Sarasota Girls and Boys from Riverview High School Dominate at Florida 4A State Championships

By Keith Dunlap on SwimSwam

2025 Florida High School Athletic Association 4A State Championships

• Friday, November. 14, 2025
• Ocala, FL
• SCY (25 yards)
• Results

The brilliance of Windermere junior Rylee Erisman was once again on full display at the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A State Championships, as broken down here when she broke Gretchen Walsh’s national high school record in the 100 free.

But in addition to Erisman, there were other fast swims.

In the team race, the Riverview Sarasota girls squad won its fifth straight state title, while the Sarasota boys team won its fifth title in six years.

Girls’ Recap

Erisman was the big story with her record-breaking performance in the 100 free. She also won the 50 free in 21.67, which was just short of her best time of 21.61 that has her ranked second in the 15-16 girls’ age group this season.

Erisman also swam anchor for the 200 medley team that broke a state record in a time of 1:38.96, producing a split of 21.51. Brynn Lavigueur (24.16), Aidyn Reese (28.66) and Lilliana Krstolic (24.63) were the other members of the team, which shattered the previous state record of 1:40.81 set in 2023 by Riverview.

In the 400 free relay, Erisman swam anchor for Windermere’s team that also set a state record, producing a split of 47.48. Krstolic (51.58), Lizzy Johnson (51.22) and Lavigueur (48.88) were the other team members for Windermere, which broke the old record of 3:19.39 set in 2023 by the South Florida HEAT.

The 200 free relay was won by Riverview Sarasota’s team of Allie Pearson, Taylor Schwenk, Sydney Hardy and Angelina Lista in a time of 1:33.58.

In addition to Erisman, Lavigueur and Schwenk also won two individual events.

Lavigueur, a senior who has committed to Texas, won the 100 back in 52.21 and the 200 IM in 1:58.23, both personal best times. They were both repeat titles.

Schwenk, a senior who is committed to NC State, swam a personal best time of 1:47.97 to win the 200 free and a personal best time of 54.54 to win the 100 fly.

In the 200 free, Schwenk beat out Wellington sophomore Veronica Mets (1:47.99) by two one-hundredths of a second.

In the 100 fly, Schwenk edged out Newsome junior Janae Sanders (54.58) by four one-hundredths of a second.

Other individual winners were West Boca Raton sophomore Ava Sedlacek in 1-meter diving (444.55 points), Riverview Sarasota senior and Harvard commit Clare Custer in the 500 free (4:;44.59), and Riverview Sarasota freshman Sydney Hardy in the 100 breast (personal best 1:03.76).

Girls Team Standings — Top 5

1. Riverview Sarasota, 395
2. Windermere, 305
3. Creekside, 192
4. Oviedo, 154
5. Newsome, 123

Boys’ Recap

After seeing a stretch of four consecutive state titles end last year, Sarasota returned to the top, finishing 23 points better than runner-up Riverview Sarasota.

Sarasota was led by senior and Alabama commit Bogdan Zverev, who won the 200 IM in 1:45.23 and the 100 fly in 46.99, both personal best times.

In the 100 fly, Zverev outtouched runner-up and Jupiter junior Charles Howard (47.00), beating him by one one-hundredth of a second.

The other multiple event winner was Wellington senior Andreas Da Silva, who set personal best times to win the 100 free (43.72) and the 100 back (48.42).

Da Silva also anchored Wellington’s winning teams in both the 200 free and 400 free relays. The other team members in each relay were Julian Granison, Oliver Fergus and Dillon Metz.

The 200 medley relay was won by Winter Park’s team of Denzo Senekal, Ian Heysen, David Fishberg and Mason Nordquist in 1:32.14.

Other individual winners were:

• Howard, a Michigan commit, won the 200 free in a personal best time of 1:37.16.
• Granison won the 50 free in a time of 20.11.
• Hagerty senior Noah Stasik captured the 1-meter diving event with 520.95 points.
• Braddock junior Nicolas Kokidko took the 500 free in a personal best time of 4:22.98., He was also runner-up in the 200 free.
• Heysen, a senior Virginia commit, won the 100 breast in 54.67, repeating as champion in the event. Last season, he set what remains his personal best of 53.41 in the state prelims before winning the final in 53.95.

Boys Team Standings — Top 5

1. Sarasota, 231
2. Riverview Sarasota, 208
3. Winter Park, 199
4. Wellington, 169
5. Braddock, 145

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