2026 Fall Swimming Sectional Championships: Belmont, Framingham Surge to Top of Podium

The 2026 MIAA Fall Swimming and Diving sectional championships were held November 8 at the Boston University Fitness and Recreation Center.

North Sectional

Belmont High School didn’t win a single event at the 2026 North Swimming and Diving Championships, but that didn’t stop the Marauders from making some history.

Led by a trio of third-place finishes, Belmont surged to the program’s first sectional championship since at least the 1980s. The Marauders finished with 266 points, just winning the battle to the top of the podium. Andover High School was second (260 points) and Acton-Boxborough Regional High School third (253).

Scoring key points for Belmont were Linda Wang in the 200-yard freestyle (2 minutes, 3.23 seconds), Maggie Han in diving (380.650 points), and Charlotte Wu in the 500 freestyle (5:24.43).

Andover made its push with five first-place finishes, including the first three events of the day. The Golden Warriors won the 200 medley relay (1:13.46), Olivia Landers took the 200 freestyle (1:57.27), and Emilia Hukkanen was first in the 200 individual medley (2:11.73). Landers added a second gold in the 100 freestyle (53.66), and Andover also placed first in the 400 freestyle relay 2:24.35).

Two other swimmers took a pair of firsts. Alexandra Story of Haverhill High School won both the 50 freestyle (24.46) and 100 butterfly (58.4), while Laila Paulsen of Reading Memorial High School swept the 500 freestyle (5:16.08) and 100 backstroke (1:00.88).

Acton-Boxborough was paced by Darcy Lillie’s win in the diving (433.700). Reese Paulsen of Reading took first in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.71), and Haverhill captured the 200 freestyle relay (1:02.42).

North Results

South Sectional

Paced by a 1-2 finish in the diving, Framingham High school secured its first sectional championship in 10 years.

Morgan Trainor scored 464.700 points and teammate Cece Harder was next (354.700), helping the Flyers to an overall team score of 347.5. That was well ahead of their Bay State Conference rivals, with Wellesley High School second (297) and Brookline High School third (272).

Evie Gao had a big day for Framingham with a pair of second-place finishes – in the 200 individual medley (2:09.87) and 100 backstroke (59.55). Bella Edwards added a second in the 500 freestyle (5:19.42), and Elliott Moens was third in the 50 freestyle (25.23). The Flyers also placed second in the 200 medley relay, and third in both the 200 and 400 freestyle relays.

The meet featured a pair of double winners: Colbi Krause of Notre Dame Academy (Hingham) captured the 200 freestyle (1:55.21) and 100 butterfly (57.98), and Allison Boynton of Milton High School was first in the 200 individual medley (2:06.57) and 100 backstroke (56.05).

Tessa Higlund sparked Wellesley with a first place in the 500 freestyle (5:09.64), and Raiders also won the 400 freestyle relay (221.820). Elizabeth Xuan won the 100 breaststroke (1:08.3) for Brookline, which also opened the meet with a win in the 200 medley relay (1:13.77).

Also taking first place were Erin MacDonald of Boston Latin School (50 freestyle, 24.7) and Victoria Sigmundstad Callahan of Newton North High School (100 freestyle, 53.38). Newton North also won the 200 freestyle relay (1:02.17).

South Results