2026 CIF State Championships: Finals Live Recap

2026 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships

• May 14-16, 2026
  • Diving: May 14
  • Swimming Prelims: May 15, 1:00 p.m. (PST)
  • Swimming Finals: May 16, 10:30 a.m. (PST)
• Clovis West High School — Fresno, Calif.
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The CIF State Swimming and Diving finals are here, and it is looking like we will be in for an exciting session with some very close races.

The prelims session saw a number of swimmers touch just tenths apart at the top of the event, and today they will be racing to help their teams bring home the overall trophy and to win events themselves.

There are also a few events that could see new state meet records this year if athletes are in top form.

Follow along with live updates throughout the session.

Girls 200 Medley Relay — Finals

• State Meet Record — 1:39.04, Santa Margarita (Hodges, O’Dell, Kozan, Ervin) — 2022
• NFHS Record: 1:36.98, Carmel (Berglund, Sweeney, Shackell, Christman) — 2023

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Archbishop Mitty (Gallagher, O’Young, Wu, Rutter) — 1:43.64
• Silver: Mountain View (Conover Hui, Griffis, Liu, Hicks) — 1:43.86
• Bronze: San Ramon Valley (Linares Danzos, Babushkina, Richards, Parkinson) — 1:44.00

The Archbishop Mitty girls’ 200 medley relay team won the event by two tenths over the Mountain View team’s silver medal time, touching in 1:43.64.

Sophia Gallagher led off in 26.38. Enna O’Young swam 29.25 on the breaststroke. Isabel Wu split 24.84 on the butterfly, and Violet Rutter was 23.17 as the anchor.

Mountain View touched 2nd in 1:43.86 with their team of Karina Conover Hui (26.30), Erin Griffis (29.35), Allison Liu (23.48), and Karli Hicks (24.73).

The bronze medal went to San Ramon Valley in 1:44.00 thanks to performances from Daniela Linares Danzos (24.93), Sasha Babushkina (30.43), Izzy Richards (25.79), and Alexis Parkinson (22.85).

Boys 200 Medley Relay — Finals

• State Meet Record: 1:29.01, Santa Margarita (Najera, Wu, Verdolaga, Jiang) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 1:26.97, (Jain, Young, Dovellos, Carrington — 2025

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Valley Christian (Shao, Cameron, White III, Kuzmenko) — 1:28.80 **New State Meet Record
• Silver: Archbishop Mitty (Balbuena, Elaydi, Sifferman, Xu) — 1:30.83
• Bronze: De La Salle High School (Hill, Lewis, Nakayama, Lustig) — 1:30.86

Two events in, and we already have a new California High School State meet record. The Valley Christian boys team swam 1:28.80 to win the 200 medley relay, taking two tenths off Santa Margarita’s 2023 record time of 1:29.01.

Split Comparison

The biggest differences in splits from 2023 came from the breaststroke leg, where Valley Christian’s Jack Cameron split 23.98 to touch more than a second faster than Nathan Wu‘s 25.31, and the freestyle leg. Yury Kuzmenko anchored the Valley Christian team in 18.86, which was also more than a second faster than Santa Margarita’s Ramon Jiang who was 20.12.

Archbishop Mitty earned the silver medal in 1:30.83 with Enzo Balbuena (23.19), Shareef Elaydi (23.89), Nick Sifferman (22.53), Alex Xu (21.22).

The bronze medal went to De La Salle High School just three hundredths back of Archbishop Mitty. Their team of Blake Hill (23.30), Chase Lewis (25.41), Matt Nakayama (21.98), and Tanner Lustig (20.17) had a massive comeback on the final 100 of the race.

Other notable splits came from Cade Vieler, who was 22.05 on Amador Valley’s backstroke leg, Gavin Cameto, who split 21.28 on Campolindo’s butterfly leg.

