MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Hamilton College swimmers set team records in four events in the 2023 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Men's Swimming and Diving Championships held at Wesleyan University's Webster Family Natatorium on Friday.
Emilio Vicioso '23 broke his own record in the 50-yard breaststroke and finished in second place in the evening's championship final with a time of 25.06 seconds.
Jack Jee '24 eclipsed his own record in the 50 butterfly and ended up in sixth place in the championship final in 22.24 seconds.
Vicioso and Jee were also part of a 400 medley relay that broke the team record from last February.
Ethan del Rosario '24 and
Ben Howell '24 made up the other half of the relay that posted a time of 3:22.93.
Howell, del Rosario,
Sam Pettengill '25 and
Henry Wiemeyer '26 took down a 19-year-old team record in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:22.92. Hamilton is in ninth place out of 11 teams through the meet's first 10 events.
NOTABLE TEAM SCORES
1. Williams 759.5 points
2. Tufts 660
3. Amherst 476.5
9. Hamilton 250.5
TOP PERFORMANCES
200 free relay
Ethan del Rosario, Pettengill, Wiemeyer, Howell; 7
th place, 1:22.92 (team record)
50 breaststroke
Vicioso, 2
nd place, 25.06 seconds (team record)
Matthew Hake '26, tie for 14
th place, 26.28 seconds (25.72 in prelims)
Nate Hays '23, 23
rd place, 26.37 seconds
50 fly
Jee, 6
th place, 22.24 seconds (team record)
500 free
Luke Engel '25, 22
nd place, 4:42.72 (4:42.25 in prelims)
50 backstroke
Jun Cho '25, 24
th place, 25.00 seconds (24.58 in prelims)
200 individual medley
Jee, 22
nd place, 1:54.33 (1:54.11 in prelims)
50 free
Ethan del Rosario, 13
th place, 21.17 seconds (20.94 in prelims)
Howell, 19
th place, 21.13 seconds
Pettengill, 23
rd place, 21.31 seconds (21.26 in prelims)
Wiemeyer, 24
th place, 21.38 seconds (21.30 in prelims)
400 medley relay
Ethan del Rosario, Vicioso, Jee, Howell; 8
th place, 3:22.93 (team record)
NEXT MEET
The Continentals compete on the third day of the NESCAC championships on Saturday, Feb. 18. Preliminary heats start at 10 a.m. and the finals begin at 5:45 p.m.
