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ALL-AREA BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING TEAM
BOYS C0-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR DANNY HARTLEY AND ANDREW WOJCIK
All-Area First Team
First Team Continued
Cameron Anderson
Brian Barth
Brandon Ledford
Aidas Kavaliauskas
Ryan Boltersdorf
Alex Brocksmith
Dalton Krencik
Al Madden
Gared Cosgrave
Demetrius Demet
William Malone
Luis Moreno
Matthew Farris
Jonathan Geraghty
Andy Newbold
Brendan Walsh
CAMERON ANDERSON
AL MADDEN
Martin County freshman Stats: Anderson finished 15th in the 100 breaststroke at the 3A State meet.
BRIAN BARTH
Sebastian River senior Stats: Barth finished 21st in the 100 back, was on the third-place 200 medley team and took sixth in the 400 free relay at the State 3A meet.
RYAN BOLTERSDORF
Lincoln Park Academy junior Stats: Boltersdorf finished 17th in the 50 free, 13th in 100 breaststroke, and was on the fifth-place 200 free relay team and the 9th-place 400 free relay team at the State 2A meet.
ALEX BROCKSMITH
Sebastian River senior Stats: Brocksmith took 21st in 500 free and was on sixthplace 400 free relay at the State 3A meet.
GARED COSGRAVE
Lincoln Park Academy eighth-grader Stats: Cosgrave finished 14th in the 500 free at the State 2A meet.
DEMETRIUS DEMET
Lincoln Park Academy senior Stats: Demet finished fourth at the State 2A diving meet.
MATTHEW FARRIS
Lincoln Park Academy junior Stats: Farris took 16th in 100 free and was on the fifthplace 200 free and ninth-place 400 free relays at the State 2A meet.
JONATHAN GERAGHTY
Lincoln Park Academy sixth-grader Stats: Geraghty finished fifth at the State 2A diving meet.
BRANDON LEDFORD
Sebastian River senior Stats: Ledford finished seventh in the 50 free and 100 butterfly and was on the third-place 200 medley and sixth-place 400 free relays at the State 3A meet.
AIDAS KAVALIAUSKAS
Lincoln Park Academy sophomore Stats: Kavaliauskas finished 20th in the 200 free and 100 free and was on the fifthplace 200 free and ninth-place 400 free relays at the State 2A meet.
DALTON KRENCIK
Lincoln Park Academy senior Stats: Krencik finished 17th in the 100 back and 16th in the 100 butterfly and was on the fifth-place 200 free and ninthplace 400 free relay teams at the State 2A meet.
The Team
The 2013 All-Area Boys Swimming team was compiled by Aimee Ford Foster.
CHRISTOPHER ARNOLD/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS
Jensen Beach High School’s Danny Hartley is the 2013 All-Area Boys Co-Athlete of the Year.
Double gold champions Danny Hartley and Andrew Wojcik rise to the top, winning two golds each at the state meet By Aimee Ford Foster Special to Treasure Coast Newspapers
Throughout their high school careers, Danny Hartley and Andrew Wojcik have been counted among the elite swimmers on the Treasure Coast. This year, the seniors proved to be among the best in the wider pool of talent in the state — and definitely among the very best swimmers of all time from the area. Jensen Beach High School’s Hartley and Sebastian River’s Wojcik, each won two gold medals at the Class 3A FHSAA state championship meet in November. Hartley won the 50- Andrew yard freestyle and 100 Wojcik butterfly. Wojcik captured championships in the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke. Each is the first swimmer from his school to win a state championship. They also are the first area swimmers to earn two gold medals at the state meet since 2000, when Martin County’s Chris Fowler became the third area swimmer to double dip into state gold. For their achievements, Hartley and Wojcik have been named the All-Area Boys Swimming and Diving Co-Athletes of the Year. Hartley was the 2012 all-area winner while attending Martin County. “I guess hard work does pay off in the end,” Hartley said. “I just trust my coach and keep training. Everybody wants to win state championships. It’s a dream come true.” Hartley was blazingly fast in both events, earning automatic all-American status in each. He carved nearly a second off his time in the 50 free from the regional to the state meet, which he won in 20.73 seconds. He dropped an eye-catching 3.28 seconds off his time in the 100 fly to win in 49.57 seconds. “It was the best swim meet of my life,” said Hartley, who spent two
