2026 CIF State Championships: Finals Reside Recap

2026 CIF State Swimming and Diving Championships

The CIF State Swimming and Diving finals are right here, and it’s wanting like we can be in for an thrilling session with some very shut races.

The prelims session noticed a variety of swimmers contact simply tenths aside on the prime of the occasion, and right this moment they are going to be racing to assist their groups convey residence the general trophy and to win occasions themselves.

There are additionally a number of occasions that might see new state meet data this yr if athletes are in prime type.

Follow together with reside updates all through the session.

Girls 200 Medley Relay — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Archbishop Mitty (Gallagher, O’Young, Wu, Rutter) — 1:43.64
• Silver: Mountain View (Conover Hui, Griffis, Liu, Hicks) — 1:43.86
• Bronze: San Ramon Valley (Linares Danzos, Babushkina, Richards, Parkinson) — 1:44.00

The Archbishop Mitty women’ 200 medley relay crew received the occasion by two tenths over the Mountain View crew’s silver medal time, touching in 1:43.64.

Sophia Gallagher led off in 26.38. Enna O’Young swam 29.25 on the breaststroke. Isabel Wu cut up 24.84 on the butterfly, and Violet Rutter was 23.17 because the anchor.

Mountain View touched 2nd in 1:43.86 with their crew of Karina Conover Hui (26.30), Erin Griffis (29.35), Allison Liu (23.48), and Karli Hicks (24.73).

The bronze medal went to San Ramon Valley in 1:44.00 due to performances from Daniela Linares Danzos (24.93), Sasha Babushkina (30.43), Izzy Richards (25.79), and Alexis Parkinson (22.85).

Boys 200 Medley Relay — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Valley Christian (Shao, Cameron, White III, Kuzmenko) — 1:28.80 **New State Meet Record
• Silver: Archbishop Mitty (Balbuena, Elaydi, Sifferman, Xu) — 1:30.83
• Bronze: De La Salle High School (Hill, Lewis, Nakayama, Lustig) — 1:30.86

Two occasions in, and we have already got a brand new California High School State meet report. The Valley Christian boys crew swam 1:28.80 to win the 200 medley relay, taking two tenths off Santa Margarita’s 2023 report time of 1:29.01.

Split Comparison

The largest variations in splits from 2023 got here from the breaststroke leg, the place Valley Christian’s James Cameron cut up 23.98 to the touch greater than a second quicker than Nathan Wu‘s 25.31, and the freestyle leg. Yury Kuzmenko anchored the Valley Christian team in 18.86, which was also more than a second faster than Santa Margarita’s Ramon Jiang who was 20.12.

Archbishop Mitty earned the silver medal in 1:30.83 with Enzo Balbuena (23.19), Shareef Elaydi (23.89), Nick Sifferman (22.53), Alex Xu (21.22).

The bronze medal went to De La Salle High School simply three hundredths again of Archbishop Mitty. Their crew of Blake Hill (23.30), Chase Lewis (25.41), Matt Nakayama (21.98), and Tanner Lustig (20.17) had an enormous comeback on the ultimate 100 of the race.

Other notable splits got here from Cade Vieler, who was 22.05 on Amador Valley’s backstroke leg, Gavin Cameto, who cut up 21.28 on Campolindo’s butterfly leg.

Girls 200 Free — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Mckinley Scobie (FOOT) — 1:47.42
• Silver: Charlotte Milkie (SNTG) — 1:47.96
• Bronze: Cameron Forbes (MAAC) — 1:48.58

The women’ 200 freestyle went to Foothill senior Mckinley Scobie. She touched in 1:47.42 to win the occasion by a little bit greater than half-a-second. She cut up 25.13/27.00/27.23/28.06 to return in a few second off her lifetime better of 1:46.53 that she set in April. She is dedicated to Army West Point for the autumn.

Santiago junior and 2027 USC commit Charlotte Milkie swam 1:47.96, lacking her better of 1:46.48, which she swam in December on the Winter Junior Championships. Milkie cut up 24.99/51.88/27.84/28.24.

Marin Academy sophomore Cameron Forbes completed third in 1:48.58. This swim was a little bit off her better of 1:48,16, which she swam on the North Coast Section meet final weekend. Coming into the season, her lifetime finest was 1:49.23. Forbes was 24.91/27.32/28.06/28.29.

Boys 200 Free — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Nathan Foucu (TKAC) — 1:34.38
• Silver: Andrew Maksymowski (NRWO) — 1:34.92
• Bronze: Alex Pletcher (PTLO) — 1:35.29

The Kings Academy senior Nathan Foucu improved his bronze medal end from final yr, taking the gold medal within the boys 200 freestyle along with his swm of 1:34.38.

