The Maryland swimming and diving team swept its biggest event of the fall with a pair of repeat championships in the Terp Cup, which wrapped up Saturday night at Eppley Recreation Natatorium. It was Johns Hopkins, one of the premier programs in NCAA D-III history, however, that best positioned itself for a bright post-season by posting serveral NCAA cuts.
The Maryland women's three-peat effort was led by individual wins from Ginny Glover (200 back - 1:56.02), Annie Fittin (100 free - 49.27), and Addison Koelle (200 fly - 1:59.73) during Saturday night's finals. Glover narrowly missed a school record in the 200 back. The Terrapin 400 free relay (Fittin, Jenni Roberts, Megan Lafferty, Glover) also touched the wall first (3:20.35), with a tremendous race, knocking off nearly seven seconds from its qualifying mark. The Terps finished the three-day event with 1065.5 points.
The men were also solid across the board Saturday night en route to its second consecutive Terp Cup crown. Andrew Relihan took first in the 200 back (1:46.54) and Sean Stewart led a top three sweep in the 200 fly (1:49.55). Roger Dent (1:49.76) and Myles Poster (1:51.59) rounded out the top for the Terps with second and third place finishes, respectively.
"We were certainly extremely happy with some of the results that we got, not just from our top performers but really from top to bottom, the team performed well and got a lot of fast times," head coach Sean Schimmel said. "It feels great. We feel that we really set ourselves up well for the ACCs."
Coach George Kennedy's squad got the weekend off to a strong start, placing third in the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:23.10. Sophomore Carter Gisriel, freshmen Joe Acquaviva and Anthony Lordi and sophomore Tyler Woods combined to swim the relay. The time is an NCAA B qualifying time and the ninth fastest time in school history. Gisriel swam a career-best time of 21.18 in the opening 50 Free leg. Hopkins also placed 10th in the relay, as junior Eddy Zandee, sophomore Dylan Coggin, freshman Ben Tillar and junior Dan Raynard combined for a time of 1:26.38.
In the 200 IM, Lordi finished in fifth place with a finals time of 1:54.10. It is also an NCAA B time. Raynard followed with an eight place finish in 1:56.19. His prelim time of 1:55.21 is a career-best. Acquaviva finished in 19th place with a time of 1:56.62. Gisriel then took seventh in the 50 Free, clocking in at 21.21 in the finals. Woods then took second in the B Final, and 18th overall, with a finals time of 21.63. Hopkins wrapped up the first day with a sixth place finish in the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 3:26.85, just 0.02 seconds off an NCAA B time. Freshman David Woodford, senior Chris Razavi, Woods and Tillar combined to swim the relay.
Day two opened fourth place finish in the 200 Medley Relay with a time of 1:33.78. Coggin, Acquaviva, Gisriel and Lordi swam the relay. Hopkins also took ninth in the relay as Woodford, junior Tim Nam, Woods and Tillar swam a time of 1:36.57. Gisriel then took fifth in the 100 Fly with a finals time of 50.54, an NCAA B time. Woods finished in 23rd overall, seventh in the C Final, with a finals time of 53.37.
Lordi earned a podium finish in the 200 Free, finishing in third place with a finals time of 1:40.38. It is the ninth fastest time in school history and an NCAA B time. In the 100 Breast, Acquaviva finished in 12th overall with a finals time of 59.43, while Razavi took 20th in 1:01.65. Woodford and Coggin took the top two spots in the C Final of the 100 Back, finishing 17th and 18th overall. Woodford clocked in at 52.57, while Coggin finished in 52.80. Hopkins closed out the second day with an eighth place finish in the 800 Free Relay with a time of 7:01.72.
Woodford opened up the final day with a 15th place finish in the 200 Back, as he clocked in at 1:56.95 in the finals. Lordi then took fourth in the 100 Free, finishing with an NCAA B time of 45.83. Coggin, meanwhile, took 18th with a finals time of 47.15. In the 200 Breast, Nam placed fourth with a finals time of 2:06.67, also an NCAA B time. Razavi placed 13th with a time of 2:13.42.
