Day One Results

The Basics
• Location: Greensboro, NC • Greensboro Aquatic Center
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's swim team had five individual and one relay in the finals on day one of the 2019 NCAA Championships. The Blue Jays picked up 67 points and are in fourth place through four events.  
 
Quoting Coach Armstrong
• "We have a young team and it showed this morning as it took some time to get rolling but tonight we moved up across the board and built energy for tomorrow's session. Capping off the night with a third-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay was a glimpse at what we can do tomorrow."
 
Top Finishers
• Sophomore Christopher Arena opened the night with a 13^th place finish in the 500 Free with a career-best time of 4:29.94. He earned Honorable Mention All-America honors with his finish.
• In his first time swimming in the finals of the 200 IM at NCAAs, senior Emile Kuyl posted a career-best 1:48.53 to finish in fourth. Freshman Maxwell Chen placed 10^th in the 200 IM with a career-best time of 1:50.03. Kuyl took home First Team All-America honors and Chen earned Honorable Mention honors.
• Junior Brandon Fabian and sophomore Nat Davenport then went 12^th and 13^th in the 50 Free. Fabian finished in 20.45, beating Davenport by just one-hundredth of a second as the duo earned Honorable Mention All-America honors. Davenport's prelim time of 20.37 is a career-best and is tied for ninth fastest in program history.
• Hopkins wrapped up the night with a third-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay. Kuyl, Chen, Fabian and Davenport combined for a 1:28.88 and the team's best finish in the event since 2008. The time is also the fourth fastest in program history and the quartet earned First Team All-America honors.
 
Up Next
• The NCAA Championships continue with the prelim of the 200 Free Relay at 10:00 am on Thursday, March 21.