The Basics
• Scores: Johns Hopkins-969.50, Drexel-854.5, Loyola-793, West Chester-701
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Mangione Pool at the Fitness and Aquatics Center
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's swim team won six events over the final two sessions to win the 2019 Thomas Murphy Invitational at Loyola. The Blue Jays piled up 969.50 points through 20 events to beat Division I opponents Drexel and Loyola and Division II West Chester.  
 
Quoting Coach Armstrong
• "This fall has been a major test of the team. Hard training and top competition for a couple of months now. We are most proud of the positivity on the pool deck. Thank you to Loyola for hosting a great meet and thanks to the other teams for some great races!"
 
Top Finishers • Morning Session
• Hopkins picked up where it left off the night before, opening the morning session with a win in the 200 Free Relay. Junior Nat Davenport, sophomore Noah Corbitt, freshman Kyle Wu and sophomore Maxwell Chen combined for a 1:23.97.
• Freshman Tristin Lin took third in the 400 IM as he touched in 4:04.55, followed by junior CJ Arena in fourth (4:05.31). Sophomore Jeff Vitek followed with a second-place finish in the 100 Fly with a time of 49.53.
• The Blue Jays then swept the top four spots in the 200 Free, led by Corbitt, who beat the field with an NNCAA B time of 1:39.67. Sophomore Collin Hughes took second (1:40.61), followed by junior Matt McGough (1:43.37) and sophomore Mitchell Simmons (1:44.41).
• Hopkins nearly did the same in the 100 Breast, taking first through third. Chen grabbed the win and an NCAA B time as he clocked in at 54.96. Junior Marcelo Lauzurique finished in 57.29 and Wu followed in third in 57.52.
• JHU turned the same trick in the 1650 Free as Arena beat everyone to the wall with an NCAA B time of 16:11.05. Simmons finished in second place (16:19.85) and freshman Alec Caswell took third (16:20.15).
 
Top Finishers • Afternoon Session
• The Blue Jays took second and fourth in the 200 Medley Relay to open the third and final session Saturday afternoon. Chen, Lin, Vitek and Davenport combined for a time of 1:32.97, to just miss the win by 0.13 seconds. Sophomore Dylan Wachenfeld, Lauzurique, freshman Ryan Spencer and Hughes finished in fourth in 1:33.41.
• Wachenfeld then took second in the 200 Back as he finished in 1:48.02, an NCAA B time. Corbitt followed in third place with a time of 1:52.10.
• Chen and Hughes followed with second and third-place finishes in the 100 Free. Chen touched in 46.61 to beat Hughes by just nine-hundredths of a second.
• Hopkins then swept the top-three spots in the 200 Breast as freshman Brandon Stride led the way with a winning time of 2:04.92. Lauzurique took second in 2:05.39 while Wu took third with a time of 2:05.47.
• Vitek followed with a win in the 200 Fly, beating the field with an NCAA B time of 1:49.47. Lin finished in 1:51.36 to take third place.
• Hopkins wrapped up the weekend with second and fourth-place finishes in the 400 Free Relay. Corbitt, Hughes, Davenport and Wu placed second in 3:07.32. The team of Chen, Lin, junior Noah Frassrand and Vitek placed fourth in 3:09.29.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is back in action in three weeks as the Blue Jays travel to New York, NY to take on the NYU Violets on Saturday, November 23.