Who’s the very best senior in N.J. boys swimming in 2026? Our picks, your votes

It’s no secret: New Jersey’s Class of 2026 in boys swimming is stacked with expertise.

This 12 months’s seniors embody Meet of Champions medalists, All-State standouts, and Division I commits who’re all poised to make waves on the subsequent degree. With so many excellent swimmers within the combine, it’s not straightforward to choose only one as the highest athlete from the Class of 2026.

But that’s precisely what we’re asking you to do.

In the primary version of a four-part sequence, the NJ.com swimming workers highlights the highest senior women swimmers and asks you, the followers, to vote for which rivals you suppose are the very best.

Scroll all the way down to see the nominees after which vote within the ballot on the backside.

A notice to voters:

• The final result of the voting could have no bearing on NJ.com postseason awards or All-State picks, which can made solely by boys swimming author Matt Bove
• Voting ends on Monday, Jan. 12 at midday.
• The finalists and the outcomes of the ballot are beneath the checklist of athletes. Times from the beneath athletes will be discovered on nj.com

NOMINEES

Jonah Alvarez, St. Augustine

Nicholas Berger, Phillipsburg

Michael Boone, Moorestown

Connor Borrelli, Cherry Hill East

Jonah Briggs, St. Peter’s Prep

Alexander Buftea, Seton Hall Prep

Tirian Chang, Chatham

Kaden Chou, Madison

Jake Danish, Morris Knolls

Brett Davis, Chatham

Josh Demarco, Lawrence

Guy DeVita, Southern

Cole Eastep, East Brunswick

Youssef Elnawawi, Ridge

Santino Ermita, New Milford

Peyton Egg, Mahwah

John Eodice, Hillsborough

Richard Fadeev, New Providence

Brian Falk, Mainland

Julien Fang, West Windsor-Plainsboro South

Dimitri Fedorov, Mendham

Aaron Frank, Scotch Plains-Fanwood

Quinn Gagner, Haddonfield

Hunter Gallo, Pope John

Ian Gomez Mejia, Perth Amboy

Ethan Guinaugh, Gloucester Tech

Christopher Hall, Holmdel

Kyle Hanna, Pascack Valley

Timothy Hannigan, Haddon Heights

Connor Healy, Cherokee

Josh Hogan, Haddonfield

Jalen Hu, Ramsey

Nathan Jeong, Pascack Valley

Mason Keith, Columbia

Oliver Kiss, Passaic Tech

Liam Kennedy, Mainland

Jack Kulp, Chatham

Dylan Lagrimas, Westfield

Collin Lee, Tenafly

Harrison Lee, Northern Highlands

Jaden Lee, Bridgewater-Raritan

Kyle Lee, Tenafly

Yesum Lee, Mahwah

Ben Lu, Rutherford

Nathan Luo, Ridge

Dan Mahoney, Wall

Rocco Mann, Eastern

Zachary McGeehan, Colonia

Jack McGurrin, Sparta

Yahsir McNeal, Oakcrest

Declan Merk, Haddon Heights

Nathan Milun, Roxbury

Alex Morrison, St. Augustine

Lucas Olsen, Rancocas Valley

Femi Oshodi, Delbarton

Tanner Pagel, Bernards

Vikram Pal, West Windsor-Plainsboro South

Isaac Rivers, St. Peter’s Prep

Max Ruffer, Pingry

Jack Scherbin, Ocean City

Owen Smith, Pingry

Reid Stellatella, St. Joseph (Met.)

Jacob Stinson, Notre Dame

Kaden Stout, Central Regional

Nick Straka, Lawrence

Luke Sutton, Delran

Finn Tobin, Montclair

Eric Van De Moere, Newton-Lenape Valley

Declan Vargas, Summit

Anthony Vasilov, St. Joseph (Met.)

Evan Weinberger, West Morris

Nathan Welter, Neptune

Aidan Wenzel, Central Regional

Michael Wiszenko, Sayreville

Mark Wordelmann, Gloucester Tech

Daksh Yadav, West Windsor-Plainsboro South

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