The Basics
• Score: William & Mary-152, Johns Hopkins-110
• Records: JHU (0-1) • WMC (1-0)
• Location: Williamsburg, VA • Williamsburg Recreation Center
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's swimming team won four events in as the Blue Jays opened the dual-meet portion of their schedule at William & Mary Saturday.
 
Quoting Coach Armstrong
• "This was a real top to bottom effort from the team. The energy on the pool deck has been positive all season so it was fun to see it transfer over to an electric meet. Any time you go up against a Division I team you know you have to bring your best. It's clear that the seniors have set the tone, we are going to have a really fun year!"
 
Top Finishers
• Hopkins opened the day with third and fifth-place finishes in the 200 Medley Relay. Sophomores Dylan Wachenfeld, Maxwell Chen and Jeffrey Vitek and junior Nat Davenport combined for a 1:33.27. Junior Matt McGough, freshmen Tristan Lin and Spencer Ryan, and junior Noah Frassrand finished in 1:36.58.
• Junior CJ Arena then won the 1000 Free as he beat the field with a 9:47.36. Freshman Alec Caswell followed in second with a time of 9:52.64.
• Sophomores Noah Corbitt and Collin Hughes then went two-three in the 200 Free. Corbitt touched in 1:41.27 for second place, with Hughes clocking in at 1:42.41. The 100 Back saw Wachenfeld take second place in 52.00.
• Hopkins grabbed the top two spots in the 100 Breast, led by Chen with a time of 57.30. Lin then touched in 57.41 for second place.
• Vitek picked up a second-place finish in the 200 Fly as he touched in 1:51.92. Davenport led three Blue Jays in the top five of the 50 Free with a time of 21.29 for second place. Freshman Spencer Ryan placed fourth in 21.82 and classmate Kyle Wu took fifth in 22.02.
• Corbitt took another second-place finish, this time in the 100 Free, as he clocked in at 46.66. Wachenfeld followed with a win in the 200 Back (1:50.66), as he beat the field by nearly two and a half seconds. McGough placed fourth in 1:57.88.
• Tristan then took the top spot in the 200 Breast with a winning time of 2:05.08. Freshman Brandon Stride claimed third place in 2:07.64, with Wu taking fourth in 2:08.59.
• The Blue Jays took second through fourth in the 500 Free, with Hughes leading the way in 4:42.67. Arena finished in 4:48.06 with sophomore Mitchell Simmons finishing just 0.14 seconds after him.
• Vitek grabbed second place in the 100 Fly as he touched in 50.24. Lin followed with a second-place finish in the 200 IM, clocking in at 1:54.46.
• Hopkins ended the night with second and third-place finishes in the 200 Free Relay. Davenport, Chen, Wu and Corbitt combined for 1:24.33. McGough, Vitek, Ryan and Hughes finished in 1:26.09 for third place.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is back in action on Friday, October 18 as the Blue Jays travel to Annapolis, MD to take on Navy, Towson and George Washington. The quad meet is set for a 4:00 pm start.