The Basics
• Scores: Johns Hopkins-827, West Chester-826, Drexel-722.5, Richmond-697, Loyola-543.5
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Mangione Pool at the Fitness and Aquatics Center
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's swim team pulled out a one-point win over Division II West Chester in the Thomas Murphy Invitational at nearby Loyola. The Blue Jays won the five-team, two-day invitational with 827 points.
 
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 opened the morning session with a second-place finish in the 200 Free Relay. Senior Kiki Petersen, sophomore Sophia Girgenti, junior Mikayla Bisignani and sophomore Kristen Alicea-Jorgensen combined for an NCAA B time of 1:35.59.
• Sophomore Syndey Okubo then took second in the 400 IM, touching in 4:26.67. Her time is an NCAA B time and is tied for the fifth fastest in program history. Senior Michelle Wang followed in fourth place with a time of 4:32.01.
• Sophomore Rebecca Ssengonzi grabbed third place in the 100 Fly as she touched in 57.33.
• The 200 Free saw the Blue Jays claim second through fifth place, led by sophomore Elaine Lipkin in 1:53.81. Girgenti (1:54.10), freshman Renee Liu (1:54.94) and junior Carmela Irato (1:55.94) all followed.
• Senior Sonia Lin was the top Blue Jay in the 100 Breast, finishing in fifth place with a time of 1:06.19. The 100 Back saw freshman Cecilia Cortez and Bisignani finish in sixth and seventh, respectively. Cortez clocked in at 58.57 and Bisignani followed in 58.73.
• Lipkin closed out the session with a third-place finish in the 1650 Free in an NCAA B time of 17:25.49.
 
Top Finishers • Afternoon Session
• The third and final session kicked off with the 200 Medley Relay and Hopkins took third place, Okubo, Lin, Wang and Petersen combined for a time of 1:45.29, just one hundredth of a second off an NCAA B time.
• The Blue Jays then took first, third and fourth in the 200 Back. Okubo led the way as she clocked in at 2:01.84, an NCAA B time. Freshman Chase Lahr placed third in 2:04.80, beating Liu by just over a tenth of a second.
• Petersen took third place in the 100 Free in 52.25, while Girgenti finished in sixth in 52.97. Lin led Hopkins with a sixth-place finish in the 200 Breast, as she touched in 2:23.22.
• Wang then placed second in the 200 Fly with a time of 2:05.61 and Ssengonzi took fourth in 2:11.35.
• Hopkins wrapped up the meet and the win with fourth and fifth-place finishes in the 400 Free Relay. Petersen, Girgenti, Alicea-Jorgensen and Wang placed fourth in 3:32.31. Irato, Okubo, junior Emma McElrath and Liu finished in fifth with a time of 3:36.81.
 
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.