He sat in 2nd via the primary 150 yards behind prime seed, Northwood senior Andrew Maksymowski. Foucu cut up 22.04/23.88/24.15 over the primary 150 to show two tenths behind Maksymowski, who cut up 21.71/23.71/24.42.

On the ultimate 50, Foucu was 24.31 to return in seven tenths quicker than Maksymowski’s 25.08. Foucu, who’s dedicated to Stanford, added simply seven hundredths from his finest 1:34.31. Maksymowski, a USC commit, was two tenths off his better of 1:34.70.

Alex Pletcher, a junior from Point Loma, earned the bronze in 1:35.29, a tenth add from the 1:35.14 he swam in February. Pletcher can also be dedicated to Stanford.

Girls 200 IM — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Kelsey Zhang (SART) — 1:58.07
• Silver: Isabel Wu (MITT) — 1:58.39
• Bronze: Kayla Han (LAMI) — 1:58.44

The women’ 200 IM went to Saratoga senior Kelsey Zhang along with her swim of 1:58.07 coming in a little bit greater than three tenths forward of 2nd place.

Zhang, who’s dedicated to Cal for the autumn, was a few second off her lifetime finest 1:57.09, which she swam on the Winter Junior Championships in December. Zhang cut up 25.48/29.52/35.46/27.61 to carry the lead from wire-to-wire.

Archbishop junior Isabel Wu, who has dedicated to Princeton for 2027, dropped seven tenths from the 1:58.98 she swam in April. She swam 25.76/30.24/34.56/27.83 to have one of many quickest breaststroke splits within the area.

Kayla Han, a La Mirada senior and 2026 Indiana commit, cut up 25.99/29.17/35.48/27.80 to earn the bronze medal in 1:58.44. This was a 3 second add from the 1:55.74 she swam in November.

Boys 200 IM — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Tim Wu (DOVA) — 1:44.83
• Silver: Shareef Elaydi (MITT) — 1:45.22
• Bronze: Anthony Dornoff (CERR) — 1:47.10

Tim Wu, a senior Cal commit from Dougherty Valley received the boys’ 200 IM in 1:44.83, falling simply in need of his personal state report time of 1:44.55 from final yr.

Wu cut up 23.04/25.22/31.94/24.63 to choose up his 2nd straight gold medal within the occasion, touching a little bit beneath half-a-second forward of Archbishop Mitty junior Shareef Elaydi.

Elaydi swam 1:45.22, splitting 23.35/27.34/30.06/24.47 to choose up his 2nd straight silver medal. He added a few second-and-a-half from the 1:43.82 he set in December on the Winter Junior Championships.

Cerritos junior, and 2027 Michigan commit, Anthony Dornoff received the bronze in 1:47.10 with splits of 23.86/27.46/30.23/25.55. He added a few second from the 1:46.24 finest time he set finally week’s Section Championships.

Girls 50 Free — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Khanh Seaton (CAVA) — 22.22 **New State Meet Record
• Silver: Lilla Kapinya (SFRA) — 22.85
• Bronze: Clara Young (WOOD) — 22.95

Junior Khanah Seaton swam the highest 50 freestyle time in 22.22, setting a brand new CIF State Meet report by one hundredth. She broke the report set by Jada Duncan, who’s now swimming at UCLA, final season of twenty-two.23.

This was a little bit off Seaton’s finest time of twenty-two.02, which she swam on the North Coast Sectional final weekend. She is dedicated to Michigan for 2027.

Saint Francis junior Lilla Kapinya swam 22.85 for the silver medal, a brand new private finest by a tenth from the 22.96 she set final week. She is dedicated to UCLA for 2027.

Another sophomore, Clara Young, swam 22.95 to earn the bronze medal. She added a tenth from the 22.86 she swam final week.

Boys 50 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 19.37, Jordan Ragland (West Park) — 2026
• NFHS Record: 19.08, Maximus Williamson (Keller) — 2025

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Jordan Ragland (WEPK) — 19.18 **New State Meet Record
• Silver: Yury Kuzmeko (VCSJ) — 19.41
• Bronze: Tyler Porter (BELA) — 19.85

West Park senior Jordan Ragland swam an enormous 19.18 to win the boys’ 50 freestyle in a brand new state meet report time, touching greater than two tenths forward of the remainder of the sphere.

He took 0.19 seconds off the report of 19.37 he set in yesterday’s prelims session. This was a brand new finest time for the Cal commit, dropping from the 19.28 he set at Winter Juniors in December.

Princeton commit and Valley Christian senior Yury Kuzmenko earned the silver medal in 19.41, a tenth off the 19.30 private finest time he swam final week.

