The 64th annual City of Alameda Swim Championships took place last weekend at the Encinal Swim Center. Hundreds of swimmers with ties to Alameda competed in 90 meets at the event.

The event started Friday, Aug. 3, with the girls’ 13- to 14-year-old 1,650-yard freestyle. Molly Boyle won the race with a time of 19:43.53. The boys’ 15- to 18-year-old 1,650-yard freestyle meet also took place Friday. Kevin Habek finished with a time of 17:23.15 to beat out four other swimmers and earned the victory.

More than 40 meets took place Saturday, Aug. 4. Mona Hidalgo won the 13- to 14-year-old 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:19.45. Selma Malkic won the girls’ 15- to 18-year-old 200-yard meet with a time of 2:21.25. Alejandro Santos won the boys’ 13-14 200-yard race with a time of 2:14.20. Zach Zauhaur-Kurr won the boys’ 15- to 18-year-old competition with a time of 2:01.18.

Kylie Zorn won the girls’ nine- to 10-year-old 100-yard individual medley with a time of 1:24.03. Zachary Dortch won the boys’ nine- to 10-year-old 100-yard individual medley with a time of 1:21.65. Ayumi Tsuji was victorious in the girls’ eight-and-under 100-yard individual medley. She completed the race with a time of 1:49.95.  

Hanna Hosmer was victorious in the girls’ nine- to 10-year-old 50-yard butterfly race. She completed the distance in 39.25. Sydney Thompson beat out 18 swimmers to win the girls’ 11-12 butterfly race. She finished with a time of 32.74. Zachary Dortch also won the boys’ nine- to 10-year-old competition in the 50-yard butterfly with a time of 38.12. Jacob Yim won the same competition in the 11- to 12-year-old division with a time of 36.36. 

Boyle also won the girls’ 13- to 14-year-old 100-yard butterfly race. She completed the race with a time of 1:04.24. She narrowly beat out Hidalgo who finished second with a time of 1:05.04. Malkic won the 15- to 18-year-old meet with a time of 1:03.86. 

Alejandro Santos won the boys’ 13- to 14-year-old 100-yard butterfly meet with a time of 1:00.53. Zauhaur-Kurr won the same meet in the boys’ 15- to 18-year-old division with a time 55.57. Liver Cantal was second with a time of 57.28.

Tsuji also won the girls’ eight-and-under 50-yard freestyle. She completed the distance in 45.21. The last race of day two was the boys’ eight-and-under meet won by Cody Dortch. The younger Dortch completed the race in 56.12.

Session three of the Alameda Swim Championships saw 46 meets take place Sunday, Aug. 5. Hidalgo was able to beat out Boyle in the girls’ 13- to 14-year-old 100-yard backstroke. Hidalgo finished with a time of 1:02.27, while Boyle completed the distance in 1:07.27. Malkic got another victory in the 15- to 18-year-old division of the same race. She completed the race in 1:04.57. 

Jonas Li won the boys’ 13- to 14-year-old backstroke competition. He finished with a time of 1:02.74. Kurr-Zauhaur won the 15- to 18-year-old division of the same race with a time of 58.07.

Sophie Klube won the girls’ 13- to 14-year-old 100-yard breaststroke competition. She completed the distance in 1:15.15. 

Thompson won the girls’ 11- to 12-year-old 50-yard breaststroke competition with a time of 36.08. Justin Zhou won the boys’ division of the same race with a time of 38.99. 

Annabelle Catic won the girls’ nine- to 10-year-old 50-yard breaststroke with a time of 43.38. Zachary won the boys’ division of the same race with a time of 42.65. 

Alexandra Gabriel-Yingling won the girls’ 15- to 18-year-old 50-yard freestyle with a time of 26.67. Klube won the same race in the girls’ 13- to 14-year-old division with a time of 25.91. 
Malcom Hernandez finished the boys’ six-and-under 25-yard freestyle competition in 29.19 in the final meet of the event.

There were several big winners at this year’s championships. Zachary Dortch won all six competitions (100-yard individual medley, 50-yard butterfly, 100-yard freestyle, 50-yard backstroke, 50-yard breaststroke and 50-yard freestyle) in the boys’ nine- to 10-year-old divisions. Thompson also won all six competitions she competed in in the girls’ 11- to 12-year-old division. Malkic won four events (100-yard breaststroke, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard butterfly and 200-yard individual medley) in the girls’ 15- to 18-year-old division.   

To view the complete results, visit www.myswimming.info/alamedacitymeet2018.