South Florida Aquatic Club Enjoys Another Great Year, Future Looks Bright

By Sharon Robb

December 31, 2013

After an outstanding year in 2012, South Florida Aquatic Club raised the bar even higher in 2013.

From the complete team effort SOFLO got at Winter Championships to three-time Olympian Alia Atkinson taking another huge step in the international spotlight, SOFLO earned well-deserved respect.

Buoyed by depth, talent and good coaching, SOFLO swimmers broke records, won races and dropped time throughout the short course and long course seasons.

As we ring in the New Year on Wednesday, let’s reflect on some of the highlights.

SOFLO’s top ten for 2013 were:

1.SOFLO sweeps the combined, girls and boys team titles at the 23rd annual Florida Gold Coast Speedo Winter Championships for the first time in the club’s history.

2.SOFLO is named Nike Swim Team of the Month in December.

3.SOFLO coach Chris Anderson is named Nike Swim Coach of the Month in December.

4.SOFLO’s three-time Jamaican Olympian Alia Atkinson has breakthrough international season on the FINA World Cup circuit and cashes in on her biggest payday ($136,000) winning gold, silver and bronze medals and breaking her own national records.

5.SOFLO makes history by winning Senior Championships and Junior Olympics in the same season.

6.Longtime SOFLO swimmer Marc Rojas makes first senior national cut and signs with the Florida State Seminoles.

7.SOFLO’s Tiffany Oliver wins first ACC title, makes Florida State history with a school record in the 50-yard freestyle (22.17) and two gold medals and goes on to compete at NCAA Championships.

8.SOFLO’s Julien Pinon heads overseas to compete in several international meets and training camps for France to pick up valuable international experience for the future. The American Heritage sophomore then returned in the fall to help his high school team win its first boys’ state team title.

9.SOFLO’s Melissa Marinheiro pulls off a hat trick and a half, competing at the state high school meet, junior nationals, Winter Championships and senior nationals in six weeks.

10.SOFLO defends its title at the FLA International Invitational for its first major long course season win.

Now entering its 14th year, the first ten as Comets Swim Team and fourth year as SOFLO, swimmers, coaches, Booster Club, parents and volunteers pat yourself on the back for a job well-done.

The year 2013 was an outstanding year and 2014 will shine even brighter.

Happy New Year!!!

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

SOFLO’s Marinheiro, Pinon Named All-County First Team; Lucas Earns Second Team Honors

By Sharon Robb

December 25, 2013

Melissa Marinheiro of West Broward High School earned first team honors on the Broward County All-County girls’ team scheduled to be released in Friday’s South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Marinheiro, a junior, earned honors in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.21) and 500-yard freestyle (4:51.13).

Archbishop McCarthy’s Kaitlin Armstrong, Kylie Herman and Haley Wright of Cypress Bay, Lilli Calero of Pembroke Pines Charter and Amber Hunter of West Broward earned honorable mention honors.

Debbie Cavanaugh of Fort Lauderdale High School was named Coach of the Year.

Clara Smiddy of South Florida Heat was named Girls Swimmer of the Year.

Other first team selections are:

Carolyn Chaney, Pine Crest, 1-meter diving.

Karlee Price, St. Thomas Aquinas, 1-meter diving.

Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest, 50-, 100-yard freestyles.

Emily Kopas, University School, 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard individual medley

Emma Lincoln, Cypress Bay, 100- and 200-yard freestyles.

Tyla Martin, Pine Crest, 100-yard butterfly, 200-yard individual medley

Jessica Nava, Westminster Academy, 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke

Amanda Tipton, Nova, 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke

Pine Crest, 200-yard medley relay (Miriyam Ghali, Lindsey Swartz, Tyla Martin, Marta Ciesla)

Pine Crest, 200-yard freestyle relay (Marta Ciesla, Julia Chui, Brooke Bernstein, Hannah Veale)

Pine Crest, 400-yard freestyle relay (Miriyam Ghali, Julia Chui, Tyla Martin, Hannah Veale).

Julien Pinon of state champion American Heritage earned first team boys honors.

The sophomore was selected in the 100-yard freestyle (46.66) and 200-yard freestyle (1:39.34). He was also the leadoff swimmer on the first team 400-yard freestyle relay for the Patriots.

Juan Lucas, a freshman at Pembroke Pines Charter, was named to the second team in the 100-yard backstroke.

Matthew Mila and Kry Nichlany of Archbishop McCarthy earned honorable mention honors.

Other first team selections are:

Logan Downey, South Plantation, one-meter diving.

Austin Fields, Pine Crest, one-meter diving.

Alex Evdokimov, Taravella, 100- and 200-yard breaststrokes, 200 individual medley

Kent Haeffner, Pine Crest, 200- and 500-yard freestyles.

Raphael Marcoux, Fort Lauderdale, 50- and 100-yard freestyles.

Nico Medina, American Heritage, 100-yard backstroke, 500-yard freestyle.

Chad Moody, Cardinal Gibbons, 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke.

Alex Morgan, West Broward, 100-yard breaststroke, 50-yard freestyle.

Anton Voronin of North Broward Prep, 50- and 100-yard freestyles.

American Heritage, 200-yard medley relay (Nico Medina, Digby Nothard, Fernando Bohorquez, Taylor Eaddy).

University School, 200-yard freestyle (Nicolas Oberndorfer, Patrick Groters, Matthew Lyn, Jordy Groters).

American Heritage, 400-yard freestyle relay (Julien Pinon, Nico Medina, Fernando Bohorquez, Chris Garcia).

Karney McNear of Nova High School was selected Boys’ Coach of the Year.

Jordy Groters of University School was named Boys Swimmer of the Year.

The well-respected Miami Herald All-County teams for Broward and Miami-Dade are expected to be released in January.

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

SOFLO Swimmers Spread Holiday Cheer To Kids At Broward Health Center

By Sharon Robb

December 23, 2013

Several South Florida Aquatic Club swimmers got a life lesson while bringing holiday cheer to dozens of underprivileged children on Monday at the Broward Health Seventh Avenue Family Health Center in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

SOFLO’s Booster Club with the help of Friends of Weston started a toy drive more than two weeks ago collecting toys from swimmers, families and community at Academic Village Pool in Pembroke Pines.

SOFLO then went a step further.

During its’ annual Holiday Breakfast and Party for 400 this past Saturday morning, each age group swimmer, from the Dippers to national team, went around tables loaded with toys, games and school supplies and chose age-appropriate gifts for girls and boys and packaged them before hand-delivering 60 bags to children, ages 3-14, at the center.

The Friends of Weston contributed new children’s clothes to add to the Christmas goodie bag.

