Salisbury Swimming

The record board is about to get another major upgrade.

This season, our teams rewrote 37/46 possible program records — over 80% of the board. That included 19/23 men’s records and 18/23 women’s records, along with all 10 relay records between the two programs.

The momentum carried over into Maggs Pool too, where Salisbury set 17 new pool records, including nine on the women’s side and eight for the men.

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We packed the pool at Salisbury University last night for the opening night of our sold out June Intensive at Sammy Swim School!

The energy, excitement, and support from our families was incredible, and we’re right back at it again this evening at Maggs Pool.

For those asking about another Learn to Swim session in July… we hear you. We’re currently working behind the scenes to see if we can make another program happen. Stay tuned to our social media channels for an official announcement in the coming weeks!

A great afternoon in Princeton, NJ at the NJAC Awards Brunch celebrating all 20 conference sports, conference champions, and major award winners

brought home plenty of hardware, including recognition for our 2026 Women’s team our back-to-back NJAC Championships.

We were also proud to celebrate two NJAC Rookie of the Year honorees:
• Cameron Byrd – Men’s Swimming & Diving
• Rowan O’Donoghue – Women’s Swimming & Diving

In total, the Sea Gulls earned 65 All-Conference honors across 35 events this season. Proud of what this program continues to build and what we now call

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Five years ago, this senior class took a gamble. They chose a version of Salisbury that now seems like a distant past: No championships. No national reputation. No guarantees. Just a vision and some blind faith.

And somewhere along the way, what started as an uprising became a legacy. That’s why this year felt like more than records, titles, or NCAA qualifiers. It felt like years of conviction finally becoming real.

When 18 swimmers stood on the NCAA Championship deck this year, they did not stand there alone. They walked across the bridge this class started building for them before they ever arrived. That’s what makes this group special. Their impact was never just about themselves. It was about creating something that would outlast them.

People will call what happened here a phenomenon, which might be true. But there was nothing accidental about it. This was built through thousands of unseen moments, sacrifices, and decisions to keep believing when it would have been easier not to.

And now, because this class chose to believe first, countless others will forever benefit from what they built after them.

For one final time, THANK YOU CLASS OF 2026

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Go Gulls!

Congrats to Salisbury Christian School's Leah Romanowski who signed to swim at SU Sea Gulls!

Our final honor presented at Sunday’s banquet was the Daring Greatly Team Award, an honor rooted in one of the defining values of our program: the willingness to show up, take risks, embrace discomfort, and persist even when outcomes are uncertain.

Inspired by Theodore Roosevelt’s “Man in the Arena” speech displayed on our scoring table platform, this award recognizes the athletes who chose courage. Not because success was guaranteed, but because showing up and continuing to fight is simply who they are.

Women’s nominees:
Nicole Chiricos
Katelyn Johnston
Sadie Hebert
Rachel Wyland .wyland

Women’s Daring Greatly Award Winner: Nicole Chiricos

Throughout the past two seasons, Nicole battled an illness that progressively worsened and at times made training incredibly difficult. There were moments where stepping away would have been understandable, and even encouraged if it meant choosing her health over swim. Instead, she remained determined to finish what she started and stay connected to her team every step of the way. Her resilience and toughness embodied exactly what this award represents.

Men’s nominees:
Aidan Loehr .loehr
Daniel Grigoryev .grigoryev
Ethan Litteken
Themo Rigakos

Men’s Daring Greatly Award Winner: Daniel Grigoryev

After a difficult end to his junior season, Daniel returned for his senior year facing challenges with motivation, training consistency, and balancing swimming through the offseason with a major summer work opportunity that aligned with his career post-grad. Despite all of this, he kept his head down, and quietly worked his way forward all year long. By season’s end, he earned one of the final spots on the 2026 NJAC Championship roster and contributed to the highest conference finish in men’s program history.

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The Team MVP Award is presented annually to the individual(s) who contributed the greatest overall value to the program through both performance and team culture. This award recognizes the athletes whose impact extended far beyond points alone; the people whose presence shaped the identity, energy, and success of Salisbury Swimming throughout the season.

Women’s nominees:
Sadie Hebert
Olivia Polucha .polucha
Addi Wood
Samantha Watson

Women’s Team MVP: Addi Wood

• National Runner-Up in the 1650 Free
• NJAC Champion and NCAA All-American
• Helped lead the women to a second-straight NJAC Championship and highest NCAA finish in program history
• A relentless competitor whose leadership and consistency defined the season

Men’s nominees:
Troy Rowe
Owen Mahoney .mahoneyy
Dominic Kazzi .kazzi
Shane Hall

Men’s Team MVPs: Dominic Kazzi & Troy Rowe

Dominic Kazzi
• First individual NJAC Champion in Salisbury men’s program history
• NCAA All-American and school-record holder
• Key contributor to multiple nationally-ranked relays and historic NCAA performances

Troy Rowe
• Culture-driver and leader whose impact reached every corner of the program
• Instrumental in helping shape one of the most successful men’s seasons in school history
• Embodied what it means to represent every single day

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