HADLEY, Mass. – The NESCAC has announced the 2016-17 Men’s Swimming and Diving All-Conference Team. The top three finishers in each event at the 2017 NESCAC Men’s Swimming and Diving Championships received all-conference recognition.

Senior Benjamin Lin (Short Hills, N.J.) of Williams was named Swimmer of the Year for the second straight season and was also recognized as the Four Year High Point Swimmer. Lin won three individual events and was part of one winning relay team and two other relays that finished as runner-up. Lin set a pool record on his way to winning the 50-yard backstroke. He added a meet and pool mark in the 100-yard butterfly and also set a meet and pool record in the 100 backstroke as the lead-off leg of the 400 medley relay. Lin closed out his individual performance with a NESCAC, meet, and pool record in the 200-yard backstroke. Lin swam the anchor leg for the Ephs’ first-place 400-yard freestyle relay that posted a pool record. He also led off the 200-yard medley and was the second leg of the 200-yard freestyle relay teams that placed second in those events. Lin is the 11th Eph to earn Swimmer of the Year honors and be recognized as the Four Year High Point Swimmer. He is also just the third swimmer to earn multiple Swimmer of the Year honors.

Tufts senior Matthew Rohrer (Katonah, N.Y.) was named the NESCAC Diver of the Year for the second time in three years. He was also recognized as the Four Year High Point Diver. Rohrer won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events to help the Jumbos finish third overall. Rohrer is the sixth Tufts diver to be honored as Diver of the Year and the fourth Jumbo to earn Four Year High Point Diver honors.

Andrew Trunsky (Birmingham, Mich.) of Williams was named Rookie of the Year, becoming the second Eph to earn the honor. Trunsky won both the 1,000 and 1,650-yard freestyle events in his NESCAC Championship debut.

Carlos Vega of Trinity was chosen as the Swimming Coach of the Year for the first time in his career and is the first Trinity coach to win the honor. Vega, who is in his third season at the helm, guided the Bantams to their best finish (7th) and highest point total (617) in program history.

Brad Snodgrass of Tufts was selected as the Diving Coach of the Year for the sixth time in seven years, as he coached Matthew Rohrer to a pair of wins in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. Snodgrass is in his 27th season at Tufts.

Men's Swimming and Diving All-Conference Team

Amherst Alex Dreisbach 200-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Medley Relay Connor Haley 500-yard Freestyle 800-yard Freestyle Relay Jack Koravos 50-yard Freestyle 100-yard Butterfly   200-yard Medley Relay   800-yard Freestyle Relay Sean Mebust 200-yard Breaststroke   400-yard Medley Relay Charlie Seltzer 800-yard Freestyle Relay Craig Smith 400-yard Medley Relay Elijah Spiro 50-yard Breaststroke 100-yard Breaststroke   200-yard Medley Relay Sam Spurrell 200-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Medley Relay Eric Wong 500-yard Freestyle 800-yard Freestyle Relay     Bates Jonathan Depew 200-yard Medley Relay Riley Ewing 50-yard Backstroke 100-yard Backstroke 200-yard Backstroke 200-yard Medley Relay Alexander Ignatov 1,650-yard Freestyle Theodore Pender 100-yard Freestyle   200-yard Freestyle   200-yard Medley Relay Daniel Walpole 200-yard Breaststroke 200-yard Medley Relay     Bowdoin Mike Netto 50-yard Breaststroke   100-yard Breaststroke Mitch Ryan 1-meter Diving   3-meter Diving Karl Sarier 100-yard Freestyle   200-yard Freestyle   200-yard Individual Medley Connecticut College Loring Bowen 100-yard Backstroke   800-yard Freestyle Niko Brosnihan 200-yard Freestyle Relay Michael Fothergill  50-yard Freestyle   100-yard Backstroke   200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay Drake Freiberg 200-yard Freestyle Relay Marc Klepacki 50-yard Butterfly Trebor Lawton  400-yard Freestyle Relay AJ Pite 200-yard Breaststroke   400-yard Individual Medley 400-yard Freestyle Relay   800-yard Freestyle George Tilneac 50-yard Butterfly   100-yard Butterfly   200-yard Butterfly   200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay   800-yard Freestyle Relay     Middlebury Michael Chirico 1-meter Diving Michael McGean 500-yard Freestyle   1,000-yard Freestyle 1,650-yard Freestyle     Trinity Liam Egan 200-yard Freestyle Nikola Kostic 1,000-yard Freestyle Tufts Kingsley Bowen 50-yard Backstroke   200-yard Backstroke   400-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay   800-yard Freestyle Relay Noah Cagley 800-yard Freestyle Relay Costantino Camerano 200-yard Freestyle Relay Roger Gu 200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay Lorenzo Lau 400-yard Freestyle Relay James McElduff 200-yard Butterfly   200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Individual Medley   400-yard Freestyle Relay    800-yard Freestyle Relay Matthew Rohrer 1-meter Diving   3-meter Diving Eric Shi 400-yard Medley Relay Zachary Wallace 200-yard Individual Medley   200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Individual Medley   400-yard Medley Relay   800-yard Freestyle Relay     Wesleyan Ali Pourmaleki 200-yard Butterfly     Williams Jamie Finnegan  400-yard Freestyle Relay John Freeman 50-yard Freestyle   200-yard Freestyle Relay Colin Hogan 200-yard Individual Medley Grant Johnson 200-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay   400-yard Medley Relay Stephen Kreuch 3-meter Diving Timothy Kostolansky  50-yard Butterfly 200-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Medley Relay Benjamin Lin 50-yard Backstroke   100-yard Butterfly   200-yard Backstroke   200-yard Freestyle Relay   200-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Medley Relay 400-yard Freestyle Relay Curtis Maher 50-yard Freestyle   100-yard Freestyle   200-yard Freestyle Relay   200-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Freestyle Relay Jack Melnick 50-yard Breaststroke   100-yard Breaststroke   200-yard Medley Relay   400-yard Medley Relay Andrew Trunsky 1,000-yard Freestyle 1,650-yard Freestyle

Swimmer of the Year Four Year High Point Swimmer Benjamin Lin, Williams   Diver of the Year Four Year High Point Diver Matthew Rohrer, Tufts   Rookie of the Year Andrew Trunsky, Williams   Swimming Coach of the Year Carlos Vega, Trinity   Diving Coach of the Year Brad Snodgrass, Tufts