Senior Tyler Porter from Bellarmine, was the ultimate particular person to swim beneath 20 seconds, touching in 19.85, including 4 tenths from his finest 19.49, which he swam in December 2024. He is dedicated to ASU for the autumn.

Girls 100 Fly — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Kelsey Zhang (SART) — 51.83 **New State Meet Record
• Silver: Tori Yamamura (VALE) — 52.43
• Bronze: Daniela Linares Danzos (SARV) — 53.18

Saratoga’s Kelsey Zhang picked up her 2nd occasion win of the meet in meet report trend. She swam 51.83 within the women’ 100 butterfly to win the occasion by six tenths over Valencia senior Tori Yamamura‘s 52.43.

Zhang took greater than two tenths off Jada Duncan’s 2025 swim of 52.09, and she or he was a little bit off her lifetime better of 51.78 from April of 2025.

Yamamura completed 2nd in 52.43, 4 hundredths off the 52.39 mark she swam on the finish of April. She is headed to Mizzou within the fall.

Daniela Linares Danzos, a sophomore from San Ramon Valle received the bronze medal in 53.18, a brand new finest time by virtually half-a-second type the 53.61 she swam finally week’s part meet.

Boys 100 Fly — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Brandon Ha (RODR) — 46.10
• Silver: Aidan Collins (COOA) — 46.90
• Bronze: Nate Yoon (GUNN) — 47.53

Rodriguez senior Brandon Ha received the boys 100 butterfly in 46.10, coming in eight tenths forward of the 2nd place finisher Aidan Collins. The prime two repeated their finishes from final yr’s meet.

Ha, who’s dedicated to Northwestern, simply missed his lifetime better of 46.06, which he swam final weekend. He cut up 21.47/24.63 to be the one swimmer beneath 22 seconds on the opening 50.

Cosumnes Oaks junior Collins cut up 22.04/24.86 to complete 2nd total in 46.90. He added a few tenth from his better of 46.79, which he additionally set final week. He is dedicated to ASU for 2027.

The bronze went to Gunn senior Nate Yoon in 47.53. The Cornell commit cut up 22.09/25.44 so as to add two tenths from his finest 47.32, which he swam final week.

Girls 100 Free — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Khanh Seaton (CAVA) — 48.22
• Silver: Mckinley Scobie (FOOT) — 49.29
• Bronze: Clara Young (WOOD) — 49.71

In her 2nd occasion win of the day, Castro Valley Khanh Seaton swam 48.22 to prime the ladies’s 100 freestyle area by greater than a second.

This swim was greater than three tenths quicker than her earlier better of 48.58, which she swam final week on the North Coast Section meet. Before this season, her lifetime finest within the occasion was 50.91. She is headed to Michigan for the autumn of 2027.

Mckinley Scobie, the women’ 200 freestyle champion, swam 49.29 to complete 2nd within the 100 free. This was half-a-second off her better of 48.79, which she swam final week.

Woodside sophomore Clara Young completed third in 49.71, a slight drop from the 49.77 she swam final week.

Boys 100 Free — Finals

• State Meet Record: 42.76, Nathan Foucu (King’s Academy) — 2026
• NFHS Record: 41.54, Maximus Williamson (Keller) — 2025

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Jordan Ragland (WEPK) — 42.33 **New State Meet Recprd
• Silver: Nathan Foucu (TKAC) — 42.52
• Bronze: Tyler Porter (BELA) — 43.47

Another double-event champion, West Park senior Jordan Ragland picked up his 2nd occasion win and meet report of the day, swimming 42.33 to set the highest time within the boys’ 100 freestyle by two tenths.

Ragland took 4 tenths off silver medalist Nathan Foucu‘s prelims report time of 42.76. He added a few tenth from the 42.24 he swam on the Winter Junior Championships in December.

Foucu swam 42.52 for 2nd, a two tenth drop from the 42.73 he swam, additionally on the Winter Junior Championships.

Bellarmine senior Tyler Porter earned the silver medal in 43.56, a tenth off his better of 43.43 from final week.

Girls 500 Free — Finals

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

Top 3 Finishers

• Gold: Kayla Han (LAMI) — 4:45.90
• Silver: Rylee Hutchinson (AMVA) — 4:50.14
• Bronze: Brooke Bennett (GRND) — 4:51.12

Boys 500 Free — Finals

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

Girls 200 Free Relay — Finals

• State Meet 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 — Finals

• State Meet 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 — Finals

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

Boys 100 Back — Finals

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

Girls 100 Breast — Finals

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

Boys 100 Breast — Finals

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

Girls 400 Free Relay — Finals

• State Meet 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 — Finals

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