TEAM HISTORY

Haggard won district IM (1:50.14) and butterfly (49.48), then regional 200 free (1:39.43). The Highlander reported January wins over Wakefield, 224–81 for the boys and 220–89 for the girls, and a three-point girls win over Langley the preceding week.

NISCA’s published 2025–26 lists recognize Haggard’s 200 free and both podium relays. He was second-team All-Met. All-Northern Region recognition included Haggard and Emma Bui. Henry Williams also scored in state backstroke (11th, 51.89); the boys 400 free relay placed ninth (3:12.38).

Jia won district IM (1:50.84) and 500 free (4:35.52); Bruno Haggard won 200 free (1:40.48) and 100 fly (50.55); Allen Wang won 100 free (47.49). McLean also won the boys 400 free relay in 3:09.55.

FFXnow’s February 5 report emphasized team depth, including Sarp Dilber, Harrison Weinstock, Henry Williams, Zach Sutanto and Jackson Thomas. Jia was second-team All-Met and Haggard honorable mention. All-Region recognition included Jia, Haggard, Dilber and Eleanor Murphy. Haggard’s faster 1:40.60 state preliminary swim was second in prelims, not his final placement.

Both divers won regional titles: Brooks scored 405.80 and Nick Wanzer 515.65. Hughes won regional breaststroke (1:02.44), and Aaron Jia won the regional 500 free (4:31.48). District champions included the girls medley relay, Brooks, Wanzer, Hughes in breaststroke, and Jia in the IM and breaststroke.

The state champion quartet was Danielle Hughes, Catherine Hughes, Ana Falzone and Eleanor Murphy. NISCA ranked it 66th nationally. The official final team-score sheet gives the boys 90 points. Catherine’s IM final was a disqualification; a county-recognition news summary incorrectly described her as the 2024 individual breaststroke champion.

Hughes won district IM (2:05.79), district breaststroke (1:03.63), and regional breaststroke (1:02.59). The girls won the district medley relay in 1:47.06.

The medley quartet was Danielle Hughes, Catherine Hughes, Ana Falzone and Eleanor Murphy. Hughes again made first-team All-Met; Jia earned honorable mention. NISCA recognized Hughes in two individual events, the medley relay and Nicholas Wanzer in diving.

District champions were Hughes in the IM and breaststroke, Nick Wanzer in diving (464.05), and the girls 200 free relay. Hughes also won regional IM (2:02.79) and breaststroke (1:02.51), and McLean won the regional girls 200 free relay in 1:36.15.

The Highlander’s February 3 recap described interruptions from COVID and relay adjustments during the season. Hughes earned first-team All-Met. The school’s recognition bulletin named Nick and Noah Wanzer, Catherine Hughes, Lily Flint, Jocelyn Brooks, Ryan Sribar and Aaron Jia to All-Region recognition.

The boys finished second at the Liberty District championship with 374 points; the girls finished fourth with 316 points. These totals were reconstructed from all 12 events, including diving, because the archived results do not include a team-score table. Hughes won district breaststroke in 1:04.26 and regional breaststroke in 1:02.77.

NISCA recognized Catherine Hughes, the girls 400 free relay, Nicholas Wanzer and Jocelyn Brooks. The boys relay was Yousef Abouamer, Andrew Christofferson, Ryan Sribar and Owen Thomas; the girls quartet was Skylar Sunderhauf, Emily Friedman, Catherine Hughes and Lily Flint.

Dora Wu won district breaststroke in 1:05.66, and Steve Han won the boys event in 57.98. The state meet took place before the widespread spring 2020 sports shutdown; it was not a canceled championship season.

The girls state runner-up quartet was Emily Friedman, Skylar Tennant, Caroline Flint and Lily Flint. The boys 24-point total came from 7 individual points for Sribar, 5 for Sheeran and 12 for the relay.

District champions included Alexandra Halla in diving (397.70), Dora Wu in breaststroke (1:04.17), Steve Han in breaststroke (57.72), and the girls 400 free relay (3:33.27).

The medley relay was Clare Brady, Dora Wu, Skylar Tennant and Emily Friedman. Dora Wu’s published NISCA breaststroke entry was 100th nationally (1:03.28). Wu and Han received Washington Post honorable mentions. The result files use Alexandra Halla at districts and Zazi Halla at states; those source forms are retained here.

Freshman Manuel Borowski became a state top-five diver and a published NISCA diving All-American. Steve Han and Sam Gollob continued McLean’s strong breaststroke representation at states.

