Williamstown, Mass.-- In their return to the
pool following splitting a tri meet against Division I foes Fordham
and BC, Men's Swimming and Diving closed out a key NESCAC victory
over visiting Connecticut College 192-100. With the win the Ephs
move to 3-1 on the season, while the Camels drop to .500 at
2-2.
Two Williams juniors, John
Armstrong and Chris Corbett led the way for the Ephs, both
picking up two individual victories over the course of the
afternoon.
In perhaps the most exciting race of the afternoon Armstrong
touched out Conn first year Max Fabian to win the 1000 yd
freestyle. Armstrong would finish in a time of 9:44.56, with Fabian
finishing in a time of 9:44.84. Williams first year Adrien Downey
would finish third in a time of 10:06.52. Armstrong would again
narrowly defeat Fabian in the 500 yd freestyle. Armstrong finished
in 4:47.44, while Fabian finished in 4:48.02. Williams first year
Will
Brown placed third in a time of 4:58.26.
Corbett (2:01.11) would lead a Williams sweep in the 200 yd
butterfly. Sophomore Sean
Sutherland and first year Chris Weihs came
in second and third respectively. Corbett would also win the 200 yd
breaststroke for the Eph, placing first with a time of 2:12.98.
First year Andrew Nemeth
and senior Greg McElroy
finished up another sweep for the Ephs.
For Conn Sam Gill won two events of his own, the 100 yd
backstroke and 100 yd butterfly. Gill won the 100 yd backstroke,
his time of 52.73 just ahead of the 53. 27 posted by Paul Dyrkacz of
Williams. Sean Paquette of Conn would finish third. Gill would also
win the 100 yd butterfly with a time of 52.05. Senior Stuart Horgan
of Williams placed second in 53.09 while Paquette placed third in
54.97.
Conn's Timothy Walsh also won two events, placing first in the
50 yd freestyle by touching out junior Tom Vieth of
Williams by 9 hundredths of a second. Walsh finished in 21.80,
while Vieth came in just behind at 21.89. first year Will Brown of
Williams came in third (22.49), while senior John Guiffre
(22.69) came in fourth. Walsh would also win the 200 yd backstroke,
beating Dyrkacz by 4 seconds with a time of 1:53.81. Gronbeck and
Treesh came in third and fourth respectively for Williams.
Vieth would pick up an event win of his own in the 100 yd
freestyle, leading a Williams sweep of the first four spots.
Vieth's time of 47.70 was over half a second ahead of second placed
Alex Nanda (48.47). Junior DJ Taylor (49.48) and sophomore Sean
Sutherland (49.98) all broke 50 seconds in the event. Taylor would
then turn around and win the 200 yd Individual Medley, completing
the challenging event in a time of 2:01.24. Seniors Greg McElroy
and John Guiffre completed the sweep for the Ephs.
First year Christian
Gronbeck would lead a Williams sweep in the 200 yd freestyle.
Gronbeck captured first with a time of 1:46.03, ahead of junior Philip
Treesh and first year Alex Nanda. Williams first year Timothy
Lattimer would claim first in the 100 yd breaststroke in a tie of
1:01.49. He touched out classmate Andrew Nemeth, who finished with
a time of 1:01.70. Cam Johnson of Conn came in third.
The Williams trio of Alex Long, Rohan
Bhatt, and Morgan
Stevens came through strong once again in the diving events.
Bhatt placed first in both the 3m (295.58) and 1m (273.40)
competitions. Long would take second in the 3m competition with
Stevens taking third, although the positions would be reversed
in the 1m competition, with Stevens taking second place with
Long third.
The meet marks the final competition for both teams before they
head into winter break, and their winter training trips. Both teams
will look to come back strong when they return to the pool
competitively in January. The Ephs will next travel to take on
archrival Amherst on January 7th, while the Camels will
swim against Grinnell College on January 10th in Naples,
Florida.
