2026 CIF State Championships: Prelims Dwell Recap

2026 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships

Welcome to the CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships prelims session. Today’s occasions will decide lane assignments tomorrow’s finals session with the highest 9 swimmers transferring on to the ‘A’ remaining and the following 9 swimming the comfort remaining.

Last night time, the meet kicked off with the diving finals, the place Saint Mary’s junior Lucius Haddad gained the boys’ occasion with a rating of 556.60. He got here in just below three factors forward of Palisades diver Jasper Nemeth, who scored 553.75 for the silver medal.

On the ladies’ aspect, Mater Dei senior Gianna Kenrick scored 520.75 factors to dominate the competitors. She got here in additional than 30 factors forward of 2nd place diver, senior Hailey Tipton from Pioneer, who scored 487.00 factors.

Follow alongside for dwell updates from the primary day.

Girls 200 Medley Relay — Prelims

• State Record — 1:39.04, Santa Margarita (Hodges, O’Dell, Kozan, Ervin) — 2022
• NFHS Record: 1:36.98, Carmel (Berglund, Sweeney, Shackell, Christman) — 2023

Top 9 Teams

1. Campolindo — 1:43.40
2. Davis High School — 1:43.61
3. San Clemente — 1:44.08
4. Santa Margarita — 1:44.19
5. San Ramon Valley/Mountain View High School — 1:44.33
6. —
7. Archbishop Mitty — 1:44.38
8. Monte Vista — 1:44.63

The Campolindo women workforce swam the highest time within the 200 medley relay of 1:43.40, touching simply two tenths forward of Davis High School’s 1:43.61 to earn the center lane tomorrow.

Campolindo’s workforce consisted of Chloe Cooper (25.99), Elise Gratton (28.92), Emma Sloan (24.41), and Lucy Kao (24.08), who gained the third of 4 heats.

Davis High School gained their warmth with the workforce of Abby Cenizal (26.84), Irelyn Kennedy (29.48), Kiera Menna (24.56), and Josie Schneider (22.83).

Top seed, Sen Ramon Valley, certified fifth after swimming 1:44.33 so as to add greater than a second from their seed of 1:43.36.

Notable splits got here from Allison Liu, who cut up 23.93 on the fly leg of Mountain View’s fifth place time, and Kelsey Zhang, who cut up 25.17 on the backstroke leg of Saratoga’s ninth ending workforce.

Boys 200 Medley Relay — Prelims

• State Record: 1:29.01, Santa Margarita (Najera, Wu, Verdolaga, Jiang) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 1:26.97, (Jain, Young, Dovellos, Carrington — 2025

Top 9 Finishers

1. Valley Christian — 1:29.47
2. Santa Margarita — 1:30.44
3. Campolindo — 1:30.76
4. Archbishop Mitty — 1:30.76
5. De La Salle High School — 1;31.18
6. Amador Valley — 1:31.18
7. Leland — 1:31.82
8. Northgate — 1:32.45
9. Piedmont High School — 1:32.48

The boys relay outcomes acquired an replace after we initially revealed them. The Valley Christian boys workforce got here out on high of the outcomes, stopping the clock in 1:29.47 to be the one workforce beneath 1:30 within the occasion.

Their relay consisted of Garic Shao (23.42), Jack Cameron (23.99), Robert White III (23.13) on the primary three legs. The remaining leg of the relay noticed Princeton commit Yury Kuzmenko cut up an enormous 18.93 to carry the workforce dwelling in first.