More than 20 swimmers of all ages in two separate groups along with a handful of parents took turns distributing the toys for more than two hours at the center.

“We found this amazing group, Friends of Weston that does year-round activities and they helped us organize this,” said SOFLO Booster Club secretary Vicky Quintero.

“We wanted to do something together for the holidays and we really wanted the kids involved, not only collecting toys and dropping them in a box, but delivering and distributing them,” Quintero said.

The Booster Club put up posters and passed flyers out to help promote the toy drive.

“I think this being the first time we are very proud of our results,” Quintero said. “The children and their parents at the center were very thankful. Our swimmers got a chance to see where the bags were going.

“I think our kids appreciated what they did today and the parents did, too,’ Quintero said. “It’s a start. We would like to continue it next year and get more kids involved and more donations.”

The swimmers seemed to be enjoying themselves at the health center.

“It was really nice seeing the kids, some of them were really small and didn’t know what was going on but you could tell the older ones were really excited,” said SOFLO swimmer Jessica Rodriguez, a freshman at Hialeah Gardens High School.

“We were happy to give them the gifts,” Rodriguez said. “I felt good about what we did. We gave gifts to people who needed them. They were so happy and that made me happy. It was the true meaning of Christmas.”

SOFLO head coach Chris Anderson was impressed with the joint efforts of the Booster Club and swimmers.

“I thoroughly enjoyed watching our swimmers’ interaction during the party when they were picking gifts for the kids,” Anderson said.

“Our kids really got into picking out each gift. You could tell our kids were processing what they were doing. It wasn’t about only collecting a gift but it was choosing the right gift for the right age.”

Anderson said it was a great testimony to the team’s camaraderie and generosity.

“I am so proud of the kids getting emotionally-attached to what they were doing,” Anderson said. “They were genuinely enthused about what they were doing. It was nice for our Booster Club. They did a great job and everything was organized. It was nice to see everyone interacting for a good cause.”

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com
http://www.swim4sofolo.com

Team USA Wins Duel In The Pool In Overtime; NBC Broadcast On Sunday

By Sharon Robb

December 21, 2013

In one of the most exciting finishes ever at an international meet, Team USA left no doubt in the final event with a world record at the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool in front of a packed house Saturday at the Tollcross International Swim Centre in Glasgow, Scotland.

The foursome of Eugene Godsoe, Kevin Cordes, Claire Donahue and Simone Manuel won the meet’s first-ever mixed medley relay tiebreaker by 2/10ths of a second in a world record time of 1:37.17 ahead of Europe’s relay in 1:37.37 with Chris Walker-Hebborn, Damir Dugonjic, Jeanette Ottesen-Gray and Fran Halsall.

The splits were 22.88 (Godsoe), 25.40 (Cordes), 25.28 (Donahue) and 23.61 (Manuel).

Team USA, down by 23 points coming into the final day, edged the Europe All-Stars, 132-131.

“Not only did USA win the tie-breaking relay but we broke the world record,” said Donahue on Twitter after the meet. “I’m a world record holder. Does it get any better than this?”

Donahue, a frequent visitor to South Florida, will be training with the South Florida Aquatic Club after the holidays along with three-time Olympian Alia Atkinson, Florida State sprinter Tiffany Oliver and Western Kentucky’s Courtney Marx.

It was the sixth consecutive year that Team USA has captured the meet title.

Team USA came back to tie Europe, 131-131 after the 30 scheduled races. The meet was decided by a winner-take-all, one-point tiebreaker in the 200-meter mixed medley relay with two men and two women.

“I knew that with the team behind my back, as excited and as close as we were, the adrenaline could carry me,” said Manuel, who outsprinted Britain’s sprint champion Francesca Halsall on anchor leg.

In individual races:

American Michael McBroom broke the 800-meter freestyle short course American record in 7:33.99. The previous record was 7:39.90 held by Michael Klueh. McBroom now has both the short course and long course meters American records.

Tom Shields broke his own 200-meter butterfly American record in 1:50.61.

Kevin Cordes broke his second American record of the meet in the 100-meter breaststroke in 56.88.

The U.S. men swept the 50-meter freestyle with Jimmy Feigen (best time 21.20) and Anthon Ervin and Cullen Jones tying for second in 21.27.

Godsoe and Shields finished one-two in the 100-meter backstroke and Jessica Hardy and Micah Lawrence finished one-two in the 100-meter breaststroke.

Conor Dwyer was a double winner, capturing the 200-meter freestyle in 1:14.68 and 200-meter individual medley in 1:53.51. He also won the 400-meter individual medley Friday night.

“That was the most exciting meet I have ever been a part of,” Dwyer said. “I think it’s a unique event. It’s unlike anything else we do internationally. We take a lot of pride in it.”

Meet highlights from the The Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool will be aired on NBC-TV on Sunday, Dec. 22 at 4-6 p.m.

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

Europe All-Stars Lead Team USA After Day One Of Duel In The Pool

By Sharon Robb

December 20, 2013

Spain’s Mireia Belmonte won two events on opening night of the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool to give the Europe All-Stars a 68-54 lead over Team USA Friday in Glasgow, Scotland.

Belmonte won the 400-meter individual medley and 400-meter freestyle at the Tollscross International Swimming Centre.

The two-day, short-course meters competition concludes Saturday at 9 a.m. with 16 events remaining and $120,000 in prize money on the line.

Five U.S. swimmers won individual events:

Conor Dwyer, 400-meter individual medley, 4:01.76.

Eugene Godsoe, 200-meter backstroke, 1:52.14.

Micah Lawrence, 200-meter breaststroke, 2:19.15.

Tom Shields, 100-meter butterfly, 49.80.

Michael Klueh, 400-meter freestyle, 3:39.94.

Despite finishing third, Kevin Cordes broke the American short course record in the 200-meter breaststroke in 2:02.38. Brit Michael Jamieson won in 2:01.83.

Belmonte got her team fired up from the opening event. Belmonte won the 400-meter individual medley in 4:24.58 and teammate Aimee Willmott of Great Britain took the silver in 4:26.80.

Michelle Coleman of Sweden won the women’s 100-meter freestyle in 52.65.

The Europe All-Stars went one-two in the men’s 100-meter freestyle with Yannick Agnel of France winning in 47.13 and Adam Brown of Great Britain second in 47.24.

Europe had another one-two finish in the 200-meter backstroke with the Ukraine’s Daryna Zevina first in 2:01.62 and Simona Baumrtova of the Czech Republic second in 2:04.06 to give Europe a 30-15 lead at one point.

