Prep swimming: Lely's Delcompare sisters advance to regionals with district wins

Coming into the season, Lely High School swimming coach Adam Peterson knew his girls squad was light on depth but heavy on talent capable of making noise at the state meet.

That played out during Thursday’s Class 2A-District 10 meet at the Norris Pool on the Community School of Naples campus, with the Trojans finishing a distant fifth in the team standings but shining on the individual level.

Sisters Grace Ann and Audrey Delcompare won individual events, clinching automatic berths into the regional meet next Saturday at FGCU. Both are returning state qualifiers, with Audrey placing in two events last year. The Trojans’ other returning state qualifier, Madison Bonfitto, is pretty much assured of going to the regional meet as well, with a second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle and a third-place in the 100 free. The wild card entrants are determined by times, pending the results of the other district meets this week.

Lely swim team confident about postseason chances

“I think the kids did well. A lot of kids dropped time and at this stage of the season. That’s what we want to see,” Peterson said. “They exceeded my expectations today. The Delcompares – Grace Ann and Audrey – are where they need to be. Both of them won an event today and I think they’ll go even faster next week at regionals.”

Audrey said the district meet was a good first step in the quest for another state appearance.

“I was pretty happy with what I did,” the talented junior said. “It was a good meet to start out with. I feel pretty good about (making the state meet again).”

While the sisters are very competitive, Grace Ann says there’s no sibling rivalry between the two.

“It’s never been a problem,” the senior said. “We’ve always pushed each other. It’s been awesome (swimming together), and I would never re-do it for anything.”

Peterson said this season has been a challenging one, with the Trojans losing a couple weeks of practice and competition time due to Hurricane Irma.

“We’re still behind a little bit,” he said. “Whenever you miss that amount of practice, it’s going to hurt you. But for missing that amount of time, they’ve done well. But they definitely haven’t gotten back to what they could have or should have been.”

Class 2A-District 10 swimming

at Norris Pool

Boys

Team scores

Cape Coral 481, Lemon Bay 410, Port Charlotte 256, North Fort Myers 225, Dunbar 189, Lely 170, Cypress Lake 145, Golden Gate 78, Island Coast 54, Mariner 26

Event results

200 medley relay: Cape Coral (Santi Rosas, Steven Rua, Jack Pellegrino, Martin Vasquez), 1:47.83, 200 freestyle: Jack Pellegrino (CC), 1:53.11, 200 individual medley: Steven Rua (CC), 2:05.22, 50 free: Kirk Klemm (NFM), 23.26, Diving: Gage Denson (LB), 450.80, 100 butterfly: Kirk Klemm (NFM), 54.37, 100 freestyle: Gage Denson (LB), 49.89, 500 freestyle: Jack Pellegrino (CC), 5:00.76, 200 free relay: Lemon Bay (Jed Fazler, Zach Willison, Eddie David, Gage Denson), 1:33.26, 100 backstroke: Santi Rosas (CC), 1:00.30, 100 breaststroke: Steven Rua (CC), 1:04.60, 400 free relay: Cape Coral (Martin Vasquez, Joseph Leon, Steven Rua, Jack Pellegrino), 3:24.37

Girls

Team scores

Cape Coral 526, Port Charlotte 389, Lemon Bay 278, North Fort Myers 239, Lely 194, Cypress Lake 173.5, Island Coast 91.5, Dunbar 83, Golden Gate 72, Mariner 50

Event results

200 medley relay: Port Charlotte (Makenzie Miller, Tonirae Burke, Arianna Janson-Dugan, Lucabella Romero), 1:57.11, 200 freestyle: Hunter Scott (LB), 2:00.02, 200 individual medley: Makenzie Miller (PC), 2:12.86, 50 freestyle: Lucabella Romero (PC), 27.18, Diving: Kayla Cotter (D), 438.45, 100 butterfly: Grace Ann Delcompare (L), 1:02.44, 100 freestyle: Hunter Scott (LB), 55.20, 500 freestyle: Amber Hrabak (PC), 5:20.88, 200 free relay: Port Charlotte (Makenzie Miller, Lucabella Romero, Tonirae Burke, Amber Hrabak), 1:47.07, 100 backstroke: Makenzie Miller (PC), 59.99, 100 breaststroke: Audrey Delcompare (L), 1:10.68, 400 free relay: Cape Coral (Stephanie Kraus, Christina Walch, Nicole Rodriguez, Nicole Jimenez), 3:56.18