Males’s Swimming Rewrites Report Books at NESCAC Championship

WATERVILLE, Maine – The Bowdoin males’s swimming and diving group shattered 13 college data en path to a seventh-place end on the 2026 NESCAC Championship over the weekend.

The Polar Bears concluded the weekend with 768 factors, sitting between Hamilton (800.5) and Middlebury (702). Williams got here away with the NESCAC title.

Meet Highlights

• Bowdoin blew via 13 program data over the span of 4 days. The Polar Bears opened the meet with a record-breaking time of 6:45.94 within the 800 free relay to complete eighth. Raphael Grand’Pierre, Jaran Depew, Getchell Gibbons, and David Xu mixed for the factors.
• The 200 free relay group of Grand’Pierre, Micah Sher, Henry Peters, and Jack Tran took second with a faculty report time of 1:19.59.
• Tran had a standout meet for the Polar Bears with three top-three particular person finishes and 4 new program data. Tran gained the 50 fly with a time of 21.47 after posting a 21.43 in prelims. Gaffney McDonough additionally certified for the finals and completed eighth with a 22.29. Gibbons swam within the comfort finals, ending 15^th, with a 22.90.
• Chase Shapiro tied for 11^th within the 500 free, swimming to a 4:35.91.
• Grand’Pierre set a brand new college report in his 10^th place end within the 50 free (20.49), however the report didn’t maintain for lengthy as Tran swam a 20.27 to earn fourth within the finals. Peters matched the 20.49 along with his sixth-place swim within the finals.
• Tran, Peters, Depew, and Grand’Pierre out collectively a 3:20.72 within the 400 medley relay to earn eighth.
• Tran, Sall Amadou, McDonough, and Peters pulled a fourth-place end within the 200 medley relay with a 1:28.99. Tran set a brand new college report for the 50 backstroke in his leadoff leg (22.16).
• Chase Shapiro broke a pair of faculty data along with his seventh-place time within the 1000 (9:22.08) and fourth-place end within the 1650 (15:46.69). Phil Bianco was 11^th within the 1000 (9:32.44) and Colby Whitney was 12^th within the 1650 (16:16.01).
• Grand’Pierre earned a B-cut along with his program-best 48.51 within the 100 fly finals to earn fourth.
• In the 100 backstroke, Tran broke the college report twice and set a brand new mark at 48.87, ending fourth.
• Grand’Pierre had a fifth-place exhibiting within the 100 free with a 44.49.
• Depew set a brand new program report within the 200 butterfly, ending seventh total and posting a 1:48.95. Xu was 12^th within the occasion (1:50.74).
• Peters completed 15^th within the comfort finals of the 50 breaststroke with a 26.14.
• Xu swam within the comfort finals of the 400 IM and earned 11^th with a 4:02.69.
• Owen Weller certified for the comfort finals of the 200 backstroke with a 1:52.16 and swam a 1:53.35 to earn 16^th.
• Bowdoin closed out the meet with a closing college record-breaking efficiency. Tran, Sher, Gibbons, and Grand’Pierre completed third within the 400 free relay with a time of two:58.82.

 
Up Next

• Bowdoin had a number of swimmers and relays earn NCAA B-cut instances and can wait to see who makes the journey to nationals when qualifiers are introduced later this week.