Jeanette Ottesen-Gray of the Netherlands won the 100-meter butterfly in 56.78, just .05 ahead of American Claire Donahue, who will be training with the South Florida Aquatic Club after the holiday.

Belmonte won her second title in the 400-meter freestyle in 3:57.65, followed by Spanish teammate Melani Costa in 3:59.14.

Going into the 400-meter medley relays, Europe lead, 61-47 and remained in the lead by 14 points after the two teams split.

BIG TV WEEKEND FOR SWIMMING

Swimming will get some national television exposure on Saturday, Dec. 21 and Sunday, Dec. 22 on NBC-TV.

The AT&T Winter Senior Nationals highlight show will be televised Saturday at 5-6 p.m.

The Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool will be on Sunday at 4-6 p.m.

AROUND THE FLORIDA GOLD COAST

Former Florida Gold Coast swimmer Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago, now a freshman at Southern California, broke the national short course record in the 400-meter freestyle in 3:50.05 at his country’s Short Course Trials. He broke the 15-17 record held by Josh Romany (3:58.41) and national record set by 2000 Olympian Sebastien Paddington (3:55.89). The national record was 17-years-old. Carter was coming off the Winter National Championships…Rachael Bradford-Feldman of St. Andrew’s Swimming, coming off Winter Junior Nationals, underwent thumb surgery.

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

Tampa Sweeps Team Titles At NSU Sharks Invitational

By Sharon Robb

December 17, 2013

Tampa University swept the men’s and women’s team titles Tuesday night at the fourth annual NSU Sharks Invitational at the Nova Southeastern Aquatic Complex in Davie.

Tampa’s women’s team, featuring former SOFLO swimmer Leonie Davies, won the team title with 1,340 points among a field of ten teams followed by Florida International with 1,213 points, Florida Southern with 1,192 and host NSU with 804.50.

The Spartans men’s team won the team crown with 1,718.50 points, topping the field of eight men’s teams. Florida Southern was second with 1386.50 points, NSU with 1,087.50 and Florida Tech with 659.50.

Nova Southeastern senior Oscar Aldabe of Spain won the Michael D. Fish Top Male Performer Award as the men’s high point finisher with 110 points.

Florida International University’s Sonia Perez won the Top Female Performer Award with 149 points.

On the final night of the four-day meet, Florida Southern’s Thomas Nguyen swam an NCAA automatic qualifying time in the 200-yard backstroke in 1:45.70, also a meet record.

Host NSU will now take a holiday break and return to the pool on Jan. 11 against Florida Southern in Lakeland.

For complete meet results go to http://www.NSUSharks.com.

OPEN WATER SWIMMING

Registration is underway for the 45th annual International Swimming Hall of Fame Fort Lauderdale Rough Water Swim scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 4 at 9:30 a.m. off Fort Lauderdale Beach.

Age group divisions are 10-and-under, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18 and 19-24. There is also a masters division featuring age groups from 25-29 to 80-84 and college division.

The race course map is available at http://www.ishof.org and sign-up at http://www.active.com or at the ISHOF gift and pro shop. There is also race day registration with an additional $10 late fee.

For questions call 954-462-6536.

DUEL IN THE POOL

Team USA, which is riding a winning streak since the first Duel in the Pool in 2003, will not be the overwhelming favorite at this weekend’s Omaha Duel in the Pool in Glasgow, Scotland.

Team USA will go head-to-head against the European All-Stars. Team USA is missing its superstar Ryan Lochte, who recently returned to training after a freak knee injury with a fan. While France’s top four swimmers have withdrawn, the team title is still up for grabs.

The U.S. will be led by Olympics gold medalists Katie Ledecky, Tyler Clary, Anthony Ervin and Claire Donahue, who will be training with the South Florida Aquatic Club later this month.

The European All-Stars will be led by Yannick Agnel of France, Michael Jamieson of Great Britain and Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands.

The two-day short course meters meet will be held at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre, site of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

NBC will broadcast the meet on Sunday, 4-6 p.m.

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

Tampa Leads Shark Invite; Several Florida Gold Coast Swimmers Competing

By Sharon Robb

December 16, 2013

University of Tampa leads both the men’s and women’s team standings headed into Tuesday, the fourth and final day of the fourth annual Nova Southeastern Shark Invitational at the NSU Aquatic Complex.

Tampa’s women extended their lead to 1,006.50 points, 75.5 points ahead of Florida International with 931 Host NSU is fourth with 613.5.

Tampa’s men’s team leads with 1,313.50 points ahead of Florida Southern (1,044.50) and NSU (807.50). The field features ten teams.

Four meet records were broken Monday night. Florida Southern set three of the records in the women’s 500-yard freestyle, women’s 100-yard backstroke and men’s 800-yard freestyle relay and Tampa set a meet record in the 800-yard freestyle relay.

On opening day of the meet, former SOFLO swimmer Leonie Davies was 22nd in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 10:50.23, just off her 10:50.02 seed time.

Current SOFLO swimmer Bianca Muniz, 21, of St. Leon University was 16th overall in the 50-yard freestyle in 24.78 after going 24.74 in prelims. She was sixth in the “B” final.

Muniz also swam anchor leg of the 12th place 200-yard medley relay (1:51.20).

On Day Two, Muniz led off the 11th place 200-yard freestyle relay (1:40.17) and anchored the 16th place 400-yard medley relay (4:05.80).

The meet features several former high school and current Florida Gold Coast swimmers. Among them are Alec Wathen of Florida Southern, Franco Lupoli of Florida Southern, Luis Rojas of Florida Southern, Leonie Davies of Tampa, Bianca Muniz of St. Leo and Chantal Bouthillier of St. Leo.

On Tuesday the prelims begin at 10 a.m. with video streaming beginning at 9:30 a.m. at NSUSharks.comAll-Access. For full results go to http://www.NSUSharks.com.

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

SOFLO’s Marinheiro Swims Lifetime-Best At Winter Junior Nationals

By Sharon Robb

December 14, 2013

Melissa Marinheiro of South Florida Aquatic Club ended on a good note Saturday at the USA Swimming Speedo Winter Junior National Championships at Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatic Center.

Marinheiro, 16, swam a lifetime-best in the 1,650-yard freestyle in 16 minutes, 51.94 seconds.

She was 23rd among a field of 42 of the nation’s top age group distance swimmers. She dropped three seconds off her prevcious best time.

It was the end of an impressive fall for Marinheiro that featured the state high school meet, Winter Championships, senior and junior nationals.

“We ended up on a good note,” SOFLO head coach Chris Anderson said. “We got a couple other best times here and there in her off events. Now we go for consistency in her main events. She feels she can be a lot more consistent. She is motivated to have a successful summer. It will be her time to shine for college recruiting.”