years at Martin County attending the culinary program but said he returned to Jensen Beach to graduate with his lifelong friends. “But districts were amazing because the guys won for the first time.” Hartley had no idea he could win the 50 free, but thought he had a chance in the butterfly despite being seeded sixth. “You really can’t go by the psych sheets because everyone goes faster at state,” he said. “I did feel I had a chance in the fly. The 50 is just a crapshoot. It’s so fast. There’s no time to mess up ... at first I was shocked. I couldn’t believe the scoreboard. It was amazing.” Wojcik’s ascension is, perhaps, the more surprising. Although he medaled as a sophomore, Wojcik missed the podium last year. This year, he was seeded 18th in the 200 IM, which was his first individual swim of the day. He cut significant time in the prelims, though, and when he touched the wall of the finals in 1:53.17, it was nearly eight seconds faster than his regional time. “That was probably the high point of this high school season,” he said. “I didn’t even think I had a chance of getting on the podium. In the breast, I thought I had a chance. I was seeded (18th) in the IM and came out first.” He dropped 4.11 seconds off his breaststroke time to earn the win in 56.77. “It was a great relief to me, because I haven’t dropped times in both those races in forever,” Wojcik said. “In the breast, it’s been like three year and the IM was like a year.” Both times were fast enough to earn all-American consideration. “I wasn’t panicked (about his seeding),” coach Scott Barlow said. “It’s not uncommon to see five, six, seven second drops in the IM and three in the breaststroke. … He was waiting for a big meet.” Wojcik’s first swim in the finals was with the 200 medley relay, which placed first to give him his first medal of the day. He said that
Swimmers of the Year
Danny Hartley
Jensen Beach senior Stats: Harltey won the 50-yard freestyle, 100 butterfly and was on the championship 200 medley and 200 free relay teams at the District 10-3A meet. At the Region 4-3A meet, he came in second in 50 free, won the 100 fly and was on the second-place 200 medley and 200 free relays. He won the 50 free and 100 fly and was on the fourth-place 200 medley, free relays at the State 3A meet. Coach Nicole Reardon: “He’s the most humble, competitive athlete I have been around. He had the determination to make himself better and stronger this year and proved it with automatic allAmerican, back-to-back state titles in front of his home town crowd.”
ANDREW WOJCIK
Sebastian River senior Stats: Wojcik won the 200 individual medley, 100 breaststroke and was on the championship 200 medley and 400 free relays at the District 5-3A meet. At the Region 2-3A mee, he came in second in 200 IM and 100 breaststroke and was on the championship 200 medley, 400 free relays. He won the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke and was on the third-place 200 medley, sixth-place 200 free relays at the State 3A meet. Coach Scott Barlow: “Everything just came together for him. After being on the awards stand two years ago and then just missing it last year, I always knew he had a chance to medal and to possibly win. He’s been waiting for the gold medal.”
race got him “pumped up” for the rest of the meet. “I was really surprised by the whole thing,” he said. “I wouldn’t have guessed that before that I’d be first in both races.”
Rafael Barbosa D’Avillo St. Edward’s senior Spencer Greaves St. Edward’s eighth-grader Jon Hill Sebastian River junior George Katilus Vero Beach sophomore
WILLIAM MALONE
Jensen Beach junior Stats: Malone took 13th in the 100 free, 19th in the 100 back and was on the fourthplace 200 medley and 200 free relays at the State 3A meet.
LUIS MORENO
South Fork junior Stats: Moreno finished 22nd in 100 butterfly at the State 3A meet.
ANDY NEWBOLD
South Fork senior Stats: Newbold took 17th in diving at the State 3A meet.
BRENDEN WALSH
Sebastian River junior Stats: Walsh finished 15th in diving at the State 3A meet.
Coach of the Year
NICOLE REARDON Jensen Beach, First year This year: Jensen Beach won its first district championship, edging rival Martin County by three points only a week after finishing second in the county championships. Senior Danny Hartley led the way for a team that got contributions from both upperclassmen and younger swimmers. Quotable: “The team worked harder and accomplished more than they thought possible. Winning our first district title was a byproduct of the team’s preparation and dedication.”
All-Area Teams
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Honorable Mention Tucker Adams Treasure Coast freshman Austin Archibald Martin County junior Jason Billings Jensen Beach sophomore Andrew Brown St. Edward’s freshman Ryan Coppedge South Fork sophomore
Jensen Beach sophomore Stats: Madden finished 15th in the 100 back and was on the fourth-place 200 medley and 200 free relays at the State 3A meet.
Coleman Kramer St. Edward’s eighth-grader John Lalime Vero Beach freshman Max Lindenthal St. Edward’s freshman Matthew McGinn Martin County junior
Jonathan Miller SLW Centennial senior Luke Murphy Martin County senior Emilio Rojo South Fork senior Kyle Soch Jensen Beach senior
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