October 20, 2025
Lake Minneola Swimmers Sweep Mid Florida Conference, Set Multiple Records in Dominant Performance
By Kyle Coppola
Lake Minneola Swimmers Sweep Mid Florida Conference, Set Multiple Records in Dominant Performance
The Lake Minneola High School swim team made a splash at the Mid Florida Conference Championships on Saturday, October 18, turning in one of the most dominant performances in program history. Both the boys and girls teams captured first place overall, with the Hawks setting an astounding seven new school records and four new conference records along the way.
The boys team powered to victory with 560 points. That was 254 points ahead of the second-place finisher. The girls team claimed their title with 456 points, outpacing the runner-up by 168 points.
This was an incredible team effort. Every swimmer contributed, and the energy from start to finish was unmatched. Breaking this many records in one meet is a testament to their hard work. This team has really been impressive this season.
Lake Minneola’s record-setting day included seven new school marks:
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Boys 200 Medley Relay
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Girls 400 Freestyle Relay
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Boys 400 Freestyle Relay
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Boys 500 Freestyle
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Boys 200 Individual Medley
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Boys 100 Butterfly
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Girls 100 Breaststroke
In addition, the Hawks rewrote the Mid Florida Conference record books with four new conference records in the Boys 200 Medley Relay, Boys 100 Butterfly, Boys 500 Freestyle and Boys 400 Freestyle Relay.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
