Iolani's Sun sets record in 200 individual medley

Advertiser Staff

Iolani's Hongzhe Sun, bidding to write an unforgettable final chapter to his sensational high school career, set his third state meet record yesterday during qualification heats at Duke Kahanamoku pool.

Sun entered the 200-yard individual medley for the first time in state high school competition and smashed the existing record by almost 3 1/2 seconds with a time of 1 minute, 50.35 seconds.

He also led qualifiers in the 100 backstroke, considered his strongest event, in which he set the meet record of 49.95 two years ago.

Finals and consolation finals of the 46th annual Hawai'i High School Athletic Association championships, sponsored by Local Motion, will start at 1 p.m. today at the UH pool. Diving semifinals and finals will start at 8:30 a.m.

Sun was the only record setter in yesterday's 142 trial heats, but teammate Mark Eckert Jr. was 46/100ths of a second off his own record in the 200 freestyle and Maui's Chelsea Nagata got close to two of the meet's most revered girls records.

Nagata and Kapolei freshman Meredith Egloria led girls 50-yard freestyle qualifiers in 23.88 and 23.90 seconds, about a half-second away from the meet record of 23.26 set nine years ago by Mililani's Keiko Price, later a four-year All-American at UCLA.

And Nagata returned two events later to lead 100 butterfly qualifying in 55.78 — 57/100ths off the HHSAA's oldest girls record of 55.21, set by Punahou's Kathy Shipman in 1979.

Egloria also led 100 freestyle qualifiers.

Two-event fastest qualifiers in boys were Sun, Eckert (200 and 500 freestyle), and Seabury Hall's Randall Tom (50 freestyle and 100 butterfly).

With seven fastest qualifying times in 12 events, Iolani's boys appeared poised to win their second straight state championship.

Defending champion Waiakea, Iolani and Punahou figure to fight to the final relay, as they did last year, for the girls championship.

One of the best races today might be the girls 500 freesytle, which is 20 laps of the 25-yard pool. Yesterday, in separate heats, Leilehua's Leslie Christian, Kalaheo's Christine Phillips and Waiakea's Marlene Yafuso had times within 4/10th of a second.

Local Motion State Swimming and Diving Championships
At Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex

Qualifying

Girls

50 Freestyle: 1, Chelsea Nagata, Maui, 23.88. 2, Meredith Egloria, KAPO, 23.90. 3, Kamaile Crowell, Punahou, 24.81. 4, Maria Krawciw, KALAH,

25.03. 5, Vanessa Ng, IOL, 25.26. 6, Ivy YI, KALAN, 25.36. 7, Tiffany Bumatay, Waiakea, 25.44. 8, Jan Yamashiro, HILO, 25.48.

100 Freestyle: 1, Meredith Egloria, KAPO, 52.03. 2, Tamarah Binek, Waiakea, 53.96. 3, Maria Krawciw, KALAH, 54.61. 4, Vanessa Ng, IOL, 54.65. 5, Kamaile Crowell, Punahou, 54.74. 6, Erin Nakamoto, KALAN, 55.29. 7, Jin-hee Hause, IOL, 55.40. 8, Christi Morrissey, IOL, 55.67.

200 Freestyle: 1, Elizabeth Rose Hanohano-Hong, KS, 1:58.29. 2, Laura Pope, Lahainaluna, 1:58.55. 3, Christine Phillips, KALAH, 1:59.10. 4, Jin-hee Hause, IOL, 1:59.37. 5, Alison Wilson, Punahou, 1:59.80. 6, Sara Ajifu, IOL, 1:59.81. 7, Whitney Nekoba, Waiakea, 2:00.43. 8, Helena Suehiro, King Kekaulike, 2:00.61.

500 Freestyle: 1, Leslie Christian, LEI, 5:15.48. 2, Christine Phillips, KALAH, 5:15.72. 3, Marlene Yafuso, Waiakea, 5:15.88. 4, Alison Wilson, Punahou, 5:17.73. 5, Puni Almony, Punahou, 5:18.94. 6, Helena Suehiro, King Kekaulike, 5:21.87. 7, Sarah Graner, Punahou, 5:22.45. 8, Whitney Nekoba, Waiakea, 5:28.32.

