Three state swimming records fall in opening races
Advertiser Staff
Three of the most venerable records in the Local Motion State High School Swimming and Diving Championships were broken yesterday in trial heats at Kailua, Kona.
Two of the records that were erased were 19 years old and another was 16 years old.
In the first four swimming events, two meet records were broken by big margins. Two more fell later.
The Waiakea girls 200-yard medley relay team broke a 19-year old meet record in the first event.
The team of Jessica Bartolome (backstroke), Kathy Ka'apu-Lyons (breaststroke), Nicole Okuna (butterfly) and Tamara Binek (freestyle) were timed in 1 minute, 49.12 seconds, erasing the record of 1:49.51 set by Punahou in 1983.
Three events later, Iolani sophomore Mark Eckert Jr. improved his lifetime best in the 200 freestyle by nearly two seconds to break the record set last year by his teammate, Hongzhe Sun.
Eckert's time was 1:39.89. His previous best was 1:41.79 in the Interscholastic League of Honolulu championships two weeks ago and Sun's state meet record was 1:40.78.
"I was surprised myself," Eckert said.
Sun put his name back in the record book in another event, breaking a 16-year-old mark in the 100 butterfly. His time of 49.71 replaced the record of 50.85 by Matthew Cerizo of Maui in 1986.
"I'm really happy, but I think I can go faster" today in the finals, Sun said.
Later in the meet, Kaiser senior Ashley Swart swam the girls' 500 freestyle in 4:57.27 — 6/100ths of a second faster than the record of 4:57.33 set by Diane Williams in 1983.
Eckert swam "just to qualify" in the boys' 500, but still missed the meet record by only .25 of a second, and neither he nor Sun swam in yesterday's relay heats. In relays, the team qualifies and coaches can substitute individuals in the finals.
"I'll go for it tomorrow," Eckert said.
Eckert credited Iolani coach Brian Lee for his nearly two-second improvement.
"We trained hard and Brian got us tapering the last two weeks," he said. "It's all paying off in the end."
Eight qualifiers in each event of yesterday's trials will compete in finals today, starting at 1 p.m. Diving semifinals and finals will start at 8:30 a.m.
Nearly half of the 24 meet records are considered endangered.
Binek said she hoped the medley relay record was a good omen as Waiakea's eight-girl team, coached by Dan Lyons, tries to beat Punahou, which has won 41 of the previous 44 state championships.
Iolani's boys are going for their first state title since 1996. Punahou has won 39 of 44 boys crowns.
Nelson Quon contributed to this report.
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Local Motion State Swim & Dive Championships
TRIALS
Girls 1-meter diving
(Preliminaries) 1, Claire Schiff, Pun, 161.75. 2, Sarah Delara, Maui, 155.00. 3, Ronnie Oda, KS, 154.65. 4, Lauren Pocherova, Pun, 153.80. 5, Andrea Eng, Mil, 140.30. 6, Nicolette Rowe, HIL, 130.60. 7, Sarah Picadura, KS, 126.70. 8, Kathryn Hurd, Kai, 125.60.
Boys 1-meter diving
1, Joshua Tyau, KS, 176.65. 2, Drew Wallace, Puna, 175.50. 3, Matthew Elm, Kais, 142.40. 4, Nelson Quan, Iol, 114.15. 5, Greg Takeshima, Hil, 97.20. 6, Douglas Kim, Bald, 94.55.
Girls 200 medley relay
1, Waiakea High School (Jessica Bartolome, Cassie Kaapu-Lyons, Nicole Okuna, Tamarah Binek),1:49.12 Q. 2, Punahou (Kamaile Crowell, Avery Cavanah, Marina Morie, Annie Richardson), 1:52.79. Q. 3, Kalani (Natalie Noborikawa, Ivy Yi, Nika Nakamoto, Summer Nakasato), 1:54.54. Q. 4, Kamehameha (Kelli Keener, Tia Orian, Keala O'Sullivan, Leinaala Hall), 1:54.71 Q. 5, Maui (Chelsea Nagata, Evone Wong, Cami Ichiki, Sarah Delara), 1:55.01. Q. 6, Iolani (Noelle Heise, Carly Omizo, Sara Ajifu, Cherise Saito), 1:55.57. Q. 7, Lahainaluna (Jessica Nohara, Noelle Serrano, Ciara Ganter, Janna Otomo), 1:55.73. Q. 8, Kealakehe (Megan Rose, Sarah Rosenberg, Ashley Rose, Taylor Costales), 1:56.10. Q.
