Jan. 19, 2008

Complete Results

BALTIMORE, MD - Sophomore Caitlin Dennis won three individual events, placed second in another and the Johns Hopkins women's swimming team grabbed five overall first-place finishes as the Blue Jays split a meet with West Chester and The College of New Jersey Saturday afternoon. Johns Hopkins, which is ranked seventh in the nation and now stands a 5-3 on the year, handily defeated New Jersey (222-93), but fell to the Division II Golden Rams (173-140).

Dennis got her performance off to a good start with a first-place showing in the 400 IM (4:41.17) as she won the event by more than six seconds. The Blue Jays grabbed the top four spots in the event as Kate Hansen (2nd/4:47.65), Mary Claire Kozlowski (3rd/4:48.98) and Michele Palopoli (4th/4:50.81) made it a clean sweep of the top four spots for Hopkins.

Dennis added first-place showings in the 200 IM (2:14.67) and the 200 breast (2:30.47) and a runner-up finish in the 100 breast (1:10.52). Dennis' efforts in the breaststroke were the front-half of a solid one-two punch for the Blue Jays as freshman Charlotte Floria placed third in the 100 breast (1:10.73) and second in the 200 breast (2:33.89).

Hopkins also took the top two spots in both the 200 fly and the 200 back. Palopoli placed first in the 200 fly with a time of 2:12.65 and was followed closely by classmate Meagan Heslin, who added the runner-up finish with a time of 2:14.37. Erica Pakkala and Hansen made it a one-two sweep in the 200 back as Pakkala clocked in at 2:11.30 with Hansen placing second (2:14.14).

Hopkins didn't place first in any of the five relay events, but added four second-place finishes to fuel its effort on the day. The 200 free relay (1:43.91), 800 free relay (8:05.23), 400 medley relay (4:10.13) and 400 free relay (3:44.48) teams all placed second to relay teams from West Chester.

Johns Hopkins will return to action next Saturday at Washington & Lee.

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