OHSAA women swimming and diving season preview: Cleveland.com Preseason All-Stars, prime gamers for 2025-26

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The 2025 swimming and diving season has begun, with groups throughout Northeast Ohio starting what they hope can be a run to the state meet.

As the season will get underway, we need to acknowledge a number of the prime athletes in Cleveland.com’s seven-county protection space. Some of those athletes might be competing for state titles on the finish of February.

Here are the Cleveland.com Preseason All-Stars for 2025-26:

First Team

Oma Agwa, Hathaway Brown, Sr.: Agwa was a member of the Blazers’ state champion 200 free and 200 medley relay groups final season on the Division II state meet. Individually, she was eighth within the 50 free (24.36).

Catherine Dorsey, Hathaway Brown, So.: Dorsey was runner-up within the 100 breaststroke eventually season’s Division II state meet (1:02.17). She was additionally fourth within the 200 particular person medley (2:05.77) and was a member of the Blazers’ state champion 200 medley relay workforce.

Charlotte Duijser, Hathaway Brown, Jr.: Duijser was runner-up within the 500 free (4:58.58) eventually season’s Division II state meet. She was fourth within the 200 free (1:53.63) and a member of the Blazers’ state runner-up 400 free relay.

Brooke Dynes, Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin, Sr.: Dynes was eighth within the 100 breaststroke on the Division II state meet final season (1:07.03).

Louisa Holda, Shaker Heights, Jr.: Holda completed sixth within the 100 breaststroke (1:04.16) eventually season’s Division I state meet.

Sofia Jimenez, Hathaway Brown, Sr.: Jimenez left final season’s Division II state meet with 4 top-four finishes. She was on the successful 200 free and 200 medley relay groups, and was runner-up within the 200 particular person medley (2:01.74), which she gained in 2024, and was fourth within the 100 butterfly (55.28)

Rachel Kirin, Brecksville-Broadview Heights, Sr.: Kirin is the defending Division I diving state champ, successful final 12 months’s competitors with a ultimate rating of 426.75. The Air Force commit can be a member of the Bees’ gymnastics workforce, which gained its 22^nd straight state title final season. She took third within the flooring train final season.

Aubrey Kozar, Avon Lake, So.: Last season as a freshman, Kozar swept the 50 free (28.84) and the 100 again (1:13.19) on the para state meet.

Josephine Piliang, Hathaway Brown, Jr.: Piliang repeated as state champ within the 100 backstroke eventually season’s Division II state meet (54.69), staying on monitor to be a four-time champ. She was fourth within the 100 free (52.06), and in addition a member of the Blazers’ state champ 200 medley relay and runner-up 400 free relay groups.

Rachel Porter, Hathaway Brown, So.: Porter competed at 4 occasions on the Division II state meet final season. She was on the Blazers’ state champ 200 free relay workforce and runner-up 400 free relay. She suffered a false begin within the 100 free state ultimate.

Alice Stewart, Hathaway Brown, Jr.: Stewart completed fourth within the 500 free eventually season’s Division I state meet (5:06.28).

Honorable Mention

Lilly Becker, Berea-Midpark, Sr.

Charlotte Bolton, Orange, Jr.

Alex Burns, Brunswick, Sr.

Liz Campbell, Orange, Jr.

Aanya Chepyala, Orange, Sr.

Marian Collins, Mentor, So.

Elizabeth Covington, Gilmour Academy, Sr.

Anya Dragan, Brunswick, Sr.

Natalie Drexler, Magnificat, Jr.

Madeline Drolshagen, Hudson, Sr.

Lilli Giacomazza, Brunswick, Jr.

Ella Gilanyi, Hudson, Sr.

Katie Goodman, St. Joseph Academy, Sr.

Noelle Griffith, Perry, Sr.

Trinity Heath, Kent Roosevelt, Jr.

Reagan Henely, Midview, Sr.

Briella Hewitt, Chardon, Sr.

Liv Hruschak, Brunswick, Jr.

Evelyn Iskra, Gilmour Academy, Jr.

Miki Iskra, Gilmour Academy, So.

Rylee Jackson, Archbishop Hoban, Sr.

Lorelai Kaufman, Gilmour Academy, So.

Victoria Khorishko, Solon, Jr.

Sierra Kobak, Avon, Sr.

Josie Kuhel, Shaker Heights, Sr.

Zoey Lesko, Brunswick, So.

Megan Likovetz, Woodridge, So.

Julie Malatesta, Mayfield, Jr.

Emma Molenaar, Avon, Jr.

Evelyn Myers, Gilmour Academy, So.

Molly Pisanelli, Magnificat, So.

Abby Pohlmeyer, Nordonia, Sr.

Ruby Render, Bay, So.

Hayden Schron, Chagrin Falls, Jr.

Sarah Schueler, Akron Firestone, Sr.

Rylan Sheets, Brunswick, Jr.

Olivia Seither, Nordonia, So.

Claire Simon, Chagrin Falls, So.

Alta Taseff, Magnificat, Sr.

Julia Turner, Hathaway Brown, So.

Carlie Tysl, Avon Lake, So.

Alice Wanosik, Rocky River, So.

Ellen Young, Hathaway Brown, So.

Yuetong Zhang, Gilmour Academy, Sr.