Is there any way the 2025-26 boys swim season finds a way to come closes to matching the excitement of last winter?

While it might be a long shot, anything can happen once the swimmers leave the blocks.

The 2025 RIIL Boys Swim State Championship might have been the most exciting in the history of the event. Five state records fell at Brown University and the team championship wasn’t decided until the last heat of the final race was finished as the Hendricken dynasty continued with narrow win over South County.

It’s hard to expect that drama to be matched this season, but there’s one word that you can use to describe the boys swimming this winter – fast.

Hendricken didn’t have one individual win gold last year but still managed to take down the team title. That could end up happening

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