Diving into History: Rainbow Warriors with Record Breaking Meet against GCU

Nicole Lawler, Sports Editor

Oct 26, 2025

University of Hawai‘i’s Swimming and Diving teams hosted Grand Canyon University (GCU) on Oct. 24-25 for their only home meet of the season. Between the Warriors and Wāhine, five records for the Duke Kahanamoku complex have been replaced. 

Day one was a sweep for Hawai‘i, with the Men’s team winning 117-107, and the Women’s team running away with a dominant 140-84 win. Along with the win, Friday proved triumphant with four Top 10 finishes, multiple divers earning slots in the NCAA Zone meet, and all five record breaks tallying into the winning scores. 

Standout Warrior Eric “Woobie” Kupsky ended with two performances in the top ten, one of which broke a complex record. Kupsky finished 5th in the 1000 free, with a swift time of 9:18.55, and a 10th place finish in the 400IM clocking 3:54.37, also breaking the previous record of 3:55.65 for the books. 

Karol Ostrowski was crowned into three complex records, two to call his own, though he didn’t place in the top ten. The 200M relay squad of Ostrowski, Thoman Aguero, Jack Simon, and Tim Brown shattered the old record of 1:28.08, making the new standard 1:26.83. Along with the relay record, Ostrowski put his name in the history books finishing the 100 Free in 43.08, and the 50 Free in 19.57. 

The Wāhine team also saw immense success in their large Friday appearance, with Gaby Kelly finishing 8th in the 1000 free, clocking a time of 10:10.03. Another women’s top ten finish came from Carlotta Ingenerf, swimming a 400IM in 4:20.08. 

Women’s records were set in two events: the 200M relay, and the 50 Free. The Wāhine relay squad consisted of Alexa Ozment, Eva and Alexia Kovaluk, and Quincy Key, swimming 200M in just 1:39.26, over a second faster than the previous record. As for the 50 Free, ‘Lopes swimming Sara Mose set a swift 22.78, putting her name into the Duke Kahanamoku books as well. 

The diving squads saw the same success, with five divers qualifying for NCAA Zone competition. Men’s qualifying score is a minimum of 300, and two Warriors scored not only 300, but a shot for the stars. Oliver Wignall scored 313.13 on platform, and a standout performance from Juan Esteban Ramirez Tamayo shattered the standard with a platform score of 413.85.

Rainbow Wāhine diving showed the same standard, with three earning slots in the Zone. Scores to earn are 225 for Platform dives, and 280 for 3-meter springboard. Lovisa Gustovsson earned two respective qualifications: 263.40 on platform, and 317.55 on the 3-meter springboard. Alongside Gustovsson is Macie Wheeler, scoring 234.75 on platform and 323.70 on springboard. Although only competing in springboard, Ruby Pickron also sprung her way into competition, earning 290.78 on 3-meter springboard. 

Saturday proved to be another quick day in the lap pools, breaking five complex records again. Although Hawai‘i split wins, it was still a day for the history books. 

The Warriors won their meet 134-128, while the Wāhine suffered a close loss, 127-134 GCU. 

Warrior swimming saw another record break, again Karol Ostrowski, breaking his own record in the 100 Free. From his time on Friday at 43.09 seconds, on Saturday he turned up the heat and clocked 43.04 seconds. 

Another complex record was set by GCU, in the Men's 400 Medley Relay. The squad of Alex Volkov, Carter Dooling, Jasu Ovaskainen, and Guillermo Carry swam a 3:14.34, beating the old record also set by GCU, which was 3:14.96. 

Although the Wāhine team suffered a loss, individual athletes saw success across the boards, with three divers qualifying for the NCAA Zone in the 1-meter springboard. The standard to qualify is 265, and the Wāhine went above and beyond the mark. Avery Coates scored a 283.5, Lovisa Gustovsson with 286.13, and atop the Wāhine podium was Macie Wheeler, scoring a huge 313.25 to round out the qualifiers. 

Swimming also saw triumph, setting two complex records on the second day of competition. The Women’s 200 Free Relay of Alexa Ozment, Aziza Meyer, Quincy Key, and Holly Nelson swam a 1:30.91, beating the longstanding record from 2000 of 1:31.74. Nelson also got a solo record in the 50 free, stealing Mose’s record set the day before. Bringing the title back to Hawai’i, Nelson swam 22.62 to round out the records for the Wāhine program. 

GCU did get a different title, with Taylor Stasny swimming the 200 Breaststroke in 2:12.10. 

Warrior swimming and diving had a great weekend, with 3 new records for the books, 4 total breaks with Ostrowski breaking his own record on day two. They will send two platform divers to the NCAA Zone competition, and swept GCU on the weekend. 

While the Wāhine split the weekend, they broke 3 records, and saw tremendous success in diving, sending four divers to the Zone in eight different slots. 

Hawai’i Diving will travel to Riverside, California for their next competition October 31 - November 1 at Lancer Aquatic Center. The Swimming team will not compete until the SMU Invitational November 19-22 in Dallas Texas.