Riverview Sarasota Girls Dominate As They Seek 6th Straight Title

Below is a recap of all four Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A Region meets. The top two finishers in each event automatically qualified for this weekend’s state meet, along with the next- best eight overall times among the four regions.

Of note was a dominant performance at the Region 3 meet by the Riverview Sarasota girls’ team, which heads to the state meet in great form as it seeks a sixth straight state championship.

Region 1

Team winners: 

• Girls — Creekside, 402
• Boys — Winter Park, 360.

Overview: The Creekside girls and the Winter Park Boys both were third at the state meet last year and are hoping to better that next week. Individually, the multi-event winners in the girls’ competition were Mai Perez of Forest (200 free and 500 free) and Emmie Lewis of Creekside (50 free and 100 free). On the boys’ side, Luke Zardavets of Nease (100 fly and 100 breast) and Will McWard of Seminole (50 free and 100 free) were the multi-event winners. Zardavets won the 100 breast at the Class 3A state meet last year.

Individual event top finishers

200 free  

Girls

• Mai Perez (Forest), 1:50.62.
• Keira Druck (Lake Brantley), 1:50.72.

Boys

• Denzo Senekal (Winter Park), 1:38.89.
• Kyle Conboy (Boone), 1:40.45.

200 IM

Girls

• Evelyn Milak (Winter Park), 2:05.52.
• Makayla Taggart (Creekside), 2:06.02.

Boys

• Isaac Rick (Buchholz), 1:56.24.
• Lucas Morano (Winter Park) 1:56.51.

50 free 

Girls

• Emmie Lewis (Creekside), 22.80.
• Danielle Giddens (Oviedo), 22.82.

Boys

• Will McWard (Seminole), 20.55,
• Bailey Koo (Creekside), 20.73.

Diving

Girls

• Reagan Oliphant (Oviedo), 377.80,
• Paige Hensley (Creekside), 375.45.

Boys

• Jacob Mandarin (Winter Park), 655.35,
• Roman Richeson (Bucholz), 301.40.

100 fly

Girls

• Sophia Oldham (Creekside), 55.34,
• Peyton Brooks (Bucholz), 55.41.

Boys

• Luke Zardavets (Nease), 48.24,
• Enrique Morano (Winter Park), 50.94.

100 free

Girls

• Emmie Lewis (Creekside), 49.74,
• Danielle Giddens (Oviedo), 49.82.

Boys

• Will McWard (Seminole), 45.62,
• Bailey Koo (Creekside), 46.49.

500 free

Girls

• Mai Perez (Forest), 4:54.14,
• Mazie Moberly (Bucholz), 4:57.33.

Boys

• Lincoln Driesse (Nease), 4:28.41,
• Kyle Conboy (Boone) 4:30.53.

100 back

Girls

• Hannah Parkin (West Port), 55.75.
• Peyton Brooks (Bucholz), 55.80.

Boys

• Denzo Senekal (Winter Park), 49.34.
• Ian Foulk (Creekside), 51.30.

100 breast

Girls

• Makayla Taggart (Creekside), 1:03.84.
• Ella Fallyer (Atlantic Coast), 1:04.34.

Boys

• Luke Zardavets (Nease), 54.96.
• Isaac Rick (Bucholz), 57.40.

Relay event top finishers

200 medley relay

Girls

• Creekside (Makayla Davies, Sophia Oldham, Makayla Taggart, Lily Oldham) 1:46.68;
• Oviedo (Natasha Goodwin, Adalynn Hacker, Josie Densberger, Zoe Belden), 1:49.44.

Boys

• Winter Park (Lucas Morano, Connor Conboy, Enrique Morano, Mason Nordquist), 1:36.48.
• Oviedo (Wesley Wood, Brady Pishko, Travis Liang, Landon Baurhyte 1:36.53.

200 free relay

Girls

• Creekside (Sophia Oldham, Mikayla LaPointe, Brooke Seay, Emmie Lewis), 1:36.05.
• Oviedo (Laney Cupit, Josie Densberger, Zoe Belden, Danielle Giddens), 1:36.15.

Boys

• Nease (Luke Zardavets, Matthew Shi, Lincoln Driesse, Owen Anderson) 1:26.42.
• Winter Park (Luca Ngoy Fiama, Denzo Senekal, Mason Nordquist, Connor Conboy), 1:26.56.

400 free relay

Girls

• Creekside (Sophia Oldham, Lily Oldham, Makenna Bowen, Emmie Lewis), 3:28.53.
• Oviedo (Laney Cupit, Adalynn Hacker, Natasha Goodwin, Danielle Giddens), 3:29.08.

