Rainbow Wahine Swimmers Hosts Alaska Fairbanks; Divers Heads To UCLA Diving Invitational

HONOLULU—The University of Hawai’i ladies’s swimming group hosts Alaska-Fairbanks within the closing residence meet of the season on Friday at 5:00 p.m. on the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatics Complex. Meanwhile, the Rainbow Warrior and Rainbow Wahine diving squads hit the highway to compete within the Bruin Diving Invitational from Friday, Jan. 9, by Sunday, Jan. 11, on the Spieker Aquatics Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

 

The Rainbow Wahine enter the weekend using back-to-back victories with wins over BYU (163-136) and Pacific Lutheran (136-72). Reigning Big West Athlete of the Week, senior Holly Nelson continued her standout season, main the Rainbow Wahine towards the Cougars with a meet-high 27 factors with wins in three particular person occasions (50 fly, 50 free and 100 free) plus a silver swimming the anchor leg within the 400 free relay. Aoife Harkin tallied a meet-high 18 factors towards Pacific Lutheran with three podium finishes, highlighted by victories within the 400 IM and 500 free.

On the boards, the Rainbow Wahine divers dominated towards BYU, claiming the top-five spots in each the 1-meter and 3-meter occasions. Macie Wheeler claimed gold within the 1-meter (289.65) whereas Lovisa Gustavsson gained the 3-meter (306.23). On the lads’s aspect, Juan Esteban Ramirez Tamayo swept each competitions with wins within the 1-meter (338.40) and 3-meter (386.18). Tamayo’s 3-meter mark is the eighth-highest in program historical past.

 

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