WRITTEN BY SHARON ROBB
May 2, 2013
South Florida Aquatic Club/Comets Swim Team will host its first long course meters meet of the season Friday through Sunday at Academic Village Pool, weather permitting.
Rain, lightning and wind have been playing havoc at swim workouts throughout the Florida Gold Coast.
The three-day meet will give swimmers a chance to race long course meters.
SOFLO heads the field with 136 swimmers, 70 boys and 66 girls.
SOFLO is seeded first in every event except four.
Melissa Marinheiro, 16, and Julien Pinon, 14, lead the SOFLO’s large contingent.
The SOFLO girls competing are: Camila Alvarez, 11, Patricia Alvarez, 12, Kaitlin Armstrong, 16, Kristen Armstrong, 13, Daniela Barretom 9, Sophia Bedoya, 10, Lilli Calero, 14, Leysha Caraballo, 16, Valentina Carrion, 11, Kyana Castro, 10, Samantha Cortez, 10, Alexandra Crespo, 12, Kayla Cunningham, 10, Katherine DeBarros, 12, Mikaela DeGracia, 12, Isabella DiSalvo, 10, Lisa Marie Handal, 15, Zariya Harris, 13, Salma Hegazy, 10, Kylie Herman, 15, Kelley Heron, 13, Annita Huang, 11, Paola Huerta, 11, Amber Hunter, 17, Andrea Iglesia, 15, Daniela Jimenez, 17, Evelin Jimenez, 17, Whitney Johnson, 16, Elise Larin,11, Jena Legaspi, 9, Rachel Ling, 18, Rebekah Ling 11, Isabella Lizarazo, 9, Maria Lopez, 17, Marcella Marinheiro, 18, Melissa Marinheiro, 16, Michelle Marinheiro, 10, Karina Medina, 15, Andrea Melendez, 16, Vanessa Mesa, 11, Stephanie Mlujeak, 14, Anna Montgomery, 12, Gretchen Montgomery, 10, Bianca Monti, 13, Zoe Mutombo, 10, Sabrina Osorio, 8, Sofia Osorio, 8, Abolade Oyetunji, 13, Genesis Pabon, 16, Brittany Parra, 12, Erika Pelaez, 6, Delanie Perez, 12, Sara Quintero, 9, Analucia Raimont, 10, Adrianna Rigau, 10, Astrid Rigau, 17, Keren Rivera, 14, Jennifer Rodriguez, 12, Jessica Rodriguez, 14, Isabel Shashaty, 12, Lauren Siegman, 11, Carly Swanson, 15, Natasha Testa, 14, Amy-Nicole Toro, 11, Anabel Vazquez, 11, and Kellie Wilcox, 12.
SOFLO boys entered are: Andres Arias, 13, Michael Arias, 10, Endi Babi, 24, Thomas Bogota, 9, Xavier Brown, 18, Roger Capote, 17, Ryan Capote, 15, Brendan Cassie, 14, Jordan Colon, 15, Marco Crespo, 14, Miguel Crespo, 8, Mark Andre De Gracia, 9, Mathew Delvalle, 15, David Diaz Venturo, 11, Esteban Diaz-Velasco, 14, Josemiguel Fernandez, 17, Brandon Fratianni, 14, Roberto Garrido, 11, Tanner Gibson, 9, Tyler Gibson, 13, Eduardo Graziano, 15, John Paul Handal, 10, Zackary Harris, 8, Ryan Heron, 9, Ethan Hew, 12, Akira Huang, 10, Edward Kon, 16, CJ Kopecki, 13, Jie Hoon Lee, 10, Juan Lucas, 14, Adrian Marrero, 15, Alejandro Mateus, 7, Leonardo Mateus, 11, Juan Medina, 14, Matthew Menocal, 14, Alfredo Mesa, 14, Federico Molina, 16, Noah Molko, 13, Salomon Molko, 13, Alexander Monti, 15, Brandon Moran, 11, Simon Ortiz, 15, Juan Osorio, 13, Ivan Parada, 18, Henry Perillo, 16, Julien Pinon, 14, Kevin Porto, 13, Fernando Quintero, 16, Samuel Quintero, 12, Carlo Roche, 11, Ricardo Roche, 13, Rafael Rodriguez, 11, Cristian Rossi, 14, Nicolas Rossi, 10, Gabriel Saavedra, 12, Juan Saldana, 16, Daniel Saliba, 10, Tiago Salba, 12, Gabriel Segui, 11, Sebastian Sierra, 12, Sebastian Simko, 12, Jonathan Strod, 14, Bowie Suen, 16, Derek Tom 11, Nikolas Ujueta, 16, Gustavo Valery, 16, Christian Vasquez, 9, Marcos Vazquez, 10, Jacob Walters, 17, and Sam Walters, 12.
The meet opens Friday at 5:30 p.m. with the 200- and 400-meter individual medleys and 400-meter freestyle.
IF YOU GO
What: Florida Gold Coast Open Invitational
When: Friday-Sunday
Where: Academic Village Pool, 17191 Sheridan Street, Pembroke Pines
Schedule: Friday, 5:30-7:05 p.m., Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-12:48 p.m., Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-1:23 p.m.
Admission: $3 per session, heat sheets $3 per session. For more information call 954-538-3721.
Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
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