The best in Big Island prep Water Polo – All-Biif team selections

      All-BIIF water polo team

      2011-12 BIIF   All-League Girls    Water Polo Team

First Team    Name Gr. School

Kiana Krzyska 12 Kamehameha            Sydney Plunket 11 Kamehameha

Rachelle Krahner 12 Waiakea                 Bhillie Luciani 11 HPA

Anu Nihipali 11 HPA                                Lauren Hill 12 Waiakea

Kayla Ongais 12 Hilo                               Paula Imoto 11 Kamehameha

Lindsey Caldwell 12 Kealakehe

Goalie                        Tori Campbell 12 HPA

Player of the Year           Kiana Krzyska, Kamehameha

Coach of the Year          Matt Biondi, HPA

Honorable Mention        Name Gr. School

Ginger Carlson 11 Hilo    Sharae Ichinose 11 Hilo            Rei Izawa 12 Hilo

Shea Pitoy 12 Hilo            Stephanie Dawrs 12 Hilo        Jellian Cuartero 11 HPA

Hailey Everett 9 HPA              Kaelynne Manoha 11 Kamehameha

Chloe Martins-Keliihoomalu 10 Kamehameha     Alexia Osburn 12 Kamehameha

Kelly Fitzgerald 10 Kamehameha      Akemi King 11 Waiakea

Kara Paualachak 12 Waiakea          Courtney Shinde 12 Waiakea

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BIIF Swimming & Diving Results – Top 3 – Jan 22, 2011

BIIF Swimming & Diving – 1/8/2011Results – Day 1

  #1 Women 1 mtr Diving    BIIF LEAGUE: 224.85# 1986 Lane Pogue

1 Fratinardo, Cassidy KS-H 121.70  2 Ka’aihili, Healani KS-H 39.25

 #2 Men 1 mtr Diving BIIF LEAGUE: 195.30# 1984 Michael Aki

1 Michael, Duncan 16 HPA-HI 211.31#

  #3 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay BIIF LEAGUE: 1:49.95# 2002 WAIK

J. Bartolome, C. Kaapu-Lyons, N. Okuna,T. Binek  2:02.08 STA  T2:07.27 CONS

1 KEAL-HI A 1:53.47 STAT Hauanio, Madison-Gail 15 Jernigan, Cara 15

Camacho, Leahi 14 Jernigan, Kelly 17 28.64 31.51 27.76 25.56

2 HILO A 1:59.02 STAT Ichinose, Sharae Tsuha, BethKojiro, Emilee Carlson, Ginger 29.18 33.07 31.40 25.37

3 WAIK-HI A 2:03.50 CONS Flores-Oishi, Coco 14 Torigoe, Katie 16 Uekawa, Madisyn 15 Jobes, Jayna 15 33.75 35.85 27.18 26.72

#4 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay BIIF LEAGUE: 1:40.32# 2007 KEAL

P. Greenwell, D. Coakley, N. Garrett, M. Hamilton  1:51.07 STAT  2:01.00 CONS

1 HPA-HI A 1:41.53 STAT Hapgood, Sonny 17 Katase, Kyle 17 Borowski, Logan 17 Ryan, Koiawe 16 26.80 27.65 23.34 23.74

2 HILO A 1:52.99 CONS Bisel, Ryan Kubo, Christian Gandall, Kinney Kerr, Max 29.76 29.68 27.07 26.48

3 HILO B 1:54.03 CONS Weller, Kepa Ray, William Hamane, Cody Vargas, Nathan 30.40 31.13 26.22 26.28

 #5 Women 200 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 1:54.28# 2008 Krista Maier 2:02.63 STAT 2:05.52 CONS

1 Tsuha, Beth HILO 1:58.18 STAT 27.82 28.79 30.40 31.17 2 Shimizu, Rachel 16WAIK-HI 2:01.21 STAT 27.98 30.09 31.45 31.69

3 Jernigan, Cara 15 KEAL-HI 2:03.42 CONS 28.82 31.07 32.29 31.24

 Boys 200 yard IM BIIF LEAGUE: 1:44.84# 1981 Kimo Guerrero 1:49.52 STAT 1:57.39 CONS

