All swimmers enjoyed the opportunity to compete again and/or for the first time ever in a high school competition! While the more experienced and larger Hopkins team won the competitions on both sides (Girls, KO-76 Hopkins-103 and Boys, KO-81, Hopkins-93) the meet included numerous exciting races and standout performances, including Eli Brandi’s 1st place finish in the 1 meter diving event. With his score of 281.90 Eli broke his own record. Other strong performances on the boys side include first places swims by Damian Czartoryjski ‘24 in the 200 IM (2:00.34) and 100 Backstroke (55.04), Marrich Somridhivej ‘22 in the 50 Freestyle (22.73) and 100 Freestyle (51.70) and the combined team of In 200 Free Relay (1:36.88) and 400 Free Relay (3:41.86). Meanwhile, Andy Chen ‘25, Pindar Chen ‘25, Andrew LaCroix ‘24, Aidan Ladewig ‘23, 

Eudel Ma ‘25, Martin Ma ‘25, Sruthen Tokala ‘25, and Leo Zhang ‘24 all competed well in their first competitive high school meet. On the girls side, Allie Wildstein ‘22 won an exciting 200 IM by .23 seconds (2:30.16) and Stella Risinger ‘22 won the 100 Butterfly (1:08.27). Sasha Dausey ‘25, Emily Evans ‘23, Mackenzie Gallagher ‘25, Anissa Lewis ‘24, Stephanie Lu ‘23, Anna Ollenschleger ‘25, Claire Palmer ‘25, Sydney Parker ‘25, Maggie Pouline, ‘24, Miya Scranton ‘25, Erin Westfall ‘24 and Aubrey Wolfradt ‘24 also all swam in their first official high school meet. With such a large, strong group of newcomers, KO Swimming & Diving looks excitedly toward the rest of the season!