News-Press: “The Seahawks continued their dominance, winning LCAC and district titles and coming in second at regionals. At the Class 3A state meet, senior Melissa Blaine won two individual medals, and Cape Coral earned medals in the 400 free relay and 200 IM relay.” Our hats off to our very own Dianne Kimble, AKA Coach T. Well earned. Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations to our Cape Aquatics swimmers who made this year’s News-Press All-Area Stars Swimmers.

FIRST TEAM HONORS:

Emma Best:
Junior, Cape Coral High School, 2nd in 200 Free at District and 3rd in Regions, 2nd in 100 Fly at District and 2nd at Regions, at State finished 10th in 100 Free with personal best (1:53.52) and 13th in the 100 Butterfly also a member of the Cape Coral 200 & 400 Free Relays which finished 8th and 7th at States.

Daynna Franklyn:
Freshman, Cape Coral High School, swam on both Seahawks’ state medaling relay teams and qualified for the Class 3A meet in the 50 free and 100 free. At districts, she came in third in the 50 free and fourth in the 100 free.

Sophie Pellegrino:
Senior, Cape Coral High School, earned a state medal as a member of the Seahawks’ 400-free relay team at the Class 3A meet. She qualified for states in 200 IM and 100 back, where she came in third and fourth at districts, respectively.

Second Team Honors:

Skye Persechino:
Freshman, Oasis Charter High School, at District 1st place in 200 and 500 Free with Oasis records, placed 7th in both events at the Regional meet with a school record in the 500 Free.

Aayden Dugan:
Freshman, Cape Coral High School, at LCAC 2ND in 200 I.M. and 3rd in 100 Back, at District 4th in 100 Fly and 2nd in 200 I.M. and at State 7th in the 200 I.M.

Honorable Mention Honors:
Lanie Hooper, Sophomore, Bishop Verot High School,
Alexa Ferro, Junior, Cape Coral High School
Lilyana Veltman, Sophomore, Mariner High School

Congratulations to the Cape Coral High School swimmers for their performances at the FHSAA 3A Region 3 meet.
Moving individually on to the State Championship Meet in Ocala November 11 are:
Emma Best 200-yard Free, 100-yard Butterfly
Sophie Pellegrino 200-yard Individual Medley, 100-yard Backstroke
Aayden Dugan 200-yard Individual Medley
Also qualifying for States are Cape’s girls 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay and 400 Free relay and the boys 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay.

Over a dozen Cape Aquatics swimmers started their day off at 6:30 AM practice. A beautiful sunrise and some motivated athletes made for a beautiful morning. Well done swimmers (and the parents who got them there)!!!

Our second long course meet of the season was a very successful event for our swimmers. Cape Aquatics swimmers posted forty-two best times including six new standards reached. Among best times posted was Alexa Ferro (15) with best times in the 100m Butterfly (1:16.96 -1.91s) 200m Breaststroke (3:19.52 -3.34s BB), 400m Free (5:12.22 – 7.92s) and 100m Breaststroke (1:32.19 -0.28). Connor McFall (12) reached best times in the 50m Free (41.44 – 1.35) and 100m Backstroke (148.13 -5.00). Sophie Pellegrino (16) posted personal best times in the 100m Backstroke (1:14.52 – 1.90 A) and 200m Backstroke ( 2:43.66 – 2.77). Skye Persechino (14) reached personal best times in the 100m Backstroke (1:18.02 – 7.22 BB), 200m Freestyle (2:14.47 – 0.12), 100m Breaststroke (1:28.44 – 10.42 BB) and 100m Freestyle (1:02.69 – 1.17 Senior cut). Jacob Ricke (13) had best times in 50m Freestyle (36.19 – 3.89) and 100m Backstroke (1:39.07 – 6.08). Hayden Tedhams (15) improved his time in the 50m Freestyle (27.52 – 0.24). Alissa Varlam (12) posted a best in the 20m Breaststroke (50.14 – 1.34) Lilyana Veltman (14) had a best time in the 100m Backstroke (1:29.00 – 13.31 B).