We had another great weekend supporting our Highland Park swimmers at the RecPlex. The 15 athletes who competed in the Alligator Aquatics 2026 Summer Splash rocked it! We continue to show improvement in so many areas of our swimming and are setting ourselves up really well for our end of season meets. 

At the Alligator Aquatics meet, we posted 38 new Personal Best times and 13 new Scratch Off events! That meant over two-thirds of our team's races were personal bests. This is great to see as we approach the end of the season, we are continuing to improve our events and try out different strokes and distances. Great job to Gabe G for competing in his first LCM swim meet. Awesome job all around!

Top 3 Finishers:

Antonia A - 2nd Place: 100 Free, 200 Free

Stefen A - 1st Place: 200 Free, 200 IM / 2nd Place: 50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back, 100 Fly / 3rd Place: 50 Fly

Brynn B - 3rd Place: 100 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM

Owen H - 3rd Place: 1500 Free

Gabe G - 3rd Place: 200 Free

Olivia L - 2nd Place: 400 Free / 3rd Place: 100 Back

Lucia R - 3rd Place: 50 Free

Scarlett T - 2nd Place: 50 Fly / 3rd Place: 100 Free

New LCM Zone Cuts:

Stefen A - 200 Free

New LCM State Cuts:

Stefen A - 100 Back

New Litte LCM Regional Cuts:

Gabe G - 200 Free

New Mighty LCM Regional Cuts:

Antonia A - 200 IM

Toni C - 200 Free

New Blue LCM Regional Cuts:

Brynn B - 100 Fly, 400 IM

New Black LCM Regional Cuts:

Owen H - 1500 Free

Great weekend of swimming, go Highland Park!

Great swimming last night at the 2nd meet of the Suburban Splash Down series. Our swimmers competed very well and it was great to see so many trying out new strokes and distances.

Sixteen Highland Park swimmers competed in this developmental meet. A huge thank you to Core Aquatics for co-hosting this meet with us. This was an excellent way to foster some new relationships while providing a great environment for swimmers to compete. This was the first ever USA Swimming meet hosted by Core Aquatics and we are very proud to be a part of that. Great job to Core and BDSC for two spectacular meets.

We had 14 new Personal Best swims on Thursday night, with an average drop of over 9 seconds! We had 13 new Scratch Off events which were very exciting to watch. A big congratulations to Hilde S who competed in her first swim meet. Great job, and keep it up!

The final scores for the Developmental Meet Series are as follows:

*Scores before relays in parenthesis

*1pt for successful 25s, 2pt for 50s, 3pts for 100s

Meet #1:

BDSC - 456 (200)

HPAC - 442 (194)

CORE - 426 (202)

Meet #2:

CORE - 655 (249)

BDSC - 263 (129)

HPAC - 187 (87)

Series Results:

CORE - 1081

BDSC - 719

HPAC - 629

Awesome job to everyone and congratulations to Core Aquatics for a HUGE WIN!

Go HPAC!

We had a great time swimming at the 16th Annual Summer Sizzler in Pleasant Prairie, WI. It was awesome seeing so many Personal Best times and the coaches loved seeing all the support the swimmers gave each other during their races.

At the Summer Sizzler we had some incredible swims including some very exciting wins from Emi R in the 200 Back and Stefen A in the 400 Free. We also had another swimmer compete in their first ever long course meet, congratulations Grayson T! We achieved 53 new Personal Best times and 24 Scratch Off events. Out of 108 individual swims that means 73.3% of our swims were the best the swimmers have ever done with an average drop of 4.13 seconds! Way to go team :).

New LCM State Cuts:

Antonia A - 200 Free (1st State Cut!!)

