The fifth-annual HighSchoolOT girls swimming & diving all-state team features 26 swimmers making at least a second appearance on the team, including one that is now an eight-time selection and six-time first teamer (Green Hope’s Mere Whelehan).

The all-state team is based on either N.C. High School Athletic Association or the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association championship performances.

If there were ties across different classifications, in order to determine the teams, the tiebreaker was podium placement (a 1A champ got the spot over a second-place 4A athlete in the same event). The top two times/marks are first team, the next-best two are second team, and the following top two are third team.

Previous All-State Teams, Final Rankings

Athletes are listed in the order of their championship time or mark. Some highlights:

• Sixteen athletes made it in two different events this year: Green Hope’s Sloane Whelehan and Mere Whelehan, East Chapel Hill’s Isabel Wolk, Charlotte Country Day’s Elle Scott, Caroline Mallard, and Taylor Klein, Cardinal Gibbons’ Nikki Nixon, Cary Academy’s Caden Martin and Carolin He, Woods Charter’s Daisy Collins, Myers Park’s Avery Klamfoth and Emma Richardson, Gaston Day’s Bree Smith, Apex Friendship’s Nicole Zettel, Providence’s Joslyn Bolton, Raleigh Charter’s Reina Liu,
• Scott, Martin, and Sloane Whelehan made the first team in two events.
• Eight athletes now have at least two appearances on the first team: Mere Whelehan (six), Sloane Whelehan (three), Scott (four), Nixon, Wolk, Providence Day’s Clarke Neace, Lake Norman’s Alyssa Claborn, and Ardrey Kell’s Eliza Wallace.
• Eight-time selections (1): Mere Whelehan
• Seven-time selections: none
• Six-time selections (2): Zettel, Klamfoth (three first-team selections).
• Five-time selections (1): Wolk.
• Four-time selections (7): Sloane Whelehan, Klein, Neace, Scott, Claborn, Providence Day’s Zetta Grace Bartee.
• Three-time selections (6): Nixon, Mallard, Smith, Collins, Wallace, Riverside’s Vivian Brennan.
• Two-time selections (9): Liu, Martin, He, Richardson, Bolton, East Chapel Hill’s Laila Kwong, Durham Academy’s Yari Brock, Marvin Ridge’s Charlotte LePage, and Charlotte Catholic’s Reagan Leckner.

HighSchoolOT Girls Swimming & Diving All-State Team for 2025

First Team

Diving: Reagan Leckner, Charlotte Catholic (sophomore) — 443.35, 4A champ
Diving: Laila Kwong, East Chapel Hill (sophomore) — 440.45, 2nd in 4A
200 free: Sloane Whelehan, Green Hope (sophomore) — 1:46.98, 4A champ
200 free: Isabel Wolk, East Chapel Hill (junior) — 1:47.89, 2nd in 4A
200 IM: Elle Scott, Charlotte Country Day (senior) — 1:56.60, NCISAA D1 champ
200 IM: Reina Liu, Raleigh Charter (freshman) — 1:57.46, 1A/2A champ (1A/2A record)
50 free: Caden Martin, Cary Academy (junior) — 22.48, NCISAA D1 champ
50 free: Sloane Whelehan, Green Hope (sophomore) — 22.93, 4A champ
100 fly: Nikki Nixon, Cardinal Gibbons (sophomore) — 51.84, 4A champ
100 fly: Emma Richardson, Myers Park (freshman) — 52.96, 2nd in 4A
100 free: Caden Martin, Cary Academy (junior) — 49.35, NCISAA D1 champ
100 free: Mere Whelehan, Green Hope (senior) — 49.96, 4A champ
500 free: Daisy Collins, Woods Charter (sophomore) — 4:45.36, 1A/2A champ (1A/2A record)
500 free: Clarke Neace, Providence Day (senior) — 4:47.98, NCISAA D1 champ
100 back: Alyssa Claborn, Lake Norman (senior) — 53.44, 4A champ
100 back: Shaelyn Shields, Providence (senior) — 54.73, 2nd in 4A
100 breast: Elle Scott, Charlotte Country Day (senior) — 58.93, NCISAA D1 champ
100 breast: Eliza Wallace, Ardrey Kell (junior) — 1:00.06, 4A champ

