2025-26 Winter All-Met: Girls’ swimming first team, second team, relays, honorable mention
By Noah Ferguson
The following student-athletes were selected to the 2025-26 All-Met team for girls’ swimming and diving:
Swimmer of the Year
Alyssa Sagle, Battlefield
Sagle turned in a legendary swim at the Virginia Class 6 state championships to earn her second consecutive Swimmer of the Year award. In her signature 100-yard backstroke event, Sagle shattered the national public school record in 50.56, breaking Olympian Olivia Smoliga’s record time of 51.43 that had stood since 2012. Sagle also won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.04 earlier in the meet, winning her final two individual races as a Bobcat. The senior will continue her swimming career at Virginia.
First Team
Mara Ahearn, Stone Ridge
A rare freshman First Teamer, Ahearn burst onto the scene for the Gators and produced several first-place finishes in her first year with the esteemed Bethesda program. At Metros, Ahearn won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:50.80 and the 500-yard freestyle in 4:53.31. She won both races at the Independent School League championships in McLean weeks earlier.
Elizabeth Bryan, Oakcrest
Bryan was one of the biggest standouts at the Virginia Independent Schools Athletic Association championships. The Navy commit won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:00.61 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.19. She also won both races at National Catholics.
Catherine Bu, Churchill
The senior won the 100-yard breaststroke at Metros, then claimed two individual state crowns at the Maryland Class 4A/3A state championships as the Bulldogs won both meets. At states, Bu won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:51.82 and the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:03.52.
Sadie Buckley, Fairfax
Buckley has made a name for herself on the national stage as one of the most well-rounded young swimmers in the country. At the Virginia Class 6 state championships, Buckley set the All-Time Virginia state record in the 500-yard freestyle with a blazing 4:43.34, breaking an 11-year-old record. She also won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:46.48.
Marleigh daSilva, Madison
daSilva was once again the most dominant diver in the area this season. She won her third-consecutive Virginia Class 6 diving crown with a 501.85-point performance, breaking the all-time Virginia state record and becoming the first diver to eclipse 500 points. daSilva is committed to Pittsburgh.
Sophie Fredericks, Yorktown
Fredericks once again turned in the top 100-yard butterfly time in the area this season. She split a 53.55 in her signature race, out-touching her opponent by one-hundredth of a second to retain her crown at the Virginia Class 6 state championships.
Virginia Hinds, Bethesda-Chevy Chase
Now a four-time All-Met First Teamer, Hinds closed out a stellar high school career with two more individual state titles. She blew past the competition in the 100-yard backstroke with a 53.57-second time, and also won the 100-yard freestyle in 49.74. Hinds is committed to Georgia.
Samantha Roemer, Stone Ridge
Roemer was the only sprinter in the area to break 23 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle this season. The sophomore clocked a 22.88 in the race at Metros, a race she also won at the ISL championships.
Celia Watkins, Good Counsel
It was a standout season for the Good Counsel girls, thanks in large part to Watkins’ steady presence in the pool for the Falcons. Watkins won both the 200-yard individual medley at Metros and at WMPSSDL’s, and also set the meet record in the 100-yard backstroke at the WCAC championships.
Lilla Wilbur, Robinson
Wilbur repeated as the Virginia Class 6 state champion in the 100-yard breaststroke. The Wisconsin commit posted a 1:02.99 at the meet as the Rams took second place as a team. Wilbur also won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:02.68.
Coach of the Year
Jude Lozupone and Geoff Schaefer, Good Counsel
Under co-coaches Lozupone and Schaefer, the Falcons’ girls posted one of their most successful seasons in the last decade. Good Counsel earned its fourth-straight Washington Catholic Athletic Conference crown in late-January, then followed it up with a Washington Metropolitan Prep School Swimming and Diving League championship victory in the same pool the following week. With the win, the Falcons won their first WMPSSDL crown since 2012 and knocked off four-time defending champion Holton-Arms.
Second Team
Lexie Bishop, St. John’s
Hannah Clattenburg, Maret
McKenzie Cory, Yorktown
Gabrielle Day, Bullis
Claire Dobrydney, Paul VI
Kate Douglas, Potomac School
Hailey Hammond, Bethesda-Chevy Chase
Maya McCarney, Potomac Falls
Ellie Pantezzi, Quince Orchard
Lila Sherman, Yorktown
Relays
200 Freestyle: Sophie Fredericks, Mary Hecmanczuk, Jackie Furches, Lila Sherman (Yorktown): 1:34.78
200 Medley: McKenzie Cory, Emory Haynes, Sophie Fredericks, Alex Bristow (Yorktown): 1:44.47
400 Freestyle: McKenzie Cory, Lila Sherman, Mary Hecmanczuk, Jackie Furches (Yorktown): 3:26.80
Honorable Mention
Ainsley Bell, Churchill
McKinley Busen, Potomac School
Anika Cai, Churchill
Ariana Cortez-Martinez, Lightridge
Lyla Devlin, C.G. Woodson
Caitlin Goff, Centreville
Charlotte Hale, Archbishop Spalding
Gabby Hawver, Colgan
Mary Hecmanczuk, Yorktown
Caroline Kilty, Briar Woods
Gaby Kaiser, Churchill
Erin Kass, Madeira
Kellie Kincaid, Good Counsel
Gloria Kuang, Langley
Brooke Lakso, Sherwood
Ella Loftis, Falls Church
Izzy Mason, Wheaton
Alexa Morgan, Madison
Lexie Morrison, Robinson
Dylan Munchel, John Champe
Lien Nguyen, C.G. Woodson
Anna Nishnianidze, Wootton
Kalyn O’Hara, Bishop O’Connell
Hadley Petronello, West Potomac
Cecelia Russell, Potomac School
Elanor Saybolt, Walter Johnson
Viona Sunjaya, Damascus
Annie Tansey, Magruder
Isabelle Whang, Oakton
Cecilia Yen, Yorktown