Press-Telegram ladies swimming Dream Crew, swimmer of the yr 2026 – Press Telegram

PRESS-TELEGRAM GIRLS SWIMMING DREAM TEAM 2026

SWIMMER OF THE YEAR

Kayla Han, La Mirada, Senior

La Mirada senior Kayla Han has been chosen because the Press-Telegram ladies swimmer of the yr after successful the the 500-yard freestyle in 4 minutes, 45.90 seconds on the CIF State swimming and diving championships. She additionally completed third within the 200 particular person medley in 1:58.44 on the state meet. Han received the 200 particular person medley (1:58.81) and the five hundred freestyle (4:46.21) on the CIF Southern Section Division 4 finals.

Han, a 2028 Olympic hopeful, will proceed swimming in school on the University of Indiana.

She didn’t compete for La Mirada’s swimming group throughout her first three years of highschool. Instead, she centered on nationwide competitions. She completed fourth within the 400 freestyle on the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials when she was 15. Her private greatest within the occasion is 4:36.88, set in December 2024.

FIRST TEAM DREAM TEAM

(All distances in yards)

200 medley relay: Millikan (Karina Ruiz, Jr., Sienna Ramirez, Jr., Lake Fisher, So., McKenna Rosenberg, So.) 1:49.25; Cerritos (Mykah Quirino, Sr., Dani Romero, Sr., Alice Tam, Jr., Isabella Castro, Jr.) 1:53.33.

200 freestyle: Abby Billish (Wilson, So.) 1:53.95; Isabella Castro (Cerritos, Jr.) 1:54.14.

200 particular person medley: Kayla Han (La Mirada, Sr.) 1:58.44; Sienna Ramirez (Millikan, Jr.) 2:07.94; Phoebe Kuo (Long Beach Poly, Jr.) 2:08.17.

50 freestyle: Alice Tam (Cerritos, Jr.) 25.04; Joy Liu (CAMS, Sr.) 25.59.

100 butterfly: Alice Tam (Cerritos, Jr.) 57.37; Joy Liu (CAMS, Sr.) 1:01.71.

100 freestyle: Bella Salley-Najjarian (Wilson, So.) 53.81.

500 freestyle: Kayla Han (La Mirada, Sr.) 4:45.90 (state champion); Abby Billish (Wilson, So.) 5:04.63; McKenna Rosenberg (Millikan, So.) 5:07.84; Isabella Castro (Cerritos, Jr.) 5:11.35; Katherine Low (Whitney, Jr.) 5:24.26.

200 freestyle relay: Millikan (McKenna Rosenberg, So., Madelyn Huber, So., Delilah Rieng, So., Karina Ruiz, Jr.) 1:41.99.

100 backstroke: McKenna Rosenberg (Millikan, So.) 59.89.

100 breaststroke: Sienna Ramirez (Millikan, Jr.) 1:03.04.

400 freestyle relay: Long Beach Poly (Nikki Bickel, So., Kayla Nguyen, Sr., Jemma Nagle, Jr., Phoebe Kuo, Jr.) 3:40.17; Wilson (Matilda Davison-Lakey, Sr., Abby Billish, So., Taylor Williams, Sr., Bella Salley-Najjarian, So.) 3:40.50; Millikan (Cailyn Ashe, So., Lake Fisher, So., Madelyn Huber, So., Sienna Ramirez, Jr.) 3:42.87.

Diving: Lorealle Lobedecis (Long Beach Poly, Jr.) 465.65.

Note: Selections based mostly on instances on the CIF-SS finals or CIF State finals.