The New Trier Aquatics Sharks delivered an absolute masterpiece at the 2026 ISI Summer HPAC Regional Championships hosted by the Highland Park Aquatic Club. Swimming with pride, heart, and unrelenting energy, the Sharks captured top honors across the board, finishing
1st Place in the Girls Division (2,026.50 points),
1st Place in the Boys Division (2,191 points), and taking home the
Combined Team Championship with a total of 4,217.50 points!
State Qualifiers
A huge round of applause goes out to the swimmers who added events to their state meet lineup! Through winning their events or hitting the
CHMP
standard during the meet, the following swimmers have secured their spots:
- Katelyn Andrus (16) – 500 Freestyle
- Michael Chan (18) – 100 Breaststroke
- Sam Doubleday (15) – 500 Freestyle
- Michael Dukach (14) – 100 Backstroke, 200 Backstroke
- Riley Frankle (12) – 200 Backstroke
- Kaira Ghai (15) – 200 Butterfly
- Tommy Johnson (13) – 1650 Freestyle
- Brandon Ko (12) – 200 Backstroke
- Daniel Liberman (14) – 200 Butterfly
- Ron Livne (12) – 200 IM
- Matt Logan (14) – 200 Backstroke, 200 Breaststroke, 400 IM
- Emma Malalis (10) – 100 Butterfly
- Adam Mallett (10) – 50 Breaststroke
- Benjamin McDougal (15) – 200 Breaststroke
- Eric Miclea (15) – 1000 Freestyle
- Sam Moreau-Krone (14) – 1000 Freestyle, 200 IM
- Kyle Rechlicz (15) – 400 IM
- Eleanor Rose (12) – 100 Backstroke
- Beatrice Schaeffer (15) – 1000 Freestyle, 1650 Freestyle
- Violet Schumacher (16) – 100 Butterfly, 200 Backstroke
- Adam Serbest (17) – 100 Freestyle
- Lincoln Tang (12) – 1000 Freestyle
- Ryan Tolentino (14) – 50 Butterfly, 100 Butterfly, 200 Freestyle
100% Best Times Club
Consistency and focus were on full display all weekend long! Special recognition goes to the following swimmers who achieved personal best times in
every single individual event they completed:
Andrew Alshouse, Connor Brosche, Shai Livne, Emma Malalis, Adam Mallett, Graham Mertzlufft, Daniel Nikonchuk, Mabel O'Donnell, Kyle Rechlicz, Layla Roeder, Jamie Schlaud, Amelia Silverberg
Major Drops
Conquering challenging events and seeing the hard work pay off in massive time drops makes it all the sweeter! We are super proud of these absolutely exceptional breakthrough performances:
- Aaron Langdon (13) conquered the 1000 Freestyle with a 46.34-second drop!
- Adam Mallett (10) dropped 7.63 seconds in the 100 Butterfly!
- Beatrice Schaeffer (15) dropped a massive 58.18 seconds in the 1650 Freestyle!
- Brandon Ko (12) chopped 14.69 seconds off his 200 Backstroke!
- Caroline Cho (12) sliced 10.95 seconds off her 200 Butterfly!
- Chelsea Marden (13) shaved 46.00 seconds off her 1000 Freestyle!
- Daniel Liberman (14) dropped 10.83 seconds in the 200 Butterfly!
- Declan Meade (13) crushed the 400 IM with a 25.46-second drop!
- Kyle Rechlicz (15) took down the 400 IM with a 22.56-second drop!
- Mabel O'Donnell (11) dropped 7.65 seconds in the 100 Butterfly!
- Nikolas Nikonchuk (9) had the drop of the meet, slicing an incredible 56.76 seconds off his 500 Freestyle!
- Ozan Samikoglu (14) sliced 23.16 seconds off his 400 IM!
- Reagan Frankle (9) sliced 16.03 seconds off her 200 IM!
Sharks Back in Action Across THREE Championship Meets This Week!
The championship momentum doesn't stop here! The Sharks are currently competing across three major meets this week:
- NCSA Summer Junior Championships (Indianapolis, IN): 22 Sharks are racing at the IUPUI Natatorium through Sunday! Team, state, and
NATIONAL age group records have already fallen!
- Illinois Swimming Senior State Championships (Westmont, IL): 35 NTA swimmers are competing at FMC Natatorium through Sunday. The meet kicked off Thursday night with the 800 Freestyles, where the Sharks already grabbed a medal!
- Illinois Swimming 10&U State Championships (Libertyville, IL): 10 of our youngest Sharks head to Libertyville High School this Saturday and Sunday to take on the state's best!
Good luck to all of our Sharks competing this weekend! Keep working hard, supporting your teammates, and setting the gold standard!
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