The Basics
• Score: Johns Hopkins-135, William & Mary-127
• Records: JHU (1-0) • WMC (0-1)
• Location: Williamsburg, VA • Williamsburg Recreation Center
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's swim team won the final three events of the meet to come from behind to beat host William & Mary, 135-127, Saturday afternoon. In all, the Blue Jays won eight of the 14 events.
 
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 second and fourth-place finishes in the 200 Medley Relay. Sophomore Sydney Okubo, senior Sonia Li, sophomore Rebecca Ssengonzi and senior Kiki Petersen swam a 1:46.00 to finish in second by just four-hundredths of a second. Freshmen Renee Liu and Cali Wilson, senior Michelle Wang and junior Mikayla Bisignani placed fourth with a time of 1:50.06
• Junior Emma McElrath followed with a second-place finish and a time of 10:34.68 in the 1000 Free. Wang then took second in the 200 Free as she touched in 1:53.62.
• The Blue Jays then swept the top three spots in the 100 Back. Okubo led the way with a winning time of 58.01. Freshman Cecilia Cortez took second (58.73) and Liu followed closely in third (58.98). Lin took third place in the 100 Breast as she clocked in at 1:07.74, while Wilson took fifth in 1:10.80.
• For the second time in three events, Hopkins grabbed first through third in the 200 Fly. Ssengonzi paced the field with a 2:06.77. Sophomore Elaine Lipkin touched in 2:07.83 for second and freshman Emerson Davis took third in 2:08.04.
• The 50 Free saw Petersen and sophomore Kristen Alicea-Jorgensen go two-three. Peterson finished in 23.86, with Alicea-Jorgensen following in 24.20. Petersen then beat the field in the 100 Free, touching in 52.52 to win by three-quarters of a second. Alicea-Jorgensen placed fourth in 54.04.
• Okubo finished first in the 200 Back, clocking in a 2:03.63, with Liu following in second in 2:05.30. Freshman Chase Lahr took fourth place with a time of 2:07.84. That pulled the Blue Jays within one point of the Tribe with five events to go.
• Hopkins then grabbed a six-point lead over William & Mary with first and second-place finishes in the 200 Breast. Lin led the way with a winning time of 2:24.71. Freshman Kate Overbey placed second in 2:25.25.
• The Tribe bounced back to take the lead after the 500 Free by taking the top two spots. McElrath finished in third place with a time of 5:10.33, followed closely by Lipkin in 5:10.64.
• Ssengonzi earned her second win of the day by beating the field in the 100 Fly in 57.33. She beat W&M's Madeline High by more than a second and a half to kick start JHU's rally.
• Wang then took first in the 200 IM in 2:05.32 – winning by 2.68 seconds. She also broke a 17-year-old pool record and her time was an NCAA B time. Okubo finished in third place with a time of 2:09.25. That swung the lead in Hopkins' favor as the Jays led 124-121.
• Hopkins secured the win with a first-place finish in the 200 Free Relay. Lin, Petersen, Bisignani and Alicea-Jorgensen combined for a 1:36.16.
 
What it Means
• This is Hopkins' first-ever win over William & Mary as the Tribe had won the previous nine meetings.
 
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.