Hopkins Women's Swimming Team Competes In Emory Invitational

Five Blue Jays qualified for the NCAA Championships.

Kelly Robinson qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 and 200 butterfly last weekend at the Emory Invitational.

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Feb. 24, 2004

Atlanta, GA - Five Johns Hopkins women's swimmers qualified for the NCAA Championships last weekend as the Blue Jays competed in the Emory Invitational.

Sophomore Abiona Redwood (Kingston, Jamaica/St. Andrew) qualified by finishing first in the 50 freestyle time trial in 24.61, while fellow sophomore Kristin Stepaniak (Shoreview, MN/Mounds View) qualified by swimming the 200 breaststroke preliminaries in 2:24.03.

Sophomore Stephanie Leaman (Grosse Point Woods, MI/Grosse Point North) also qualified, as she won the 1650 freestyle in 17:30.82, while freshman Allie Foster (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley Central) qualified by winning the 100 breaststroke in 1:06.63. Freshman Kelly Robinson (Holden, MA/Worcester Academy) qualified in two events, as she won the 100 butterfly in 58.71 and finished second in the 200 butterfly preliminaries in 2:08.57.

Junior Diana Smirnova (Las Cruces, NM/Phillips Exeter Academy) won the 200 individual medley in 2:11.05, sophomore Kalei Walker (Fort Lauderdale, FL/Pine Crest) took the 200 freestyle in 1:56.13, and freshman Mandy Schmidt (Austin, TX/LBJ) captured the 100 backstroke in 1:02.04.

Sophomore Jessica Chang (Penfield, NY/Penfield) finished first in the 100 breaststroke preliminaries in 1:07.17 and third in the 200 individual medley in 2:13.61, while in the 400 individual medley junior Betsy Maragakes (Doylestown, PA/Central Bucks East) was second in 4:46.91 and Leaman placed fourth in 4:56.58.

Sophomore Sida Liu (Phoenix, AZ/North Canyon) was second in 54.80 and freshman Ariana Reks (Syracuse, NY/Jamesville-DeWitt) came in third in the 100 freestyle in 54.80, while in the 200 freestyle freshman Ashley Devonshire (Pittsburgh, PA/Hampton) finished second in 1:58.17 and sophomore Katie Herbst (West Deptford, NJ/West Deptford) placed fourth in 1:59.39.

Junior Meghan Bullock (Phoenix, AZ/Phoenix Country Day) placed eighth in the 1650 freestyle in 18:26.82, while in the 200 butterfly preliminaries Smirnova was third in 2:11.14 and senior Emma Gregory (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) finished fourth in 2:11.67.

The Blue Jays will compete in the NCAA Division III Championships on March 11-13 in St. Louis, MO.

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