The best East Coast surfers battled it out at the second stop of the Toyota USA Surfing Prime Series at Ponce Inlet, Florida.
With two of the three events in the books, rankings and qualifiers are starting to take shape for coveted invites to the national USA Surfing Championship at Lower Trestles, Calif. in June. See results below and rankings here.
Highlights of the weekend included Palm City, Florida’s Zoe Benedetto taking double wins in the Girls U16 and U18 divisions in the January and February events. Tequesta’s Vance Weyandt won Boys U14 events in both events. Sorrento’s Madison Lavender made double podiums in Girls U16 and U18. Virginia Beach’s Blayr Barton unleashed a series of powerful, clean backhand snaps to win Boys U18.
RESULTS
Girls U18
1st Zoe Benedetto, Palm City, Fla.
2nd Madison Lavender, Sorrento, Fla
3rd Mia Gallagher, Ocean City, N.J.
4th Niyah Rosen, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
Boys U18
1st Blayr Barton, Virginia Beach, Va.
2nd Kepa Mendia, West Palm Beach, Fla.
3rd Benji Lange, St. Augustine, Fla.
4th Ryan Huckabee, Flagler Beach, Fla.
Girls U16
1st Zoe Benedetto, Palm City, Fla.
2nd Daya McCart, Melbourne, Fla.
3rd Madison Lavender, Sorrento, Fla.
4th Kylie Pulcini, Melbourne, Fla.
Boys U16
1st Carl Burger, Flagler Beach, Fla.
2nd Logan Radd, Melbourne, Fla.
3rd Benji Lange, St. Augustine, Fla.
4th Charles Oblinger, Wrightsville Beach, N.C.
Boys U14
1st Vance Weyandt, Tequesta, Fla.
2nd Mako Musilinus, Garden City, S.C..
3rd Ethan Harbinson, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
4th Dylan O’hallaron, Viera, Fla.
The Toyota USA Surfing Prime Series is the highest level of junior surfing in the nation and is now an official part of the Olympic Development Program as recognized by the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