Girls 200 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 1:44.63, Justina Kozan (St. Margarita) — 2022
• NFHS Record: 1:42.81, Dagny Knutson (MINOT) — 2008

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Mckinley Scobie (FOOT) — 1:47.42
• Silver: Charlotte Milkie (SNTG) — 1:47.96
• Bronze: Cameron Forbes (MAAC) — 1:48.58

The girls’ 200 freestyle went to Foothill senior Mckinley Scobie. She touched in 1:47.42 to win the event by a little more than half-a-second. She split 25.13/27.00/27.23/28.06 to come in about a second off her lifetime best of 1:46.53 that she set in April. She is committed to Army West Point for the fall.

Santiago junior and 2027 USC commit Charlotte Milkie swam 1:47.96, missing her best of 1:46.48, which she swam in December at the Winter Junior Championships. Milkie split 24.99/51.88/27.84/28.24.

Marin Academy sophomore Cameron Forbes finished 3rd in 1:48.58. This swim was a little off her best of 1:48,16, which she swam at the North Coast Section meet last weekend. Coming into the season, her lifetime best was 1:49.23. Forbes was 24.91/27.32/28.06/28.29.

Boys 200 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 1:33.52, Luka Mijatovic (Foothill) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 1:30.46, Maximus Williamson (Keller) — 2025

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Nathan Foucu (TKAC) — 1:34.38
• Silver: Andrew Maksymowski (NRWO) — 1:34.92
• Bronze: Alex Pletcher (PTLO) — 1:35.29

The Kings Academy senior Nathan Foucu improved his bronze medal finish from last year, taking the gold medal in the boys 200 freestyle with his swm of 1:34.38.

He sat in 2nd through the first 150 yards behind top seed, Northwood senior Andrew Maksymowski. Foucu split 22.04/23.88/24.15 over the first 150 to turn two tenths behind Maksymowski, who split 21.71/23.71/24.42.

On the final 50, Foucu was 24.31 to come in seven tenths faster than Maksymowski’s 25.08. Foucu, who is committed to Stanford, added just seven hundredths from his best 1:34.31. Maksymowski, a USC commit, was two tenths off his best of 1:34.70.

Alex Pletcher, a junior from Point Loma, earned the bronze in 1:35.29, a tenth add from the 1:35.14 he swam in February. Pletcher is also committed to Stanford.

Girls 200 IM — Finals

• State Meet Record: 1:53.38, Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 1:53.38, Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita) — 2023

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Kelsey Zhang (SART) — 1:58.07
• Silver: Isabel Wu (MITT) — 1:58.39
• Bronze: Kayla Han (LAMI) — 1:58.44

The girls’ 200 IM went to Saratoga senior Kelsey Zhang with her swim of 1:58.07 coming in a little more than three tenths ahead of 2nd place.

Zhang, who is committed to Cal for the fall, was about a second off her lifetime best 1:57.09, which she swam at the Winter Junior Championships in December. Zhang split 25.48/29.52/35.46/27.61 to hold the lead from wire-to-wire.

Archbishop junior Isabel Wu, who has committed to Princeton for 2027, dropped seven tenths from the 1:58.98 she swam in April. She swam 25.76/30.24/34.56/27.83 to have one of the fastest breaststroke splits in the field.

Kayla Han, a La Mirada senior and 2026 Indiana commit, split 25.99/29.17/35.48/27.80 to earn the bronze medal in 1:58.44. This was a three second add from the 1:55.74 she swam in November.

Boys 200 IM — Finals

• State Meet Record: 1:44.55, Tim Wu (Dougherty Valle) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 1:41.39, David Nolan (Hershey) — 2011

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Tim Wu (DOVA) — 1:44.83
• Silver: Shareef Elaydi (MITT) — 1:45.22
• Bronze: Anthony Dornoff (CERR) — 1:47.10

Tim Wu, a senior Cal commit from Dougherty Valley won the boys’ 200 IM in 1:44.83, falling just short of his own state record time of 1:44.55 from last year.

Wu split 23.04/25.22/31.94/24.63 to pick up his 2nd straight gold medal in the event, touching a little under half-a-second ahead of Archbishop Mitty junior Shareef Elaydi.

