Swimming

The Peddie varsity swimming team opened the season competing in the Hill Relays at The Hill School. Both the boys and the girls placed first. The girls won the event for the fifth consecutive season. The girls scored 102 points as a team out of five teams. The boys scored 108 points out of six teams.

Combined the teams won 12 of the 16 events held for the day.

First-place finishes:

Girls 400-yard medley relay: Anna Oushalkas, Isabella Chen, Annabelle Song, Lola Early (4:09.42)

Girls 400-yard freestyle relay (4×100 IM): Eva Edenbaum, Alice Churilova, Mary Bao, Sam Kent (4:18.22)

Girls 5×100-yard freestyle relay: Isabella Chen, Lola Early, Shea McGlynn, Zoe Tashjian, Hannah Bateman (4:46.19)

Girls 800-yard freestyle relay: Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian, Mic Gomez, Shea McGlynn (8:17.95)

Girls 200-yard backstroke relay: Bella Oushalkas, Claire Pang, Madeleine Marais, Patricia Koo (1:58.10)

Girls 200-yard breaststroke relay: Isabella Chen, Alice Churilova, Kylie Wriede, Mary Bao (2:13.70)

Boys 400-yard medley relay: Luke Luo, Benjamin Weihe, James Yan, Brady Li (3:34.05)

Boys 400-yard freestyle relay (4×100 IM): Jia Zhang, Oliver Kim, Aryan Cherukuri, Kevin Hu (3:54.65)

Boys 200-yard butterfly relay: Alex Giangone, Griffin Hayden, Victor Tse, James Yan (1:40.00)

Boys 200-yard backstroke relay: Luke Luo, Jia Zhang, Oliver Kim, Leo Xie (1:42.33)

Boys 200-yard breaststroke relay: Benjamin Weihe, Brady Li, Darron Wei, Kevin Hu (1:54.07)

Boys 200-yard freestyle relay: Jerry Wang, Joey Liang, Yixing Shi, Tyler Fu (1:30.19)

The Falcons next host the Peddie JV Swimming Invitational on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 4:30 p.m. at Peddie Aquatic Center. The varsity team will compete in the EEX Holiday Classic from Friday, Dec. 19 – Sunday, Dec. 21 at Rutgers University.

The Peddie Junior Varsity Swimming Team hosted the Peddie JV Invitational at Peddie Aquatic Center.

First-place finishes:

Girls 100-yard IM: Bella Oushalkas (1:02.36)

Girls 200-yard backstroke relay: Madeleine Marais, Claire Pang, Eva Edenbaum, Alice Churilova (2:02.46)

Girls 100-yard freestyle: Claire Pang (1:01.46)

Girls 50-yard backstroke: Bella Oushalkas (27.78)

Girls 50-yard breaststroke: Isabella Chen (32.02)

Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Isabella Chen, Kylie Wriede, Patricia Koo, Sam Kent (1:49.74)

Boys 100-yard IM: Brady Li (55.16)

Boys 50-yard backstroke: Brady Li (26.89)

Boys 200-yard backstroke relay: Oliver Kim, Darron Wei, Joey Liang, Yixing Shi (1:49.17)

Boys 200-yard freestyle relay: Victor Tse, Finn Carton, Brady Li, Siwoo Jeong (1:34.08)

The Falcons next travel to The Lawrenceville School to face The Lawrenceville and Mercersburg Academy in a tri-meet on Saturday, Jan. 10 at 3 p.m.

New time, was originally scheduled at 3:00 PM

The Peddie varsity swimming team competed against Mercersburg Academy and The Lawrenceville School in a tri-meet at The Lawrenceville School.

Boys Results:

Peddie defeated The Lawrenceville School, 114- 62.
Mercersburg Academy defeated The Lawrenceville School, 117-63
Mercersburg Academy defeated Peddie, 101-75.

Girls Results:

Peddie defeated The Lawrenceville School, 125-58.
Mercersburg Academy defeated The Lawrenceville School, 137-49
Peddie defeated Mercersburg Academy, 107-76.

Event wins for Peddie:

Girls 200-yard medley relay: Bella Oushalkas, Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian, Lola Early (1:46.10)
Girls 200-yard freestyle: Hannah Bateman (1:53.55)
Girls 200-yard IM: Mary Bao (2:10.48)
Girls 50-yard freestyle: Zoe Tashjian (24.62)
Girls 100-yard freestyle: Lola Early (52.50)
Girls 500-yard freestyle: Shea McGlynn (5:15.73)
Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Lola Early, Bella Oushalkas, Isabella Chen, Hannah Bateman (1:39.85)
Girls 100-yard backstroke: Hannah Bateman (56.59)
Girls 100-yard breaststroke: Mary Bao (1:06.22)
Girls 400-yard freestyle relay: Lola Early, Zoe Tashjian, Mary Bao, Hannah Bateman (3:35.64)

Boys 200-yard freestyle: Tyler Fu (1:46.44)
Boys 100-yard freestyle: Brady Li (47.69)

The Falcons next host Germantown Academy on Saturday, Jan. 17 at Peddie Aquatic Center.

