Hopkins Swimming Teams Each Finish Third At Emory Invitational

Scott Pitz won two events for the men, while Sida Liu won two for the women.

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<b>Scott Pitz</b> won the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Emory Invitational.

Scott Pitz won the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Emory Invitational.

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Nov. 11, 2002

Atlanta, GA - The Johns Hopkins men's and women's swimming teams each finished third out of four teams at the Emory Invitational this weekend. The Blue Jay men earned 821 points, while the women finished with 688.5 points.

Emory won the men's meet with 962.5 points, followed by Carnegie Mellon with 865 points, Hopkins, and New York University with 464.5 points. The Eagles also won the women's meet with 1097.5 points, followed by New York University with 731 points, Hopkins, and Carnegie Mellon with 561 points.

Junior Scott Pitz (Paoli, PA/Conestoga) led the Blue Jay men by winning the 200 breaststroke in 2:12.04 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.09, while senior Scott Armstrong (Medford Lakes, NJ/West Morris Central/Bernards) won the 1650 freestyle in 16:05.41. Other individual event winners for Hopkins were senior David Lofthus (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima), who took the 100 butterfly in 52.11, and senior Justin Brannock (West Palm Beach, FL/Dreyfoos School of the Arts), who captured the 200 freestyle in 1:43.97. Additionally, the JHU 200 medley relay team of sophomore J.P. Balfour (Plano, TX/Plano East), Pitz, Lofthus, and junior Kyle Robinson (Holden, MA/Wachusett Regional) won its race in 1:37.42.

Armstrong finished second in the 400 individual medley in 4:13.78 and the 500 freestyle in 4:37.92, while Brannock came in second in the 100 freestyle in 47.68 and Lofthus placed second in the 100 backstroke in 53.80. The Hopkins 200 freestyle relay team of Brannock, freshman Brian Sneed (Chattanooga, TN/McCallie), senior Mark Levin (Fairfax, VA/W.T. Woodson), and Robinson finished second in 1:28.47, while the 400 freestyle relay team of Armstrong, Lofthus, Robinson, and Brannock placed second in 3:12.10. The 400 medley relay team of Balfour, Pitz, Lofthus, and Brannock also finished second in 3:31.77.

Freshman Sida Liu (Phoenix, AZ/North Canyon) led the Hopkins women by winning the 200 backstroke in 2:10.04 and the 100 backstroke in 1:00.31, while fellow freshman Jessica Chang (Penfield, NY/Penfield) took the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.60.

The Blue Jays had four relay teams finish in second place in their respective races. The 400 medley relay team of Liu, Chang, sophomore Diana Smirnova (Las Cruces, NM/Phillips Exeter Academy), and senior Stephanie Harbeson (Harriman, NY/The Peddie School-NJ) finished in 4:01.86, and the 200 medley relay team of Liu, Chang, junior Megan Rudinsky (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park), and sophomore Michelle Phillips (Northridge, CA/Phillips Exeter Academy) finished in 1:51.78.

Additionally, the JHU 200 freestyle relay team of freshman Stephanie Leaman (Grosse Point Woods, MI/Grosse Point North), Rudinsky, Phillips, and Harbeson finished in 1:42.06, while the 400 freestyle relay team of freshman Katie Herbst (West Deptford, NJ/West Deptford), freshman Caitlin Kunkel (Warwick, RI/St. Mary-Academy-Bay View), junior Emma Gregory (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough), and junior Liz Schlicher (Mountain Lakes, NJ/Mountain Lakes) finished in 3:41.72.

The Blue Jays return to action this Saturday when they travel to Chapel Hill, NC, to face the University of North Carolina in a 10 a.m. meet.

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