The Hamilton Heights swim team hosted its annual Invitational on Saturday. The Huskies girls team won the tournament for the second year in a row, while the boys placed a respectable third.
The Husky girls came out of the gate ready to swim. The medley relay team of Rachel Sanqunetti, Emily Lester, Claire Sloderbeck and Tara Holder started off the meet with the win.
“The girls then went into full attack mode taking back to back sweeps,” said Heights coach Sue Beale.
The Huskies swept the 200 freestyle with Sanquinetti taking first, Madi Hasler second and Allison Osborne third. Next was a sweep in the individual medley: Tara Holder was first, Emily Lester second and Lucy Uhrick third.
Sanqunetti went on the win the backstroke and anchor the first-place 400 free relay with Sloderbeck, Holder and Ryleigh Poe. Sloderbeck won the 50 free and Poe won the 500 free as well. Other top six finishers were; Allison Osborne (fifth, 50 free), Abigail Mayo (sixth, 50 free), Poe (second, butterfly), Tiffany Williams (fourth, 100 free), Halser (third, 500 free), Holder (fourth, backstroke), Williams (sixth, backstroke), Lester (second, breaststroke) and Uhrick (third, breaststroke). The Heights 200 free relay team of Osborne, Uhrick, Poe and Hasler placed second.
Heights’ boys team finished third behind first-place Tipton and second-place Mount Vernon.
“The boys team had several great swims including two first-place finishes for Jared Holder,” said Beale. Holder won the 50 free in 22.32 seconds and the backstroke in 54.09 seconds.
Tony Harden took fourth in the 100 free in a time of 56.89 and Joe Ringer was fourth in the 500 free with a time of 6:04.60. The Heights relays placed second in the medley, third in the 400 free and fourth in the 200 free.
Guerin Catholic finished fourth as a team in both the girls and boys meets. Mary Kate Cline won the girls 100 free.
The Hamilton Heights girls swim team defended its championship at the Husky Invitational on Saturday. Heights scored 1-2-3 sweeps in two events and won a total of seven races.
More photos can be found on the Reporter’s Facebook page. (Doug Sanqunetti)