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Ponte Vedra Recorder ·September 17, 2015
PVHS Sharks bite competition in the pool
Sharon Beneventano
Community Submission
The Ponte Vedra High School Sharks
Swim & Dive Team is off to a fast start
for the Fall 2015 season. The team’s
Head Coach Jim McCarthy and Assistant Coaches Max Ervanian and Lauren
Pickett are excited about working with
a hardworking group of fifty-three
dedicated student athletes. The dedicated swimmers start their weekdays
together at the Ponte Vedra YMCA Pool
before the sun is up.
The team will be led this season
by a strong team of returning seniors.
Swimmers Emily Grace Alfaro, Emily
Benson, Eric Erhard, Jonathan Magiske, Samantha Price and diver Meg
Barnhorst all represented PVHS in the
competitive Florida 2A High School
state championship in 2014. Additional
senior swimmers Kelley Hall, JR Molm
and Luiza Serrano will make strong
contributions this season.
PVHS vs. St. Augustine – Aug. 25
In the season opener, the PVHS
Sharks swam to an easy win over St.
Augustine High School Yellow Jackets,
with a final score of PVHS 436 to St.
Augustine 119.
Winning two individual events each
were seniors Emily Benson (200 and
500 free), Samantha Price (200 Individual Medley and 100 Fly), Emily Grace
Alfaro (50 and 100 free) and Jonathan
Magiske (50 free and 100 fly), and
sophomore Jesse Hagy (200 Individual
Medley and 100 Breast).
Adding first place individual points
were senior Eric Erhard (100 free),
juniors Olivia Dries (100 Back), Jenny
Norenberg (100 Breast), and Sean Hoffman (200 Free), and freshmen Daniel
Beneventano (500 free) and Nicholas
Cox (100 back). Diver Meg Barnhorst
also secured first place for the Sharks.
Ponte Vedra won all six relays.
Juniors Carly Voytecek and Molly
Voytecek, and sophomore Caroline
Metcalf-Parker teamed with the individual event winners to win all three girls
PVHS SWIM continues on Page 25
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Photos submitted by Sharon Beneventano
From left, senior swimmers: Back row, Eric Erhard, JR Molm, Jonathan Magiske; front row, Luiza Serrano, Emily Benson, Kelley Hall, Samantha Price and Emily Grace Alfaro. Not pictured is Diver Meg
Barnhorst.