Week of September 11th On Tuesday, September 12th, the girls competed against Stagg at an away meet. In the 200 Medley Relay, Leah Casey, Ellie Urban, Lanie Chen, and Maggie Johnston won first place with a time of 2:11.10. Similarly, Lanie Chen won first place in the 200 IM with a time of 2:19.94, Maggie Johnston won the 50 Free with a time of 29.31. Nora Schaffer was in 4th place for the 100 butterfly with a time of 1:16.46. The girls continued that progress in the home meet against Addison Trail/ Willowbrook.
Finally, the girls ended their week at the Charger Invitational. Here the Hornets truly showed up, getting 6th place out of 16 teams. In the 200 Medley Relay, the girls were 5th out of 16. Maya Szafran, Ellie Urban, Lanie Chen, and Maggie Johnston were able to get a time of 2:07.17. Sofia Czarniecki swam the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:27.16. Lanie was 1st and 2nd in the 100 free and 50 free respectively with times of 54.52 and 24.98. As well, Maya Szafran and Cam Beringer got 9th and 10th respectively in the 100 fly with times of 1:11.03 and 1:12.10.
Week of September 4th The Hornets did awesome at their meet against Downers Grove South on Thursday! Maggie Johnston got second place in her 200 Free with a time of 2:09.43. Similarly, Ellie Urban received 2nd place in her 200 IM with a final time of 2:28.19. Lanie Chen received first place in her 100 butterfly with a final time of 1:00.70. Nora Schaffer had a great time of 1:05.50 in her 100 freestyle. Overall, the ladies did amazing and had a great meet.
On Saturday's Hornet Invite, the girls really brought the energy. Maggie swam her 200 free and got a 2:09.23, earning 8th place out of 16. Lanie Chen was 2nd place in her 50 freestyle with a time of 25.01 and 4th place in the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.44. Camryn Beringer was 10th place in her 100 butterfly with a time of 1:11.04. Maggie Johnston was in 5th place in her 500 freestyle with a time of 5:44.28. Maya Szafran and Ellie Urban both swam the 100 backstroke earning 10th and 11th with times of 1:09.03 and 1:09.27 respectively. Great job ladies!
Week of August 28th The Hornets did an amazing job at our first meet of the season against Riverside Brookfield. Ellie Urban was able to dominate the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:12.30 winning her a first-place spot. Right behind her in a second-place spot, Nina Kremper earned a time of 2:22.12. Lanie Chen won first place in both the 50 freestyle and 100 Freestyle with times of 25.17 and 54.58 respectively. Some new additions to the team were strong players. This included Camryn Beringer who earned first-place in her 100 butterfly with a time of 1:14.22. Nora Schaffer was in 2nd place for her 100 Breast stroke with a time of 1:22.27. Nice job ladies and good luck against Downers Grove South next Thursday!