Matanzas, Flagler Palm Coast, Seabreeze and Father Lopez runners are 'Spectacular' with personal-record times

Matanzas' Peyton Cerasi breaks her own school record to place 25th in Girls Elite race at the New World Fall Spectacular cross country meet. FPC's Ari Slaughter was 31st.

Matanzas sophomore Peyton Cerasi broke her own school record set earlier this season with a time of 18:33 to place 25th at the New World Fall Spectacular. Courtesy photo
Matanzas sophomore Peyton Cerasi broke her own school record set earlier this season with a time of 18:33 to place 25th at the New World Fall Spectacular. Courtesy photo
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Personal record times of local runners dropped like flies at the New World Fall Spectacular cross country meet on Oct. 11 at the Cecil Field Golf Course in Jacksonville.

There were eight competitive races on the fast course. Each of the Elite and B races had between 278 and 405 runners competing.

In the Girls Elite race, Matanzas sophomore Peyton Cerasi broke her own school record and earned a medal with a time of 18:33 to place 25th out of 350 runners. Seven runners ran between 18:32 and 18:35. Flagler Palm Coast senior Ari Slaughter was not far behind with a personal record of 18:41 for 31st place.

FPC’s Anna Grigoruk (19:04, 50th), Audrey Bowman (20:18, 144th) and Everly Mucciolo (22:25, 289th) also ran PR times.

Matanzas senior Blaine Vogel placed 42nd in the Boys Elite race with a PR time of 15:54, which was more than a minute faster than his time in the same meet a year ago. FPC freshman Douglas Seth placed 63rd with a PR time of 16:05.

FPC sophomores Owen Stackpole (16:51, 151st) and Matteo Almedia (16:52, 153rd) ran PR times. Matanzas senior Matt Ciardi also broke his PR with a time of 16:57 to place 160th. Teammate Brant Tarsitano was 166th in 16:59. And FPC junior Evan Johnson ran his best time with a 17:47 for 269th place out of 405 runners.

In the Boys B race, Seabreeze placed ninth as a team with senior Hunter Shuler placing sixth with a PR time of 16:38, while teammates Kai Shirley (17:45, 70th), Steven Martinez (17:51, 81st) and Audie Daytona (18:17, 113th) also ran their best times. 

Matanzas senior Sara Van Buren placed 20th in the Girls B race with a time of 20:24 with teammate Megan Rhee right behind her in 21st place with a PR time of 20:26.

Father Lopez’s Lucy Fulton placed 84th with a PR time of 22:05. Matanzas freshman Rena Carlton ran a PR of 22:19 to finish 104th. Father Lopez’s Savannah Cox broke her PR time by 40 seconds with a 22:44 to finish 128th. Thirteen Lopez runners broke their PR times on the day with four runners shattering their best times by a minute or more and 10 by 30 seconds or more.

 

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