GREENSBORO, NC – Sophomore Avery Clapp broke his own school record and earned his first career top-three finish at the NCAA Championships Friday night. The Blue Jays sit in 15^th place with 70 points through three days at the championships.
 
Clapp kicked off the night with his record-breaking swim. He shaved 1.97 seconds off this prelim time to break his own school record by nearly one second (0.98 seconds). He clocked in at 1:44.56 to claim third place and this 11^th career All-America honor. Clapp owns the five fastest times in the 200 Fly in program history.
 
The Blue Jays then took 12^th place in the 800 Free Relay. The team of sophomore Bryce Lloyd, seniors Kellen Roddy and Jay Heymann and Clapp finished in 6:37.20. The group earns Second Team All-America honors as JHU has now produced an All-America team in the event every year since the championship's inception in 1975. Lloyd has earned All-America honors twice at this year's championship and three times in his career. Roddy earns his seventh career All-America honor and Heymann now has six to his credit.
 
The NCAA Championships wrap up on Saturday at 10:00 am with the prelims of the 100 Free. The finals are scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm.