Swim/Dive Splits Saturday’s Twin Meets vs. Grand Canyon

HONOLULU–The University of Hawai’i swimming and diving groups squared off towards Grand Canyon for the second straight day. The Rainbow Warriors as soon as once more edged out the ‘Lopes, 134-128, whereas the Rainbow Wahine fell simply quick towards GCU, 134-127 on Saturday morning on the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatics Complex.  It was one other record-setting day as 4 DKAC information fell and and three UH divers recorded NCAA Zone qualifying marks.

The morning began off with diving. For the second-straight day, the ladies swept the highest 5 locations within the 1-meter springboard competitors. After profitable final night time’s 3-meter springboard, Macie Wheeler gained her second occasion of the weekend with a rating of 318.25 which enters her at No. 6 within the UH file books for the 1M dive. Lovissa Gustavsson completed second tallying a 286.13 closing rating, whereas Avery Coates posted a 283.50. With the highest three all scoring over 265, Wheeler, Gustavsson and Coates all recorded NCAA Zone qualifying scores. UH’s Ruby Pickron completed slightly below the qualifying rating with a 264.53 for fourth and Keira Chandler completed in fifth with a 262.28 whole rating.

On the boys’s facet, freshman Tristan Rodriguez led Hawai’i coming in second with a rating of 299.10. 

Later, the 2 squads competed in a group competitors. The UH ladies’s group of Pickron, Wheeler, and Gustavsson defeated GCU, 327.53-to-260.85. The Hawai’i males’s group of Juan Estaban Ramirez Tamayo, Oliver Wignall and Rodriguez fell to GCU, 337-to-314.55.

Hawai’i senior Karol Ostrowski gained three particular person occasions and was a part of the profitable relay group that sealed the win for the ‘Bows on Saturday. In the 50 backstroke, Ostrowski completed first, clocking in at 21.32 with Tim Brown claiming third at 22.71. Ostrowski struck once more, claiming the 100 freestyle title with a 43.04 time to set a brand new DKAC file, bettering the file he owned from final 12 months with the earlier pool-best time of 43.09. He additionally gained the 50 butterfly crown (21.18). Ostrowski completed the meet anchoring the 200 free relay, with a team-best cut up of 19.55.

UH senior Holly Nelson led the ‘Bows with a rating of twenty-two, profitable three golds and a silver for the Rainbow Wahine. She gained the 50 free (22.62), the 50 butterfly (24.27) and he or she swam the anchor leg of the 200 free relay to complete the twin meet. Nelson got here in second within the 100 freestyle. Nelson’s profitable time within the 50 free set a brand new DKAC file, bettering Sara Mose’s (GCU) time of twenty-two.78 set final night time. 

In the five hundred free, freshman Brooke Bennett captured UH’s first win of the day, main a freshman sweep of the highest three  locations within the 500 free with a time of 4:55.43. Gaby Kelly and Ester Le Maigat-Lecou completed second and third respectively with instances of 5:01.42 and 4:02.27. For Bennett, it was the primary of two golds for the freshman as she additionally gained the 200 free with a time of 1:50.42 and was a member of the third place 200 free relay group.

Hawai’i Tom Thalau gained the boys’s 500 free, as UH took 4 of the highest 5 spots. Thalau led the ‘Bows recording a 4:29.78. Eric Kupsky continued his stellar weekend, ending second with a time of 4:30.69. UH’s Riley Clinton got here in fourth (4:31.96) and Zach Kohm completed fifth (4:39.54). Thalau completed the day tallying the second-most factors for UH with 17.

Alexa Ozment hit the wall first to say the 50 backstroke coming in at 25.52, whereas Eva Kovaluk completed third with a time of 26.23. 

Hawai’i’s Zane Johnson, Aleks Tomaszewski and Victor Daenais swept the rostrum of the 200 butterfly with Johnson seizing first place with a time of 1:48.77. Tomaszewski touched the wall at 1:48.82 for second and Dagenais completed with a time of 1:49.12 for third.

Dagenais gained his first occasion of the meet coming in with a time of 1:37.54 within the 200 freestyle. Dagenais has a powerful displaying on Saturday, ending in third in three occasions – the 200 free, the 400 medley relay and the 200 free relay. He got here in third for UH into factors with 12.

Zane Johnson led a 1,2,3 end for the ‘Bows within the 200 butterfly. Johnson completed in first with a time of 1:48.77, whereas Tomazewski was second (1:48.82) and Dagenais completed third (1:49.12).

The ladies’s “A” group of Alexa Ozment, Aziza Meyer, Quincy Key and Holly Nelson captured the 200 free relay with a time of 1:30.92 which set a brand new DKAC file. The earlier file was set in 2000 by the UH group of L. Thomas, S. Watchorn, E. Parkinson, and R. DuPlessis with a time of 1:31.74.

The meet title hinged on the ultimate race of the day for the Rainbow Warriors. In the 200 free relay, the UH group “A” of Tim Brown, Tomaszewski, Finn Brophy and Ostrowski gained with a time of 1:19.68.

The males’s and girls’s diving groups will subsequent head to Riverside, Calif. to compete within the CBU Diving Invite from Oct. 31-Nov. 1 on the Lancer Aquatic Center. The swim groups’ subsequent occasion is the SMU Invitational in Dallas, Texas from Nov. 19-22.

FINAL SCORES
Men’s Meet – UH 134 – 128 GCU
Women’s Meet – UH 127 – 134 GCU

Top 10 Performance
sixth – Macie Wheeler – 1M Dive 318.23 

* NEW – Duke Kahanamoku Aquatics Comler Records
Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Taylor Stasny (GCU) 2:12.10 
     (Prev rec: 2:12.47 Kierra Smith (Minnesota), 2015
Men’s 100 Free – Karol Ostrowski (UH), 43.04
     (Prev. rec. 43.09, Karol Ostrowski (UH), 2025
Women’s 50 Free – Holly Nelson (UH), 22.62
     (Prev. rec. 22.78, Sara Mose (GCU), 10/24/25
Women’s 200 Free Relay – Hawai’i (Alexa Ozment, Aziza Meyer, Quincy Key, Holly Nelson) 1:30.91 
     (Previous file 1:31.74 in 2000) 
Men’s 400 Medley Relay – GCU  3:14.34 (Alex Volkov, Carter Dooling, Jasu Ovaskainen, Guillermo Carrey)
     (Prev. rec. GCU, 3:14.96, 2024)

Diving
1M Springboard NCAA Zone qualifying rating = 265
1 Macie Wheeler, 318.25
2 Lovisa Gustavsson, 286.13
3 Avery Coates, 283.50

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