Alto Takes 3rd Overall at Spring Age Group Championships
At the 2026 Spring Age Group Championships, 670 best times were achieved by a select group of Alto swimmers.
Combined, Alto placed 3rd overall with Boys ranking 2nd and Girls ranking 5th. This was the largest group that qualified for Age Group Championships! We brought 94 Alto athletes to Pleasanton to bring the heat!
Alto Swim Club achieved 5 new National AAAA times and above, 19 new National AAA times and above, 52 new National AA times and above, and 28 new National A times and above.
Alto Swimmers achieved 3 new Sectionals Cuts, 36 new Far Western qualifying times and 31 new Age Group Championship qualifying times.
15 Alto Team Records were broken!
Congratulations!
New Alto Team Records!
13-14 Boys 200 Freestyle Relay: 1:30.27
Logan Browne, Dylan Zhao, Alex Lechen Shen, Ian Sun
13-14 Boys 200 Medley Relay: 1:39.46
Dylan Zhao, Alex Lechen Shen, Daniel Deng, Logan Browne
13-14 Boys 400 Freestyle Relay: 3:16.82
Alex Lechen Shen, Dylan Zhao, Daniel Deng, Logan Browne
11-12 Boys 200 Freestyle Relay: 1:41.36
Heber Sun, Samuel Liu, Patrick Young, Lucas Chen
11-12 Boys 400 Freestyle Relay: 3:44.57
Heber Sun, Lucas Chen, Patrick Young, Samuel Liu
10 and Under Girls 200 Medley Relay: 2:14.20
Jingquan Zhou, Marian Pineda, Elisa Wang, Jojo Qiang-Zhu
10 and Under Girls 200 Freestyle Relay: 2:00.96
Jingquan Zhou, Marian Pineda, Jojo Qiang-Zhu, Alyssa Tao
9-10 Boys 100 IM: 1:05.65
Ethan Locke
9-10 Boys 100 Breast: 1:12.69
Ethan Locke
9-10 Boys 100 Freestyle: 58.82
Ethan Locke
9-10 Boys 50 Freestyle: 27.41
Ethan Locke
9-10 Boys 50 Fly: 28.68
Ethan Locke
9-10 Boys 100 Fly: 1:03.43
Ethan Locke
9-10 Boys 200 IM: 2:23.03
Ethan Locke
11-12 Boys 50 Breast: 29.68
Heber Sun
Event Champions
Skye Bailey
Ethan Locke
Heber Sun
Nathan Wu
Dylan Zhao
50 Breast, 100 Breast
100 IM
200 Breast, 50 Breast, 100 Breast, 1650 Free
200 Breast, 50 Breast, 100 Breast
200 Free, 200 IM, 500 Free, 1000 Free
Event Medalists (Top 3 in Finals)
Ganna Afonova
Mina Averyaskin
Skye Bailey
Logan Browne
Daniel Deng
Emma Gafton
Vanya Gupta
Tina Li
Lucas Liu
Ethan Locke
200 IM
Marian Pineda
Heber Sun
lan Sun
Matthew Tao
Nathan Wu
Anita Yang
Jingquan Zhou
3rd in 50 Free, 3rd in 200 IM
3rd in 50 Breast, 2nd in 100 Breast
2nd in 200 IM, 2nd in 400 IM, 2nd in 500 Free
3rd in 50 Free, 2nd in 100 Free
3rd in 200 Fly, 2nd in 1650 Free
2nd in 1650 Free
3rd in 1650 Free
2nd in 50 Free
3rd in 1650 Free
2nd in 50 Fly, 2nd in 100 Fly, 2nd in 100 Free, 2nd in 100 Breast, 2nd in
2nd in 50 Breast
2nd in 100 IM, 3rd in 100 Free, 2nd in 500 Free
3rd in 100 Fly, 3rd in 200 Fly
3rd in 200 Breast
2nd in 100 IM, 3rd in 200 IM, 2nd in 400 IM
3rd in 100 Back
2nd in 100 Breast
Finalists (Top 10 in Finals)
Ganna Afonova
Skye Bailey
Sophia Berry
Logan Browne
