The Basics
• Team Scoring (Top Four):
Emory - 427.5 points
Johns Hopkins – 340 points
Denison – 339.5 points
Williams – 290 points
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Location: Indianapolis, IN • IUPUI Natatorium
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The Short Story: The Johns Hopkins men's swim team racked up 340 points to finish as the runner-up at the 2022 NCAA Championships. In addition, sophomore
Kellen Roddy won the national title in the 1650 Free and the Blue Jays broke three school records.
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Runners-Up
Hopkins finishes as the national runner-up for the first time since 2008 and the eighth time in program history. JHU has now brought home a team trophy (top-four finish) 25 times since the NCAA Division III championship's inception in 1975 (46 championships).
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1650 Free
Roddy kicked off the final day of the championships by coming from behind to win the 1650 Free. He was in the middle of the pack for most of the race, but by the turn at the 1350-yard mark, Roddy had taken the lead by just five-hundredths of a second. Over the final 300 yards, he would stretch that lead to nearly four seconds as he touched the wall in 15:13.37 and grabbed 20 points for the Blue Jays.
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Roddy's time is the fifth fastest in program history and a career best. He is the first Blue Jay to win the 1650 Free since Andy Greenhalgh in 2016. It is the seventh 1650 Free title in program history. JHU would go on to sweep the 1650 Free titles as Kristin Cornish would take the women's title just a short time later.
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100 Free
Graduate student
Nat Davenport then finished in seventh place in the championship final of the 100 Free. He clocked in at 44:10 to break the school record by just two-hundredths of a second. This is the first time in Davenport's career that he has earned All-America honors in the 100 Free.
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200 Back
The 200 Back saw another Blue Jay record fall as senior
Dylan Wachenfeld placed sixth in the championship final. He finished in 1:45.81 to break his own school record by 0.14 seconds. He has now earned All-America honors in the 200 Back in each of his four years.
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200 Breast
In the final individual event of the night, Hopkins grabbed 35 points to take over second place in the team standings. Senior
Max Chen placed second in the consolation final with a time of 1:58.44, the eighth fastest in program history.
In the championship final, junior
Kyle Wu took third place and turned in the third fastest time in program history with a 1:57.47. Junior
Brandon Stride followed in seventh place as he finished in 1:58.38, tied for the sixth fastest time in JHU history.
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400 Free Relay
Hopkins wrapped up the championships with a third-place finish in the consolation final of the 400 Free Relay.n Wu, Davenport, senior
Jeff Vitek and Chen finished in 2:58.62 to break the school record by just five-hundredths of a second.
The Blue Jays picked up 12 points with their finish and it turns out they would need every single one as they held a 32.5-point lead over Denison. The Big Red nearly overtook the Blue Jays for second place in the final team standings, as they finished third in the championship final. But those 32 points were not enough as Hopkins held onto second play by just a half a point.
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All-Americans
Max Chen – Honorable Mention (2)
Nat Davenport – First Team, Honorable Mention
Kellen Roddy – First Team
Brandon Stride – First Team
Jeff Vitek - Honorable Mention
Dylan Wachenfeld – First Team
Kyle Wu – First Team, Honorable Mention
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In all, 14 Blue Jays combined to earn 40 All-America honors – the third most in school history. Chen and Davenport led JHU with seven All-America honors each, while Wu and Vitek earned six each. Chen now has 19 All-America honors in his career, which is tied for 13
th in JHU history
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