Oasis’ Forbes top field at FLrunners.com Invitational; Cape High’s Cruz second in boys event
Prep Report 10-6-25
Saturday
CROSS COUNTRY
Oasis’ Jazlyn Forbes brought home another major victory Saturday, winning the FLrunners.com Invitational’s girls Race of Champions in Lakeland.
Forbes crossed the line in 18:10.44, more than 10 seconds ahead of second-place Mary Summers of Seven Rivers Christian.
She holds the fastest girls time in Florida so far this season with a 17:02.44 at the North Port Invitational.
A pair of Mariner runners also came up big on the big stage. Angel Cruz finished second in the boys Race of Champions with a time of 15:48.72, while teammate Dylan Macias-Buenrostro was fifth in 16:02.48.
The race winner was Diego Eseverri of Christopher Columbus (15:37.36).
Cruz currently holds the fourth-best boys time in Florida (15:05.85) for 2025.
The Race of Champions is the elite race of three high school division events held at the FLrunner.com Invitational. The Byrne Invitational 5k and a Friday 5k are the other two races.
There’s another prestigious statewide event next Saturday, the FSU Pre-State Invitational in Tallahassee.
26th FLrunners.com Invitational
At Holloway Park, Lakeland
GIRLS
Team: Heathwood Hall 87, Carrollton School of the Sacred 174, Tavares 178, Sunlake 195, Ransom Everglades 223, Plant 226, Seminole Osceola 231, St. Petersburg 235, Hagerty 241, Robinson 258, Wiregrass Ranch 267, Mount Dora 269, Cardinal Gibbons 313, Venice 315, Catawba Ridge 333, Fort Myers 338, Oasis 375, Berkeley Prep 395, Northwestern 414, Canterbury 465.
Individual: 1 Jazlyn Forbes (O) 18:10.4. 2 Mary Summers (SRC) 18:20.93, 3 Natalia Gaona-Zlaya (WR) 18:28.43. 4 Katherine Eudaly (P) 18:39.2. 5 Miah Galban (GG), 6 Cecelia Lear (MD), 7, Jimena Nava Garcia (T) 19:15.92. 8 Daniela Hernandez (CSS) 19:21.95, 9 Kirsten Maarsingh (W) 19:29.84, 10 Ana Cecelia Maim Menard (S) 19:31.40. ALSO: 49 Madison Boyko (O) 21;33.50, 105 Britney Brickler (O) 23:27.92. 126 Piper Sheldon (O) 24:02.51. 135 Erin Vezzola (O) 24:32.74. 142 Bailey Benetatos (O) 24:46.60. 151 Sophia McKee (O) 25:47.74.
BOYS
Team: Christopher Columbus 121, Hagerty 131, Naples 135, Fort Myers 165, Tampa Jesuit 177, Gulliver Prep 185, St. Petersburg 228, Sunlake 255, Catawba Ridge 260, Plant 261, Wharton 297, Tavares 313, Sanford Seminole 319, Seminole Osceola 320, Lakewood Ranch 363, Venice 398, Palm Harbor University 416, Ransom Everglades 428, Northwestern 449, SW Florida Christian 503, Cocoa Beach 582, Mariner NTS.
Individual: 1 Diego Eseverri (CC) 15:37.36. 2 Angel Cruz (M) 15:48.72. 3 Andreww Youssef (VB) 15:53.89. 4 Michael Girard (V) 15:57.37. 5 Dylan Macias-Buenrostro (M) 16:02.48. 6 Oscar Brown (S) 16:13.35. 7 Reece Lolly (N) 16:16.40. 8 Ricardo Hernandez (H) 16:21.13. 9 Taegan McKinney (W) 16:21.42. 10 Adrian Izliaev (GP) 16:24.52.
Riverdale Invitational: The Cape Coral boys finished a close second to North Port, with the Seahawks’ Ruben Viera De Lemos finishing first individually in a tie of 16;36.7. Joshua Warren of Cape was fourth in 17:20.8 and Mason Boyer sixth in 17;28.9.
In the girls race, Brianna Watson of Island Coast was the top West Zone finisher in 21:00.0, good for eighth overall.
Riverdale Invitational
At FGCU Buckingham Campus
GIRLS
Team: North Port 36, Barron Collier 58, Lemon Bay 60, Aubrey Rogers 67, LaBelle 151, Babcock 174, Cape Coral 202, Ida Baker 216, Riverdale 231, Gateway 245, Island Coast NTS.
Individual: 1 Maila Hambrock (NP) 18:49.3. 2 Lexie Waldner (NP) 19:22.2. 3 Megan Taylor (NP) 19:28.7. 4 Kiera Patrello (BC) 20:02.1. 5 Ava Beals (NP) 20:45.4. 6 Mackenzie Martin (LB) 20:51.7. 8 Briana Watson (IC) 21:00.0. 9 Jessica Zamudio Ramos (BC) 21:13.8. 10 Caroline Weidenmiller (AR) 21:28.1. ALSO: 18 Aubrey Gross 22:25.9. 31 Isabell Krekic (IB) 24;47.9. 32 Kaliah Evans (IB) 24:29.2. 46 Jade Franks (CC) 25:46.,5. 47 Autumn Hanley (CC) 25.57.3. 50 Chloe Dean (CC) 26:35.1. 51 Brianna Campbell (IC) 26:41.7. 59 Renata Harasimowicz (IB) 27;33.0. 58 Natalee Phelps (IB) 28:14.3. 75 Kadence Holcomb (CC) 29:13.7. 78 Brianna Gervase (IB)29:46.9.
BOYS
Team: North Port 45, Cape Coral 47, Riverdale 109, Lemon Bay 110, LaBelle 120, Bonita Springs 177, Barron Collier 182, Gateway 183, Ida Baker 226, South Fort Myers 267, Babcock 386, Mariner NTS, Island Coast NTS.
Individual: 1 Ruben Viera De Lemos (CC) 16:36.7. 2 Sebastian Velazquez (NP) 16:47.8. 3 Jevin Meza (NP) 17:10.5. 4 Joshua Warren (CC) 17:20.8. 5 Alex Skadal (LB) 17:22.8. 6 Mason Boyer (CC) 17:28.9. 7 Todd Malick_Beltran (BC) 17:36.0. 8 Oscar Hernandez-Yesca (LaB) 17:38.0. 9 Lary Stubbings (NP) 17:39.8. 10 Edwin Rodriugez 9 (Bearean) 17:41.4. ALSO: 17 Chase Jendrusiak (CC) 18:17.8. 21 Hunter Jendrusiak (CC) 18:27.1. 27 Osmani Zayas (IB) 19:11.5. 35 Henry Lepe (M) 19:30.7. 36 Michael jendrusiak (CC) 19:37.1. 45 Josue Caceres-Castellan (IB) 20:18.8. 50 Cale Mclarty (CC) 20:33.5. 61 Joseph Febres-Cordero (IB) 21:21.5. 64 Cash Arends (IB) 21;55.8. 70 Jorge Ordaz (IB) 22:28.1. 71 Gian Vazquez-Madrigal (M) 22:36.8. Christopher Garcia-Guerra (IC) 22:35.2 83 Jeremiah Rivera (IC) 23:43.6. 85 Justin Batista (IB) 24:09.,3. 87 Dominic Bent (M) 24:26.4.
VOLLEYBALL
Estero Tournament
Oasis 2, Barron Collier 0
Oasis 2, Community School of Naples 0
Charlotte 2, Oasis 1: The Sharks finished tournament play with a 15-5 overall record.