Boys

• Nease (Matthew Shi, Lincoln Driesse, Owen Anderson, Luke Zardavets), 3:07.49.
• Winter Park (Denzo Senekal, Luca Ngoy Fiama, Lucas Morano, Enrique Morano), 3:07.66

Full results 

Region 2

Team winners: Girls — Jupiter, 353; Boys — Windermere, 364

Overview: Neither the Jupiter girls or the Windermere boys finished in the top-5 at last year’s state, but will head there with momentum after claiming regional titles. Individually in the girls’ competition, Veronica Metz of Jupiter (200 free and 500 free) and Aidyn Reese of Windermere (200 IM and 100 breast) each won two events. In the boys’ event, the multi-event winners were Charles Howard (200 free and 100 fly) and Julian Granison (50 free and 100 free) of Jupiter, and Jayden Tsai (200 IM and 500 free) of Windermere.

Individual event top finishers

200 free

Girls

• Veronica Metz (Jupiter), 1:47.35.
• Lizzie Johnson (Windermere), 1:51.74.

Boys

• Charles Howard (Jupiter), 1:38.59.
• Jack Reburn (Lake Minneola), 1:42.24.

200 IM 

Girls

• Aidyn Reese (Windermere), 2:04.41.
• Amber Stringer (Horizon) 2:10.56.

Boys

• Jayden Tsai (Windermere), 1:49.43.
• Chris Lessard (Lake Minneola), 2:04.20.

50 free

Girls

• Myriam Smithwick (Jupiter), 24.48.
• Avery Lotano (Jupiter), 25.12.

Boys

• Julian Granison (Jupiter), 19.66.
• Slater Woodard (Jupiter), 21.64.

Diving

Girls

• Caitlyn Love (West Orange), 447.25;.
• Olivia Turner (West Orange), 418.70.

Boys

• Carlos Lujan (Freedom), 511.45.
• Kellen Carlson (Viera), 324.60.

100 fly

Girls

• Ava Cihowiak (Jupiter), 57.60.
• Oliva Klein (Lake Minneola), 57.61.

Boys

• Charles Howard (Jupiter), 48.21.
• Mark Morsy (Celebration), 49.65.

100 free

Girls

• Lizzie Johnson (Windermere), 51.56.
• Avery Powell (St. Cloud), 53.95.

Boys

• Julian Granison (Jupiter), 43.78.
• Chase Young (Jupiter), 47.30.

500 free

Girls

• Veronica Metz (Jupiter), 4:46.71.
• Isabella Tallaferro (Horizon), 5:01.82.

Boys

• Jayden Tsai (Windermere), 4:26.58.
• Jack Reburn (Lake Minneola), 4:30.01.

100 back

Girls

• Aubri Holsenbeck (West Orange), 59.03.
• Mariana Baptista Landim (Horizon), 59.67.

Boys

• Mark Morsy (Celebration), 50.76.
• Asher Smith (Jupiter) 52.58.

100 breast

Girls

• Aidyn Reese (Windermere), 1:02.98.
• Anna Leneis (Windermere), 1:04.28.

Boys

• Sawyer Hackett (Melbourne), 56.37.
• Sam Green (West Orange), 1:01.60.

Relay event top finishers

200 medley relay

Girls

• Windermere (Zara Benchekroun, Anna Leneis, Lizzie Johnson, Reese), 1:46.63.
• Horizon (Mariana Baptista Landim, Megan Speidel, Isa Batoni Cazella, Isabella Taliaferro), 1:50.50.

Boys

• Windermere (Jacob Tsai, Jayden Tsai, David Mendez, Lucas Johnson), 1:37.40.
• Jupiter (Asher Smith, Shield Edwards, Ben Taylor, Slater Woodard), 1:40.15.

200 free relay

Girls

• Windermere (Aidyn Reese, Anna Leneis, Carolina Sean, Lizzie Johnson), 1:36.90.
• Jupiter (Veronica Metz, Myriam Smithwick, Avery Lotano, Ava Cibowiak), 1:37.85.

Boys

• Jupiter (Charles Howard, Slater Woodard, Chase Young, Julian Granison), 1:23.50.
• Windermere (Lucas Johnson, Shane Rose, Cody Shoultz, Daniel Mendez), 1:28.16.

400 free relay

Girls

• Jupiter (Veronica Metz, Ava Cihowiak, Avery Lotano, Reef Edwards), 3:38.61.
• Horizon (Amber Stringer, Megan Speidel, Kylie Touisignant, Isabella Tallaferro), 3:38.94.

Boys

• Jupiter (Charles Howard, Chase Young, Asher Smith, Julian Granison), 3:05.62.
• Windermere (Jacob Tsai, Daniel Mendez, David Mendez, Jayden Tsai), 3:13.36.

