MELBOURNE — The 2026 Cape Coast Conference Championships took place at Wickham Park on Oct. 24 as the sun rose.
In the boys race, Rockledge senior Brody Johnson eked out senior teammate Noah Childrey for the conference title. Johnson recorded a time of 15:47.3 to beat Childrey by 1.1 seconds.
“It’s great. I feel so accomplished,” Johnson said. “That was one of my major goals this year to come out for conference and just give it my all. That’s pretty sweet.”
The conference meet was the first time Johnson finished under 16 minutes in a race this season.
“I knew it was going to be me and Noah (Childrey). I didn’t expect Charles (Hanus) to be up there, so kudos to him. That was a great performance by him,” Johnson said. “I knew he was very happy. I just wanted to run with Noah and it be a team effort. At the end, I knew I just had to give it everything.”
In the previous two conference meets, Johnson didn’t medal. His caps his final conference race with his first medal being gold.
Johnson posted his fifth top-three finish of the season and his third gold medal in the last four meets. The senior turns his attention to districts on Nov. 7 to begin his pursuit of a first-career state medal.
“It’s been pretty good, especially the beginning. Last week I didn’t do great and the first race this season, but the other races were phenomenal,” Johnson said. “I was very happy with them. I’m where I wanted to be. For conference, to be in the 15s so that was one of biggest goals this season.”
Melbourne repeated as the boys Cape Coast Conference team champion. The Bulldogs scored 41 points to defeat runner-up Rockledge by 15 points.
The Bulldogs finished with four runners in the top 10. Senior Charles Hanus placed fourth, junior Trent Orcutt finished fifth, junior Colin Hedgespeth ended in eighth and senior Maxwell Fernandez crossed the finish line in 10th.
Raiders sophomore Jaxon Carter was the third Rockledge runner to complete the race with a ninth-place finish.
Team standings: 1. Melbourne 41, 2. Rockledge 56, 3. Cocoa Beach 84, 4. West Shore 124, 5. Viera 133, 6. Satellite 149, 7. Edgewood 171, 8. Heritage 239, 9. Bayside 277, 10. Merritt Island 307, 11. Cocoa 309, 12. Titusville 323, 13. Astronaut 333, 14. Space Coast 410.
Individual results: 1. Brody Johnson (Rockledge) 15:47.3, 2. Noah Childrey (Rockledge) 15:48.4, 3. Lars Manning (Cocoa Beach) 16:10.2, 4. Charles Hanus (Melbourne) 16:11.6, 5. Trent Orcutt (Melbourne) 16:18.4, 6. Grayson Frantz (Satellite) 16:32.6, 7. Jacob White (West Shore) 16:33.2, 8. Colin Hedgespeth (Melbourne) 16:40.7, 9. Jaxon Carter (Rockledge) 16:43.9, 10. Maxwell Fernandez (Melbourne) 16:48.9, 11. Elijah Daly (Cocoa Beach) 16:49.8, 12. Asher Cerveny (Cocoa Beach) 16:56.3, 13. Dwayne Rhymes (Heritage) 16:58.7, 14. Jayden Pereira (Melbourne) 17:03.3, 15. Nathaniel Sage (Edgewood) 17:05.8, 16. Calum Daut (West Shore) 17:09.1, 17. Logan Rosenthal (Viera) 17:11.2, 18. Landon Plechaty (West Shore) 17:19.8, 19. Deklan Boyles (Melbourne) 17:20.8, 20. Declan Westover (Rockledge) 17:21.3, 21. Kai Mauro (Melbourne) 17:30.3, 22. Chase Cobb (Cocoa Beach) 17:32.3, 23. Varun Sriramineni (Edgewood) 17:41.1, 24. Logan Schooley (Rockledge) 17:42.2, 25. Justin Gregoire (Merritt Island) 17:47.5, 26. Colton Thayer (Viera) 17:49.0, 