The Door County United swim team will have two representatives at the 57th Annual Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Girls Swimming and Diving Championships will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13-14, at the Waukesha South High School Natatorium.
Monfils qualified as an individual, winning the 100-yard breaststroke at last weekend's Ashwaubenon Sectional. With a time of 1:10.08, Monfils will race in lane eight in the event's second heat. The 200-yard medley relay did not win their sectional race, but they did post one of the fastest times in the state to qualify. With a time of 2:00.43, they will swim in lane eight in the event's first heat.
Division 2 Swimming events begin at 5:30 p.m. with the 200-yard medley relay the second event of the evening and the 100-yard breaststroke the 11th event of the evening.
There are four individual events and three relays featuring their returning champions seeking additional gold medals. Junior Maggie Dickinson of Whitefish Bay is the two-time returning champion in a pair of events and she possesses the fastest qualifying times in both those events this season. She won the 50 freestyle and the 100 backstroke in 2024 and 2025, and she is in position to win a third title in each event with seed times of 23.25 and 54.65, respectively. Junior Elsa Nordstrom of Brown Deer/University School of Milwaukee is the defending champion in the diving competition after placing fourth in 2024. She enters the meet with the third-best qualifying performance at sectionals with a score of 405.25. Junior Emily Loest of Kohler/Sheboygan Falls/Sheboygan Lutheran, who has placed ninth the past two seasons, possesses the top qualifying performance of 433.05. Senior Aibhy King of Whitefish Bay is the two-time returning champion and top qualifier this year in the 100 butterfly with a time of 55.75. There are seven other qualifiers returning in the event that placed in the top 12 last year, but she has more than a two-second advantage over the next-fastest qualifier. Sophomore Amanda Lotz of Port Washington is the top returning performer in the 200 freestyle following her runner-up finish last year. She has the second-best seed time at 1:54.29. She’ll need to contend with junior Katelyn Anderson of Whitefish Bay, who possesses the fastest qualifying time of 1:53.25. In the 500 freestyle, Lotz is the fastest qualifier with a time of 5:08.72. The next-best qualifying time is more than five seconds off Lotz’s pace. Sophomore Lucy Peterson is the top returning finisher back from last year after placing fourth. King, the runner-up in the 200 individual medley last season, is the second-swiftest qualifier in the event this year with a time of 2:09.94. Junior Holland Tainter of Antigo owns the fastest qualifying time in the event at 2:09.87. In the 100 freestyle, four-time qualifier Vivian Lamers returns with the third-fastest sectional time of 53.27. She is the event’s top returning finisher after placing runner-up in 2025. Lamers also placed fourth in 2024 and fifth in 2023. The top qualifying time of 52.34 in the 100 freestyle belongs to Nola Quinn of Nicolet. Freshman Elena Loomans could also contend for the title with the second-fastest seed time of 52.77. Sophomore Ria Pobric of Brookfield Central has the fastest time among qualifiers in the 100 breaststroke at 1:05.24. She transitions to Division 2 after qualifying in the event in Division 1 in 2025. Senior Ella Heck of Rhinelander finished fifth in the breaststroke in 2024, and placed third last season, which distinguishes her as the top returner to this year’s field. She has the event's fifth-fastest seed time this year at 1:06.67. Whitefish Bay is the returning champion in each of the relays. The Blue Dukes have posted the fastest seed times in the 200 medley relay at 1:45.74 and in the 400 freestyle relay at 3:33.87. Their time of 1:40.30 in the 200 freestyle relay ranks fourth among the qualifiers. Nicolet has the distinction of having the quickest time in the event at 1:38.86.
HOW THEY QUALIFIED: Winners of each event at the the five sectionals for both divisions qualify for the State Meet. In addition, the next 19 (Division 1 and Division 2) fastest individuals/relay teams/divers (not including sectional winners) from all sectionals qualify in their respective events.
BY THE NUMBERS:?There were 136 teams sponsoring girls swimming and diving this fall, including 68 in Division 1 and 68 in Division 2.
LAST YEAR: Middleton earned the Division 1 team championship for the third consecutive season, compiling 363.5 points. Runner-up Arrowhead finished with 216 points. Whitefish Bay won the Division 2 team championship by accumulating 382 points. Edgewood was runner-up with 274 points.
MEET HISTORY: The WIAA began girls swimming and diving championships in 1970 and moved to a two-division format in 1992. In 2026, the Tournament Series was restructured with five sectionals in both divisions, which were split equally by enrollment. Madison schools have dominated the championships through the years. Either Madison West or Madison Memorial won all the championships through 1983 and all but one of the Division 1 titles since the inception of the two-division format in 1992 up until 2002. Overall, Madison West has won 15 titles, and Madison Memorial has earned 14. Next on the list is Arrowhead, which has captured 12 team championships, while Edgewood has eight titles and Shorewood has seven.
