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  • Writer's pictureThe Reston Letter Staff

South Lakes Spring Athletes Complete Trifecta of Excellence

By Laurie Dornak, Seahawk Boosters via Athletics & Sports Writer


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Baseball: The Seahawks finished the Concorde District regular season in first place and as the Concorde District Tournament Runner Up. They brought home the Northern Region Tournament Championship and finished as the Tournament Runner Up in the State Tournament. Postseason accolades included:Rocky Green, named as honorable mention Washington Post All Met and a sweep of Coach of the Year honors at State, Northern Region, and Concorde District levels by Head Coach Morgan Spencer. Individual awards went to Rocky Green (All-State Honorable Mention, All-Region and All District 1st Team Outfield; All Region 2nd team, 1st base); Campbell Short (All State Honorable Mention, All Region and District 1st Team, Pitcher and All District Pitcher of the Year). All District 2nd team honors were earned by Blake DeHoust, Catcher; Kam Johnson, 3rd Base; Noah Tyler, Pitcher; CJ Kemmerer, Short Stop; Brandon Willis, Outfield; and Honorable Mention to JP Neaves, Outfield.

Softball: The Seahawks finished the Concorde District regular season in third place and as the Concorde District and Northern Region Tournament Runners Up. They competed in the State tournament first round. All Met Honorable Mention was awarded to Gracie De La Cruz who also racked up State 2nd Team and All Region and District 1st Team Pitcher, District Co-Pitcher of the Year honors. Meagan Maguire earned State 2nd Team, All Region 1st Team and 1st Base and District Player of the Year awards; and Addie Heath earned All Region 2nd Team Outfield, All District 1st Team Outfielder recognition. All District 2nd team honors included: Audrey Jay, Catcher; Izzy Stinchcomb, 2nd Base; Kayla Rudolph, Designated Player


Boys Lacrosse: The Seahawk lax team finished in fourth place in the regular season and earned the following All District honors: Caleb Blow and Xavier Legler, 1st team Attack; and Jackson Blow 1st Team, Goalie. Second team All District awards at Midfield and Defense went to Deep Murthy and Matthew McArthur, respectively. All District Honorable mention, Attack was earned by Caden Kelly and Zubin Kamar. All District Honorable Mention Midfield and Defensive Midfield was earned by Reese Dannenberg and Noah Green, respectively.


Girls Lacrosse: finished the Concorde District regular season in 5th place.The Seahawks won the Concorde District Championship and were the Northern Region runner-up.  Individual All Region and All District honors included: Izzie Brabant (Region 1st Team, District 1st Team, Attack), Brenna Settar (Region 1st Team, District 1st Team, Midfield), Sophie Goodiel (Region 2nd Team, District 1st Team, Defense), Keira Duggan (Region 2nd Team, District 1st Team, Defense). 2nd Team All District Attack honors were bestowed on Kendall Settar and Avalon Gallardo. 2nd Team All District Defense and Goalie honors were awarded to Abbey Henry and Ann Roberts, respectively. District honorable mention for Attack, Midfield and Defense were awarded to Lia Smurda, Kassidy Arnold, Addison Munson, and Morgan Hayes, respectively. 


Tennis: The girls and boys teams finished their Concorde regular seasons in third and fourth place, respectively. For the boys, Ephraim Guthrie took fourth place in the Northern Region tournament and was the Concorde District Tournament Runner Up. Ephraim also earned All Region and All District honors.


Soccer: The boys and girls teams finished the Concorde regular season in fifth place. Individual post-season acknowledgements were earned by Johnny Jovel-Alvardo All-Region 2nd Team and All-District 1st Team Forward. The girls earned postseason honors:  Emiko Kenney (All-Region and All-District 1st team Midfield), Bridget Brennan (All-Region and All-District 1st Team Defense), and Emily Inman (All- Region 2nd Team and All-District 1st Team, Forward).  Second Team All District awards for Midfield, Defense, Goalie and Forward were earned by Nyla Kargbo, Mackenzie Kingswell, Kaila Ketelhut, and Mart-Caitlyn Laquindanum, respectively.      


Outdoor Track and Field: boys and girls Outdoor Track and Field teams qualified athletes at all 3 levels of post-season competition. The boys team competed at VHSL State Championship; finished third  at the Northern Region tournament and won the Concorde District Championship. The girls team took third  at the VHSL State tournament; were champions at the Northern Region and Concorde District meets. 


Washington Post All Met accolades went to Caroline Elliott (1st Team), 4x800M Relay team of Aya Ryan, Catalina Simon, Caroline Elliott, and Bella Harsanyi (1st Team). The program also sent athletes to the Nike Outdoor National (NON24) and the Adidas National meets in June. Finn Middleton competed at Adidas Nationals in the 110 hurdles and 200M; The 4x800M Relay team are 2x NON24 champions winning the 4x800M relay and the Distance Medley Relay, defending their 2023 title. With a top finishing result in the 4x400M Relay, they earned three All American titles.   