1 Ross, Ryan 17 HPA-HI 1:48.08 STAT 25.19 27.17 27.90 27.82  2 Gandall, Kinney HILO 1:48.68 STAT 25.23 27.22 28.11 28.12

3 Causey, Campbell 16WAIK-HI 1:50.02 CONS 24.75 27.15 29.04 29.08

#7 women 200 Yard IM BIIF LEAGUE: 2:09.62# 2002 Marlene Yafuso 2:21.66 STAT 2:24.25 CONS

1 Hauanio, Madison-Ga i1l5 KEAL-HI 2:15.79 STAT 29.33 33.15 41.83 31.48 2 Camacho, Leahi 14 KEAL-HI 2:18.96 STAT 29.90 34.80 42.12 32.14  3 Kawakami, Kasey 14WAIK-HI 2:20.64 STAT 29.79 34.68 43.32 32.85

 #8 Men 200 Yard IM BIIF LEAGUE: 1:59.01# 2000 Thomas Sanford2:07.58 STAT2:14.25 CONS

1 Nakachi, Kaikea 17 HPA-HI 1:57.22# STAT 24.45 30.19 35.98 26.60 2 Kuwaye-Tamanaha, R 1en4WAIK-HI 2:06.75 STAT 27.23 34.26 35.59 29.67   3 Goodale, Nathaniel 17 KEAL-HI 2:08.19 CONS 28.52 32.26 37.49 29.92

 #9 Women 50 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 24.21# 2002 Tamarah Binek 25.90 STAT 26.59 CONS

1 Jernigan, Kelly 17 KEAL-HI 25.76 STAT 2 Ichinose, Sharae HILO 26.08 CONS 3 Imoto, Paula 15 KS-H 26.25 CONS

#10 Men 50 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 20.64# 2006 Daniel Coakley 23.15 STAT 23.79 CONS

1 Katase, Kyle 17 HPA-HI 22.46 STAT 2 Rimando, Ryan 17WAIK-HI 22.80 STAT 3 Mah, Brandon 16 HON 23.36 CONS

#11 Women 100 Yard Fly BIIF LEAGUE: 57.86# 2002 Nicole Okuna 1:03.81 STAT 1:07.49 CONS

1 Uekawa, Madisyn 15WAIK-HI 59.08 STAT 27.78 31.30 2 Jernigan, Kelly 17 KEAL-HI 1:03.64 STAT 29.33 34.31

3 Calderara, Aurora 18WAIK-HI 1:04.52 CONS 29.59 34.93

#12 Men 100 Yard Fly BIIF LEAGUE: 51.59# 2010 Logan Borowski 57.28 STAT 59.99 CONS

1 Uekawa, Grant 17WAIK-HI 54.52 STAT 25.21 29.31 2 Kawano, Ryan 17WAIK-HI 57.96 CONS 26.13 31.83

3 Mah, Brandon 16 HON 58.85 CONS 27.52 31.33

#13 Women 100 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 53.29# 2004 Tamarah Binek 56.31 STAT 58.81 CONS

1 Tsuha, Beth HILO 54.59 STAT 26.24 28.35   2 Kawakami, Kasey 14WAIK-HI 57.54 CONS 28.02 29.52

3 Carlson, Ginger HILO 58.00 CONS 27.82 30.18

#14 Men 100 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 46.79# 2007 Daniel Coakley 51.13 STAT 53.15 CONS

1 Borowski, Logan 17 HPA-HI 47.08 STAT 22.45 24.63  2 Ross, Ryan 17 HPA-HI 49.73 STAT 23.87 25.86

3 Gandall, Kinney HILO 50.12 STAT 24.34 25.78

#15 Women 500 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 5:03.28# 2008 Krista Maier 5:30.81 STAT 5:40.09 CONS

