Feb. 15, 2014

Results

CHARLOTTE, NC - The Johns Hopkins women's swim team grabbed 443 points on the second day of the 2014 Bluegrass Mountain Conference (BMC) Championship and remains in third place. The Blue Jays claimed three titles on the second day as junior Ana Bogdanovski won the 200 Free while the team won the 200 Medley and 800 Free Relay. Host Wingate moved in first place with 976.5 points through two days and Queens with 872.5 points.

Hopkins opened the night with a win and a school record in the 200 Medley Relay. The team of senior Taylor Kitayama, freshman Pilar Shimizu, junior Kylie Holden and senior Kylie Ternes swam a winning time of 1:42.24. The time is an NCAA provisional time and knocked 1.10 seconds off the previous record. It is the Blue Jays fifth BMC title in the event and 11th overall conference title. Junior Sammi Fox then took silver in the 400 IM, touching in 4:26.03. It is a provisional time and the second fastest in program history. Freshman Keri Gawlik won the B Final, finishing ninth overall with a time of 4:36.97.

The Blue Jays then placed four swimmers in the top 12 of the 100 Fly, led by freshman Abby Brown's fourth-place finish. She finished with a provisional time of 56.13, while Ternes took fifth place, also with a provisional time, in 56.60. Freshman Shirley Chan won the B Final with a provisional time of 56.40 with Holden taking fourth in the final and 12th overall in 58.59. Bogdanovski followed with her second individual title of the weekend, winning the 200 Free by nearly one second, touching in 1:49.16. Her time is a provisional time and the third fastest in program history. It is the Blue Jays' seventh BMC 200 Free title and 11th overall conference title in the event. Freshman Ellen Marcus and senior Sarah Rinsma took sixth and seventh respectively, clocking in at 1:53.0 and 1:53.18 for provisional times. Freshman Emily Lubin took fourth in the B Final and 12th overall, finishing in 1:54.91.

Shimizu followed with a fifth-place finish in the 100 Breast, touching in 1:05.97, a provisional time. Holden took eighth in the C Final and 24th overall in 1:11.20. In the final individual event of the night, Kitayama grabbed silver as she clocked in at 53.82. Her time is an NCAA automatic qualifying time and the third fastest in program history. In the B Final, sophomore Sean McGrath took second, 10th overall, with a time of 58.38. Sophomore Hannah Benn followed in third, 11th overall, in 58.73.

Hopkins ended the night, the way it began - with a relay title. The team of Rinsma, Kitayama, Fox and Bogdanovski swam a winning time of 7:23.72, to win by more than four and a half seconds. The time is a provisional time and the third fastest in program history. In addition, Rinsma's lead off split of 1:51.65 is a provisional time. JHU has now won eight BMC 800 Free Relay titles, including four consecutive, and 16 overall.

The 16th annual Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship concludes on Sunday, February 16. The morning prelims are scheduled for a 10:00 am start, beginning with the 200 Back. The 1650 Free finals are slated for 12:15 pm with the remaining finals beginning at 5:00 pm.

Conference Titles
50 Free • Ana Bogdanovski (23.24)
200 Free • Ana Bogdanovski (1:49.16)
200 Medley Relay • Taylor Kitayama, Pilar Shimizu, Kylie Holden, Kylie Ternes (1:42.24)
800 Free Relay • Sarah Rinsma, Taylor Kitayama, Sammi Fox, Ana Bogdanovski (7:23.72)

School Records
200 Free Relay • 1:33.22 • Sarah Rinsma, Kylie Ternes, Ana Bogdanovski, Kailyn Koh
200 IM • 2:03.95 • Taylor Kitayama
200 Medley Relay • 1:42.24 • Taylor Kitayama, Pilar Shimizu, Kylie Holden, Kylie Ternes