Marinheiro relaxed after the meet with family and friends at dinner.

“I went to a lot of meets, it was really a challenge,” Marinheiro said. “Sometimes I doubted myself but I got a lot of support.

“I am really excited about the meets I went to. I really love to go to national level meets. Everyone there has the same goal, it’s a different atmosphere.

“The first two days here I didn’t have good times but I was excited to pull off a best time today,” Marinheiro said.

Marinheiro will get Sunday off before returning to the pool on Monday. She said she is motivated for the upcoming year.

“I want to try to get more junior cuts and national cuts for the summer,” she said. “I know it will be a challenge. I am ready to train and start fresh. I want to start running again and do more dryland training. I am very motivated.”

Several other Florida Gold Coast swimmers did well on the third and final night of competition among the nation’s top age group swimmers on the national stage.

“I felt Florida Gold Coast had a good showing,” said Anderson, also chairman of the FGC. “I thought Florida in general did great. I was congratulating a lot of Florida coaches. I thought it was a very nice showing from the start and that Florida was very well-represented at the national level. And Clara Smiddy just ripped it up.”

Clara Smiddy, 17, made it a clean sweep in the backstroke events capturing the 200-yard backstroke in a meet record and lifetime-best 1:50.59.

Smiddy’s previous best time was 1:55.07 which she first bettered in morning prelims in 1:52.40, breaking the meet record of 1:53.16 set in 2010 by Courtney Bartholomew.

Having the meet of her life, Smiddy led from start-to-finish to break her own meet record and became the third-fastest pre-collegiate performance of all-time behind Elizabeth Pelton and Missy Franklin.

Twenty minutes later, Smiddy had enough left in the tank to finish second in the 100-yard freestyle in 48.97, another lifetime-best lowering her previous best of 49.57.

Smiddy was the girls’ individual high point winner. Curtis Ogren was the boys’ high point winner.

On Friday, Smiddy won the 100-yard backstroke in a blistering lifetime-best of 51.75 to break the previous four-year-old meet record of 52.22 set by Courtney Bartholomew in 2009.

The University of Michigan-bound South Florida Heat swimmer was also third on Thursday in the 200-yard individual medley.

In the 100-yard freestyle, Caeleb Dressel, 17, of Bolles won the 100-yard freestyle in a meet record 42.85. Former Florida Gold Coast swimmer Dylan Carter, 17, of Trojan Swim Club was second in 43.07, also under the previous meet record of 43.27 set by Vlad Morozov in 2009.

SATURDAY RESULTS

GIRLS

1,650-yard freestyle: 1. Leah Stevens, Lakeside 16:19.29, 2. Sandra Soe, Santa Clara 16:24.35, 3. Amanda Richey, Boulder Swimming 16:26.45.

200-yard backstroke: 1. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 1:50.59, meet record; 2. Kylie Stewart, Dynamos 1:53.12, 3. Claire Adams, Carmel 1:54.13.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Abbigail Weitzeil, Canyons Aquatic 47.78, record; 2. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 48.97, 3. Lindsey Engel, JCC Waves 49.15.

200-yard breaststroke: 1. Kennedy Lohman, Lakeside Swimming 2:10.87, 2. Lillian King, Newburgh 2:11.17, 3. Maija Roses, SwimMAC 2:12.00.

200-yard butterfly: 1. Megan Kingsley, Mount Pleasant 1:55.26, record, 2. Madison Wright, Kingfish 1:55.30, record, 3. Lindsey Engel, JCC Waves 1:57.86.

4×100-yard freestyle relay: 1. SwimMAC 3:17.93, record, 2. Carmel 3:18.23, record, 3. Ozaukee Aquatics 3:20.42, record.

BOYS

1,650-yard freestyle: 1. Kevin Litherland, Dynamo 14:58.77, 2. Francis Haas, NOVA of Virginia 15:06.13, 3. Jonathan Roberts, North Texas 15:10.15.

200-yard backstroke: 1. Tristan Sanders, Palm Harbor 1:42.50, 2. Hennessy Stuart, Denver Swimming 1:42.75, 3. Ethan Young, Carpet Capital 1:43.06.

100-yard freestyle: 1. Caeleb Dressel, Bolles 42.85, record, 2. Dylan Carter, Unattached Trojan Swim Club 43.07, record, 3. Ryan Hoffer, Scottsdale Aquatics 43.13, record.

200-yard breaststroke: 1. Curtis Ogren, Palo Alto Stanford 1:57.64, 2. Thomas Brewer, Current Swimming 1:57.73, 3. Matthew Whittle, Davis Aquadarts 1:57.75.

200-yard butterfly: 1. Robert McHugh, Baylor 1:43.64, record, 2. Micah Litherland, Dynamo 1:46.01, 3. Zachary Buerger, Allegheny North 1:46.35.

FLORIDA GOLD COAST RESULTS

Women’s 1,650-yard freestyle: 23. Melissa Marinheiro, SOFLO 16:51.94, best time.

Men’s 1,650-yard freestyle: 13. Kent Haeffner, Pine Crest Swimming 15:24.93

Women’s 200-yard backstroke: 1. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 1:50.59, record; 106. Darby Goodwin, St. Andrew’s Swimming 2:03.51, 109. Julia Suarez, Lake Lytal Lightning 2:03.65, 143. Melissa Marinheiro, SOFLO 2:12.34.

Men’s 200-yard backstroke: 110. William Pisani, Lake Lytal Lightning 1:52.23.

Women’s 100-yard freestyle: 2. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks, 48.97; 67. Marta Ciesla, Pine Crest Swimming 51.43, 161. Caroline Nava, Pine Crest Swimming 53.00.

Men’s 100-yard freestyle: 2. Dylan Carter, Trojans Swim Club 43.07, record, 5. Joshua Romany, Azura Florida Aquatics 44.12, 37. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 45.74, 40. Gage Kohner, St. Andrew’s Swimming 45.76, 89. Brody Heck, St. Andrew’s Swimming 46.79.

Women’s 200-yard breaststroke: 14. Rachael Bradford-Feldman, St. Andrew’s Swimming 2:16.64, 2:15.77 prelims; 20. Lindsey Swartz, Pine Crest Swimming 2:16.28.

Men’s 200-yard breaststroke: 12. Alex Morgan, Azura Florida Aquatics 2:01.36, 15. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 2:02.57, 75. Julio Horrego, Hialeah Swim Club 2:06.52, 86. Daniel Pereira, Azura Florida Aquatics 2:07.38.

Women’s 200-yard butterfly: 44. Christina Herfurth, Lake Lytal Lightning 2:03.00, 94. Jessica Nava, Pine Crest Swimming 2:08.46.