100 Backstroke: 1, Amanda Hamilton, Kealakehe, 1:00.86. 2, Megan Rose, Kealakehe, 1:01.05. 3, Lauren Garrigan, KS, 1:01.97. 4, Emalia Suehiro, King Kekaulike, 1:02.09. 5, Kimi Ide-Foster, IOL, 1:02.38. 6, Amber Sullivan-Friezner, King Kekaulike, 1:02.92. 7, Noelle Heise, IOL, 1:03.13. 8, Noelle Serrano, Lahainaluna, 1:04.20.

100 Breaststroke: 1, Karly Kopra, Hawai'i Prep, 1:06.54. 2, Cassie Ka'apu-Lyons, Waiakea, 1:06.65. 3, Tia Orian, KS, 1:08.12. 4, Carly Mitchell, Baldwin, 1:08.42. 5, Avery Cavanah, Punahou, 1:09.75. 6, April Woo, IOL, 1:09.79. 7, Blaire Foster, Kealakehe, 1:10.01. 8, Ivy YI, KALAN, 1:10.23.

100 Butterfly: 1, Chelsea Nagata, Maui, 55.78. 2, Marina Morie, Punahou, 59.38. 3, Elizabeth Rose Hanohano-Hong, KS, 59.51. 4, Stella Brinich, Radford, 1:00.02. 5, Mallorie Lim, IOL, 1:00.30. 6, Sara Ajifu, IOL, 1:01.24. 7, Ciara Ganter, Lahainaluna, 1:01.29. 8, Cassie Ka'apu-Lyons, Waiakea, 1:02.29.

200 IM: 1, Stella Brinich, Radford, 2:09.25. 2, Emalia Suehiro, King Kekaulike, 2:10.03. 3, Amanda Hamilton, Kealakehe, 2:10.42. 4, Karly Kopra, Hawai'i Prep, 2:13.78. 5, Carly Mitchell, Baldwin, 2:14.07. 6, Tia Orian, KS, 2:15.49. 7, Nikoya Collier, St. Anthony, 2:15.67. 8, Erin Nakamoto, KALAN, 2:16.07.

200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Punahou (Marina Morie, Kamaile Crowell, Natale Rigg, Kat Vinson), 1:40.47. 2, Waiakea 1:41.53. 3, Iolani 1:42.52. 4, Kalani 1:42.89. 5, Hilo High 1:43.07. 6, Lahainaluna 1:43.94. 7, Kamehameha Schools 1:44.10. 8, Kalaheo 1:45.06.

400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Waiakea (Marlene Yafuso, Whitney Nekoba, Tiffany Bumatay, Tamarah Binek), 3:42.04. 2, Punahou 3:43.12. 3, Kamehameha School 3:44.37. 4, Lahainaluna 3:45.91. 5, Iolani 3:49.73. 6, King Kekaulike 3:51.39. 7, Kealakehe 3:51.68. 8, Hilo High 3:52.69.

200 Medley Relay: 1, Waiakea (Tiffany Bumatay, Cassie Ka'apu-Lyons, Marlene Yafuso, Tamarah Binek), 1:51.62. 2, Iolani 1:52.81. 3, Kealakehe 1:54.03. 4, Punahou School 1:54.15. 5, Kamehameha School 1:54.22. 6, King Kekaulike 1:54.56. 7, Baldwin 1:54.93. 8, Kalani 1:55.68.

Boys

50 Freestyle: 1, Randall Tom, Seabury, 21.32. 2, CJ Smith, Punahou, 21.68. 3, Pat Morrissey, IOL, 21.93. 4, Chris Ricketts, Mid-Pac, 22.24. 5, Tyler Kimura, KAIL, 22.77. 6, Bo Domingcil, Waimea, 22.88. 7, Julian Price, IOL, 22.91. 8, Scott Nagata, HILO, 22.98.

100 Freestyle: 1, Damon Jones, IOL, 48.93. 2, Pat Morrissey, IOL, 49.03. 3, Tyler Kimura, KAIL, 49.12. 4, Zak Noyle, Punahou, 50.05. 5, Jonathan Ching, ROOSE, 50.20. 6, CJ Smith, Punahou, 50.45. 7, Scott Nagata, HILO, 50.66. 8, Kyle Ota, IOL, 50.97.

