Program Highlights

2003-04 February Regis Jesuit Girls Swim & Dive completed their inaugural season with a 13th place finish at 4A State. Six swimmers qualified for state and all four made finals. Stephanie McNicol '07 (500 free), Taylor Olson '06 (100 back) and the 400 free relay of Kylie O'Donnell '07, McNicol, Taylor Kannawin '06 and Olson all made championship finals.

2004-05 February In just their second season, the girls swim & dive team finished second at 4A State. Ten swimmers qualified for state and made championship finals in seven events. The medley relay of Taylor Olson '06, Kelsey Olson '08, Jackie Phillips '07 and Charlotte Veazie '08 placed fifth. Individually, Stephanie McNicol '07 placed third in 200 free and second in 500 free. Kristin Schmid '08 placed fifth in 100 free and second in 100 back. Kelsey Olson placed second in 200 free, Charlotte Veazie was eighth in 100 free and Taylor Olson was seventh in 100 back. Both the 200 free relay (Veazie, Olson, McNicol and Schmid) and the 400 free relay (Veazie, Olson, McNicol and Schmid) came in second place.

2005-06 February In their third year, the Regis Jesuit Girls Swim & Dive team won their first 4A State title. Regis brought 15 qualifiers and won both the 200 (Charlotte Veazie '08, Alyssa Swanson '09, Kristin Schmid '08, and Vanessa Pollitt '09) and 400 free relays (Alyssa Swanson, Stephanie McNicol '07, Kelsey Olson '08, and Kristin Schmid) in All-American times. Stephanie McNicol placed sixth in 200 free and second in 500 free, Alyssa Swanson was seventh in 200 free and 500 free, Kristin Schmid placed fourth in 50 free and third in 100 free, Vanessa Pollitt was eighth in 100 fly and third in 100 back, Kelsey Olson placed seventh in 100 fly and Kylie O'Donnell '07 was fifth in 100 back.

2006-07 February Nine members of the Regis Jesuit Girls Swim & Dive Team qualified and placed third at state in their first year of competing at the 5A level. Both the 200 (Vanessa Pollitt '09, Carrie Markel, Alyssa Swanson '09 and Kristin Schmid '08) and 400 (Alyssa Swanson, Stephanie McNicol '07, Kelsey Olson '08 and Kristin Schmid) free relays won their events with the 400 free relay achieving an All-American time. Individually Stephanie McNicol placed sixth in 200 free and fourth in 500 free. Kristin Schmid was second in 50 free and fourth in 100 free, Vanessa Pollitt was seventh in 50 free and eighth in 100 fly and Alyssa Swanson was sixth in 500 free.

2007-08 February Seventeen qualifiers competed for the RJ Girls Swim & Dive team at 5A state where the team placed third. All three relays finished in the top five and the 400 free relay of Hillary Thomas '11, Alyssa Swanson '09, Vanessa Pollitt '09 and Kristin Schmid '08 finished in second with an All-American time. Individually Alyssa Swanson placed fifth in 200 free and fourth in 500 free and Kristin Schmid was fourth in 50 free and seventh in 100 free. Vanessa Pollitt placed eighth in 200 IM and Alex Todd '11 was second in 100 fly.

2008-09 February Regis Jesuit Girls Swim & Dive Team placed third at 5A state with seventeen qualifiers. The 200 medley and 400 free relays came in second with All-American times. Alex Todd '11 (100 fly) and Lauren Stoeckle '12 (100 breast) won individual events for the first time in team history. They also broke 5A state records with All-American times. Alex Todd placed fifth in 200 IM as well, Alyssa Swanson '09 placed fourth in 200 free and second in 500 free and Hillary Thomas was fifth in 200 free and seventh in 100 free.

2009-10 February With 17 girls qualifying for 5A State, Regis Jesuit finished second to Cherry Creek. The 200 medley (Missy Franklin '13, Lauren Stoeckle '12, Alex Todd '11 and Taylor DeBever '10) and 200 free relay (Taylor Debever '10, Megan Grier '13, Delaney Lanker '13, and Hillary Thomas '11) and the 400 free relay (Missy Franklin, Alex Todd, Megan Grier and Hillary Thomas) all took second place as well with All-American times. Missy Franklin '13 both won and set state records in 50 free and 100 back. Hillary Thomas '12 took second in 200 free and fourth in 100 free, Megan Grier '13 placed seventh in 200 free, Lauren Stoeckle '12 placed sixth in 200 IM and third in 100 breast, Alex Todd '11 took seventh in 200 IM and second in 100 fly (in All-American time), Delaney Lanker '13 took eighth in 100 fly, Miranda Morton '11 took fourth in 100 fly and Taylor DeBever '10 took eighth in 100 free.

