100-Breaststroke: Nicholas Austin (Norwell)
100-Breaststroke: Quinn Borchers (Medfield)
200-Freestyle: Nicholas Cavic (Seekonk)
100-Butterfly: Ryan Connors (Attleboro)
100-Breaststroke: Nate Derby (Plymouth)
50-Freestyle: Jack DeMello (Cohasset)
200-Freestyle: Aiden Gouldson (Westford Academy)
100-Freestyle: Evan Hoaglund (Weston)
Diving: Vann Hotchkiss (Needham)
200-IM, 500-Freestyle: Jack Maron (Sharon)
100-Butterfly: David Sapozhnikov (Medfield)
200-Freestyle Relay: Evan Hoaglund, Nate Whitworth, Alex Jylkka, Austin Chiocca (Weston)
200-Medley Relay: Eldar Blazh, Evan Hoaglund, Nicolas Frangioni, Nate Whitworth (Weston)
400-Freestyle Relay: Graham Skelly, Elijah Dimov, Grant Jackson, Thomas Eppich (Lincoln-Sudbury)
NICHOLAS AUSTIN
NORWELL
The senior was the South sectional champion in the 100-breaststroke in a meet record time of 57.24. Austin won the Div. 2 state title in that same event, while taking a third in the 200-IM. A South Shore League All-Star and USA Swimming Scholastic All-American. He will be swimming for Bryan University in the fall.
QUINN BORCHERS
MEDFIELD
The four-time Tri-Valley League champion and league MVP was undefeated in dual meets during the regular season. Borchers broke a Div. 2 state record in the 200-IM when he won the event in a time of 1:52.74. He will continue his swimming career at St. Bonaventure in the fall.
NICHOLAS CAVIC
SEEKONK
The junior broke six school records, three of which stood for more than three decades. The two-time team Most Valuable Player was undefeated in every meet, including sectional and state meets. Currently ranked among the top-10 swimmers in New England, Cavic boasts an impressive 4.36 GPA.
RYAN CONNORS
ATTLEBORO
The senior captured the South Sectional and State titles in the 100-yard butterfly. In addition, Connors was part of relay teams which broke all three high school records. He holds the school record in the 100-butterfly (51.04) and the 500-freestyle (4:55). An honor roll student in all four years, Connors will swim at Bryant University in the fall.
NATE DERBY
PLYMOUTH
Derby was the Div. 1 state champion in the 100-breaststroke (57.89), while placing second in the 200-IM (1:56.43). A four-time Patriot League All-Star, Derby is the school record-holder in the 200-freestyle, 200-IM, 50-freestyle, 100-freestyle, 100-backstroke and 100-breaststroke. Derby will swim and study engineering at UMass in the fall.
JACK DEMELLO
COHASSET
The senior took home the Div. 2 state championship in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 21.53. DeMello also took second in the 100-freestyle (47.21) and also was part of a 200-freestyle relay team which placed sixth. A member of the South Shore Strypers Swim Club, DeMello will continue his swimming career at the University of Maine.
AIDEN GOULDSON
WESTFORD ACADEMY
The sophomore was the Div. 1 state champion in the 200-freestyle (1:43.70) and 100-freestyle (47.84). The team MVP, Gouldson was also the North Sectional winner in the 200-freestyle (1:45.18) and the 100-breaststroke (59.53). A New England Senior Championships A-Finalist and Speedo Sectionals Finalist (North Region US), Gouldson was the team’s Rookie of the Year last year. He is a high honor roll student as well as a recipient of the National Spanish Exam Gold Medal.
EVAN HOAGLUND
WESTON
The senior holds six individual high school swimming records, as well as three relay records. Hoaglund was the Div. 2 state champion in the 100-freestyle (46.33) and took second in the 50-freestyle (21.64). In the offseason, Hoaglund trains at Charles River Aquatics. He has been admitted to the University of Tampa.
VANN HOTCHKISS
NEEDHAM
The junior diving standout set meet records at both the Bay State Conference and South Sectional meets. Hotchkiss successfully defended his title at the Div. 1 State championships. Hotchkiss established new school records in the 6-dive and 11-dive. A two-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic, Hotchkiss is a member of the National Honor Society. In the offseason, Hotchkiss competes at the club level for Boston Area Diving.
