- November 24, 2024
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Junior Austin Katz won four gold medals to help power the Riverview High boys swim team to a district title at the Class 4A-District 6 Swimming and Diving Championships Oct. 31, at the Selby Aquatic Center, in Sarasota.
The Rams scored 544 points to finish well ahead of district runner-up Countryside (335). Lakewood Ranch finished fourth with 229 points followed by Sarasota with 197 points.
Katz won the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 40.96 seconds and the 100 backstroke in 50.58. He also was a part of the Rams 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams, which both posted first place finishes.
The Riverview High girls team also won a district championship. The Lady Rams scored 528.5 points to finish ahead of Palm Harbor University (468). Lakewood Ranch finished third with 242 points and Sarasota was fourth with 224.5 points.
Additional top finishers include:
Riverview
Keanan Dols (200 individual medley, 1:55.92)
Tyler Carmichael (100 freestyle, 49.19)
Boys 200 freestyle relay (Austin Katz, Keanan Dols, Campbell Lee and Drew Clark, 1:29.46)
Lexi Devlin (100 breaststroke, 1:07.39)
Girls 400 freestyle relay (Christina Cianciolo, Spence Atkins, Rachel O’Grady and Kirsten Hobson, 3:34.80)
Boys 400 freestyle relay (Drew Clark, Keanan Dols, Brett Riley and Austin Katz, 3:13.63)
Sarasota
Patrick Amistoso (50 freestyle, 22.40)
Lakewood Ranch
Madison Jean (100 butterfly, 55.91)
Daniel Erlenmeyer (500 freestyle, 4:33.06)
Courtney Chapin (100 backstroke, 57.68)