Middleton Records Fourth Straight Division 1 Girls Swimming & Diving Crown
Posted: 11/14/2026
WAUKESHA, Wis. – Middleton captured its fourth straight Division 1 team title at the 2026 State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships at the Waukesha South High School Natatorium Saturday.
The Cardinals compiled 390 points to win the team championship for the seventh time in program history. Their point total represents the highest Division 1 team score since Arrowhead compiled 407 points in 2005. Menomonee Falls/Hamilton finished second with 204 points, and Appleton North placed third with a score of 152.
Middleton won all three relays for the third consecutive year to propel the Cardinals to the title. The quartet of Tae Martin, Helen Machleidt, Brynn Sundell and Rian Jost swam to the title in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:42.49, which ranks as the seventh-best time in State meet history. The 200 freestyle relay team consisting of Abigail Frommelt, Jost, Addi Haack and Jane Garlock won gold by finishing with a time of 1:33.45, which is the third-swiftest time recorded in the event in State meet history. The same 400 freestyle relay team of Frommelt, Martin, Garlock and Sundell that earned the title last year won the final race of the meet in a time of 3:22.43. That time ranks as the event’s fifth quickest in Division 1 history.
Garlock also won both the sprint freestyles for the second year in a row. She finished in 22.80 to earn the 50 freestyle title and raced to a time of 48.96 to win the 100 freestyle. Those times rank eighth and fourth on the Division 1 list of State Championship performances, respectively. The three-time State qualifier also placed third in the 50 freestyle two years ago and was runner-up in the 100 freestyle in 2024.
Sundell also earned two individual titles, winning the 200 freestyle in 1:47.91, a time that ranks ninth on the Division 1 all-time best performance list. In addition, she acquired the gold medal in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:53.11. The four-time qualifier in the event improved on runner-up finishes the past two seasons and a fifth-place standing in 2023.
Frommelt also earned an individual title in the 200 individual medley. She completed the race with a time of 2:01.02.
Other individual champions not affiliated with Middleton include Avery Antoniewski of Waukesha South/Mukwonago. She won the 100 backstroke in a time of 55.52 after placing fourth a year ago and second in 2024.
Appleton North recorded a pair of individual event championships in the meet. Maddie Loken took a step up the awards podium in the 100 breaststroke after placing runner-up last year and fifth in 2024. She won the event this year with a time of 1:02.36. Elise Brazzale captured the crown in the 100 butterfly by the slightest of margins, edging Frommelt by .01 of a second with a time of 54.89. She jumped to the top of the award stand this season, improving on last season’s sixth-place finish.
Keira Quigley of Menomonee Falls/Hamilton was the champion in the diving competition, compiling a score of 509.95 after placing fourth last year. Quinn Mazur of Middleton was runner-up with a score of 490.35.
