The HH Varsity Swim team has traditionally been led by a core of experienced juniors and seniors, who have scored well and provided a solid backbone to the program while the underclassmen contribute and mature. This year, though there are a number of strong upperclass swimmers, the team has come to rely quite heavily on the younger classes and they have certainly delivered as evidenced by two convincing wins this week.
        On Wednesday the team traveled to New Milford to face off against host Canterbury and Westover School. Canterbury has won New Englands four out of the last five years, edging our girls team for the NEPSAC title on several occasions. However, in an impressive show of young muscle, the boys bested the Saints 97-86. The girls battled well, but without enough depth in the squad they came up short 97 - 144 to Westover, and 100 - 135 vs. Canterbury. Swimmers who scored points for HH included one senior, seven juniors, three sophomores, ten freshmen, two eighth graders and two seventh graders. Freshman Sam Lovejoy was a beast, capturing the gold in four events, while fellow frosh, Duncan Farquharson nearly matched him with three firsts and one second. Senior Natalie Pinela continued to demonstrate why she is one of the best off the diving board in taking first. Eighth grader Sinead Masterson took home 1 gold and two silvers while junior Liv Caldarella took a first, second, and fourth.

Event highlights:
Boys:
200 Medley Relay: Duncan Farquharson, Michael Ferneini, Sam Lovejoy, Joe Tenedine 1st
                            Liam Kohler, John Bazaar, Steven Zhang, Sage Giacomini 3rd
200 Free:              Lovejoy 1st; Demir Uslu 4th; Daniel Ostapenko 6th
200 IM:                 Ferneini 2nd; Zhang 3rd; Jacob Ostapenko 5th
50 Free:                Ronnie Khanuja 3rd; Giacomini 4th; Nate Thomas 6th; Josh Mukherjee 7th
100 Fly:                Farquharson 2nd; Tenedine 3rd; Bazaar 5th
100 Free:              Khanuja 2nd; Giacomini 4th; Kohler 6th; Dan DeGirolomo 7th
500 Free:              Lovejoy 1st; Uslu 4th; Bazaar 5th
200 Free Relay:     Zhang, Giacomini, Uslu; Khanuja 2nd; Thomas, Kohler, D & J Ostapenko 4th
100 Back:             Farquharson 1st; Tenedine 2nd; Kohler 5th
100 Breast:           Zhang 1st; Ferneini 2nd; Thomas 5th
400 Free Relay:     Lovejoy, Tenedine, Farquharson, Ferneini 1st; Uslu, Khanuja, J Ostapenko, Bazaar 3rd
Diving:                 D. Ostapenko 2nd; J. Ostapenko 3rd

Girls:
200 Medley Relay: Maddy Malin, Sinead Masterson, Liv Caldarella, Eve Brannin 2nd
                            Autumn Boyce, Bella Ferneini, Julia Moore-Aielo, Becca McChesney 4th
200 Free:              Julia Pandolfi 3rd
200 IM:                 Masterson 2nd
50 Free:                Caldarella 1st; Malin 4th
100 Free:              Caldarella 4th; Ferneini 5th
200 Free Relay:    Pinela, Ferneini, Brannin, Pandolfi 4th;   McChesney, Hannah Flamm, Gigi Boyce,. A. Boyce 6th
100 Back:             Malin 4th
100 Breast:          Masterson 1st; Ferneini 3rd

        On Saturday afternoon, the Hornets hosted Christian Heritage and Westover. Though the girls again lost to Westover, they were much improved in falling by only 6 points.  1. Westover 121  2. Hamden Hall 115  3. Christian Heritage 55. The boys defeated the Kingsmen 52-28.

Event winners:
200 Medley Relay HH 2:11.83 Maddy Malin, Sinead Masterson, Olivia Caldarella, Natalie Pinela
200 Free Julia Pandolfi HH 2:31.47
200 IM Sinead Masterson HH 2:25.81
100 FlySinead Masterson HH 1:12.30
500 Free Julia Pandolfi HH 6:55.78

Boys:
200 Medley Relay HH 1:50.96 Duncan Farqharson, Micheal Ferneni, Steven Zhang, Joe Tenedine
200 Free Michael Ferneini HH 2:00.69
200 IM Joe Tenedine HH 2:21.75
50 Free Jacob Ostapenko HH 28.37
Diving Jacob Ostapenko HH 114.80
100 Fly Duncan Farqharson HH 1:00.21
100 Free Aidan Armstrong HH 1:14.73
500 Free Demir Uslu HH 5:43.11
200 Free Relay HH 2:00.00 Nate Thomas, Aidan Armstrong, Dan DeGiroloma, John Bazaar
100 Back Tenedine 1:04.90
100 Breast Steven Zhang 1:07.07
400 Free Relay HH 3:51.83 Michael Ferneini, Joe Tenedine, Demir Uslu, Jacob Ostapenko