New Hampshire’s Division II high school swimmers had to make some adustments after Saturday’s originally scheduled championship got moved to Friday. The swim meet beat the storm, and two area competitors beat all of their opponents.

Bow senior Lena Thompson took home the gold in both the girls’ 100-yard butterfly and the 100 freestyle and Coe-Brown Northwood sophomore Tucker Raymond won boys’ 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley titles to lead their teams at the NHIAA D-II swimming and diving championship at the University of New Hampshire’s Swasey Pool on Friday evening.

Thompson and Raymond also swam legs on third- and fourth-place relays to lead the Bow girls to fourth in the team standings and Coe-Brown boys to fifth, respectively.

Belmont senior Kyle Dumais was the Capital Area’s other champion, winning the 50 freestyle in 22.13 seconds, besting the runner-up by 1.34 seconds, and finishing second in the 100 freestyle.

The Hanover girls defended their team title easily, scoring 241.5 points. Oyster River (133), St. Thomas (129), Bow (120) and Derryfield (111) rounded out the top five.

Bow had third place through the swim portion of the meet, but Oyster River picked up 25 points from second- and third-place finishes in the 1-meter diving event (only three girls participated) to advance three positions.

Relays were a key part of Bow’s strategy, and the Falcons were propelled by top four finishes in all three relay events.

Thompson, freshman Ava Popielarz and juniors Emily Hou and Sabine Karanouh formed both the third-place 200 medley and the fourth-place 200 freestyle.

Bow’s 400 freestyle relay of freshman Molly Key, seniors Olivia Shippos and Anna Fellers and Karanouh took fourth.

Individually, Thompson led the way with her two victories, both of them coming in Bow High School-record times. Her winning time in the 100 butterfly (58.71 seconds) bested the field by over a second, while her 100 freestyle time (54.43) was a solid .92 margin of victory.

Hou (sixth 100 backstroke), Karanouh (seventh 100 backstroke) and Popielarz (11th 100 freestyle, 11th 100 breaststroke) also scored individually for the Falcons.

“I’m very happy with the results,” Bow head coach Julie Guerrette said. “Everyone came home with a medal as everyone contributed (to the relays). All three seniors (Thompson, Fellers and Shippos) swam, so it was a great way to send them off.”

Kearsarge (36 points) finished 10th for the girls and was led by Kylie Cole (sixth 200 IM, eighth 500 freestyle) and Kinsley Monnat (11th 200 IM). Cole, Monnat, Chelsea Snow and Jersey Vedova formed both the seventh-place 200 medley and 10th-place 200 freestyle for the Cougars.

John Stark (13th, 26) received points from its eighth-place 200 medley and ninth-place 200 freestyle relays (Hailey Leung, Lilly Jusczak, Ava Newell and Elsa Westfahl). Leung also scored individually (eighth 100 breaststroke, 10th 200 IM).

Junior Maddie Wineriter (fifth 100 breaststroke, sixth 500 freestyle) medaled in two events for Belmont (16th, 19). Freshman Riley Pope (ninth 200 freestyle, 10th 500 freestyle) scored for Pembroke (21st, 7).

On the boys’ side, Raymond dominated the 100 butterfly, winning in 53.49 seconds, more than eight seconds ahead of the next swimmer, and won by more than two seconds in the 200 IM (1:56.69).

Despite only having four swimmers, Coe-Brown made every one of its entries count, with juniors Shea Raymond and Remi Clemens and sophomore Braydan Behr joining Tucker on both the third-place 200 freestyle and fourth-place 200 medley relays.

Shea Raymond, Tucker’s brother, was second in the 50 freestyle and fourth in the 100 freestyle, Clemens was seventh in the 100 breaststroke and Behr was eighth in the 100 butterfly.

Souhegan (207), Hanover (197), Oyster River (152) and St. Thomas (125) were the top four teams, but Coe-Brown’s small four-man team still tallied 114 points to finish fifth.

“As the coach of a team with only four swimmers, I couldn’t be more proud of how well we performed,” said Coe-Brown coach Karyn Raymond — who is also Tucker and Shea’s mother. “All four boys also showed great teamwork in their relays, which contributed significantly to our overall team score. It’s been an amazing season, and their hard work truly paid off. … I was very excited to watch Tucker’s hard work pay off with state titles. I am very proud of all the boys.”

Belmont finished 11th, with all 29 points coming from Dumais.

“He swam an outstanding 50 freestyle, pulling away from the field to defend his 2024 state title,” Belmont head coach Matt Wineriter said. “He also battled down to the wire and finished a close second in the 100 freestyle, within .01 of his personal best.”

Division I

Concord had no qualifiers for the D-I swim championship this season, which was also held at the University of New Hampshire’s Swasey Pool on Saturday morning.

The Bedford boys’ and girls’ teams both claimed their fifth consecutive championship. The Bedford boys scored 277 points, followed by Keene (172) and Exeter (134). The Bedford girls scored 273, followed by Dover (190) and Windham (153).