1 Shimizu, Rachel 16WAIK-HI 5:17.71 STAT 28.76 31.02 31.65 32.27 32.56 32.50 32.59 32.43 32.37 31.56

2 Camacho, Leahi 14 KEAL-HI 5:22.22 STAT 29.22 31.94 32.49 32.86 33.14 33.20 32.25 32.61 32.63 31.88

3 Jobes, Jayna 15WAIK-HI 5:30.46 STAT 30.50 32.77 33.39 33.61 33.65 33.84 33.91 33.59 33.26 31.94

#16 Men 500 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 4:49.28# 1980 Kimo Guerrero 5:05.59 STAT 5:22.58 CONS

1 Causey, Campbell 16WAIK-HI 4:58.70 STAT 25.98 28.63 29.40 29.96 30.55 30.63 31.17 31.44 31.14 29.80

2 Hill, Adam 14WAIK-HI 5:18.17 CONS 26.98 30.68 31.97 31.89 32.14 33.20 33.09 33.48 32.85 31.89

3 Dale, Austin 17 HPA-HI 5:45.69 29.47 33.42 34.60 35.48 36.42 35.62 36.04 36.93 35.54 32.17

 #17 Women 200 Yard Free Relay BIIF LEAGUE: 1:40.71# 2002 WAIK W. Nekoba, N. Okuna, M. Yafuso, T. Binek 1:46.39 STAT 1:53.10 CONS

1 KEAL-HI A 1:43.55 STAT Jernigan, Cara 15 Camacho, Leahi 14 Hauanio, Madison-Gail 15 Jernigan, Kelly 17 26.44 26.18 25.45 25.48

2 HPA-HI A 1:50.64 CONSVernola, Amber 17 DiZinno, Madi 17 Luciani, Bhillie 15 Hagen, Heidi 16 27.54 28.94 27.11 27.05

3 KS-H A 1:54.20 Imoto, Paula 15 Krzyska, Kiana 16 Ikeda, Jill 15 Plunkett, Sydney 27.00 27.96 29.23 30.01

#18 Men 200 Yard Free Relay

BIIF LEAGUE: 1:29.35# 2010 HPA K. Katase, K. Nakachi, L. Borowski, R. Ross 1:38.03 STAT 1:43.11 CONS

1 HPA-HI A 1:27.76# STAT Katase, Kyle 17 Ross, Ryan 17 Nakachi, Kaikea 17 Borowski, Logan 17 22.09 22.93 21.55 21.19

2 KEAL-HI A 1:41.44 CONS Friend, JP 17 Whitener, Geoff 17 Estess, Daniel 17 Goodale, Nathaniel 17 25.93 25.95 25.01 24.55

3 HILO B 1:42.03 CONS Kubo, Christian Hamane, Cody Ederer, Colton Bisel, Ryan 25.27 24.89 27.09 24.78

#19 Women 100 Yard Back BIIF LEAGUE: 59.84# 2010 Alyssa Foo 1:04.09 STAT 1:08.00 CONS

1 Hauanio, Madison-Ga i1l5 KEAL-HI 1:00.64 STAT 29.61 31.03 2 Ichinose, Sharae HILO 1:01.90 STAT 29.86 32.04

3 Kawakami, Kasey 14WAIK-HI 1:04.80 CONS 31.93 32.87

#20 Men 100 Yard Back BIIF LEAGUE: 53.57# 2010 Kaikea Nakachi 59.79 STAT 1:04.38 CONS

1 Nakachi, Kaikea 17 HPA-HI 52.37# STAT 25.56 26.81  2 Hapgood, Sonny 17 HPA-HI 56.74 STAT 27.56 29.18

3 Kuwaye-Tamanaha, R 1en4WAIK-HI 1:01.10 CONS 29.88 31.22

#21 Women 100 Yard Breast BIIF LEAGUE: 1:06.07# 2002 Cassie Kaapu-Lyons 1:12.29 STAT 1:14.67 CONS

1 Uekawa, Madisyn 15WAIK-HI 1:07.36 STAT 31.61 35.75  2 Jernigan, Cara 15 KEAL-HI 1:09.48 STAT 32.73 36.75

3 Hill, Lauren 16WAIK-HI 1:15.97 36.31 39.66

#22 Men 100 Yard Breast BIIF LEAGUE: 58.61# 2010 Peter Chi 1:04.04 STAT 1:07.73 CON

