Feb. 29, 2008
BALTIMORE, MD - The Johns Hopkins men's swimming team wrapped up day one of the ECAC Championships in third place with 123 points. Senior Brad Test (Dresher, PA/Germantown Academy) claimed the 50 Free for the Blue Jays.
Hopkins opened with a win in the 200 Free Relay with a time of 1:23.72. Swimming the relay were sophomore Chris Whelan (Tewksbury, NJ/Delbarton), Test, sophomore John Thomas (Montrose, CO/Montrose) and freshman Brian Keeley (Rockord, MI/Rockford). Keeley then took fifth in the 200 IM with a career-best time of 1:53.79.
Test followed that with a win in the 50 Free with a time of 20.85. That moved Johns Hopkins into second place with 89 points. The Blue Jays closed out the night with a second place finish in the 400 Medley Relay with a season-best time of 3:22.29.
The championships continue on Saturday morning. Prelims begin at 10:00 am at Trees Pool in Pittsburgh, PA with finals scheduled for the evening. Events slated for Saturday are the 200 Medley Relay, 400 IM, 100 Fly, 200 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back and 800 Free Relay.
