The Basics
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Scores: Bucknell-174, #4 Johns Hopkins-120
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Records: JHU (5-4) • Bucknell (7-1)
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Location: Lewisburg, PA • Kinney Natatorium
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The Short Story: The fourth-ranked Johns Hopkins women's swim team fell to Division I Bucknell, 174-120, Friday afternoon.
From Head Coach Scott Armstrong
"It was a great meet, especially coming off the Florida training and the hardest stretch of work all season. We are excited to get settled back into Baltimore and a regular routine."
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A Relay Sweep
• The Blue Jays won both relays contested in the meet with first-place finishes in the 200 medley and 200 free relays.
• In the meet-opening medley relay, the team of
Cecilia Cortez,
Sonia Lin,
Michelle Wang and
Kiki Petersen clocked in at 1:45.48 to edge the top team from Bucknell by just 0:13.
• In the free relay, the Blue Jays had a bit more breathing room down the stretch as
Alison Shapiro,
Mikayla Bisignani,
Kristen Alicea-Jorgensen and Petersen finished in 1:36.38 while Bucknell's top team was more than a second behind at 1:37.75.
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A Sweep for Petersen
• In addition to swimming the anchor leg on the two winning relay teams, Petersen also picked up a pair of first-place finishes of her own as she won the 50 free (23.89) and the 100 free (51.34).
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One-Two
• In addition to Petersen's efforts, the Blue Jays also got a first-place finish in the 200 fly from senior
Michelle Wang, who clocked in at 2:05.05. Wang narrowly edged teammate
Emerson Davis, who finished second in the event with a time of 2:05.33 to give the Blue Jays a 1-2 finish.
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Other Strong Finishes
• The Blue Jays got a runner-up finish in the 1000 free from
Elaine Limpkin (10:25.31), went 2-3-4 in the 100 back (
Sydney Okubo (57.53), Cortez (57.57) and
Renee Liu (58.49)) and earned second-place finishes from
Sonia Lin in the 100 breast (1:06.67), Okubo in the 200 back (2:04.87), Lin in the 200 breast (2:25.97), and Wang in the 100 fly (57.38) and the 200 IM (2:06.46).
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In Case You Didn't Know
• Bucknell placed third at the 10-team Patriot League Championships last season.
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Up Next
• Hopkins returns to action on January 18 when the Blue Jays take on WPI, Swarthmore and Rowan.
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