27. Elijah Aguilar (Bayside) 17:49.8, 28. Lincoln Zederkof (Satellite) 17:50.9, 29. Eli Gleicher (Viera) 18:00.1, 30. Julian Islas (Viera) 18:08.0, 31. Grant Woodbury (Melbourne) 18:10.0, 32. Ryder Mott (Viera) 18:11.1, 33. Ryan Burnham (Viera) 18:15.7, 34. Matthew Alvarez (Melbourne) 18:20.5, 35. Marcelo Martinez (Heritage) 18:20.7, 36. Brice Haddock (Titusville) 18:24.3, 37. Laughlin Van Dam (Satellite) 18:25.2, 38. Jackson Daly (Cocoa Beach) 18:28.8, 39. Sean Frederick (Satellite) 18:30.2, 40. Perry Cameron III (Rockledge) 18:32.2, 41. Brian Duong (West Shore) 18:32.5, 42. Preston Dehuff (Edgewood) 18:35.8, 43. Owen Preston (Viera) 18:37.2, 44. AJ Mecagni (Edgewood) 18:37.9, 45. Lee Mitchell (Satellite) 18:43.0, 46. Brady Jones (West Shore) 18:43.3, 47. Ethan Rendek (Viera) 18:44.0, 48. Colin Rendek (Viera) 18:48.3, 49. Andrew Vuong (West Shore) 18:48.3, 50. William Estevez (West Shore) 18:50.7, 51. Joshua Cruz (Bayside) 18:53.7, 52. Jacob Belson (Merritt Island) 18:58.7, 53. Zander Colangelo (Satellite) 19:02.1, 54. Liam Michaelman (West Shore) 19:07.5, 55. Elijah Jones (West Shore) 19:08.3, 56. Logan Crouch (Rockledge) 19:10.7, 57. Kalvin Coloma (Edgewood) 19:10.7, 58. Sylas Geiser (Astronaut) 19:11.2, 59. Cameron Harris (Heritage) 19:23.6, 60. Rodney Joseph (Cocoa) 19:29.5, 61. Mark Masters (Cocoa Beach) 19:30.1, 62. Noah Sabol (Cocoa Beach) 19:31.1, 63. Kane Goshorn (Cocoa) 19:32.6, 64. Aidan Beck (Edgewood) 19:34.3, 65. Joshua Smith (Bayside) 19:36.5, 66. Reagan Reyes (Cocoa Beach) 19:37.4, 67. Max Hogan (Eau Gallie) 19:56.0, 68. Joshua Watts (Cocoa) 19:57.3, 69. Jeremy Graves (Viera) 20:00.2, 70. Artest Bradley (Bayside) 20:03.9, 71. Peyton Miller (Astronaut) 20:08.4, 72. Breydon Peacock (Rockledge) 20:11.7, 73. Tilden Carson (Edgewood) 20:13.6, 74. Ethan Shear (Rockledge) 20:19.7, 75. Jacob Torres (Heritage) 20:19.7, 76. Xander Rosa (Titusville) 20:21.1, 77. Bryce Mueller (Cocoa) 20:21.7, 78. Noah McColl (Titusville) 20:33.5, 79. Liam Thomas (Satellite) 20:38.5, 80. Zavier Parsons (Titusville) 20:43.4, 81. Bryce Herrman (Merritt Island) 20:52.4, 82. Xander Jones (Cocoa Beach) 21:08.0, 83. Landon Mackey (Astronaut) 21:09.0, 84. Victor Guthrie (Cocoa) 21:15.5, 85. Isaiah Dutrevil (Palm Bay) 21:28.6, 86. Aidan Dugan (Astronaut) 21:35.4, 87. Jacob James (Cocoa) 21:47.7, 88. Maxum Rivera (Astronaut) 21:56.8, 89. David Denholm (Edgewood) 22:09.5, 90. John Dixon (Heritage) 22:32.7, 91. Wyatt Herrman (Merritt Island) 22:35.2, 92. Rhyne Larkin (Space Coast) 22:54.1, 93. Joshua Charles (Heritage) 23:07.0, 94. Malakai Little (Space Coast) 23:39.0, 95. Raymond Bonanza (Space Coast) 23:42.1, 96. Ashton Sahtberg (Eau Gallie) 23:44.0, 97. Xavi Reyes (Cocoa) 24:29.7, 98. Chaney Brian (Bayside) 25:03.5, 99. Quincy Williams (Heritage) 25:04.4, 100. Takari Johnson (Cocoa) 25:22.1, 101. Elijah Fish (Palm Bay) 25:32.4, 102. Zion Douglas (Palm Bay) 25:45.6, 103. Levi Peura (Space Coast) 25:46.4, 104. Hunter Spry (Heritage) 25:54.6, 105. Nickolas Guthrie (Cocoa) 26:39.8, 106. Clarence Thomas (Cocoa) 27:00.5, 107. Gavin Riherd (Space Coast) 27:20.0, 108. Noah Schryer (Merritt Island) 27:22.3, 109. Michael Chase (Titusville) 30:28.1, 110. Michael Fort (Eau Gallie) 31:40.6, 111. Zaive Walsh (Eau Gallie) 34:46.0, 112. Aiden Grumbach (Heritage) 40:42.0.
