Eleven athletes from Citrus County will compete in 12 occasions on the Class 2A State Swimming & Diving Championships on Friday at The FAST Middle in Ocala.
Preliminaries and diving start at 9 a.m., with the A and B swimming finals slated to start at 5:30 p.m.
The highest eight performers within the preliminaries advance to the A closing and are assured medals. Swimmers who end in spots 9-16 within the preliminaries advance to the B finals that evening.
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Lecanto has 9 swimmers competing, whereas Crystal River superior one swimmer and one diver out of regionals.
A pair of Lecanto Panthers might be competing in 4 occasions.
Josh Ambrose is seeded ninth coming into the 100 freestyle and is lower than a second from the No. 3 qualifier. The Lecanto senior can be seeded twelfth within the 100 backstroke and is a member of the 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay groups.
“I hope to medal, and I’m going to try to get county data in each the 100 free and 100 again. I’ve the college data in these,” Ambrose stated after final weekend’s regional meet.
Mateo Valach additionally certified in 4 occasions, regardless of being in poor health all week main into regionals. He’s seeded 18th within the 100 breaststroke, twenty first within the 50 freestyle and can be on the 2 freestyle relay groups.
Becoming a member of Ambrose and Valach on the Eleventh-seeded 200 freestyle relay crew are William Graff and Brandon Thornton. Thornson and Nick Schenk are on the 400 freestyle relay crew that’s seeded seventeenth with Ambrose and Valach.
“I believe we glance actually robust. I believe we must always be capable of make finals at state. I believe each have an opportunity,” Ambrose stated of the 2 relays on the conclusion of regionals.
A pair of Lecanto women certified for state in three occasions and are on one other relay that would compete.
Laura Sanz Gobernado is seeded fifteenth within the 500 freestyle and twentieth within the 200 freestyle. Lia Richards is seeded twentieth within the 500 freestyle and twenty second within the 200 freestyle.
These two are additionally on the 400 freestyle relay crew that’s seeded Eleventh, with Julia Jones and Becky Mathew. The 200 medley relay crew of Sanz Gobernado, Richards, Jenna Van Ness and Blakely Messer are the second alternate, so if two groups don’t race at state for any motive, the Panthers will compete.
Jones additionally certified within the 500 freestyle and is seeded twenty third.
Crystal River’s Morgan Gibson is seeded eighth within the 200 freestyle and is lower than a second out of the fourth place. She can be seeded 14th within the 100 breaststroke.
“I wish to try to get on the rostrum within the 200 free and attempt to make A or B closing within the 100 breast,” Gibson stated after regionals. “I simply wish to race. I really like racing.”
Scott Knight will symbolize the Pirates within the boys 1-meter diving competitors. He’s seeded twenty second coming into the state meet.
He’s the primary Crystal River diver to succeed in the state meet since Mallory Oxford in 2010.
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