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‘Iolani boys, Punahou girls capture crowns
By Kyle Sakamoto
Advertiser Staff Writer
The ‘Iolani boys swimming team was short on numbers for yesterday’s finals of the Local Motion Swimming and Diving State Championships, but certainly not on talent.
The Raiders’ “Elite Eight” brought home ‘Iolani’s first boys team title since 2005, dethroning two-time defending state champion Punahou at Central O’ahu Regional Park.
‘Iolani, led by freshman Kacy Johnson, finished with 62 points, Punahou was second with 43 and Hawai’i Prep third with 30.
The top five finishers in each individual event scored points on a 6-4-3-2-1 basis. The points for relays were 12-8-6-4-2. There were nine individual events and three relays.
Johnson won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:53.95 and the 500 freestyle in 4:38.23.
He also was part of the meet-record setting 200 medley relay team (1:35.97) and winning 400 freestyle relay team (3:15.45).
“If we didn’t have all the performances we had today, I don’t know where we’d be at,” Johnson said. “We needed to win everything to get that first.”
On the girls side, Punahou’s Christel Simms finished her high school career in style by winning all four of her events, including setting a meet record in the 100-yard backstroke for the second day in a row, as the Buffanblu cruised to the team title.
The Buffanblu girls won their fourth straight title yesterday with 75 points. ‘Iolani was second with 21 and Baldwin third with 18.
Simms, who will swim for USC next year, finished the 100 backstroke in 55.73, breaking her record of 56.34 set in trials Friday.
“That was amazing,” said Simms, who represented the Philippines at the Beijing Olympics. “I really worked hard this season for my backstroke. For all my four years I wanted to swim the 100 back and finally my senior year I got to do it.”
She also won the 100 butterfly in 56.92, and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay (1:52.55) and 400 freestyle relay (3:34.94) teams.
“Nobody deserves it more than her,” said Punahou coach Jeff Meister. “Great leader, hard worker, wonderful kid. An inspiration to everybody.”
Simms also holds four other state meet records, all set in 2007. Two are in individual events (100 freestyle, 50.15; 200 freestyle, 1:49.25) and two in relays (200 medley, 1:44.03; 200 freestyle, 1:35.43).
Buffanblu junior Rachel Fujita also won all four of her events yesterday.
She won the 50 freestyle in 24.27 and 100 freestyle in 52.65, and was a member of the winning 200 freestyle relay (1:52.55) and 400 freestyle relay teams.
“We have a lot of seniors, we have a lot of juniors, we have good freshmen and sophomores,” Fujita said. “Our seniors are really good leaders.”
The ‘Iolani boys also got victories by senior Geramiah Simoes in the 100 butterfly (52.10) and the 200 freestyle relay team (1:28.58).
Senior Rayfe Asaoka-Gaspar was part of three winning relay teams for ‘Iolani, and Simoes, freshman Ian White and junior Kevin Jones were part of two.
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Swimming: Iolani boys, Punahou girls capture state championships
Honolulu Advertiser Staff
The ‘Iolani boys swimming team brought home the Raiders’ first boys team title since 2005, dethroning two-time defending state champion Punahou at Central O’ahu Regional Park today
‘Iolani, led by freshman Kacy Johnson, finished with 62 points, Punahou was second with 43 and Hawai’i Prep third with 30.
Johnson won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:53.95 and the 500 freestyle in 4:38.23.
He also was part of the meet-record setting 200 medley relay team (1:35.97) and winning 400 freestyle relay team (3:15.45).
On the girls side, Punahou’s Christel Simms finished her high school career in style by winning all four of her events, including setting a meet record in the 100-yard backstroke for the second day in a row, as the Buffanblu cruised to the team title.
The Buffanblu girls won their fourth consecutive title with 75 points. ‘Iolani was second with 21 and Baldwin third with 18.
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