CLINTON, N.Y. – Hamilton College's Jade Matthias '26 won two individual events and the Continentals split their tri-meet against the Middlebury College Panthers and the Williams College Ephs inside Hamilton's Bristol Pool on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24.

Hamilton recorded a 214-80 victory over the 22nd-ranked Panthers and a 173-126 setback against the eighth-ranked Ephs.

Matthias finished first in the 50-yard freestyle and 50 butterfly, while Paige Wielgus '28 took first in the 50 backstroke and placed second in the 100 back.

Hamilton took the top three spots in the 50 back with Mila Smarrito '29 and Carolyn Miner '27 finishing second and third, respectively, behind Wielgus.

The Continentals, who received votes in the latest College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America Division III Top 25 poll, celebrated Senior Day.

Hamilton returns to action at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m.
 
TOP PERFORMANCES

200 Freestyle
2. Grace Hricay '28, 1:56.33
4. Sam Bender '29, 1:57.31
 
50 Backstroke
1. Paige Wielgus '28, 27.00
2. Mila Smarrito '29, 28.26
3. Carolyn Miner '27, 28.42
 
50 Breaststroke
2. Megan Janczyk '29, 31.17
 
100 Butterfly
3. Zoe Reynolds '28, 59.98
 
50 Freestyle
1. Jade Matthias '26, 24.45
3. Ashlyn Blessey '26, 24.96
4. Cate Logan '27, 25.22
 
1-Meter Diving
2. Lucy Meola '26, 226.95
 
100 Backstroke
2. Wielgus, 58.90
 
100 Breaststroke
3. Samara McGlynn '29, 1:08.80
4. Janczyk, 1:09.06
 
50 Butterfly
1. Matthias, 25.85
 
3-Meter Diving
2. Meola, 210.65