Riverview High School's girls swim team won its sixth consecutive FHSAA Class 4A state championship Saturday, Nov. 7, piling up 350.5 points at the Florida Aquatics Swimming and Training facility in Ocala.

Creekside finished second with 221 points. Oviedo placed third with 158.

The title is Riverview's 13th all-time, tying Winter Park for the fourth-most of any girls swimming program across all FHSAA classifications, Your Observer reported. All 13 have come since 2006.

Sophomore Sydney Hardy led the Rams with three golds and one silver in individual and relay events. She won the 200-yard individual medley in 1:58.81, finishing 4.23 seconds ahead of the runner-up. Hardy had taken second in that event as a freshman.

Hardy also swam on both winning relays. The 200-yard medley relay team finished in 1:41.21, and the 200-yard freestyle relay squad clocked 1:33.38. She tied for silver in the 100-yard backstroke at 54.37, an event she did not swim at last year's state meet.

The Rams won just one of eight individual girls events but placed in the top three in five others.

Sophomore Allie Pearson lost the 50-yard freestyle by 0.02 seconds to Creekside's Emmie Lewis and took bronze in the 100-yard freestyle at 50.63. Senior Angelina Lista, committed to Missouri, earned third in the 100-yard butterfly at 54.06. Junior Kaitlyn Gebhardt took silver in the 500-yard freestyle at 4:52.01.

That depth was by design, according to coach John Bruenning.

"I had a conversation with all the girls and said, 'Listen, we can go three relays and probably be top two or three, or we can go win two relays and make a statement,'" Bruenning said, according to Your Observer. "The girls were like, 'Let's go win it.'"

Riverview won the 200-yard medley relay and 200-yard freestyle relay while placing fifth in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Hardy, ranked No. 3 in the Class of 2029 by SwimCloud, is a two-time individual state champion and three-time relay state champion with two team titles. She was named to the 2026-27 USA Swimming Junior National Team on Sept. 8, selected for three events, according to Your Observer's September profile. She attends Florida Virtual School but competes for Riverview during the high school swim season.

Bruenning said he expects Hardy will eventually chase the state record in the 200-yard IM, held by Melanie Margalis of Clearwater since 2009. Hardy was 1.74 seconds off that mark this year.

"I still get kind of nervous," Hardy said, according to Your Observer. "But it's fun."

The result sets the competitive bar for Sarasota County swimmers heading into next season. Lakewood Ranch High placed 17th at last year's 4A state meet with 49.5 points, according to a Your Observer feature on Mustangs swimmers published Nov. 3. Riverview's dynasty, which has dominated since 2021, shows no sign of slowing with Hardy and several underclassmen set to return.