The Basics
• Location: Indianapolis, IN • IUPUI Natatorium
• The Short Story: Freshman Kristin Cornish won the national title in the 1650 Free to lead the Johns Hopkins women's swim team to a ninth-place finish at the 2022 NCAA Championships. The Blue Jays finished with 185.5 points over the four-day championship.
 
1650 Free
Cornish kicked off the final day of the championships in style – record-breaking style – as she brought home gold in the 1650 Free. Seeded fifth in the finals and swimming in lane two, she led wire to wire. That's a tough feat in a race this long, but it proved to be no issue for the freshman. The win earned 20 points for the Blue Jays, who moved up to eighth in the team standings.
 
Cornish touched the wall in a school-record 16:33.24 to win the title by 6.99 seconds. She shaved a remarkable 15.70 seconds off her seed time. She also broke her own record in the 1000 Free with a split of 9:59.01. Cornish is the first Blue Jay to win an NCAA title in the 1650 Free and is just eighth individual NCAA champion in program history.
 
200 Back
Sophomore Cameron Roche won the consolation final of the 200 Back and senior Sydney Okubo finished eighth to pick up 10 points for the Blue Jays. Roche dropped 1.52 seconds from her prelim time to edge Tufts' Abby Claus by just 0.11 seconds for the win. Okubo clocked in with a time of 2:02.30 as JHU moved up another spot to seventh.
 
200 Breast
Freshman Taylor Rohovit followed with an eighth-place finish in the championship final of the 200 Breast. She turned in a 2:16.97 and earned 11 points, which pushed JHU into sixth place. Her prelim time of 2:16.42 is the fourth fastest in program history.
 
400 Free Relay
Hopkins closed out the championships with a second-place finish in the consolation final of the 400 Free Relay. Freshman Michelle Liu, Rohovit and seniors Kristen Alicea-Jorgensen and Sophia Girgenti swam a 3:26.01 and beat Bates by just 0.12 seconds. That finish gave the Blue Jays 14 points and they sat in seventh place before the championship final. Tufts and MIT both swam in the championship final and earned 30 and 26 points, respectively, to move past Hopkins in the final team standings.
 
What it Means
Hopkins' ninth-place finish is its third top-10 showing, in four championships, under head coach Scott Armstrong. JHU has now placed in the top-10 at the NCAA Championships 22 times since its inception in 1982 (39 championships).
 
All-Americans
Kristen Alicea-Jorgensen - Honorable Mention
Kristin Cornish – First Team
Sophia Girgenti - Honorable Mention
Michelle Liu – Honorable Mention
Sydney Okubo – Honorable Mention
Cameron Roche – Honorable Mention
Taylor Rohovit – First Team, Honorable Mention
 
In total, 12 Blue Jays combined for 32 All-America honors – tied for the third most in program history. Rohovit led Hopkins with five All-America accolades over the four days. Alicea-Jorgensen, Cornish, Okubo, Girgenti and Liu each garnered All-America honors four times at the championships.