NISCA’s 2017–18 list also recognizes Sinead Eksteen in the 200 free, ranked 60th with 1:49.03. The Washington Post named Eksteen, Borowski and Han honorable mentions. These season honors should not be mistaken for state-meet results.

Eksteen won regional 200 free (1:46.91, meet record) and 500 free (4:45.44). Dorje Wu won regional breaststroke in a meet-record 55.18. At the conference meet, Eksteen won the 200 and 500 free, Wu won the IM and breaststroke, and the boys won the medley relay.

Eksteen’s two state winning swims were marked as meet records in the official results. Her NISCA ranks included seventh nationally in the 500 free and ninth in the 200 free. Her listed NISCA 500 time, 4:45.44, differs from the faster conference result of 4:44.89; the honors appendix preserves the published award-list time.

Murphy won regional backstroke in 49.63 and Wu won regional breaststroke in 55.48. Conference winners included Murphy in the 200 free and backstroke, Wu in breaststroke, Elizabeth McCulla in the IM, and the girls medley and 400 free relays.

The Connection reported a January 15 sweep of Madison: boys 170–145 and girls 170.5–144.5. Each McLean team won all three relays. Wu earned Washington Post first-team All-Met honors. NISCA recognized nine McLean event entries, including three relays.

Conference winners included McCleary in diving (445.40), Murphy in the 100 free (47.97) and 100 back (51.48), and Carter Flint in the 100 breast (58.95). McCleary’s regional winning total was 422.20.

The girls 400 free quartet was Elena Summers, Liddy McCulla, Sinead Eksteen and Christine McCulla. The boys quartet was Peter Byman, Christopher Murphy, Carter Flint and Dorje Wu.

At Conference 6, Ulrich won the 200 IM (2:10.57) and 100 breast (1:05.31), McCleary won diving (423.75), and McLean won the girls 200 medley relay (1:51.09). McCleary (386.95) and Ulrich (1:04.37) also won their regional events.

Caroline McCleary appears on the published 2013–14 NISCA diving All-America list. Ulrich is also identified as M.J. Ulrich in Virginia Tech’s college biography.

McCleary won district diving, Veronica Wolff won the district 500 freestyle, and the girls’ medley relay set a district record in 1:49.45. The girls scored 194 points as regional runners-up. MJ Ulrich and the girls’ medley relay were second at regionals; Chris Murphy was second in the boys’ regional 500 freestyle.

The official state score sheet and Connection recap agree on 119 girls’ points; a Swimming World recap gives 118. The archive uses 119. Southern was second-team All-Met; Murphy, Boardman, McCleary and Ulrich earned honorable mention. NISCA lists Southern in the 500 freestyle and Ulrich in breaststroke.

McLean’s girls won the district medley relay in 1:50.65, and Ulrich won the district 100-yard breaststroke in 1:06.71. Southern won the district 500 freestyle in 4:43.78, then finished second at regionals in 4:35.88. Both McLean teams placed fifteenth in the regional standings.

At states, Ulrich scored in breaststroke and IM, Boardman scored in backstroke, and all three girls’ relays scored. Southern also finished twelfth in the 100 butterfly. Ulrich and Southern received honorable mention All-Met.

Putnam won the district 200-yard freestyle in 1:42.46 and backstroke in 52.62. Springsteen won the girls’ 200 IM in 2:14.98; Greene won backstroke in 58.80. The girls’ 200 and 400 freestyle relays both finished second at districts. Putnam was also second in the regional 200 freestyle.

The state meet was swum in short-course meters. Ben Southern scored in the 400-meter freestyle, and the boys’ 400 freestyle relay finished twelfth. The Washington Post named Putnam first-team All-Met and Greene honorable mention. Their college biographies document the next chapters at Virginia and California.

Greene won the regional 100-yard freestyle in 51.74 and backstroke in 56.63. The girls’ medley and 400 freestyle relays were regional runners-up; Putnam was second in the boys’ 200 freestyle and backstroke. At districts, Annie Springsteen won the 200 IM, Greene won the 200 freestyle and backstroke, and McLean won the girls’ medley and 400 freestyle relays.

The Connection documented the storm-shortened regional schedule: the girls’ preliminary swims counted as finals, and the boys raced in a later timed-final session. State swimming was in short-course meters. Greene was named first-team All-Met; Putnam received honorable mention.

Greene won the district 100-yard freestyle and backstroke, then captured the regional backstroke title in 56.21. Putnam won district backstroke and was the regional runner-up. Margaret and Adrienne Harlow went 1–2 in the district 500 freestyle. Martin Brown finished eighth at states in diving with 394.80 points.

