Jupiter Sweeps Region 3-4A Titles, St. Thomas Aquinas Finishes Second; SOFLO’s Lance Lesage Heads State Qualifiers

By Sharon Robb

BOCA RATON, November 5, 2018—Jupiter topped a field of 23 teams to win the girls and boys team titles at the Region 3-4A Swimming and Diving Championships at the Boca Raton High School Aquatic Center.

Jupiter won the girls team title with 371 points followed by runner-up St. Thomas Aquinas with 324.

The Raiders lone girls region victory was the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:40.03 with Kasey Jordan, Gabriella Chambers, Gina Fimiano and Isabella Chambers.

Jupiter won the boys team title with 290 points. The Raiders were second with 264 points.

SOFLO’s Lance Lesage, competing for St. Thomas Aquinas for the first year as a sophomore, qualified for the state meet in the 100-yard freestyle, seeded 22nd in 48.56 and 100-yard backstroke, seeded ninth in 53.35. Lesage was fourth in the 100 freestyle and third in the 100-yard backstroke.

Lesage was also a member of the winning 200-yard medley relay that qualified 16th in 1:40.72. The Raiders won the region title with Lesage leading off followed by Ian Hamilton, Juan Zapata and Kalvin Hernandez.

Zapata was a double winner for the Raiders in the 200-yard individual medley in 1:56.00 and 100-yard butterfly in 51.36.

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS
1. Jupiter 371, 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 324, 3. Boca Raton 322, 4. Wellington 188, 5. Forest Hill 166, 6. Vero Beach 157, 7. Park Vista 128, 8. Palm Beach Central 112, 9. Deerfield Beach 94, 10. tie, Atlantic, Douglas 85, 12. Monarch 63, 13. Palm Beach Gardens 58, 14. Spanish River 33, 15. Coral Springs 28, 16. South Plantation 27, 17. Taravella 25, 18. Lake Worth 20, 19. Coral Glades 19, 20. Seminole Ridge 8, 21. tie, Piper, Fort Pierce Central, 4, 23. Treasure Coast 2.

GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Boca Raton 1:49.86 (Ella Martinez, Monika Seniuta, Paige Maceachern, Caroline Nordheim), 2. Jupiter 1:49.90, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:49.95 (Lalainie Bannister, Isabella Nigro, Samantha Litman, Isabella Chambers).

200-yard freestyle: 1. Elizabeth Richardson, VB 1:51.85, 2. Ella Martinez, BR 1:52.04, 3. Anna Auld, FH 1:52.06.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Paige Maceachern, BR 2:04.98, 2. Ryan Flynn, FH 2:09.23, 3. Sophia Ruppert, WELL 2:13.24.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Heidi Smithwick, JUP 23.68, 2. Megan Murphy, FH 23.88, 3. Isabella Chambers, STA 24.47.

1-meter diving: 1. Jessie Creed, BR 546.85, 2. Juli Wortman, WELL 524.40, 3. Emilie Moore, BR 493.40.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Madison Cummings, ATL 54.78, 2. Ella Gates, PV 57.90, 3. Ashley Cozad, WELL 58.28.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Elizabeth Richardson, VB 52.14, 2. Nicole Aguilar, PBC 52.21, 3. Kiara Caamano, JUP 53.41.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Anna Auld, FH 4:54.63, 2. Erin Tague, PBG 5:02.85, 3. Erika Wesch, JUP 5:06.56.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:40.03 (Kasey Jordan, Gabriela Chambers, Gina Fimiano, Isabella Chambers), 2. Boca Raton 1:40.15, 3. Jupiter 1:41.20.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Megan Murphy, FH 55.65, 2. Madison Cummings, ATL 55.96, 3. Ella Martinez, BR 57.17.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Paige Maceachern, BR 1:05.37, 2. Heidi Smithwick, JUP 1:05.64, 3. Ryan Flynn, JUP 1:06.62.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Jupiter 3:34.10 (Erika Wesch, Kiara Caamano, Heidi Smithwick, Michaela Avedisian), 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:34.27 (Isabella Chambers, Lalainie Bannister, Gabriella Chambers, Kasey Jordan), 3. Boca Raton 3:38.08.

BOYS TEAM TOTALS
1. Jupiter 290, 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 264, 3. Boca Raton 211, 4. Coral Glades 201, 5. Vero Beach 162, 6. Wellington 159, 7. Douglas 139, 8. Deerfield Beach 135.5, 9. Spanish River 107, 10. Seminole Ridge 96, 11. Park Vista 95, 12. Atlantic 81.5, 13. Palm Beach Central 75, 14. Coral Springs 63, 15. Treasure Coast 59, 16. Plantation 31, 17. Taravella 30, 18. John I. Leonard 27, 19. Lake Worth 16, 20. Fort Pierce Central 15, 21. Monarch 14, 22. South Plantation 12, 23. Palm Beach Gardens 5.

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

200-yard medley relay: 1. St. Thomas Aquinas 1:40.72 (Lance Lesage, Ian Hamilton, Juan Zapata, Kalvin Hernandez), 2. Coral Glades 1:41.19, 3. Wellington 1:43.16.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Andres McKeon, CS 1:44.27, 2. Quoctuan Ho, PV 1:44.40, 3. Varis Monroe, JUP 1:45.08.

200-yard individual medley: 1. Juan Zapata, STA 1:56.00, 2. Patrick Doyle, CGL 1:57.28, 3. Ethan Roach, SR 1:57.69.

50-yard freestyle: 1. Caleb Petranchuk, JUP 21.84, 2. Kalvin Hernandez, STA 21.97, 3. Joshua Curtis, JUP 22.16.

1-meter diving: 1. Tyler Coffey, JUP 575.15, 2. Will Lefebvre, JUP 544.30, 3. Tristan Trax, VB 481.75.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Juan Zapata, STA 51.36, 2. Quoctuan Ho, PV 51.45, 3. Caleb Petranchuk, JUP 52.64.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Varis Monroe, JU 47.66, 2. Tadas Seniuta, BR 48.15, 3. Carter Carlson, DB 48.27. 4. Lance Lesage, STA 48.56.

500-yard freestyle: 1. Cameron Taddonio, BR 4:40.29, 2. Andres McKeon, CS 4:44.96, 3. Nicolas Gallego, JUP 4:47.05.

200-yard freestyle relay: 1. Jupiter 1:28.50 (Caleb Petranchuk, Varis Monroe, Joshua Curtis, Nicolas Gallego), 2. Deerfield Beach 1:29.86, 3. Boca Raton 1:31.25.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Ethan Roach, SR 52.89, 2. Patrick Doyle, CGL 53.24, 3. Lance Lesage, STA 53.35.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Daniel Varon, TC 58.82, 2. Carter Carlson, DB 59.93, 3. Will Jason, BR 1:00.59.

400-yard freestyle relay: 1. Jupiter 3:14.85 (Varis Monroe, Caleb Petranchuk, Joshua Curtis, Nicolas Gallego), 2. St. Thomas Aquinas 3:17.70 (Kalvin Hernandez, Felipe Bravo, Lance Lesage, Juan Zapata), 3. Wellington 3:19.65.

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