Middletown, Conn.- Junior Chris Rorer (Villanova, Pa.) finished eighth in the 50-yard breaststroke with a College-record time of 27.97 to lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 10th-place finish in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Men's Swimming and Diving Championships at Wesleyan University this weekend.

Rorer boasted a number of excellent performances, including a 10th-place showing in the 400-yard individual medley, just short of the Trinity record, and a 12th-place finish in the 200-yard breaststroke. Junior Jesse Hammond (New London, Conn.) broke a pair of Trinity records, finishing a 50-yard freestyle leg of one of the relays at 21.80 and placing 14th in the 50-yard butterfly at 24.34. Trinity senior captain Christian Sterling (Glastonbury, Conn.) finished ninth in the 1,000-yard freestyle at 10:09.94 and 11th in the 1,650-yard free at 17:09.67.

1. Middlebury 1544

2. Williams 1422

3. Amherst 1301

4. Tufts 1213

5. Hamilton 1153.5

6. Bates 880.5

7. Bowdoin 665

8. Colby 651

9. Wesleyan 529

11. Connecticut College 342

TOP TRINITY FINISHERS
200 free relay: 11. Jesse Hammond, Mark Silva, Ryan Bares, Maurice Lee, 1:33.55

50 breaststroke: 8. Chris Rorer, 27.97

50 butterfly: 14. Hammond, 24.34

50 back: 16. Matt DeRosa, 26.42

200 IM: 24. Lee, 2:11.64

50 free: 13. Hammond, 22.07

400 medley relay: 9. DeRosa, Rorer, Christian Sterling, Hammond, 3:42.43

200 medley relay: 10. DeRosa, Rorer, Hammond, Bares, 1:41.51

1,000 free: 9. Sterling, 10:09.94

400 IM: 10. Rorer, 4:20.39

100 back: 17. DeRosa, 55.87

800 free relay: 10. Silva, DeRosa, Rorer, Sterling, 7:27.01

1,650 free: 11. Sterling, 17:09.67

200 back: 18. DeRosa, 2:01.39

100 free: 16. Hammond, 49.19

200 breast: 12. Rorer, 2:15.04

200 butterfly: 15. Sterling, 2:04.96

400 free relay: 10. Hammond, Rorer, DeRosa, Sterling, 3:20.17