This weekly newsletter includes the latest version of the GIANT Life News (GLN).  This information is emailed to students twice a week.   GIANT Life News contains specific details about student life at HPHS and is our main source of HPHS happenings.  Archives are posted on the school website.  

ATHLETICS
We will be highlighting our Fall Sports over the next few weeks.  This week we’ll focus on Girls Swimming and Boys and Girls Cross Country.  

GIRLS SWIMMING and DIVING
Our girls defeated a strong Lane Tech team 97-88 on Saturday.  Kayla Newman set a school record in the 100 Free, breaking Kelly Champion's 40 year-old record by over 1 second.  Champion set the record when she won state in 1981.  Kayla's time is 4th fastest in the state at this time.  Our 200 Free Relay team of Angelina Eliacin, Kayla Newman, Sydney Lewis, Marisa Miller swam the 5th fastest time in the state this year.  Finally, watch out for Marisa Miller in the 200 IM.  She had the 2nd fastest time in school history in this event.
 
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
The girls cross country team traveled down to Peoria for the annual race on the State Finals course at Detweiler. The team was thankful for the opportunity to compete and to spend the day together and bond as a group.  The girls showed grit in their first big test of the season.  With a varsity team led by Junior-Madina Nasirov and Sophomore-Mia Fruge, the future continues to look bright for the Giants.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
The Giants had a big day in Peoria.  The varsity was 15th of 41 teams with many of the top teams in the state competing.  Nate Wehner led the way with a 9th place finish.  Our varsity pack finished close together.  Noah Jackson, Alex Bradshaw, Angel Zeferino, Barak Goldstein and Alex Brown all ran well.  Freshman Carter Livermore was the 5th fastest freshman out of the varsity and open races and Nolan Schott led the team in the Open 3 Mile Race.  20 Giants equalled or ran personal bests for 3 miles.