Defending Champs Ponte Vedra Girls, Tampa Jesuit Boys Lead Qualifying Teams To State Meet

Below is a recap of all four Florida High School Athletic Association Class 3A 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.

Region 1

Team winners: 

• Girls — Ponte Vedra, 476.
• Boys — Lawton Chiles, 319

Overview: The Ponte Vedra girls seem in prime form to win their sixth straight state title, while the Lawton Chiles boys’ will enter the state meet hungry to improve on a fifth-place finish from a year ago. On the girls’ side, Jenna Frost of Bartram Trail was the only multi-event winner, claiming the 200 and 500 free. As for the boys, Owen Ekk of Lawton Chiles was the only multi- event winner, capturing the 200 IM and the 100 free.

Individual event top finishers

200 free

Girls

• Jenna Frost (Bartram Trail), 1:51.46.
• McKay Yearty (Lawton Chiles), 1:54.63.

Boys

• Noah Stotler (Fleming Island), 1:40.83.
• Chase Kendall (Ponte Vedra), 1:44.59.

200 IM

Girls

• Ava Pell (Ponte Vedra), 2:10.85.
• Klara Shoesmith (Fleming Island), 2:14.34.

Boys

• Owen Ekk (Lawton Chiles), 1:47.88.
• William Shoesmith (Fleming Island), 1:51.71.

50 free

Girls

• Stella Landreneau (Niceville), 24.46.
• Bella Blitch (Mosley), 24.63.

Boys

• Merrick Vanscoy (Fletcher), 21.21.
• Mason Baldwin (Fletcher), 21.87.

Diving

Girls

• Emma Stripling (Gainesville), 394.65.
• Lillian Vige (Tate), 382.00

Boys

• Donovan Lawrence (Pace), 422.50.
• Jasper Jackson (Fletcher), 403.15.

100 fly

Girls

• Madelyn Tulloch (Ponte Vedra), 56.91.
• Mia Juergens (Mosley), 59.24.

Boys

• Tyler Wang (Lawton Chiles), 51.72
• Roman Belev (Mosley), 52.22

100 free

Girls

• Lily Ewer (Ponte Vedra), 53.38
• Ava Pell (Ponte Vedra) 54.20.

Boys

• Owen Ekk (Lawton Chiles), 45.04.
• Noah Stotler (Fleming), 45.44.

500 free

Girls

• Jenna Frost (Bartram Trail), 4:57.93.
• Sydney Conlan (New Smyrna Beach), 5:02.69.

Boys

• William Shoesmith (Fleming Island), 4:29.91.
• Chase Kendall (Ponte Vedra), 4:37.66.

100 back 

Girls

• Isabelle Kadela (Bartram Trail), 59.59.
• Charlotte Kadela (Bartram Trail), 59.91.

Boys

• Aaron Yang (Ponte Vedra), 51.72.
• Mason Baldwin (Fletcher), 52.49.

100 breast

Girls

• Mikayla Costello (Ponte Vedra), 1:06.96.
• Marianna Myers (Ponte Vedra), 1:07.35.

Boys

• Tyler Wang (Lawton Chiles), 58.56.
• Jackson Moore (Fletcher), 59.57.

Relay event top finishers

200 medley relay 

Girls

• Ponta Vedra (Makenna Biernacki, Ava Pell, Madelyn Tulloch, Mikayla Costello), 1:48.65.
• Mosley (Layla Juergens, Lily Stephens, Mia Juergens, Bella Blitch), 1:54.27.

Boys

• Ponte Vedra (Aaron Yang, Theodore Connelly, Chase Kendall, JC Anunciacion) 1:38.54.
• Fletcher (Mason Baldwin, Jackson Moore, Michale Murdono, Bennett Regnier), 1:38.94.

200 free relay 

Girls

• Ponte Vedra (Makenna Biernacki, Mikayla Costello, Lillian Ritchie, Lily Ewer), 1:39.10.
• Lawton Chiles (Amelia McGlynn, Yiyan Wu, Sofia Kharchenko, McKay Yearty, 1:41.23.

Boys

• Lawton Chiles (Owen Ekk, Emmanuel Squitier, Kipton Fenniman, Will Bracken), 1:26.78.
• Fleming Island (William Shoesmith, Kade Karney, Jackson Strickland, Noah Stotler), 1:28.54.

400 free relay

Girls

• Ponte Vedra (Lily Ewer, Marianna Myers, Madelyn Tulloch, Ava Pell), 3:36.85.
• Fleming (Klara Shoesmith, Ellie Strombeck, Caroline Kuhl, Kinsey Yarbrough), 3:40.41.