1 Rimando, Ryan 17WAIK-HI 1:00.50 STAT 28.28 32.22 2 Katase, Kyle 17 HPA-HI 1:01.68 STAT 28.97 32.71

3 Kubo, Christian HILO 1:03.50 STAT 30.21 33.29

#23 Women 400 Yard Free Relay

BIIF LEAGUE: 3:41.82# 2001 WAIK M. Rivera, T. Binek, M. Yafuso, N. Okuna 3:56.19 STAT 4:15.99 CONS

1 WAIK-HI A 4:11.76 CONS King, Akemi 15 Roth, Alexandra 16 Paulachak, Kara 16 Kawakami, Kasey 14 29.15 59.84 32.56 1:10.25 30.59 1:04.30 27.28 57.37

2 KEAL-HI A 4:13.68 CONS Walters, Megan 17 Kalua’U, Jes-Ai 15 Jesser, Chenoa 15 Thomas, Anna 15 28.68 59.84 30.87 1:03.40 31.28 1:05.62 30.86 1:04.82

3 HPA-HI A 4:25.00 DiZinno, Madi 17 Francis, Seychelle 14 Marbach, Josie 16 Luciani, Bhillie 15 31.96 1:06.71 32.92 1:07.78 33.35 1:08.87 28.76 1:01.64

#24 Men 400 Yard Free Relay

BIIF LEAGUE: 3:18.71# 2011 HPA L. Borowski, K. Katase, N. Nakachi, R. Ross3:35.82 STAT 3:52.06 CONS

1 HPA-HI A 3:23.58 STAT Ross, Ryan 17 Hapgood, Sonny 17 Ryan, Koiawe 16 Nakachi, Kaikea 17 24.34 50.47 24.51 51.62 25.03 52.83 22.95 48.66

2 WAIK-HI A 3:32.64 STAT Causey, Campbell 16 Hill, Adam 14 Kuwaye-Tamanaha, Ren 14 Uekawa, Grant 1724.91 51.48 25.55 54.38 25.67 53.59 24.92 53.19

3 HPA-HI B 4:15.92 Dale, Austin 17 Spetich, Michael 14 Wilson, Dray 15 Chavez, Charlie 16 27.24 57.38 31.44 1:03.60 35.31 1:13.74 28.42 1:01.20

Hawaii Prep Athletic Awards Presented for 2009-2010

HPA girls cross county team, photo by Big Dog

* Girls volleyball: Tayler Wang and Bridget Walker, most valuable player (MVP); Bridget Walker, coach’s award (CA); Kailana Powers, most improved (MI); Nolan Doliente Award, Keilyn Ryusaki.

* Boys cross country: Russ Hapgood and Tyler Tsubota, MVP; Logan Martin and Sean Prentiss, CA; Makoa Johnson, MI.

* Girls cross country: Kela Vargas, MVP; Melanie Ulrich, CA; Sam Neal, MI.

* Football: Keanu Yamamoto and Isaiah Adams, offensive back award; Shane Brostek, offensive lineman award; Nathaniel Adams and JJ Higginson, defensive back award; Bobby Stomski, defensive lineman Award; Onipa’a Stevens, MI; Keoni Colson, Holi Bergin Award.

* Boys swimming: Logan Borowski, MVP; Kaikea Nakachi, CA; Michael Monahan, MI.

* Girls swimming: Bridget Walker, MVP: Bhillie Luciani, CA; HanaSara Ito, MI.

* Wrestling: Keoni Colson, MVP; Marie Donahue, CA; Russell Hapgood, MI.

* Boys soccer: Kalei Konrad and Tyler Tsubota, MVP; Landy Eng, CA; Kawika Wise, MI.

* Girls soccer: Noe Enos and Katie Case, MVP; Hannah Unger, CA; Keilyn Ryusaki and Emily Evans, MI; Ku’uipo Nakoa, Frank Lawrence Award.

* Boys basketball: Sasha Obradovic, MVP; Douglas Tsai, CA; Nathan Schenk, MI.

