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ALL-COUNTY GIRLS SWIMMING TEAM 2025
GIRLS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR
Teagan O’Dell, Santa Margarita, Senior
Teagan O’Dell admits she isn’t the most expressive after her races.
“Usually I don’t really have (a) reaction,” she said.
But late in her senior season at Santa Margarita, O’Dell let her feelings surface. There were bright smiles after she set a couple of Orange County records and a scream at the CIF-SS Division 1 finals.
O’Dell had reason to be excited during her final laps as a high school swimmer.
She capped a remarkable career by setting four county records over a sizzling three-week stretch that included her helping the Eagles extend their reign as CIF-SS Division 1 and CIF State champions.
For the fourth consecutive year, O’Dell is The Register’s girls swimmer of the year, a rare feat in Orange County.
“It’s been a fun four years, for sure, competing for SM,” she said.
O’Dell began her finishing kick at the Trinity League finals by breaking Olympian Katie McLaughlin’s 2015 county record in the 200-yard freestyle. She edged McLaughlin’s mark by three one-hundredth of a second by posting a time of 1 minute, 42.98 seconds.
The Cal-bound swimmer beamed after claiming the mark, which also was Santa Margarita’s school record.
O’Dell delivered arguably her best meet of the season the following week at the Division 1 finals. She set two county records and two Division 1 marks to propel the Eagles to a record-tying 11th consecutive Division 1 crown.
O’Dell let loose after leading off the winning 200 free relay in a county-record 22.17.
“I got out of the water and I screamed at my teammates, trying to hype them up,” she said with a laugh. “I was really happy with that (time).”
O’Dell led off the victorious 400 free relay in a county-record 48.01 for 100 yards, again saving her best performance for a team event.
In her individual races, O’Dell rattled her own national record in winning the 200 individual medley (1:53.43) and lowered her own Division 1 record in the 100 backstroke (51.09).
O’Dell then headed back the CIF State meet May 16-17 in Fresno.
She led the Eagles to a sixth straight title by winning the 200 IM and 100 back and leading off two winning relays. In prelims, she broke her own county record in the 100 back with a 50.82.
O’Dell departs the high school ranks as the Orange County record holder in six of the event individual events: 50, 100 and 200 free, 200 IM, 100 back and 100 breaststroke (59.73). She captured eight section individual titles and six individual state championships.
But for all her individual success, O’Dell cherished her classmates.
“The happiest I saw her (at Division 1 finals) was on that last relay cheering on her teammates,” Santa Margarita co-coach Rich Blanc said.
GIRLS COACH OF THE YEAR
Bryan Dedeaux, El Toro
When Bryan Dedeaux took the helm as El Toro’s girls swimming coach in December, he carried impressive credentials for a first-year coach at the school.
For several years, Dedeaux served as an acclaimed age-group coach with the Mission Viejo Nadadores club. He was selected Southern California’s top age-group coach and counted Hall of Fame coach Bill Rose as a mentor.
El Toro’s girls swimming coach Bryan Dedeaux, pictured far right after the CIF-SS Division 3 finals, is The Register’s O.C. coach of the year for 2025. He guided the Chargers to their first section title since 1993. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)Dedeaux put his experience to work at El Toro.
In just a few months on the job, he guided the Chargers to the Division 3 title for their first CIF-SS championship since 1993.
For his efforts, Dedeaux is The Register’s O.C. girls swimming coach of the year.
“Transformational coach,” El Toro assistant principal for athletics Coby Lindsey said of Dedeaux. “This is what we talk about when coaches make a difference within a program and they create a culture and expectations, and the kids rise up to it.”
Dedeaux focused on building a positive team dynamic. “The whole goal was to just get these kids to believe in a team and believe in the school,” said Dedeaux, who now coaches club at SwimNation.
Between the lane lines, he molded a roster featuring swimmers who also played on the Chargers’ girls water polo team that reached the Division 2 semifinals.
El Toro opened the Division 3 swimming finals by winning the 200-yard medley relay in 1:51.88. The Sea View League runner-up went on to score 190.5 points to outdistance Palm Desert (179) for the title.
In 2024, El Toro didn’t score a single point at CIF in Division 2.
ALL-COUNTY TEAM
(All distances in yards)
200 medley relay: Santa Margarita (Gracyn Aquino, Sr., Eileen Song, So., Chloe Stinson, Sr., Victoria Mori, Sr.) 1:41.20; Fountain Valley (Alyssa Ton, So., Kaitlyn Nguyen, Sr., Audrey Prall, Fr., Leyna Nguyen, Sr.) 1:44.00-SL
200 freestyle: Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita, Sr.) 1:42.98-OC, TL; Alyssa Ton (Fountain Valley, So.) 1:44.12
200 individual medley: Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita, Sr.) 1:53.43-D1; Kaitlyn Nguyen (Fountain Valley, Sr.) 1:59.63
50 freestyle: Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita, Sr.) 22.17r-OC; Gracyn Aquino (Santa Margarita, Sr.) 22.68
100 butterfly: Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita, Sr.) 52.17-TL; Chloe Stinson (Santa Margarita, Sr.) 54.39
100 freestyle: Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita, Sr.) 48.01r-OC; Alyssa Ton (Fountain Valley, So.) 49.08r
500 freestyle: Alyssa Ton (Fountain Valley, So.) 4:43.49; Zoe de Fabrique (San Clemente, Jr.) 4:48.19
200 freestyle relay: Santa Margarita (Teagan O’Dell, Sr., Chloe Stinson, Sr., Victoria Mori, Sr., Gracyn Aquino, Sr.) 1:30.72; Woodbridge (Isabella Parker, So., Holly Fishburn, So., Peyton Ferrero, Fr., Tanja Amizic, So.) 1:34.69
100 backstroke: Teagan O’Dell (Santa Margarita, Sr.) 50.82-OC-CA; Alyssa Ton (Fountain Valley, So.) 53.68-SL
100 breaststroke: Bianca Nwaizu (Calvary Chapel, So.) 1:00.03-D3; Sofia Szymanowski (Corona del Mar, So.) 1:00.79
400 freestyle relay: Santa Margarita (Teagan O’Dell, Sr., Eileen Song, So., Valentina Delgado, Fr., Samantha Cummins, Sr.) 3:21.38; Fountain Valley (Alyssa Ton, So., Audrey Prall, Fr., Kaitlyn Nguyen, Sr., Leyna Nguyen, Sr.) 3:27.88
Diving: Corinna Ruffini (Newport Harbor, Jr.) 526.40; Callie Fox (San Juan Hills, So.) 502.80
Corinna Ruffini of Newport Harbor finished second in the CIF-SS Division 1 girls diving championships Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Mission Viejo. (Photo by Dan Albano, Orange County Register/SCNG)All-County legend: OC: Orange County record; D1: CIF-SS Division 1 record; D3: CIF-SS Division 3 record; SL: Sunset League record; TL: Trinity League record; CA: CIF State meet record; r: relay leadoff
Note: Diving selections based on CIF-SS division, CIF State finals
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