The Basics
• Scores:
George Washington-166, Johns Hopkins-126
Navy-207, Johns Hopkins-80
Towson-191, Johns Hopkins-95
• Location: Annapolis, MD • Lejeune Hall
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's swim made the short trip to Annapolis to take on a trio of Division I teams in Navy, George Washington and Towson. The Blue Jays grabbed four top-three finishes in the meet.
 
Quoting Coach Armstrong
• "It was a great night with the team setting five dual meet records! It was a top to bottom effort but we are really excited for two more great teams to race tomorrow."
 
Top Finishers
• The Blue Jays kicked off the night with a fifth-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay. The team of sophomore Maxwell Chen, freshman Tristan Lin, sophomore Jeffrey Vitek and junior Nat Davenport combined for a 1:33.24.
• Freshman Alec Caswell took sixth place in the 1000 Free in 9:50.78 and sophomore Mitchell Simmons placed eighth in 9:57.17
• Sophomore Collin Hughes finished in sixth place in the 200 Free as he clocked in at 1:41.87. Sophomores Dylan Wachenfeld and Noah Corbitt then went three-four in the 100 Back. Wachenfeld touched in 52.52, followed by Corbitt in 52.98.
• Chen grabbed third place in the 100 Breast with a time of 56.46. Junior Marcelo Lauzurique placed seventh in 58.35 and senior Jasper Van Cauwelaert placed 10^th in 1:00.95.
• Vitek then took fourth in the 200 Fly as he finished in 1:52.79, with junior CJ Arena placing seventh in 1:55.42.
• Davenport and Lin finished just three-hundredths of a second apart in the 50 Free, placing ninth (21.47) and 10^th (21.50), respectively. Corbitt followed with a fifth-place finish in the 100 Free, touching in 46.41. Lin grabbed eighth place in 47.29 and missed seventh by just four-hundredths of a second.
• Wachenfeld placed third in the 200 Back as he clocked in at 1:51.09. Freshman Steven Rua placed eighth with a time of 2:01.13.
• Freshman Brandon Stride, Chen and freshman Kyle Wu took seventh through ninth in the 200 Breast. Stride led the way with a time of 2:07.61, followed by Chen (2:07.76) and Wu (2:08.36).
• Hughes grabbed eighth place in the 500 Free as he finished in 4:42.75. Vitek followed with a sixth-place finish in the 100 Fly in 51.33, just two-hundredths of a second off fifth place. Davenport finished in 10^th place with a time of 52.25.
• In the final individual event of the night, Arena clocked in at 4:04.54 in the 400 IM, good for second place. Junior Matt McGough followed in fifth place (4:08.67) with Stride taking sixth (4:12.86).
• Hopkins ended the night with third and fifth-place finishes in the 400 Free Relay. The team of Corbitt, Hughes, Wu and Davenport combined for a time of 3:07.01. Chen, Simmons, junior Noah Frassrand and Vitek finished in 3:12.94.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is right back at it on Saturday, October 19 as the Blue Jays travel to Newark, DE. Hopkins will face host Delaware, along with UMBC, at 1:00 pm.