* Girls basketbal: Tayler Wang, MVP; Lana Queen, CA; Desi Seid, MI; Lei Tenorio, Honoring the Game Award.

* Boys paddling: Robbie Reed, MVP; George Twigg-Smith, CA; Rukin Jelks, MI,

* Girls paddling: Elenka Jacobs, MVP; Alohi Nakachi, CA; Gabby Menendez, MI.

* Boys track: Tyler Tsubota, MVP; Shane Brostek, CA; Christian Lee, MI.

* Girls track: Mindy Campbell and Ku’uipo Nakoa, MVP; Lana Queen, CA; Chelsea Ashimine, MI.

* Boys tennis: Michael Monahan, MVP; Sam Nam, CA; Santa Chirathivat, MI.

* Girls tennis: Erin Wakefield-McDonald, MVP; Olina Cavedoni, CA; Bua Rojanai, MI.

* Boys volleyball: Nathan Schenk, MVP; Roland Setu, CA; Kyle Katase, MI.

* Water polo: Bridget Walker, MVP; Angel Wu, CA; Bhillie Luciani, MI.

* Golf: Andrew Paisley, MVP; Jordan Salomon, CA; Jake Siebert, MI.

* Baseball: Ryan Rice and Isaiah Adams, MVP; Jesse Alvord, CA; Matt Kiyota and Nathaniel Adams, MI.

* Softball: Gabby Menendez, MVP; Alex Disney, CA; Delaney Ross, MI.

* Equestrian program: Sophia Antimisiaris, MVP; Dani Foreman, MI.

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HPA’s girls cross country team, photo by Big Dog

BIIF Swimming Results from Kamehameha

BIIF Championships in Kona Jan 30. WHS is favored to win team titles

BIIF Swimming & Diving – 1/23/2010 

#3 Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay 

1 KEAL-HI A 1:56.87 STAT  Foo, Alyssa Morton, Jade  Jernigan, Kelly Hauanio, Madison-Gail

2 HILO A 1:58.43 STAT  Ichinose, Sharae Tsuha, Beth  Kojiro, Emilee Carlson, Ginger

3 HPA-HI A 2:03.10 CONS  Chertavian, Aniela SO Walker, Bridget SR  Luciani, Bhillie FR Hamilton, Liz SR

4 KS-H A 2:04.89 CONS  Imoto, Paula FR Lyons, Ryenn J  Krzyska, Kiana SO Leialoha, Jessica JR

5 WAIK A 2:09.07 CONS  Chock, Kaitlyn SR Torigoe, Katie SO  Paulachak, Nicole SR Krahner, Rachelle SO

#4 Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay

1 HPA-HI A 1:40.45 STAT  Nakachi, Kaikea JR Katase, Kyle JR  Borowski, Logan JR Ross, Ryan JR

2 WAIK A 1:43.52 STAT  Chi, Peter SR Rimando, Ryan JR  Kawano, Ryan JR Uekawa, Grant JR

3 KEAL-HI A 1:46.17 STAT  Goodale, Nathaniel Uy, Dane  Foo, Ky Garrett, Nicholas

4 HPA-HI B 1:57.36 CONS  Hapgood, Sonny JR Ha, Jun SO  Ryan, Koiawe FR Dale, Austin JR

#5 Girls 200 Yard Free  1 Santos, Malia KEAL-HI 2:05.90 CONS  2 Luciani, Bhillie FRHPA-HI 2:06.43 CONS

