CLINTON, N.Y. – The Hamilton College Continentals registered a 177-111 win over the Middlebury College Panthers and fell to the nationally ranked No. 14 Williams College Ephs by a score of 192-96 in a tri-meet inside Hamilton's Bristol Pool on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24.

William Roth '28 took first place in the 50-yard backstroke and the 100 back. Roth finished one one-hundredth of a second ahead of Max Hamann '27 in the 50, and two one-hundredths of a second ahead of Matthew Chang '28 in the 100.

Hamilton's 200 medley relay of Chang, Matthew Hake '26, Josh Smith '26 and Alex Vasquez '27 took second place, finishing just one one-hundredth of a second behind the winning relay.

Jaiden Xu '29 finished second in the 1,000 freestyle, while Hake recorded runner-up finishes in the 50 breaststroke and 100 breast.

The Continentals honored their eight seniors prior to their final home meet of the season. Hamilton returns to the pool at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m.
 
TOP PERFORMANCES
 
200 Medley Relay
2. Matthew Chang '28, Matthew Hake '26, Josh Smith '26, Alex Vasquez '27 (1:34.77)
 
1000 Freestyle
2. Jaiden Xu '29, 10:01.66
 
200 Freestyle
3. Henry Wiemeyer '26, 1:45.61
 
50 Backstroke
1. William Roth '28, 24.44
2. Max Hamann '27, 24.45
 
50 Breaststroke
2. Hake, 26.56
3. Ben Chidley '27, 27.48
 
50 Freestyle
3. Vasquez, 21.69
 
100 Freestyle
4. Loui Chambon '28, 48.16
 
100 Backstroke
1. Roth, 52.65
2. Chang, 52.67
4. Hamann, 53.22
 
100 Breaststroke
2. Hake, 59.35
3. Sebastian van Wanroy '26, 59.76
4. Chidley, 1:00.82
 
500 Freestyle
3. Xu, 4:50.23
 
50 Butterfly
3. Smith, 23.82
4. Vasquez, 23.83
 
100 IM
4. Chang, 54.17