Division 1
Middleton captured the Division 1 team title at the 2025 State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships at the Waukesha South High School Natatorium Saturday.
The Cardinals compiled 363.5 points to win the team championship for the third year in a row and for the sixth time in the program’s history. Arrowhead finished second with 216 points, and Muskego placed third with a score of 192.
In the individual events, Ella Antoniewski of Waukesha South/Mukwonago made State Championships history, becoming the 19th girl to win four titles in an event and only the second swimmer to accomplish the feat in two events. She won her fourth 200-yard freestyle title with a time of 1:48.11 and her fourth 500 freestyle crown in 4:50.79.
Jane Garlock of Middleton won the sprint freestyles, improving on last year’s third-place finish to win the 50 freestyle in a time of 22.77 and racing to a time of 49.12 to win the 100 freestyle after a runner-up standing a season ago, Her teammate, Hanna Jodlowski, won the diving competition with a score of 490.75 as a freshman.
Olivia Sina of Oregon has claimed back-to-back titles in the 100 backstroke, finishing in a time of 54.01 after earning gold in the event last season and third in 2023. Her teammate, Alyse Block, won the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:00.81 after a runner-up finish in 2024.
Carolyn Wanezek of Brookfield East, a four-time qualifier in the 100 butterfly, won the championship with a time of 54.77 after placing fifth the past two seasons and eighth in 2022. Annika Curran of Verona, a four-time qualifier in the 100 breaststroke, captured the previously elusive gold medal with a time of 1:01.85 after finishing runner-up the last two seasons and sixth in 2022.
Middleton won all three relays for the second consecutive year to pave the way to the title. The same quartet of Tae Martin, Rian Jost, Brynn Sundell and Sulia Miller that won the championship last year swam to a repeat title in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:42.83. The 200 freestyle relay team consisting of Miller, Clara Kiehl, Abigail Frommelt and Garlock won gold by finishing with a time of 1:33.97, and the 400 freestyle foursome, including Frommelt, Martin, Sundell and Garlock, won the final race of the meet in a time of 3:23.47.
Area finishers
1, Middleton 363.5; 7, Appleton North 127, Bay Port 41, Neenah 27, Appleton East Co-op 1.5.
Diving: 12, Sydney Hansman, Neenah 379.75. 200 Medley Relay: 2, Appleton North (Lauren Barnes, Maddie Loken, Elise Brazzale, Afton Scoresby) 1:43.59; 24, Bay Port (Julia B aum, Sohia Kontny, Natalie Portier, Vivian Gillis) 1:52.02. 200 Free: 17, Violet Liss, Bay Port 1:56.11. 200IM: 11, Elise Brazzale, Appleton North 2:08.71; 13, Maddie Loken, Appleton North 2:09.46; 17, Kaele Schilz, Bay Port 2:10.40. 50 Free: 4, Afton Scoresby, Appleton North :23.58; 15, Sydney Josephson, Appleton East Co-op :24.44; 18, Vivian Gillis, Bay Port :24.56. 100 Fly: 1, Elise Brazzale, Appleton North :56.06; 8, Anna Mulroy, Neenah :56.95; 24, Sydney Josephson, Appleton East Co-op :59.49. 100 Free: 7, Afton Scoresby, Appleton North :51.94; 16, Vivian Gillis Bay Port :53.44; 22, Sophia Golub, Appleton North :54.47. 500 Free: 10, Kaele Schilz, Bay Port 5:08.30. 200 Free Relay: 6, Appleton North (Maddie Loken, Sophia Golub, Elise Brazzale, Afton Scoresby) 1:36.29; 21, Bay Port (Violet Liss, Haiydne Peters, Lauren baum, Kaele Schilz) 1:40.83. 100 Back: 8, Anna Mulroy, Neenah :56.96; 17, Lauren Barnes, Appleton North :58.88. 100 Breast: 2, Maddie Loken, Appleton North 1:02.93; 13,Sophia Kontny, Bay Port 1:06.88. 400 Free Relay: 7, Bay Port (Violet Liss, Kaele Schilz, Natalie Portier, Vivian Gillis) 3:34.17; 21, Neenah (Breleigh Maurer, Bridget Bloomhuff,Elisabeth Hang, Anna Mulroy) 3:41.13; 22, Appleton North (Sophia Golub, Lauren Barnes, Aeryn Weber, Margo Maddaloni) 3:45.48.
Division 2
Whitefish Bay won the Division 2 team title at the 2025 State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships at the Waukesha South High School Natatorium Friday.