3 Jobes, Jayna FRWAIK 2:06.90 CONS        4 Hill, Lauren SOWAIK 2:09.19 CONS

#6 Boys 200 Yard Free   1 Garrett, Nicholas KEAL-HI 1:47.78 STAT

2 Ross, Ryan JRHPA-HI 1:50.64 STAT                  3 Friend, JP KEAL-HI 1:58.93 CONS

4 Hapgood, Sonny JRHPA-HI 1:59.39 CONS

#7 Girls 200 Yard IM         1 Foo, Alyssa KEAL-HI 2:15.20 STAT

2 Hauanio, Madison- KEAL-HI 2:17.70 STAT  3 Tsuha, Beth HILO 2:20.44 STAT 4 King, Akemi FRWAIK 2:24.03 CONS

5 Morton, Jade KEAL-HI 2:24.54 CONS   6 Pitoy, Shea HILO 2:27.24 CONS

#8 Boys 200 Yard IM

1 Chi, Peter SRWAIK 2:03.62 STAT  2 Uy, Dane KEAL-HI 2:05.19 STAT  3 Nakachi, Kaikea JRHPA-HI 2:05.68 STAT

4 Causey, Campbell SOWAIK 2:09.20 CONS  5 Sumada, David SRWAIK 2:10.06 CONS  6 Goodale, Nathanie KEAL-HI 2:10.49 CONS     7 Katase, Kyle JRHPA-HI 2:10.75 CONS

#9 Girls 50 Yard Free  1 Uekawa, Madisyn FRWAIK 25.12 STAT   2 Jernigan, Kelly KEAL-HI 26.21 CONS

3 Krahner, Rachelle SOWAIK 26.43 CONS   4 Chock, Kaitlyn SRWAIK 26.50 CONS

Nicholas Garrett

#10 Boys 50 Yard Free

1 Borowski, Logan JRHPA-HI 21.64 STAT

2 Sumada, David SRWAIK 22.77 STAT

3 Rimando, Ryan JRWAIK 22.92 STAT

4 Cann, Kaiea SRKS-H 23.15 CONS

5 Uekawa, Grant JRWAIK 23.39 CONS

6 Suzuki, Kurtis CLS-HI 23.46 CONS     7 Kawano, Ryan JRWAIK 23.78 CONS     8 Takeda, Justin HILO 24.05 CONS

#11 Girls 100 Yard Fly  1 Uekawa, Madisyn FRWAIK 58.80 STAT  2 Foo, Alyssa KEAL-HI 1:01.86 STAT

3 Jernigan, Kelly KEAL-HI 1:04.15 CONS   4 Hauanio, Madison- KEAL-HI 1:06.07 CONS

 #12 Boys 100 Yard Fly  1 Borowski, Logan JRHPA-HI 52.10 STAT   2 Garrett, Nicholas KEAL-HI 52.36 STAT

3 Uekawa, Grant JRWAIK 55.71 STAT  4 Foo, Ky KEAL-HI 56.78 STAT  5 Suzuki, Kurtis CLS-HI 57.82 STAT

6 Takeda, Justin HILO 1:01.12 CONS  7 Bello, Kellen HILO 1:01.28 CONS  8 Hu, Christopher FRWAIK 1:02.19 CONS

#13 Girls 100 Yard Free  1 Santos, Malia KEAL-HI 56.80 CONS  2 Hauanio, Ashley-C KEAL-HI 58.08 CONS

3 Chock, Kaitlyn SRWAIK 58.84 CONS

#14 Boys 100 Yard Free  1 Ross, Ryan JRHPA-HI 50.69 STAT  2 Cann, Kaiea SRKS-H 51.78 CONS

#15 Girls 500 Yard Free  1 Shimizu, Rachel SOWAIK 5:14.34 STAT 2 Hauanio, Madison- KEAL-HI 5:29.90 STAT

3 King, Akemi FRWAIK 5:39.30 CONS  4 Luciani, Bhillie FRHPA-HI 5:42.97 CONS

#16 Boys 500 Yard Free 1 Foo, Ky KEAL-HI 4:57.99 STAT  2 Kawano, Ryan JRWAIK 5:15.64 CONS

3 Goodale, Nathanie KEAL-HI 5:17.24 CONS

#17 Girls 200 Yard Free Relay  1 WAIK A 1:47.67 CONS  Jobes, Jayna FR Nakamura, Kirsten FRKing, Akemi FR Chock, Kaitlyn SR

2 KS-H A 1:48.41 CONS  Imoto, Paula FR Lyons, Ryenn JR  Manoha, Nani SR Leialoha, Jessica JR

3 HILO A 1:49.07 CONS  Ichinose, Sharae Ongais, Kayla  Rowe, Charlee Carlson, Ginger

4 HPA-HI A 1:50.82 CONS  Walker, Bridget SR Hono, Phoebe JR Luciani, Bhillie FR Hamilton, Liz SR  Dockstader, Radhika  Chingee, Mariah   Gangwes, Alissa Makuakane, Alesha

