Thad Ricotta (Williams) – 4:25.93 | Christian Gronbeck (Williams) – 4:26.66 | Connor Haley (Amherst) – 4:34.41 |
| 50-yard Backstroke | Benjamin Lin (Williams) – 22.48 | Michael Fothergill (Connecticut College) – 23.00 | Michael Winget (Tufts) – 23.38 |
| 200-yard Individual Medley | Timothy Lattimer (Williams) – 1:49.92 | Jeff Anderson (Amherst) – 1:51.50 | Timothy Kostolansky (Williams) – 1:51.61 |
| 50-yard Freestyle | Connor Sholtis (Amherst) – 20.63 | Alex McCarter (Williams) – 20.74 | Michael Fothergill (Connecticut College) – 20.79 |
| 1-meter Diving | Matthew Rohrer (Tufts) – 499.95 pts. | Rohan Bhatt (Williams) – 486.95 pts. | Asher Lichtig (Amherst) – 472.10 pts. |
| 400-yard Medley Relay | Benjamin Lin, Jake Tamposi, Thad Ricotta, Alexander Nanda (Williams) – 3:16.48 | Michael Rochford, Elijah Spiro, Sam Spurrell, Connor Sholtis (Amherst) – 3:19.43 | Michael Fothergill, Kirk Czelewicz, Loring Bowen, George Tilneac (Connecticut College) – 3:20.33 |
| 200-yard Medley Relay | Benjamin Lin, Jake Tamposi, Thad Ricotta, Alex McCarter (Williams) – 1:29.05 | Matthew Heise, Elijah Spiro, Tyler Hampton, Connor Sholtis (Amherst) – 1:30.94 | Ben Sommer, Andrew Briggs, Matthew Gagne, Theodore Pender (Bates) – 1:31.61 |
| 1,000-yard Freestyle | Christian Gronbeck (Williams) – 9:13.18 | Connor Haley (Amherst) – 9:29.38 | Adrien Downey (Williams) – 9:29.93 |
| 400-yard Individual Medley | Timothy Lattimer (Williams) – 3:55.07 % | Jeff Anderson (Amherst) – 3:58.48 | Pete McDonald (Williams) – 3:59.45 |
| 100-yard Butterfly | Thad Ricotta (Williams) – 48.98 | Matthew Gagne (Bates) – 49.22 | Loring Bowen (Connecticut College) – 49.45 |
| 200-yard Freestyle | Connor Sholtis (Amherst) – 1:40.51 | Grant Johnson (Williams) – 1:40.65 | Vince Galea (Colby) – 1:41.25 |
| 100-yard Breaststroke | Jake Tamposi (Williams) – 55.27 | Kirk Czelewicz (Connecticut College) – 56.07 | Stephan Koenigsberger (Middlebury) – 56.42 |
| 100-yard Backstroke | Benjamin Lin (Williams) – 48.50 | Alex McCarter (Williams) – 49.65 | Michael Fothergill (Connecticut College) – 50.04 |
| 800-yard Freestyle Relay | Thad Ricotta, Christian Gronbeck, Will Brown, Grant Johnson (Williams) – 6:42.60 | Jeff Anderson, Ben Grimes, Alex Dreisbach, Connor Sholtis (Amherst) – 6:49.19 | Loring Bowen, George Tilneac, Bo Martin, Stephen Skaperdas (Connecticut College) – 6:50.84 |
| 1,650-yard Freestyle | Christian Gronbeck (Williams) – 15:31.66 | Ben Grimes (Amherst) – 15:56.60 | Mike McGean (Middlebury) – 16:04.58 |
| 200-yard Backstroke | Benjamin Lin (Williams) – 1:49.69 | Loring Bowen (Connecticut College) – 1:48.30 | Colin Hogan (Williams) – 1:49.25 |
| 100-yard Freestyle | Connor Sholtis (Amherst) – 44.63 | Vince Galea (Colby) – 45.46 | Tyler Hampton (Amherst) – 45.81 |
| 200-yard Breaststroke | Timothy Lattimer (Williams) – 2:00.71 | Stephan Koenigsberger (Middlebury) – 2:02.43 | Jake Tamposi (Williams) – 2:03.88 |
| 200-yard Butterfly | Thad Ricotta (Williams) – 1:46.53 | Jeff Anderson (Amherst) – 1:49.22 | Sam Spurrell (Amherst) – 1:50.24 |
| 3-meter Diving | Asher Lichtig (Amherst) – 515.20 pts. | Matthew Rohrer (Tufts) – 503.90 | Rohan Bhatt (Williams) – 481.15 |
| 400-yard Freestyle Relay | Tyler Hampton, Alex Dreisbach, Jeff Anderson, Connor Sholtis (Amherst) – 3:01.79 | Alex McCarter, Andrew Nemeth, Thad Ricotta, Alexander Nanda (Williams) – 3:02.36 | Loring Bowen, George Tilneac, Bo Martin, Michael Fothergill (Connecticut College) – 3:04.20 |
Williams – along with select swimmers from other teams – now faces the rest of the D-3 schools in the Division-III Championships later next month, held in Indianapolis, IN.
D3’s are in Houston, Texas not Indy