{"id":40953,"date":"2025-11-10T15:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/40953\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T15:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:35:06","slug":"cape-high-swimmers-advance-to-state-meet-verot-boys-district-champs-in-cross-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/40953\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape High swimmers advance to state meet; Verot boys district champs in cross country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday<\/p>\n<p>SWIMMING<\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral\u2019s girls and boys had swimmers advance to next weekend\u2019s FHSAA Class 3A championships.<\/p>\n<p>Aayden Dugan of the Seahawks qualified for state in two events. He won the 100 backstroke and was second in the 100 butterfly.\u00a0 Reily Rountree was first\u00a0in 1-meter diving and Hayden Tedhams second in the 100 freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>The Cape Coral 200 girls medley relay team of Alejandra Figueroa, Taylor Tedhams, Isabella Figueroa and Daynna Franklyn was second in the 200 medley relay. Isabella Figueroa was also second in the 100 butterfly and Alejandra Figueroa second in the 100 backstroke.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Only the top two in each event automatically advanced to state. The remainder of the state field came from the best results across all four Class 3A regions.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Coral athletes earning wild-card spots in the state meet:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Girls \u2014 Taylor Tedhams (200 individual medley and 100 backstroke), Alejandra Figueroa (200 individual medley), Daynna Franklyn (50 freestyle and 100 freestyle), the 200 freestyle relay team (Eva Scribner, Alejandra Figueroa, Alissa Varlam and Ava Romine); and the 400 freestyle relay team (Tedhams, Isabella Figueroa, Scribner and Franklyn).<\/p>\n<p>Boys \u2014 Zachary Zivkovic (1-meter diving) and the 400 freestyle relay team (Hayden Tedhams, Carlos Heredia, Mackain Menassa and Dugan).<\/p>\n<p>The FHSAA Class 3A Championships are Friday and Saturday in Ocala.<\/p>\n<p>Region 3A-3<\/p>\n<p>At Southwest Pool, Largo<\/p>\n<p>Top two in each event advance to state; rest of field set by best times from all four regions<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS<\/p>\n<p>Team:\u00a0St. Petersburg 486, Cape Coral 307.5, Seminole Osceola 258, Fort Myers 184.5, Charlotte 139, Braden River 117, Northeast 104, Parrish Community 94, Gulf\u00a0Coast 77, Sebring 74.5, Palmetto 69, Port Charlotte 66, Largo 55.5, Manatee 49, Riverdale 48, North Fort Myers 34.<\/p>\n<p>Events<\/p>\n<p>200 medley relay:\u00a01 St. Petersburg 1:50.86. 2 Cape Coral (Alejandra Figueroa, Taylor Tedhams, Isabella Figueroa, Daynna Franklyn) 1:52.35.\u00a0200 freestyle:\u00a01 Brinkleigh Hansen (StP) 1:48.47. 2 Zoie Fjare (StP) 1:52.12.\u00a0200 individual medley:\u00a01 Karrington Hansen (StP) 2:05.45. 2 Isabella Slagter (C) 2:12.73. 4 Taylor Tedhams (CC) 2:12.73.\u00a050 freestyle:\u00a01 Alex Clark (StP) 23.70. 2 Elisabeth Santana (StP) 24.45. 4 Daynna Franklyn (CC) 24.83.