Swimming & Diving teams claim State Championships 

The Swimming & Diving program made history this season, capturing our first 7A State and Regional Championships for both the men's and women's teams. The men's team completed back-to-back state titles, while the women's team claimed their first championship in 17 years. 

Nikki Nixon '27 was named the NCHSAA Most Outstanding Performer. Abbie Sevene '26 and Emmett Bautz '26 each received the Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award for their respective teams.

During the State Championship, the program recorded 10 first-place finishes, 6 second-place finishes, and 3 third-place finishes.

Top finishers 

1st place

• 200-Yard Medley Relay — Nikki Nixon ’27, Grace Pereira ’27, Chandler Daigle ’29, Campbell Lange ’28
• 200-Yard Individual Medley — Jacob Anderson ’26
• 50-Yard Freestyle — Campbell Lange ’28
• 100-Yard Butterfly — Nikki Nixon ’27
• 100-Yard Freestyle — Campbell Lange ’28
• 500-Yard Freestyle — Liam Drake ’27
• 100-Yard Backstroke — Nikki Nixon ’27
• 100-Yard Breaststroke — Grace Pereira ’27
• 400-Yard Freestyle Relay — Nikki Nixon ’27, Elle VanderWall ’28, Amelia Peterson ’29, Campbell Lange ’28
• 400-Yard Freestyle Relay — Joseph Froehlich ’27, Ronan Cornpropst ’27, Brian Hepp ’27, Liam Drake ’27

2nd place

• 200-Yard Medley Relay — Ronan Cornpropst ’27, Alen Cindric ’27, Brian Hepp ’27, Jacob Anderson ’26
• 200-Yard Freestyle — Meghan Hadsell ’26
• 200-Yard Individual Medley — Grace Pereira ’27
• 100-Yard Butterfly — Chandler Daigle ’29
• 200-Yard Freestyle Relay — Elle VanderWall ’28, Elyse Johnson ’27, Sophia Taylor ’27, Chandler Daigle ’29
• 100-Yard Backstroke — Ronan Cornpropst ’27

3rd place

• 100-Yard Butterfly — Brian Hepp ’28
• 500-Yard Freestyle — Meghan Hadsell ’26
• 200-Yard Freestyle Relay — Joseph Froehlich ’27, Liam Drake ’27, Alen Cindric ’27, Jacob Anderson ’26