Daily News Fans Boys Swimmer/Diver of the Year: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Daily News Fans Boys Swimmer/Diver of the Year and who runs it?

MetroWest Daily News runs a public fan poll for boys swimmers and divers in Massachusetts, known as the Daily News Fans Boys Swimmer/Diver of the Year. The poll is hosted on Crowdsignal at a poll.fm address, and the listed nominees are boys swimming and diving athletes presented as poll answers. The program is classed as a best-of ballot, which places it in the same group as the other Massachusetts pages covered in this guide.

Readers vote for the nominee they support, so the program is a fan vote and not a panel or editorial award. The organizer's name appears on the poll as MetroWest Daily News, and the poll title follows the publication's own naming for its fan categories. A reader who wants the program's identity should start with that title and the poll address, since both are printed on the ballot itself.

The facts below are the ones the listing supports. Anything the poll page does not print is left out rather than estimated, so a reader can see where the published information stops.

When did the 2026 poll run, and what is still unknown?

The one edition confirmed is the 2026 poll, which is dated to April 2026 and is now marked as closed on its Crowdsignal page. The poll title itself carries the year, so a reader can match the page to the 2026 season without any other source.

The exact start and end days are not printed in the poll details, so the window is given only at the month level. The table below shows what is known and what is not, with each unknown left open rather than filled with a guessed date.

This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How does a supporter vote in the poll today?

A supporter opens the 2026 poll on poll.fm and chooses one of the listed boys swimmer and diver nominees, which the platform shows as poll answers. Each answer on the closed ballot appears with a percentage share and a vote count, so the page itself shows how the fan vote split across the field.

The poll does not print a category roster beyond the boys swimmer and diver answers it lists, and it does not state a per-person vote limit or any eligibility rule for voters. Those rules belong to the organizer, so the Crowdsignal page is the only place a supporter should look before voting.

Because the platform is Crowdsignal, the vote runs inside the poll's own page rather than through a separate form. A phone browser or a desktop browser opens the same address, and nothing on the poll page points to an app for this contest.

The most useful check before any vote is the live poll itself. Its answer list, its closing state and its rules text are the details most likely to change between seasons, so a reader should trust the Crowdsignal page over any summary, including this one.

How does this poll sit beside other Massachusetts best-of ballots?

Six sibling pages sit in the same state and the same best-of group. They include Best of Boston, Best of Boston (Boston Magazine), Best of Cape Cod, Central Mass Community Choice Awards, BOSS - Best of South Shore and Boston.com Readers Say.

What separates this poll from those neighbours is the format. It is a fan poll for one sport and one gender on Crowdsignal, and each sibling page carries its own listing, dates and mechanics. A reader comparing them should check the format and the window on each page rather than assume they match.

For a full view of the state, start at the Massachusetts hub and compare the sibling pages. Each one answers the same questions about dates, organizer and format, so a side-by-side read shows where this poll differs.

How can a supporter build more votes for a nominee?

The most direct step is to share the 2026 poll address with people who already follow the nominee and ask them to vote while the poll is open. Asking supporters to spread their votes across the poll's period, instead of all at the last moment, keeps the effort steadier. Sharing the link in a club newsletter or on a team page reaches people who already follow the sport, and the organizer's name in the poll title makes the source easy to confirm.

For general steps that apply to any public poll, the guide to getting more votes online covers outreach and timing. Vote-buying services exist for many public polls, but none can guarantee a result, and none change the organizer's own rules, which are not reproduced in this text.

Read the rules before any outside help. A poll's terms decide whether a supporter's activity counts, and the most useful check is the organizer's own text on the live Crowdsignal page.