Elaydi swam 1:45.22, splitting 23.35/27.34/30.06/24.47 to pick up his 2nd straight silver medal. He added about a second-and-a-half from the 1:43.82 he set in December at the Winter Junior Championships.

Cerritos junior, and 2027 Michigan commit, Anthony Dornoff won the bronze in 1:47.10 with splits of 23.86/27.46/30.23/25.55. He added about a second from the 1:46.24 best time he set at last week’s Section Championships.

Girls 50 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 22.23, Jada Duncan (Whitney) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 21.56, Julie Mishler (Wawasee) — 2024

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Khanh Seaton (CAVA) — 22.22 **New State Meet Record
• Silver: Lilla Kapinya (SFRA) — 22.85
• Bronze: Clara Young (WOOD) — 22.95

Junior Khanah Seaton swam the top 50 freestyle time in 22.22, setting a new CIF State Meet record by one hundredth. She broke the record set by Jada Duncan, who is now swimming at UCLA, last season of 22.23.

This was a little off Seaton’s best time of 22.02, which she swam at the North Coast Sectional last weekend. She is committed to Michigan for 2027.

Saint Francis junior Lilla Kapinya swam 22.85 for the silver medal, a new personal best by a tenth from the 22.96 she set last week. She is committed to UCLA for 2027.

Another sophomore, Clara Young, swam 22.95 to earn the bronze medal. She added a tenth from the 22.86 she swam last week.

Boys 50 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 19.37, Jordan Ragland (West Park) — 2026
• NFHS Record: 19.08, Maximus Williamson (Keller) — 2025

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Jordan Ragland (WEPK) — 19.18 **New State Meet Record
• Silver: Yury Kuzmeko (VCSJ) — 19.41
• Bronze: Tyler Porter (BELA) — 19.85

West Park senior Jordan Ragland swam a massive 19.18 to win the boys’ 50 freestyle in a new state meet record time, touching more than two tenths ahead of the rest of the field.

He took 0.19 seconds off the record of 19.37 he set in yesterday’s prelims session. This was a new best time for the Cal commit, dropping from the 19.28 he set at Winter Juniors in December.

Princeton commit and Valley Christian senior Yury Kuzmenko earned the silver medal in 19.41, a tenth off the 19.30 personal best time he swam last week.

Senior Tyler Porter from Bellarmine, was the final person to swim under 20 seconds, touching in 19.85, adding four tenths from his best 19.49, which he swam in December 2024. He is committed to ASU for the fall.

Girls 100 Fly — Finals

• State Meet Record: 52.09, Jada Duncan (Whitney) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 49.24, Claire Curzan (Cardinal Gibbons) — 2022

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Kelsey Zhang (SART) — 51.83 **New State Meet Record
• Silver: Tori Yamamura (VALE) — 52.43
• Bronze: Daniela Linares Danzos (SARV) — 53.18

Saratoga’s Kelsey Zhang picked up her 2nd event win of the meet in meet record fashion. She swam 51.83 in the girls’ 100 butterfly to win the event by six tenths over Valencia senior Tori Yamamura‘s 52.43.

Zhang took more than two tenths off Jada Duncan’s 2025 swim of 52.09, and she was a little off her lifetime best of 51.78 from April of 2025.

Yamamura finished 2nd in 52.43, four hundredths off the 52.39 mark she swam at the end of April. She is headed to Mizzou in the fall.

Daniela Linares Danzos, a sophomore from San Ramon Valle won the bronze medal in 53.18, a new best time by almost half-a-second form the 53.61 she swam at last week’s section meet.

Boys 100 Fly — Finals

• State Meet Record: 45.72, Ethan Hu (Harker School) — 2019
• NFHS Record: 44.97, Scotty Buff (St. Francis) — 2023

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Brandon Ha (RODR) — 46.10
• Silver: Aidan Collins (COOA) — 46.90
• Bronze: Nate Yoon (GUNN) — 47.53

Rodriguez senior Brandon Ha won the boys 100 butterfly in 46.10, coming in eight tenths ahead of the 2nd place finisher Aidan Collins. The top two repeated their finishes from last year’s meet.

