KIF Names 2025–26 Swimming All‑Stars; Kauai High Wins Boys and Girls Championships

Kauai High School dominated the Kauaʻi Interscholastic Federation 2025-2026 Swimming All‑Stars, sweeping the Central Pacific Bank KIF boys and girls team championships in the list released on Monday, Feb. 24, 2026. The All‑Stars roster recognizes individual event winners and relay teams from KIF championship meets across the island.

Individual event winners on the All‑Stars list include Boys 100 Butterfly (Kau) Blake Becker, Girls 100 Freestyle (Kau) Isabella Ranis, Boys 100 Freestyle (Kau) Liam Juvan, Girls 500 Freestyle (Kau) Shaelee Moises, Boys 500 Freestyle (Kau) Kai Paterson, Girls 100 Backstroke (Kau) Adelaide Mottley, Boys 100 Backstroke (Kap) Koa Rine, Girls 100 Breaststroke (Kau) Lilia Gordines, and Boys 100 Breaststroke (Kau) Brandon Lin. Nearly every individual winner in the excerpt is listed with the (Kau) designation, underscoring Kauai High’s presence across strokes and distances.

Kauai High swimmers also populate the relay champions named on the All‑Stars list. The Girls 200 Freestyle Relay is listed as (Kau) Lilia Gordines, Isabella Ranis, Adelaide Mottley and Shaelee Moises. The Boys 200 Freestyle Relay is listed as (Kau) Byron Gray, Tyler Cole, Kai Paterson and Blake Becker. The Girls 400 Freestyle Relay appears as (Kau) Lilia Gordines, Isabella Ranis, Adelaide Mottley and Shealee Moises, and the Boys 400 Freestyle Relay is listed as (Kau) Brandon Lin, Byron Gray, Tyler Cole and Liam Juvan.

A photograph accompanying the All‑Stars release captures Kauai High’s Brandon Lin in action: “Kauai High School swimmer Brandon Lin kicks up a tail heading to the home wall in the Backstroke phase of the Boys 200 Individual Medley event on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, during the Kauai Interscholastic Federation Qualifying Meet No. 2 at the YMCA pool.” The image credit is Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island, tying Lin’s performance to the Jan. 10 qualifying meet at the YMCA pool in Lihue.

The KIF extended public thanks for meet support through Island School Athletic Director Jerry Jona, who said on behalf of the federation, “Your time, effort and commitment to our athletes and community do not go unnoticed.” Named volunteers and partner organizations thanked in the All‑Stars release include Deborah Christian, Shannon Wigent, Carrie Hovland, James and Leslie Lin, the YMCA of Kauai, Swim Kauai Aquatics, Dustin Moises, Mandy Gordines, Anna Borondi, Eric Lottermoser, the lifeguards at the YMCA pool, Key Club, National Honor Society and recurring console operators, announcers, marshals, timers and setup crew.

The Garden Island excerpt explicitly states that “Kauai High School earned the Central Pacific Bank Kauai Interscholastic Federation boys and girls team championships,” while a separate team‑champion line in the excerpt lists only “Team Champions — Boys: Kauai High School.” The All‑Stars text also contains an internal spelling discrepancy for Moises, appearing as both “Shaelee Moises” and “Shealee Moises” in different relay entries. The All‑Stars list released Feb. 24, 2026 centers Kauai High as the season’s standout program in KIF competition, with multiple individual titles and four relay victories in the excerpted roster.