Boys 200 medley relay
1, Iolani (Ike Yato, Julian Price, Justin Lam, Kyle Ota), 1:46.64. Q. 2, Kealakehe (Sean Cooney, Puna Moku, Aaron Boranian, Chandler Nacino), 1:47.33. Q. 3, Punahou (Kenni Nakakura, Noa Ching, Kurt Zwald, Nick Borreca), 1:47.79. Q. 4, Baldwin (Derek Ono, Ryan Hanzawa, Jordan Otomo, Andrew Janiszewski), 1:48.11. Q. 5, King Kekaulike (Hogan Orikasa, Kahone Speed, Toby Orikasa, Kila Baker), 1:48.12. Q. 6, Damien (Jared Heine, Nate Richardson, Justin Salvador, Kai Yamashiro), 1:48.96. Q. 7, Mililani (Bryan Avery, Dustin Fukuda, Aaron Kia, Nathan Lee,), 1:51.26. Q. 8, Radford (Jaron Franck, Sean Meis, Jared Rodriguez, Jeff Schultz), 1:52.33. Q.
Girls 200 freestyle
1, Alison Wilson, Pun, 1:56.89 Q. 2, Jessica Nohara, Lahainaluna, 1:56.92. Q. 3, Christine Phillips, Kalah, 1:57.18. Q. 4, Kim, Ono, Iol, 1:57.36. Q. 5, Kristin Simunovich, Pun, 1:57.38. Q. 6, Katie Flanagan, Pun, 1:58.32. Q. 7, Daya Mau, Pun, 1:58.99. Q. 8, Whitney Nekoba, Wak, 1:59.04. Q.
Boys 200 freestyle
1, Mark Eckert, Iol, 1:39.89. Q. 2, Noa Sakamoto, Pun, 1:44.12. Q. 3, Evan Duffin-Barnes, Kais, 1:47.83. Q. 4, Daniel Lim, Iol, 1:51.43. Q. 5,
Damon Jones, Iol, 1:52.50. Q. 6, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Kais, 1:53.97.Q. 7, Hogan Orikasa, King Kekaulike, 1:55.29. Q. 8, Jason Fung, Waldorf, 1:55.31. Q.
Girls 200 IM
1, Ashley Swart, Kais, 2:08.95. Q. 2, Emalia Suehiro, King Kekaulike, 2:10.29. Q. 3, Stella Brinich, Rad, 2:10.90. Q. 4, Cami Ichiki, Maui, 2:11.09. Q. 5, Marlene Yafuso, WAK, 2:12.09. Q. 6, Ashley Rose, Kea, 2:13.10. Q. 7, Marina Morie, Pun, 2:13.63. Q. 8, Karly Kopra, HPA, 2:14.37. Q.
Boys 200 IM
1, Kimo Yamashiro, Iol, 1:59.06. Q. 2, Jordan Otomo, Baldwin, 2:03.30. Q. 3, Jonathan Lau, Iol, 2:05.34. Q. 4, Daniel Toba, Iol, 2:05.95. Q. 5, Chris Ota, Roose, 2:06.82. Q. 6, Ian Kusao, Iol, 2:07.19. Q. 7, Kai Yamashiro, Damien, 2:08.55. Q. 8, Kurt Zwald, Pun, 2:08.77.Q.
Girls 50 freestyle
1, Chelsea Nagata, Maui, 24.10. Q. 2, Tamarah Binek, Wak, 24.20. Q. 3, Kamaile Crowell, Pun, 24.69. Q. 4, Maria Krawciw,Kalah, 24.89. Q. 5, Annie Richardson, Pun, 25.00. Q. 6, April Woo, Iol, 25.03. Q. 7, Vanessa Ng,, Iol, 25.28. Q. 8, Kat Vinson, Pun, 25.55. Q.
Boys 50 freestyle
1, Randall Tom, Seabury, 21.32. Q. 2, Justin Lee, HPA, 21.44. Q. 3, Pat Morrissey, Iol, 21.63. Q. 4, Nick Tyau, Pun, 22.18.Q. 5, Nick, Borreca, Pun, 22.34. Q. 6, CJ Smith, Pun, 22.38. Q. 7, Joshua Anaya, Iol, 22.52. Q. 8, Puna Moku,Kea, 22.74. Q.
Girls 100 butterfly
1, Nicole Okuna, Wak, 56.75. Q. 2, Marina Morie, Pun, 59.09. Q. 3, Chelsea Nagata, Maui, 59.18. Q. 4, Stella Brinich, Rad, 59.93. Q. 5, Natalie Noborikawa, Kalan, 1:00.67. Q. 6, Kristin Sangren, Pun, 1:00.71. Q. 7, Alisha Yee, Pearl, 1:01.18. Q. 8, Nika, Nakamoto, Kalan 1:01.23. Q.
