BRUNSWICK, Maine – At the conclusion of the second day of the NESCAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championship, Bowdoin sat in fourth place with 732.5 points.

The Polar Bears are just a single point ahead of fifth place. Four school records and one meet and pool mark went down in Saturday's competition.

Meet Highlights

• Junior Daniel Williams touched third in the 1000 freestyle, finishing in 9:27.24, taking over seven seconds off the school record, of 9:35.96 set by Tim Long in 2014. Classmate Gabriel Siwady finished 17th with a 9:52.58.
• Another junior, Karl Sarier, won the 200 freestyle. In prelims Sarier set the pool record with a 1:38.47. In the next heat, that mark was lowered by .01. In finals Sarier retook the pool mark, finishing in 1:37.89, also setting a new meet record, and recording the third fastest time in Division III this year. First-year Geoff Chen finished 14th with a 1:43.01.
• Julian Abaldo took down the 100 butterfly school record. The sophomore stopped the clock in 49.76, en route to a ninth place finish. First-year Jacob Baltaytis was 19th in 51.39. Baltaytis' classmate Michael Tirone was tenth in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 56.98. Senior Michael Netto finished 12th in 57.21.
• The 800 freestyle relay team record was slashed. Andrew Macdonald, Chen, Baltaytis and Sarier finished in 6:51.27, significantly faster than the old team mark of 6:58.00, set just last year. The B squad of Chertavian, Jack Barry, Matthew Peknay, and Killian Dickson were 16th overall in 7:01.46.
• Junior Stephen Pastoriza became the sole owner of the 400 IM school record in prelims. After tying the record in his sophomore season, Pastriza dropped a half second to improve the mark to a 4:02.79. In Saturday's finals he touched in 4:03.34, to finish seventh overall. Sophomores Cameron Chertavian (4:07.54), Jean Baptiste-Andre (4:09.90), and Macdonald (4:12.89) finished 17th, 21st, and 24th respectively. 
• In the 100 backstroke senior captain Will Hutchinson tied for tenth in 52.20.
• The 200 medley relay team of Hutchinson, Netto, Abaldo, and Chen were sixth in 1:33.14. The B squad of McClure Brower, Tirone, Logan House, and Michael O'Neal were 16th with a 1:35.57.

Up Next

• Bowdoin concludes the NESCAC Championship on Sunday.