- December 13, 2025
The Flagler Palm Coast, Matanzas, Seabreeze and Father Lopez girls and boys cross country teams all qualified for this week's regionals.
Matanzas sophomore Peyton Cerasi won the District 2-3A individual championship Nov. 8 at Middleburg High School by more than 10 seconds with a time of 19:00.6. Cerasi and Megan Rhee (12th place, 20:34.9) led the Pirates to a fourth-place finish. The top eight teams in each district move on to regionals.
The Matanzas boys placed second with Blaine Vogel finishing third in 16:30.8. Freshman Dylan Ciardi was eighth in 16:50.6, Enzo McGovern 11th in 17:25.4, Brant Tarsitano 14th in 17:28.8 and Matt Ciardi 17th in 17:39.0.
FPC's boys placed eighth at the District 1-4A meet Nov. 4 at Alligator Lake in Lake City. Freshman Douglas Seth paced the Bulldogs with a third-place finish in 16:22.3. Seth was just 2.3 seconds behind the runner-up.
FPC's Arianna Slaughter also placed third, finishing the girls race in 19:03.3 to lead the Bulldogs to fourth place. Anna Grigoruk was 12th in 19:45.6 and Audrey Bowman 17th in 20:30.4.
Seabreeze's boys were seventh and the girls were eighth in the District 3-3A meet at Whispering Pines Park in Inverness. Hunter Shuler placed 18th in the boys race in 17:30.6.
Father Lopez hosted the District 3-1A meet on Nov. 5, and the boys and girls both placed fourth. Eldin Rankin placed 10th in the boys race with a personal-record 19:10. Savannah Cox (23:41) and Lucy Fulton (23:42) placed ninth and 10th, respectively, in the girls race.
Seabreeze's Laurel Carson (50-yard freestyle) and Addie Smurdon (100 freestyle) won girls races at the Region 1-3A swim meet. Carson placed second behind Smurdon in the 100 free. Noelle Dragstedt was second in the 100 butterfly.
The Seabreeze boys won the 200 medley relay. Freshman Reef McKeeking placed second in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke.
The Class 3A state championships will be Nov. 15 at the Florida Aquatic Swim and Training Center (FAST) in Ocala.
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