WRITTEN BY SHARON ROBB
January 30, 2011
The South Florida Aquatic Club wrapped up one of its most successful showings at a swim meet.
For the second day in a row, the 10-and-under and 11-12 age group swimmers dominated Session 4 of the Comets Florida Gold Coast Open Invitational Sunday at the Academic Village Pool in Pembroke Pines.
On the third and final day, several SOFLO swimmers turned in some impressive swims highlighted by Tristan Celestin, 11, who won three individual events and anchored the winning relay.
In the girls competition:
SOFLO’s Samantha Stinemire, 12, won the 11-12 50-yard backstroke in 30.92, a FGC JO cut time.
Kelley Heron, 11, won the 11-12 100-yard breaststroke in 1:15.03, a career-best time and FGC JO cut time. SOFLO swept the top three spots in the event with Audrey Mason, 1:16.39 and Jessica Rodriguez, 1:17.90.
Allison Kopas, 12, won the 11-12 100-yard freestyle in 1:00.23, a FGJO cut time. She led a SOFLO sweep of the top three spots. Catharine Cooper was second in 1:00.69 and Jessica Rodriguez third in 1:01.91.
Jessica Rodriguez, 12, won the 100-yard individual medley in a career-best 1:07.90, also a FGJO cut time. SOFLO swept the top four spots in the event.
The boys were led by:
Tristan Celestin, 11, won the 11-12 100-yard breaststroke in a career-best 1:09.59, a FGJO qualifying time. He also won the 50-yard butterfly in 29.40 and 100-yard freestyle in 56.53 as SOFLO took the top five spots in the freestyle. He also anchored the winning 200-yard freestyle relay.
Gustavo Valery, 12, won the 11-12 50-yard backstroke in 29.98.
Samuel Quintero, 10, won the 10-and-under 100-yard breaststroke in a career-best 1:26.82, a FGJO cut. He also won the 50-yard butterfly in 33.42.
Alfredo Mesa Jr., 12, won the 100-yard individual medley in a best time 1:07.97, the first of four SOFLO swimmers in the event.
SOFLO swept the boys and girls 12-and-under 200-yard freestyle relays. The girls team of Catharine Cooper, Allison Kopas, Kelley Heron and Samantha Stinemire won in 1:15.18.
The boys relay team of Cristian Rossi, Ryan Capote, Gustavo Valery and Tristan Celestin won in 1:45.95.
SUNDAY RESULTS/Session 4
GIRLS
50-yard backstroke
10-and-under, 1. Gaby Antonini, FLA 35.26, SOFLO: 3. Hannah Virgin 38.47, 4. Vanessa Mesa 39.76, 6. Amanda Kopas 41.18, 7. Delaney Biro 41.30, 9. Adrianne Silva 42.41, 11. Isabel Shashaty 44.43, 13. Kellie Wilcox 44.84, 18. Lauren Noyola 48.33.
11-12, 1. Samantha Stinemire, SOFLO 30.92, SOFLO: 4. Sophia Bucaro 33.87, 5. Maya Hirian 34.08, 8. Catharine Cooper 35.58, 10. Bridgette Ostan 35.76, 12. Cristina Villegas 37.05, 14. Lilli Calero 38.18, 18. Megan Schimansky 40.11.
100-yard breaststroke
10-and-under, 1. Gaia Fella, FLA 1:18.76, SOFLO: 4. Delanie Perez 1:29.13, 5. Sarah Bucaro 1:35.41, 6. Katherine DeBarros 1:36.43, 7. Jennifer Rodriguez 1:37.58, 9. Amanda Kopas 1:39.62, 11. Anna Montgomery 1:43.89, 13. Nicole Venema 1:47.40, 14. Julie Mason 1:47.64, 15. Adrianne Silva 1:48.13, 17. Natalia Rossi 1:50.10, 18. Alexandra Crespo 1:50.67, 19. Kimberly Gil 1:51.82.
11-12, 1. Kelley Heron, SOFLO 1:15.03, SOFLO: 2. Audrey Mason 1:16.39, 3. Jessica Rodriguez 1:17.90, 5. Allison Kopas 1:19.31, 7. Alani Carrasco 1:24.31, 8. Sophia Bucaro 1:26.13, 10. Natalia Valderrama 1:26.27, 11. Natasha Testa 1:26.34, 15. Lilli Calero 1:29.13, 17. Samantha Stinemire 1:30.02, 20. Alisa Kislych 1:37.34.