Santa Margarita took 2nd with Sam Zhou (23.06), Taylor Thongintra (25.27), Darren Nguyen (22.20), and Bennett Korner (19.91)

Girls 200 Free — Prelims

• State Record: 1:44.63, Justina Kozan (St. Margarita) — 2022
• NFHS Record: 1:42.81, Dagny Knutson (MINOT) — 2008

Top 8 Finishers

1. Mckinley Scobie (FOOT) — 1:47.90
2. Cameron Forbes (MAAC) — 1:48.30
3. Brianna Gough (RICI) — 1:48.79
4. Gwyn Villard (CLOV) — 1:49.24
5. Violet Rutter (MITT) — 1:49.31
6. Ava Otteson (PADE) — 1:49.52
7. Elaine Luisetti (NEVA) — 1:49.78
8. Ava Ferguson (TOPI) — 1:50.01
9. Charlotte Milkie (SNTG) — 1:50.05

Mckinley Scobie from Foothill High School set the highest time within the prelims of the 200 freestyle, touching in 1:47.90 to be the one swimmer beneath 1:48 within the occasion. The Army West Point commit for 2026. This swim was a few second off her lifetime greatest 1:46.53 from April, and half-a-second off the 1;47.15 she swam on the North Coast Section meet.

Sophomore Cameron Forbes, from Marin Academy, certified 2nd in 1:48.30. This was simply over a tenth off the lifetime greatest 1:48.16 she set on the North Coast Sections.

third qualifier Brianna Gough swam a brand new private greatest time of 1:48.79 to complete third general, taking half-a-second off her earlier better of 1;49.39 from final May.

It took a 1:50.05 to qualify for the Championship remaining this yr, three tenths sooner than the 1:50.32 that made the ultimate final season.

Boys 200 Free — Prelims

• State Record: 1:33.52, Luka Mijatovic (Foothill) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 1:30.46, Maximus Williamson (Keller) — 2025

Top 9 Finishers

1. Andrew Maksymowski (NRWO) — 1:35.29
2. Nathan Foucu (TKAC) — 1:35.72
3. Alex Pletcher (PTLO) — 1:35.87
4. Michael Wang (NRWO) — 1:37.17
5. Kealan Tupper (AMVA) — 1:37.61
6. Will Titley (WHNY)/Dashiell DeAnda (PORI) — 1:37.98
7. —
8. Inyoung Kim (ELTO) — 1:38.08
9. Dmitriy Oranskiy (DELS) — 1:38.22

The boys 200 freestyle noticed the highest three are available separated by simply six tenths and the remainder of the sphere greater than a second again.

Northwood senior and USC commit Andrew Maksymowski swam the highest time within the boys 200 freestyle of 1:35.29, simply lacking the 1:34.70 greatest time he swam final week on the Southern Section Championships.

Nathan Foucu, of the Kings Academy, swam 1:35.72 to complete 2nd general, a bit of greater than a second off the 1;34.31 greatest time he swam in February. He is headed to Stanford within the fall.

Point Loma junior Alex Pletcher swam 1:35.87 to return in only a tenth behind Foucu. This swim was seven tenths off his better of 1:35.14 from February.

In 2025, the ultimate qualifier for the ‘A’ remaining was Northwood’s Michael Wang in 1:38.74. This yr, Wang, now a sophomore, swam 1:37.17 to precisely tie his lifetime greatest from the top of March.

Girls 200 IM — Prelims

• State Record: 1:53.38, Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 1:53.38, Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita) — 2023

Top 9 Qualifiers

1. Kelsey Zhang (SART) — 1:58.37
2. Kayla Han (LAMI) — 1:59.10
3. Isabel Wu (MITT) — 1:59.27
4. Maren Byrne (LOAL) — 2:00.53
5. Sophia Munoz-Rodriguez/Hailey Preuss — 2:00.66
6. —
7. Rowyn Wilber (CLNO) — 2:00.88
8. Brooke Bennett (GRND) — 2:01.27
9. Erin Griffis (MTVW) — 2:01.83

The women 200 IM prelims noticed three swimmers are available beneath 2 minutes. They had been led by Saratoga’s Kelsey Zhang, who touched in 1:58.37 for the win. This time is available in a second over the lifetime greatest 1:57.09 from the Winter Junior Championships. She cut up 25.20/29.20/35.31/28.66.

La Mirada’s Kayla Han, who’s dedicated to Indiana, swam 1:59.10 to qualify 2nd general along with her splits of 26.08/29.59/35.53/27.90. This swim was about 4 seconds off her 1:55.74 that she swam in November.