Hopkins closed out the Terrapin Cup with a podium finish in the 400 Free Relay. Gisriel, Acquaviva, Lordi and Woods combined for a time of 3:03.77. It is an NCAA B time and the ninth fastest in school history. Hopkins also took 12th in the relay, as Coggin, Zandee, Tillar and Nam swam the relay in 3:12.28.
The Hopkins women's swim team finished in eight place with 126 points and posted several NCAA B qualifying times during the course of the Cup.
Hopkins opened up with a ninth place finish in the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:37.50, the fifth fastest time in school history. Junior Annie Tsay, freshmen Kylie Ternes and Taylor Kitayama and junior Elizabeth Rogers combined to swim the relay. Hopkins also took 15th in the relay thanks to the team of sophomore Daniela Villegas, freshman Alex Ladd, sophomore Eleanor Gardner and freshman Sarah Rinsma. The team combined for a time of 1:39.89. Rinsma then took 47th in the 500 Free with a time of 5:15.76.
In the 200 IM, Tsay finished in eighth place in the C Final and 24th overall, with a finals time of 2:11.61. Rogers finished in fifth in the B Final, 13th overall, in the 50 Free with a finals time of 24.29. Her time was the fifth fastest in school history as she now owns four of the five fastest times in JHU history in the event. Hopkins closed out the first day with a 12th place finish in the 400 Medley Relay with a time of 3:57.74. Kitayama, Tsay, Ladd and Rogers swam the relay for the Blue Jays. Kitayama's time of 57.33 in the 100 Back leg of the relay is the third fastest in school history and an NCAA B qualifying time.
Day two opened with the 200 Medley Relay, where Hopkins placed 13th with a time of 1:48.88. Kitayama, Tsay, Rinsma and Rogers combined to swim the relay. Kitayama followed that with a 22nd place finish in the 100 Fly with a finals time of 58.65. She swam a career-best 58.17 in the prelim. In the 200 Free, Rogers won the C Final to finish 17th overall with a finals time of 1:53.80. At the time, it was the eighth fastest in school history in the event and is an NCAA B time.
Tsay finished in fifth in the B Final and 13th overall, in the 100 Breast with a finals time of 1:06.91. While in the 100 Back, Kitayama took second in the C Final and 18th overall with a finals time of 58.47. Hopkins closed out the day with a sixth place finish in the 800 Free Relay, clocking in at 7:37.96. It is the second fastest time in school history in the event and an NCAA B time. Rinsma, Villegas, Ladd and Rogers swam the relay for the Blue Jays. Rinsma's leg of 1:53.76 is an NCAA B time and the seventh fastest in school history.
Kitayama opened the final day with a 13th place finish in the 200 Back, clocking in at 2:05.87 in the finals. Her prelim time of 2:05.56 is the fifth fastest time in school history, while her finals time is tied for the sixth fastest. While in the 100 Free, Rogers placed seventh with a time of 52.50, an NCAA B time and at the time, it was tied for the fourth fastest in school history. Rinsma, meanwhile, finished in 13th place with a time of 52.72. Her time is just shy of an NCAA B time, but is tied for the 10th fastest in school history.
Tsay won the C Final, and finished 17th overall, in the 200 Breast with a finals time of 2:25.54. Senior Meagan Heslin then took 21st in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:09.88. Hopkins closed out the Terrapin Cup with an eighth place finish in the 400 Free Relay. Rinsma, Villegas, Ladd and Rogers combined to swim the relay in 3:31.12. It is an NCAA B time and the fifth fastest in school history. Rinsma swam the opening leg in 52.41, an NCAA B time and the third fastest in school history. The Blue Jays also took 12th in the relay, as Tsay, Ternes, Gardner and Kitayama clocked in at 3:34.58.
