It’s no secret: New Jersey’s Class of 2026 in boys swimming is stacked with talent.
This year’s seniors include Meet of Champions medalists, All-State standouts, and Division I commits who are all poised to make waves at the next level. With so many outstanding swimmers in the mix, it’s not easy to pick just one as the top athlete from the Class of 2026.
But that’s exactly what we’re asking you to do.
In the first edition of a four-part series, the NJ.com swimming staff highlights the top senior girls swimmers and asks you, the fans, to vote for which competitors you think are the best.
Scroll down to see the nominees and then vote in the poll at the bottom.
A note to voters:
- The outcome of the voting will have no bearing on NJ.com postseason awards or All-State selections, which will made solely by boys swimming writer Matt Bove
- Voting ends on Monday, Jan. 12 at noon.
- The finalists and the results of the poll are below the list of athletes. Times from the below athletes can be found on nj.com
NOMINEES
Jonah Alvarez, St. Augustine
Nicholas Berger, Phillipsburg
Michael Boone, Moorestown
Connor Borrelli, Cherry Hill East
Jonah Briggs, St. Peter’s Prep
Alexander Buftea, Seton Hall Prep
Tirian Chang, Chatham
Kaden Chou, Madison
Jake Danish, Morris Knolls
Brett Davis, Chatham
Josh Demarco, Lawrence
Guy DeVita, Southern
Cole Eastep, East Brunswick
Youssef Elnawawi, Ridge
Santino Ermita, New Milford
Peyton Egg, Mahwah
John Eodice, Hillsborough
Richard Fadeev, New Providence
Brian Falk, Mainland
Julien Fang, West Windsor-Plainsboro South
Dimitri Fedorov, Mendham
Aaron Frank, Scotch Plains-Fanwood
Quinn Gagner, Haddonfield
Hunter Gallo, Pope John
Ian Gomez Mejia, Perth Amboy
Ethan Guinaugh, Gloucester Tech
Christopher Hall, Holmdel
Kyle Hanna, Pascack Valley
Timothy Hannigan, Haddon Heights
Connor Healy, Cherokee
Josh Hogan, Haddonfield
Jalen Hu, Ramsey
Nathan Jeong, Pascack Valley
Mason Keith, Columbia
Oliver Kiss, Passaic Tech
Liam Kennedy, Mainland
Jack Kulp, Chatham
Dylan Lagrimas, Westfield
Collin Lee, Tenafly
Harrison Lee, Northern Highlands
Jaden Lee, Bridgewater-Raritan
Kyle Lee, Tenafly
Yesum Lee, Mahwah
Ben Lu, Rutherford
Nathan Luo, Ridge
Dan Mahoney, Wall
Rocco Mann, Eastern
Zachary McGeehan, Colonia
Jack McGurrin, Sparta
Yahsir McNeal, Oakcrest
Declan Merk, Haddon Heights
Nathan Milun, Roxbury
Alex Morrison, St. Augustine
Lucas Olsen, Rancocas Valley
Femi Oshodi, Delbarton
Tanner Pagel, Bernards
Vikram Pal, West Windsor-Plainsboro South
Isaac Rivers, St. Peter’s Prep
Max Ruffer, Pingry
Jack Scherbin, Ocean City
Owen Smith, Pingry
Reid Stellatella, St. Joseph (Met.)
Jacob Stinson, Notre Dame
Kaden Stout, Central Regional
Nick Straka, Lawrence
Luke Sutton, Delran
Finn Tobin, Montclair
Eric Van De Moere, Newton-Lenape Valley
Declan Vargas, Summit
Anthony Vasilov, St. Joseph (Met.)
Evan Weinberger, West Morris
Nathan Welter, Neptune
Aidan Wenzel, Central Regional
Michael Wiszenko, Sayreville
Mark Wordelmann, Gloucester Tech
Daksh Yadav, West Windsor-Plainsboro South
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