Ashley boys, Hoggard girls win CCC swimming titles

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A thrilling night of action at the Carolina Coast Conference Swimming Championship featured several record-breaking performances. 

In the end, the Ashley boys and Hoggard girls repeated as conference champions. Unlike a season ago, both teams secured their titles by performing at a high level in the pool. 

The 2025 meet was canceled and ultimately decided by dual team strength ratings. 

Ashley opened strong by winning the 200 medley relay and never slowed down en route to 343 points. South Brunswick (311) narrowly edged Hoggard (310) for second place. 

The girls meet came down to the final event with Hoggard claiming its 11th consecutive title by scoring 317 points. Ashley (313) and Topsail (308) followed closely behind.  

Boys Recap

Seniors Ryker Eder and Bryson Edwards won all four of their events to lead the way for the Screaming Eagles.

Both of Eder’s wins came narrowly. He completed the 100 butterfly in 51.53 to hold off Hoggard’s Hance Mayo (51.81). In the 100 breaststroke, Eder had a time of 59.00 to beat Hoggard’s Behrett Petroff by .39 seconds.

Edwards also had a challenge in the 200 IM. He touched the wall in 1:58.60, which was slightly ahead of South Brunswick standout freshman Michael Best (1:58.98). Edwards’ other first-place finish came in the 100 backstroke (52.55).  

Both swimmers were joined by Avery Butner and Elijah Setzer on the 200 medley relay (1:38.96) and 200 freestyle relay (1:03.61). 

Butner captured the 100 freestyle in 48.61.

A win in the meet-ending 400 freestyle relay helped South Brunswick overtake Hoggard for second place. The team of Best, Jakob Boehmer, Oliver Boehmer, and Evan Sevast finished with a Brunswick County record time of 3:25.87.

Best cruised in the 500 freestyle (4:57.20).

Sevast set a new county record in the 100 freestyle (second place in 49.34), while Oliver Boehmer tied Best’s record in the 100 backstroke (fourth place in 57.76). 

The other individual victories came from Petroff (50 freestyle in 21.97) and Laney’s Will House (200 freestyle in 1:48.66).

Girls Recap

Hoggard managed to hold off tough challenges from Ashley and Topsail despite not winning any of the 11 events. 

It was depth that led the Vikings to another title, but the final in the illustrious career of longtime coach Tammy Pruden. She has announced her plans to retire at the conclusion of the season. 

Hoggard had a pair of top-five individual finishers in the 100 breaststroke, 200 freestyle, 200 IM, and 500 freestyle.  

The 400 freestyle relay team of Kelsey Weigand, Chloe Hughes, Riley Mulvey, and Devin Price trailed Ashley by more than two seconds entering the final 100, but Price was able to close the gap and eventually pull ahead for a third-place finish that sealed the meet victory. 

Laney junior Heidi Bollenbacher and New Hanover freshman Lucy Hastings were the only two swimmers with a pair of individual wins. 

Hastings touched the wall first in the 200 freestyle (1:56.53) and 100 butterfly (57.49), while Bollenbacher easily won the 200 IM (2:13.97) and 100 freestyle (53.97).

Laney’s Summer Spencer got out to an early lead and was never challenged in the 500 freestyle (5:25.35). 

Ashley got victories from Violet Derry (50 freestyle in 24.96) and Sophia Wert (100 breaststroke in 1:09.04). Both swimmers were also on the winning 200 medley relay (1:53.56) and 200 freestyle relay (1:41.61). 

Katie Andrison of Topsail broke her own school record en route to a first-place finish in the 100 backstroke (59.82). 

South Brunswick’s AJ Jackson, Opal Boehmer, Kennedy Gordon, and Peyton Stegman claimed the 400 freestyle relay in a Brunswick County record time of 3:50.81.

