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RE boys' swimming wins 13th straight district title, girls are district runners-up
Ransom Everglades boys' swimming won its 13th straight district title and the girls' swim team finished in second place at the Florida High School Athletic Association 1A District 12 Championship October 27. Eleanor Kriplen '28, Sophie Szutkowski '28 and Owen Zhao '29 each won individual district titles to lead the Raiders under coach Franz Huggins. That trio along with Ivar Kostowicz '31 and Clayton Serflek '29 claimed four top-three finishes each.
The boys' team dominated the nine-team field in the event at Belen Jesuit, tallying 426 total points to 326.5 by second-place Riviera. RE's girls' team finished behind Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart.
Kriplen won the 50 free (24.90) and 100 free (55.79); Szutkowski, the 200 IM (2:15.98) and 100 breast (1:10.49); and Zhao, the 100 free (51.54) to go along with a runner-up finish in the 50 free (23.40). Kostowicz placed second in both the 200 free (1:50.60) and 500 free (5:01.97), while Serflek took second in the 100 back (1:01.48) and third in the 200 IM (2:17.33).
All five swimmers also contributed heavily to Ransom Everglades' relay performances, with Kriplen, Szutkowski, and Zhao each adding two top-three relay finishes, and Kostowicz and Serflek securing two relay podiums apiece to round out their team-leading efforts.
See all of RE's top three finishers below.
Girls' 200 Yard Medley Relay
3rd Place
Sophie Szutkowski '28, Alisha Rajadhyaksha '29, Anji Gupta '27, Hannah May '29 (2:04.21)
Kriplen won the 50 free (24.90) and 100 free (55.79); Szutkowski, the 200 IM (2:15.98) and 100 breast (1:10.49); and Zhao, the 100 free (51.54) to go along with a runner-up finish in the 50 free (23.40). Kostowicz placed second in both the 200 free (1:50.60) and 500 free (5:01.97), while Serflek took second in the 100 back (1:01.48) and third in the 200 IM (2:17.33).
All five swimmers also contributed heavily to Ransom Everglades' relay performances, with Kriplen, Szutkowski, and Zhao each adding two top-three relay finishes, and Kostowicz and Serflek securing two relay podiums apiece to round out their team-leading efforts.
See all of RE's top three finishers below.
Girls' 200 Yard Medley Relay
3rd Place
Sophie Szutkowski '28, Alisha Rajadhyaksha '29, Anji Gupta '27, Hannah May '29 (2:04.21)
Boys' 200 Yard Medley Relay
3rd Place
Clayton Serflek '29, Iker Fierro Garcia '28, Sebastian Hosein '31, Luke Schneider '27 (1:51.14)
3rd Place
Clayton Serflek '29, Iker Fierro Garcia '28, Sebastian Hosein '31, Luke Schneider '27 (1:51.14)
Boys' 200 Yard Free
2nd Place
Ivar Kostowicz '31 (1:50.60)
2nd Place
Ivar Kostowicz '31 (1:50.60)
Girls' 200 Yard IM
1st Place Sophie Szutkowski '28 (2:15.98)
1st Place Sophie Szutkowski '28 (2:15.98)
Boys' 200 Yard IM
3rd Place
Clayton Serflek '29 (2:17.33)
3rd Place
Clayton Serflek '29 (2:17.33)
Girls' 50 Yard Free
1st Place
Eleanor Kriplen '28 (24.90)
2nd Place
Larissa Rebessi '29 (26.68)
1st Place
Eleanor Kriplen '28 (24.90)
2nd Place
Larissa Rebessi '29 (26.68)
Boys' 50 Yard Free
2nd Place Owen Zhao '29 (23.40)
3rd Place Luke Schneider '27 (24.33)
2nd Place Owen Zhao '29 (23.40)
3rd Place Luke Schneider '27 (24.33)
Girls' 1 mtr Diving
2nd Place
Camille Davis '31 (272.30)
2nd Place
Camille Davis '31 (272.30)
Girls' 100 Yard Free
1st Place
Eleanor Kriplen '28 (55.79)
1st Place
Eleanor Kriplen '28 (55.79)
Boys' 100 Yard Free
1st Place
Owen Zhao '29 (51.54)
1st Place
Owen Zhao '29 (51.54)
Girls' 500 Yard Free
2nd Place
Christina Luca '28 (6:00.28)
2nd Place
Christina Luca '28 (6:00.28)
Boys' 500 Yard Free
2nd Place
Ivar Kostowicz '31 (5:01.97)
3rd Place
Matteo Miller '30 (5:31.78)
Girls' 200 Yard Free Relay
2nd Place
Eleanor Kriplen '28, Larissa Rebessi '29, Hannah May '29, Rebecca Haywood '29 (1:47.70)
2nd Place
Eleanor Kriplen '28, Larissa Rebessi '29, Hannah May '29, Rebecca Haywood '29 (1:47.70)
Boys' 200 Yard Free Relay
2nd Place
Owen Zhao '29, Luke Schneider '27, Noah Lopes '30, Ivar Kostowicz '31 (1:35.36)
2nd Place
Owen Zhao '29, Luke Schneider '27, Noah Lopes '30, Ivar Kostowicz '31 (1:35.36)
Boys' 100 Yard Back
2nd Place
Clayton Serflek '29 (1:01.48)
2nd Place
Clayton Serflek '29 (1:01.48)
Girls' 100 Yard Breast
1st Place
Sophie Szutkowski '28 (1:10.49)
1st Place
Sophie Szutkowski '28 (1:10.49)
Girls' 400 Yard Free Relay
2nd Place
Eleanor Kriplen '28, Christina Luca '28, Larissa Rebessi '29, Sophie Szutkowski '28 (3:50.18)
2nd Place
Eleanor Kriplen '28, Christina Luca '28, Larissa Rebessi '29, Sophie Szutkowski '28 (3:50.18)
Boys' 400 Yard Free Relay
2nd Place
Ivar Kostowicz '31, Clayton Serflek '29, Owen Zhao '29, Noah Lopes '30 (3:33.96)
2nd Place
Ivar Kostowicz '31, Clayton Serflek '29, Owen Zhao '29, Noah Lopes '30 (3:33.96)
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