Introducing The News-Press 2023 All-Area Boys Swimming Team
At the end of each season, The News-Press selects All-Area teams honoring the best athletes for every sport. Coaches from area schools are sent nomination forms and are asked to nominate and rate their athletes as well as those from other teams. That data combined with The News-Press' research led to the selection of the All-Area teams.
FIRST TEAM
Josef Florek
School: Estero
Year: Freshman
Highlights: Florek earned a goal at districts and silver at regionals swimming the 100 back. At the Class 2A state meet, he finished in 13th place.
Nicholas Kirby
School: Estero
Year: Freshman
Highlights: Kirby qualified for the 2A state meet in the 200 free and 500 free, coming in 11th and 13th place, respectively. At districts, he swam a second-place race in the 500 and to third place in the 200.
Giovanni Medina
School: Estero
Year: Junior
Highlights: In the 500 free, Medina earned a district title, came in fourth at regionals, and finished in ninth place at the Class 2A state meet. In the 200 free, he was the district runner-up, came in sixth at regional, and finished in 19th at states.
Zach Poskon
School: Oasis
Year: Sophomore
Highlights: Poskon had the fastest breaststroke in Lee County, coming in third place at the Class 1A-District 9 meet and sixth at regionals. He also swam the 100 free and earned bronze in the event at districts.
Parker Seluk
School: Estero
Year: Sophomore
Highlights: Seluk was the Class 2A-District 10 champion in the 200 IM and came in fourth in the 500 free. He qualified for states in both events, finishing in 15th in the IM and 16th in the back.
Nathan Somers
School: Estero
Year: Senior
Highlights: Somers finished in ninth place in the 200 free and 12th place in the 500 free at the Class 2A state meet. He won the district title in the 200 free and came in third in the 500 free.
Hayden Tedhams
School: Cape Coral
Year: Sophomore
Highlights: Tedhams came in ninth place swimming the 500 free at the Class 3A state meet. He was the regional runner-up in the event and earned district titles for the 500 free and 200 free.
Jacob Terry
School: North Fort Myers
Year: Junior
Highlights: Terry earned a pair of district titles in the 50 free and 100 free and came in second in both events at regionals. At the Class 3A state meet, he finished in fifth place in the 50 free to earn a medal.
Cole Wilson
School: Cape Coral
Year: Junior
Highlights: Wilson played a key role in the Cape Coral boys winning team CCAC and district titles and qualifying the team's relays for the Class 3A state meet. At districts, he finished first in the 100 back and second in the 100 fly.
SECOND TEAM
Sebastian Brites, North Fort Myers
Jacob Cainas, Cape Coral
Ryland Chappell, Fort Myers
Aayden Dugan, Cape Coral
Brent Hall, Bonita Springs
Alexander Price, Bishop Verot
Brayden Saari, Evangelical Christian School
Hunter Seluk, Estero
Aaron Smolyar, Canterbury
HONORABLE MENTION
Bishop Verot: Tobias Gomez, Nicolas Scripcariu
Cape Coral: Mason Menassa, Gabe Wright
Cypress Lake: Connor Amos, Cameron Simmons
Dunbar: Zed Barry, Joseph Winborn
ECS: Parker Incledon
Estero: Addison Bruno, Ryder Seluk
Fort Myers: Brandon Gomez, Henry Wilczynski
North Fort Myers: Adam Johnson, Jaejune Lee
Oasis: R.J. Brugal, Lior Chkoury
Riverdale: Adrian Gagliardi, Zach Johnson
SFCA: Brennan Wunsch
South Fort Myers: Alejandro Salas
COACH OF THE YEAR
Heather Fort
School: Estero
Highlights: The Wildcats finished as runners-up at CCAC and districts and placed highest at states among area schools, coming in 19th at the Class 2A meet. All of the team's relays qualified for states and five swimmers qualified individually and made it past the preliminaries.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Here is The News-Press 2023 All-Area Boys Swimming Team
