WASHINGTON, DC – The Johns Hopkins men's swim team picked up seven wins in a tightly contested dual meet at Georgetown Friday afternoon. Senior
Kyle Wu and junior
Kellen Roddy led the Blue Jays with two individual wins each.
Roddy picked up the first of his two wins in the 1000 Free as he led the field with a swim of 9:27.23. He then won the 500 Free as he clocked in with a time of 4:34.36. Sophomore
Jonik Surprenant clocked in at 10:01.00 for third place in the 1000 Free.
Wu swept the Breaststroke events to earn his two wins. He won the 100 with a time of 56.35, beating the field by more than 1.2 seconds. He then won the 200, by nearly two seconds, with a time of 2:02.48. Sophomore
Joe Castagno placed fourth the 200 Breast in 2:08.16. Wu also swam the lead-off leg on the winning 200 Free Relay team. Wu, freshman
Avery Clapp, junior
Jay Heymann and senior
Spencer Ryan won the relay in 1:24.37. The Blue Jays beat the Hoyas by four-hundredths of a second for the win.
Freshman
Bryce Lloyd led a one-two punch for the Blue Jays in the 100 Back. He grabbed the win with a time of 51.83. Senior
Steven Rua followed in second place with a swim of 52.19. Clapp completed JHU's sweep of the Back events, as he won the 200 in 1:53.02. Junior
Alex Ren finished in fourth place in 1:56.40.
Hopkins opened the meet with second and fourth-place finishes in the 200 Medley Relay. Rua, Wu, Clapp and Ryan took second place in 1:32.78, just three-hundredths of a second out of first. Lloyd, junior
Justin Limberg, and freshmen
Andrew Huang and
Christian Mayr finished in fourth with a time of 1:35.49.
Sophomores
Daniel Byrnes and
Eric Ji went two-three in the 200 Free. Byrnes finished in 1:44.53, while Ji touched in 1:45.00. Clapp and Huang turned the same trick in the 200 Fly. Clapp took second place with a swim of 1:52.67 and Huang swam a 1:54.88. Ryan and Mayr continued the trend of second and third-place finishes for the Blue Jays in the 50 Free. Ryan took second place in 21.36 and Mayr followed in third in 21.87.
Hopkins then went three-four-five in the 100 Free. Mayr led the trio with a third-place finish and a time of 47.88. Lloyd took fourth in 48.32 and Heymann placed fourth in 48.64. Ryan then finished in second place in the 100 Fly as he clocked in at 51.14. Junior
Reef Ide followed in third place with a time of 52.26. The Blue Jays went two-three again, this time in the 200 IM. Sophomore
Nathan Jin finished in 1:55.92 for second place, beating Huang just 0.14 seconds.
Hopkins returns to action in two weeks at the Cavalier Invitational in Charlottesville, VA.
