Oct 26, 2013
LANCASTER, PA – Johns Hopkins won eight of the first 11 events en route to a 161-96 win over host Franklin & Marshall in both teams’ season-opener. The Blue Jays, who swam exhibition in the final three events, open the season with a win for the fourth straight year.
Hopkins swept the top three spots in the 200 Medley Relay as the Blue Jays opened the meet with a 15-2 lead. Junior Hannah Benn, freshmen Pilar Shimizu and Abby Brown, and sophomore Ellen Marcus won the event in a total time of 1:49.83. Freshmen Ariana Waitkavicz and Kailyn Koh, junior Kylie Holden and sophomore Megan Auzenbergs took second place with a time of 1:50.93. And taking third place were freshman Kristen Kasier, junior Maggie Storm, freshman Sarah Westley and senior Alex Ladd in 1:52.54.
Freshman Lindsay Kriz then took second place in the 1000 Free in 11:03.67, while senior Katie Rownd placed third in 11:23.14. The Blue Jays followed with a sweep of first through third in the 200 Free, led by Marcus with a winning time of 1:56.91. Ladd followed closely in second in 1:57.22, while freshman Emily Lubin took third in 1:58.93. Junior Sammi Fox and Benn then took first and second in the 100 Back. Fox took the win as she touched in 1:00.83 with Benn finishing in 1:02.06.
Hopkins followed with another sweep of first through third, this time in the 100 Breast. Shimizu led the way with a time of 1:08.77 to win the event, while Holden turned in a career-best time of 1:12.43 for second place. Freshman Helena Arose followed closely in third place with a time of 1:12.52. Freshman Shirley Chan turned in the seventh fastest time in school history with a time of 2:06.94 in the 200 Fly and classmate Keri Gawlik took second in 2:14.90. Koh continued the Blue Jays’ winning ways with first place in the 50 Free as she touched in 24.62. Freshman Jane Nester placed third in 26:23, followed closely by junior Maggie Storm in a career-best 26.35.
Marcus then won her second individual event, taking the top spot in the 100 Free in 54.20. Fox followed with a second-place finish in a time of 55.80. The 200 Back saw the Blue Jays take the top two spots again with Kaiser earning the win in 2:12.29 and Waitkavicz placing second in 2:15.74. Hopkins did one better in the 200 Breast, claiming first through third. Arose took the win as she finished in 2:33.62, Rownd followed in second in 2:38.32 and Holden took third in 2:38.82.
Kriz placed second in the 500 Free as she touched in 5:21.37, while Gawlik placed fifth in 5:28.74. Hopkins swam exhibitions in the final three events.
Hopkins returns to action at the annual Thomas Murphy Invitational hosted by nearby Loyola University. The Invitational kicks off at 5:00 pm on Friday, November 1 at Mangione Pool in the Loyola Fitness and Aquatic Center.
The above is a press release taken from the Johns Hopkins Athletic Website. The complete meet results can be found here.
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