Seabreeze swimmers sweep Matanzas and Atlantic at tri-meet

The Sandcrabs went on to break six school records at Spruce Creek's Record Breaker Invitational.

By Observer Staff
| 4:56 p.m. September 19, 2023

Matanzas' Kailah Hayes swims the butterfly. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Seabreeze's Laurel Carson swims the butterfly. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Matanzas' Mandy Flaherty reaches with each stroke towards the finish. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Matanzas swmmers McKenzie Manhart, Carmella Cuccinello and Karolina Jaronis speak with teammate Sam Peters. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Matanzas' Elizabeth Hull swims the breaststroke leg for her team in the medley relay. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Matanzas' Jackson Hull swims the backstroke. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Seabreeze's Marin Lages cheers on her teammates. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Matanzas swimmer Giovanni DeAquino takes a breath. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Seabreeze's Kai McMeeking drives toward the finish in the breaststroke leg of the medley relay. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Matanzas' Keaton Lasicki takes a breath during the breaststroke. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Seabreeze's Tyler Smith, Martin Montalvo and Anderson Hinds relax between events. Photo by Jake Montgomery

A Seabreeze swimmer races towards the finish in the 100 freestyle. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Seabreeze's Kai McMeeking swims the breaststroke. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Matanzas' Teddy Vanderbilt swims the breaststroke. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Seabreeze's Jake Eisner, Anderson Hinds and Jordan Eisner watch and cheer their relay teammate. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Matanzas' Matthew Sholes pushes off after a flip turn. Photo by Jake Montgomery

Matanzas swimmer Jackson Hull (center) dives off the blocks. Photo by Jake Montgomery

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Seabreeze swept Atlantic and Matanzas in a swimming tri-meet at the Ormond Beach YMCA on Sept. 13.

Three days later, the Sandcrabs broke six school records at Spruce Creek's Record Breaker Invitational at the Port Orange YMCA.

Seabreeze won every event at the tri-meet. The Sandcrabs defeated Matanzas 119-51 in the boys events and 120-49 in the girls races. The Matanzas boys defeated Atlantic 117-46, while the Pirates' girls edged Atlantic 88-79.

Seabreeze coach Sam Fabulich expects the Sandcrabs to perform well at state in their relay events. The problem, she said, is selecting which relays to compete in during the postseason.

"I feel our relays are going to do very well, both the boys and girls," Fabulich said. "They're able to do everything, which is nice, but we have to pick two relays between the 200 medley, the 200 freestyle or the 400 freestyle."

Martin Montalvo, Tyler Smith, Kai McMeeking and Cole Conland broke a school record in the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:22.9 at the Record Breaker meet.

Other Sandcrabs to break school records at the meet were Conlan in the 200 free (1:48.97) and the 100 butterfly (51.71 seconds), Montalvo in the 200 individual medley (2:00.63) and the 100 backstroke (53.59 seconds) and Kenzie O'Keefe in the girls 500 freestyle (5:22.10).