Oasis’ Forbes wins Elite race at North Port Invitational
Prep Report 9-21-25
Saturday
CROSS COUNTRY
North Port Invitational: Jazlyn Forbes of Oasis staked her claim as one of Florida’s top cross country runners with a solid victory Saturday in the Elite race of the North Port Invitational.
Forbes crossed the line in 17:02.44, 14 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Madison Muller of Riverview.
Pending results of other races Saturday, Forbes’ finish is the state’s best girls 5K time of the season.
Going into Saturday, Annabella Tomasic of Bishop Moore held the state’s best at 17:33.30 — more than 30 seconds slower than Forbes’ North Port finish.
Oasis finished sixth in the Elite team standings. Bishop Verot was 19th and North Fort Myers 25th
Angel Cruz of Mariner continued his strong season with a second-place finish in the boys Elite race with a time of 15:05.85.
IMG Academy runner Matthew Dodds won with a scorching 14:37.31 — one of only two sub-15-minute times this year.. As of Saturday morning, Florida’s best boys cross country time of the season was 14:35.25 by Marcelo Mantecon of Belen Jesuit Prep.
In seventh place Saturday was the Tritons’ Dylan Macias-Buenrostro.
The North Port Invitational is a two-day event, with a varsity race on Friday, then a small schools race, a large schools event and the Elite race.
Cape Coral was 15th in the Elite boys standings, with North Fort Myers 20th. Mariner did not have enough runners in the field to qualify for team points.
In other races:
Large Schools girls: Cape Coral was 14th, led by Audrey Gross in 33rd place.
Small school boys: Bishop Verot came in second. Christian Ginart paced the Vikings with a third-place time of 17:07.41, with Thomas Eichten fifth and Gabriel Scotti sixth..
Friday night boys: Ida Baker was sixth, with Osmani Zayas in 15th place.
Friday night girls: Isabell Krekic of Ida Baker was 16th. The Bulldogs did not place in the team standings.
North Port Invitational
At North Port High School
ELITE
GIRLS
Team: IMG Academy 68, North Port 219, Riverview 227, Sarasota 233, Plant 327, Oasis 249, George Steinbrenner 269, Venice 273, Boca Raton 315, Indian Rocks Christian 321, Berkeley Prep 323, Seminole Osceola 331, Fort Myers 350, Wiregrass Ranch 417, Barron Collier 462, Bishop Verot 471, Barron Collier 462, Bishop Verot 471, Bloomingdale 472, Community School of Naples 474, Calvary Christian 490, Canterbury 521, River Ridge 566, North Fort Myers 571, Parrish 585, East Lake 615, Out-of-Door 734, Alonso 809.
Individual: 1 Jazlyn Forbes (O) 17:02.44. 2 Madison Muller (R) 17:18.96. 3 Sienna Audrey (CSN) 17:27.51. 4 Maila Hambrick (NP) 17:92.42. 5 Lainee Mercer (Springstead) 17:29.46. 6 Danielle Graham (IMG) 17:32.26.7 Katherine Eudaly (P) 17:32.26. 8 Natalie Gaona-Zelaya (WR) 17:32.75. 9 Katelin Wilcox (EL) 17:49.84. 10 Sydney Johnson (IMG) 18:05.62. ALSO: 27 Madison Easton (O) 18:56.90. 36 Lilliana Sipe (O) 19:12.32. 37 Gianna Gyurich (BV) 19:14.19. 39 Aurelia Sciandra (NFM) 19:20.14. 69 Caroline Muddell (BV) 20:11.21. 126 Isabella Hull (NFM) 21;42.62. 127 Cay Stevens (NFM) 21:42.90. 141 Zoe McCurry (BV) 22:09.23. 148 Jayden Mitchell (NFM) 22:26.16. 159 Britney Brickler (O) 22:38.67. 167 Erin Vezzola (O) 22:52.46. 171 Chloe Gaff (O) 22:57.18. 183 Piper Sheldon (O) 23:12.27. 187 Lana Schmidt (BV) 23:31.49. 189 Yuki Sprankel (NFM) 23:21.88. 195 Jade Schmidt (BV) 23:51.63. 202 Olivia Antoon (BV) 23:58.62. 215 Bailey Benetatos (O) 24:24.64. 217 Addison Hull (NFM) 24:26.93. 223 Sydney Morency (O) 24:37.37. 235 Isabella Pierre (BV) 25:58.39. 240 Madelyn Sanders (NFM) 26:29.52.
