The fourth-ranked Johns Hopkins men's swim team won the first 11 events en route to a 159-95 win over the seventh-ranked Stevens Tech Ducks on Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays, who honored their seniors prior to the meet, remain unbeaten at 6-0 on the season, while the Ducks suffer their first loss of the season and fall to 2-1. Seniors Anthony Lordi and Joe Acquaviva led the way for Hopkins with two individual wins apiece in their final home meet.
Hopkins kicked things off by taking the first and second in the 200 Medley Relay to quickly take a 15-2 lead in the meet. Junior Dylan Davis, freshman Evan Holder, junior Greg Kogut and freshman Jeremy Bauchwitz won the relay with a time of 1:35.30. The team of seniors David Woodford, Acquaviva, Lordi and Will Kimball followed closely in second place, finishing 0.28 seconds later. Freshman Andrew Greenhalgh once again added his name to the record board as he won the 1000 Free in a pool-record time of 9:26.84, breaking JHU Hall of Famer Tim Collins 36-year-old record by more than seven seconds. It is also the second fastest time in school history and just 4.11 seconds off Scott Armstrong's school record. Just 10 days ago, Greenhalgh broke the pool's 20-year-old record in the 1650 Free. Freshman Josh Hughes placed second with a time of 9:47.01, followed by sophomore Michael McGoldrick in third with a time of 9:53.57.
Kimball and Holder then went back-to-back in the 200 Free, while junior Ryan Cunningham finished fourth as JHU grabbed 15 more points towards the team standings. Kimball took the win as he touched in 1:42.26, while Holder finished in 1:43.20 and Cunningham in 1:46.22. Davis picked up the first of his two individual wins on the day as he took the 100 Back in 51.87. Woodford claimed fourth place with a time of 55.02.
The Blue Jays then went one, two, three in the 100 Breast, led by Acquaviva with a winning time of 58.41. Freshman Scott Sterrett claimed second place in 1:00.99 and sophomore Justin Tang placed third in 1:01.63. Hopkins turned the same trick in the 200 Fly and this time it was Kogut leading the charge as he clocked in at 1:55.27. Freshman Muhammad Hudhud finished in 1:57.31 for second, followed by classmate Kyle Verdeyen in third with a time of 2:00.62. Lordi followed with his first individual win of the afternoon, beating the field to the wall in the 50 Free with a time of 21.15. Bauchwitz would claim fourth place as he finished in 22.13. Lordi followed that up with a win in the 100 Free as well, touching the wall in 46.16. Kimball followed in second place with a time of 46.78, while Cunningham grabbed fourth place in 48.01.
Davis completed his sweep of the Backstroke events, winning the 200 in 1:54.74, while freshman Patrick Flynn placed third in 1:57.18. Acquaviva followed suit by sweeping the Breaststroke events by winning the 200 in 2:10.47, just beating out Sterrett by 0.37 of a second. The Blue Jays then swept the top three spots in the 500 Free, just as they had in the 1000, and were once again led by Greenhalgh with a winning time of 4:36.31. His time was just 0.42 of a second off the pool record. Hughes followed in second place in 4:44.78 and Hudhud claimed third in 4:49.60. Hopkins swam exhibitions in the final three events.
Hopkins is back in action on Wednesday, January 29 as the Blue Jays travel to Annapolis, MD to take on the Navy Midshipmen. The meet is slated for a 5:00 pm start.
In a battle of top-10 teams, the Johns Hopkins women's swim team won seven of the first 11 events to defeat visiting Stevens Tech, 134-119, Saturday. The fourth-ranked Blue Jays improve to 5-1 on the season on a day in which they honored their four seniors and one graduating junior. The ninth-ranked Ducks fall to 1-2 on the season with the loss.
Hopkins once again opened the meet with a sweep of the top three spots in a relay, picking up 15 quick points in the team standings. Seniors Taylor Kitayama, Katie Rownd, Kylie Ternes and Sarah Rinsma led the way with a winning time of 1:51.16. The team of junior Hannah Benn, freshmen Pilar Shimizu and Abby Brown and junior Ana Bogdanovski took second place in 1:51.79. And finishing in third place were junior Melinda Yau, freshman Helena Arose, junior Kylie Holden and freshman Sarah Westley with a time of 1:53.28.
Freshman Lindsay Kriz was the top Blue Jay in the 1000 Free, with a career-best time of 11:00.30 for third place. Arose followed in fourth place with a time of 11:06.90. Sophomore Ellen Marcus then claimed second place in the 200 Free with a time of 1:67.92. Sophomore Sean McGrath claimed third place (1:58.78) and freshman Emily Lubin claimed fourth (1:59.34). Kitayama then led a sweep of the top three spots in the 100 Back by Hopkins with a pool-record time of 56.66. The time broke her own pool record, set in 2010, by 1.02 seconds and is an NCAA B time. Yau followed in second place in 1:00.32 and Bogdanovski took third in 1:00.54.
Kitayama's win in the 100 Back kicked off a stretch of six straight wins for the Blue Jays. Shimizu then won the 100 Breast in 1:08.61, beating Stevens' Brittany Geyer by 0.23 seconds. Junior Sammi Fox placed third with a time of 1:09.15. Chan then led a one, two, three sweep by JHU in the 200 Fly with a winning and NCAA B time of 2:08.15. Brown touched in 2:09.92 for second place and freshman Keri Gawlik in third in 2:17.30. Risnma then just beat Ternes to the wall in the 50 Free, edging her classmate by just four-hundredths of a second to win in 24.70.
Bogdanovski followed with a win in the 100 Free in 52.06, breaking the 35-year-old pool record by six-tenths of a second. Her time is also an NCAA B time and bested Kathy Smith's (Maryland) record of 52.66. Freshman Kailyn Koh claimed second place in 54.63, just beating Stevens' April Lawson to the wall by six-hundredths of a second. The 200 Back saw another one, two, three sweep by the Blue Jays, led by McGrath with a winning time of 2:07.78. Benn finished in second with a time of 2:13.38 and freshman Kristen Kaiser took third in 2:14.59.
Rownd placed third in the 200 Breast with a time of 2:38.83 as the Ducks snapped the Blue Jays' winning streak. Marcus followed with a second-place finish in the 500 Free, clocking in at 5:17.31 while Lubin placed third (5:21.23) and Kris placed fourth (5:22.53). Hopkins swam exhibitions in the final three events, while breaking two more pool records. In the 100 Fly, Kitayama clocked in at 56.10 to smash Ann Girvin's 20-year-old record by 1.67 seconds. In the final event of the day, junior Jillian Liwacz, Kitayama, Rinsma and Ternes took down the 400 Free Relay pool record with a time of 3:33.41. That record wasn't quite as old, as Rinsma, Alex Ladd, Kitayama and Elizabeth Rogers set it in 2011.
Hopkins returns to the pool on Wednesday, January 29 as they travel to Annapolis, MD to take on the Navy Mids. The meet is scheduled for a 5:00 pm start.
