The 2025-2026 Westchester/Putnam boys swimming and diving team has been chosen. It was chosen based off of results for the entire season.
The Westchester/Putnam Boys Swimmer of the Year is Scarsdale’s Avi Stahl, who set records and competed in the New York State Championships.
Avi Stahl
Westchester/Putnam Boys Swimmer of the Year
School: Scarsdale
Year: Senior
Highlights: At the Section 1, League 1 Championships Jan. 31, Stahl won the 200-yard freestyle and took second in the 500 free. He helped the 200 medley relay and the 400 free relay take third place leading to a third place finish overall in the meet. At the Section 1 championships in February, Stahl won a pair of Section 1 titles – one in the 200 free (1:41.56) and one in the 500 free (4:33.6). Scarsdale finished third in Section 1. At the New York State Championships on March 7, Stahl finished second in the 500 free in 4:29.05. That was not only a personal best but also a new Scarsdale record. That time was also in consideration for All-American status. He also swam in the 200 free earlier in the meet and finished seventh in the state.
And the rest of the first team
200-yard medley relay: Ardsley/Hastings/Edgemont/Dobbs Ferry/Irvington (Kelly Franks, Jr.; Toby Chen, Fr.; Yuchen Wei, Jr.; Nikita Ambotas, Jr.)
200 individual medley: Kieran Lee, Sr., Scarsdale
50 freestyle: Sam Cave, Sr., New Rochelle/Bronxville
Diving: Jonas Balcetis, Sr., Horace Greeley
100 butterfly: Dylan Winthal, Sr., Croton-Harmon
100 free: Nikita Ambotas, Jr., Ardsley/Hastings/Edgemont/Dobbs Ferry/Irvington
200 free relay: AHEDI (Wei, Haochen Yu, 8th grade, Henry Turner, So.; Colby Hamel, Fr.)
100 backstroke: Lee, Scarsdale
100 breaststroke: Kelly Franks, Jr., AHEDI
400 free relay: AHEDI (Ambotas, Yu, Chen, Franks)
Coach of the year
Tim Johanson, Mamaroneck
Second team
200-yard medley relay: Greeley (Allan Xu, Jr.; Joshua Wan, Fr.; Li Zhang, So.; Sebastian Divina, Sr.)
200 freestyle: Sam Koenigsberg, Sr., Mamaroneck
200 individual medley: Kelly Franks, Jr., AHEDI
500 free: Nikita Ambotas, Jr., Dobbs Ferry
Diving: Anderson Vermette, 8th, New Rochelle/Bronxville
100 butterfly: Yuchen Wei, Jr., AHEDI
100 free: Jonathan McCall, Sr., Greeley
500 free: Koenigsberg, Mamaroneck
200 free relay: Greeley (Adam Kamal, Sr.; Grayson Dixon, Jr.; Kai Brand, Jr.; McCall)
100 backstroke: Winthal, Sr., Croton-Harmon
100 breaststroke: Elijah Jaber, Sr., Mamaroneck
400 free relay: Fox Lane/John Jay-CR (Matija Novakovic, Fr.; Andrew Acocella, So.; Aidan Polese, Sr.; Spencer Grayson, Sr.)
Honorable mention
Gus Constantine, Jr., Mamaroneck; Carter Corbett, Jr., Croton/Harmon; Luke Franzese, Sr., Mamaroneck; Joshua Koenigsberg, So., Mamaroneck; Ben Klein, So., Briarcliff/Byram Hills/Pleasantville/Valhalla/Westlake; Ryan Loveless, Sr., Fox Lane/John Jay-Cross River; Juan Porta, Sr., Mamaroneck; Olivier Rzezwicki, Fr., Lakeland/Panas/Putnam Valley; Noam Tiomkin, Jr., Scarsdale; Harry Wang, So., Briarcliff/Byram Hills/Pleasantville/Westlake/Valhalla; Emmanuel Yepez, So., Mamaroneck.
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This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Scarsdale’s Avi Stahl headlines Westchester/Putnam boys swimming stars
Reporting by Debbie Schechter, Rockland/Westchester Journal News / Rockland/Westchester Journal News
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