Top five in each event

200 medley relay

1. Ashley (Avery Butner, Ryker Eder, Bryson Edwards and Elijah Setzer): 1:38.96

2. Hoggard (Fritz May, Behrett Petroff, Hance Mayo and Evan Oblinger): 1:40.77

3. South Brunswick (Michael Best, Jakob Boehmer, Evan Sevast and Oliver Boehmer): 1:41.68

4. Laney (Max Barber, Will House, Beckett Overto and Connor Stein): 1:45.26

5. New Hanover (Bryan Blair, Elias Howell, Max Henderson and Hampton Frank): 1:55.27

200 freestyle 

1. Will House, Laney: 1:48.66

2. Hampton Frank, New Hanover: 1:49.96

3. Even Sevast, South Brunswick: 1:53.40

4. Derek Wood, Topsail: 2:01.14

5. Stephen Keena, South Brunswick: 2:03.31

200 IM 

1. Bryson Edwards, Ashley: 1:58.60

2. Michael Best, South Brunswick: 1:58.98

3. Amari Levene, North Brunswick: 2:15.37

4. Jack Cockrum, Topsail: 2:15.53

5. Peyton Adkisson, South Brunswick: 2:15.61

50 freestyle 

1. Behrett Petroff, Hoggard: 21.97

2. Elijah Setzer, Ashley: 22.86

3. Jakob Boehmer, South Brunswick: 23.29

4. Gavin Switzer, Topsail: 23.45

5. Ryan McCormick, Ashley: 23.76

100 butterfly

1. Ryker Eder, Ashley: 51.53

2. Hance Mayo, Hoggard: 51.81

3. Beckett Overton, Laney: 56.06

4. Jack Cockrum. Topsail: 59.26

5. Peyton Adkisson, South Brunswick: 59.62

100 freestyle

1. Avery Butner, Ashley: 48.61

2. Evan Sevast, South Brunswick: 49.34 (Brunswick County record)

3. Will House, Laney: 50.05

4. Oliver Boehmer, South Brunswick: 51.31

5. Gavin Switzer, Topsail: 53.54

500 freestyle

1. Michael Best, South Brunswick: 4:57.20

2. Hampton Frank, New Hanover: 5:10.34

3. Derek Wood, Topsail: 5:24.57

4. Stephen Keena, South Brunswick: 5:30.08

5. John Paul Summers, Ashley: 5:48.53

200 freestyle relay

1. Ashley (Avery Butner, Bryson Edwards, Elijah Setzer and Ryker Eder): 1:30.61

2. Hoggard (Hance Mayo, William Rowe, Evan Oblinger and Behrett Petroff): 1:33.95

3. Topsail (Tucker Boyles, George Matthews, Derek Wood and Gavin Switzer): 1:41.15

4. South Brunswick (Mason Sypole, Peyton Adkisson, Stephen Keena and Garrett Moseley): 1:46.36

5. Hoggard (Finn Sullivan, Koen Hester, Emmett Lauffeburger and Jack Zombron): 1:47.52

100 backstroke

1. Bryson Edwards, Ashley: 52.55

2. Avery Butner, Ashley: 53.89

3. Hance Mayo, Hoggard: 55.64

4. Oliver Boehmer, South Brunswick: 57.76 (Tied Brunswick County record)

5. Bryan Blair, New Hanover: 1:02.61

100 breaststroke

1. Ryker Eder, Ashley: 59.00

2. Behrett Petroff, Hoggard: 59.39

3. Beckett Overton, Laney: 1:04.65

4. Jakob Boehmer, South Brunswick: 1:05.43

5. Amari Levene, North Brunswick: 1:07.32

400 freestyle relay

1. South Brunswick (Evan Sevast, Michael Best, Jakob Boehmer and Oliver Boehmer): 3:25.87 (Brunswick County record)

2. Laney (Beckett Overton, Connor Stein, Max Barber and Will House): 3:32.28

3. Topsail (Gavin Switzer, Derek Wood, Tucker Boyles and Jack Cockrum): 3:40.53

4. Hoggard (William Rowe, Ben Hulls, Jack Thomason and Fritz May): 3:45.22

5. New Hanover (Bryan Blair, Xavier Fuller, Max Henderson and Hampton Frank): 3:48.19

