Swim & Dive State Tournament Preview
11/4/2026
Chris Pfaff, Xavier Sportswriter
Xavier Swim & Dive is competing this week in the AIA Division I State Championships.
While writing this article (Wednesday, 11/4), the diving portion of the meet has taken place at the Phoenix Country Day swimming pool. On Friday, 11/6, at the Skyline Aquatic Center (Skyline HS) in east Mesa, swimming prelims begin at 3pm. On Saturday, 11/7, swimming finals also begin at 3pm. At the end of this article is a link to the Psych Sheet for Friday's prelims.
It displays the seed time and rank for each entrant in each event, and each event list is sorted by time so the top seed is listed first. All Xavier entries are highlighted so you can easily see which Xavier swimmers are entered in each event. The top 16 finishers in each event in Saturday's finals will add points to their team score. It is important to note that schools may not enter more than four athletes in any event. Number of Xavier Athletes seeded in the Top 16
Four individual events have all four Xavier swimmers in the top 16 Three events have three Gators in the top 16 Two events have two in the top 16 Xavier Swimmers/Divers seeded in the top ten for each event
200 Free
5th - SO Gigi Berto 8th - JR Emma Samaddar 200 Individual Medley
4th - SO Ainsley Boerckel 5th - SR Aaliyah Minkin 50 Free
100 Butterfly
1st - SO Ainsley Boerckel 6th - SR Victoria Larson 100 Free
500 Free
5th - JR Emma Samaddar 6th - FR Savannah Pope 7th - FR Olivia Suaverdez 9th - SR Victoria Larson 100 Back
5th - FR Charlie Schweikert 100 Breast
1-Mtr Diving has two Xavier Divers seeded in the top 16
11th - SO Izzy Garduno 16th - JR Genny Fischer 17th - SO Molly Sunderhaus Xavier Seeding for Relays
3rd - 200 Medley Relay 4th - 200 Free Relay 2nd - 400 Free Relay Division I Girls State Swim & Dive Championships Psych Sheet
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