Jan. 23, 2008

BALTIMORE, MD - Johns Hopkins senior Matt Fedderly (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh) has been named the National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week in Division III. He is the second JHU swimmer to earn the honor this season. Sophomore John Thomas (Montrose, CO/Montrose) earned the honor on December 5.

The third-ranked Johns Hopkins men's swimming team grabbed first place in 12 of 18 events to fuel a dual-meet sweep of West Chester and The College of New Jersey. The Blue Jays, who improved to 6-2 on the year and have won six straight dual meets, defeated West Chester 182-146 and TCNJ 237-91. TCNJ entered the meet ranked 20th in the nation in Division III, while the Golden Rams compete at the Division II level.

Fedderly was the only swimmer in the meet to win three events as he grabbed first place in the 400 Individual Medley (4:13.59), the 100 Breast (58.12) and the 200 Breast (2:07.22). His effort in the 200 Breast led a sweep of the top four spots in the event for the Blue Jays. Fedderly also swam on the 200 Medley and 400 Medley Relay teams. The 400 Medley Relay team grabbed first (3:31.32), while the 200 Medley Relay team finished in third (1:37.71).

Johns Hopkins travels to Washington & Lee on Saturday for a 10:00 am meet in Lexington, VA.