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Lake Minneola

4A Region 2 · District 3

#3 Preseason 4A Boys#13 Preseason 4A Girls#3 Week 1 4A Boys#5 Week 1 Overall Boys

Preseason returner projection (Boys): proj. rank 3 in 4A · score 163 · top-5 avg 17:11.9 · spread 1:36.2 · 6 returners from state
Quentin Thompson (SR) 16:29.6; Jacob Kelly (JR) 16:47.2; Drew Sasson (SR) 17:13.2; Matthew Lydiard (JR) 17:23.6; Preston Pautienus (SO) 18:05.8
Preseason returner projection (Girls): proj. rank 13 in 4A · score 344 · top-5 avg 21:26.5 · spread 3:00.0 · 5 returners from state
Anieliz Galarza (JR) 20:00.1; Claire Reburn (SR) 20:14.7; Jayden Gunter (JR) 21:14.6; Scarlet Delgado (JR) 22:43.1; Angelina Robles (JR) 23:00.1

Current roster (36)

AthleteClassThis season (5k)Last season (5k)Races
GClaire Reburn202720:19.020:14.72
GSophie Galarza203021:16.01
GAnieliz Galarza202822:18.020:00.12
GMichaela Appleton202822:43.01
GJayden Gunter202823:08.021:14.62
GAngelina Robles202823:37.023:00.12
GScarlet Delgado202823:50.022:43.12
GGianna Barga203023:59.01
GAbigail Miller203024:33.01
GJoanna Loudon202825:20.01
GEllie Wartenberg202826:13.01
GLillian Morgan203028:54.01
GChloe Martinez203029:05.01
GAlexia Gruca203035:32.01
BQuentin Thompson202715:16.016:29.62
BJacob Kelly202816:07.016:47.22
BDrew Sasson202716:08.017:13.22
BMatthew Lydiard202816:26.017:23.62
BJoshua Ping202817:58.020:13.02
BNoah Perez203018:00.01
BBradyn Kelly202718:48.01
BNoah Reed203019:15.01
BFabian Colon202819:25.01
BLiam Perez203020:02.01
BJonathan Gutierrez202820:30.01
BGuilherme Feldens202820:59.01
BAlexander Francom202821:17.01
BEvan Merchant203022:17.01
BEric Bjorn202922:18.01
BEdwin Pomales202922:43.01
BAndres Rojas203023:31.01
BLandon Mrozek203024:31.01
BCarter Underwood203025:11.01
BBlake Josephs203026:13.01
BJackson Holbrook203028:20.01
BPreston Pautienus202918:05.81

Team results

DateMeetRacePlaceScoreAvg
2026-08-21Cecil Field Summer ClassicBoys B3591621:16
2026-08-21Cecil Field Summer ClassicBoys Elite320516:23
2026-08-21Cecil Field Summer ClassicGirls Elite2062921:56

Team ranking writeups

#3 — 4A Boys Week 1 · 168 points

Cecil Field, third in the Elite race. Average 16:23.0, spread 2:42.0. Quentin Thompson 15:16, Jacob Kelly 16:07, Drew Sasson 16:08, Matthew Lydiard 16:26, then a wait, then Joshua Ping 17:58, with Noah Perez 18:00 sixth.

Thompson's 15:16 is the fastest mark by any 4A boy in Florida this weekend, by one tenth of a second over Strawberry Crest's Jaxon Kiper, and 74 seconds better than his own state time, and the front four is the best front four in the class: Lake Minneola's top four average 15:59.3, Nease's average 16:03.8. The whole gap between first and third is the fifth man.

Ping ran 20:13.0 at state and 17:58 in August, which is a 135-second improvement and still the thing keeping this team from second. Preston Pautienus, an 18:05.8 state runner, did not race.

#5 — Overall Boys Week 1 · 398

Their 16:23.0 average is the second-best number in Florida, better than Flagler's and 14 seconds better than Bolles's. They rank fifth, because standard scoring does not care about averages.

Quentin Thompson 15:16, Jacob Kelly 16:07, Drew Sasson 16:08, Matthew Lydiard 16:26 — a front four nobody outside Belen can match. Then Joshua Ping at 17:58, place 295 in the virtual field, and a 2:42 spread that is the widest in the top ten.

Close that gap by a minute and Lake Minneola is second in Florida.