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Johns Hopkins Earns Bronze at Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championship
Feb. 18, 2012
CHARLOTTE, NC - The Johns Hopkins men's swimming team totaled 520.5 points over four days to finish in third place at the 2012 Bluegrass Mountain Conference (BMC) Championship Saturday. It is the Blue Jays third straight top three finish in just their third season in the BMC. Host Wingate won its fifth straight title with 714 points, while Queens University of Charlotte earned second place with 565 points. Senior Matt Watson placed 12th in the 1650 Free, touching in a career-best time of 16:41.76. Freshman Dylan Davis then finished fourth in the 200 Back, clocking in with a time of 1:49.81. In the B Final, sophomore David Woodford placed third (11th overall) with a time of 1:52.28. Sophomore Joe Acquaviva followed in fourth in 1:53.76, while freshman Ryan Cunningham finished in seventh with a time of 1:54.50. Sophomore Tyler Woods just missed out on a podium finish in the 100 Free, placing fourth with a time of 45.37, the 10th fastest time in program history. He finished just six-hundredths of a second behind Queens' Joe Skuba. In the B Final, senior Eddy Zandee placed second (10th overall) with a time of 46.21. Sophomore Will Kimball finished in fourth with a time of 46.44. And in the C Final, sophomore Ben Tillar placed second (18th overall) in 46.96. Sophomore Alex Polyak took home silver in the 200 Breast as he touched in 2:04.81 - an NCAA provisional time. Senior Tim Nam claimed bronze as he clocked in at 2:06.54, also a provisional time. Senior Markus Kowalsky finished fifth in the B Final, finishing in 2:13.13. In the 200 Fly, junior Nick Schmidt finished in fourth with a provisional time of 1:52.48. Freshman Gregory Kogut took fifth place with a time of 1:54.02. Davis took third in the C Final, touching in 1:57.24. Hopkins closed out the championship with a bronze medal in the 400 Free Relay. Woods, Kimball, Zandee and junior Carter Gisriel swam a time of 3:02.06. It is the fifth fastest time in school history and a provisional time. Woods split of 45.36 is the ninth fastest in school history. Hopkins will return to the pool at the 2012 NCAA Championship, March 21-24 in Indianapolis, IN.
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