JACK MARON
SHARON
The holder of seven school swimming records, the two-time Hockomock League champion broke a South sectional meet record in the 200-IM(1:39.98) and also won the 500-freestyle (4:32.17). At the Div. 1 state meet, Maron took home the gold in the 200-IM (1:50.01) and 500-freestyle (4:31.48). A USA Swimming Scholastic All-American, Maron will swim at Brown University in the fall.
DAVID SAPOZHNIKOV
MEDFIELD
The junior tied for first in the 100-butterfly (51.46) and was part of a winning 200-medley relay (1:39.39) in helping Medfield place second overall at the South Sectionals. A week later, Sapozhnikov captured the 100-butterfly (50.61) at the Div. 2 state championships. In the offseason, he swims for Charles River Aquatics.
RELAY TEAMS
200-FREESTYLE RELAY
WESTON
The quartet of Evan Hoaglund, Nate Whitworth, Alex Jylkka and Austin Chiocca won the North Sectional title in the 200-freestyle relay in a winning time of 1:27.66. They bettered that effort a week later in the Div. 2 state championship, posting a victorious time of 1:27.13.
Chiocca is one of two seniors on the relay team along with Hoaglund. He was the North Sectional champion in the 50-freestyle and took second in the 100-freestyle.
Whitworth tallied points for his team in both the 100-freestyle and 100-breaststroke at the Div. 2 state championships and is a member of the National Honor Society. Jylkka is a junior as is Whitworth and he placed among the top five in the 50-freestyle at both the sectionals and states.
200-MEDLEY RELAY
WESTON
Weston’s run to the North Sectional and Div. 2 state team titles was due in large part to its prowess in the relays. The foursome of Eldar Blazh, Evan Hoaglund, Nicolas Frangioni, Nate Whitworth won both the North Sectional (1:37.99) and Div. 2 state titles (1:37.38) in the 200-medley relay. Frangioni took a third in the 100-butterfly (52.55) and fifth in the 100-backstroke (54.82) at the Div. 2 state meet, while Blazh turned in top-10 efforts in both the 100-butterfly and 100-backstroke at the Div. 2 states.
400-FREESTYLE RELAY
LINCOLN-SUDBURY
The team of Graham Skelly, Elijah Dimov, Grant Jackson and Thomas Eppich took home the state title at the Div. 1 championships, posting a winning time of 3:16.29. The RIT-bound Eppich, the only senior in the group, broke a 38-year school record in the 500-freestyle in a dual meet and was the Dual County League champion in the 500-freestyle and 200-IM.
Skelly placed in the top seven in both the 200-freestyle and 100-butterfly at the Div. 1 state championships. A two-time DCL All-Star, Skelly swims for Wayland Community Pool. Dimov placed in the top six in the 200-freestyle and 100-butterfly at the DCL championships and swims for Shawmut Aquatic Club. Jackson placed in the top eight in the 100-freestyle and 100-backstroke at the Div. 1 state championships and currently swims with Crimson Aquatics Boston.