Ha, who is committed to Northwestern, just missed his lifetime best of 46.06, which he swam last weekend. He split 21.47/24.63 to be the only swimmer under 22 seconds on the opening 50.

Cosumnes Oaks junior Collins split 22.04/24.86 to finish 2nd overall in 46.90. He added about a tenth from his best of 46.79, which he also set last week. He is committed to ASU for 2027.

The bronze went to Gunn senior Nate Yoon in 47.53. The Cornell commit split 22.09/25.44 to add two tenths from his best 47.32, which he swam last week.

Girls 100 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 48.02, Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 46.73, Rylee Erisman (Windemere) — 2025

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Khanh Seaton (CAVA) — 48.22
• Silver: Mckinley Scobie (FOOT) — 49.29
• Bronze: Clara Young (WOOD) — 49.71

In her 2nd event win of the day, Castro Valley Khanh Seaton swam 48.22 to top the women’s 100 freestyle field by more than a second.

This swim was more than three tenths faster than her previous best of 48.58, which she swam last week at the North Coast Section meet. Before this season, her lifetime best in the event was 50.91. She is headed to Michigan for the fall of 2027.

Mckinley Scobie, the girls’ 200 freestyle champion, swam 49.29 to finish 2nd in the 100 free. This was half-a-second off her best of 48.79, which she swam last week.

Woodside sophomore Clara Young finished 3rd in 49.71, a slight drop from the 49.77 she swam last week.

Boys 100 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 42.76, Nathan Foucu (King’s Academy) — 2026
• NFHS Record: 41.54, Maximus Williamson (Keller) — 2025

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Jordan Ragland (WEPK) — 42.33 **New State Meet Recprd
• Silver: Nathan Foucu (TKAC) — 42.52
• Bronze: Tyler Porter (BELA) — 43.47

Another double-event champion, West Park senior Jordan Ragland picked up his 2nd event win and meet record of the day, swimming 42.33 to set the top time in the boys’ 100 freestyle by two tenths.

Ragland took four tenths off silver medalist Nathan Foucu‘s prelims record time of 42.76. He added about a tenth from the 42.24 he swam at the Winter Junior Championships in December.

Foucu swam 42.52 for 2nd, a two tenth drop from the 42.73 he swam, also at the Winter Junior Championships.

Bellarmine senior Tyler Porter earned the silver medal in 43.56, a tenth off his best of 43.43 from last week.

Girls 500 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 4:41.53, Miranda Heckman (Granada) — 2017
• NFHS Record: 4:34.78, Dagny Knutson (Minot) — 2008

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Kayla Han (LAMI) — 4:45.90
• Silver: Rylee Hutchinson (AMVA) — 4:50.14
• Bronze: Brooke Bennett (GRND) — 4:51.12

La Mirada senior Kayla Han won the girls’ 500 freestyle, touching in 4:45.90 to stop the clock more than four seconds ahead of the field.

Her swim was a little off her prelims time of 4:44.86, and was more than nine seconds off her best of 4:36.88, which she swam in December of 2024.

Amador Valley senior Rylee Hutchinson finished 2nd in 4:50.14, a two second add from her best of 4:48.51, which she swam at the end of December. She is committed to USC for 2026.

Brooke Bennett, last year’s champion, finished 3rd in 4:50.14. This was a second off the 4:49.15 she swam to win the gold medal last year and was three seconds off her best of 4:47.75 from April of 2025. The Granada senior is committed to Georgia for the fall, which has had a lot of success with distance swimmers recently.

Boys 500 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 4:11.91, Luka Mijatovic (Foothill) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 4:11.91, Luka Mijatovic (Foothill) — 2025

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Lucas Jue (POLB) — 4:22.04
• Silver: Kealan Tupper (AMVA) — 4:23.24
• Bronze: Jeremy Ting (MOVI) — 4:25.39

Lucas Jue, a senior from Long Beach Polytechnic, swam the top time in the boys’ 500 free with his time of 4:22.04. He was only about four tenths off his best of 4:21.66, which he swam in November of 2024, and won the event by more than a second. He is committed to Louisville for the fall.

