WATERVILLE, Maine – The Hamilton College Continentals broke three team records at the 2026 New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Men's Swimming & Diving Championships inside the Colby College Aquatics Center on Friday, Feb. 20.
 
Loui Chambon '28 bettered his own record in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:32.12. Chambon posted a time of 4:33.44 at last year's NESCAC championships.
 
Steven Roche '27 held the team record in the 200 individual medley for a few hours. Roche's time of 1:51.27 in the morning prelims edged Matthew Chang '28 by three one-hundredths of a second from last year's conference meet. Chang then took his record back with a time of 1:50.70 during the evening finals.
 
Chang led off the 400 medley relay that eclipsed the old team record from the 2025 championships by more than two seconds with a time of 3:18.89. Sebastian van Wanroy '26, Josh Smith '26 and Nathaniel Taft '27 joined Chang on the relay.
 
Taft was runner-up and made an NCAA championships 'B' cut time in the 50 free with a time of 19.86 seconds, which was three one-hundredths of a second off his own team record from two years ago.
 
Hamilton was in eighth place out of 11 teams with 356 points after two days. The championships pick back up on Saturday, Feb. 21 with the preliminary heats at 10 a.m. and the finals at 5:45 p.m.
 
TOP PERFORMANCES
 
50 Breaststroke
9. Matthew Hake '26, 25.38 (1^st in conso final)
12. Ben Chidley '27, 25.76 (4^th in conso final)
19. Tom Rolefson '28, 26.17 (3^rd in preconso final)
 
50 Butterfly
14. Alex Vasquez '27, 22.86 (6^th in conso final; 22.42 in prelims)
 
500 Freestyle
9. Loui Chambon '28, 4:32.12 (1^st in conso final; team record)
20. Jaiden Xu '29, 4:36.92 (4^th in preconso final)
 
50 Backstroke
7. Flynn McDonnell '28, 23.31
14. Calvin Meeker '29, 23.92 (6^th in conso final; 23.76 in prelims)
18. William Roth '28, 23.87 (2^nd in preconso final)
 
200 Individual Medley
10. Matthew Chang '28, 1:50.70 (2^nd in conso final; team record)
13. Steven Roche '27, 1:51.38 (5^th in conso final; 1:51.27 in prelims)
23. Sebastian van Wanroy '26, 1:54.38 (7^th in preconso final; 1:54.19 in prelims)
 
50 Freestyle
2. Nathaniel Taft '27, 19.86 (NCAA 'B' cut)
20. Alex Vasquez '27, 20.86 (4^th in preconso final)
 
400 Medley Relay
6. Chang, van Wanroy, Josh Smith '26, Taft (3:18.89, team record)