Phillip Bulankov
Ethan Chen
Lucas Chen
Shauna Chen
Noah de Haan
Martin Decotigny
Daniel Deng
Mari Elman
Mia Enderes
Emma Gafton
Wesley Gor
Elliott Gu
Sebastian Guevara
Vanya Gupta
Chloe Haemer
Elliott Haemer
William Lao
Abigail Lin
Allison Lin
Tina Li
Lucas Liu
Nicholas Liu
Samuel Liu
Phoenix Lynch
Marian Pineda
Lanxin Shen
Logan Shin
lan Sun
Matthew Tao
Madison Taylor
Mina Taylor
Stephanie Walthe
Aaron Wang
Kelly Wang
Joyia Way
Kate Wong
Nathan Wu
Naruel Yamanto
Anita Yang
Aiden Yeh
Dylan Zhao
Jingquan Zhou
9th in 50 Fly, 9th in 100 Fly, 6th in 50 Breast, 4th in 100 Free
9th in 200 Breast
10th in 200 Free, 10th in 200 Breast, 5th in 200 Back, 8th in 400 IM, 4th in 1000 Free, 4th in 1650 Free
6th in 200 Free, 4th in 1000 Free
9th in 100 Back, 9th in 50 Back, 10th in 1650 Free
5th in 200 Back, 6th in 1000 Free, 5th in 1650 Free
4th in 50 Free
9th in 100 Back
5th in 100 IM, 7th in 50 Free, 10th in 200 Back, 7th in 100 Free, 9th in 50 Back, 6th in 1650 Free
5th in 50 Breast, 5th in 100 Breast
4th in 100 Fly, 5th in 500 Free
6th in 50 Breast
9th in 200 Fly
4th in 100 Back, 5th in 200 Back, 8th in 50 Back, 7th in 400 IM
10th in 50 Fly, 7th in 100 Fly, 7th in 200 Fly
6th in 1000 Free, 6th in 1650 Free
7th in 200 Breast, 6th in 50 Breast, 9th in 100 Breast, 10th in 1000 Free, 8th in 1650 Free
8th in 200 Breast, 10th in 100 Breast
7th in 500 Free, 4th in 1650 Free
10th in 200 Back, 8th in 100 Free, 6th in 500 Free, 6th in 1650 Free
4th in 100 Fly, 10th in 100 Free
10th in 200 Fly
9th in 50 Back
5th in 50 Fly, 4th in 100 Free, 6th in 50 Back
5th in 50 Fly, 8th in 200 Fly, 10th in 400 IM, 5th in 1000 Free
6th in 100 Back, 8th in 200 IM
8th in 50 Free, 5th in 1000 Free, 7th in 1650 Free
7th in 400 IM, 9th in 500 Free, 7th in 1000 Free, 5th in 1650 Free
4th in 100 Breast
10th in 50 Fly, 8th in 200 Fly
7th in 200 Fly
8th in 50 Fly, 6th in 200 Free, 7th in 500 Free, 8th in 1650 Free
5th in 50 Breast, 5th in 100 Breast, 6th in 200 IM, 4th in 400 IM, 4th in 100 Free, 4th in 1650
8th in 1000 Free, 6th in 1650 Free
9th in 100 IM, 8th in 200 Back, 10th in 400 IM
10th in 500 Free, 4th in 1650 Free
10th in 50 Breast
8th in 50 Fly, 5th in 50 Free, 7th in 200 Fly, 4th in 1000 Free
8th in 50 Free, 7th in 200 Fly, 5th in 400 IM
10th in 100 Fly, 7th in 50 Back
5th in 1650 Free
10th in 100 Breast
6th in 50 Fly, 7th in 200 Back, 5th in 200 Fly, 7th in 50 Back
6th in 200 Breast, 9th in 200 Back, 7th in 100 Breast, 7th in 50 Back
4th in 50 Free, 4th in 200 Fly
5th in 100 IM, 4th in 100 Back, 6th in 100 Fly, 4th in 50 Breast, 7th in 200 IM
Relay Champions
Girls 10 and under 200 Medley Relay
Boys 13-14 200 Medley Relay
Jingquan Zhou, Marian Pineda, Elisa Wang, Jojo Qiang-Zhu
Dylan Zhao, Alex Shen, Daniel Deng, Logan Browne
Silver Medalist Relays