Boys

• Fletcher (Mason Baldwin, Bennett Rotramel, Merrick Vanscoy, Jackson Moore), 3:09.43.
• Lawton Chiles (Owen Ekk, Kipton Fenniman, Solomon Osborne, Will Bracken), 3:09.84.

Full results 

Region 2

Team winners: 

• Girls — Sunlake Land O’Lakes, 528
• Boys — Jesuit, 582

Overview: The co-champion at the state meet last year, the Tampa Jesuit boys look to be a major threat again entering the state meet. Sunlake Land O’Lakes also was dominant at this regional, nearly doubling the total of runner-up Cypress Creek. Individually, Payton Burton of Land O’Lakes was the only multi-event winner in the girls’ event, claiming the 200 IM and 500 free. In the boys’ competition Timur Kenzin of Land O’Lakes (200 free and 500 free), Kevin Johnson of Cypress Creek (50 free and 100 free) and Donald Davis of Tampa Jesuit (200 IM and 100 breast) each won two events.

Individual event top finishers

200 free

Girls

• Mila Adriani. (Land O’Lakes), 1:54.55.
• Ashlyn Burton (Land O’ Lakes), 1:59.07.

Boys

• Timur Kenzin (Land O’Lakes), 1:44.10.
• Tyler Kulish (Wharton), 1:45.88.

200 IM

Girls

• Payton Burton (Land O’Lakes), 2:10.76.
• Kate Rodger (Freedom), 2:12.52.

Boys

• Donald Davis (Tampa Jesuit), 1:54.64.
• John Maciel (Tampa Jesuit), 2:00.92

50 free

Girls

• Micaela Vasquez (Land O’Lakes), 24.90.
• Olivia Breadon (East Lake), 24.95.

Boys

• Kevin Johnson (Cypress Creek), 20.26.
• Wilson Marcum (Tampa Jesuit), 21.33.

Diving

Girls

• Emma Ketchum (Auburndale), 428.45.
• Ashley LaVoy (Land O’Lakes), 314.85.

Boys

• Weston Spiers (Land O’Lakes), 440.00.
• Kyrryl Skotarenko (East Lake), 394.25.

100 fly

Girls

• Kate Rodger (Freedom), 57.02.
• Olivia Perez (Freedom), 58.50.

Boys

• Noah Kreye (Tampa Jesuit), 50.33.
• Lewis Mattson (Tampa Jesuit), 52.91.

100 free

Girls

• Ashlyn Burton (Land O’Lakes), 53.81.
• Micaela Vasquez (Land O’Lakes), 54.37.

Boys

• Kevin Johnson (Cypress Creek), 45.31.
• Wilson Marcum (Tampa Jesuit), 47.09.

500 free

Girls

• Payton Burton (Land O’Lakes), 5:08.36.
• Mila Adriani (Land O’Lakes), 5:11.28.

Boys

• Timur Kenzin (Land O’Lakes), 4:49.19.
• Ryan Beaty (Tampa Jesuit), 4:54.48.

100 back

Girls

• Alera Michaud (East Lake), 1:01.19.
• Lili Ramsay (Land O’Lakes), 1:02.91.

Boys

• Dane Pearson (Mitchell), 55.82.
• Nevin Naramore (Cypress Creek), 57.58.

100 breast

Girls

• Armita Taheri (Freedom), 1:09.05.
• Atalia Tripp (Land O’Lakes), 1:11.15.

Boys

• Donald Davis (Tampa Jesuit), 57.85.
• John Maciel (Tampa Jesuit), 59.81.

Relay event top finishers 

200 medley relay

Girls

• Land O’Lakes (Mila Adriani, Atalia Tripp, Payton Burton, Micaela Vasquez), 1:52.65.
• Cypress Creek (Hailey McArdle, Lily Maczuga, Giuliana Medina, Gianna Sercu), 1:58.80.

Boys

• Tampa Jesuit (Lewis Mattson, Donald Davis, Noah Kreye, Brady Santo), 1:36.73.
• Land O’Lakes (Evan Moses, Jeremy Morgan, Alex Zendegui, Owen Kerrigan), 1:40.65.

200 free relay

Girls

• East Lake (Maren McHugh, Shea Farrell, Karina McSoley, Olivia Breadon), 1:43.20.
• Land O’Lakes (Ashlyn Burton, Atalia Tripp, Anna Lucius, Lily Bixler), 1:43.31.

Boys

• Tampa Jesuit (Wilson Marcum, Joseph Finster, David Dieffenthaller, Fisher Sadlowski), 1:27.12.
• Wharton (Tyler Kulish, Lucas Bloeman, Sulaiman Azam, Casey Quinn), 1:31.71.

