Hoe earned her high school diploma at President Theodore Roosevelt High School, where she broke three swimming records in the breaststroke style swim. As a senior in high school, she set a world record in the 100m butterfly.[1] She later attended the University of Hawaii where she competed with the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine swim team under coach Soichi Sakamoto.[2] While studying at the University of Hawaii, she set seven state records,[3] including the Amateur Athletic Union indoor 200-meter breaststroke title with a time of 3:10.[4] She also beat the previous record of Evelyn Kawamoto at the 100-yard butterfly women's senior with a time of 1:03.2[5] and established a new Hawaiian record by completing the 400 yard individual medley in 5:53.8.[6] As a result of her swimming accomplishments, she was a top prospect for the United States Olympic swimming team.[7] She graduated from university with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1959 and established the Ivanelle Hoe Endowed Nursing Scholarship at Kapiʻolani Community College.[1]
Upon graduating, Hoe became the co-athletic director for James B. Castle High School's boys' and girls' sports.[8] In 1973, she competed in the National Masters Swimming Championships where she set a women's record in the 50-yard butterfly and also won the 100 breaststroke.[9] She was inducted in the University of Hawaii's Circle of Honor in 1994 along with Roy Kuboyama and Larry Price[10] and into the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame in 2008.[11] Hoe died on April 27, 2016, at the age of 78.[12]
