Yasmine Ware, a junior at Kauai High School, continued to hit qualifying time standards, picking up two for individual events and helping two relay teams Saturday at the Waimea pool. Ware picked up two of the four qualifying swims at
Yasmine Ware, a junior at Kauai High School, continued to hit qualifying time standards, picking up two for individual events and helping two relay teams Saturday at the Waimea pool.
Ware picked up two of the four qualifying swims at the Kauai Interscholastic Federation meet.
Adding to the list of accomplishments, Bryson Baligad, a junior at Kapaa High School, picked up a qualifying standard and two of the five consideration standards.
Joining Baligad for Kapaa High School, senior Maluhia Stark-Kinimaka bettered her seeded time of 26.38 seconds, a consideration standard, with a swim of 25.57 in the girls 50-yard freestyle event.
Baligad, getting the qualifying swim in the 100-yard butterfly (55.99) on his first attempt in that event, picked up consideration swims in the 200-yard freestyle (1 minute, 55.40 seconds) and the 100-yard backstroke (59.54) on his first attempts in those respective events.
Ware, who also swims with Swim Kauai Aquatics, led the Kauai High School swimmers, pocketing qualifying swims in the 100-yard butterfly (58.90) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:09.04).
She anchored the Kauai Girls 200-yard freestyle relay team along with Machorek, Tambrina Fairbanks and Ava Wagner, the team posting a consideration standard of 1:49.32, an improvement over last week’s 2:09.68 swim.
Ware also did the anchor leg for the Kauai Girls 400 freestyle relay with team members from the 200 freestyle relay team to touch the wall on a 4:02.03 swim, an improvement of more than 35 seconds over its last week’s performance of 4:38.46.
Machorek, in addition to helping the girls relay teams, pocketed her qualifying swim in the 200-yard individual medley with a 2:16.18 performance.
She added a consideration swim in the 100 freestyle, completing the sprint event on a 56.08 swim after focusing on the distance events last week.
Kayla Ishida, a junior at Waimea High School, kept the Menehune in the chase after notching two consideration swims last week.
This week, Ishida marked a 1:06.19 swim in the 100 backstroke for a consideration standard, her third in the two-week old season.
Kauai freshman Asa Hendrickson, senior Tyler Elwin, sophomore Andrew Beeksma, and sophomore Riley Young may not have marked any state standards in their respective individual swims, but collectively as the boys 400 freestyle relay, posted a consideration standard with their 3:51.77 swim, an improvement over last week’s 4:28.28.
Kauai junior Hikari Oberman, Hendrickson, senior Kainoa Matsumoto, and Young made up the Kauai Boys 200 freestyle relay team which posted a 1:43.21 consideration swim, an improvement over its 1:49.42 posted last week at Waimea pool.
KIF qualifying swim moves to the recently dedicated Kapaa pool Saturday with the first events hitting the water at 10 a.m.
Kate Machorek, Jr – 200 Yard IM (2:16.18)
Yasmine Ware, Jr. – 100 Yard Fly (58.90)
Yasmine Ware, Jr. – 100 Breast (1:09.04)
Bryson Baligad, Jr. – 100 Yard Fly (55.99)
CONS
Bryson Baligad, Jr. – 200 Yard Free (1:55.40)
Maluhia Stark-Kinimaka, Sr. – 50 Yard Free (25.57)
Kate Machorek, Jr. – 100 Free (56.08)
Kayla Ishida, Jr. – 100 Back (1:06.19)
Bryson Baligad, Jr. – 100 Back (59.54)
RELAY
Kau Girls 200 Free (CONS) 1:49.32
Kau Girls 400 Free (CONS) 4:37.87
Kau Boys 200 Free (CONS) 1:43.21
Kau Boys 400 Free (CONS) 3:51.77