Full results

Region 3

Team winners: Girls — Riverview Sarasota, 550; Boys — Riverview Sarasota, 366.5

Overview: The Riverview Sarasota girls’ team is seeking its sixth straight state title, while the boys’ team is hoping to take the next step after finishing as runner-up last year. In the girls’ competition, Riverview had three multi-event winners individually, Alexandra Pearson (50 free and 100 free), Sydney Hardy (200 IM and 100 back) and Kaitlyn Gebhardt (200 free and 500 free). On the boys’ side, the individual standouts were Riverview’s Maddax Harlan (50 free and 100 back) and Valentino Sgroi (200 free and 500 free).

Individual event top finishers

200 free

Girls

• Kaitlyn Gebhardt (Riverview), 1:49.99.
• Anabel Hernandez-Fuentes (Alonso), 1:51.07.

Boys

• Valentino Sgroi (Riverview), 1:38.65.
• Andrew Malaj (Sarasota), 1:38.77.

200 IM

Girls

• Sydney Hardy (Riverview), 1:58.90.
• Sophia Malkowicz (Riverview), 2:06.02.

Boys

• Jackson Irwin (Sarasota), 1:52.25.
• Ivan Maslianyi (Riverview), 1:53.26.

50 free

Girls

• Alexandra Pearson (Riverview), 22.51.
• Angelina Lista (Riverview) 23.76.

Boys

• Maddax Harlan (Riverview), 20.93.
• Daniel Snitkovsky (Lakewood Ranch), 21.02.

Diving

Girls

• Chloe Crim (Durant), 431.95.
• Addeysen Lugo (Bloomingdale), 394.15.

Boys

• Dalen Stoddard (Sickles), 395.45.
• Mark Voisard (Winter Haven), 318.35.

100 fly

Girls

• Janae Sanders (Newsome), 52.89.
• Angelina Lista (Riverview), 54.61.

Boys

• Mikhail Baranov (Alonso), 50.99.
• Maxim Stutsou (Sarasota), 51.89.

100 free

Girls

• Alexandra Pearson (Riverview), 50.30.
• Adalyn Fowler (George Steinbrenner), 51.71.

Boys

• Andrew Malaj (Sarasota), 45.02.
• Adrian Hernandez-Fuentes (Alonso), 45.89.

500 free

Girls

• Kaitlyn Gebhardt (Riverview), 4:51.97.
• Grace Alegi (Riverview), 4:54.08.

Boys

• Valentino Sgroi (Riverview), 4:26.33.
• Jackson Irwin (Sarasota) 4:27.79.

100 back

Girls

• Sydney Hardy (Riverview), 54.06.
• Sophia Malkowicz (Riverview), 55.89.

Boys

• Maddax Harlan (Riverview), 49.25.
• Ashton Hanna (Palm Harbor), 52.00.

100 breast

Girls

• Sophia Torres (Bloomingdale), 1:02.65.
• Beatrice Buchmueller (Riverview), 1:04.43.

Boys

• Daniel Snitkovsky (Lakewood Ranch), 58.05.
• Andrew McCann (Palm Harbor), 58.08.

Relay event top finishers 

200 medley relay

Girls

• Riverview (Avery Green, Beatrice Buchmueller, Angelina Lista, Alexandra Pearson), 1:44.32.
• George Steinbrenner (Adalyn Fowler, Kylie Coles, Kaitlyn Coles, Carly Howe), 1:47.26.

Boys

• Palm Harbor (Ashton Hanna, Andrew McCann, Grayson Bennett, Alden Davis), 1:35.24;
• Riverview (Maddax Harlan, Cristian Suescun, Max Stockdale, Cristian Nichi), 1:36.01.

200 free relay

Girls

• Riverview (Alexandra Pearson, Angelina Lista, Sydney Hardy, Iris Schemel (1:33.85).
• Palm Harbor (Annika Davis, Sky Muyskens, Riley Sica, Mya Kallevig), 1:39.39.

Boys

• Sarasota (Andrew Malaj, John Sallee, Daniil Siutsou, Jackson Irwin), 1:25.42.
• Alonso (Adrian Hernandez-Fuentes, Ivan Baranov, Kyle Randall, Mikhail Baranov), 1:25.66.

400 free relay

Girls

• Riverview (Kaitlyn Gebhardt, Sophia Malkowicz, Nella Duty, Sydney Hardy), 3:28.48.
• Palm Harbor (Mya Kallevig, Annika Davis, Selena Nicor-Periera, Amaya Ballesteros), 3:32.47.

Boys

• Sarasota (Andrew Malaj, John Sallee, Maxim Siutsou, Jackson Irwin), 3:06.80.
• Alonso (Mikhail Baranov, Ivan Baranov, Kyle Randall, Adrian Hernandez-Fuentes), 3:10.73.

