Swim League Championships

May 5, 2026

The Cate Swim Team had a strong showing at the Tri Valley League Championships yesterday, winning both the girls’ and boys’ meets.

Jen Won and Emi Kanda-Gleeson each won two individual championship titles for the girls’ team. Won won the 50 freestyle in 25.45 and the 100 butterfly in 1:00.91. Kanda-Gleeson won the 200 Individual Medley in 2:17.65 and the 100 backstroke in 1:01.83.
The girls’ 200 medley relay team of Tori Kim, Sofia Wang, Kanda-Gleeson and Makayla Niu opened the meet with a win in a new school record time of 1:54.52.
Won, Makayla Niu, Amber Lam and Maddie Kollock won the 200 free relay in 1:45.52, and Kanda-Gleeson, Kollock, Kim and Won closed out the meet with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay.
Wil Rivera was a double individual event winner for the Rams, finishing first in the 200 and 500 freestyles with times of 1:48.99 and 4:51.69, respectively. Josiah Hansen won the 100 backstroke in 53.58.
The boys’ 200 medley relay team of Hansen, Devon Liang, Rivera and Jae Wykoff finished first in 1:38.50. Hansen, Rivera and Wykoff also teamed with Elliott Paige to win the 400 freestyle relay in 3:19.72.
Other championship finalists (top 6 in an event) included the following:
Elliott Paige (2nd in the 200 and 500 freestyles)
Charlie Guo (2nd in the 100 back, 3rd in the 100 fly)
Maddie Kollock (2nd in the 100 free, 4th in the 200 free)
Sofia Wang (2nd in the 100 breast and 4th in the 100 fly)
Jae Wykoff (2nd in the 50 free)
Liam Moes (3rd in the 200 freestyle)
Kirra Tanaka (3rd in the 200 IM, 5th in the 100 breaststroke)
Tristan Maigret (3rd in the 100 breast)
Mo Kanda-Gleeson (4th in the 100 breaststroke)
Fletcher Prince (4th in the 200 freestyle)
Ellie Daly (4th in the 500 free)
Amber Lam (4th in the 100 breast)
Adele Tan (5th in the 200 IM)
Oliver White (5th in the 200 IM)
Maria Salyards (5th in the 100 fly and 100 back)
Eric Gan (5th in the 100 fly and 100 back)
Alena Ballat (5th in the 500 free)
Maddox Tanaka (6th in the 200 IM and 100 breast)
For a majority of our team, this was the final meet of the season. But we expect a significant number of our swimmers to be announced later today as qualifiers for next week’s CIF Southern Section Championships at Mt. Sac.
A special thanks to those families and friends who made the trip down to Ventura to watch the meet and show their support yesterday, and who brought snacks and treats to nourish our athletes!