Amador Valley junior Kaelan Tupper, who is committed to Northwestern, swam 4:32.24 to finish 2nd, dropping almost two tenths from the 4:23.40 best time he swam at the North Coast Section meet. His pre-season best time was 4:32.22.

Monte Vista High School senior Jeremy Ting finished 3rd in 4:25.39. He added a little under two seconds form his best of 4:32.87, which he set last week. Ting is headed to Cornell in the fall.

Andrew Maksymowski, the top seed coming in with a lifetime best of 4:18.06, finished 6th in 4:25.83.

Girls 200 Free Relay — Finals

• State Meet Record: 1:30.90, Santa Margarita (O’Dell, Stinson, Kozan, Aquino) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 1:29.61, Santa Margarita (Salvino, Kozan, Aquino, O’Dell) — 2023

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Torrey Pines (Qian, Zhang, Wietfeldt, Ferguson)– 1:33.52
• Silver: Clovis West (Oka-Fedder, Radford, Marinovich, Hill) – 1:33.89
• Bronze: Mountain View (Griffis, Hicks, Conover Hui, Liu) — 1:34.61

Torrey Pines picked up their first win of the session in the girls’ 200 freestyle relay. They touched in 1:33.52 after swimming a very tight race against the Clovis West Girls team, who finished 2nd in 1:33.89.

Clovis West jumped out to the lead early with Sophia Oka-Fedder splitting 23.15 on the lead-off leg for the team. Torrey Pines had Anita Qian split 24.04, starting out nearly a second behind Clovis West.

The two 2nd leg swimmers had near identical splits. Zylah Radford swam 23.88 for Clovis West, and Scarlett Zhang swam 23.83 for Torrey Pines.

The tides started changing on the 3rd leg. Torrey Pines had Katerina Wietfeldt split 23.18 to make up almost a second on Clovis West’s Hailey Marinovich, who swam 24.02.

Going into the final 50, the two teams were exactly tied at 1:11.05.

Aya Ferguson took the water for Torrey Pines and Audrey Hill swam for Clovis West. Ferguson split 22.47 to take over the lead and earn her team the gold medal, while Hill swam 22.84 to hle pher team earn the silver.

Mountain View finished 3rd with their team of Erin Griffis (24.05), Karli Hicks (24.63), Karina Conover-Hui (23.59), and Allison Liu (22.34) touching in 1:34.61.

Boys 200 Free Relay — Finals

• State Meet Record: 1:21.36, Northgate (Wendler, McMillan, Kengla, Hallett) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 1:19.27, Jacksonville Bolles (Murphy, Schooling, Condorelli, Goossen) — 2012

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Valley Christian (Hernandez, Cameron, Cochran, Kuzmenko) — 1:21.69
• Silver: Northwood (Siniak, Chen, Wang, Maksymowski) — 1:21.74
• Bronze: Archbishop Mitty (Elaydi, Sifferman, Huang, Balbuena) — 1:22.21

The Valley Christian boys swim team earned their 2nd relay win of the meet, swimming 1:21.69 in the 200 freestyle relay to come in just five hundredths ahead of Northwood’s 1:21.74.

Micah Hernandez led off for Valley Christian in 21.22, four tenths slower than Northwood’s Eli Siniak, who led off in 20.72.

In the 2nd leg, Jack Cameron swam 20.16 for Valley Christian, making up ground and passing Northwood, who had Max Chen split 21.01

Valley Christian’s Kaden Cochran split 21.22, giving the lead back to Northwood after Michael Wang split 20.29.

Yury Kuzmenko brought the Valley Christian team home in 19.09, making the difference in their gold medal relay. He outsplit Northwood’s Andrew Maksymowski, who touched in 19.71.

Archbishop Mitty finished 3rd in 1:22.21 with Shareef Elaydi (20.32), Nick Sifferman (20.43), Tony Huang (21.37), and Enzo Balbuena (20.09).