Boys 100 butterfly
1, Hongzhe Sun, Iol, 49.71. Q. 2, Randall Tom, Seabury, 52.20. Q. 3, Jared Heine, Damien, 53.43. Q. 4, Justin Yadao,STJ, 54.09. Q. 5, Jonathan Lau,
Iol, 54.69. Q. 6, Evan Duffin-Barnes, Kais, 54.86. Q. 7, Tyler Kimura, Kail, 55.14. Q. 8, Chris Ota, Roos, 55.35. Q.
Girls 100 freestyle
1, Kristin Simunovich, Pun, 53.87 Q. 2, Tamarah Binek, Wak, 54.06. Q. 3, Vaness a Ng, Iol, 54.18 Q. 4, Flanagan, Katie, Pun, 54.45. Q. 5 Maria Krawciw, Kalah, 54.46. Q. 6, Crowell, Kamaile, Pun, 54.87. Q. 7, Daya Mau, Pun, 55.75 Q. 8, Jinhee Hause, Iol, 56.01. Q.
Boys 100 freestyle
1, Justin Lee, HPA, 46.67. Q. 2 Pat Morrissey, Iol, 47.95. Q. 3, Nick Tyau, Pun, 49.10. Q. 4, CJ Smith, Pun, 49.70. Q. 5, Joshua Anaya, Iol, 49.77. Q. 6, Puna Moku, Kea, 50.02. Q. 7, Jonathan Ching, Roos, 50.18. Q. 8, Kyle Ota, Iol, 50.70. Q.
Girls 500 freestyle
1, Ashley Swart, Kais, 4:57.27. Q. 2, Marlene Yafuso, Wak, 5:15.13. Q. 3, Alison Wilson, Pun, 5:15.69. Q. 4, Christine Phillips, Kalah, 5:16.14. Q. 5, Helena Suehiro, King Kekaulike, 5:21.08. Q. 6, Sarah Graner, Pun, 5:21.11. Q. 7, Kelly Krueger, Iol, 5:22.26. Q. 8, Amanda Fay, Iol, 5:24.06. Q.
Boys 500 freestyle
1, Mark Eckert, Iol, 4:31.25. Q. 2, Kimo Yamashiro, Iol, 4:43.32. Q. 3, Noa Sakamoto, Pun, 4:48.56. Q. 4, Damon Jones, Iol, 4:59.45. Q. 5, Daniel Lim, Iol, 5:03.41. Q. 6, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Kais, 5:10.56. Q. 7, Dustin Fukuda, Mili, 5:11.62. Q. 8, Michael Yamada, Hil, 5:14.91. Q.
Girls 200 freestyle relay
1, Punahou (Kristin Simunovich, Annie Richardson, Kamaile Crowell, Robin Cornuelle), 1:41.39. Q. 2, Iolani School (Jinhee Hause, Brianne Castillo-Huang, Christi Morrissey, Vanessa Ng), 1:42.10. Q. 3, Waiakea (Jessica Bartolome, Marlene Yafuso,
Whitney Nekoba, Nicole Okuna), 1:42.42. Q. 4, Maui (Cami Ichiki, Sarah Delara, Evone Wong, Chelsea Nagata), 1:43.64. Q. 5, Kalaheo (Christine Phillips, Jenna Brilhante, Jillian Luis, Maria Krawciw), 1:43.73. Q. 6, Kalani (Sayaka Ogura, Summer Nakasato, Ivy Yi, Erin Nakamoto), 1:44.26. Q. 7, Kamehameha (Leinaala Hall, Leohoonani Reyes, Keala Yanagihara, Kara Imoto), 1:44.79. Q. 8, Kaiser (Ashley Swart, Jasmine Slovak, Leina Ribao, Kaetlen Bursey), 1:45.23 .Q.
Boys 200 freestyle relay
1, Punahou (Nick Tyau, Noa Ching, CJ Smith, Noa Sakamoto), 1:31.74.Q. 2, Iolani (Jonathan Lau , Kyle Ota, Daniel Lim, Kimo Yamashiro), 1:31.87. Q. 3, Seabury Hall (Sterling Thomas, Tristan Adlawan, Nick Meyer, Randall Tom), 1:34.32. Q. 4, Roosvelt (Joey Albarico, Chris Ota, Aaron Gon, Jonathan Ching), 1:34.80. Q. 5, Damien (Jared Heine, Erik Patton, Nate Richardson, Kai Yamashiro), 1:35.42. Q. 6, Baldwin (Jordan Otomo, Andrew Janiszewski, Ryan Hanzawa, Derek Ono), 1:35.54. Q. 7, Hawai'i Preparatory Academy (Justin Lee, James Hustace, Al Bushnell, Garry Burns), 1:36.63. Q. 8, Kamehameha (Noah Giltner, Evan Laeha, Wayne Michael Velasco, Shaun Kauihou), 1:36.70. Q.