50-yard butterfly
10-and-under, 1. Gaby Antonini, FLA 32.97, SOFLO: 3. Delaney Biro 39.91, 5. Kelly Cifuentes 44.61, 6. Kimberly Gil 45.21, 11. Lauren Noyola 49.42, 12. Isabel Shashaty 49.89, 13. Julie Mason 50.69, 21. Annita Huang 1:00.96, CSSC: 16. Cara Virgin 53.50, 18. Lydia Szakacs 59.10, 22. Emma Gomez 1:09.00.
11-12, 1. Kyla Valls, Miami Swimming 30.71, SOFLO: 5. Natasha Testa 32.61, 6. Kelley Heron 33.35, 7. Bridgette Ostan 33.67, 9. Natalia Valderrama 34.29, 11. Catharine Cooper 35.14, 17. Katalina Gomez 38.25, 19. Lauren Simm 44.68, 20. Zariya Harris 45.08.
100-yard freestyle
10-and-under, 1. Sophia Perez, Miami Dade County Aquatic club 1:00.94, SOFLO: 5. Sarah Bucaro 1:05.26, 8. Vanessa Mesa 1:11.01, 9. Jennifer Rodriguez 1:11.16, 10. Hannah Virgin 1:13.72, 11. Delanie Perez 1:13.78, 13. Katherine DeBarros 1:15.77, 15. Nicole Venema 1:19.17, 17. Kelly Cifuentes 1:21.79, 18. Anna Montgomery 1:22.77, 20. Catalin Grant 1:23.94.
11-12, 1. Allison Kopas, SOFLO 1:00.23, SOFLO: 2. Catharine Cooper 1:00.69, 3. Jessica Rodriguez 1:01.91, 5. Audrey Mason 1:02.56, 8. Cristina Villegas 1:04.11, 16. Alani Carrasco 1:05.77, 18. Lilli Calero 1:06.03, 21. Alisa Kislych 1:07.42, 22. Maya Hirian 1:07.76.
100-yard individual medley
10-and-under, 1. Gaia Fella, FLA 1:11.65, SOFLO: 5. Sarah Bucaro 1:17.96, 7. Delanie Perez 1:21.60, 8. Jennifer Rodriguez 1:22.22, 10. Hannah Virgin 1:23.80, 11. Vanessa Mesa 1:24.74, 12. Delaney Biro 1:25.87, 13. Katherine DeBarros 1:25.87, 14. Amanda Kopas 1:27.28, 16. Nicole Venema 1:32.61, 18. Monica Cordero 1:35.29, 19. Anna Montgomery 1:35.33, 20. Alexandra Crespo 1:36.61, 21. Julie Mason 1:36.78, 22. Catalin Grant 1:42.48, 23. Natalia Rossi 1:43.73, 24. Annita Huang 1:47.80, 25. Mikaela DeGracia 1:50.33.
11-12, 1. Jessica Rodriguez, SOFLO 1:07.90, SOFLO: 2. Kelley Heron 1:08.05, 3. Allison Kopas 1:10.04, 4. Audrey Mason 1:11.34, 6. Samantha Stinemire 1:11.82, 9. Sophia Bucaro 1:13.49, 12. Bridgette Ostan 1:14.24, 11. Alani Carrasco 1:14.43, 16. Natalia Valderrama 1:15.87, 19. Natasha Testa 1:16.36, 21. Maya Hirian 1:17.41, 23. Cristina Villegaas 1:19.03, 24. Alisa Kislych 1:20.82.
200-yard freestyle relay
12-and-under, 1. SOFLO (Catharine Cooper, Allison Kopas, Kelley Heron, Samantha Stinemire) 1:51.18, SOFLO: 2. (Audrey Mason, Natalia Valderrama, Jessica Rodriguez, Sophia Bucaro) 1:53.87, 5. (Alani Carrasco, Sarah Bucaro, Natasha Testa, Cristina Villegas) 2:00.88.
BOYS
50-yard backstroke
10-and-under, 1. Guido Dominguez, FLA 34.21, SOFLO: 2. Samuel Quintero 34.73, 23. Jonathan Hew 45.33, CSSC, 27. Joshua Hanks, 30. Connor Marks 50.63.
