The 3rd day of the 2024 MPSF Championships saw Hawaii continue expanding their leads in both the men’s and women’s team standings.
There were lots of great races on Friday. Let’s start with the relays that closed out the session, because, once again, there were some awesome ones. San Diego took the women’s 400 medley relay, swimming a 3:36.16 to win by well over 3 seconds. Eva Boehlke (53.99), Chloe Braun (1:01.04), Miranda Renner (52.28), Asia Kozan (48.85) combined to earn the victory. Most impressively, Boehlke and Kozan are both freshmen, setting up UCSD to have a great 400 medley relay for years to come.
Hawaii won yet another relay, seeing Timothy Gallagher (46.93), Justin Lisoway (52.33), Edward Stoddard (46.07), and Mario Surkovic (42.20) team up for a 3:07.53. With the performance, Hawaii broke the MPSF Championship record.
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Out of that San Diego relay that won the women’s 400 medley relay, all four also won individual events on the day. Sophomore Chloe Braun won the women’s 100 breast in 1:01.16, touching 1st in a very tight race. Braun got out to a fast start, splitting 28.67 on the opening 50, which was the fastest in the field by a few tenths-of-a-second. Hawaii’s Kathryn Ivanov would end up taking 2nd in 1:01.29, while CSU Bakersfield Venna Anderson touched in 1:01.31 for 3rd, and Hawaii’s Zofia Tyminska was 4th with a 1:01.42.
Fifth year Miranda Renner took the women’s 100 fly with a 53.26, touching 1st by nearly a second. While she won the race handily in finals, Renner was actually quite a bit faster in prelims, where she posted a 52.72. Last night, she got out to a huge lead, splitting 24.33 on the opening 50.
San Diego freshman Asia Kozan won the women’s 200 free decisively, swimming a 1:46.31. Hawaii’s Mira Selling was leading the race at the 100 mark, turning in 52.38, but then ended up finishing 3rd with a 1:47.85.
The other member of that San Diego relay who won an event on the day was freshman Eva Boehlke, who won the women’s 400 IM with a 4:19.41. She was out in 58.61, then split 1:06.13 on back, 1:13.52 on breast, and 1:01.15 on free.
It was Hawaii’s Anna Friedrich who stopped San Diego from sweeping the women’s events on the day. Friedrich won the women’s 100 back in 53.84, touching 1st comfortably. It was actually a huge event for the Rainbow Warriors, as Hawaii’s Alexa Ozment took 2nd in 54.49, while Dorottya Dobos came in 3rd at 54.66.
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Similarly, two of the members of Hawaii’s record-setting men’s 400 medley relay won individual events on the day as well. Justin Lisoway took the men’s 100 breast in 53.45 last night. He got out to a huge lead, splitting 24.56 on the opening 50, then held onto his lead through the finish.
Mario Surkovic also won the men’s 200 free for Hawaii, swimming a 1:35.14. UC Santa Barbara’s Austin Sparrow was leading the race through the 1st 100, where he split a 45.40 to Surkovic’s 45.87. Surkovic then inched into the lead on the 3rd 50, and grew that lead through the final 50. Sparrow would end up finishing 2nd in 1:35.72.
UC Santa Barbara picked up a win in the men’s 100 back, where Matt Driscoll clocked a 46.77. He was locked in a very tight race on the opening 50, then pulled into the lead thanks to a quick 24.05 on the 2nd 50.
CSU Bakersfield freshman Vili Sivec put up an impressive 46.11 to win the men’s 100 fly last night. He was sitting in 3rd at the 50 turn, but then came home in 24.38, pulling into the lead by about a quarter-of-a-second.
Incarnate Word’s Panos Vlachogiannakos took the men’s 400 IM in 3:48.59. UC Santa Barbara’s Kyle Brill was right there with Vlachogiannakos the entire way through the race and ended up taking 2nd in 3:49.27. Brill was 52.57 on fly to Vlachogiannakos’ 52.68, then Vlachogiannakos split 58.45 on back to Brill’s 59.03, which put Vlachogiannakos into the 200 turn in 1:51.13, while Brill was 1:51.60. Brill then took the lead on breast, splitting 1:03.25 to Vlachogiannakos’ 1:03.96. Vlachogiannakos did just enough on the free leg, splitting 53.50 to Brill’s 54.42.
