The Basics
• Location: Baltimore, MD • Mangione Pool at the Fitness & Aquatics Center
• The Short Story: Johns Hopkins senior Max Chen was named the Male Swimmer of the Meet at the conclusion of the annual Thomas Murphy Invitational. Hopkins picked up seven wins in the second and third sessions and posted 14 career bests as well as 16 NCAA B times.
 
Quoting Coach Armstrong
• "An outstanding second day of racing back-to-back days are always a challenge and a great opportunity to prepare for the rigors of a championship meet. To the very last event, the team kept bringing their best. The seniors were lights out as usual, as they have been in our program for four years now. It's great to see all their hard work paying off, but it was also fun to see the young talent of our first years showing up!"
 
Top Finishers
• Hopkins opened the day with first and fourth-place finishes in the 200 Free Relay. Junior Kyle Wu, seniors Jeff Vitek and Chen and graduate student Nat Davenport led the way with a winning time of 1:21.34. Their time was an NCAA B time as well as the ninth fastest in school history. The team of sophomore Jay Heymann, seniors Noah Frassrand and Mitchell Simmons and junior Spencer Ryan finished in 1:25.46.
• Freshman Eric Ji then led a quartet of Blue Jays that took second through fifth in the 400 IM. He finished with an NCAA B time of 3:57.53. Graduate student CJ Arena clocked in at 4:03.87, while freshman Joe Castagno followed in 4:05.00 and junior Brandon Stride in 4:08.51.
• Vitek earned the first of his two wins on the day as he touched in 48.43, an NCAA B time, to win the 100 Fly. Davenport placed third with a time of 49.67.
• Senior Noah Corbitt took second place in the 200 Free with an NCAA B time of 1:39.62. Senior Collin Hughes followed with a 1:40.37 to place third.
• Chen won the 100 Breast as he turned in a career-best and NCAA B time of 53.74. Wu placed second in 54.96 and junior Tristan Lin placed fourth in 56.71.
• Junior Steven Rua swam to a second-place finish in the 100 Back with a career-best time of 50.11. Senior Dylan Wachenfeld finished in fourth as he touched in 50.51.
• Sophomore Kellen Roddy beat the field in the 1650 Free as he clocked in a time of 15:53.42. Arena finished in third place in 16:15.14 and freshman Jonik Surprenant placed fourth in 16:16.53. All three times are NCAA B times.
• Hopkins then won the 200 Medley Relay as Rua, Chen, Vitek and Davenport swam a 1:29.16 to win by just four-hundredths of a second. Their time was an NCAA B time as well as the fifth fastest in school history. The team of Wachenfeld, freshman Mitchell List, sophomore Reef Ide and Spencer placed fourth with a time of 1:34.39.
• Wachenfeld followed with a second-place finish in the 200 Back with an NCAA B time of 1:48.17. Rua finished in fifth place with a time of 1:52.75.
• Corbitt and Hughes then went two-three in the 100 Free, finishing in 45.74 and 45.97, respectively.
• Chen led the Blue Jays to a sweep of the top four spots in the 200 Breast, all with NAA B times. Chen grabbed the win with a career-best and the fifth fastest time in program history – 1:59.28. Wu finished in second place (2:00.16), followed by Ji (2:01.92) and Stride (2:04.25).
• Vitek completed his sweep of the Fly events as he won the 200 with the ninth fastest time in school history (1:48.61). Sophomore Chris Seymour placed fourth in 1:54.19.
• Hopkins wrapped up the day with third and fourth-place finishes in the 400 Free Relay. Vitek, Hughes, Corbitt and Chen finished in 3:04.75. The team of Wu, Ji, Heymann and Davenport combined for a time of 3:04.81 .
 
Up Next
• Hopkins will return to action in three weeks as the Blue Jays host the New York University Violets on Saturday, November 20.