Archbishop Mitty’s Isabel Wu was 1:59.10 to complete third in prelims, splitting 26.21/30.47/34.67/27.92. The junior Princeton commit added simply over a tenth from her better of 1:58.98, which she swam in April.

It took a 2:01.83 to earn a spot within the Championship remaining, a second sooner than the ninth place prelim time of two:02.50 from final season.

Boys 200 IM — Prelims

• State Record: 1:44.55, Songrui Wu (Dougherty Valle) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 1:41.39, David Nolan (Hershey) — 2011

Top 9 Finishers

1. Isaiah Silver (GRND) — 1:46.86
2. Anthony Dornoff (CERR) — 1:47.70
3. Jeremy Ting (MOVI)/Benjamin Nonaka (NOGA) — 1:48.41
4. —
5. Tim Wu (DOVA) — 1:48.44
6. Tommy Jiang (JESU) — 1:48.85
7. Shareef Elaydi (MITT) — 1:49.17
8. Addison Hou (SERA) — 1:49.72
9. Robbie Doolittle (GRBA) — 1:49.79

Isaiah Silver, a Granada sophomore, swam 1:46.86 to win the boys 200 IM prelims by virtually a second over Cerritos junior Anthony Dornoff’s 1:47.70

Silver dropped three tenths from his earlier better of 1:47.16 from final week. Dornoff’s swim was a second-and-a-half off his better of 1:46.24 from final week’s part meet.

There was a tie for third between Monte Vista senior Jeremy Ting and Northgate senior Benjamin Nonaka, who each touched in 1:48.41.

Last yr’s ninth place time was 1:50.59, a few second slower than the 1:49.79 it took to complete ninth this yr.

Girls 50 Free — Prelims

• State Record: 22.23, Jada Duncan (Whitney) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 21.56, Julie Mishler (Wawasee) — 2024

Top 9 Finishers

1. Khanh Seaton (CAVA) — 22.33
2. Charlie Terrell (STIG) — 22.89
3. Isabella Parker (WOBR) — 22.94
4. Lilla Kapinya (SFRA) — 22.96
5. Clara Young (WOOD) — 23.04
6. Allison Liu (MTVW) — 23.08
7. Kiera Menna (DAVI) — 23.18
8. Fiona Bell (BSSF) — 23.21
9. Ava DeAnda (PORI) — 23.22

Castro Valley junior Khanh Seaton swam 22.33 to set the highest time within the women 50 free preliminaries by greater than half-a-second.

This swim was a bit of off Seaton’s greatest of twenty-two.02, which she swam on the North Coast Section Championships. She is dedicated to Michigan for the category of 2027.

St. Ignatius freshman Charlie Terrell swam 22.89, including three tenths type her greatest of twenty-two.53, which she swam in March.

Woodbridge junior Isabella Parker, swam 22.94 to take third, lower than a tenth of fhte lifetime bes 22.87 she swam final week.

There are solely three seniors within the remaining, with sixth qualifier Allison Liu coming in as the very best seeded senior along with her 23.08.

Boys 50 Free — Prelims

• State Record: 19.55, Yury Kumzenko (Valley Christian) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 19.08, Maximus Williamson (Keller) — 2025

Top 9 Finishers

1. Jordan Ragland (WEPK) — 19.37
2. Yury Kuzmenko (VCSJ) — 19.46
3. Tyler Porter (BELA) — 19.80
4. Brody Chandler (GRBA) — 20.06
5. Jack Rodenkirch (PENI) — 20.12
6. Brandon Ha (RODR) — 20.25
7. Max Davies (CACA) — 20.46
8. Aiden Zhou (SFMV) — 20.50
9. Bennett Korner (STMA) — 20.52

West Park High School senior Jordan Ragland had a powerful prelims swim to cease the clock in 19.37, incomes the highest seed for tomorrow’s occasion remaining over Yury Kuzmenko, who completed 2nd in 19.46.

Ragland, who’s dedicated to Cal for the autumn, added a tenth from the 19.28 he swam in December on the Winter Junior Championships.