Men’s 200-yard butterfly: 24. Luis Martinez, Azura Florida Aquatics 1:51.44.

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

Smiddy Breaks Record, Wins; SOFLO’s Marinheiro Swims Two Events Saturday At Speedo Winter Junior Nationals

By Sharon Robb

December 13, 2013

Clara Smiddy of AquaKids Sharks turned it on in the final 50 to win her first national title of the week at the USA Swimming Speedo Winter Junior National Championships Friday night at Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatic Center.

Smiddy, 17, won the 100-yard backstroke in a blistering lifetime-best of 51.75 to break the previous four-year-old meet record of 52.22 set by Courtney Bartholomew in 2009.

It was the first time she broke the 52-second mark. Her splits were 25.34 and 26.41. She had the fastest back-half split in the women’s field.

The University of Michigan-bound South Florida Heat swimmer was the top seed going into finals in 52.60. Her previous best time was 52.46.

On Thursday, Smiddy was third in the 200-yard individual medley and also on Friday before her backstroke gold medal performance, she won the “B” final in 1:46.33.

Meet records fell in six of the 10 individual finals.

Former Florida Gold Coast swimmer Dylan Carter of Trinidad and Tobago won the 200-yard freestyle in a meet record 1:33.60. He broke his own record of 1:34.47 he set in morning prelims. His previous best was 1:35.29, also a meet record he set at last year’s junior nationals.

Carter of the Trojan Swim Club was also second in the 100-yard backstroke in 47.50.

South Florida Aquatic Club’s Melissa Marinheiro, 16, and her coach Chris Anderson wind up the meet today with two events in the 200-yard backstroke (2:05.27) and 1,650-yard freestyle (17:04.87).

On Friday, Marinheiro finished the 200-yard freestyle in 1:53.58.

Bolles swimmer Caeleb Dressel, who has asthma, had breathing problems during the morning prelims of his 100-yard butterfly race and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance as a precaution. Dressel scratched from his individual event but was able to help his team win the 200-yard medley relay.

The Greensboro Aquatic Center is having problems with its air quality which several swimmers and coaches are complaining about. Pool officials said the center had its HVAC systems upgraded just last week.

“Beautiful facility but horrible AIR QUALITY,” Bolles coach Sergio Lopez wrote on his Facebook.

SwimMAC broke the first record of the night in the girls’ 200-yard medley relay. Buoyed by a quick leadoff backstroke leg of 24.42 by Kathleen Baker, broke the national 15-18 age group record to win in 1:39.27, the all-time fastest mark. The other splits were 28.08 (Maija Roses), 23.93 (Alyssa Marsh, daughter of SwimMAC coach David Marsh) and 22.84 (Lauren Rhodes). The second and third place finishers also dipped under the old record of 1:40.82.

During the awards ceremony, former Fort Lauderdale Swim Team and Olympian Todd Torres passed out medals during the awards ceremony for the 100-yard breaststroke including to a beaming runner-up Jordy Groters of Pine Crest Swimming. Torres, 45, a top breaststroker, represented Puerto Rico in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. He is now a top masters swimmer in Greensboro and recently broke a world age group masters record.

FRIDAY RESULTS

GIRLS

200-yard medley relay: 1. SwimMAC “A” 1:39.27, record (Kathleen Baker, Maija Roses, Alyssa Marsh, Lauren Rhodes), 2. Academy Bullets, Ill. 1:40.73, record, 3. SwimMac “B” 1:40.78, record.

400-yard individual medley: 1. Ella Eastin, SOCAL Aquatics 4:05.25, record; 2. Megan Kingsley, Mount Pleasant 4:10.90, 3. Katherine Drabot, Ozaukee 4:11.85.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Danielle Nack, Mantas 52.44, record; 2. Madison Wright, Kingfish 53.14, 3. Lindsey Engel, JCC Waves 53.16.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Katherine Drabot, Ozaukee 1:45.49, 2. Claire Adams, Carmel 1:45.55, 3. Paige Madden, City of Mobile 1:46.05.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Lillian King, Newburgh 59.67, record; 2. Lindsey Horejsi, Atlantis 1:00.21, 3. Heidi Poppe, Walnut Creek 1:00.64.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 51.75, record; 2. Taylor Garcia, Byron Center 52.07, record; 3. Ally Howe, Palo Alto Stanford 52.79.

BOYS

200-yard medley relay: 1. Bolles School 1:29.64 (Josh Booth, Rio Kurihara, Caeleb Dressel, William McKinney), 2. Palo Alto Stanford 1:29.71, 3. Scottsdale 1:30.15.

400-yard individual medley: 1. Curtis Ogren, Palo Alto 3:44.26, record; 2. Jay Litherland, Dynamo 3:45.20, 3. Robert McHugh, Baylor Swim Club 3:47.08.

100-yard butterfly: 1. Kyle Gornay, Redlands 47.01, 2. Michael Andrew, Indie Swimming 47.47, 3. Ryan Dudzinski, Upper St. Clair 47.52.

200-yard freestyle: 1. Dylan Carter, Unattached Trojans 1:33.67, record; 2. Blake Pieroni, Duneland 1:35.87, 3. Jake Markham, Aces 1:37.24.

100-yard breaststroke: 1. Curtis Ogren, Palo Alto Stanford 54.51, 2. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 54.58, 3. Austin Temple, Tide 54.63.

100-yard backstroke: 1. Tristan Sanders, Palm Harbor YMCA 46.80, 2. Dylan Carter, Unattached-Trojans Swim Club 47.05, 3. Ryan Dudzinski, Upper St. Clair 47.46.

FLORIDA GOLD COAST RESULTS

Women’s 200-yard medley relay: 21. Miami Swimming 1:44.33 (Dorothy Morgan, Anna Valls, Alexa Kalandiak, Kyla Valls).

Men’s 200-yard medley relay: 39. St. Andrew’s Swimming 1:37.07 (Luke Hayhoe, Brody Heck, Sidrell Williams, Gage Kohner).

Women’s 400-yard individual medley: 15. Rachael Bradford-Feldman, St. Andrew’s Swimming 4:21.49 “B” final, 4:19.92 prelims.

Women’s 100-yard butterfly: 69. Jessica Nava, Pine Crest Swimming 55.86; 91. Caroline Nava, Unattached-Pine Crest 56.28; 93. Christina Herfurth, Lake Lytal Lightning 56.30.

Men’s 100-yard butterfly: 11. Luis Martinez, Azura Florida Aquatics 48.31, 48.73 prelims; 110. Sidrell Williams, St. Andrew’s Swimming 51.69.

