Men’s Swimming Team Takes First Weekly NEAC Honors

Vincent Chen captured his first North Eastern Athletic Conference's Men's Swimmer of the Week honor for this season after leading the Wells College men's swimming team to its first victory of the season last weekend over host Roberts Wesleyan.

Chen competed in four events last weekend in a tri-meet between the host Redhawks and Utica College and in the process added his name to the all-time top-10 Wells College men's swimming performances three times.

The Wells College freshman took one first-place victory and a pair of runner-up finishes in individual competition, and then joined three of his Wells College teammates in a third-place finish in relay competition.

Chen won the 200-yard freestyle with a 2:03.02 time – the eighth-best all-time finish in Wells history.

His first runner-up finish came in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 55.44 - that put him on the all-time Wells list at tied-ninth. Chen's second runner-up finish put him higher than the other two finishes at fourth-best all-time in the 400-yard IM with a 5:04.95 time.

Chen had the fastest leg time in the 200-yard medley relay for Wells at 28.55 in securing third place with teammates Dale Paine, Jose Ramirez and Dawson Gerdon.

A complete listing of NEAC weekly winners can be found at the conference's website at: https://www.neacsports.com/news/aotw/2019-20/swim-potw-11-19-19.