WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – Hamilton College's Nathaniel Taft '27 took first place in two events in a tri-meet with Middlebury College and nationally ranked Williams College at Williams' Samuelson-Muir Pool on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 25.
 
Taft won the 100-yard freestyle (46.38 seconds) and the 200 free (1:40.19). He finished more than three seconds ahead of the runner-up in the 200.
 
Taft anchored Hamilton's 200 free relay to second place (1:24.70), just eight one-hundredths of a second behind Williams. His 50-yard split time of 20.26 seconds was the fastest of any swimmer in the event.
 
The Continentals host Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, Feb. 1 in their only meet at Bristol Pool this season. Hamilton will honor its four seniors prior to the meet, which starts at 1 p.m.
 
TEAM SCORES
No. 8 Williams 202, Hamilton 95
Middlebury 168, Hamilton 125
 
TOP PERFORMANCES

1000 Freestyle
3. Luke Engel '25, 10:04.67

200 Freestyle
1. Nathaniel Taft '27, 1:40.19

50 Breaststroke
2. Matthew Hake '26, 26.66

50 Freestyle
2. Alex Vasquez '27, 21.41

100 Freestyle
1. Taft, 46.38

100 Backstroke
5. Matthew Chang '28, 54.55

100 Breaststroke
2. Hake, 59.23

50 Butterfly
4. Vasquez, 23.75

3-Meter Diving
4. Alexander Pitts '28, 200.25

100 Individual Medley
3. Taft, 53.52

200 Freestyle Relay
2. Vasquez, Henry Wiemeyer '26, Steven Roche '27, Taft (1:24.70)