Luka Mijatovic Not Competing At California High School Section Meet

CIF North Coast Section Championship Meet

• May 7-9, 2026
• Miwok Aquatic Center, College of Marin, Kentfield, California
• 25 yards (SCY), Prelims/Finals
• Psych Sheets

California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) sectional meets are on faucet for this week, however one large identify gained’t be competing.

Luka Mijatovic, who in March swam the quickest time ever within the 1000 free and have become the third-fastest performer of all-time within the 500 free, has not entered this weekend’s CIF North Coast Section Championship meet, scheduled for Friday and Saturday at College of Marin.

Mijatovic was the state champion in each the 200 free and 500 free ultimately yr’s CIF state meet swimming for Foothill High School in Pleasanton. He additionally gained the 200 free (1:34.44) and 500 free (4:14.17) ultimately yr’s sectional meet.

Committed to Texas, Mijatovic is a junior who has yet another season of highschool swimming left, ought to he decide to compete at that stage.

With Mijatovic out of the sphere, it clearly creates a chance for others to step into the forefront. Here are some notable swimmers to look at on the North Coast sectional meet:

• Brooke Bennett, a senior at Granada who has dedicated to Georgia, is seeded 1st within the ladies’ 200 IM and 2nd within the 500 free. Bennett is the defending state champion within the 500 free, however is seeded 2nd on the Sectional meet behind Carondelet sophomore Bella Ferguson. Bennett was sixth within the 200 IM on the state meet final yr.
• Also within the ladies’ competitors, Las Lomas junior Tayla Campanile, a BYU commit who was tenth within the state final yr within the 100 breast, is the highest seed in that occasion on the sectional.
• On the boys’ facet, Amador Valley junior Cade Vieler, who has dedicated to Princeton, is seeded 1st in each the 100 free and 100 again. Vieler competed within the 100 again and 200 free ultimately yr’s state meet.
• Ben Nonaka, a senior at Northgate who has dedicated to Illinois-Chicago, is seeded 1st within the 200 IM and third within the 100 again within the boys’ occasion. Nonaka was sixth within the 200 IM and 18th within the 100 again ultimately yr’s state meet.