Kuzmenko, a senior Princeton commit from Valley Christian, swam 19.46, coming in a few tenth off his better of 19.30 from the Central Coast Section Meet.

Tyler Porter, a senior from Bellarmine, completed third in 19.80 to be the ultimate swimmer beneath 20 seconds within the prelims.

Girls 100 Fly — Prelims

• State Record: 52.09, Jada Duncan (Whitney) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 49.24, Claire Curzan (Cardinal Gibbons) — 2022

Top 9 Finishers

1. Tori Yamamura (VALE) — 52.39
2. Kelsey Zhang (SART) — 52.79
3. Daniela Linares Danzos (SARV) — 53.61
4. Audrey Hill (CLWE) — 54.31
5. Louise Scherrer (CAMT) — 54.38
6. Isabel Wu (MITT) — 54.54
7. Sophia Munoz-Rodriguez (LIBR) — 54.56
8. Emma Sloan (CAMP) — 54.70
9. Karina Conover Hui (MTVW) — 54.77

The women 100 butterfly prelims noticed Valencia senior and 2026 Mizzou commit Tori Yamamura cease the clock in 52.39 to set the highest time within the occasion, tying her lifetime greatest from the top of April.

Kelsey Zhang, a senior from Saratoga, picked up her 2nd runner-up end of the morning, swimming 52.79 so as to add virtually precisely a second from the 51.78 she swam in April of final yr.

The third qualifying spot went to Daniela Linares Danzos in 53.61, precisely tying her greatest time mark from final week’s North Coast Section Championships.

Boys 100 Fly — Prelims

• State Record: 45.72, Ethan Hu (Harker School) — 2019
• NFHS Record: 44.97, Scotty Buff (St. Francis) — 2023

Top 9 Finishers

1. Brandon Ha (RODR) — 46.90
2. Aidan Collins (COOA) — 47.13
3. Nate Yoon (GUNN) — 47.29
4. Gavin Cameto (CAMP) — 47.93
5. Ryder Davis (DAMI) — 47.94
6. Alex Pletcher (PLTO) — 48.22
7. Aramis Willett (GROS) — 48.25
8. Enzo Balbuena (MITT) — 48.30
9. Will Titley (WHNY) — 48.33

Rodriguez senior and Northwestern commit Brandon Ha was the one swimmer beneath 47 seconds within the boys 100 butterfly, touching in 46.90 to select up the highest seed for the ultimate tomorrow. Ha’s lifetime greatest stands at 46.06 from final week.

Cosumnes Oaks junior Aidan Collins, who’s dedicated to ASU for 2027, completed 2nd in 47.13, chopping three tenths off his greatest time of 46.79, additionally from final week.

Nate Yoon, a senior from Gunn who’s dedicated to Cornell for the autumn, set a private greatest 47.29 to qualify third, dropping 4 hundredths from the 47.32 he swam eventually week’s Sectional meet.

Girls 100 Free — Prelims

• State Record: 48.02, Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 46.73, Rylee Erisman (Windemere) — 2025

Top 9 Finishers

1. Khanh Seaton (CAVA) — 49.12
2. Mckinley Scobie (FOOT) — 49.31
3. Clara Young (WOOD)/Stella Canoles (CAMP) — 50.08
4. —
5. Isabella Parker (WOBR) — 50.20
6. Tanja Amizic (WOBR) — 50.36
7. Mac Wheeler (LIST) — 50.43
8. Aya Ferguson (TOPI) — 50.66
9. Maren Byrne (LOAL) — 50.77

The women 100 freestyle remaining will characteristic the highest seeds from the 200 and 50 freestyle occasions assembly within the center. Khanh Seaton, the highest seed within the women’ 50 freestyle swam the highest time within the 100 freed from 49.12, a six tenth add from her greatest 48.58 that she swam final week.

This was an enormous enchancment from the ninth place spot she earned final season along with her time of fifty.84 in prelims.

