Iolani sweeps titles at Kalani

Advertiser Staff

Iolani swimmers won both girls and boys team championships yesterday in the 26th annual Kalani Invitational at Kalani High, stamping the Raiders as early favorites for next month's state championship meet.

Iolani's Jonathan Lau and three teammates won the 200 medley relay in 1:46.05 at the Kalani Invitational. Daniel Lim led off and was followed by Julian Price, Lau and Kyle Ota. Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser

Iolani and Punahou boys teams each was without one of its best swimmers. Iolani senior Hongzhe Sun and Punahou junior Noa Sakamoto were in Sydney, Australia, competing for the United States in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival. Sakamoto won two silver medals.

Iolani's girls beat out Punahou 388 to 322.5 with Kamehameha third at 283.

Thirty-two schools and 500 swimmers were entered.

There were four double winners and three records were set in individual events. The records were all set in Friday's qualification heats.

In the girls' meet, Maui High senior Chelsea Nagata won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, while Kapolei freshman Meredith Egloria won the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, and set a meet record of 59.10 in the backstroke.

In the boys' meet, Seabury Hall junior Randall Tom won the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly, and set a butterfly record of 50.68, while Iolani junior Mark Eckert Jr. won the 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle, and broke a 20-year-old freestyle record with a time of 1:41.71.

Meanwhile, in the final day of the four-nation meet in Sydney today, Sakamoto took fifth place in the 1,500-meter freestyle in 15 minutes, 50.86 seconds. Sun finished ninth and Sakamoto 12th in qualifying heats for the 200 individual medley.

Sakamoto earned silver medals on Friday and yesterday for second-place finishes in the 400 freestyle and 4x200 freestyle relay. He qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 400 free with a time of 3:56.81.

Boys

Team Results: 1, Iolani 457. 2, Punahou 256. 3, Kaiser 181. 4, Baldwin 142. 5, Seabury Hall 135. 6, King Kekaulike 133. 7, Mililani 129. 8, Mid-Pacific 106. 9, Kamehameha 99. 10 (tie), Pac-Five; Kapolei 86. 12, Kapa'a 64. 13, Roosevelt 56. 14, Radford 53. 15, Leilehua 48. 16, Hilo 43. 17 (tie), Pearl City; Waimea 27. 19, Kailua 26. 20 (tie), Moanalua; McKinley 20. 22, Kalani 10. 23, Kaimuki 9. 24, Castle 2

Individual

50 Freestyle: 1, Randall Tom, Seabury Hall, 21.49. 2, Chris Ricketts, Mid-Pacific, 22.79. 3, CJ Smith, Punahou, 22.82. 100 Freestyle: 1, Kyle Ota, Iolani, 51.11. 2, Pat Morrissey, Iolani, 51.31. 3, Scott Nagata, Hilo, 51.70. 200 Freestyle: 1, Mark Eckert, Iolani, 1:41.97. 2, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Kaiser, 1:51.03. 3, Damon Jones, Iolani, 1:52.52. 500 Freestyle: 1, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Kaiser, 4:58.86. 2, Dustin Fukuda, Mililani, 4:59.49. 3, Damon Jones, Iolani, 5:07.90. 100 Backstroke: 1, Mark Eckert, Iolani, 53.70. 2, Hogan Orikasa, King Kekaulike, 54.43. 3, Daniel Lim, Iolani, 58.71. 100 Breaststroke: 1, Ed Afualo, Kapolei, 1:02.90. 2, Julian Price, Iolani, 1:03.62. 3, Nathan Lee, Mililani, 1:04.65. 100 Butterfly: 1, Randall Tom, Seabury Hall, 50.84. 2, Jonathan Lau, Iolani, 54.51. 3, Ike Yato, Iolani, 56.43. 200 IM: 1, Jonathan Lau, Iolani, 2:01.22. 2, Hogan Orikasa, King Kekaulike, 2:04.43. 3, Daniel Lim, Iolani, 2:04.61. 1-mtr Diving: 1, Drew Wallace, Punahou, 358.25. 2, Douglas Kim, Baldwin, 257.75. 3, Hans Bruesehoff, Kaiser, 217.10. 200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Iolani (Pat Morrissey, Mark Eckert, Kyle Ota, Damon Jones) 1:31.54. 2, Punahou 1:37.26 QUAL. 3, Kamehameha 1:37.81. 400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Iolani (Pat Morrissey, Damon Jones, Jonathan Lau, Mark Eckert) 3:21.28. 2, Seabury Hall 3:29.00. 3, Punahou 3:32.46. 200 Medley Relay: 1, Iolani (Daniel Lim, Julian Price, Jonathan Lau, Kyle Ota) 1:46.05. 2, Punahou 1:47.57. 3, Mililani 1:49.16.

