Whitefish Bay Wins Third Straight Division 2 Girls Swimming & Diving Title
Posted: 11/13/2026
WAUKESHA, Wis. – Whitefish Bay won its third straight Division 2 team title at the 2026 State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships at the Waukesha South High School Natatorium Friday.
The Blue Dukes scored 316.5 points in the meet. They claimed titles in six of the meet’s 12 events. Edgewood finished runner-up for the third consecutive season by scoring 234.5 points, and Rhinelander was third with 204 points.
Maggie Dickinson won 100 backstroke for the third consecutive year. She finished in 53.72, which ranks third on the Division 2 all-time State Championships performance list. Dickinson now possesses the top three times recorded in the event at the State meet. She also captured the gold medal in the 50 freestyle for the third year in a row, completing the race in a time of 23.15, which ranks as sixth fastest in Division 2 meet history.
Aibhy King of Whitefish Bay also won an event for the third time by earning another title in the 100 butterfly. She finished the race in 55.16, which ranks third fastest in Division 2 meet history. The four-time qualifier also placed fifth at State in 2023. Katelyn Anderson added another individual event title in the meet for Whitefish Bay by winning the 200 freestyle with the time of 1:51.15.
The Blue Dukes won two of the three relays. The 200 medley relay quartet of Dickinson, Lila Schuchard, King and Julia Burrall won the third straight title for Whitefish Bay. They finished with a time of 1:45.71, which ranks fifth-best in the history of the Division 2 State Championships. The Blue Dukes closed the competition by winning the 400 freestyle relay for the third straight year as well. The team of Cassidy Shanks, Anderson, Vivian Utschig and Dickinson turned in a time of 3:31.83.
Maggie Mongoven, a freshman from Cedarburg, won two events. She shaved more than two seconds off her qualifying time to win the 200 individual medley with a time of 2:08.66. Mongoven also captured the crown in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:04.00.
The foursome of Lucy Larson, Lexi Miner, Adelaide Miller and Nola Quinn earned Nicolet the title in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 1:36.87. Quinn added another event championship for the Knights by swimming to the title in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.59.
Amanda Lotz of Port Washington, the fastest qualifier in the 500 freestyle, won the event in 5:00.67. Allison DiCastri of Wauwatosa West won the diving competition with a score of 430.85 after she placed fifth last year, and Elsa Nordstrum Brown Deer/University School of Milwaukee, finished second with a score of 401.95 after winning the title last season and placing fourth in 2024.
The State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships continue Saturday with the Division 1 competition. The preliminary round in diving begins at 9:30 a.m. with swimming events to begin at 2:30 p.m.