Comet C/2025 A6, better known as Comet Lemmon, was one of the latest icy visitors to swing through our neighborhood of the solar system, leaving astronomers and casual skywatchers equally delighted. For observers in Hawaii, the glow of the Milky Way didn’t dim the streak of light made by this comet passing through.
What is it?
Comet Lemmon was discovered in January 2025 and made its closest approach to Earth in late October 2025. But by November 2025, when this image was taken, it had brightened to about the same apparent brightness as the planet Uranus, making it visible to the naked eye even from suburban skies.
Where is it?
This image was taken atop the volcanic peak Mauna Kea, on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Comet Lemmon could be seen with the naked eye as it streaked across the sky. (Image credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage processing: M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab) & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab))
Why is it amazing?
Comets are notoriously unpredictable, so Comet Lemmon’s surprising visibility has felt like a bit of a cosmic bonus for Hawaiian stargazers. And this was a rare treat, as the comet won’t return to Earth’s skies for another 1,350 years, around the year 3375.
Framing this comet is the glow of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, which is easier to spot at higher elevations like Mauna Kea’s peak, where there is less light pollution. The image gives us a souvenir from a celestial visitor that won’t be back for more than a millennium.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (HawaiiNewsNow) – U.S. Senators Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois) reintroduced a piece of legislation on Thursday to strengthen protections for immigrant families and address long-standing problems in the family immigration system.
The Reuniting Families Act aims to reduce visa backlogs, boost efficiency across the immigration process, and ensure a fairer, more humane process for immigrant families.
“Immigrant families currently experience unnecessary obstacles and delays due to our country’s broken immigration system, keeping families separated for potentially long periods of time,” Hirono said. “By reducing family-based immigration backlogs and making common sense updates to how we treat families, the Reuniting Families Act will help take the first step in the right direction to keeping families together as they navigate our immigration system.”
According to the senators behind this bill, nearly four million people with approved visa applications are currently trapped in a massive immigration backlog, with many waiting more than a decade to reunite with their loved ones.
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“As Donald Trump’s inhumane mass deportation campaign rips apart families and communities across the country, it’s paramount we address the unnecessary barriers in our immigration system that have created backlogs and kept families apart for years,” Duckworth said. “Our legislation would implement commonsense reforms to help end family-based backlogs, which keep too many with approved green card applications stuck in bureaucratic limbo, and help get more families where they belong—together.”
The Reuniting Families Act would shorten delays by recapturing unused visas, rolling them into future years, expanding who qualifies as a family member to include permanent partners, and increasing both the total number of available family preference visas and per-country limits.
The bill would also put a time limit on visa processing, so no applicant has to wait more than 10 years for a visa if they have an approved application.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Henry Rouhliadeff scored 16 points to lead six Hawaii players in double figures and the Rainbow Warriors beat Division-II Hawaii Hilo 98-46 on Wednesday night.
Rouhliadeff made 6 of 9 from the field and finished with nine rebounds and five assists. Dre Bullock scored 12 points for Hawaii (9-2) and Hunter Erickson, Aaron Hunkin-Claytor, Gytis Nemeiksa and Isaac Finlinson added 11 points apiece.
Jamal Entezami led Hawaii Hilo with 11 points and Jessiya Villa scored 10.
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Hawaii shot 51% overall and made 13 3-pointers. The Rainbow Warriors, who went into the game averaging 13.4 assists per game, had a season-high 25 assists on 35 made field goals.
The 52-point margin of victory was Hawaii’s largest since a 106-49 win over Redlands on Jan. 28, 1972, and the third largest in program history. The Rainbow Warriors beat BYU Hawaii by 67 (106-49) in the 1962-63 season.
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