The Peddie varsity swimming team hosted and competed against Germantown Academy in a dual-meet at home. The girls 200-yard medley relay team of Hannah Bateman, Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian and Lola Early (1:42.86) broke two records, according to head coach Emmett Walling. The first record was a Peddie team record from 2007 and the second was the pool record from 2016. Individually, Mary Bao set a school record in the girls 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.04) that previously stood since 1995.

Team scores: Germantown Academy boys 92, Peddie 78. Germantown Academy girls 102, Peddie 68.

Event wins for the Falcons:

Girls wins:

Girls 200-yard medley relay: Hannah Bateman, Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian, Lola Early (1:42.86)
Girls 200-yard freestyle: Hannah Bateman (1:53.02)
Girls 100-yard freestyle: Lola Early (51.35)
Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Anna Oushalkas, Isabella Chen, Alice Churilova, Lola Early (1:38.85)
Girls 100-yard backstroke: Hannah Bateman (55.30)
Girls 100-yard breaststroke: Mary Bao (1:03.04)

Boys wins:

Boys 200-yard medley relay: Luke Luo, Benjamin Weihe, James Yan, Brady Li (1:35.98)
Boys 50-yard freestyle: Brady Li (21.89)
Boys 100-yard butterfly: Luke Luo (52.24)
Boys 100-yard freestyle: Brady Li (47.34)
Boys 100-yard backstroke: Luke Luo (51.87)
The Falcons next host The Hun School of Princeton and The Wilberforce School in a tri-meet on Friday, Jan. 23 at 4:30 p.m. at Peddie Aquatic Center.

The Peddie varsity swimming team competed against and hosted The Hun School of Princeton and The Wilberforce School in a tri-meet at home.

Team Scores (Boys):

Peddie 108, The Wilberforce School 41
The Hun School of Princeton 89, The Wilberforce School 59
Peddie 99, The Hun School of Princeton 59

Team Scores (Girls):

Peddie 115, The Wilberforce School 40
The Hun School of Princeton 71, The WIlberforce School 64
Peddie 107, The Hun School of Princeton 44

Event Wins:

Girls 200-yard medley relay: Hannah Bateman, Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian, Lola Early (1:47.34)
Boys 200-yard medley relay: Luke Luo, Benjamin Weihe, James Yan, Brady Li (1:38.75)
Mixed 200-yard freestyle: Tyler Fu (1:48.33)
Mixed 200-yard IM: Siwoo Jeong (2:15.49)
Mixed 100-yard butterfly: Alex Giangone (55.56)
Mixed 100-yard freestyle: Brady Li (47.36)
Mixed 500-yard freestyle: Victor Tse (5:30.73)
Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Bella Oushalkas, Anna Oushalkas, Alice Churilova, Isabella Chen (1:44.25)
Mixed 100-yard backstroke: Jerry Wang (54.55)
Boys 400-yard freestyle relay: Darron Wei, Alex Giangone, Griffin Hayden, Brady Li (3:22.52)

The Falcons next compete in the 2025-2026 MAPL Championships on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. at Mercersburg Academy.

The Peddie varsity swimming team placed second (in all three categories: combined, boys and girls) in the 2025-2026 MAPL Championships at Mercersburg Academy.

Combined score out of seven teams: 929
Boys team score out of seven teams: 448
Girls team score out of seven teams: 481

Events won:

Girls 50-yard freestyle: Lola Early (23.52)
Girls 100-yard freestyle: Lola Early (51.49)
Girls 100-yard backstroke: Hannah Bateman (55.90)
Girls 100-yard breaststroke: Mary Bao (1:03.22)

The Falcons next conclude the season competing in the Easterns Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships from Thursday, Feb. 12 to Saturday, Feb. 14 at Franklin & Marshall College.

The Peddie varsity swimming team competed in the Easterns Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships at Franklin & Marshall College from Feb. 12 to Feb. 14, to conclude the season. The girls team placed fifth out of 29 teams. The boys team placed ninth out of 30 teams. Combined, the Falcons placed sixth overall.

Hannah Bateman ’26 swam to a time of 54.99 and broke a 31-year old 100-yard backstroke record, previously held by Margo Diamond since 1995.