PALM COAST, FL (FPCSports.com) – Flagler Palm Coast swimming earned eight individual event victories and three relay wins against crosstown rival Matanzas on Thursday, October 15, with the Bulldog boys securing a 91-79 victory. The FPC girls delivered several standout performances before finishing on the short end of a 92-73 score.

Samuel Cimbala led the Bulldog boys with two individual victories, winning the 200-yard individual medley in 2:09.04 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:13.12. Axel Dragstedt finished second in the 500 freestyle at 5:18.69, giving FPC a strong one-two finish, while Jordan Whitaker added a fifth-place finish to help the Bulldogs collect valuable team points.

Dragstedt also captured the 200-yard freestyle in 1:58.48, finishing just over a second ahead of Matanzas’ Alexander Demers.

One of the afternoon’s closest finishes came in the boys 100-yard freestyle, where Kyle Pawulski touched first in 53.59 seconds, edging Matanzas’ Fletcher Lasicki by just 0.27 seconds. Caleb Gordon placed third in 58.34, and Esias Roznos took fifth in 1:00.25.

Roznos added a victory in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:10.26, while Alexander Mangal finished third and Roman Lipkovich placed fifth. Alexander Rudik won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:05.64, with Jonathan Jayroe contributing a fourth-place finish.

Noah Roznos earned runner-up finishes in both the 50-yard freestyle (24.46) and 100-yard butterfly (58.76). Rudik followed in third in the butterfly at 59.73.

The Bulldogs capped the meet with a victory in the boys 400-yard freestyle relay. Noah Roznos, Pawulski, Cimbala and Rudik combined for a winning time of 3:40.07. FPC’s second relay team of Mangal, Francisco Negueruela, Dragstedt and Gordon finished third in 4:08.75.

On the girls side, Ella Yorgey and Emma Gilbert each earned two individual victories and helped power a pair of winning relays.

Yorgey won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:25.96 and the 100-yard backstroke in 1:06.67. Gilbert captured the 500-yard freestyle in 5:58.24 before leading an FPC one-two finish in the 100-yard breaststroke. Gilbert touched in 1:12.79, followed by Stella Guymon in 1:16.74.

Guymon also won the 50-yard freestyle in 25.78 seconds, edging Matanzas’ Aurora Purdy by just over half a second. Jade Hreib added a narrow victory in the 100-yard butterfly, finishing in 1:12.11 to beat Gabriella Abrahao by 0.93 seconds.

Yorgey, Gilbert, Hreib and Guymon opened the meet by winning the 200-yard medley relay in 2:01.88. The same quartet closed the girls competition with a convincing victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay, posting a time of 4:12.26.

Rhiley Albin contributed a runner-up finish in the 200-yard freestyle (2:21.98) and placed third in the 100-yard freestyle (1:08.46). Brooklyn Stanley, Madelyn O’Neill and Ariella Riendeau also added individual scoring finishes for the Bulldogs.

With close finishes, strong relay performances and contributions throughout the lineup, FPC’s swimmers gave Bulldog Country plenty to cheer about in the county rivalry.