GRANVILLE, OH – Johns Hopkins junior
Kellen Roddy won the 1650 Free again and freshman
Avery Clapp broke the school record in the 200 Fly to lead the Blue Jays on the final day of the Denison Invitational. Hopkins posted three top-three finishes, seven NCAA B times and six career bests on day three of the invitational.
Roddy kicked off the night with his win in the 1650 Free. He touched the wall with an NCAA B time of 15:25.96. Freshman
Matthew Hartshorn finished in 10
th place with a time of 16:16.95, while sophomore
Eric Ji followed closely in 11
th place (16:17.29). Sophomore
Daniel Byrnes placed 14
th with a time of 16:26.58.
Freshman
Bryce Lloyd grabbed fifth place in the A final of the 200 Back with a career-best and NCAA B time of 1:47.13. Senior
Steven Rua won the B final as he clocked in at 1:49.57, an NCAA B time. Sophomore
Nathan Jin finished in seventh place (1:54.48) and senior
Alec Caswell placed eighth in 1:54.77. Freshman
Shawn Zhou followed with a fifth-place finish in the B final of the 100 Free with a time of 46.43.
The Blue Jays then placed four swimmers in the A final of the 200 Breast. Senior
Brandon Stride led the way with a third-place finish in 1:58.40. His prelim time of 1:57.54 is the fourth fastest in program history and an NCAA B time. Senior
Kyle Wu placed fourth (1:58.89), sophomore
Joe Castagno placed sixth (2:00.43) and junior
Justin Limberg placed seventh (2:02.45). Both Wu and Castagno posted NCAA B times. In addition, sophomore
Mitchell List took seventh place in the B final with a swim of 2:05.84.
Freshman
Andrew Huang finished in fifth place in the A final of the 200 Fly with an NCAA B time of 1:50.38. Junior
Alex Ren finished in second in the B final with a time of 1:52.89. Clapp turned in his record-breaking swim in the prelims as he paced the field with a 1:46.55. Hopkins ended the weekend with a third-place finish in the 400 Free Relay. Wu, Clapp, Lloyd and junior
Jay Heymann swam an NCAA B time of 3:01.09.
Hopkins will return to action in 2023 as the Blue Jays will travel to George Washington on Saturday, January 14.
