Polar Bears Race to Third Place Finish in Men's Maine Winter Collegiate Swimming Invitational

WATERVILLE, Maine – The Bowdoin men's swimming & diving team finished comfortably in third place at the 2022 Maine Collegiate Winter Invitational.

Meet Highlights

The 200 free relay team of Rhys Edwards, Ethan O'Connor, Alex Grand'Pierre, and Steve Ward were third with a time of 1:23.56.
The 400 relay returned a similar result, this time put together by John McGowan, Penn Lee, Ward and Grand'Pierre (3:06.39).
Grand'Pierre continued a strong career in the 50 breaststroke with a first place finish (25.81) and set a new pool and meet record. On Saturday, Grand'Pierre won the 100 (55.77) and 200 breaststroke (2:02.68), with an NCAA B cut time in the 100.
Jack Tran earned a second place finish in the 50 backstroke (23.60).
Neman Mocombe swept the diving events. Taking first on Friday in the 1-meter with a tally of 243.95. On Saturday, Macombe won the 3-meter with a score of 233.70.
Bowdoin finished second through fourth in the 400 IM, with Dylan Zhang, Liam Roehr, and Brim Peabody touching the wall in that order.
Roehr turned in a top-two finish in the 200 backstroke (1:52.59). Danny Calder was third in the 200 fly (1:58.39).
Ward and McGowan finished first and fourth in the 200 free with times of 1:43.79 and 1:45.03, respectively.
The men dominated the 100 IM with the Polar Bears taking five of the top six spots. Zhang earned the win (51.12) with Grand'Pierre nabbing second (51.30).

Up Next

The Polar Bears return to action on December 31 at Providence College.

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Players Mentioned

Rhys Edwards: Free/IM; Freshman; '25

Alex Grand'Pierre: Breast/IM; Freshman; '25

Penn Lee: Free/IM; Freshman; '25

John McGowan: Freestyle; Freshman; '25

Ethan O'Connor: Free/Fly/Back; Junior; '23

Brim Peabody: Freestyle; Freshman; '25

Liam Roehr: Backstroke; Freshman; '25

Jack Tran: Back/Fly; Freshman; '26

Dylan Zhang: IM/Breast; Freshman; '26

Players Mentioned

Rhys Edwards
: Freshman; '25
: Free/IM

Alex Grand'Pierre
: Freshman; '25
: Breast/IM

Penn Lee
: Freshman; '25
: Free/IM

John McGowan
: Freshman; '25
: Freestyle

Ethan O'Connor
: Junior; '23
: Free/Fly/Back

Brim Peabody
: Freshman; '25
: Freestyle

Liam Roehr
: Freshman; '25
: Backstroke

Jack Tran
: Freshman; '26
: Back/Fly

Dylan Zhang
: Freshman; '26
: IM/Breast