MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Bowdoin men's swimming and diving team finished in seventh place at the 2025 NESCAC Championship.
 
The Polar Bears finished comfortably in seventh with 829 points, sandwiched between Middlebury (919) and Hamilton (734). Bowdoin senior Alex Grand'Pierre placed fifth for NESCAC Career High-Point Swimmer with 339 points earned during this career.
 
Meet Highlights

• Bowdoin's 200 free relay swam a program-best 1:21.53 to earn third and an NCAA B-cut. Raphael Grand'Pierre, Penn Lee, Alex Grand'Pierre, and Jack Tran combined for the top-three finish.
• Alex Grand'Pierre made it a four-peat as the NESCAC Champion in the 50 breaststroke with a time of 24.91. Grand'Pierre was fourth in the 100 breaststroke (54.73).
• Jack Tran set a pool and school record in his championship swim in the 50 fly with a time of 21.67. Lee also swam in the final and finished eighth with a 22.50. Micah Sher was 15^th overall with a 23.07.
• Tran swam to a fourth place finish in the 50 backstroke with a time of 22.62. Liam Roehr won the consolation final (23.15) and Owen Weller was 16^th with a 24.26.
• Roehr swam in two more consolation finals for the 100 backstroke (50.00) and the 200 backstroke (1:48.57). Roehr's 200 backstroke time would have placed him sixth in the finals.
• Raphael Grand'Pierre swam a fifth-place time of 20.61 in the 50 free and teammate Henry Peters was 10^th with a 20.88. Grand'Pierre won both the 100 free consolation finals (45.63) and 100 fly (48.75) consolation finals. His fly time was a school record and would have placed him sixth in the finals. Tran finished 12^th in the 100 fly with a 49.48.
• Phil Bianco turned in a 16:16.88 in the 1650 and Chase Shapiro finished right behind him in 15^th with a 16:18.63.
• Jaren Depew and Rhys Edwards finished in the top two spots of the consolation final of the 200 fly with a 1:50.39 and 1:50.62, respectively.
• Bowdoin finished fifth in the 400 medley relay, 200 medley relay, and 400 free relay.
• Roehr, the Grand'Pierre brothers, and Rhys Edwards went 3:17.00 in the 400 medley.
• Roehr, Alex Grand'Pierre, Tran, and Lee finished the 200 medley in 1:29.27.
• Raphael Grand'Pierre, Lee, Henry Peters, and Tran went 3:00.92 in the 400 free relay.

Up Next

• Multiple swimmers and relays earned B-cut times and wait for official selection announcements from the NCAA.