Week of October 17th The girls did amazing this week at their West Suburban Conference hosted by Hinsdale South! Maggie Johnston was 2nd in her 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:07.7. Ieva Heininga dropped a second in her 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:39.83. Sarah Cardenas was able to drop 6 seconds in her 50 freestyle, ending her season with a time of 42.76. Lanie Chen earned first place in her 50 freestyle with a lifetime best of 24.96. Both Sarah Cardenas and Samantha Alyward dropped time in their 100 Freestyle, ending with times of 1:31.39 and 1:37.81 respectively. Lanie Chen received first place in her 100 freestyle with a time of 53.57. Maya Szfran swam her 500 Freestyle and ended with a time of 5.57.91! Caroline Dunford dropped over 4 seconds in her 100 backstroke, ending with time of 1:25.20. Great job ladies!
Week of October 3rd This week the Hinsdale South Hornets went against Downers Grove South on October 5th. Maggie Johnston won 1st place in her 200 Freestyle with a time of 2.11.76. Amy Driggers swam her 200 IM with a time of 3.19.43, earning her 3rd place. Lanie Chen swam her 50 freestyle with a time of 25.28, earning her 1st place. Lanie Chen also earned first place in her 100 freestyle with a time of 55.78! The ladies did an amazing job!
On Saturday, October 8th, the ladies swam the Wheeling Retro Relays! All the girls swam great in their relays and earned the team 2nd place overall in the Invitational! Great job Hornets!
Week of September 26th The Hornets swam against Lockport/ Lemont on September 27th. Maya Szafran scored 4th place in the 200 Free with a time of 2.16.72. Lanie Chen received 1st place in the 100 Free with a time of 55.54. Lanie also scored 2nd place in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1.17.56. Both Maya Szafran and Ellie Urban earned 5th and 6th place respectively in the 100 backstroke with times of 1.12.12 and 1.13.19.
Against Morton on September 29th, Sofia Czarniecki was able to drop a second in her 200 Freestyle to earn a time of 2.33.19. Caroline Dunford dropped 10 seconds in the 200 freestyle with an ending time of 2.36.53. Maya Szafran earned 1st place in her 50 freestyle with a time of 29.01. Maggie Johnston was able to swim her 100 freestyle with at time of 1.04.39. Ellie Urban did excellent in her 100 breaststroke with a time of 1.25.99, giving her the 1st place spot in the event! Great job ladies!
Week of September 19th What an electric week! The Hinsdale South Swim Team did amazing at a rained-out home meet against Riverside Brookfield on September 20th. Sofia Czarniecki dropped 5 seconds in her 200 free with a time of 2:34.06. Maya Szafran also dropped 2 seconds in her 200IM with a time of 2:32.78. Similarly, Ellie swam the 200 IM with a time of 2:38.65. Samantha Alyward was able to swim her 100 backstroke with a time of 2:06.09.
On September 22nd, the Hornet's battled Proviso West at our Senior Night. The ladies did an amazing job! Maggie Johnston swam her 200 freestyle with a time of 2:18.46. Sarah Cardenas finished her first 50 free with a time of 48.52. Sofia Czarniecki swam her 100 free earning her 2nd place, with a time of 1.09.48. Both Ellie Urban and Ieva Heininga dropped time in their 100 backstroke with a time of 1:10.86 and 1:30.18 respectively. Nice job ladies!
Week of September 12th This week the Hinsdale South Girls swim team took on Stagg High School and Leyden High School. In our meet against Stagg, Ellie Urban earned first place with a time of 2.23.12 in her 200 Freestyle. Amy Driggers was able to drop over a second in her 50 freestyle with a time of 33.51. Sofia was able to score a lifetime best in her 500 Freestyle with a time of 6.56.97!
Against Leyden, Maggie Johnston swam first place in her 200 Freestyle with a time of 2.14.04. Maggie Johnston was also able to drop 2 seconds from her last year's time in the 100 butterfly, earning a 1.18.35! Lanie Chen swam a 50 freestyle with a time of 25.43, earning her a first-place spot! In the 100 freestyle, Sofia Czarniecki was able to drop 8 seconds from her time last year, earning her a 1.09.03 in the 100 freestyle.
At the Saturday Charger Invitational, Lanie Chen earned a 3rd place spot for her 200 yard freestyle with a time of 1.59.63. Caroline Dunford was able to earn a time of 29.46 on her 50 yard freestyle. Leva Heininga swam her 100 breaststroke with a time of 1.36.36! Nice job this week ladies!
Week of September 5th The Hornets started their season strong with the inaugural home meet versus Addison Trail Willowbrook. The Varsity Medley Relay, with swimmers Ellie Urban, Maya Szafran, Lanie Chen, and Maggie Johnston took first place in the event with a time of 2.06.67. Maya Szafran scored a lifetime best in her 500 freestyle with a time of 5.58.84. All the girls pushed themselves and made great personal strides!
The girls continued their success during the Hornet Invite. Lanie Chen shined in her 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle, earning a 4th place ranking in both. Maggie Johnston was able to get 6th place in her 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5.51.50. In the backstroke, Ellie Urban was able to get a time of 1.12.22. All of the girls did amazing! Good luck next week for their home meets against Stagg and Leyden!