2026 Florida 4A Regional Roundup: Riverview Sarasota Girls Dominate As They Seek 6th Straight Title ...Middle East

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2026 Florida 4A Regional Roundup: Riverview Sarasota Girls Dominate As They Seek 6th Straight Title

By Keith Dunlap on SwimSwam

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

     

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