Dive Into Excellence: Announcing the 2024 Naples Daily News Girls All-Area Swimming Team!


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Every season concludes with the Naples Daily News selecting All-Area teams to honor standout athletes in various sports. Coaches from local schools receive nomination forms, which they use to nominate and evaluate their own athletes along with those from opposing teams. The compiled data, along with the research conducted by the Naples Daily News, facilitated the determination of the All-Area teams.

FIRST TEAM

Ava Baldwin

School: Aubrey Rogers

Year: Junior

Highlights: In the 100 freestyle, Baldwin secured a district championship, achieved third place at regionals, and ranked 16th at the Class 2A state competition. For the 50 freestyle, she finished as district runner-up, came in second at regionals, and placed 11th at state, contributing to the Patriots’ sixth-place result in the 200 medley relay.

Madison Bates

School: Naples

Year: Senior

Highlights: In diving, Bates clinched district and regional titles, ultimately securing a runner-up position at the state level in Class 2A with a dive score of 384.25.

Gianna Buchanan

School: Naples

Year: Junior

Highlights: After earning a district title in the 100 backstroke and finishing second at regionals, Buchanan achieved sixth place in this event at the Class 2A state competition. She also qualified for the state meet in the 200 Individual Medley (IM).

Mila Buchanan

School: Naples

Year: Freshman

Highlights: Buchanan achieved the district championship in the 100 butterfly and placed third at the regionals before finishing fifth at the Class 2A state meet. She also qualified for states in the 100 breaststroke.

Toula Hickmon

School: Naples

Year: Freshman

Highlights: In the 200 freestyle, Hickmon won the district championship, took second at regionals, and ended up 10th at the Class 2A state competition. For the 100 backstroke, she was a runner-up at the district level, third at regionals, and placed 11th at the state meet.

Eire Layton

School: Naples

Year: Junior

Highlights: Layton qualified for the Class 2A state meet in both the 500 and 100 freestyle events and played a pivotal role in the Golden Eagles’ eighth-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay. She secured third place in the 50 freestyle at the district competition.

Sophie Mokhiber

School: CSN

Year: Junior

Highlights: Mokhiber clinched the district championship in the 500 free, secured third place at regionals, and ranked 11th in the event at the Class 1A state competition. In the 200 free, she was the runner-up in the 500, finished third at regionals, and ended up 11th at state.

Cameron Vetor

School: Aubrey Rogers

Year: Freshman

Highlights: At the Class 2A state meet, Vetor achieved eighth place in the 100 breast, ranked 13th in the 200 IM, and played a role in her team’s sixth-place outcome in the 200 medley relay. She was the runner-up at districts in both the 100 breast and 200 IM.

Reese Vetor

School: Aubrey Rogers

Year: Junior

Highlights: Vetor secured both district and regional championships in the 200 IM and placed 12th in that event at the Class 2A state competition. She also garnered a district title in the 100 breast, coming in 15th at state, and assisted her team in achieving a sixth-place state medal in the 200 medley relay.

SECOND TEAM

Abigail Bossert, Naples

Ella Bradshaw, Barron Collier

Taylor Klein, Barron Collier

Naya Pearo, Barron Collier

Julia Pieniadz, Barron Collier

Gabriela Potoczak, Barron Collier

Isabel Rasmussen, Gulf Coast

Micah Willhite, Aubrey Rogers

Sophia Yurko, CSN

HONORABLE MENTION

Aubrey Rogers: Ali Sorenson, Annabelle Weidenmiller

Barron Collier: Adrienne Keller, Alyssa Srdanovic

CSN: Vivian Mokhiber

Golden Gate: Emiliana Medina Sanz

Gulf Coast: Aarohee Dabas, Kaitlin Woodruff

Naples: Charlotte Mather

St. John Neumann: Jennifer Drake, Morgan Thayer-Zolna

COACH OF THE YEAR

David Gabriel and Monet Layton

School: Naples

Highlights: This season, the Naples girls triumphed in the CCAC meet for the first time in more than 25 years. The team subsequently became district champions and finished second at regionals. At the Class 2A state meet, the Naples girls placed in the top 10, with Mila and Gianna Buchanan earning individual medals, while the 200 free relay achieved eighth place.


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