State swimming and diving: 4 Brevard titles in 1A, 2A; Weisel with 5 career
Brevard County high school swimmers won seven state medals Friday at the Class 1A state meet and added 37 Saturday in Class 2A in Stuart.
Elliot Weisel of Rockledge High became the Brevard high school boys swimmer with the most career individual state championships at five, repeating in the 200-yard and 500-yard freestyle swims. he passed Skylar Stroman, who won one with Melbourne High and three for Satellite from 2003 through 2005.
The Raiders finished second in the boys 2A team standings Saturday with 188 points. Bishop Kenny, with 295.5 points, won the 2A title.
Record breaker: Rockledge's Elliott Weisel working to be Brevard's most successful HS boys swimmer ever
Weisel won the 200 free in 1:40.45 and the 500 in 4:30.23, both Rockledge High records. He earned automatic all-America status with a preliminary time of 4:27.05 in the 500. He swam a time qualifying for all-America consideration in the 200 preliminary at 1:38.62.
His teammate, Eli Rollen, won the 100 backstroke (48.57 seconds) and was the runner-up in the 100 free (45.23). Both of those were also school records. The Raiders 400 free relay, where the two were joined by Sebastian Trujillo and Zach Quattrocchi to swim 3:10.86, a fifth school record; Rollen, Trujillo, Weisel and Chaz Schuijt combined for a school record in the 200 medley relay as well, 1:34.59
In Friday's 1A meet, Holy Trinity's Elle Jacobsen won a diving title two days after signing to compete beginning next year for Davidson College. She finished just ahead of Edgewood's Lana Schmadeke.
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Here is a list of those who won medals from Brevard:
Class 2A state swimming and diving
Brevard girls medalists: 200 medley relay - 13. Rockledge (Mackenzie Wyatt, Alicia Barnes, Elena Rollen, Reagan Holmes) 1:56.88; 200 IM - 15. Elena Rollen, R 2:17.41; diving - 11. Daphne Aravena, R 305.05; 13. Jada Toland, Eau Gallie 290.60; 15. Ryleigh Rendina, Astronaut 282.05; 100 free - 15. Rollen, R 55.93; 100 back - 11. Wyatt, R 1:01.51; 100 breast - 6. Bili Lovell, Palm Bay 1:06.76; 400 free relay - 12. Rockledge (Rollen, Holmes, Jacie Christiansen, Wyatt) 3:49.45; 16. Titusville (Abigail Hightower, Abigail Houle, Maddi Quigg, Kaylee Thornton) 3:55.94.
Brevard boys medalists: 200 medley relay - 2. Rockledge (Eli Rollen, Sebastian Trujillo, Elliot Weisel, Chaz Schuijt) 1:34.59; 12. Titusville (Hayden Lester, Gavin Gumieny, Jaxson Brooksheier, Brayden Hunt) 1:41.99; 200 free - 1. Weisel, R 1:40.45; 15. Drew Shayka, T 1:47.23; 200 IM - 12. Reef Parman, R 2:01.21; 16. Zach Quattrocchi, R 2:03.81; 50 free - 7. Gavin Schumacher, Satellite 22.09; diving - 2. Lucas Smit, PB; 3. Benjamin Smit, PB 434.75; 6. Orion Parreault, Space Coast 343.50; 9. Christian Ashley, R 332.95; 14. Matthew Sluka, T 278.40; 100 fly - 13. Lester, T 53.14; 100 free - 2. Rollen, R 43.23; 500 free - 1. Weisel, R 4:30.23; 14. Shayka, T 4:56.16; 200 free relay - 7. Satellite (Schumacher, Ryder Aldridge, Ford Brewer, Gabriel Kim-Guisbert) 1:31.04; 13. Rockledge (Parman, Quattrocchi, Liam McGuire, Schuijt) 1:32.82; 16. Titusville (Gumieny, Sydney Provenzano, Matthew Mahoney, Stephen Guy) 1:37.55; 100 back - 1. Rollen, R 48.57; 5. Lester, T 52.39; 100 breast - 6. Trujillo, R 59.51; 8. Schumacher, S 1:00.28; 11. Quattrocchi,R 1:00.86; 400 free relay - 2. Rockledge (Weisel, Trujillo, Zuattrocchi, Rollen) 3:10.86; 13. Titusville (Shayka, Jaxson Brookshier, Hunt, Lester) 3:19.82; 16. Satellite (Brewer, Jack Knight, Owen Downs, Omar Panol) 3:29.07.
Class 1A state swimming and diving
Brevard girls medalists: 50 free - 12. Katie Laferriere, Cocoa Beach 24.42; 15. Nicole Riopelle, West Shore 24.63; diving - 1. Elle Jacobsen, Holy Trinity 466.10; 2. Lana Schmadeke, Edgewood 394.70; 100 fly - 13. Natalie Doig, HT 58.01; 15. Nicole Riopelle, WS 58.20.
Brevard boys medalists: diving - 10. Clayton MacConnell, Brevard Heat 323.25; 12. Jaden Haddock, CB 295.80.
This article originally appeared on Florida Today: Brevard County teams in FHSAA state swimming and diving championships