BOYS
Team: IMG Academy 16, Newsome 156, Fort Myers 166, George Steinbrenner 208, Wiregrass Ranch 213, Calvary Christian 255, Plant 258, George Jenkins 299, Sarasota 305, Venice 361, Lakewood Ranch 383, Out-of-Door 399, St. John Neumann 404, Cape Coral 416, Immokalee 432, SW Florida Christian 439, River Ridge 440, East Lake 449, North Fort Myers 462, Riverview 468, Springstead 474, Community School of Naples 508, Parrish 573, Alonso 629, Oasis 674, Indian Rocks Christian 703, Zephyrhills 876.
Individual: 1 Matthew Dodds (IMG) 14:37.31. 2 Angel Cruz (M) 15:05.85. 3 Oliver Dempsey (Geneva Classical) 15:06.54. 4 James Pfuhl (IMG) 15:16.08. 5 Pedro Ferreira De Abreu (IMG) 15:16.45. 6 Lucas Brighty (IMG) 15:17.07. 7 Dylan Macias-Buenrostro (M) 15:18.95. 8 Luca Martin (GS) 15:19.53. 9 Fletcher Robdro (IMG) 15:22.02. 10 Casey Classen (SC) 15:22.02. ALSO: 33 Ruben Viera De Lemos (CC) 16:17.38. 40 Brody Hilt (NFM) 16:27.57. 68 Joshua Warren (CC) 16:53.27. 83 William Santana (NFM) 17:09.87. 85 Adrian Sosa (O) 17;11.78. 96 Martin Garcia (NFM) 17:20.53. 105 Mason Boyer (CC) 17:28.19. 120 Andru McCarthy (O) 17:39.01. 135 Reily Rountree (CC) 18:03.09. 139 Chase Jendrusiak (CC) 18:06.30. 146 Nicholas Garcia (NFM) 18:13.27. 164 Hunter Jendrusiak (CC) 18:35.07. 169 Cullen Zsebe (NFM) 18:46.34. 193 Michael Jendrusiak (CC) 19;34.06. 196 Joseph Green (O) 19:36.40. 198 Marshal Zuchlewski (O) 19:39.33. 201 Graeson Campbell (NFM) 19:42.12. 223 Oscar Olsen 20:37.57. 233 Aiden Maxfield (NFM) 21:18.17.
LARGE SCHOOLS
GIRLS
Team: Tampa Freedom 38, Robinson 61, Riverview 136, Palm Harbor University 153, Estero 175, Gulf Coast 182, Charlotte 183, Lakewood Ranch 209, George Jenkins 211, Springstead 231, Golden Gate 291, Port Charlotte 312, Palmetto Ridge 318, Cape Coral 355, Sumner 361, Lely 408, Braden River 421, Zephyrhills 501.
Individual: 1 Miah Galban (GG) 18;52.63. 2 Sara Tate (R) 20:19.17. 3 Madelyn Ammirati (TF) 20:21.56. 4 Harper Scheu (R) 20:22.15. 5 Gia Komara (TF) 20:28.07. 6 Tianna Childs (C) 20:28.43. 7 Sophia Douglas (TF) 20:50.64. 8 Lisa Muehlfellner (PHU) 20:55.73. 9 Hailey Nardone (E) 21:03.89. 10: Maggie Takamatsu (TF) 21:10.61. ALSO 33 Audrey Gross (CC) 22;46. 74 Brooke Mena 24;56.03. 87 Jade Franks (CC), 25:53.42. 89 Autumn Hanley (CC) 26:10. 103 Chloe Dean (CC) 27:28.45.
BOYS
Individual: 75 Ben Pucin (M) 20;53.10. 76 Henry Lepe (M) 20:54.53. 110 Gianni Vasquez-Madrigal (M) 22:37.01.
SMALL SCHOOLS
BOYS
Team: Hardee 48, Bishop Verot 57, Berkeley Prep 58, Lemon 100, Lake Placid 143, Cardinal Mooney 144, Seffner Christian 173, Sarasota Military Academy 180.
Individual: 1 Valentin Lopez, (H) 16:31.84. 2 Cole Galuski (BP) 16:46.77. 3 Christian Ginart (BV) 17:0741. 4 Alex Skadal (LB) 17:17:26.93. 5 Thomas Eichten (BV) 17:32.09. 6 Gabriel Scotti (BV) 17:32.09. 7 Colin Maloney (BP) 17;41.66. 8 Matthew Hill (CM) 18:00.05. 9 David Benitez (H) 18:21.89. 10 Rai Mehta (BP) 18:38.52. ALSO: 17 Gabriel Perez (BV) 19:13.83. 28 Joseph Polsinelli (BV) 20:11.64. 33 Cayden Biffar (BV) 20:57.69. 50 Ethan Alexander (BV) 22:26.05. 53 Andre Barbato (BV) 22:55.39.