WILLIAMSBURG, VA – Johns Hopkins posted 13 top three finishes, including three wins, in a 181-81 loss at William & Mary Saturday afternoon.
Matthew Ko earned a pair of wins and
Aden Li had a win and a second-place finish to lead the Blue Jays.
Hopkins opened and closed the meet with third-place finishes in the 200 Medley and 200 Free Relays. Li,
Jonathan Wang,
Kai Henrikson-Brandt and
Michael Ivanov combined for a time of 1:31.52 to take third in the 200 Medley Relay in the meet's first event.
Matthew Brailita, Ivanov,
Lukas Funderburk and Wang then closed the meet with a third-place finish and a time of 1:24.58 in the 200 Free Relay.
Ko and
Larkin Helman went one-two in the 200 Breast for the first of Ko's two wins. He clocked in at 2:03.29, followed by Helman in 20:04.68. Ko earned his second win with a swim of 1:52.64 in the 200 IM, beating W&M's Tyler Barritt by more than 1.3 seconds. Helman took third in the event with a time of 1:54.25.
Nicolas Aldana turned in the first of two seconds with a 9:33.32 in the 1000 Free. He later took second in the 500 Free in 4:38.67. Li chased down the Tribe's Thomas Duncan to win the 100 Back in 49.59, beating Duncan to the wall by three-hundredths of a second. He later finished second in the 100 Fly in 50.17 for his second top-two finish.
Ken Ning took third place in the 200 Free in 1:42.23 with
Alistair Guth following in fourth (1:42.88). Wang grabbed third in the 100 Breast as he touched in 57.58 and
Alessandro Pereira placed second in the 200 Fly in 1:54.10. Ivanov placed fourth in the 50 (21.20) and 100 Free (46.68) to lead the Blue Jays.
Dylan Jewett finished in fourth in the 200 Back in 1:54.16.
Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, November 7 at Georgetown.