Boys 11-12 200 Freestyle Relay
Girls 13-14 200 Freestyle Relay
Boys 13-14 200 Freestyle Relay
Boys 13-14 400 Freestyle Relay
Boys 11-12 400 Freestyle Relay
Heber Sun, Samuel Liu, Patrick Young, Lucas Chen
Tina Li, Kelly Wang, Stephanie Walther, Ganna Afonova
Logan Browne, Dylan Zhao, Alex Shen, lan Sun
Alex Shen, Dylan Zhao, Daniel Deng, Logan Browne
Heber Sun, Lucas Chen, Patrick Young, Samuel Liu
Bronze Medalist Relays
Boys 10 and under 200 Medley Relay
Boys 11-12 200 Medley Relay
Girls 10 and under 200 Freestyle Relay
Boys 10 and under 200 Freestyle Relay
Martin Decotigny, Kevin Zou, Ethan Locke, Nicholas Liu
Patrick Young, Heber Sun, Logan Shin, Lucas Chen
Jingquan Zhou, Marian Pineda, Jojo Qiang-Zhu, Alyssa Tao
Ethan Locke, Ishaan Karunanayake, Kevin Zou, Nicholas Liu
New Sectionals Qualifying Times
Ganna Afonova
Skye Bailey
Logan Browne
50 Free
1000 Free
50 Free
New Far Western Qualifying Times
Ganna Afonova
Logan Browne
Ethan Chen
Martin Decotigny
Mari Elman
Emma Gafton
Elliott Gu
Chloe Haemer
Ishaan Karunanayake
Samuel Liu
Naiah Nogami
Jamie Pan
Marian Pineda
Jojo Qiang-Zhu
Arwin Safaee
lan Sun
Matthew Tao
Mina Taylor
Kelly Wang
Nathan Wu
Anita Yang
Jason Ye
Claire You
Dylan Zhao
200 IM
100 Fly
200 Back, 1000 Free
100 IM, 50 Free
50 Breast
100 Back, 200 Back
1650 Free
500 Free, 1650 Free
100 Fly, 100 Free
1000 Free
200 Breast
100 Fly
100 IM
50 Free, 100 Fly
100 Fly
50 Fly, 500 Free
200 Breast, 400 IM
200 Breast, 100 Back
50 Free
200 IM, 400 IM
100 Back
100 IM, 100 Back, 100 Fly
100 Breast
50 Back
New Age Group Championship Qualifying Times
Ganna Afonova
Nevoh Almog
Mason Chan
Ethan Chen
Shauna Chen
Elliott Gu
Sebastian Guevara
Chloe Haemer
Ishaan Karunanayake
Aaron Kuusela
Allison Lin
Samuel Liu
Phoenix Lynch
Jamie Pan
Marian Pineda
Jojo Qiang-Zhu
Arwin Safaee
Logan Shin
Alyssa Tao
Madison Taylor
Mina Taylor
Kate Wong
Claire You
Patrick Young
200 Fly
200 IM
200 Breast
100 Back, 1650 Free
100 Back
100 Fly
500 Free
200 Back
100 IM, 100 Fly
50 Free
50 Back
1000 Free
100 Free, 1000 Free
50 Fly, 200 IM
50 Fly, 50 Free
100 Fly, 50 Back
50 Fly
200 Fly
50 Fly
1650 Free
100 IM
50 Back
50 Breast, 100 Breast
100 IM
New National AAAA Times
Marian Pineda
Heber Sun
Dylan Zhao
50 Breast
200 Breast, 100 Breast, 1650 Free
50 Free
New National AAA Times
Ganna Afonova
Skye Bailey
Sophia Berry
Martin Decotigny
Mari Elman
Chloe Haemer
Nicholas Liu
Samuel Liu
Marian Pineda
lan Sun
Kelly Wang
Nathan Wu
200 IM
400 IM
200 Free, 200 Back, 1000 Free
50 Breast, 100 Breast
100 Free
500 Free, 1650 Free
100 Back, 100 Fly
1000 Free
100 Breast
100 Fly, 200 Fly
50 Free
200 Breast, 50 Breast
New National AA Times
Nevoh Almog
Logan Browne
Ethan Chen
Noah de Haan
Martin Decotigny
Mari Elman
Vanya Gupta
Chloe Haemer
Edith Kaeller
Ishaan Karunanayake
Lucas Liu
Samuel Liu
