Olympia High boys swim team finishes second at Record Breaker Invitational

The Titans won five individual events and set various meet records at the Sept. 14 event at the Port Orange YMCA.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 4:45 p.m. September 19, 2024

A young male swimmer swims the butterfly at a swimming meet

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Olympia High boys swimming finished second out of 12 teams competing at the 2024 Record Breaker Invitational Sept. 14 at the Port Orange YMCA, while breaking several school and meet records.

The Titans finished first in five individual and relay events — the 200-meter medley relay (Keith Willis, Ethan Hodson, Austin Lesperance and Tristan Bonnet), 400-meter freestyle relay (Willis, Hodson, Lesperance and Bonnet), 200-meter freestyle (Bonnet), 200-meter individual medley (Hodson) and 100-meter breaststroke (Hodson) — setting a new meet record for each and a school record in the 200 medley relay.

Bonnet added a second-place finish in the 50-meter freestyle, as did Lesperance in the 100-meter butterfly. Willis finished third in the 100-meter backstroke.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.