#18 Boys 200 Yard Free Relay  1 HPA-HI A 1:29.80+ STAT  Katase, Kyle JR Borowski, Logan JR Nakachi, Kaikea JR Ross, Ryan JR  Tarnas, Kulan SO Wilson, Dray FR  Magoon, Carson SO White, John JR

#19 Girls 100 Yard Back 1 Foo, Alyssa KEAL-HI 1:02.55 STAT 2 Ichinose, Sharae HILO 1:03.61 STAT

3 Jernigan, Kelly KEAL-HI 1:06.32 CONS 4 Hauanio, Ashley-C KEAL-HI 1:06.57 CONS  5 Paulachak, Kara SOWAIK 1:06.65 CONS  6 Pitoy, Shea HILO 1:08.06 CONS

#20 Boys 100 Yard Back  1 Nakachi, Kaikea JRHPA-HI 54.82 STAT  2 Uy, Dane KEAL-HI 57.04 STAT

3 Hapgood, Sonny JRHPA-HI 57.48 STAT 4 Friend, JP KEAL-HI 59.82 CONS 5 Kawano, Ryan JRWAIK 1:01.96 CONS

6 Lazarus, Akahai SRHONO 1:04.24 CONS

#21 Girls 100 Yard Breast  1 Uekawa, Madisyn FRWAIK 1:08.52 STAT  2 Tsuha, Beth HILO 1:11.17 STAT

3 Shimizu, Rachel SOWAIK 1:12.73 CONS 4 Lyons, Ryenn JRKS-H 1:14.47 CONS 5 Krahner, Rachelle SOWAIK 1:15.02 CONS  6 Walker, Bridget SRHPA-HI 1:15.09 CONS

WHS Frank Chi

#22 Boys 100 Yard Breast

1 Chi, Peter SRWAIK 59.06+ STAT

2 Katase, Kyle JRHPA-HI 1:03.34 STAT

3 Suzuki, Kurtis CLS-HI 1:03.91 STAT

4 Rimando, Ryan JRWAIK 1:04.65 STAT

5 Causey, Campbell SOWAIK 1:05.76 CONS

6 Uekawa, Grant JRWAIK 1:08.10 CONS

#23 Girls 400 Yard Free Relay 1 KS-H A 4:03.01 CONS Imoto, Paula FR Krzyska, Kiana SO Manoha, Nani SR Leialoha, Jessica JR

2 WAIK A 4:14.58 CONS  Jobes, Jayna FR Shinde, Courtney SO  Paulachak, Kara SO Hill, Lauren SO

#24 Boys 400 Yard Free Relay 1 KEAL-HI A 3:24.99 STAT Uy, Dane Foo, Ky Goodale, Nathaniel Garrett, Nicholas

2 WAIK A 3:37.46 CONS  Sumada, David SR Hu, Christopher FR  Brown, Sean SO Rimando, Brandon FR

3 HPA-HI A 3:44.52 CONS Dale, Austin JR Ryan, Koiawe FR  Ha, Jun SO Hapgood, Sonny JR

4 HILO A 3:45.43 CONS  O’Keefe, Kaden Weller, Kepa  Bello, Kellen Takeda, Justin

Freshmen make Big Impact at BIIF Swim Meet

Desiree Ashley (P), Emma Kimata (H), Nicole Paulachak (Waik), Madisyn Uekawa ( Waik), Shea Pitoy (H),Katie Torigoe (WAIK), Kirsten Nakamura ( WAIK), Ariana Nussbaum (LAU) photo by Kyle Chock

The freshmen class in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation made a big splash at the start of the swim season this past Saturday.

   Hilo High’s Edward Kawachika Pool played host to an all-schools swim meet that saw seven boys and three girls reach state qualifying times in individual events in addition to Hawaii Prep and Waiakea relay teams making state.