Women’s 200-yard freestyle: 9. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 1:46.33; 114. Julie Suarez, Lake Lytal Lightning 1:53.49, 116. Melissa Marinheiro, SOFLO 1:53.58.

Men’s 200-yard freestyle: 1. Dylan Carter, Unattached-Trojan SC 1:33.67, record; 7. Joshua Romany. Azura Florida Aquatics 1:38.49, 94. Gage Kohner, St. Andrew’s Swimming 1:42.19, 113. Brody Heck, St. Andrew’s Swimming 1:43.02, 137. Kent Haeffner, Pine Crest Swimming 1:45.01.

Women’s 100-yard breaststroke: 34. Rachael Bradford-Feldman, St. Andrew’s Swimming 1:03.84, 64. Lindsey Swartz, Pine Crest Swimming 1:04.42, 65. Anna Valls, Miami Swimming 1:04.43.

Men’s 100-yard breaststroke: 2. Jordy Groters, Pine Crest Swimming 54.58, 6. Alex Morgan, Azura Florida Aquatics 55.14, 31. Marco Guarente, Azura Florida Aquatics 57.01, 107. Daniel Pereira, Azura Florida Aquatics 59.26, 111. Julio Horrego, Hialeah Swim Club 59.42.

Women’s 100-yard backstroke: 1. Clara Smiddy, AquaKids Sharks 51.65, record; 67. Julie Suarez, Lake Lytal Lightning 56.19, 72. Darby Goodwin, St. Andrew’s Swimming 56.35.

Men’s 100-yard backstroke: 2. Dylan Carter, Unattached Trojans SC 47.05, 76. William Pisani, Lake Lytal Lightning 51.25.

The meet, both prelims and finals, is being streamed live at usaswimming.org today on the third and final day at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Sharon Robb can be reached at sha11cats@aol.com

http://www.swim4soflo.com

SOFLO Age Group Swimmers End 2013 Season On Winning Note

By Sharon Robb

December 12, 2013

South Florida Aquatic Club, already enjoying its best year in the club’s history, finished strong at the Florida Gold Coast Broward County Sprint Championships this past weekend at Academic Village Pool.

SOFLO swimmers dominated the boys and girls races during the two-day meet.

Several swimmers turned in lifetime-best times in the sprint events and qualified for the Florida Gold Coast Junior Olympics and Senior Championships in 2014.

In several events, SOFLO swimmers swept at least the top three places.

Among top performers were:

Jordan Colon, 16, 100-yard butterfly, 56.04, best and FGSC time, dropping from 57.91.

Alfredo Mesa, 15, 100-yard butterfly, 56.19, best and FGSC time, dropping from 1:00.04; 100-yard individual medley, 58.72, best and FGSC time, dropping from 1:00.13; 50-yard butterfly, 25.58, FGSC, best time dropping from 25.65.

Kayla Cunningham, 10, 50-yard backstroke, 34.29, JO, dropping from 34.48.

Liz Travieso, 14, 50-yard backstroke, 30.85, JO, best time dropping from 31.55.

Rafael Rodriguez, 11, 100-yard breaststroke, 1:12.20, JO, best time dropping from 1:12.69; 100-yard backstroke, 1:03.73, JO, best time dropping from 1:04.09; 50-yard breaststroke, 33.60, JO, best time dropping from 36.65.

Molly Golding, 10, 100-yard backstroke, 1:13.37, JO, best time, dropping from 1:16.75; 50-yard butterfly, 34.02, JO, best time, dropping from 34.53.

Marcos Vazquez, 10, 100-yard backstroke, 1:23.31, JO, best time, dropping from 1:24.13.

Kathleen Golding, 13, 100-yard backstroke, 1:03.83, JO, best time dropping from 1:04.04; 50-yard butterfly, 28.61, JO, best time, dropping from 28.76; 50-yard breaststroke, 33.97, JO, best time dropping from 35.25.

Juan Lucas, 14, 50-yard butterfly, 25.79, JO, best time dropping from 27.16.

Ervin Marin, 14, 50-yard breaststroke, 30.48, JO, best time dropping from 32.72.

Brendan Cassie, 15, 50-yard breaststroke, 31.34, FGSC, best time dropping from 32.40.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY RESULTS

GIRLS

100-yard butterfly:

10-and-under, 1. Molly Golding, SOFLO 1:13.45, JO, SOFLO: 2. Kayla Cunningham 1:18.39, JO, best time, 3. Erika Pelaez 1:22, JO; 11-12, 1. Isabella DiSalvo, SOFLO 1:08.10, JO; SOFLO: 2. Annita Huang 1:09.37, JO, best time, 3. Vanessa Mesa 1:09.61, JO; 13-14, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 1:00.69, JO; SOFLO; 2. Jessica Rodriguez 1:05.18, JO, 4. Delanie Perez 1:06.97; 15-and-over, 1. Maria Lopez, SOFLO 1:00.22; SOFLO: 2. Andrea Melendez 1:04.85, 3. Natasha Testa 1:07.25.

50-yard backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Kayla Cunningham, SOFLO 34.29, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Sara Quintero 36.30, JO, best time, 3. Katrina DelVecchio 36.31, JO; 11-12, 1. Annita Huang, SOFLO 32.54, JO; SOFLO: 2. Marianna Serrao 33.94, JO, best time, 3. Anabel Vazquez 34.51; 13-14, 1. Liz Travieso, SOFLO 30.85, JO, best time; SOFLO: 4. Katherine DeBarros 32.87, 5. Stephanie Mlujeak 33.85; 15-and-over, 1. Amber Hunter, SOFLO 29.80, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. Andrea Melendez 32.61, 3. Natasha Testa 33.42, 4. Astrid Rigau 33.47.

100-yard breaststroke:

10-and-under, 1. Molly Golding, SOFLO 1:20.09, JO; SOFLO: 2. Katrina DelVecchio 1:26.67, JO, 3. Sally Golding 1:33.54, JO, 4. Sara Quintero 1:34.10, JO, best time; 11-12, 1. Elise Larin, SOFLO 1:15.63, JO; SOFLO: 2. Marianna Serrao 1:16.46, JO, 3. Alexandra Crespo 1:19.87, JO, best time, 4. Annita Huang 1:20.80, JO; 13-14, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 1:12.78, JO; SOFLO: 2. Delanie Perez 1:14.34, JO, 4. Katherine DeBarros 1:20.66; 15-and-over, 1. Astrid Rigau, SOFLO 1:19.83, best time; SOFLO: 2. Victoria Lumelski 1:23.84, 3. Emely Nunez 1:25.75, best time.