Girls 100 backstroke
1, Kim Ono, Iol, 58.29. Q. 2, Jessica Nohara, Lahainaluna, 58.84. Q. 3, Ashley Rose, Kea, 59.07. Q. 4, Megan Rose, Kea, 1:00.78. Q. 4, Emalia Suehiro, King Kekaulike, 1:00.78. Q. 6, Alisha Yee, Pearl, 1:01.36. Q. 7, Jessica Bartolome, Wak, 1:01.52. Q. 8, Natalie Noborikawa, Kalan, 1:02.58. Q.
Boys 100 backstroke
1, Hongzhe Sun, Iol, 50.84. Q. 2, Jared Heine, Damien, 53.16. Q. 3, Justin Yadao, STJ, 55.31. Q. 4, Kai Yamashiro, Damien, 56.57. Q. 5, Hogan Orikasa, King Kekaulike, 57.81. Q. 6, Jonathan Ching, Roos, 57.87. Q. 7, Ike Yato, Iol, 58.69. Q. 8, Brian Coleman, Maryknoll, 59.62. Q.
Girls 100 breaststroke
1, Carly Omizo, Iol, 1:06.54. Q. 2, Cassie Kaapu-Lyons, , Wak, 1:06.59. Q. 3, Cami Ichiki, Maui, 1:07.80. Q. 4, Karly Kopra, HPA, 1:07.89. Q. 5, Tia Orian, KS, 1:08.70. Q. 6, April Woo, Iol, 1:08.73. Q. 7, Jan Yamashiro, Hil, 1:08.85. Q. 8, Sarah Rosenberg, Kea, 1:08.87.Q.
Boys 100 breaststroke
1, Ed Afualo, Kapo, 59.61. Q. 2, Daniel Toba, Iol, 1:00.24. Q. 3, Julian Price, Iol, 1:03.12. Q. 4, Joey Albarico, Roos, 1:03.13. Q. 5, Andrew Janiszewski, Baldwin, 1:04.49. Q. 6, Jack Flores, Wam, 1:04.57. Q. Luke 7, Oda, Iol, 1:05.00. Q. 8, Nathan Lee, Mili, 1:05.13. Q.
Girls 400 freestyle relay
1, Waiakea (Tamarah Binek, Marlene Yafuso, Whitney Nekoba, Nicole Okuna), 3:38.99. Q. 2, Punahou (Katie Flanagan, Robin Cornuelle, Annie Richardson, Daya Mau), 3:43.94,.Q. 3, Lahainaluna (Noelle Serrano, Janna Otomo, Malia Kim, Jessica Nohara), 3:46.00. Q. 4, Kaiser (Ashley Swart, Jasmine Slovak, Leina Ribao, Kaetlen Bursey), 3:46.23. Q. 5, Kamehameha (Kelli Keener, Keala O'Sullivan, Tia Orian, Keala Yanagihara), 3:47.36. Q. 6, Kalaheo (Christine Phillips, Jillian Luis, Jenna Brilhante, Maria Krawciw), 3:48.08.Q. 7, Iolani (Noelle Heise, Christi Morrissey, Kelly Krueger, Jinhee Hause), 3:48.55. Q. 8, Kalani (Sayaka Ogura, Natalie Noborikawa, Nika Nakamoto, Erin Nakamoto), 3:49.06 Q.
Boys 400 freestyle relay
1, Punahou (Nick Tyau, Kurt Zwald, Noa Sakamoto, CJ Smith), 3:25.48.Q. 2, Iolani (Jonathan Lau, Daniel Lim, Mark Hiramoto, Damon Jones), 3:26.69. Q. 3, Roosvelt (Chris Ota, Joey Albarico, Aaron Gon, Jonathan Ching), 3:28.24. Q. 4, Seabury Hall (Kale Haywood, Tristan Adlawan, Sterling Thomas, Randall Tom), 3:29.30. Q. 5, Hawai'i Preparatory Academy (Garry Burns, James Hustace, Al Bushnell, Justin Lee), 3:32.54. Q. 6, Baldwin (Jordan Otomo, Andrew Janiszewski, Ryan Hanzawa, Derek Ono), 3:32.83. Q. 7, Kealakehe (Sean Cooney, Chandler Nacino, Aaron Boranian, Puna Moku), 3:33.53. Q. 8, Kamehameha (Noah Giltner, Nathaniel Oda, Shaun Kauihou, Evan Laeha), 3:36.94.Q.
