TROY, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Nathaniel Taft '27 helped account for three event victories, including another team record, in the men's swimming and diving team's dual meet loss against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute inside RPI's Robison Pool on Saturday, Feb. 3.
 
The Continentals finished the regular season with a dual meet record of 2-8. Hamilton is at Colby College for the NESCAC championships – a four-day meet that starts on Thursday, Feb. 22.
 
Taft captured first place in the 50-yard freestyle and the 100 backstroke, and he anchored the winning 200 free relay. His record time of 50.08 seconds in the 100 back eclipsed the old mark of 50.54 seconds that Reid Swartz '15 set back in 2014. Taft's 50 free split time of 20.58 seconds in the relay was the fastest by any of the race's competitors.
 
TEAM SCORES
RPI 175
Hamilton 96
 
TOP PERFORMANCES

1,000 Freestyle
2. Luke Engel '25, 10:09.44

200 Freestyle
4. Steven Roche '27, 1:47.13

100 Backstroke
1. Nathaniel Taft '27, 50.08 seconds (team record)

200 Butterfly
3. Jake Cannistra '27, 2:02.02

50 Freestyle
1. Taft, 20.86 seconds

100 Freestyle
2. Ben Howell '24, 48.22 seconds
3. Alex Vasquez '27, 48.58
4. Henry Wiemeyer '26, 48.70

200 Breaststroke
3. Ben Chidley '27, 2:16.06

500 Freestyle
3. Ethan Chiu '24, 4:56.44

100 Butterfly
2. Vasquez, 53.10 seconds

200 Individual Medley
3. Jack Jee '24, 2:00.65
4. Roche, 2:01.00

200 Freestyle Relay
1. Ethan del Rosario '24, Wiemeyer, Howell, Taft (1:25.85)