LEAGUE ALL-STARS
BOSTON CITY LEAGUE
CO-ED: Nate Anderson, Jeremy Bradley, Yuen Montgomery, Maya Friedman, Ella Hams (Latin Academy); Brian Munoz, Jared Pacitta, Sonny Sarro, Delia McCray, Ashley Soto (East Boston); Louis Chiu, Marquis Francois, Yiorgo Katzsompanakis, Nya Long (O’Bryant)
CAPE AND ISLANDS
Brody O’Donnell-Brich (Barnstable); Andy Carr, Emmett Silva, Kaua DeAssis, Ronan Mullin, Claus Smith (Martha’s Vineyard); Jake Johnson, Eli MacIver (Nantucket); Will Crowell, Tom Foley, Thomas Olean (Nauset)
MVP: Will Crowell
CAPE ANN LEAGUE
Spencer Bagtaz, Dat Tran, Cole Falk, Ivan Deiko (North Reading/Wilmington); Nick Degennaro, Erik Bell, Henry Brown, Robert Brown, Russell Kasdon, Evan Chan, James Cook, Andee Shieh, Cooper Davis, Kurt Rothermund, Marc Gagne (Lynnfield); Charlie Quimby, Joey Powers, Micah Hanchett, Luke Linehan (Ipswich); Sam Whitaker, Jacob Hoffman, Josh Burrell, Josh Adler, Jorge Palao Nunez, Jonah Brien, JT Kench, Clay Erickson (Triton); Colin Conway (Manchester-Essex); Bennett Powers (Hamilton-Wenham)
SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: Evan Chan
CATHOLIC CENTRAL LEAGUE
CO-ED: Leah Walden, Olivia Erwin, Brian Parkinson, Andrew Testa, Avary Serpa, Aidan Neary (Bishop Feehan); Sarah Shann, Amelia Gallant, Caroline Blatchford, Hannah Ryan (Bishop Fenwick); Jack Dexter, Evan O’Brien, Gianna Guerriero, Saraellen Mathewson (Archbishop Williams); Brandon Medeiros, Alexa Lopez-Vergara, Emily Donatio (Bishop Stang); Isabella Morillo (St. Mary’s); Jude Lowery (Arlington Catholic); Maeve Gleeson (Cardinal Spellman)
MVP: Brian Parkinson, Hannah Ryan
COMMONWEALTH ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
CO-ED: Sophia Nylin, Nicolas Bedoya Agudelo, Philip McGann (Northeast); Makayla Nolan, Harrison Kinesella, Eliot Hong, Matt Kilfoyle (Shawsheen); Arthur Santos, Christina Rossini (Blue Hills); Margaret Sifferlan, Tyre’Anna Metheny-Kennedy, CJ Robinson, Logan Viera (Greater Lawrence); Ethanael Vecchiarelli, Alex Nikolaev (Minuteman); Luke Williams, Madelyn Rogers (Lowell Catholic); Lucia Antonucci, Christian Antonucci, Lana Santos Albe (Mystic Valley); Belinda Mwebaza, Lucia Antonucci, Isabella Cirame, Khloe Co, Nicole Kelso, Britney Nayiga, Isabella Pennachio, Jaden Anthony, Christian Antonucci, Henry Cao, Aris Catic, Dylan Phan, Kevin Sodeyama-Cardoso, Thomas Sodeyama-Cardoso, Lana Sanots Albuquerque, Brook Burke, Sydney Cao, Crystal Tang, Kevin Capa, Adrian Chang, Lucas Freitas, Lucas Santos, Miriam Johannes, Madka Johannes, George George, Jason Yan (Mystic Valley)
DUAL COUNTY LEAGUE
ALL-CONFERENCE: Andrew Lu, Nikita Ostapenko, Cody Cowen, Evan Shan (Acton-Boxboro); Chris Fahlman, Jeremiah Small Jr. (Westford Academy); Thomas Eppich (Lincoln-Sudbury); Alex Xu, Cal Hale (Boston Latin); Evan Hoaglund, Alex Jylkka, Austin Chiocca, Nico Frangioni (Weston); Aidan Huang, Alex Lu, Peter Morris, Zach Rainville (Wayland)
ALL-STARS: Thomas Stone, Emlen Lease, Alexander Sproule (Concord-Carlisle); David Ryu, Brady Foley, Finn Surratt (Wayland); Aiden Gouldson, Han Park (Westford Academy); Eldar Blazh, Spencer Dobson (Weston); Graham Skelly, Elijah Dimov (Lincoln-Sudbury); Caleb Kohn, Joseph Hemr (Boston Latin); Victor Ao, Brendan Koh (Acton-Boxboro); Shae Arsenault, Ben Sedran (Bedford); Ryan Kam, Alex Zheng (Newton South); Misha Kraytman (Waltham); Meng-Joon Koh (Cambridge)
