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Xavier Swim & Dive are 2026 State Champions!

Chris Pfaff, Xavier Sportswriter
Notes regarding the race videos for non-relay events:
  • I only shot video for the Championship Final (Final - A) in each event.
  • When more than one Xavier swimmer were in the same race and I couldn't cover all of them, I indicate in the video which swimmer(s) and lane(s) is(are) being videoed.
After winning State in 2024 following a six-year Championship drought, and finishing second in 2025, Xavier Swim & Dive decided it was their turn to hoist the State Championship Trophy again. 2026 State Champions!

And it wasn't close. Xavier scored 550 points, while second-place Arizona College Prep finished 229 points back at 321. And yet, Xavier is a young team. Notice all the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors listed throughout this article.

The top four finishers in each event were recognized at the podium after the conclusion of each race.

Xavier Top-Four Athletes and Relay Teams Recognized
Event Winners
SO Ainsley Boerckel - 100 Butterfly
200 Medley Relay Team
400 Free Relay Team

2nd Place finishers
SO Gigi Berto - 200 Free
SO Ainsley Boerckel - 100 Individual Medley
200 Free Relay Team

3rd Place finishers
SO Gigi Berto - 100 Free
SR Aaliyah Minkin - 100 Breaststroke

4th Place Finishers
FR Charlie Schweikert - 100 Backstroke
 
 

EVENTS XAVIER WON
200 Medley Relay - 1st Place
FR Charlie Schweikert
SR Aaliyah Minkin
SO Ainsley Boerckel
JR Chloe Willits

VIDEO: 200 Medley Relay


100 Butterfly
1st - SO Ainsley Boerckel
8th - SR Victoria Larson
9th - FR Tatum Saxby
20th - JR Samantha Fausto


400 Free Relay - 1st Place
SO Ainsley Boerckel
JR Emma Samaddar
JR Chloe Willits
SO Gigi Berto

 
EVENTS WHERE A XAVIER SWIMMER TOOK SECOND
200 Free
2nd - SO Gigi Berto
4th -JR Emma Samaddar
13th - JR Emma Ferguson
14th - SO Gigi Tortora
 
VIDEO: 200 Free


200 Individual Medley
2nd - SO Ainsley Boerckel
7th - FR Savannah Pope
11th - SR Aaliyah Minkin
18th - JR Samantha Fausto

VIDEO UNAVAILABLE FOR THE 200 IM


200 Free Relay - 2nd Place
SO Gigi Berto
FR Savannah Pope
JR Emma Samaddar
SR Victoria Larson



EVENTS WHERE A XAVIER SWIMMER TOOK THIRD
100 Free
3rd - SO Gigi Berto
5th - JR Chloe Willits
12th - JR Chloe Williams
15th - SO Gigi Tortora


100 Breaststroke
3rd - SR Aaliyah Minkin
14th - JR Joey Young
16th - JR Sienna Sarracino
17th - SO Arden Holeva
 
EVENTS WHERE A XAVIER SWIMMER TOOK FOURTH
100 Backstroke
4th - FR Charlie Schweikert
10th - SO Ruthie McDaniel
12th - JR Emma Ferguson
14th - SO Eunice Gonda

 
EVENTS WHERE A XAVIER SWIMMER TOOK FIFTH
50 Free
5th - FR Charlie Schweikert
6th - JR Chloe Willits
14th - SO Ava Salcido
20th - FR Tatum Saxby


500 Free
5th - JR Emma Samaddar
7th - FR Olivia Suaverdez
9th - FR Savannah Pope
10th - SR Victoria Larson


In one-meter diving, SO Molly Sunderhaus scored for Xavier by taking 15th place. Other Diving Gators were:
17th - SO Izzy Garduno
18th - JR Genevieve Fischer
20th - SR Neeya Nuez
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