The Middlebury men's swimming and diving team broke two program records during the second day of the NESCAC Championships hosted by Colby. Through 10 events, #13 Tufts leads the way with 685 points, with #21 Williams 14 points behind in second. Amherst, ranked 16th nationally, rounds out the top three with 496 points. The Panthers sit sixth, accumulating 370 points.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Middlebury clocked a school-record performance in the 400-yard medley relay. Luke McNamara, Paul Shen, Andrew Dou and John Masiello combined for the seventh-quickest clocking with a time of 3:20.08.
• Shen also set an individual mark during the consolation final of the 50 breaststroke with a time of 25.42 seconds to claim 10th place. Mark Pearcy represented Middlebury in the championship final of the event, claiming eighth with a time of 25.92 seconds.
• McNamara swam to a sixth-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley (IM), stopping the clock at 1:50.60. Stefanos Salas touched the wall at 1:52.08 to earn 15th. 
• Owen White qualified for the final in the 1-meter diving event, scoring 397.70 points to earn sixth. Chaz Witter finished just outside the top-eight spots, claiming ninth with his performance of 305.45 points in the preliminary round.
• The Panthers opened the meet with an eighth-place showing in the 200 freestyle relay, as the quartet of Dou, Jason Chiappinelli, Pearcy and Cal Hale clocked a time of 1:22.07. That performance was six-hundredths of a second off the program record.
• Dou won the 50 backstroke consolation final by touching the wall at 22.33 seconds, while Masiello matched his preliminary time (23.95) to claim 15th.

NOTES

• The 400 medley relay mark bests the program record (3:20.15) set during the 2023 NESCAC Championships.
• Shen's mark in the 50 breast resets the previous record of 25.59 set by Stephan Koenigsberger in 2014.

The Panthers return to the pool for day three of the conference championships on Saturday. Preliminary swims begin at 10:00 a.m., followed by the finals at 5:45 p.m.