200 Freestyle: 1, Mark Eckert, IOL, 1:40.35. 2, Evan Duffin-Barnes, KAISE, 1:45.13. 3, Noa Sakamoto, Punahou, 1:46.25. 4, Tatsuya Kobayashi, KAISE, 1:49.48. 5, Damon Jones, IOL, 1:50.66. 6, Kyle Ota, IOL, 1:51.73. 7, Tim Brown, IOL, 1:52.80. 8, Peter Swanson, Punahou, 1:53.58.

500 Freestyle: 1, Mark Eckert, IOL, 4:41.88. 2, Noa Sakamoto, Punahou, 4:46.29. 3, Evan Duffin-Barnes, KAISE, 4:50.59. 4, Quinton Darling, MOANA, 4:52.96. 5, Dustin Fukuda, MILI, 4:53.78. 6, Peter Swanson, Punahou, 4:54.91. 7, Daniel Lim, IOL, 5:02.32. 8, Tatsuya Kobayashi, KAISE, 5:03.54.

100 Backstroke: 1, Hongzhe Sun, IOL, 50.74. 2, Hogan Orikasa, King Kekaulike, 55.06. 3, Dane Wayman, IOL, 57.14. 4, Jordan Otomo, Baldwin, 57.50. 5, Jonathan Ching, ROOSE, 58.19. 6, Toby Orikasa, King Kekaulike, 58.39. 7, Micah Kawamoto, Kealakehe, 58.98. 8, Billy Brady, Punahou, 59.30.

100 Breaststroke: 1, Ed Afualo, KAPO, 1:00.40. 2, Jack Sauve, LEI, 1:02.54. 3, Julian Price, IOL, 1:02.63. 4, Davis Kane, KS, 1:03.46. 5, Sean Steele, Punahou, 1:03.72. 6, Chris Ricketts, Mid-Pac, 1:03.76. 7, Nathaniel Anderson, IOL, 1:03.78. 8, Puna Moku, Kealakehe, 1:04.05.

100 Butterfly: 1, Randall Tom, Seabury, 51.80. 2, Ernest Cheung, MCKIN, 54.11. 3, Ike Yato, IOL, 54.24. 4, Jonathan Lau, IOL, 54.30. 5, Michael Yamada, HILO, 56.93. 6, Keenan Anaya, Kauai, 56.96. 7, Jared Rodriguez, Radford, 57.09. 8, Sean Steele, Punahou, 57.33.

200 IM: 1, Hongzhe Sun, IOL, 1:50.35. 2, Jonathan Lau, IOL, 2:01.38. 3, Daniel Lim, IOL, 2:03.11. 4, Jordan Otomo, Baldwin, 2:04.46. 5, Bryan Avery, MILI, 2:05.73. 6, Hogan Orikasa, King Kekaulike, 2:05.76. 7, Sean Cooney, Kealakehe, 2:06.55. 8, Ed Afualo, KAPO, 2:06.62.

200 Freestyle Relay: 1, Iolani (Pat Morrissey, Damon Jones, Kyle Ota, Mark Eckert), 1:30.53. 2, Kaiser 1:32.57. 3, Seabury Hall 1:32.82. 4, Punahou 1:32.88. 5, Kamehameha Schools 1:33.72. 6, Roosevelt 1:35.94. 7, Kapa'a High 1:36.19. 8, Hilo High 1:36.70.

400 Freestyle Relay: 1, Iolani (Damon Jones, Jonathan Lau, Daniel Lim, Julian Price), 3:20.26. 2, Punahou 3:23.04. 3, Kealakehe 3:26.06. 4, Seabury Hall 3:27.10. 5, Baldwin 3:30.15. 6, Kaiser 3:30.86. 7, King Kekaulike 3:32.19. 8, Kamehameha Schools 3:35.60.

200 Medley Relay: 1, Punahou (Billy Brady, Sean Steele, Geoffrey Long, Forrest Schwartz), 1:44.11. 2, King Kekaulike 1:45.01. 3, Iolani 1:45.22. 4, Kealakehe 1:46.64. 5, Baldwin 1:47.33. 6, Kamehameha Schools 1:48.75. 7, Mililani 1:48.96. 8, Kauai High 1:49.54.