Midseason Swimming Report :: Twenty-one Blue Jays qualified for NCAAs during the first half of 2004-05 season

Midseason Swimming Report

Twenty-one Blue Jays qualified for NCAAs during the first half of 2004-05 season

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Junior Brian Sneed qualified for the NCAAs in the 100 and 200 fly

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Dec. 9, 2004

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Best Win Yet: The men's swimming team defeated Yale 136-126 at home on Nov. 23 for the program's biggest win in recent history. The Bulldogs are consistently a top team in the Division I Ivy League. Hopkins had eight first-place finishes at the meet.

Breaking Records: Matt Fedderly set the Johns Hopkins record in the 200 IM (1:52.61) and Jessica Chang set the school mark in the 100 breast (1:05.25) at the Miami Invitational last weekend.

The Miami Way: As usual, Johns Hopkins qualified a number of swimmers for the NCAA Championships during the annual Miami (Ohio) Invitational.Thirteen men and eight women set qualifying times or improved their qualifying times from earlier meets this season, as well as the men's and women's 200 and 400 medley and 800 free relays. Seven men and two women had A-cut times, guaranteeing themselves NCAA appearances.

NCAA Qualifiers (* indicates A-cut qualifiers)

Men

Name-Event-Time-Meet

• JP Balfour* 200 IM 1:52.82 Miami

• Matt Fedderly 200 IM 1:52.61 Miami, 100 breast 57.61 Miami, 400 IM 4:04.77 Miami, 200 breast 2:05.31 Miami, 200 free 1:43.06 Miami • Zane Hamilton 200 IM 1:54.03 Miami 100 breast 57.74 Miami 200 breast 205.94 Miami

• Tyler Harris* 100 breast 57.37 Miami, 200 breast 2:08.28 Miami

• Matt Chana* 500 free 4:37.69 Miami, 1650 free 15:58.31 Miami

• Jon Kleinman* 500 free 4:35.25 Miami, 400 IM 4:05.64 Miami,

1650 free 16:10.66 Miami

• Brian Sneed* 100 fly 50.12 Miami, 200 fly 1:54.20 Miami

• Gary Itskovich 200 fly 1:54.25 Miami

• Sean Kim 100 fly 50.75 Miami, 200 fly 1:52.77 Miami

• Richard Guerard 500 free 4:36.54 Miami, 200 back 1:54.54 Miami

• Ryan Kim* 200 IM 1:54.76 Miami, 100 back 52.04 Miami, 200 back 1:52.18 Miami, 400 IM 4:06.34 Miami

• Brad Test* 50 free 21.14 Miami, 100 free 46.30 Miami, 200 free 1:43.08 Miami

• Dan Kim 100 fly 51.25 Miami

• 200 medley relay (Ryan Kim, Tyler Harris, Brian Sneed, Brad Test) 1:32.72 Miami

• 400 medley relay (Ryan Kim, Matt Fedderly, Brian Sneed, Brad Test) 3:25.13 Miami

• 800 free relay (Matt Fedderly, Brad Test, Richard Guerard, Brian Sneed) 6:53.63 Miami

Women

Name-Event-Time-Meet

• Jessica Chang* 100 breast 1:05.2 Miami

• Allie Foster* 100 breast 1:06.77 Miami, 200 IM 2:10.60 Miami, 200 breast 2:25.48 Miami

• Kalei Walker 50 free 24.49 Miami 200 free 1:54.57 Miami

• Diana Smirnova 200 IM 2:08.98 Miami

• Erica Pakkala 100 back 59.06 Miami

• Katie Herbst 500 free 5:05.78 Miami 200 back 2:08.88 Miami

• 200 medley relay (Erica Pakkala, Jessica Chang, Kelly Robinson, Abiona Redwood) 1:48.72 Miami

• 400 medley relay (Erica Pakkala, Jessica Chang, Kelly Robinson, Kalei Walker) 4:57.39 Miami

• 800 free relay (Allie Foster, Katie Herbst, Diana Smirnova, Kalei Walker) 7:45.31

The Blue Jays take a holiday break and return to action on January 14-15, when they host West Chester and TCNJ at 5 p.m.