Stefen A - 400 Free

Ray R - 400 Free

New Little LCM Regional Cuts:

Scarlett T - 50 Back

New Mighty LCM Regional Cuts:

Antonia A - 400 Free

Toni C - 400 Free

Leo J - 400 Free

Dylan Mo - 200 IM 

New Blue LCM Regional Cuts:

Stefen A - 200 Fly

Olivia L - 400 Free, 400 IM

Emi R - 50 Free, 400 IM

Jack S - 400 Free

New Black LCM Regional Cuts:

Elan K - 100 Free, 200 Breast

Owen H - 200 Free, 200 IM

Jack T - 100 Free, 100 Fly

New Senior LCM Regional Cuts:

William B - 100 Free, 200 Fly

Nathan S - 100 Free

Apple W - 200 Fly

Go Highland Park!

We are so proud of the swimming that we saw over the weekend at our two home meets in Highland Park. We saw great energy from the whole team, amazing time drops, and many swimmers compete in their first meet. We are so excited to continue holding smaller meets like this to create a great racing environment for everyone. We saw so many of our swimmers having a blast competing and cheering on their teammates. 

8 swimmers competed in their first swim meet. We are so happy you have all joined us in competing, keep up the great work! Congratulations to Edric B, Murphy B, Declan H, Sami K, Charley M, Ayla R, Grayson T, and Sofiia T!

During the Highland Park vs. Scouts meet, we recorded 27 new Personal Best Times and 7 new Scratch Off Times. This meet was designed to prepare 11-and-older athletes for the high school swim meet structure and schedule. Swimmers competed great; awesome job Highland Park! 

At our first ever Developmental Meet, the Suburban Splash Down, we had an incredible time watching so many of our swimmers put on a great showing! We recorded 44 new Personal Best Times and 29 new Scratch Off Times. This meet was, by all accounts, a HUGE SUCCESS! We are so happy to have so many new swimmers at the meet and it was great seeing how excited everyone was after their first set of races. We can't wait for the next meet in this series happening on June 25th at Prospect HS.

The points were calculated slightly differently for the Dev Meet. We want to reward swimmers and teams for completing an event successfully rather than the place they finished: 1 point for each successful 25, 2 points per 50, and 3 points per 100. Relays were scored based on finish position. After the first meet in the series the scores are below. The first number is the total team score and the number in parentheses is the score before relays.

Suburban Splash Down Scores:

BDSC - 456 (200)

HPAC - 442 (194)

CORE - 426 (202)  

New Little SCY Regional Cuts:

Gabe G - 100 Free

New Mighty SCY Regional Cuts:

Antonia A - 100 Free

New Blue SCY Regional Cuts:

Olivia L - 200 IM

Marissa M - 200 Free

Sammy T - 500 Free

Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed this weekend in Pleasant Prairie, WI at the SWAT May-Hem Swim Meet. We saw some great swims from our athletes and real growth in their confidence during races. Athletes who competed last weekend showed improvement and consistency and those competing for the first time this season helped reinforce the standards we set last week.

Even with a swim meet just last weekend, we saw an incredible number of new Personal Bests with 80 swims coming in at a best time. We also had 29 solid Scratch Off swims. The number of swims that improved upon last weekend's best times was incredible. Let's keep that momentum going for the rest of the season.

We also had 4 swimmers compete in their first LCM meet. Huge congrats to Trevor B, Kensi C, Kate E, Harlin S! That first splash in a long course pool can be a challenge but you all rose to the occasion and performed really well :)

New Little LCM Regional Cuts:

Scarlett T - 200 Free, 100 Back

New Mighty LCM Regional Cuts:

Antonia A - 100 Free, 200 Free

Dylan M - 200 Free

New Blue LCM Regional Cuts:

Stefen A - 50 Breast

Olivia L - 200 Free, 200 IM

Jack S - 200 Free

Sammy T - 50 Back, 100 Back

New Black LCM Regional Cuts:

Owen H - 200 Back

New LCM State Cuts:

Stefen A - 200 Free

New Open Water Cuts:

Antonia A - 200 Free (State)

Stefen A - 200 Free (Zone)

Owen H - 400 Free (State)

Olivia L - 200 Free (State)

Top 8 Finishers:

Antonia A - 200 Free 5th

Stefen A - 200 Free 2nd

Leo J - 100 Free 8th, 200 Free 7th, 50 Back 8th, 100 Back 6th, 50 Breast 7th, 100 Breast 7th