\u00a01-meter diving:\u00a01 Elinor Jenson (SO) 374.10. 2 Addy Dambeck (StP) 357.55.\u00a0100 butterly:\u00a01 Elisabeth Santana (StP) 58.91. 2\u00a0 Isabella Figueroa (CC) 1:00.34.\u00a0100 freestyle:\u00a0Karrrington Hansen (StP) 51.40. 2 Alex Clark (StP) 51.48.\u00a0500 freestyle:\u00a01 Brinkleigh Hanson (StP) 4:45.03. 2 Zoie Fjare (StP) 4:57.40.\u00a0200 freestyle relay:\u00a01 St. Petersburg 1:38.00. 2 Seminole Osceola 1:42.49. 4 Cape Coral (Eva Scribner, Alejandra Figueroa, Alissa Varlam, Ava Romine) 1:43.91.\u00a0100 backstroke:\u00a01 Aubry Gore (StP) 59.65. 2 Alejandra Figueroa (CC) 59.78.\u00a0100 breaststroke:\u00a01 Mya Villamediana (C) 1:12.97. 2 Rachel Scholz (BR) 1:13.66.\u00a0400 freestyle relay:\u00a01 St. Petersburg 3:31.56. 2 Osceola Seminole 3:44.91. 3 Cape Coral (Taylor Tedhams, Isabella Figueroa, Eva Scribner, Daynna Franklyn) 3:45.36.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BOYS<\/p>\n<p>Team:\u00a0St. Petersburg 416, Seminole Osceola 278, Cape Coral 232.5, Fort Myers 223, Port Charlotte 216.5, Charlotte 190, Riverdale 135, Parrish Community 110, Sebring 88, Gull Coast 88, Largo 54, Northeast 50, Palmetto Ridge 35, Palmetto 29, Ida Baker 25, Manatee 18, Dunbar 7, Mariner 10, Golden Gate 10, North Fort Myers 8.<\/p>\n<p>Events<\/p>\n<p>200 medley relay:\u00a01 St Petersburg 1:40.89. 2 Charlotte 1:45.06.\u00a0200 freestyle:\u00a01 Ryland Chappell (FM) 12:41.92. 2 William Franzese (SO) 1:41.97.\u00a0200 individual medley:\u00a01 Robert Shapalov (FM) 2:00.13. 2 Carter Dumont (GC) 2:01.20. 50 freestyle:\u00a01 Christian Guettler (StP) 21.38. 2 Bryce Carr (StP) 22.34.\u00a01-meter diving:\u00a01 Reily Rountree (CC) 364.65. 2 Anthony Gunderson (D) 359.70. 3 Zachary Zivkovic (CC) 335.05.\u00a0100 butterfly:\u00a01 Robert Riley (SO) 53.06. 2 Aayden Dugan (CC) 53.25.\u00a0100 freestyle:\u00a01 Christian Guettler (StP) 45.62. 2 Hayden Tedhams (CC) 48.26.\u00a0\u00a0500 freestyle:\u00a01 Ryland Chappell (FM) 4:32.18. 2 William Franzese (SO) 4:39.00.\u00a0200 freestyle relay:\u00a01 St. Petersburg 12:28.83. 2 Fort Myers 1:29.88. 4 Cape Coral (Hayden Tedhams, Carlos Heredia, Mackain Menassa, Aayden Dugan) 1;31.61.\u00a0100 backstroke:\u00a01 Aayden Dugan (CC) 54.05. 2 Robert Shapovalov (FM) 54.30.\u00a0100 breaststroke:\u00a01 Mason Drumm (PC) 59.10. 2 Hunter Oglesbee (SO) 1:00.17.\u00a0400 freestyle relay:\u00a01 St. Petersburg 3:14.87. 2 Osceola Seminole 3:16.83. 4 Cape Coral (Hayden Tedhams, Carlos Heredia, Mackain Menassa, Aayden Dugan) 3:31.19.<\/p>\n<p>2025 FHSAA Championships<\/p>\n<p>Class 1A<\/p>\n<p>At Ocala<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS<\/p>\n<p>200 freestyle:\u00a013 Skye Persechino, Oasis 1:55.68 (fifth in B final)<\/p>\n<p>500 freestyle:\u00a014 Skye Persechino, Oasis, 5:16.17 (sixth in B final)<\/p>\n<p>BOYS<\/p>\n<p>100 individual medley:\u00a014 Zachary Poskon, Oasis, 1:57.21 (sixth in B final)<\/p>\n<p>CROSS COUNTRY<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Verot crushed the competition in the boys District 2A-6 cross country meet Saturday on the Vikings\u2019 home course.