Girls

Team Results: 1, Iolani 388. 2, Punahou 322.50. 3, Kamehameha 283. 4, Baldwin 141. 5, Pac-Five 139. 6, Kalani 138. 7, King Kekaulike 133. 8, Kalaheo 116. 9, Maui 93. 10, Hilo 76.5. 11, Radford 70. 12, Kaiser 60. 13, Mid-Pacific 52.5. 14, Leilehua 43. 15, Mililani 42. 16, Kapolei 40. 17, Roosevelt 31.50. 18, Kailua 28. 19, St. Anthony 26. 20, Moanalua 18. 21, Pearl City 11. 22, Castle 10. 23, Kaimuki 8. 24, Seabury Hall 7. 25, Waipahu 6.

Individual

50 Freestyle: 1, Chelsea Nagata, Maui, 24.83. 2, Kamaile Crowell, Punahou, 25.19. 3, Ivy Yi, Kalani, 25.78. 100 Freestyle: 1, Marina Morie, Punahou, 55.12. 2, Vanessa Ng, Iolani, 55.74. 3, Maria Krawciw, Kalaheo, 56.07. 200 Freestyle: 1, Meredith Egloria, Kapolei, 1:56.14. 2, Jinhee Hause, Iolani, 2:01.16. 3, Leslie Christian, Leilehua, 2:01.22. 500 Freestyle: 1, Christine Phillips, Kalaheo, 5:13.98. 2, Leslie Christian, Leilehua, 5:18.65. 3, Helena Suehiro, King Kekaulike, 5:25.89. 100 Backstroke: 1, Meredith Egloria, Kapolei, 59.10. 2, Lauren Garrigan, Kamehameha, 1:01.93. 3, Marina Morie, Punahou, 1:03.98. 100 Breaststroke: 1, Ivy Yi, Kalani, 1:09.45. 2, Carly Mitchell, Baldwin, 1:10.56. 3, Tia Orian, Kamehameha, 1:10.72. 100 Butterfly: 1, Chelsea Nagata, MAUI, 58.40. 2, Stella Brinich, Radford, 59.83. 3, Mallorie Lim, Iolani, 1:01.18. 200 IM: 1, Stella Brinich, Radford, 2:09.67. 2, Emalia Suehiro, King Kekaulike, 2:17.36. 3, Carly Mitchell, Baldwin, 2:18.22. 1-mtr Diving: 1, Claire Schiff, Punahou, 336.50. 2, Lauren Pochereva, Punahou, 316.35. 3, Aleia Monden, Pac-Five, 315.55. 200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Punahou (Kamaile Crowell, Natale Rigg, Kellen Fletcher, Kat Vinson) 1:44.37. 2, Iolani 1:44.68. 3, Kalani 1:44.98. 400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Iolani (Sara Ajifu, Jinhee Hause, Mallorie Lim, Vanessa Ng) 3:43.40. 2, Kamehameha 3:47.78. 3, Punahou 3:49.87. 200 Medley Relay: 1, Iolani (Noelle Heise, April Woo, Mallorie Lim, Vanessa Ng) 1:54.21. 2, Kamehameha 1:55.44. 3, Punahou 1:55.74.