Past Girls Swimming Recap
2023 Season
11/19/2023 Connecticut State Opens
Colleen White was the sole individual qualifier for Tolland Hammerheads at the Connecticut State Opens in the 200 IM. Her time of a 2:17.09 placed her 23rd the State. Congrats Colleen on an excellent swim season!
11/15/23
Congratulations to Colleen White who made it to the State Open Swim meet for the 200 individual medley coming up this weekend at Yale! Good Luck Collen!
11/11/2023
Saturday at the Girls Swimming CIAC Division L State Qualifying Meet, the Tolland swimmers represented the competitive core of the E.O. Smith/Tolland Hammerheads. Colleen White & Maria Salemi were our sole swimmers in individual event, each qualifying for two events. Meaning their times were Top 36 in Division L going into Saturday. Colleen & Maria both posted individual personal best times Saturday. Colleen swam a 2:17.61 & 1:02.54 in the 200 IM & 100 Fly respectivley. Both times places Colleen in the top 24 giving her the opportunity to swim at Division L State Finals Tuesday. Maria swam 2:09.93 in the 200 Freestyle placing 27th in Division L. Maria and Colleen also swam in our 200 Medley & 200 Free Relay. Racheal Prathepan swam in our 400 Free Relay. All three Relays posted season best times also moving onto Finals Tuesday. Congrats girls on an excellent meet!
11/2/2023 - Placed 5th in CCC East Championship
Maria Salemi had two top ten finishes placing 8th in the 200 Freestyle & 5th in the 100 Butterfly
Colleen White took 3rd in the 100 Butterfly and 5th in the 500 free where she earned a Division L State championship auto qualifying time.
10/24/2023 - Lost Tolland/ E.O.Smith Hammerheads 79 / South Windsor 90
Fun last Dual meet of our 2023 Season. Notably Colleen White qualified for Division L State Championships in the 100 Fly and was half a second from auto qualifying in the 500 free. Our A 200 Medley Relay took second being led by our three Tolland Swimmers Racheal, Maria & Colleen
10/19/2023 - Won
Tolland E.O. Smith Hammerheads 63/ Enfield 53
Exciting and fun win for the Hammerheads. Starting off the meet, our A 200IM Relay took 1st being led by our three Tolland swimmers: Racheal Prathepan, Maria Salemi & Colleen White. Colleen & Maria took 1st & 2nd in the 100 fly & 500 Free. Racheal also taking 2nd in the 50free.
10/10/2023 - Won 91/70 EO.Smith/Tolland Hammerheads Win over East Hartford
This was our Senior Night. We celebrated our Tolland captain Racheal Prathepan who will be graduating this year. Racheal came in 2nd in both the 50 and 100 free and lead her team to a resounding win in our final home meet of the season. She has been a consistent leader and performer both in the pool and on the deck. Her leadership, hard work, and personality will be greatly missed next season. Congratulations Racheal!
10/3/2023 - Lost 90 East Catholic High / 85 Hammerheads (EOSmith/Tolland)
Colleen White finished1st in both the 200 IM & 100 Free