CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Williams Men's Swim and Dive team raced against MIT and NYU this afternoon, falling to them 211-85 and 225-73 respectively. The competition was exceptional, making for some of the fastest swimming in Division III.
Aneirin Hanan opened the individual events for the Eph men with a 4th place finish in the 1650 freestyle. Hanan was consistent throughout the entire race, and touched the wall in a time of 16:08.69. In an exceptionally fast 200 freestyle heat,
Harrison Williams finished 6th despite a quick time of 1:44.70.
Whitman Horton was the top finisher for the Ephs in the 100 backstroke with a 52.06, finishing 7th. He followed that up with a 6th place finish in the 200, going a 1:55.89.
Michael Grover dipped under the 58 second barrier posting a 57.88. In a tight race, this swim had him finish in 5th place.
Mason Green took 4th in the 50 freestyle, racing quick from start to finish and going a 21.38. In the 100,
Theo Randall took 5th with a 47.12. Randall was the top finisher for Williams, with
Kai Batchelor and
Kevin Whitworth right behind in 6th and 7th.
Hanan then took the 500 freestyle alongside teammate
Michael Ma. The two finished in 6th and 5th respectively. Ma went 4:45.42 and Hanan touched right behind in 4:46.77.
Green was the top finisher in the 100 fly, posting a 51.52.
Harrison Williams was right behind in a 51.77.
Vincent Kim had a strong 400 IM to close out the individual swims of the day, posting a 4:08.62 and finishing in 7th.
Finally, the Eph men took 3rd in the 200 freestyle relay.
Mason Green led off in a 21.35, followed by
Gabe Lee in a 21.19,
Kevin Whitworth in a 21.46 and
Theo Randall in a 20.84.
On the boards,
Calder Biondi took 1st on both 1M and 3M. Teammate
Haochen Liu took 3rd on 1M. Diving Coach
Trent Makowiec shared that "Overall today was a great meet from both men and women divers. This is a meet with numerous All-Americans, and to see both sides succeed the way they did shows huge improvement. The hard work and dedication at practice is showing up more and more in their consistency in meets. There are still big things ahead for the Eph divers and I am excited to see what we can achieve during championship season."
The Ephs take the pool again tomorrow, 1/24, as they head to Hamilton College to compete against Hamilton and Middlebury in the last dual meet of the season.
