The Basics
• Score: William & Mary-172, Johns Hopkins-90
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Newton White Aquatic Center
• The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins women's swim team got a pair of wins from senior Sydney Okubo and junior Emerson Davis as the Blue Jays fell to a strong William & Mary squad Saturday afternoon in JHU's home opener.
 
Quoting Coach Armstrong
• "It was tough back-to-back days of racing and up against some very good competition. The thing that stood out to the coaches was how hard everyone worked for the smaller races. Racing for the win is easy, but digging deep to get the third or fourth-place finish is a special effort! Thank you to William & Mary for making the trip . They are a great team with a rich history and we are so glad they are still strong."
 
Top Finishers
• Hopkins opened with second and fourth-place finishes in the 200 Medley Relay. Junior Cecilia Cortez, freshman Taylor Rohovit, sophomore Anni Fan and senior Kristen Alicea-Jorgensen swam a 1:49.15 for second. Okubo, freshman Michelle Liu, Davis and freshman Meg Susil claimed fourth in 1:50.83.
• Freshman Hannah Fu placed fourth in the 1000 Free with a swim of 10:47.41.
• Liu then grabbed second place in the 200 Free as she clocked in with a time of 1:53.82 – missing first place by just 0.16 seconds. Susil followed in third place (1:57.50) and junior Chase Lahr in fourth (1:59.71).
• Okubo then placed third in the 100 Back as she swam a 58.51, while Cortez took fourth in 59.15.
• Rohovit finished in 1:08.55 to place third in the 100 Breast.
• Davis and senior Elaine Lipkin then went one-two in the 200 Fly. Davis led the field with a winning time of 2:0837,while Lipkin touched in 2:10.43.
• Alicea-Jorgensen placed second in the 50 Free with a time of 23.94. Fan and freshman Makenzie Higgins tied for fourth in 25.28.
• Liu earned another top-three finish as she placed third in the 100 Free with a time of 53.59. Susil followed in fourth place in 54.51.
• Okubo led a trio of Blue Jays that took second through fourth in the 200 Back with a time of 2:05.58. Sophomore Cameron Roche finished in 2:06.41, followed by graduate student Emma McElrath in 2:08.57.
• Rohovit placed second in the 200 Breast as she swam a 2:28.37.
• Higgins picked up her first top-three finish as she took second in the 500 Free with a time of 5:12.26. Lipkin finished in fifth place with a swim of 5:16.59.
• Davis narrowly missed her second win of the day as she swam a 58.71 in the 100 Fly – just 0.15 seconds out of first. Fan clocked in with a 1:00.60 to finish in fourth place.
• Okubo then picked up a win in the 200 IM as she touched in 2:10.97.
• Hopkins ended the day with second and fourth-place finishes in the 400 Free Relay. Alicea-Jorgensen, Liu, Higgins and senior Sophia Girgenti took second in 3:37.16. The team of Fan, Susil, sophomore Caroline Storen and Lipkin finished in 3:42.30 for fourth place.
 
Up Next
• Hopkins is back in action in two weeks at the annual Thomas Murphy Invitational, hosted by Loyola, October 29-30.