Ohlone Swimmers Drop Times, Hit Personal Bests Across Two Days at HAWK Invitational

LIVERMORE – The Ohlone Swim team competed in the annual HAWK Invitational at Las Positas College, a two-day meet where swimmers prepared for Coast Conference Championships in 2 weeks.

DAY 1 – Highlights include swims from Freshmen Miguel Medrano, Camille Cadwallader, Jewls Diala, and Sophomore Ray Cillo.

Miguel Medrano – With a time of 22.82, Miguel placed top 22 in the Men's 50 Free, and top 12 in the Men's 100 IM with a time of 1:00.13. Also swimming both Men's 50 and 100 Fly, he placed top 14 in the 50 with a 26.24, and top 25 in the 100 with a 59.39. In the Men's 50 Breast, Miguel placed top 10 with a personal best time of 30.91, cutting 1.28 off his previous time.

Jewls Diala – In the Women's 50 Free, Jewls Diala swam a season best time of 29.24. Jewls also placed top 20 in the Women's 100 IM with a personal best time of 1:13.22, dropping 1.93 from her previous 1:15.15 at the Ohlone Invitational. Also swimming the Women's 50 Fly and 50 Back, she placed top 7 in Fly with a time of 32.34, and top 10 in Back with a 34.18. She also swam a 1:04.53 in the 100 Free.

Ray Cillo – Ray placed top 10 in the Men's 50 Fly with a time of 25.69, and top 27 in the Men's 50 Free with a 23.07. Ray also swam the Men's 200 Free with a time of 2:04.22.

Camille Cadwallader – Camille swam six individual events at this meet. She first swam a 39.52 in the 50 Free and a 49.59 in the 50 Fly. She then competed in the 500 Free for the first time with a time of  9:47.05. She also swam  50 Back with a 50.71, and 50 Breast with a 1:00.31. In the Women's 100 Breast, Camille swam a personal best time of 1:57.40, dropping 5.39 from the time she swam at the 14th Annual De Anza Invite.

DAY 2 – Highlights include swims from freshmen Jonathan Kong, Audrey Russell, Kainoa Casem, and Madeline Kuhlmann.

Jonathan Kong – In his first time swimming the mile, Jonathan Kong placed top 9 in the Men's 1650 Free with a time of 21:47.78. In his sprint events, Jonathan placed top 14 in the 50 Back with a time of 30.44 and top 18 in the 50 Breast with a personal best time of 32.57.

Audrey Russell – Audrey swam four individual events at this meet. Audrey recorded a personal best of 36.87 in the 50 Back, placing top 17 and placing top 12 in the 50 Breast with a personal best time of 39.10. In her two longer events, Audrey swam a 3:08.95 in the 200 Breast, and a 2:53.76 in the 200 IM.

Kainoa Casem – Kainoa swam seven individual events at this meet. Kainoa swam a personal best of 59.75 in the 100 Free, a 2:33.21 in the 200 Back placing top 16, and a 30.67 in the 50 Fly. In his distance events, Kainoa swam the mile for the first time, placing in the top 10 for the 1650 Free with a time of 22:17.29 and top 28 in the 500 Free (6:11.27). He also swam a 1:13.43 in the 100 Back and a season best 28.33 in the 50 Free.

Madeline Kuhlmann – Madeline swam a season best 31.75 in the 50 Free, placing 52nd. She also placed 31st in both the 200 Free with a 2:34.84, and the 500 Free with a time of 6:55.41. In the 200 Back, Madeline also swam a time of 3:11.46, finishing top 24.