VISAA State Championship 2026 - Girls Win State Championship! Boys Runner-Up!

From February 12-14, 2026, 653 athletes from 55 schools converged on the Collegiate Aquatic Center in Richmond, VA for the 2026 VISAA State Swimming & Diving Championship.

Congratulations to Meghan Condon (SO) who is the VISAA State Champion in Diving! She also was recognized as the VISAA Diver of the Year, and her great Coach, Ashley Keapproth, was recognized as the VISAA Girls Diving Coach of the Year.

Congratulations go to our other All-State Honorees and Championship Finalists:

Lionel Martinez (JR) – the silver medal in 100 Free at 47.31 (All-State) and 6th in 100 Fly (with a new Team Record)
Melissa Paradise (JR) – bronze medal in 100 Back at 55.56 (All-State, new Team Record) and 11th in 100 Free
Ariana Aldeguer (JR) – 4th in 200 IM (new Team Record) and 4th in 500 Free

Our Divers were stellar with four (4) earning medals in the top 8 or scoring in the top 16. Besides Meghan:

Maria Miller (SR) – 4th
Clare Kay (8) – 8th
Max Ashton (8) – 8th
John Witter (8) – 11th
Jane Judge (SO) – 13th

We also placed both of our 200 Medley Relays and both of our 400 Free Relays in the top 8. Both of our 200 Free Relays scored in the top 16.

Here is a summary of the overall results from the weekend’s competition:

Overall State Champions

Girls

Collegiate School – Champion

St. Catherine’s School – Runner-up

Boys

St. Christopher’s School – Champion

Bishop O’Connell – Runner-up

Division II State Champions

Girls

Seton High School – Champion (5^th overall)

St. Anne’s-Belfield High School – Runner-up (8^th overall)

Boys

The Covenant School – Champion (4^th overall)

Seton High School – Runner-up (6^th overall)

Special Awards

Swimmer of the Meet

Elizabeth Bryan, Oakcrest School & Emory DeGuenther, Collegiate School – Girls

Will Charlton, The Covenant School – Boys

Diver of the Meet

Meghan Condon, Seton High School – Girls

Rai Detten, Bishop O’Connell – Boys

John O’Hara Coach of the Year Award

Mike Peters, Collegiate School – Girls

Cosmo DiFazio, The Covenant School – Boys

Diving

Ashley Keapproth, Seton High School – Girls

Eric Wagner, Bishop O’Connell – Boys

Sportsmanship

The Madeira School – Girls

Woodberry Forest School – Boys

Spirit

Norfolk Academy & Oakcrest – Girls

Norfolk Academy – Boys

New State Championship Meet Records

Boys 200 Medley Relay: 1:32.69, Matthew Matthews, Edward Johnson, Ryan Smith, & Ben Franks, Christopher’s School
Boys 100 Butterfly:15, Tyler Phillips, Trinity Christian School
Boys 500 Freestyle: 4:23.69, Will Charlton, The Covenant School
Girls 200 Free Relay: 1:33.70, Valentina Linkonis, Savannah Harris, Jasper Jones, & Emory DeGuenther, Collegiate School

New Seton Team Records

Girls 100 Back, 55.56, Melissa Paradise (JR) – An All-America Consideration Qualification Time! – (formerly Anna Kenna, 2018)
Boys 100 Fly, 51.24, Lionel Martinez (JR) – (formerly Jameson Hill, 2010)
Girls 200 IM, 2:05.65, Ariana Aldeguer (SO) – (formerly herself)
Girls 50 Back, 25.90, Melissa Paradise (JR) – (formerly herself)
Boys 200 Medley Relay, 1:39.06, Dominic Judge (JR), Lionel Martinez (JR), Thiago Martinez (SO), Daniel Sokban (JR) – (formerly C. Koehr, L. Martinez, T. Martinez, L. Halisky, 2025)
Girls 200 Medley Relay, 1:48.34, Melissa Paradise (JR), Therese Paradise (8), Ariana Aldeguer (JR), Maggie Schroer (SO) – (formerly themselves, 2026)
Girls 400 Free Relay, 3:36.11, Melissa Paradise (JR), Therese Paradise (8), Ariana Aldeguer (JR), Maggie Schroer (SO) – (formerly themselves, 2026)