Viera senior Eva McMenemy-Hoang continued her breakout season with Cape Coast Conference gold in the girls race. The senior clocked in at 18:02.5.
“It feels really good. Really happy with that,” McMenemy-Hoang said. “Good time and a new PR for me, so I was really happy with that too.”
McMenemy-Hoang once again squared off with West Shore junior Selah Vignier down the home stretch. The senior bested Vignier by 0.5 seconds. It’s the second time this season they finished one and two.
“I didn’t really want to go out too fast, especially the last few races I feel like I got passed specifically by Selah (Vignier) because I raced against her like five times this season,” McMenemy-Hoang said. “I wanted to sit with her for most of the race. I think we really push each other. I think she’s PR’d most of her races and now I finally PR’d again.”
McMenemy-Hoang steadily decreased her times in every meet as she earned her third gold medal of the season.
“I think it went good. I improved a lot and built a lot more endurance and speed stuff so it was really good,” McMenemy-Hoang said. “I feel good. I feel like I’ll finally break 18 one of these meets coming up, so I’m excited for that.”
For the seventh consecutive year, Satellite won the girls Cape Coast Conference team title with 67 points. The Scorpions defeated runner-up Melbourne by six points.
Satellite freshman Olivia Davis took home bronze, sophomore Zuzanna Galant placed 10th and freshman Mitra Burr ended 11th. Melbourne junior Savannah Thomson crossed the finish line in seventh and sophomore Kaylynn Ulrich ended the meet in ninth.
Team standings: 1. Satellite 67, 2. Melbourne 73, 3. Viera 81, 4. Edgewood 88, 5. West Shore 94, 6. Cocoa Beach 97, 7. Astronaut 198, 8. Bayside 246.
