Week of November 6th What a great day of success we had at Sectionals on Saturday! Everyone on the team had at least one lifetime best times; some bettered in all of their events. The relays scored points and we placed in all three; the 200 Medley was 5th, the 200 Free Relay was 4th and we finished 5th in the 400 Free Relay. Bryn Larson finished 6th in the 50 Free, and Briana Veselik was 5th in the 100 fly. Great job, Lady Hornets!! What a great day! Great work, Gillian Allen, Lily Bone, Jade Carillo, Maggie Dunford, Cameran Frank, Jacquelyn Haralamos, Donna Khatib, Bryn Larson, Briana Veselik, Justina Astrauskaite, and Kaitlin Hall!!!
Week of October 23rd The Lady Hornets had a big day Saturday and placed 2nd in the WAC gold division conference meet. Divers Kaitlin Hall and Justina Astrauskaite led the charge Friday night by finishing 1st and 4th respectively. Great swims were had by all on Saturday. Briana Ceselik finished 2nd in the 100 Fly, and freshman Bryn Larson was 3rd in the 50 Free. The girls finished 3rd and 4th respectively in the 100 breast. Next up...Sectionals at Lyons Township in two weeks.
Week of October 9th This week the Lady Hornets had their last conference dual meet against Leyden, at Leyden. The Hornets fell short on both levels, but some notable swims were had by senior Cameran Frank, Freshmen Bryn Larson and Tati Eicker. On Saturday the Lady Hornets made the trip up to Glenbrook South for the annual Titan Relay meet. The team finished 8th, but the girls had a great time. Thanks to Seniors Katie Smith and Gillian Allen for competing in the “fun” event at the break, and special congrats to Bryn Larson for winning a bobblehead in the 50 Free Elimination Race. The Lady Hornets will be training these next two weeks for the WSC Conference meet at Downers Grove South on October 27th and 28th.
Week of October 2nd This past week the Hornets faced off against Conference rival AT/WB. Varsity Lady Hornets finished in a tie (85 all) on their senior night. JV team finished with a loss. Congratulations to the Lady Hornets Senior Class…Gillian Allen, Sophia Belczak, Shannon Ferguson, Cameran Frank, Kaitlin Hall, Jacquelyn Haralamos, Mary Kochanski, Katie Smith and Brianna Veselik. On Saturday the Lady Hornets swam in the Wheeling Retro Relays meet for the first time and came home with the gold! The Hornets won the meet and had a lot of fun. This Thursday we head to Leyden for our last conference dual meet of the season.
Week of September 25th This week the Lady Hornets faced off against conference rival Downers Grove South. While the outcome was not as we hoped, the girls had some great swims. Notable performances were had by Bryn Larson, Devan Rospert, Gillian Allen, Caroline Collins, Tati Eicker. Next week the Lady Hornets swim AT/WB on Tuesday in their Senior Night meet, and then travel to Wheeling on Saturday for their Retro Relays Invite.
Week of September 18th This week the Lady Hornets had a big win on the Varsity level against conference opponent Morton. Notable swims were had by Katie Smith, Shannon Ferguson and Lily Bone. On Saturday, the girls Frosh/Soph swimmers attended the Lyons Township F/S Invite. Freshman Bryn Larson took home hardware as she won the 50 Freestyle and finished 3rd in the 100 Free. Sophomore Jade Carillo scored points in the 200 IM (12th) and 100 Breast (11th). Sophomore transfer Donna Khatib finished 10th in the 100 Fly.
Next week the Hornets head to Lemont on Tuesday and face off against conference rivals Downers Grove South at home on Thursday.
Week of September 11th The Lady Hornets had their first conference dual this week against Proviso Co-Op and came up victorious. This wet was a great team experience; we swam all the girls on the varsity level and mixed up the levels in relays and individual events. On Saturday we travelled to Champaign for the Charger Invite. The team finished 3rd with notable performances by Kaitlin Hall in diving (3rd place), freshman Bryn Larson in the 50 Free (2nd place) and Senior Briana Veselik in the 200 IM (3rd place). Next week the Hornets face off against Morton on Thursday of Homecoming week.
Week of September 4th After a tough loss on both levels against Lockport, the Lady Hornets had an extremely successful day at our home Invite. We finished 7th out of 10 teams, but more importantly, the girls showed their teeth and swam some great races. Exceptional effort was put in by the entire team, but led by performances from Senior Briana Veselik and Freshman Bryn Larson. Next week the Hornets have their first Conference meet against Proviso on Thursday, followed by the Champaign Invite on Saturday.
Week of August 28th Last week started our season with a loss against Stagg on both levels. Great first swims at their first high school meet were had by Varsity freshman Bryn Larson, and JV swimmer Christina Shenouda. On Thursday the Lady Hornets matched up against Riverside-Brookfield with a loss of 47-119 on the JV level and 60-110 on the Varsity level. Next week the Hornets meet Lockport for their first away meet on Wednesday, followed by our annual Hornet Invite on Saturday, with diving at Riverside Brookfield on Friday.