SOFLO Swimmers, Coaches End On Good Note On Final Day Of SoFlo TYR Last Chance Summer Invite

By Sharon Robb
PEMBROKE PINES, June 17, 2024—South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers dominated the third and final session of the SoFlo TYR Last Chance Summer Invite Sunday at Academic Village Pool.

SOFLO girls and boys won the majority of the sprint events with best times.

Laila Harran and Carley Kaplan were double winners.

Harran, 14, won the 50-meter butterfly in 30.58 and 50-meter backstroke in 32.91. She finished with 50 points.

Kaplan, 15, won the 50-meter backstroke in 32.63 and 50-meter breaststroke in 37.89. She scored 32 points.

Individual winners were:
Varvara Dmitrova, 12, 1500-meter freestyle, 20:14.38. She had 46 points.

University of Houston commit Izzy Wilson, 17, 1500-meter freestyle, 18:29.37. She had 32 points.

Lydia Smutny, 15, 50-meter butterfly, 31.19. She had 16 points.

Mackenzie McPherson, 14, 50-meter breaststroke, 41.72. She had 33 points.

Victoria Colmenares, 10, 200-meter breaststroke, 3:32.94. She had 26 points.

Christie Ann Lumsden, 12, 200-meter breaststroke, 2:57.44. She finished with 59 points.

Jonathan Li, 13, 1500-meter freestyle, 19:23.37. He had 20 points.

Cuban Olympic hopeful Luciano Gonzalez, 30, 50-meter butterfly, 25.15. He had 9 points in his final tuneup for the Spanish trials.

Maximiliano Torres, 10, 200-meter breaststroke 3:32.12. He had 43 points.

Eleven teams competed. They were 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.

SUNDAY FINALS
WOMEN
1500-meter freestyle:
11-12, 1. Varvara Dmitrova, SOFLO 20:14.38, time drop 48.76, 2. Matilda Ramthun, SOFLO 21:41.49, time drop 18.28.
13-14, 1. Melissa Ramos, HSC 18:57.37, 2. Viky Sepulveda, BM 20:02.53, 3. Kayla Jorge, FAA 21:54.77.
15-and-over, 1. Izzy Wilson, SOFLO 18:29.37.

50-meter butterfly:
13-14, 1. Laila Harran, SOFLO 30.58, 2. Jemma Baldwin, SOFLO 30.93, 3. Mackenzie McPherson, SOFLO 32.15, 4. Maryella Baker, SOFLO 33.56.
15-and-over, 1. Lydia Smutny, SOFLO 31.19, 2. Madison Aguero, BRV 32.55, 3. Sarah Vasquez, SOFLO 33.63, 4. Isabella Montes, SOFLO 34.04.

200-meter butterfly:
12-and-under, 1. Arina Nedialko, BRV 2:50.00, 2. Kalen Iino, SOFLO 2:51.22.

50-meter backstroke:
13-14, 1. Laila Harran, SOFLO 32.91, 2. Jemma Baldwin, SOFLO 35.28, 3. Angelica Forsyth, SOFLO 36.19, 4. Sofia Gomez, SOFLO 36.46.
15-and-over, 1. Carley Kaplan, SOFLO 32.63, 2. Lydia Smutny, SOFLO 34.98, 3. Madison Aguero, BRV 35.98, 4. Amelie Bicerne, SOFLO 36.53.

200-meter backstroke:
12-and-under, 1. Joanna Valdiviezo, SOFLO 2:55.58, 2. Paige Fleming, SOFLO 2:58.39, 3. Gabriela Ekht, SOFLO 2:59.42, 4. Linda Forsyth, SOFLO 3:01.08.

50-meter breaststroke:
13-14, 1. Mackenzie McPherson, SOFLO 41.72, 2. Jemma Baldwin, SOFLO 41.75, 3. Sofia Gomez, SOFLO 42.19, 4. Maryella Baker, SOFLO 43.63.
15-and-over, 1. Carley Kaplan, SOFLO 37.89, 2. Anjana Andapally, SOFLO 47.49.

200-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Victoria Colmenares, SOFLO 3:32.94.
11-12, 1. Christie Ann Lumsden, SOFLO 2:57.44, 2. Stephania Dmitrova, SOFLO 3:20.02, 3. Gabriela Ekht, SOFLO 3:20.84.

MEN
1500-meter freestyle:
11-12, 1. Janiel Espinosa, SF 19:27.45, 2. Joaquin Gomez-Liendo, FAA 19:38.64, 3. Gabriel Ferrer, SOFLO 21:05.15, 4. Lincoln Callaway Coy, SOFLO 23:18.71, time drop 11.67.
13-14, 1. Jonathan Li, SOFLO 19:23.37, 2. Rafael Naranjo, SOFLO 20:15.81, 3. Matthew Meneses, SWS 20:53.40, 4. David Gonzalez, SOFLO 20:56.88.

50-meter butterfly:
13-14, 1. Caleb Caponera, FAA 27.67, 2. Noah Mejias, SOFLO 29.35, 3. Jack Morrison, FAA 30.73, 4. David Valdiviezo, SOFLO 31.43.
15-and-over, 1. Luciano Gonzalez, SOFLO 25.15, 2. Ernesto Medina, BM 27.25, 3. Alfredo Dominguez, BM 27.44.

200-meter butterfly:
12-and-under, 1. Janiel Espinosa, SF 2:34.26, 2. Lucas Rosa, BM 2:36.86, 3. Bryce Powers, FAA 2:44.08, 4. Lucas Bolano, SOFLO 2:49.34.

50-meter backstroke:
13-14, 1. Caleb Caponera, FAA 30.58, 2. Noah Mejias, SOFLO 32.24, 3. David Valdiviezo, SOFLO 33.08, 4. Jacob Jones, SOFLO 34.58.
15-and-over, 1. Alfredo Dominguez, BM 29.66, 2. Dylan Hurtado, BMHG 30.68, 3. Marvan Ekanayake, SOFLO 31.87, 4. Dmitrii Berezin, SOFLO 33.00.

200-meter backstroke:
12-and-under, 1. Janiel Espinosa, SF 2:39.17, 2. Bryce Powers, FAA 2:51.34, 3. Ian Ibarra, SOFLO 3:07.47.

50-meter breaststroke:
13-14, 1. Caleb Caponera, FAA 32.99, 2. Ethan Hall, SOFLO 33.90, 3. Jack Morrison, FAA 35.50, 4. Noah Mejias, SOFLO 36.04.
15-and-over, 1. Ernesto Medina, BM 33.74, 2. Abraham Penaloza, SOFLO 34.63, 3. Maurizio Bernaez Vizzi, OSC 34.63, 4. Dmitrii Berezin, SOFLO 39.68.

200-meter breaststroke:
10-and-under, 1. Maximiliano Torres, SOFLO 3:32.21.
11-12, 1. Bryce Powers, FAA 3:02.78, 2. Toma Petkov, SOFLO 3:18.10, 3. Jeffrey Xiong, SOFLO 3:19.29, 4. Luis Escobar, SOFLO 3:22.70.

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