Rowan vs. Johns Hopkins

BALTIMORE, Maryland, January 12. THE #7 Johns Hopkins women’s swim team and the #3 men’s team were victorious over visiting Rowan by scores of 137-118 and 159-95, respectively, Saturday morning. Both squads improve their record to 4-2.

Hopkins opened up with a big win in the 200 Medley Relay as the team of Erica Pakkala (Lititz, PA/Warwick), Caitlin Dennis (Moorsetown, NJ/Merion Mercy Academy), Lisa Qu (Atlanta, GA/Westminster) and Jackie Rooney (Ft. Lauderdale, FL/The Culver Academies) won by over three seconds with a time of 1:53.76. Kate Hansen (Berkeley Heights, NJ/Governor Livingston), Charlotte Floria (North Potomac, MD/Quince Orchard), Meagan Heslin (Wyckoff, NJ/Northern Highlands Regional) and Elizabeth Dowdle (Tampa, FL/Academy of the Holy Names) swam to a third place finish with a time of 1:58.25.

The Blue Jays then took second and third in the 1650 Free with Kathleen Heslin (Wyckoff, NJ/Northern Highlands Regional) claiming second (18:11.56) and Mary Claire Kozlowski (Fairfax, VA/Lake Braddock Secondary) taking third (18:35.44). Elissa Stautner (Conroe, TX/Oak Ridge), Megan Zepp (Montgomery Village, MD/Stone Ridge) and Michele Palopoli (Gwynedd Valley, PA/Germantown Academy) led JHU to a sweep of the 200 Free. Stautner took first in 1:57.65.

Pakkala then won the 50 Free with a time of 29.45 while Jill Barclay (Andover, MA/North Andover) finished in third (30.61). Dennis followed that with a win in the 50 Breast (33.53). The wins continued in the 100 Fly as Qu won the event with a time of 1:01.35. M. Heslin finished in third with a time of 1:03.97. Rooney, Dowdle and Val Neff-Rasmussen (Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer) then took second through fourth in the 50 Free.

Palopoli and Dowdle followed with a one-two finish in the 100 Free, with Palopoli taking the win in 56.58. Pakkala and Barclay turned the same trick in the 100 Back, finishing one-two. Dennis picked up her second win of the day, winning the 100 Back with a finish of 1:11.84. Stautner then grabbed her second win, finishing the 500 Free in 5:13.66, more than eight seconds ahead of Rowan’s Samantha Edwards. Hopkins swam exhibitions in the final three events, the 50 Fly, 200 IM and 200 Free Relay.

Brad Test (Dresher, PA/Germantown Academy), Alex Hsieh (Beijing, China/International School of Beijing) and Neil Mahoney (Minneapolis, MN/Minnetonka) each picked up two wins on the day to lead the Blue Jay men.

Hopkins opened the meet by sweeping the top three spots in the 200 Medley Relay. Mahoney, Brian Keeley (Rockford, MI/Rockford), Spiros Moisiades (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich) and Teddy Bulakul (Bangakok, Thailand/Hotchkiss) swam to a 1:37.95 win. John Thomas (Montrose, CO/Montrose), Matt Fedderly (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh), Bob Sershon (Chicago, IL/St. Patrick) and Test took second with a time of 1:38. 23. Hsieh, John Kegelman (Yorktown, VA/Tabb), AJ Blood (McClean, VA/Sidwell Friends) and Derek Ems (Voorhees, NJ/Moorestown) completed the sweep, finishing in third with a time of 1:39.95.

Colin Kleinguetl (Kingwood, TX/Kingwood) then turned in a dominating performance in the 1650 Free, winning in 16:48.38 – 1:11.07 ahead of Rowan’s James Sheerin. Hopkins then swept the top three spots in the 200 Free and the 50 Back. Test won the 200 Free in a time of 1:44.60, followed by Mahoney (1:46.91) and Thomas (1:47.01). Hsieh won the 50 Back (24.99), followed by Kegelman (26.01) and Keeley (26.17).

Fedderly and Frank Long (Baltimore, MD/Perry Hall) then finished one-two in the 50 Breast, as Fedderly won the event with a time of 28.29 with Long finishing in 28.97. Moisiades and Sershon then tied for first in the 100 Fly as each finished in 53.77. Mahoney and Blood finished one-two in the 50 Free, coming in at 21.85 and 22.35 respectively. In the 100 Free, the Blue Jays once again swept the top three spots, with Mahoney getting the win in 49.11. Bulakul took second (49.47) and Chris Whelan (Tewksbury, NJ/Delbarton) took third (50.59).

Hsieh picked up his second win as he and Kegelman finished one-two in the 100 Back. Hsieh finished in 54.22 and Kegelman in 55.96. Hopkins repeated the feat in the 100 Breast and the 500 Free. Keeley won the 100 Breast (59.97) followed by Fedderly in second (1:00.11). David Postetter (Kenmore, WA/Inglemoor) took the win in the 500 Free (4:53.69) with Thomas claiming second (4:58.59). Hopkins swam exhibitions in the final three events – the 50 Fly, 20o IM and 200 Free Relay.

Hopkins returns to the pool next weekend when #20 TCNJ and West Chester visit Baltimore. The tri-meet is set to begin at 5:00 pm on Friday, January 18. The meet will continue at 10:00 am on Saturday, January 19.

Special thanks to Johns Hopkins for contributing this report.

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