State meet season has arrived in Florida, with district meets taking place for all 3A schools last week. Here are the highlights and results for all 12 district meets in 3A. Winning teams advanced to regional meets this week.
District 1
Team winners: Girls — Niceville, 451; Boys — Niceville, 489
Individual standouts: Girls — Mia Juergens (Mosley), won 500 free (5:19.59) and 100 fly (1:01.54); Stella Landreneau (Niceville), won 50 free (25.36) and 100 free (55.15). Boys — Hayden Dell (Niceville), won 50 free (22.53) and 100 free (49.05); Ethan Hendrick (Niceville), won 200 free (1:51.34) and 100 back (57.74).
District 2
Team winners: Girls —Duncan Fletcher, 632; Boys — Duncan Fletcher, 581
Individual standouts: Girls — Johanna Timmerman (Duncan Fletcher), won 200 free (1:59.81) and 500 free (5:17.75); Liv Broner (Duncan Fletcher), won 100 free (personal best 54.14) and 100 breast (1:13.15). Boys — Owen Ekk (Lawton Chiles), won 100 free (45.15) and 200 IM (1:47.91); Jake Askey (Leon) won 200 free (1:45.08) and 500 free (4:44.53). Ekk is the two-time defending champion in the 200 IM and the defending champion in the 100 free.
District 3
Team winners: Girls — Ponte Vedra, 576; Boys — Ponte Vedra, 480
Individual standouts: Girls — Syd Conlan (New Smyrna Beach) won 200 free (1:54.10) and 500 free (5:03.31); Boys — Noah Stotler (Fleming Island) won 100 free (46.22) and 200 free (1:39.49); William Shoesmith (Fleming Island), won 500 free 4:31.81 and the 200 IM (1:53.91). Shoesmith is the defending state champion in the 500 free.
District 4
Team winners: Girls — Edgewater, 581; Boys — Lyman, 536
Individual standouts: Girls — Dixon Price (Edgewater), won 50 free (personal best 25.57) and 100 fly (1:06.56); Emily Dunaway (Edgewater), won 100 breast (1:15.67) and 200 IM (2:36.62), both in personal best times. Boys — Xavier Combs (Lyman), won 100 free (49.31) and 200 free (1;55.39), both in personal best times.
District 5
Team winners: Girls — Sunlake 591.5; Boys — J.W. Mitchell, 502
Individual standouts: Girls — Mila Adriani (Sunlake), won 200 free (1:57.22) and 500 free (personal best 5:08.43); Olivia Breadon (Sunlake) won 50 free (personal best 25.03) and 100 fly (1:00.12). Boys — Jeremy Morgan (Sunlake), won 200 IM (2:02.19) and 100 breast (59.17); Tim Kenzin (Sunlake) won 200 free (1;48.28) and 500 free (5:00.93); Kevin Johnson (Cypress Creek), won 50 free (20.73) and 100 free (45.99), both in personal best times.
District 6
Team winners: Girls — Wharton, 346; Boys — Tampa Jesuit, 694
Individual standouts: Girls — Kate Rodger (Freedom) won 200 IM (personal best 2:11.35) and 100 fly (57.27). Boys — Trey Davis (Tampa Jesuit), won 200 IM (1:59.70) and 100 breast (1:00.55); Wilson Marcum (Tampa Jesuit), won 50 free (21.73) and 100 free (48.44).
District 7
Team winners: Girls — St. Petersburgh, 553; Boys — St. Petersburg, 633
Individual standouts: Girls — Brinkleigh Hansen (St. Petersburg), won 200 free (1:53.11) and 500 free (4:57.88); Isabella Descent (St. Petersburg), won 50 free (24.78) and 100 free (52.65); Faith Domico (Clearwater), won 200 IM (2:11.83) and 100 breast (1:08.59). Hansen is the defending state champion in the 500 free. Boys — Christian Guettler (St. Petersburg), won 50 free (20.67) and 100 breast (57.08); Sawyer Hansen (St. Petersburg), won 200 free (1:45.04) and 500 free (4:42.75).
District 8
Team winners: Girls — Cape Coral, 551; Boys — Charlotte, 464.
Individual standouts: Girls — Makayla Hill (Cape Coral), won 200 IM (2:08.29) and 100 breast (1:05.10); Daynna Franklyn (Cape Coral), won 50 free (25.70) and 100 free (57.06), both in personal best times; Taylor Tedhams (Cape Coral), won 200 free (2:01.41) and 100 back (1:02.54). Boys — Graysen Tilton (Charlotte), won 50 free (23.07) and 100 breast (1:00.56), both in personal best times; Connor Darrow (Sebring), won 100 free (51.71) and 200 free (1:57.79).
District 9
Team winners: Girls — Ft. Myers, 590; Boys — Riverdale, 494
Individual standouts: Girls — Leonor Valera (Ft. Myers), won 50 free (26.47) and 500 free (5:25.31); Ellie Correia (Ft. Myers), won 200 free (2:06.91) and 100 fly (1:03.33); Ellie Kallhof (Ft. Myers), won 200 IM (2:34.81) and 100 back (1:06.12). Boys — Robert Shapovalov (Ft. Myers), won 100 free (48.43) and 100 back (55.53); Vlad Paraschiv (Riverdale), won 200 IM (2:15.31) and 100 breast (personal best 1:07.43).
District 10
Team winners: Girls — Martin County, 404; Boys — Martin County, 417
Individual standouts: Girls — Julia Murphy (Martin County), won 50 free (24.80) and 100 free (54.85); Charlee Mitchell (Martin County), won 100 fly (58.48) and 100 back (1:00.27). Boys — Gavin Thompson (South Fork), won 200 IM (1:57.58) and 100 breast (57.65), both in personal best times; Colby Metzger (South Fork), won 200 free (1:46.15) and 100 fly (51.89), both in personal best times.
District 11
Team winners: Girls — St. Thomas Aquinas, 402; Boys — St. Thomas Aquinas, 567
Individual standouts: Girls — Danielle Brancati (Pembroke Pines Charter), won 100 free (58.86) and 100 back (1:05.34); Varvara Dmitrova (Archbishop McCarthy), won 200 IM (2:14.99) and 500 free (5:21.71); Matilda Ramthun (Archbishop McCarthy), won 200 free (2:06.47) and 100 fly (1:04.23). Boys — Becket Menacho (Deerfield Beach), won 200 IM (1:56.16) and 100 fly (51.95).
District 12
Team winners: Girls — Miami Beach, 532; Boys — Belen Jesuit, 480
Individual standouts: Girls — Penelope Lopez-Casula (Miami Beach), won 50 free (22.86) and 100 free (50.15); Bogdana Kuptcova (Miami Beach), won 100 fly (59.65) and 100 back (1:01.28); Isabel Viera (Terra), won 200 IM (2:12.75) and 100 breast (1:07.73). Lopez-Casula is the defending state champion in both the 50 and 100 free. Boys — Alec De Angulo (Belen Jesuit), won 100 fly (50.83) and 100 back (50.67); Lucas Sciacca (Braddock), won 50 free (21.60) and 100 breast (1:00.34), both in personal best times.
