- December 23, 2024
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The Father Lopez boys swim team won the District 3-1A championship on Nov. 1 in Gainesville, while the girls placed second for the third year in a row. The boys won the 200-yard freestyle relay. Matt Alvarez won the 100-yard breaststroke. Thirteen boys advanced to regionals.
The girls won two relays, while Nelanee Fulton won the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard butterfly and Zoee Fulton won the 100 breaststroke.
Nelanee Fulton set a team record in the 50 free, Evie Carnathan set a team record in the 100 free, and Nelannee Fulton, Maya Khanna, Zoee Fulton and Carnathan set a team record in the 200 freestyle relay.
Seven Seabreeze swimmers qualified for the Class 3A state championships Nov. 8 after the girls finished fourth and the boys were ninth at the Region 1-3A meet.
Qualifying for the girls are Alexis O'Keefe (200 and 500 freestyle), Laurel Carson (200 IM and 100 freestyle), Addie Smurdon (50 free and 100 free), Mackenzie O'Keefe (100 butterfly and 500 free) and Noelle Dragstedts (100 butterfly.
Cole Conlan (100 butterfly and 100 backstroke) and Kai McMeeking (200 IM and 100 breaststroke) qualified for the boys. The girls also qualified in the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay. They boys also qualified in the 200 medley relay.
Seabreeze junior Hunter Shuler (17:11.7) placed sixth in the District 3-3A cross country meet in Inverness on Oct. 30 to lead the Sandcrabs' boys to a fourth-place team finish and a qualifying spot in regionals.
Mainland's girls placed eighth and also qualified with Hope Bronson (23:11.2) placing 29th. Seabreeze's Riley Hale qualified as an individual with a 34th-place finish (23:37.3) in the girls race.
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