Girls 100 Back — Finals

• State Meet Record: 50.82, Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 49.61, Claire Curzan (Cardinal Gibbons) — 2022

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Megan Wang (NEPA) — 52.27
• Silver: Daniela Linares Danzos (SARV) — 52.60
• Bronze: Catherine Rowe (MTCA) — 53.73

The girls’ 100 backstroke went to Newbury Park senior Megan Wang in 52.27, three tenths ahead of 2nd place finisher Daniela Linares Danzos from San Ramon Valley.

Wang too six tenths off the 52.86 best time she set at the South Section Championships. She has dropped more than a second this year, coming into the season at 53.62. Wang will be headed to UCSD in the fall.

Danzos, a sophomore, swam 52.60 for 2nd. This swim is a three tenth drop from her previous bes of 52.94, also from last week. She came into the season at 53.52 from December of 2024.

Mount Carmel senior Catherine Rowe won the bronze in 53.73. This was only three tenths off her time of 53.44 from May of 2025. She is headed to TCU in the fall.

Boys 100 Back — Finals

• State Meet Record: 46.62, Jonah Cooper (Foothill) — 2018
• NFHS Record: 45.08, Will Modglin (Zionsville) — 2023

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Tim Wu (DOVA) — 47.17
• Silver: Cade Vieler (AMVA) — 47.32
• Bronze: Kyle Tsuei (ROWL) — 47.59

Tim Wu won his 2nd event of the meet, the boys’ 100 backstroke. He swam 47.17 to touch just under two tenths ahead of 2nd place finisher, Cade Vieler.

Wu, who is a senior at Dougherty Valley, came in just two hundredths off his lifetime best 47.15 from November.

Vieler stopped the clock in 47.32 to earn the silver. The junior at Amador Valley is committed to Princeton for 2027, and added a little under a tenth form his bes of 47.23, which he set last week.

Rowland junior Kyle Tsuei swam 47.59 to finish 3rd, a four tenth add from the 47.13 he set at the Southern Division 2 Section meet last week. He is committed to Army West Point for 2027.

Girls 100 Breast — Finals

• State Meet Record: 59.66, Zoie Hartman (Monte Vista) — 2018
• NFHS Record: 58.35, Kaitlyn Dobler (Aloha) — 2020

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Bianca Nwaizu (CCSS) — 59.87
• Silver: Dylan Liu (LYNB) — 1:02.08
• Bronze: Ava Collins (COOA) — 1:02.13

Calvary Chapel junior Bianca Nwaizu dominated the girls’ 100 breaststroke final, swimming 59.87 to be the only swimmer under 1:02 in the event, winning by more than two seconds.

Nwaizu’s lifetime best stands at 59.05 from December, which would have won the event by three seconds today. She is not committed yet for the class of 2027.

Dylan Liu, a Lynbrook junior, finished 2nd in 1:02.08. This was seven tenths off her prelims time and lifetime best of 1:01.38. She is also not committed yet.

Cosumnes Oaks freshman Ava Collins swam 1:02.13 for the bronze medal, a four hundredth add from her best of 1;02.09, which she set last week.

There were no seniors in the entire event, so all 18 athletes will be able to return next season.

Boys 100 Breast — Finals

• State Meet Record: 52.74, Ben Dillard (Oak Ridge) — 2019
• NFHS Record: 51.62, Max McHugh, Sevastopol — 2018

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Shareef Elaydi (MITT) — 51.85 **New State Meet Record
• Silver: Isaac Carsel (DAVI) — 53.20
• Bronze: Aidan Collins (COOA) — 53.66

Shareef Elaydi, from Archbishop Mitty had a huge swim in the boys’ 100 breaststroke, touching in 51.85 to shatter the meet record time of 52.74 from 2019 and vault his way up the all-time 15-16 rankings.

This swim will make him the 2nd fastest 16-year-old in history in the event, only behind Michael Andrew’s NAG record of 51.75 from December of 2015. Elaydi came into the day with a lifetime best of 52.01, which he swam at the Central Coast Sectional Meet.