2010-11 February Regis Jesuit Girls Swim & Dive won 5A State for the first time with 18 qualifiers. Events won included the 200 medley relay (Missy Franklin '13, Meagan Smith '11, Alex Todd '11 and Delaney Lanker '13), 50 free (Missy Franklin), 100 fly (Alex Todd), 100 back (Missy Franklin) and 400 Free Relay (Hillary Thomas '11, Alex Todd, McKenna DeBever '14 and Missy Franklin). Missy Franklin broke her own state records in 50 free and 100 back as did the 400 Free Relay. Hilary Thomas '11 placed second in 200 free and third in 100 free, Alex Todd placed third in 200 IM, McKenna DeBever '14 was sixth in 50 free and fifth in 100 free, Miranda Morton '11 placed fourth in 100 fly, Delaney Lanker '13 was fifth in 100 fly and eighth in 100 back and Jackie Macke '12 placed sixth in 100 breast. All-American times were achieved in eight events – all three relays, 200 free and 100 free (Hillary Thomas), 50 free and 100 back (Missy Franklin) and 100 fly (Alex Todd).

2011-12 January Nineteen qualifiers participated in the 2012 5A State meet and the team placed third. The 200 medley relay of Missy Franklin '13, Marielle Renehan '13, Sydney Cutler '15 and Taylor Wilson '15 placed second with an All-American time. The 200 free relay was ninth and the 400 free relay placed third. Missy Franklin '13 won 200 free with a new state record and won 100 back again, both with All-American times. Taylor Wilson '15 took seventh in 50 free and Jackie Macke '12 placed eighth in 100 breast. Jacey Pisciotta '12 became the first Regis Jesuit diver to qualify for finals and placed 14th.

August Missy Franklin '13 represented the United States at the London Olympics and brought home four gold medals.

2012-13 February The Raiders accumulated 287 points and took first place at the 5A high school State Meet for the second time. With 20 qualified individuals, Regis won all three relays with All-American times (medley – Lindsay Painton '16, Marielle Renehan '13, Delaney Lanker '13 and Amy Lenderink '16, 200 free relay – Taylor Wilson '15, Meggie Chase '14, Amy Lenderink and Missy Franklin '13, and 400 free relay Taylor Wilson, Lindsay Kriz, Lindsay Painton and Missy Franklin), and Missy Franklin won individual events in 200 IM and 500 free setting state records with All-American times in both. Taylor Wilson placed fourth in 50 free, McKensi Austin '16 placed fourth in diving, Delaney Lanker '13 placed eighth in 100 fly, Lindsay Painton '16 placed fifth in 100 free and third in 100 back and Marielle Renehan '13 placed fifth in 100 breast.

August Missy Franklin '13 won six gold medals at the World Swimming Championships.

2013-14 December Regis Jesuit Girls Swim & Dive team won the Coaches Invite Swim Meet for the first time. February With 21 qualifiers, Regis Jesuit Girls Swim & Dive placed first at 5A State for the second year in a row. RJ again won all three relays – (200 medley relay - Lindsay Painton '16, Sydney Cutler '15, Jennae Frederick '17 and Amy Lenderink '16, 200 free relay – Amy Lenderink, Isabella Schultze '17, Samantha Smith '17 and Taylor Wilson '15 and 400 free relay -Samantha Smith, Emily Protz '16, Lindsay Painton and Taylor Wilson).

2014-15 February Nineteen state qualifying swimmers and divers competed and placed second at 5A State. McKensi Austin '16 won her second straight diving championship and the 200 free relay of Lindsay Painton '16, Jennae Frederick '17, Amy Lenderink '16 and Taylor Wilson '15 was first as well. Individually Lindsay Painton placed seventh in 200 free and 100 free, Taylor Wilson '15 placed fifth in 50 free and sixth in 100 free, Amy Lenderink '16 took second in 100 fly, Kaylie Breslin '16 was seventh in 100 fly, Samantha Smith '17 placed eighth in 100 free and seventh in 100 back and Kellyn Toole '15 finished fourth in diving. Both the 200 medley relay and 400 free relay achieved Automatic All-American times and McKensi Austin earned All-American in diving. Both Head Coach Nick Frasersmith and Dive Coach Kim Hagger were named 5A coach of the year.

August Missy Franklin '13 wins the ESPY for best female college athlete.

