The top two finishers in each event automatically qualified for the state meet, along with the next-best eight overall times among the four regions.
Below is a recap of all four Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A Region meets. The top two finishers in each event automatically qualified for this weekend’s state meet, along with the next- best eight overall times among the four regions.
Of note was a dominant performance at the Region 3 meet by the Riverview Sarasota girls’ team, which heads to the state meet in great form as it seeks a sixth straight state championship.
Region 1
Team winners:
- Girls — Creekside, 402
- Boys — Winter Park, 360.
Overview: The Creekside girls and the Winter Park Boys both were third at the state meet last year and are hoping to better that next week. Individually, the multi-event winners in the girls’ competition were Mai Perez of Forest (200 free and 500 free) and Emmie Lewis of Creekside (50 free and 100 free). On the boys’ side, Luke Zardavets of Nease (100 fly and 100 breast) and Will McWard of Seminole (50 free and 100 free) were the multi-event winners. Zardavets won the 100 breast at the Class 3A state meet last year…