Individual results: 1. Eva McMenemy-Hoang (Viera) 18:02.5, 2. Selah Vignier (West Shore) 18:03.0, 3. Olivia Davis (Satellite) 18:56.3, 4. Esther Dobbin (Cocoa Beach) 19:02.1, 5. Rebecca Lee (Edgewood) 19:18.4, 6. Chancey Jones (Viera) 19:19.5, 7. Savannah Thomson (Melbourne) 19:29.3, 8. Elliana Falls (West Shore) 19:44.5, 9. Kaylynn Ulrich (Melbourne) 19:59.8, 10. Zuzanna Galant (Satellite) 20:01.3, 11. Mitra Burr (Satellite) 20:10.2, 12. Aleyshia Diaz (Astronaut) 20:10.3, 13. Zoe Beasley (Melbourne) 20:15.3, 14. Lily Myers (Edgewood) 20:28.9, 15. Samantha Innocencio (Rockledge) 20:36.4, 16. Wiktoria Gividen (Edgewood) 20:46.9, 17. Ansley Englert (Viera) 20:54.5, 18. Makayla Horst (West Shore) 20:56.1, 19. Elizabeth Lee (Edgewood) 21:03.7, 20. Kylee Fitzpatrick (Cocoa Beach) 21:08.4, 21. Kiera DeFile (Melbourne) 21:10.8, 22. Bella Stillie (Satellite) 21:12.3, 23. Maggie McNall (Satellite) 21:14.5, 24. Arden Hensley (Cocoa Beach) 21:19.8, 25. Rory Purdy (Melbourne) 21:20.5, 26. Payton Morris (Cocoa Beach) 21:21.0, 27. Sienna Wilson (Cocoa Beach) 21:30.9, 28. Elizabeth Nixon (Viera) 21:32.3, 29. Tessa Whitley (Cocoa Beach) 21:39.2, 30. Rebecca Stern (Rockledge) 21:43.2, 31. Emily Thomforde (Satellite) 21:46.9, 32. Sanoe Leibman (Satellite) 21:53.0, 33. Abigail Escobar (Viera) 21:59.0, 34. Emma Mika (West Shore) 22:02.4, 35. Eve Smith (Melbourne) 22:04.2, 36. Riley Seprinski (Satellite) 22:17.1, 37. Ciya Puppala (Melbourne) 22:18.1, 38. Ovelia Widjaja (Melbourne) 22:21.0, 39. Amelia Boyle (West Shore) 22:26.7, 40. Kinsley Shealey (Edgewood) 22:26.9, 41. Nora Wise (Satellite) 22:29.4, 42. Anisha Chityal (West Shore) 22:30.0, 43. Harper Richardson (West Shore) 22:30.3, 44. Gianna Renz (West Shore) 22:32.5, 45. Rylee Spagnola (Heritage) 22:35.0, 46. Fiona McMenemy-Hoang (Viera) 22:37.4, 47. Sara Amador (West Shore) 22:40.5, 48. Raegan Clare (Viera) 22:50.2, 49. Kitana Kline (Merritt Island) 23:07.1, 50. Izabelle Davis (West Shore) 23:09.1, 51. Olivia Custodia (Edgewood) 23:09.8, 52. Autumn Hayes (Cocoa Beach) 23:34.1, 53. Charlotte Tweedy (Melbourne) 23:37.2, 54. Karlee Valladarez (Edgewood) 23:38.9, 55. Caroline Stiles (Viera) 23:39.8, 56. Isabella Campbell (Astronaut) 23:45.5, 57. Payton Hilton (Edgewood) 24:02.7, 58. Magda Carrion (Astronaut) 24:14.8, 59. Morgan Birenbaum (Bayside) 24:40.3, 60. Jocelyn Robinson (Merritt Island) 25:11.2, 61. Lorelei Jacobs (Space Coast) 25:12.7, 62. Maya Mecagni (Edgewood) 25:18.4, 63. Alivia Corey (Astronaut) 25:22.5, 64. Courtney Fitzgerald (Space Coast) 25:40.1, 65. Sophie Taylor (Merritt Island) 25:40.8, 66. Narin Schirmer (Edgewood) 25:55.3, 67. Chamissa Maoulida (Titusville) 26:30.3, 68. Gisella Nazario (Heritage) 26:34.2, 69. Marisa Vallejo (Viera) 27:32.1, 70. Grace Gordon (Bayside) 29:37.1, 71. Rosemary Smolik (Merritt Island) 30:20.0, 72. Alexis Bradley (Bayside) 30:20.9, 73. Finleigh Davis (Viera) 30:27.4, 74. Mila Cortes (Palm Bay) 30:39.0, 75. Daniela Lopez (Cocoa) 31:43.8, 76. Scarlett Tringle (Astronaut) 31:54.1, 77. Eva Gerco (Bayside) 32:18.4, 78. Mabel Samaniego (Bayside) 32:25.9, 79. Sara Reek (Bayside) 35:07.8, 80. Yohana Simon (Cocoa) 37:23.3, 81. Nickerlande Muscadin (Bayside) 45:30.1.
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