Blue Jay Swimming Teams Fall At North Carolina :: Scott Armstrong led the men's team by winning the 1000 freestyle and 500 freestyle.

Blue Jay Swimming Teams Fall At North Carolina

Scott Armstrong led the men's team by winning the 1000 freestyle and 500 freestyle.

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Scott Armstrong won the 1000 free and 500 free Saturday at North Carolina.

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Nov. 17, 2002

Chapel Hill, NC - The Johns Hopkins men's and women's swimming teams each fell at nationally-ranked North Carolina Saturday morning in Koury Natatorium. The No. 15 Tar Heel men topped the Blue Jays, 187-97, while the No. 11 Carolina women defeated Hopkins, 195-84.

Senior Scott Armstrong (Medford Lakes, NJ/West Morris Central/Bernards) led the JHU men's team by winning the 1000 freestyle in 9:27.11 and the 500 freestyle in 4:37.88, while sophomore J.P. Balfour (Plano, TX/Plano East) took the 200 backstroke in 1:58.08. The Hopkins 400 freestyle relay team of senior Justin Brannock (West Palm Beach, FL/Dreyfoos School of the Arts), junior Kyle Robinson (Holden, MA/Wachusett Regional), freshman Zane Hamilton (Chattanoga, TN/McCallie), and senior Mark Levin (Fairfax, VA/W.T. Woodson) won its race in 3:11.88

Brannock finished second in the 200 freestyle in 1:43.35, while senior David Lofthus (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima) came in second in the 200 backstroke in 1:58.12 and freshman Matthew Chana (Northbrook, IL/Glenbrook North) was second in the 1000 freestyle in 9:55.45. Additionally, JHU's other 400 freestyle relay team of junior Oliver Buccicone (Rochester, MN/Rochester Lourdes), sophomore Paul Zalewski (St. Louis, MO/Kirkwood), Chana, and junior Matt McKee (Rocky River, OH/St. Edward) finished second in 3:24.76.

Senior Stephanie Harbeson (Harriman, NY/The Peddie School-NY) led the Hopkins women by winning the 500 freestyle in 5:11.58, while the JHU 400 freestyle relay team of freshman Katie Herbst (West Deptford, NJ/West Deptford), junior Emma Gregory (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough), junior Liz Schlicher (Mountain Lakes, NJ/Mountain Lakes), and sophomore Kate Purvis (Hartsdale, NY/Pinecrest-Fort Lauderdale-FL), won its race in 3:58.22.

Freshman Abiona Redwood (Kingston, Jamaica/St. Andrew) finished second in the 100 freestyle in 57.33, while fellow freshman Kristin Stepaniak (Shoreview, MN/Mounds View) placed second in the 200 backstroke in 2:26.92. Other second place finishers for the Hopkins women were junior Megan Rudinsky (Bethel Park, PA/Bethel Park), who finished the 100 butterfly in 1:00.71, and sophomore Betsy Maragakes (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East), who finished the 200 individual medley in 2:21.02.

The meet served as a homecoming for JHU head coach George Kennedy, who was a letterwinner on the North Carolina men's swimming team from 1973 through 1976.

The Blue Jays return to action on December 5 through 7 when they compete in the Miami of Ohio Invitaional.

Men's Event Winners: 400 Medley Relay: North Carolina (Owens, Quinn, Matkovich, Pigassou), 3:24.58; 1000 Freestyle: Armstrong (JHU), 9:27.11; 200 Freestyle: Owen (UNC), 1:41.36; 100 Backstroke: Owens (UNC), 52.16; 100 Breaststroke: Quinn (UNC), 56.75; 200 Butterfly: Glasco (UNC), 1:52.36; 50 Freestyle: Chenier (UNC), 20.76; 1-Meter Diving: Poitras (UNC), 212.70; 100 Freestyle: Donato (UNC), 47.15; 200 Backstroke: Balfour (JHU), 1:58.08; 200 Breaststroke: Woodruff (UNC), 2:10.49; 500 Freestyle: Armstrong (JHU), 4:37.88; 100 Butterfly: Owen (UNC), 52.19; 3-Meter Diving: Poitras (UNC), 565.65; 200 Individual Medley: Coble (UNC), 1:54.65; 400 Freestyle Relay: Johns Hopkins (Brannock, K. Robinson, Hamilton, Levin), 3:11.88.

Women's Event Winners: 400 Medley Relay: North Carolina (Turner, Bruce, Carroll, Watkins), 3:52.59; 1000 Freestyle: Weeks (UNC), 9:57.45; 200 Freestyle: Smith (UNC), 1:51.95; 100 Backstroke: Quinn (UNC), 58.48; 100 Breaststroke: Turner (UNC), 1:05.34; 200 Butterfly: Brosch (UNC), 2:04.07; 50 Freestyle: Perruguet (UNC), 23.33; 1-Meter Diving: Santoro (UNC), 213.75; 100 Freestyle: Martin (UNC), 53.08; 200 Backstroke: Collier (UNC), 2:05.62; 200 Breaststroke: Watkins (UNC), 2:25.67; 500 Freestyle: Harbeson (JHU), 5:11.58; 100 Butterfly: Bittner (UNC), 1:00.67; 3-Meter Diving: Waddell (UNC), 512.33; 200 Individual Medley: Gamblin (UNC), 2:13.09; 400 Freestyle Relay: Johns Hopkins (Herbst, Gregory, Schlicher, Purvis), 3:58.22.

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