2015-16 February The RJ Girls Swim & Dive Team placed second at 5A State with 27 swimmers and divers. McKensi Austin '16 won the diving championship for the third consecutive year and the 200 free relay of Amy Lenderink '16, Jennae Frederick '17, Meriel Upton '19, and Lindsay Painton '16 won for a fourth consecutive year. The 400 free relay Samantha Smith '17, Meriel Upton, Isabella Schultze '17, Lindsay Painton also won their event. Lindsay Painton was third in 200 free and second in 100 free, Anne Marie Kenny '18 was sixth in diving, Amy Lenderink placed second in 100 fly, Kaylie Breslin '16 was eighth in 100 fly, and Samantha Smith '17 was fifth in 100 free. All-American was achieved in four events – diving (McKensi Austin), 100 fly (Amy Lenderink), the 200 free relay and 400 free relay.

August Missy Franklin '13 won a gold medal as part of the women's 4 x 200 free relay at the Rio Olympics.

2016-17 February Twenty-six qualifiers participated and placed fourth at the 5A State Meet. Jada Surrell-Norwood '20 placed fifth in 50 free and second in 100 free achieving All-American times in both. Samantha Smith '17 was sixth in 50 free and eighth in 100 fly and Jenna Newkirk '20 was seventh in 500 free. The 200 free relay of Samantha Smith, Meriel Upton '19, Jennae Frederick '17 and Jada Surrell-Norwood set a new team record and placed second in an AllAmerican time and the 400 free relay of Samantha Smith, Meriel Upton, Isabella Schultze '17 and Jada Surrell-Norwood placed third, also with an All-American time.

2017-18 February Twenty-five qualifiers participated and placed third at the 5A State Meet. Scoring in every event, the Raiders returned an impressive 125 points when the season begins in November 2019. Jada SurrellNorwood '20 placed third in 50 free and second in 100 free, achieving an AllAmerican time in the 100. Meriel Upton '19 was sixth in 200 free and seventh in 100 free and Claire Brennan '19 was fourth in 200 free and 12th in 100 free. Juniors Sophia Bradac '20 and Parker Biley '20 both scored in two individual events as well, with Sophia taking 13th in 200 IM and 5th in 100 breast with an All-American time and new team record. Parker was sixth in 200 IM and 13th in 100 back. Other indivdual scorers included Rachel Hubka '19 who was12th in 50 free, Ava Leege '20, 16th in 100 breast, Anne Marie Kenny, eighth in diving, Manna Nelson '20, 15th in 500 free, Dani Carr '18, 16th in 100 back and Courtney Vale '19, 15th in 100 breast. All three relays finished in the top three with the 200 free relay (Meriel Upton, Izzie Capra '19, Rachel Hubka and Jada Surrell-Norwood) and 400 free relay (Meriel Upton, Parker Biley, Sophia Bradac and Jada Surrell-Norwood) both taking second place and achieving All-American times.

2018-19 February Regis Jesuit qualified 29 swimmers who participated and placed third at the 5A State Meet at VMAC and had 159 returning points for the 2019-20 season. All three relays placed third and achieved AllAmerican status: 200 medley relay (Parker Biley '20, Sophia Bradac '20, Jada Surrell-Norwood '20 and Rachel Hubka '19), 200 free relay (Isalina Colsman '20, Meriel Upton '19, Hubka and Grace Dale '22) and 400 free relay (Dale, Claire Brennan '19, Bradac and Surrell-Norwood ). The team had finalists in every swimming event with multiple top-twenty finishes in most of them. The girls earned 41 points in 200 free with Brennan placing fifth, Upton eighth and Dale thirteenth. 200 IM had three swimmers earn points with Sophia Bradac placing fifth, Parker Biley 14th and Ellie Lopez '21 18th. Rachel Hubka '19 was the lone 50 free finalist placing eight and Franna Hutchens '20 finished 14th in 100 fly. 100 free brought in the most points of any event with 61.5 as a result of a first place finish by Jada Surrell-Norwood, fifth by freshman Grace Dale, 11th by Meriel Upton and 12th by Rachel Hubka. Claire Brennan '19 and Manna Nelson '20 took sixth and 19th in 500 free and Parker Biley, Jada Surrell-Norwood and Ellie Lopez placing sixth, seventh and 20th in 100 back. The final individual event of the meet, 100 breast, also featured four finalists with sisters Sophia ('20) and Catherine ('21) Bradac earning second and 11th, Courtney Vale '19 13th and freshman Kenna Cashman '22 taking 15th. Jada Surrell-Norwood and Sophia Bradac earned individual All-American awards with their swims in 100 free and 100 breast.