- October 5, 2026
Flagler Palm Coast sophomore Douglas Seth ran a personal-record 15 minutes, 20.7 seconds to place 13th in the boys championship division at the Southern Showcase cross country meet on Sept. 19 in Huntsville, Alabama.
Seth’s time is the third fastest in school history behind Justin Harbor and Sam Vazquez.
The FPC girls won the blue division at the Southern Showcase with senior Anna Grigoruk winning the individual title with her season-best time of 19:39.84. Avery Wisniewski placed 13th in 20:54.67, Audrey Bowman placed 16th in 21:02.63 and Everly Mucciolo placed 36th in 21:46.97.
Among the boys, in addition to Seth, three other FPC runners ran sub-17-minute times: Dylan Ciardi (62nd, 16:18.9), Enzo McGovern (110th, 16:44.5) and Mateo Almeida (121st, 16:49.4). Owen Stackpole was 161st in 17:25.20.
At the Coach Joe McKinney Classic, Seabreeze’s Joseph Davis placed 13th in 17:41.5, Alexander Benitez was 39th in 18:40.6 and Jaden Torres was 43rd in 18:45.8. Karly Rybicki had the best finish for the Seabreeze girls with a time of 22:59.4 for 34th place. Harper Smith was 39th in 23:16.9.
At the Mount Dora Christian Academy Bulldog Invitational, the Father Lopez boys placed third with Liam Harman (15th, 20:35.7) and Kylar Deaton (17th, 20:51.6) leading the way. Matanzas’ Liam Yanasheski was the first Pirates runner to finish with a time of 21:50.4 in 23rd place.
Among the girls, Father Lopez’s Lucy Fulton placed third in 23:00.4 and Savannah Cox was ninth in 24:37.4. Matanzas’ Noemi Malinowski placed 13th in 25:38.8 and Lupita Galeano was 15th in 25:41.9.
Matanzas sophomore swimmer Alex Demers broke a 14-year-old school record in the boys 500-yard freestyle at the Frank Holleman Invitational on Sept. 19 at Planet Swim Aquatics in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Demers finished in 5:11.47 to break Thomas Tarantola’s previous mark of 5:12.16, Pirates swim coach Carrie Purdy said.
FPC’s boys and girls swimmers swept Atlantic at home on Sept. 17 at the Belle Terre pool. At the Record Breaker Invitational on Sept. 12 in Port Orange, the members of FPC’s first-place 200-yard medley relay team were Alexander Rudik, Sammy Cimbala, Noah Roznos and Kyle Pawluski with a time of 1:43.90.
FPC’s volleyball team has won nine matches in a row heading into the Sept. 22 match at Deltona. The Bulldogs (12-1) will host rival Matanzas on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. The Pirates (8-3) are the only team to beat FPC this season, winning in five sets on Aug. 25 at the Matanzas gym.
The Bulldogs have lost just five sets in13 matches this season. Grace Taylor leads FPC in both kills with 168 and assists with 183. Sanigh Arneaud leads the Pirates in kills with 146 and digs with 116.
Former Mainland and FPC quarterback Dennis Murray Jr. scored three touchdowns in Georgia State’s first two games this season, but missed the Panthers’ game at UCF on Sept. 19 with an injury. The junior running back scored his third touchdown of the season on a 12-yard run in a 31-17 win at Kennesaw State on Sept. 12. In two games, Murray has rushed for 76 yards and has three receptions for 63 yards.
Former FPC golfer Carmella Carlisi, a sophomore at Cal State San Marcos, tied for third at the RJGA Shootout at Estrella on Sept. 14-15 in Goodyear, Arizona. Carlisi shot 68-74 for a 2-under-par 142 to lead the Cougars to the team title.
Former Matanzas basketball player Henry Robinson Jr., who is now a senior at Pine Ridge High School, has committed to play basketball next year at Jacksonville University, according to his father, Pine Ridge coach Henry Robinson Sr., who posted the news on social media. The 6-foot-8 Robinson averaged 27.6 points and 8.3 rebounds for the Panthers last season.
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