Mckinley Scobie, from Foothill, was the one different swimmer beneath 50 seconds, touching in 49.31, a 4 tenth add from the 48.79 mark she swam final week.

There was a tie for third between Woodside sophomore Clara Young and Campolindo sophomore Stella Canoles, with each touching in 50.08. Young’s greatest stands at 49.77 from final week whereas Canoles has a better of 49.17 from the Winter Junior Championships.

Boys 100 Free — Prelims

• State Record: 42.92, Ethan Harrington (Palo Alto) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 41.54, Maximus Williamson (Keller) — 2025

Top 9 Finishers

1. Nathan Foucu (TKAC) — 42.76
2. Jordan Ragland (WEPK) — 42.85
3. Tyler Porter (BELA) — 43.32
4. Brody Chandler (GRBA) – 43.81
5. Yury Kuzmenko (VCSJ) — 44.29
6. Michael Wang (NRWO) — 44.51
7. Jack Rodenkirch (PENI) — 44.52
8. Tobin Reed (CLWE) — 44.56
9. Isaac Litwiller (LELA) — 44.58

The boys 100 freestyle noticed three distinct teams within the prelims outcomes. Nathan Foucu and Jordan Ragland had been the one two swimmers beneath 43 seconds to earn the highest two spots.

Foucu swam the highest time of 42.76, touching just below a tenth forward of Jordan Ragland’s 42.85 in 2nd place. Foucu added simply three hundredths from the 42.73 he swam in December on the Winter Junior Championships.

Ragland’s swim of 42.85 was 4 tenths off his 42.24, additionally from Winter Juniors in December.

After the highest two, Tyler Porter and Brody Chandler each swam 43 second 100s. Porter swam 43.32 to drop a tenth from the 43.43 he swam eventually week’s part meet. Chandler swam 43.81, seven tenths off his better of 43.12.

After Porter, the ultimate 5 swimmers had been inside three tenths of one another.

Girls 500 Free — Prelims

• State Record: 4:41.53, Miranda Heckman (Granada) — 2017
• NFHS Record: 4:34.78, Dagny Knutson (Minot) — 2008

Boys 500 Free — Prelims

• State Record: 4:11.91, Luka Mijatovic (Foothill) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 4:11.91, Luka Mijatovic (Foothill) — 2025

Girls 200 Free Relay — Prelims

• State Record: 1:30.90, Santa Margarita (O’Dell, Stinson, Kozan, Aquino) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 1:29.61, Santa Margarita (Salvino, Kozan, Aquino, O’Dell) — 2023.

Boys 200 Free Relay — Prelims

• State Record: 1:21.36, Northgate (Wendler, McMillan, Kengla, Hallett) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 1:19.27, Jacksonville Bolles (Murphy, Schooling, Condorelli, Goossen) — 2012

Girls 100 Back — Prelims

• State Record: 50.82, Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita) — 2025
• NFHS Record: 49.61, Claire Curzan (Cardinal Gibbons) — 2022

Boys 100 Back — Prelims

• State Record: 46.62, Jonah Cooper (Foothill) — 2018
• NFHS Record: 45.08, Will Modglin (Zionsville) — 2023

Girls 100 Breast — Prelims

• State Record: 59.66, Zoie Hartman (Monte Vista) — 2018
• NFHS Record: 58.35, Kaitlyn Dobler (Aloha) — 2020

Boys 100 Breast — Prelims

• State Record: 52.74, Ben Dillard (Oak Ridge) — 2019
• NFHS Record: 51.62, Max McHugh, Sevastopol — 2018

Girls 400 Free Relay — Prelims

• State Record: 3:14.80, Santa Margarita (Hodges, Salvino, O’Dell, Kozan) — 2022
• NFHS Record: 3:14.80, Santa Margarita (Hodges, Salvino, O’Dell, Kozan) — 2022

Boys 400 Free Relay — Prelims

• State Record: 2:56.14, Loyola (Maurer, Zarrick, Liu, Cahill) — 2023
• NFHS Record: 2:53.81, North Allegheny (Gonzalez, Zhang, Wright, Mihm) — 2018