The Basics
• Scores:
Johns Hopkins-134, Miami (FL)-127
George Washington-156, Johns Hopkins-137
Navy-211, Johns Hopkins-82
Towson-168, Johns Hopkins-125
• Location: Annapolis, MD • Lejeune Hall
• The Short Story: Senior Kiki Petersen won two events to lead the Johns Hopkins women's swim team beat Miami, 134-127, on Friday afternoon at Navy. Blue Jay swimmers posted five NCAA B times in the quad dual meet that also featured Navy, George Washington and Towson.
 
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
• Hopkins opened the night with a fifth-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay as sophomore Sydney Okubo, senior Sonia Lin, sophomore Rebecca Ssengonzi and Petersen finished in 1:45.74.
• Sophomore Elaine Lipkin then took second in the 1000 Free as she clocked in at 10:26.20 – the eighth fastest time in program history. Junior Emma McElrath was the top Blue Jay in the 200 Free, finishing 10^th in 1:55.52.
• Okubo swam to a second-place finish in the 100 Back with a time of 57.05. Lin followed with a fifth-place finish in the 100 Breast, clocking in at 1:06.04 to miss fourth place by just two-hundredths of a second.
• The 200 Fly saw freshman Emerson Davis (2:05.11) and senior Michelle Wang (2:05.37) finish in fifth and sixth place, respectively, while posting NCAA B times. Ssengonzi took ninth place as she touched in 2:08.30.
• Petersen then beat the field in the 50 Free, touching in an NCAA B time of 23.59 to win by more than three-tenths of a second. Sophomore Kristen Alicea-Jorgensen placed fifth (24.24) and junior Mikayla Bisignani placed seventh (24.29).
• Petersen followed that with a win in the 100 Free and posted another NCAA B time. She finished in 51.27 to win by more than half a second. Wang finished in seventh place with a time of 52.38.
• Okubo took sixth place in the 200 Back as she finished in 2:06.14. Lin then placed fifth in the 200 Breast in 2:24.29).
• McElrath swam a 5:10.92 to finish in seventh place in the 500 Free. Davis was then the top Blue Jay in the 100 Fly with a time of 58.10, good for 11^th place.
• Okubo turned in an NCAA B time in the 400 IM, finishing in 4:30.38 for second place. Lipkin placed sixth with a time of 4:32.77.
• The Blue Jays ended the night with a third-place finish in the 400 Free Relay. Wang, Alicea-Jorgensen, sophomore Sophia Girgenti and Petersen combined for a time of 3:31.71.
 
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.