Washington and Lee vs. Johns Hopkins

BALTIMORE, Maryland, January 29. THE Johns Hopkins men's swimming team, currently ranked fourth in the nation in Division III, grabbed 10 first-place finishes to fuel a 146.5-92.5 victory over visiting Washington & Lee Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays, who set a pool record in the final event of the day, improve to 6-1 on the year, while the Generals fall to 8-4.

Johns Hopkins secured the victory early and capped the victory with the pool-record-breaking effort in the final event of the day, the 400 free relay. The team of Eddy Zandee, Dylan Coggin, Anthony Lordi and Tyler Woods clocked in at 3:08.40 to narrowly break the previous record of 3:08.42, which had been set earlier this season.

The piece of the record capped a strong effort for Lordi, who opened his day by swimming the anchor leg for the first-place 200 medley relay team (1:35.40) and added individual first-place efforts in the 200 free (1:43.06) and 100 free (47.17). He was joined on the 200 medley relay team by Joe Acquaviva, Tim Nam and Nick Schmidt, who all added at least one individual victory to their resume for the day.

Nam grabbed a pair of first-place finishes – in the 100 breast (1:00.19) and thee 200 free (2:10.87) – while Acquaviva took the 100 back with a time of 54.34. Schmidt won the 200 fly with a time of 1:56.56. Zandee was also a double-winner on the day as he added a first-place showing in the 50 free (21.36) to go along with his lead-effort for the record-breaking relay team.

Will Kimball was JHU's other individual winner as he took the 1000 free (10.11.25). JHU grabbed the top three spots in both the 1000 free and the 100 breast and took the top two spots in two other events as well.

Chris Washnock was the only double-winner for the Generals as he claimed two of their four first-place finishes on the day. He won the 200 IM (2:00.20) and the 200 back (1:56.16) for W&L, which also claimed the 500 free and the 100 fly.

Johns Hopkins will return to action on Ferbuary 11 when the Blue Jays travel to Annapolis to take on Navy.

The Johns Hopkins women's swimming team, which is currently ranked fifth in the nation in the TYR/CSCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Poll, grabbed 11 first-place finishes to fuel a 167-89 victory over visiting Washington & Lee Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays, who set a pool record in the final event of the day, improve to 5-3 on the year, while the Generals fall to 8-3.

The Blue Jays had long secured the win, but closed strong as the team of Sarah Rinsma, Alex Ladd, Taylor Kitayama and Elizabeth Rogers broke the pool record in the 400 free relay with a time of 3:33.61. The record had stood for exactly one day as Towson had set the record on Friday, January 28 in a win over the Blue Jays.

The piece of the record capped a strong day for Rogers, who was a member of the 200 medley relay team that opened the meet with a first-place showing in a time of 1:50.06. She added individual victories in the 200 free (1:57.06) and the 50 free (24.92).

Kitayama and Ladd joined Rogers on both winning relay teams and added individual victories of their own as well. Kitayama took the 100 back in a time of 1:00.50, while Ladd cruised to a first-place showing in the 500 free (5:13.67). Kitayama won the 100 back four times in five duals meets this season.

Rinsma was JHU's other double-winner on the day as she added a victory in the 100 free (55.06) to go along with her effort on the record-breaking relay.

Other individual winners for Johns Hopkins included Cathy Howard in the 1000 free (10:46.16), Annie Tsay in the 100 breast (1:08.35), Daniela Villegas in the 200 back (2:10.81) and Charlotte Floria in the 200 breast (2:30.78). In all, the Blue Jays grabbed the top three spots in four of the 12 individual races and went one-two in four others.

Washington & Lee was led by Brittany Ross, who won the 200 fly (2:14.82) and added a second-place finish in the 100 fly (1:03.05) to lead the way for the Generals.

Johns Hopkins will return to action on February 16 when the Blue Jays participate in the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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