The Basics
• Scores:
Johns Hopkins-185, Delaware-102
UMBC-153, Johns Hopkins-129
• Location: Newark, DE • Rawstrom Natatorium
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's swimming team won six events en route to a win over host Delaware Saturday in a tri-meet with UMBC.
 
Quoting Coach Armstrong
• "We are very impressed with the effort the team put forth this weekend. It was a grueling early season test, but the team's enthusiasm was obvious, to walk away with some wins is icing on the cake."
 
Top Finishers
• Hopkins took second and fifth place in the 400 Medley Relay to open the meet. Sophomore Dylan Wachenfeld, freshman Tristan Lin, sophomore Jeffrey Vitek and junior Nat Davenport finished in 3:26.65. The team of junior Matt McGough, freshman Kyle Wu, senior Matthew Garza and sophomore Noah Corbitt combined for a 3:31.15.
• Junior CJ Arena then took fourth in the 1000 Free (9:48.12), while classmate Riley Mears finished in fifth (10:00.96).
• The Blue Jays then grabbed the top two spots in the 200 Free with Corbitt touching first in 1:40.10 and sophomore Collin Hughes following in 1:41.79. Wachenfeld placed third in the 100 Back with a 52.73.
• Hopkins then swept the top three spots and added a fifth place in the 100 Breast. Lin led the way with a winning time of 57.24. Junior Marcelo Lauzurique placed second (57.52), followed by Wu (57.98) and junior Noah Frassrand (59.94).
• Vitek followed with a second-place finish in the 200 Fly with a time of 1:53.30. Davenport then took second in the 50 Free, clocking in at 21.24 – just six-hundredths of a second out of first. Freshman Spencer Ryan placed fourth (21.89) and Hughes took sixth (21.97).
• Following the break for the one and three-meter diving, the Blue Jays turned in another two-four-six performance in the 100 Free. Hughes led the way with a 46.94, followed by Wu (47.57) and Davenport (47.83).
• Wachenfeld took second place in the 200 Back as he touched in 1:52.28. McGough placed sixth with a 1:57.82.
• Hopkins then took first, second and fourth in the 200 Breast, led by Lauzurique with a winning time of 2:07.92. Lin clocked in at 2:08.39 while freshman Brandon Stride finished in 2:09.28.
• Corbitt followed with a win in the 500 Free, touching in 4:37.17 to win by more than three seconds. Arena claimed fifth place in 4:45.44
• Vitek claimed another second place finish in the Fly, finishing the 100 in 51.63.
• The Blue Jays then swept first through fourth in the 200 IM. Wu earned the win with a time of 1:54.91, followed by McGough (1:56.89), Lin (1:57.10) and Frassrand (1:58.28).
• Hopkins wrapped up the weekend with first and third-place finishes in the 400 Free Relay. Corbitt, Davenport, Vitek and Hughes won by more than four seconds with a time of 3:07.76. Wachenfeld, sophomore Mitchell Simmons, freshman Steven Rua and Ryan finished in 3:15.20.
 
What it Means
• Hopkins earns its fifth straight win over Delaware and is now 6-4 all-time against the Blue Hens.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins returns to the pool in two weeks at the Thomas Murphy Invitational at nearby Loyola. The meet is scheduled to begin at 5:00 pm on Friday, November 1.