Top five in each event

200 medley relay

1. Ashley (Mackenzie Carroll, Sophia Wert, Violet Derry and Brynn Miles): 1:53.56

2. Topsail (Katie Andrison, Ellison Gosma, Camren Reaves and Lilah Wells): 1:54.09 (Pender County record)

3. Laney (Camille Still, Heidi Bollenbacher, Summer Spencer and Asheford House): 1:56.73

4. Hoggard (Grace Jeeves, Colby Stone, Coco Uebbing and Cambell Nay): 1:58.99

5. South Brunswick (Genevieve Osborne, Kennedy Gordon, Abigail Long and Phoebe Cumbee): 2:03.57

200 freestyle 

1. Lucy Hastings, New Hanover: 1:56.53

2. Peyton Stegman, South Brunswick: 1:58.37 (Brunswick County record)

3. Camren Reaves, Topsail: 2:01.14

4. Devin Price, Hoggard: 2:02.82

5. Sarah Phillips, Hoggard: 2:09.93

200 IM 

1. Heidi Bollenbacher, Laney: 2:13.97

2. Katie Andrison, Topsail: 2:17.70

3. Coco Uebbing, Hoggard: 2:17.85

4. Mackenzie Carroll, Ashley: 2:27.46

5. Colby Stone, Hoggard: 2:27.93

50 freestyle 

1. Violet Derry, Ashley: 24.96

2. Brynn Miles, Ashley: 25.91

3. AJ Jackson, South Brunswick: 26.40

4. Grace Jeeves, Hoggard: 26.47

5. Lilah Wells, Topsail: 26.84

100 butterfly

1. Lucy Hastings, New Hanover: 57.49

2. Violet Derry, Ashley: 1:00.36

3. Camren Reaves, Topsail: 1:00.39

4. Coco Uebbing, Hoggard: 1:01.48

5. Lilah Wells, Topsail: 1:06.77

100 freestyle

1. Heidi Bollenbacher, Laney: 53.97

2. Sophia Wert, Ashley: 55.73

3. Devin Price, Hoggard: 56.29

4. Samone Vermeulen, Ashley: 58.27

5. AJ Jackson, South Brunswick: 58.29

500 freestyle

1. Summer Spencer, Laney: 5:25.35

2. Kaylee Jarvis, West Brunswick: 5:46.39

3. Ainsley Pedrick, Topsail: 5:49.26

4. Kelsey Weigand, Hoggard: 5:49.94

5. Chloe Hughes, Hoggard: 5:59.00

200 freestyle relay

1. Ashley (Brynn Miles, Samone Vermeulen, Sophia Wert and Violet Derry): 1:41.61

2. Laney (Asheford House, Camille Still, Summer Spencer and Heidi Bollenbacher): 1:43.05

3. Hoggard (Devin Price, Coco Uebbing, Cambell Nay and Grace Jeeves): 1:45.00

4. South Brunswick (AJ Jackson, Opal Boehmer, Phoebe Cumbee and Peyton Stegman): 1:45.89

5. Topsail (Avery Procida, Kaila Allen, Ellison Gosma and Katherine Kraus): 1:49.87

100 backstroke

1. Katie Andrison, Topsail: 59.82 (Pender County record)

2. Peyton Stegman, South Brunswick: 1:o1.03

3. Mackenzie Carroll, Ashley: 1:03.75

4. Brynn Miles, Ashley: 1:05.71

5. Opal Boehmer, South Brunswick: 1:07.40

100 breaststroke

1. Sophia Wert, Ashley: 1:09.04

2. Summer Spencer, Laney: 1:10.86

3. Sarah Phillips, Hoggard: 1:12.30

4. Olivia Crowley, Hoggard: 1:13.91

5. Ellison Gosma, Topsail: 1:14.65

400 freestyle relay

1. South Brunswick (AJ Jackson, Opal Boehmer, Kennedy Gordon and Peyton Stegman): 3:50.81 (Brunswick County record)

2. Topsail (Katie Andrison, Colleen Sandlin, Lilah Wells and Camren Reaves): 3:51.96

3. Hoggard (Kelsey Weigand, Chloe Hughes, Riley Mulvey and Devin Price): 3:55.70

4. Ashley (Kyla Bartlett, Samone Vermeulen, Mackenzie Carroll and Lilah Taylor): 4:00.61

5.  New Hanover (Kemper Yarnoz, Tessa Still, Mila Yarnoz and Lucy Hastings): 4:12.74