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2024 CIF State Swimming & Diving Championships
This weekend’s CIF State Championships is missing big names such as world junior champion Teagan O’Dell, but there will still be plenty of standouts in attendance at the Clovis Olympic Swim Complex in Fresno, California.
A few swimmers enter the meet as the top seed in two individual events. Poly-Riverside sophomore Ava DeAnda owns the top times in the girls 100 freestyle (48.82) and 200 free (1:46.70), Nordhoff senior Quin Seider is the favorite in the boys 100 free (53.36) and 200 free (1:35.27), and Torrey Pines senior Logan Noguchi leads the boys 100 fly (46.66) and 100 back (47.55).
Foothill freshman Luka Mijatovic is contesting the 200 free and 500 free at his first high school state championship meet. The young distance phenom has a lifetime best in the 500 free from last month (4:14.83) that is only a couple seconds away from Rex Maurer‘s national high school record from last year (4:12.70).
Stay tuned for live updates below:
Girls 200 Medley Relay – Prelims
- Meet record: 1:39.04, Santa Margarita – 2022
- National HS record: 1:36.98, Carmel – 2023
Top 8:
- Clovis West – 1:42.72
- Hart – 1:43.31
- Santa Margarita – 1:43.97
- Campolindo – 1:44.04
- Clovis North – 1:44.21
- San Ramon Valley – 1:44.31
- St. Ignatius – 1:44.35
- Carondelet – 1:44.50
The Clovis West girls kicked off the prelims session with a top-seeded 200 medley relay time of 1:42.72 behind strong performances from Hailey Marinovich (27.37 back), Hannah Marinovich (27.73 breast), Audrey Hill (24.46 fly), and Sophia Oka-Fedder (23.16 free).
The Central section Division I champions reached the wall more than half a second ahead of runner-up Hart (1:43.31), featuring Aly Yokoyama (25.88 back), Anna Brill (29.99), Caitlin Brown (24.32 fly), and Lily Dormans (23.12 free).
Top-seeded Santa Margarita (1:43.97) eked past defending champion Campolindo (1:44.04) by less than a tenth of a second for the No. 3 seed in tomorrow’s finals session. Santa Margarita went with a lineup of Samantha Cummins (27.72 back), Eileen Song (29.75 breast), Chloe Stinson (24.18 fly), and reigning 50 free champion Gracyn Aquino (22.32 free) for prelims this afternoon.
Clovis North (1:44.21), San Ramon Valley (1:44.31), St. Ignatius (1:44.35), and Carondelet (1:44.50) rounded out the remaining A-finalists.
Boys 200 Medley Relay – Prelims
- Meet record: 1:29.01, Santa Margarita – 2023
- National HS record: 1:26.88, Carmel – 2022
Top 8:
- Loyola – 1:29.40
- Santa Margarita – 1:30.98
- Northwood – 1:31.65
- Gunn – 1:31.97
- San Marino – 1:31.99
- American – 1:32.41
- Davis – 1:32.49
- Torrey Pines – 1:32.51
The Loyola boys shaved time off their winning mark from their section victory last week with a season-best 1:29.40 thanks to Ray Liu (22.62 back), Gavin Santoso (24.66 breast), John Mastandrea (21.98 fly), and Andrew Brown (20.14 free).
Jerry Yan (23.03 back), Nathan Wu (25.36 breast), Daniel Verdolaga (21.45 fly), and Carson Eich (21.14 free) carried top-seeded Santa Margarita to a runner-up finish in 1:30.98. This race is shaping up to be a two-team battle as Loyola and Santa Margarita are the only programs in the state that have been under 1:30 in the 200 medley relay this season.
Northwood (1:31.05), Gunn (1:31.97), and San Marino (1:31.99) were the only other teams in the field under 1:32 in prelims. Cal commit (’24) Edward Huang threw down a blistering 22.60 backstroke leadoff for American to help his squad place 6th in 1:32.41, just ahead of Davis (1:32.49) and Torrey Pines (1:32.51).
Girls 200 Free – Prelims
- Meet record: 1:44.63, Justina Kozan – 2022
- National HS record: 1:41.55, Katie Ledecky – 2015
Top 8:
- Ava DeAnda (PORI) – 1:47.93
- Lily Struempf (NOGA) – 1:48.57
- Ava Portello (DAVI) – 1:48.59
- Lily Dormans (HART) – 1:48.73
- Zara Masud (WOBR) – 1:48.78
- Samantha Hamilton (WILB) – 1:49.35
- Elisabeth Butler (CARN) – 1:49.60
- Sarah Beckman (VENT) – 1:49.77
Top-seeded Poly-Riverside sophomore Ava DeAnda took the top qualifying spot in the 200 free with a time of 1:47.93, more than a second off her entry time from the Southern Section Division I Championships last month. She placed 2nd at the section meet behind Fountain Valley’s Alyssa Ton (1:45.96), who opted to skip this weekend’s CIF States. DeAnda, who placed 3rd last year (1:47.72), has been as fast as 1:46.17 in March.
Northgate senior Lily Struempf snagged the No. 2 seed with a personal-best 1:48.57 in a close battle with Davis senior Ava Portello (1:48.59). Struempf, a UNC commit (’24), shaved a few hundredths off her previous-best 1:48.60 from December. Portello, a Rice commit (’24), was about half a second shy of her personal-best 1:48.04 from March.
