The Johns Hopkins men's swim team won the first 12 events before swimming exhibition in the final two events en route to a 180-77 win over host Franklin & Marshall. Hopkins opens the season with a win for the fourth straight season.
Hopkins swept the top three spots in the 200 Medley Relay to open the meet with a 15-2 lead. Seniors David Woodford, Joe Acquaviva, Anthony Lordi and Will Kimball won the relay with a time of 1:35.68. Following in second place were freshmen Evan Holder, Bryan Pon, junior Ed Pagano and freshman Jeremy Bauchwitz in 1:37.20. Freshmen Patrick Flynn, Scott Sterrett, Muhammad Hudhud and Kyle Verdeyen wrapped up the sweep with a time of 1:40.34.
Freshman Andrew Greenhalgh then turned in an impressive swim in his debut, winning the 1000 Free in 9:32.82. It is the third fastest time in school history and the fastest since Scott Armstrong swam a time of 9:27.11 in 2002. Sophomore Billy Gravley followed in second place as he touched in 10:08.35. Hopkins then swept the top four spots in the 200 Free to push its lead to 44-11. Junior Ryan Cunningham won the event as he finished in 1:45.68, while freshman Josh Hughes took second in 1:46.45. Bauchwitz then took third as he touched in 1:47.42 and Flynn touched in 1:48.11 for fourth.
Hopkins once again swept the top four spots in the 100 Back, led by freshman Evan Holder with his time of 52.82. Woodford claimed second in 54.18, followed by sophomore Justin Tang in 54.34 and Kimball in 55.48. Sterrett then took first in the 100 Breast as the Blue Jays claimed first through third. Sterrett touched in 1.00.10 to just beat Pon, who finished in 1:00.66. Freshman Austin Bridges took third place in 1:04.69. Hudhud won the 200 Fly in 1:56.65, while sophomore Mickey McGoldrick took second with a career-best time of 2:06.56.
Lordi continued the string of Hopkins' wins with a first-place finish in the 50 Free with a time of 21.02. Pagano claimed third in 22.74 while freshman Mitchell Boyer placed fifth in 23.33. Kimball and Hughes followed with a one-two finish in the 100 Free. Kimball touched first in 47.42 while Hughes took second in 48.76. Verdeyen placed fourth in 49.80 and Pagano took fifth in 50.87. Flynn then won the 200 Back, finishing in 1:56.02 and Lordi took second in 1:58.49. Hudhud then placed fourth in 2:06.85.
Hopkins swept the top three spots in the next three events before swimming exhibition in the final two events. Sterrett led the way with a win in the 200 Breast as he touched in 2:10.37. Holder touched exactly two minutes later for second and Pon took third in 2:16.56. Greenhalgh then grabbed the win in the 500 Free in a time of 4:41.93. Hughes placed second in 4:54.61 and Tang claimed third in 5:03.82. Acquaviva won the 100 Fly in 52.91, while Hudhud placed second in 53.42 and Verdeyen placed third in 55.53.
Hopkins returns to action at the annual Thomas Murphy Invitational hosted by nearby Loyola University. The Invitational kicks off at 5:00 pm on Friday, November 1 at Mangione Pool in the Loyola Fitness and Aquatic Center.
Johns Hopkins won eight of the first 11 events en route to a 161-96 win over host Franklin & Marshall in both teams' season-opener. The Blue Jays, who swam exhibition in the final three events, open the season with a win for the fourth straight year.
Hopkins swept the top three spots in the 200 Medley Relay as the Blue Jays opened the meet with a 15-2 lead. Junior Hannah Benn, freshmen Pilar Shimizu and Abby Brown, and sophomore Ellen Marcus won the event in a total time of 1:49.83. Freshmen Ariana Waitkavicz and Kailyn Koh, junior Kylie Holden and sophomore Megan Auzenbergs took second place with a time of 1:50.93. And taking third place were freshman Kristen Kasier, junior Maggie Storm, freshman Sarah Westley and senior Alex Ladd in 1:52.54.
Freshman Lindsay Kriz then took second place in the 1000 Free in 11:03.67, while senior Katie Rownd placed third in 11:23.14. The Blue Jays followed with a sweep of first through third in the 200 Free, led by Marcus with a winning time of 1:56.91. Ladd followed closely in second in 1:57.22, while freshman Emily Lubin took third in 1:58.93. Junior Sammi Fox and Benn then took first and second in the 100 Back. Fox took the win as she touched in 1:00.83 with Benn finishing in 1:02.06.
Hopkins followed with another sweep of first through third, this time in the 100 Breast. Shimizu led the way with a time of 1:08.77 to win the event, while Holden turned in a career-best time of 1:12.43 for second place. Freshman Helena Arose followed closely in third place with a time of 1:12.52. Freshman Shirley Chan turned in the seventh fastest time in school history with a time of 2:06.94 in the 200 Fly and classmate Keri Gawlik took second in 2:14.90. Koh continued the Blue Jays' winning ways with first place in the 50 Free as she touched in 24.62. Freshman Jane Nester placed third in 26:23, followed closely by junior Maggie Storm in a career-best 26.35.
Marcus then won her second individual event, taking the top spot in the 100 Free in 54.20. Fox followed with a second-place finish in a time of 55.80. The 200 Back saw the Blue Jays take the top two spots again with Kaiser earning the win in 2:12.29 and Waitkavicz placing second in 2:15.74. Hopkins did one better in the 200 Breast, claiming first through third. Arose took the win as she finished in 2:33.62, Rownd followed in second in 2:38.32 and Holden took third in 2:38.82.
Kriz placed second in the 500 Free as she touched in 5:21.37, while Gawlik placed fifth in 5:28.74. Hopkins swam exhibitions in the final three events.
Hopkins returns to action at the annual Thomas Murphy Invitational hosted by nearby Loyola University. The Invitational kicks off at 5:00 pm on Friday, November 1 at Mangione Pool in the Loyola Fitness and Aquatic Center.