  In the girls 400 yard freestyle relay it was three freshmen and one sophomore for the powerful Waiakea swim team making state qualifying by clocking 3:55.31.  Freshmen Akemi King, Jayna Jobes and Madisyn Uekawa teamed with sophomore Rachael Shimizu to out distance the runner up team by more than 26 seconds.

   Uekawa earlier in the day had qualified for state in both the 50 freestyle and 100 breaststroke, while Shimizu logged state times in the distance races of the 200 and 500 freestyle events.

   “We had a good meet,” Waiakea coach Bill Sakovich said.  “Unfortunately Kealakehe was not present and we know they have some great swimmers, how many, we don’t know.”

   The only other girl to break the state time barrier in an individual event was Hilo’s Sharae Ichinose in the 100 backstroke.  Ichinose swam away from the rest of the field winning by more than five seconds with her time of 1:03.94.

   “I am happy with the team’s results after the first meet, but we have to work harder and get the whole team involved,” Coach Sakovich said.  “We need to work on the technical aspects of swimming, finishes, turns and relay starts.”

   HPA freshman, Bhillie Luciani looked good in her high school swim debut.  Luciani won the 200 Individual Medley event and her coach, Mark Noetzel, had high praise for his youngster.

   “We were impressed with our freshman, Bhillie Luciani, and senior Bridgett Walker,” Noetzel said.

200 IM Chris Hu and Patrick Peng

On the boys side Noetzel had a solid effort put in by his 200 IM relay team which made a state time of 1:43.05.

   “HPA’s strengths came from our boys, Logan Borowski, Kaikea Nakachi, Ryan Ross, Kyle Katase and Sonny Hapgood,” Noetzel said.  “Many of our other team members had personal bests which helped our team overall.”

   HPA’ Borowski also won the 50 yard freestyle event (22.71) by out swimming a pair of talented Waiakea sprinters in Peter Chi (22.93) and Grant Uekawa (23.02) as all three made state qualifying time.

   Borowski later returned to the pool to win the 100 yard butterfly (56.88) with teammate Ryan Ross following in second (57.55) as both reached qualifying time.

   Another Ka Makani, Kaikea Nakachi, lost to Waiakea’s Ryan Rimando in the 200 IM by .11 seconds as both qualified for state.

  Despite the good showing by Ka Makani swimmers Coach Noetzel gave a lot of credit to other schools.

   “I was really impressed with both Hilo High and Waiakea,” Noetzel said. “They have fine teams in both divisions.”

   Waiakea’s Peter Chi has finished third in the state for the past two years in the 100 yard breaststroke and this past weekend Chi dominated the event by winning in 1:00.94 over teammate Ryan Rimando (1:04.14) as both made state time.

   Another Warrior, David Sumada, won the 100 yard freestyle (49.49) to also make state.

   In the final event of the day, the 400 yard freestyle relay, it was the combination of Waiakea’s Uekawa, Chi, Sumada and Ryan Kawano that swam away from their competition winning by more than 20 seconds over a talented HPA squad.

   “Our non-club swimmers did extremely well,” Sakovich said.  “Come through swims were pulled off by Dustin Soriano, Owen Cooper, Kaimi Scott, Patrick Peng and Kristen Nakamura.”

   Meet host, Coach Jon Hayashida of Hilo, felt that the Vikings did a good job in the season opener.

   “Our kids did pretty good and our relays, on both the boys and girl’s side looks strong,” Hayashida said.  “Hopefully we will qualify both relay teams for state.  We have a few kids injured and they should return to competition in a week or two and will make a difference.”

   Hayashida also had high praise for one of his freshmen, Beth Tsuha who finished second in the 50 yard freestyle (26.54) and made a state consideration time.

   “I think Beth will make state time as she is very close,” Hayashida said.  “She is a good swimmer and will help us during the season, along with Sharae Ichinose.  I’m looking forward to our next meet in Kona.”

   Coming up this Saturday is an all league meet at the Kona Community Aquatic Center starting at 10 a.m., hosted by Steve Borowski and his Kealakehe Wave Rider team. 

   “We’re really looking forward to this upcoming meet as we should have our full squad back and ready to go,” Borowski said.