50-yard freestyle:

10-and-under, 1. Molly Golding, SOFLO 29.74, JO; SOFLO: 2. Katrina Del Vecchio 30.04, JO, 3. Kayla Cunningham 31.74, JO, 4. Sara Quintero 31.83, JO; 11-12, 1. Vanessa Mesa, SOFLO 27.81, JO; SOFLO: 2. Marianna Serrao 27.92, JO, best time, 3. Annita Huang 27.97, JO, 4. Isabella DiSalvo 28.27, JO, best time; 13-14, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 25.69, JO; SOFLO: 2. Jessica Rodriguez 27.18, 4. Liz Travieso 27.65; 15-and-over, 1. Maria Lopez, SOFLO 25.80, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. Amber Hunter 26.33, FGSC, 3. Andrea Melendez 27.27, FGSC, 4. Natasha Testa 27.57, FGSC.

100-yard individual medley:

10-and-under, 1. Molly Golding, SOFLO 1:12.16, JO; SOFLO: 2. Sara Quintero 1:17.47, JO, 3. Kayla Cunningham 1:18.03, JO, best time, 4. Sally Golding 1:23.99; 11-12, 1. Isabella Di Salvo, SOFLO 1:09.18, JO; SOFLO: 2. Elise Larin 1:09.83, JO, best time, 3. Vanessa Mesa 1:11, JO; 13-14, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 1:04.01, JO; SOFLO: 2. Jessica Rodriguez 1:05.53, JO, 3. Delanie Perez 1:09.45, JO; 15-and-over, 1. Maria Lopez, SOFLO 1:04.93, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. Amber Hunter 1:05.01, FGSC, 3. Astrid Rigau 1:10.65.

200-yard freestyle relay:

12-and-under, 1. SOFLO A 1:54.77, 2. SOFLO B 1:59.40, 3. SOFLO C 2:10.40; 13-and-over, 1. SOFLO A 1:45.71, 2. SOFLO B 1:52.44, 3. SOFLO C 1:57.79.

100-yard backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Molly Golding, SOFLO 1:13.37, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Kayla Cunningham 1:15.47, JO, best time, 3. Sara Quintero 1:18.44, JO, best time; 11-12, 1. Annita Huang, SOFLO 1:07.74, JO; SOFLO: 2. Isabella Di Salvo 1:10.97, JO, 3. Anabel Vazquez 1;11.60, JO; 13-14, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 1:03.83, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Jessica Rodriguez 1:03.86, JO, 3. Gaia Fella 1:07.11; 15-and-over, 1. Maria Lopez, SOFLO 1:03.92, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. Andrea Melendez 1:09.02, 3. Victoria Lumelski 1:14.01.

50-yard butterfly:

10-and-under, 1. Molly Golding, SOFLO 34.02, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Sara Quintero 34.37, JO, 3. Kayla Cunningham 35.25, JO; 11-12, 1. Vanessa Mesa, SOFLO 30.96, JO; SOFLO: 2. Isabella DiSalvo 31.61, JO, 3. Kyana Castro 31.75, JO; 13-14, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 28.61, JO, best time; SOFLO: 3. Jessica Rodriguez 29.72, JO, 4. Delanie Perez 30.35, JO, best time; 15-and-over, 1. Maria Lopez, SOFLO 27.72, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. Natasha Testa 28.90, FGSC, 3. Kylie Herman 29.29, FGSC.

100-yard freestyle:

10-and-under, 1. Molly Golding, SOFLO 1:04.45, JO; SOFLO: 2. Katrina Del Vecchio 1:06.64, JO, best time, 3. Sara Quintero 1:08.15, JO; 11-12, 1. Vanessa Mesa, SOFLO 1:00.26, JO; SOFLO; 2. Annita Huang 1:00.65, 3. Elise Larin 1:01.61, JO; 13-14, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 55.21, JO; SOFLO: 3. Abolade Oyetunji 59.56, best time, 4. Jessica Rodriguez 1:00.05; 15-and-over, 1. Maria Lopez, SOFLO 55.93, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. Kylie Herman 56.56, FGSC, 3. Andrea Melendez 58.80, FGSC.

50-yard breaststroke:

10-and-under, 1. Molly Golding, SOFLO 37.60, JO; SOFLO: 2. Katrina Del Vecchio 38.06, JO, 3. Sara Quintero 44.33; 11-12, 1. Elise Larin, SOFLO 34.67, JO; SOFLO: 2. Vanessa Mesa 37.71, JO, best time, 3. Annita Huang 38.06, JO; 13-14, 1. Kathleen Golding, SOFLO 33.97, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Delanie Perez 34.37, JO, 4. Jennifer Rodriguez 36.43; 15-and-over, 1. Kylie Herman, SOFLO 37.54; SOFLO: 2. Natasha Testa 37.78, 3. Astrid Rigau 38.01.

200-yard medley relay:

12-and-under, 1. SOFLO A 2:08.73, 2. SOFLO B 2:20.43, 3. SOFLO C 2:20.51; 13-and-over, 1. SOFLO A 1:59.79, 2. SOFLO B 2:07.67, 3. SOFLO C 2:08.42.

BOYS

100-yard butterfly:

10-and-under, 1. Max Cope, Gulliver 1:07.95; SOFLO: 2. Nicolas Rossi 1:21.65, JO, best time, 4. Alejandro Mateus 1:37.82; 11-12, 1.Rafael Rodriguez, SOFLO 1:02.94, JO; SOFLO: 2. Leonardo Mateus 1:06.44, JO, 3. Bryant Segui 1:06.57, JO; 13-14, 1. CJ Kopecki, SOFLO 56.69, JO; SOFLO: 2. Ervin Marin 56.80, JO, 3. Juan Lucas, 57.14, JO, best time; 15-and-over, 1. Jordan Colon, SOFLO 56.04, FGSC, best time; SOFLO: 2. Alfredo Mesa 56.19, FGSC, best time, 3. Alex Monti 57.48, FGSC, best time.

50-yard backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Marcos Vazquez, SOFLO 38.69, JO; SOFLO: 3. Alex Golding 40.04, 4. Randy Smith 40.15, 5. Alejandro Mateus 41.45, best time; 11-12, 1. Leonardo Mateus, SOFLO 31.35, JO; SOFLO: 2. Derek Tom 35.31, 4. Gabriel Saavedra 38.08; 13-14, 1. Trahern Gribble, Big Gator 28.11; SOFLO: 2. Ervin Marin 28.12, JO, 3. Bruno Berti 28.73, JO, 4. Kevin Porto 29.42, JO; 15-and-over, 1. Ryan Capote, SOFLO 27.49, FGSC; SOFLO; 2. Jordan Colon 28.14, FGSC, best time, 3. Eduardo Graziano 31.14, best time.

