- December 4, 2025
Matanzas High sophomore Peyton Cerasi won the girls race at the Coach Joe McKinney Classic cross country meet on Saturday, Sept. 20, at New Smyrna Beach High School.
Cerasi, with a time of 19:11.7, won by nine seconds over Ocala Vanguard’s Ava Curtis. Megan Rhee placed 18th for the Pirates in 21:36.5, and Sara Van Buren finished in 31st place in 22:20.9.
Blaine Vogel led the Matanzas boys with a time of 16:44.2 for sixth place. Three other Pirates finished in the top 30 to help Matanzas place fourth out of 21 teams: Brant Tarsitano, 17th, 17:11.9; Enzo McGovern, 24th, 17:34.4; and Matthew Ciardi, 30th, 17:43.6. Seabreeze’s Hunter Shuler placed 32nd with a time of 17:50.9.
Flagler Palm Coast freshman Douglas Seth placed fifth in the Invitational Division at the Adidas XC Challenge on Sept. 20 in Cary, North Carolina. Seth ran a 16:17.50, his best time so far in his short varsity career.
FPC sophomores Owen Stackpole (17:49.6) and Mateo Almeida (17:51.0) placed 75th and 78th.
Arianna Slaughter led the FPC girls with a 13th-place finish in 19:52.10. Anna Grigoruk was 17th in 20:12.18, and Audrey Bowman was 41st with a personal-record time of 21:12.10.
