2026 St. Petersburg Aquatics First Long Course Meet
It was another event of personal bests and movement up the boys’ 10-and-under all-time rankings for Gabriel Brown at the St. Petersburg Aquatics First Long Course Meet.
Competing for the Fishers Area Swimming Tigers out of Indiana, the 10-year-old swam personal bests in the 100 free (1:03.75) and 400 free (4:40.10), moving into the top spot in both events (long course) for the boys’ 10 and under age group this season.
His time in the 100 free now ranks him 32nd all-time in the 10-and-under age group.
His 1:03.75 clocking topped his previous personal best of 1:04.29 set in July at the Indiana Age Group Championships. His previous personal best in the 400 free was 4:54.47, set in July at the Central Zone 14 & Under Championships.
Other individual standouts at the meet were:
- Ethan Zhang, an 11-year-old for the Sarasota Tsunami Swim Team, swam personal bests in eight events, doing so in the 100 free (1:00.90), 100 breast (1:18.97), 100 fly (1:11.81), 200 IM (2:31.73), 50 fly (32.05), 50 breast (35.61), 50 free (28.70) and 50 back (34.62). In the boys’ 11-12 age group this season, he ranks 2nd in the 100 free and 5th in the 100 breast.
- Isen Wolfe, a 10-year-old from St. Petersburg Aquatics, swam personal bests in the 50 free (31.07), 800 free (9:56.90) and the 200 IM (2:43.47). In the 10 and under boys’ age group, he is now 1st in the 200 IM and 3rd in the 50 free.
- In the girls’ competition, 11-year-old Annabelle Hayes of Irvine Novaquatics swam a personal best time of 4:40.32 in the 400 free to move into 2nd in that event for the girls’ 11-12 age group.
- Virginia commit Joey Campagnola, a 17-year-old for West Florida Lightning Aquatics, won five events. He captured the 100 free in a personal best time of 54.43 and also won the 50 back (28.08), 100 back (59.24), 50 fly (26.08) and the 400 IM (4:42.25)
- Luca Ferrara, an 11-year-old for St. Petersburg Aquatics, swam personal bests in the 50 free (28.53), 50 back (33.68) and 200 IM (2:34.31) in the boys’ competition.
That 400 was fun to watch! Gabe, Annabelle, and Luca all battling it out!
It was a great meet and amazing for a non championship format. Races were quick, yet didn’t feel rushed. The amount of fast racers made everybody give a strong effort without the worry of championship times. Loved the mixed gender and age group format that allowed similar skilled racers to share the heat and push each other!
Great job Coach Fred and SPA!!
There were NO Team Awards or High Point Awards. Just long course racing after a 90 minute training session. Best thing was a Friday night 800 free and a Saturday 1500 free. Fifties of all the strokes were offered everyday. A 700 plus swimmer long course meet and done in 6 1/2 hours, including afternoon warm up. Kudos to all the officials and volunteers.
Wonder if Fred has gotten a cell phone yet?