Juneau-Douglas Girls Win ASAA State Swim and Dive Championship

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé girls swim and dive team captured the 2026 ASAA Swim and Dive State Championships team title on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026, at Anchorage’s Bartlett High School pool, edging out runner-up Eagle River High School 108.5 points to 98.

Led by a massive contingent of 16 seniors who filled four full rows on the flight from Alaska’s capital city to Anchorage, the Crimson Bears relied on deep roster contributions to halt Eagle River’s two-year title run.

The championship fight came down to the final event of the meet. The Crimson Bears needed a strong finish in the girls 400-yard freestyle relay to secure the overall crown.

Amy Liddle, Annabelle Woodruff, Kaelyn Szefler, and Katya Foy delivered a textbook victory in the relay with a time of 3:41.27. Service placed second in 3:42.40, and Eagle River took third in 3:45.22.

“Going first you just have to sprint that first 50 and try and get a head of everybody else,” Liddle said. “And trying to push further so I can give the last leg a good push to the end.”

Juneau-Douglas's Amy Liddle competes in the 200 yard IM during the ASAA state swimming and diving championships on Saturday — Photo: adn.com

Individual titles powered the Crimson Bears’ surge. Liddle won the 100-yard butterfly in 58.74 seconds, while sophomore Katya Foy claimed the 100-yard freestyle title in 54.65 seconds.

Foy secured her win despite battling equipment trouble. One of her goggles filled with water mid-race, forcing her to rely purely on instinct and wall approaches.

“So I was just going for the wall. So I wasn’t sure where they were.”

Service High School senior Anna Brooks claimed two individual events, winning the 200-yard individual medley in 2:10.78 by narrowly outtouching Liddle, and taking the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:04.51. Brooks earned the meet’s female Outstanding Competitor honors, helping Service finish third in the team standings with 75 points.

Trembath captured the 200-yard freestyle and helped Eagle River win the 200-yard freestyle relay by a razor-thin hundredth of a second over Juneau-Douglas.

“I was in shock,” Trembath told adn.com regarding the tight relay finish. “I’ve never swam that fast before, I was just going as hard as I could.”

Sitka senior Taryn Fleming added an individual victory by winning the 100-yard backstroke in 59.54 seconds. Kenai junior Emma Castimore took the 500-yard freestyle in 5:25.96.

The team title marks Juneau-Douglas’s first state championship since 2023, returning the trophy to the capital city after a hard-fought weekend of competition in Anchorage.