COMPLETE RESULTS

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - The Bowdoin College men's swimming and diving team shattered eight school records in a strong performance at the NESCAC Championship this weekend. The Polar Bears finished in ninth place overall.

Nathan Mecray and Mac Routh led the way for the Polar Bears with several school records and NESCAC Championship winning performances.

Mecray set a school and pool record in the 50 yard breaststroke preliminaries, posting a scalding time of 26.15 seconds. He followed it up with a time of 26.46 to claim his first NESCAC title, just edging out Ian Nichols of Hamilton - son of Bowdoin's Director of Safety and Security, Randy Nichols. Mecray also established a school record in the leadoff leg of the 200 free relay with a time of 20.87 seconds. The 200 free relay team of Mecray, EJ Googins, Ben Stuyvesant and Routh took seventh overall and set a school record of 1:25.79. The quartet also set a school record in the 400 medley relay (3:29.72) with Stuyvesant's lead-off leg of 53.11 seconds in the backstroke netting a school mark as well.

Routh also set a school and facility record in the preliminary session, carding a time of 22.49 seconds in the 50 yard butterfly. He sealed his first NESCAC crown with a time of 22.68 in the finals to claim first place. In addition, his time of 24.40 in the finals of the 50 yard backstroke was also a school record as he took sixth place. He finished fifth in the 100 butterfly as well, breaking the school record in the preliminaries (50.51).