400 free relay

Girls

• Land O’Lakes (Ashlyn Burton, Mila Adriani, Micaela Vasquez, Payton Burton), 3:36.71.
• East Lake (Karina McSoley, Maren McHugh, Alera Michaud, Olivia Breadon), 3:48.10.

Boys

• Tampa Jesuit (Wilson Marcum, Lewis Mattson, Fisher Sadlowski, Brady Santo), 3:12.34.
• Land O’Lakes (Timur Kenzin, Jeremy Morgan, Alex Zendegui, Owen Kerrigan), 3:16.44.

Full results

Region 3

Team winners:

• Girls — St. Petersburg, 443
• Boys — St. Petersburg, 587

Overview: The St. Petersburg girls are coming off a state runner-up finish last year, while the boys’ team also looks to be ready for big things at the state meet. The St. Petersburg girls were led by multi-event winners Brinkleigh Hansen (200 free and 500 free) and Isabella Descent (50 free and 100 free). The other individual standout was Makayla Hill of Cape Coral (200 IM and 100 breast). In the boys’ competition, the multi-event winners were St. Petersburg’s Cobe Hehenberger (200 free and 500 free) and Christian Guettler (50 free and 100 breast).

Individual event top finishers

200 free

Girls

Boys

• Cobe Hehenberger (Șt. Petersburg), 1:41.36.
• Sawyer Hansen (St. Petersburgh), 1:43.56.

200 IM

Girls

• Makayla Hill (Cape Coral), 2:03.47.
• Faith Domico (Clearwater), 2:09.79.

Boys

• Finn Hehenberger (St. Petersburg), 1:58.09
• Hunter Oglesbee (Osceola Fundamental), 1:58.33.

50 free

Girls

• Isabella Descent (St. Petersburg), 24.59.
• Elisabeth Santana (St. Petersburg), 24.91.

Boys

Diving

Girls

• Isabell Kurlinski (Osceola Fundamental), 462.15.
• Addy Dambeck (St. Petersburg), 408.05.

Boys

• Jacob Roberts (St. Petersburg), 527.15.
• Michael Rodetsky (Osceola Fundamental), 447.55.

100 fly

Girls

• Elisabeth Santana (St. Petersburg), 58.44.
• Rianne Brandt (Osceola Fundamental), 1:00.13.

Boys

• Logan Coakley (St. Petersburg), 53.03.
• Kaiden Snell (Sebring), 55.50.

100 free

Girls

Boys

• Robert Shapovalov (Ft. Myers), 46.97.
• Orlando Clarke (Riverdale), 48.68.

500 free

Girls

Boys

• Cobe Hehenberger (Șt. Petersburg), 4:35.95.
• Sawyer Hansen (St. Petersburg), 4:37.14.

100 back

Girls

• Taylor Tedhams (Cape Coral), 59.23.
• Harper Sango (St. Petersburg), 1:00.17.

Boys

• Abram Kinzel (St. Petersburg), 52.01.
• Robert Shapovalov (Ft. Myers), 52.94.

100 breast

Girls

• Makayla Hill (Cape Coral), 1:03.65.
• Faith Domico (Clearwater), 1:08.12.

Boys

Relay event top finishers

200 medley relay

Girls

• Cape Coral (Isabella Figueroa, Makayla Hill, Taylor Tedhams, Daynna Franklyn), 1:49.37.
• St. Petersburg (Harper Sango, Elizabeth Santana, Skyler Ross, Sophie Spinale), 1:52.56.

Boys

• St. Petersburg (Abram Kinzel, Finn Hehenberger, Logan Coakley, Jacob Shulman), 1:38.87.
• Osceola Fundamental (Jude Mandakunis, Alexander Kovalev, Hunter Oglesbee, Ilya Proskurkin), 1:43.53.

200 free relay

Girls

• St. Petersburg (Isabella Descent, Elisabeth Santana, Ansley Bess, Brinkleigh Hansen), 1:39.15.
• Ft. Myers (Ellie Kalihof, Ellen Pfannenstiel, Leonor Valera, Ellie Correia), 1:45.10.

Boys

400 free relay

Girls

Boys

• St. Petersburg (Sawyer Hansen, Cobe Hehenberger, Nolan Kurtz, Christian Guettler), 3:09.96.
• Osceola Fundamental (Alexander Kovalev, Noah Tollon, Hunter Oglesbee, Ilya Proskurkin), 3:23.55.

Full results 

Region 4

Team winners:

• Girls — Miami Beach, 327.
• Boys — St. Thomas Aquinas, 346.