100-yard breaststroke:

10-and-under, 1. Nicolas Rossi, SOFLO 1:29.18, JO; SOFLO: 5. Alex Golding 1:36.61, 8. Miguel Crespo 2:00.93, best time; 11-12, 1. Rafael Rodriguez 1:12.20, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Brandon Moran 1:15.71, JO, 3. Bryant Segui 1:18.66, JO, best time, 4. Leonardo Mateus 1:20.71, JO; 13-14, 1. CJ Kopecki, SOFLO 1:10.13, JO; SOFLO: 2. Tyler Gibson 1:10.48, JO, best time, 3. Samuel Quintero 1:14.53, 4. Matthew Menocal 1:14.88, best time; 15-and-over, 1. Jonathan Strod, SOFLO 1:08.24, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. Alfredo Mesa 1:08.75, FGSC, best time, 3. Brendan Cassie 1:10.04, best time.

50-yard freestyle:

10-and-under, 1. Max Cope, Gulliver 27.81; SOFLO: 2. Nicolas Rossi 30.36, JO, 5. Marcos Vazquez 33.96, 8. Randy Smith 35.83, best time; 11-12, 1. Rafael Rodriguez, SOFLO 26.26, JO; SOFLO: 2. Bryant Segui 28.19, JO, 3. Sebastian Sierra 30.35; 13-14, 1. Juan Lucas, SOFLO 23.79, JO; SOFLO: 2. CJ Kopecki 24.19, JO, best time, 3. Kevin Porto, 25.17, JO, 4. Bruno Berti 25.33, JO, best time; 15-and-over, 1. Ryan Capote, SOFLO 23.23, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. Alfredo Mesa 23.49, FGSC, best time, 3. Jordan Colon 23.92, FGSC, best time, 5. Eduardo Graziano 24.17, FGSC, best time.

100-yard individual medley:

10-and-under, 1. Nicolas Rossi, SOFLO 1:19.66, JO; SOFLO: 3. Marcos Vazquez 1:26.22, 5. Alex Golding 1:27.87, 6. Tanner Gibson 1:29.82; 11-12, 1. Rafael Rodriguez, SOFLO 1:04.11, JO; SOFLO: 2. Leonardo Mateus 1:08.14, JO, 3. Bryant Segui 1:10.15, JO, best time; 13-14, 1. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 58.37, JO; SOFLO: 2. Juan Lucas 58.72, JO, 3. CJ Kopecki 1:01.97, JO, best time; 15-and-over, 1. Alfredo Mesa, SOFLO 58.72, FGSC, best time; SOFLO: 2. Ryan Capote 59.06, 3. Jonathan Strod 59.89.

200-yard freestyle relay: 12-and-under, 1. SOFLO A 2:01.33, 2. Gulliver 2:01.36, 3. SOFLO C 2:19.28; 13-and-over, 1. SOFLO B 1:34.61, 2. SOFLO C 1:34.80, 3. SOFLO E 1:49.96.

100-yard backstroke:

10-and-under, 1. Marcos Vazquez, SOFLO 1:23.31, JO; SOFLO: Awwal Kay-Ramos, Gulliver 1:25.23, 3. Hayaat Kay-Ramos, Gulliver 1:25.86; 11-12, 1. Rafael Rodriguez, SOFLO 1:03.73, JO, best time; SOFLO; 2. Leonardo Mateus 1:07.08, JO, 3. Bryant Segui 1:09.04, JO; 13-14, 1. Kevin Porto, SOFLO 1:00.34, JO; SOFLO: 2. Ervin Marin 1:00.70, JO, 3. Bruno Berti 1:02.23, JO, best time; 15-and-over, 1. Ryan Capote, SOFLO 57.43, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. tie, Alfredo Mesa, best time, and Gustavo Valery 57.82, FGSC, 4. Jordan Colon 59.13, FGSC, best time.

50-yard butterfly:

10-and-under, 1. Max Cope, Gulliver 30.66, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Nicolas Rossi 35.25, JO, best time, 4. Marcos Vazquez 38.90, 5. Randy Smith 39.88; 11-12, 1. Rafael Rodriguez, SOFLO 28.55, JO; SOFLO; 2. Bryant Segui 30.09, JO, 3. Brandon Moran 31.52, JO; 13-14, 1. Juan Lucas, SOFLO 25.79, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Ervin Marin 26.12, JO, best time, 3. CJ Kopecki 26.42, JO, best time; 15-and-over, 1. Alfredo Mesa, SOFLO 25.58, FGSC, best time; SOFLO; 2. Alex Monti 25.68, FGSC, best time, 3. Jordan Colon 25.91, FGSC, best time.

100-yard freestyle:

10-and-under, 1. Max Cope, Gulliver 1:00.49, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Nicolas Rossi 1:05.13, JO, 5. Alex Golding 1:15.56; 11-12, 1. Rafael Rodrigiuez, SOFLO 56.67, JO; SOFLO: 2. Leonardo Mateus 59.92, JO, 3. Bryant Segui 1:01.66, JO; 13-14, 1. Juan Lucas, SOFLO 52.25, JO; SOFLO: 2. CJ Kopecki 52.62, JO, 3. Kevin Porto 54.01, JO; 15-and-over, 1. Alfredo Mesa, SOFLO 51.72, FGSC; SOFLO: 2. Jordan Colon 51.87, FGSC, 3. Eduardo Graziano 56.85.

50-yard breaststroke:

10-and-under, 1. Awwal Kay-Ramos, Gulliver 41.66; SOFLO; 2. Nicolas Rossi 42.32, JO, 5. Alex Golding 45.44, best time, 6. Samuel Bullen 49.54, best time; 11-12, 1. Rafael Rodriguez, SOFLO 33.60, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. Brandon Moran 34.20, JO, 3. Bryant Segui 36.90, JO, 4. Leonardo Mateus 38.80, JO; 13-14, 1. Ervin Marin, SOFLO 30.48, JO, best time; SOFLO: 2. CJ Kopecki 33.00, JO, best time, 3. Tyler Gibson 33.45; 15-and-over, 1. Brendan Cassie, SOFLO 31.34, FGSC, best time; SOFLO: 2. Jonathan Strod 31.56, FGSC, 3. Alfredo Mesa 31.65, FGSC, best time.

200-yard medley relay:

12-and-under, 1. SOFLO A 2:07.45, 3. SOFLO B 2:28.78, 4. SOFLO C 2:36.72; 13-and-over, 1. SOFLO B 1:45.55, 2. SOFLO A 1:48.11, 3. SOFLO C 1:56.72.

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