So many individual finishes to highlight at all three levels; but space limitations challenge the large list. Sharing the largest group from the Concorde District Championships’ individual finishes:


100M Dash-Marcus Coker (3rd), 200M Dash-Finn Middleton (2nd), Marcus Coker (3rd) ; 400M Dash-Marcus Coker (1st), Aiden Bednarz (3rd), Dylan Walsh (7th), 800M Dash-Manuel Aguirre-Martinez (1st), Isaac Yudkovsky (5th), Cole Casey (6th), George Hood (7th), Ryan Quinn (10th), 1600M Jason Raffel (2nd), Manuel Aguirre-Martinez  (3rd), George Hood (4th) 3200M, Jason Raffel (6th), Kian Beumer (8th); 110M Hurdles-Finn Middleton (2nd), Cliff Trapp (3rd); 300M Hurdles-Finn Middleton(1st), Cliff Trapp (3rd); 4 x 100M Relay (3rd), 4 x 400M Relay (2nd); 4 x 800M Relay (1st) Long Jump-Blake Jackson (1st) Miles Jackson (8th); Triple Jump-Blake Jackson (2nd), Marc-Anthony Jaoude (8th); Pole Vault- Kenji Urano (3rd), Grant Kutz (7th); Discus-Finn Wilkins (7th), Timaeus Picarelli (9th), Dylan Hall (15th); Shot Put- Finn Wilkins (5th), Timaeus Picarelli (10th), Dylan Hall (16th). 100M Dash- Melanie Velasco (8th), Sireen Hall (9th) Anya Catto (14th); 200M Dash-Sofi Pehrson (2nd); 400M Dash-Caroline Elliot (1st), Aya Ryan (2nd), Precious Mensah, (11th) Keira Malzahn (13th) : 800M-Caroline Elliot (1st), Catalina Simon (2nd), Bella Harsanyi (3rd); 1600M-Caroline Elliot (1st), Catalina Simon (2nd), Ava Grace Satterfield  (11th); 3200M-Lea Soderholm (7th), Irene Ha (9th); 100M Hurdles-Sofi Pehrson (1st) Anna Dooley (6th); 300M Hurdles - Sofi Pehrson (1st), Anna Dooley (4th), Sabina Freeman (10th); 4 x 100M Relay (2nd) 4 x 400M Relay (1st); 4 x 800M Relay (2nd); High Jump-Sofi Pehrson (4th); Long Jump-Anna Dooley (2nd), Sofi Pehrson (4th), Maeve Hartley (12th); Triple Jump-Sofi Pehrson (2nd), Melanie Velasco (3rd), Anna Dooley (4th); Pole Vault- Eleanor Hood (11th), Evelyn Pound (12th); Discus-Maeve Hartley (1st), Mona Bouyboud (2nd) Precious Mensah (11th); Shot Put-Maeve Hartley (1st), Mona Bouyboud (3rd).


VHSL State individual finishes were 400M – Marcus Coker (14th);800M - Manuel Aguirre-Martinez (24th); 1600M -  Jason Raffel (19th), George Hood (20th);110MHurdles- Finn Middleton (5th); 300M Hurdles - Cliff Trapp (14th); 4 x 400M Relay (16th); Long Jump- Blake Johnson (13th); Triple Jump- Blake Johnson (10th); 800M Run-Caroline Elliot (1st), Aya Ryan (3rd), Bella Harsanyi (4th ), Catalina Simon (8th);1600M,Carolina Elliott (1st), Catalina Simon (3rd), 300M Sofi Pehrson (11th);  4 x 100M Relay(16th);  4 x 400M Relay (5th); 4 x 800M Relay (1st); Triple Jump Sophi Pehrson (15th); Discus- Maeve Hartley (5th); Shot Put- Maeve Hartley (14th)


Northern Region individual finishes were 200M Dash – Finn Middleton (1st) Marcus Coker (5th); 400M Dash- Marcus Coker (4th) Aiden Bednarz (7th); 800M Dash- Jason Raffel (9th), Isaac Yudkovsky (10th) , Cole Casey (12th) , George Hood (13th), Manuel Aguirre-Martinez (15th); 1600M Jason Raffel (3rd), Manuel Aguirre-Martinez (5th), George Hood (6th), 110M Hurdles - Finn Middleton (2nd), Cliff Trapp (3rd) 300M Hurdles - Finn Middleton (3rd), Cliff Trapp ( 4th); 4 x 100M Relay (7th), 4 x 400M (5th) 4 x 800M Relay (2nd); Long Jump - Miles Jackson (3rd), Blake Jackson (8th); Pole Vault 3rd Blake Jackson; Shot Put (7th), Finn Wilkins.   200M Dash (9th) Sofi Pehrson; 400M Dash- Caroline Elliott (3rd) Aya Ryan (4th) Bella Harsanyi (6th); 800M Run - Caroline Elliott (1st) Catalina Simon (2nd) 1600M Run - Caroline Elliott (1st) Catalina Simon (2nd); 100M Hurdle- Sofi Pehrson (1st) Anna Dooley (5th); 300M Hurdles- Sofi Pehrson (2nd) Anna Dooley( 6th); 4 x 100M Relay (4th); 4 x 400M Relay (2nd); 4 x 800M Relay (1st) Long Jump - Anna Dooley (7th); Triple Jump- Sofi Pehrson (2nd); Ella Laban (5th), Melanie Velasco (10th); Discus- Maeve Hartley (1st), Mona Bouyboud (11th); Shot Put- Maeve Hartley (3rd) Mona Bouyboud (9th)

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