Second Team

Diving: Vivian Brennan, Riverside (senior) — 440.35, 3rd in 4A
Diving: Sinead Valero, Holly Springs (senior) — 438.10, 4th in 4A
200 free: Mere Whelehan, Green Hope (senior) — 1:47.90, 3rd in 4A
200 free: Daisy Collins, Woods Charter (sophomore) — 1:47.92, 1A/2A champ (1A/2A record)
200 IM: Nicole Zettel, Apex Friendship (senior) — 1:58.08, 4A champ
200 IM: Avery Klamfoth, Myers Park (junior) — 1:59.41, 2nd in 4A
50 free: Bree Smith, Gaston Day (sophomore) — 23.08, NCISAA D2 champ
50 free: Emma Richardson, Myers Park (freshman) — 23.13, 2nd in 4A
100 fly: Caroline Mallard, Charlotte Country Day (junior) — 53.34, NCISAA D1 champ
100 fly: Taylor Klein, Charlotte Country Day (junior) — 54.00, 2nd in NCISAA D1
100 free: Bree Smith, Gaston Day (sophomore) — 50.24, NCISAA D2 champ
100 free: Joslyn Bolton, Providence (junior) — 50.25, 2nd in 4A
500 free: Nicole Zettel, Apex Friendship (senior) — 4:48.34, 4A champ
500 free: Charlotte LePage, Marvin Ridge (senior) — 4:51.78, 2nd in 4A
100 back: Karina Plaza, Myers Park (freshman) — 54.80, 3rd in 4A
100 back: Reina Liu, Raleigh Charter (freshman) — 55.21, 1A/2A champ (1A/2A record)
100 breast: Kayda Geyer, Union Academy (junior) — 1:01.04, 1A/2A champ
100 breast: Avery Klamfoth, Myers Park (junior) — 1:01.47, 2nd in 4A

Third Team

Diving: Gabriella Panichella, Lake Norman (junior) — 426.85, 5th in 4A
Diving: Mia Delgado, Chapel Hill (freshman) — 399.80, 6th in 4A
200 free: Zetta Grace Bartee, Providence Day (junior) — 1:48.82, NCISAA D1 champ
200 free: Yari Brock, Durham Academy (freshman) — 1:49.37, 2nd in NCISAA D1
200 IM: Carolin He, Cary Academy (sophomore) — 1:59.61, 2nd in NCISAA D1
200 IM: June Delmar, Providence (freshman) — 1:59.64, 3rd in 4A
50 free: Joslyn Bolton, Providence (junior) — 23.25, 3rd in 4A
50 free: Caroline Mallard, Charlotte Country Day (junior) — 23.30, 2nd in NCISAA D1
100 fly: Sophia Pero, Hopewell (junior) — 54.93, 3rd in 4A
100 fly: Maria Champion, Charlotte Catholic (sophomore) — 55.41, 4th in 4A
100 free: Arizona Smith, Charlotte Catholic (freshman) — 50.70, 3rd in 4A
100 free: Isabel Wolk, East Chapel Hill (junior) — 50.76, 4th in 4A
500 free: Katherine Guenther, Myers Park (sophomore) — 4:52.04, 3rd in 4A
500 free: Yari Brock, Durham Academy (freshman) — 4:55.28, 2nd in NCISAA D1
100 back: Taylor Klein, Charlotte Country Day (junior) — 55.51, NCISAA D1 champ
100 back: Elise Berl, Carmel Christian (8th grade) — 55.77, 2nd in NCISAA D1
100 breast: Skylar Zuleger, Davie County (freshman) — 1:02.26, 3rd in 4A
100 breast: Carolin He, Cary Academy (sophomore) — 1:02.39, 2nd in NCISAA D1