Complete Results

The Basics
• Location: Chapel Hill, NC • Koury Natatorium
• The Short Story: Freshman Kristen Alicea-Jorgensen led the Johns Hopkins women's swim team as she posted an NCAA B time in the 50 Free on day one of the Janis Hape Dowd Nike Invitational.
 
Quoting Coach Armstrong
• "It was a tremendous night here in Chapel Hill. We had several top-8 finishes and added some swims to the NCAA squad. What was most exciting was seeing a season's worth of hard work result in so many life time best swims."
 
Top Finishers
• Hopkins opened the night with a third-place finish in the 200 Free Relay. Senior Phi Nguyen, sophomore Tiffany Lara, senior Sami Kegel and Alicea-Jorgensen swam a 1:44.84. In addition, Nguyen's lead-off leg of 25.19 is a career best.
• Sophomore Amy Pearson then placed fifth in the 500 Free as she touched the wall in 5:11.66. Senior Colleen Anderson followed in seventh in 5:14.93 and classmate Rabia Syed clocked in at 5:20.65 for eighth place.
• In the 200 IM, junior Claire State finished in 2:12.42 for fifth place and classmate Lauren Parker placed sixth in 2:16.04.
• Alicea-Jorgensen then took third place in the 50 Free as she posted an NCAA B time of 23.66. Sophomore Mikayla Bisignani swam a career-best 24.03 for fifth place, while senior Natalia Rincon also posted a career-best time of 24.05 for sixth place.
• The Blue Jays ended the first day with a first-place finish in the 400 Medley Relay. Rincon, junior Therese Larson, senior Emily Cheng and freshman Sophia Girgenti clocked in at 3:57.19.
 
Up Next
• The Janis Hape Dowd Nike Invitational continues on Saturday, February 9 with preliminaries of the 200 Medley Relay at 10:00 am. The finals are scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm.