Last Saturday, the varsity swim team competed in the Bud Erichs Invitational meet hosted annually by Hopkins. Unlike most regular season meets, in which HH swims against schools in the same division, the Hopkins meet includes all classes and some of the best prep talent in the state. Both boys and girls squads finished 10th, with plenty of quality individual results. Congratulations, in particular, to 8th grade standout, Duncan Farquharson and senior Elli Wargo, who finished near the top in several events. Coach Ken Pierson noted that many swimmers scored personal bests as their improvement continued.

Boys Highlights:
Aaron Ang: 11th 100 Fly & 21st (out of 78) 50 Free
John Bazaar: 15th  500 Free & 100 Breast
Duncan Farquharson: 4th 100 Back
Ronnie Khanuja: 11th 50 Free & 18th 100 Free 
Demir Uslu: 10th 500 Free & 11th 200 Free
200 Medley relay of Ang, Farquharson, Khanuja, & Michael Ferneini finished 6th
200 Free relay of Ang, Uslu, Tim Bradley, & Sage Giacomini finished 9th

Girls Highlights:
Liv Caldarella: 16th (out of 87!) 50 Free
Shaw Mettler: 26th 500 free
Julia Pandolphi 20th 500 Free
Natalie Pinela: 8th (out of 20) Diving
Jing Shi: 11th 50 Free & 18th 100 Free
Elli Wargo: 4th 200 Fly & 8th 200 Free
Shi, Caldarella, Wargo, & Maddy Malin also took 8th in the 200 Medley relay & 11th in the 400 Free relay.

The team finishes the season with the New England Meet at Deerfield on Saturday. Good luck to all the swimmers.