Introducing The News-Press 2023 Boys All-Area Cross Country 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
Craig Allard Jr.
School: Fort Myers
Year: Junior
Highlights: Allard placed second at the LCAC meet, second in the district, and fourth in the regional races before placing 11th in Class 3A with a time of 15:55.
Troy Britton
School: Fort Myers
Year: Junior
Highlights: Britton was fourth at the LCAC race, 12th in the district, 17th at the regional, and placed 35th in Class 3A with a time of 16:39.7.
Jake Jacoby
School: Cape Coral
Year: Senior
Highlights: Jacoby finished third at LCAC, ninth at the district meet, and set a PR to place 11th in the regional race (16:29) before taking 69th in the Class 3A meet in 17:08.7.
Joseph Koraya
School: Fort Myers
Year: Senior
Highlights: Koraya won the Fort Myers Invite and was the Lee County champion and after finishing fourth in the district meet, he rebounded and won the regional meet and placed 7th in Class 3A with a time of 15:51.
Andrew Marino
School: Bishop Verot
Year: Junior
Highlights: Marino won the Private 8 Conference and the district titles, placed second in the region and 11th in the Class 2A meet with a time of 16:21 as he never finished under 17 minutes in any event.
Dennis Olsen
School: Bishop Verot
Year: Junior
Highlights: Olsen took second at the Private 8 and district meets, was 28th at regionals, and finished 29th in Class 2A with a time of 16:53.3.
Zachary Zielke
School: Bishop Verot
Year: Junior
Highlights: Zielke was third in the Private 8 and district meets, placed fourth at regionals, and finished 30th in Class 2A with a time of 16:54.
SECOND TEAM
Elliot Anderson, SFCA
Olmar Bartolon, Dunbar
Angel Cruz, Mariner
Zachary Engel, Bishop Verot
Zander Forneris, Cape Coral
Nazayer Franco, Cape Coral
Jack Gifford, SFCA
HONORABLE MENTION
Bishop Verot: Rafael Casillas, Thomas Eichten
Bonita Springs: Maxwell Burks, Ivan Sanchez
Canterbury: Travis Heinrichs, Justin Heinrichs
Cape Coral: Ryan Mitchinson
Dunbar: Miguel Perez Santiz, Jose Sarduy
Estero: Liam Sedmak, Max Sedmak
Fort Myers: Keaton Roberts
Lehigh: Roberto Morales, Gael Quintero
Island Coast: Marcelo Proenza, Antonio Snyder
Riverdale: Jonathon Condon, Andrew Duroseau
South Fort Myers: Leo Rodriguez, Yadiel Torres
SFCA: David Johnson, Brody Wunsch
COACH OF THE YEAR
Robert Berkey
School: Cape Coral
Highlights: The Seahawks unseated Fort Myers as Lee County champions, placed third in District 3A-6, and fifth in the regional meet before finishing 13th at state.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Here is The News-Press 2023 All-Area Boys Cross Country Team
