Two area swimmers took gold at the Class 4A state championships in Stuart.
Mandarin’s Gage Hulbert won a state title in the 100 fly and Creekside’s Grace Gavin added to the Knights’ sterling tradition by winning an individual title in the 100 back.
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For Hulbert, his time of 48.01 in the 100 fly was an automatic All-American time. Sandalwood’s Larry Salls finished third in that event and also took state runner-up in the 50 free.
Gavin swam a 55.09, good enough for All-American consideration to give Creekside a champ. Gavin also finished fourth in the 200 IM. Gavin also swam the lead leg for both the Knights’ fifth-place 200 free relay team and fifth-place 200 medley relay team. Outside of Gavin, Creekside teammate Anna Moore had a pair of fourth-place efforts, one in the 100 free and the other in the 100 breast.
Atlantic Coast’s Jack Hall had a second and a third in the 200 free and 500 free, respectively. Aaron Storlie of Nease was state runner-up in diving.
Class 3A state swimming and diving championship
Girls (finishers in the top 8 listed)
200 medley relay: 5. Creekside, 1:46.28; 7. Nease, 1:47.99.
200 free: Olivia Moore (Nease), 1:51.62.
200 IM: 4. Grace Gavin (Creekside), 2:05.61; 5. Natalie Padgett (Nease), 2:05.69.
50 free: 7. Reilly McCabe (Bartram Trail), 23.59; 8. Jayla Covington (Atlantic Coast), 23.64.
Diving: 5. Tayler Graham (Sandalwood), 402.85.
100 fly: 8. Natalie Padgett (Nease), 56.82.
100 free: 4. Anna Moore (Creekside), 51.58; 6. Reilly McCabe (Bartram Trail), 51.85.
200 free relay: 5. Creekside, 1:36.38; 8. Bartram Trail, 1:39.25.
100 back: 1. Grace Gavin (Creekside), 55.09.
100 breast: 4. Anna Moore (Creekside), 1:04.19; 8. Avery Dixon (Creekside), 1:06.14.
400 free relay: 6. Nease, 3:30.35
Boys (finishers in the top 8 listed)
200 medley relay: 3. Nease, 1:33.72; 5. Bartram Trail, 1:34.09.
200 free: 2. Jack Hall (Atlantic Coast), 1:38.09; 7. Gage Hulbert (Mandarin), 1:40.63.
200 IM: 7. Raymond Prosinski (Bartram Trail), 1:52.04.
50 free: 2. Larry Salls (Sandalwood), 19.97; 5. Matthew Koziol (Nease), 20.92.
Diving: 2. Aaron Storlie (Nease), 390.85; 3. Trevor Haskins (Bartram Trail), 384.65; 5. Patrick Adams (Nease), 367.
100 fly: 1. Gage Hulbert (Mandarin), 48.01; 3. Larry Salls (Sandalwood), 49.04; 4. Mason Campbell (Bartram Trail), 49.19.
100 free: 8. Matthew Koziol (Nease), 46.88.
500 free: 3. Jack Hall (Atlantic Coast), 4:28.58; 8. Raymond Prosinski (Bartram Trail), 4:33.77.
100 back: 5. Mason Campbell (Bartram Trail), 50.13.
100 back: 4. Rich Nguyen (Nease), 56.65; 8. Nicholas Tayag (Bartram Trail), 57.88.
400 free relay: 3. Bartram Trail, 3:07.93.