Overview: The Miami Beach girls qualified to the state meet again and will look to improve on a fourth-place finish from last year, while the St. Thomas Aquinas boys hope to crack the top-5 after not doing so last year.  On the girls’ side, leading the way individually was Varvara Dmitrova of Archbishop McCarthy, who won the 200 IM and the 500 free. In the boys’ competition, the only multi-event winner was Andres De Angulo of Belen Jesuit, who won the 100 fly and the 100 back.

Individual event top finishers

200 free

Girls

• Sofia De Angulo (Lourdes Academy), 2:01.15.
• Matilda Ramthun (Archbishop McCarthy), 2:05.07.

Boys

• Manuel Gonzalez (Martin County), 1:44.93.
• Rocco Herran Garcia (St. Thomas Aquinas), 1:45.12.

200 IM

Girls

• Varvara Dmitrova (Archbishop McCarthy), 2:08.70.
• Addison Scott (St. Thomas Aquinas), 2:09.24.

Boys

• Becket Menacho (Deerfield Beach), 1:55.10.
• Emihlio Reveron (Miami Beach), 1:56.55.

50 free

Girls

• Penelope Lopez-Casula (Miami Beach), 23.08.
• Sienna Udzinski (Jensen Beach), 24.65.

Boys

• Roman Watson (Martin County), 20.87.
• Justin Scuderi (Jensen Beach), 21.50.

Diving

Girls

• Anna Krasnopolskiy (St. Thomas Aquinas), 448.45.
• Aubrie Durham (Sebring), 413.55.

Boys

• Samuel Shiflett (Martin County), 419.60.

100 fly

Girls

• Isabella Bradchulis (Dwyer), 58.31.
• Bogdana Kuptcova (Miami Beach), 58.35.

Boys

• Andres De Angulo (Belen Jesuit), 50.36.
• Becket Menacho (Deerfield Beach), 50.75.

500 free

Girls

• Varvara Dmitrova (Archbishop McCarthy), 5:09.90.
• Carlotta Montesino (Lourdes Academy), 2:07.89.

Boys

• Ariel Gutierrez (Belen Jesuit), 4:39.16.
• Alistair Bass (St. Thomas Aquinas), 4:39.56.

100 back

Girls

• Charlotte Mitchell (Martin County), 58.98.
• Bogdana Kuptcova (Miami Beach), 59.95.

Boys

• Andres De Angulo (Belen Jesuit), 51.02.
• Aiden Goodwin (Archbishop McCarthy), 52.50.

100 breast 

Girls

• Addison Scott (St. Thomas Aquinas), 1;05.14.
• Christie Lumsden (Everglades), 1:06.92.

Boys

• Mikhail Cherepanov, 57.97.
• Roman Watson (Martin County), 58.07.

Relay event top finishers

200 medley relay 

Girls

• Miami Beach (Bogdana Kuptova, Julia Messinger-Nanni, Claudia Bracho, Penelope Lopez-Casula), 1:49.25.
• Marion County (Charlotte Mitchell, Chloe Morgenstern, Noelle Bussom, Julia Murphy), 1:54.16.

Boys

• Martin County (Daniel Romero, Roman Watson, Brandon Fiore, Manuel Gonzalez), 1:36.97.
• St. Thomas Aquinas (Connor Jimenez, William McAndrews, Luis Felipe Quingatuna, Louis Fratarcangeli), 1:37.78.

200 free relay

Girls

• Martin County (Julia Murphy, Chloe Morgenstern, Martina Saralegui Blanco, Charlotte Mitchell), 1:41.29.
• Dwyer (Isabella Bradchulis, Reese Garland, Anjali Bhandiwad, Layla Bleakey), 1:41.45.

Boys

• Martin County (Roman Watson, Bradon Fiore, Daniel Romero, Manuel Gonzalez), 1:26.94.
• Belen Jesuit (Andres De Angulo, Manuel Melcon, Jayden Garcia, Andres Plasencia), 1:27.24.

400 free relay

Girls

• Miami Beach (Bogdana Kuptcova, Claudia Bracho, Julia Messinger-Nanni, Penelope Lopez-Casula), 3:33.10.
• Jensen Beach (Sienna Udzinski, Elizabeth Barnhart, Abigale Sanford, Juliette Scuderi), 3:46.51.

Boys

• Miami Beach (Emihlio Reveron, Oliver Lieberman, Luigi Villani, Alejandro Torres), 3:15.95.
• Belen Jesuit (Andres Plasencia, Gianluca Polo, Michael Weglarz, Andres De Angulo), 3:16.35.

Full results