SoFlo TYR Last Chance Summer Invite Begins Friday

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, June 12, 2024—Swimmers will have another chance to qualify for various meets at this weekend’s SoFlo TYR Last Chance Summer Invite at Academic Village Pool.

The three-day meet, featuring several Florida Gold Coast top swimmers, begins Friday with prelims at 8 a.m. for swimmers 13-and-older followed by prelims for 12-and-unders at 11:30 p.m. Combined championship finals are 7 p.m.

Action continues Saturday, again with prelims at 8 a.m. for 13-and-older followed by prelims for 12-and-unders at 11:30 p.m. Championship finals are 7 p.m. On Sunday, timed finals begin 7:30 a.m. with the 1500 freestyle and final session at 10:30 a.m.

SOFLO heads the field with more than 100 swimmers.

Eleven teams will compete including Blue Marlins of Hialeah Gardens, Eagle Aquatics, Florida Atlantic Aquatics, Hialeah Swim Club, Miami Country Day Aquatics, Miami Swimming, Olympus Swim Club, Speed World Swimming, SwimFast and Westminster Academy Swim Club.

SOFLO dominates the top seeds. They are:
Luciano Gonzalez, 30, 100 butterfly, 57.55
Izzy Wilson, 17, 100 backstroke 1:11.65.
Lydia Smutny, 15, 100 butterfly 1:06.82.
Ethan Hall, 14, 100 freestyle 59.13; 100 breaststroke 1:17.07; 50 freestyle, 26.99.
Mackenzie McPherson, 14, 100 breaststroke., 1:15.84; 400 IM 5:28.54.
Ana Villamil, 19, 100 breaststroke, 1:14.31; 50 freestyle, 27.24; 100 butterfly 1:05.48.
Hashan Ekanayake, 17, 400 freestyle, 4:19.71.
Ellie Phan, 9, 50 butterfly, 39.07; 400 freestyle 6:06.93; 50 breaststroke 48.64; 100 butterfly, 1:32.59.
Santiago Zuluaga, 9, 100 backstroke, 1:34.19.
Christie-Ann Lumsden, 12, 100 freestyle 1:07.10; 100 breaststroke 1:23.76; 200 IM 2:45.74.
Jeffrey Xiong, 12, 100 breaststroke 1:34.12.
Victoria Colmenares, 10, 200 IM, 3:25.84; 200 breaststroke NT.
Varvara Dmitrova, 12, 400 freestyle 5:19.77.
Stephania Dmitrova, 11, 200 breaststroke NT.
Ellie Jackson, 13, 200 backstroke, 2:15.62.
Sofia Gomez, 14, 100 butterfly, 1:05.86; 100 butterfly 1:05.86.
Carley Kaplan, 15, 200 freestyle, 2:10.56; 100 backstroke 1:07.96; 100 breatstroke 1:23.53.
Jonathan Li, 13, 200 freestyle 2:04.48.
Gabriella DeLuna, 17, 400 IM 5:11.04.
Nicolai Ross, 16, 400 IM 4:53.73.
Joanne Valdiviezo, 12, 50 breaststroke, 33.49; 200 freestyle 2:23.09; 200 backstroke 2:26.18.
Niccolo Miccolis, 11, 50 breaststroke 37.38.
Maya Barrizonte, 10, 50 freestyle, 36.81.
Molly Barber, 9, 50 backstroke, 45.27.
Catalino Akpabio, 11, 100 butterfly, 1:17.06; 200 butterfly, NT.
Molly Barber, 9, 200 freestyle, 2:47.38.
Kalen Iino, 12, 400 IM 6:15.21.
Laila Harran, 14, 100 backstroke 1:07.68
Marvan Ekanayake, 17, 100 backstroke 1:10.62.
Abraham Penaloza, 16, 100 breaststroke 1:10.21.
Maximilian Torres, 10, 200 breaststroke NT.
Toma Petkov, 12, 200 breaststroke 3:27.71.

IF YOU GO
What: SoFlo TYR Last Chance Summer Invite.

When: Friday-Sunday.

Timelines: Friday will have three sessions, 13-and-over prelims, 8-10:19 a.m.; 12-and under prelims, 11:30 a.m.-1:48 p.m., finals 7-8:51 p.m.; Saturday, 13-and-over prelims, 8-10:23 a.m.; 12-and-under prelims, 11:30 a.m.-1:23 p.m.; finals, 7-8:51 p.m.; Sunday, Distance, 7:30-8:35 a.m.; timed finals, 10:30-11:42 a.m.

Where: Academic Village Pool, 17191 Sheridan Street, Pembroke Pines. Enter from 172nd.

Of note: Admission is $5…Admission allows spectators to enter the pool deck only within the barricaded areas…SOFLO and Comets Swim Team Booster Club are meet hosts…Mahes Ekanayake is meet referee…For more information call the swim office at 954-538-3721.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4soflo.com