Athletes of the Week: Top Bay Area performers
South Bay/Peninsula
Ethan Hu, Harker
Sport: Swimming
Class: Junior
Events: 200-yard individual medley, 100 butterfly
A three-time Central Coast Section champion, he broke four records at the West Bay Athletic League finals. Individually, he touched the wall in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:48.60 and in the 100 butterfly in 47.64. As a member of the 200 and 400 free relays along with a trio of sophomores in Matthew Chung, Jason Kwok and Rhys Edwards bested the previous marks with times of 1:25.91 and 3:08.84, respectively. That leaves Hu as a likely candidate to three-peat in the 200 IM at this weekend’s CCS championships, while pulling a double in the 100 fly. In the psych sheet, Harker is seeded first in the 200 free relay and second in the 400 relay, which concludes the meet at the Santa Clara International Swim Center.
Abby Monti, Los Gatos
Sport: Track and field
Class: Junior
Events: 300-meter hurdles, 400 meters
At the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza finals, Monti set a PR in the 300 hurdles to win with a time of 44.49, which is the fastest mark in the Central Coast Section this spring. She also doubled in the 400 dash with a time of 57.59, which is third-best in CCS.
East Bay
Calvin David, Foothill
Sport: Swimming
Class: Senior
Events: Multiple
The Cal-bound star set a meet record while winning the 200 freestyle at the East Bay Athletic League swim championships, covering the distance at Dougherty Valley in 1:38.69, which is an All-American consideration mark. He also won the 500 freestyle in 4:28.99, which automatically qualified him for the California Interscholastic Federation state championships in two weeks in Clovis. He also swam the lead leg on Foothill’s 400 freestyle relay team, which took second to San Ramon Valley in 3:09.83. SRV won in a pool-record 3:06.54.
Zoie Hartman, Monte Vista
Sport: Swimming
Class: Senior
Events: Multiple
The Georgia-bound star led Monte Vista to the team title at the East Bay Athletic League championships Saturday at Dougherty Valley, winning two individual events and two relays in sizzling fashion. She swam the breaststroke in the 200 medley relay that Monte Vista won in an All-American automatic time of 1:44.05, covering her portion in 27.79. She followed that with a meet-record and All-American automatic time of 1:58.05 in the 200 individual medley. From there, she swam the opening 50 in the 200 freestyle relay in 23.08 — breaking the meet record at that distance. Monte Vista won the relay in a pool-record and All-American consideration time of 1:35.70. Hartman capped her performance with a pool-record and All-American automatic time of 1:01.26 in the 100 breaststroke. Next up: The North Coast Section championships this weekend at the Concord Community Pool.
How to nominate
To nominate candidates for Athlete of the Week, Highlight Reel and Movin’ On Up, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by noon Monday.