OCALA - Fleming Island High junior Noah Stotler repeated as the 200 free Class 3A champion Friday afternoon with nearly a three second gap to his closest chaser, while the Fleming Island girls and boys swimming teams earned top 10 finishes at the FHSAA championships held at the FAST facility.

"I felt about as good as I could having had some kind of flu the past two weeks at districts and regions," said Stotler, who won at 1 minute, 36.08 seconds, while silver medalist Cobe Hehenberger was timed at 1:38.74. "I just swam my race and let the race do what it did."

Orange Park finished with 14 points in 3A boy's behind Dakota Blake's eighth-place finish in the 100 backstroke and Zephan Leak's 11th in the 100 breaststroke, plus a 10th in 200 medley relay and a 12th in 200 free relay.

Stotler won his first 200 free title last year while at Clay High with a 1:36.74 time.

Stotler then finished second to Chiles' Owen Ekk, the defending 100 freestyle and 200 Individual Medley champion, in the 100 free.

With an anticipated super fast race between the two swimmers, Ekk dipped into the 43 second range at 43.79, with Stotler a stroke off at 44.11. Stotler dropped nearly a second to chase Ekk with a 44.94 in his prelim heat.

Ekk then took on Fleming Island's William Shoesmith in the 200 IM ,and won convincingly at 1:43.62, with Shoesmith second at 1:49.26.

In the 500 free, Shoesmith, the defending 500 free state champion, held an arm's length lead for much of his race with St. Petersburg High's Sawyer Hansen until Hansen unleased a final 50 yards at 24.93 seconds to edge Shoesmith for the gold medal at 4:22.09. Shoesmith opened with a 24.08 in the first 50, but finished with a 25.49 the final 50 to earn the silver at 4:22.79.

For team scores in the boys, Fletcher won with 115 points over Jesuit's 112, and St. Petersburg had 109. Fleming Island was ninth with 46.

For the girls, Ponte Vedra edged St. Petersburg 169-162, while Fleming Island was seventh with 47.

Top points were scored for the Fleming Island girls by sophomore Ellie Strombeck with 11 with a 10th place in 100 butterfly and 13th in 200 free. Also, they scored points with the 400 free relay at sixth, 200 medley relay at eighth.

Jackson Strickland earned 7.5 points with a 14th in 100 butterfly and 10th in 100 backstroke. The 200 free relay finished sixth and the 400 free relay was third.

Rylan Mills earned five points with a 12th-place finish in diving, while Jake Hall earned two points with a 16th in the 200 free and the 500 free.

In the girls, Fleming Island senior Kinsey Yarbrough earned five points with a 12th-place finish in the 100 free plus relay, 200 free and 400 free relays, a fourth and sixth. Sophomore Klara Shoesmith also earned five points with a 12th in the 200 IM and relays. Sophomores Caroline Kuhl and Natalie Kendall also earned two points with a 15th in 200 IM for Kuhl and a 15th in 50 free for Kendall plus relays.

In Class 4A, Oakleaf senior Brylee Wood was 24th in the 50 free at 25.69 seconds. Wood was only swimmer in 4A.