The CSCAA‘s 22nd ranked Amherst College Jeffs narrowly defeated the 17th ranked Williams College Ephs Saturday afternoon in an intense NESCAC match up. The men competed in a 13 event format, swimming only the 200s of stroke.
Despite winning both relays, Williams lost the meet 124-113.
Williams got off to a quick start, as the team of Benjamin Lin, Jake Tamposi, Timothy Kostolansky, and Nels Snyder won the 400 medley relay in a time of 3:25.15. Amherst’s squad of Matt Heise, Elijah Spiro, Sam Spurrell, and Vic Sun swam a 3:27.99.
Amherst’s Connor Haley claimed the 1,000 in a time of 9:52.82. Williams’ Kenny Liu and Bobby Rowledge finished second and third (9:56.19 and 10:00.49).
Williams swimmers claimed first and second in the 200 freestyle. Grant Johnson swam a time of 1:43.97 and Curtis Maher was a 1:44.34. Charlie Seltzer was third in 1:45.32.
Amherst fired back in the 50 freestyle, taking the top two spots. Kaison Ilfill posted a swift 21.22 and Alex Dreisbach was just behind in a 21.41. The Eph’s Jamie Finnegan finished third in a time of 21.63.
The 200 IM was another huge event for Amherst as Greg Han lead a 1-2 finish with his time of 1:54.71. Jeff Anderson swam a 1:55.30. Knox Young posted a 1:56.04 for third place points.
Amherst diver Asher Lichtig was impressive on both boards. The senior posted a score of 272.70 on the 1 meter and 309.23 on the 3 meter. On the 1 meter he was followed by Williams’ Andrew Lyness with a score of 217.95 while his teammate Jake Meyer posted a score of 141.00. Lyness scored a 177.23 on the 3 meter and Meyer was third with 129.60 points.
Amherst swept the 200 butterfly. Spurrell swam a 1:54.70, just ahead of his teammate Anderson who posted a 1:54.71. John Janezich raced to a third place time of 1:56.53.
Williams worked to change the momentum in the 100 freestyle. Lin won the event in a time of 46.24 while his teammate Finnegan was second in 47.03. Amherst’s Ilfill swam a 47.30 for third.
Matt Heise scored important points for the Jeffs, winning the 200 backstroke in a time of 1:54.15. Williams took second and third as Colin Hogan and Lin swam a 1:54.67 and a 1:56.58.
The top three in the 500 freestyle were separated by less than two seconds. Johnson and Kevin Liu went 1-2 for Williams (4:48.88 and 4:49.67) while Haley was third for Amherst (4:50.34).
Han secured the meet for Amherst, winning the 200 breaststroke in a time of 2:05.50. After leading through the first 125 yards, Williams’ Tamposi took second in a 2:05.88. Amherst’s Josh Chen finished third with a time of 2:09.12.
Williams’ team of Josh Hammond, Finnegan, Snyder, and Johnson closed out the meet with a 400 freestyle relay victory, finishing in a time of 3:08.30. Amherst was just behind as Ilfill, Anderson, Heise, and Alex Dreisbach posted a final time of 3:08.66.
Full results can be found here and on Meet Mobile (Williams Men ’16).