A phenomenal 2026 season for Aurora area boys swimmers was reflected with All-American honors bestowed by the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) Sunday.

The nationwide list — which consists of the top 100 swimmers and relay teams that achieved prescribed standards and submitted applications — included a heavy Colorado presence with local representation from Regis Jesuit, Cherokee Trail, Grandview and Smoky Hill. All Colorado times are adjusted down slightly (proportionally to distance) due to altitude.

Regis Jesuit finished as the Class 5A state runner-up to Cherry Creek with the help of four event championships and all of those individuals (juniors-to-be Spencer Greene and Treyvn Krauss) plus the 400 yard freestyle relay team of Greene, Krauss, senior-to-be Nathaniel Spencer and recently graduated senior Nolan Kohl were All-Americans in addition to another relay group for coach Nick Frasersmith’s team.

Krauss dominated the distance freestyle events for his whole sophomore season and he brought home both the 200 and 500 freestyle gold medals from the 5A state meet. His top time in the 500 of 4 minutes, 21.96 seconds, ended up as the fourth-fastest in the country, while he was 15th in the 200 with a 1:36.52.

Greene won a 5A state title in the 100 yard butterfly and his time of 46.88 seconds ranked him 11th in the country.

Krauss, Greene, Spencer and Kohl capped the state meet with a championship victory in the 400 freestyle relay and ranked 11th in the country with a time of 3:01.19.

Green and Kohl also achieved All-American status with Regis Jesuit’s 200 medley relay team — which also included graduated Davis Brown and senior-to-be Patrick Serafin — with a 25th-ranked time of 1:30.87. Kohl’s third All-American honor came in the 100 backstroke as he clocked a 49.23 that put him 79th in the nation.

Cherokee Trail had an All-American for the second straight season in recently graduated senior Tyson Walker, who did it twice in the 200 yard individual medley. Walker tied for 84th in the country as a junior and bumped up into a tie for 52nd this season with a time of 1:48.90.

Sharing the No. 52 spot in the country in the IM was another Aurora area swimmer in Smoky Hill’s Cooper Walkup, who touched the wall at the exact same time as Walker at the state meet to also post a 1:48.90.

Grandview had five All-American performances in the 2024-25 season, but two multiple-event individuals (Gherman Prudnikau and Oliver Schimberg) graduated. In the final season under coach Dan Berve, the Wolves had a single All-American this time in senior-to-be Greyson Connett — formerly of Regis Jesuit — who ranked 77th in the country with his best time of 49.16 seconds. He was the 5A state runner-up in the event.

Colorado’s NISCA All-American contingent also included swimmers and relay teams from Cherry Creek, Cheyenne Mountain, Columbine, Fairview, Glenwood Springs, Highlands Ranch, Monarch, Mountain View and Mullen (see full list below).

Previously, NISCA unveiled Academic All-Americans and four recently graduated Grandview swimmers earned that distinction (see story, here).

Courtney Oakes is Aurora Sentinel Sports Editor. Reach him at [email protected]. Twitter/X: @aurorasports. IG: Sentinel Prep Sports

2026 NISCA COLORADO BOYS SWIMMING ALL-AMERICANS

200 yard medley relay: T12. Cherry Creek (Chase Emerson, Kian Kihalakha, Cade Palmateer, Kevin Schwartz), 1 minute, 30.00 seconds; 25. REGIS JESUIT (Nolan Kohl, Patrick Serafin, Spencer Greene, Davis Brown), 1:30.87; 43. Glenwood Springs (Breck Boyd, Brian Molloy, Andrew Molloy, Tyson Boyd), 1:31.78; T46. Mullen (Joel Silver, Oscar Valdez, Thomas Bradac, Noah Silver), 1:31.84

200 yard freestyle: 15. TREYVN KRAUSS (REGIS JESUIT), 1 minute, 36.52 seconds; T69. Anders Koschmann (Fairview), 1:38.64; 95. Carter Bradley (Columbine), 1:39.14

200 yard indiv. medley: 13. Joey Sudermann (Columbine), 1 minute, 46.89 seconds; T52. TYSON WALKER (CHEROKEE TRAIL), 1:48.90; T52. COOPER WALKUP (SMOKY HILL), 1:48.90; T84. Calvin Meymaris (Fairview), 1:49.78

50 yard freestyle: 15. Thomas Bradac (Mullen), 19.96 seconds; T45. Julius “JJ” Phillips (Mountain View), 20.29

100 yard butterfly: 11. SPENCER GREENE (REGIS JESUIT), 46.88 seconds; 37. Joey Sudermann (Columbine), 47.90

100 yard freestyle: 30. Julius “JJ” Phillips (Mountain View), 44.32 seconds; 47. Thomas Bradac (Mullen), 44.54

500 yard freestyle: 4. TREYVN KRAUSS (REGIS JESUIT), 4 minutes, 21.96 seconds; 37. Grant Pier (Cherry Creek), 4:26.79; 75. Luke Axisa (Fairview), 4:30.26; 92. Barrett Kerrigan (Cheyenne Mountain), 4:31.59

200 yard freestyle relay: 46. Mullen (Noah Silver, Asher Howe, Joel Silver, Thomas Bradac), 1 minute, 23.71 seconds; 57. Highlands Ranch (Brian He, Ben Witmer, Jack Pocock, Conor Petri), 1:24.04; T65. Cherry Creek (Kiran Ambardekar, Kian Lihalakha, Kevin Schwartz, Marcus Garland), 1:24.27; 77. Fairview (Luke Axisa, Calvin Meymaris, Jonah Wang, Anders Koschmann), 1:24.38

100 yard backstroke: 77. GREYSON CONNETT (GRANDVIEW), 49.16 seconds; 79. NOLAN KOHL (REGIS JESUIT), 49.23

100 yard breaststroke: 63. Tobin Howe (Monarch), 55.16 seconds; 100. Kian Lihalakha (Cherry Creek), 55.74

400 yard freestyle relay: 13. REGIS JESUIT (Spencer Greene, Nathaniel Spencer, Treyvn Krauss, Nolan Kohl), 3 minutes, 1.19 seconds; 67. Cherry Creek (Marcus Garland, Grant Pier, Cade Palmateer, Chase Emerson), 3:05.31; 81. Mullen (Noah Silver, Asher Howe, Joel Silver, Thomas Bradac), 3:05.73; 88. Fairview (Luke Axisa, Calvin Meymaris, Silas Zaitzew, Anders Koschmann), 3:05.95

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