<\/p>\n<p>District champion Verot had five of the top six finishers, including Zachary Zielke (15:51.30) and Andew Marino (15:55.90) crossing the line in first and second\u00a0respectively. Dennis Olsen was fourth, Zachary Engel fifth and Rafael Casillas sixth. Additionally, Thomas Eichten was 12th and Christian Ginart 14th, giving\u00a0 the Vikings half of the meet\u2019s top 14 times.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings\u2019 18 team points far outdistanced second-place Lemon Bay (86 points).<\/p>\n<p>Truman Wiedner was 10th for Oasis, leading the Sharks into the Region 2A-3 meet as the sixth-place team.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Verot girls finished first and third. Mackenzie De Lisle came in with a time of 17:38.30 to take the District 2A-6 title from Oasis\u2019 Jazlyn Forbes (17:44.00). Gyanna Gyurich (19:20.20) of the Vikings was third.<\/p>\n<p>Aubrey Rogers eked out the title of District 2A-6 team champion,\u00a0edging Oasis on a tiebreaker. Both schools had 57 points. Oasis\u2019 first five bested the\u00a0Patriots\u2019\u00a0top five, but Rogers\u2019 sixth runner was 22nd while Oasis\u2019 sixth finished 29th.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Verot finished third in the team standings.<\/p>\n<p>Five Sharks were among the top 16 runners: Forbes, Madison Easton (12), Madison Brooks (13), Erin Vezzola (14) and Lilliana Sipe (16). Jocelyn Sweeney of the Vikings was 19th.<\/p>\n<p>The top eight teams in each district advance to regionals.<\/p>\n<p>The Region 2A-3 meet will be held next Saturday at North Port High School.<\/p>\n<p>District 2A-6<\/p>\n<p>At Bishop Verot<\/p>\n<p>Top eight teams, plus top four individuals from non-advancing teams qualify for region<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS<\/p>\n<p>Team:\u00a01 Aubrey Rogers 52, 2 Oasis 57, 3 Bishop Verot 67, 4 Lemon Bay 105, 5 Cardinal Mooney 136, 6 Lincoln Park Academy 153. 7 Frostproof 192, 8 Sarasota Military 210.\u00a0ALSO:\u00a0Hardee 214, DeSoto County 271, Avon Park 301, Clewiston 387.<\/p>\n<p>Individual:\u00a01 Mackenzie De Lisle (BV) 17:38.30. 2 Jazlyn Forbes (O) 17:44.00. 3 Gyanna Gyurich (BV) 19:20.20. 4 Tonia Renda (AR) 19:38.00. 5 Caroline Muddell (BV) 19:38.30. 6 Olivia Boncelet (AR) 20:01.70. 7 Rosemary Selke (CM) 20:08.20. 8 Mackenzie Martin (LB) 20:35.890. 9 Jacey Lee (LP) 20:42.50. 10 Addison Gurick (AR) 20:48.80. 11 Isabella Wilson (LB) 21:11.40. 12 Madison Easton (O) 21:11.50. 13 Madison Boyko (O) 21:12.30. 14 Ein Vezzola (O) 21:13.40. 15 Addison Farr (AR) 21:16.20. 16 Lilliana Sipe (O) 21:38.20. 17 Ava Wilson (LB) 21:48.30. .8 Cielo Contreras (SMA) 21:50.20. 19 Jocelyn Sweney (BV) 22:21.60. 20 Bella Foss (SMA) 22:32.20.\u00a0ALSO:\u00a030 Piper Sheldon (O) 23:13.60. 41 Lea Scotti (BV) 23;57.00. 47 Lana Schmidt (BV) 24:31.30. 52 Zoe McCurry (BV) 25:02.60. 77 Bailey Benetatos (O) 27;06.70. 80 Sydney Morency (O) 27;33.50. 90 Devin Archibald (BV) 29:22.70.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BOYS<\/p>\n<p>Team:\u00a01 Bishop\u00a0Verot 18, 2 Lemon Bay 86, 3 Aubrey Rogers, 4 Frostproof 119, 5 Hardee 152, 6 Oasis 190, 7 Gateway Charter 209. 8 Clewiston 245.\u00a0ALSO:\u00a0Cardinal Mooney 257, Avon Park 275, Lincoln Park Academy 283, Sarasota Military 305, DeSoto County 320, Lake Placid 334.<\/p>\n<p>Individual (*advanced as individual runner):\u00a01 Zachary Zielke (BV) 15:51.30. 