11-12, 1. Gustavo Valery, SOFLO 29.98, SOFLO: 3. Kevin Porto 32.96, 4. Carlos Rodriguez 33.18, 7. Cristian Rossi 33.63, 9. Ricardo Roche 33.93, 12. Rodrigo Rodriguez 34.88, 13. Nicholas Perera 35.18, 15. Andres Lares 35.83, 18. Collin Burt 37.12, 21. Matthew Menocal 38.08, 22. Giancarlo Payamps 38.16.
100-yard breaststroke
10-and-under, 1. Samuel Quintero, SOFLO 1:26.82, SOFLO: 3. Jonathan Skarie 1:32.01, 6. Matthew Liang 1:39.81, 7. Rafael Rodriguez 1:39.83, 12. Pablo Ziehm 2:15.82, 13. Sebastian Sevilla 2:19.59, CSSC: 11. Joshua Hanks 2:06.04.
11-12, 1. Tristan Celestin, SOFLO 1:09.59, SOFLO: 5. Alex Monti 1:20.08, 7. Carlos Rodriguez 1:22.61, 8. Juan Lucas 1:22.67, 13. Matthew Menocal 1:28.28, 14. Federico Maeso 1:28.48, 15. Matthew Cooper 1:29.88, 17. C.J. Kopecki 1:33.12, 18. Tyler Gibson 1:33.24, 22. Giancarlo Payamps 1:42.62.
50-yard butterfly
10-and-under, 1. Samuel Quintero, SOFLO 33.42, SOFLO: 15. Leonardo Mateus 42.65, 17. Justin Irwin 45.13.
11-12, 1. Tristan Celestin, SOFLO 29.40, SOFLO: 2. Alfredo Mesa Jr. 30.35, 4. Cristian Rossi 30.51, 5. Jorge Depassier 31.06, 6. Ryan Capote 31.29, 8. Nicholas Perera 31.85, 9. Juan Lucas 32.00, 13. Gustavo Valery 32.47, 17. Federico Maeso 33.82, 19. Giancarlo Payamps 34.55, 20. Ricardo Roche 34.58, 21. Andres Lares 34.99.
100-yard freestyle
10-and-under, 1. Adrian Aguilar, Metro Aquatic Club of Miami 1:07.10, SOFLO: 2. Rafael Rodriguez 1:10.23, 3. Jonathan Skarie 1:10.48, 4. Matthew Liang 1:10.61, 16. Leonardo Mateus 1:20.02, 23. Justin Irwin 1:24.01, 29. Jonathan Hew 1:35.02.
11-12, 1. Tristan Celestin, SOFLO 56.53, SOFLO: 2. Alfredo Mesa Jr. 56.75, 3. Jorge Depassier 59.69, 4. Ryan Capote 1:00.08, 5. Carlos Rodriguez 1:00.44, 9. Kevin Porto 1:01.82, 13. Alex Monti 1:02.69, 14. Rodrigo Rodriguez 1:03.50, 17. Matthew Menocal 1:05.57, 20. Andres Lares 1:07.07.
100-yard individual medley
10-and-under, 1. Adrian Aguilar, MAC 1:15.94, SOFLO: 3. Rafael Rodriguez 1:22.35, 4. Jonathan Skarie 1:22.36, 6. Matthew Liang 1:23.93, 17. Leonardo Mateus 1:34.07, CSSC: 21. Joshua Hanks 1:45.24, 23. Connor Marks 2:02.80.
11-12, 1. Alfredo Mesa Jr., SOFLO 1:07.97, SOFLO: 2. Juan Lucas 1:08.34, 3. Gustavo Valery 1:08.47, 4. Cristian Rossi 1:08.60, 6. Ryan Capote 1:10.60, 8. Ricardo Roche 1:11.44, 9. Jorge Depassier 1:11.81, 10. Kevin Porto 1:11.96, 12. Nicholas Perera 1:14.84, 13. Rodrigo Rodriguez 1:14.93, 16. Federico Maeso 1:15.58, 18. Alex Monti 1:16.67, 22. Jack Davies 1:21.76.
200-yard freestyle relay
12-and-under, 1. SOFLO (Cristian Rossi, Ryan Capote, Gustavo Valery, Tristan Celestin) 1:45.95, SOFLO: 2. (Juan Lucas, Carlos Rodriguez, Jorge Depassier, Alfredo Mesa Jr.) 1:46.62, 4. (Alex Monti, Nicholas Perera, Federico Maeso, Kevin Porto) 1:55.48.
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