High school swimming roundup: Class 1A/2A districts, 3A/4A regionals
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Classes 1A and 2A joined the postseason party with their district meets last week, following the precedent of 3A and 4A from the previous week. At the same time, 3A and 4A hosted their regionals.
In the group of the largest Volusia-Flagler schools, Region 1-4A, the DeLand boys team led the way with a ninth-place finish while the Spruce Creek girls took 11th.
Flagler Palm Coast settled into second among local teams on both scoreboards, ranking 13th overall on the boys side and 19th on the girls side on Oct. 31 at Lake Brantley High School.
The DeLand boys put up 96 points and rattled off five top-eight finishes.
Owen O’Neil had a hand in three of them, claiming fifth in the 50-yard freestyle and eighth in the 100-yard freestyle while also partnering with Michael Tramuta, Stephen Lin and Dawson Gramling on an eighth-place, 400-yard freestyle relay team. Gramling also raced to seventh in the 100-yard freestyle, and Paul Dobyns posted an eighth in the 100-yard butterfly.
Alexander Rudik tallied FPC’s only top-eight mark. He sped to eighth in the 100-yard backstroke.
Spruce Creek was 16th on the boys leaderboard.
But in the girls events, the Hawks threatened for a top-10 spot with 75 points.
Zoee Fulton enjoyed two top-eight scores: She swam to fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke and sixth in the 200-yard individual medley. Keegan Malone added a seventh-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke. Malone and Fulton each served on the 200-yard medley relay squad with Alana Harris and Sofia Leschitz, resulting in sixth place.
DeLand tied for 20th in the girls standings.
The Class 4A state meet is set for Nov. 7 at FAST in Ocala.
Region 1-3A
New Smyrna Beach led the local contingent at the Region 1-3A meet on Oct. 27 at Hunter Pool in Gainesville.
The Barracuda girls vaulted to eighth with 113 points.
They notched six finishes of eighth or better, including a runner-up spot by Sydney Conlan in the 500-yard freestyle. Conlan grabbed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle.
Molly Brock also had two of them, securing seventh in the 50-yard freestyle and eighth in the 100-yard backstroke.
Conlan and Brock were in New Smyrna Beach’s top two relay lineups. The duo plus Paige Conlan and Annabelle Power placed sixth in the 200-yard medley relay. Sydney Conlan, Brock, Power and Maggie Menke also finished seventh in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
On the boys side, the Barracudas were 14th with 51 points.
Skylar White picked up a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley.
Jaxon Fleshman and Aiden Vega also recorded a pair of top-eight marks. In the adaptive 100-yard freestyle, Fleshman was fifth while Vega followed in seventh. They went back to back in the adaptive 50-yard freestyle, with Fleshman sixth and Vega seventh.
Leo Peters earned Matanzas’ lone top-eight. He ranked eighth in the 100-yard butterfly.
The Pirates placed 16th on the boys leaderboard and 20th on the girls leaderboard.
Class 3A states are scheduled for Nov. 6 at FAST.
District 5-2A
The Seabreeze Sandcrabs collected a whole bunch of hardware at the District 5-2A meet.
Competing at Indian River State College on Oct. 29, they stood out as dual runners-up, as both their boys and girls clubs placed second behind champion Satellite.
The girls won six races.
Evelyn Carnathan captured two by herself. She motored to first in the 200-yard individual medley (2:12.11) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.35).
Charlee Anderson and Noelle Dragstedt secured some individual gold, too. Anderson won the 100-yard backstroke (1:00.31) while Dragstedt triumphed in the 100-yard butterfly (59.91). Anderson tacked on a runner-up in the 100-yard breaststroke. Dragstedt took third in the 100-yard backstroke.
Carnathan, Anderson, Dragstedt and Sullivan Santovasi were the fastest 200-yard medley relay team (1:53.44) and the speediest 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:42.92). Santovasi also locked down second place in the 100-yard freestyle.
Boden Beck, Atlin Carnathan, Larris Eby and Ashlyn Blakley placed second in the 400-yard freestyle relay.
The boys' list of success was just as long.
The Sandcrabs bagged four individual wins. Reef McMeeking gathered two of them, one in the 200-yard IM (1:49) and another in the 100-yard breaststroke (55.16)
Kai McMeeking also had a victory in the 100-yard freestyle (47.38), and he placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke.
Johnathan Lusk clinched first in the 500-yard freestyle (4:59.26).
Seabreeze won two relays as well. Reef McMeeking, Kai McMeeking, Carter Eby and William Allender worked to first place in the 200-yard freestyle (1:30.21). The McMeekings, Eby and Lusk tied Satellite for first in the 400-yard freestyle with a time of 3:19.16.
Grayson Allen, Arthur Simpson, Allender and Lusk also joined forces for a runner-up finish in the 200-yard medley relay.
Eby, Simpson and Lusk posted third-place marks on their own, too. Eby’s came in the 100-yard freestyle, Lusk’s in the 200-yard freestyle and Simpson’s in the 100-yard butterfly.
Atlantic also represented the Volusia-Flagler area at the event. The Sharks’ boys and girls placed seventh, with Gisel Bianco paving the way. She blazed to second in the 200-yard freestyle and third in the 500-yard freestyle.
The qualifiers will compete in the Region 2-2A championships on Nov. 5 at Indian River State College.
District 3-1A
A pair of race wins propelled Father Lopez’s boys team to fourth at the District 3-1A meet on Oct. 27 at Trinity Preparatory School.
Matthew Alvarez charged to first place in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.33 seconds. He put forth a third in the 100-yard breaststroke and served on the victorious 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:34.32) with Andre LaFleur, Alan Schultz and William Schultz.
Lafleur also delivered a third-place mark in the 50-yard freestyle.
The Green Wave ranked eighth in the girls standings.
Next up is the Region 1-1A meet Nov. 3 at Cassidy Aquatic Center.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: High school swimming roundup: Class 1A/2A districts, 3A/4A regionals