2 Andew Marino (BV) 15:55.0. 3 Ethan\u00a0Piper (GC) 16:09.90. 4 Dennis Olsen (BV) 16:23.60. 5 Zachary Engel (BV) 16:27.30. 6 Rafael Casillas (BV) 16:36.30. 7 Kyle Domke (LB) 16:48.20. 8 Taylor Morrison (AR) 16:49.70. 9 Paul Svilokos* (CM) 16:51.10. 10 Truman Wiedner (O) 16:59.00. 11 Ron Marquette (LB0 16;59.40. 12 Thomas Eichten (BV) 17:18.30. 13 Cooper Elliott (LB) 17:29.90. 14 Christian Ginart (BV) 17:30.70. 15 Jonathan Rocendo (F) 17;36.80. 16 Dominic Martinez (F) 17:38.80. 17 Alex Skadal (LB) 17:43.60. 18 Logan Eastman (AR) 17:44.10. 19 Valentin Lopez (H) 17:45.10. 20 Clinten Spiker (F) 17;50.80. ALSO: 27 Jordan Irizarry (O) 18:14.30. 43 Andru McCarthy (O) 19;6.60. 59 Joseph Poilsinelli (BV) 20:43.30. 86 Joseph Green (O) 22:26.80. 87 Logan Meyer (BV) 22:28.60. 93 Wyatt Arthur (O) 22:55.60. 94 Samuel Mota (O) 23:04.40. 96 Lucas Pruett (O) 23:23.90. 110 Lars Fahnemann (O) 26:34.50.<\/p>\n<p>District 4A-6<\/p>\n<p>At North Port<\/p>\n<p>BOYS<\/p>\n<p>Team:\u00a0George Steinbrenner 45, Sickles\u00a088, Sarasota\u00a0114, Palm Harbor University 124, Lakewood Ranch 137:\u00a0ALSO:\u00a016 Ida Baker 481, 17 Gateway 536, 18 Lehigh 540.<\/p>\n<p>Individual:\u00a01 Luca Martin (GS) 16:15.60. 2 Landen Wise (V) 16;212.80. 3 Zachary Glover (Sick) 16:24.20. 4 Cooper Chesser (Sick) 16:25.00. 5 Brody Waltz (PHU) 16:29.30.\u00a0\u00a0ALSO:\u00a065 Miguel Lara (IB)\u00a0 18:26.20. 70 Michael Hernandez (IB)18:31.50. 142 Yael Salazar (IB) 21:33.90. 151 Ivan Roman (IB) 21:55.90. 154 Josue Caceres-Castellan 22:04.40. 159 Astin Rodallega (IB) 22:42.30. 162 Andrew Sears (IB) 22:54.80. 170 Justin Batista (IB) 25:15.70. 186 Malachi Lara (IB) 28:53.40.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS<\/p>\n<p>Team:\u00a0Plant 57, Sarasota 61, Venice 118, George Steinbrenner 159, Parrish Community 165:\u00a0ALSO:\u00a017 Ida Baker 466, 18 Gateway 568.<\/p>\n<p>Individual:\u00a01 Katherine Eudaly (P) 18:27.90. 2 Madison Muller (SR) 18:30.30. 3 Rylee Nelson (P) 18;41.60. 4 Maila Hambrick (NP) 18:48.50. 5 Avery Chatman (EL) 19:28.40.\u00a0ALSO:\u00a084 Kaliah Williams (IB) 24:02.40. 94 Aubrey Tansey (IB) 24:39.40. 112 Anelia Harasimwoica (IB) 25:44.20. 127 Isabella Diaz (IB) 26:18.10. 133 Alina Mateo (IB) 26:47.40. 147 Natalee Phelps (IB) 28;34.00. 160 Renata Harasimowicz (IB) 34:03.60.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Friday<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS SOCCER<\/p>\n<p>Lourdes Academy 4, North Fort\u00a0 Myers 0:\u00a0The Red Knights (2-1-1), playing their\u00a0fourth match in five\u00a0days, suffered their first loss.<\/p>\n<p>Late Thursday<\/p>\n<p>GIRLS WEIGHTLIFTING<\/p>\n<p>Olympic lift: Dunbar\u00a045, Oasis 32<\/p>\n<p>Oasis:\u00a0Paige Thomas 220,\u00a0Natalie Yanes 135,\u00a0Addison Hatley 155,\u00a0Lacey Beattie 225,\u00a0Kyra Cavender 200<\/p>\n<p>Traditional: Dunbar 39, Oasis 38<\/p>\n<p>Oasis:\u00a0Paige Thomas 225,\u00a0Natalie Yanes 165,\u00a0Addison Hatley 160,\u00a0Lacey Beattie 230,\u00a0Kyra Cavender 230<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday SWIMMING Cape Coral\u2019s girls and boys had swimmers advance to next weekend\u2019s FHSAA Class 3A championships. 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