NISCA’s published lists recognize Greene’s backstroke and Putnam’s backstroke and IM. Margaret Harlow won the state 500 freestyle consolation final in 5:11.75, finishing ninth overall. The girls’ 400 freestyle relay also finished ninth, in 3:40.41.

Greene won the district 100-yard freestyle in 53.86, while Margaret Harlow won the 500 freestyle in 5:19.57. Putnam was second in district backstroke. At states, Samantha Winter placed sixth in diving, Martin Brown ninth, and Brian Winchester seventh in the 100 breaststroke.

The boys’ state medley relay featured Putnam, Winchester, Blake Sundel and Andrew Cole. The girls’ sixth-place 400 freestyle relay included Harlow, Maya OpdeBeke, Nadine Gibson and Greene. The Washington Post named Greene and Putnam honorable mention All-Met.

Gledhill won district titles in the 200-yard freestyle (1:43.31) and 100 breaststroke (59.37), then won the regional 200 freestyle in 1:41.46. Toni Paris swept the girls’ district 200 and 500 freestyle in 1:55.96 and 5:09.77. The girls finished tenth in the Northern Region and the boys fourteenth.

The state meet used a 25-meter pool. Gledhill’s championship swim is 1:53.67 in the full results; some contemporary coverage mistakenly repeats his 1:54.98 preliminary time. The girls’ state 400 freestyle relay finished fifteenth, with Nadine Gibson, Maya OpdeBeke, Jessica Goodman and Margaret Harlow in the final.

The girls finished fourth at Liberty Districts and twelfth in the Northern Region. The boys were fifth at districts and sixteenth at regionals. The girls’ district medley relay of Hubbard, Jamie Bugel, Emma Welch and Paris finished second in 1:56.92.

NISCA’s published 2005–06 lists recognize Gledhill in both the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke. Those award-list marks come from his faster state preliminary swims; the cards here show the championship finals.

Spring took district bronze in the 200-yard IM in 2:06.44 and fourth in the 100 butterfly in 58.18. Winter was third in district diving with 313.11 points; Levenson was fifth with 302.49. At regionals, the boys tied for fifteenth with 51 points and the girls were twentieth with 13.

The 2005 state result link in the historical PVS index is no longer available, and McLean’s state standings remain unverified. Regional highlights are shown here without inferring state qualification or placement.

Spring’s district 500-yard freestyle silver came in 5:06.21. Levenson placed fourth in boys’ diving with 300.85 points. Avis and Hannah Mendelson finished sixth and seventh in girls’ diving. Stephens tied for fourth in the girls’ 100 butterfly in 1:04.14; Alex Hubbard was fifth in both the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

Spring’s ninth-place regional 200 freestyle and fourteenth-place 500 freestyle supplied all 12 boys’ regional points. Neither McLean team appears in the state scoring table.

Spring finished second in the district 200-yard IM in 2:08.08. Stephens was third in the 100 butterfly in 1:02.68 and fourth in the 100 backstroke in 1:04.36. At regionals, Spring placed eleventh in the 500 freestyle, Smith fifteenth in the 50 freestyle and Stephens fifteenth in the 100 butterfly.

Neither McLean team appears in the published state scoring table. The 2003 state meet was swum in short-course meters; the district and regional highlights shown here are yards.

Smith placed third in the district 50-yard freestyle in 23.52. Auger was fourth in the 50 and 100 freestyle, and Stephens was fourth in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley. Hannah Mendelson finished sixth in diving with 272.35 points. Jon Spring placed fifth in the boys’ 500 freestyle.

The regional scoring table lists the girls with one point and does not list the boys. Neither McLean team appears in the complete state scoring table. These records describe scored results, not full participation.

Sarosdy placed third in the district 100-yard backstroke in 57.39. Auger was fourth in the 100 freestyle in 56.66, while Mohoni took fourth in the 500 freestyle in 5:33.49. Freshman diver Mendelson finished fifth at districts before adding seven regional points.

Neither McLean team appears in the state scoring table. Sarosdy later swam for the University of Texas; the university’s scholarship tribute remembers his swimming and coaching legacy.

Both McLean teams placed sixth at the Liberty District championship. Blome was third in district diving and eighth at regionals. Byers won the district 100-yard butterfly in 58.01, with Sarosdy second in 58.82. Candice Woodward placed fifth in the district 500 freestyle.

The boys do not appear in the published state scoring table. “Not listed” describes the scoring record; it does not establish that no athlete participated.