Eastlake High School’s Mesa League championship swim team — 6-0 in both girls and boys dual meets in 2018 — rose to the top of the waves at this year’s Ben Hedberg Invitational held April 21 at Granite Hills High School by placing among the top two teams in both the girls and boys fields.
The girls team finished first while the boys team finished second. Rancho Bernardo finished second in the girls field.
The meet is named in memory of Hedberg, a Granite Hills swimmer and water polo athlete, who died in 2008 due a rare brain tumor.
Eastlake highlights
Among individuals:
- Sophomore Alfred Hoejberg captured first place in the boys 200-yard freestyle in 1:49.29 while senior Jack Fischer won the boys 50 freestyle in 22.92. Hoejberg also finished fifth in the 100 backstroke in 57.88.
- Freshman Cecilia Hagewood captured the girls 100 breaststroke in 1:08.24 while also placing fourth in the girls 50 freestyle (25.92).
- Senior Elisabeth Lundgren finished second in the girls 100 backstroke in 1:02.48 while sophomore Alex Morgan finished second in the girls 500 freestyle in 5:33.39. Lundgren also placed fourth in the girls 200 freestyle (2:03.39).
- Sophomore Pia Davila finished third in the girls 200 individual medley in 2:19.37 while sophomore Skylar Kinney placed third in the boys 100 butterfly in 54.74. Davila also placed fifth in the girls 100 butterfly (1:03.14).
- Junior Emiliano Camarillo Moran placed fourth in the boys 100 freestyle in 50.74 while sophomore Laura Estrada finished fourth in the girls 500 freestyle in 5:37.58.
- Senior Cade Erickson was fifth in both the boys 200 freestyle (1:55.86) and 500 freestyle (5:12.88).
In relay events:
Eastlake won the girls 400 freestyle relay in 3:47.75 and also clocked the fastest time (3:25.03) in the boys 400 freestyle relay.
Eastlake placed second in the boys 200 freestyle relay (1:34.31), third in the boys 200 medley relay (1:45.33), fourth in the girls 200 medley relay (1:58.76) and sixth in the girls 200 freestyle relay (1:49.64).
The Mesa League swim prelims are Thursday, May 3, at Mater Dei Catholic High School, starting at 3 p.m., followed by finals, starting at noon, on Saturday, May 5, at the same site.
The South Bay League finals precede the Mesa League finals on Saturday morning.
The Division I swim prelims are scheduled Wednesday, May 9, and finals on Saturday, May 12, at Granite Hills High School.
The section dive prelims and finals are Friday, May 11, at San Diego Mesa College (combined Division I/Division II girls field at 10 a.m. and combined Division I/Division II boys field at 2 p.m.).