Hart senior Lily Dormans (1:48.73) and Woodbridge senior Zara Masud (1:48.78) should also be in the hunt for a podium spot tomorrow after breaking the 1:49 barrier in prelims today.
Boys 200 Free – Prelims
- Meet record: 1:33.58, Rex Maurer – 2023
- National HS record: 1:32.68, Kaii Winkler – 2023
Top 8:
- Luka Mijatovic (FOOT) – 1:36.69
- Mason Wendler (NOGA) – 1:36.71
- Derek Hitchens (NRWO) – 1:37.26
- Ben Butler (TELI) – 1:37.28
- Hunter Cehelnik (STMA) – 1:37.36
- Pierce O’Grady (LACA) – 1:37.57
- Andrew Maksymowski (NRWO) – 1:37.66
- Quin Seider – (NORD) – 1:38.02
Top-seeded Nordhoff senior Quin Seider just barely snuck into the A-final with a time of 1:38.02, just a hundredth ahead of Jesuit junior Emi Zamudio (1:38.03).
Instead it was Foothill freshman Luka Mijatovic who led the way in prelims with a time of 1:36.69, about a second off his personal-best 1:35.39 from last month.
Northgate senior Mason Wendler was right behind Mijatovic in a new lifetime best of 1:36.71. It was the UCSB commit’s first time under the 1:37 barrier as his previous best stood at 1:37.42 from his North Coast victory earlier this month.
Northwood junior Derek Hitchens (1:37.26), Terra Linda junior Ben Butler (1:37.28), Santa Margarita senior Hunter Cehelnik (1:37.36), La Canada senior Pierce O’Grady (1:37.57), and Northwood sophomore Andrew Maksymowski (1:37.66) were separated by less than half a second in the battle for 3rd place.
Girls 200 IM – Prelims
- Meet record: 1:53.38, Teagan O’Dell – 2023
- National HS record: 1:53.38, Teagan O’Dell – 2023
Top 8:
- Emilia Barck (CAMP) – 2:00.88
- Maren Byrne (LOAL) – 2:01.14
- Tori Yamamura (VALE) – 2:02.28
- Brooke Bennett (GRND) – 2:01.48
- Natalie Walklett (FLPR) – 2:01.60
- Eunice Lee (MITT) – 2:01.96
- Isabel Wu (MITT) – 2:02.06
- Sophia Munoz-Rodriguez – 2:02.25
Boys 200 IM – Prelims
- Meet record: 1:44.94, Colin Geer – 2023
- NFHS record: 1:40.81, Maximus Williamson – 2024
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Girls 50 Free – Prelims
- Meet record: 22.40, Teagan O’Dell – 2023
- NFHS record: 21.59, Gretchen Walsh – 2020
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Boys 50 Free – Prelims
- Meet record: 19.57, Ethan Harrington – 2023
- National HS record: 19.11, David Curtiss – 2021
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Girls 100 Fly – Prelims
- Meet record: 52.26, Mia Kragh – 2019
- National HS record: 49.24, Claire Curzan – 2022
Top 8:
Boys 100 Fly – Prelims
- Meet record: 45.72, Ethan Hu – 2019
- National HS record: 44.97, Scotty Buff – 2023
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Girls 100 Free – Prelims
- Meet record: 48.43, Amalie Fackenthal – 2018
- National HS record: 46.98, Gretchen Walsh – 2020
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Boys 100 Free – Prelims
- Meet record: 42.92, Ethan Harrington – 2023
- National HS record: 41.81, Maximus Williamson – 2024
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Girls 500 Free – Prelims
- Meet record: 4:41.53, Miranda Heckman – 2017
- National HS record: 4:26.58, Katie Ledecky – 2015
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Boys 500 Free – Prelims
- Meet record: 4:15.09, Matthew Chai – 2022
- National HS record: 4:12.70, Rex Maurer – 2023
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Girls 200 Free Relay – Prelims
- Meet record: 1:30.90, Santa Margarita – 2023
- National HS record: 1:29.61, Santa Margarita – 2023
Top 8:
Boys 200 Free Relay – Prelims
- Meet record: 1:21.36, Northgate – 2023
- National HS record: 1:19.21, Keller – 2024
Top 8:
Girls 100 Back – Prelims
- Meet record: 50.96, Teagan O’Dell – 2023
- National HS record: 49.61, Claire Curzan – 2022
Top 8:
Boys 100 Back – Prelims
- Meet record: 46.62, Jonah Cooper – 2018
- National HS record: 45.08, Will Modglin – 2023
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Girls 100 Breast – Prelims
- Meet record: 59.66, Zoie Hartman – 2018
- National HS record: 58.35, Kaitlyn Dobler – 2020
Top 8:
Boys 100 Breast – Prelims
- Meet record: 52.74, Ben Dillard – 2019
- National HS record: 51.16, Reece Whitley – 2018
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Girls 400 Free Relay – Prelims
- Meet record: 3:14.80, Santa Margarita – 2022
- National HS record: 3:14.80, Santa Margarita – 2022
Top 8:
Boys 400 Free Relay – Prelims
- Meet record: 2:56.14, Loyola – 2023
- National HS record: 2:53.80, Keller – 2024
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