Dylan M - 100 Free 5th, 200 Free 3rd

Emi R - 100 Free 5th, 200 Free 3rd, 200 IM 7th

Ray R - 50 Free 2nd, 100 Free 2nd, 50 Breast 3rd, 50 Fly 2nd, 100 Fly 3rd, 200 IM 2nd

Scarlett T - 200 Free 3rd, 50 Back 3rd, 100 Back 5th, 100 Breast 5th

Apple W - 100 Free 8th, 100 Breast 3rd, 200 Breast 2nd, 100 Fly 3rd, 200 IM 3rd

Mark Y - 200 Free 8th, 50 Back 6th, 100 Back 5th, 200 IM 6th

Go HPAC!

We had a very successful first meet of the season this past weekend in Evanston. Success is based on several metrics, and the coaches saw improvements in all areas. We saw significant time drops, improved technique, and some great team spirit across all our groups. The coaches were all very impressed by the starting point we have set. Now let's build on this awesome start and have a great rest of the season.

For the NASA Spring Blast Off Meet, we had 99 new personal bests achieved during the weekend, these are events where swimmers improved on a previous time they had achieved. We also had 66 new scratch off events, new swims never completed before. While this number will be high for the first few meets of the season as more people try their first Long Course Meter (LCM) events, we hope this encourages all swimmers to be more open to new events and new challenges. You'll never know your true ability in a certain event without trying it!

Huge congratulations to the 13 swimmers who competed in their first LCM meet last weekend. We know this is just the start of your journey, and we're excited to see where it takes you. Congratulations to Rory B, Jasper C, Toni C, Tia D, Kate E, Levi E, Bella J, Fin J, Leo J, Ava M, Jacob O, Lucia R, Kyle Z!

New Mighty LCM Regional Cuts:

Antonia A - 50 Free

Rory B - 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Breast

Toni C - 50 Free, 100 Free

Leo J - 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back

Dylan M - 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Fly

Luke M - 100 Back, 50 Breast

Mark Y - 50 Free, 100 Back

New Blue LCM Regional Cuts:

Kendra F - 100 Back

Bella J - 50 Breast, 100 Breast

Ella K - 50 Breast, 100 Breast

Olivia L - 50 Free, 100 Back, 50 Fly, 100 Fly

Emi R - 100 Back

Jack S - 50 Free, 100 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Fly

New Black LCM Regional Cuts:

Owen H - 100 Back

Elan K - 50 Free

Jack T - 50 Free, 200 Breast, 200 Fly, 200 IM

New LCM State Cuts:

Leo J - 50 Breast, 100 Breast

Ray R - 200 Free

Boys 10U Free Relay

New Open Water State Cuts:

Marissa M - 200 Free

Top 8 Finishers:

Stefen A - 50 Free 7th, 100 Free 7th, 50 Back 6th, 100 Back 4th, 

Rory B - 100 Breast 7th

Toni C - 100 Fly 5th

Kendra F - 100 Back 5th, 200 Back 3rd

Olivia L - 50 Free 5th, 50 Fly 7th, 100 Fly 6th

Bella J - 50 Breast 2nd, 100 Breast 6th, 200 Breast 4th

Leo J - 50 Back 7th, 50 Breast 8th

Luke M - 50 Free 4th, 50 Breast 7th

Emi R - 50 Free 3rd, 200 Free 8th, 50 Back 2nd, 100 Back 1st

Ray R - 50 Free 1st, 100 Free 3rd, 200 Free 1st, 50 Back 1st, 100 Back 3rd, 50 Fly 1st

10u Boys 200 Free Relay 3rd: Ray, Dylan, Mark, Luke

11-12 Girls 200 Free Relay 6th: Emi, Marissa, Olivia, Brynn

10u Girls 200 Free Relay 6th: Antonia, Fin, Scarlett, Toni

11-12 Girls 200 Medley Relay 5th: Emi, Ella, Olivia, Marissa

10u Girls 200 Medley Relay 6th: Fin, Rory, Toni, Antonia

Huge congratulations to everyone involved!