NESCAC's Day 2: 200 Medley Relay, 50 Back, & 100 Fly Records Fall

200 Medley Record Relay Team. From L-R: Feminella, Kelley, Ma, Celestin

The Bantams established 3 more records on Day 2 of the Men's NESCAC Championships, bringing the meet total to 6 records setting performances. Celestin led the way again. He broke his 50 backstroke record set the night before with a time of 23.99. His time made him the first Trinity swimmer to break 24 seconds and set the pace for the fastest 200 medley relay in Trinity history. Junior Max Ma had a personal best relay split of 26.63 in the 50 breaststroke and Kelley had personal best relay split in the 50 fly of 23.72, while Feminella had a best split of 21.77 in the 50 free. The relays total time of 1:36.11 broke the previous record by over 2 and a half seconds. The previous record of 1:38.74 was set in 2011 by Andrew Boynton, Dan Remigino, Stephen Bloom, and Brooks Gerli. 

Men circle up for team cheers.

Day two had several other highlights. Carl Gibney's lead off time of 26.04 in the 50 back in the 200 medley relay was a personal best time and the 5th fastest time in school history. Max Ma's 100 breaststroke was a personal best time of 59.84 and the third fastest time in Trinity history. His swim earned him 15th place in finals and marked the first time he had ever broken 1:00.00. Isak Kurbasic swam a 1:01.79 in the breaststroke to earn a spot in the consolation finals. His time was a personal best by over 2 seconds. Nick Celestin lead the way in the 100 fly, swimming a personal best and record setting time of 51.65. His time earned him 16th place in the evening finals. Mark Yanagisawa dropped over 6 seconds from his personal best time in the 400IM. His time of 4:15.30 earned him 18th place. The time was also the 2nd fastest time in Trinity history. First Year Carl Gibney continued to drop time as he had a three second improvement in his 200 free. His time of 1:47.77 was the 8th fastest time in Trinity History. Jake Cahill dropped over 25 seconds from his personal best in the 1000 freestyle, and also swam a personal best in his 500 in the first 500 of the 1000. Nick Celestin closed out the evening establishing a personal best in the 200 free lead of leg of the 800 free relay. His time of 1:46.87 was the 4th fastest time in Trinity history.