Johns Hopkins to Be a part of Centennial Conference in Swimming

LANCASTER, PA – Johns Hopkins will be part of the Centennial Conference for males’s and girls’s swimming starting with the 2025-26 educational yr. The Blue Jays have competed as an impartial since leaving the Bluegrass Mountain Conference (BMC) after the 2015-16 season.
 
“We are thrilled to join the Centennial Conference in men’s and women’s swimming, and to provide our scholar-athletes the opportunity to compete against some top competition,” mentioned Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs, Director of Athletics and Recreation Jennifer S. Baker. “Hopkins has been a proud member of the Centennial for a long time, and we are excited to begin this new chapter with them.”
 
The Blue Jay males received 35 group convention championships in addition to 240 particular person and 87 relay championships as members of the MAC (1964-1987), UAA (1987-2001), ECAC (2003-2009) and BMC (2010-2016). The 35 convention titles are essentially the most of any group in Johns Hopkins’ historical past. Hopkins additionally produced 13 convention swimmers of the yr, six convention divers of the yr and 1,200 all-conference choices from 1964-2016.
 

Johns Hopkins has certified for each NCAA Division III Men’s Swimming & Diving Championship since its inception in 1975. The Blue Jays have received three group NCAA Championships and 69 particular person and relay NCAA titles and produced greater than 1,500 All-Americans.
 
“We are excited to have a conference championship for our teams to work towards,” mentioned head coach Scott Armstrong. “This will provide us with new goals and opportunities, and we are all extremely grateful to the Johns Hopkins athletic administration and the Centennial Conference for their support in creating this opportunity for the team.”
The Blue Jay girls have claimed 12 group convention championships together with 123 particular person and 56 relay titles within the MAC, UAA and BMC (2005-2016). From 1976 to 2016, JHU produced eight convention swimmers of the yr, three divers of the yr and 1,046 all-conference honorees.
 

JHU has participated in all 42 NCAA Division III Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships. Blue Jay swimmers and divers have claimed 16 NCAA particular person and relay titles and have mixed for greater than 900 All-America honors.
 

Johns Hopkins isn’t any stranger to the groups within the Centennial Conference because the Blue Jays have competed in opposition to six of the faculties within the convention. The collection in opposition to Franklin & Marshall, Dickinson and Swarthmore date to 1965 for the boys, whereas the collection in opposition to Gettysburg started in 1970. For the ladies, the Blue Jays started competing in opposition to the Bullets in 1975 and one yr later started collection with the Diplomats and Red Devils. Hopkins first competed in opposition to Swarthmore in 1984.
 

The 2026 Centennial Conference Championship is scheduled for February 19-22 at Franklin & Marshall.