Phoenix Lynch
Naiah Nogami
Jamie Pan
Marian Pineda
Jojo Qiang-Zhu
Samika Shenoy
lan Sun
Matthew Tao
Madison Taylor
Mina Taylor
Shain Teh
Stephanie Walther
Ethan Wang
Joyia Way
Kate Wong
Nathan Wu
Anita Yang
Aiden Yeh
Jason Ye
Claire You
Patrick Young
200 Breast
100 Fly
200 Back, 1650 Free
100 IM, 50 Free
100 IM, 50 Fly
50 Fly
200 Breast, 100 Breast
200 Back
200 Breast, 50 Breast
100 Fly
50 Fly, 1650 Free
50 Fly
400 IM, 1000 Free
200 Breast
50 Fly, 100 Fly
50 Fly
100 IM, 50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Free
200 Breast
1000 Free
200 Breast, 50 Breast, 400 IM
1650 Free
50 Back
50 Back
1650 Free
200 IM
50 Free
200 IM
100 IM, 200 IM, 400 IM
50 Fly, 50 Back
50 Free
100 IM, 100 Back, 100 Fly
100 Breast
50 Free, 100 Free
New National A Times
Nevoh Almog
Mason Chan
Lucas Chen
Shauna Chen
Noah de Haan
Mari Elman
Emma Gafton
Wesley Gor
Sebastian Guevara
Ishaan Karunanayake
Aaron Kuusela
William Lao
Jojo Qiang-Zhu
Lanxin Shen
Logan Shin
Alyssa Tao
Aaron Wang
Ethan Wang
Joyia Way
Naruel Yamanto
Anita Yang
Aiden Yeh
Claire You
Patrick Young
100 Back
200 Breast
100 Back
100 Back
200 Back
50 Free, 100 Free
100 IM
50 Fly
200 Breast
100 IM
50 Free
100 Fly
50 Back
50 Fly
200 Fly
50 Fly
50 Breast
100 Back
200 Fly
200 Breast, 100 Fly
200 Fly, 100 Free
200 Back
50 Free
100 IM, 200 Free
About Alto Swim Club
Alto Swim Club is a year-round USA Swimming club serving Peninsula families in Palo Alto, Mountain View, Menlo Park, Redwood City, Foster City, Portola Valley, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Stanford, Atherton, and surrounding Bay Area communities.
From learn-to-swim lessons and stroke development to youth competitive swimming, fitness programs, high school swim training, and high-performance competition, Alto provides professional coaching and long-term athlete development from a swimmer’s first experience through the national level.
Looking for a youth competitive swim team, USA Swimming club, year-round swim program, or swim team tryouts in the Palo Alto area? Explore Alto Swim Club programs and find the right starting point for your swimmer.
Alto offers swimming programs at multiple locations throughout the Mid-Peninsula, including:
Stanford University, Avery Aquatic Center
235 Sam McDonald Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
JLS Middle School
480 E Meadow Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94306
Greene Middle School
750 N California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Alpine Hills Swim & Tennis
4139 Alpine Rd, Portola Valley, CA 94028
Alto Swim Club also offers programs at additional locations throughout Palo Alto and the surrounding Peninsula.
Ready to swim with Alto? Explore our programs, register for swim lessons, or learn more about joining Alto Swim Club.