Johns Hopkins males’s and ladies’s swimming coach Scott Armstrong introduced that 11 freshmen will be part of the Blue Jays for the 2022-23 season. The 11 newcomers hail from 10 totally different states.
“It’s all the time top-of-the-line occasions of the 12 months once we get to share the wonderful incoming scholar athletes,” Armstrong stated. “That is a particularly robust group with some enormous up facet. We will’t wait to see how they jell collectively as a unit over the subsequent a number of years.”
Hopkins’ swimmers earned a complete of 72 All-America honors this season because the Blue Jay males completed because the nationwide runner-up and the Blue Jay girls positioned ninth on the 2022 NCAA Championship. As well as, sophomore Kellen Roddy and freshman Kristin Cornish every captured nationwide championships within the 1650 Free.
Bios of the 11 student-athletes are beneath:
Alia Basler
New York, NY
Favourite Occasions: 50 Free, 100 Free
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: I selected Hopkins for the wonderful educational and athletic alternatives in addition to the robust sense of group and staff setting.
I’d Wish to Thank: Thanks a lot to my coaches, teammates, dad and mom, and wonderful sister—I couldn’t be right here with out them!
Katherine Chelus
Tempe, AZ
Favourite Occasions: 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 IM
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: The excessive educational rigor of Hopkins in addition to the welcoming and aggressive swimming setting made it the fitting place for me.
I’d Wish to Thank: Thanks to my family and friends who’ve supported me all through my life!
Avery Clapp
Cincinnati, OH
Favourite Occasions: 100 Fly, 200 Fly
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: I selected Hopkins due to its unmatched lecturers, elite swimming program, and tight-knit group/staff tradition.
I’d Wish to Thank: Most significantly, I wish to thank my dad and mom, who haven’t solely devoted time, cash, and energy by swimming and different avenues in life, however have additionally all the time believed in me and supported me. Equally, I might additionally prefer to thank my teammates and coaches from my highschool swim staff and my membership staff for all the time pushing me to change into the very best swimmer/individual I may be.
Rachel Davis
Glastonbury, CT
Favourite Occasions: 200 IM, 100 Breast
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: I selected Hopkins as a result of it had all the things I hoped for, from lecturers to the swim staff to the situation. I couldn’t be extra excited to start out these subsequent 4 years!
I’d Wish to Thank: I wish to thank my household, in addition to all of my teammates and coaches who’ve helped me alongside the way in which.
Claire Han
Pensacola, FL
Favourite Occasions: 100 Free, 200 Free
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: I liked the ambiance at Hopkins and the mixture of educational and athletic rigor supplied!
I’d Wish to Thank: Thanks to my dad and mom for supporting me all through my total swimming profession and to my sister who by no means failed to present me the very best recommendation!
Matthew Hartshorn
Springfield, VA
Favourite Occasions: 400 IM, 500 Free
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: I selected Hopkins due to the nice staff setting and top-rated lecturers. I’m actually excited to swim and examine right here.
I’d Wish to Thank: I wish to thank my mother, dad, and sister for serving to me by highschool and the recruiting course of, and coach Pete and coach Scott for serving to me proceed my athletic profession.
Andrew Huang
Lake Oswego, OR
Favourite Occasions: 200 Breast, 100 Breast, 200 Fly, 200 IM
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: I selected Hopkins for its stellar lecturers and athletics which can finest put together me for the world.
I’d Wish to Thank: I wish to thank all of my associates/friends, academics, teammates, coaches (particularly Emily Melina and Tom Weltchek), and most of all my dad and mom and household.
Bryce Lloyd
Lutherville, MD
Favourite Occasions: 200 Again, 200 Free, 400 IM
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: Hopkins is the proper mixture of stellar lecturers, a high Division III swim program that’s enhancing quickly, and a gorgeous campus that’s house to world main analysis. The staff is so pleasant and welcoming that it’s almost inconceivable to show down the wonderful alternative.
I’d Wish to Thank: I wish to thank my mother, dad and brother for supporting me in all of my endeavors up to now, and for educating me many life classes. I additionally wish to thank my coaches, Paul and Kathryn in addition to my NBAC teammates for pushing me day by day to change into a greater swimmer but additionally a greater individual.
Christian Mayr
Richmond, VA
Favourite Occasions: 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: I wished to attend a faculty with a excessive customary of educational excellence and aggressive swimming. It’s positioned in a gorgeous space of Baltimore with an amazing class dimension and tight-knit group.
I’d Wish to Thank: I wish to thank my household, all of my highschool and membership coaches, my associates, my academics, and anybody else who has supported me on my journey.
Alex Watson
Austin, TX
Favourite Occasions: 50 Free, 100 Free
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: I liked everybody I met on my recruiting journey. They had been all very nice and humorous and pushed, it felt like house.
I’d Wish to Thank: I’d prefer to thank my mother, my coaches, and my teammates.
Shawn Zhou
San Diego, CA
Favourite Occasions: 50 Fly
Why I selected Johns Hopkins: Its wonderful mixture of lecturers and swimming
I’d Wish to Thank: I’d prefer to thank my dad and mom, brother, associates, and coach Joe for all of the help, and thank coach Scott for giving me this wonderful alternative!
Courtesy of Johns Hopkins Athletics