SWIMMER/DIVER OF THE YEAR: Cal Hale, Thomas Eppich
HOCKOMOCK LEAGUE
Jack Maron, Leo Tran, Brac Buffa, Minsoo Chae, Ray Lu, Justin Hsu, Alex Ng (Sharon); Connor Coleman, Ben Connors, Ryan Connors, Angad Ahluwalia, James Askew (Attleboro); Corey Rattray, Ben Pezza, Ethan Fielder, Aaron McIsaac (Milford); Evan Stein (Foxboro); Abdelraman Farag, Josh Kafel (North Attleboro); Brian Wang (Oliver Ames); Patrick Murray, Jackson Keyes (Mansfield); Talis Veidis, Hunter Rice, Charlie Smith, Dan Bui, Ryan Hickey (Canton)
MVP: Jack Maron
MERRIMACK VALLEY CONFERENCE
ALL-CONFERENCE: Ivan Giles, William Moulson, Luke Suh, Yiwei Wang (Andover); Joseph Musumarra (Central Catholic); Hadi AlDayaa, Sean Boothroyd, Christian Petrilli, Nathan Gabriel, Jociah Kautz, Henry Reitman (Chelmsford); Levi Abrams, Miles Bunyar, Colby McLaughlin, Sam Mistretta, John Papageorgiou, Brian Story (Haverhill)
SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: Brian Story
MIDDLESEX LEAGUE
Sina Rostamnezhad, Ethan Gong, Rory Smith, Benjamin Leger, Thomas Borkowski, Robert Mitchell, Quinn Mitchell (Belmont); Liam Shadrick, Alec Popiel, Jack Perkins, Emerson Popiel, Elliot Hughes (Watertown/Arlington); Gabe Hunnicutt, Ben Terentiyev, Owen Molway, Jos Baranyi (Melrose); Alexander Zheng, C.J. Reamer, Neel Ray, Yul Kim, Luke Denoncourt, Leo Qian (Lexington); Allen Huseinovic, Ethan Guo (Winchester); Rory O’Neill, Aidan Herlihy, Andrew McCarthy, David McCann, Liam Green (Reading); Shay Woodbury (Burlington)
NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE
William Wade, Ian Chamel, Gregory Podstrelov, Brady Leveroni, Quinn Sullivan, Nate Rosen, Cale Nelson, Logan Doody, Owen Torstenson, Gary Podstrelov, Simon Quicken (Marblehead); Landen Boutilier, Zachary MacDonald Wolff, Zade Hijleh (Masconomet); Zachary DaSilva-Grondin, Henry Siedzik (Beverly); Zachary Cotter (Danvers); Grant Dwyer, Nicholas DaCosta (Salem); Joseph Porcello (Gloucester); James Teague (Peabody)
SWIMMER OF THE YEAR: Grant Dwyer
PATRIOT LEAGUE
Matthew Cristofaro, Sam Morse, Theo Morse, Henry Perda, Ruarc Petitde Mange (Duxbury); Ryan Kanya (Pembroke); Nate Derby, Andrei Soukhanov (Plymouth North/South); Kenny Guan (Quincy/North Quincy); Ryan Johnson, Peter Nelson, Matthew Short, Cruz Tompkins (Scituate)
MVP: Kenny Guan
SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE
Jonathan Furmanik, Harry Norton, Cooper Hammond, Andy Martin, Brian Reiber, Cole Bridges (Bridgewater-Raynham); Michael O’Leary, Cairon Nunez, Rafael Conde, Alex Conde, Owen Jupin (New Bedford); Kal Sheehan, Jacob Simmons, Omari Boatwright, Liam Rizzo. Jahir Rico (Brockton); Michael Harrington, William Rumsey, Reed White, Jack Fitzgerald, Seth Vandenburgh (Durfee)
MVP: Kal Sheehan
TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE
Quinn Borchers, Jayden Clayton, David Sapozhnikov, Jonathan Underwood (Medfield): Jason Guo, Shane MacDonald, Jack Stuehler, Brendan Watson, Declan MacDonald, Ethan Lee, Michael Aljamal (Westwood), Max Vo, Sean Leahy (Dedham); Caleb Burke, Davis Peishoff (Hopkinton); Lucas Hayes, Taryn Craze, Michael Webb (HM), Tim Ketryk-Simson, Vanya Hoffman (Dover-Sherborn); Caleb Kwon (Norwood)
MVP: Quinn Borchers, Sean Leahy
