- December 13, 2025
Four Seabreeze individuals and relays made the A finals at the Class 3A state swimming championships on Nov. 15 in Ocala. Reef McMeeking placed third in the boys 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:49.59. Kai McMeeking placed sixth in 100 breaststroke in 1:00.03. Noelle Dragstedt placed seventh in the girls 100 butterfly, and the boys 200 medley relay team placed eighth.
The Sandcrabs also qualified for the B finals in five events. Kai McMeeking placed 11th in boys 100 freestyle, Laurel Carson placed 14th in girls 100 freestyle, the boys 200 freestyle relay placed 10th, the girls 200 medley relay placed 12th and the girls 100 freestyle relay placed 14th.
The Seabreeze boys placed 12th as a team and the girls placed 13th.
Flagler Palm Coast baseball player Marion Clayton signed a national letter-of-intent on Nov. 12 to play baseball next year at Jacksonville University. Clayton led the Bulldogs with a .472 batting average, 3 home runs and 8 RBIs last season.
Flagler Palm Coast’s Arianna Slaughter set a school record with a time of 18:17.3 to place fourth at the Region 1-4A cross country meet at Cecil Field Golf Course in Jacksonville. She improved her personal record by 24 seconds.
The Bulldogs’ girls team placed sixth to qualify for the state championships on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee. In addition to Slaughter, FPC’s Anna Grigoruk (13th, 19:01.9) and Audrey Bowman (23rd, 19:39.0) also rean their best times at regionals.
The FPC boys placed ninth in the toughest region in the state and did not qualify as a team for state, but freshman Douglas Seth qualified individually with a personal-record time of 15:47.0 for 13th place.
The Matanzas boys and girls teams and the Seabreeze boys team qualified for the Class 3A state championships Nov. 22 at Apalachee park. The Matanzas girls place placed fifth at the Region 1-3A meet at Cecil Field. Sophomore Peyton Cerasi placed third with a time of 18:38.1. Megan Rhee was 22nd with a PR time of 20:21.2. The Matanzas boys were fourth with Blaine Vogel running fifth in 16:12.7, Brant Tarsitano 13th in 16:34.9, Dyland Ciardi 24th in 16:47.1 and Enzo McGovern 29th with a PR time of 16:53.13.
The Seabreeze boys were seventh at the Region 2-3A meet at New Smyrna Beach High, with Hunter Shuler placing 22nd in 17:02.5. At the Region 2-1A meet at Holloway Park in Lakeland, Father Lopez sophomore Lucy Fulton just missed state qualification with a PR time of 21:59 for 20th place. Fulton improved her time by nearly eight minutes from a year ago.
FPC senior golfer Sophia Stiwich tied for 20th place at the Class 3A state golf championships Nov. 11-12, at Mission Inn Resort at Howey-in-the-Hills, with a 75-76-151.
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