Full results 

Region 4

Team winners: Girls — Cypress Bay, 294; Cypress Bay, 456.5

Overview: Neither the Cypress Bay girls or boys finished among the top-5 at last year’s state meet, but both hope the momentum of winning at regionals can lead to good results at this year’s state meet. In the girls’ meet, Da’Jah German of Ft. Lauderdale (200 free and 500 free) and Laila Harran of West Broward (50 free and 100 free) were the multi-event winners. As for the boys, the multi-event winners were Caleb Caponera of Boca Raton (200 IM and 100 breast) and Liam Fothergill of Cypress Bay (50 free and 100 free).

Individual event top finishers

200 free

Girls

•  Da’Jah German (Ft. Lauderdale) 1:52.47).
• Nikki Harrypersad (Stoneman Douglas), 1:56.25.

Boys

• Ethan Persten (Cypress Bay), 1:42.16.
• Roman Kondrashov (Stoneman Douglas), 1:42.79.

200 IM

Girls

• Athena Rilo (Port Vista), 2:08.81.
• Zoe Schnoeller (Ft. Lauderdale), 2:11.88.

Boys

• Caleb Caponera (Boca Raton), 1:49.73.
• Oliver Cannings (Miami Palmetto), 1:51.43.

50 free

Girls

• Laila Harran (West Broward), 23.55.
• Madison Abinuman (Garcia), 24.43.

Boys

• Liam Fothergill (Cypress Bay), 21.08.
• Jack Morrison (Boca Raton), 21.59.

Diving

Girls

• Ava Sedlacek (West Boca Raton Community), 464.55.
• Giselle Lobeto (Spanish River), 399.65.

Boys

• Rydan Russell (Spanish River), 574.55.
• Jacob Drysdale (Cypress Bay), 517.45.

100 fly 

Girls

• Estella Beltrami (Hialeah Gardens), 58.36.
• Zoe Schnoeller (Ft. Lauderdale), 58.71.

Boys

• Noah Mejias (Cypress Bay), 49.64.
• Felipe Alvarez (Cypress Bay), 51.25.

100 free

Girls

• Laila Harran (West Broward), 50.71.
• Madison Abinuman (Garcia), 52.22.

Boys

• Liam Fothergill (Cypress Bay), 45.95.
• Ethan Persten (Cypress Bay), 46.81.

500 free

Girls

• Da’Jah German (Ft. Lauderdale), 4:59.44.
• Eva Ortiz (Cypress Bay), 5:20.97.

Boys

• Matthew Ives (Cypress Bay), 4:39.61.
• Roman Kondrashov (Stoneman Douglas), 4:41.74.

100 back

Girls

• Julieta Stolk (Spanish River), 59.75.
• Angelica Forsyth (Western), 1:02.20.

Boys

• Tadd Lennington (Cypress Bay), 51.37.
• Keagan Ives (Cypress Bay), 51.89.

100 breast

Girls

• Lydia Wagner (Santaluces), 1:03.63.
• Roxann Rohrbaugh (Park Vista), 1:06.27.

Boys

• Caleb Caponera (Boca Raton), 56.36.
• Alexander Diaz (West Broward), 56.52.

Relay event top finishers

200 medley relay 

Girls

• Cypress Bay (Olivia-Ziva Jones-Torres, Gianna Martin, Catalina Akpabio, Ella Johnston), 1:50.85.
• Western (Emma Ellis, Kailyn Abramczyk, Valentina Rivera, Sofi Abijo), 1:51.08.

Boys

• Cypress Bay (Keagan Ives, Ethan Phan, Noah Mejias, Liam Fothergill), 1:35.22.
• Christopher Columbus (Marcel Cowley, Ilan Villar, Jorvir Tigrero, Sergio Samada), 1:36.66.

200 free relay

Girls

• Ft. Lauderdale (Caroline Almeida, Zoe Schnoeller, Kimoni Elliott, Da’Jah German), 1:38.79.
• Cypress Bay (Ella Johnston, Catalina Akpabio, Stella Torres, Eva Ortiz), 1:41.15.

Boys

• Cypress Bay (Ethan Persten, Brandon Park, Jacob Jones, Guillermo Mantilla), 1:27.46.
• Christopher Columbus (Jorvir Tigrero, Sergio Samada, Ilan Villar, Marcel Cowley), 1:27.92.

400 free relay 

Girls

• Ft. Lauderdale (Carolina Almeida, Zoe Schnoeller, Kimono Elliott, Da’Jah German), 3:35.18.
• Western (Sofi Abijo, Valentina Rivera, Emma Ellis, Jilliam Henriquez), 3:39.33.

Boys

• Cypress Bay (Ethan Persten, Felipe Alvarez, Noah Mejias, Liam Fothergill), 3:08.92.
• Boca Raton (Elijah West, Geronimo Mendez, Jack Morrison, Caleb Caponera), 3:15.17.

Full results