Mariners Cruz wins regional cross country title, teammate Macias-Buenrostro grabs third place
Mariner’s Angel Cruz and Dylan Macias-Buenrostro finished first and third today in the Region 3A-3 cross country meet at Buckingham Park.
Both locked up spots in the FHSAA Championships Saturday, Nov. 22, at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee.
Cruz crossed the finish line in 15:30.60, with Gabriel Garcia of Tampa Jesuit second in 15:31.40 and Macias-Buenrostro third in 15:54.70.
Going to Tallahassee along with the two Tritons will be the Cape Coral and North Fort Myers boys teams, which came in sixth and seventh respectively. Cape was led by Mason Boyer in 19th place, while Brody Hilt was 16th to pace North.
In the girls race. Brianna Watson of Island Coast earned a trip to Tallahassee as an individual runner. Watson came in 17th overall.
The North Fort Myers girls team was fourth, sending the Red Knights to the state meet as well. Aurelia Sciandra led the way for the Red Knights with a sixth-place finish.
Wednesday
CROSS COUNTRY
Region 3A-3
At Buckingham Park
BOYS
Team (top eight advance to state): 1 Fort Myers 51. 2 Tampa Jesuit 6. 3 St. Petersburg 78. 4 Seminole Osceola 131. 5 Wesley Chapel Cypress Creek 140. 6 Cape Coral 142. 7 North Fort Myers 184. 8 Dunbar 209. ALSO: Estero 262, Hillsborough 290, Charlotte 326, Riverdale 328, LaBelle 357, Leto 381, Wesley Chapel 384, Tampa Freedom 449. No team score: Mariner, Port Charlotte, St. Petersburg Northeast, Middleton, Pasco, Bonita Springs.
Individual (^advance to state as individual runners): 1 Angel Cruz^ (M) 15:30.60. 2 Gabriel Garcia (TJ) 15:31.40. 3 Dylan Macias-Buenrostro^ (M) 15:54.70. 4 Sylar Manatt (WCCC) 16:04.20. 5 Lucas Rupp (TJ) 16:05.10. 6 Reed Hagen (FM) 16:12.40. 7 Caidmon Higgins (StP) 16:18.20. 9 Trae Britton (FM) 16:28.60. 10 Diego Alvarado-Borjas (TJ) 16:39.50. 11 Justin Garbowicz (StP) 16:41.80. 12 Chancey Alexander (D) 16:41.80. 13 Micah Oliver (WCCC) 16:48.40. 14 Colton Barry (FM) 16:48.40. 15 Andrew Conrad (FM) 16:51.90. 16 Brody Hilt (NFM) 16:52.90. 17 Chris Kozlowski (FM) 16:53.00. 18 Brock Jackson (FM) 16:53.70. 19 Mason Boyer (CC) 16:54.30. 20 Aiden Mosall (StP) 16:55.60. 21 Keaghan Mault^ (PC) 16:56.00. 22 Oscar Hernandez^ (LaB) 16:56.80. 23 Aiden Moore (StPNE) 16:57.20. 24 Ari Pope (StP) 16:59.20. 25 Austin Boyle (TJ) 16:59.60. ALSO: 26 Joshua Warren (CC) 16:59.80. 36 William Santana (NFM) 17:19.30. 43 Martin Garcia (NFM) 17:30.30. 48 Reily Rountree (CC) 1742.80. 55 Nicholas Garcia (NFM) 17:55.00. 59 Graeson Campbell (NFM) 18:01.20. 61 Hunter Jendrusiak (CC) 18:05.60. 66 Chase Jendrusiak (CC) 18:18.80. 81 Cullen Zsebe (NFM) 18:55.20. 92 Michael Jendrusiak (CC) 19:11.50. 107 Aiden Maxfield (NFM) 20:13.00.
GIRLS
Team: (top eight advance to state): 1 St. Petersburg 59, 2 Fort Myers 78, 3 Seminole Osceola 89, 4 North Fort Myers 144, 5 Tampa Freedom 150, 6 Wesley Chapel Cypress Creek 181, 7 Charlotte 185, 8 Hillsborough 209. ALSO: Estero 211, Port Charlotte 244, Dunbar 261, Dixie Hollins 297, LaBelle 379, Countryside 389, Wesley Chapel 399, Braden River 466. No team score: Zephyrhills, Island Coast, South Fort Myers, East Bay, Cape Coral, St. Petersburg Northeast.
Individual (^advance as individual runners): 1 Lydia Vincent^ (Z) 18:20.10. 2 Caitlin Williams (StP) 18:57.80. 3 Emma Poekert (WCCC) 19:07.60. 4 Hazelle Pluizzano (H) 19:24.80. 5 Maggie Pocklington (FM) 19;39.20. 6 Aurelia Sciandra (NFM) 20:05.30. 7 Lyla Parker (FM) 20:10.00. 8 Hailey Nardone^ (E) 20:15.00. 9 Rihanna Kamel^ (D) 20:15.10. 10 Lina Logar (SO) 20:16.10. 11 Gianna Lemons (FM) 20:19.20. 12 Lucy Hammond (StP) 20;19.90. 13 Ellah Durliat (StP) 20:21.60. 14 Isabella Selvaggi (TF) 20:26.40. 15 Audrey Burke (H) 20:27.60. 16 Ashlynn Clements (SO) 20:34.80. 17 Brianna Watson^ (IC) 20:38.30. 18 Sabrina Schuller (StP) 20:44.90. 19 Colbie Fullerton (SO) 20:46.90. 20 Oriah Valenti (PC) 20;47.20. 21 Isla Trunk (StP) 20L:49.,30. 22 Caroline Pilton (StP) 20;51.90. 23 Elizabeth Jasper (FM) 20:56.10. 24 Jayden Mitchell (NFM) 21:00.40. 25 Gahedjine Montrose (SFM) 21:00.90. ALSO: 28 Isabella Hull (NFM) 21:06.70. 33 Audrey Gross CC) 21:32.70. 48 Cay Stevens (NFM) 22:18.60. 55 Yuki Sprankel (NFM) 22:49.30. 69 Victoria Smith (NFM) 23:46.70. 87 Addison Hull (NFM) 25:27.50.
Tuesday
GIRLS SOCCER
Bishop Verot 2, Sarasota 1: Katie Pelkofski scored both Vikings goals. Ava Rogers had an assist as the Vikings improved to 3-0-0. Ella Merrick and Alexis Chrisman split time in goal.
Canterbury 8, Cape Coral 0: The Seahawks took their first loss of the season (2-1-2).
North Fort Myers 11, Gateway Charter 0: Jaelyn Hoefer scored a hat trick, and Hannah Busenbark had two goals and two assists for the Red Knights (3-1-1). Caelyn Lewis scored twice and made an assist. Eliana Toro made four assists.
BOYS SOCCER
North Fort Myers 8, Gateway Charter 0: North remains perfect through three matches (3-0-0)..
Cape Coral 1, Canterbury 1: The tie left the Seahawks 0-2-2 to begin the season.