The Blue Dukes won the program’s second team title by successfully defending the championship they won last season by scoring 382 points in the meet. They dominated the meet by claiming titles in eight of the 12 events. Edgewood finished runner-up of the second straight season by scoring 274 points, and Rhinelander was third with 202.5 points.
Whitefish Bay won five individual events, including two each by Anne and Maggie Dickinson. Anne won the 200-yard freestyle for the second straight year, finishing in a time of 1:47.60, which set a Division 2 State Meet record in the event. She was also runner-up in the event in 2023. In addition, she shattered the Division 2 record in winning the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:44.09 to claim the title for the second consecutive season. Her performance was more than 31 seconds faster than the runner-up time in the event.
Maggie Dickinson won 100 backstroke again after winning the event in record time a year ago. She finished in 53.70, which ranks second on the all-time performance list behind last season’s performance of 53.28. She also captured the gold medal in the 50 freestyle for the second year in a row, completing the race in a time of 23.20, which ranks as fifth fastest in meet history.
Aibhy King of Whitefish Bay repeated as the champion in the 100 butterfly in 54.92 to go with a fifth-place standing in 2023. Her time ranks second on the all-time top performances list in the event.
The Blue Dukes won all three relays after entering the meet with the top seed times in each of the races. The quartet of Maggie Dickinson, Kate Antonelli, King and Julia Burrall–the same foursome that swam to the title in the 200 medley relay last year–raced to the championship with a Division 2 record time of 1:44.32. Antonelli, Vivian Utschig, Cassidy Shanks and Anne Dickinson earned the Blue Duke’s 200 freestyle relay its second consecutive championship with a time of 1:37.47. Whitefish Bay closed the competition by winning the 400 freestyle relay with the foursome of King, Shanks, Anne Dickinson and Maggie Dickinson with a time of 3:27.06, which is the third-fastest effort Division 2 history.
Two of the four individual events not won by Whitefish Bay were titles won by defending champions. Cheyenne Borroughs of Stoughton her second-straight championship in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:03.79. The four-time qualifier also finished runner-up in 2023 and third in 2022. She also earned the gold medal in the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:07.49 after she finished runner-up last year.
Hannah Tubbs of the Black River Falls/Blair-Taylor/Alma Center Lincoln co-op earned her second consecutive championship in the 100 freestyle with a time of 52.76. She also reached the medal stand in 2023 with a sixth-place finish.
Elsa Nordstrum of Brown Deer/University School of Milwaukee won the diving competition with a score of 421.75 after she placed fourth in 2024, and Annika Leinweber of Whitefish Bay finished second scoring just .10 behind at 421.65 after finishing third last season.
Area finishers
1, Whitefish Bay 382;9, Ashwaubenon 83, 19, Seymour 30; 29, Sturgeon Bay Co-op 7.
Diving: 11, Audrina Bohn, Seymour 310.60. 200 Medley Relay: 9, Ashwaubenon (Katelyn Seder, Emma Kozloski, Charlotte McNicoll, Maddie Dreier) 1:55.52. 200 Free: 11, Ainsley Hurley-Dachelet, Ashwaubenon 2:00.32; 12, Kate Gawryleski, Seymour 2:01.2; 14, Kailyn Neville, Sturgeon Bay Co-op 2:02.32. 200 IM: 1, 12, Katelyn Seder, Ashwaubenon 2:17.14; 15, Emma Kozloski, Ashwaubenon 2:20.32. 50 Free: 1, 7, Maya VandeKolk, Seymour :24.71; 14, Charlotte McNicoll, Ashwaubenon :25.53. 100 Fly: 16, Charlotte McNicoll, Ashwaubenon 1:02.58. 100 Free: 12, Maya VandeKolk, Seymour :55.89. 500 Free: 7, Ainsley Hurley-Dachelet, Ashwaubenon 5:25.30; 10, Maddie Dreier, Ashwaubenon 5:27.16. 200 Free Relay: 16, Seymour (Abbie Olson, Al Dorn, Maya VandeKolk, Kate Gawryleski) 1:46.23. 100 Back: 14, Kat3elyn Seder, Ashwaubenon 1:02.57. 400 Breast: 6, Ashwaubenon (Maddie Dreier, Kately Seder, Emma Kozloski, Charlotte McNicoll) 3:44.98; 15, Sturgeon Bay Co-op (Chloe Bissen, Shaeffer Rass, Hazel Monfils, Kailyn Neville) 3:54.01.
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