Six State Championship Meet Data Crumble, Highlighting 2026 CIF State Championships

2026 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships

The CIF State Championships at the moment are within the books. In whole, the 2026 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships noticed six state meet data fall, whereas additionally producing a number of big-time performances throughout the competitors.

The first meet file to fall got here within the males’s 200 medley relay, because the Valley Christian quartet of Garic Shao (23.06), Jack Cameron (23.98), Robert White III (22.90), and a heroic anchor leg from Yury Kuzmenko (18.86) mixed in 1:28.80,  managing to take down the three-year-old mark of 1:29.01 beforehand held by Santa Margarita in 2023. When evaluating the 2 record-setting relays, the one leg that was even remotely comparable was the backstroke, because the 2023 Santa Margarita relay was led off by Humberto Najera in 22.38, whereas Shao was about three tenths quicker this 12 months. Every different leg was no less than a full second quicker, with Valley Christian outpacing the 2023 file closely on each the breaststroke (23.98 to 25.31) and free (18.86 to twenty.12) to seal the deal.

Khanh Seaton grew to become the quickest 50 freestyler ever on the CIF State Championships, taking the women’ 50 free title in 22.22, over six tenths higher than the remainder of the occasion area. That time simply clipped Jada Duncan‘s year-old commonplace by one-hundredth of a second in 22.23. Despite the record-breaking time, the Michigan commit for 2027 nonetheless sits two tenths off of her finest time of twenty-two.02, which is barely a week-old finest, having clocked that the weekend earlier than on the North Coast Sectional.

Seaton later went on to comb the dash freestyle occasions, profitable the 100 free by over a full second in 48.22, simply two tenths off of the state meet file from final 12 months, as Tegan O’Dell clocked 48.02.

The males’s 50 free noticed comparable sparks, as West Park’s Jordan Ragland broke the state meet file for the 2nd time at these championships, having initially clocked 19.37 within the prelims, he destroyed that point within the occasion’s last, touching in a brand new lifetime better of 19.18. He was greater than two tenths faster than the remainder of the sphere; the next-closest finisher to Ragland was Kuzmenko in 19.41. The drop-off from 2nd to third was even bigger, as Tyler Porter completed third in 19.85, the third and last particular person within the occasion to crack 20 seconds.

In the very subsequent occasion of the meet, the women’ 100 fly, Kelsey Zhang downed one other Jada Duncan state meet file, turning into the primary CIF state championship swimmer to ever dip below the 52-second barrier within the 100 fly, taking the win in 51.83, greater than six tenths quicker than the sphere. That efficiency marked the 2nd occasion title for Zhang on the day, having captured 2000 IM earlier within the meet in a battle with Isabel Wu (1:58.39) and Kayla Han (1:58.44), in the end touching forward of each in 1:58.07.

Ragland returned to the highest spot on the rostrum within the 100 free, ending .19 forward of Nathan Foucu to win in 42.33, notching a brand new state meet file, a file that Foucu set in prelims in 42.76. Ragland has been as quick as 42.24 in his profession, which he swam on the Winter Junior Championships in December.

The last record-breaking swim of the meet got here within the males’s 100 breast, as Shareef Elaydi demolished the seven-year CIF state meet file of 52.74 beforehand held by Ben Dillard. Just every week earlier, Elaydi clocked a profession finest 52.01 on the Central Coast Section championship; right here he bested that in 51.85, and was the one swimmer within the occasion’s last to interrupt the 53-second barrier. That time additionally makes him the 2nd-fastest 16-year-old ever within the occasion, solely behind Michael Andrew‘s NAG file of 51.75.

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