Celebrating Alto: 2026 Team Banquet Recap

What an amazing night celebrating Alto Swim Club!

Our annual Alto Team Banquet brought swimmers, families, and coaches together to recognize an incredible year and celebrate everything that makes our team special. From looking back at the season’s biggest moments and accomplishments to recognizing our athletes and sharing what’s ahead for Alto, it was a fun and memorable evening for our entire community.

Guest Speaker Torri Huske

A highlight of the night was welcoming Olympic champion Torri Huske as our guest speaker. Torri shared stories from her journey through age group swimming, college swimming, and the Olympic Games, giving our athletes a unique look at the experiences, challenges, and people that have shaped her career. Her message was a great reminder that even the biggest accomplishments are built through years of learning, hard work, resilience, and a love for the sport!

Graduating Seniors
Remi Hoffman Chande - Stanford University
Ryan Kumar - Purdue University
Benjamin Mai - Franklin & Marshall College
Eric Meng - University of California, Irvine
Atiksh Negi - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hailey Preuss - University of Pennsylvania
Derek Shang - Harvey Mudd College
Garic Shao - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Team Performance

The banquet was also an opportunity to step back and celebrate the strength of the Alto program as a whole, from our youngest developing swimmers to our Senior and National Group athletes. The coaching staff presented awards and recognition to swimmers who excelled in the following categories. Congratulations to all of our award winners!

Performance Award

10 and Under: Ethan Locke, Lucy Zhou, Anita Yang, Marian Pineda
11-12: Heber Sun, Nathan Wu, Anna Afonova, Ian Sun
13-14: Dylan Zhao, Skye Bailey, Logan Browne, Mina Averyaskin, Tina Li
15 and Over: Ryan Huang, Tanishi Gupta, Finn Crawford

Most Improved

10 and Under: Amelia Feng, Elisa Wang, Harper Huang, Bea Marquez, Martin Decotigny, Jason Ye, Mingke Ding, Nicholas Liu, Ethan Wang
11-12: Jia Shin, Sophia Berry, Shirley Deng, Joyia Way, Alisha Vistnes, Sanvi Pawar, Javin Chan, Lucas Chen, Deniz Kuyel, Patrick Young
13-14: Ethan Chen, Aiden Yeh, Nick Momeni, Leray Williams, Elliot Haemer, Allison Lin, Reva Jayavel
15 and Over: Aaron Zhum Joseph Dhalluin, Arsh Abhinkar, Fini Maigret, Ninoshka Hernandez Linares

Culture Creator
13-14: Mia Enderes, Lina Bahbah, Lucy Ogishi, Indiana Daly, Daniel Deng
15 and Over: Sarah Enderes, Maren Byrne

Outstanding Teammate

10 and Under: Vir Gadkiri, Henry Yang, Jamie Pan, Sarah Lee, Jojo Qiang-Zhu, Lana Jioussy, Evelyn Chen
11-12: Matthew Tao, Mano Hovland, Logan Shin, Samika Shenoy, Masha Elman, Anya Jain, Mina Taylor, Alison Wu, Samaira Kapoor
13-14: Chloe Haemer, Hafsa Okyay, Meagan Arens, Ben Yu
15 and Over: Jasmine He, Kate Chen, Sebastian Lin, Max Zhu

Alto Award

Garic Shao
Hailey Preuss

Womens Race of the Year

Maren Byrne - 200 Meter IM, 2:18.03

Mens Race of the Year

Ryan Huang - 1650 Yard Freestyle, 15:14.63

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make the evening such a success. We loved celebrating another great year together and can’t wait for what’s ahead.