{
  "id": 17990398,
  "title": "High school swimming roundup: Class 1A/2A districts, 3A/4A regionals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/high-school-swimming-roundup-class-1a-2a-districts-3a-4a-regionals",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-03T16:47:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/high-school-swimming-roundup-class-164701480.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Volusia-Flagler high school swimming teams are set to participate in district and regional meet-ups. After 3A and 4A hosted their own regionals last week, classes 1A and 2A concluded their district meets. DeLand's boys team claimed ninth place at the Region 1-4A meet, while Spruce Creek's girls secured an 11th-place finish. Flagler Palm Coast settled into a respectable second place overall on both boys' and girls' scoreboards.\n\nAt the DeLand boys meet, Owen O’Neil contributed to three top-eight finishes, including fifth and eighth places in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events, respectively. Gramling also secured a seventh-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly. Alexander Rudik was FPC's only top-eight swimmer, finishing eighth in the 100-yard backstroke. Spruce Creek's girls team placed 16th in the boys leaderboard and 6th in the girls events.\n\nThe Class 4A state meet is scheduled for Nov. 7 at FAST in Ocala. Meanwhile, the Region 1-3A meet took place on Oct. 27 at Hunter Pool in Gainesville. New Smyrna Beach girls' team placed 8th with 113 points, with Sydney Conlan claiming 4th in the 500-yard freestyle and 2nd in the 200-yard freestyle. The boys team placed 14th with 51 points. Local teams such as DeLand, Spruce Creek, and Matanzas qualified for the Class 3A state meet on Nov. 6 at FAST. District winners include Seabreeze Sandcrabs, who secured second place in both boys' and girls' categories.",
  "summary": "Seabreeze headlined last week's Volusia-Flagler high school swimming action with a pair of runner-up finishes at its district meet. Here's a look.",
  "key_points": [
    "DeLand boys team placed 9th at Region 1-4A meet",
    "Spruce Creek girls team placed 11th in same meet",
    "Flagler Palm Coast finished 2nd overall in both categories"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}