The Basics
• Scores:
Johns Hopkins-144, Towson-143
Navy-200, Johns Hopkins-92
• Location: Annapolis, MD • Lejeune Hall
• The Short Story: Johns Hopkins senior Max Chen won two events in the Blue Jays' double dual meet versus Towson and host Navy. Hopkins defeated Towson, 144-143, but fell to Navy, 200-93. The win is the Blue Jays' first over the Tigers since 2016.
 
Quoting Coach Armstrong
• "So proud of this team to travel down to Navy for a double dual with Towson on a late Friday night. We had some really fast swims that bode well for what this team can do. But there is still a lot of hard work to do and we need to get much better at our details. A special thank you to Towson and the Naval Academy. This is always a special meet!"
 
Top Finishers
• Hopkins opened the meet with a second-place finish in the 200 Medley Relay. Senior Dylan Wachenfeld, Chen, senior Jeff Vitek and sophomore Jay Heymann swam an NCAA B time of 1:30.64.
• Sophomore Kellen Roddy then placed third in the 1650 Free as he clocked in at 15:52.94, an NCAA B time. Junior Alec Caswell placed seventh with a time of 16:39.06.
• Junior Kyle Wu grabbed a second-place finish in the 200 Free, finishing in 1:40.69. Wachenfeld turned in a career-best 1:42.28 to finish in fifth place.
• Freshman Nathan Jin took fifth place in the 100 Back with a time of 53.29. Heymann placed seventh in 54.23 and sophomore Alex Ren followed closely in eighth (54.32).
• Sophomore Justin Limberg finished in fourth in the 100 Breast with a career-best time of 56.21. Junior Brandon Stride finished in seventh in 58.46 and was followed closely by freshman Eric Ji in eighth with a time of 58.66.
• Graduate student CJ Arena took third in the 200 Fly as he finished in 1:53.20. Sophomore Reef Ide took fifth in 1:54.78.
• Chen then earned the first of his two wins as he beat the field in the 50 Free. He touched in 20.52 – a career-best and NCAA B time. Vitek followed in fourth place with a career-best time of 21.04.
• Graduate student Nat Davenport placed fourth in the 100 Free as he finished in 46.58.
• Junior Steven Rua took fourth place in the 200 Back as he touched in 1:54.65. Stride finished in eighth place with a time of 1:55.99.
• Chen followed with his second win of the afternoon, clocking in at 2:00.16 to win the 200 Breast. His time is a career-best, the sixth fastest in program history and an NCAA B time. Freshman Mitchell List also turned in an NCAA B time, placing fourth in 2:05.59.
• Freshman Jonik Surprenant then took fourth place in the 500 Free as he swam a 4:39.97.
• Vitek followed with a close second-place finish in the 100 Fly. He touched in 48.39, just seven-hundredths of a second out of first, and an NCAA B time. Junior Tristan Lin placed fifth in 51.49 and Limberg placed eighth in 52.16.
• The Blue Jays then went two-three-four in the 400 IM, led by Arena with an NCAA B time of 3:59.74. Ji took third and posted an NCAA B time of 4:00.88. Freshman Joe Castagno placed fourth in 4:06.12.
• Hopkins wrapped up the meet with second and fourth-place finishes in the 200 Free Relay. Chen, Vitek, junior Spencer Ryan and Davenport finished in 1:22.57.  
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is right back at it as the Blue Jays host the William & Mary Tribe on Saturday, October 16. The Blue Jays first home meet in more than 600 days is slated to begin at 2:00 pm.