He dropped almost two tenths from that, and took a second off the meet record time of 52.74, set by Ben Dillard back in 2019.

Elaydi is now just over two tenths off the National Public High School record time of 51.62 set by Max McHugh in 2018 with one year of high school remaining.

Isaac Carsel, a senior from Davis High School, swam 53.20 to finish 2nd, a slight add from his prelims best time of 52.89. He is headed to UNC in the fall.

Aidan Collins, a freshman from Cosumnes Oaks swam 53.66 to finish 3rd overall. This is a two-hundredth drop from the 53.68 he swam last week.

Girls 400 Free Relay — Finals

• State Meet Record: 3:14.80, Santa Margarita (Hodges, Salvino, O’Dell, Kozan) — 2022
• NFHS Record: 3:14.80, Santa Margarita (Hodges, Salvino, O’Dell, Kozan) — 2022

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Woodbridge (Fishburn, Amizic, Ferrero, Parker) – 3:25.64
• Silver: Campolindo (Gratton, Sloan, Smith, Canoles) — 3:26.08
• Bronze: San Ramon Valley (Parkinson, Arneson, Babushkina, Linares Danzos)/Clovis West (Oka-Fedder, Radford, Marinovich, Hill) — 3:26.41

Woodbridge took the final girls’ event of the meet, swimming 3:25.64 in the girls’ 400 freestyle relay to lock up the top spot by four tenths, and the whole relay will be back next season.

Junior Holly Fishburn led off the winning team in 52.61. Junior Tanja Amizic swam 50.56 on the 2nd leg. Peyton Ferrero, a sophomore, split 53.02 on the 3rd leg, and junior Isabella Parker anchored the team in 49.45.

Campolindo finished 2nd with their team of Elise Gratton (52.21), Emma Sloan (51.22), Charlotte Smith (52.60), and Stella Canoles (50.05) swimming 3:26.08.

There was a tie for 3rd between San Ramon Valley and Clovis West, who both swam 3:26.41. San Ramon Valley had Alexis Parkinson (51.83), Kayla Arneson (52.26), Sasha Babushkina (53.58), on the first three legs. Their anchor was Daniela Linares Danzos, who had the fastest split in the field of 48.74 to bring the team home.

Clovis West’s relay consisted of Sophia Oka-Fedder (51.31), Zylah Radford (52.80), Hailey Marinovich (53.58), and Daniela Linares Danzos (48.74).

Boys 400 Free Relay — Finals

• State Meet Record: 2:56.14, Loyola (Maurer, Zarrick, Liu, Cahill) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 2:53.81, North Allegheny (Gonzalez, Zhang, Wright, Mihm) — 2018

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Northwood (Wang, von Schonfeldt, Chen, Maksymowski) — 2:59.88
• Silver: Santa Margarita (Korner, Cuthbert, Chang, Lee) — 3:00.85
• Bronze: Amador Valley (Tupper, Wong, Huang, Vieler) — 3:01.26

Northwood won the final event of the meet, stopping the clock in 2:59.88 to be the only team under 3:00. Their team consisted of Michael Wang (44.87), Liam von Schonfeldt (46.18), Max Chen (45.52), and Andrew Maksymowski (43.31).

Santa Margarita finished 2nd with their team of Bennett Korner (45.05) Adam Cuthbert (45.6), Jeffrey Chang (45.49), and Tyler Lee (44.65) swimming 3:00.85

Amador Valley swam 3:00.85 to win the bronze with Kealan Tupper (44.92), Ryan Wong (46.10), Toby Huang (46.56), and Cade Vieler (43.68).

Team Scores

Top 5 Girls Teams

1. Campolindo — 149
2. Archbishop Mitty — 148
3. Wo0dbridge — 137
4. San Ramon Valley/Mountain View High School — 128

Top 5 Boys Teams

1. Santa Margarita — 156.5
2. Northwood — 154
3. Valley Christian — 145
4. Archbishop Mitty — 143
5. Amador Valley — 131